Beaumont Municipal Code Ch. 16.60 Reversion to Acreage

Divided real property may be reverted to acreage pursuant to the provisions of this title and the Subdivision Map Act. Reversion to acreage proceedings may be initiated by the City Council on its own motion, or by petition of all owners of record of real property that is proposed to be reverted to acreage.

(Ord. 547 §15.1, 1983)

To revert divided lands to acreage, a tentative map shall be filed as follows:

A. A tract number shall be obtained from the Road Commissioner upon payment of the fee, set forth in the ordinance codified in this title, and on file in the City Clerk's Office.

B. Fifteen copies of the tentative map shall be filed with the Planning Director, accompanied by the fee as set forth in the ordinance codified in this title, and on file in the City Clerk's Office. The fee shall be paid by the owners filing the tentative map, or, if the reversion to acreage is initiated by the Council upon request of the owners of the, property, the fee shall 'be paid by the person making the request to the Council.

C. The tentative map prepared in the form required by Chapter 16.20 shall show all relevant details of the land division proposed to be reverted, its relationship 'to existing sheets, dedications and adjoining lands, and configurations of the proposed reversion.

D. Proof of ownership of the real property proposed to be reverted to acreage shall be submitted with the tentative map.

(Ord. 547 §15.2, 1983)

The tentative map shall be distributed by the Planning Director to all interested and affected agencies and utilities. Thereafter, the tentative map shall be considered by the Land Division Committee, which committee shall report and recommend to the advisory agency.

(Ord. 547 §15.3, 1983)

The advisory agency shall consider the report and recommendation of the Land Division Committee on the tentative map, and shall forward a report and recommendation to the Council for approval, conditional approval or disapproval of the proposed reversion to acreage. A copy of the advisory agency report and recommendations shall be mailed to the applicant or the authorized agent.

(Ord. 547 §15.4, 1983)

A. After receipt of the report and recommendations of the advisory agency, the Council shall set the matter for public hearing. Notice of the time and place of the public hearing before the Council, including a general description of the location of the property proposed to be reverted to acreage, shall be given at least ten days before the public hearing by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation that is published and circulated in the City.

B. Divided real property may be reverted to acreage only if the Council finds that:

1. Dedications or offers of dedication to be vacated or abandoned by the reversion to acreage are unnecessary for present or prospective public purposes; and

2. Either:

a. All owners of an interest in the real property within the land division have consented to the reversion, or

b. None of the improvements required to be made have been made within two years from the date the final land division map was filed for record, or within the time allowed by agreement for completion of the improvements, whichever is the later, or

c. No lots shown on the final land division map have been sold within five years from the date such map was filed for record.

C. The following shall be required as conditions to approval of a reversion:

1. Dedications necessary for a logical street pattern for access to any lands not proposed for reversion or as may be necessary for drainage or utilities;

2. Retention of all previously paid fees;

3. Retention of any necessary improvement security or deposit.

(Ord. 547 §15.5, 1983)