A lot line adjustment is a minor boundary adjustment between
four or fewer existing adjoining parcels, where the land taken from
one parcel is added to an adjoining parcel, and where a greater number
of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created.
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A.
Filing
Requirements
Application for a lot line adjustment shall be made on forms
provided by the Director of Community Development and shall include
such items as may reasonably be required to make the necessary findings.
A filing fee shall be paid as established by resolution by the City
Council.
B.
Title
Report
In conjunction with a lot line adjustment application, the applicant
shall submit a preliminary title report to ensure that the subject
parcels are not encumbered with liens, delinquent taxes, trust deeds,
and/or utility easements which would conflict with the requested lot
line adjustment. If the Director of Community Development determines
that the boundaries described within the encumbering document conflict
with the boundaries described in the requested lot line adjustment,
the Director shall require that such conflict be resolved prior to
action on the adjustment application.
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A.
City
Council Findings
The City Council shall review and approve lot line adjustments.
In approving a lot line adjustment, the Council shall make the following
findings:
The lot line adjustment is consistent with the General Plan,
any applicable specific plans, this title, the building codes of the
City, and the Subdivision Map Act.
B.
Relocation
of Infrastructure or Easements
Approval of a lot line adjustment may be conditioned so as to
facilitate the relocation of existing utilities, infrastructure, or
easements.
C.
No
Maps or Records of Survey Required
No tentative map, parcel map, final map, or record of survey
shall be required as a condition of approval of a lot line adjustment
by the City Council.
D.
Recordation
After City Council approval, the applicant shall file for recordation
the new legal descriptions along with the site map prepared by a registered
civil engineer and/or licensed land surveyor. All documents necessary
to identify and reflect the ownership changes, such as grant or reconveyance
deeds arising from the boundary change(s), shall be recorded concurrently
with the legal descriptions.
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