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Supervisors approve ordinance change to remove upfront tax security for small lot-line adjustments
Summary
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance amending county code to remove the requirement that property owners post tax security when recording subdivisions of four or fewer parcels, a change county officials said will streamline small parcel transactions and reduce financial burden on property owners.
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to introduce an ordinance amending county code section 7-01-2560 to eliminate tax security requirements for small lot-line adjustments that create four or fewer parcels.
County Public Affairs Officer Steve Wise, speaking for the Assessor/Clerk-Recorder’s office, told the board the change is intended to streamline recording maps that subdivide parcels into four or fewer new lots and to reduce the financial burden on property owners who under current rules must prepay taxes at the time of map recording.
"What takes place under the current ordinance…
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