Chapter 16.52 — LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS—PARCEL MERGER

• A. Voluntary parcel mergers shall be processed as lot line adjustments.

• B. The planning director, in consultation with the department of public works, the environmental health department and other departments shall approve or conditionally approve an application for a lot line adjustment without submission of a tentative map.

• (Ord. 516 § 9, 1984; Ord. 942 § 4, 1994; Ord. 1139 § 5, 2008)

• A. Application for approval of a lot line adjustment under this section shall be made to the planning department and shall include an eight and one-half inch by eleven inch plat showing the proposed adjustment, any required fee, and such other information as the director may require.

• B. The eight and one-half inch by eleven inch plat showing the proposed adjustment shall include the following information:

  1. Location of all structures, wells, septic systems, access roads and any existing easements and their use;

  2. Before and after acreages;

  3. Identification of the location of existing property lines to be removed and property lines to be added.

• C. The owners of all parcels affected by the lot line adjustment shall sign the application.

• D. A title report no older than thirty days shall be submitted for all lots/parcels involved in the application.

• (Ord. 516 § 9, 1984; Ord. 1139 § 5, 2008)

Whenever any boundary line(s) shown on a recorded parcel or final map would be altered as a result of a proposed lot line adjustment, an accurate drawing, referred to herein as an exhibit, shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer or licensed surveyor, on an eight and one-half inch by eleven inch format, where feasible, and shall be an accurate representation of all adjusted boundary lines and shall include, but not be limited to, all property, mathematical or survey information such as courses, distances and bearings necessary to accurately reflect the adjusted property lines and parcels.

(Ord. 1139 § 5, 2008)

After approval of the lot line adjustment, a notice of waiver of parcel map shall be filed for recordation by the department. A final version of the exhibit if required by Section 16.52.020 shall be attached to the notice as an exhibit and incorporated within the notice by reference. Any deed or other document required to comply with the requirements of this section shall be

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INYO COUNTY CODE

§ 16.52.040

§ 16.52.070

recorded simultaneously with the notice. (Ord. 1139 § 5, 2008)

• A. As used in this subsection, "deed" includes a grant of fee title to the property affected and any other document necessary to relieve the property affected of any lien or encumbrance which, if foreclosed, released or re-conveyed would conflict with a lot line adjustment previously approved. Any deed filed for record pursuant to this section shall contain the words "for purposes of lot line adjustment" in bold letters at least one-fourth inch high at the top center of each page and shall contain in the text the following language:

This deed is for the purpose of adjusting property lines only and does not convey a separate parcel.

• B. When the lot line adjustment affects any parcel, which is part of a recorded map, the deed shall provide a space to record a reference to the recorder's book and page of all maps so affected. If any parcel affected by a lot line adjustment is subject to a lien resulting from an assessment district proceeding or equivalent proceeding for the financing of public improvements, the applicant shall secure an amendment of the assessment district map and any other documents of record to reflect the adjusted property line.

• (Ord. 1139 § 5, 2008)

The grantee of any real property conveyed to execute a lot line adjustment pursuant to this chapter shall sign a request that the county assessor consolidate affected assessor's parcels in the grantee's ownership, as necessary, to prevent an increase in the number of assessor's parcels shown on the county assessment roll.

(Ord. 1139 § 5, 2008)

• A. Approval of a lot line adjustment and recordation of a notice of waiver of parcel map pursuant to this chapter shall not be deemed or construed to be approval for development of any parcel affected by the lot line adjustment.

• B. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to prevent the filing of an application for approval of a tentative map for the purpose of adjusting one or more property lines of parcels shown on a recorded map.

• C. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to prevent the use of a lot line adjustment, as provided in this chapter, to merge contiguous lots or parcels of real property, unless the lot line adjustment would require abandonment of dedicated rights-of-way which can only be accomplished through a reversion to acreage map or a right-of-way vacation approved by the board of supervisors.

• D. Approval of a lot line adjustment shall expire if the documents required to implement the lot line adjustment are not recorded within twenty-four months, unless an extension of time is requested with the filing of application fees in effect at the time that the extension request is submitted.

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§ 16.52.080

• E. If more than four lots are involved in the lot line adjustment a re-subdivision tentative map application shall be required. The advisory agency may approve the tentative map imposing those development standards in effect at the time of tentative map approval.

• (Ord. 1139 § 5, 2008)

Appeals of the planning director's decision shall be to the advisory agency within ten days of the director's decision. The appeal shall state the reasons for the appeal and shall include the appeal fee in effect at the time.

(Ord. 1139 § 5, 2008)

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SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.56.010

§ 16.56.020