COMMON AREA DEFINED

Section 4095

Definitions

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.