(A) Application. An applicant for an urban lot split or a two-unit housing development shall submit an application on a form prepared by the city, along with all information and materials prescribed by such form. No application shall be accepted unless it is completed as prescribed and is accompanied by payment for all applicable fees.
(B) Review. Consistent with SB 9, the City Engineer will consider and approve or disapprove a complete application for an urban lot split ministerially, without discretionary review or public hearing. The Director will consider and approve or disapprove a complete application for a two-unit housing development ministerially, without discretionary review or public hearing.
(C) Nonconforming conditions. A two-unit housing development may only be approved if all nonconforming zoning conditions are corrected. The correction of legal nonconforming zoning conditions is not a condition for ministerial approval of a parcel map for an urban lot split.
(D) Effectiveness of approval. The ministerial approval of a two-unit housing development or a parcel map for an urban lot split does not take effect until the city has confirmed that all required documents have been recorded.
(E) Adverse impact findings. An application for a two-unit housing development or a parcel map for an urban lot split may be denied if, based upon the preponderance of evidence, the urban lot split and/or the two-unit housing development would have a specific, adverse impact (as defined in Cal. Gov’t Code § 65589.5(d)(2)), on either public health and safety or on the physical environment and for which there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific adverse impact.
(Ord. 3342 § 2 (part), 2022; Ord. 3341 § 3 (part), 2022.)