Use classifications describe one or more uses of land having
similar characteristics but do not list every use or activity that
may appropriately be within the classification. The Director shall
determine whether a specific use shall be deemed to be within one
or more use classifications or not within any classification in this
Chapter. The Director may determine that a specific use shall not
be deemed to be within a classification, whether or not named within
the classification, if its characteristics are substantially incompatible
with those typical of uses named within the classification.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§
1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015)
A.
Residential Use Classifications.
1.
Residential Types.
a.
Single-Unit Dwelling. A dwelling unit that is designed
for occupancy by one household, located on a single parcel that does
not contain any other dwelling unit (except an accessory dwelling
unit, where permitted), and not attached to another dwelling unit
on an abutting parcel. This classification includes individual manufactured
housing units installed on a foundation system pursuant to Section
18551 of the California Health and Safety Code.
b.
Accessory Dwelling Unit. An attached or detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and that is located on a parcel with a proposed or existing primary single-unit or multiple-unit dwelling. See Division 3, Section 9.31.025, Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units, for further details.
c.
Duplex. A single building that contains 2 dwelling units or 2 single unit dwellings on a single parcel. This use is distinguished from accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units, which are accessory residential units as defined by State law and Division 3, Section 9.31.025, Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units.
d.
Multiple-Unit Dwelling. Two or more dwelling units
within a single building or within 2 or more buildings on a site or
parcel. Types of multiple-unit dwellings include garden apartments,
senior housing developments, and multi-story apartment and condominium
buildings. This classification includes transitional housing in a
multiple-unit format. The classification is distinguished from group
residential facilities.
i.
Senior Citizen Multiple-Unit Residential. A multiple-unit development
in which occupancy of individual units is restricted to one or more
persons 62 years of age or older, or a person at least 55 years of
age who meets the qualifications found in Civil Code Section 51.3.
ii.
Single-Room Occupancy Housing. Multiple-unit residential buildings containing housing units that may have kitchen and/or bathroom facilities and are guest rooms or efficiency units as defined by the State Health and Safety Code. Each housing unit is occupied by no more than 2 persons and is offered on a monthly rental basis or longer. See Division 3, Section 9.31.330, Single Room Occupancy Structures, for further details.
iii.
Single-Room Occupancy Housing, Market-Rate. Multiple-unit residential
buildings containing housing units that may have kitchen and/or bathroom
facilities and are guest rooms or efficiency units as defined by the
State Health and Safety Code. Each housing unit is occupied by no
more than 2 persons and is offered on a monthly rental basis or longer.
Single-room occupancy housing, market-rate shall not include any of
the following:
(A)
100% affordable housing project, as set forth in Section 9.52.020.0050;
e.
Group Residential. Shared living quarters without
a separate kitchen or bathroom facilities wherein 2 or more rooms
are rented to individuals under separate rental agreements or leases,
either written or oral, whether or not an owner, agent or rental manager
is in residence, offered for rent for permanent or semi-transient
residents for periods generally of at least 30 days. This classification
includes rooming and boarding houses, dormitories, fraternities, convents,
monasteries, and other types of organizational housing, and private
residential clubs, but excludes extended stay hotels intended for
long-term occupancy (30 days or more; see Hotel and Motel), and residential
facilities. Group residential includes, but is not limited to, the
following:
i.
Congregate Housing. A residential facility with shared kitchen facilities, deed-restricted or restricted by an agreement approved by the City for occupancy by low- or moderate-income households, designed for occupancy for periods of 6 months or longer, providing services that may include meals, housekeeping and personal care assistance as well as common areas for residents of the facility. See Division 3, Section 9.31.110, Congregate and Transitional Housing, for further details.
ii.
Senior Group Residential. A residential facility that provides residence for a group of senior citizens [as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1569.2(k)] with a central kitchen and dining facilities and a separate bedroom or private living quarters. See Division 3, Section 9.31.310, Senior Group Residential, for further details.
2.
Corporate Housing. Rental housing which has
all the following attributes:
a.
The housing is designed for use by individuals who will reside on
the property for a minimum stay of at least 30 consecutive days, but
who otherwise intend their occupancy to be temporary.
b.
The housing is intended for use by persons who will maintain or obtain
a permanent place of residence elsewhere.
c.
The housing includes 2 or more of the following amenities:
i.
Maid and linen service.
ii.
Health club, spa, pool, tennis courts, or memberships to area facilities.
iii.
Business service centers.
iv.
Meeting rooms.
v.
Fully furnished units including a combination of some but not necessarily
all of the following: furniture, appliances, housewares, bed linens,
towels, artwork, televisions, entertainment systems, and computer
equipment.
vi.
Valet parking.
3.
Elderly and Long-Term Care. Establishments
that provide 24-hour medical, convalescent or chronic care to individuals
who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are
unable to care for themselves, and is licensed as a skilled nursing
facility by the State of California, including, but not limited to,
rest homes, nursing homes, and convalescent hospitals, but not residential
care, hospitals or clinics.
4.
Emergency Shelter. A temporary, short-term residence providing housing with minimal supportive services for homeless families or individual persons where occupancy is limited to 6 months or less, as defined in Section 50801 of the California Health and Safety Code. Medical assistance, counseling, and meals may be provided. See Division 3, Section 9.31.130, Emergency Shelters, for further details.
5.
Family Day Care. A day-care facility licensed
by the State of California that is located in a dwelling unit where
a resident of the dwelling provides care and supervision for children
under the age of 18 for periods of less than 24 hours a day.
a.
Small. A facility that provides care for up to 6
children including children who reside at the home and are under the
age of 10, or up to 8 children in accordance with Health and Safety
Code Section 1597.44, or any successor thereto.
b.
Large. A facility that provides care for up to 12 children, including children who reside at the home and are under the age of 10, or up to 14 children in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 1597.465, or any successor thereto. See Division 3, Section 9.31.140, Family Day Care, Large, for further details.
6.
Mobile Home Park. Any area or tract of land
where 2 or more lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease,
to accommodate mobile homes used for human habitation in accordance
with Health and Safety Code Section 18214, or any successor thereto.
7.
Residential Facility. Facilities that provide permanent living accommodations and 24-hour primarily non-medical care and supervision for persons in need of personal services, supervision, protection, or assistance for sustaining the activities of daily living. Living accommodations are shared living quarters with or without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit. This classification includes facilities that are operated for profit as well as those operated by public or not-for-profit institutions, including group homes for minors, persons with disabilities, people in recovery from alcohol or drug addictions, and hospice facilities. See Division 3, Section 9.31.270, Residential Care Facilities, for further details.
a.
Residential Care, General. A residential facility
licensed by the State of California and providing care for more than
6 persons.
b.
Residential Care, Limited. A residential facility
licensed by the State of California providing care for 6 or fewer
persons.
c.
Residential Care, Seniors. A housing arrangement
chosen voluntarily by the resident, the resident's guardian, conservator
or other responsible person, where residents are 60 years of age or
older and where varying levels of care and supervision are provided
as agreed to at the time of admission or determined necessary at subsequent
times of reappraisal. This classification includes continuing care
retirement communities and life care communities licensed for residential
care by the State of California.
d.
Hospice, General. A facility that provides residential
living quarters for more than 6 terminally ill persons.
e.
Hospice, Limited. A facility that provides residential
living quarters for up to 6 terminally ill persons.
8.
Supportive Housing. Housing which meets the
definition of Health and Safety Code Section 50675.14 with no limit
on length of stay that are occupied by the target population as defined
in subdivision (d) of Section 53260 of the California Health and Safety
Code, and that are linked to on-site or off-site services that assist
supportive housing residents in retaining the housing, improving their
health status, and maximizing their ability to live, and where possible,
work in the community. Supportive housing as defined by subdivision
(b) of Section 50675.14 may be provided in a multiple-unit structure
or group residential facility. Facilities may operate as licensed
or unlicensed facilities subject to applicable State requirements.
9.
Transitional Housing. Dwelling units with a limited length of stay that are operated under a program requiring recirculation to another program recipient at some future point in time. Transitional housing may be designated for homeless or recently homeless individuals or families transitioning to permanent housing as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 50675.2 of the California Health and Safety Code. Facilities may be linked to onsite or offsite supportive services designed to help residents gain skills needed to live independently. Transitional housing may be provided in a variety of residential housing types (e.g., multiple-unit dwelling, single-room occupancy, group residential, single unit dwelling). This classification includes domestic violence shelters. See Division 3, Section 9.31.110, Congregate and Transitional Housing, for further details.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§
1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015; amended
by Ord. No. 2536CCS § 22, adopted February 28, 2017; Ord. No. 2649CCS § 34, adopted September 8, 2020; Ord. No. 2610CCS § 2, adopted May 28, 2019)
A.
Public and Semi-Public Use Classifications.
1.
Adult Day Care. Establishments providing
non-medical care for persons 18 years of age or older on a less than
24-hour basis licensed by the State of California.
2.
Cemetery. Establishments primarily engaged
in operating sites or structures reserved for the interment of human
or animal remains, including mausoleums, burial places, and memorial
gardens.
3.
Child Care and Early Education Facility. Establishments providing non-medical care for persons less than 18 years of age on a less than 24-hour basis other than family day care (small and large). This classification includes commercial and nonprofit nursery schools, preschools, day care facilities for children, and any other day care facility licensed by the State of California. See Division 3, Section 9.31.120, Child Care and Early Education Facilities, for further details.
4.
College and Trade School. Institutions of
higher education providing curricula of a general, religious or professional
nature, typically granting recognized degrees, including conference
centers and academic retreats associated with such institutions. This
classification includes junior colleges, business and computer schools,
management training, technical and trade schools, but excludes personal
instructional services such as music lessons.
5.
Community Assembly. A facility for public or private meetings including community centers, banquet centers, religious assembly facilities, civic auditoriums, union halls, meeting halls for clubs and other membership organizations. This classification includes functionally related facilities for the use of members and attendees such as kitchens, multi-purpose rooms, and storage. It does not include gymnasiums or other sports facilities, convention centers, or facilities, such as day care centers and schools that are separately classified and regulated. See Division 3, Section 9.31.100, Community Assembly, for further details.
6.
Community Garden. An area of land managed
and maintained by a public or nonprofit organization or a group of
individuals to grow and harvest food crops and/or ornamental crops,
such as flowers, for personal or group use, consumption, or donation.
Community gardens may be divided into separate plots for cultivation
by one or more individuals or may be farmed collectively by members
of the group and may include common areas maintained and used by group
members. Community gardens may be accessory to public or institutional
uses such as parks, schools, community centers, or religious assembly
uses. This classification does not include gardens that are on a property
in residential use when access is limited to those who reside on the
property. Community gardens do not include medical marijuana collectives.
7.
Cultural Facility. Facilities engaged in
activities to serve and promote aesthetic and educational interest
in the community that are open to the public on a regular basis. This
classification includes performing arts centers for theater, music,
dance, and events; spaces for display or preservation of objects of
interest in the arts or sciences; libraries; museums; historical sites;
aquariums; art galleries; and zoos and botanical gardens. It does
not include schools or institutions of higher education providing
curricula of a general nature.
8.
Hospitals and Clinics. State-licensed public,
private, and nonprofit facilities providing medical, surgical, mental
health, or emergency medical services. This classification includes
facilities for inpatient or outpatient treatment, including substance-abuse
programs, as well as training, research, and administrative services
for patients and employees. This classification excludes veterinary
services and animal hospitals (see Animal Care, Sales, and Services).
a.
Hospital. A facility providing medical, surgical,
mental health, or services primarily on an in-patient basis, and including
ancillary facilities for outpatient and emergency treatment, diagnostic
services, training, research, administration, and services to patients,
employees, or visitors.
b.
Clinic. A facility providing medical, mental health,
or surgical services exclusively on an out-patient basis, including
emergency treatment, diagnostic services, administration, and related
services to patients who are not lodged overnight. Services may be
available without a prior appointment. This classification includes
licensed facilities offering substance abuse treatment, blood banks,
plasma, dialysis centers, and emergency medical services offered exclusively
on an out-patient basis. This classification does not include private
medical and dental offices that typically require appointments and
are usually smaller scale (see Offices, Medical and Dental).
9.
Park and Recreation Facility. Parks, playgrounds,
recreation facilities, trails, wildlife preserves, and related open
spaces, which are open to the general public. This classification
also includes playing fields, courts, gymnasiums, swimming pools,
picnic facilities, tennis courts, golf courses, and botanical gardens,
as well as related food concessions or community centers within the
facilities and restrooms within a primary structure or in an accessory
structure on the same site.
10.
Public Safety Facility. Facilities
providing public-safety and emergency services, including police and
fire protection and emergency medical services, with incidental storage,
training and maintenance facilities.
11.
School. Facilities for primary or secondary
education, including public schools, charter schools, and private
and parochial schools.
12.
Social Service Center. Facilities providing
a variety of supportive services for disabled and homeless individuals
and other targeted groups on a less than 24-hour basis. Examples of
services provided are counseling, meal programs, personal storage
lockers, showers, instructional programs, television rooms, and meeting
spaces. This classification is distinguished from licensed day care
centers (see Adult Day Care and Child Care and Early Education Facility),
clinics (see Clinic), and emergency shelters providing 24-hour or
overnight care (see Emergency Shelter).
B.
Commercial Use Classifications.
1.
Adult-Oriented Business. See Sexually-Oriented
Businesses.
2.
Animal Care, Sales and Services. Retail sales
and services related to the boarding, grooming, and care of household
pets, including:
a.
Grooming and Pet Store. Retail sales of animals
and/or services, including grooming, for animals on a commercial basis.
Typical uses include dog bathing and clipping salons, pet grooming
shops, and pet stores and shops. This classification excludes dog
walking and similar pet care services not carried out at a fixed location,
and excludes pet supply stores that do not sell animals or provide
on-site animal services (see General Retail Sales).
b.
Kennel. A commercial, nonprofit, or governmental
facility for keeping, boarding, training, breeding or maintaining
4 or more dogs, cats, or other household pets not owned by the kennel
owner or operator on a 24-hour basis. This classification includes
animal shelters and animal hospitals that provide boarding-only services
for animals not receiving services on the site but excludes the provision
by shops and hospitals of 24-hour accommodation of animals receiving
medical services on site. This classification also includes kennels
that, in addition to 24-hour accommodation, provide pet care for periods
of less than 24 hours but it does not include facilities that provide
pet day care exclusively or predominantly.
c.
Pet Day Care Service. A commercial, nonprofit, or
governmental facility for keeping 4 or more dogs, cats, or other household
pets not owned by the kennel owner or operator primarily for periods
of less than 24 hours.
d.
Veterinary Service. Veterinary services for domesticated
animals. This classification allows 24-hour accommodation of animals
receiving medical services but does not include kennels.
3.
Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Services. Retail
or wholesale businesses that sell, rent, and/or repair automobiles,
boats, recreational vehicles, trucks, vans, trailers, and motorcycles,
including the following:
a.
Alternative Fuels and Recharging Facility. A facility
offering motor vehicle fuels not customarily offered by commercial
refueling stations (e.g., LPG) as well as equipment to recharge electric-powered
vehicles. This classification does not include facilities within public
garages or other stations that are accessory to a permitted use.
c.
Automobile Storage Parcel. Any property used for
short- or long-term parking of vehicles for sale or lease at an automobile
dealership or rental agency on a separate parcel from such agency
or dealership.
d.
Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Leasing. Sale or lease, retail or wholesale, of new or used automobiles, light trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, and trailers, together with associated repair services and parts sales for vehicles sold or leased by the manufacturer associated with the dealership. (For auto repair, see Automobile/Vehicle Service and Repair, Major and Minor.) This classification includes on-site facilities for maintaining an inventory of vehicles for sale or lease but excludes buildings and property on a separate site that are used for storing vehicles (see Automobile Storage Parcel). Typical uses include automobile dealers and recreational vehicle sales agencies. This classification also includes minor on-site preparation, washing, buffing, waxing, and detailing of vehicles for sale or vehicles repaired at the facility. Any outdoor preparation, washing, buffing, waxing, and detailing of vehicles shall comply with the standards of Section 9.31.080(C), (D), (M), (N), (P), and (Q). This classification does not include automobile brokerage and other establishments that solely provide services of arranging, negotiating, assisting, or effectuating the purchase of automobiles for others. See Division 3, Section 9.31.070, Automobile/Vehicle Sales, Leasing, and Storage, for further details.
e.
Automobile/Vehicle Repair, Major. Repair of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, boats and recreational vehicles, including the incidental sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts. This classification includes auto repair shops, body and fender shops, transmission shops, wheel and brake shops, auto glass services, vehicle painting, tire sales and installation, and installation of car alarms, sound, telecommunications, and navigation systems, but excludes vehicle dismantling or salvaging and tire retreading or recapping. See Division 3, Section 9.31.060, Automobile/Vehicle Repair, Major and Minor, for further details.
f.
Automobile/Vehicle Service and Repair, Minor. The service and repair of automobiles, light-duty trucks, boats, and motorcycles, including the incidental sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts. This classification includes the replacement of small automotive parts and liquids as an accessory use to a gasoline sales station or automotive accessories and supply store, as well as smog check quick-service oil, tune-up and brake and muffler shops where repairs are made or service provided in enclosed bays and no vehicles are stored overnight. This classification excludes disassembly, removal or replacement of major components such as engines, drive trains, transmissions or axles; automotive body and fender work, vehicle painting or other operations that generate excessive noise, objectionable odors or hazardous materials, and towing services. It also excludes repair of heavy trucks, limousines or construction vehicles. See Division 3, Section 9.31.060, Automobile/Vehicle Repair, Major and Minor, for further details.
h.
Large Vehicle and Equipment Sales, Service, and Rental. Sales, servicing, rental, fueling, and washing of large trucks,
trailers, tractors, and other equipment used for construction, moving,
agricultural, or landscape gardening activities. Includes large vehicle
operation training facilities.
i.
Service Station. Establishments primarily engaged in retailing automotive fuels or retailing these fuels in combination with activities, such as providing minor automobile/vehicle repair services; selling automotive oils, replacement parts, and accessories; and/or providing accessory food and retail services. See Division 3, Section 9.31.320, Service Stations, for further details.
j.
Towing and Impound. Establishments primarily engaged
in towing light or heavy motor vehicles, both local and long distance.
These establishments may provide incidental services, such as vehicle
storage and emergency road repair services (for automobile dismantling,
see Salvage and Wrecking). This classification includes parcels used
for storage of impounded vehicles.
4.
Banks and Financial Institutions.
a.
Bank and Credit Union. Financial institutions providing
retail banking services. This classification includes only those institutions
engaged in the on-site circulation of money, including credit unions,
but excluding check-cashing businesses. For administration, headquarters,
or other offices of banks and credit unions without retail banking
services/on-site circulation of money (see Offices, Business and Professional).
b.
Check Cashing Business. Establishments that, for
compensation, engage in the business of cashing checks, warrants,
drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose.
This classification also includes the business of deferred deposits,
whereby the check casher refrains from depositing a personal check
written by a customer until a specific date pursuant to a written
agreement as provided in Civil Code 1789.33. Check Cashing Businesses
do not include State or Federally chartered banks, savings associations,
credit unions, or industrial loan companies. They also do not include
retail sellers engaged primarily in the business of selling consumer
goods, such as consumables to retail buyers that cash checks or issue
money orders incidental to their main purpose or business.
5.
Bar. See Eating and Drinking Establishments.
6.
Business Service. Establishments providing
goods and services to other businesses on a fee or contract basis,
including printing and copying, blueprint services, mailbox services,
equipment rental and leasing, office security, custodial services,
film processing, model building, and delivery services with 2 or fewer
fleet vehicles on-site. (For 3 or more fleet vehicles, see Light Fleet-Based
Services.)
7.
Commercial Entertainment and Recreation. Provision
of participant or spectator entertainment. This classification may
include restaurants, snack bars, and other incidental food and beverage
services to patrons.
a.
Cinema. Facilities for indoor display of films and
motion pictures.
b.
Theater. Facilities designed and used for entertainment,
including plays, comedy, and music, which typically contain a stage
upon which movable scenery and theatrical appliances or musical instruments
and equipment are used.
c.
Convention and Conference Centers. Facilities designed
and used for conventions, conferences, seminars, trade shows, product
displays, and other events in which groups gather to promote and share
common interests. Convention centers typically have at least one auditorium
and may also contain concert halls, lecture halls, meeting rooms,
and conference rooms, as well as accessory uses such as facilities
for food preparation and serving and administrative offices. For conference
facilities accessory to hotels, see Hotel and Motel.
d.
Large-Scale Facility. This classification includes
large outdoor facilities such as amusement and theme parks, sports
stadiums and arenas, racetracks, amphitheaters, drive-in theaters,
driving ranges, and golf courses. It also includes indoor facilities
with 5,000 square feet or more in building area such as fitness centers,
gymnasiums, handball, racquetball, or large tennis club facilities;
ice or roller skating rinks; swimming or wave pools; miniature golf
courses; bowling alleys; archery or indoor shooting ranges; and riding
stables.
e.
Small-Scale Facility. This classification includes
small, generally indoor facilities that occupy less than 5,000 square
feet of building area, such as billiard parlors, card rooms, game
arcades, dance halls, small tennis club facilities, poolrooms, and
amusement arcades.
f.
Fortunetelling. An establishment where a person
or persons provide fortunetelling services and demand or receive,
directly or indirectly, a fee or reward, or accept any donation for
the exercise or exhibition of fortunetelling services, or give an
exhibition of fortunetelling services at any place where a fee, donation
or reward is charged or received, directly or indirectly as a condition
of entry. Fortunetelling services shall include, but not be limited
to, the telling of fortunes, forecasting of futures, or furnishing
of any information not otherwise obtainable by the ordinary process
of knowledge, by means of any occult or psychic power, faculty or
force, psychic reading, occult reading, clairvoyance, clairaudience,
cartomancy, psychometry, phrenology, spirits, mediumship, seership,
prophecy, augury, astrology, palmistry, necromancy, mindreading, tarot
card readings, tea leaves, telepathy or other craft, art, science,
cards, talisman, charm, potion, magnetism, magnetized article or substance,
crystal gazing, or magic of any kind or nature.
8.
Eating and Drinking Establishments. Businesses
primarily engaged in selling and serving prepared food and/or beverages
for consumption on or off the premises.
a.
Bar/Night Club/Lounge. Businesses that are licensed by the State to serve alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine and mixed drinks for consumption on the premises from a liquor service facility that is physically separate from the dining area and may be operated during hours when food is not served. See Division 3, Section 9.31.040, Alcoholic Beverage Sales, for further details.
c.
Restaurant, Limited-Service and Take-Out. Establishments where food and beverages may be consumed on the premises, taken out, or delivered. This classification includes cafes, cafeterias, coffee shops, delicatessens, fast-food restaurants, sandwich shops, limited-service pizza parlors, self-service restaurants, ice cream and frozen yogurt shops, and snack bars with indoor or outdoor seating for customers. This classification includes bakeries that have tables for on-site consumption of products. It excludes catering services that do not sell food or beverages for on-site consumption (see Commercial Kitchen). See Division 3, Sections 9.31.040, Alcoholic Beverage Sales, and 9.31.280, Restaurants, Limited Service and Take Out Only, where applicable, for further details.
d.
Food Hall. Establishments consisting of three or
more individually licensed businesses within an enclosed building
where food and beverages may be consumed on the premises, taken out,
or delivered, and may also include small retail venues. Patrons may
be served while seated and pay after eating, or orders may be made
at a walk-up window, counter, machine, or remotely, and payment made
prior to food consumption. Characteristics of food halls include but
are not limited to: shared entrance/lobby areas, compartmentalized
spaces for individually licensed businesses, shared eating areas,
shared restrooms, and shared "back of house" areas (e.g., storage,
dishwashing, food preparation). Each compartmentalized space may have
access to the exterior of the building, along with outdoor dining
and seating areas, which may be shared with other businesses within
the establishment.
e.
With Drive-Through Facility. Establishments providing
food and beverage services to patrons remaining in automobiles. Includes
drive-up service.
9.
Equipment Rental. Establishments whose primary
activity is the rental of equipment, such as medical and party equipment,
to individuals and business, and whose activities may include storage
and delivery of items to customers.
10.
Food and Beverage Sales. Retail sales
of food and beverages for off-site preparation and consumption. Typical
uses include food markets, groceries, and liquor stores.
a.
Convenience Market. Retail establishments that sell a limited line of groceries, prepackaged food items, tobacco, magazines, and other household goods, primarily for off-premises consumption. These establishments typically have long or late hours of operation and occupy a relatively small building. This classification includes small retail stores located on the same parcel as or operated in conjunction with a Service Station but does not include delicatessens or specialty food shops. It excludes establishments that offer a sizeable assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables or fresh-cut meat (see General Market). See Division 3, Section 9.31.040, Alcoholic Beverage Sales, for further details.
b.
Farmers Market. A location where the primary activity
is the sale of agricultural products by producers and certified producers.
Sales of ancillary products may occur at the location. An open air
farmers market may only be operated by a local government agency.
c.
General Market. Retail food markets of food and grocery items primarily for offsite preparation and consumption. Typical uses include supermarkets and specialty food stores such as retail bakeries; candy, nuts and confectionary stores; meat or produce markets; vitamin and health food stores; cheese stores; and delicatessens. This classification may include small-scale specialty food production with retail sales such as pasta shops. See Division 3, Sections 9.31.040, Alcoholic Beverage Sales, and 9.31.150, General Markets in Residential Districts, where applicable, for further details.
11.
Funeral Parlor and Mortuary. An establishment
primarily engaged in the provision of services involving the care,
preparation, or disposition of human remains and conducting memorial
services. Typical uses include a crematory, columbarium, mausoleum,
or mortuary.
12.
Home Occupation. A use that is incidental and secondary to the primary residential use of a dwelling and compatible with surrounding residential uses. These uses include business, professional, and creative offices, food production, limited personal services, and urban agriculture. See Division 3, Section 9.31.160, Home Occupations for further details.
13.
Instructional Services. Establishments
that offer specialized programs in personal growth and development,
typically in a classroom setting. Typical uses include classes or
instruction in music, health, athletics, art, or academics. Instructional
Services may include rehearsal studios as an accessory use. This use
type excludes Colleges and Trade Schools and facilities that offer
instructional services (see General Personal Services). This use type
also excludes gyms, exercise clubs, or studios offering performing
arts, martial arts, physical exercise, or yoga training and similar
types of instruction. See Personal Services-Physical Training.
14.
Live-Work. A unit that combines a work space and incidental residential space occupied and used by a single household in a structure that has been constructed for such use or converted from commercial or industrial use and structurally modified to accommodate residential occupancy and work activity in compliance with the Building Code. The working space is reserved for and regularly used by one or more occupants of the unit. See Division 3, Section 9.31.170, Live-Work Units, for further details.
15.
Lodging. An establishment providing
overnight accommodations to transient patrons who maintain a permanent
place of residence elsewhere for payment for periods of 30 consecutive
calendar days or less.
b.
Hotel and Motel. An establishment providing temporary
lodging to transient patrons. These establishments may provide additional
services, such as conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, bars,
or recreation facilities available to guests or to the general public.
This use classification includes motor lodges, motels, apartment hotels,
hostels and tourist courts, but does not include rooming houses, boarding
houses, or private residential clubs, single-room occupancy housing,
or bed and breakfast establishments within a single-unit residence.
c.
Vacation Rental. A property with a dwelling unit
or guest house intended for permanent occupancy that is available
for rent or hire for any person other than the primary owner for transient
use for 30 days or less or is otherwise occupied or utilized on a
transient basis for 30 days or less. Vacation rental does not include
a Bed and Breakfast as defined above.
16.
Maintenance and Repair Service. Establishments
engaged in the maintenance or repair of office machines, household
appliances, furniture, and similar items. This classification excludes
maintenance and repair of motor vehicles or boats (see Automotive/Vehicle
Sales and Services) and personal apparel (see Personal Services).
17.
Mobile Food Truck Off-Street Venue. A location where the commercial vending of food occurs from parked
vehicles.
18.
Nursery and Garden Center. Establishments
primarily engaged in retailing nursery and garden products—such
as trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, and sod—that are predominantly
grown elsewhere. These establishments may sell a limited amount of
a product they grow themselves. Fertilizer and soil products are stored
and sold in packaged form only.
19.
Offices. Offices of firms, organizations
(for-profit and nonprofit), and public agencies providing professional,
executive, management, administrative or design services, such as
accounting, architectural, computer software design, engineering,
graphic design, interior design, investment, insurance, and legal
offices, excluding banks and savings and loan associations with retail
banking services (see Banks and Financial Institutions). This classification
also includes offices where medical and dental services are provided
by physicians, dentists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, optometrists,
and similar medical professionals, including medical/dental laboratories
within medical office buildings but excluding clinics or independent
research laboratory facilities (see Research and Development) and
hospitals (see Hospital and Clinic).
a.
Business and Professional. Offices of firms, organizations,
or agencies providing professional, executive, management, administrative,
financial, accounting, or legal services, but excluding those that
primarily provide direct services to patrons that visit the office
(see Offices, Walk-In Clientele).
b.
Creative. Offices, production spaces, and work spaces
of establishments that are in the business of the development, publishing,
production, or distribution of creative property, including, but not
limited to, advertising, architectural services, broadcasting, communications,
computer software design, media content, entertainment, engineering,
fashion design, film distribution, graphic design, interior design,
internet content, landscape design, photography, and similar uses.
c.
Medical and Dental. Offices providing consultation,
diagnosis, therapeutic, preventive, or corrective personal treatment
services by doctors and dentists; medical and dental laboratories
that see patients; and similar practitioners of medical and healing
arts for humans licensed for such practice by the State of California.
Incidental medical and/or dental research within the office is considered
part of the office use if it supports the on-site patient services.
d.
Walk-In Clientele. Offices predominantly providing
direct services to patrons or clients and do not require appointments.
This use classification includes employment agencies, insurance agent
offices, real estate offices, travel agencies, utility company offices,
and offices for elected officials. It does not include banks or check-cashing
facilities, which are separately classified and regulated (see Banks
and Financial Institutions).
20.
Parking, Public or Private. Structures
and surface lots offering parking for a fee when such use is not incidental
to another on-site activity.
21.
Personal Service.
a.
General Personal Services. Provision of recurrently needed services of a personal nature. This classification includes barber shops and beauty salons, seamstresses, tailors, dry cleaning agents (excluding large-scale bulk cleaning plants), shoe repair shops, self-service laundries, video rental stores, photocopying and photo finishing services, and travel agencies mainly intended for the consumer. This classification also includes massage establishments that are in full compliance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 6.104, Massage Regulations, of the Santa Monica Municipal Code, and in which all persons engaged in the practice of massage are certified pursuant to the California Business and Professions Code Section 4612. This classification does not include gyms, exercise clubs, or studios offering performing arts, martial arts, physical exercise, or yoga training and similar types of instruction. See Division 3, Section 9.31.230, Personal Service, for further details.
b.
Personal Services, Physical Training. Gyms, exercise
clubs, or studios less than 5,000 square feet offering martial arts,
physical exercise, yoga training and similar types of instruction
to classes and groups. This classification also includes exclusively
youth-serving studios of less than 3,000 square feet offering performing
arts, dance, martial arts, physical exercise, and similar types of
instruction to classes and groups of more than 5 persons.
c.
Tattoo or Body Modification Parlor. An establishment whose principal business activity is one or more of the following: (i) using ink or other substances that result in the permanent coloration of the skin through the use of needles or other instruments designed to contact or puncture the skin; or (ii) creation of an opening in the body of a person for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration. See Division 3, Section 9.31.230, Personal Service, for further details.
22.
Retail Sales.
a.
Building Materials and Services. Retail sales or
rental of building supplies or equipment. This classification includes
lumberyards, tool and equipment sales or rental establishments, and
includes establishments devoted principally to taxable retail sales
to individuals for their own use. This definition does not include
Construction and Material Yards, hardware stores less than 10,000
square feet or establishments engaged in the business of selling,
leasing, or otherwise transferring any firearm or ammunitions.
b.
General Retail Sales, Small-Scale. The retail sale or rental of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification. This classification includes retail establishments with 25,000 square feet or less of sales area; including department stores, clothing stores, furniture stores, pet supply stores, small hardware and garden supply/nurseries stores (with 10,000 square feet or less of floor area), and businesses retailing goods including, but not limited to, the following: toys, hobby materials, handcrafted items, jewelry, cameras, photographic supplies and services (including portraiture and retail photo processing), medical supplies and equipment, pharmacies, electronic equipment, sporting goods, kitchen utensils, hardware, appliances, antiques, art galleries, art supplies and services, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, office supplies, bicycles, video rental, and new automotive parts and accessories (excluding vehicle service and installation). Retail sales may be combined with other services such as office machine, computer, electronics, and similar small-item repairs. See Division 3, Sections 9.31.210, Outdoor Newsstands, and 9.31.220, Outdoor Retail Display and Sales, where applicable, for further details.
c.
General Retail Sales, Medium-Scale. The retail sale
or rental of merchandise not specifically listed under another use
classification. This classification includes retail establishments
with more than 25,000 square feet but not more than 80,000 square
feet of sales area.
d.
General Retail Sales, Large-Scale. Retail establishments
with over 80,000 square feet of sales area that sell merchandise and
bulk goods for individual consumption, including membership warehouse
clubs, where sales of grocery items do not occupy more than 25% of
the floor area.
e.
Medicinal Cannabis Retailer. A licensed premises which is a physical location from which retail medicinal cannabis or medicinal cannabis products are intended to be sold for use, pursuant to the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215), found at Section 11362.5 of the Health and Safety Code, by a medicinal cannabis patient in California who possesses a physician's recommendation. The premises may be closed to the public; sales may be made exclusively by delivery. Subject to the provisions of SMMC Section 9.31.185, medicinal cannabis retailers shall be permitted to deliver, cultivate, or sell adult-use cannabis or adult-use cannabis products, as licensed and regulated by Business and Professions Code Section 26000 et seq., and as amended from time to time, to persons 21 years of age and over.
f.
Pawn Shop. Establishments engaged in the buying
or selling of new or secondhand merchandise and offering loans in
exchange for personal property.
g.
Swap Meet. Any indoor or outdoor place, in an approved location, or for an approved activity where new or used goods or secondhand personal property is offered for sale or exchange to the general public by a multitude of individual licensed vendors, usually in compartmentalized spaces. The term swap meet is interchangeable with and applicable to: flea markets, auctions, open air markets, outdoor sales activities, or other similarly named or labeled activities; but does not include supermarket or department store retail operations. See Division 3, Sections 9.31.360, Swap Meets, and 9.31.220, Outdoor Retail Display and Sales, for further details.
23.
Restaurants. See Eating and Drinking
Establishments.
C.
Industrial Use Classifications.
1.
Artist's Studio. Work space for an artist
or artisan, including individuals practicing one of the fine arts
or performing arts, or an applied art or craft. This use may include
incidental display and retail sales of items produced on the premises
and instructional space for small groups of students. It does not
include joint living and working units (see Live-Work).
a.
Studio-Light. Small-scale art production that is
generally of a low impact. Typical uses include painting, photography,
jewelry, glass, textile, and pottery studios.
b.
Studio-Heavy. Art production on a medium or large
scale generally using heavy equipment. Typical uses include large-scale
metal and woodworking studios.
2.
Commercial Kitchen. Kitchens used for the
preparation of food to be delivered and consumed off-site. Typical
uses include catering facilities. This classification does not include
businesses involved in the processing or manufacturing of wholesale
food products (see Industry, Limited).
3.
Construction and Material Yard. Storage of
construction materials or equipment on a site other than a construction
site.
4.
Industry, General. Manufacturing of products
from extracted or raw materials or recycled or secondary materials,
or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. This
classification includes operations such as agriculture processing;
biomass energy conversion; production apparel manufacturing; photographic
processing plants; leather and allied product manufacturing; wood
product manufacturing; paper manufacturing; chemical manufacturing;
plastics and rubber products manufacturing; nonmetallic mineral product
manufacturing; primary metal manufacturing; fabricated metal product
manufacturing; and automotive and heavy equipment manufacturing.
5.
Industry, Limited. Establishments engaged
in light industrial activities taking place primarily within enclosed
buildings and producing minimal impacts on nearby properties. This
classification includes the manufacturing of finished parts or products
primarily from previously prepared materials; commercial laundries
and dry cleaning plants; monument works; printing, engraving, and
publishing; sign painting shops; machine and electrical shops; computer
and electronic product manufacturing; furniture and related product
manufacturing; and industrial services. It also includes the preparation,
manufacturing, and/or packaging of food, medicinal cannabis, and medicinal
cannabis products for off-site use or consumption using nonvolatile
solvents, or no solvents. Typical food manufacturing uses include
canners, roasters, breweries, wholesale bakeries, and frozen food
manufacturers.
6.
Media Production. Establishments engaged
in the production of movies, video, music and similar forms of intellectual
property. Typical facilities include movie and recording studios and
production facilities, distribution facilities, editing facilities,
catering facilities, printing facilities, post-production facilities,
set construction facilities, sound studios, special effects facilities
and other entertainment-related production operations. This classification
does not include facilities for live audiences (see Commercial Entertainment
and Recreation) or transmission and receiving equipment for radio
or television broadcasting (see Communication Facility).
a.
Support Facility. Administrative and technical production
support facilities such as offices, editing and sound recording studios,
film laboratories, and similar functions that occur entirely within
a building.
b.
Full-Service Facility. Indoor and outdoor production
facilities, distribution facilities, post-production facilities, set
construction facilities, sound stages, special effects facilities,
and other media-related production operations.
7.
Recycling Facility. A facility for receiving, temporarily storing, transferring and/or processing materials for recycling, reuse, or final disposal. This use classification does not include waste transfer facilities that operate as materials recovery, recycling, and solid waste transfer operations and are classified as utilities (see Utilities, Major). See Division 3, Section 9.31.260, Recycling Facilities, for further details.
a.
Recycling Collection Facility. An incidental use
that serves as a neighborhood drop-off point for the temporary storage
of recyclable materials but where the processing and sorting of such
items is not conducted on site.
b.
Recycling Processing Facility. A facility that receives,
sorts, stores and/or processes recyclable materials.
8.
Research and Development. A facility for
scientific research and the design, development, and testing of electrical,
electronic, magnetic, optical, pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology
components and products in advance of product manufacturing. This
classification includes assembly of related products from parts produced
off site where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research
and development activities.
9.
Salvage and Wrecking. Storage and dismantling
of vehicles and equipment for sale of parts, as well as their collection,
storage, exchange or sale of goods, including, but not limited to
any used building materials, used containers or steel drums, used
tires, and similar or related articles or property.
10.
Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution. Storage and distribution facilities without sales to the public
on-site or direct public access except for public storage in small
individual space exclusively and directly accessible to a specific
tenant.
a.
Chemical, Mineral, and Explosives Storage. Storage
and handling of hazardous materials including, but not limited to:
bottled gas, chemicals, minerals and ores, petroleum or petroleum-based
fuels, fireworks, and explosives.
b.
Indoor Warehousing and Storage. Storage within an
enclosed building of commercial goods prior to their distribution
to wholesale and retail outlets and the storage of industrial equipment,
products and materials. This classification also includes cold storage,
draying or freight, moving and storage, and warehouses. It excludes
the storage of hazardous chemical, mineral, and explosive materials.
c.
Outdoor Storage. Storage of vehicles or commercial
goods or materials in open parcels.
d.
Personal Storage. Facilities offering enclosed storage
with individual access for personal effects and household goods, including
mini-warehouses and mini-storage. This use excludes workshops, hobby
shops, manufacturing, or commercial activity.
e.
Wholesaling and Distribution. Indoor storage and
sale of goods to other firms for resale; storage of goods for transfer
to retail outlets of the same firm; or storage and sale of materials
and supplies used in production or operation, including janitorial
and restaurant supplies. Wholesalers are primarily engaged in business-to-business
sales, but may sell to individual consumers through mail or internet
orders. They normally operate from a warehouse or office having little
or no display of merchandise, and are not designed to solicit walk-in
traffic. This classification does not include wholesale sale of building
materials (see Building Materials and Services).
D.
Transportation, Communication, and Utilities Use Classifications.
1.
Airports and Heliports. Facilities for the
takeoff and landing of airplanes and helicopters, including runways,
helipads, aircraft storage buildings, public terminal buildings and
parking, air freight terminals, baggage handling facilities, aircraft
hangar and public transportation and related facilities, including
bus operations, servicing and storage. This classification also includes
support activities such as fueling and maintenance, storage, airport
operations and air traffic control, incidental retail sales, coffee
shops and snack shops, and airport administrative facilities, including
airport offices, terminals, operations buildings, communications equipment,
buildings and structures, control towers, lights, and other equipment
and structures required by the United States Government and/or the
State for the safety of aircraft operations.
2.
Bus/Rail Passenger Station. Facilities for
passenger transportation operations. This classification includes
rail and bus stations and terminals but does not include terminals
serving airports or heliports. Typical uses include ticket purchasing
and waiting areas out of the public right-of-way, restrooms, and accessory
uses such as cafés.
3.
City Bikeshare Facility. Land and equipment
used for the operation or maintenance of a network of publicly-owned
and publicly-available bicycles in a bikeshare system in the City
of Santa Monica. These facilities may include stations, hubs, parking
facilities, payment/customer service kiosks, map stands, and helmet
vending.
4.
Communication Facilities. Facilities for
the provision of broadcasting and other information relay services
through the use of electronic and telephonic mechanisms.
a.
Antenna and Transmission Tower. Broadcasting and other communication services accomplished through electronic or telephonic mechanisms, as well as structures designed to support one or more reception or transmission systems. Typical uses include radio towers and television towers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, facilities described in Chapter 9.32, including, without limitation, personal wireless service facilities and over-the-air reception devices ("OTARDs") shall not be considered antenna and transmission towers for purposes of this use classification and shall only be subject to the applicable provisions and permit requirements in Chapter 9.32, Personal Wireless Service Facilities.
b.
Equipment Within Buildings. Indoor facilities containing
primarily communication equipment and storage devices such as computer
servers.
5.
Freight/Truck Terminal and Warehouse. Facilities
for freight, courier, and postal services by truck or rail. This classification
does not include local messenger and local delivery services (see
Light Fleet-Based Service).
6.
Light Fleet-Based Service. Passenger transportation
services, local delivery services, medical transport, and other businesses
that rely on fleets of 3 or more vehicles with rated capacities less
than 10,000 lbs. This classification includes parking, dispatching,
and offices for taxicab and limousine operations, ambulance services,
nonemergency medical transport, local messenger and document delivery
services, home cleaning services, and similar businesses. This classification
does not include towing operations (see Automobile/Vehicle Sales and
Service, Towing and Impound) or taxi or delivery services with 2 or
fewer fleet vehicles on site (see Business Services).
7.
Utilities, Major. Generating plants, electric
substations, and solid waste collection, including transfer stations
and materials recovery facilities, solid waste treatment and disposal,
water or wastewater treatment plants, and similar facilities of public
agencies or public utilities.
8.
Utilities, Minor. Facilities necessary to
support established uses involving only minor structures, such as
electrical distribution lines, and underground water and sewer lines.
9.
Waste Transfer Facility. A facility that
operates as a materials recovery, recycling and solid waste transfer
operation providing solid waste recycling and transfer services for
other local jurisdictions and public agencies that are not located
within the City. The facility sorts and removes recyclable materials
(including paper, metal, wood, inert materials such as soils and concrete,
green waste, glass, aluminum and cardboard) through separation and
sorting technologies to divert these materials from the waste stream
otherwise destined for landfill.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§
1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015; amended
by Ord. No. 2567CCS § 13, adopted December 12, 2017; Ord. No. 2606CCS § 17, adopted April 9, 2019; Ord. No. 2726CCS § 15, adopted October 25, 2022; Ord. No. 2749CCS § 4, adopted May 23, 2023; Ord. No. 2764CCS, adopted November 14, 2023)
30% Income Household
50% Income Household
60% Income Household
80% Income Household
100% Affordable Housing Project
Abandoned, Abandonment
Abutting, Adjoining, or Adjacent
Access
Accessory Building
Accessory Dwelling Unit
Accessory Food Service
Accessory Structure
Accessory Use
Act of Nature
Affordable Rent
Alley
Alteration
Arcade
Area Median Income (AMI)
Artist
Attic
Awning
Balcony
Base District
Base Height
Basement
Bathroom
Bay Window
Bedroom
Block
Buffer, Buffering
Building
Building, Accessory
Building, Principal
Building Code
Building Face
Building Envelope
Building Footprint
Building Height
Building Site
Build-To Line
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Canopy
Car Sharing
Carport
Change of Use
Clerestory
City
City Council
City Engineer
City-Designated Contributing Building or Structure
City-Designated Historic Resource
City-Designated Landmark
City-Designated Structure of Merit
Commercial Boulevard
Conditionally Permitted
Construction
Corner Build-To Area
County
Courtyard
Cripple Wall
Curb Cut
Daylight Plane
Deck
Demising Wall
Demolition
Development
Development Agreement
Director
Disability
Discretionary Permit
District
Domestic Violence Shelter
Driveway
Dwelling
Dwelling Unit
Easement
Effective Date
Emergency
Entrance
Environmental Review
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
Erect
Excavation
Façade
Façade, Street-Facing
Feasible
Fee
Fence
Floor Area
Floor Area Ratio
Footprint
Frontage, Street
Garage
Semi-Subterranean Garage
Subterranean Garage
Garage Sales
General Plan
Glare
Grade
Average Natural Grade
Existing Grade
Finished Grade
Segmented Average Natural Grade
Theoretical Grade
Ground Floor
Ground Floor Street Frontage
Habitation
Hazardous Materials
Height
Historic Resource
Historic Resources Inventory
Home Occupation
Household
Housing Project
Illegal Use
Intensity of Use
Intersection, Street
Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit
Kitchen
Landscape
Automatic Controller
Backflow Prevention Device
Groundcover
Hedge
Irrigation System
Landscaping
Moisture Sensing Device
Mulch
Plant Area
Lighting
Foot-Candle
Light Fixture
Shielded Fixture
Lightwell
Living Quarters
Loading Space
Loft
Lot
Maintenance and Repair
Major Transit Stop
Manufactured Housing
Mezzanine
Mixed-Use Development
Mobile Home Park
Natural Disaster
Nonconforming Building
Nonconforming Structure
Nonconforming Use
Open Space
Open Space, Common
Open Space, Private
Open Space, Usable
Outdoor Sales, Temporary and Seasonal
Outdoor Storage
Overlay District
Parapet
Parcel
Parcel, Corner
Parcel, Flag
Parcel, Key
Parcel, Reversed Corner
Parcel, Through
Parcel Area
Parcel Depth
Parcel Frontage
Parcel Line
Parcel Line, Front
Parcel Line, Rear
Parcel Line, Side
Parcel Width
Parking Facility
Accessory Parking
Long-Term Parking
Parking, Bicycle
Long-Term Bicycle Parking
Short-Term Bicycle Parking
Parking Space, Off-Street
Accessible Parking Car
Share Parking
Independently-Accessible Parking
Shared Parking
Stacked Parking
Tandem Parking
Unbundled Parking
Valet Parking
Parking Structure
Semi-Subterranean
Subterranean
Patio
Paving
Permit
Permitted Use
Person
Person with a Disability
Planning Commission
Plaza
Podium
Port Cochere
Pre-Existing
Primary Use
Private Tennis Court
Project
Public Land
Qualified Applicant
Ramp
Reasonable Accommodation
Residential Use
Review Authority
Right-of-Way
Roof
Barrel Roof
Gambrel Roof
Hip Roof
Mansard Roof
Pitched Roof
Shed Roof
Roof Deck
Screening
Security Grate or Grilles
Senior Citizen
Setback
Setback, Front
Setback, Rear
Setback, Side
Setback, Street Side
Sexually-Oriented Business
Shrub
Sidewalk
Sidewalk Café
Sign-Related Definitions
Site
Skylight
Solar Energy System
State Historical Building Code Story
Street
Street Tree
Street Wall
Structural Alterations
Structure
Structure, Accessory
Structure, Main
Structure, Subterranean
Structure, Temporary
Subdivision
Swimming Pool Temporary Structure
Third Street Promenade Area
Trailer
Trash Screen/Enclosure
Unit
Use
Use, Accessory
Use, Primary
Use Classification
Use Permit
Use Type
Utilities
Vibration View Corridor
Wall
Window
Primary Room Window
Secondary Room Window
Yard
Zoning Administrator
Zoning District
The following words or phrases as used in this Article shall
have the following meanings:
9.52.020.0010
30% income household. A
household whose gross income does not exceed the 30% income limits
applicable to the Los Angeles-Long Beach Primary Metropolitan Statistical
Area, adjusted for household size, as published and periodically updated
by HUD.
9.52.020.0020
50% income household. A
household whose gross income does not exceed 50% of the area median
income, adjusted for household size, as published and periodically
updated by HUD. 50% income households include 30% income households.
9.52.020.0030
60% income household. A
household whose gross income does not exceed 60% of the area median
income, adjusted for household size, as published and periodically
updated by HUD. 60% income households include 50% income households.
9.52.020.0040
80% income household. A
household whose gross income does not exceed 80% of the area median
income, adjusted for household size, as published and periodically
updated by HUD. 80% income households include 60% income households.
9.52.020.0050
100% affordable housing project. Housing projects with a minimum of 25% of the units deed restricted
or restricted by an agreement approved by the City for occupancy by
60% income households or less and the remainder of the housing units
are deed restricted or restricted by an agreement approved by the
City for occupancy by 80% income households or less. Such projects
may include nonresidential uses not to exceed 33% of the project's
total floor area.
9.52.020.0060
Abandoned, abandonment. When, for a continuous period of one year or more, a nonconforming building, parcel, or use ceases. Resumption of a use after abandonment is a change of use. See Division 3, Section 9.27.050(B), Nonconforming Uses, Structures, and Parcels, for additional regulations.
9.52.020.0070
Abutting, adjoining, or adjacent. Having a common property line or district line or separated only
by an alley, path, private street, or easement.
9.52.020.0080
Access. The place, or way
through which pedestrians and/or vehicles shall have safe, adequate
and usable ingress and egress to a property or use as required by
this Article.
9.52.020.0090
Accessory building. See
Building, Accessory.
9.52.020.0095
Accessory dwelling unit. An attached or detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and that is located on a parcel with a proposed or existing primary single-unit or multi-unit dwelling. See Division 3, Section 9.31.025, Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units, for further details.
9.52.020.0100
Accessory food service. Establishments where food is located on the same parcel as or within a primary permitted use and is clearly incidental to the primary permitted use that is not an eating and drinking establishment. Food service that is more extensive than these provisions will cause this use to be considered an eating and drinking establishment subject to all of the applicable regulations. See Division 3, Section 9.31.030, Accessory Food Service, for further details.
9.52.020.0110
Accessory structure. See
Structure, Accessory.
9.52.020.0120
Accessory use. See Use,
Accessory.
9.52.020.0130
Act of nature. A natural
occurrence such as an earthquake, flood, tidal wave, hurricane, superstorm,
meteor, or tornado which causes substantial damage to buildings or
property.
9.52.020.0135
Affordable
rent. Affordable rent shall mean the following:
A.
For 30% income households, the product of 30% times 30% of the area
median income adjusted for household size appropriate for the unit.
B.
For 50% income households, the product of 30% times 50% of the area
median income adjusted for household size appropriate for the unit.
C.
For 80% income households whose gross incomes exceed the maximum
incomes for 50% income households, the product of 30% times 60% of
the area median income adjusted for household size appropriate for
the unit.
D.
For moderate income households, the product of 30% times 110% of
the area median income adjusted for household size appropriate for
the unit.
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For purposes herein, affordable rent shall be adjusted as necessary
to be consistent with pertinent Federal or State statutes and regulations
governing Federal or State assisted housing.
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9.52.020.0140
Alley. A public way permanently
reserved for access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting
on a street.
9.52.020.0150
Alteration. Any change,
addition or modification that changes the exterior architectural appearance
or materials of a structure or object. Alteration includes changes
in exterior surfaces, changes in materials, additions, remodels, demolitions,
and relocation of buildings or structures, but excludes ordinary maintenance
and repairs.
9.52.020.0160
Arcade. A public passageway
or colonnade open along at least one side, except for structural supports,
usually covered by a canopy or permanent roofing.
9.52.020.0165
Area median income (AMI). A public passageway or colonnade open along at least one side, except
for structural supports, usually covered by a canopy or permanent
roofing.
9.52.020.0170
Artist. An individual who is recognized by critics and peers; has verifiable
training, credentials, and/or reputation in the field; and works in
one or more of the following areas:
A.
A person who works in or is skilled in any of the fine arts, including,
but not limited to, painting, drawing, sculpture, book arts, and print
making;
B.
A person who creates imaginative works of aesthetic value, including,
but not limited to, literature, poetry, play writing, film, video,
digital media works, literature, costume design, photography, architecture,
music composition, and conceptual art;
C.
A person who creates functional art, including, but not limited to,
jewelry, rugs, decorative screens and grates, furniture, pottery,
toys, and quilts;
D.
A performer, including, but not limited to, singers, musicians, dancers,
actors, and performance artists.
9.52.020.0180
Attic. The area less than
7 feet in height, located above the ceiling of the top story and below
the roof that is not usable as habitable or commercial space and is
not accessible via a permanent access structure. An attic shall not
be considered a story. City-designated landmarks may adapt attics
to be habitable so long as they are within the historic building envelope
and result in no change to the roofline. Such an adoption will also
not be considered a story.
9.52.020.0190
Awning. An architectural
projection that provides weather protection, identity or decoration
and is wholly supported by the building to which it is attached. An
awning is typically constructed of nonrigid materials on a supporting
framework which projects from and is supported by the exterior wall
of a building.
9.52.020.0200
Balcony. A platform that
projects from the wall of a building 30 inches or more above grade
that is accessible from the building's interior, is not accessible
from the ground and is not enclosed by walls on more than 2 sides.
See also Deck.
9.52.020.0210
Base district. See Zoning
District.
9.52.020.0220
Base height. The maximum
height to which a building or structure may be built by right pursuant
to the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) of the General Plan.
This is also called the Tier 1 height.
9.52.020.0230
Basement. The level(s) of a structure located below Average Natural Grade, Segmented Average Natural Grade, or Theoretical Grade, in which no portion of the level directly below Average Natural Grade, Segmented Average Natural Grade, or Theoretical Grade projects more than 3 feet above Average Natural Grade, Segmented Average Natural Grade, or Theoretical Grade. Up to 4 wall surfaces of the level directly below Average Natural Grade, Segmented Average Natural Grade, or Theoretical Grade may be exposed above Finished Grade, so long as this exposure does not exceed 40% of each of these wall surface areas. Each wall surface area is calculated by multiplying the height by the length of the wall. In addition, the visible wall surface height of these walls shall not exceed 3 feet above Finished Grade, except for an entrance to a garage, which must be designed to the minimum feasible width and not exceed the maximum size requirements set forth in Chapter 9.28, or for any light well or emergency egress as required by the Building Code. A basement shall not be considered a story.
9.52.020.0240
Bathroom. A room containing
a sink, a toilet, and a shower and/or bathtub.
9.52.020.0250
Bay window. An angular or
curved window that projects from the building surface.
9.52.020.0260
Bedroom. Any habitable space
in a dwelling unit or accessory structure other than a kitchen or
living room that is intended for or capable of being used for sleeping,
is at least 70 square feet in area, is separated from other rooms
by a door, and is accessible to a bathroom without crossing another
bedroom.
9.52.020.0270
Block. Property bounded
on all sides by a public right-of-way.
9.52.020.0280
Building. Any structure having a roof supported
by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure
of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods or materials.
9.52.020.0290
Building, accessory. A detached building located on the same parcel as the principal
building, which is incidental and subordinate to the principal building
in terms of both size and use. A building will be considered part
of the principal building if located less than 6 feet from the principal
building or if connected to it by fully enclosed space.
9.52.020.0300
Building, principal. A building in which the principal use of the parcel on which
it is located is conducted.
9.52.020.0310
Building Code. Any ordinance
of the City governing the type and method of construction of buildings,
signs, and sign structures and any amendments thereto and any substitute
therefor, including, but not limited to, the California Building Code,
the State Historic Building Code, other state-adopted uniform codes
and the Minimum Building Security Standards Ordinance.
9.52.020.0320
Building face. The general
outer surface of the structure or walls of a building. Where bay windows
or pillars project beyond the walls, the outer surface of the windows
or pillars shall be considered to be the face of the building.
9.52.020.0330
Building envelope. The aggregate
of building mass and building bulk permitted on a parcel which is
defined by height regulations, setbacks and other property development
standards.
9.52.020.0340
Building footprint. See
Footprint.
9.52.020.0350
Building height. See Height.
9.52.020.0360
Building site. A parcel
or parcels of land occupied or to be occupied, by a main building
and accessory buildings together with such open spaces as are required
by the terms of this title and having its principal frontage on a
street, road, highway, or waterway.
9.52.020.0370
Build-to line. A line parallel
to the parcel line where the façade of the building is required
to be located.
9.52.020.0380
Buffer, buffering. An area
on a parcel which is designed to separate structures and uses from
the general public and/or adjacent properties to reduce negative impacts.
It may include landscaping, fences, and walls.
9.52.020.0390
California Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control (ABC). The California State agency that regulates
the permitting of alcohol beverage sales, including the sale of beer,
wine, and distilled spirits.
9.52.020.0400
California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA). Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., or
any successor statute and associated guidelines (California Code of
Regulations Section 15000 et seq.) that require public agencies to
document and consider the environmental effects of a proposed action
before a decision.
9.52.020.0410
Canopy. A roofed shelter
projecting over a sidewalk, driveway, entry, window, or similar area
that may be wholly supported by a building or may be wholly or partially
supported by columns, poles, or braces extending from the ground.
9.52.020.0420
Car sharing. A formal or
informal membership organization that owns a variety of motor vehicles
that are parked in a number of different areas. Members use the motor
vehicles under the terms of their membership.
9.52.020.0430
Carport. A permanently roofed
structure providing space for parking or temporary storage of vehicles.
It may or may not include sides, but will be considered a garage if
all 4 sides are enclosed.
9.52.020.0440
Change of use. A discontinuance of an existing use and the substitution therefor of a use such that the new use represents a different use group (as defined in Chapter 9.51, Use Classifications) or is otherwise differently regulated by the zoning ordinance compared to the prior use. A change of ownership alone does not constitute a change of use. Resumption of a use after abandonment is a change of use.
9.52.020.0450
Clerestory. A window or
row of windows which typically run horizontally and are located at
the upper portion of a wall to allow additional light and air into
a room. A clerestory is not a skylight.
9.52.020.0460
City. The City of Santa
Monica.
9.52.020.0470
City Council. The City Council
of the City of Santa Monica.
9.52.020.0480
City Engineer. The City
Engineer of the City of Santa Monica.
9.52.020.0490
City-designated contributing building
or structure. A building or structure designated by the City as contributing to the designation of an area as a historic district pursuant to Section 9.56.130.
9.52.020.0500
City-designated historic resource. Any existing property or structure that is designated by the City
as a Landmark, Structure of Merit, or a Contributor to a Designated
Historic District.
9.52.020.0510
City-designated landmark. An improvement designated by the City as appropriate for historic preservation pursuant to Section 9.56.120.
9.52.020.0520
City-designated structure of merit. An improvement designated by the City as appropriate for official recognition pursuant to Section 9.56.090.
9.52.020.0530
Commercial
boulevard. Commercial boulevards shall include the following:
A.
Wilshire Boulevard between the eastern City limits and Ocean Avenue;
B.
Santa Monica Boulevard between the eastern City limits and Lincoln
Boulevard;
C.
Broadway between the eastern City limits and Lincoln Boulevard;
D.
Colorado Avenue between the eastern City limits and Lincoln Boulevard;
E.
Olympic Boulevard between the eastern City limits and Lincoln Boulevard;
F.
Ocean Park Boulevard between the eastern City limits and Lincoln
Boulevard;
G.
Pico Boulevard between the eastern City limits and Main Street; and
H.
Lincoln Boulevard between the southern City limits and Wilshire Boulevard.
9.52.020.0540
Conditionally permitted. Permitted subject to approval of a Conditional Use Permit or Minor
Use Permit.
9.52.020.0550
Construction. Construction,
erection, enlargement, alteration, conversion or movement of any building,
structures, or land together with any scientific surveys associated
therewith.
9.52.020.0560
Corner build-to area. Area
of a corner parcel where the façade of the building is required
to be located.
9.52.020.0565
County. The County of Los
Angeles.
9.52.020.0570
Courtyard. An unroofed area
that is completely or mostly enclosed by walls of a building.
9.52.020.0580
Cripple wall. The short
wood stud walls that enclose a crawl space under the first floor used
to support a dwelling between the concrete foundation and the ground
floor of a building. It elevates the dwelling above ground to allow
access to the utility lines or to level a dwelling built on a slope.
9.52.020.0590
Curb cut. A break in a curb
allowing vehicle access from the roadway to a legal parking area within
the parcel.
9.52.020.0600
Daylight plane. A setback
or series of setbacks on new buildings which allows the flow of light
and air to adjacent residential buildings and properties.
9.52.020.0610
Deck. A platform, either
freestanding or attached to a building that is used for outdoor space.
It typically extends from the façade of a building and is supported
by pillars or posts but may be located on a flat portion of a building,
such as a roof or setback. It is distinct from a patio. See also Balcony.
9.52.020.0620
Demising wall. A partition
wall that separates one tenant's or owner's space from another or
from the building hallway or other common area.
9.52.020.0630
Demolition. The destruction, dismantling, or removal of a building or structure or substantial portion of a building or structure so that it constitutes demolition pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.25.030, Demolition Defined.
9.52.020.0640
Development. Any manmade
change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited
to, the division of a parcel of land into 2 or more parcels; the construction,
reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, expansion,
or enlargement of any structure; any mining, excavation, landfill
or land disturbance; and any use or extension of the use of land.
9.52.020.0650
Development agreement. An agreement between the City and any person having a legal or equitable interest in real property for the development of such property and which complies with the applicable provisions of Government Code Section 65864 et seq., and local law for such development agreements pursuant to Chapter 9.60, Development Agreements.
9.52.020.0660
Director. The Director of
Planning and Community Development of the City of Santa Monica or
designee.
9.52.020.0670
Disability. Physical or
mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person's
major life activities or a record of having an impairment, but the
term does not include current, illegal use of, or an addiction to,
a controlled substance. Current users of illegal controlled substances,
persons convicted of illegal manufacture or distribution of a controlled
substance, sex offenders, and juvenile offenders are not considered
disabled under the Fair Housing Act, by virtue of that status.
9.52.020.0680
Discretionary permit. A
Development Review Permit, Major Modification, Variance, Minor Use
Permit, or Conditional Use Permit, or any other appealable permit
that requires findings to be made.
9.52.020.0690
District. See Zoning District.
9.52.020.0700
Domestic violence shelter. A residential facility that provides temporary accommodations to
persons or families who have been the victims of domestic violence.
Such a facility may also provide meals, counseling, and other services,
as well as common areas for the residents of the facility.
9.52.020.0710
Driveway. An accessway that
provides vehicular access between a street and the parking or loading
facilities located on an adjacent property.
9.52.020.0720
Dwelling. A structure or
portion thereof that is used principally for residential occupancy.
9.52.020.0730
Dwelling unit. One or more
rooms designed, occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living
quarters, with full cooking, sleeping and bathroom facilities for
the exclusive use of a single household. A dwelling unit shall exceed
375 square feet in size.
9.52.020.0740
Easement. A portion of land
created by grant or agreement for a specific purpose; an easement
is the right, privilege, or interest which one party has in the land
of another.
9.52.020.0750
Effective date. The date
on which a permit or other approval becomes enforceable or otherwise
takes effect, rather than the date it was signed or circulated.
9.52.020.0760
Emergency. A sudden unexpected
occurrence demanding immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss
or damage to life, health, property or essential public services.
9.52.020.0770
Entrance. An opening, such
as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.
9.52.020.0780
Environmental review. An
evaluation process pursuant to CEQA to determine whether a proposed
project may have a significant impact on the environment.
9.52.020.0790
Environmental Impact Report (EIR). An Environmental Impact Report as required under the California
Environmental Quality Act.
9.52.020.0800
Erect. To build, construct,
attach, hang, place, suspend, or affix to or upon any surface.
9.52.020.0810
Excavation. The removal
of soils or other materials below grade to install habitable space,
parking, utilities, or landscaping.
9.52.020.0820
Façade. The face
of the exterior wall of a building exposed to public view or that
wall viewed by persons not within the building. The portion of any
exterior elevation of a building extending vertically from the grade
to the top of a parapet wall or eave and horizontally across the entire
width of the building elevation.
9.52.020.0830
Façade, street-facing. Any building façade whose exterior wall faces or is within
45 degrees of parallel to an adjacent street, right-of-way, or public
park, plaza, or open space.
9.52.020.0840
Feasible. Capable of being
accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of
time, taking into account economic, environmental, social and technological
factors.
9.52.020.0850
Fee. A payment to the City
for the processing of a permit or license application by a City agency
or department.
9.52.020.0860
Fence. An artificially constructed
barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose
or screen an area of land. Fences may also be walls, hedges and screen
planting.
9.52.020.0890
Footprint. The horizontal
area, as seen in plan view, of a building or structure, measured from
the outside of exterior walls and supporting columns, and excluding
eaves and subterranean and semi-subterranean levels.
9.52.020.0900
Frontage, street. That portion
of a parcel that borders a public street. "Street frontage" shall
be measured along the common parcel line separating said parcel or
parcel of land from the public street, highway, or parkway.
9.52.020.0910
Garage. A building or portion thereof, containing
accessible and usable enclosed space designed, constructed and maintained
for the parking or storage of one or more motor vehicles.
9.52.020.0920
Semi-subterranean garage. A structure located partly underground used for parking and
storage of vehicles.
9.52.020.0930
Subterranean garage. A structure entirely underground, except for openings for
ingress and egress.
9.52.020.0940
Garage sales. The sale or
offering for sale to the general public of over 5 items of personal
property on a portion of a parcel in a residentially zoned district,
whether inside or outside any building.
9.52.020.0950
General Plan. The City of
Santa Monica General Plan.
9.52.020.0960
Glare. The effect produced
by a light source within the visual field that is sufficiently brighter
than the level to which the eyes are adapted, such as to cause annoyance,
discomfort or loss of visual performance and ability.
9.52.020.0970
Government Code. The Government
Code of the State of California.
9.52.020.0980
Grade. The location of the ground surface.
9.52.020.0990
Average natural grade. See Division 1, Section 9.04.050(A)(1).
9.52.020.1000
Existing grade. The elevation of the ground at any point on a parcel as shown
on the required survey submitted in conjunction with an application
for a building permit or grading permit. Existing grade also may be
referred to as natural grade.
9.52.020.1010
Finished Grade. The finished surface of the ground, paving, lawn, or other
improved surface between the building and the parcel line.
9.52.020.1020
Segmented average natural
grade. See Division 1, Section 9.04.050(A)(2).
9.52.020.1030
Theoretical grade. See Division 1, Section 9.04.050(A)(3).
9.52.020.1040
Ground floor. The lowest
floor of a building other than a basement that is closest to finished
grade.
9.52.020.1050
Ground floor street frontage. The first level of a building, other than a basement, that borders
a public street.
9.52.020.1060
Habitation. Regular and
exclusive use of a space or structure for shelter and other residential
purposes in a manner that is private and separate from another residence
on the same parcel.
9.52.020.1070
Hazardous materials. Any
material, including any substance, waste, or combination thereof,
which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical,
or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute
to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety,
property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported,
disposed of, or otherwise managed.
9.52.020.1090
Historic resource. Any existing
property or structure that is designated as a City Landmark, Structure
of Merit, or a Contributor to a Designated Historic District, or is
listed on either the California Register of Historical Resources or
the National Register of Historic Places.
9.52.020.1100
Historic resources inventory (HRI). A database containing building descriptions and evaluations of properties
that exhibit potential historic, architectural, or cultural significance
in Santa Monica. Each property listed on the HRI has been evaluated
by professionals using nationwide standards and criteria. The HRI
is used to identify properties of potential historic significance,
and properties on the HRI are eligible to apply the State Historical
Building Code.
9.52.020.1110
Home occupation. A commercial use conducted on residential property by the inhabitants of the subject residence, which is incidental and secondary to the residential use of the dwelling. See Section 9.31.160, Home Occupation.
9.52.020.1120
Household. One or more persons
living together in a single dwelling unit, with access to and use
of all common living and eating areas and all common areas and facilities
for the preparation and storage of food and who maintain a single
mortgage, lease, or rental agreement for all members of the household.
9.52.020.1125
Housing
project. A use consisting of any of the following:
A.
Residential units only;
B.
Mixed-use developments consisting of residential and nonresidential
uses in which nonresidential uses do not exceed 33% of the total building
square footage and are limited to the first 2 floors of buildings
that are 2 or more stories;
C.
Transitional or supportive housing.
9.52.020.1130
Illegal use. Any use of
land or building that does not have the currently required permits
and was originally constructed and/or established without permits
or approvals required for the use at the time it was brought into
existence.
9.52.020.1140
Intensity of use. The extent
to which a particular use or the use in combination with other uses
affects the natural and built environment in which it is located,
the demand for services, and persons who live, work, and visit the
area. Measures of intensity include, but are not limited to, requirements
for water, gas, electricity, or public services; number of automobile
trips generated by a use; parking demand; number of employees on a
site; hours of operation; the amount of noise, light or glare generated;
the number of persons attracted to the site, or, in eating establishments,
the number of seats.
9.52.020.1150
Intersection, street. The
area common to 2 or more intersecting streets.
9.52.020.1160
Kitchen. A room or space
within a building with appliances used for cooking or preparing food.
9.52.020.1170
9.52.020.1180
Automatic controller. An automatic timing device used to remotely control valves
that operate an irrigation system.
9.52.020.1190
Backflow prevention device. A safety device used to prevent pollution or contamination
of the water supply due to the reverse flow of water from the irrigation
system.
9.52.020.1200
Groundcover. A low growing woody or herbaceous plant with low, compact growth
habits which normally crawls or spreads, and which forms a solid mat
or dense cover over the ground within 2 years of installation. Mature
heights of groundcover will usually range from 3 inches to 3 feet.
9.52.020.1210
Hedge. A
boundary or barrier of plant material formed by a row or series of
shrubs, bushes, trees, or other similar vegetation that enclose, divide,
or protect an area or that prevent a person from passing between any
combination of individual shrubs, bushes, trees, or other similar
vegetation.
9.52.020.1220
Irrigation system. Any system, excluding water features, for distribution of
water through a pressurized system within the landscape area, including,
but not limited to, any system in which any portion is installed below
grade or affixed to any structure.
9.52.020.1230
Landscaping. The planting, configuration and maintenance of trees, ground cover, shrubbery and other plant material, decorative natural and structural features (walls, fences, hedges, trellises, fountains, sculptures), earth patterning and bedding materials, and other similar site improvements that serve an aesthetic or functional purpose. See Section 9.26.060.
9.52.020.1240
Moisture sensing device. A device that measures the amount of water in the soil. The
device may also suspend or initiate an irrigation event.
9.52.020.1250
Mulch. Any
organic material such as leaves, bark, straw, compost, or inorganic
mineral materials such as rocks, gravel, and decomposed granite left
loose and applied to the soil surface for the beneficial purposes
of reducing evaporation, suppressing weeds, moderating soil temperature,
and preventing soil erosion.
9.52.020.1260
Plant area. The portion of a parcel that is dedicated to the installation of
landscaping.
9.52.020.1270
Lighting. The following terms are related to Section 9.21.080, Lighting.
9.52.020.1280
Foot-candle. A quantitative unit of measure for luminance. One foot-candle is
equal to the amount of light generated by one candle shining on one
square foot surface located one foot away. Equal to one lumen uniformly
distributed over an area of one square foot.
9.52.020.1290
Light fixture. The assembly that holds a lamp and may include an assembly
housing, a mounting bracket or pole socket, a lamp holder, a ballast,
a reflector or mirrors, and a refractor or lens.
9.52.020.1300
Shielded fixture. Outdoor light fixtures shielded or constructed so that light
rays emitted by the lamp are projected below the horizontal plane
passing through the lowest point on the fixture from which light is
emitted.
9.52.020.1310
Lightwell. The portion of
buildable area that is reserved as open space for light and air, usually
enclosed by building walls on the subject property or adjacent property
and extends for one or more floors.
9.52.020.1320
Living quarters. A structure
or portion thereof that is used principally for human habitation.
9.52.020.1330
Loading space. An off-street
space or berth on the same parcel with a building for the temporary
parking of a vehicle while loading or unloading of goods.
9.52.020.1340
Loft. See Mezzanine.
9.52.020.1350
Lot. See Parcel.
9.52.020.1360
Maintenance and repair. The
repair or replacement of nonbearing walls, fixtures, wiring, roof
or plumbing that restores the character, scope, size or design of
a structure to its previously existing, authorized, and undamaged
condition.
9.52.020.1365
Major transit stop. Major
transit stop as defined in Public Resources Code Section 21064.3.
9.52.020.1370
Manufactured housing. A
structure as defined by Health and Safety Code Section 18007, or any
successor thereto.
9.52.020.1380
Mezzanine. An intermediate
floor within a building interior without walls, partitions, closets,
screens or other complete enclosing interior walls or partitions that
is open to the floor below and has a floor area that is no greater
than one-third of the total area of the overlooked room below. When
the total floor area of a mezzanine exceeds one-third of the total
area of the overlooked room below it constitutes an additional story
and is no longer considered a mezzanine. Mezzanines shall be concealed
within the building and shall not appear as an additional story on
the exterior building façade. See Story.
9.52.020.1390
Mixed-use development. The
development of a parcel or building with 2 or more different land
uses such as, but not limited to, a combination of residential, office,
manufacturing, retail, public or entertainment in a single or physically
integrated group of structures.
9.52.020.1400
Mobile home park. Any area
or tract of land where 2 or more lots are rented or leased, or held
out for rent or lease, to accommodate mobile homes used for human
habitation in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 18214,
or any successor thereto.
9.52.020.1410
Natural disaster. See Act
of Nature.
9.52.020.1420
Nonconforming building. See
Nonconforming Structure.
9.52.020.1430
Nonconforming structure. A building or structure that was erected in compliance with the standards and requirements in effect when it was constructed but does not comply with all of the applicable provisions of this Article, including, but not limited to, density, floor area, height, setback, usable open space, and other development standards. See Chapter 9.27, Nonconforming Uses and Structures.
9.52.020.1440
Nonconforming use. An occupancy or activity that was established in compliance with the standards and requirements in effect at the time it commenced and has not been abandoned within the same structure or on the same parcel since that date but does not comply with all of the applicable provisions of this Article, including, but not limited to, permitted use, location, intensity, operational characteristics, performance standards or hours of operation. See Chapter 9.27, Nonconforming Uses and Structures.
9.52.020.1450
Open space.
9.52.020.1460
Open space, common. Any outdoor area, not dedicated for public use, which is
designed and intended for the common use and enjoyment of the residents
and guests of more than one dwelling unit.
9.52.020.1470
Open space, private. Open areas for outdoor living and recreation that are adjacent
and directly accessible to a single dwelling unit, reserved for the
exclusive use of residents of the dwelling unit and their guests.
9.52.020.1480
Open space, usable. Outdoor areas that provide for outdoor living and/or recreation
for the use of residents.
9.52.020.1490
Outdoor sales, temporary and seasonal. The sale or offering for sale to the general public of merchandise
outside of a permanent structure on property owned or leased by the
person, firm, or corporation. These sales are of a limited duration
and conducted on an occasional basis, and are secondary or incidental
to the principal permitted use or structure existing on the property.
9.52.020.1500
Outdoor storage. The keeping,
in an unroofed area, of any goods, junk, material, merchandise or
vehicles in the same place for more than 72 hours except for the keeping
of building materials reasonably required for construction work on
the premises pursuant to a valid and current Building Permit issued
by the City.
9.52.020.1510
Overlay district. A zoning
designation specifically delineated on the Districting Map establishing
land use requirements that govern in addition to the standards set
forth in the underlying base district.
9.52.020.1520
Parapet. A low wall or railing
extending above the roof and along its perimeter.
9.52.020.1530
Parcel. A single unit of land separated from other
units of land by legal description, the boundaries of which are shown
on a parcel map or final map, described in a deed, or for which a
certificate of compliance has been issued pursuant to the Subdivision
Map Act. [Parcel shall also include 2 or more parcels where the owner(s)
have recorded a covenant with the Office of the County Recorder that
states the intention of the owner(s) to combine and use the parcels
as a single unit of land in compliance with City regulations.]
9.52.020.1540
Parcel, corner. A parcel of land abutting 2 or more streets at their intersection,
or upon 2 parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less
than 135 degrees.
9.52.020.1550
Parcel, flag. A parcel not fronting on or abutting a public road and where access
is from a public roadby a narrow right-of-way or driveway.
9.52.020.1560
Parcel, key. The first interior parcel to the rear of a reversed corner parcel
and not separated therefromby an alley.
9.52.020.1570
Parcel, reversed corner. A corner parcel, the side street line of which is substantially
a continuationof the front parcel line of the first parcel to its
rear.
9.52.020.1580
Parcel, through. A parcel which fronts on 2 parallel streets or which fronts
upon 2 streets which donot intersect at the boundaries of the parcel.
9.52.020.1590
Parcel area. The total area
within the property lines of a parcel, excluding any street or alley
right-of-way.
9.52.020.1600
Parcel depth. The longest
perpendicular length between a front and rear parcel line or an imaginary
extension of a rear parcel line as necessary for non-rectilinear parcels.
9.52.020.1610
Parcel frontage. The width
of the front parcel line measured at the street right-of-way.
9.52.020.1620
Parcel line. A line of record bounding a parcel
that divides one parcel from another parcel or from a public or private
street or any other public space.
9.52.020.1630
Parcel line, front. The parcel line separating a parcel from a street right-of-way.
In the case of a corner parcel, the line separating the narrowest
street frontage of the parcel from the street shall be considered
the front. For corner parcels with equal street frontage dimensions,
the front of the parcel is the street frontage that is consistent
with the prevailing street frontage orientations along the block where
the corner parcel is located. For parcels between a walk street and
an alley, the front of the parcel is considered along the walk street.
For through parcels between a walk street and a street with vehicular
access, the front of the parcel is considered along the street with
vehicular access.
9.52.020.1640
Parcel line, rear. The parcel line opposite and most distant from the front
parcel line; or in the case of a triangular or otherwise irregularly
shaped parcel, a line 10 feet in length entirely within the parcel,
parallel to, and at a maximum distance from the front parcel line.
9.52.020.1650
Parcel line, side. Any parcel line other than a front or rear parcel line.
9.52.020.1660
Parcel width. For rectilinear
parcels, the distance between the side parcel lines determined by
the length of a straight line drawn at right angles to the side parcel
lines and parallel with both the front and rear parcel lines. For
non-rectilinear parcels, a series of measurements based on the location
of the side parcel lines shall be required to determine varying parcel
widths at any given locations on the parcel.
9.52.020.1670
Parking facility. An area of a parcel, structure,
or any other area, including driveways, which is designed for and
the primary purpose of which is to provide for the temporary storage
of operable motor vehicles.
9.52.020.1680
Accessory parking. An area of a parcel, structure, or any other area, which
is designed, reserved for, and the primary purpose of which is to
provide off-street parking to serve a building or use that is the
primary or main use of the parcel.
9.52.020.1690
Long-term parking. An area designed for employee or parking when a vehicle is
not normally moved during the period of an employee's work shift,
as opposed to customer or visitor parking.
9.52.020.1700
Parking, bicycle. A covered or uncovered area equipped
with a rack or other device designed and useable for the secure, temporary
storage of bicycles.
9.52.020.1710
Long-term bicycle parking. Bicycle parking that is designed to serve employees, students,
residents, commuters, and others who generally stay at a site for
3 hours or longer.
9.52.020.1720
Short-term bicycle parking. Bicycle parking that is designed to serve shoppers, customers,
messengers, guests, and other visitors to a site who generally stay
for a period of less than 4 hours.
9.52.020.1730
Parking space, off-street. An area, covered or
uncovered, designed and usable for the temporary storage of a vehicle,
which is paved and accessible by an automobile without permanent obstruction.
9.52.020.1740
Accessible parking. Parking spaces that are designed and reserved for a vehicle(s)
that is dedicated to persons with disabilities.
9.52.020.1745
Automated parking system. Off-street parking facility where vehicular storage and retrieval
within such facility is accomplished entirely through a mechanical
conveyance system. A parking facility with parking lift systems that
require an attendant to maneuver a vehicle that is to be parked shall
not be considered an automated parking facility.
9.52.020.1750
Car share parking. Parking spaces that are dedicated for a vehicle(s) provided
by a certified car-share organization for the purpose of providing
a car-share service to occupants of a building or the general public.
9.52.020.1760
Independently-accessible
parking. Parking spaces that allow a vehicle to be
accessed without having to move another vehicle under its own power.
They shall include spaces accessed by automated garages, or car elevators,
lifts or other space-efficient parking provided that no more than
one car needs to be moved under its own power to access any one space.
9.52.020.1770
Shared parking. The management of parking spaces so that they can be used
by multiple users. This allows for the more efficient use of parking
facilities. Parking may be shared between multiple users on the same
parcel, between multiple users on different parcels, or in dedicated
shared parking facilities such as public parking lots.
9.52.020.1780
Stacked parking. Space-efficient parking in which vehicles are stored and
accessed by mechanical stackers or lifts or other space-efficient
means.
9.52.020.1790
Tandem parking. Parking spaces that are placed one behind another and where
a vehicle needs to be moved to access the desired parking space.
9.52.020.1800
Unbundled parking. The practice of selling or leasing parking spaces separate
from the purchase or lease of the commercial or residential use.
9.52.020.1810
Valet parking. Stacked or valet parking is allowed if an attendant is present
or an automated system is in place to move vehicles. The automated
system may or may not be managed by an attendant.
9.52.020.1820
Parking structure. A structure used for parking
and storage of vehicles.
9.52.020.1830
Semi-subterranean. A parking structure located partially underground.
9.52.020.1840
Subterranean. A parking structure located entirely underground, except for openings
for ingress and egress.
9.52.020.1850
Patio. An outdoor area,
often paved, adjoining a building that is used for outdoor open space.
It is not fully enclosed by walls and typically is located at grade
or supported by minimal footings.
9.52.020.1860
Paving. A type of material
used over areas of a parcel such as driveways, parking spaces and
areas, pathways, patios, and front setbacks used for access by vehicles
and pedestrians.
9.52.020.1870
Permit. Any Zoning Conformance,
Conditional Use Permit, Minor Use Permit, Temporary Use Permit, Development
Review Permit, Administrative Approval, Home Occupation, Building
Permit, license, certificate, approval, or other entitlement for development
and/or use of property as required by any public agency.
9.52.020.1880
Permitted use. Any use or
structure that is allowed in a zoning district without a requirement
for approval of a Use Permit, but subject to any restrictions applicable
to that zoning district.
9.52.020.1890
Person. Any natural person
or other entity recognized by California law as such, including a
firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, company,
or corporation.
9.52.020.1900
Person with a disability. A person who has a physical or mental impairment that limits one
or more major life activities; anyone who is regarded as having that
type of impairment; or anyone who has a record of that type of impairment.
9.52.020.1910
Planning Commission. The
Planning Commission of the City of Santa Monica.
9.52.020.1920
Plaza. An outdoor space
set aside for gathering or congregating and commercial activities,
typically surrounded by building frontages.
9.52.020.1930
Podium. A continuous raised
platform supporting a building or a large block of 2 or 3 stories
beneath a multi-story block of smaller area.
9.52.020.1940
Porte cochere. A roofed
structure through which a vehicle can pass, extending from the entrance
of a building over an adjacent driveway, the purpose of which is to
shelter persons entering and exiting a building.
9.52.020.1950
Pre-existing. In existence
prior to the effective date of this Article.
9.52.020.1960
Primary use. See Use, Primary.
9.52.020.1970
Private tennis court. A
tennis court which is used for noncommercial purposes by the owner(s)
of the property or guests.
9.52.020.1980
Project. Any proposal for
a new or changed use or for new construction, alteration, or enlargement
of any structure, that is subject to the provisions of this Ordinance.
This term includes, but is not limited to, any action that qualifies
as a "project" as defined by the California Environmental Quality
Act.
9.52.020.1990
Public land. Any government-owned
land, including, but not limited to, public parks, beaches, playgrounds,
trails, paths, schools, public buildings, and other recreational areas
or public open spaces.
9.52.020.2000
Public Resources Code. The
Public Resources Code of the State of California.
9.52.020.2010
Qualified applicant. The
property owner, the owner's agent, or any person or other legal entity
that has a legal or equitable interest in land that is the subject
of a development proposal or is the holder of an option or contract
to purchase such land or otherwise has an enforceable proprietary
interest in such land.
9.52.020.2020
Ramp. An access driveway
leading from one parking level to another, or an access driveway from
an entrance leading to parking at a different level.
9.52.020.2030
Reasonable accommodation. A type of discretionary permit that, if approved, would provide
for persons with disabilities seeking equal access to housing under
the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the Federal Fair Housing
Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the application
of building and zoning laws and other land use policies, procedures,
laws, rules, and regulations.
9.52.020.2040
Residential use. One or
more rooms designed, occupied or intended for occupancy as primary
living quarters in a building or portion thereof.
9.52.020.2050
Review authority. Body responsible
for making decisions on zoning and related applications.
9.52.020.2060
Right-of-way. A strip of
land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced dedication, prescription
or condemnation and intended to be occupied or occupied by a road,
railroad, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water line,
sanitary storm sewer or other similar use.
9.52.020.2070
Roof. That portion of a building or structure above
walls or columns that shelters the floor area or the structure below.
9.52.020.2080
Barrel roof. An arched roof with a semi-circular, half-cylindrical shape.
9.52.020.2090
Gambrel roof. A roof with 2 slopes on each of its 2 sides of which the lower is
steeper than the upperslope.
9.52.020.2100
Hip roof. A 4-sided roof with sloping ends and sides.
9.52.020.2110
Mansard roof. A roof with 2 sloping planes of different pitch on each of the 4
sides.
9.52.020.2120
Pitched roof. A roof with 2 sides that have at least one foot of vertical rise
for every 3 feet ofhorizontal run.
9.52.020.2130
Shed roof. A roof with a single slope.
9.52.020.2140
Roof deck. A platform located
on the flat portion of a roof or setback of a building that is used
for outdoor space. It is distinct from a patio.
9.52.020.2150
Screening. Buffering of
a building or activity from neighboring areas or from the street with
a wall, fence, hedge, informal planting, or berm.
9.52.020.2160
Security grate or grilles. A metal grate that rolls up over, or slides across, a window or
door to provide protection against unwanted entry. It also can be
a fixed metal fixture over window openings.
9.52.020.2170
Senior citizen. An individual
62 years of age or older unless otherwise expressly stated in this
Article.
9.52.020.2180
Setback. The distance between the parcel line and a building, not including permitted projections, that must be kept clear or open. See also Section 9.04.040, Measuring Distances, Section 9.04.130, Determining Setbacks, and Section 9.21.110, Projections into Required Setbacks.
9.52.020.2190
Setback, front. A space extending the full width of the parcel between any
building and the front parcel line, and measured perpendicularly to
the building at the closest point to the front parcel line.
9.52.020.2200
Setback, rear. A space extending the full width of the parcel between the
principal building and the rear parcel line measured perpendicularly
from the rear parcel line to the closest point of the principal building.
When a rear parcel line abuts an alley or walk street, the rear setback
shall be measured from the center line of the alley or walk street.
9.52.020.2210
Setback, side. A space extending the full depth of the parcel between the
principal building and the side parcel line measured perpendicularly
from the side parcel line to the closest point of the principal building.
For non-rectilinear parcels, a space extending the full depth of the
parcel between the principal building and the side parcel line(s)
measured using a series of measurements parallel to the front parcel
line to determine varying parcel widths at any given locations on
the parcel.
9.52.020.2220
Setback, street side. A space extending the full depth of the parcel between the
principal building and the side parcel line adjacent to a public street
right-of-way measured perpendicularly from the side parcel line to
the closest point of the principal building. For non-rectilinear parcels,
a space extending the full depth of the parcel between the principal
building and the side parcel line(s) adjacent to a public street right-of-way
measured using a series of measurements parallel to the front parcel
line to determine varying parcel widths at any given locations on
the parcel.
9.52.020.2230
Sexually-oriented business. See Chapter 9.59, Sexually-Oriented Businesses, for details.
9.52.020.2240
Shrub. A plant with a compact
growth habit and branches coming from the base of the plant. Mature
heights of shrubs may vary from one foot to 15 feet depending on their
species and landscape application.
9.52.020.2250
Sidewalk. A paved, surfaced,
or leveled area, paralleling and usually separated from the street,
used as a pedestrian walkway.
9.52.020.2260
Sidewalk café. Any
outdoor dining area located in or adjacent to any public sidewalk
or right-of-way which is associated with a restaurant or other eating
and drinking establishment on a contiguous adjacent parcel.
9.52.020.2270
Sign-related definitions. All terms relating to signage are defined in Chapter 9.61, Signs.
9.52.020.2280
Site. A parcel, or group
of contiguous parcels, that is proposed for development in accordance
with the provisions of this Article and is in a single ownership or
under unified control.
9.52.020.2290
Skylight. That portion of
a roof which is glazed to admit light and the mechanical fastening
required to hold the glazing, including a curb not exceeding 10 inches
in height, to provide a weatherproofing barrier.
9.52.020.2300
Solar energy system. Any
solar collector or other solar energy device, certified pursuant to
State law, along with its ancillary equipment, whose primary purpose
is to provide for the collection, storage, and distribution of solar
energy for space heating, space cooling, electric generation, or water
heating, or any structural design feature of a building, whose primary
purpose is to provide for the collection, storage, and distribution
of solar energy for electricity generation, space heating or cooling,
or for water heating.
9.52.020.2310
State Historical Building Code. California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 8, or any successor
thereto, which constitutes a special State-adopted building code for
historic buildings allowing flexible approaches to their construction
problems. This Code was developed to accommodate changes necessary
for the continued use of historic buildings, while preserving their
historic character and significant architectural features. Applicants
may elect to use the State Historic Building Code as an alternative
to standard construction codes such as the City's Building Code or
Electrical Code.
9.52.020.2320
Story. That portion of a
building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper
surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall
be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of
the topmost floor and the upper surface of the roof above. A mezzanine
with a floor area that exceeds one-third of the floor area of the
overlooking room of the floor below constitutes a story. An attic
and basement shall not be considered stories.
9.52.020.2330
Street. A public or private
thoroughfare which affords the access to a block and to abutting property.
"Street" includes avenue, place, way, drive, boulevard, highway, road,
and any other thoroughfare, except an alley as defined herein.
9.52.020.2340
Street tree. Trees that
are located in the public right-of-way.
9.52.020.2350
Street wall. A wall or portion
of a wall of a building facing a street.
9.52.020.2360
Structural alterations. Any
physical change to or the removal of the supporting members of a structure
or building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders including
the creation, enlargement, or removal of doors or windows and changes
to a roofline or roof shape.
9.52.020.2370
Structure. Anything constructed or erected, which
requires a fixed location on the ground, or is attached to a building
or other structure having a fixed location on the ground.
9.52.020.2380
Structure, accessory. A detached subordinate structure, used only as incidental
to the main structure on the same parcel.
9.52.020.2390
Structure, main. A structure housing the principal use of a site or functioning
as the principal use.
9.52.020.2400
Structure, subterranean. A structure located entirely underground, except for openings
for ingress andegress.
9.52.020.2410
Structure, temporary. A structure without any foundation or footings and which
is intended to beremoved when the designated time period, activity,
or use for which the temporary structure waserected has ceased.
9.52.020.2420
Subdivision. See Chapter 9.54, Land Divisions, for all subdivision definitions.
9.52.020.2430
Swimming pool. A pool, pond,
or open tank capable of containing a large and deep enough body of
water for people to use to swim.
9.52.020.2440
Temporary structure. See
Structure, Temporary.
9.52.020.2445
Third Street Promenade Area. The area including the Third Street Promenade and parcels located
in that portion of the BC (2nd & 4th Streets) District bounded
by 2nd Street to the west, Broadway to the south, 4th Street to the
east, and Wilshire Boulevard to the north.
9.52.020.2450
Trailer. A vehicle without
motor power, designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and to be used
for human habitation or for carrying persons or property, including
a mobile home, trailer coach or house trailer.
9.52.020.2460
Trash screen/enclosure. A
permanent, immobile structure, designed for the storage of a mobile
resource recovery, recycling, or compost bin or container.
9.52.020.2470
Unit. See Dwelling Unit.
9.52.020.2480
Use. The purpose for which land or the premises
of a building, structure, or facility thereon is designed, arranged,
or intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
9.52.020.2490
Use, accessory. A use that is customarily associated with, and is incidental
and subordinate to, the primary use and located on the same parcel
as the primary use.
9.52.020.2500
Use, primary. A primary, principal or dominant use established, or proposed to
be established, on a parcel. In a mixed-use building, there may be
more than one primary use.
9.52.020.2510
Use classification. A system of classifying uses into a limited number of use types on the basis of common functional, product, or compatibility characteristics. All use types are grouped into the following categories: residential; public and semi-public; commercial; industrial; and transportation, communication, and utilities. See Chapter 9.51, Use Classifications.
9.52.020.2520
Use permit. A discretionary permit, such as a Minor Use Permit or Conditional Use Permit, which may be granted by the appropriate City authority to provide for the accommodation of land uses with special site or design requirements, operating characteristics, or potential adverse effects on surroundings, which are not permitted as of right but which may be approved upon completion of a review process and, where necessary, the imposition of special conditions of approval by the permit granting authority. See Chapter 9.41, Minor Use Permits and Conditional Use Permits.
9.52.020.2530
Use type. A category which
classifies similar uses based on common functional, product, or compatibility
characteristics.
9.52.020.2540
Utilities. Equipment and
associated features related to the mechanical functions of a building(s)
and services such as water, electrical, telecommunications, and waste.
9.52.020.2550
Vibration. A periodic motion
of the particles of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite
directions from the position of equilibrium.
9.52.020.2560
View corridor. An area where
there is a view of all or a portion of a panoramic subject, scene,
or area.
9.52.020.2570
Wall. Any exterior surface
of building or any part thereof, including windows.
9.52.020.2580
Window. An opening in a wall of a building that
may be filled with glass or other material in a frame. They typically
allow light and air into the interior of a building but also serve
as vehicles for viewing merchandise in commercial properties.
9.52.020.2590
Primary room window. A glazed surface whose area is larger than any other glazed
surface in a living room, dining room, family room, library, or similar
such activity room in a dwelling unit.
9.52.020.2600
Secondary room window. A glazed surface serving a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, stairway,
corridor, or storage area in a dwelling unit, or a nonprimary window
in a primary space.
9.52.020.2610
Yard. See Setback.
9.52.020.2620
Zoning Administrator. The
Director of the Department of Planning and Community Development,
or designee.
9.52.020.2630
Zoning district. A specifically
delineated area or district in the City within which regulations and
requirements uniformly govern the use, placement, spacing, and size
of land and buildings.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§
1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015; Ord. No. 2576CCS § 15, adopted June 12,
2018; Ord. No. 2649CCS § 36, adopted September 8, 2020; Ord. No. 2726CCS § 17, adopted October 25, 2022; Ord. No. 2742CCS § 2, adopted April 11, 2023)
