Camarillo Municipal Code Ch. 18.04 Definitions

For the purposes of this title, the following words and phrases shall be defined as set forth in this chapter unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended. Whenever any words or phrases used in this title are not defined in this chapter but are defined in the Subdivision Map Act, such definitions are incorporated in this title and shall be deemed to apply as though fully set forth herein.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

A. The planning commission shall be the advisory agency, charged with the duty of making investigations and reports on the design and improvement of proposed divisions of real property and the imposing of requirements or conditions thereon, for tentative maps and parcel maps and shall have authority to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove tentative parcel maps other than lot line adjustments.

B. The director of planning and community development shall be the advisory agency for lot line adjustments and shall have the authority to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove tentative parcel maps for lot line adjustments.

(Ord. 678 § 2, 1989: Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

"Block" means the area of land within a subdivision, which area is entirely bounded by streets, highways or ways, except alleys or the exterior boundary or boundaries of the subdivision.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

"City engineer" means the director of engineering services or his designee.

(Ord. 810 § 2, 1994.)

"Condominium project" means a development consisting of condominiums. A condominium consists of an undivided interest in common in a portion of real property coupled with a separate interest in space called a unit, the boundaries of which are described on a recorded final map, parcel map, or condominium plan in sufficient detail to locate all boundaries thereof. The area within these boundaries may be filled with air, earth, or water, or any combination thereof, and need not be physically attached to land except by easements for access and, if necessary, support. The description of the unit may refer to (1) boundaries described in the recorded final map, parcel map, or condominium plan, (2) physical boundaries, either in existence, or to be constructed, such as walls, floors, and ceilings of a structure or any portion thereof, (3) an entire structure containing one or more units, or (4) any combination thereof. The portion or portions of the real property held in undivided interest may be all of the real property, except for the separate interests, or may include a particular three-dimensional portion thereof, the boundaries of which are described on a recorded final map, parcel map, or condominium plan. The area within these boundaries may be filled with air, earth, or water, or any combination thereof, and need not be physically attached to land except by easements for access and, if necessary, support. An individual condominium within a condominium project may include, in addition, a separate interest in other portions of the real property.

(Ord. 810 § 3, 1994: Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

"Design" means:

A. Street alignments, grades and widths;

B. Drainage, domestic water 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 fire breaks;

E. Lot size and configuration;

F. Traffic access;

G. Grading;

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

I. Such other specified physical requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire subdivision as may be necessary or convenient to ensure consistency with, or implementation of the general plan or any applicable specific plan.

(Ord. 678 § 3, 1989; Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

"General plan" means the general plan of the city and any amendment thereto.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

A. "Improvement" means and refers to any street work, utilities and such other specific improvements required 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. "Improvement" also refers to any other specific improvements or type of improvements, the installation of which, either by the subdivider, by public agencies, by private utilities, by any other entity approved by the local agency or by a combination thereof, is necessary or convenient to ensure consistency with, or implementation of the general plan or any applicable specific plan.

B. "Improvements" shall be constructed in accordance with the adopted city of Camarillo standard specifications, details and policies and, when applicable, with standards as adopted by local utility companies and approved by the city engineer.

(Ord. 678 § 4, 1989; Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

"Lot" means:

A. A parcel or portion of land separate from other parcels or portions by description, as on a subdivision or record of survey map, or by metes and bounds, for purpose of sale, lease, or separate use as approved by the appropriate advisory agency and recorded;

B. Each side line of a lot in any proposed subdivision shall be as close as is practicable to perpendicular to the centerline of the street at the point at which the lot side line terminates. All lots in a proposed subdivision shall conform to the minimum lot area and width requirements of the zone in which the proposed subdivision is located. No lot shall be less than forty feet in its shortest dimension, except that the staff of a flag lot shall be at least twenty feet wide at all points. All residential, commercial and industrial lots shall have approved access to streets. Where lots are irregular in dimension due to a location on a cul-de-sac or curve or due to other unusual circumstances, the minimum lot dimension for such lots in a particular proposed subdivision may be reduced.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

"Lot line adjustment" means a minor shift or rotation of an existing lot line or other adjustments where four or fewer existing adjoining parcels are affected by the lot line adjustment and a greater number of parcels than originally existed in not created.

(Ord. 952 § 1, 2002: Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

"Map Act" means the Subdivision Map Act of the state of California.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

"Remainder" means that portion of an existing parcel which is not included as part of the subdivided land and is not considered as part of the subdivision.

(Ord. 810 § 4, 1994: Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

"Subdivision improvement standards" means standard details, standard specifications and other standards approved by the city engineer that shall govern the improvements to be constructed pursuant to this title and the Map Act.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

"Subdivider" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership or associate who propose 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 persons or entities, acting in such capacity, are not "subdividers."

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

A. "Subdivision" means the division, by any subdivider, of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land 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 except for leases of agricultural land for agricultural purposes. Property shall be considered as contiguous units, even if it is separated by roads, streets, utility easements or railroad rights-of-way. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project, a community apartment project, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, as the same is defined in Section 1351 of the Civil Code.

Any conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity or public utility shall not be considered a division of land for purposes of computing the number of parcels.

B. This title shall be inapplicable to the following:

1. Short-term leases (terminable by either party on not more than thirty days' notice in writing) of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation defined as such by Section 230 of the Public Utilities Code, unless a showing is made in individual cases, under substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates the application of such regulations to short-term leases in such individual cases; those activities set forth in Government Code Section 66412 which include but are not limited to:

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

b. Mineral, oil or gas leases,

c. A lot line adjustment between two or more existing adjacent parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, provided the lot line adjustment is approved by the city engineer,

d. Boundary line or exchange agreements to which the State Lands Commission or local agency holding a trust grant of tide and submerged lands is a party,

e. Any separate assessment under Section 2188.7 of the Revenue and Taxation Code;

2. Those activities set forth in Government Code Section 66428(a) which include:

a. Subdivisions of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation, as defined by Section 230 of the Public Utilities Code, which are created by short-term leases (terminable by either party on not more than thirty days' notice in writing),

b. Land conveyed to or from a governmental agency, public entity, public utility, or for land conveyed to a subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to that public utility for rights-of-way, unless a showing is made in individual cases, upon substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates a parcel map;

3. The financing or leasing of any parcel of land, or any portion thereof, in conjunction with the construction of commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel, unless the project is not subject to review under other city ordinances regulating design and improvement;

4. The financing or leasing of existing separate commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel; or

5. Subdivisions of four parcels or less for construction of removable commercial buildings having a floor area of less than one hundred square feet.

(Ord. 810 § 5, 1994: Ord. 678 § 5, 1989; Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

"Vesting tentative map" means a tentative map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it and need not be based upon an accurate or detailed final survey of the property, and shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words "vesting tentative map" at the time it is filed in accordance with this title and is thereafter processed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.12.

(Ord. 678 § 6, 1989: Ord. 645 § 1, 1988: Ord. 603 § 1, 1986: Ord. 603 § 1, 1985.)

"Zoning ordinance" means Title 19 of the city of Camarillo Municipal Code, or any ordinance enacted under zoning law.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)