Certificates of compliance provide a means for conferring legal
status to parcels of land which were not created by legal means and
shall be issued in accordance with Section 66499.35 of the Government
Code and this chapter.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
This chapter applies to parcels of land for which there is no
final tract map, final parcel map, official map, or approved certificate
of exception which establish legal status for the parcels.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
Requests for certificates of compliance shall be filed with
the community development department on an approved city application
form and shall be accompanied by all the required application materials.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
The city shall review the application and shall issue a certificate
of compliance or a conditional certificate of compliance. The determination
shall be based on the following criteria:
A. A certificate
of compliance shall be issued for any parcel created prior to March
4, 1972, which meets the following criteria:
1. The
parcels resulted from a division of the land in which fewer than five
parcels were created, and
2. At
the time of creation of parcels, there was no local ordinance regulating
the division of land.
B. A certificate
of compliance shall be issued for any real property which has been
approved for development pursuant to Section 66499.34 of the Government
Code.
C. A certificate
of compliance or a conditional certificate of compliance shall be
issued for any parcel which does not, or at the time of creation did
not, comply with the provision of state or local ordinances regulating
the division of land. A conditional certificate of compliance may
include the conditions as follows:
1. If
the subdivider was not the owner of record at the time of the initial
land division, the conditional certificate of compliance may impose
conditions which would have been applicable to a division of land
on the date the subdivider acquired the property.
2. If
the subdivider was the owner of record at the time of the initial
land division and currently owns one or more of the parcels involved
in the land division, the conditional certificate of compliance may
impose conditions which would be applicable to a current division
of land.
D. The
city shall file the completed certificate of compliance or conditional
certificate of compliance with the Riverside County recorder's office.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)