Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ann M. Stillman, Director of Public Works
Subject: Adoption of an ordinance adding Section 2.50.100 (Survey Monument Preservation Fund) to Chapter 2.50 of Title 2 to the San Mateo County Ordinance Code
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt an ordinance adding Section 2.50.100 "Survey Monument Preservation Fund" to Chapter 2.50 of Title 2 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, previously introduced on August 27, 2024, and waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
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BACKGROUND:
California Government Code Section 27584 authorizes this Board to establish a County Survey Monument Preservation Fund (Fund) to pay necessary expenses incurred or authorized by the County Surveyor in any retracement or remonument survey of major historical land division lines upon which later surveys are based, such as, but not limited to, government section lines, rancho lines, grant lines, rancho section lines, acreage subdivision lot lines, and subdivision boundary lines within the County. California Government Code Section 27585 allows this Board to impose a user fee, not to exceed ten dollars ($10) to be charged and collected by the County Recorder, over and above any other fees required by law, to be deposited into the Fund.
The proposed ordinance will establish a Fund and a user fee of ten dollars ($10), to be charged and collected by the County Recorder as a condition precedent to the filing and recording of any grant deed conveying real property.
DISCUSSION:
A survey monument is a physical marker placed on the ground or in other structures to indicate specific survey points and referenced coordinates. These markers are critical for establishing property boundaries, conducting land surveys, cartography, and various engineering projects. Efforts to ensure survey monuments are preserved and remain in place is important and can be supported by the Fund. B...
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