Chapter 16.41
RECORDING OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS
Sections:
16.41.010 Recording of Lot Line Adjustments.
16.41.010 Recording of Lot Line Adjustments.
When recording lot line adjustments, the following requirements shall be met:
A. Issuance of Certificate of Compliance. The approval of the request for lot line adjustment by the Director, the City Engineer, the Commission or the Council shall be effectuated by the issuance by the City Engineer of a certificate of compliance for lot line adjustment. The property description or descriptions on the certificate shall describe the reconfigured parcel or parcels which will be recognized by the City as legal lots. The certificate shall be void and of no further force in effect unless it is recorded as hereinafter provided within two (2) years of the date of the decision to approve the request for lot line adjustment.
B. Grant Deed Requirements. Section 66412(d) of the California Subdivision Map Act states: “The lot line adjustment shall be reflected in a deed, which shall be recorded.” A certificate of compliance for lot line adjustment does not become effective, nor will it be reflected on assessor’s parcel maps, until the required grant deeds have been recorded. Each grant deed shall include a legal description which accurately reflects the legal description and references the recording information for the certificate of compliance for lot line adjustment. All deeds exchanging property between the affected parcels or consolidating the affected parcels accompanied by reconveyances or partial reconveyances or other releases of deeds of trust or similar encumbrances on the subject property or amended deeds of trust or similar encumbrances describing the reconfigured parcels shall be submitted to the City Engineer for review; provided, however, the City Engineer may cause such recordation through an escrow if such has been opened by the applicant. The applicant, or their authorized representative, shall be notified of any corrections requested by the City, and any corrected or new documents shall be promptly submitted to the City Engineer.
C. Recordation of Certificate of Compliance for Lot Line Adjustment. The recordation as hereinabove provided of the certificate of compliance for lot line adjustment shall precede the recordation of the required deeds exchanging property between the affected parcels or consolidating the affected parcels. At the direction of the City Engineer, the applicant or his/her authorized representative shall ascertain the recording fee from the County Recorder and insert into the appropriate blank spaces on the certificate of compliance for lot line adjustment. The City Engineer shall cause, or may instruct the applicant or their authorized representative to cause, the certificate of compliance for lot line adjustment to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder for Los Angeles County, California.
D. Recordation of Deeds and Other Documents. At the direction of the City Engineer, the applicant or his/her authorized representative shall ascertain the recording fee from the County Recorder and insert into the appropriate blank spaces on the grant deed; which shall then be signed by the owner(s) and notarized. The City Engineer shall cause, or may instruct the applicant or their authorized representative to cause, the grant deed to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder subsequent to recordation of the certificate of compliance for lot line adjustment. The certificate of compliance for lot line adjustment recording information shall be inserted into the appropriate blank spaces on the grant deed.
E. Payment of Recording Fees. The fees for the recording of all documents as established by the County Recorder shall be remitted by the applicant to the City prior to the time of recordation of such documents including the certificate of compliance for lot line adjustment. Such remittance shall be made payable to the City in the amount required to have all deeds and other documents, including the certificate, recorded. (Ord. 13-8 § 4 (Exh. A), 6/11/13)