§ 9-510

The purpose of this Chapter is to establish procedures under which subdivided property may be reverted to acreage. Applications for Reversion to Acreage may be initiated by petition of all of the owners of record of the parcels or by the owners of record authorized agent, or by the Board of Supervisors in a resolution initiating such proceedings. The application shall include a Tentative Map, evidence of title to the real property, and such other information as may be required by the Zoning Administrator.

The owners' petition for a reversion to acreage shall contain all of the following:

(a)

Evidence of title to the real property within the subdivision;

(b)

Evidence of the consent of all of the owners with an interest in the property;

(c)

Evidence that none of the improvements required to be made have been made within two years from the date the final or Parcel Map was filed for record, or within the time allowed by agreement for completion of the improvements, whichever is later;

(d)

Evidence that no lots shown on the final or Parcel Map have been sold within five years from the date such final or Parcel Map was filed for record;

(e)

A Tentative Map in the form required by this Series, and, if applicable, a final or Parcel Map in the form required by this Series, that delineates dedications that will not be vacated and dedications required as a condition to reversion. Final or Parcel Maps shall be conspicuously designated with the title, "The Purpose of this Map is a Reversion to Acreage";

(f)

The required fees; and

(g)

Any other information the Zoning Administrator may require.

A Reversion to Acreage Application shall be reviewed using the Common Procedures for discretionary review by the Planning Commission specified in Chapter 9-802, with modifications as follows:

(a)

Staff Review and Recommendation. The final or Parcel Map for the reversion together with all other data as required by this Chapter shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator for review. Upon finding that the petition meets all the requirements of this Series and the Subdivision Map Act, the Director of Public Works shall submit the final or Parcel Map, together with a report and recommendations of approval or conditional approval of the reversion to acreage, to the Board of Supervisors for its consideration. If County staff denies the Reversion to Acreage application, the action is final unless appealed.

(b)

Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors shall hold a Public Hearing to take final action if County staff has recommended approval or if the County Staff's denial was appealed.

The Board of Supervisors may approve a Reversion to Acreage Application only if it finds that any outstanding dedications or offers of dedication to be vacated or abandoned by the reversion to acreage are unnecessary for present or prospective public purposes, based on the General Plan, and that:

(a)

Consent. All owners of an interest in the real property within the subdivision have consented to reversion; and

(b)

Lack of Improvements. None of the improvements required to be made have been made within two years from the date the final or Parcel Map was filed for record, or within the time allowed by agreement for completion of the improvements, whichever is later; or

(c)

Lack of Lot Sales. No lots shown on the final or Parcel Map have been sold within five years from the date such map was filed for record.

The Board of Supervisors shall require as conditions of the reversion:

(a)

Dedications. Dedications or offer to dedicate any needed streets or easements; and

(b)

Retentions. The retention of all or a portion of previously paid subdivision fees, deposits, or improvements securities if they are necessary to accomplish any of the provisions of this Title. All other fees and deposits shall be returned to the subdivider and all improvement securities shall be released by the Board following approval of a reversion to acreage

Except as provided in Section 9-510.050, upon filing of a Final Map for Reversion of Acreage with the County Recorder, all fees and deposits shall be returned to the subdivider, and all improvement securities shall be released by the Board of Supervisors.

Reversion shall be effective upon the filing of the Final Map for record with the County Recorder. Upon filing, all dedications and offers of dedication not shown on the Final Map for reversion shall be of no further force and effect and shall be shown as such on the assessment roll.

If there are four or fewer parcels under the same ownership to be reverted to acreage, the recording of a Parcel Map shall constitute a legal reversion to acreage of the land, abandonment of all streets and easements not shown on the Parcel Map, and a merger of the separate parcels into one parcel, and these shall be shown as such on the assessment roll.

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