Chapter 16.06
BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENTS
Sections:
16.06.020 Administrator’s duties.
16.06.025 Application requirements.
16.06.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide procedures and criteria for the review and approval of minor adjustments to boundary lines of legal lots or building sites in order to rectify defects in legal descriptions, to allow the enlargement or merging of lots to improve or qualify as a building site, to achieve increased setbacks from property lines or sensitive areas, to correct situations wherein an established use is located across a lot line, or for other similar purposes. (Ord. 857 § 3, 2023)
16.06.020 Administrator’s duties.
The administrator of this code is vested with the authority to approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove boundary line adjustments. (Ord. 857 § 3, 2023)
16.06.025 Application requirements.
Applications for boundary line adjustments shall include:
(1) A completed boundary line adjustment application on a form provided by the city;
(2) The application fee; and
(3) A survey map prepared by a licensed surveyor that shall contain the following:
(a) Property lines, with those that remain in their existing location shown as a solid line, those that are being moved show existing as a dashed line with the new line solid and clearly identified as a moved line, and those that are being removed as faded and noted;
(b) Tax parcel numbers;
(c) Dimensions of all property lines and area of the lots, before and after the adjustment in table format;
(d) Location and floor area of all structures on the site, and their setbacks from existing and new property lines;
(e) Location and purpose of all easements on the site;
(f) Location, purpose and legal description of any new or extended easements proposed;
(g) Location of adjacent public roads and points of access from the public road(s) if a lot does not front on a public road, show how and where access is provided; and
(h) Location of existing utilities and utility easements. (Ord. 857 § 3, 2023)
16.06.030 Review criteria.
Boundary line adjustments shall be reviewed and approved by the administrator in accordance with the following criteria:
(1) The boundary line adjustment will not result in the creation of any additional lot, tract, parcel, site, or division;
(2) The boundary line adjustment will not create any lot, tract, parcel, site, or division which contains insufficient area and dimensions to the requirement of EMC Title 17;
(3) The boundary line adjustment will not adversely affect access or easements;
(4) The boundary line adjustment will be consistent with any applicable health, building or similar regulations;
(5) The boundary line adjustment will not increase the nonconforming aspects of an existing nonconforming lot;
(6) The boundary line adjustment will not violate the covenants or conditions required on the final plat or conditions of preliminary plat approval. (Ord. 857 § 3, 2023)