For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this title, the
words, phrases, and terms included herein shall be deemed to have
the meaning ascribed to them in this article.
[Ord. 672]
Shall mean two or more lots or parcels of land sharing a
common boundary line.
Shall mean the place or way by which pedestrians and vehicles
shall have safe, adequate, and suitable ingress or egress to a property
or use as required by this Code.
Shall mean a building or part of building not exceeding 12
feet in height, the use of which is incidental to that of the main
building, structure, or use on the same lot. Where an accessory building
is a part of, or joined to, the main building, such accessory building
shall be counted as part of the main building.
Shall mean two or more lots or parcels of land separated
by a street or alley or recorded easement or otherwise in close proximity.
Shall have the same meaning as sign.
Shall mean both the Planning Commission and the Director
of Planning, having authority to approve, conditionally approve, or
disapprove tentative and parcel maps and tentative tract maps as delegated
by this Code (Division of Land).
Shall mean public or private way, at the rear or side of
property permanently reserved as a means of secondary access to abutting
property.
Shall mean the same as "veterinary clinic".
Shall mean a room or suite of two or more rooms in a multiple
dwelling occupied or suitable for occupancy as a residence for one
family; not transient in nature.
Shall mean five or more apartment units on one site.
Shall mean the total area of a parcel or lot, including any
proposed public highways, streets, or alleys or other public sites.
Shall mean the area of a parcel or lot, excluding any proposed
public highways, streets or alleys, or other public sites.
Shall mean the repair, replacing of, or adding of, parts
to motor vehicles and electric carts.
Shall mean an area which provides for the servicing of motor
vehicles, including tube and tire repairs, battery charging, storage
of merchandise and supplies related to the servicing of motor vehicles,
sale of gasoline and lubricants, automobile washing and grease racks,
but excluding body and fender work, painting, repair and rebuilding
of electrochemical batteries or other work of a similar nature.
For acreage, shall be determined by dividing the project area
into 1/4 acre quadrants and computing the average slope in lots above.
Each quadrant will thus be designated for its own average slope.
For lots, shall be determined by adding the degree of slope
of both lot lines running from the top of the lot to the bottom and
dividing by two.
In any case, average slope shall be computed on the natural
grade, prior to any construction activities.
[Ord. 672; § 1, Ord. 1101-10, eff. January 6, 2011]
Shall mean the base zoning designation established by the
City Development Code, including any combined districts established
by the Code.
Shall mean a space wholly or partly underground, and having
more than 1/2 of its height, measuring from its floor to its ceiling,
below the average adjoining grade; if the finished floor level directly
above a basement is more than five feet above grade at any point,
such basement shall be considered a story. A basement shall not be
occupied for sleeping purposes, except by a conditional use permit.
Shall mean the following:
For existing construction, developments and structures, "bedroom"
shall mean a room which meets all of the following specifications:
has a minimum square footage of 70 square feet; has a minimum ceiling
height of seven feet, six inches; has at least one window meeting
the egress requirements of the Building Code currently adopted by
the City; does not have a connecting door to a garage; and has a smoke
detector.
For any future new development, or for the remodeling or reconstruction
of an existing bedroom, "bedroom" shall mean a room which meets all
of the following specifications: has a minimum square footage of 70
square feet; has a minimum ceiling height of seven feet six inches;
has at least one window meeting the egress requirements of the Building
Code currently adopted by the City; has a closet containing a rod
and shelf; does not have a connecting door to a garage; and has heat
and a smoke detector.
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If an addition does not meet all of the above requirements,
the room may not legally function as a bedroom and thus would not
require a water allocation.
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Shall mean the ground areas designed or proposed to be occupied
by all buildings and structures on a lot.
Shall mean any fixed structure consisting of wall(s) and
roof built and maintained for the support, shelter or enclosure of
persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind.
Shall mean those building elevations which face upon a public
street or parking area between such building and said street.
Shall mean a building within which is conducted the principal
use permitted on the lot, as provided by this Code.
[Ord. 672, as amended by
§ 3, Ord. 741, eff. July
7, 1983; § 1, Ord. 774, eff. December 17, 1984; § 1, Ord. 775, eff. January 21, 1985; § 1, Ord. 863-91, eff. April 18, 1991]
Shall mean a structural, ornamental roof-like appendage,
freestanding or attached to a building, which extends over public
or private walkways, driveways, etc.
Shall mean a permanent roofed structure with not more than
two enclosed sides used or intended to be used for automobile/electric
car shelter and shelter.
Shall have the same meaning as "basement."
Shall mean land used or intended to be used for the burial
or interment of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes. Cemetery
includes columbaria crematories, and mausoleums, and may include mortuaries,
and chapels when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary
of such cemetery.
Shall mean a line established by the City Engineer and designed
as "Center Line," "Proposed Center Line," "Adopted Center Line," or
"Construction Center Line," on a series of maps entitled, "County
Surveyor Filed Maps" on file in the office of the County Engineer.
For the purposes of this title, where two or more such designations
are shown on and in said series of maps for such line, the line labeled
"Proposed Center Line" is deemed to be the official center line. Where
the County Surveyor Filed Maps do not show one or more of the designations
listed above, then for purposes of determining the applicable building
height under Title 9, all measurements to be made from the "center
line" shall be made from the center of the existing driven way.
Shall mean the City of Avalon.
Shall mean the City Council of the City of Avalon.
Shall mean the City Manager of the City of Avalon.
Shall mean land areas where vegetation has been removed to
the extent that native soil is disturbed.
Shall mean a facility organized and operated for social and
food vending purposes and possessing outdoor recreational facilities
such as golf courses, tennis courts, or swimming pools.
Shall mean any building or premises used by an association
of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, organized for
some common purpose, but not including a group organized solely or
primarily to render a service customarily carried on as a commercial
enterprise.
Shall mean the planning and developing of land so that houses
are grouped or clustered together, leaving the remaining land undivided
for common use. The zoning district development standards, such as
lot area and dimensions, setbacks, outdoor living area, shall not
apply, but the overall density allowed will remain the same.
Shall mean a Code of the City of Avalon.
Shall mean the Planning Commission of the City of Avalon.
Shall mean any structure or device forming a physical barrier
between two or more dwelling units or between a dwelling unit and
a public or quasi-public space (laundry rooms, recreation rooms, garages,
etc.). Construction of a common wall shall be of one of the following
types: (a) Cavity Wall - two standard construction, parallel walls
separated by a two inch air space as per current Uniform Building
Laws; (b) Staggered Stud - A wall in which studs are staggered, so
that each stud makes contact with only one wall surface, as per current
Uniform Building Laws.
Shall mean a permit issued by the Commission to engage in
an activity allowed by this chapter after obtaining said permit. Said
permit may contain special mitigating requirements as a condition
of approval, and shall only be granted after the completion of a public
hearing held in accordance with applicable State law.
Shall refer to the ownership of single units in a multi-unit
project with common elements.
Shall mean a residential condominium, community apartment
house, or stock cooperative project, as the case may be.
Shall mean the same as "hospital".
Shall mean the County of Los Angeles.
Shall mean the open, unoccupied space, bounded on two or
more sides by the walls of a building. An inner court entirely enclosed
within the exterior walls of a building.
Shall mean an excavation of the earth.
[Ord. 672]
Shall mean any family residence, non-institutional in character,
providing non-resident daycare for not more than fourteen children,
and shall be read as incorporating the definitions of "large family
daycare home" and "small family daycare home" as those terms are defined
in Health and Safety Code section 1596.78 and as may be amended from
time to time.
[Amended 12-7-2021 by Ord. No. 1203-21, eff. January 6, 2022]
Shall mean land deeded to the City and legally accepted as
such for public use.
Shall mean the number of dwelling units that may be constructed
per acre or per square foot of lot area.
Shall mean: (a) street alignment, grades and widths; (b)
drainage and sanitary facilities, including alignments and grades
thereof; (c) location and size of all required easements and rights-of-way;
(d) fire roads and breakways; (e) lot size and configuration; (f)
traffic access; (g) grading; (h) land to be dedicated for park or
recreational purposes; and (i) such other specific requirements in
the plan and configuration of the entire subdivision as may be necessary
or convenient to insure conformity to or specific plan implementation
of the General Plan.
Shall mean the same as "guest house".
Shall mean the ground area of a building, together with all
the open space required by this title. A building site may encompass
more than one lot.
Shall mean an animal which is commonly maintained in residence
with humans.
Shall mean a building or buildings consisting of rental rooms
with a centralized kitchen facility shared by the tenants. Bathrooms
may be private or common.
Shall mean a paved access to required off-street parking
facility, having not less than 10 feet in paved width and not encumbered
by any properties to a height of not less than eight feet above the
ground.
Shall mean one or more habitable rooms which are intended
or designed to be occupied by one family with facilities for living
and the cooking and/or preparation of food.
Shall mean a building designed or used exclusively for occupancy
by three or more families and containing three or more dwelling units.
Shall mean a building designed or used exclusively for occupancy
by one family and containing one dwelling unit.
Shall mean a building designed or used exclusively for occupancy
by two families and containing two dwelling units.
[Ord. 672]
Shall mean public and other non-profit institutions conducting
regular academic instruction at preschool, kindergarten, elementary,
secondary schools and non-profit research institutions. Such institutions
must either (a) offer general academic instruction equivalent to the
standards prescribed by the State Board of Education; or (b) conduct
research. This definition does not include schools, academies or institutes,
incorporated or otherwise which operate for a profit, nor does it
include commercial or trade schools.
Shall mean work made necessary to restore property to a safe
condition required to protect persons or property from an imminent
exposure to danger, or work by private or public utilities when restoring
utility service.
Shall mean a person who is trained in the application of
geological data and principles of engineering problems dealing with
naturally occurring rock and soil for the purpose of assuring that
geological factors are adequately considered in engineering practice.
Shall mean any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, or
any other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered,
removed, displaced, relocated, or bull-dozed, and shall include the
conditions resulting therefrom.
[Ord. 672, as amended by
§ 4, Ord. 741, eff. July
7, 1983; § 1, Ord. 1984-09, eff. June 4, 2009]
Shall mean any number of persons living together in a room
or rooms comprising a single dwelling unit and related by blood, marriage
or adoption, or bearing the generic character of a family unit as
a relatively permanent single household, including servants and other
live-in employees, who reside therein as though members of the family.
Any group of persons not related by blood, marriage or adoption but
inhabiting a dwelling unit, shall for the purpose of this chapter
be considered to constitute one family if a bona fide single household,
including servants and other live-in employees, contained in such
group.
Shall mean any structural device forming a physical barrier
which is so constructed that not less than 90% of the vertical surface
is open to permit the transmission of light, air and vision through
said surface in a horizontal plane. This shall include wire mesh,
steel mesh, chain link, louvered glass, stade, and other similar materials.
Planting shall be regulated to maintain the required open areas in
said fence structure. (For board or other solid barriers, see "wall".)
Shall mean any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or
any other similar material is deposited, placed, pulled or transported
by man, and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
Shall mean a map prepared in accordance with the provisions
of this title and designed to be placed on record in the Office of
the County Recorder.
Shall mean a lot in the approximate configuration of an "L",
with the leg or pole functioning primarily as an access way to the
main body of the lot. In no case may the pole portion be less than
15 feet in width, except that if the pole directly abuts a pole of
an abutting lot, the minimum width may be 10 feet per lot.
Shall mean the sum of the gross areas of all interior space
unless specifically excluded from this definition of the several floors
of a building, measured from the interior wall surfaces, including
(1) stairwells; (2) carports, porches, and balconies where there is
a full roof over the feature and greater than 45% enclosure on three
sides, including glass enclosures; (3) basements and attics where
the ceiling height is seven feet or greater or otherwise qualify as
a story; and (4) enclosed garages, but excluding from the calculation
that area within an enclosed garage equal to the dimensions of an
autoette or full-sized vehicle parking space, as appropriate under
the planning approvals.
Shall mean a family and up to six children cared for as foster
children, or up to six mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped
persons, provided in such case the total number of persons living
in the dwelling unit does not exceed eight persons, and further providing
that the keeping of the persons is licensed by the State of California
as a full-time foster care home, family care home, or group home.
Shall mean that portion of a parcel of property which abuts
a public or approved private street.
[Ord. 672]
Shall mean a completely enclosed, detached accessory building,
or a portion of a main building on the same lot as a dwelling for
the housing of vehicles of the occupants of the dwelling.
Shall mean any garage other than a private garage.
Shall mean the adopted General Plan of the City of Avalon,
including elements, amendments and additions.
Shall mean excavation or fill or any combination thereof,
and shall include the conditions resulting from any excavation or
fill.
Shall mean an accessory building with living accommodations
for guests. Said building shall not be rented, and shall have no kitchen,
except by a conditional use permit.
Shall mean any property operated as a ranch which offers
guest rooms or cottages for rent or hire and which has outdoor recreational
facilities such as horseback riding, swimming, hiking, tennis, or
golf.
[Ord. 672; § 1, Ord. 851, eff. January 4, 1990]
Shall mean shrubbery or trees planted and maintained in such
a manner as to create a physical barrier.
Shall mean the vertical distance from the lot's natural surface
to the highest point of the building.
Shall mean a major highway shown as such on the Circulation
Element of the General Plan of the City of Avalon.
Shall mean a secondary highway shown as such on the Circulation
Element of the General Plan of the City of Avalon.
Shall mean any lot which has an average slope of more than
15° but less than 40°.
Shall mean any business, employment or service function pursued
for gain that is conducted within a dwelling unit by one or more resident
family members where no retail business is conducted and no sign,
merchandise, or other articles are displayed for advertising purposes
and no more than two assistants are employed.
Shall mean any institution, place, building, or agency licensed
by the Department of Public Health or Mental Hygiene of the State
of California, which maintains and operates organized facilities for
the diagnosis, care, and treatment of human illness, including convalescence,
and care during and after pregnancy. Hospital includes sanitarium,
convalescent home and nursing home.
Shall mean one or more buildings containing guest rooms with
each room or set of rooms having a separate entrance, leading directly
from a common area.
Shall mean any project which proposes living units that will
be used exclusively by transients. Any unit so proposed may contain
kitchen facilities with conditional use permit procedures.
[Ord. 672]
Shall mean any project which creates four or fewer additional
residential units.
[Ord. 672]
(Reserved)
[Ord. 672]
Shall mean any space within a building designed, intended
to be used for the cooking or the preparation of food.
[Ord. 672]
Shall mean a man-made structure, improvement or covering
that prevents 75% of the normal precipitation from directly reaching
the surface of the land underlying the structure, improvements or
covering. Such structures, improvements or coverings include roofs.
Shall mean the planting and continued maintenance of ornamental
plant material.
Shall mean: (a) horses, which term includes all equine; (b)
cows, which term includes all bovine; (c) goats, which term includes
all bovine. Any female with her offsprings, and/or recently born young
of the same species whom she is nursing, shall be considered as one
animal until weaned.
Shall mean an off-street space or berth on the same lot with
a main building or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary
parking of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading, and which
has access from a street, alley or other permanent means of ingress
or egress.
Shall mean:
A parcel of real property with a separate and distinct number
or other designation shown on a plat recorded in the Office of the
County Recorder; and/or
A parcel of real property delineated on an approved record of
survey, lot split, or subparceling map as filed in the Office of the
County Recorder or the Department of Planning, and abutting at least
one public street, private easements; and/or
A parcel of real property containing not less area than required
by the district in which it is located, abutting at least one public
street and held under separate ownership from adjacent property prior
to the effective date of this Code.
Shall mean the horizontal distance between the front and
the rear lot lines, measured in the mean direction of the side lot
lines.
Shall mean a line separating an interior lot from a street
or a line separating the narrower street frontage of a corner lot
from the street.
Shall mean a lot line which is opposite and most distant
from the front lot line. For a triangular or goreshaped lot, the rear
lot line shall mean a line 10 feet in length within the lot which
is parallel to the chord of a curved front lot line, and at the maxi-mum
distance from the front lot line.
Shall mean any lot boundary line which is not a front lot
line or a rear lot line.
Shall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot lines,
measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point midway between
the front and rear lot lines.
Shall mean a corner lot, the side line of which is substantially
a continuation of the front lot lines of the lot to its rear, whether
across an alley or not
Shall mean a lot other than a corner lot.
Shall mean a lot having a frontage on two dedicated streets,
not including a corner or reversed corner lot. The Director shall
determine which frontage or frontages shall be considered as the "lot
front" or "lot frontages" for purposes of compliance with yard and
setback provisions of this Code.
[Ord. 672; § 1, Ord. 851, eff. January 4, 1990; § 2, Ord. 1003-01, eff. December 20, 2001; § 3, Ord. 1150-16, eff. January 5, 2017]
Shall mean a person, firm or agency representing the owner
of a transient rental property, or a person, firm or agency owning
more than one property which is used for transient rental, and includes
a person or entity which is both an owner and a "managing agent" of
the same property.
Shall mean an imaginary line drawn from the maximum building
height permitted at the furthest corner of the lowest point of the
building through the point at which the maximum height at the upper
lot line is set by this Code, as demonstrated in Appendix C.
Shall mean any heating, cooling, venting, or similar equipment
or appurtenance servicing a structure.
Shall mean any facility providing physical, dental, or mental
health service, and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured,
but shall not include inpatient or overnight accommodations. Medical
clinic includes health center, health clinic, and doctors' offices.
Any project that is a temporary use of land or structures
that is a permitted use in the zone and has a specific duration not
to exceed 30 days, or any project that meets all of the following
requirements:
[Amended 6-1-2021 by Ord. No. 1196-21, effective 7-1-2021]
The project only requires approval of a site plan and does not
require a variance, conditional use permit, coastal development permit,
zoning or general plan amendment, or other permit, entitlement, or
approval necessitating Planning Commission or City Council review;
The project does not create an additional bedroom or kitchen;
The project does involve the expansion of the exterior walls
of any structure resulting in an addition of 70 sq. ft. or more;
The project does not create a fence that is higher than six
feet, higher than 42 inches on a corner lot along the adjacent street,
or inside a setback;
The project does not create a new structure where none previously
existed;
The project does not create a deck, balcony or overhang which
requires a variance and/or encroachment permit;
The project either has no potential for resulting in physical
change in the environment, directly or indirectly, and is not a project
for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"),
or is otherwise exempt or excepted from CEQA and does not require
a negative declaration, mitigated negative declaration, or environmental
impact report; and
The project does not create or increase any nonconforming condition
or use.
Shall mean any area or tract of land where space is rented
or sold to owners or users of mobile homes or mobile coaches.
Shall have the same meaning as "hotel."
Shall mean a self-propelled device by which any person or
property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a street, excepting
a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary
rails or tracks.
[Ord. 672]
Shall apply to lots, uses, and structures which were legal
under the previous Code, but do not meet the standards of this Code.
Shall mean any structure or improvement that was lawfully
established and in compliance with all applicable ordinances and laws
at the time this title or any amendment thereto became effective,
but which, due to the application of this title or any amendment thereto,
no longer complies with all of the applicable regulations and standards
of the zone in which the structure or improvement is located.
Shall mean any use of land or property that was lawfully
established and in compliance with all applicable ordinances and laws
at the time this title or any amendment thereto became effective,
but which, due to the application of this title or any amendment thereto,
no longer complies with all of the applicable regulations and standards
of the zone in which the use is located.
Shall mean public or private educational facilities for pre-school
children.
[Ord. 672]
Shall mean the installation or construction of facilities
outside the boundaries of a private parcel or lot, such as street
paving, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, street trees, street lights,
street signs, sewers, utilities, and drainage structures.
Shall mean any space or area that is open and unobstructed
from the ground upward, except for permitted encroachments, and is
not used for private streets, drive-ways, parking or loading.
Shall mean the individual, firm, association, syndicate,
partnership, or corporation having sufficient property interest in
a portion of land, and while used herein in the masculine gender and
singular number, it shall be deemed to mean the feminine and neuter
gender and plural number whenever required.
[Ord. 672]
Shall mean an area of contiguous land owned by a person(s).
Shall mean a map prepared and submitted for any subdivision creating four parcels or less and for those subdivisions containing five or more parcels under those conditions contained in Chapter 9-2.
Shall mean an area of land shown as a separately bounded
area on a recorded subdivision plat or deed, or a number of contiguous
areas of land owned by a person, all of which are shown as separately
bounded areas on a recorded subdivision plat or deed.
Shall mean any parcel as it existed and was defined by boundaries
at the effective date of the Development Code.
Shall mean an open area, other than a street, used for the
parking of automotive vehicles.
Shall mean an area, other than a private parking area or
street, used for the parking of vehicles and available for renumeration.
Shall mean a space exclusive of driveways, ramps, columns,
loading areas, or work areas, within a building or open parking area
for the parking of one automobile.
Shall mean outdoor recreation activities that are non-structured
in nature (picnicking, sightseeing, nature study areas, etc.).
Shall mean any recreation area projection not in excess of
six inches above the approved grade. Any other recreation area projection
in excess of six inches above the approved grade is a deck or balcony,
and may not encroach into required setbacks without obtaining a variance.
Shall mean a person, firm, association, copartnership, joint
venture, corporation, or any entity, public or private in nature,
other than the City of Avalon.
Shall mean any structure, improvement or surface which allows
at least 75% of the normal precipitation to reach the ground surface
underlying it. (Antonym: impervious surface).
Shall mean the planning, construction or implementation and
operation of any use of structure, or a combination of uses and structures,
on a single parcel of land based on a comprehensive and complete design
or plan treating the entire complex of land structures and uses as
a single project.
The City Manager shall serve as the Planning Director unless
a Director is otherwise designated by action of the City Council.
Shall mean any body of water measuring more than 18 inches
deep at its deepest point, whether above or below the surface of the
ground. Said pool shall not be located in any required front or street
side yard.
[Ord. 672]
(Reserved)
[Ord. 672, as amended by
§ 2, Ord. 775, eff. January
21, 1985]
Shall mean the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles.
Shall mean a building or portion thereof designed or used
for human habitation.
Shall mean a residential complex in which an undivided interest
in the land, either in fee simple or a term of years, is coupled with
the right of exclusive occupancy in an apartment located therein.
Shall mean an estate 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 complex located
on such real property. A residential condominium may include, in addition,
a separate interest in other portions of such real property. Such
estate may, with respect to the duration of its enjoyment, be either:
(i) an estate of inheritance or perpetual estate; (ii) an estate for
life; or (iii) an estate for years, such as a leasehold or a subleasehold.
Shall mean a residential complex which is owned, or to be
owned, by a corporation ("cooperative housing corporation") which
is formed or availed of primarily for the purpose of holding title
to, either in fee simple or for a term of years, improved real property,
if all or substantially all of the shareholders of such corporation
receive a right of exclusive occupancy in a portion of the real property,
title to which is held by the corporation, which right of occupancy
is transferable only concurrently with the transfer of the share or
shares of stock or memberships in the corporation held by the person
having such right of occupancy.
Shall mean any project of five additional units or greater.
Shall mean a home offering or providing lodging, meals, nursing,
dietary, or other personal services to convalescents, invalids, or
aged persons, but does not include surgery or the care of persons
with contagious or communicable diseases. "Rest home" includes convalescent
home and home for the aged.
Shall mean a business of selling goods, wares, or merchandise
directly to the ultimate consumer.
Shall mean an unsubdivided portion of the interior of a dwelling
unit, excluding bathrooms, closets, hallways, and service porches.
Shall mean one room which does not contain cooking facilities
and is designed, used or intended to be used as temporary sleeping
accommodations for any person.
Shall mean a lodging house or other building or structure
maintained, advertised, or held out to the public as a place where
sleeping or rooming accommodations are furnished to the whole, or
any part, of the public whether with or without meals.
Shall mean a residence which shares a common side wall or
walls with another residence.
[Ord. 672, as amended by
§ 5, Ord. 741, eff. July
7, 1983; § 2, Ord. 774, eff. December 17, 1984; § 1, Ord. 851, eff. January 4, 1990; §§ 3, 4, Ord. 948-97, eff. January 1, 1998; § 1, Ord. 1136-15, eff. April 16, 2015]
Shall mean the same as "automobile service station".
Shall mean the minimum horizontal distance between the lot
line and the structure line, or a line parallel to the lot line if
there is no structure.
Shall mean a collection of individual stores standing on
separate lot/parcels along street frontage or clustered in a contiguous
area, with or without off-street parking.
Shall mean any physical form of visual communication which
is intended to be viewed from public areas, which is temporarily or
permanently affixed to a building or stationary object. Any structures
or building appurtenances which are or were at one time used for such
visual communication and which do not have any other legitimate function
are also hereby defined as signs. In addition, the definition of a
sign shall include all parts, portions, units, and materials composing
same, together with the illumination, frame, background, structure
and support and anchorage therefor. This definition applies to interior
window signs and flashing lights, but does not apply to the display
of merchandise in the interior of a premises provided such displayed
merchandise is available for sale or substantially similar to merchandise
available for purchase but not displayed.
ANNOUNCEMENT SIGNShall mean a sign intended to direct attention to the nature of construction on the premises.
BANNERShall mean a sign generally made of flexible material, usually cloth, paper, or plastic, temporary in nature.
BILLBOARD AND OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGNShall mean a sign usually designed for use with changing advertising copy, and which is normally used for the advertisement of goods produced or services rendered at locations other than the premises on which the sign is located.
CONTRACTOR'S SIGNShall mean a sign stating the names of those individuals or firms directly connected with the construction project. Said sign may include the name of the city in which their business is located and emergency telephone numbers.
DIRECTIONAL SIGNShall mean a sign erected for the purpose of informing the viewer of the approximate route, direction, or location of a given goal, not including advertising.
FLAGS AND PENNANTSShall mean devices generally made of flexible materials, usually cloth, paper, or plastic, and displayed on strings. They may or may not contain any copy and are primarily intended to draw attention; temporary in nature.
FLASHING SIGNShall mean a sign which contains or is illuminated by lights which are intermittently on and off, change in intensity, or which create the illusion of flashing in any manner.
FREESTANDING SIGNShall mean a sign standing on the ground, not attached to a building. Signs mounted flat on legitimate walls or legitimate architectural extensions (such as wing walls, pergolas, etc.) will not be considered freestanding.
ILLUMINATED SIGNShall mean a sign in which a source of light is used in order to make readable the message. This definition shall include internally and externally lighted signs, reflectorized, glowing, or radiating signs.
MOVING OR ROTATING SIGNShall mean a sign or device designed to attract attention by visual means through the movement or semblance of movement of the whole or any part of the sign, including rotation, special lighting, or wind actuated devices.
OFF-PREMISES SIGNShall mean a sign identifying a business or product at some location other than the property where the sign is displayed.
Shall mean a sign located on same parcel with the business or
product being identified or advertised.
PERMANENT IDENTIFICATIONShall mean a sign which directs attention to a principal business, profession, industry, or building located on the premises upon which the sign is displayed.
PLACED OR DISPLACEDShall include erected, constructed, posted, painted, printed, tacked, glued, carved, or otherwise fastened, fixed or made visible in any manner whatsoever. This shall include changing the copy or color on existing signs, but shall not include maintenance and repainting of existing copy in the same color.
PRODUCT ADVERTISINGShall mean a sign or portion of a sign which directs attention to accessory or secondary products or services sold on the premises by specific name, brandname, trademark, or logo; temporary in nature.
PROMOTIONAL SIGNShall mean a sign intended to direct attention to a special event or product; temporary in nature.
SIGN AREAShall mean the surface space within a single contiguous perimeter containing words, letters, figures or symbols, together with any frame, material or color forming an integral part of the display, but excluding support structures, face of building, and incidental parts not drawing attention to the subject matter.
SIGN HEIGHT, MAXIMUMShall mean the distance of the average surface grade immediately surrounding the base of the sign to the top of its highest element, including any structural element.
SIGN HEIGHT, MINIMUMShall mean the distance of the average surface grade immediately surrounding the base of the sign to the bottom of its lowest element, including any structural element.
SIGN STRUCTUREShall mean a structure which supports or is capable of supporting any sign. A sign structure may be a single pole or may or may not be an integral part of the building.
TEMPORARY SIGNShall mean a sign constructed of paper, cloth, canvas, vinyl, or other similar lightweight material, with or without frames, including painted windows (except for lettering of the name of the business, its location or owners).
UNDER-CANOPY SIGNShall mean a lighted sign attached to the underside of a canopy projecting over public or private sidewalks or rights-of-way.
WINDOW SIGNShall mean a sign painted, attached, glued, or otherwise affixed to or near a window and designed to be viewed from adjoining streets.
Shall mean a facility providing six or more dwelling units
where each unit has a minimum floor area of 190 square feet. These
dwelling units may have kitchen or bathroom facilities and shall be
offered on a monthly basis or longer.
Shall mean a lot or parcel of land or a series of lots or
parcels of land joined together under one ownership.
Shall mean a plan, prepared to scale, showing accurately
and with complete dimensions, all of the uses proposed for a specific
parcel of land. The data contained on said plan shall include information
on all buildings, structures, signs (whether on or separated from
the main buildings) landscaping, walls and fences, parking, access,
vehicular circulation, loading and lighting. In addition thereto,
the site plan shall include such other data as may be necessary to
clearly define the intended use of the subject property, and other
such information as may be required by the Commission.
Shall mean a civil engineer licensed by the State and experienced
in soil mechanics and slope stabilities whose qualifications shall
be acceptable to the City Engineer.
Shall mean a stable for horses to be let, hired, or used
on a commercial basis.
Shall mean a stable for horses to be used by the owners thereof.
Shall mean any lot which has an average slope of 40°
or greater.
Shall mean a space in a building between the surface of any
floor and the surface of the floor next above, or if there be no floor
above, then the space between such floor and the ceiling or roof above.
Shall mean a public thoroughfare or right-of-way dedicated,
deeded or condemned for use as such, other than an alley, which affords
the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue,
place, way, drive, lane, road, and other thoroughfare except as excluded
in this Code.
Shall mean any land not dedicated as a public street over
which a private easement for road purposes has been recorded and used
or intended to be used for ingress to or egress from a lot or lots
which may or may not have frontage on a public street.
Shall mean any change in or alteration to the structure of
a building involving a bearing wall, column, beam or girder, floor
or ceiling joints, roof rafters, roof diaphragms, foundations, piles,
retaining walls, or similar components.
Shall mean anything constructed or built, any edifice or
building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or
composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, which requires
location on the ground or is attached to something having a location
on the ground.
Shall mean the division of any improved or unimproved land,
shown on the latest equalized County Assessment Roll as a unit or
as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease, or financing,
whether considered as contiguous units even if it is separated by
roads, services, utility easement, or railroad rights-of-way.
Includes a condominium project, as defined in Section 1350 of
the Civil Code or a community apartment project, as defined in Section
1350 of the Civil Code, or a community apartment project, as defined
in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code.
The conveyance of land to a government agency, public entity,
or public utility could not be considered a division of land for purposes
of computing the number of parcels.
Shall mean grading done under the supervision of a Soils
Engineer.
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Shall mean a use of land or structures not intended to be
of permanent duration and having a specific time period.
Shall mean a map made for the purpose of showing the design
of a proposed subdivision and need not be based on an accurate or
detailed final survey of the property.
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Shall mean the purpose for which land or a building is arranged,
designed, or intended, or for which either land or building is or
may be occupied or maintained; and shall mean any human activity involving
the changing of topography of the land, erection of buildings, or
structures, the creation of land coverage, subdivision of land, the
construction of drainage ways or conduits, removal or destruction
of rare or endangered species of vegetation or wildlife, the transmission
of storm or waste water and any other similar activity; or the maintenance
of any activity upon land.
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Shall mean a modification of a literal provision of this
title, granted by an administrative or quasi-judicial act in accordance
with the provisions of this title.
Shall mean any living plant organism, such as grasses, chaparral,
brush, shrubs, trees.
Shall mean a facility in which animals no larger than the
largest breed of dog receives medical or surgical treatment, clipping,
bathing, or similar services. No overnight boarding of animals is
permitted, other than those requiring emergency treatment or those
recovering from surgery or anesthetic.
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Shall mean any structure or device forming a physical barrier,
which is so constructed that 10% or more of the vertical surface is
closed and prevents the passage of light, air, and vision through
said surface in a horizontal plane. This shall include concrete, concrete
block, wood, or other materials that are solid and are so assembled
as to form a solid barrier.
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(Reserved)
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Shall mean any open space on the same lot with a building
or a dwelling group, which open space is unoccupied and unobstructed
from the ground upward to the sky, except for the projections and/or
accessory buildings for structures permitted by this Code.
Shall mean a space between the front yard setback line and
the front lot line, street easement, and extending the full width
of the lot.
Shall mean a space between the rear yard setback line and
the rear lot line, extending the full width of the lot.
Shall mean a space extending from the front yard, or from
the front line where no front yard is required by this Code, to the
rear yard, or rear lot line, between a side lot line and the side
yard setback line. Interior side yard shall mean a side yard not abutting
a street. Street side yard shall mean a side yard abutting a street.
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(Reserved)
