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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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"Hillside street" means any street where the average grade of the land is more than fifteen percent measured in any direction.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"Walkway" means a sidewalk, or any other passageway intended for pedestrian travel.
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