16.102 Lot Line Adjustments

The purpose of this chapter is to specify the content, form and review procedures required for the approval of lot line adjustments, in compliance with state law (Government Code Section 66412 [d]).

(Ord. 182 § 2 (part), 1997)

An adjustment may be filed in compliance with the provisions of this chapter to adjust the lot lines between four or fewer adjoining parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjoining parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not created. The city engineer shall approve a lot line adjustment after receiving a recommendation from the community development department and upon determining that the proposed adjustment does not:

• A. Additional Parcels. Create additional parcels;

• B. Not Legal. Include parcels which are not legal, as defined in this development code;

• C. Access. Impair existing access or easements or create a need for new access or easements to adjacent parcels,

• and street improvements or other subdivision improvements are not required;

• D. Minimum Standards. Result in either one of the parcels failing to meet the minimum standards of this

• development code;

E. Public Improvements. Require substantial alteration of existing public improvements or create a need for new public improvements; or

F. Covenant of Improvement. Adjust the lot line between adjacent parcels for which a covenant of improvement requirements has been recorded and all required improvements have not been completed, unless the di-rector determines that the proposed lot line adjustment would not significantly affect the covenant of improvement requirements.

• (Ord. 337 §§ 14, 15, 2005; Ord. 293 § 1 (part), 2004; Ord. 182 § 2 (part), 1997)

If an existing parcel(s) is presently nonconforming with any provision of this development code, a lot line adjustment may be allowed, if the director determines that granting the adjustment would not increase the nonconformity, in compliance with Chapter 16.32 (Nonconforming Uses, Structures, and Parcels). (Ord. 182 § 2 (part), 1997)

The procedure for filing a lot line adjustment shall be as follows:

A . Application. An application shall be filed in compliance with Chapter 16.86. (Application Filing, Processing, and Fees);

B. Lot line Adjustment Map. The lot line adjustment map shall be clearly and legibly drawn and shall contain all of the information identified in the Department's submittal requirements for lot line adjustments, in effect at the time the application is filed:

C. Drawings Maintained by the Department. The original drawings or reproducible copies of deed record drawings shall be maintained by the city engineer;

D. Recordation of Deed. The deed describing the adjustment/transfer shall be recorded with the county re-corder; and

E. Fee required. A fee in compliance with the council's fee resolution shall be paid at the time of filing the lot line adjustment map with the department.

(Ord. 182 § 2 (part), 1997)

A. Map Not Required. A tentative, parcel, or final map shall not be required as a condition to an approved lot line adjustment.

B. Record of Survey Not Required. A record of survey shall not be required as a condition to an approved lot line adjustment. unless specifically required by state law (Business and Professions Code, Section 8762).

(Ord. 182 § 2 (part), 1997)