A. "Subdivision" means any land, vacant or improved, which is divided or proposed to be divided into five (5) or more lots, parcels, sites, units or plots, for the purpose of any transfer, development on any proposed transfer or development, unless exempted by one of the following provisions:
1. The term "subdivision" does not apply to any division of land which creates lots, parcels, sites, units or plots of land each of which comprises at least:
a. One sixty-fourth (1/64) of a section as described by a government land office survey; or
b. Ten (10) acres in area, including roads and easements.
2. The term "subdivision" does not apply to any division of land which creates lots, parcels, sites, units or plots of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than ten (10) acres, if a street, road or highway opening or widening or easement of any kind is not involved.
3. Any joint tenancy or tenancy in common shall be deemed a single interest in land.
4. Unless a method of disposition is adopted for the purpose of evading this chapter and applicable sections of the Nevada Revised Statutes, or would have the effect of evading such laws, the term "subdivision" does not apply to:
a. Any division of land which is ordered by any court in this state or created by operation of law;
b. A lien, mortgage, deed or trust or any other security instrument;
c. A security or unit of interest in any investment trust regulated under the laws of this state or any other interest in an investment entity;
d. Cemetery lots; or
e. An interest in oil, gas, minerals or building materials, which are now or hereafter severed from the surface ownership of real property. (Ord. 147 §1, 1982: Ord. 39 §3.3, 1965)