"Advisory agency" means the official body charged with the duty of making investigations and reports on the design and improvements of proposed divisions of real property, the imposing of requirements of conditions thereon, or having the authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove maps. The planning commission is the advisory agency for Lassen County.
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"Block" means the area of land within a subdivision which area is entirely bounded by streets, highways or ways, except alleys, or the exterior boundary or boundaries of the subdivision.
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"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 interest in other portions of the real property.
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"Condominium conversion" means the creation of separate ownership of existing real property together with a separate interest in space of residential, industrial or commercial buildings.
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"Design" means: (1) street alignments, grades and widths; (2) drainage and sanitary facilities and utilities, including alignments and grades; (3) location and size of all required easements and rights-of-way; (4) fire roads and fire breaks; (5) lot size and configuration; (6) traffic access, (7) land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes; and (8) other specific requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire subdivision as may be necessary.
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"Final map" means a map showing a subdivision for which a tentative map and a final map is required by Section 66426 of the Subdivision Map Act or as required by this title, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title, which is designed to be filed in the office of the county recorder.
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"General Plan" means the current General Plan of the county and any adopted area plan, or any amendments thereto.
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"Improvement" refers to street work, storm drainage, utilities and landscaping to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways, 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 or parcel map; or to other specific improvements or type of improvements, the installation of which, either by the subdivider, by public agencies, by private utilities, by any other entity approved by the local agency, or by a combination thereof, is necessary or convenient to ensure conformity to or implementation of the General Plan or any adopted area or specific plan.
Improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the county subdivision improvement standards.
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"Lot" means a parcel or portion of land separated from other parcels or portions by description, as on a final map (subdivision), parcel map, record of survey map, or by metes and bounds, for purpose of sale, lease, or separate use.
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"Lot line adjustment" means a minor shift or rotation of an existing lot line or lot lines between four or fewer existing adjoining parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjoining parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, as approved by the director of planning and building services or designated representative.
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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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"Parcel map" generally means a map showing a division of land of four or fewer parcels as provided by Sections 66426 and 66428 of the Subdivision Map Act, or as required by this title, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title, which is designed to be filed in the office of the county recorder.
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"Peripheral street" means an existing street whose right-of-way is contiguous to the exterior boundary of the subdivision.
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"Project access road(s)" means the road(s) serving the proposed subdivision project. These roads include state highways, county roads and private roads.
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"Remainder" means that portion of an existing parcel which is not included as part of the subdivided land. The remainder is not considered as part of the subdivision and shall not be counted as a parcel for the purpose of determining whether a final map or parcel map is required but must be shown or referred to on the required maps as part of the area surrounding subdivision development.
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"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 oneself or for others; except that employees and consultants of persons or entities, acting in such capacity, are not "subdividers."
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"Subdivision" means the division, by any subdivider, of any unit or units of improved or unimproved contiguous land 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. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project, as defined herein or in Section 4125 or 6542 of the Civil Code or a community apartment project, as defined in Section 4105 of the Civil Code, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, as defined in Section 4190 or 6566 of the Civil Code. "Subdivision" also includes any division of land by gift, or partition by court. Any conveyance of land to or by a governmental agency, public entity, public utility (or subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to that public utility for rights-of-way) shall not be considered a division of land for purposes of computing the number of parcels. "Subdivision" does not include:
(a) 
Buildings divided into apartments, offices, stores or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobile home parks, or trailer parks for the purpose of lease or financing;
(b) 
Land divided by mineral, oil, or gas leases;
(c) 
Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code of the state of California;
(d) 
A lot line adjustment between four or fewer existing adjoining parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjoining parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, if approved by the director of planning and building services or designated representative; and
(e) 
Other land uses as specified in Section 66412 of the Subdivision Map Act.
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"Subdivision improvement standards" means standard specifications and plans and other standards approved and adopted by the county that shall govern the improvements to be constructed pursuant to this title and the Subdivision Map Act.
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"Tentative map" refers to a map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvements 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, in accordance with Section 66424.5(a) of the Subdivision Map Act.
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"Vesting tentative map" refers to a tentative map filed with the department of planning and building services, for land which is zoned "R" (residential) land use, and which is conspicuously titled "Vesting Tentative Map," as provided by Sections 66424.5 and 66452 of the Subdivision Map Act.
(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)