Chapter 9.74
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
9.74.010 Definitions.
“Advisory agency” means a designated official or an 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 or conditions thereon or having the authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove maps as prescribed by this division.
“Appeal board” shall mean and refer to the city council of the city of Bell Gardens.
“Certificate of compliance” shall mean a document recorded by the county recorder which identifies, by legal description, certain real property and states that the division thereof complies with applicable provisions of this division and the Map Act.
“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 such real property, such as an apartment, office, or store. 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; or (3) an estate for years, such as a leasehold or a subleasehold. (Section 783 of the California Civil Code.)
“Condominium conversion” means the conversion of existing developed real property into a condominium, a community apartment project, or a stock cooperative.
“Condominium project” means a proposed development or an existing building proposed for conversion to a condominium, stock cooperative or community apartment project through approval of a conditional use permit and a tract or parcel map pursuant to this division and the Map Act.
“Council” shall mean and refer to the city council of the city of Bell Gardens as established by city ordinance.
“Department” shall mean the community development department of the city of Bell Gardens unless otherwise specified.
“Design” means:
1. Street alignments, grades, and widths;
2. Drainage and sanitary facilities and utilities, including alignments and grades thereof;
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. Grading;
8. Land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes; and
9. Such other specific requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire subdivision as may be necessary or convenient to ensure conformity to, or implementation of, the general plan or any adopted specific plan. (From the definition contained in the Map Act.)
“Director” shall mean the director of the community development department unless otherwise specified.
“Final map” means a map showing a subdivision for which a tentative and final map is required by the Map Act or this division, prepared in accordance with the provisions of this division and the Map Act designed to be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
“General plan” means the general plan of the city of Bell Gardens, adopted on July 27, 1995, and any amendment thereto.
“Government Code” shall mean the Government Code of the state of California.
“Improvement” refers to such street work, storm drainage, utility, 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 thereof; or to such 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 or convenient to ensure conformity to or implementation of the general plan or any adopted specific plan.
Improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the city of Bell Gardens standard specifications and details and/or, when applicable, with standards as adopted by local utility companies and approved by the city engineer.
“Lot” means a parcel or portion of land separated from other parcels or portions by description, as on a subdivision or record of survey map, or by metes and bounds, for the purpose of sale, lease, or separate use.
“Map Act” means the Subdivision Map Act of the state of California.
“Merger” means the joining of two or more contiguous parcels of land under one ownership into one parcel pursuant to Section 66424.2 of the Map Act.
“Parcel map” means a map showing a division of land of four or less parcels or as otherwise provided by this division, prepared in accordance with the provisions of this division and the Map Act.
“Planning commission” shall mean and refer to the planning commission of the city of Bell Gardens as established by city ordinance.
“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.
“Subdivision” means the division, by any subdivider, of any unit or units of any 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 in Section 1350 of the Civil Code, or 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, public utility, or subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to such public utility for rights-of-way shall not be considered a division of land for the purpose of computing the number of parcels.
“Subdivision” does not include:
1. 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;
2. Land divided by mineral, oil, or gas leases; or
3. Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code of the state of California.
“Subdivision improvement standards” means standard details, standard specifications, and other standards approved by the city engineer that shall govern the improvements to be constructed pursuant to this division and the Map Act.
“Tentative map” refers to a map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it.
“Zoning ordinance” shall mean this title, or any ordinance enacted under the zoning powers of the city. (Ord. 806 § 1, 2007).