Chapter 17.08 DEFINITIONS

“Arterial (artery)” means a street of general city or city-county importance, which carries traffic on four or more moving lanes between different areas of the city and county, and which may have a median strip divider. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.03, 1989)

17.08.040 Collector street.

“Collector street” means that which collects traffic from a minor street, a subdivision or other area and which carries said traffic to an arterial street. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.04, 1989)

17.08.050 Common areas.

A. “General common areas” means the entire condominium project except those elements granted or reserved.

B. “Limited common areas” means those areas to be reserved for the use of a certain number of condominium units, such as special corridors, walkways and sanitary services common to the units of a particular floor. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.05, 1989)

17.08.060 Community housing project.

“Community housing project” means and includes any of the following residential uses: a condominium development, a community apartment project, a stock cooperative or a membership association. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.06, 1989)

17.08.070 Condominium.

“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 or such real property 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:

A. An estate of inheritance or perpetual estate;

B. An estate for life; or

C. An estate for years, such as a leasehold or subleasehold. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.07, 1989)

17.08.080 Condominium conversion or conversion.

“Condominium conversion” or “conversion” means a proposed change in the type of ownership of a parcel of land, together with the existing attached structures, to a condominium project, stock cooperative project, community apartment project or association, or any community housing project as defined herein, regardless of the present or prior use of such land and structures and/or whether substantial improvements have been made to such structures. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.08, 1989)

17.08.090 Condominium units.

“Condominium units” means the elements of a condominium which are not owned in common with the owners of other condominium units in the project. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.09, 1989)

17.08.100 Covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs).

“Covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs)” means the declaration of powers, obligations, responsibilities, duties, rights and restrictions which are binding upon all owners of the condominium or members of an association and which provide for the orderly governing of the condominium or association. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.10, 1989)

17.08.110 Dwelling unit.

“Dwelling unit” means a single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.11, 1989)

17.08.120 Easement, dedicated.

“Dedicated easement” means an easement dedicated to and accepted by the city, to be used for streets, lanes or other public ways or places, sanitary sewers, drainage, utilities or other public purposes. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.12, 1989)

17.08.130 Final map.

“Final map” means a map prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and this title, which is designed to be filed with the county recorder. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.13, 1989)

17.08.140 Freeway.

“Freeway” means an arterial street which is characterized by limited-access, grade-separated intersections and median strip dividers. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.14, 1989)

17.08.150 Handicapped.

“Handicapped” means a household in which the primary wage earner suffers from an orthopedic disability impairing his or her ability to obtain employment, or a single person with such physical disability where the person requires special care facilities in the home. “Handicapped” also includes a family in which the head of the household suffers from a developmental disability which would render him or her eligible to participate in programs of rehabilitation or social services conducted by or on behalf of a public agency, or a single person with such developmental disability or mental disorder. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.15, 1989)

17.08.160 Handicapped, other.

“Other handicapped” means a family member who is neither a primary wage earner nor head of household, who has a physical, developmental or mental disorder as defined in Section 17.08.150. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.16, 1989)

17.08.170 Lot.

“Lot” means a parcel of land established, or to be established, by the standard subdivision procedure or minor subdivision procedures as provided in this title. For the purpose of this title, the term “lot” and “parcel” shall be considered synonymous. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.17, 1989)

17.08.180 Lot depth.

“Lot depth” means the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.18, 1989)

17.08.190 Lot depth, average.

“Average lot depth” means the sum of the length of the two side lines of the lot divided by two. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.19, 1989)

17.08.200 Lot line, front.

“Front lot line” means in the case of an interior lot, a line separating the parcel from the street, and in the case of a corner lot, a line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.20, 1989)

17.08.210 Lot line, rear.

“Rear lot line” means a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line, and in the case of an irregular, triangular or odd-shaped lot, a line within the lot most nearly parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line, having a length of at least ten feet. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.21, 1989)

17.08.220 Lot lines, side.

“Side lot lines” means any lot boundary line not a front lot line or a rear lot line. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.22, 1989)

17.08.230 Lot width, average.

“Average lot width” means the sum of the length of the front and rear lot line divided by two. In the case of irregularly shaped lots having four or more sides, “average lot width” is the sum of the length of two lines, drawn perpendicular to one side line at the widest and narrowest portions of the lot, divided by two. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.23, 1989)

17.08.240 Minor street.

“Minor street” means that which is used primarily for access to abutting properties, including cul-de-sacs. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.24, 1989)

17.08.250 Multiple-family dwelling.

“Multiple-family dwelling” means a structure having two or more dwelling units, attached to each other along side(s), floor and/or ceiling, the ownership of which does not conform to the definition of community apartment project, community housing project or condominium as defined in this chapter. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.26, 1989)

17.08.260 Multiple-family dwelling unit.

“Multiple-family dwelling unit” means a dwelling unit within a multiple-family dwelling as defined. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.25, 1989)

17.08.270 Owner.

“Owner” means the individual, firm, partnership or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide said land under the law of the state and this title. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.27, 1989)

17.08.280 Parcel map.

“Parcel map” means a map showing the division of land as described in subsections (a) through (d) of Section 66426 of the Government Code. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.28, 1989)

17.08.290 Pedestrian way.

“Pedestrian way” means an easement exclusively for pedestrian use. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.30, 1989)

17.08.300 Person.

“Person” is any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.31, 1989)

17.08.310 Planning commission.

“Planning commission” means the planning commission of the city and the advisory agency referred to in the Subdivision Map Act. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.32, 1989)

17.08.320 Planter strip.

“Planter strip” means the area between the back-of-curb and the property line, but not including the sidewalk. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.29, 1989)

17.08.330 Reserve strip.

“Reserve strip” means a strip of land not less than one foot in width deeded to the city for the purpose of regulating access to any arterial street or to a partially dedicated or dead-end alley, street or highway. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.33, 1989)

17.08.340 Single-family dwelling.

“Single-family dwelling” includes any detached dwelling unit which is individually owned. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.34, 1989)

17.08.350 Stock cooperative.

“Stock cooperative” means a corporation which is formed or availed of primarily for the purpose of holding title to, either in fee simple or for a term of years, improved real property. All or substantially all of the shareholders of such corporation must receive a right of exclusive occupancy in a portion of the real property, title to which is held by the corporation, which right of occupancy is transferable only concurrently with the transfer of the share or shares of stock in the corporation held by the persons having such right of occupancy. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.35, 1989)

17.08.360 Studio unit.

“Studio unit” means a dwelling unit having not more than one habitable room in addition to the kitchen and bathroom. (Ord. 435-89 § 2.36, 1989)