Beaumont Municipal Code Ch. 16.08 Definitions

In this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the words set out in this chapter shall have the meanings set out in Sections 16.08.020 through 16.08.540.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(part), 1983)

"Advisory agency" means the Planning Commission for all tentative subdivision maps, including parcel maps.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(A), 1983)

"Building Director" means the Director of Building and Safety of the City.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(B), 1983)

"City Engineer" means the Engineer of the City.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(C), 1983)

"Department of Transportation" means the Department of Transportation of the State.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(E), 1983)

"Flood Control Engineer" means the Chief Engineer of the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(F), 1983)

"Health Officer" means the Health Officer of the County.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(G), 1983)

"Land use ordinance" means the ordinance codified in Title 17 of this Code.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(M), 1983)

"Planning Director" means the Planning Director of the City.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(H), 1983)

"Public Works Director" means the Director of Public Works of the City.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(I), 1983)

"Recorder" means the Recorder of the County.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(J), 1983)

"Road Commissioner" means the Road Commissioner and County Surveyor of the County.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(K), 1983).

"Staff" means the employees of the City.

(Ord. 547 §2.1(L), 1983)

"Contiguous units" means adjacent parcels of land which shall be considered contiguous even if separated by roads, streets, utility easements or railroad rights-of-way.

(Ord. 547 §2.2(A), 1983)

"Design" means:

A. Street alignments, grades and widths;

B. Drainage and sanitary facilities and utilities, including alignments and grades thereof;

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

D. Fire roads and firebreaks;

E. Lot size and configuration;

F. Traffic access;

G. Grading;

H. Land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes;

I. Such other specific requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire land division as may be necessary or convenient to insure conformity to or implementation of the general plan of the City or any adopted specific plan.

(Ord. 547 § 2.2(B), 1983)

"General plan" means the general plan of the City including the elements thereof, as required by Section 65300 et seq. of the Government Code as adopted by the City Council.

(Ord. 547 §2.2(C), 1983)

"Improvement" means such street work, surveys and monuments and utilities to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the land divider on the land to be used for public or private street, highways, ways, and easements as are necessary for the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic needs as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final map thereof. "Improvement" also means such other specific improvements or types of improvements, the installation of which, either by the land divider, by public agencies, by private utilities, by any other entity or by any combination thereof, is necessary or convenient to insure conformity and implementation of the conditions of approval of the tentative map and the general plan of the City and any adopted specific plan.

(Ord. 547 §2.2(E), 1983)

"Improvement standards" means the standards set forth in the ordinance codified in this title and other ordinances related to the development of land as a subdivision or parcel map division.

(Ord. 547 §2.2(F), 1983)

"Land division" means both subdivision and parcel map divisions of land as defined in this section:

A. "Subdivision" means the division 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, gift or financing, whether immediate or future, except the land divisions described in subsection B of this section shall qualify as parcel map divisions.

B. "Parcel map division" means the division 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, gift or financing, whether immediate or future, if any of the following conditions prevail:

1. The land is divided into four or less parcels;

2. The whole parcel before division contains less than five acres, each parcel created by the division abuts upon a fully improved maintained public street or highway, and no dedication or improvements as normally required under this title are required for the land division;

3. Each parcel created by the land division has a gross area of not less than 20 acres up to 40 acres and each parcel has an approved access to a maintained public street or highway;

4. The land consists of a parcel or parcels of land having approved access to a public street or highway; is part of a tract of land zoned for industrial or commercial development; and is approved as to street alignment and width;

5. Each parcel created by the "land division has a gross area of 40 acres and more, or each of which is not less than a quarter of a quarter section.

B. "Land division" does not include:

1. The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobile home parks or trailer parks;

2. Agricultural, gas, oil or mineral leases;

3. Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the California Health and Safety Code;

4. The division of land caused by the acquisition of a property interest by a public utility for operating public utility purposes, or the conveyance of land by a public utility to a contiguous ownership;

5. A lot line adjustment solely for the purpose of increasing or adjusting the size of an adjacent lot or parcel; provided, that the lot line adjustment does not reduce the original parcels below the zoning development standards applicable to the land, no additional parcels are created and the adjustment is approved by the Planning Director in accordance with Section 16.68.010.

(Ord. 547 S2.2(D), 1983)

"Land project" means a land division as defined in Section 11000.5 of the Business and Professions Code.

(Ord. 547 §2.2(G), 1983)

"Minor change" means a modification of an approved tentative map that involves a change of lot lines, lot shape, lot dimensions, street alignment width or grade, grading proposals or other elements that do not change the basic design or improvements required in the approved tentative map and the conditions thereof.

(Ord. 547 § 2.2(H), 1983)

"Planned residential development" means residential development including, but not limited to, statutory and non-statutory condominiums, cluster housing, townhouses and community apartments, that is permitted reduced lot area, width and depth requirements and building setback requirements, by integrating into the overall development open space and outdoor recreational facilities, and which may include recreational and public assembly buildings intended for the use of the residents of the project, within the development.

(Ord. 547 §2.2(M), 1983)

"Public access" means:

A. A dedication to public use to the City, or to the County to the required width for road purposes.

B. A permanent written easement for road purposes to the required width from the State or Federal Government.

C. An access road as defined in this title that has been open to the public without posting for five years or more, provided adequate evidence thereof is submitted to and approved by the City Engineer.

(Ord. 547 §2.2(L), 1983)

"Revised tentative map" means a modification of an approved tentative map wherein the design of the land division is changed from the approved tentative map, but there is no substantial change in concept from the original approved map.

(Ord. 547 §2.2(I), 1983)

"Specific plan" means a plan adopted by the Council that is based upon the general plan of the City, as provided in Section 65450 et seq. of the Government Code.

(Ord. 547 §2.2(J), 1983)

"Storm frequency of one in 100 years" means a storm that will probably be equaled or exceeded on the average of once every 100 years. It does not follow, however, that such a storm will be equaled or exceeded once in every 100-year period, or that, having occurred once, it will not occur again for 100 years. It may occur several times in a 100-year period but over a sufficient length of time the average is expected to be once in 100 years.

(Ord. 547 §2.2(K), 1983)

"Access road" means a road with a minimum right-of-way of 60 feet, or a part-time street having a minimum right-of-way of 40 feet, which provides access to a division of land from an existing maintained highway. If the land division is a parcel map creating four or less parcels, the minimum right-of-way for a part-width street may be reduced to 30 feet. Use of an access road for new land divisions is permitted only where there is a reasonable probability of full road improvements being made in the foreseeable future.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(10), 1983)

"Alley" means a secondary means of access to property and is located at the rear or side of the property. Minimum right-of-way width shall be 20 feet.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(11), 1983)

"Arterial highway" means a divided highway primarily for through traffic to which access from abutting property shall be kept at a minimum. Intersections with other streets or highways shall be limited to approximately one-quarter mile intervals. Minimum rights-of-way width shall be 110 feet.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(3), 1983)

"Barrier strip" means a strip of land one foot or more in width dedicated to the City for street purposes and access control at the end of a dead-end street or along the side of a part-width dedicated street or other public right-of-way.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(1), 1983)

"Bicycle way" means an area either within or outside the right-of-way of a dedicated street where bicycle travel is the designated use.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(2), 1983)

"Collector street" means a street which is intended to serve intensive residential land use, multiple-family dwellings, or to convey traffic through a subdivision to roads of equal capacity or greater. Minimum right-of-way width shall be 66 feet.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(6), 1983)

"Cul-de-sac" means a road open at one end only, with special provisions for turning around and which may be further extended in adjoining property.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(13), 1983)

"Dead-end street" means open at one end only, without provisions for turning around and which may be further extended in adjoining property.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(14), 1983)

"Expressway" means a highway for through traffic to which access from abutting property is restricted. Intersections with other streets or highways shall be limited to approximately one-half mile intervals.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(1), 1983)

"Freeway" means a highway upon which the abutter's rights of access is controlled and which provides separated grades at intersecting streets.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(2), 1983)

"Frontage road or service road" means a local street auxiliary to and adjacent to freeways, expressways, arterial highways, major highways and secondary highways. Minimum right-of-way width shall be 52 feet.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(12), 1983)

"General local street" means a through street serving 100 or more single-family lots with at least one end terminating at a road of greater capacity. Minimum right-of-way width shall be 60 feet.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(7), 1983)

"Highway" or "street" means a right-of-way within which improvements are constructed for the conveyance of vehicular traffic and includes all highways, streets, roads and alleys. Said rights-of-way and improvements shall be in conformity with City Engineering Department Standards and Specifications as set forth in Resolution No. 1980-35.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(part), 1983)

"Major highway" means a highway intended to serve property zoned for major industrial and commercial uses, or to serve through traffic. Intersections with other streets or highways shall be limited to approximately one-eighth mile intervals. Minimum rights-of-way width shall be 100 feet.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(4), 1983)

"Median" means that portion of a divided highway separating the traveled-way for traffic in opposite directions.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(3), 1983)

"Multilane demand" means that projected traffic volume will exceed the nominal capacity of a two-lane street section when such projected traffic volume is determined by a rational method of traffic generation employing land use techniques and traffic engineering principles.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(3), 1983)

"Outer separation" means the area between the traveled-way of a highway for through traffic and a frontage road or service road.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(5), 1983)

"Part-width street" means any street, the improved width of which, is less than the width necessary for a normal full-width street.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(6), 1983)

"Pedestrian way/sidewalk" means a right-of-way designed for use by pedestrians and not intended for use by motor vehicles of any kind. A pedestrian way may be located within or without a street right-of-way.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(7), 1983)

"Private street" means a street for which access control is permitted by land division design, posting or gating.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(15), 1983)

"Restricted local street" means a local street where, due to unusual conditions, it is impractical to provide for a wider right-of-way. Minimum right-of-way width shall be 50 feet.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(9), 1983)

"Right-of-way" means the entire width of property for the use of highways, flood and drainage works, overhead and underground utilities, or any related improvements.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(8), 1983)

"Roadside strip" means the area adjoining the outer edge of the roadbed, extending to the right-of-way line in which sidewalks, plantings, utilities, bank slopes and related facilities may be located.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(9), 1983)

"Roadway" means that portion of the highway including roadbed, all slopes, side ditches, channel, waterways and all other related facilities which are located within a road right-of-way.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(10), 1983)

"Roadbed" means that portion of the roadway extending from curb face to curb face or to outside line of improved shoulders. Divided highways shall be considered as having two roadbeds.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(11), 1983)

"Secondary highway" means a highway intended to serve property zoned for multiple residential, secondary, industrial or commercial uses, or to serve through traffic. Minimum right-of-way width shall be 88 feet.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(5), 1983)

"Short local street" means a residential street limited by subdivision design to serve less than 100 single-family dwellings. Minimum right-of-way width shall be 60 feet.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(A)(8), 1983)

"Traveled way" means that portion of the roadway for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of shoulders and auxiliary lanes.

(Ord. 547 §2.3(B)(12), 1983)