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Property line adjustments shall comply with the requirements of the Oregon Revised Statutes currently contained in ORS Chapter 92 and NBCC Title 18, Zoning.

(1) A property line adjustment is the relocation of a common property boundary between abutting properties where an additional unit of land is not created and where the adjusted properties comply with applicable setbacks and lot or parcel size requirements contained in NBCC Title 18, Zoning.

(2) A common property boundary is defined as the common property line between abutting properties. The common property line may consist of one or more contiguous line segments.

(3) Multiple adjustments between abutting properties may be allowed in a single application.

(4) Landowners requesting a property line adjustment must file a property line adjustment application and fee with the city planning department. The application shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:

(a) A site plan map, drawn to scale, showing the existing property boundaries and the existing structures on the affected properties.

(b) A site plan map, drawn to scale, showing the adjusted property boundaries and the existing structures on the affected properties.

(c) A copy of the current recorded deed for each affected property.

(5) Except as provided in subsections (6) and (7) of this section, an adjusted property line created by the relocation of a common boundary as described in this section shall be surveyed and monumented in accordance with ORS 92.060(3), and a survey complying with ORS 209.250 shall be filed with the Coos County surveyor.

(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5) of this section, a survey or monument is not required for a property line adjustment when the affected properties are each greater than 10 acres in size.

(7) The requirements of subsection (5) of this section shall not apply to the relocation of a common boundary of a lot or parcel when the adjusted line is a distance of even width (parallel) along the common boundary.

(8) Procedures other than replatting procedures found in ORS 92.180 and 92.185 may be used to adjust property lines in a platted subdivision or partition subject to subsection (5) of this section.

(9) Pursuant to ORS 92.190(4), a property line adjustment deed shall be recorded with the Coos County clerk and shall contain the names of the parties, the description of the adjusted line, references to original recorded documents and signatures of all parties with proper acknowledgement.

(10) Property line adjustments reviewed under these standards do not require interpretation or the exercise of policy or legal judgment and are therefore treated as ministerial decisions pursuant to ORS 197.015(10)(b).

(11) At the discretion of the city planner, property line adjustments may be a ministerial review or an administrative review or be referred to the city planning commission. (Ord. 1947 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1906 § 2, 2003)