The meaning of words in this Title shall be governed by the following definitions or those contained in the Subdivision Map Act, as applicable:
Alley.
A secondary means of access to property, located at the rear or side of the property.
Building director.
The City Building Official.
City.
The City of Indian Wells.
Clerk of the advisory agency.
The Planning Director.
Commission.
The City Planning Commission.
Council.
The City Council.
Engineer.
The City Engineer/Public Works Director.
Expressway (including freeway).
A highway to which access from abutting private property is restricted or intended to be restricted.
Flood control agency.
The Coachella Valley Water District.
Flood control engineer.
The chief engineer of the flood control agency.
General plan.
The General Plan of the City.
Highway.
A right-of-way designed for vehicular traffic, including "expressway," "freeway," "highway," "road," "street," and "alley."
Highways division.
The Department of Transportation of the State of California.
Improvement.
Street work, flood and drainage work, utilities and other on- and off-site improvements to be used for public or private streets, highways, ways, and easements, as are necessary for the general use of the lot owner in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs.
Lot.
Any division of land created by means of a subdivision map.
Parcel.
Any division of land created by means of a parcel map.
Person.
(1) Any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, club, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate; (2) any County, City, City-County, municipality, district or other political subdivision; or (3) any other group or combination acting as a unit.
Planning director.
The City Planning Director may alternatively be titled Director of Community Development.
Public works director.
The City Engineer/Public Works Director.
Recorder.
The Recorder of Riverside County.
Road, frontage.
A local street (including service road) auxiliary to and located at the side of an expressway.
Roadside strip.
The area adjoining the outer edge of the paved roadway and extending to the right-of-way line and in which sidewalks, planting, utility poles and bank slopes may be located.
Roadway.
The portion of a highway, including shoulders and auxiliary lanes, for vehicular use.
Staff.
Employees of the City.
State.
State of California.
Storm frequency of once in one-hundred years.
A storm that will probably be equaled or exceeded on the average of once every one-hundred years. It may occur several times in a one hundred year period, but over a sufficient length of time, the average is expected to be once in one-hundred years.
Street, arterial, major.
A highway so designated in the general plan, which carries through traffic and has a right-of-way width of one hundred twenty-six feet (126').
Street, arterial, primary.
A highway so designated in the General Plan, which carries through traffic and has a right-of-way width of one hundred two feet (102').
Street, arterial, secondary.
A highway so designated in the general plan, which carries through traffic and has a right-of-way width of eighty-eight feet 88').
Street, collector.
A highway so designated in the General Plan, which carries through traffic and has a right-of-way width not less than sixty-four feet (64') and not greater than seventy-two feet (72').
Street, cul-de-sac.
A local street open at one end only, with special provision for turning around and the further extension of which is precluded by the subdivision design.
Street, dead end.
A street open at one end only, without provision for turning around and which may be further extended into adjoining property.
Street, local.
A main street serving a subdivision street serving property intended for residential use, and having a right-of-way width of sixty-six feet (66'). "Restricted local street" means a subdivision street limited by the subdivision design, serving single-family lots, and having a right-of-way width of fifty feet.
Street, part-width.
Any street the width of which is less than the portion dedicated for a normal full-width street.
Street, private.
A street serving only property within the subdivision, which is not dedicated to public use, and to which access by the public is controlled by the subdivision design by either posting or gating.
Subdivision.
A division of land, shown on the latest equalized County assessment roll as a unit or contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease or financing, as further described in Government Code Section 66424.
Surveyor.
The County Surveyor of the County of Riverside.
Tentative map.
A tentative tract map or tentative parcel map.
Vesting tentative map.
A tentative map which has printed conspicuously on its face the words "Vesting Tentative Map" and which confers a vested right to proceed with development in substantial compliance with the ordinances, policies and standards in effect at the time the vesting tentative map is filed.
Zoning ordinance or zoning regulations.
The zoning ordinance of the City, set forth in Title 21 of this Code.
(Ord. 249 § 3, 1989; Ord. 296 § 5, 1992)