“Arterial (artery)” means a street of general city or city-county importance, which carries traffic on four or more moving lanes between different areas of the city and county, and which may have a median strip divider.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(a), 1981)
“Collector street” means that which collects traffic from a minor street, a subdivision or other area and carries said traffic to an arterial street.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(b), 1981)
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The “general common areas” means the entire condominium project except those elements granted or reserved.
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The “limited common areas” means those areas to be reserved for the use of a certain number of condominium units, such as special corridors, walkways, sanitary services common to the units of a particular floor.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(c), 1981)
“Community housing project” includes any of the following residential uses: a condominium development, a community apartment project, a stock cooperative or a membership association.
(Ord. 886 § 1, 1982)
A condominium is 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, the boundaries of which are described on a recorded final map, parcel map, condominium plan or other document in sufficient detail to locate all boundaries thereof. The area within such boundaries may be filled with air, earth, or water or any combination thereof and need not be physically attached to land except by easements for access and, if necessary, support. The description of such space may refer to (i) boundaries described in the recorded final map, parcel map, condominium plan or other document; (ii) physical boundaries, either in existence, or to be constructed, such as walls, floors and ceilings of a structure or portion thereof; (iii) an entire structure containing one or more separate interests in space; or (iv) any combination thereof. The portion of the parcel of real property held in undivided interest may be all of the real property of an existing parcel or lot (except for the separate interests in space) or may include a particular three-dimensional portion thereof, the boundaries of which are described on a recorded final map, parcel map, condominium plan or other document. The area within the boundaries may be filled with air, earth, or water, or any combination thereof, and need not be physically attached to land except by easements for access and, if necessary, support. A condominium may include in addition a separate interest in other portions of such real property.
Such estate may, with respect to the duration of its enjoyment, be either (1) an estate of inheritance or perpetual estate, (2) an estate for life, (3) an estate for years, such as a leasehold or a sublease hold or (4) any combination of the foregoing.
(Ord. 886 § 1, 1982; Ord. 993 § 1, 1985)
“Condominium conversion” or “conversion” means a proposed change in the type of ownership of a parcel of land, together with the existing attached structures, to a condominium project, stock cooperative project, community apartment project or association, or any community housing project as defined herein, regardless of the present or prior use of such land and structures and/or whether substantial improvements have been made to such structures.
(Ord. 886 § 1, 1982)
“Condominium units” are the elements of a condominium which are not owned in common with the owners of other condominium units in the project.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(d), 1981)
“Covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs)” means the declaration of powers, obligations, responsibilities, duties, rights and restrictions which are binding upon all owners of the condominium or members of an association and which provide for the orderly governing of the condominium or association.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(e), 1981)
“Dwelling unit” means a single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(f), 1981)
“Dedicated easement” means an easement dedicated to and accepted by the city, to be used for streets, lanes, or other public ways or places, sanitary sewers, drainage, utilities or other public purposes.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(g), 1981)
“Elderly” means a person of 62 years of age or older.
(Ord. 886 § 1, 1982; Ord. 993 § 2, 1985)
“Expressway” means an arterial street which is characterized by limited access, at-grade intersections and median strip dividers.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03 (h), 1981)
“Final map” refers to a map prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and this title, which is designed to be filed with the county recorder.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(i), 1981)
“Freeway” means an arterial street which is characterized by limited access, grade-separated intersections and median strip dividers.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03 (j), 1981)
“Handicapped” means a household in which the primary wage earner suffers from an orthopedic disability impairing his or her ability to obtain employment, or a single person with such physical disability where the person requires special care facilities in the home. “Handicapped” also includes a family in which the head of household suffers from a developmental disability or mental disorder which would render him or her eligible to participate in programs of rehabilitation or social services conducted by or on behalf of a public agency, or a single person with such developmental disability or mental disorder.
(Ord. 886 § 1, 1982)
“Lane” means any public or private way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(k), 1981)
“Lot” means a parcel of land established, or to be established, by the standard subdivision procedure or minor subdivision procedure, as provided in this title. For the purpose of this title, the term “lot” and “parcel” shall be considered synonymous.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(1), 1981)
“Lot depth” means the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(m), 1981)
“Front lot line” means in the case of an interior lot, a line separating the parcel from the street; and in the case of a corner lot, a line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(o), 1981)
“Rear lot line” means a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line; and in the case of an irregular, triangular or gore-shaped lot, a line within the lot most nearly parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line, having a length of at least ten feet.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(p), 1981)
“Average lot width” means 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” is 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.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(r), 1981)
“Lower income” means a tenant or household that earns eighty percent or below of the county of San Mateo median income adjusted for family size.
(Ord. 886 § 1, 1982)
“Minor street” means that which is used primarily for access to abutting properties, including cul-de-sacs.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(s), 1981)
“Moderate income” means a tenant or household that earns more than eighty percent, but not more than one hundred twenty percent, of the county of San Mateo median income adjusted for family size.
(Ord. 886 § 1, 1982)
“Multiple family dwelling” means a structure having two or more dwelling units, attached to each other along side(s), floor, and/or ceiling, the ownership of which does not conform to the definition of community apartment project, community housing project or condominium as defined herein.
(Ord. 886 § 1, 1982)
“Other handicapped” means a family member who is neither a primary wage earner nor head of household, who has a physical, developmental or mental disorder as defined in Section 19.08.124.
(Ord. 886 § 1, 1982)
“Owner” means the individual, firm, partnership or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide said land under the law of the state and this title.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(t), 1981)
“Parcel map” refers to a map showing the division of land as described in subsections (a) through (d) of Section 66426 of the Government Code.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(u), 1981)
“Parkway” means the area between the back-of-curb and the property line, but not including the sidewalk.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(v), 1981)
“Person” is any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(x), 1981)
“Planning commission” means the planning commission of the city and the advisory agency referred to in the state Subdivision Map Act.
(Ord. 361 § 3.03(y), 1981)
“Reserve strip” means a strip of land not less than one foot in width deeded to the city for the purpose of regulating access to any arterial street or to a partially dedicated or dead-end, lane, street or highway.
(Ord. 861 § 3.03(z), 1981)
“Stock cooperative” means a corporation which is 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. All or substantially all of the shareholders of such corporation must 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 persons having such right of occupancy.
(Ord. 886 § 1, 1982)
“Studio unit” means a dwelling unit having not more than one habitable room in addition to the kitchen and bathroom.
(Ord. 886 § 1, 1982)
“Vesting Tentative Map” means a Tentative Subdivision or Parcel Map meeting the requirements of Government Code Section 66452 conferring the rights set forth in Government Code Section 66498.1 and following.
(Ord. 993 § 3, 1985)