"Board of supervisors" means the board of supervisors, county
of Yolo, California.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Cadastral" means relating to land boundaries and subdivisions,
parcels of land suitable for transfer of title.
(Ord. 93-5 § 2(A))
"CADD" means computer-aided drafting and design.
(Ord. 93-5 § 2(A))
"Certificate of compliance" means a certificate recorded by
the county which determines that the subdivision of real property
complies with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and applicable
city ordinances enacted pursuant thereto. A recorded final map or
parcel map shall constitute a certificate of compliance with respect
to the parcels of real property described therein.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"City" means the city of West Sacramento, county of Yolo, California.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"City engineer" means the person authorized to perform the functions
of the city engineer.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"City street" means any duly dedicated street, avenue, or the
like which the city has accepted and regularly maintained or upon
which public funds have been expended for improvements or rights-of-way
used by the public generally.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"City surveyor" means the person authorized to perform the land
surveying functions of the city engineer.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Commission" means the planning commission of the city.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Community development department" means the community development
department of the city.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Condominium" means an estate in real property consisting of
an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property
together with a separate interest in space in a residential, industrial
or commercial building on the real property, such as an apartment,
office or store. A condominium may include, in addition, a separate
proportional interest in other portions of the real property.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Conversion" means the creation of separate ownership of existing
real property together with a separate proportional interest in space
of residential, industrial or commercial buildings and property.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"County" means the county of Yolo, California.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Day(s)" means a calendar day or days, unless otherwise indicated.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Design" means:
A.
Street
alignments, grades and widths;
B.
Drainage,
water and sanitary sewer facilities and other utilities, including
alignments and grades thereof;
C.
Location
and sizes of all required easements and rights-of-way;
D.
Fire
roads and fire breaks;
E.
Lot
size and configuration;
F.
Traffic
access;
G.
Grading;
H.
Land
to be dedicated for park and recreational or recreational purposes;
and
I.
Such
other specific physical requirements in the plan and configuration
of the entire subdivision as may be necessary to ensure consistency
with or implementation of the general plan or with any applicable
specific plan.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Development" means the uses to which the land which is the
subject of a map shall be put, the buildings to be constructed on
it, and all alterations of the land and construction incident thereto.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Easement" means an easement dedicated to the city, which shall
be continuing and irrevocable unless formally abandoned by the city,
and/or other easement whether owned by a public entity, public utility,
or private party.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Environmental impact report" means a detailed statement setting
forth the environmental effects and considerations pertaining to a
project as specified in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
state Public Resources Code, Section 21000 et seq.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Final map" means a map that delineates the final division of
land into five or more land, condominium or community apartment parcels
with required dedications and/or improvements, as required by this
ordinance, and prepared in accordance with this chapter and the Map
Act.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"General plan" means the general plan of the city, as approved
and amended from time to time.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Geodetic control" means coordinate points on the California
Coordinate System.
(Ord. 93-5 § 2(A) (part))
"Geographic information system" means a computerized information
system for analyzing spatially indexed information.
(Ord. 93-5 § 2(A))
"Government code" means the Government Code of the state of
California.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Improvement" means:
A.
Any
street work and utilities to be installed, or agreed to be installed,
by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private streets,
highways, ways, and easements, as are necessary for the general use
of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic
and drainage needs as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance
of the final map thereof.
B.
Any
other specific improvements or types of improvements, the installation
of which, either by the subdivider, by public agencies, by private
utilities, by any other entity approved by the city, or by a combination
thereof, is necessary to ensure consistency with, or implementation
of the general plan or any applicable specific plan.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Land Surveyor's Act" means Sections 8700 to 8806 of the Business
and Professions Code of the state.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Lot" means a parcel or portion of land separated from other
parcels or portions by description, as on a subdivision or record
of survey map, or by metes and bounds, for purpose of sale, lease
or separate use.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Lot line adjustment" means a minor shift or rotation of an
existing lot line or other adjustments where a greater number of parcels
than originally existed is not created, as approved by the zoning
administrator or other authorized representative.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Map Act" means the Subdivision Map Act of the state (Government
Code Section 66410 et seq.).
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Merger" means the joining of two or more contiguous parcels
of land under one ownership into one parcel.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"NAD 83" means North American Datum 83, defined by the National
Geodetic Service as the basis for geodetic control measurements.
(Ord. 93-5 § 2(A))
"Owner" means the individual, firm, association, syndicate,
copartnership, or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest
in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings
to subdivide the same under this title.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Parcel map" means a map showing a division of land of four
or less parcels as required by this ordinance, and prepared in accordance
with this chapter and the Map Act.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Private street" means any street, accessory, or the like, lying
in whole or in part within a subdivision for which dedication and
ownership is privately held and is utilized as access to a development.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Remainder" means that portion of an existing parcel which is
not designated on the required map as part of the subdivision. The
remainder shall not be considered as part of the subdivision but shall
be shown on the required map as part of the area surrounding the subdivision
and designated as a remainder parcel.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Subdivision improvement standards" means the standard details,
standard specifications, and other standards approved by the city
engineer that shall govern the improvements to be constructed pursuant
to this chapter and the Map Act.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Subdivider" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership,
or association who proposes to divide, divides, or causes to be divided
real property into a subdivision for itself or for others. Employees
and consultants of such persons or entities acting in such capacity
are not "subdividers."
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"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 continuous units, even
if it is separated by roads, streets, utility easements or railroad
rights-of-way. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project, as defined
in Subdivision (f) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code, a community
apartment project, as defined in Subdivision (d) of Section 1351 of
the Civil Code, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling
units to a stock cooperative, as defined in subdivision (m) of Section
1351 of the Civil Code.
(Ord. 03-21 § 1; Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Tentative map" means a map made for the purpose of showing
the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision and the existing
conditions in and around it and need not be based upon an accurate
or detailed final survey of the property.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Tentative parcel map" means a map made for the purpose of showing
the design and improvement of a proposed parcel map and the existing
conditions in and around it and need not be based upon an accurate
or detailed final survey of the property.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Vesting tentative map" refers to a map which meets the requirements of Chapter 16.20 and 16.24 of this title.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Zoning administrator" means the person authorized to perform
the functions of the zoning administrator as authorized by the city's
zoning ordinance.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
"Zoning ordinance" means the zoning ordinance of the city, as
from time to time amended.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
