Land Planning

The agricultural zoning rules for subdividing land are very stringent, complex, and restrictive. Many landowners are not aware of the title history of their property. Many land owners wishing to divide their property, for various reasons, are shocked to learn that they may not qualify under the local ordinance.

Before a landowner abandons their hope of dividing their property, they should contact Quartaroli & Associates. The ability to divide your property may lie in the past land title history.

Many landowners are not aware of the land title history of their property nor do they understand the significance. Many landowners are surprised to find out that their property is already divided into separate parcels but perhaps not formally recognized by the Community Planning Department.

The title history of your property is determined by having a “Chain of Title” prepared.

The shape and size of many of today’s parcel are the result of years of various landowners purchasing their neighbors land, then the landowner request the Tax Assessors Office to consolidate all of the individual tax bills into one tax bill. As time passes and the ownership changes the underlying historic parcels are forgotten.

This is where the knowledge and experience of Quartaroli & Associates in completing a “Chain of Title” search, examination of the documents, and the rendering of an opinion comes in. The recognition of the newly discovered historic parcels by the local governing agency is achieved by preparing a Certificate of Compliance application. Upon approval of the Certificate of Compliance application the parcel(s) can be reshaped and/or relocated by processing a Lot Line Adjustment application. Lot Line Adjustment applications are limited to four parcels, therefore, multiple simultaneous sequential Lot Line Adjustment applications may be required depending on the number of historic parcels. Quartaroli & Associates has pioneered the simultaneous sequential lot line adjustment approach.