§ 17.51.030. Approval standards.

A.

Upon receipt of an application and that fee prescribed by resolution of the board of supervisors, the county surveyor shall determine whether the proposed merger meets all of the following standards:

1.

All involved parcels are either undeveloped or are already developed in such a manner that the merger will not result in any existing conforming structures or existing conforming uses on any of the involved parcels becoming non-conforming under any provisions of this code;

2.

None of the involved parcels is subject to a Conditional Certificate of Compliance unless such Conditional Certificate contains no conditions of development other than conditions which will be fully satisfied by the merger, except that if the only condition of development not satisfied relates to minimum parcel size, the merger shall be approved as long as the deed or deeds recorded to consummate the merger contain an express statement that the resulting parcel remains subject to the Conditional Certificate, whose recording information shall be noted on the deed or deeds; and

3.

The deed or deeds submitted to the county surveyor to consummate the merger shall contain an express statement of the grantor(s), pursuant to Section 1093 of the California Civil Code, that the intent of the grantor(s) and the purpose of the deed(s) is to merge all of the property described in the deed(s) into a single parcel.

B.

Approval under this Chapter shall be indicated by a certificate issued by the county surveyor which shall be recorded with the deed or deeds consummating the merger.

C.

The actions of the county surveyor under this section are ministerial acts for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.

(Ord. No. 1331, § 4, 12-8-2009; Ord. No. 1379, § 139, 1-29-2013)