means a designated official or an official body charged with the duty of making investigations and reports on the design and improvements of proposed divisions of real property, the imposing of requirements or conditions thereon, or having the authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove maps.
means the Town Council for all subdivisions. The Appeal Board shall have the duty of hearing and making determinations upon appeals with respect to divisions of real property, the imposition of requirements or conditions thereon, or the kinds, nature, and extent of the design or improvements, or both, recommended or decided by the Town's advisory groups to be required.
means the area of land within a subdivision that is entirely bounded by streets, highways or ways, except alleys, or the exterior boundary or boundaries of the subdivision.
means an estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property together with separate interest in space in a residential, industrial, or commercial building on such real property, such as an apartment, office, or store. A condominium may include, in addition, a separate interest in other portions of such real property.
means the creation of separate ownership of existing real property together with a separate interest in space of residential, industrial, or commercial buildings thereon.
means:
Street alignments, grades and widths;
Drainage, sanitary facilities, and utilities, including alignments and grades thereof;
Location and size of all required easements and rights-of-way;
Fire roads and fire breaks;
Lot size and configuration;
Traffic access;
Grading;
Land to be dedicated for libraries, schools, police and fire stations, wells, recreational and purposes;
Such other specific physical requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire subdivision as may be necessary to ensure consistency with, or implementation of, the General Plan, Master Utility Plan, Subdivision Design Standards, or any applicable specific plan.
means the uses to which the land that is the subject of a map shall be put, the buildings to be constructed on it, and all alterations of the land and construction incident thereto.
means a detailed statement setting forth the environmental effects and considerations pertaining to a project as specified in Section 21100 of the California Environmental Quality Act, and may mean either a draft or a final EIR.
means a map showing a subdivision of five or more parcels as required by the Subdivision Map Act or this title, prepared in accordance with the provisions of this title and the Subdivision Map Act designed to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder.
means the General Plan of the Town of Yountville and any amendment thereto.
means such street work, storm drainage, utilities, and landscaping to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways, 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 thereof; or to such other specific improvements or type 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 thereof, is necessary to ensure consistence with, or implementation of, the General Plan and Master Utility Plan.
Improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the Town of Yountville Standard Specifications and Details and/or when applicable with standards as adopted by local utility companies and approved by the Town Engineer. |
means the Town of Yountville, California.
means a parcel or portion of land separated from other parcels or other parcels or portions by description, as on a subdivision of record of survey map, or by metes and bounds.
means a minor shift or rotation of an existing lot line or other adjustments where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not created.
means a subdivision consisting of five or more parcels.
means the Subdivision Map Act of the State of California.
means the joining of two or more contiguous parcels of land under one ownership into one parcel.
means a subdivision of land of four or less parcels.
means a map showing a division of land of four or less parcels as required by this title, prepared in accordance with the provisions of this title and the Map Act.
means an existing street whose right-of-way is contiguous to the exterior boundary of the subdivision.
refers to the first stage in the tentative map review process on major (five or more parcels) subdivisions in which project concept maps and improvement drawings are submitted for General Plan and Master Utility Plan review and commentary by the Town Manager or designee to the Town Council.
means that portion of an existing parcel that is not included as part of the subdivided land. The remainder is not considered as part of the subdivision, but must be shown on the required maps as part of the area surrounding subdivision development.
means the Town of Yountville Master Utility Plan, standard details, standard specifications, and other standards approved by the Town Engineer that shall govern the improvements to be constructed pursuant to this chapter and the Map Act.
includes highways.
means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that proposes to divide, divides, or causes to be divided real property into a subdivision for him or herself, itself, or for others; except that employees and consultants of such persons or entities, acting in such capacity, are not subdividers.
means:
The division, by any subdivider, or any unit or units of improved or unimproved contiguous 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" includes a condominium project, as defined herein or in Section 1350 of Civil Code or a community apartment project, as defined in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, as defined in Section 11003.2 of the Business and Professions Code. Any conveyance of land to a government agency, public entity, or public utility shall not be considered a division of land for purposes of computing the number of parcels.
"Subdivision" does not include:
Buildings divided into apartments, offices, stores, or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobile home parks, or trailer parks, or trailer parks for the purpose of lease or financing;
Land divided by mineral, oil, or gas leases;
Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code of the State of California;
A lot line adjustment between two or more adjacent parcels where land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not created, provided the lot line adjustment is approved by the Town Manager or designee; or
The leasing of, or the granting of an easement to, a parcel of land, or any portion or portions thereof, in conjunction with the financing, erection, and sale or lease of a wind powered electrical generation device on the land, if the project is subject to discretionary action by the Town Council.
refers to a map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvements of a proposed subdivision or parcel and the existing conditions in and around it.
means the Town of Yountville Municipal Code, or any ordinance enacted under zoning law.
(Ord. 214-90 § 2.1)