§ 16.04.030. Definitions.

A.

For the purposes of this title certain words and phrases are defined and certain provisions shall be construed as herein set out, unless it shall be apparent from their context that a different meaning is intended:

"Alley" means any public way less than forty (40) feet in width.

"Arterial street" means any street of eighty (80) foot width or more which serves or is to serve as a major traffic artery for intercommunication between districts of the city when shown on any street plan or proposed street plan adopted by the Council of the city of Oakland.

"Blind street" means any street having but one outlet for vehicular traffic.

"Collector street" means any street of sixty (60) foot width or more which serves or is to serve as a traffic way for a neighborhood or a feeder to a thoroughfare when shown on any official street plan or proposed street plan adopted by the Council of the city of Oakland.

"Design" means:

1.

Street alignments, grades, 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 firebreaks;

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.

"Local street" means any street not a thoroughfare, or secondary thoroughfare.

"Lot" means a parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by a use, building, or unit group of buildings and accessory buildings and uses, together with such open spaces and lot areas and widths as are required by this title, and having a minimum width of twenty-five (25) feet, and having frontage on a street (as defined in this title) or upon a private easement for access purposes to said lot, provided that such lot and easement have been approved under provisions set forth in Chapter 16.32 and Sections 16.04.080 and 16.04.090.

"Street" means any public way not less than forty (40) feet in width.

"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 others.

"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 or financing, whether immediate or future. Property shall be considered as contiguous units, even if it is separated by roads, streets, utility easement or railroad rights-of-way. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code, a community apartment project, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, as defined in subdivision (m) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code.

B.

For the purposes of this title the definitions and meanings of the following words and phrases, "Advisory Agency," "County," "County Surveyor," "Design," "Final Map," "Improvement," "Local Ordinance," "Record of Survey Map," "Subdivision," and "Tentative Map," shall be as defined in Title 7, Division 2 of the Government Code of the state of California, which statute is hereinafter referred to as the "Subdivision Map Act" or "Map Act."

(Ord. 11924 § 1, 1996; prior code §§ 7-4.012—7-4.08)