Patterson Municipal Code Ch. 16.08 Definitions

The words and phrases set out is this chapter shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them.

(Ord. 508 § 2 (part), 1993)

The planning commission constitutes the "advisory agency" for tentative maps and parcel maps.

(Ord. 508 § 2 (part), 1993)

"Final map"

means a map showing a subdivision of five or more lots, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title.

(Ord. 508 § 2 (part), 1993)

"Lot"

means a parcel or portion of land separate from others and which is delineated or described as a single integral unit on a subdivision map or by such other map approved under the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 508 § 2 (part), 1993)

"Parcel"

means a single unit of land.

(Ord. 508 § 2 (part), 1993)

"Parcel map"

is a map showing a subdivision of four or fewer lots, or a subdivision for which a parcel map is authorized under this title, prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and this title.

(Ord. 508 § 2 (part), 1993)

"Remainder" or "designated remainder"

means that portion of an existing parcel which is designated on the required map as not a part of the subdivision. It is that portion not divided for the purpose of sale, lease or financing. The remainder is not counted as a parcel for the purpose of determining whether a parcel or final map is required.

(Ord. 508 § 2 (part), 1993)

"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. 508 § 2 (part), 1993)

"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. Property shall be considered as 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.

(Ord. 508 § 2 (part), 1993; Ord. 565 § 2, 1996)

"Tentative map"

is a map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvements of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it preparatory to the approval of a final map or parcel map.

(Ord. 508 § 2 (part), 1993)

"Vesting tentative map"

is a tentative map for a subdivision that has printed conspicuously on its face the words "vesting tentative map" at the time it is filed with the city, and is processed in accordance with this title.

(Ord. 508 § 2 (part), 1993)