California Code, Corporations Code - CORP § 25015

“Real estate development” means a development (a) which consists or will consist of separately owned lots, parcels or areas with either or both of the following features: (1) one or more additional contiguous or noncontiguous lots, parcels, or areas owned in common by the owners of the separately owned lots, parcels, or areas, or (2) mutual, common, or reciprocal interests in or restrictions upon all or portions of such separately owned lots, parcels, or areas; and (b) in which the several owners of the separately owned lots, parcels, or areas have rights, directly or indirectly, to the beneficial use and enjoyment of the lots, parcels, or areas owned in common, or any one or more of them or portions thereof or interests therein, or of the interests or restrictions referred to in clause (a) above, or both. The estate in a separately or commonly owned lot, parcel, or area may be an estate of inheritance or perpetual estate, an estate for life, or an estate for years. The common ownership of the lots, parcels, or areas or the enjoyment of the interests or restrictions referred to in clause (a) above or both may be through ownership of shares of stock or memberships in an owners' association or otherwise.