Chapter 16.32 — LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS

A. Section 66412 of the Government Code of the state of California provides that lot line adjustments are excluded from the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act when they have been approved by the local agency or advisory agency. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a procedure for granting such approval.

B. Nothing in this chapter is intended to prohibit a subdivider from proposing lot line adjustments in conjunction with a subdivision of land that is being processed by means of a final map or parcel map. In addition, an applicant may follow the parcel map procedure set forth in Chapter 16.28 to accomplish a lot line adjustment as an alternative to following the procedures in this chapter. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 9285)

• A. A lot line adjustment map as described in Section 16.32.030 is required for all lot line adjustments.

• B. The applicant for a lot line adjustment shall deliver to the city planner, twelve (12) copies of a lot line adjustment map on which the proposed lot line adjustment is shown.

C. At the time of delivering the lot line adjustment map, the applicant shall pay to the city planner a fee that shall be established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: Ord. 9605 § 32 (part), 1996: prior code § 9290)

A. The lot line adjustment map shall be on paper eight and one-half (8.5) by eleven (11) inches or eighteen (18) by twenty-six (26) inches. The lot line adjustment map shall be legibly drawn in pencil or ink and shall use a decimal or an engineer's scale adequate and appropriate for the map. The lot line adjustment map shall clearly show the following information:

1. The boundary lines of the original parcels, with dimensions. Such information shall be based on existing survey or other record data;

2. The proposed division lines with dimensions and the net area of each lot within such lot line adjustment;

3. All existing surface and underground structures and improvements located on the original parcels within fifty

• (50) feet of the boundary of each unit of land to be transferred or conveyed between adjoining lots or parcels;

4. The names, locations and widths of all abutting streets;

5. The location, purpose and width of all existing streets and easements affected by or in close proximity to the land to be conveyed between adjoining lots;

6. The existing use of the property;

7. The existing water supply;

8. The existing method of sewage disposal;

9. A description of all the property involved in the lot line adjustment sufficient to identify it on the county assessor's maps, including the section, township and range in which the property is located;

10. Such other information as the city planner determines is necessary for him to properly consider the proposed lot line adjustment.

• B. The lot line adjustment map shall be accompanied by the following information:

1. Legal descriptions of each adjusted parcel shown on the lot line adjustment map;

2. A certificate signed by the legal owner or owners or an authorized agent stating that a lot line adjustment is requested and certifying that the information shown on the map is true and correct. If the certificate is signed by an agent of the legal owner, such agent shall submit written authorization from the owner to file the map. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: Ord. 9605 § 32 (part), 1996: prior code § 9295)

A. 1. The city planner shall limit the review and approval of lot line adjustment maps to a determination of whether or not the parcels resulting from the lot line adjustment will conform to zoning and building ordinances. The city planner shall not impose conditions or exactions on the approval of the lot line adjustment except to conform to local zoning and building ordinances, or except to facilitate the relocation of existing utilities, infrastructure, or easements.

2. Whenever the city planner determines that conditions or exactions may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions of Section 16.32.040(B), he shall immediately refer the lot line adjustment map to the Site Plan Review Staff. The Site Plan Review Staff shall review the map and determine what conditions or exactions, if any, should be placed on the application. The Site Plan Review Staff shall not require any conditions or exactions on the lot line adjustment except to conform to local zoning and building ordinances, or except to facilitate the relocation of existing utilities, infrastructures or easements. The Site Plan Review Staff shall thereafter advise the city planner what conditions or exactions are to be required. If the Site Plan Review Staff determines that conditions or exactions are required, the staff shall determine at what time such conditions or exactions are to be fulfilled under the same provisions of this chapter as they apply to parcel maps. Agreements for fulfilling such conditions or exactions, security for such agreements and all other matters pertaining to such conditions or exactions shall also be governed by the same provisions of this chapter as they apply to parcel maps.

B. The city planner shall approve the proposed lot line adjustment whenever all of the following conditions are complied with:

1. The lots that will result from the proposed lot line adjustment conform to all the applicable zoning and building ordinances in effect and comply with regulations set forth in this chapter pertaining to size, shape and dimensions of lots in subdivisions for which tentative and final maps are required.

2. The proposed lot line adjustment will not, under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimental to the health, safety or general welfare of persons residing or working in the neighborhood or to the general welfare of the city.

C. In addition to any other basis for disapproval, the city planner may disapprove a lot line adjustment if he or she determines that there is no real relationship between the existing parcels and the proposed new parcels and that the proposal is more adequately processed as a merger and resubdivision pursuant to Section 66499.20-1/2 of the Government Code of the state of California.

D. 1. The city planner shall review the proposed lot line adjustment map and, within fifteen (15) days after the lot line adjustment map was filed, approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the lot line adjustment map. However, if the lot line adjustment map is referred to the Site Plan Review Staff, pursuant to Section 16.32.040, the city planner shall have thirty (30) days after the map was filed to take such action. Said time limits may be extended by mutual consent of the city planner and the applicant.

2. The city planner shall give written notice of his action to the applicant and to the affected city departments and to each public and private agency to which a copy of the lot line adjustment map was transmitted.

E. 1. If the city planner approved the lot line adjustment map, the written decision of the city planner approving the adjustment shall be filed for record with the county recorder. Such decision shall contain a legal description of

each parcel resulting from the lot line adjustment and shall be recorded concurrently with the appropriate deed(s) or record of survey pursuant to Government Code Section 66412(d).

2. The lot line adjustment shall not be effective until the decision of the city planner approving the map has been recorded as set forth in subsection (E)(1) of this section. Said decision shall not be recorded until the appeal period specified in Section 16.32.050 has expired without an appeal having been filed or until the applicant waives his right to appeal, whichever occurs first. If an appeal is filed, said decision shall not be recorded until the termination of the appeal proceedings.

3. If conditions or exactions are required by the Site Plan Review Staff, the decision of the city planner shall not be recorded until the required conditions and exactions have been made fulfilled and, if required by the Site Plan Review Staff, an agreement with security is on file for fulfilling such conditions or exactions.

4. The recording of the decision of the city planner and subsequent deed(s) or record of survey shall supersede all prior recorded parcel maps, subdivision maps or other documents that create the superseded parcels and the boundaries created by the decision of the city planner shall prevail over the earlier recorded boundaries, and the recorded decision of the city planner shall so state.

• (Ord. 2024-07 § 3 (part), 2024: Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: Ord. 9605 § 32 (part), 1996: prior code § 9300)

After the action by the city planner on the lot line adjustment map, the applicant may appeal in writing to the Planning Commission within ten days after the decision of the city planner. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 9305)

The procedure set forth in Section 16.04.050 pertaining to exceptions shall apply to lot line adjustments. The city planner shall carry out the required duties in connection with such exceptions and public hearings shall not be held in connection with said exceptions. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: Ord. 9605 § 32 (part), 1996: prior code § 9310)