(a) For the purpose of this title, “division of land” refers to any parcel or contiguous parcels of land, or any portion thereof, improved or unimproved, which are divided for the purpose of transfer of title, sale, lease or financing, whether immediate or future, into one or more parcels, except that the term “division of land” shall not refer to:
(1) Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code of the state of California;
(2) The leasing or financing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within an apartment building, industrial building, commercial building, mobile home park, or trailer park;
(3) Division of mineral, oil, or gas leases;
(4) The leasing of agricultural land for agricultural purposes;
(5) A minor lot line adjustment between two or more existing adjacent parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, provided the lot line adjustment is approved by the approving body;
(6) Any separate assessment under Section 2188.7 of the Revenue and Taxation Code;
(7) The financing or leasing of any parcel of land, or any portion thereof, in conjunction with the construction of commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel, unless the financing or leasing is not subject to review under other city ordinances regulating design and improvement;
(8) The financing or leasing of existing separate commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel.
(b) “Division of land” also refers to a condominium project, as defined in Civil Code Section 1350, a community apartment project, as defined in Business and Professions Code Section 11004, and a stock cooperative, as defined in Business and Professions Code Section 11003.2.
(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)