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1. "Aggregate" means cinder, crushed rock or stone, decomposed granite, gravel, pumice, pumicite and sand.

2. "General plan" means a municipal statement of land development policies, that may include maps, charts, graphs and text that set forth objectives, principles and standards for local growth and redevelopment enacted under the provisions of this article or any prior statute.

3. "Municipal" or "municipality" means an incorporated city or town.

4. "Planning agency" means the official body designated by local ordinance to carry out the purposes of this article and may be a planning department, a planning commission, a hearing officer, the legislative body itself, or any combination thereof.

5. "Right-of-way" means any public right-of-way and includes any area required for public use pursuant to any general or specific plan.

6. "Specific plan" means a detailed element of the general plan enacted under the provisions of this article or a prior statute.

7. "Street" means streets, highways, freeways, expressways, avenues, boulevards, parkways, roads, lanes, walks, alleys, viaducts, subways, tunnels, bridges, public access easements and rights-of-way.

8. "Subdivision regulations" means a municipal ordinance regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions enacted under the provisions of article 6.2 of this chapter, or any prior statute, regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions.

9. "Zoning ordinance" means a municipal ordinance regulating the use of land or structures, or both, under the provisions of this article.