Chapter 18.102 — Certificates of Compliance

This Chapter provides procedures for the filing, processing, and approval of Certificates of Compliance and Conditional Certificates of Compliance, consistent with the policies of the General Plan and the requirements of the Map Act.

A Certificate of Compliance is a document recorded by the County Recorder, which acknowledges that the subject parcel, which was typically created prior to current subdivision map requirements, is considered by the Town to be a legal lot of record. A Conditional Certificate of Compliance is used instead of a Certificate of Compliance to validate a parcel that was not legally subdivided in compliance with the State subdivision laws and local ordinances regulating subdivisions that were in effect at the time the subdivision occurred.

Section 66499.35 of the Map Act requires the approval of these certificates. Any person owning real property, or a purchaser of the property in a contract of sale of the property, may request a Certificate of Compliance.

A Certificate of Compliance application shall include the form provided by the Department, the required filing fee, a chain of title, consisting of copies of all deeds beginning before the division and thereafter, unless the parcels were created through a recorded subdivision map, and all other information and materials required by the Department.

The processing, review, and approval of an application for a Certificate of Compliance shall occur as follows.

• A. Staff report. The Department shall prepare a staff report that:

  1. Describes the history of the land division;

  2. Determines whether the property was legally divided, in compliance with Subsection B., following;

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3. References provisions of State law and Town (or earlier County) ordinances applicable to the subdivision at the time the division in question occurred and any conditions that would be applicable to a current subdivision, as provided by the Map Act and the Development Code, if the owners of the property for which a certificate is requested are parties to the original division; and

4. Recommends appropriate conditions of approval if it is determined that the property was not legally divided, in compliance with Section 18.102.050.B (Conditional Certificates of Compliance - Conditions of approval). Conditions of approval may be attached to issuance of a Certificate of Compliance to ensure the proper recording of the certificate with the Nevada County Recorder’s Office (e.g., preparation of legal descriptions, recordation of deeds, etc.

• B. Review authority action. The review authority shall review all available information and make a determination whether the real property was divided in compliance with the Map Act, the applicable provisions of the Development Code, and other applicable provisions of the Municipal Code.

  1. Upon making the determination that the parcel(s) comply with the applicable provisions of this Development Code and the Map Act, the review authority shall approve and cause a Certificate of Compliance to be filed with the County Recorder. The review authority may attach conditions to the approval of the Certificate of Compliance to ensure the proper recording of the Certificate of Compliance.

  2. In the event that the review authority determines that the real property does not comply with the provisions of this Development Code or the Map Act, the review authority shall deny the application or process the application as a Conditional Certificate of Compliance (Section 18.102.050, Conditional Certificates of Compliance).

• C. Form of certificate. The Certificate of Compliance shall identify the real property, shall state that the division complies with the provisions of the Map Act and this Development Code, and shall include all information required by Map Act Section 66499.35.

• D. Effective date of certificate. A Certificate of Compliance shall not become final until the document has been recorded by the County Recorder.

A Conditional Certificate of Compliance is used to validate a parcel that was not legally divided in compliance with the State subdivision laws and local ordinances regulating subdivisions that were in effect at the time the subdivision occurred. If the current owners were responsible for the subdivision which created the illegal parcel, conditions of approval may be imposed, based on current standards. The preparation, filing and processing of a Conditional Certificate of Compliance application shall occur in compliance with Section 18.102.040 (Review and Approval), and this Section.

• A. Review. Upon making a determination that the real property does not comply with the applicable provisions of this Development Code or the Map Act, the review authority may

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grant a Conditional Certificate of Compliance, imposing conditions in compliance with following Subsection B.

• B. Conditions of approval. If the owners of the property for which a certificate is requested are the original subdividers, the review authority may impose any conditions that would be applicable to a current subdivision, as provided by the Map Act and this Development Code, regardless of when the property was divided. If the owners had no responsibility for the subdivision that created the parcel, the review authority may only impose conditions that would have been applicable at the time the property was acquired by the current owners.

• C. Appeal. The conditions imposed by the review authority may be appealed to the Council in compliance with Chapter 18.140 (Appeals).

• D. Completion of process. Following expiration of the 10 day appeal period after the determination and imposition of conditions by the review authority, the Department shall file a Conditional Certificate of Compliance with the County Recorder. The certificate shall identify the property, and serve as notice to the property owner or purchaser who applied for the certificate, a grantee of the owner, or any subsequent transferee or assignee of the property that the fulfillment and implementation of the conditions shall be required before subsequent issuance of a permit or other approval for the development of the property.

• E. Effective date of certificate. A Conditional Certificate of Compliance shall not become effective until the document has been recorded by the County Recorder.

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Reversion to Acreage

18.104

– CHAPTER 18.104 REVERSIONS TO ACREAGE

Sections:

18.104.010 - Purpose and Applicability 18.104.020 - Application and Processing

18.104.030 - Findings for Approval of Reversions 18.104.040 - Conditions of Approval for Reversions 18.104.050 - Final Map Contents