Chapter 19.34 — LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS

For the purposes of this chapter, a lot line adjustment is any division of land not requiring a subdivision tract map, as specified by the Subdivision Map Act, Government Code Section 66411 et seq., where adjustment is sought between two or more existing adjacent parcels, and 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, provided the lot line adjustment is approved by the director and the city engineer as the advisory agency for purposes of the Subdivision Map Act. The city engineer shall initially review the application for a lot line adjustment to determine if the application is complete. Thereafter, the director and city engineer shall limit their review and approval to a determination of whether or not the parcels resulting from the lot line adjustment will conform to city zoning and building codes. The director and city engineer in reviewing lot line adjustment proposals shall not impose conditions or exactions on the approval of a lot line adjustment except to conform to city zoning and building codes, to facilitate the relocation of existing utilities, infrastructure, or easements, and to require the prepayment of real property taxes prior to the approval of the lot line adjustment. No tentative map, parcel map, or final map shall be required as a condition to the approval of a lot line adjustment. Any lot line adjustment so approved shall be reflected in a deed which shall be recorded. No record of survey shall be required for a lot line adjustment unless required by Business and Professions Code Section 8762 . The decision to approve or deny a lot line adjustment by the director and the city engineer, acting as the advisory agency, shall be in writing and sent by mail to the applicant within fifty days from the date the application was complete. (Ord. 780 § 2, 1996)

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit an applicant for a lot line adjustment from submitting a tentative parcel map in lieu of the procedure outlined herein. (Ord. 780 § 2, 1996)

Any person adversely affected by a decision of the advisory agency for this chapter, may appeal that decision to the subdivision committee. Such appeal shall be made in writing within ten days of the final action of the city engineer and shall be addressed to the secretary of the planning commission. (Ord. 780 § 2, 1996)