10-2-101: WORDS DEFINED:
For the purposes of this chapter, the words and phrases set forth in this chapter shall be defined as set forth in this section, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning is intended.
ADVISORY AGENCY: The planning commission shall constitute the "advisory agency" for tentative maps and parcel maps and shall have the authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove such maps pursuant to the provisions of the subdivision map act of the state and this chapter.
BUILDING LINE: A line between which line and the street line no building, structure, or improvement or a portion thereof, may be erected, constructed, or established.
COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENT: A community apartment project, a condominium project, a planned development, and a stock cooperative as defined in section 1351 of the California Civil Code or its successor statute.
KEY LOT: The first lot to the rear of a corner lot, the front line of which is a continuation of the side line of the corner lot, and which key lot fronts on the street which intersects the street upon which the corner lot fronts.
PRIMARY STREET: Any thoroughfare of an existing or intended one hundred foot (100') width between property lines, including therein the sidewalk, if any, or any greater width or its equivalent width in traffic carrying capacity when shown as such thoroughfare on the official street plan of the city.
SECONDARY STREET: Any thoroughfare which is not a "primary street", as defined in this section, but which exists or is intended for through traffic carrying purposes and which is shown as such thoroughfare on an official plan of the city or on any proposed street plan of a proposed subdivision filed with the city, but which is not less than sixty feet (60') in width between property lines.
STREET WIDTH: The distance between property lines.
SUBDIVISION: The division of any improved or unimproved land, 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 easements, or railroad rights of way. "Subdivision" shall include any common interest development, as defined in section 1351 of the California Civil Code or its successor statute. Any conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity, or public utility shall not be considered a division of land for the purposes of computing the number of parcels.
All words and terms used in this chapter which are defined in the subdivision map act (chapter 2 of part 2 of division 4 of the Business and Professions Code of the state), as amended, shall have the same meaning as therein defined, except as specifically defined in this chapter. (1962 Code § 10-901; amd. Ord. 73-O-1465, eff. 4-5-1973; Ord. 75-O-1561, eff. 3-4-1975; Ord. 77-O-1670, eff. 12-1-1977; Ord. 05-O-2465, eff. 3-3-2005)