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PLN18-0564 - Lot Line Adjustment - 2607 Santa Clara Avenue. A proposal to reconfigure the parcel lines between two existing properties. The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15305 - Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations
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BACKGROUND
On December 20, 2018, the City received an application for a lot line adjustment to reconfigure two parcels located between Santa Clara Avenue, Broadway, Janis Circle, and St. Margaret Court. Lot line adjustments are actions to move a property line between two existing parcels or to reconfigure property lines between properties. A lot line adjustment can move property lines, but it cannot create additional parcels. The application is included in Exhibit 1.
Under Alameda Municipal Code section 30-82, lot line adjustments may be approved by resolution of the Planning Board without public hearing, provided:
1. The property division is for the creation of a new property line and/or to facilitate the transfer of land from one (1) lot to adjoining lots.
2. The portion of the lot remaining after the creation of the new parcel meets all the requirements for a lot (area, width, etc.) as set forth in the City zoning regulations.
3. No street improvements or other subdivision improvements are required.
4. The proposed property division and the use of a lot adjustment map meet with the approval of both the City Engineer and Planning Director.
ANALYSIS
As shown in the application (Exhibit 1), the proposal includes reconfiguring the line between two existing parcels: a .08 acre parcel fronting on Santa Clara Avenue with one house, and a 1.5 acre parcel with frontage on Broadway, Margaret Court, and Janis Circle with 12 residential structures.
For the reasons described in the letter, the lot line adjustment proposes to merge Parcel B with Parcel A and then place a new property line resulting in "new parcel B" with three homes on it, which would be acce...
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