Note: Prior history: 1953 code §§ 9200—9200.8,
9200.11 and 9200.31; Ords. 355 and 516.
"Common access driveway" means a deadend street which is designed
to serve not more than four adjoining minimum building site areas
as defined in the zoning regulations. A common access driveway shall
be located within a recorded legal easement or right-of-way that extends
access privileges to the abutting properties.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Private access driveway" means an on-site, privately-owned
and maintained accessway constructed for the purpose of serving a
single building site in accordance with the zoning regulations.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Access standards" of the city of Laguna Beach mean and consist of the definitions listed in this chapter, the "standards of design" contained in this Title as Chapter 21.12, and the provisions of Title 25 (Zoning) of this code. Any "lot" or "building site" hereafter created through the use of a street extension procedure (Title 11), a subdivision, or by any other means shall comply with the access standards.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Alley" means a public or private way which affords only a secondary
means of access to abutting property, and which is not more than twenty
feet and not less than ten feet in width. An alley does not satisfy
the street frontage requirement of a "lot" or "building site," as
defined in the zoning code, for any subdivision application filed
after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Arterial street" means any street which serves or is to serve
as a major traffic thoroughfare.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Collector street" means any street which serves or is to serve
as a main vehicular trafficway of a neighborhood or for a group of
local streets.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Deadend street" means any single street having only one outlet
for vehicular traffic.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
All terms used herein which are defined in the collective statutes
of the state of California shall have the same meaning as ascribed
thereto, and as the statutes may hereafter be amended.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Unless it is plainly evident from the contents that a different meaning is intended, certain terms used in this title are defined as found in this chapter and in Title 25 (Zoning) of this code.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Hillside street" means any street where the average grade of
the land is more than fifteen percent measured in any direction.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Local street" means any street which is not an arterial street
or a collector street.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Street" means a public or private way which is located within
a legal easement created for access purposes, and which extends to
abutting property a primary means of access for vehicular and pedestrian
traffic.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Subdivider" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership,
associate or any other entity who proposes to divide, divides or causes
to be divided real property into a subdivision for himself or for
others.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Subdivision" means the division of any improved or unimproved
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 easement
or railroad rights-of-way. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project,
as defined in Section 1350 of the Civil Code, or a community apartment
project, as defined in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions
Code. Any conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity
or public utility shall not be considered a division of land for purposes
of computing the number of parcels.
The definition of a subdivision may be amended from time to
time by state law, in which case the state definition shall prevail
to the extent of any inconsistency.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
"Walkway" means a sidewalk, or any other passageway intended
for pedestrian travel.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
