§ 10-2

"Advisory agency" means a designated official or an official body charged with the duty of making investigations and reports on the design and improvements of proposed divisions of real property, the imposing of requirements or conditions thereon or having the authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove maps as prescribed by this title.

"Certificate of compliance" means a document recorded by the county recorder which identifies, by legal description, certain real property and states that the division thereof complies with applicable provisions of this title and the Subdivision Map Act.

"Condominium" means an estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property together with a separate interest in space in a residential, industrial, or commercial building on such real property, such as an apartment, office, or store. A condominium may include, in addition, a separate interest in other portions of such real property. Such estate may, with respect to the duration of its enjoyment, be either: (1) an estate of inheritance or perpetual estate; (2) an estate for life; or (3) an estate for years, such as a leasehold or a subleasehold. (Section 783 of the California Civil Code.)

"Condominium conversion" means the conversion of existing developed real property into a condominium, a community apartment project, or a stock cooperative.

"Condominium project" means a proposed development or an existing building proposed for conversion to a condominium, stock cooperative or community apartment project through approval of a conditional use permit and a tract or parcel map pursuant to this title and the Subdivision Map Act.

"Council" means and refers to the City Council of the City of Huntington Park as established by City ordinance.

"Department" means the Community Development Department of the City of Huntington Park unless otherwise specified.

"Design" shall have the same meaning as the term is defined in the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code Section 66418).

"Director" means the Director of the Community Development Department unless otherwise specified.

"Final map" means a map showing a subdivision for which a tentative and final map is required by the Subdivision Map Act or this title, prepared in accordance with the provisions of this title and the Subdivision Map Act designed to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder.

"General plan" means the general plan of the City of Huntington Park, adopted on February 19, 1991, and any amendment thereto.

"Government Code" means the Government Code of the State of California.

"Improvement" refers to such street work, storm drainage, utility, and landscaping to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways, 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; or to such other specific improvements or

andscaping to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways, 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; or to such other specific improvements or

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City of Huntington Park, CA § 10-2.101

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types 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 conformity to or implementation of the general plan or any adopted specific plan.

Improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the City of Huntington Park standard specifications and details and/or, when applicable, with standards as adopted by local utility companies and approved by the City Engineer.

"Lot" means a parcel or portion of land separated from other parcels or portions by description, as on a subdivision or record of survey map, or by metes and bounds, for the purpose of sale, lease, or separate use.

"Lot line adjustment" means a minor or major shift or rotation of an existing lot line or other adjustments where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not created.

"Merger" means the joining of two or more contiguous parcels of land under one ownership into one parcel pursuant to Section 66424.2 of the Subdivision Map Act.

"Parcel map" means a map showing a division of land of four or less parcels or as otherwise provided by this title, prepared in accordance with the provisions of this title and the Subdivision Map Act.

"Planning Commission" means and refers to the Planning Commission of the City of Huntington Park as established by City ordinance.

"Specific plan" means a detailed and comprehensive land use and development plan for a defined area within the City, adopted pursuant to California Government Code Sections 65450 through 65456. A specific plan must be consistent with the general plan and must contain regulations for the uses of land, including the conservation of open space, along with development standards and an implementation program to provide for all infrastructure and public services needed to support the land uses described in the plan.

"Subdivider" shall have the same meaning as the term is defined in the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code Section 66423).

"Subdivision" shall have the same meaning as the term is defined in the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code Section 66424).

"Subdivision" does not include any building, land or property interest that is specifically exempted from the Subdivision Map Act under Government Code Section 66412.

"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 Subdivision Map Act.

"Subdivision Map Act" means the Subdivision Map Act of the State of California (Government Code Section 66410 et seq.).

"Tentative map" shall have the same meaning as the term is defined in the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code Section 66424.5).

"Vesting map" means "vesting tentative map," as that term is defined in the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code Section 66424.5).

"Zoning ordinance" means Title 9 of the Huntington Park Municipal Code, or any ordinance

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City of Huntington Park, CA

HUNTINGTON PARK CODE

§ 10-2.101

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enacted under the zoning powers of the City. (§ 3, Ord. 905-NS, eff. March 4, 2013)

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City of Huntington Park, CA § 10-3.101

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