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Timestamp: 2018-01-21 14:21:17
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16.08.020 Abut.
16.08.030 Alley.
16.08.040 Approve.
16.08.050 Approved private road.
16.08.060 Board.
16.08.070 Clerk of the board.
16.08.080 Commission.
16.08.090 Community apartment.
16.08.100 Condominium.
16.08.110 County road.
16.08.120 Cul-de-sac.
16.08.130 Dead-end road—Stub road.
16.08.140 Dedicated road.
16.08.150 Director.
16.08.160 Director of public works.
16.08.170 Divider.
16.08.180 Dividing strip.
16.08.190 Division of land.
16.08.200 Double frontage lot—Through lot.
16.08.210 Easement for public road.
16.08.220 Existing lot or building site.
16.08.230 Expressway.
16.08.240 Freeway.
16.08.250 Frontage.
16.08.260 Frontage road—Service road—Outer highway.
16.08.270 Master plan.
16.08.280 Improvements.
16.08.290 Improvement plans.
16.08.300 Improvement standards.
16.08.310 Land division.
16.08.320 Local road.
16.08.330 Lot.
16.08.340 Lot split.
16.08.350 Major road or highway or arterial.
16.08.360 Nonaccess line.
16.08.370 Out lot.
16.08.380 Parcel of land.
16.08.390 Parcel map.
16.08.400 Person.
16.08.410 Precise plan lines.
16.08.420 Preliminary parcel map.
16.08.430 Private road.
16.08.440 Public road.
16.08.450 Restricted access strip.
16.08.460 Setback line, front yard.
16.08.470 Setback line, rear yard or side yard.
16.08.480 Subdivider.
16.08.490 Subdivision.
16.08.500 Watercourse.
16.08.510 Zone district.
A. The definition and meanings of the following words and phrases, to wit, “tentative map,” “final map subdivisions,” “subdivider,” “design” and “improvement” which are defined in the Nevada Revised Statutes are used in this title as so defined, unless from the context it clearly appears that a different meaning is intended.
B. The word “may” indicates an action which is permissive; the word “shall” indicates an action which is mandatory.
C. All words in the singular include the plural and the plural the singular. Each gender includes the other. Each tense includes other tenses. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Abut” means to be contiguous to and in actual contact along a common line. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Alley” means any dedicated way intended for vehicular service to the rear or the side of property served by a public road. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Approve” means approved by the board of county commissioners or by the department having jurisdiction on such matters, unless otherwise specified. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Approved private road” means a strip of land approved by the board for road purposes which has not been dedicated or accepted as a public road and which connects a parcel of land with a public road. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Board” means the board of county commissioners of Humboldt County. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Clerk of the board” means the county clerk who is ex officio clerk of the board of county commissioners. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Commission” means the county regional planning commission. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Community apartment” means an undivided interest in common in the land coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy of an apartment unit which is part of a county apartment project. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Condominium” means an interest 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 real property such as an apartment, office or store. (Ord. 10-16- 75 § 1(100.200))
“County road”: see “Public road,” HCC 16.08.440. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Cul-de-sac” means a road which terminates in a permanent turnaround and which by design is not intended to continue beyond its terminal point. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Dead-end road” or “stub road” means a road which is terminated at the boundary line of the subdivision but which will be required to be extended at a later date to provide access to abutting land. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
A. “Dedicated road” means any public street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, place, viaduct, easement for access or other way which is an existing federal, state, county or municipal roadway; or a street or way shown on a final subdivision map or parcel map duly approved, and subsequently filed and recorded with the recorder’s office or a record of Survey of Informational Map prepared, approved and recorded as required by the Nevada Revised Statutes.
B. A dedicated road includes the land between the right-of-way lines, whether improved or unimproved and may include pavement, shoulders, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas and lawns. A dedicated road may or may not be part of the county maintained road system. An alley does not qualify as a dedicated road in the context of this title. (Amended during codification; Ord. 12-21- 78 § 1; Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Director” means the director of planning. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Director of public works” means the director of public works for the county (ex officio, county surveyor and road foreman). (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Divider” means a person who causes land to be divided for himself or others in a manner which constitutes a land division. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Dividing strip” means a separation between opposite directional flows of traffic. It may also serve to separate a road or highway from the parallel frontage road which provides access to the property. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Division of land” means the division of any parcel of land shown on the latest adopted tax assessment roll as a unit or contiguous units under one ownership and which is divided for the purpose of sale, leasing or financing either immediate or future into two, three or four parcels. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Double frontage lot” or “through lot” means a lot having frontage on two roads and having the right of access to both roads, but excluding corner lots. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Easement for public road” means a right-of-way offered to the county for road purposes by a division of land. Upon acceptance by the county, it is a county road as defined in HCC 16.08.440. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Existing lot or building site” means a designated lot or contiguous lots on a lawfully established subdivision map or record of survey existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, a whole parcel of land under separate ownership so existing upon the effective date of this title, or such a lot or separate parcel of land thereafter lawfully created. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Expressway” means a highway for through traffic, with full or partial control of access and generally with intersections at grade. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Freeway” means a highway for through traffic, with full control of access and generally with grade separation at intersections. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Frontage” means that portion of a parcel of property which abuts on a public or approved private road. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Frontage road,” “service road” or “outer highway” means those roads which parallel freeways, expressways or highways providing for access to abutting property or for circulation, and which are separated from the highway by a dividing strip. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Master plan” means the long-range comprehensive master plan for the orderly development of the county adopted by the planning commission and the board of county commissioners, which may include any of the elements listed in the Nevada Revised Statutes. (Ord. 1-03-12L; Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Improvements” means and refers to only such roadwork and utilities to be installed or agreed to be installed by the subdivider 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. The term also applies to similar installations required as precedent to acceptance of a land division parcel map for a division of land. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Improvement plans” means the plans, profiles, cross-sections and specifications of all proposed improvements including the information required by HCC 16.32.160(C). (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Improvement standards” means the design and improvement requirements established by the board of county commissioners by ordinance or resolution applicable at the time of approval of the tentative subdivision map or preliminary parcel map. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Land division”: see “Division of land,” HCC 16.08.190. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Local road” means any public road that is used or is intended to be used for the principal purpose of serving as access to abutting property. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Lot” means:
A. A parcel of real property with a separate and distinct number or other designation shown on a subdivision map recorded in the office of the county recorder; or
B. A parcel of real property delineated on an approved map of survey or land division map as filed in the office of the county recorder and abutting at least one public road or approved private road; or
C. A parcel of real property containing not less area than required by the zone district in which it is located abutting at least one public road or approved private road and held under separate ownership from adjacent property. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Lot split”: see “Division of land,” HCC 16.08.190. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Major road or highway or arterial” means a highway designated as such in the major street and highway plan, a part of the general plan of the county, adopted by the board of county commissioners. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Nonaccess line” means a line delineated on a subdivision map or described in a deed which is for the purpose of prohibiting access. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Out lot” means a lot designated alphabetically on the subdivision map for specific use or nonuse. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Parcel of land” means the whole of any numbered lot in an approved division or subdivision or the whole of any other holding of abutting land under one ownership. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Parcel map” means the map prepared in accordance with the approved preliminary parcel map as provided for in Chapter 16.16 HCC. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Person” means and includes any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, corporation, estate, receiver, syndicate or any group or combination acting as a unit in the plural as well as the singular number. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Precise plan lines” means the future right-of-way lines or plan lines of any highway as shown on the precise plan of street and highways for highway use as adopted by the board of county commissioners. A yard abutting a highway is to be measured from this future right-of-way line. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Preliminary parcel map” means the map presented to the planning director for his approval for a division of land as provided for in Chapter 16.16 HCC. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Private road”: see “Approved private road,” HCC 16.08.050. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Public road” means any state highway, county or city street, avenue, highway or road which is within the maintained road system of the public agency having jurisdiction thereof or to be included within the maintained road system by agreement between the agencies and the subdivider. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Restricted access strip” means a strip of land not less than one foot in width for the purpose of regulating access to part width and dead end roads until such time as the roads may be completed or extended. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Front yard setback line” means the line which defines the depth of the required front yard measured from the property line. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Rear yard or side yard setback line” means the line which defines the width or depth of the required rear yard or side yard measured from the property line. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Subdivider” means a person who causes land to be divided into a subdivision for himself or for others. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Subdivision” means any real property, improved or unimproved, or portion thereof shown on the latest adopted county tax roll as a unit or as contiguous units which is divided for the purpose of sale, lease or financing whether immediate or future by any subdivider into five or more parcels; provided, that this title will not apply to the leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within an apartment building, industrial building, commercial building or mobile home park nor will this title apply to mineral, oil or gas leases. The term “subdivision” does not apply to any division of land which creates lots, parcels, sites, units or plots of land, each of which comprise forty or more acres of land including roads and roadway easements or the division of land for agricultural purposes, in parcels of more than ten acres, not involving any street, road or highway opening or widening nor will this term apply to other exclusions contained in NRS Chapter 278. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Watercourse” means a strip of land over which water flows having a definite bed, bank and channel wherein the water need not flow continually but usually flows in a particular direction. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))
“Zone district” means the zone district established by a county zoning ordinance. (Ord. 10-16-75 § 1(100.200))