§ 17.08

Unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this title are as defined in this chapter. All definitions and rules of measurement provided in RMC Title 18, Zoning Ordinance; RMC Chapter 16.12, Clearing, Grading, Fills, and Excavation; and all definitions provided in the Subdivision Map Act shall also be applicable to this chapter, and said definitions are hereby incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein. Where two definitions conflict, the definitions in the Subdivision Map Act shall prevail over this chapter. Where two definitions contained in city code or policies conflict, the more restrictive shall apply.

(Ord. No. 2469, § 2, 11-2-2010)

The following definitions are hereby established for the purpose of this title in alphabetical listing:

Access Control. The dedication to the city of the right to access an individual lot or group of lots which abut certain public streets or highways.

Advisory Agency. Term established under SMA Section 66415 for the designated local official or official body assigned authority by the city council to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the

discretionary matters governed by this title. Specific "advisory agency" roles and duties are identified in Section 17.04.070.

Approval Authority. The local official or official body, including a designated advisory agency or the city council itself, having authority to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove a subdivision project and other matters governed by this title.

CEQA. The California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.).

Certificate of Compliance/Conditional Certificate of Compliance. A written declaration issued by the city in accordance with SMA Chapter 66499.35, recorded in the office of the Shasta County Recorder, stating that the parcel(s) referenced in said certificate was created in conformance with the provisions of this title and the Subdivision Map Act or will be considered in conformance upon the fulfillment of certain conditions.

City Engineer. "City engineer" means the director of public works of the city or other qualified city official designated to perform duties of the city engineer in accordance with SMA Section 66416.5.

Condominium. A residential or commercial development designed to allow individually owned residential units or business spaces, which are supported by a formal arrangement of common areas and facilities as is further defined in Section 1351(f) of the California Civil Code.

Contiguous. One or more parcels or units of land sharing at least one common boundary, including parcels or units of land separated by road, street, utility easement or railroad right-of-way.

Dedication. An official act of granting to the city an easement or fee title for land to accommodate public streets, utilities, parks, trails, open space and/or other special public purposes.

Design. Design includes the following:

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Street alignments, profiles, cross sections, structural section, grades and widths.

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Drainage and stormwater management and essential utilities and services, such as sewer, water, electric, gas, communications, and solid waste. Design of these includes alignments, sizing, grades and provision for maintenance.

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Location and size of all required easements and rights-of-way.

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Fire access routes, fire hydrants and flows, and firebreaks.

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Lot size and configurations.

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Pedestrian, vehicular and bicycle traffic circulation and access; equestrian access when applicable.

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Grading and erosion control.

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Land to be dedicated for park or other recreational purposes.

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Land to be preserved for floodplain management, protected habitat or land features, and/or public or private open space.

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Such other specific physical requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire subdivision as may be necessary to conform to this title and ensure consistency with, or implementation of, the general plan, any applicable specific plan or community plan, zoning ordinance, or CEQA.

Design Standards. Standards that set forth specific improvement requirements, including, but not limited to, development layout and public and private improvement requirements.

Development. The use or uses to which the land that is the subject of a map shall be put, the buildings to be constructed on it, and all alterations of the land and construction incident thereto.

Director/Development Services Director. The director of the development services department of the city.

Easement. A grant of certain property rights or limitations of use by the property owner to the public or other person or entity.

Final Map. A map recorded in the office of the Shasta County Recorder officially creating new parcels, which is consistent with a valid approved tentative map and prepared in accordance with SMA Chapter 66456 and this title.

Improvements. Streets, traffic marking and signage, sidewalks, storm-drain management facilities, water and sewer facilities, and other necessary utility infrastructure; fire-protection facilities and landscape to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the subdivider as a condition to the approval and acceptance of the final map, parcel map, or other approvals pursuant to this title as are necessary for the general use or benefit of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood. "Improvement" shall also mean other specific physical features that the installation of which, either by the subdivider, by public agencies, by private utilities, by any other entity approved by the city, or by a combination thereof, is necessary to ensure consistency with, or implementation of, the general plan, any specific plan or community plan, zoning ordinance, or CEQA. Improvements shall be constructed in accordance with standard engineering specifications.

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Off-Site. Those improvements required to be provided outside the property boundaries of the tentative map, excluding improvements of public rights-of-way which abut the boundary of the property to be subdivided.

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On-Site. Those improvements required to be provided within the property boundaries of the tentative map, including improvements of public rights-of-way which abut the boundary of the property to be subdivided.

Local or City Ordinance. All past and existing regulations and standards of the city of Redding pertaining to the subdivision of land, subdivision maps, parcel maps and subdivision design, including, but not limited to, the first Subdivision Ordinance adopted on March 21, 1949, under Ordinance 366, along with all subsequent revisions up to, and including, the current effective Subdivision Ordinance as specified in this title.

ast and existing regulations and standards of the city of Redding pertaining to the subdivision of land, subdivision maps, parcel maps and subdivision design, including, but not limited to, the first Subdivision Ordinance adopted on March 21, 1949, under Ordinance 366, along with all subsequent revisions up to, and including, the current effective Subdivision Ordinance as specified in this title.

Lot or Parcel. A unit of land separate from other units as shown on a final map or parcel map or by such other approval by the city under the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and of city ordinances in effect at the time of such approval for the purpose of sale, lease or financing, or other parcels created prior to March 4, 1972, in accordance with SMA Section 66412.6.

Major Subdivision. A subdivision creating five or more parcels, except for those subdivisions which are not required to have a tentative and final map pursuant to SMA Section 66426.

Merger. The joining of two or more contiguous parcels of land under one ownership into fewer parcels.

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City-Initiated. A merger initiated by the city as authorized under SMA Chapter 66451.11 to address substandard lot conditions and other special circumstances.

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Owner-Initiated. A merger requested by the property owner as authorized under SMA Chapter 66499.20.3/4, which is accomplished by a property-line adjustment, parcel map or final map process.

Model Home. A single- or two-family residential structure, which is used for the purposes of display, advertising, promotion, or sales of other substantially identical structures in the same or contiguous subdivisions and for which construction is authorized by the building official to commence prior to the completion and acceptance of all required subdivision improvements.

Parcel Map. A map recorded in the office of the Shasta County Recorder, typically creating four or fewer parcels, which is consistent with a valid approved tentative map and prepared in accordance with SMA Chapter 66463 and this title. Certain larger subdivisions may also qualify for lot creation using a parcel map pursuant to SMA Section 66426.

Park and Parkland. Land designated and used or intended to be used by the public for active and/or passive recreation.

Parkway. Landscape planter area located between the back of curb and inside edge of a separated sidewalk generally provided for the purpose of street-side landscape.

Property-Line Adjustment/Lot-Line Adjustment.

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Resulting in same number of parcels. The modification of an existing common lot line or lines located between adjoining parcels where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjoining parcel and where the total number parcels involved does not change.

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Resulting in a lesser number of parcels (parcel consolidation). The modification and removal of an existing common lot line or lines located between existing adjoining parcels under the same ownership resulting in a lesser number of parcels than originally existed.

Remainder. That portion of an existing parcel which is not designated by the subdivider on the required tentative map as part of the subdivision for the purpose of sale, lease, or financing, whether immediate or future.

RMC. The city of Redding Municipal Code.

SMA. The California Subdivision Map Act (Government Code Section 66410 et seq.).

Standard Engineering Specifications. The current edition of the city of Redding Construction Standards and all references as approved by the city engineer. Standard engineering specifications shall be the basis of design for all improvements which are to be dedicated to the public and accepted by the city for maintenance or operation and certain private works, as well as improvements to be installed within existing rights-of-way and easements.

Street. A permanently reserved public or private right-of-way or easement which affords a principal means of vehicular and pedestrian access to abutting or adjacent property.

Subdivider. A person, corporation, partnership, or association that proposes to divide, divides, or causes to be divided real property into a subdivision for oneself or for others. Employees and consultants of such persons or entities acting in such capacity are not "subdividers."

Subdivision. The division by any subdivider of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion thereof, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units for the purpose of sale, lease or financing, whether immediate or future. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project, a community apartment project, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, as defined in Section 1351 of the Civil Code. "Subdivision" does not include those activities excluded by Section 66412 of the Subdivision Map Act.

Subdivision Map Act. The provisions of Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the California Government Code and such amendments and additions thereto as may be made from time to time by the California Legislature.

Tentative Map. A map made for the purpose of showing the intended design and improvements of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around the subdivision. The map need not be based upon a detailed field survey of the property but be of form and contain the information required by this title and the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.

Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. An area officially designated by the city as having severe wildland fire danger pursuant to Government Code Sections 51175 through 51189 that necessitates special fireresistant-construction measures for structures and enhanced fire safety and emergency-response accommodations in the final design of the subdivision.

Vesting Tentative Map. A tentative map for a residential subdivision, which map shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words "vesting tentative map" at the time it is filed and is thereafter processed in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title. An approved vesting tentative map confers a vested right to proceed with development in substantial compliance with the laws, policies, and standards in effect at the time the vesting tentative map is approved or conditionally approved as specified in SMA Chapter 66498.1.

(Ord. No. 2469, § 2, 11-2-2010)

Chapter 17.12 - MAPS REQUIRED

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