The intent and purpose of this chapter is to define certain words, terms, phrases and headings affecting the scope and nature of accomplishing the intent and purpose of Title
17 of this code. Such words, terms, phrases and headings contained in this chapter and appearing elsewhere in this title shall be deemed to have the meaning ascribed to them, and in all cases shall preempt any dictionarial reference made thereto.
(Prior code § 9103.01; Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
The following words, terms, phrases and headings are hereby
categorized and defined as set out in this chapter.
(Prior code § 9103.02; Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Advisory agency" means the planning commission.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (A)(4); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Appeal board" means the same as city council, including the
term "legislative body."
(Prior code § 9103.02 (A)(8); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"City" means the city of Pico Rivera, California.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (A)(12); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"City council" means the elected city council of the city of
Pico Rivera, and includes the term "legislative body."
(Prior code § 9103.02(A)(16); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"City engineer" means the city engineer of the city of Pico
Rivera, or his or her representative duly authorized to act in his
or her stead.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (A)(20); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"City planner" means the director of community development of
the city of Pico Rivera, or his or her representative duly authorized
to act in his or her stead.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (A)(24); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Community" means the same as city.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (A)(28); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"County engineer" means the county engineer of the county of
Los Angeles, or his or her representative duly authorized to act in
his or her stead.
(Prior code § 9103.02; Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Dedication" means the grant and conveyance of real property,
easement or right to the city for public use without payment of compensation
by the city.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(8); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Director of community development" means the director of community
development of the city of Pico Rivera, or his or her representative
duly authorized to act in his or her stead.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (A)(36); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Design" means:
A. The
minimum area, width, grading and general layout of all lots in a subdivision;
B. Street
alignments, grades and widths;
C. Drainage
and sanitary facilities and utilities including alignments and grades
thereof;
D. Location
and size of all required easements and rights-of-way;
E. Fire
roads and fire breaks;
F. Lot
size and configuration;
I. Land
to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes.
J. 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 any applicable specific
plan.
(Prior code § 9102.10; Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Design unit" means a parcel of land shown on a tentative map
for which the subdivider requests approval of the design.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(16); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Director of public works" means the director of public works
of the city of Pico Rivera, or his or her representative duly authorized
to act in his or her stead.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (A)(40); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Division of land" means the same as subdivision.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(20); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Drainage facility" means any drainage device or structure which
may be used to control or direct the flow of water and/or alleviate
flood hazard, including, but not limited to, berms, channels, culverts,
curbs, ditches, gutters, pavement and pipes.
(Prior code § 9103.02(B)(24); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Final map" means a map of a proposed division of land prepared
in accordance with the provisions of this title and Article 2, Chapter
2 of the Subdivision Map Act, to be filed in the office of the county
recorder.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(28); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Fire chief" means the forester and fire warden of the county
of Los Angeles, or his or her representative duly authorized to act
in his or her stead.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (A)(44); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Flood hazard" means a potential danger to life, land or improvements
due to inundation or stormwater runoff having sufficient velocity
to transport or deposit debris, scour the surface soil, dislodge or
damage buildings, or erode the banks of watercourses.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(32); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Frontage" means, for design purposes only, the narrowest portion
of a lot or parcel which abuts a public or private street or highway
to which the lot or parcel has the right of access, which is not in
conflict with Title 18 of this code.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(36); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Future street or alley" means a street or alley which is necessary
for the future division of lots within a division of land, or for
the development of adjacent properties, and which is offered for public
use at any indeterminate future time when the city council determines
that the acceptance and construction of such street or alley is warranted.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(40); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Geological hazard" means a hazard inherent in the earth, or
artificially created, which is dangerous or potentially dangerous
to life, property or improvements due to the movement, failure or
shifting of earth.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(44); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"General plan" means the Comprehensive General Plan of the city
of Pico Rivera duly adopted and in full force and effect.
(Prior code § 9103.02(B)(48); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Headings" means the words, terms and phrases ascribed to the title of Title
17, and to the chapters, sections and/or subsections, and the effect of such headings shall not be deemed to limit, modify, govern or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of this title, or any chapter, section or subsection contained therein.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (A)(48); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Highway" means a thoroughfare of primary importance in the
city or state highway system, other than a freeway, which is shown
on the circulation element of the General Plan.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(52); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Improvements" means such structures or facilities to be installed
or agreed to be installed by a subdivider, on land to be used for
public or private alleys, streets, highways or other easements, as
a condition precedent to the approval and/or acceptance of a final
map or parcel map, including, but not limited to, street surfacing,
curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street trees, streetlights, traffic-control
devices, street signs, sanitary sewers, water mains, and drainage
facilities. "Improvements" also refers to 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 local agency, or by a combination thereof,
is necessary to ensure consistency with or implementation of the General
Plan or any applicable specific plan.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(56); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Lease" means a written agreement or contract conveying an interest
or tenancy for a period of time exceeding five years.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(60); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Lot line adjustment" means the adjustment between two or more
adjacent parcels where the land taken from one parcel is added to
an adjacent parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally
existed is not thereby created.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(4); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Lot or parcel" means a unit of land identified on a final tract
or parcel map, filed in the office of the county recorder, with a
separate or distinct number.
(Prior code § 9103.02(B)(64); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Ornamental street lighting" means a system of street lighting
composed of individual freestanding light standards.
(Prior code § 9103.02(B)(68); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Parcel map" means a map prepared and recorded in accord with
the Subdivision Map Act, Chapter 2, Article 3, Sections 66444 et seq.
of the
Government Code, and shall be applicable to divisions of land
as prescribed in Section 66426 of the
Government Code and all divisions
of land of four or fewer units except as otherwise specifically provided
in this title.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(72); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Person" means any individual, corporation, company, firm, association,
partnership, copartnership, joint venture, joint stock company, receiver,
syndicate, club, estate, business trust, organization or any entity,
or the authorized agent thereof.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(76); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Planning commission" means the planning commission of the city
of Pico Rivera.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (A)(52); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Record of survey" means a map prepared in compliance with Section
8762 of the
Business and Professions Code, and a record of survey
map shall not be used to divide real property or air space.
(Prior code § 9103.02(B)(80); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Section" means a section of this title, unless otherwise specified.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(84); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(88); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Street" means a public or private right-of-way designed to
provide vehicular access to abutting properties.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(92); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"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 himself or for others, except
that employees and consultants of such persons or entities, acting
in such capacity, are not "subdividers."
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(96); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"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, 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
Business and Professions Code, a
community apartment project, as defined in Section 11004 of the Business
and Professions Code, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling
units to a stock cooperative, as defined in Section 11003.2 of the
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.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(100); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Subdivision Map Act" means Division 2, Title 7 of the Government
Code of the state of California.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(104); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Superintendent of streets" means the same as "director of public
works."
(Prior code § 9103.02(A)(56); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Tenses" means that the present tense shall include and mean
the future tense, and the reciprocal thereof; that the singular tense
includes and means the plural tense, and the reciprocal thereof; that
the singular number includes and means the plural number, and the
reciprocal thereof; and, that the masculine gender includes and means
the feminine gender, and the reciprocal thereof.
(Prior code § 9103.02(A)(60); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"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. "Vesting tentative map"
refers to a map which meets the requirements of a tentative map and
Government Code Sections 66498.1 to 66498.9.
(Prior code § 9103.02 (B)(108); Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)
"Tract map" means a map prepared and recorded in accordance
with the Subdivision Map Act for the subdivision of property into
more than four subdivided units except as provided in
Government Code
Section 66426.
(Ord. 855 § 3, 1994)