Chapter 7.32

• A. For the purposes of this chapter, a lot line adjustment is any division of land not requiring a subdivision tract map, as specified by the Subdivision Map Act, where adjustment is sought between four or fewer existing adjacent parcels, the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created. The lot line adjustment shall be approved by the Director and the City Engineer as the advisory agency for purposes of the Subdivision Map Act.

• B. The City Engineer shall initially review the application for a lot line adjustment to determine if the application is complete. Thereafter, the Director and City Engineer shall limit their review and approval to a determination of whether or not the parcels resulting from the lot line adjustment will conform to the Zoning Code and the Municipal Code. In reviewing lot line adjustments proposals, the Director and City Engineer shall not impose conditions or exactions on the approval of a lot line adjustment except to conform to the Zoning Code and Municipal Code, to facilitate the relocation of existing utilities, infrastructure, or easements and to require the prepayment of real property taxes prior to the approval of the lot line adjustment.

• C. No tentative map, parcel map, or final map shall be required as a condition to the approval of a lot line adjustment. Any lot line adjustment so approved shall be reflected in a deed which shall be recorded. No record of survey shall be required for a lot line adjustment unless required by Business and Professions Code Section 8762. The decision to approve or deny a lot line adjustment by the Director and the City Engineer, acting as the advisory agency, shall be in writing and sent by mail to the applicant within 50 days from the date the application was complete.

• (Ord. 171 § 1, 2007; Ord. 247 § 59, 2013; Ord. 302 § 13, 2018)

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit an applicant for a lot line adjustment from submitting a tentative parcel map in lieu of the procedure outlined herein. (Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

Any person adversely affected by a decision of the advisory agency for this chapter, may appeal that decision to the Planning Commission in accordance with Section 2.04.100 et seq., of the municipal code.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

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City of Lake Forest, CA

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