Chapter 17.05
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
17.05.070 Lot line adjustment.
17.05.080 Certificate of compliance.
17.05.130 Tentative parcel map.
17.05.140 Vesting tentative map.
17.05.010 General.
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 title. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.020 County engineer.
“County engineer” means the person(s) authorized by the board of supervisors to perform the functions of a county engineer with respect to private development. A county engineer may delegate his or her land surveying functions to a person authorized to practice land surveying. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.030 Day.
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 county 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 five p.m. of the last day or such earlier time as county offices may officially close for the day. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.040 Director.
The director shall mean the community development director as defined in Section 2.18.010. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.050 Final map.
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. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.060 Lot.
“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. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.070 Lot line adjustment.
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. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.080 Certificate of compliance.
A “certificate of compliance” is a process through which the county records a document to establish a legal record officially recognizing a lot as legal in compliance with the State Subdivision Map Act. A conditional certificate of compliance establishes a legal record when the property was not created in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act and county ordinances. A certificate of compliance application as well as a conditional certificate of compliance application is acted on by county staff. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.090 Parcel map.
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. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.100 Subdivider.
“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. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.110 Subdivision.
“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. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.120 Tentative map.
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. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.130 Tentative parcel map.
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. (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)
17.05.140 Vesting tentative map.
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.” (Ord. 709 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2014)