Napa County Municipal Code Ch. 17.02 Definitions

The definitions in this chapter apply to the provisions of Title 17 only and do not affect any other provisions of law. Whenever any words or phrases as used in this title are not defined herein, but are defined in the Subdivision Map Act as last amended, such definitions are incorporated herein and shall be deemed to apply as though fully set forth in this title. If any inconsistency between a definition set forth in this title and the Subdivision Map Act occurs, the definition in the Subdivision Map Act shall prevail.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602)

"Access rights" means the rights to vehicular and pedestrian entry onto a public street from private property.

(Ord. 887 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.1 (d))

"Access road" means a road with a minimum right-of-way of forty feet.

(Ord. 887 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.1 (e))

"Administrator" means the zoning administrator of the county of Napa.

(Ord. 887 § 2 (part), 1988: prior code § 11602.1 (a))

"Advisory agency" means:

A. The administrator in the case of the following procedures:

1. Merger of substandard parcels;

2. Summary reversions to acreage pursuant to Section 17.50.070;

3. Extensions of the life of a tentative map;

4. Minor changes to approved tentative maps pursuant to subsection (B) of Section 17.26.040;

5. Modifications to or Elimination of Slope Easements. A slope easement may be modified administratively if findings are made that the revised easement provides an equivalent or greater similar level of protection and will not decrease the county's ability to maintain the existing roadway or drainage-way; and in addition, a slope easement may be eliminated administratively provided a finding is made that the easement was erroneously designated on the lot and is not needed; and

6. All other procedures not set forth in subsection (B) or (C) of this section.

B. The commission in the case of the following procedures:

1. Approval of tentative maps for which a parcel or final map is required; and

2. Waiver of parcel maps pursuant to Section 17.06.040 of this title.

C. The director of planning in the case of the following procedures:

1. Issuance of certificates of correction pursuant to Section 17.26.050 of this title;

2. Issuance of notices of violation of the Subdivision Map Act or this title; and

3. Issuance of ministerial urban lot splits pursuant to Chapter 17.17 and other maps requiring ministerial approval by state law.

D. The county surveyor in the case of the following procedures:

1. Issuance of Certificates or Conditional Certificates under Chapter 17.52 of this title.

(Ord. 1268 § 1, 2005: Ord. 1186 § 1, 2001: Ord. 1083 § 2, 1995: Ord. 981 § 3, 1991: Ord. 887 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.1 (b))

(Ord. No. 1379, § 88, 1-29-2013; Ord. No. 1495, § 2, 9-24-2024)

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

(Ord. 887 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.1 (c))

"Board" means the board of supervisors of the county of Napa.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.2 (a))

"Building site" means a site on a lot which is suitable for construction of a main building and is reasonably free from geotechnical hazards such as settlement, landsliding, mudsliding and flood hazards, and to which there is reasonable access.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.2 (b))

"Certificate" means certificate or statement, depending on the context and the applicable provisions of the Map Act.

(Ord. 887 § 2 (part), 1988: prior code § 11602.3 (j))

A. "Certificate of compliance" or "Certificate" means a recorded certificate issued by the county under the authority of Government Code Section 66499.35, which determines that a subdivision of real property complied with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, its predecessors, and local ordinances enacted pursuant thereto in effect as of the date of the division. A recorded final map, parcel map or official map shall constitute a Certificate with respect to the parcels of real property described therein.

B. "Conditional Certificate of compliance" or "Conditional Certificate" means a recorded certificate issued by the county under the authority of Government Code Section 66499.35(b), which determines that a subdivision of real property did not comply with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, its predecessors, and local ordinances enacted pursuant thereto in effect as of the date of the division, but that each contiguous parcel recognized in the Conditional Certificate as having been created by the subdivision may nonetheless be developed in the same manner and to the same extent as any other legal lot of record if the conditions set forth in the Conditional Certificate are met.

(Ord. 1186 § 2, 2001: Ord. 931 § 4, 1991: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.3 (a))

"Code" means the Napa County Code.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.3 (b))

"Commercial zoning district" means the commercial limited (CL) or commercial neighborhood (CN) zoning district, and any other commercial district that may be established.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.3 (c))

"Commission" means the planning commission of the county of Napa.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.3 (d))

(Ord. No. 1379, § 89, 1-29-2013)

"Community apartment project" means a division of real property in which an undivided interest in the land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy of any apartment located thereon, as defined in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.3 (e))

"Condominium" means a division of real property into lots or parcels, including parcels of air space, and an undivided proportionate share of interest in the common areas and facilities, and as further defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code of the state.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.3 (f))

"Contiguous lots" or "contiguous units" means lots or units which abut, adjoin or otherwise touch each other at more than one point along a common boundary or which would do so except for separation by a strip of land over which some person or entity, other than the owner of the lots or units, has some property interest, including fee title or some lesser interest, such as a leasehold or easement, which does not preclude the lots or units from being reasonably developed as a single unit. Examples of such strips of land include but are not limited to roads, streets, utility easements, railroad rights-of-way, canals and drainage channels.

(Ord. 981 § 5, 1991: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code 11602.3 (g))

"County" means the county of Napa.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.3 (h))

"County surveyor" means the person appointed by the board to serve in that capacity.

(Ord. 1315 § 2, 2009: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.3 (i))

"Days" means calendar days unless otherwise indicated.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code 11602.4 (a))

"Dedication" means the act of granting to a public agency the right to use a portion of real property for public purposes by the fee owner of the real property.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.4 (b))

"Design" means:

A. Street alignments, grades and widths;

B. Drainage and sanitary facilities and utilities, including alignments and grades thereof;

C. Location and size of all required easements and rights-of-way;

D. Fire roads and firebreaks;

E. Lot size and configuration;

F. Traffic access;

G. Grading;

H. Land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes; or

I. Such other specific physical requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire subdivision as may be necessary to ensure consistency with or implementation of the general plan or any applicable specific plan.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.4 (f))

"Development" means the uses to which the land which is the subject of a map shall be put, the buildings to be constructed on it, and all alterations of the land and construction incident thereto.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.4 (c))

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1379, § 90, adopted Jan. 29, 2013, repealed § 17.02.225, which pertained to director of environmental management and derived from Ord. No. 1331, § 1, adopted Dec. 8, 2009.

"Director of planning" means the director of the Napa County planning, building and environmental services department, or the designee of the director.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.4 (e))

(Ord. No. 1379, § 91, 1-29-2013)

"Director of public works" means the Napa County director of public works or the designee of the director.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.4 (d))

"Dwelling" shall have the same meaning as "dwelling unit" as defined in Section 18.08.260 of this code.

(Ord. 981 § 6, 1991: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.4 (g))

"Expedited certificate" means a certificate of compliance issued pursuant to Section 17.52.011 for a parcel or contiguous parcels of real property meeting the criteria set forth in subdivisions (7), (8) or (9) of Section 17.02.320.

(Ord. 1210 § 1, 2002)

"General plan" means the General Plan of Napa County, or any element, section or portion thereof.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.7)

"Health officer" means the county director of planning, building and environmental services or the designee of the director.

(Ord. 981 § 8, 1991: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.8)

(Ord. No. 1379, § 92, 1-29-2013)

"Improvement" means:

A. Any 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, 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

B. Such other specific improvements or types of improvements, the installation of which, either by the subdivider, by public agencies, by private utilities, or any other entity approved by the board or by a combination thereof, is necessary to ensure consistency with, or implementation of, the general plan or any applicable specific plan.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.9 (a))

"Industrial zoning district" means and includes any zoning district that currently exists or hereafter may be established which allows industrial uses, including but not limited to the industrial, industrial park and general industrial zoning districts.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.9 (b))

"Land project" means a land division as defined in Section 11000.5 of the Business and Professions Code.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.12 (a))

A. "Legal lot of record," "legal lot," "legal parcel," "lot" or "parcel" means any of the following:

1. A parcel of real property created by and shown on a recorded final map, parcel map, official map, or a record of survey approved by the commission or other advisory agency as such terms are defined in this chapter, which was required by the Subdivision Map Act, any predecessor statutes, or any ordinance of the county enacted pursuant thereto, to be recorded prior to the sale of the parcels shown on the map or record of survey;

2. A parcel of real property issued a Certificate, Expedited Certificate, or Conditional Certificate pursuant to Chapter 17.52 of this title;

3. A parcel of real property created as a result of a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction;

4. A parcel of real property resulting from a lot line adjustment approved by a local agency, providing the deed approved as a part of the lot line adjustment process which resulted in the dimensions of the parcel being changed contains an express statement of the grantor merging any underlying parcels as may exist. If the deed approved as a part of the lot line adjustment process which changed the dimensions of the parcel does not contain an express statement of the grantor merging any underlying parcels as may exist, this deficiency may be cured by recording a new deed with the same legal description as that approved by the lot line adjustment but which also contains an express statement of intent by the grantor to eliminate any underlying parcels as may exist, providing such deed is recorded prior to the time the application for the permit or entitlement for use is filed, and a title company guarantee and owner affidavit complying with subdivisions (A)(9)(b) and (A)(9)(c) of this section have been submitted to the department from which the permit or entitlement for use is being sought which show that the present configuration of the parcel is the same as the configuration described in the deed approved and recorded to finalize the lot line adjustment;

5. A parcel of real property conveyed by deed pursuant to a sale by or on behalf of the county treasurer in foreclosure of a lien for delinquent taxes or assessments;

6. A parcel of real property created by deed pursuant to subsection (B) of Section 17.06.050 conveying land to or from a governmental entity, public entity, or public utility;

7. A parcel of real property for which a permit to construct a residence or other primary structure, other than a permit involving no increase in the square footage of the floor area as defined in the state building code as adopted in Chapter 15.12, has been issued by and completed to the satisfaction of the building division of the county planning, building and environmental services department or its predecessor, or a parcel of real property that has been improved with a residence or other primary structure but at the time of the improvement a building permit or other grant of approval was not required for the improvement, provided that the date or approximate date of construction is verified by information contained in the records of the issuing agency or the county assessor; as long as a title company guarantee and owner affidavit complying with subdivisions (A)(9)(b) and (A)(9)(c), of this section, have been submitted to the department from which the permit or entitlement for use is being sought which show that the present configuration of the parcel is the same as the configuration described in the latest recorded deed as of the date of issuance of the permit to construct the residence or other primary structure, or since the date of construction of the improvement not requiring a building permit or other grant of approval;

8. A parcel of real property for which a certificate of present extent of legal nonconformity recognizing the legal nonconforming status of a residence or other primary structure has been issued pursuant to Section 18.132.050 or its predecessor, as long as a title company guarantee and owner affidavit complying with subdivisions (A)(9)(b) and (A)(9)(c), of this section have been submitted to the department from which the permit or entitlement for use is being sought which shows that the present configuration of the parcel is the same as the configuration described in the latest recorded deed which existed at the time the certificate of present extent of legal nonconformity was issued; or

9. A parcel of real property that complies with all of the following:

a. The parcel was created before the date that the subdivision map act, any predecessor statutes, or any ordinance of the county adopted pursuant thereto required approval and recordation of a parcel map, final map or a record of survey approved by the commission or other advisory agency as such terms are defined in this chapter for the creation of the type and size of the parcel involved or was created by a deed which was exempt from these requirements at the time of creation;

b. A guarantee has been issued to the owner and to the county, in an amount no less than twenty-five thousand dollars and executed by an authorized signatory of a title company licensed to do business in the state of California, verifying that in the official records of the county recorder the parcel has been described with the same legal description from the date of its creation or other specified date for which the guarantee is required up to the latest conveyance of record. Such verification shall identify the parcel by its current Napa County assessor parcel number, identify the current owner of record, include a certified copy of the last document conveying title to current owner, and include the legal description so verified as unchanged. A parcel whose existence as a separate parcel as of the date or dates for which the guarantee is provided is evidenced in the official records solely as a parcel separated or combined for assessment purposes only (SFAP or CFAP) shall not qualify for a guarantee under this subparagraph; and

c. The owner of record has signed an affidavit declaring under penalty of perjury that the parcel has not been conveyed since the date of issuance of the guarantee document described in (b), above.

10. A parcel of real property created by recordation of a notice of merger pursuant to Section 17.48.050.

B. Streets, alleys and similar rights-of-way held in fee subject to an active power of termination if not used as rights-of-way are not legal lots of record under this section nor are mere easements or licenses, even if designated as "parcels" on a recorded document.

C. Action by the county assessor to assign two parcel numbers to a single parcel, or to combine multiple legal lots into a single assessment parcel for administrative convenience, shall not be determinative of whether legal lots of record have been created or multiple parcels merged into new legal lots, or have any bearing on whether or not a legal lot of record does or does not exist under this section, nor shall the action of the county assessor in designating or failing to designate a parcel as separated for assessment purposes have any bearing on whether or not a legal lot of record does or does not exist under this section.

D. No certificate, conditional certificate, or expedited certificate shall be required for any parcel meeting the criteria of subdivision 1 or of subdivisions 3 through 9 of subsection (A) to be considered a legal lot under this section.

E. Parcels that are recognized pursuant to this section and thereby entitled to have applications for development processed without first being required to secure the issuance of a certificate, conditional certificate, or expedited certificate shall nevertheless be required to comply with the county general plan, county zoning and building ordinances and other lawful restrictions on the use of the parcel, including the issuance of any permit or permits or other grants of approval required by such plan, ordinances or other restrictions.

F. Entitlement for use as used in this section includes lot line adjustments.

(Ord. 1223 § 1, 2003: Ord. 1210 § 2, 2002: Ord. 1186 § 3, 2001; Ord. 981 § 9, 1991: Ord. 887 § 4, 1988: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.12 (c))

(Ord. No. 1379, § 93, 1-29-2013)

"Limited equity housing cooperative" means a corporation which meets the criteria of Section 11003.2 of the Business and Professions Code, and Section 3007.5 of the Health and Safety Code, as defined in Section 11003.4 of the Business and Professions Code.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.12 (b))

"Gross lot area" means the total area, measured in a horizontal plane, within the lot lines of a lot.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.12 (d))

"Net lot area" means the gross lot area less the area within any existing or proposed public or private street, road or easement for ingress or egress, and less the area within any existing or proposed easement wherein the owner of the lot is prohibited from using the surface of the land. Included in the net area is the area lying within public utility easements, sanitary sewer easements, landscaping easements, public service easements, open space easements, drainage and flood control easements, and other such easements wherein the owner of the lot is not prohibited from using the surface of the land.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.12 (e))

A. "Lot line adjustment" means a reorientation of a property line or lines between four or fewer existing adjoining parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjoining parcel and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created.

B. Lot line adjustments shall include sequential lot line adjustments, in which parcels which have been previously adjusted are subsequently readjusted, provided that the prior adjustment has been completed and resulting deeds recorded prior to the sequential lot line adjustment application being filed.

(Ord. No. 1331, § 2, 12-8-2009; Ord. 887 § 5, 1988: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.12 (f))

"Map Act" means California Subdivision Map Act, commencing with Section 66410 of the Government Code.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.13 (a))

"Minor change" means a modification of a tentative map that involves a change of lot lines, lot shape, lot dimensions, street alignment, width or grade, grading proposals, or other elements that do not change the basic design or improvements required in the tentative map and the conditions thereof. A proposed increase in the number of lots or a proposal that will significantly alter the configuration of the proposed lots is not a minor change.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.13 (b))

"Multifamily dwelling" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 18.08.380 of this code.

(Ord. 981 § 10, 1991: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.13 (c))

"Parcel" and "single parcel" shall have the same meaning as "legal lot of record."

(Ord. 981 § 11, 1991: prior code § 11602.16 (f))

"Planning department" means the planning division of the planning, building and environmental services department.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.16 (a))

(Ord. No. 1379, § 94, 1-29-2013)

A. "Prime agricultural land" means any of the following:

1. All land which qualifies for rating as Class I or Class II in the Soil Conservation Service land use capability classifications;

2. Land which qualifies for Rating 80 through 100 in the Storie Index Rating;

3. Land which supports livestock used for the production of food and fiber and which has an annual carrying capacity equivalent to at least one animal unit per acre as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture;

4. Land planted with fruit- or nut-bearing trees, vines, bushes or crops which have a nonbearing period of less than five years and which will normally return during the commercial bearing period on an annual basis from the production of unprocessed agricultural plant production not less than two hundred dollars per acre;

5. Land which has returned from the production of unprocessed agricultural plant products an annual gross value of not less than two hundred dollars per acre for three of the previous five years.

B. All other land is classified as non-prime agricultural land.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.16 (b))

"Public access" means:

A. A dedication to public use or to the county, to the required width for road purposes;

B. A permanent written easement for road purposes, to the required width, from the state or federal government;

C. An access road that has been open to the public without posting for five years or more, provided adequate evidence thereof is submitted to and approved by the director of planning.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.16 (c))

(Ord. No. 1379, § 95, 1-29-2013)

"Public water supply" means a water supply provided by a local agency, publicly owned corporation, or approved utility company.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.16 (e))

"Public waterway, river or stream" means, for the purpose of Sections 17.28.050 and 17.30.010 through 17.30.030, those waterways, rivers and streams defined in Sections 100 through 106 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, any stream declred to be a public highway for fishing pursuant to Sections 25660 through 25662 of the Government Code, the rivers listed in Section 1505 of the Fish and Game Code as spawning areas, and all waterways, rivers and streams downstream from any state or federal salmon or steelhead fish hatcheries.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.16 (d))

"Recorder" means the Napa County recorder, or the designee of the county recorder.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.18 (a))

"Remainder parcel" means a portion of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land designated by a subdivider as that portion which is not divided for the purpose of gift, sale, lease or financing.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.18 (b))

"Road standards" and "road and street standards" means the current version of the Napa County Road and Street Standards periodically adopted by resolution by the board of supervisors and incorporated into this code by reference pursuant to subsection (C) of Section 17.36.010 of this title.

(Ord. 1160 § 4, 1999: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.18 (c))

"Solar energy system" means any solar collector or other solar energy device, or any structural design feature of a building whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage and distribution of solar energy for space heating or cooling, for water heating or for electricity. Glazing facing within forty-five degrees of south is protected, under the provisions of this title, as a solar energy system when at least sixty percent of the space heating load for the building is supplied by solar energy.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.19 (a))

"Specific plan" means a plan adopted by the board that implements the General Plan of Napa County, as provided in Section 65450, et seq. of the California Government Code.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.19 (b))

"Stock cooperative" means a corporation holding title to improved real property where substantially all of the shareholders of such corporation receive a right of exclusive occupancy in a portion of the real property, as further defined in Section 11003.2 of the Business and Professions Code.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.19 (c))

"Street" means a street, highway, thoroughfare, road, avenue, boulevard, alley, lane, court, circle, drive or way designed for vehicle access. Such facilities shall not be a public street until and unless they shall have been accepted into a street or road system maintained by a city, county, or the state. Streets and roads in public parks, public airports, public schools and similar public grounds shall not be construed to be public streets for the purpose of Title 17 of this code.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.19 (d))

"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 for others, except that employees and consultants of such persons or entities, acting in such capacity, are not subdividers.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.19 (e))

A. "Subdivision" means any of the following:

1. 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 gift, sale, lease or financing, whether immediate or future, except for leases of land for agricultural purposes. As used in the preceding sentence, "agricultural purposes" means the cultivation of food or fiber, or the grazing or pasturing of livestock;

2. A condominium project, as defined in Section 1350 of the Civil Code, a community apartment project, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units into a stock cooperative;

3. Any judicially ordered division of real property except property set aside as a probate homestead, and such subdivisions are subject to all the provisions of this title.

B. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent a purchaser of a unit of land created under the provisions of the Map Act or this title from subdividing the land one or more times, pursuant to the provisions of this title, prior to the time that an equalized county assessment roll has been completed reflecting the creation of the unit proposed to be subdivided. Nor shall anything contained in this chapter prevent the same subdivider of a unit of land created pursuant to this title from making consecutive subdivisions of the same parcel or any portion thereof. Nothing in the preceding two sentences, however, shall be construed as prohibiting the county from considering previous subdivisions of a subdivider in determining whether a tentative parcel map or a tentative subdivision map shall be required prior to accepting an application for a proposed subdivision as complete.

(Ord. 981 § 12, 1991; Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.19 (f))

"Surveyor" means the county surveyor or the designee of the county surveyor.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.19 (g))

(Ord. No. 1379, § 96, 1-29-2013)

"Tentative map" means a map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it, and such map need not be based upon an accurate or detailed final survey of the property. For ease of reference, a tentative map for which a parcel map is required may be identified as a tentative parcel map and a tentative map for which a final map is required may be identified as a tentative subdivision map.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.20 (a))

"Townhouse project" means a real estate development consisting of separately owned lots, parcels or areas, with one or more additional contiguous or noncontiguous lots, parcels or areas owned in common by the owners of the separate lots, parcels or areas, as defined in Business and Professions Code Sections 11003 and 11003.1.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.20 (b))

"Treasurer" means the treasurer/tax collector of Napa County, or the treasurer/tax collector's designee.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.20 (c))

"Vesting tentative map" means a tentative map which is filed in accordance with Section 17.14.020. The rights accruing to an approved tentative vesting map are set forth in Chapter 17.16 of this title.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.22)

"Zoning" means those rules and regulations governing the use of land in the unincorporated area of the county, which are found in Title 18 of the Napa County Code.

(Ord. 981 § 13, 1991: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11602.26)