Rolling Hills Municipal Code Ch. 16.08 Definitions

See "Rolling Hills Community Association."

(Ord. 295 § 7 (Exh. A (part)), 2004).

"City Clerk" means the City Clerk of the City of Rolling Hills.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.52, 1980).

For the purposes of this title, "City Engineer" means the persons charged by resolution of the City Council with the responsibility of performing the functions of city engineer for the City.

(Ord. 307 § 5, 2007: Ord. 161 § 11-2.53, 1980).

"Chapter" means a chapter of this title, unless otherwise specified.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.51, 1980).

"Dedication" means the grant of real property for public use.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.54, 1980).

"Design" means the minimum area, width, grading and general layout of lots and the alignment, grades and widths of streets, highways, easements and rights-of-way for drainage facilities, water mains, sanitary sewers and other public purposes.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.55, 1980).

For the purposes of this title, the term "division of land" refers to any parcel or contiguous parcels of land, improved or unimproved, which are divided for the purpose of transfer of title, sale, lease, or financing, whether immediate or future, into two or more parcels.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.56, 1980).

"Drainage facility" means any drainage device or structure which may be used to control or direct the flow of water and/or alleviate flood hazard, including, but not limited to, berms, channels, culverts, curbs, ditches, gutters, pavement and pipes.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.57, 1980).

"Final map" means a map of the proposed division of land prepared in accordance with the provisions of this title and Section 66433 of the State Subdivision Map Act, which is prepared in a manner to be filed in the office of the County Recorder.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.58, 1980).

"Flood hazard" means a potential danger to life, land, or improvements due to inundation or stormwater runoff having sufficient velocity to transport or deposit debris, scour the surface soil, dislodge or damage buildings, or erode the banks of watercourses.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.59, 1980).

"Frontage" means that portion of a lot or parcel which abuts a street or road to which the lot or parcel has the right of access.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.60, 1980).

"Future street or roadway" means a street which is necessary for the future division of lots within a division of land or for the development of adjacent properties, and which is offered for public use at an indeterminate future time when the City Council determines that the acceptance and construction of such street is warranted.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.61, 1980).

"Geological hazard" means a hazard inherent in the earth or artificially created, which is dangerous or potentially dangerous to life, property, or improvements due to the movement, failure, displacement or shifting of earth.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.62, 1980).

"General plan" means a comprehensive long-term plan, including the elements thereof, adopted by the City.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.63, 1980).

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

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.63.1, 1980).

"Thoroughfare" means a street or road of primary importance shown on the circulation element of the general plan.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.64, 1980).

"Improvements" means structures or facilities to be installed or agreed to be installed by a subdivider on land to be used for streets, highways, or easements, as a condition precedent to approval and/or acceptance of a final map, including, but not limited to, street surfacing, curbs, berms, street signs, bridle trail easements, sanitary sewers, water mains, gas mains, telephones, cable TV, electric lines and equipment used in connection therewith, and drainage facilities for the general use of the lot owners in a subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.65, 1980).

"Lease" means an oral or written agreement or contract, tenancy at will, month-to-month or other similar tenancy.

(Ord. 161 § 11-4.66, 1980).

"Lot" means a unit of land identified on a final map or parcel map filed in the office of the City, with a separate or distinct number.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.67, 1980).

"Person" means any individual, corporation, company, firm, association, partnership, copartnership, joint venture, joint stock company, receiver, syndicate, club, estate, business trust, organization or any other entity, or the authorized agent thereof.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.68, 1980).

"Rolling Hills Community Association" means the Rolling Hills Community Association of Rancho Palos Verdes, a nonprofit California corporation, also known as "Association."

(Ord. 295 § 7 (Exh. A (part)), 2004).

"Section" means a section of the ordinance codified in this title unless otherwise specified.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.69, 1980).

"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.70, 1980).

"Street" or "roadway" means a public or private right-of-way, designed to provide access to abutting properties, or carry traffic flow through the City.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.71, 1980).

"Subdivider" means a person who causes real property to be divided into a division of land for himself or for others, or who submits a tentative or final map for approval.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.72, 1980).

"Subdivision Map Act" means the Subdivision Map Act of the Government Code of the State of California.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.73, 1980).

"Tentative map" means a preliminary plan prepared in accordance with the provisions of this title and the State Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 161 § 11-2.74, 1980).