Ridgecrest Municipal Code § 105-152 Lot line adjustment

Under Government Code § 66428 the city shall establish procedures for waiving parcel map requirements. The city finds, determines and declares that tentative parcel maps may be waived under the provisions of this section.

(Code 1980, § 19-6.1; Ord. No. 87-01, § 39)

(a) A person who desires to obtain a waiver from the requirement to file a tentative parcel map shall present the proposed final parcel map and the established fee to the planning commission secretary. The secretary shall obtain the comments of the planning director and the director of public works as to whether the proposed map will conform with the criteria set forth below. The comments of the director of community development and director of public works shall be presented to the applicant who shall make recommended corrections, if any, or request the matter be placed before the planning commission for action.

(b) If no corrections are suggested or when suggested corrections are made, the planning commission secretary shall schedule a public hearing before the planning commission upon the giving of such notice as required for other parcel maps.

(c) The planning commission shall approve the proposed map if the commission makes the findings set forth in the criteria listed below. The decision of the planning commission shall be final unless the decision is appealed to the city council in the same manner as tentative parcel maps.

(Code 1980, § 19-6.2; Ord. No. 87-01, § 40)

A parcel may be approved for filing without a tentative map only if the planning commission finds that the following conditions exist:

(1) The proposed map will promote the elimination or reduce the deficiencies of substandard or otherwise inappropriate parcels;

(2) The proposed map complies with the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66410 et seq.) and this Code as to area, improvements and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability and environmental protection; and

(3) The proposal is not a subdivision within the meaning of the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66410 et seq.).

(Code 1980, § 19-6.3; Ord. No. 87-01, § 41)

(a) A lot line adjustment between four or fewer existing 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 thereby created, may be approved by the city engineer when, in consultation with the community development department, it is determined that all the following conditions exist:

(1) The land is part of a recorded subdivision map, parcel map, record of survey, or shown on the latest adopted tax assessor's map as an individual parcel of land.

(2) The action is in accord with the general and specific plan.

(3) The lots or parcels created have the minimum square footage required by the zoning district in which they are located.

(4) No lot or parcel that is created on a dedicated and city maintained street shall have less than 50 feet frontage and lots that are created on a cul-de-sac or knuckle street shall have a minimum of 40 feet of frontage if the width of the lot as measured at the front yard setback line is at least 50 feet.

(5) All other applicable provisions of the zoning chapter shall be complied with.

(6) An unnumbered tentative parcel map or clear and concise 8½ inches by 11 inches or 14 inches rendering shall be submitted to the public works department for review to ensure compliance with the above sections.

(b) Under no circumstances shall a lot line adjustment result in the creation of additional substandard lots.

(Code 1980, § 19-6.4; Ord. No. 87-01, § 42; Ord. No. 88-15, § 3; Ord. No. 92-08, § 2)

State Law reference— Lot line adjustments, Government Code § 66412(d).