Article 10 — SPLITTING LOTS

(Amended by O-1309; O-1443; O-1472; O-1514)

Lots or parcels of land shall be split or divided as provided in Chapter 2 of Division 9 of this Code.

(Amended by O-3897; O-3896)

No person shall build or create or place more than one (1) building on one (1) recorded lot which, prior to November 19, 1963, could have been divided into more than one (1) lot, each of which resulting lots would have met all the dimensional requirements for the creation of a lot in the R-1 zone; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to:

a) Accessory buildings;

b) Buildings designed and used for manufacturing purposes on land zoned M-1 and M-2 and which are occupied and used by one (1) owner;

c) Buildings designed and used for commercial purposes on land zoned for commercial uses and which are occupied and used as a part of a shopping center or other integrated operation and the occupiers of which buildings have an easement for vehicular ingress, egress and parking on all land used for parking on said lot;

d) Condominium projects and community apartment projects for which a Conditional Use Permit has been granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 36 of Chapter 1 of this Division;

e) Churches, schools and governmental buildings; and

f) Those parcels of land which in the opinion of the majority of a Board of Review composed of the Planning Director, the City Engineer, the Building Superintendent and the City Attorney would be infeasible to divide further because of the location of existing or proposed buildings.

g) Housing development containing no more than two (2) residential units and urban lot splits, on parcels located in a single-family residential zone, consistent with Sections 65852.21 and 66411.7 of the Government Code and Section 92.29.34, Two-unit projects and urban lot splits in the R-1 zone.