This chapter provides definitions of the terms and phrases used
in this title that are technical or specialized, or that may not reflect
common usage. This chapter also determines how language used throughout
this title will be construed. Where any of the definitions in this
chapter may conflict with definitions in other titles of the Roseville
Municipal Code, these definitions prevail for the purposes of this
title.
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014)
The meaning and construction of works and phrases as set forth
shall apply throughout this title, except where the context of such
words or phrases clearly indicates a different meaning or construction.
Definitions contained in the Uniform Building Code shall be applicable
except when in conflict with definitions contained in this title,
in which case the zoning definition shall apply.
The following general rules of construction shall apply to the
textual provisions of this title:
A.
Headings. The section and subsection headings of this title
do not govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect the scope, meaning
or intent of any provision of this title.
B.
Illustrations. In case of any difference of meaning or implication
between the text of any provision and any illustration, the text of
the provision shall control.
C.
Shall, May and Should. “Shall” is always mandatory
and not discretionary. “May” is permissive or discretionary.
“Should” is advisory and not mandatory.
D.
Tense, Number, and Gender. Words used in the present tense
include the past and future tense. Words used in the singular include
the plural, and the plural the singular, unless the context clearly
indicates the contrary. The masculine and feminine genders are both
inclusive of the masculine, feminine, and neuter.
E.
Conjunctions. Unless the context clearly indicates the contrary,
the following conjunctions shall be interpreted as follows:
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014)
A.
1.
Accessory Building or Structure: (See Building,
Accessory).
2.
Act: The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.
3.
Amendment: Any change, modification, deletion, or addition
to the wording, text or substance of this title or any change, modification,
deletion, or addition to the application of this title to property
within the City of Roseville, including any alteration in the boundaries
of a zone district, when adopted by ordinance passed by the City Council
in the manner prescribed by law.
4.
Antenna: A device used in communications which transmits or
receives radio signals. Common forms of antennae are panel arrays
and whip antennas. Panel arrays are designed to concentrate a radio
signal in a particular area and are typically flat and rectangular
in design. Whip antennas transmit a signal 360 degrees and are cylindrical
with an 18-foot height limit.
a.
Co-Location. Locating wireless communications equipment from more
than one provider on a single site.
b.
Telecommunication Facility. A land use facility supporting antennas
and microwave dishes that sends and/or receives radio-frequency signals.
Communication facilities include structures (aka monopole, towers)
and accessory buildings.
c.
Dish Antenna. A dish-like antenna used to link communication sites
together by wireless transmission of voices or data. Also called microwave
antenna or microwave dish antenna.
d.
Equipment Building, Shelter or Cabinet. A structure designed and
used to house equipment used by telecommunication providers at a facility.
e.
Monopole. A structure of a single spire used to support communications
equipment.
f.
Related Equipment. All equipment ancillary to the transmission and
reception of voice and data via radio frequencies. Such equipment
may include, but is not limited to, cable, conduit and connectors.
g.
Satellite Antennas. A satellite antenna is a dish like antenna used
to link communications sites together by wireless transmission of
voice or data. Also called microwave antenna or microwave dish antenna.
h.
Stealth Facility. Any communications facility which is designed to
blend into the surrounding environment. Examples of stealth facilities
may include architecturally screened roof-mounted antennas, building
mounted antennas painted to match the existing structure, antennas
integrated into architectural elements, and antenna structures designed
to link like light poles. Also called concealed antennas.
i.
Telecommunication Tower. A mast, pole, monopole or guyed or lattice,
free-standing tower designed and primarily used to support antennas,
to include dishes, arrays and similar devices.
B.
1.
Building: Any structure having a roof supported by columns
and/or walls and intended for the shelter, housing and enclosure of
any individual, animal, process, equipment, vehicles, goods or materials
of any kind or nature.
2.
Building or Structure, Accessory: A building or structure
detached from a principal building on the same lot and incidental
to the principal building.
3.
Building or Structure, Nonconforming: A building or structure,
or portion thereof, which was lawfully erected, altered or maintained,
prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title,
but which, because of the application of this title to it, no longer
conforms to the specific regulations applicable to the zoning district
in which it is located.
4.
Building(s), Primary: A building(s) devoted primarily to the
principal or conditionally permitted use of the lot or building site
on which it is situated, as permitted by this title.
5.
Bus Depot or Station: A place of business serving as a point
of arrival or departure for passengers traveling by intercity or interstate
bus, except those buses operated by a governmental entity.
C.
1.
City: The City of Roseville, California.
2.
City Council: The City Council of the City of Roseville.
3.
Clear Vision Triangle, Commercial: That portion of both private
property and public right-of-way located at any corner where two streets
intersect. The clear vision triangle is defined by the triangular
area created by the diagonal connection of two points measured 30
feet back from the intersection of the prolongation of points measured
along the front and corner street side back of curb (see figure below).
The dimensions of the clear vision triangle may be required to be
increased if the Director of Public Works determines that additional
area is needed to ensure that a potential traffic hazard is not created.
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4.
Clear Vision Triangle, Residential: The clear vision triangle
is defined by the path of travel of a vehicle making a right turn
at an intersection, and is intended to preserve appropriate line-of-sight
for the driver and pedestrians at a turn. The clear vision triangle
is the area created by the diagonal connection of two points measured
25 feet along the back of curb on the right-hand side of the vehicle
as it approaches the intersection to turn right, and 75 feet along
the perpendicular side of the back of curb on the right-hand side
of the vehicle as it completes the turn and departs the intersection
(see figure below).
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5.
Compact Residential Development: Attached or detached single-family
housing units on a parcel or parcels with a General Plan land use
designation of medium density residential or higher (seven dwelling
units per acre or higher, as depicted on the General Plan Land Use
Map).
6.
Condominium: An estate in real property consisting of an undivided
interest in common in portions of a parcel of real property together
with a separate interest in a dwelling, industrial or commercial building
on such real property, such as an apartment, office, warehouse or
store. A condominium may include, in addition, a separate interest
in other portions of such real property.
7.
Condominium Conversion: Condominium conversion occurs whenever
a multiple residential dwelling unit building or a residential housing
project containing three or more dwelling units under the same ownership,
or such a project that has been granted an occupancy permit is subdivided
so that individual dwelling units are available for sale as condominiums
within the meaning of Civil Code Section 783.
9.
Council, or City Council: The City Council of the City of
Roseville, California.
10.
Construction Trailer: A trailer used as an on-site office
only during actual construction of an approved building site.
D.
1.
Density: The number of dwelling units per gross acre excluding
accessory dwelling units pursuant to Government Code Section 65852.2.
2.
Department: The planning and redevelopment department of the
City of Roseville.
3.
Design Guidelines: A set of guidelines adopted by the City
of Roseville, defining elements and dimensions to be followed in site,
building design, landscaping and development.
4.
Development: Shall be as defined by California Government
Code Section 65927.
5.
Development Standard: Those parts of a zone district and any
other regulation of this title which regulates aspects of physical
development, including, but not limited to, density, lot area, lot
width, lot coverage, building height, and setbacks.
6.
Disabled Person: Any person who has a physical or mental impairment
that substantially limits one or more major life activities; anyone
who is regarded as having such impairment; or anyone who has record
of such impairment. People who are currently using illegal substances
are not covered under the Act unless they have a separate disability
or otherwise qualify.
7.
Distance Between Structures: The shortest horizontal distance
measured between two vertical walls of two structures.
E.
1.
Expansion, Building or Structure: An alteration of a building/structure
that results in an increase in its size, either in extent or bulk,
or an increase in its area or volume.
2.
Expansion, Use: An alteration of a use that results in an
increase in its size, either in extent, intensity or in the nature
of the activities conducted.
F.
1.
Family: An individual or group of two or more persons occupying
a dwelling and living together as a single housekeeping unit in which
each resident has access to all parts of the dwelling and where the
adult residents share expenses for food or rent.
2.
Fence: An artificially constructed barrier of any material
or combination of materials erected to enclose, screen, or separate
areas.
G.
1.
Garage Sale: The temporary sale of used household or personal
articles held on the seller’s own residential premises, also
referred to as a yard sale or rummage sale.
2.
General Plan: As used in this title, the term General Plan
means the City of Roseville General Plan, and all revisions and amendments
to the Plan.
3.
Group Home: Those uses or facilities identified with Sections 19.08.070(J)(3), 19.08.080(C), 19.08.080(D) and such other sections of this title, which provide for the care of disabled or supervised individual(s).
H.
1.
Height, Building and Other Structures: The vertical distance
from the highest point of the building or structure to the average
of the highest and lowest points where the exterior walls or supports
touch the natural grade.
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2.
Height, Fence or Wall: The height of a fence or wall shall
be determined from the highest finished grade adjacent to the fence
or wall.
3.
Home, Model Complex: One or more dwelling units or one temporary
trailer temporarily used for display purposes as an example of dwelling
units available or to be available for sale or rental for the first
time in a particular subdivision or residential development which
may be comprised of single detached, semi-detached, or multiple unit
dwellings, or a combination thereof. It also includes one sales office
and associated parking.
I.
Reserved.
J.
1.
Junk Yard: Any area of 200 square feet or more used for the
storage of junk, scrap materials, materials, salvaged from wrecked
or demolished buildings, machinery or equipment; or used for the wrecking
or demolishing of automobiles, other vehicles, or machinery.
K.
Reserved.
L.
1.
Landscaped Area: An area devoted to lawn, groundcover, trees,
or shrubs or hardscape, and as specified in this title, the Design
Guidelines, any applicable specific plan or by other City requirement.
2.
Loading Space: An area, other than a street, alley, or driving
aisle, on the same lot with a building or a group of buildings which
is permanently reserved and maintained for the temporary parking of
commercial vehicles while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.
3.
Lot: A legally created parcel of land used or capable of being
used under the regulations of this title.
4.
Lot, Corner: A lot located at the intersection of two or more
streets, with one property boundary bordering on each street frontage
(see figure).
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5.
Lot, Developed: A lot with buildings or structures.
6.
Lot, Flag: A lot having access to a public or private street
by a narrow strip of land (see figure under Lot, Corner).
7.
Lot, Frontage: That portion of the lot contiguous to the street.
8.
Lot, Interior: A lot, other than a corner lot, abutting only
one street (see figure under Lot, Corner).
9.
Lot, Key: A lot with a side line that abuts the rear line
of any one or more adjoining lots (see figure under Lot, Corner).
10.
Lot Line, Front: The lot line separating a lot from
a street right-of-way. The front lot line of a corner lot may face
either street frontage, at the option of the owner, provided that
the required rear yard setback is obtainable opposite from the front
lot line.
11.
Lot Line, Rear: That lot line, not intersecting a front
lot line, which is most distant from and most closely parallel to
the front lot line. In the case of an irregularly shaped lot or a
lot bounded by only three lot lines, a line within the lot having
a length of 30 feet parallel to and most distant from the front lot
line shall be interpreted as the rear lot line for the purpose of
determining required yards, setbacks, and other provisions of this
title (see figures below).
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12.
Lot Line, Side: Any lot line which is not a front or
rear lot line.
13.
Lot, Reversed Corner: A corner lot, the rear of which
abuts the side of another lot (see figure under Lot, Corner).
14.
Lot, Area: The area contained within the boundary lines
of a lot.
15.
Lot, Coverage: The land area covered by all primary
buildings on a lot, including cantilevered enclosed space located
above the ground floor.
16.
Lot, Through: A lot having frontage on two generally
parallel streets (see figure under Lot, Corner).
17.
Lot, Width: The horizontal distance between the side
lot lines, measured at the front setback line.
M.
1.
Manager: The Planning Manager of the City of Roseville or
the Planning Manager’s designee.
2.
Manufactured Home: A factory built or manufactured home permitted
by State of California and federal laws.
3.
Mobile Home: Same as manufactured home, but subject to the
National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974.
4.
Mobile Home Park: Any area or tract of land where one or more
mobile home lots are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease
to accommodate mobile homes used for human habitation. The rental
paid for any such mobile home shall be deemed to include rental for
the lot it occupies.
5.
Model Home Complex: One or more dwellings used for the display
and sale of units and lots within a subdivision.
N.
1.
Nonconforming Structure or Building: A structure or building,
the size, dimensions, or location of which was lawful prior to the
adoption, revision, or amendment to the Zoning Ordinance but that
fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment to comply
to the present requirements of the zoning district.
2.
Nonconforming Use: A use or activity that was lawful prior
to the adoption, revision or amendment of the Zoning Ordinance but
that fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment to comply
to the present requirements of the zoning district.
O.
1.
Open Air Vending Facilities: The sale of prepared food, fresh
cut flowers or plants, or the sale of items determined by the Planning
Manager to be consistent with this type of use, from a stand or non-motorized
non-stationary cart or pushcart.
2.
Outdoor Sales Area: An outdoor area located on the same lot
as the principal business used for merchandise display or storage
as allowed under this title.
P.
1.
Parcel: Means an area of land.
2.
Parcel, Nonconforming: A parcel of land having less area,
frontage, or dimensions than required in the zoning district in which
it is located.
3.
Parking Lot: An area of land, a yard or other open space on
a lot legally used for or designed for parking motor vehicles.
4.
Parking Space: An unobstructed space or area other than a
street or alley which is permanently reserved and maintained for the
parking of one motor vehicle.
5.
Peak Load: The generation of electricity during the highest
electrical demand within a particular period of time. Daily electric
peaks on weekdays occur in late afternoon and early evening. Annual
peaks occur on hot summer days.
6.
Permitted: Means any use or activity allowed by the provisions
of this title, and subject to the applicable regulations contained
within this title.
7.
Person: An individual, firm, co-partnership, joint venture,
association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate,
trust, receiver, syndicate, City, local agency, or any other group
or combination acting as an entity.
8.
Planning Commission: The Planning Commission of the City of
Roseville.
9.
Property Owner: A person or persons having a possessory interest
in the property, other than a periodic tenancy, estate at will, or
sufferance, or a person having a contractual right which will ripen
into such a possessory interest in the property.
Q.
1.
Qualified Affordable Housing Project: A qualified affordable
housing project is defined as either: (a) a residential multi-unit
(three or more units) or mixed use housing project that provides a
minimum of 20 percent of the units as affordable units for low, very-low
or extremely low income; complies with the City’s Objective
Design Standards; and agrees to enter into an Affordable Housing Agreement
prior to issuance of building permits; or (b) a residential project
consistent with Government Code Section 65913.4, as it now exists
or may hereafter be amended.
R.
Reserved.
S.
1.
Sale, Fundraising: The temporary sale of new or used merchandise
conducted by a charitable, eleemosynary, or non-profit organization
or by groups associated with churches, schools and clubs.
2.
Seating Capacity: The actual seating capacity of an area based
upon the number of seats of one seat per 18 inches of bench or pew
length. For other areas where seats are not fixed, the seating capacity
shall be determined as indicated by the Uniform Building Code.
3.
Secondary Use: A purpose for which land or a building is or
may be intended, occupied, maintained, arranged, or designed, which
is less visible, prominent, or important than the primary use(s) on
the same lot or parcel.
4.
Setback: The required distance that a building, parking lot
or other designated item must be located from a lot line. For buildings
and structures, the setback is measured to the exterior face/finish
of the wall, post or railing.
5.
Setback, Front: The front setback is an area formed by a line
parallel to a front lot line. The front setback is measured at right
angles to the front lot line.
6.
Setback, Rear: The rear setback is an area formed by a line
parallel to the rear lot line. Rear setbacks are measured at right
angles to the rear lot lines.
7.
Setback, Side: The side setback is an area formed by a line
parallel to the side lot line, that extends between front and rear
setback areas. Side setbacks are measured at right angles to the side
lot lines.
8.
Shopping Center: Two or more contiguous or separate retail
commercial stores that share access and/or parking, which function
by design, or ultimately function, as a single entity.
9.
Street: A public or permanent private way 30 feet or more
in width, which affords a primary means of access to property.
10.
Structural Alterations: Any change in the supporting
members of a building such as foundations, bearing walls, columns,
beams, floor or roof joints, girders or rafters, or changes in roof
or exterior lines.
11.
Structure: Anything constructed or erected which requires
location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent
location on the ground, including, but not limited to, antennas, signs
and billboards, but not including outdoor areas such as paved areas,
tennis courts, driveways, parking spaces where the area is unobstructed
from the ground up.
T.
1.
Theater: A building or structure used for the purpose of conducting
live dramatic, comedic or musical performances, the showing of motion
pictures or similar recorded media, or other live performing arts.
U.
1.
Uniform Building Code: The Uniform Building Code currently
in use and adopted by the City of Roseville.
2.
Usable Open Space: One or more open areas adjacent to residential uses, the purpose of which is to provide an outdoor area designed for outdoor living and recreation, and which is located at, below, or above grade. This space is typically accommodated within side and rear yard areas. The area covered by accessory structures meeting the standards for unenclosed structures (see Section 19.22.030) may be counted towards usable open space.
3.
Use: The purpose of which land or a building is arranged,
designed, or intended, or for which either land or a building is or
may be occupied or maintained.
5.
Use, Conditionally Permitted: A use type subject to a Conditional
Use Permit, which use may be essential or desirable to the public
convenience or welfare in one or more zones but which may also impair
the integrity and character of the zone or adjoining zone or be detrimental
to the public health, safety or welfare unless additional restrictions
on location and extent of use are imposed and enforced. Such use shall
be permitted when all specific additional restrictions are completed
and permanently satisfied in conformance with an approved Conditional
Use Permit. Should such restrictions be of a continuing nature, the
use will remain conditional so long as the restrictions are complied
with, but shall become an illegal use whenever and so long as the
restrictions are not complied with.
6.
Use, Primary: The primary use or uses for which land or a
building is or may be intended, occupied, maintained, arranged or
designed and includes principally, conditionally and administratively
permitted uses.
7.
Use, Principally Permitted: The primary use of land or of
a main building which use is compatible with the purpose of the zone
and which is permitted in the zone. If a use is listed in a specific
zone as a principally permitted use, it means that the owner, lessee
or other person who has legal right to use the land, has right to
conduct such principally permitted use subject to the regulations
and procedural requirements of this title.
9.
Use Type: A category or class of land uses which share common
functional, product or compatibility characteristics and which have
been classified under a discreet use type in these regulations, commencing
at Article II of this title.
V.
Reserved.
W.
Reserved.
X.
Reserved.
Y.
Reserved.
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014; Ord. 5974 § 15, 2018; Ord. 6198 § 1, 2020; Ord. 6363 § 2, 2021)
