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(A) Authority.
(1) Subdivisions. The Council shall be the delegated authority to approve or disapprove maps in the form of tentative or final maps which provide for reversions to acreage of land previously subdivided.
(2) Minor subdivisions. The Commission shall be the delegated authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the tentative or final maps of a minor subdivision which maps provide for reversions to acreage of land previously subdivided.
(B) Procedure.
(1) Following the receipt of the subdivision map or maps being considered for reversion to acreage, the Commission shall make its written report on such reversion to acreage to the Council at the next regular meeting of the Council, and the Council shall fix the public hearing date at which the reversion map or maps will be considered, which date shall be within 30 days thereafter, and the Council shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the reversion map or maps.
(2) If the reversion to acreage is a minor subdivision map, the Commission shall hold a public hearing within 50 days after the filing thereof with the Engineering Division and shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove such reversion and report its action to the subdivider.
(3) Such maps shall delineate any streets or easements to be left in effect after the reversion to acreage.
(4) Such maps so submitted shall be accompanied by:
(a) A guarantee of title in the amount of $1,000 for the benefit of the city, issued by a recognized title insurance company;
(b) Evidence of the nonuse of streets or easements; and
(c) A filing and processing fee as specified by resolution.
(5) A public hearing shall be held on the proposed reversion to acreage. Notice thereof shall be given in the time and manner provided in Cal. Gov't Code § 66451.3.
(6) The Council shall act upon the map within 30 days after its next regular meeting or the map shall be deemed disapproved, unless the Council expressly continues the matter.
(7) The map shall be certified by the City Engineer as required by the California Government Code.
(8) A tentative map for resubdivision may be filed concurrently with the final map providing for reversion to acreage.
(9) Fees for filing the final reversion to acreage map or maps may be paid to the Engineering Division which will then file the final reversion to acreage map with the County Recorder.
('66 Code, § 9-4.1301) (Ord. 275-C-S, passed 3-11-75; Am. Ord. 628-C-S, passed 4-24-86)
(A) Authority. The Commission shall be delegated authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the merger of contiguous parcels under common ownership.
(B) Procedure.
(1) Proceedings for the merger of contiguous parcels under common ownership may be initiated by the city on its own motion or by an application of the owner of record of the real property involved.
(2) The Commission shall hold a public hearing within 50 calendar days after the filing of an application with the Engineering Division and shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove such merger and report its action to the subdivider.
(3) The city may impose such processing fees for the application as the city may set from time to time.
(4) Subdivided real property may be merged only if the Commission finds:
(a) That the merger will not interfere with any dedication or offer of dedication for present or prospective public purposes;
(b) That the contiguous parcels are under common ownership; and
(c) That the merger will not result in a violation of this code, and that the merger will be consistent with the purposes and intent of this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act.
(5) Upon the approval or conditional approval of the merger, the Commission shall direct the City Engineer to record a certificate evidencing the merger.
('66 Code, § 9-4.1302) (Ord. 557-C-S, passed 9-22-83)
ARTICLE 14: PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT TAXES
The Council finds that residential and commercial development in the city have caused an increase in population density which increases the need for public facilities for park and recreation purposes and that the fairest and most practical means of obtaining the moneys necessary therefor is to impose a property development tax upon residential and commercial construction or placement in the city.
('66 Code, § 9-4.1401) (Ord. 275-C-S, passed 3-11-75)
For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Any building or structure designed or intended to be occupied or used for business or commercial purposes.
COMMERCIAL UNIT. Any space in a building or structure designed or intended to be occupied or used for business or commercial purposes and shall include sleeping rooms in hotels or motels without kitchens or kitchen facilities.
MOBILE HOME PAD. A space or area designed or intended to be used as a place to locate or park a mobile home in a mobile home park as shown on the plans therefor as approved by the Commission.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT. A single-family dwelling, a mobile home, a dwelling unit in a duplex, apartment house, or dwelling group, or any other place designed for human occupancy which contains a kitchen.
('66 Code, § 9-4.1402) (Ord. 275-C-S, passed 3-11-75)
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