West Covina Municipal Code § 26-354 Recording of merger without approval prohibited

Pursuant to the provisions of California Government Code Section 66499.20.3, a merger and certificate of merger of existing adjoining parcels of real property under common ownership may be authorized by the City Engineer and filed for record by the county recorder only where the City Engineer makes all of the following findings:

(a) The merger will not affect any fees, grants, easements, agreements, conditions, dedications, offers to dedicate or security provided in connection with any approvals of divisions of real property or lot line adjustments;

(b) The boundaries of the parcels to be merged are well-defined in existing recorded documents or filed maps and were legally created or have certificates of compliance issued on them;

(c) The merger will not alter the exterior boundary of the parcels to be merged;

(d) The document used to effect the merger contains an accurate description of the exterior boundaries of the resulting parcel;

(e) All parties having any record title interest in the real property affected have consented to the merger upon a form and in a manner approved by the City Engineer, excepting all those interests that are excepted from the requirement to consent to the preparation and recordation of final maps under the provisions of California Government Code Section 66436 and according to the terms, provisions, reservations and restrictions provided therein for such consent;

(f) All necessary fees and requirements, including a fee for recording the document have been provided;

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)

Where a record of survey is deemed to be necessary by the City Engineer or the applicant in order to monument and define the boundaries of the merged parcel, such record of survey, otherwise in compliance with all requirements, may be filed at the same time as the merger and certificate of merger.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)

The filing of the merger and certificate of merger for record shall constitute a merger of the separate parcels into one (1) parcel for the purpose of the Subdivision Map Act and local ordinances enacted pursuant thereto, and the parcels shall thereafter be treated in all respects as a single parcel.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)

No person shall record a document merging separate legal parcels into a single legal parcel for the purposes of the Subdivision Map Act and local Ordinances enacted pursuant thereto except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)