Chapter 16.150 — LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS

• (A) A lot line adjustment may be approved between four or fewer existing adjoining parcels, where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, pursuant to the following provisions:

  • (1) Applications for lot line adjustment shall be filed with the City Engineer on the forms prescribed, and shall be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer, in consultation with the Director.

  • (2) Review by the City Engineer and the Director shall be limited to whether or not the parcels resulting from the proposed lot line adjustment will comply with the Zoning Ordinance and building code.

  • (3) Conditions of approval and exactions shall be limited to those required to facilitate conformance with the Palmdale General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, building code or the relocation of existing utilities, infrastructure or easements.

  • (4) No record of survey shall be required, unless required by Section8762 of the Business and Professions Code.

  • (5) The existing parcels must have been lawfully created per Government Code Section 66412.6 as a condition of application for a lot line adjustment as the lots will subsequently be issued certificates of compliance. The lots shall have been lawfully created by a final map, parcel map or presumed lawfully created per Government Code Section66412.6.

• (B) City Engineer and Director shall approve or disapprove the lot line adjustment within the time frames established by Public Resources Code Section 21151.5, and Government Code Section 66452.2. The City shall comply with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, to the extent required, if any conditions of the lot line adjustment are likely to have a potential impact on the environment, and shall comply with applicable notice and hearing requirements, if the adjustment or the conditions of approval may affect the interests of surrounding property owners.

• (Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996; Ord. 1564 § 2, 2021; Ord. 1614 § 4 (Exh. I), 2023)

Upon approval of the lot line adjustment pursuant to this section, the City Engineer shall file with the office of the County Registrar/Recorder a certificate of compliance or conditional certificate of compliance of the affected parcels and a plat map showing the revised lot lines. The certificate shall include a certificate by the County Tax Collector in accordance with Division 8 of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 1091 § 5, 1996)

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City of Palmdale, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.160.010

§ 16.160.030