Certificate of Compliance.
Riverside Municipal Code § 18.120.030
in effect18.120.030 - Certificate of Compliance.
A. Application for Certificate of Compliance. If the City Surveyor determines that the real property is in compliance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title which were applicable at the time the property was divided, the applicant may file an application for a Certificate of Compliance, together with the required processing fee as prescribed by the City's Fee Resolution. If the application for a Certificate of Compliance is filed within one year or less following the Determination of Compliance by the City Surveyor, the application need only be accompanied by any current vesting deed(s) not submitted with the Application for Determination. If the application for a Certificate of Compliance is filed over one year following the Determination of Compliance, the application for a Certificate of Compliance shall be accompanied by the current vesting deed(s) and such other information as may be required to ascertain the status of each parcel included in the application, as well as a map drawn to an engineer's scale of the subject property with dimensions showing the location and use of all structures on the property and all streets adjacent to and providing access to the property. The application shall not be considered as complete until all the application documents, including the vesting deed(s) and map have been received together with the processing fee.
B. Preparation of Certificate of Compliance. The application and any accompanying materials shall be forwarded by the Planning Division to the City Surveyor for preparation of the Certificate of Compliance within five working days of receipt of a completed application. The City Surveyor shall within five working days of referral prepare the Certificate of Compliance, unless the City Surveyor finds and determines that changed circumstances prevent the issuance of the Certificate of Compliance, in which event, the City Surveyor shall issue a notice of determination in accordance with the provisions of Section 18.120.020 Determination of Compliance by the City Surveyor. The Certificate of Compliance shall contain the information as set forth in Section 18.120.050 Required Information on Certificates.
C. Issuance. Upon receipt of the Certificate of Compliance from the City Surveyor, the approving or appeal authority shall issue the Certificate of Compliance. The approving or appeal authority shall then cause the applicant to be notified of the estimated recording fees for recording the Certificate of Compliance.
D. Payment of recording fee; recordation. Upon issuance of the Certificate of Compliance and payment to the City of the estimated recording fees by the applicant, the approving or appeal authority shall then cause the Certificate of Compliance to be recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of Riverside County. Such remittance of the estimated recording fees shall be by check made payable to the County Recorder, County of Riverside, in the amount required to have the document recorded.
(Ord. 6968 §1, 2007)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT18SU_ARTIIIMAPE_CH18.120CECO_18.120.030CECOFetched: 11/1/2026