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April 14, 2015
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TO: Honorable Mayor and
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THRU: Rick Otto
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FROM: Joe DeFrancesco,
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1. SUBJECT
An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Orange amending Chapter 16.32 (Lot Line
Adjustment) of the Orange Municipal Code.
2. SUMMARY
Revise the Orange Municipal Code Chapter 16.32 to bring the Code into compliance with the
current Subdivision Map Act, refine the procedures and criteria for approval, and authorize the
City Engineer to approve Lot Line Adjustments.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve First Reading of Ordinance No. 03 -15 (title must be read): "An Ordinance of the City
Council of the City of Orange Amending and Restating Chapter 16.32 of the Orange Municipal
Code Relating to Lot Line Adjustments.
14. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL(S)
3. Enhance and promote quality of life in the community - c). Support and enhance attractive,
diverse living environments. - e) Develop and strengthen collaborative partnerships to enhance
and promote quality of life programs, projects, and services.
16. GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
Land Use Elements Goal 1.0: Meet the present and future needs of all residential and business
sectors with a diverse and balanced mix of land uses.
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Policy 1.4: Ensure that new development reflects existing design standards, qualities, and
features that are in context with nearby development.
Policy 1.6: Minimize effects of new development on the privacy and character of surrounding
neighborhoods.
17. DISCUSSION and BACKGROUND
This Ordinance revises Chapter 16.32 of the Orange Municipal Code to bring the Code into
compliance with the Subdivision Map Act.
The existing code does not set a limit on the maximum number of lots that can be adjusted in a
Lot Line Adjustment. The Subdivision Map Act (Section 66412) now limits the total number of
lots to four lots. The Ordinance revises the number of lots that can be adjusted with a Lot Line
Adjustment to four lots in conformance with the State law.
The Ordinance also revises the Code to authorize the City Engineer to approve Lot Line
Adjustments. Currently, Lot Line Adjustments are approved by a City Council Resolution.
Approval by the City Council is actually not required by the Subdivision Map Act for Lot Line
Adjustments. The Subdivision Map Act does not permit the City to impose discretionary
conditions on Lot Line Adjustment applications. Therefore, a City Council decision is not
necessary. This change to City Engineer approval also makes the City's Lot Line Adjustment
approval process consistent with the majority of Cities in Orange County.
The applicant will benefit from these revisions that streamline the Lot Line Adjustment process.
The revisions shorten the review and approval timeframe.
8. ATTACHMENTS
• Ordinance No. 03 -15
• Proposed text changes in underline format
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ORDINANCE NO. 03-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING
AND RESTATING CHAPTER 16.32 OF THE
ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS.
WHEREAS, Section 66412 of the Government Code of the State of California has been
revised to prohibit landowners from using lot line adjustments to reconfigure more than four
parcels of land. Rather than permitting lot line adjustments between two or more existing
adjacent parcels, lot line adjustments are now limited to 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; and
WHEREAS, in addition, the new parcels resulting from a lot line adjustment must
comply not only with zoning and building ordinances but also with the local general plan and
any applicable coastal plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to conform the procedures for processing lot line
adjustments in Chapter 16.32 of the Orange Municipal Code with the requirements of Section
66412 of the Government Code of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to clearly establish procedures and criteria for
approving a lot line adjustment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish a simplified process whereby lot line
adjustments are approved by the City Engineer in consultation with the Community
Development Director, rather than by the City Council as the Orange Municipal Code currently
requires.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange does hereby ordain as
follows:
SECTION I:
Chapter 16.32 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following new Chapter 16.32, to read in full as follows:
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