Unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows. Those terms, defined below, shall be supplementary to the definitions contained in the Subdivision Map Act Section 66414 et seq. (Article 2. Definitions) of the Government Code.
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Any parcel of land, of one acre or more and those areas where a legal subdivision has not been made previously, or where a legal subdivision has declared the parcel as acreage.
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A minor shift or rotation of an existing lot line where no additional parcels are created, nor deleted, as approved by the commission and/or the city engineer.
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The director of public works/city engineer of the city of Waterford; hereinafter referred to as "city engineer."
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The creation of separate ownership of existing real property together with a separate interest in space of residential or commercial buildings.
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"Planning commission" means the planning commission of the city of Waterford and the advisory agency referred to in the Subdivision Map Act.
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Formula for average cross slope:
S = .00229 IL
A
Where I = Interval of measured contours in feet;
S = Average cross slope of parcel in percent;
L = Combined length of contours in feet (i.e., map measurement of contours in inches x the scale);
A = Area of parcel in acres.
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Depending on application means one of the following:
A. 
"Density" designates the ratio of single-family living units to acreage.
B. 
"Density, gross" designates the ratio of single-family living unit to acreage within the entire parcel.
C. 
"Density, net" designates the ratio of single-family living unit to acreage including only open space and actual lot areas.
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"Design" refers to street alignment, grades and widths; alignment and widths of easements and rights-of-way for drainage, sanitary sewers, water, utilities, and other facilities for public use or benefit; lot area, width, depth, shape and pattern as required in this title. "Design" also includes land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes.
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A tentative and final parcel map shall be required for all divisions of land creating four or fewer parcels, as well as those divisions contained in Map Act Section 66426. A tentative and final parcel map shall not be required for those divisions outlined in Map Act Section 66428, nor for lot line adjustments contained in Map Act Section 66412(d).
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An area offered for dedication to, and accepted by, the city which easement shall be continuing and irrevocable unless formally abandoned by the city.
A. 
"Easement" is a burden or servitude upon land, whether or not attached to other land as an incident or appurtenance that allows the holder of the burden or servitude to do acts upon the land.
B. 
"Easement, appurtenant" is an easement that runs with the land.
C. 
"Easements in gross" is not appurtenant to any estate in land or does not belong to any person by virtue of ownership of estate in other land but is mere personal interest in or tied to use land of another, it is purely personal and usually ends with death of grantee.
D. 
"Easements, public service" includes all or part of, or any right in a right-of-way, easement or use restriction acquired for public use by dedication or otherwise for sewers, pipelines, pole-lines, electrical transmission and communication lines, pathways, storm drains, drainage, canal, water transmission lines, light and air, and other limited use public easements other than for street or highway purposes.
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Includes documentation and procedures in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), State Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq., which describe and analyze the potential significant environmental effects of a project and discussing methods to mitigate or avoid said effects including all public notifications, review and filings associated with the requirements of state law and city policies and procedures.
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Means the city of Waterford Vision 2025 General Plan as adopted, and amended, by the Waterford city council.
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A map showing a subdivision for which a tentative and final map is required under the Subdivision Map Act, Section 66426 of the Government Code, prepared in compliance with the provisions of this Municipal Code and the Subdivision Map Act and designed to be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county of Stanislaus.
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"Improvement" refers to such street work, drainage work and utilities, landscaping, or other improvements to be installed, or agreed to be installed by the subdivider on the subdivision or land adjacent thereto to be used for public streets, easements, highways, and park and recreation sites necessary for the use and benefit of the lot owners in the subdivision and adjacent areas as a condition precedent to approval of the final map, thereof.
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A parcel of land established in accordance with the requirements of the California Subdivision Map Act and applicable local implementing ordinances and regulations of the city of Waterford. The word "lot" includes the words "plot" and "parcel."
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The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines.
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With the exception of cul-de-sac lots, "average lot depth" is the sum of the length of the two side lines of the lot divided by two.
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In the case of any interior lot, shall mean a line separating the lot from the street. In the case of a corner lot, a line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street except in those cases where the latest tract deed restrictions specify another line as the front lot line.
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With the exception of cul-de-sac lots, "rear lot line" is a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line and, in the case of an irregular line within the lot parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line, having a length of at least ten feet.
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With the exception of cul-de-sac lots, "average lot width" is the sum of the length of the front and rear lot line divided by two. In the case of irregularly-shaped lots having four or more sides, "average lot width" means the sum of the length of two lines, drawn perpendicular to one side line at the widest and narrowest portions of the lot, divided by two.
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A specified requirement imposed by this Municipal Code relating to the installation, modification or removal by the subdivider of a street, sidewalk, utility, well, tree, storm drain or other facility as necessary for the general use by the lot owners of the subdivision and local neighborhood.
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"Merger" means the joining of two or more contiguous parcels of land, under one ownership, into one parcel.
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The individual, firm, partnership, or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide such land pursuant to the provisions of this title and state law.
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Means a final parcel map. This definition refers to any subdivision containing four or less lots or parcels or any subdivisions of more than four lots or parcels where each lot is forty acres or larger subdivision requiring a parcel map in accordance with the provisions of Government Code, Chapter 2, Article 1 (Maps) and other applicable provisions of state law.
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A map or diagram made for the purpose of showing the design of a proposed subdivision lot line adjustment or parcel merger, where a tentative map is not required, and shows the existing conditions in and around the proposed project, prepared as required by the provisions of this title.
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Any subdivision prepared, filed, and approved in accordance with the laws of the state and the provisions of this title.
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That portion of an existing parcel which is not included as part of the proposed subdivision. 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.
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"Public street" means a street, road, or way, but not an alley, owned by or maintained by a state, county, or incorporated city.
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Any street which carries traffic between different areas of the city and traffic entering from collector streets.
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A street which collects traffic from a subdivision or area to a major street and which is sometimes referred to as a collector street.
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"Subdivision" means the division, by any subdivider, of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion thereof, 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. This definition also refers to a condominium project, a community apartment project, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, as defined in subdivisions (f), (d), and (m) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code.
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Means a person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who proposes to divide, divides or causes to be divided real property into a subdivision for himself or for others except that employees and consultants of such persons or entities, acting in such capacity, are not "subdividers."
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"Tentative subdivision map" and "tentative parcel map" mean a map designed to illustrate the concept of a proposed subdivision and how it interfaces with existing conditions and surrounding uses. Tentative maps need not be based upon accurate or detailed field survey of the property.
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"Thoroughfare" means a street of general city-county importance which is a limited access street carrying major traffic through several areas.
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A "tentative map" for a subdivision, as defined in this article, which shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words "vesting tentative map" at the time it is filed in accordance with Section 16.09.080 of this title and is thereafter processed in accordance with the provisions thereof.
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