For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined in this article as set forth below. All definitions provided in Chapter 1 (General Provisions) of this Code and all definitions provided in the Subdivision Map Act shall also be applicable to this chapter and said definitions are hereby incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein.
means any parcel of land which is not a lot, as defined in this article, and those areas where a legal subdivision has not been made previously, or where a legal subdivision has declared such parcel as acreage.
Appeal body
means the advisory or legislative body with the authority to hear appeals on applications or actions pursuant to this chapter.
Approving body
means the advisory agency or legislative body with the authority to approve an application or action pursuant to this chapter.
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.
means the Business and Professions Code of the State of California.
means any duly dedicated street, avenue or the like which the city has accepted and regularly maintains, or which the county duly accepted and regularly maintained prior to the incorporation of the city, or upon which public funds have been expended for improvements or rights-of-way used by the public generally.
means a street, intermediate in importance between a local street and either a major or secondary thoroughfare, which has the purpose of collecting local traffic and carrying it to a thoroughfare.
shall be defined as provided in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code.
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.
means the creation of separate ownership of existing real property together with a separate interest in space of residential, industrial or commercial buildings.
means a calendar day unless otherwise specified.
means the community development department.
means:
Street alignments, grades and widths;
Drainage, water, sewer and sanitary facilities and utilities, including alignments and grades;
Location and size of all required easements and rights-of-way;
Fire roads and fire breaks;
Lot size and configuration;
Vehicular and bicycle traffic access;
Grading;
Land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes; and
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.
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.
means an easement dedicated to the city, which shall be continuing and irrevocable unless formally abandoned by the city, and any other easement whether owned by a public entity, public utility or private party.
means a detailed statement prepared pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), State Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq., and state and city CEQA guidelines promulgated pursuant thereto, describing and analyzing the significant environmental effects of a project and discussing ways to mitigate or avoid the effects.
means a map showing a subdivision of five or more parcels for which a tentative and final map are required by the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter and designated to be filed for recordation in the office of the county recorder.
means the general plan of the City of Davis, adopted December 22, 1973, and all amendments thereto.
means the Government Code of the State of California.
means streets, sidewalks, storm drainage facilities, water and sewer facilities, utilities, landscaping 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 acceptance of the final map thereof. "Improvement" also means other specific improvements or types of improvements, the installation of which, either by or by a combination of, the subdivider, public agencies, private utilities, or any other entity approved by the city, is necessary to ensure consistency with, or implementation of, the general plan, or any applicable specific plan. Improvements shall be constructed in accordance with standard engineering specifications, where applicable.
means a unit or portion of land separate from other units or portions by description, as on a final map or parcel map, or by such other map approved by the county or by the city under the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and of city ordinances in effect at the time of such approval, for the purpose of sale, lease, or financing.
means a minor shift or rotation of an existing lot line or other adjustment where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not created, as approved by the city engineer pursuant to Section 36.03.030(c).
means the joining of two or more contiguous parcels of land under one ownership into one parcel.
means a map showing a subdivision of four or less parcels as required by the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter and designed to be filed for recordation in the office of the county recorder.
means an existing street whose right-of-way is contiguous to the exterior boundary of a subdivision.
means any street, accessway, 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. Private streets shall be constructed in accordance with standard engineering specifications.
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. A remainder of five acres or more need not be shown on the map and its location need not be indicated as a matter of survey, but only by deed reference to the existing boundaries of the remainder.
means those standard subdivision improvement plans and specifications as prepared and/or approved by the public works director.
shall be defined as provided in Section 11003.2 of the Business and Professions Code.
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. Employees and consultants of such persons or entities, acting in such capacity, are not "subdividers."
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 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 State Civil Code, a community apartment project, as defined in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code, and 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. "Subdivision" includes any division of land by gift or inheritance, but excludes a division for probate homestead. Any conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity, public utility or subsidiary of a public utility for rights-of-way shall not be considered a division of land for purposes of computing the number of parcels.
means the committee established in accordance with Section 36.02.020 and comprised of the community development director, the public works director and the senior civil engineer or their designees.
means Government Code Sections 66410 et seq., inclusive.
means a map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvements of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it. "Tentative map" includes a tentative map prepared in connection with a parcel map pursuant to the provisions of Article 36.06 (Subdivisions of Four or Less Parcels) of this chapter.
shall be defined as provided in Section 36.07.030(a).
(Ord. 1407 § 1; Ord. 2390 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2678, 11/4/2025; Ord. 2678, 11/4/2025)