Del Rey Oaks Municipal Code Ch. 16.06 Definitions

Incorporate by reference the definitions included in the City of Del Rey Oaks Zoning Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

City council means the city council of the City of Del Rey Oaks, State of California.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

City officer means the particular officer of the City of Del Rey Oaks.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

City street means any street, road, avenue, way, lane or alley for vehicular use accepted by the city council.

A. A "major" street is any street which is intended to carry traffic on present or future streets with four moving lanes between different areas of the city and traffic entering from "secondary" streets.

B. A "secondary" street is a street which is intended to collect traffic and carry it to a major street.

C. A "local" or "minor" street is one used primarily for access to abutting properties including loop, cul-de-sac and tertiary streets.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Planning commission means the planning commission of the city and the advisory agency referred to in the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

FORMULA FOR AVERAGE CROSS SLOPE

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

A. Density designates the ratio of single-family living units to acreage.

B. Density, gross designates the ratio of single-family living units to acreage within the entire parcel.

C. Density, net designates the ratio of single-family living units to acreage including only open space and actual lot areas.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Design refers to street alignment, grades and widths; alignment and widths of easements and rights-of-way for drainage, sanitary sewers, water, utilities, and other facilities for public use or benefit; lot area, width, depth, shape and pattern as required in this title. "Design" also includes land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Easement means an easement offered for dedication to the city to be used for utility, drainage or other public purpose.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Final map refers to a map prepared in accordance with this title, which is designed to be placed on record in the office of the recorder of the county of Monterey.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Improvement refers to such street work, drainage work and utilities, landscaping, or other improvements to be installed, or agreed to be installed by the subdivider on the subdivision or land adjacent thereto to be used for public streets, easements, highways, and park and recreation sites necessary for the use and benefit of the lot owners in the subdivision and adjacent areas as a condition precedent to approval of the final map, thereof.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Lot means a parcel of land established, or to be established, by the standard subdivision procedure or minor subdivision procedure as provided herein.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Lot depth means a line midpoint from the front line to the midpoint of the line farthest away from the midpoint of the established front line, in the general direction of the sidelines.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Front lot line means, in the case of an interior lot, a line separating the lot from the street; and in the case of a corner lot, a line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Rear lot line means a lot which is opposite and most distant from the front line and, in the case of an irregular or gore-shaped lot, a line within the lot, having a length of at least ten feet.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Side lot line means any lot boundary not a front line or a rear lot line.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Average lot width means the area of the parcel divided by the lot depth.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Owner means the individuals, firms, partnerships or corporations having proprietary interests in the land sought to be subdivided.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Parcel map means a map showing the division of land which has been processed as a minor subdivision.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Standards means the standard improvement specifications adopted by the city council, copies of which are on file in the office of the planning commission, and city clerk.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

A. Subdivision means the division by any subdivider, of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or portion thereof, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease, transfer or financing, whether immediate or future. Property shall be contiguous units, even if it is separated by roads, streets, utility easement or railroad rights-of-way. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code, a community apartment project, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, as defined in subdivision (m) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code.

B. 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. Prior to such conveyance, a minor subdivision tentative and parcel map shall be filed in accordance with provisions of this title.

C. Subdivision shall not include the division of property for the sole purpose of adjusting property lines between contiguous parcels when no new building site as defined by the Zoning Ordinance of the city is thereby created and where no building site as defined by such ordinance is thereby rendered substandard.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Minor subdivision means any subdivision containing four or less lots or parcels or any subdivisions of more than four lots or parcels where each lot is 40 acres or larger.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Private road subdivision means division of land without frontage on a public street.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Standard subdivision means any subdivision containing five or more parcels or lots except those divisions of five or more parcels of which are 40 acres or larger.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Subdivider means a person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who proposes to divide, divides or causes to be divided real property into a subdivision for himself or others.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)

Tentative map means any map made for the purpose of showing the design of a proposed subdivision of any kind, including a minor subdivision, and the existing conditions in and around it, prepared as required in this title.

(Ord. No. 245, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-1998)