Sanger Municipal Code Art. I In General

This chapter is adopted to supplement and implement the Subdivision Map Act of the state and shall apply to all subdivisions in the city.

(Code 1960, § 19.2)

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Advisory agency means the planning commission of the city.

Alley means a public way permanently reserved primarily for vehicular service access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

Appeals board means the city council.

Arterial street means a street designated as an arterial street in the general plan or adopted specific plan which, because of its design and location with respect to other streets and other sources of traffic, is used or designed to carry relatively heavy volumes of traffic through an urban area or between urban areas, which serves as an approach to a highway or freeway.

Block means the distance, measured along a street centerline between the centerlines of intersecting streets, between the centerline of an intersecting street and a railroad right-of-way, or between the centerline of an intersecting street and the end of said street.

Collector street means a street designated as a collector street in the general plan or adopted specific plan which, because of its location with respect to other streets and other sources of traffic, is used or designed to carry moderately heavy volumes of traffic between portions of urban areas or between arterial streets.

Commission means the planning commission of the city.

Cul-de-sac street means a street having only one outlet for vehicular traffic and which is not intended to be extended or continued to serve future development on adjacent lands.

Designated city official means any employee or other representative of the city appointed by ordinance, resolution, or minute order of the city council who is qualified in accordance with state and city statutes to perform the specific functions as set forth in this chapter.

Frontage street or frontage road means a local street which is parallel to and adjacent to an arterial street or limited access highway or which provides access to abutting properties while relieving them of the effects of heavy volumes of fast through traffic.

Local street means a street which, because of its design and location with respect to other streets, is used primarily for access to the abutting properties.

Lot means a parcel or subdivided land under one ownership used, or susceptible to being used, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with the zoning regulations applicable to the district in which the parcel is located.

Sidewalk means a way designed for use by pedestrians, which is located within a street right-of-way.

Standards means standard drawings, specifications, and design criteria for the design and construction of public improvements in the city as adopted by the city council.

Stubbed street means a street having only one outlet for vehicular traffic and which is intended to be extended or continued to serve future development on adjacent lands.

Subdivision map act or map act means the subdivision map act of the state, commencing with the Government Code § 66410.

Subdivision map act terms includes all terms, unless defined in this section, which are defined in the map act; such terms shall have the same meanings as ascribed thereto in such act.

(Code 1960, § 19.3)

Cross reference— Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.