(A) Conditions for permitting lot line adjustments. Lot line adjustments shall be permitted, provided that the following provisions are complied with:
(1) Application requirements. Any person desiring to obtain approval of a lot line adjustment shall file a plat map with the City Planner, together with a filing and processing fee in an amount as may be required by resolution of the City Council. The map shall contain at a minimum the following information:
(a) Name and address of owner(s) whose properties are shown on the map;
(b) North arrow;
(c) Scale of map;
(d) Date of preparation;
(e) The name, location, and width of all streets and alleys abutting the property;
(f) Tract and lot identification, lot lines, bearings and dimensions of each of the two lots;
(g) Approximate location of existing improvements, buildings and permanent structures;
(h) Location and width of all easements upon or abutting the properties;
(i) The location of the proposed lot boundary line adjustment, together with all applicable dimensions and bearings;
(j) The signatures of all owners of lots involved in such boundary line adjustment, with a owner affidavit provided for each affected property; and
(k) Any other information required by the City Engineer.
(2) Survey may be required. The City Engineer may, at his or her discretion, require a survey of the properties involved, if he/she finds the same necessary in order to provide an adequate description of the subject properties.
(B) Processing of lot line adjustment application; findings required for approval.
(1) The City Planner, based on recommendations from the City Engineer, shall approve a lot line adjustment map if the following findings can be made:
(a) No street or alley dedication or improvements are necessary to properly service the properties involved in the proposed boundary adjustment.
(b) The lots, as proposed by the boundary line adjustment, will conform, in all respects, to the provisions of this chapter and the Zoning Code.
(c) The new lot line is located in such a manner so as not to substantially alter the size and shape of the existing lots, with substantially alter defined to be not reducing the lot size by more than 10 percent.
(d) That all record owners, trust deed holders and lien holders consent in writing to the lot line adjustment.
(e) A title report prepared by a title insurer, with the title report required to be dated no older than within four months of the filing date of the lot line adjustment application, is submitted.
(2) Where the City Planner finds all of the above facts to be present, the City Planner shall approve the lot line adjustment. Thereafter, the owner or owners of the lots involved shall record a map, in a form approved by the City Engineer.
(3) If the City Planner finds any of the foregoing facts not present, the lot line adjustment shall be denied and the applicant shall be advised thereof. In case of denial, the applicant shall have the option of appealing the decision to the Planning Commission or filing a parcel or tract map.
(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)