"Advisory agency"
shall mean the planning commission which is herein designated as the advisory agency to the city council on all matters related to the zoning and use of land and structures.
(Prior code § 27-21.01)
"Alley"
means an unnamed public or private right-of-way which affords a means of vehicular access to the side or rear of properties abutting a street or highway.
(Prior code § 27-21.02)
"City council"
means the city council of the city of Buena Park, sometimes referred to as the "legislative body."
(Prior code § 27-21.04)
"City engineer"
means the city engineer of the city of Buena Park.
(Prior code § 27-21.05)
"Community apartment project"
shall be as defined in California Business and Professions Code, Section 11004.
(Prior code § 27-21.06; Amended during 1990 codification)
"Condominium"
shall be as defined in California Civil Code, Section 1351.
(Prior code § 27-21.07; Amended during 1990 codification)
"County surveyor"
means and includes county engineer, if there is no county surveyor.
(Prior code § 27-21.03)
"Dedication"
means the grant of real property for public use.
(Prior code § 27-21.09)
"Design"
shall be as defined in Section 66418 of the Map Act.
(Prior code § 27-21.10; Amended during 1990 codification)
"Director"
means the director of development services.
(Prior code § 27-21.11; Amended during 1990 codification)
"Drainage facility"
means any drainage device or structure which may be used to control or direct the flow of water and/or alleviate flood hazard, including, but not limited to, berms, channels, culverts, curbs, ditches, gutters, pavement and pipes.
(Prior code § 27-21.12)
"Easement"
means a limited right or interest in the land of another, entitling the holder to some use, privilege or benefit.
(Prior code § 27-21.13)
"Final map"
means a map showing a subdivision for which a tentative and final map is required by the Subdivision Map Act or this division, prepared in accordance with the provisions of this division and the Subdivision Map Act, designed to be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
(Prior code § 27-21.14)
"Flood hazard"
means a potential danger to life, land or improvements due to inundation or stormwater runoff having sufficient velocity to transport or deposit debris, scour the surface soil, dislodge or damage buildings, or erode the banks of watercourses.
(Prior code § 27-21.15)
"Frontage"
means a line, and length thereof, along which a lot abuts a public or private street. Where a lot abuts more than one street, or abuts the same street along more than one continuous line; each such line shall be considered a separate frontage.
(Prior code § 27-21.16; Amended during 1990 codification)
"Future street"
means any real property which the owner thereof has offered for dedication for street purposes and the offer has been rejected by the city council, subject to the right of the council to rescind its act and accept by resolution at any later date and without future action by the owner, all or any part of said property as a public street.
(Prior code § 27-21.17)
"General plan"
means a general plan, or any element thereof, adopted by the city of Buena Park pursuant to the provisions of Sections 65300, et seq., of the California Government Code.
(Prior code § 27-21.18)
"Geological hazard"
means a hazard inherent in the earth, or artificially created, which is dangerous or potentially dangerous to life, property or improvements due to the movement, failure or shifting of earth.
(Prior code § 27-21.19)
"Improvements"
shall be as defined in Section 66419 of the Map Act.
(Prior code § 27-21.20; Amended during 1990 codification)
"Legislative body"
means the city council of the city of Buena Park.
(Prior code § 27-21.21)
"Limited-equity housing cooperative"
shall be as defined in California Business and Professions Code, Section 11003.
(Prior code § 27-21.22; Amended during 1990 codification)
"Local agency"
means the city of Buena Park.
(Prior code § 27-21.23)
"Local city street"
means a dedicated street serving as the principal means of access to property, which street is not shown on the circulation element of the general plan as a secondary, primary or major highway.
(Prior code § 27-21.24)
"Lot consolidation"
means the combining of two or more contiguous lots or parcels for the purpose of constructing buildings or structures which cross existing lot lines, or where such combination is required to provide the required off street parking, open space, landscape area, or other purpose required as a condition of the development of a project or land.
(Prior code § 27-21.26)
"Lot line adjustments"
means a transfer of land between two or more adjacent lots or parcels where the land taken from one is attached to an adjacent lot, and where the number of lots stays the same.
(Prior code § 27-21.27)
"Major highway"
means a highway designated as a major highway on the circulation element of the general plan.
(Prior code § 27-21.28)
"Merger"
means the joining of two or more contiguous parcels of land which are held by the same owner into one parcel.
(Prior code § 27-21.29)
"Owner"
means an individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate, the federal, state, city, or city government, or special district, or any other group or combination acting as an entity.
(Prior code § 27-21.30)
"Parcel map"
means a map consisting of four or less parcels and prepared in accordance with the provisions of this division and of the Subdivision Map Act.
(Prior code § 27-21.31)
"Primary highway"
means a highway designated a primary highway on the circulation element of the general plan.
(Prior code § 27-21.32)
"Secondary highway"
means a highway designated as a secondary highway on circulation element of the General Plan.
(Prior code § 27-21.33)
"Shall"
is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
(Prior code § 27-21.34)
"Stock cooperative"
means a corporation formed or availed of primarily for the purpose of holding title to, either in fee simple or for a term of years, improved real property, if all or substantially all of the shareholders of such corporation receive a right of exclusive occupancy in a portion of the real property, title to which is held by the corporation, which right of occupancy is transferable only concurrently with the transfer of the share or shares of stock in the corporation held by the person having such right of occupancy.
(Prior code § 27-21.35)
"Streets"
means public roads and highways.
(Prior code § 27-21.36)
"Subdivider"
shall be as defined in Section 66423 of the Map Act.
(Prior code § 27-21.37; Amended during 1990 codification)
"Subdivision"
shall be as defined in Section 66424 of the Map Act.
(Prior code § 27-21.38; Amended during 1990 codification)
"Subdivision Map Act (S.M.A.)"
means Division 2 of Title 7 of the California Government Code.
(Prior code § 27-21.39)
"Tentative map"
means a tentative map in accordance with the provisions of this division and the Subdivision Map Act. A map, made for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision and existing conditions in and around it, need not be based upon an accurate or detailed final survey of the property.
(Prior code § 27-21.40)
"Tract map"
means a final map prepared in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and applicable provisions of the Subdivision Map Act. A tract map is required for five or more parcels of land.
(Prior code § 27-21.41)
"Vesting tentative map"
means a tentative map for a residential subdivision, that shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words "Vesting Tentative Map" at the time it is filed and thereafter processed in accordance with provisions of Chapter 1836 of this division.
(Prior code § 27-21.41.5)
"Zoning ordinance"
means the comprehensive zoning plan of the city of Buena Park, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(Prior code § 27-21.42; Amended during 1990 codification)