Angels Camp Municipal Code Ch. 16.08 Definitions

All words used in the singular include the plural, and the plural the singular; each gender includes the other; and any tense includes the other tenses unless the context requires otherwise. The word "shall" is mandatory and the word "may" is permissive. The word "includes" shall not limit a term to the specific examples, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other instances or circumstances of like kind or character. (Ord. 250 § 2.10, 1981)

"Access rights" means the rights to vehicular and pedestrian entry onto a public street from private property. (Ord. 250 § 2.12, 1981)

"Advisory agency" means the city of Angels planning commission, charged with the duty of making investigations and reports on the design and improvement of proposed divisions of real property, the imposing of requirements or conditions thereon, or having the authority under this title to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove maps. (Ord. 250 § 2.13, 1981)

"Alley" means a public thoroughfare less than thirty feet in width, which affords only a secondary means or access to abutting property. (Ord. 250 § 2.14, 1981)

"Appeal board" means the city council of the city of Angels, designated as the appeal board to hear appeals from actions of the planning commission relating to parcel maps and subdivision maps, notices of violation and certificates of compliance. (Ord. 250 § 2.15, 1981)

"Approved access" means right of vehicular travel to a public street, as shown on the final subdivision map or final parcel map and as approved by the city engineer of the city of Angels. With respect to Section 16.16.010(8)(3), "approved access" means any deeded access approved by the city council consistent with the improvement standards of the city. (Ord. 250 § 2.11, 1981)

"Arterial street" means a street designed for the movement of fast or dense traffic in each direction. "Arterials" are larger than collector streets but do not include expressways and freeways. Arterial routes are specified in the Circulation Element of the general plan. (Ord. 250 § 2.37, 1981)

A street, highway, thoroughfare, road, avenue, boulevard, alley, court, circle or drive is not a "city street" until and unless the street has been accepted into the street system maintained by the city or the state. Streets in public parks, public airports, public schools and similar public grounds shall not be construed to be public streets for the purpose of this title. (Ord. 250 § 2.42, 1981)

"City surveyor" shall mean a city council designated employee or independent contractor licensed to practice land surveying in the state of California as set forth in the California Business and Professions Code Chapter 15, Sections 8700 et seq., "Land Surveyors." This may include a registered civil engineer who is authorized to practice land surveying in California. (Ord. 489 § 1, 2019)

"Collector street" means a street to provide direct access to abutting property and to collect the traffic of minor streets. (Ord. 250 § 2.38, 1981)

"Corner lot" means a lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets having an angle of intersection of not more than one hundred twenty degrees and a minimum width of sixty-five feet. (Ord. 250 § 2.21, 1981)

"Dividing strip" means a separation between adjacent or opposing traffic lanes. It may also mean a separation between the traffic lanes on a thoroughfare or highway and the parallel frontage road which provides access to abutting property. (Ord. 250 § 2.43, 1981)

"Double frontage" means the situation of a lot having frontage on two public streets which do not intersect and having the right of access to both streets. (Ord. 250 § 2.16, 1981)

"Final map" means a final subdivision map prepared by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor and presented for recording, which conforms to an approved tentative map, local ordinance and the Subdivision Map Act. (Ord. 250 § 2.28, 1981)

"Frontage road" means a street which is approximately parallel to and adjacent to a major thoroughfare, or other important traffic facility to which access is limited and which provides access to abutting properties and separation from through and fast traffic. (Ord. 250 § 2.17, 1981)

"Front lot line" means, in the case of an interior lot, a line separating the lot from the street; and in the case of a corner lot, a line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street. (Ord. 250 § 2.24, 1981)

"General plan" means the general plan of the city or any element, section or portion thereof. (Ord. 250 § 2.18, 1981)

"Improvement" refers to such street work and utilities to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways, ways and easements as are necessary for the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final map thereof. (Ord. 250 § 2.19, 1981)

"Interior lot" means a lot other than a corner lot. (Ord. 250 § 2.23, 1981)

"Lot" means a parcel of land. (Ord. 250 § 2.20, 1981)

"Lot depth" means a minimum horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured along the median between the two side lot lines. (Ord. 250 § 2.22, 1981)

"Lot lines" means the line bounding a lot or parcel. (Ord. 250 § 2.26, 1981)

"Lot width" means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point midway between front and rear lot lines. (Ord. 250 § 2.27, 1981)

"Minor street" means a street intended principally for access to the abutting property. (Ord. 250 § 2.39, 1981)

"Notice of violation" means a certificate recorded by the city which determines that real property has been divided or has resulted from a division in violation of this chapter or the Subdivision Map Act. (Ord. 250 § 2.31, 1981)

"One-way street" means any street designed for one-way traffic that complies with the improvement standards of the city. (Ord. 250 § 2.40, 1981)

"Parcel" means an area defined by an approved parcel map or subdivision map, or an otherwise lawfully created parcel containing the minimum square footage and frontage as required by the zoning district at the time the parcel was created. (Ord. 250 § 2.32, 1981)

"Parcel map" means a map prepared by a registered civil engineer or a licensed land surveyor and presented for recording, which conforms to an approved tentative map, local ordinance and the Subdivision Map Act. (Ord. 250 § 2.29, 1981)

"Pedestrian way" means a way designated for use by pedestrians, equestrians and bicyclists, and not intended for use as a way for motor-driven vehicular traffic. (Ord. 250 § 2.33, 1981)

"Private street" means all ways designed for vehicular traffic which are not public streets. (Ord. 250 § 2.41, 1981)

"Public water supply" means a water supply supplied by a local agency or approved utility company, or any supply subject to provisions of Health and Safety Code Sections 884010--4035. (Ord. 250 § 2.34, 1981)

"Rear lot line" means a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. (Ord. 250 § 2.25, 1981)

"Right-of-way" means that portion of real property granted to the city to utilize the property for public street and drainage purposes. This grant includes the right for use by public utilities. The right-of-way limits created by use without instruments shall be construed to include the full maintained road width including all drainage ways, cut banks and fill slopes that adjoin the road. (Ord. 250 § 2.35, 1981)

"Setback" means the distance between a building and the lot dividing line or right-of-way line of the street. (Ord. 250 § 2.36, 1981)

"Subdivider" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who or which proposes to divide, divides or causes to be divided real property into a subdivision for himself or for others. (Ord. 250 § 2.44, 1981)

"Subdivider statement" means a report disclosing purposes of the subdivision, ownership, dimensions, subdivision design, improvements, existing structures, public facilities, environmental features, topography and grading. (Ord. 250 § 2.45, 1981)

"Subdivision" means the division of any improved or unimproved land, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, leasing or financing, whether immediate or future. Property shall be considered as contiguous units, even if it is separated by roads, streets, utility easement or railroad rights-of-way. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project as defined in Section 1350 of the Civil Code or a community project as defined in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code. (Ord. 250 § 2.46, 1981)

"Subdivision Map Act" means the Subdivision Map Act of the state and all amendments of additions thereto (Government Code, Title 7, Division 2, Subdivisions, commencing with Section 66410). (Ord. 250 § 2.47, 1981)

"Tentative subdivision map" means a map presented to the advisory agency for approval of land division which requires a final subdivision map or parcel map. (Ord. 250 § 2.30, 1981)