Yuba City Municipal Code Art. 5 Lot Line Adjustment

Any lot line adjustment must be reviewed by the Public Works Director and the Planning Director, and shall meet the following requirements:

(a) Resulting lots shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and the City Zoning Regulations as to area and dimension. An exception may be granted in the case of a substandard lot, if the lot line adjustment does not result in a lot being substandard in any additional area or dimension;

(b) A greater number of lots than originally existed is not created;

(c) The proposal is consistent with the provision of the City General Plan.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

(a) An application for a lot line adjustment shall be made on a form supplied by the Planning Director, shall be signed by all property owners involved, and shall include all applicable fees.

(b) The application shall include two copies of a legibly drawn to scale map showing locations of existing and proposed lot lines and any structures, wells, septic tanks, leach lines and other improvements on the properties involved.

(c) The application shall include the actual legal descriptions for conveyances that would be accomplished as the result of the adjustment. The legal descriptions shall be drawn by a qualified engineer or surveyor.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

At the time of acceptance of a filing for a lot line adjustment, the applicant shall pay an application fee of $100.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990; § 1, Ord. 17-92, eff. September 3, 1992)

The Public Works Director and Planning Director shall review the application for the lot line adjustment. Any approval of a lot line adjustment shall be subject to, but not limited to, the following conditions:

(a) No new parcels or building sites shall be created as a result of this lot line adjustment.

(b) Any deeds of trust shall be adjusted to reflect the new property descriptions.

(c) The adjustment is not final until the descriptions accumulating and reducing the parcels affected are recorded together with an acknowledgement that prior parcel lines are eliminated by this action and that any deeds of trust have been adjusted to match the new property lines.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

When the Planning Director determines that the proposed lot line adjustment is not consistent with the provisions of this article, such application may be denied and the preparation of a parcel or final map may be required.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

The person(s) requesting the lot line adjustment shall be responsible for recording said adjustment with the County Recorder and providing a copy of the recording data to the City.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)