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Auburn City Zoning Code

159 Official

Plan Lines Sections 159.220-159.229

159.220 Establishments

    1. In order to provide for the widening or realignment of existing major streets or the establishment of future major streets, official plan lines shall be established by description and by maps which shall be made a part of this chapter.
    2. Official plan lines shall be considered to be property lines for the purpose of establishing yards as set forth in § 159.016.
  1. Official plan lines may be established, modified, or abandoned by the same procedure as required for amendments to the provisions of this chapter.

(1973 Code, § 9-4.1101) (Ord. 558, eff. - -)

159.221 Establishment; Hardships; Determinations; Council Responsibility

It shall be the responsibility of the Council to determine when the adoption of an official plan line for a future street places a burden of hardship on affected properties.

(1973 Code, § 9-4.1102) (Ord. 558, eff. - -; Am. Ord. 575, eff. - -)

159.222 Establishment; Hardships; Protests; Filing; Studies

Whenever a property owner affected by an official plan line files a statement of protest with the City Clerk to the effect that a real and substantial hardship is suffered by the property owner due to the placement of the official plan line, the Council shall acknowledge the protest and take the matter under study.

(1973 Code, § 9-4.1103) (Ord. 558, eff. - -; Am. Ord. 575, eff. - -)

159.223 Establishment; Hardships; Protests; Studies; Findings

Within 6 months after study by the Council, as set forth in § 159.222, and such commissions, agencies and departments as deemed necessary, the Council shall make a finding regarding the nature and extent of the hardship.

(1973 Code, § 9-4.1104) (Ord. 558, eff. - -; Am. Ord. 575, eff. - -)

159.224 Establishment; Hardships; Relief; Council Determinations

If it is found that a real and substantial hardship exists as the direct result of placement of an official plan line, the Council shall determine the manner in which the hardship shall be relieved.

(1973 Code, § 9-4.1105) (Ord. 558, eff. - -; Am. Ord. 575, eff. - -)

159.225 Establishment; Hardships; Relief; Manner

Within 1 year after the date that a determination is made as to the relief of the hardship, as set forth in § 159.224, the Council shall exercise the relief in 1 of the following ways:

  1. Enter into a purchase agreement regarding the affected property;
  2. Rescind the portion of the plan line map which already creates a hardship; or
  3. Commence eminent domain proceedings to acquire the real property described in the statement of protest.

(1973 Code, § 9-4.1106) (Ord. 558, eff. - -; Am. Ord. 575, eff. - -)

159.226 Establishment; Determinations Of No Hardship

If it is determined that no hardship exists as a direct result of the placement of an official plan line, no further action by the Council shall be required.

(1973 Code, § 9-4.1107) (Ord. 558, eff. - -; Am. Ord. 575, eff. - -)

159.227 Maps; Rescission; Effect

In the event the Council rescinds a portion of the official plan line map to relieve a hardship, the Council may not move to replace the portion of the map within 1 year of the action.

(1973 Code, § 9-4.1108) (Ord. 558, eff. - -; Am. Ord. 575, eff. - -)

159.228 Maps; Adoption

  1. Pursuant to the provisions of § 159.220, there is hereby established as an official plan line map of the city that certain Plan Line Map entitled "Official Plan Line Map of Auburn, California," revised May 1971, prepared by Robert E. Gray, dated May 1967, and that certain diagram entitled "Official Plan Line Map, City of Auburn, Insert No. 1," prepared by Packard, Muir, and Train, Inc. A true and correct copy of the map and Insert No. 1 is hereby adopted and made a part of this section by reference.
  2. There has been excluded and specifically deleted from said map and Insert No. 1 the Pine Street-Almond Street Official Plan Line Map.
    1. The street lines of the streets, as marked by heavy black lines on the official plan line map and Insert No. 1 are hereby designated plan lines for each of the streets.
    2. The Public Works Director is hereby authorized and directed, within a reasonable time after a written request therefor, to furnish the assessed owner of any parcel of real property affected by a plan line with a legal description of the plan line on the owner's property.
    3. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the city that protests filed in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter be processed as expeditiously as practical so that the determination of whether or not a real and substantial hardship is suffered by the property owner may be concluded as soon as reasonably possible.

(1973 Code, § 9-4.1109) (Ord. 575, eff. - -; Am. Ord. 616, eff. - -; Am. Ord. 88-3, eff. 5-11-1988)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 25-05 on 10/27/2025

159.229 Pine Street-Almond Street Official Plan Line Map; Adoption

    1. Pursuant to the provisions of § 159.220, the Council hereby determines that it is in the best interests of the city for the general welfare, and necessary in order to provide for the future widening or realignment of existing major streets, including Pine Street to Center Street, East Placer Street, Almond Street to Tuttle Street and all other streets as indicated on the Pine Street-Almond Street Plan Line Map, to establish as an Official Plan Line Map that certain Plan Line Map entitled "Official Plan Line Map, City of Auburn, Insert No. 1 Addendum;" and the map shall be designated as the Pine Street-Almond Street Official Plan Line Map.
    2. A true and correct copy of the map is hereby adopted and made a part of this section by reference.
    1. The street lines of the streets, as marked by heavy black lines on the official plan line map, are hereby designated plan lines for each of the streets.
    2. The Public Works Director hereby authorized and directed, within a reasonable time after a written request therefor, to furnish the assessed owner of any parcel of real property affected by a plan line with a legal description of the plan line on the owner's property.
    3. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the city that protests filed in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter be processed as expeditiously as practical so that the determination of whether or not a real and substantial hardship is suffered by the property owner may be concluded as soon as reasonably possible.

(1973 Code, § 9-4.1110) (Ord. 586, eff. - -; Am. Ord. 88-3, eff. 5-11-1988)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 25-05 on 10/27/2025

25-05