For the purposes of this title, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A public way for pedestrian, equestrian, or vehicle use which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting properties.
APPROVED. When used to refer to tentative map or other subdivision or reconfiguration action means having received the consent, endorsement, or permission of the city or any advisory agency and includes those maps or actions which have been conditionally approved.
BLOCK. The smallest area of land within a subdivision entirely bounded by any streets (other than alleys), freeways, railroad rights-of-way, natural barriers, or the exterior boundaries of the subdivision.
CEQA. The California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 as amended.
CMLP. Conceptual Landscape Master Plan.
CONSISTENT. Free from variation or contradiction. State law requires consistency between a general plan and implementation measures such as the subdivision ordinance.
COUNTY. The County of Riverside.
DESIGN.
(1) Street alignments, grades, and widths;
(2) Drainage and sanitary facilities and utilities, including alignments and grades thereof;
(3) Location and size of all required easements and rights-of-way;
(4) Fire roads and firebreaks;
(5) Lot size and configuration;
(6) Traffic access;
(7) Grading;
(8) Land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes;
(9) Such other specific physical requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire subdivision as may be necessary to incur consistency with, or implementation of the general plan or any applicable specific plan; and
(10) The linking of components of the built environment, thereby establishing a sense of order and organization to what otherwise can be perceived as disjointed or haphazard development.
DEVELOPMENT CODE. Title 9 of the City of Menifee Municipal Code, including all text and maps, as it may be amended from time to time. See also ZONING ORDINANCE.
FINANCE MAP. A map resulting in the division of land solely for the purposes of financing without authorizing new development of the land or any portion thereof.
FRONTAGE STREET. A street that is parallel and adjacent to a higher-speed, limited-access road but is separated from it by a physical barrier, and provides access to abutting properties.
IMPROVEMENT. Any street work and utilities to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways, ways, and easements, as are necessary for the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final map. It also means any other specific improvements or types of improvements, the installation of which, either by the subdivider, by public agencies, by private utilities, by any other entity approved by the local agency, or by a combination of them, is necessary to ensure consistency with, or implementation of the general plan or any applicable specific plan.
LOT. A parcel of real property with a separate and distinct number or other designation shown on an approved map such as a final tract map, parcel map, record of survey, other plot, or described as a separate and distinct lot by a metes and bounds description, which is filed in the Office of the County Recorder.
MAI APPRAISER. An appraiser that is a member of the Member of the Appraisal Institute.
NET AREA. Excludes area on a lot or lots identified or designated for utilization as dedications and easements for access to ingress to or egress from property easements for streets or pedestrian/equestrian purposes irrespective of whether such easements are public or private.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. Traffic controls, streets, roads, highways, freeways, bridges, over crossings, street interchanges, transit facilities, trails, flood control or storm drain facilities, sewer and water facilities, and lighting facilities.
REVERSION TO ACREAGE. A process to combine previously subdivided properties in accordance with the provisions of this title.
SECTION. A section of this title, unless some statute or other ordinance is referred to.
SUBDIVIDER. The landowner or the owner’s designee.
SUBDIVISION MAP ACT. Section 66410 et seq. of the Cal. Gov’t Code.
TENTATIVE MAP. A map resulting in five or more parcels prepared in accordance with the provisions of this title and for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it. It need not be based upon an accurate and detailed final survey of the property.
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP. A map resulting in four or fewer parcels prepared in accordance with the provisions of this title and for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it. It need not be based upon an accurate and detailed final survey of the property.
VESTING. A right or privilege to enjoy such requirements based on policies, ordinances or standards at a fixed point in time.
VESTING TENTATIVE MAP. A tentative map prepared in accordance with the provisions of this title that shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words “Vesting Tentative Map” at the time it is filed.
VESTING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP. A tentative parcel map prepared for in accordance with the provisions of this title that shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words “Vesting Tentative Parcel Map” at the time it is filed.
ZONING ORDINANCE. Title 9 of the City of Menifee Municipal Code, including all text and maps, as it may be amended from time to time. See also DEVELOPMENT CODE.
(Ord. 2019-286, passed 11-20-2019; Am. Ord. 2019-291, passed 12-18-2019)