Any subdivided property may be reverted to acreage pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title. Subdivisions also may be merged and resubdivided without reverting to acreage, under the provisions of certificate of parcel merger.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
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By Owners. Proceedings to revert subdivided property to acreage may be initiated by petition (in a form prescribed by the director) of all the owners of record of the property;
B. 
By City Council. The city council may, by resolution, initiate proceedings to revert property to acreage. The city council shall direct the department of community development to obtain the necessary information to initiate and conduct the proceedings and to notify all property owners affected.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
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Requests for petition shall be filed with the community development department on an approved city application form.
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The application shall contain, but not be limited to, the following:
1. 
Evidence of title to the real property;
2. 
Evidence of the consent of all of the owners of an interest in the property;
3. 
Evidence that none of the improvements required to be made has been made within two years from the date the final or parcel map was filed for record, or within the time allowed by agreement for completion of the improvements, whichever is later;
4. 
Evidence that no lots shown on the final or parcel map have been sold within five years from the date such final or parcel map was filed for record;
5. 
A final tract map or final parcel map, in the form prescribed by Chapter 16.24 or 16.27 delineating dedications that will not be vacated and dedications required as a condition to reversion. Final tract maps or final parcel maps shall be conspicuously designated with the title, "The Purpose of this Map is a Reversion to Acreage."
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
The final or parcel map for the reversion, together with all other data as required by this chapter, shall be submitted to the director for review. Upon finding that the petition meets with all the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter, the director shall submit the final or parcel map, together with a report and recommendations of approval or conditional approval of the reversion to acreage, to the city council for its consideration.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
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A public hearing shall be held by the city council on all proposed reversions to acreage. Notice of the public hearing shall be given as provided in Section 17.03.040 of the development code. The department may give such other notice that it deems necessary or advisable.
B. 
The city council may approve a reversion to acreage only if it finds and records by resolution that:
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Dedications or offers of dedication to be vacated or abandoned by the reversion to acreage are unnecessary for present or prospective public purposes.
2. 
Either:
a. 
All owners of an interest in the real property within the subdivision have consented to reversion; or
b. 
None of the improvements required to be made has been made within two years from the date the final or parcel map was filed for record, or within the time allowed by agreement for completion of the improvements, whichever is later; or
c. 
No lots shown on the final or parcel map or portion thereof have been sold within five years from the date such map was filed for record.
3. 
The city council may require as conditions of the reversion:
a. 
That owners dedicate or offer to dedicate streets, public rights-of-way or easements, including easements or fee interest for flood control facilities;
b. 
That all or a portion of previously paid subdivision fees, deposits or improvement securities be retained if the same are necessary to accomplish any of the purposes for provisions of this article; or
c. 
Such other conditions of reversion as are necessary to accomplish the purposes or provisions of this chapter or necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
Upon approval of the reversion to acreage, the city clerk shall transmit the final tract map or final parcel map to the county recorder for recordation. Reversion shall be effective upon the final tract map or final parcel map being filed for record by the county recorder. Upon filing, all dedications and offers of dedication not shown on the final tract map or final parcel map for reversion shall be of no further force or effect.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)