How to Submit Surveyor Applications Electronically

(See PJR-019 Administrative Certificate of Compliance)

Per Sonoma County Subdivision Ordinance (Sonoma County Code Chapter 25)

A complete application shall include all of the following:

1. A PJR-001 Planning Application (PDF) form signed by all legal owners.
2. ENG-005 Engineering Division Services At Cost Fee Agreement (PDF)
3. PJR-011 Indemnification Agreement (PDF)
4. A proposal statement describing the number and location of requested certificates and the basis for the belief that they are separate legal parcels (i.e., grant deeds or a subdivision map).
5. A current deed and title report listing all legal owners of the parcel or showing that the applicant is a vendee under a binding contract of sale.
6. A current Assessor's parcel map (highlight the subject property).
7. A site plan drawn to scale which shows all buildings, structures, wells, leach fields, designated leach field expansion areas, septic tanks, driveways, access easements, property lines, parking areas and parcel sizes.
8. A map which shows all surrounding properties with property owner’s names indicated for each parcel.
9. A chain of title guarantee: This is a chronological listing of the recorded property transactions prepared by a title company, survey firm, or the applicant who must certify under penalty of perjury that it is complete. The chain of title lists all boundary adjustments affecting the subject property, beginning prior to the date of creation of the subject property's boundaries and continuing to the date of application. Each notation must include a recorded document number, a recording date, a grantor and grantee, and a brief description of all the parcels affected.
10. A copy of each document listed in the chain of title.
11. A map or set of maps depicting the configuration of the parcel at each transaction or adjustment listed in the chain of title. The map should show all the subject and surrounding properties and outline the boundaries described in each deed.
12. For each parcel for which certification is requested provide, either:
    1. A subdivision map reviewed by the County and recorded after 1893 which depicts the parcel, or;
    2. A deed recorded prior to March 1, 1967 in which the subject parcel was transferred and described separately.
       Note: A deed which enumerates several lots or parcels is not sufficient to establish the legal lot status of one parcel unless the other areas described are either easements or exceptions.
13. A current survey of the parcel or proof that the parcel has been previously surveyed (see attached “Acceptable Proof of Survey for Administrative Certificates of Compliance”).
14. On a separate page labeled as “Exhibit A,” a typed legal description, accurately describing each parcel to be certified. It must be suitable for reproduction and inclusion in the Administrative Certificate of Compliance document. New legal descriptions must be prepared by a licensed surveyor.
15. Other information or documentation may be required by the Permit Sonoma at a later date if it is deemed necessary to process the application.
16. A non-refundable minimum deposit is required on each parcel for which certification is requested (see current fee schedule for amount). If the cost of staff time in processing the file exceeds this amount, an additional fee will be assessed at a current hourly rate. The certificate will not be issued until all additional fees have been paid.

(See PJR-073 Certificate of Modification)

Per Sonoma County Subdivision Ordinance (Sonoma County Code Chapter 25) and California Subdivision Map Act

1. Approved conditions of approval
2. Approved site map
3. Conditional certificate of modification certificate and plat map labeled Exhibit “B”
4. Current vesting deed
5. Other information or documentation may be required by the Permit Sonoma at a later date if it is deemed necessary to process the application.

Per Sonoma County Subdivision Ordinance (Sonoma County Code Chapter 25)

1. Approved conditions of approval
2. Approved site map
3. Conditional certificate of compliance coversheet with legal description labeled “Exhibit A” and plat map labeled “Exhibit B”
4. Current vesting deed
5. Other information or documentation may be required by the Permit Sonoma at a later date if it is deemed necessary to process the application.

Per California Professional Land Surveyors’ Act

1. Corner Record (2 pages in 1 PDF file)
2. Closure calculations
3. Record References (Maps and Deeds)
4. Other information or documentation may be required by the Permit Sonoma at a later date if it is deemed necessary to process the application.

(See PJR-030 Lot Line Adjustment)

Per Sonoma County Subdivision Ordinance (Sonoma County Code Chapter 25) and California Subdivision Map Act

1. Draft description(s) to the County Surveyor’s Office for approval. If the parcels involved are in different ownership, transfer parcel descriptions are required and resultant parcel descriptions are encouraged but optional. If the parcels involved are in the same ownership, transfer parcel descriptions are not required if resultant parcel descriptions are provided.  Descriptions are to be labeled Exhibit “A”, or the equivalent.
2. Draft Exhibit “B”, or the equivalent, a plat map along with the draft description(s) of the Lot Line Adjustment to the County Surveyor’s Office for review. Plat map shall be prepared by a licensed land surveyor. The following note shall be placed on the plat map: “THIS EXHIBIT MAP IS FOR GRAPHICAL PURPOSES ONLY. Any errors or omissions on this Exhibit shall not affect the Deed(s) descriptions”.
3. Closure calculations
4. Approved site map showing existing and proposed adjustment
5. Current vesting deed(s)
6. Other information or documentation may be required by the Permit Sonoma at a later date if it is deemed necessary to process the application.

Per California Professional Land Surveyors‘Act

1. Record of Survey Draft Map
2. SUR-003 Record of Survey Submittal Requirements Checklist
3. Closure calculations
4. Subject Deed
5. Adjoiner deeds
6. Miscellaneous maps and documents used
7. Other information or documentation may be required by the Permit Sonoma at a later date if it is deemed necessary to process the application.

Per California Streets and Highways Code

1. Petition for Vacation of Public Easement/Public Right-of-Way form (PDF) signed by all legal owners
2. ENG-005 Engineering Division Services At Cost Fee Agreement (PDF)
3. PJR-011 Indemnification Agreement (PDF)
4. Legal description(s) of vacation area, (Exhibit “A”)
5. Plat of legal description, (Exhibit “B”)
6. Site map showing area being vacated with surrounding parcels, Assessor’s parcel numbers, and all easements
7. 8 ½ inches by 11 inches Location/Vicinity Map
8. Right of Way Vacation Checklist (PDF)
9. Project statement
10. References (examples: Deeds, Record Maps, Assessor’s Map)
11. Minimum at cost deposit fee
12. Other information or documentation may be required by Permit Sonoma at a later date if it is deemed necessary to process the application.

(See SUR-001 Parcel/Final Map Submittal Requirements Checklist )

Per California Subdivision Map Act

1. A PJR-001 Planning Application (PDF) form signed by all legal owners.
2. ENG-005 Engineering Division Services At Cost Fee Agreement (PDF)
3. PJR-011 Indemnification Agreement (PDF)
4. Closure Calculations for all lines, parcels, and figures
5. Final conditions of approval (COA)
6. Approved tentative map
7. Current Title report
8. A copy of each document listed in the title report
9. Current vesting deed
10. Record references used to prepared parcel/final map
11. Other information or documentation may be required by the Permit Sonoma at a later date if it is deemed necessary to process the application
12. Draft parcel/final map
13. Other information or documentation may be required by the Permit Sonoma at a later date if it is deemed necessary to process the application.