Cerritos Municipal Code Ch. 17.08 Definitions

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all terms used in this title, which are defined in the Subdivision Map Act are used in this title as so defined unless from the context hereof it clearly appears that a different meaning is intended.

(Ord. 182 § 2.01, 1966)

“Chapter”

means a chapter of this title unless some other statute or other ordinance is referred to.

(Ord. 182 § 2.02, 1966)

“Council”

refers to the city council of Cerritos.

(Ord. 182 § 2.03, 1966)

“Director of planning”

refers to the director of planning-secretary for the city as authorized by Chapter 3, Title 7 of the Government Code, Statutes of the state of California.

(Ord. 182 § 2.04, 1966)

“City standards”

refers to standard streets and highway plans, standard streets and highways specifications, water standard plans, water specifications, sewer standard plans, and sewer specifications, and all ordinances therefor as adopted by the council.

(Ord. 182 § 2.05, 1966)

“Flood control work” or drainage work

includes all means of conveying or storing storm waters, including natural watercourses, improved drainage channels, retarding basins, closed conduits or pipes, and authorized or existing flood control channels.

(Ord. 182 § 2.06, 1966)

“Flood hazard”

means stormwater in sufficient quantity to cause the possibility of loss of life or loss or damage to property.

(Ord. 182 § 2.07, 1966)

“Inundation”

means ponded water or water in motion of sufficient depth to damage property due to the mere presence of water or to deposition of silt.

(Ord. 182 § 2.08, 1966)

“Possible flood hazard”

means possible extension of areas denoted as subject to “flood hazard”, also the uncertainty of degree or extent of bank erosion.

(Ord. 182 § 2.09, 1966)

“Master plan”

means a master or general plan, or any element thereof, adopted by the city and as defined in the Planning Law, Article 7, of Chapter 3, of Title 7 of the Government Code, state of California.

(Ord. 182 § 2.10, 1966)

“May”

is permissive.

(Ord. 182 § 2.11, 1966)

“Parcel of land”

means a contiguous quantity of land or real property in the possession of, or owned by, or recorded as the property of the same claimant or person.

(Ord. 182 § 2.12, 1966)

“Person”

means any individual, firm, partnership, joint adventure, association, club, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, municipality, district or other political subdivision, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

(Ord. 182 § 2.13, 1966)

“Public way”

includes street, highway, avenue, boulevard, parkway, road, land, walk, alley, right-of-way and other ways in which a public agency has a proprietary right.

(Ord. 182 § 2.14, 1966)

“Section”

means a section of this title unless some statute or other ordinance is referred to.

(Ord. 182 § 2.15, 1966)

“Shall”

is mandatory.

(Ord. 182 § 2.16, 1966)

Words used in the singular number include the plural and words used in the plural number include the singular.

(Ord. 182 § 2.17, 1966)

“Vehicular access rights”

means the right, easement or access of the owners or occupants of abutting lands to a public way other than as pedestrians.

(Ord. 182 § 2.18, 1966)

“Restricted vehicular access rights”

means the right, easement or access of owners or occupants of abutting lands to a public way, other than as pedestrians, except at points specifically designated on the map.

(Ord. 182 § 2.19, 1966)

“Block”

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

(Ord. 182 § 2.20, 1966)

“Key lot”

means a lot, the side line of which adjoins the rear line of one or more adjoining lots.

(Ord. 182 § 2.21, 1966)

“Map act”

means the Subdivision Map Act of the state of California and, latest amendments thereto.

(Ord. 182 § 2.22, 1966)

“Alleys”

means a public way for pedestrians or vehicle use which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting properties.

(Ord. 182 § 2.23, 1966)

“Walkway”

means a passageway intended for pedestrian use only.

(Ord. 182 § 2.24, 1966)

“Dead-end street”

means any street or way having only one outlet for vehicular traffic, but not terminating in a cul-de-sac.

(Ord. 182 § 2.25, 1966)

“Street”

means a public way which provides for abutting properties a primary means of access for vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

(Ord. 182 § 2.26, 1966)

“Private street”

means any parcel of land not dedicated as a public street but used or intended to be used for ingress to or egress from, a lot or lots which may or may not have frontage on a public street.

(Ord. 182 § 2.27, 1966)

“Service road”

means a street adjacent to a freeway or primary street, and separated therefrom by a dividing strip, which provides the primary means of access for vehicular and pedestrian use to abutting properties.

(Ord. 182 § 2.28, 1966)

“Freeway”

means a street designated as a “Freeway” by the California State Division of Highways or other governmental agency.

(Ord. 182 § 2.29, 1966)

“Industrial street”

means a street primarily intended for pedestrian and vehicular access to abutting properties used for industrial purposes.

(Ord. 182 § 2.30, 1966)

“Arterial street”

means a street intended for the movement of major volumes of traffic through the city or serving to collect traffic from two or more intersecting streets.

(Ord. 182 § 2.31, 1966)

“Local street”

means a street intended wholly or principally for traffic originating or terminating at residential properties within the immediate vicinity of the street.

(Ord. 182 § 2.32, 1966)

“Cul-de-sac”

means a street enlarged at its terminus, which provides an adequate turning radius for vehicular traffic.

(Ord. 182 § 2.33, 1966)

“Commission or planning commission”

means the planning commission of the city. Commission means the same as advisory agency.

(Ord. 182 § 2.34, 1966)

“Pad elevation”

means the final or finished design grading plans of the building site area of a lot. Such elevation shall also be that elevation used to control the elevation of the finished floor.

(Ord. 182 § 2.35, 1966)

“City engineer”

means that person licensed pursuant to the state of California Business and Professions Code as a civil engineer that has been designated by the city council as city engineer.

(Ord. 182 § 2.36, 1966)