La Verne Municipal Code Ch. 16.18 Lot Line Adjustment

The procedures for a lot line adjustment shall apply to the adjustment of property boundaries between two or more adjacent parcels where land taken from one lot is added to an adjacent lot and where a greater number of lots than originally recorded is not thereby created, provided that:

A. No zoning violations shall result from the adjustment;

B. Individual sewer connections are available to each adjusted lot, or necessary easements are provided to the satisfaction of the director of public works; and

C. All drainage across the adjusted lot line shall be eliminated or necessary easements are provided to the satisfaction of the city engineer.

(Ord. 858 § 3, 1994)

The applicant shall submit an application to the community development department with the following statement and maps:

A. A title report providing the legal description of the properties included in the application;

B. Signatures of all record owners included in the application and notarized signatures of all record owners included on the lot line adjustment form;

C. Plot plan (eight and one-half inches by eleven inches) legibly drawn to a scale of sufficient size to show full detail, including the following information:

1. Dimensions and boundaries of the lots included in the application,

2. Dash lines indicating property line to be adjusted, and

3. Location of existing and proposed building and distance(s) between these buildings and proposed property lines; and

D. Legal descriptions of proposed lots prepared by a person authorized by Section 8761 of Business and Professions Code.

(Ord. 858 § 3, 1994)

At a regularly scheduled meeting, the development review committee shall act to approve or disapprove the lot line adjustment. A notice of this hearing shall be given to the applicant not less then five days prior to the date set for the hearing.

(Ord. 858 § 3, 1994)

An approved lot line adjustment shall expire twenty-four months after its approval if it has not been recorded, except when a time extension has been granted by the development review committee.

(Ord. 858 § 3, 1994)

Upon approval by the development review committee and the city engineer, the community development department shall file a determination of compliance with the county recorder.

(Ord. 858 § 3, 1994)