A. 
No Map Required. Pursuant to Map Act Section 66412(d), lot lines between four or fewer existing adjacent parcels may be adjusted, where land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel and where no more parcels are created than originally existed. For the purposes of this section, an "adjacent parcel" directly touches at least one of the other parcels involved in the adjustment. Parcels containing structures encroaching across original parcel lines shall be considered a single parcel for purposes of an adjustment.
B. 
Application and Processing. An applicant shall submit a lot line adjustment application to the city engineer, with all information and other materials required by the city engineer. No environmental review shall be required.
C. 
Approval or Denial. The director and city engineer shall determine whether the parcels resulting from the adjustment will conform with the applicable provisions of this title, the General Plan, the Zoning Code, any other applicable provisions of the municipal code, and the Map Act. The city engineer may approve, conditionally approve, or deny the lot line adjustment.
1. 
Required Findings. A proposed lot line adjustment shall be denied if the city engineer finds any of the following:
a. 
The adjustment will have the effect of creating a greater number of parcels than exist before adjustment;
b. 
Any parcel resulting from the adjustment will conflict with any applicable regulations of this title, the General Plan, the Zoning Code, any other applicable provisions of the municipal code, and the Subdivision Map Act; or
c. 
The adjustment will result in an increase in the number of nonconforming parcels.
2. 
Conditions of Approval. In approving a lot line adjustment, the city engineer shall impose conditions only as necessary to conform the adjustment and proposed parcels to the requirements of this title; the Zoning Code; the building code and the General Plan, or to facilitate the relocation of existing utilities, infrastructure, or easements.
D. 
Completion of Adjustment.
1. 
Completion by Deed. A lot line adjustment shall not be effective or finally completed until recordation of a grant deed or deeds signed by the record owners. The applicant shall submit deeds to the city engineer for review and approval in compliance with subsection (D)(2) of this section, before recordation of the grant deed. A qualified registered civil engineer or a licensed land surveyor licensed or registered in the state shall prepare the legal descriptions provided in the deeds;
2. 
Review and Approval by City Engineer. The city engineer shall:
a. 
Examine the deeds to ensure that all record owners and lien holders have consented to the adjustment;
b. 
Verify that all conditions of approval have been satisfactorily completed and that the deeds are in substantial compliance with the lot line adjustment as approved by the city;
c. 
Verify that the property owners have either obtained partial reconveyances from any mortgagor or other lien holder for any portion of a parcel being transferred to an adjacent parcel, and that any liens covering the adjacent property have been modified to cover the newly created larger parcel;
3. 
If satisfied that the deeds comply with the above requirements, place an endorsed approval upon the deeds; and
4. 
After approval of the legal descriptions, assemble the deeds and return them to the applicant for recordation.
E. 
Expiration. The approval of a lot line adjustment shall expire and become void if the adjustment has not been completed as required by this section within twelve months of approval.
(Ord. 1121 §1, 2008)
Processing of Requested Merger. Upon request of the legal owner of contiguous parcels, the city may approve the merger of the property in compliance with Map Act Section 66499.203/4. The request shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by data and documents as required by the city engineer.
A. 
City Review. The city engineer shall have the authority to review and approve proposed parcel mergers, except that council review and approval shall be required for a proposed merger associated with a project that has not been previously considered by the commission.
B. 
Conditions of Approval. In approving a merger, the city engineer may impose reasonable conditions, including a condition that the adjusted lot line(s) shall be monumented. The applicant may appeal to the council any conditions by filing written notice within ten days of the decision.
C. 
Completion of Merger. Upon approval, a notice of lot merger shall be filed with the county recorder. The form and content of the notice shall be as required by the city engineer.
(Ord. 1121 §1, 2008)
A. 
Application. A property owner or a purchaser of the property may apply for a certificate of compliance certifying that the subject parcel is a legal lot of record.
B. 
Application Contents. An application shall include the form provided by the city engineer, the required filing fee and a chain of title, consisting of copies of all deeds beginning before the division and thereafter, unless the parcels were created through a recorded subdivision map.
C. 
City Engineer Review. The city engineer shall review all available information and determine whether the property was divided in compliance with the Map Act and this title. Upon determining the property complies with the Map Act and this title, the city engineer shall cause a certificate of compliance to be filed with the county recorder. If the city engineer determines that the property does not comply with the Map Act and this title, the city shall process the application as a conditional certificate of compliance pursuant to Section 16.28.020.
D. 
Form of Certificate. The certificate of compliance shall: identify the property, state that the division complies with the provisions of the Map Act and this title; and include all information required by Map Act Section 66499.35.
E. 
Effective Date of Certificate. A certificate of compliance becomes final upon recordation by the county recorder.
(Ord. 1121 §1, 2008)
A. 
Application. An application for a conditional certificate of compliance shall contain the materials required by Section 16.28.015.
B. 
Review and Approval. Upon determining that the property does not comply with the provisions of the Map Act or this title, the city engineer shall grant a conditional certificate of compliance, imposing conditions as provided by subsection C of this section.
C. 
Conditions of Approval. The city engineer may impose any conditions allowed by the Map Act and this title if the applicant had a legal interest in the property at the time of the initial violation of the Map Act or this title. In all other cases, the city engineer may impose only conditions that would have been applicable at the time the applicant acquired in interest in the property.
D. 
Appeal. The property owner may appeal a conditional certificate of compliance or the conditions imposed to the planning commission.
E. 
Completion of Process. Following expiration of the ten-day appeal period after the determination and imposition of conditions by the city engineer, the city engineer shall file a conditional certificate of compliance with the county recorder. The certificate shall identify the property, and serve as notice to the property owner or purchaser who applied for the certificate, a grantee of the owner, or any subsequent transferee or assignee of the property that the fulfillment and implementation of the conditions shall be required before subsequent issuance of a permit or other approval for the development of the property.
F. 
Effective Date of Certificate. A conditional certificate of compliance becomes final upon recordation by the county recorder.
(Ord. 1121 §1, 2008)
A. 
Initiation of Reversion, Application Requirements.
1. 
Initiation by Owner. The record owner of the property may apply to revert subdivided property to acreage by filing with the city engineer an application in a form prescribed by the city engineer, all information and materials required by the city engineer and the required processing fee established pursuant to Map Act Section 66499.14.
2. 
Initiation by Council. The city council may initiate proceedings to revert property to acreage at the request of any person or on its own motion. The council shall direct the city engineer to obtain the necessary information to initiate and conduct the proceedings.
3. 
Application Requirements. The application shall include:
a. 
Evidence of title to the real property;
b. 
Evidence of consent by all record owners in the property;
c. 
Evidence that none of the improvements required to be made have been made within two years from the date the final or parcel map was filed for recordation, or within the time allowed by an agreement for completion of the improvements, whichever is later;
d. 
Evidence that no lots shown on the final or parcel map have been sold within five years from the date the final or parcel map was filed for recordation;
e. 
A tentative map in the form prescribed by Chapter 16.16;
f. 
A final or parcel map in the form prescribed by Sections 16.16.015 and 16.20.040, respectively, which delineates dedications that will not be vacated and dedications required as a condition of reversion. The final or parcel map shall be conspicuously designated with the title, "The Purpose of This Map is a Reversion to Acreage."
B. 
Recommendation to Council. Upon finding that the proposed reversion meets with all the requirements of this title and the Map Act, the city engineer 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 council for its consideration.
C. 
Notice and Hearing. The council shall hold a public hearing on an application for reversion to acreage after providing notice in compliance with applicable law.
D. 
Findings for Approval. The council may approve a reversion to acreage only if it finds and records by resolution that dedications or offers of dedication to be vacated or abandoned by the reversion to acreage are unnecessary for present or prospective public purposes; and either:
1. 
All owners of an interest in the real property within the subdivision have consented to reversion; or
2. 
None of the improvements required to be made have been made within two years from the date final or parcel map was filed for recordation, or within the time allowed by agreement for completion of the improvements whichever is later; or
3. 
No lots shown on the final or parcel map have been sold within five years from the date the final or parcel map was filed for recordation.
E. 
Conditions of Approval. The council may require as condition of the reversion:
1. 
The owners dedicate or offer to dedicate streets, public rights-of-way or easements; and
2. 
The retention of all or a portion of previously paid subdivision fees, deposits or improvement securities if the same are necessary to accomplish any of the provisions of this title.
F. 
Completion of Process. Upon city council approval of the reversion to acreage, the city engineer will transmit the final or parcel map, together with the council resolution approving the reversion, to the county recorder for recordation.
Reversion shall be effective upon the map being filed for recordation by the county recorder. Upon filing, all dedications and offers of dedication not shown on the final or parcel map for reversion shall be of no further force and effect.
(Ord. 1121 §1, 2008)