A complete and accurate survey of the land to be subdivided shall be made by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor licensed in the state of California (refer to Section 17.32.060) in accordance with standard practices and principles of land surveying and in accordance with the provisions of the Land Surveyors’ Act, as set forth in Section 8772 of the Business and Professions Code of the state. (Ord. 278N § 11(part), 2004: Ord. 278 § 900, 1963).

Permanent monuments of a type approved by the county engineer shall be installed at all of the following points:
A. Angle and curve points on the exterior boundaries of each unit of the subdivision;
B. Angle and curve points on street centerlines;
C. Cul-de-sac center points;
D. Intersections of street center lines within the subdivision;
E. Intersections of internal street centerlines with the centerlines of external bounding streets, or with the external boundary of each unit of the subdivision;
F. All property corners and right-of-way boundaries.
Sufficient permanent monuments shall be set by the surveyor so that the survey or any portion thereof may be readily retraced. In no case shall the monument interval exceed five hundred feet. (Ord. 278N § 11(part), 2004: Ord. 278 § 901, 1963).

Permanent monuments shall be not less substantial than one and one-half-inch diameter galvanized iron pipe and not less than thirty inches in length. Monuments shall be buried not less than six inches below finished grade with point marked by a plastic cap insert in the pipe with tack and disc and with the engineer’s or surveyor’s number stamped on the disc. (Ord. 278N § 11(part), 2004: Ord. 278 § 902, 1963).

All lot corners shall be identified with monuments not less substantial than one-inch diameter galvanized iron pipe and not less than twenty-four inches in length. The pipe shall have a plastic cap insert with a disc bearing the engineer’s or surveyor’s number stamped on the disc. Monuments shall be set flush with the finished grade. (Ord. 278N § 11(part), 2004: Ord. 278 § 903, 1963).

Concrete monuments of a type approved by the road commissioner shall be installed at intersections of all street centerline tangents with approved cast-iron ring and covers set to finished grade. The top of the four-inch minimum diameter monument shall be buried at least twelve inches below the finished street grade. Where centerline tangents intersect on private property, monuments shall be located at the B.C. and E.C. of the centerline curves. (Ord. 278N § 11(part), 2004: Ord. 278 § 904, 1963).

All monuments shall be subject to inspection and acceptance by the county engineer. Any monument or bench mark, as required by this article, that is disturbed or destroyed before acceptance of all improvements required by this article shall be replaced by the subdivider. (Ord. 278N § 11(part), 2004: Ord. 278 § 905, 1963).

Monuments need not be set at the time of the final subdivision map recordation if the engineer or surveyor certifies on the map that the monuments will be set on or before a specified date subject to the approval of the county engineer, and if the subdivider furnishes to the board of supervisors a bond or cash deposit guaranteeing the payment of the cost of setting the monuments in accordance with the provisions of this article and section the Subdivision Map Act. The amount of the bond or deposit shall be determined by the county engineer. (Ord. 278N § 11(part), 2004: Ord. 278-J § 9, 1977: Ord. 278 § 906, 1963).