Parcel map - Certificate of city engineer.
San José Municipal Code § 19.16.180
in effect19.16.180 - Parcel map - Certificate of city engineer.
A. If the parcel map complies with the provisions of this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act and conforms to the approved or conditionally approved tentative map, where required, if the subdivider has fulfilled all the conditions imposed by the director in connection with the approval of the tentative map, and if the city engineer after having examined the parcel map for the survey information shown thereon is satisfied that it is technically correct, the city engineer shall, within 20 days after receiving the parcel map or within such additional time as may be necessary endorse his or her certificate on the map in the form prescribed in the Subdivision Map Act and also accept, accept subject to improvement, or reject any and all offers of dedication of land for public use, and the city clerk shall thereupon transmit said map to the clerk of the county board of supervisors for submittal to the county recorder; provided that the city engineer shall not endorse his or her certificate on a parcel map until the required improvements set forth in the approval of the tentative map have been installed or the subdivider has entered into an agreement to install such improvements. If the parcel map does not comply with the provisions of this title and the Subdivision Map Act or does not conform to the approved or conditionally approved tentative map, or if the subdivider has not fulfilled all the conditions imposed by the director in connection with the approval of the tentative map, the city engineer shall return such parcel map to the subdivider with the reasons of the city engineer for refusal to endorse his or her certificate on the map. In the event the city engineer refuses to endorse his or her certificate on the map for any reason other than that the survey information shown on the map is technically incorrect, the subdivider may appeal to the city council within fifteen days after such denial. References to the city engineer in this section shall in the absence of the city engineer be deemed to mean and include his or her authorized deputy.
(Prior code § 9234; Ords. 19629, 22126, 26734.)
Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT19SU_CH19.16FIMAPAMA_19.16.180PAMAERENFetched: 11/1/2026