For City Council Meeting [August 9, 2022]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Paul Gonzales, Community Development Manager
Title
Request City Council Introduce for First Reading Ordinance No. 1668, Amending Chapter 17.46 of the Rialto Municipal Code to Allow for Parcel Mergers Initiated by the Property Owner / Applicant.
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BACKGROUND
The California Government Code sections 66410 - 66499.40 provide regulations relating to subdivisions of land and is cited as the "Subdivision Map Act." This body of law regulates how properties can be subdivided, with requirements for submittal of Tentative Maps and final Tract Maps or Parcel Maps. Of importance is the requirement for a Tentative Tract Map and final Tract Map for subdivisions of 5 or more residential parcels, and a Tentative Parcel Map and final Parcel Map for subdivisions of 4 or fewer residential parcels.
The City, as a general law city, has adopted Title 17 of the Rialto Municipal Code as the City's regulations relating to subdivisions with general refence to the Subdivision Map Act. The Subdivision Map Act provides certain exemptions to when a Tentative and final map are required and include adjustments of existing lot lines. Specifically, section 66412(d) of the Subdivision Map Act exempts a lot line adjustment between four or fewer existing adjoining parcels from the requirements for a Tentative and final Map. For reference, the statute states:
(d) A lot line adjustment between four or fewer existing adjoining parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjoining parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, if the lot line adjustment is approved by the local agency, or advisory agency. A local agency or advisory agency shall limit its review and approval to a determination of whether or not the parcels resulting from the lot line adjustment will conform to the local general plan, any...
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