Lincoln Municipal Code Ch. 17.08 Definitions

Except as otherwise set forth in this title, words and phrases used in this title shall have the same meaning attributed to them in the Subdivision Map Act, and definitions contained in the Subdivision Map Act are incorporated herein and shall apply as though set forth in this title.

(Ord. 324B §1-4(part), 1977)

"Includes" shall not limit a term to the specific examples, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other instances or circumstances of like kind or character.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.1, 1977)

"Approved access" means the right of vehicular travel to a public street, as shown on a final subdivision map or final parcel map and as approved by the commission.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.2, 1977)

"Advisory agency" means the planning commission of the city.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.3, 1977)

"Alley" means a public thoroughfare less than 30 feet in width, which affords only a secondary means of access to an abutting property.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.4, 1977)

"Certificate of compliance" means a certificate recorded by the city in the office of the county recorder which determines that the subdivision of real property complies with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and the city ordinances enacted pursuant thereto. A recorded final map or parcel map shall constitute a certificate of compliance with respect to parcels of real property described therein.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.5, 1977)

"Commission" means the planning commission of the city.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.7, 1977)

"Design" means the following:

(1) Street alignments, grades and widths;

(2) Drainage and sanitary facilities and utilities, including alignments and grades thereof;

(3) Rights-of-way;

(4) Fire roads and fire breaks;

(5) Lot size and configuration;

(6) Traffic access;

(7) Grading;

(8) Land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes;

(9) Such other specific requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire subdivision as may be necessary or convenient to insure conformity to or implementation of the general plan or an adopted specific plan of the city.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.10, 1977)

"Flood hazard" means a hazard to land or improvements due to seasonal inundation or to overflow water having sufficient velocity to transport or deposit debris, scour the surface soil, dislodge or damage buildings, or erode the banks of watercourses.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.11, 1977)

"Freeway" means a highway defined as a "freeway" in section 23.5 of the Streets and Highways Code of the state of California.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.12, 1977)

"Frontage road" means a street aligning adjacent and approximately parallel to and separated from a freeway or other public street and which affords access to abutting property.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.13, 1977)

"General plan" means the general plan of the city of Lincoln.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.14, 1977)

"Geological hazard" means any hazard inherent in the crust of 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.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.15, 1977)

"Improvement" means:

(1) Such street work and utilities to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways, ways and easements that 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;

(2) Such other specific improvements or types of improvements, the installation of which, either by the subdivider, by the public agencies, by public utilities, by any other entity approved by the local agency or a combination thereof, is necessary or convenient to ensure conformity to or implementation of the general plan or an adopted specific plan of the city.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.16, 1977)

"Improvement standards" means standards and specifications for public improvements adopted by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.17, 1977)

"Lot" means a parcel of land which is identified with a separate and distinct number or letter on a final map or parcel map recorded in the office of the county recorder. A parcel of land which is shown as a separate lot on a subdivision map, record of survey or other map filed for record is not a buildable lot unless it meets the size and configuration requirements of the zoning ordinance.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.18, 1977)

"Average lot width" means the sum of the lengths of the front and rear lot lines divided by two. In the case of irregularly shaped lots having four or more sides, "average lot width" is the sum of the length of two lines drawn perpendicular to one side line at the widest and narrowest portions of the lot, divided by two.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.19, 1977)

"Average lot depth" means the sum of the length of the two side lines of the lot divided by two.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.20, 1977)

"Front lot line," in the case of an interior lot, means 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, except in those cases where the latest recorded tract deed restrictions, approved as part of subdivision approval, specify another line as the front lot line.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.32, 1977)

"Rear lot line" means a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line and, in the case of a triangular or other irregular lot, the line within the lot most nearly parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line, having the length of at least ten feet.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.22, 1977)

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

(Ord. 324B §1-4.23, 1977)

"Final map" means a map prepared by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor and presented for recording, which conforms to an approved tentative subdivision map, the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.24, 1977)

"Parcel map" means a map prepared by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor and presented for recording which conforms to an approved application for parcel map, with the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.25, 1977)

"Preliminary map" means a map presented to the subdivision committee or the commission or both for recommendations prior to submission of a tentative map or parcel map.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.26, 1977)

"Tentative map" means a map presented to the subdivision committee or commission for approval of land divisions which require a final map, or parcel map when a tentative map is required by this title. A "tentative map" need not be based upon a detailed or accurate survey of the property.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.27, 1977)

"Model home" means a single-family or two-family residential structure, including individual residential structures in condominium or community apartment projects, which is built for the purpose of display, advertising, promotion or sales of other substantially identical structures in the same or contiguous subdivisions and for which construction is commenced with the approval of the council prior to the completion and acceptance of all required subdivision improvements.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.28, 1977)

"Notice of violation" means a certificate recorded by the city which determines that real property has been divided or has resulted from a division in violation of this title, predecessor ordinances or the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.29, 1977)

"Parcel" means all contiguous property under the same ownership not divided by a recorded certificate of compliance, parcel map or final map.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.30, 1977)

"Parkway" means the area between the curbline and property line.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.31, 1977)

"Planning director" means that person designated as "planning director" for the city.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.32, 1977)

"Private road easement" means a parcel of land not dedicated as a public street, over which a private easement for road purposes is proposed to be or has been granted to the owners of property contiguous or adjacent thereto, which intersects or connects with a public street or a private street; in each instance, the instrument creating such easement shall be or shall have been duly recorded or filed in the office of the county recorder.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.33, 1977)

"Public way" means any street, highway, alley, pedestrian way, equestrian or hiking trail, biking path, channel, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, easement, right-of-way or other way which the public has the right to use.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.34, 1977)

"Collector street" means a street which collects traffic from local streets for distribution onto major and minor arterials.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.35, 1977)

"Cul-de-sac" means a street which connects to another street only at one end and has a provision for a turnaround at its other end.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.36, 1977)

"Local street" means a street which is used primarily for access to abutting properties.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.37, 1977)

"Major street" means any street which carries traffic on four or more moving lanes between different areas of the city, and traffic entering from secondary streets.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.38, 1977)

"Secondary street" means a street which routes traffic from a collector street or other area to a major street.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.39, 1977)

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

(Ord. 324B §1-4.40, 1977)

"Subdivision" means the division by any subdivider of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion thereof, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease or financing, whether immediate or future, except for lease of agricultural land for agricultural purposes. Property shall be considered as contiguous units even if it is separated by roads, streets, utility easements or railroad rights-of-way. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project as defined in section 1350 of the Civil Code or a community apartment project, as defined in section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code.

(Ord. 347B §1, 1978: Ord. 324B §1-4.41, 1977)

"Subdivision Map Act" means the Subdivision Map Act of the state of California (Government Code, Title 7, Division 2, Subdivisions, commencing with section 66410) and all amendments or additions thereto.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.42, 1977)

"Zoning ordinance" means the zoning ordinance of the city.

(Ord. 324B §1-4.43, 1977)