(a) 
No tentative map, parcel map or final map shall be required for any lot line adjustment between two or more existing adjacent parcels if the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel and if a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created. Applications for approval of a lot line adjustment shall be submitted to the secretary of the planning commission together with a filing fee in an amount set by resolution. The secretary of the planning commission shall have authority to approve or deny such lot line adjustment. Any such approval shall be in a form which may be properly recorded by the applicant and such recordation is necessary before the lot line adjustment is valid.
(b) 
An appeal from the approval or denial of a request for lot line adjustment may be made in writing to the planning commission within ten days of the date of action by the secretary of the planning commission. An appeal from the approval or denial of a request for a lot line adjustment by the planning commission shall be made to the city council within ten days from the date of action by the planning commission. The fee for any such appeal(s) shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in an amount established by resolution.
(Ord. 915 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1029 § 1, 1985; Ord. 112 § 7, 1992; Ord. 1149 § 7, 1992)