§ 17.04

The ordinance codified in this title is enacted for the purpose of adopting subdivision regulations for the town.

(Code 1987, § 17.04.010; Ord. No. 23-1974, § 1, 1974)

It is unlawful for any individual, firm, association, syndicate, co-partnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity, as a principal, agent or otherwise, to offer to sell, to contract to sell or to lease any subdivision of land, or any part thereof, in the town unless and until all the requirements of this title have been complied with.

(Code 1987, § 17.04.020; Ord. No. 23-1974, § 3, 1974)

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this title, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Cross slope means the percentage of the grade across the land measured from the highest point to the lowest point of all of the land within a subdivision.

Cul-de-sac means a minor street terminating in a turnaround not over 500 feet in length.

Hillside area means one with an average slope of 15 percent or more. The standards under chapter 17.32 apply to all hillside areas with the added provision that areas with a cross slope of 40 percent or greater are considered to be extremely rugged and the development of this terrain is limited to lot size types III and IV as defined below:

(1)

Type I: lot area 6,000 to 10,000 square feet. A type I subdivision is one in which the lot size is between 6,000 and 10,000 square feet with all of the lots having an area of not less than 6,000 square feet. It could be defined as all subdivisions other than those described in types II, III, and IV below.

(2)

Type II: lot area 10,000 square feet to 20,000 square feet. In this classification are subdivisions in which all lots have an area in excess of 10,000 square feet.

(3)

Type III: lot area 20,000 square feet to one acre. In this classification are subdivisions in which 80 percent of all lots have an area of 20,000 square feet or over, and the average area of all lots is 20,000 square feet or over.

(4)

Type IV: lot area one acre or over.

Eighty percent of the lots in this classification shall be one acre or over and the average area of all lots in the subdivision shall be one acre or over.

Loop street means a minor street, not over 1,000 feet in length, which forms a loop and returns to the same street from which it originated or turns into the first street intersecting the street from which the loop street originated. A street forming a connection between two parallel or generally parallel streets shall not be considered a loop street.

Major street or arterial means a street carrying intracity through traffic or relating several sections or neighborhoods within the town.

Manufactured home (MH) is a home certified under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 USC 5401 et seq.) on a foundation system, pursuant to Health and Safety Code § 18551, on lots zoned for conventional single-family residential dwellings.

Manufactured home park is a parcel where two or more spaces are rented or leased or held out for rental or lease for single-family residency in manufactured homes.

Map act means the Subdivision Map Act, Government Code § 66410 et seq.

Minor streets means street, which serve only the abutting property.

Owner means an individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to

subdivide the same under this chapter.

Recreational vehicle (RV) means a vehicle as defined in Health and Safety Code § 18010 and includes a park trailer, as defined in Health and Safety Code § 18009.3.

Recreational vehicle park means any manufactured housing community or manufactured home park licensed to allow recreational vehicle spaces on a temporary basis meeting the state requirements and these regulations.

Secondary streets or collector means street which collect and carry traffic from loop street and cul-de-sacs to arterials and also carry traffic within a particular area of the town.

Street means an improved traveled way providing the primary access to abutting property.

Subdivider means any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings under this chapter to affect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself or for another.

Subdivision means any land, or portion thereof, shown on the last preceding tax roll as a unit or as a contiguous unit which is divided into two or more lots or parcels for the purpose of sale, including sales contracts or long-term land lease, whether immediate or future, by any subdivider.

Thoroughfare means a street carrying intracity or inter-area traffic or relating cities or areas within the county.

(Code 1987, § 17.08.140; Ord. No. 23-1974, § 8(a)—(m), 1974; Ord. No. 2020-2, § 17.18.083, 6-8-2020)

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