A. 
Applications for lot line adjustment shall be decided by the planning director pursuant to the procedures in this chapter; provided, that if the lot line adjustment is sought as part of a development project requiring approval of one or more entitlements by the planning commission or the town council, the planning commission or town council shall act upon the lot line adjustment request. Lot line adjustments to be decided by the planning commission or town council shall be noticed and heard in the same manner as the other entitlements upon which the planning commission or town council will make a decision or recommendation. In acting on the lot line adjustment, the planning commission or town council shall apply the same standards that the planning director would apply under Section 14.12.040 if the planning director were acting on the lot line adjustment.
B. 
The procedure provided by this chapter is an alternative to the procedures provided by Chapters 14.20, 14.24 or 14.28. Nothing stated in this title shall be construed to prevent an applicant from filing a tentative map, a final map or parcel map for any lot line adjustment.
(Ord. 185 § 1, 1998)
A. 
An application for a lot line adjustment shall be filed with the planning director and shall include the following information, materials and documents:
1. 
Drawings specifying the location of the existing lots, the proposed lot line adjustment, and the boundaries and dimensions of the proposed new lots;
2. 
Legal description and boundary closure calculations satisfactory to the town engineer;
3. 
Such additional information as the planning director may require pursuant to Sections 14.20.040(C) and 14.20.060, considering the magnitude of the adjustment; its relation to existing buildings, structures, and landscaping; the present use and zoning of the property; location and extent of public improvements; its relation to adopted plans for the area; and compliance with the Subdivision Map Act or other ordinances and plans of the town;
4. 
Title reports on all parcels affected;
5. 
Deed(s) to convey interest in the affected properties;
6. 
Any additional information required under the conditions of approval.
B. 
The application shall be accompanied by a filing fee established by resolution of the town council.
(Ord. 185 § 1, 1998; Ord. 214, 2004)
A. 
Application Processing.
1. 
Within thirty days of receiving an application for a lot line adjustment, the planning director shall inform the applicant whether the application is complete and accepted for filing. If incomplete, the planning director shall advise the application as to the deficiencies in the application.
2. 
Within ten days after an application has been found to be complete and accepted for filing, the planning director shall transmit copies of the application and, where applicable, copies of drawing(s), statements and other data required to accompany the application or required subsequent to the filing of the application, to members of the subdivision review committee and to such other public or private agencies or departments as the director determines may be affected by the proposed lot line adjustment.
B. 
Planning Director Hearing and Action.
1. 
Notice of Public Hearings. Within a reasonable period of time after the application is accepted as complete, the planning director shall set the matter for hearing before the planning director. Notice of the hearing shall be given in the following manner:
a. 
Written notice of the hearing shall be mailed at least ten days prior to the hearing to the following property owners, using for notification purposes names and mailing addresses as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll in existence on the date the application is filed:
i. 
All owners of property located within a radius of one hundred feet from the property involved in the proceedings;
ii. 
The owners of all property which adjoins the property in the same ownership as that involved in the proceedings or is separated only by a street, alley, right-of-way, or other easement;
iii. 
Notwithstanding subsections (B)(1)(a)(i) and (B)(1)(a)(ii) of this section, notice need not be given to property owners of property, no portion of which is within five hundred feet from the subjects property.
2. 
Action by the Planning Director. The planning director may approve or conditionally approve a lot line adjustment by adopting a resolution, or may disapprove the proposed lot line adjustment by minute order.
(Ord. 185 § 1, 1998; Ord. 207 § 41, 2003)
The planning director shall approve a lot line adjustment sought pursuant to this chapter only if the planning director finds:
A. 
That the lot line adjustment will not result in the abandonment of any street or utility easement of record, and that, if the lot line adjustment will result in the transfer of property from one owner to another owner, the deed to the subsequent owner expressly reserves any street or utility easement of record;
B. 
That the lot line adjustment will not result in the elimination or reduction in size of the access way to any resulting parcel, or that the application is accompanied by new easements to provide access which meet all the town requirements regarding access to parcels in the location and of the size as those proposed to be created; and
C. 
That the resulting parcels conform to the town's building code and the town's zoning ordinance.
(Ord. 185 § 1, 1998)
A. 
The applicant or any interested person adversely affected by any planning director action on a lot line adjustment may, within ten days after the decision, appeal the decision to the planning commission by filing an appeal in writing with the planning director. The appeal shall be considered by the planning commission at a public hearing after notice has been given pursuant to Section 14.20.090(A).
B. 
The decision of the planning commission on an appeal from any planning director's action on a lot line adjustment shall be final, and may not thereafter be appealed to the town council.
C. 
A decision of the planning commission on a lot line adjustment made pursuant to Section 14.12.010 because one or more entitlements require planning commission or town council approval shall be appealed to the town council in the same manner as a decision on tentative maps may be appealed pursuant to Section 14.20.110.
(Ord. 185 § 1, 1998)
Pursuant to Government Code Section 66412(d), the lot line adjustment shall be reflected in a deed, which shall be recorded.
(Ord. 185 § 1, 1998)
Resolution by the planning director shall be evidence of approval and shall be accompanied, legal description (as an exhibit) of resulting parcels approved by town engineer.
(Ord. 185 § 1, 1998)
The approval of a lot line adjustment shall expire twelve months from its approval by the planning director unless the expiration date is extended by the planning director in accordance with Section 14.12.090.
(Ord. 185 § 1, 1998)
A. 
An owner or owners may request an extension of the expiration date of an approved lot line adjustment by written application to the planning director. The application must be filled before the approval is to expire, shall be signed by all affected property owners, and shall state the reasons for requesting the extension.
B. 
Within a reasonable period of time following submission of an application for an extension, the planning director shall approve or deny the application for an extension.
C. 
The time at which the lot line adjustment approval expires may be extended by the planning director for a period not exceeding a total of twelve months.
(Ord. 185 § 1, 1998)