Article V — Lot Line Adjustment

Any person desiring a lot line adjustment between two or more existing parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, shall file an application for a lot line adjustment with the department, accompanied by such information as the department may require and by a fee in such amount as established by resolution of the City Council. The application shall be signed by the owner of the property involved, and accompanied by a plot plan, eight and one half inches by 14 inches in size and in a form prescribed by the Director, a title report, and a legal description of the proposed lot line adjustment, subject to the review of the City Engineer. (Prior code § 26-5.1; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

• A. Within 30 days after an application for a lot line adjustment has been filed, the Director shall approve or conditionally approve the lot line adjustment if the lot line adjustment does not:

  1. Create any new lots;

  2. Include any lots or parcels created illegally;

  3. Impair any existing access or create a need for new access to any adjacent lots or parcels;

  4. Impair any existing easements or create a need for any new easements serving adjacent lots or parcels;

  5. Constitute poor land planning or undesirable lot configurations due to existing environmental conditions;

  6. Require substantial alteration of any existing improvements or create a need for any new improvements.

• B. The Director may impose such conditions of approval, to be satisfied prior to recordation of the lot line adjustment, as the Director finds necessary to ensure that the boundary adjustments involved are in full compliance with the requirements of this title.

• C. In any case where a lot line adjustment is approved, the department shall file a certificate of compliance with the County Recorder's office.

• (Prior code § 26-5.2; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

If the applicant is dissatisfied with any action taken by the Director, such action may be appealed to the Planning Commission within 10 days of the date of mailing of a notice of the action taken by the Director. The Planning Commission shall consider such an appeal at its next regularly scheduled meeting and may either approve, conditionally approve or deny the application for a lot line adjustment.

(Prior code § 26-5.3; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

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City of Norwalk, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.02.330

§ 16.02.380

Article VI Voluntary Lot Mergers

Pursuant to Section 66499.20.1 of the Subdivision Map Act, contiguous parcels under common ownership may be merged without reverting to acreage upon application by the owner of record. An appropriate instrument a proved by the City shall be recorded evidencing the merger. (Prior code § 26-12.1; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

The applicant for a merger pursuant to this article shall file with the Deputy City Manager/ Community Development an original and four signed, legible prints of a map prepared by a licensed surveyor or registered civil engineer on sheets of tracing cloth or polyester base film 18 inches wide by 26 inches long showing the following:

• A. The exact dimensions and bearings of each existing line, plus the area of each lot; the proposed new lot lines shown in dashed lines, plus the new dimensions and areas of the new lot; dimensions and areas shall be clearly labeled "existing" and "proposed";

• B. The existing improvements on each lot and the existing and proposed setback dimensions;

• C. All easements and public rights-of-way over the affected lots;

• D. Legal description of each existing lot and the new lot, the signatures of all owners of the lots, the name and address of the person making the application, and the name and address of the engineer or survey-or who drew the map.

(Prior code § 26-12.2; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

The lot to be created by the merger shall conform to the minimum requirements set forth in Title 17 of this Code.

(Prior code § 26-12.3; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

Upon receipt of the application, the Deputy City Manager/Community Development shall examine it to see whether it complies with the requirements of this article. If the application complies, the Deputy City Manager/Community Development shall approve the lot merger. (Prior code § 26-12.4; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

If an applicant is dissatisfied with the decision of the Deputy City Manager/Community Development, the decision may be appealed to the Planning Commission. Such appeal shall be in writing and shall be received by the Planning Department within 15 days after the date of the Deputy City Manager action.

(Prior code § 26-12.5; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

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City of Norwalk, CA § 16.02.380

NORWALK CODE

§ 16.02.390

The Planning Commission may reject, uphold, or modify the decision. The decision of the Commission shall be final, unless appealed to the City Council as provided in Section 16.02.370 for appeals to the Planning Commission. In such event the decision of the City Council shall be final.

(Prior code § 26-12.6; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

Upon approval, the map shall be filed in the office of the County Recorder by the applicant at the applicant's expense. No building permit to construct any improvements upon the lot indicated on such map shall be issued until the applicant has submitted proof of such filing to the Deputy City Manager/Community Development.

(Prior code § 26-12.7; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

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City of Norwalk, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.02.400

§ 16.02.440