Eastvale Municipal Code Ch. 130.68 Lot Line Adjustments

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Lot line adjustment means a modification of a boundary line between two or more adjacent legal parcels where the modification complies with the following criteria:

(1) No new parcels are created, and no existing parcels are deleted;

(2) No parcel is reduced below the minimum lot area required by the zoning designation set forth in title 120 and the comprehensive general plan of the city;

(3) The proposed adjustment is exempt from the Subdivision Map Act, and no tentative map, final map or parcel map, shall be required as a condition to the approval of a lot line adjustment;

(4) Public rights-of-way are not altered in any way unless approved by the director of transportation.

(Ord. No. 2011-04, §§ 1, 2, 1-26-2011)

Applications for lot line adjustment as defined in section 130.04.060(b) shall be made to the community development director on forms provided by the planning department. The applications shall be accompanied by the fee.

(Ord. No. 2011-04, §§ 1, 2, 1-26-2011; Ord. No. 23-22, § 1, 2-8-2023)

(a) Upon receipt of a completed application, the planning department shall transmit the material to the following agencies: transportation department, county surveyor, health, fire, building and safety, and assessor departments and flood control district. The applicant and his representative shall be notified of any concerns set forth by the reviewing agencies which may delay approval of the applications.

(b) The community development director shall limit his review and approval to a determination of whether or not the parcels resulting from the adjustment will conform to state law and city ordinances, and shall not impose conditions or exactions on the approval except to conform to city ordinances, or to facilitate the relocation of existing utilities, infrastructure, easements or improvements.

(c) When special circumstances applicable to a parcel of property, including but not limited to topographic constraints, parcel orientation, access restrictions, methods of circulation, existing improvements and/or urbanization of the property under a requested permit, the community development director may, upon sufficient documentation and justification, approve a lot line adjustment as long as the proposed adjustment is not in conflict with state law, city ordinances and requirements set by other city departments or agencies.

(d) Within 30 days of the lot line adjustment application being accepted as complete, the community development director shall conditionally approve, disapprove or notify the applicant and his representative that the request does not meet the requirements of a lot line adjustment. Applications for lot line adjustment shall not be considered final until the exhibits and new legal descriptions, or amended deed, reflecting the adjustment have been recorded.

(Ord. No. 2011-04, §§ 1, 2, 1-26-2011; Ord. No. 23-22, § 1, 2-8-2023)

Upon approval of the lot line adjustment, the community development director, within six months or as agreed to by the community development director and applicant not to exceed one year, shall receive proof of the recordation of the deed or record of survey and the notice of lot line adjustment with the county recorder. The notice shall contain the following:

"This document is being recorded pursuant to Lot Line Adjustment No. _____, approved by the planning department on ________."

(Ord. No. 2011-04, §§ 1, 2, 1-26-2011; Ord. No. 23-22, § 1, 2-8-2023)

A record of survey shall be required pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 8762 if monuments are set at the new lot lines, unless the boundary is monumented as part of a land division with a recorded map.

(Ord. No. 2011-04, §§ 1, 2, 1-26-2011)