Calaveras County Municipal Code Ch. 16.03 Definitions

"Advisory agency" means the county planning department. The advisory agency is charged with the responsibility of making investigations, recommendations and reports on the design and improvement of all subdivisions, and has the authority to recommend what actions shall be taken on projects governed by this title.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Appeal board" means the board of supervisors.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Applicant" means that person or entity proposing, and making application to, subdivide land pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act and Title 16 of the Calaveras County Code.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Board" means the county board of supervisors.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Building official" means the county building official and head of the building department or his authorized representative.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Development" means the uses to which the land which is the subject of a map shall be put, the buildings to be constructed upon it, and all alterations of the land and construction incident thereto.

(Ord. 1820 § 2(part), 1986).

An application will be deemed complete upon the submittal of a completed application form, requisite fees, a tentative map, and such other information and material as may be required by the planning department, this title, and the Map Act. An application shall not be deemed complete until the planning director so determines.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Director of environmental health" means the director of the Calaveras County environmental health department, or the director's designee.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Director of public works" shall mean the county director of public works or his authorized representative.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Engineer" means a civil engineer registered in the state of California as defined in Section 6731 of the Business and Professions Code.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Environmental health department" means the Calaveras County environmental health department.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Gift deed" means the conveyance of real property title to a parcel or lot, including the creation of a new parcel or lot, where the grantor receives no consideration for the grant, title or deed.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Ground water" means that part of the subsurface water which is in the zone of saturation as defined in Chapter 8.20.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Ground water map" means the map adopted by the county depicting geology and ground water availability.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Ground water zone" means those areas depicted on the ground water map that demonstrate ground water potential.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Health officer" means the county health officer or his authorized representative.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Local agency" means the county of Calaveras.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Map" means one of the following:

A. "Tentative" means a map prepared from existing field records and data in sufficient detail to meet the requirements of this title.

B. "Final" means a map prepared in accordance with this title, the Map Act, Land Surveyors Act, and the tentative map.

C. "Parcel" means a map prepared in accordance with this title, the Map Act, Land Surveyors Act and the tentative map.

D. "Record of survey" means a map prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Land Surveyors Act to delineate land boundaries, property lines, or other lines or points of a survey.

E. "Reversion to acreage" means a map prepared in accordance with this title, the Map Act, and Land Surveyors Act for the purposes of reverting previously divided parcels to acreage.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

(§ 66410)

The "Map Act" refers to the California Subdivision Map Act, Title 7, Division 2, commencing with Section 66410 of the Government Code.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Owner" means any individual having a proprietary interest in land sought to be divided.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Partition" means the subdivision of land as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Plan" refers to any one of the following or any combination thereof:

A. "General Plan" means any duly adopted elements thereof as set forth in Title 7, Division 1 of the California Government Code;

B. "Specific Plan" means any duly adopted unit thereof as set forth in Title 7, Division 1 of the California Government Code.

C. "Community plan" means any duly adopted unit of the general plan to provide specific development guidance to a defined area of the county.

D. "Special plan" means any duly adopted unit of the general plan to provide specific development guidance to a defined area, land use or policy within the county.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Planning agency" means the county planning department.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Planning commission" or "commission" means the county planning commission.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Planning director" means the county planning director or his authorized representative.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Potable water" means, for the purposes of this chapter, water that meets bacteriological and nitrate standards equal to that of a transient noncommunity water system pursuant to the California Safe Drinking Water Act. Additional analyses, including general mineral analyses, may be required when deemed necessary and at the discretion of the director.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Proof of ground water" means the demonstration of an adequate water supply pursuant to Chapter 16.12.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Public works" means the county public works department.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Qualified professional" means any one of the following: A-1 general engineering contractor; C-57 well drilling contractor; C-61/D21 limited specialty contractor-machinery and pumps; registered environmental health specialist; registered geologist; professional civil engineer.

(Ord. 2834 § 1(part), 2005).

(§ 66424.6)

"Remainder" or "remainder parcel" means a designated portion of property which is not created for purposes of sale, lease or finance.

(Ord. 1820 § 2(part), 1986).

"Revised map" means a second tentative map made necessary because changes to a previous tentative map render the subdivision substantially nonconforming.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Roads" means any one of the following:

A. "Road" is an easement for vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle traffic designated as a street, road, highway, drive, avenue, lane, or any other such designation dedicated for public use and accepted by the county. The road shall be engineered and designed to county standards, and shall be constructed to standard material specifications.

B. "Private road" is a road designated for the private use of the residents of a subdivision or area of the county.

C. "Driveway" is a road that has the potential of serving no more than two parcels or lots.

D. "Highway" means a state maintained and designated road.

E. "Private road," "public road," "local road," "community road" and "county road," for the purposes of Chapter 16.35 of this code, shall have the meanings defined in said chapter.

(Ord. 1850 § 4, 1983; Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Source capacity" means the sustained yield of a well or pump output, whichever is less.

(Ord. 2834 § 1(part), 2005).

"Source capacity report" means a report as submitted by a qualified professional encompassing the requirements cited under Section 16.12.090(B) of this code.

(Ord. 2834 § 1(part), 2005).

"Subdivider" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership or association that proposes to divide, divides or causes to be divided, real property into a subdivision for himself or for others, except that employees and consultants of such entities, acting in such capacity, are not subdividers.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

(§ 66424)

"Subdivision" means 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 contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease, financing, transfer or building development, whether immediate or future. Property shall be considered as contiguous units, even if separated by roads, streets, utility easements or railroad rights-of-way.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Subdivision standards" means the standards set by the board of supervisors for subdivision design and improvement.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

A tentative map may be deemed in "substantial conformance" with a final or parcel map, if the number of parcels on the final or parcel map is equal to or less than the number of parcels on the tentative map, and the locations, alignments, widths of easements and roads, and parcel boundary lines are substantially the same as the tentative map.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Surveyor" means a land surveyor licensed under the Land Surveyors Act of the state of California.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Time shares" means the division of real property into specific times of use, which "times" are held separately. The creation of six or more such time units per year is subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 1523 § 1(part), 1982).

"Well or water well" means any artificial excavation as defined in Chapter 8.20.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Well completion report" means a report required pursuant to Section 13752 of the California Water Code. The report is filed with the Department of Water Resources upon completion of a well containing detailed information on construction and well yield.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Well contractor" means a contractor as defined in Chapter 8.20.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Well permit" means a permit issued to develop a well pursuant to Chapter 8.20.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Well statement" means for the purposes of this chapter, a signed statement by a qualified professional confirming the performance of a pump test on a subject well and identification of a well yield. A well statement shall include a source capacity report.

(Ord. 2834 § 1(part), 2005: Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).

"Well yield" means the yield of water produced by a well and measured in gallons per minute (gpm). For purposes of Chapter 16.12, "well capacity" may be used interchangeably with this definition.

(Ord. 2590 § 1(part), 1999).