Article VI — Open Space Regulations — Santa Cruz County Zoning Code

13.10.671. Use of nondevelopable land. ¶

Development use within areas identified on the General Plan and Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan as nondevelopable land (see definition SCCC § 13.10.700-D , "developable land") shall be considered only when consistent with all General Plan and County Code resource protection and hazard mitigation requirements where applicable, and only in the following circumstances:

(A) For use consistent with the maintenance of the area as open space.

(B) For the placement of utilities where they cannot be located out of the proposed use areas. (Ord. 3432 § 1, 1983)

13.10.672. Use of urban open space land. ¶

Development or uses within areas identified on the General Plan and Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan as urban open space shall be permitted only when consistent with all applicable General Plan and County Code resource protection and hazard mitigation requirements where applicable, and only in the following circumstances:

(A) For one single-family dwelling on an existing parcel of record. The dwelling may only be located on nondevelopable land if there is no developable land on the parcel. Adverse environmental impacts shall be mitigated.

(B) For the uses identified in SCCC § 13.10.671 . (Ord. 3432 § 1, 1983)

13.10.673. ¶

(A) No additional building sites shall be created as a result of a lot line adjustment.

(B) No parcel subject to General Plan designation as agriculture and agricultural resource may be reduced in size by a lot line adjustment, unless it can be demonstrated that the proposed adjustment will not adversely affect continued and/or future agricultural use of economically viable agricultural land which is located on the parcels which are the subject of the lot line adjustment, or adjacent to such parcels.
(C) No parcel subject to the General Plan designation as timber production and timber resource may be reduced in size by a lot line adjustment unless all such parcels after adjustment are designed to maintain the timber harvest and management potential of the property.
(D) Technical studies may be required prior to approval of any lot line adjustment to confirm that all resultant parcels include building sites that meet existing criteria, unless a declaration of restrictions in favor of the County is recorded identifying the parcel in question as not buildable in perpetuity absent County agreement to the contrary.
(E) No lot line adjustment shall be approved unless it is consistent with the General Plan, specific plan and Local Coastal Plan (where applicable). A lot line adjustment shall be deemed to be consistent with parcel size requirements if it complies with the minimum parcel size required by the zoning designation. For the purposes of this subsection the term "minimum parcel size required by the zoning designation" shall mean the minimum parcel size allowed by any of the following:
- (1) The zoning ordinance adopting a designation for the parcel in question;
- (2) If the zoning is inconsistent with the General Plan, the lowest density end of the density range allowed by the General Plan density designation; or
(3) If the zoning density is required to be determined pursuant to the rural matrix calculation under Chapter 13.14 SCCC, the highest density end of the density range allowed by the General Plan density designation. No matrix calculation shall be required for this purpose.
(Ord. 4132 § 6, 1991; Ord. 4281 § 4, 1993)