16.15.035 Separate conveyance.
A. Separate conveyance of the two lots resulting from an urban lot split is permitted. If dwellings or other structures (such as garages) on different lots are adjacent or attached to each other, the urban lot split boundary may separate them for conveyance purposes if the structures meet building code safety standards and are sufficient to allow separate conveyance. If any attached structures span or will span the new lot line, or if the two lots share a driveway, appropriate covenants, easements or similar documentation allocating legal and financial rights and responsibilities between the owners of the two lots (“CC&Rs”) for construction, reconstruction, use, maintenance, and improvement of the attached structures and any related shared drive aisles, parking areas, or other portions of the lot must be recorded before the city will approve a final parcel map for the urban lot split. Notwithstanding the provision of such CC&Rs, however, where attached structures and/or related shared facilities span a lot line resulting from an urban lot split, all owners of both lots shall be jointly and severally responsible for the use and maintenance of such structures and/or shared facilities in compliance with all provisions of this code.
1. Primary dwelling units located on the same lot may not be owned or conveyed separately from one another. All fee interest in a lot and all dwellings must be held equally and undivided by all individual owners of the lot.
2. Except as provided in Government Code Section 65852.26, accessory dwelling units (ADU) may not be sold or otherwise conveyed separate from the primary residence.
3. Junior accessory dwelling units (JADU) may not be sold or otherwise conveyed separate from the primary residence.
B. A lot created by a final parcel map under this section shall not be further subdivided. Condominium airspace division or common interest subdivisions are not permitted on a lot created through an urban lot split. (Ord. 1729 § 4 (Exh. A), 2023)