§ 9210.4. Parcel Requirements.

The parcel that is proposed for subdivision through an urban lot split:

• A. Shall be located in an RS zoning district;

• B. Shall have at least one (1) residential dwelling unit located on it on the date that the urban lot split is approved, unless the parcel is owned by a "community land trust," as defined in Revenue and Taxation Code Section 402.1(a)(11)(C)(ii) , or a "qualified nonprofit corporation" as described in Revenue and Taxation Code Section 214.15 ;

• C. Shall only have residential uses located on it on the date the urban lot split is approved;

• D. Shall not be located on a parcel that is any of the following, as more particularly described and defined in Government Code Section 65913.4(a)(6)(B) through (a)(6)(K) :

  1. Prime farmland, farmland of Statewide importance, or land zoned or designated for agricultural protection by an approved local ballot measure;

  2. Wetlands;

  3. Within a very high fire hazard severity zone as determined by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, unless the site has adopted fire hazard mitigation measures pursuant to existing building standards or State fire mitigation measures;

  4. A hazardous waste site that has not been cleared for residential use;

  5. Within a delineated earthquake fault zone unless the development complies with all applicable State and local seismic protection building code standards;

  6. Within a special flood hazard area subject to inundation by a one hundred (100) year flood, unless:

     • a. The site has been subject to a Letter of Map Revision prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and issued to the City; or

     • b. The site meets Federal Emergency Management Agency requirements necessary to meet minimum floodplain management criteria of the National Flood Insurance Program;

  7. Within a regulatory floodway, unless the development has received a no-rise certification;

  8. Lands identified for conservation in an adopted natural community conservation plan, habitat conservation plan, or other adopted natural resource protection plan;

  9. Habitat for protected species; or

10. Land under a conservation easement;

• E. Shall not be located within a historic district or on property included on the State Historic Resources Inventory, as defined in Public Resources Code Section 5020.1 , or within a site that is designated or listed as a City or County landmark or historic property or district pursuant to a City or County ordinance;

• F. Shall not have been created through a previous urban lot split; and

• G. Shall not be adjacent to a parcel that was previously subdivided through an urban lot split by the owner of the parcel on which the urban lot split is proposed or any person acting in concert with the owner.

• (Ord. 22-2210 § 16)