Compton Municipal Code Ch. 28 Land Subdivision (CA)

§ 28-2. DEFINITIONS.¶

[Added by Ord. #1330, §§ 9301 — 9301.38; Ord. #1425]

As used in this Chapter:

APPLICATION OF ACT

Shall mean all of the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act which apply to subdivisions as defined in that Act and all of the provisions of this Chapter which apply to subdivisions as defined in this Chapter.

APPROVED RECORD OF SURVEY MAP

Shall mean a map prepared as provided in the Subdivision Map Act for approval by the Council, including all maps referred to in subsections (b) and (c) of Section 11535 thereof, and conforming to the provisions of Chapter 15 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code of the State.

BUILDING SITE

Shall mean that portion of a lot or parcel of land upon which buildings and appurtenances are to be placed or are already existing.

CENTER LINE

Shall mean a line established by the City Engineer or the County Engineer and designated as "center line," "proposed center line," "adopted center line," or "construction center line" on a series of maps filed in the office of the City Engineer or the County Engineer. Where two or more such designations are shown on any map in said series, the line labeled "adopted center line" shall be deemed to be the official center line.

CITY ENGINEER

Shall mean the City Engineer of the City of Compton.

CONDOMINIUM

Shall mean an estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a parcel of real property, together with a separate interest in space in a residential, commercial, or industrial building.

Intent: Because there is a lack of guaranteed effective and continuous centralized management of condominium developments, and because the accompanying lack of adequate construction and organizational performance standards may create and perpetuate conditions having an especially harmful effect upon the occupants of contiguous condominium units, or upon other occupants and owners of a unit or units, or upon the health, welfare, and safety of the general public, the Council hereby declares that each condominium presents special land use problems involving potential slum and blight conditions which would be detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare. These ill effects may be especially magnified in view of the fact that such condominium occupants are the owners of such individual units and may be less able to freely transfer ownership to others, particularly at times when undesirable conditions are in existence. These factors may result in all, or parts of the same building and all, or parts of, the common area being neglected. The intent of the Council is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by preventing such conditions from occurring.

Condominiums and Community Apartment Projects.

The design, improvement, and construction of a condominium or community apartment project shall conform to and be in full accordance with all the requirements of all building, fire, and housing Codes, the zoning provisions, and all other applicable State statutes and local laws and regulations in effect at the time of the filing of the tentative map.

All private streets, driveways, and parking areas for condominiums and community apartment projects shall be improved and constructed with a structural section in accordance with the standards of the City and shall be designed to ensure that access for municipal services will not be denied any dwelling unit therein by reason of deteriorated or impassable private streets, driveways, and parking areas.

Each unit in a condominium subdivision shall have the utility services to be connected to the unit individually metered so that the metering will measure separately utility service usage by each unit.

The Director of Planning may require, at the time of and as a condition of filing, written agreements executed by the subdividers of condominium parcels and their transferees, such agreements undertaking to reimburse the City for its maintenance services, if any, to the private condominium grounds or structures held in common by the owners of condominium units if not maintained diligently and to generally accepted community standards by the condominium owners. The landscaping shall be clean and healthy. The roads and driveways shall be safe and sound.

DEDICATION

Shall mean the setting aside of real property or an easement by an owner for public use.

DEFINITIONS IN ACT

Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, all terms used in the Subdivision Map Act are used in this Chapter as so defined in the Subdivision Map Act unless from the context of this Chapter it is apparent that a different meaning is intended.

DESIGN

Shall mean the minimum area, width, grading, and general layout of lots and the alignment, grades, and widths of alleys, streets, highways, easements, and rights-of-way for drainage facilities, water mains, sanitary sewers, and other public purposes.

DESIGN UNIT

Shall mean a parcel of land shown on a tentative map for which the subdivider requests approval of design.

DIVISION OF LAND

Shall mean subdivisions, resubdivisions, and minor land divisions.

DRAINAGE FACILITY

Shall mean any drainage device or structure which may be used to control the flow of water and/or alleviate flood hazards, including, but not limited to, berms, channels, culverts, curbs, ditches, gutters, pavement, and pipes.

EASEMENT

Shall mean the right of passage or use, or the right to prevent the use of land by a person other than the owner of the land.

FINAL MAP

Shall mean a map or a proposed division of land prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the Subdivision Map Act which map is prepared in a manner to be filed in the office of the County Recorder.

FLOOD HAZARD

Shall mean a potential danger to life, land, or improvement due to inundation or a storm water runoff having sufficient velocity to transport or deposit debris, scour the surface soil, dislodge or damage buildings, or erode the banks of watercourses.

FRONTAGE

Shall mean that portion of a lot or parcel of land which abuts a public street or highway.

GEOLOGICAL HAZARD

Shall mean a hazard inherent in the earth, or artificially created, which is dangerous or potentially dangerous to life, property, or improvements due to the movement, failure, or shifting of earth.

HIGHWAY

Shall mean a thoroughfare of primary importance in the City street, County highway, or State highway system, excluding freeways, and shown on the Circulation Element of the General Plan of the City.

IMPROVEMENTS

Shall mean such structures or facilities to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by a person on land to be used for public or private alleys, streets, highways, or other easements as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final map or parcel map, including, but not limited to, street surfacing, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street trees, street lights, street signs, sanitary sewers, water mains, and drainage facilities.

LOT

Shall mean a parcel of real property shown as a delineated parcel of land, with a separate and distinct number or other designation, on a plat recorded in the office of the County Recorder.

MASTER PLAN OF HIGHWAYS

Shall mean the Master Plan of Highways of the County.

MAY

Shall be permissive.

MINOR LAND DIVISION

Shall mean any parcel of land or contiguous parcels of land which are divided for the purpose of transfer of title, sale, lease, or financing whether present or future, into two, three, or four parcels, except that "minor land division" shall not include:

Land dedicated for cemetery purposes pursuant to the provisions of the Health and Safety Code of the State;

The leasing, owning, or financing of apartments, offices, stores, or similar space within an apartment building, condominium, industrial building, commercial building, or trailer park;

The division by agricultural, gas, oil, or mineral leases;

The division for the purpose of financing of land zoned for industrial or commercial development;

The leasing of vehicle parking areas or space for outdoor advertising;

The leasing or financing of land or buildings which serve as a functional unit of a hospital, school, or church;

The conveyance or transfer of land required by court decree;

A division of land defined by this Chapter as a subdivision or resubdivision;

Divisions of land created by the acquisition of land by governmental agencies, including, but not restricted to, those divisions created by the opening or widening of a public street, flood control channel, or purchase;

The division or redivision of land which results in parcels of land having a minimum gross area of 40 acres; and

The division of land for operating public utility purposes and the conveyance of land by a public utility to a contiguous ownership.

OWNER

Shall mean any person holding a proprietary interest in the land proposed to be divided pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

PAD

Shall mean a natural level building site or an approximate level building site prepared by grading.

PARCEL MAP

Shall mean a map showing the division of land prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the Subdivision Map Act which map is prepared in a manner to be filed in the office of the County Recorder.

PERSON

Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, firm, association, partnership, joint venture, joint stock company, receiver, syndicate, club, estate, business trust, the United States government, any State, County, City, district, or other political subdivision, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

PLANNING DIRECTOR

Shall mean the Planning Director of the City.

RESUBDIVISION

Shall mean any portion of a subdivision designated as a lot or as contiguous lots on a final map or parcel map filed in compliance with the provisions of subsection 27-1.5 of this Chapter in the office of the County Recorder which subdivision is divided or realigned for the purpose of sale, lease, or financing, whether immediate or future.

SECTION

Shall mean a section of this Chapter unless otherwise specified.

SHALL

Shall be mandatory.

STREET

Shall mean a right-of-way designed primarily to provide access to abutting properties.

STREET PLAN

Shall mean the Street Plan of the City.

SUBDIVIDER

Shall mean a person who causes real property to be divided into a division of land for himself or for others, or who submits a tentative, final, or parcel map for approval, or who requests a certificate of exception.

SUBDIVISION

Shall mean any real property, improved or unimproved, or portion thereof, shown on the last preceding tax roll as a unit or as contiguous units, which property is divided for the purpose of sale, lease, rent, or lien, whether immediate or future; provided, however, the provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to the leasing or renting of apartments, offices, stores, or similar space within an apartment building, commercial building, or industrial building. "Subdivision" shall not include any land dedicated for cemetery purposes pursuant to the provisions of the Health and Safety Code of the State.

SUBDIVISION MAP ACT

Shall mean Chapter 2, Part 2, Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code of the State.

SUBSECTION

Shall mean a division of a section of this Chapter.

TENTATIVE MAP

Shall mean a preliminary plan of a proposed division of land prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the Subdivision Map Act.

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