16.40.020 Lot line adjustment application.
   (A)   Application required. A complete application for a lot line adjustment shall be filed with the City Engineer on forms approved by the City Engineer and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as established by resolution of the City Council.
   (B)   Each application for a lot line adjustment shall be accompanied by all of the following:
      (1)   Copies of the document(s) which establish that each parcel involved in the lot line adjustment is a legal lot of record. One copy of a preliminary title report, not more than 90 days old, that describes the nature and ownership of all current fee title interests, liens, easements and other encumbrances of record for each parcel involved in the lot line adjustment.
      (2)   Three copies of a tentative lot line adjustment map accurately drawn to scale. Measurements shall be identified by feet, square feet or acres to the nearest tenth. The tentative lot line adjustment map shall specifically conform to all of the following:
         (a)   All exterior and interior lines of each parcel involved in the lot line adjustment shall be shown and identified by course and bearing description, based on survey data, calculated data or information of record.
         (b)   Proposed new boundary lines and existing boundary lines proposed to be eliminated shall be identified in written notation or by legend. Boundary lines to be eliminated shall be dashed or otherwise drawn so as to be clearly distinguished from and subordinate to the proposed new boundary lines.
         (c)   The location of all existing buildings and structures on each parcel involved in the lot line adjustment and their uses shall be shown, as well as, the distance between said buildings and structures, and the minimum distance between each building or structure and the proposed boundary lines after adjustment.
         (d)   The location of any existing wells, septic tanks, leach fields, or any pressurized sewer facility on each parcel involved in the lot line adjustment and the distance to the nearest proposed boundary line after adjustment shall be shown.
         (e)   The locations, purpose and width of all existing and proposed easements, streets, and utilities on each parcel involved in the lot line adjustment shall be shown.
         (f)   The approximate location of all watercourses and existing drainage structures, including the location of any floodway and the top of the bank, if discernible, which affect any parcel, involved in the lot line adjustment shall be shown.
         (g)   All assessor's parcel numbers currently assigned to each parcel involved in the lot line adjustment shall be noted. In the case of newly recognized parcels that have not been assigned an assessor's parcel number, a copy of the vesting instrument, deed, or certificate reference shall be provided.
         (h)   The name, address, telephone numbers, and wet, notarized signature of the owner(s) of each parcel involved in the lot line adjustment shall be placed on the map.
         (i)   The name, wet signature, wet seal, address, telephone number and registration or license number of the civil engineer or land surveyor who prepared the map, shall be placed on the map.
         (j)   The net area and current zoning of each existing lot that is involved in the lot line adjustment and the net area and proposed zoning of each proposed lot after adjustment.
         (k)   Legal descriptions of each parcel involved in the lot line adjustment before and after the adjustment(s) that includes the wet signature and seal of the land surveyor or qualified registered engineer who prepared the legal description.
         (l)   Any other information or documentation required by the City Engineer.
         (m)   Perfecting deeds that represent the final configuration of all lots after the lot line adjustment shall be prepared by a Registered Civil Engineer (RCE) or Licensed Land Surveyor, accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as established by resolution of the City Council to cover the cost of recordation of the perfecting deeds, as required by § 16.40.050. The perfecting deeds shall be reviewed by the City Engineer and the lot line adjustment will not be scheduled for review by the Board of Zoning Adjustment until the perfecting deeds are acceptable to the City Engineer.
(Ord. 3322 § 2 (part), 2020)