Step 1 | Applicant files application and fee with zoning official. |
Step 2 | Zoning official determines completeness of application. |
A. Purpose: This section provides for the reversion or abandonment of recorded maps of land division.
B. Applicability: Any owner seeking to revert or abandon any of the following land divisions shall submit an application pursuant to this section:
1. Subdivision map;
2. Parcel map;
3. Map of division into large parcels; or
4. Any part thereof. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)
C. Application: The applicant shall file the following with the zoning official: (Ord. 382, 8-28-2007, eff. 9-20-2007)
1. A sufficient number of copies of the proposed reversion map as specified on the application;
2. Copies of all other information required by this section as specified on the application; and
3. The applicable map review fee as determined by the city council;
4. If any public streets or easements are to be abandoned, the applicant must first comply with the provisions of section 9-5-6 of this title.
D. Contents: The map of the proposed abandonment or reversion shall:
1. Contain the same survey dimensions as the recorded map;
2. Contain the certificates required by subsection 9-6-7E of this chapter;
3. Be prepared by a professional land surveyor registered pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 625. The professional land surveyor shall state in his certificate that the map has been prepared from information on a recorded map that is being abandoned or reverted. The professional land surveyor may state in his certificate that he assumes no responsibility for the existence of the monuments or for correctness of other information shown on or copied from the document. The professional land surveyor shall include in his certificate, recording information which is sufficient to identify clearly the recorded map being reverted or abandoned;
4. Be clearly and legibly drawn in black waterproof India ink upon good tracing cloth or produced by the use of other materials of a permanent nature generally used for such a purpose in the engineering profession, but affidavits, certificates and acknowledgments must be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque ink;
5. The size of each sheet of the map must be twenty four inches by thirty two inches (24" x 32"). A marginal line must be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one inch (1") at the top, bottom and right edges, and of two inches (2") at the left edge along the twenty four inch (24") dimension;
6. The scale of the map must be large enough to show all details clearly and enough sheets must be used to accomplish this end;
7. The particular number of the sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map must be stated on each of the sheets and its relation to each adjoining sheet must be clearly shown. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)
E. Reserved. (Ord. 382, 8-28-2007, eff. 9-20-2007)
F. Approval: The city council, or the planning commission if authorized by ordinance, shall review and approve, conditionally approve or deny the reversion/abandonment map.
1. If the city council denies the application, it shall return the map to the applicant along with:
a. A statement of the reason(s) for denial; and
b. An explanation of the changes necessary to bring the map into compliance.
2. If the city council approves the map, the city clerk shall file the map with the county recorder. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996)