Definitions hereinafter set forth shall be supplementary to
the definitions contained in the State Subdivision Map Act. For the
purposes of this title and the State Subdivision Map Act, the following
words and phrases shall be construed as defined in this chapter.
(O4060)
A "conceptual map" is a map prepared for the purpose of showing
the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision of 20 or more
lots, filed with the planning department prior to the preparation
and filing of a tentative map. Such map may but need not be based
upon an accurate and detailed field survey of the property.
(O4060)
A "day" is the period of time between any midnight and midnight
following. The time in which any act provided by this title is to
be performed is computed by excluding the first day and including
the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded.
If city offices are closed for the whole of any day, that day shall
be considered a holiday. When this title prescribes filing deadlines,
all acts necessary to complete filing must be completed no later than
5:00 p.m. of the last day or such earlier time as city offices may
officially close for the day.
(O4060)
"City Engineer" means the person(s) authorized to perform the
functions of a City Engineer with respect to private development.
A City Engineer may delegate his or her land surveying functions to
a person authorized to practice land surveying.
(O2006-10)
A "final map" is a map showing a subdivision for which a tentative
and final map are required by the State Subdivision Map Act or this
title and prepared in accordance with this title and the State Subdivision
Map Act.
(O4060)
"Lot," as used in this title, is a parcel of land, or a condominium,
stock cooperative or community apartment unit which has been created
under the provision of the State Subdivision Map Act or any prior
law regulating the division of land or local ordinance enacted pursuant
thereto or was created prior to the time any local or state law regulated
such division.
(O4060)
A "lot line adjustment" is a minor shift or rotation of an existing lot line or other adjustments between four or fewer parcels whereby land taken from one parcel is added to an adjoining parcel and whereby a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not created; other adjustments shall be processed in accordance with Chapter
16.44.
(O4060; O2001 27)
A "parcel map" is a map which delineates a division of land
that can be done by parcel map pursuant to this title and the State
Subdivision Map Act.
(O4060)
"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 him or herself or for others.
(O4060)
"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, financing, transfer,
gift or any other purpose whether immediate or future, except for
leases of agricultural land for agricultural purposes. Property shall
be considered as contiguous units, even if it is separated by roads,
streets, utility easements or railroad rights-of-way. "Subdivision"
includes a condominium project as defined in Section 1350 of the Civil
Code, a stock cooperative as defined in Section 11003.2 of the State
Business and Professions Code, or a community apartment project as
defined in Section 11004 of the State
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. As used in this section, "agricultural
purposes" means the cultivation of food or fiber or the grazing or
pasturing of livestock. "Subdivision" does not include those projects
excluded by
Government Code Sections 66412, 66412.1 and 66412.2.
(O4060; O4306)
A "tentative map" is a map prepared for the purpose of showing
the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision by a final map,
and the existing conditions in and around it.
(O4060)
A "tentative parcel map" is a map prepared for the purpose of
showing the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision by a
parcel map, and the existing conditions in and around it.
(O4060)
A "vesting tentative map" is a tentative or tentative parcel
map that has printed conspicuously on its face at time of submittal,
the words "vesting tentative map" or "vesting tentative parcel map."
(O4060)