A. An application for a lot line adjustment shall be accompanied by all of the following:
1. A fee in an amount to be established by resolution of the City Council.
2. A preliminary map report prepared by a title company for all properties to be modified by approval of the application. The report from the title company must identify all owners of interest in all of the properties included in the application.
3. A statement of the existing zoning and uses of the properties involved.
4. A legal description for each new proposed parcel.
5. A drawing to scale providing the following information:
a. Dimensions and acreage of each affected lot, existing and proposed.
b. Location and type of all existing public utilities.
c. Location of existing buildings, wells, septic tank and leach fields.
d. Location of parking areas required for existing and proposed uses.
e. Location of all existing and proposed easements.
f. Location and names of all adjoining streets.
B. An application for a lot line adjustment shall be reviewed by the Planning Department and the City Engineer/Surveyor for conformance with adopted zoning and building codes, and for potential conflicts with existing or future planned conditions, easements. Applications that do not create conflicts with lot size and zoning requirements, existing and/or proposed easements, access or right-of-way may be approved or conditionally approved.
C. The approval of an application for a lot line adjustment may not violate provisions of other titles of the Gridley Municipal Code.
D. The Planning Department shall prepare a lot line agreement that certifies the approval or conditional approval of a lot line adjustment. In the event that all affected properties are owned by the same persons, then a declaration of lot line adjustment shall be prepared. The lot line agreement (declaration) shall be executed by the Planning Department and all owners of the properties involved and it shall describe all conditions of approval including but not limited to the following:
1. The approved descriptions of all resulting property boundaries shall be referenced in the lot line agreement and attached to it.
2. Approval of the lot line adjustment shall not be effective until the lot line agreement is recorded.
3. The following statements shall be included in the lot line agreement (declaration):
a. "The purpose of this agreement (declaration) is to effect a boundary line modification as approved by the City of Gridley on [date]. The scope of review of said boundary line modification was limited as specified in Government Code section 66412(d), and approval of it does not constitute assurance that the lots as originally configured were legally created, or that future applications for building permits or other land use entitlements on the modified lots or parcels will be approved.
b. "The resulting lots or parcels described in the attachments to the lot line agreement (declaration) pursuant to this chapter are the only lots or parcels which shall remain after recording of the lot line agreement (declaration)."
c. "The City's signature on the lot line agreement (declaration) shall signify that the lot line adjustment has met the requirements of the City of Gridley."
4. Prior to recording the lot line agreement (declaration), all deeds of trust and other encumbrances on the affected properties shall be modified to apply to each resulting lot or parcel, and taxes shall be prepaid and also segregated if the County Tax Collector determines that segregation is necessary. The City shall accept evidence of application to segregate taxes and payment of any fees required by the County for that procedure as compliance with a requirement to segregate the taxes.
(Ord. 824-2016 § 4 (part), 2017)