Chapter 16.08
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
16.08.010 Definitions.
A. For the purpose of this title, the following words, terms and phrases have the definitions and meanings as in this section set forth.
1. “Alley” means an easement used or designed to be used primarily for vehicular access to the rear or side of properties which also abut on the street.
2. “Building permit” means a permit granted for the construction, alteration, etc. of buildings pursuant to Title 14.
3. “Clerk” means the city clerk.
4. “Commission” means the planning commission of the city.
5. “Corner lot” means a lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets, having an angle of intersection of not more than one hundred thirty-five degrees.
6. “Cul-de-sac” means a street connection with another street at only one end, with a turnaround at the other end.
7. “Frontage street” means a street which separates a subdivision from a limited access strip or from a freeway. or limited access highway.
8. “Frontage street, commercial” means a frontage street serving or designed to serve abutting commercial property.
9. “Frontage street, residential” means a frontage street serving or designed to serve abutting residential property.
10. “Limited access strip” means a line or strip of land, the right to cross which, by the public and adjoining property owners, has been conveyed or dedicated to some authorized public agency.
11. “Lot” means a parcel of land within a subdivision, which is delineated by lines on a subdivision map for the purposes of leasing or conveying the same.
12. “Major street” means a street which, because of its design or location with respect to other streets and other sources of traffic, is used or is planned to be used, to carry heavy volumes of traffic through an urban area or between urban areas, which normally would require a street with four or more lanes.
13. “Map Act” means the Subdivision Map Act of the state.
14. “Primary street” means a street which, because of its design or location with respect to other streets and other sources of traffic, is used or planned to be used to carry moderately heavy volumes of traffic, which normally would require a four-lane undivided street.
15. “Residential street” means a street which is used or planned primarily for access to abutting residential properties.
16. “Lot, reversed corner” means a corner lot, the street side line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the lot upon which it rears.
17. “Reserve strips.” Whenever in this title reserve strips are required or allowed either parallel with or at the end of streets, the reserve strips shall be offered for dedication for public street purpose at such time as the city or county accepts dedication or acquires title to sufficient additional right-of-way from property outside of the subdivision so as to provide the ultimate right-of-way designated on the map or certificate of dedication thereon; and the terms of the dedication may provide that until such additional right-of-way is acquired, the reserve strip shall be reserved for the use of the subdivider and the successive owners of the respective lots in the subdivision which are adjacent to the reserve strip, except that no structure not ordinarily placed on public streets may be erected on such reserve strip.
18. “Secondary street” means a street which is used or planned to be used to carry a volume of traffic less than a primary street and greater than a residential street, and which normally would require a two-lane street with four-lane capacity at important intersections.
19. “Subdivides” means a person who causes land to be divided into a subdivision for himself or for others.
20. “Subdivision” means any land or portion thereof which is a subdivision as such term is defined in the, provisions of the Map Act.
21. “Subdivision ordinance” means any ordinance of the city regulating the design and improvements of subdivisions, enacted under the provisions of the Map Act or any prior statute regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions.
22. “Supplementary standards” means the supplementary improvement standards adopted in accordance with Sections 16.32.030 through 16.32.050.
23. “Through lot” means a lot having frontage on two parallel, or nearly parallel streets.
24. “Use permit” means a permit for the use of land or buildings, issued pursuant to Title 17.
25. “Zone.” Any reference to a zone or zones shall be deemed to refer to the definition or description of such zone or zones appearing in Title 17 as may be in effect at the time of the approval of the tentative map in question by the council.
26. “Zoning ordinance” means the zoning ordinance of the city codified in Title 17.
B. Wherever a word or phrase used in this title is not defined in this section or on the map, and unless it appears otherwise from the content in which such word or phrase is used, it shall be construed harmoniously with the definition or construction of such word or phrase as it may be used in Title 17.
C. Certain additional definitions, relating to divisions of land, are set forth in Section 16.28.030. (Ord. 424 § 104, 1967)