HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2025-2545 - Amending Title 15 (Buildings and Construction) of the National City Municipal Code Creating a New Section (15.83 - Lot Tie Agreements) ORDINANCE NO. 2025 — 2545
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING TITLE 15 (BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION) OF THE NATIONAL CITY
MUNICIPAL CODE CREATING A NEW SECTION (15.83— LOT TIE AGREEMENTS).
WHEREAS, the City of National City(the"City"), pursuant to the police powers delegated
to it by the California Constitution, has the authority to enact or amend laws which promote the
public health, safety, and general welfare of its residents; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Government Code of the State of
California, proceedings were duly initiated for the amendment of the National City Municipal Code;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a published 10-day notice of the adoption of said ordinance, a
public hearing was held by the City Council on August 19, 2025, and at said public hearing, all
persons interested were given the opportunity to appear and be heard before the City Council;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. All protests, if any, against said amendment to the Municipal Code and
each of them be and hereby are denied and overruled.
Section 2. Section 15.83 is hereby added to read as follows:
Chapter 15.83
Lot Tie Agreements
A. If a lot consisting of two or more parcels held by the same record owner is proposed to be
developed as one, construction permits shall not be issued unless and until a Lot Tie
Agreement is entered into to the satisfaction of the Building Official, City Engineer, and
Director of Community Development. The Lot Tie Agreement shall be recorded against
the applicable properties in the Office of the San Diego County Recorder. The Lot Tie
Agreement shall require the record owner to hold the applicable parcels as one and to
maintain common ownership and control. The Lot Tie Agreement shall be binding upon,
and the benefits of the Lot Tie Agreement shall inure to the parties and all successors in
interest to the parties to the Lot Tie Agreement.
B. Cancellation of a recorded Lot Tie Agreement shall be reviewed and approved by the
Building Official, City Engineer, and Director of Community Development under the Site
Plan Review process if the need to hold the property as one parcel no longer exists. Under
no circumstances shall the cancellation of an agreement cause a violation of this Title or
Title 18 of the NCMC. If approved, the City shall forward a written declaration of the
cancellation of the Lot Tie Agreement to the County Recorder.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance
is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and
adopted this Ordinance and each section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from the
date of its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it or a
summary of it, shall be published once,with the names of the members of the City Council voting
for and against the same in the Star News, a newspaper of general circulation published in the
County of San Diego, California.
INTRODUCED this 19t' day of August, 2025.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of September, 2025.
Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST:
I Shelley Cpel, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Barry J. Sc I City Attorney
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
September 2, 2025 by the following vote, to-wit:
Ayes: Molina, Rodriguez, Yamane, Bush, Morrison
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: Ron Morrison
Mayor of the City of National City, California
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was not finally adopted until seven
calendar days had elapsed between the day of its introduction and the day of its final
passage, to wit, on August 19, 2025 and on September 2, 2025.
I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said Ordinance was read in full prior to its final passage or
that the reading of said Ordinance in full was dispensed with by a vote of not less than a
majority of the members elected to the Council and that there was available for the
consideration of each member of the Council and the public prior to the day of its
passage a written or printed copy of said Ordinance.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-2545 of the City Council of the City of National City, passed
and adopted by the Council of said City on September 2, 2025.
Shelley Chapel
City Clerk of the
City of National City, California
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