Santa Barbara County Public Works Department

The County Surveyor Division of Public Works provides extensive surveying services for both office and field needs and is located on the second floor at 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA. 93101.

Surveyor's Office:

The Office Section is primarily responsible for checking subdivision maps, records of surveys, lot line adjustments, corner records, voluntary mergers, and certificates of compliance for compliance with Federal State and local laws and ordinances. The Office staff index and file all final maps, parcel maps, and records of surveys after recording and is also responsible for all jurisdictional and special district boundary mapping within the County. Inquiries should be directed to our Office on the second floor at 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA. 93101 or we can be reached by phone at 805-568-3020.

Project Type	Fee Type	Fee
*Subdivision Map and Document Review Fee Schedule. Effective April 9th, 2004.*
Certificate of Compliance	DEPOSIT	$1,000.00
Certificate of Correction	FIXED	$10.00
Conditional Certificate of Compliance	DEPOSIT	$1,000.00
Corner Record	FIXED	$10.00
Final Map (Base)	DEPOSIT	$3,100.00
Final Map (Additional per lot)	FIXED	$50.00
Lot Line Adjustment (Base)	DEPOSIT	$1,250.00
Lot Line Adjustment (Additional per lot)	FIXED	$50.00
Monument inspection (Final maps)	DEPOSIT	$250.00
Parcel Map (Base)	DEPOSIT	$1,850.00
Parcel Map (Additional per lot)	FIXED	$50.00
Record of Survey	FIXED	$344.00
Reversion to Acreage Map (Final Map)	FIXED	$988.00
Reversion to Acreage Map (Parcel Map)	FIXED	$843.00
Tentative Parcel Map	FIXED	$160.00
Voluntary Merger	DEPOSIT	$600.00

Right of Way:

Right of Way determination provides answers to and makes determinations about Right-of-Way and Easement ownership information for Santa Barbara County Public Works.

Real Property:

The Real Property Section provides professional real estate services to meet space needs and requirements for Santa Barbara County Public Works. We prepare and negotiate real property transactions including easements, abandondonments, leases, sales and purchases.

GeoIntegration:

The GeoIntegration Team is composed of a small staff, that provides mapping support and spatial services to all the divisions within the Public Works Department. Primarily tasked with the development of the Public Works Enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the team helps provide cost-saving solutions to the various projects and intiatives that are geographic in nature.

Field Survey:

The Field Section provides topographic, boundary, control and construction surveys for Santa Barbara County projects using the latest surveying equipment and computer software. This section is also responsible for preparing legal descriptions, maps, and records of surveys of County facilities. The FIELD SURVEY Section can be reached thru our Santa Barbara Office as well or by calling 805-696-1191 directly.

Geomatics Engineering:

The Geomatics Engineering manages local, regional, national and global spatial data infrastructures. Geomatics engineers apply engineering principles to spatial information and implement relational data structures involving measurement sciences and using Geomatics for Spatial Information Engineering.

Field Survey data combined with Geomatics Engineering practices provide topographic, boundary, control and construction surveys for Santa Barbara County projects using the latest surveying equipment and computer software.

The tasks of this section are more closely related to Civil Engineering and include the design and layout of public infrastructure and urban subdivisions, as well as mapping and control surveys for engineering projects.This section is also responsible for preparing legal descriptions, maps, and records of surveys of Santa Barbara County facilities.

Last updated: July 25, 2006