California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 4 — General Provisions, Part 5 — Common Interest Developments, Chapter 1 — General Provisions, Article 2 — Definitions, Section 4095
(a) “Common area” means the entire common interest development except the separate interests therein. The estate in the common area may be a fee, a life estate, an estate for years, or any combination of the foregoing.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in a planned development described in subdivision (b) of Section 4175, the common area may consist of mutual or reciprocal easement rights appurtenant to the separate interests.
Notes
Defines common area as the entire common interest development other than separate interests, with the common-area estate permitted to be a fee, life estate, estate for years, or combination. In the referenced planned development, common area may instead consist of mutual or reciprocal easement rights appurtenant to the separate interests.
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