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Agenda Date: 4/1/2015 Agenda Item: 6a Division Approval Agenda Section Item Description: Request by the Community Development Department to continue the discussion of amending in its entirety Title 11, Subdivision, of the City Code 1 At its July 2014 meeting, the Planning Commission began the series of discussions and public 2 hearings about the development of the new Subdivision Code. During the initial conversations, 3 the topic of revised classifications of subdivisions and the simplified procedures related to them 4 was identified as one of the more significant changes proposed for the new subdivision code. 5 6 The existing subdivision code allows for several variations of subdivisions, as identified below. 7 common wall subdivisions: creating two separate ownership parcels from a duplex 8 property; 9 recombinations: relocating the shared property line(s) of two abutting parcels altering 10 their size or shape but not creating additional parcels; 11 consolidations: converting two adjacent parcels under common ownership into a single 12 parcel; 13 corrections: correcting the location(s) of property boundaries which differ from a parcel’s 14 legal description; 15 minor subdivisions: dividing existing parcels into two or three totalnewparcels; and 16 plats: a more formalized process of establishing parcel boundaries and legal descriptions, 17 perhaps creating new parcels for development and/or new roads. 18 Each of these types of subdivision has procedures that differ from one another in seemingly 19 arbitrary ways. The proposed subdivision code groups them into three categories, namely Type 1, 20 Type 2, and Type 3 subdivisions, based on their relative similarity or difference from one 21 another, and establishes procedures for each type. The part of the proposed subdivision code 22 discussing these subdivision types and their respective procedures are included with this RPCA 23 as Attachment A. 24 Based on feedback in the last discussion about the subdivision types, the proposed draft has 25 changed slightly and the number of types has been reduced a bit. Generally speaking, Type 1 26 subdivisions are the recombination, consolidation, and correction requests that may change the 27 configuration of existing residential parcels but do not create additional ownership interests or 28 parcels for development; Type 1 subdivisions are proposed to be administratively reviewed 29 without seeking public input, much like they are today. 30 Type 2A subdivisions would allow for these same actions on all parcels (not just residential 31 parcels); Type 2A subdivisions are also proposed to be administratively approved without 32 PROJ0001_RPCA_Rewrite_040115 Page 1 of 3