This chapter provides definitions of terms and phrases used
in this Zoning Code that are technical or specialized, or that may
not reflect common usage. If any of the definitions in this Chapter
conflict with definitions in other provisions of the City Code, these
definitions shall control for the purposes of this Zoning Code. If
a word is not defined in this Chapter, or in other provisions of the
Santa Rosa City Code, the Director shall determine the correct definition.
(Ord. 3677 § 1, 2004)
As used in this Zoning Code, the following terms and phrases
shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, unless the
context in which they are used clearly requires otherwise.
A.
Definitions, "A."
Abut. Having property lines, street lines, or zoning
district lines, or creeks in common. It does not include properties
that share highways in common.
Accessory Dwelling Unit. An attached or a detached
residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living
facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a
proposed or existing primary residence. It shall include permanent
provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on
the same parcel as the single-family or multifamily dwelling is or
will be situated.
Accessory Retail or Services. The retail sale of
various products, or the provision of certain personal services within
a health care, hotel, office, or industrial complex, to employees
or customers; also includes retail that is incidental to a primary
use conducted on the same premises where no more than 20 percent of
the gross floor area is devoted to retail sales. Examples of these
uses include pharmacies within hospitals and medical clinics; a prescription
opticians' shop within an ophthalmologist office; a gift shop and
food service establishment within a hospital; gift and convenience
stores and food service establishments within hotel, office and industrial
complexes; barber and beauty shops within residential care facilities;
and a manufacturing/ processing or artisan/craft product manufacturing
use with an incidental retail sales area.
Accessory Structure. A structure that is physically
detached from, secondary and incidental to, and commonly associated
with a primary structure on the same site. See also "Agricultural
Accessory Structure," "Primary Structure," and "Residential Accessory
Uses and Structures,"
Accessory Use. A use customarily incidental to,
related and clearly subordinate to a primary use on the same parcel,
which does not alter the primary use nor serve property other than
the parcel where the primary use is located. See also "Primary Use."
Active Ground Floor. Street-level public realm
and building design elements, structures, or features that support
an active sidewalk experience by ensuring comfortable use 24 hours
a day; complementing human scale and increasing complexity of the
sidewalk space; providing continuous variety, connectivity, and accessibility;
and helping to achieve City-wide sustainability and resiliency goals.
Activity Generating Use. A land use that is intended
to attract a high volume of pedestrian traffic. An activity generating
use provides high customer turnover and social interaction, such as
retailing, entertainment and dining establishments, personal services,
theaters and galleries, and may include a lobby for upper floor multi-family
residential units.
Adult Business (Land Use). A business based upon
materials or performances that depict, describe, or relate to "specified
sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas," as defined in
the City Code.
Affordable Rent. Monthly housing expenses, including
a reasonable allowance for utilities, for rental units reserved for
very low or low income households, not exceeding the following calculations:
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Very Low Income: 50 percent of median income as defined by State
law (Health and Safety Code Section 50105) and the HUD income limits.
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Low Income: 80 percent of median income as defined by State
law (Health and Safety Code Section 50079.5) and the HUD income limits.
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Affordable Sales Price. A sales price at
which very low and low income households can qualify for the purchase
of designated dwelling units, calculated on the basis of underwriting
standards of mortgage financing available for the development.
Agent. A person authorized in writing by the property
owner to represent and act for a property owner in contacts with City
employees, committees, Commissions, and the Council, regarding matters
regulated by this Zoning Code.
Agricultural Accessory Structure. A structure for
sheltering or confining animals, or agricultural equipment, hay, feed,
etc. Examples of these structures include barns, non-commercial greenhouses,
coops, corrals, and pens. Does not include fencing.
Agricultural Employee Housing. Residential housing
whose occupancy is restricted to persons who are employed in, raising
or harvesting any agricultural commodities. All occupants of the housing
unit(s) must be agricultural employees. The housing shall be provided
by someone other than an agricultural employer, as defined in Section
1140.4 of the Labor Code. Agricultural employee housing is not a business
run for profit; it does not differ in any way from a traditional dwelling.
Agricultural Product Processing. The processing
of harvested crops to prepare them for on-site marketing or processing
and packaging elsewhere. Examples of this land use include the following:
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alfalfa cubing
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corn shelling
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cotton ginning
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custom grist mills
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custom milling of flour, feed and grain
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dairies
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drying of corn, rice, hay, fruits and vegetables
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grain cleaning and custom grinding
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hay baling and cubing
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hemp cultivation
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pre-cooling and packaging of fresh or farm-dried fruits and
vegetables
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sorting, grading and packing of fruits and vegetables
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tree nut hulling and shelling
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Alcoholic Beverage Sales. The retail sale
of alcoholic beverages for on-site or off-site consumption, including
liquor stores, convenience food stores, markets, taverns, bars, restaurants
with bars, and beverage tasting facilities that sell alcoholic beverages
for off-site consumption. This does not include restaurants, which
serve alcoholic beverages as part of a meal, or the sale of alcoholic
beverages for off-site consumption as part of a gift basket where
the sale of alcohol within a gift basket is clearly incidental to
the primary retail gift store use.
Alley. A public or private roadway that provides
vehicle access to the rear or side of parcels having other public
street frontage, that is not intended for general traffic circulation.
Allowed Use. A use of land identified by Division
2 (Zoning Districts and Allowable Land Uses) as a permitted or conditional
use that may be established with land use permit and, where applicable,
Design Review and/or Building Permit approval, subject to compliance
with all applicable provisions of this Zoning Code.
Alteration. Any construction or physical change
in the internal arrangement of rooms or the supporting members of
a structure, or a change in the external appearance of any structure,
not including painting.
Ambulance, Taxi, or Limousine Dispatch Facility. A base facility from which taxis and limousines are dispatched,
and/or where ambulance vehicles and crews stand by for emergency calls.
Ancillary. A use that is related but subordinate
to the primary or dominant use on the site.
Animal, Domestic. Any animal customarily kept by
humans for companionship, including dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, hamsters,
mice, turtles and the like. Includes female chickens (hens).
Animal, Exotic. Any species of animal not considered
domestic or livestock, including nonpoisonous snakes and lizards,
and pot-bellied pigs.
Animal Keeping. See Section 20-42.040 (Animal Keeping).
Animal, Livestock. Any animal customarily kept
by humans for the purpose of providing food, clothing or work, including
equine, bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and fowl, but excluding bees.
Apartment. See "Multifamily Dwelling."
Appeal. In the context of City review of a planning permit application, "appeal" means that the review authority may consider and decide upon appeals to the decision of an earlier decision-making body, in compliance with Chapter 20-62 (Appeals).
Applicant. A person who files an application with
the City requesting an action in compliance with this Zoning Code
who is:
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The owner or lessee of property;
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A party who has contracted to purchase property contingent upon
that party's ability to acquire the necessary approvals required for
that action in compliance with this Zoning Code, and who presents
written authorization from the property owner to file an application
with the City; or
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The agent of either of the above who presents written authorization
from the property owner to file an application with the City.
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Approval. Includes both approval and approval
with conditions.
Arborist. (1) A person currently certified by the
Western Article of the International Society of Arboriculture as an
expert on the care of trees; (2) a consulting arborist who satisfies
the requirements of the American Society of Consulting Arborists;
or (3) other qualified professionals who the Director determines have
gained through experience the qualifications to identify, remove,
or replace trees.
Architectural Feature. An exterior building feature
including roof, windows, doors, porches, etc.
Artisan/Craft Product Manufacturing. Establishments
manufacturing and/or assembling small products primarily by hand,
including jewelry, pottery and other ceramics, as well as small glass
and metal art and craft products.
Artisan Shop. A retail store selling art glass,
ceramics, clothing, jewelry, paintings, sculpture, and other handcrafted
items, where the facility includes an area for the crafting of the
items being sold.
Assessed Value. The value of a structure as shown
in the records of the County Assessor.
Attached. In the case of two structures, joined
or connected at any point.
Attic. The area located between the uppermost plate
and the roof or ridge of a structure.
Auto and Vehicle Sales/Rental. A retail or wholesale
establishment selling and/or renting automobiles, trucks and vans,
trailers, motorcycles, and bicycles (bicycle sales are also included
under "General Retail"). May also include repair shops and the sales
of parts and accessories, incidental to vehicle dealerships. Does
not include: the sale of auto parts/accessories separate from a vehicle
dealership (see "Auto Parts Sales"); mobile home, recreational vehicle,
or watercraft sales (see "Mobile Home, RV and Boat Sales"); tire recapping
establishments (see "Vehicle Services"); businesses dealing exclusively
in used parts, (see "Recycling—Scrap and Dismantling Yards");
or "Gas Stations," which are separately defined.
Auto Parts Sales. Stores that sell new automobile
parts and accessories. Establishments that provide installation services
are instead included under "Vehicle Services—Minor Maintenance/Repair."
Does not include tire recapping establishments, which are found under
"Vehicle Services" or businesses dealing exclusively in used parts,
which are included under "Recycling—Scrap and Dismantling Yards."
Auto Repair. See "Vehicle Services."
Automated Teller Machine (ATM). Computerized, self-service
machines used by banking customers for financial transactions, including
deposits, withdrawals and fund transfers, without face-to-face contact
with financial institution personnel. The machines may be located
at or within banks, or in other locations.
Average Slope. See "Slope, Average."
B.
Definitions, "B."
Bank, Financial Services. Financial institutions
including:
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banks and trust companies
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credit agencies
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holding (but not primarily operating) companies
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lending and thrift institutions
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other investment companies
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securities/commodity contract brokers and dealers
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security and commodity exchanges
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vehicle finance (equity) leasing agencies
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Bar/Tavern. A business where alcoholic
beverages are sold for on-site consumption, which are not part of
a larger restaurant. Includes bars, taverns, pubs, and similar establishments
where any food service is subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages.
May also include beer brewing as part of a microbrewery or brew-pub,
and other beverage tasting facilities, such as wine or beer tasting
rooms. Does not include adult oriented businesses.
Bed and Breakfast Inn (B&B). A dwelling with
one or more bedrooms rented for overnight lodging, where meals may
be provided subject to applicable Environmental Health Department
regulations. Does not include room rental, which is separately defined
(see "Rooming or Boarding House").
Brewery—Brew Pub. An establishment that produces
ales, beers, meads, hard ciders, and/or similar beverages to serve
on-site. Sale of beverages for off-site consumption is also permitted
in keeping with the regulations of the Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC)
and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF). Service of brewed
beverages must be in conjunction with the service of food. Brew pubs
may not produce more than 15,000 barrels of beverage (all beverage
types combined) annually. May include the distribution of beverages
for consumption at other sites.
Brewery—Production. An establishment which
produces ales, beers, meads, hard ciders, and/or similar beverages
on-site. Production Breweries are classified as a use which manufactures
more than 15,000 barrels of beverage (all beverage types combined)
annually. Breweries may also serve beverages on-site, and sell beverages
for off-site consumption in keeping with the regulations of the Alcohol
Beverage Control (ABC) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
(ATF). In addition, uses which produce 15,000 barrels of beverage
or less, but which do not meet one or more of the additional requirements
to be considered a brew pub, are breweries.
Broadcasting Studio. Commercial and public communications
use including radio and television broadcasting and receiving stations
and studios, with facilities entirely within buildings. Does not include
transmission and receiving apparatus, including antennas and towers,
which are instead defined under "Telecommunications Facilities."
Building and Landscape Materials Sales. A retail
establishment selling hardware, lumber and other large building materials,
plant materials, and other landscaping materials. Includes paint,
wallpaper, glass, fixtures. Includes all these stores selling to the
general public, even if contractor sales account for a major proportion
of total sales. Establishments primarily selling electrical, plumbing,
heating, and air conditioning equipment and supplies are classified
in "Warehouse, Wholesaling and Distribution." Hardware stores are
listed in the definition of "General Retail," even if they sell some
building materials.
Building Code. The uniform code providing standards
for building construction adopted by the City, and as required by
State law. For the purposes of this Zoning Code, "Building Code" includes
the plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and other construction costs
adopted by the City and/or required by State law.
Building Envelope. Where designated, the area of
a lot or parcel of real property within which structures must be confined,
except fencing and driveways.
Building Footprint. The area of the ground surface
occupied by an existing or proposed structure, measured from exterior
wall to exterior wall at the base of the structure.
Building Height. See Section 20-30.070 (Height Measurement and Exceptions).
Business Support Service. An establishment within
a building that provides services to other businesses. Examples of
these services include:
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blueprinting
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computer-related services (rental, repair)
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copying and quick printing services
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film processing and photofinishing (retail)
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mail boxes
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outdoor advertising services
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protective services (other than office related)
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security systems services
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C.
Definitions, "C."
Cabinet Shop. See "Furniture/Fixtures Manufacturing,
Cabinet Shops."
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). State
law (California Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.) requiring
public agencies to document and consider the environmental effects
of a proposed action, prior to allowing the action to occur.
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The
governmental agency which regulates the terms and conditions of public
utilities in the State.
Cannabis. All parts of the plant Cannabis sativa
Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, or any other strain
or varietal of the genus Cannabis that may exist or hereafter be discovered
or developed that has psychoactive or medicinal properties, whether
growing or not, including the seeds thereof. "Cannabis" also means
marijuana as defined by Section 11018 of the Health and Safety Code
as enacted by Chapter 1407 of the Statutes of 1972, and amended by
the California Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Initiative,
and as defined by other applicable State law. "Cannabis" does not
mean "industrial hemp" as defined by Section 11018.5 of the Health
and Safety Code. Cannabis is classified as an agricultural product
separately from other agricultural crops.
Cannabis or Cannabis Product. Cannabis
or a cannabis product, respectfully, 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 medical cannabis patient
in California who possesses a physician's recommendation; or pursuant
to the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Proposition 64), SB 94 and the
Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA).
Cannabis Business. An entity engaged in the cultivation,
possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory
testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery or sale of
cannabis and cannabis products for commercial purposes.
Cannabis Cultivation. Any activity involving the
planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming
of Medical or Adult Use Cannabis. Includes cannabis nurseries.
Cannabis Distribution. The procurement, sale, and
transport of Medical or Adult Use Cannabis and Medical or Adult Use
Cannabis Products between Cannabis Businesses.
Cannabis Manufacturing. The production, preparation,
propagation, or compounding of medical or adult use cannabis or medical
or adult use cannabis products either directly or indirectly or by
extraction methods, or independently by mean of chemical synthesis,
or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis at a fixed
location that packages or repackages medical or adult use cannabis
or medical or adult use cannabis products or labels or relabels its
container.
Cannabis Manufacturing—Level 1. The processing
or manufacturing of medical or adult use cannabis products using nonvolatile
solvents, or no solvents. The use of post-extraction ethanol "winterization"
is allowed within Cannabis Manufacturing Level 1 only to the extent
such use is permitted by the State in a Type 6 license.
Cannabis Manufacturing—Level 2. The processing
or manufacturing of medical or adult use cannabis products using volatile
solvents. For purposes of this section, "volatile solvents" shall
include solvents described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of
Section 11362.3 of the Health and Safety Code, or as such section
may be amended.
Cannabis Microbusiness. A medical or adult use
cannabis cultivation business of less than 10,000 square feet in combination
with cannabis distribution, cannabis manufacturing – level 1,
and/or cannabis retail (dispensary) and delivery, combined within
one State license.
Cannabis Operator or Operator. The
person or entity that is engaged in the conduct of any commercial
medical or adult use Cannabis Business.
Cannabis Retail. A facility where Medical or Adult
Use Cannabis or Medical or Adult Use Cannabis Products are offered,
either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including
an establishment that delivers Cannabis or Cannabis Products as part
of a retail sale. Also known as a cannabis "dispensary."
Cannabis Testing Laboratory. A laboratory, facility,
or entity in the State that offers or performs tests of medical or
adult use cannabis or medical or adult use cannabis products and that
is both of the following:
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Accredited by an accrediting body that is independent from all
other persons involved in commercial cannabis activity in the State.
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Licensed by the Bureau of Cannabis Control.
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Caretaker Unit. A permanent residence that
is secondary or accessory to the primary use of the property, and
used for housing a caretaker employed on the site of any nonresidential
use where needed for security purposes or to provide 24-hour care
or monitoring of people, plants, animals, equipment, or other conditions
on the site.
Carriage House. A secondary residential unit located
over a detached garage.
Catering Service. A business that prepares and
delivers food for consumption on the premises of a client. Does not
include mobile food vendors. See also "Restaurant, Café, Coffee
Shop."
Cemetery, Mausoleum, Columbarium. An interment
establishment engaged in subdividing property into cemetery lots and
offering burial plots or air space for sale. Includes animal cemeteries;
cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium and columbarium operations, and full-service
mortuaries and funeral parlors accessory to a cemetery or columbarium.
Change of Use. The replacement of an existing use
on a lot or parcel, or any portion thereof, by a new use, or a change
in the nature of an existing use; but does not include a change of
ownership, tenancy, or management associated with a use for which
the previous nature of the use will remain substantially unchanged.
Channelized Waterway. Any natural waterway that
has been constructed into a vertical wall or trapezoidal sectioned
concrete, rip-rap or earthen channel, or combinations thereof, and
open at the top, for the purpose of providing flood control and/or
improving bank stability.
Chicken. A domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat,
especially a young one.
Child Day Care. See "Day Care."
City. The City of Santa Rosa, State of California,
referred to in this Zoning Code as the "City."
City Council. The Santa Rosa City Council, referred
to in this Zoning Code as the "Council."
Club, Lodge, Private Meeting Hall. Permanent, headquarters-type
and meeting facilities for organizations operating on a membership
basis for the promotion of the interests of the members, including
facilities for:
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civic, social and fraternal organizations
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labor unions and similar organizations
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political organizations
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professional membership organizations
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other membership organizations
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Includes grange halls and similar facilities.
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Comment or Comment Only. In
the context of City review of a planning permit application, "Comment
Only" means that the participating members of a designated review
authority may provide comments regarding the subject proposal if they
wish, but shall not take any formal action or make any final decisions.
Commercial Recreation Facility—Indoor. Establishments
providing indoor amusement and entertainment services for a fee or
admission charge, including:
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coin-operated amusement arcades
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dance halls, clubs and ballrooms
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pool and billiard rooms as primary uses
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This use does not include adult oriented businesses, which are
separately defined. Four or more electronic games or coin-operated
amusements in any establishment, or a premises where 50 percent or
more of the floor area is occupied by amusement devices, are considered
an electronic game arcade as described above; three or fewer machines
are not considered a land use separate from the primary use of the
site.
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Commercial Recreation Facility—Outdoor. A facility for various outdoor recreational activities, where a
fee is charged for use. Examples include:
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amusement and theme parks
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golf driving ranges
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miniature golf courses
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water slides
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May also include commercial facilities customarily associated
with the above outdoor commercial recreational uses, including bars
and restaurants, video game arcades, etc.
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Commercial Zoning District. Any of the commercial zoning districts established by Section 20-20.020 (Zoning Map and Zoning Districts).
Community Care Facility. A facility, place, or
building that is maintained and operated to provide non-medical residential
care, which may include home finding and other services, for children
and/or adults, including: the physically handicapped; mentally impaired,
mentally disordered, or incompetent; developmentally disabled; court
wards and dependents; neglected or emotionally disturbed children;
the addicted; and the aged. Notwithstanding the above, end of life
care, including palliative care, shall be allowed at senior care facilities.
Community Center. A multi-purpose meeting and recreational
facility typically consisting of one or more meeting or multi-purpose
rooms, kitchen and/or outdoor barbecue facilities, that are available
for use by various groups for such activities as meetings, parties,
receptions, dances, etc.
Condominium. As defined by Civil Code Section 2015,
a development where undivided interest in common in a portion of real
property is coupled with a separate interest in space called a unit,
the boundaries of which are described on a recorded final map or parcel
map.
Conference/Convention Facility. One or more structures
accommodating multiple assembly, meeting, and/or exhibit rooms, and
related support facilities (e.g., kitchens, offices, etc.).
Construction Contractor. Office, and indoor and/or
outdoor storage facilities operated by, or on behalf of a contractor
licensed by the State of California for storage of large equipment,
vehicles, and/or other materials commonly used in the individual contractor's
type of business; storage of scrap materials used for repair and maintenance
of contractor's own equipment; and buildings or structures for uses
such as repair facilities.
Construction/Heavy Equipment Sales and Rental. Retail
establishments selling or renting construction, farm, or other heavy
equipment. Examples include cranes, earth moving equipment, tractors,
combines, heavy trucks, etc.
Convenience Store. A type of general retail store
which carries a range of merchandise oriented to convenience and/or
travelers' shopping needs.
Coop. The house or cage of sufficient size that
provides overnight shelter and security for hens.
Cottage Food Operation (CFO). An enterprise at
a private home where specific low-risk food products that do not require
refrigeration are made or repacked for sale to consumers.
County. The County of Sonoma, State of California.
Crop Production, Horticulture, Orchard, Vineyard. Commercial agricultural production field and orchard uses, including
the production of the following, primarily in the soil on the site
and not in containers, other than for initial propagation prior to
planting in the soil on the site:
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field crops
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flowers and seeds
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grains
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vegetables
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wine and table grapes
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Also includes associated crop preparation services and harvesting
activities: mechanical soil preparation; irrigation system construction;
spraying. Does not include greenhouses which are instead defined under
"Plant Nursery," and "Residential Accessory Use or Structure," or
containerized crop production, which is instead defined under "Plant
Nursery."
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Definitions, "D."
Day Care. Facilities that provide non-medical care
and supervision of minor children for periods of less than 24 hours.
These facilities include the following, all of which are required
to be licensed by the California State Department of Social Services.
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Child Day Care Center. Commercial or non-profit
child day care facilities designed and approved to accommodate 15
or more children. Includes infant centers, preschools, sick-child
centers, and school-age day care facilities. These may be operated
in conjunction with a school or church facility, or as an independent
land use.
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Large Family Day Care Home. As provided by Health
and Safety Code Section 1597.465, a home that regularly provides care,
protection, and supervision for seven to 14 children, inclusive, including
children under the age of 10 years who reside in the home.
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Small Family Day Care Home. As provided by Health
and Safety Code Section 1597.44, a home that provides family day care
for eight or fewer children, including children under the age of 10
years who reside in the home.
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Adult Day Care Facility. A day care facility providing
care and supervision for adult clients.
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Decision. In the context of City review
of a planning permit application, "decision" means that the review
authority makes the final decision on the matter.
Delivery of Cannabis. The commercial transfer of
Cannabis or Cannabis Products to a primary caregiver or qualified
patient as defined in Section 11362.7 of the Health and Safety Code
as Medical Cannabis; or as defined pursuant to the Adult Use of Marijuana
Act (Proposition 64), SB 94 and the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis
Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA). "Delivery" also includes the
use of any technology platform owned and controlled by a Cannabis
Business Operator that enables qualified patients or primary caregivers
or adult use customers to arrange for or facilitate the commercial
transfer by a permitted Cannabis Retail facility.
Density. The number of housing units per acre,
unless otherwise stated, for residential uses.
Density Bonus. As defined by State law (Government
Code Section 65915 et seq.), an increase over the maximum density
otherwise allowed by the applicable zoning district, that is granted
to the owner/developer of a housing project who agrees to construct
a prescribed percentage of dwelling units that are affordable to households
of very low and/or low income. When determining the number of dwelling
units that shall be affordable, the units authorized by the density
bonus shall not be included in the calculation.
Design Guidelines. The City of Santa Rosa Design
Guidelines, as adopted by the City Council.
Department. The City of Santa Rosa Community Development
Department, referred to in this Zoning Code as the "Department."
Development. Any construction activity or alteration
of the landscape, its terrain contour or vegetation, including the
erection or alteration of structures. New development is any construction,
or alteration of an existing structure or land use, or establishment
of a land use, after the effective date of this Zoning Code.
Development Agreement. A contract between the City
and an applicant for a development project, in compliance with the
City Code, and Government Code Sections 65864 et seq. A development
agreement is intended to provide assurance to the applicant that an
approved project may proceed subject to the policies, rules, regulations,
and conditions of approval applicable to the project at the time of
approval, regardless of any changes to City policies, rules, and regulations
after project approval. In return, the City may be assured that the
applicant will provide infrastructure and/or pay fees required by
a new project.
Diameter of a Tree. Trunk diameter measured at
4.5 feet above the ground.
Director. The City of Santa Rosa Director of Community
Development, or designee of the Director.
Discretionary Permit, or Project. A City land use
review and entitlement process where the review authority exercises
discretion in deciding to approve or disapprove the permit. Includes
Minor Conditional Use Permits, Conditional Use Permits, Minor Variances,
Variances, Design Review approval, and Subdivision Maps.
Diseased Tree. A tree afflicted by, but not limited
to, any of the following: insect infestation, heart rot, exfoliation,
slime flux, crown rot, leaf scorch, root fungus, structural defects
or weaknesses.
District. See "Zoning District."
Domestic Animal. See "Animal, Domestic."
Drip Line. A line that may be drawn on the ground
around a tree directly under its outermost branch tips and which identifies
that location where rainwater tends to drip from the trees. When depicted
on a map, the drip line will appear as an irregular shaped circle
that follows the contour of the tree's branches as seen from overhead.
Drive-Through Retail Sales or Services. A facility
where food or other products may be purchased, or where services may
be obtained by motorists without leaving their vehicles. Examples
of drive-through sales facilities include fast-food restaurants, drive-through
coffee, dairy product, photo stores, pharmacies, etc. Examples of
drive-through service facilities include drive-through bank teller
windows, dry cleaners, etc., but do not include automated teller machines
(ATMs), gas stations or other vehicle services, which are separately
defined.
Duplex. See "Multifamily Dwelling."
Dwelling, Dwelling Unit, or Housing Unit. A room
or group of internally connected rooms that have sleeping, cooking,
eating, and sanitation facilities, but not more than one kitchen,
which constitute an independent housekeeping unit, occupied by or
intended for one household on a long-term basis.
E.
Definitions, "E."
Easement. A grant of one or more of the property
rights by the property owner to and/or for the use by the public,
a corporation or another person or entity.
Edible Cannabis Product. A cannabis product that
is intended to be used, in whole or in part, for human consumption,
including, but not limited to, chewing gum, but excluding products
set forth in Division 15 (commencing with Section 32501) of the Food
and Agricultural Code. An edible cannabis product is not considered
food, as defined by Section 109935 of the Health and Safety Code,
or a drug, as defined by Section 109925 of the Health & Safety
Code.
Efficiency Unit. A separate living space with a
minimum floor area of 150 square feet intended for occupancy by no
more than two persons, which contains partial kitchen and bathroom
facilities. For the purposes of this Zoning Code, efficiency unit
has the same meaning as Section 17958.1 of the Health and Safety Code.
Electric Vehicle Sales. A retail establishment
selling electric vehicles, where the vehicles on site consist of display
models and already purchased and shipped vehicles for pick up only.
This use also includes associated major and minor vehicle maintenance/repair
to service the make of electric vehicle being sold on site.
Electronic Smoking Device. An electronic and/or
battery-operated device, the use of which may resemble smoking, which
can be used to deliver an inhaled dose of nicotine or other substances.
"Electronic smoking device" includes any such electronic smoking device,
whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an electronic
cigarette, an electronic cigar, an electronic cigarillo, an electronic
pipe, an electronic hookah, or any other product name or descriptor.
"Electronic smoking device" does not include any product specifically
approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use
in the mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.
Emergency Shelter. Housing with minimal supportive
services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six
months or less by a homeless person.
Environmental Impact Report (EIR). An informational
document used to assess the physical characteristics of an area and
to determine what effects will result if the area is altered by a
proposed action, prepared in compliance with the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA).
Equestrian Facility. A commercial facility for horses, donkeys, and/or mules, examples of which include horse ranches, boarding stables, riding schools and academies, horse exhibition facilities (for shows or other competitive events), and barns, stables, corrals and paddocks accessory and incidental to these uses. Does not include the simple pasturing of horses, donkeys, and/or mules for personal use, which is instead included under "Animal Keeping" as regulated by Section 20-42.040.
Equipment Rental. A service establishment that
may offer a wide variety of household and business equipment, furniture,
and materials for rental. Does not include construction equipment
rental, which is separately defined.
Exotic Animal. See "Animal, Exotic."
Extended Hours of Operation. Any business that
is open to the public between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
such as retail, recreation, or other service.
F.
Definitions, "F."
Family. An individual, or two or more persons,
related by blood, marriage, or adoption; a group of unrelated persons
which if numbering five or more persons, must be living together as
a group in a dwelling unit, using common cooking facilities and as
a group bear the generic characteristics of a family as a relatively
permanent household.
Farm Supply and Feed Store. A retail business selling
supplies for use in soil preparation and maintenance, the planting
and harvesting of crops, the keeping and raising of farm animals,
and other operations and processes pertaining to farming and ranching.
Does not include the sale, rental, or repair of farm machinery and
equipment, which is instead included in the definition of "Construction/Heavy
Equipment Sales and Rental."
Feasible. Capable of being accomplished in a successful
manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic,
environmental, social and technological factors.
Floor Area. The entire area within the walls of
a building, measured in a horizontal plane from the outside edge of
exterior wall to exterior wall, in square feet; also known as "gross
floor area."
Fowl. Includes hens and other edible or game birds
used as food or hunted for sport, e.g., a goose or pheasant.
Frontage. The length of a lot line, building site
or structure located along a street (or other public way), parking
lot or body of water, which forms a boundary.
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Building Frontage. Façade of a building;
must have a minimum horizontal dimension of 10 feet to differentiate
it from a building articulation.
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Primary Building Frontage. Primary façade
of a building; must incorporate an entrance to qualify as "primary."
May only be one "primary" frontage per building. Subject to staff
determination.
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Secondary Building Frontage. Any façade
that interfaces with the pedestrian and/or vehicular environment other
than the primary façade. Only one "secondary" frontage may
be utilized for signage per building. Subject to staff determination.
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Street Frontage. Portion of a development, property
or building abutting street; measured in linear distance.
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Primary Street Frontage. Dimension of a property
with the greatest linear distance (longest property line) abutting
a street which also incorporates vehicular access to the site from
that street. Subject to staff determination.
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Secondary Street Frontage. Property line which
abuts a public right-of-way utilized by vehicles (other than freeway)
other than the "primary" frontage. Subject to staff determination.
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Fuel Dealer. A retail trade establishment
that sells fuel oil, butane, propane and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),
bottled or in bulk, to consumers.
Funeral Home. See "Mortuary, Funeral Home."
Furniture/Fixtures Manufacturing, Cabinet Shop. Manufacturers producing: wood and metal household furniture and
appliances; bedsprings and mattresses; all types of office furniture
and public building furniture and partitions, shelving, lockers and
store furniture; and miscellaneous drapery hardware, window blinds
and shades. Includes furniture re-upholstering businesses, wood and
cabinet shops, but not sawmills or planing mills, which are instead
included under "Manufacturing/Processing—Heavy."
Furniture, Furnishings, Appliance/Equipment Store. A store that primarily sells the following products and related
services, that may also provide incidental repair services:
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televisions and home theater systems
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G.
Definitions, "G."
Garage, or Carport. Parking space and shelter for automobiles or other vehicles, where the size of the parking space complies with the provisions of Chapter 20-36 (Parking and Loading).
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A garage is an attached or detached accessory structure with
a door, enclosed on at least three sides.
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A carport is an attached or detached accessory structure enclosed
on no more than two sides.
A garage or carport complies with the requirements of this Zoning
Code for "covered" parking spaces.
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Gas Station. A retail business selling
gasoline and/or other motor vehicle fuels derived from fossil fuels
(e.g., petroleum, coal, natural gas), and related products.
General Plan. The City of Santa Rosa General Plan,
including all its elements and all amendments thereto, as adopted
by the City Council in compliance with Government Code Section 65300
et seq., and referred to in this Zoning Code as the "General Plan."
General Retail. Stores and shops selling many lines
of merchandise. Examples of these stores and lines of merchandise
include:
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bicycles
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Golf Course, Country Club. Golf courses,
and accessory facilities and uses including: clubhouses with bar and
restaurant, locker and shower facilities; driving ranges; "pro shops"
for on-site sales of golfing equipment; and golf cart storage and
sales facilities.
Grade. The ground surface immediately adjacent
to the exterior base of a structure, typically used as the basis for
measurement of the height of the structure.
Greenhouse. A permanent enclosed structure for
the propagation and growing of plants, constructed with a translucent
roof and/or walls.
Green (Living) Wall. A façade or wall incorporating
a vertical system for growing live plants that is attached to an existing
wall or built as a freestanding structure. Live plants include a wide
range of vegetative materials – ground covers, succulents, perennial
flowers, edible plants, vines, climbing plants, etc.
Grocery Store. A retail or wholesale store that
primarily sells food, including canned and frozen foods, fresh fruits
and vegetables, and fresh (raw) and prepared meats, fish, and poultry.
Large stores are defined as 20,000 square feet in size or greater.
Also includes a grocery store use located within a larger format retail
store where an area 20,000 square feet in size or greater is primarily
devoted to the sale of food.
Small stores are defined as less than 20,000 square feet in
size. Also includes a grocery store use located within a larger format
retail store where an area less than 20,000 square feet in size is
primarily devoted to the sale of food.
Gross Floor Area. See "Floor Area."
Guest House. A detached structure accessory to
a single-family dwelling, accommodating living/sleeping quarters,
but without kitchen or cooking facilities. A guest house does not
constitute an independent housekeeping unit, occupied by or intended
for one household, on a long term basis.
H.
Definitions, "H."
Habitable Space. Conditioned space within a dwelling
unit or guest house for living, sleeping, eating, or cooking (including
closets, bathrooms, entries, and hallways).
Health/Fitness Facility. (Does not include adult
entertainment businesses.)
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Commercial. A commercial, for profit, fitness center,
gymnasium, health and athletic club, which may include any of the
following: sauna, spa or hot tub facilities; indoor tennis, handball,
racquetball, archery and shooting ranges and other indoor sports activities.
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Quasi-Public. A not-for-profit fitness center,
gymnasium, health and athletic club, which may include any of the
following: sauna, spa or hot tub facilities; weight training facilities;
swimming pools; exercise pools; basketball, handball, racquetball,
and/or other sport courts; meeting rooms and related facilities; and
which would provide on-site as well as outreach community activities
such as, but not limited to day care, camps, educational assistance
programs, swimming instruction and/or other fitness programs.
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Height. See Section 20-30.070 (Height Measurement and Exceptions).
Hemp. A crop that is limited to types of the plant Cannabis sativa L. having no more than three-tenths of one
percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contained in the dried flowering
tops, whether growing or not; the seeds of the plant; the resin extracted
from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt,
derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin
product therefrom.
Hen. Female chicken; includes juveniles and adults.
Historic and Cultural Preservation. The following terms and phrases are defined for the purposes of Section 20-28.040 (Historic Combining District) and Chapter 20-58 (Historic and Cultural Preservation).
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California Register of Historic Places. As defined in California Public Resources Code Section 5020.1 and in California Code of Regulations Title 14 Chapter 11.5, Section 4850 et seq.
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Contributor. A contributing property is a building,
structure, site, feature or object located within a designated preservation
district that embodies the significant physical characteristics and
features, or adds to the historical associations, historic architectural
qualities or archaeological values identified for the historic district,
and was present during the period of significance, relates to the
documented significance of the property, and possesses historic integrity
or is capable of yielding important information about the period.
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Demolition. The removal of 50 percent or more of
the exterior walls and interior structural elements, which support
the exterior walls, roof, or exterior elements of a historic resource.
Demolition does not include either:
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materials required for the restoration or rehabilitation of a historic
resource (resulting in no change to its exterior appearance or historic
character); or
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Removal of non-historic features or additions that may exist
on a historic resource.
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Feature or Characteristic. A fixture, component
or appurtenance attached to, contiguous with or otherwise related
to a structure or property including landscaping, setbacks, distinguishing
aspects, roof attributes, overlays, moldings, sculptures, fountains,
light fixtures, windows and monuments. May include historically and/or
architecturally significant interior areas that are accessible to
or made available to the public, including, but not limited to: areas
commonly used as public spaces such as lobbies, meeting rooms, gathering
rooms, public hallways, or similar spaces. Interior areas that generally
are not accessible to or made available to the public, but which occasionally
may be visited by business invitees or members of the public including
those on a tour of a facility, do not constitute a "feature or characteristic."
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Landscape Feature or Characteristic. One or more
trees or other vegetation, rocks, walls, and/or other exterior feature
of a site that contributes to historical significance and/or is representative
of, or evokes the time period, community or neighborhood character
or appearance of a specific time period.
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Historic Resource. Includes any of the following:
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A resource listed in or determined by the State Historical Resources
Commission to be eligible for listing in the California Register of
Historic Places;
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A resource included in the local register of historic resources
as defined in Public Resources Code Section 5020.1(k) or identified
as significant in an historic resources survey meeting the requirements
of Public Resources Code Section 5024.1(g), which is presumed to be
historically or culturally significant unless the preponderance of
evidence demonstrates otherwise;
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in the National Register of Historic Places; and/or
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Any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record,
or manuscript that the Historic Resources Review Board or Director
determines to be historically significant or significant in the architectural,
engineering, scientific, economic agricultural, education, social,
political, military, or cultural annals of Santa Rosa, may be considered
to be historically significant.
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Criteria for evaluating significance and integrity shall include
location, design, setting materials, workmanship, feeling and association
along with one of the following: (i) the resource is associated with
events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns
of our history and cultural heritage; (ii) is associated with the
lives of persons important in our past; (iii) embodies the distinctive
characteristics of a type, period, region or method of construction,
or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses
high artistic values; (iv) has yielded or may be likely to yield,
information important in prehistory or history.
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determined to be eligible for listing in the California Register of
Historical Resources not listed in the Official Register, or identified
in a historic resources survey does not preclude a lead agency from
determining that the resource may be a Historic Resource as defined
in Public Resources Code Section 5020.1(j) or 5024.1.
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Neglect. Failure to prevent or correct any deterioration
of or damage to a structure or any part thereof and failure to restore
the structure or part thereof to its condition prior to the occurrence
of such deterioration or damage.
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Non-Contributor. A non-contributing property is
any building, structure, site, feature, or object located within a
designated preservation district that which does not add to the historical
integrity or architectural qualities that make the district historically
significant.
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Rehabilitation. The process of returning a property
to a state of utility through repair or alteration which makes possible
an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions and
features of the property which are significant to its historic, architectural,
and cultural values.
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Secretary of The Interior'S Standards. The Secretary
of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties
(36 CFR Part 67), with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating,
Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings.
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Home Occupation. The conduct of a business
within a dwelling unit or residential site, employing only the occupants
of the dwelling, with the business activity being subordinate to the
residential use of the property.
Hotel or Motel. A facility with guest rooms or
suites, with or without kitchen facilities, rented to the general
public for transient lodging. Hotels typically include a variety of
services in addition to lodging; for example, restaurants, meeting
facilities, personal services, etc. Also includes accessory guest
facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, indoor athletic
facilities, accessory retail uses, etc.
Hours of Operation. Normal business hours are between
6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; transitional business hours are between 6:00
p.m. and 11:00 p.m.; and extended business hours are between 11:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m., the following morning.
Household Pets. The keeping/raising of birds, cats,
dogs, or other common household pets, as determined by the Director,
accessory to a residential use.
Housing Development Project. (1) Residential units
only; (2) Mixed-use developments consisting of residential and nonresidential
uses with at least two-thirds of the square footage designated for
residential use; or (3) Transitional housing or supportive housing.
I.
Definitions, "I."
Industrial Use. A use listed by the tables in Division
2 (Zoning Districts and Allowable Land Uses) under "Industry, Manufacturing,
Processing & Wholesaling."
Industrial Zoning District. Any of the industrial zoning districts established by Section 20-20.020 (Zoning Map and Zoning Districts).
Initial Crop Processing. The cleaning, grading,
packing, and similar processing of otherwise unprocessed agricultural
produce yields in the field, or on the same site, at the time of harvest,
incidental to the farming activity that is the primary use of the
site.
Intensification of Use. A change in the use of
a structure or site, where the new use is required by this Zoning
Code to have more off-street parking spaces than the former use; or
a change in the operating characteristics of a use (for example, hours
of operation), which generates more activity on the site.
J.
Definitions, "J."
Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit. A unit that is
no more than 500 square feet in size and contained entirely within
a single-family residence. A junior accessory dwelling unit shall
include an efficiency kitchen, and may include separate sanitation
facilities, or may share sanitation facilities with the existing structure.
K.
Definitions, "K."
Kennel, Animal Boarding. A commercial facility
for the grooming, keeping, boarding or maintaining of five or more
dogs (four months of age or older), or five or more cats except for
dogs or cats for sale in pet shops, or patients in animal hospitals.
See also "Medical Service—Veterinary Clinic, Animal Hospital."
Kitchen. A room or space within a building used
or intended to be used for the cooking or preparation of food, which
includes any of the following: refrigerator, stove, oven, range top,
dishwasher, kitchen sink.
L.
Definitions, "L."
Laboratory—Medical, Analytical. A facility
for testing, analysis, and/or research. Examples of this use include
medical labs, soils and materials testing labs, and forensic labs.
Land Use. The purpose for which land or a structure
is designed, arranged, intended, occupied, or maintained.
Land Use Permit. Authority granted by the City to use a specified site for a particular purpose. "Land Use Permit" includes Minor Conditional Use Permits, Conditional Use Permits, Temporary Use Permits, Minor Variances, Variances, Design Review, and Zoning Clearances, as established by Division 5 (Land Use and Development Permit Procedures) of this Zoning Code.
Large Family Day Care Home. See "Day Care Facilities."
Laundry, Dry Cleaning Plant. A service establishment
engaged primarily in high volume laundry and garment services, including:
carpet and upholstery cleaners; diaper services; dry cleaning and
garment pressing; commercial laundries; linen supply. These facilities
may include accessory customer pick-up facilities. These facilities
do not include coin-operated laundries or dry cleaning pick-up stores
without dry cleaning equipment; see "Personal Services."
Library, Museum. A public or quasi-public facility,
examples of which include: aquariums, arboretums, art galleries and
exhibitions, botanical gardens, historic sites and exhibits, libraries,
museums, planetariums, and zoos. May also include accessory retail
uses such as a gift/book shop, restaurant, etc.
Livestock. See "Animal, Livestock."
Live/Work and Work/Live Units. An integrated housing
unit and working space, occupied and utilized by a single household
in a structure, either single-family or multi-family, that has been
designed or structurally modified to accommodate joint residential
occupancy and work activity, and which includes:
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Complete kitchen space and sanitary facilities in compliance
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Working space reserved for and regularly used by one or more
occupants of the unit.
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is that the "work" component of a live/work unit is secondary to its
residential use, and may include only commercial activities and pursuits
that are compatible with the character of a quiet residential environment,
while the work component of a work/live unit is the primary use, to
which the residential component is secondary.
Located Within One-Half Mile of a Major Transit Stop. For the purpose of transit priority projects, a project is considered to be within one-half mile of a Major Transit Stop or high-quality transit corridor if all parcels within the project have no more than 25 percent of their area further than one-half mile from the stop or corridor and if not more than 10 percent of the residential units or 100 units, whichever is less, in the project are farther than one-half mile from the stop or corridor. For Density Bonus projects, see Section 20-31.020 for definition.
Lot Area. Gross lot area is the total area included
within the lot lines of a lot, exclusive of adjacent dedicated street
rights of way. Net lot area is the gross area of the lot, exclusive
of:
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use of the lot on which the easement is located;
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Lot, or Parcel. A recorded lot or parcel
of real property under single ownership, lawfully created as required
by applicable Subdivision Map Act and City ordinance requirements,
including this Zoning Code. Types of lots include the following. See
Figure 7-1 (Lot Types).
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Corner Lot. A lot located at the intersection of
two or more streets, where they intersect at an interior angle of
not more than 205 degrees. If the intersection angle is more than
205 degrees, the lot is considered an interior lot.
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Flag Lot. A lot having access from the building
site to a public street by means of private right-of-way strip.
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Key Lot. An interior lot, the front of which adjoins
the side property line of a corner lot.
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parallel streets.
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Lot Coverage. See "Site Coverage."
Lot Depth. The average linear distance between
the front and the rear lot lines or the intersection of the two side
lot lines if there is no rear line. See Figure 7-2 (Lot Features).
The Director shall determine lot depth for parcels of irregular configuration.
Lot Frontage. The boundary of a lot adjacent to
a public street right-of-way.
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Lot Line or Property Line. Any recorded
boundary of a lot. Types of lot lines are as follows (see Figure 7-2
(Lot Features)):
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Front Lot Line. On an interior lot, the property
line separating the parcel from the street. The front lot line on
a corner lot is the line with the shortest frontage. (If the street-fronting
lot lines of a corner lot are equal in length, the front lot line
shall be determined by the Director.) On a through lot, both lot lines
are front lot lines and the lot is considered to have no rear lot
line.
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Interior Lot Line. Any lot line not abutting a
street.
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Rear Lot Line. A property line that does not intersect
the front lot line, which is most distant from and most closely parallel
to the front lot line.
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Side Lot Line. Any lot line that is not a front
or rear lot line.
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Lot Width. The horizontal distance between
the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth at a
point midway between the front and rear lot lines. See Figure 7-3
(Lot Features). The Director shall determine lot width for parcels
of irregular shape.
Lower Income Households. Lower income households mean persons and families whose income does not exceed the qualifying limits for lower income families as established and amended from time to time pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. Lower income households include very low-income households (50 percent of area median income) and extremely low-income households (30 percent of area median income).
M.
Definitions, "M."
Maintenance Service, Client Site Services. Base
facilities for various businesses that provide services on the premises
of their clients. Includes gardening, janitorial, pest control, water
and smoke damage recovery, and similar services; and appliance, computer,
electronics, elevator, equipment, HVAC, instrument, plumbing, and
other maintenance and repair services not operating from a retail
establishment that sells the products being maintained or repaired.
When these services operate from a retail establishment that sells
the products being maintained or repaired, they are instead considered
part of the retail use.
Major Transit Stop. Major Transit Stop is a site
containing either of the following: (1) an existing rail or bus rapid
transit station; or (2) the intersection of two or more major bus
routes with a frequency of service interval of 15 minutes or less
during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods.
Manufactured Home. A transportable structure which
in the traveling mode is eight feet or more in width and 40 feet or
more in length and is a minimum of 320 square feet and which is built
on a permanent chassis and is designed to be used as a dwelling with
or without a permanent foundation. For the purposes of this Zoning
Code, manufactured home has the same meaning as Section 18007 of the
Health and Safety Code.
Manufacturing/Processing—Heavy. A facility
accommodating manufacturing processes that involve and/or produce
basic metals, building materials, chemicals, fabricated metals, paper
products, machinery, textiles, and/or transportation equipment, where
the intensity and/or scale of operations may cause significant impacts
on surrounding land uses or the community. Heavy manufacturing uses
are not allowed within the City of Santa Rosa except where limited
varieties are included under the definition of "Manufacturing—Intensive."
Examples of heavy manufacturing uses include the following.
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Chemical Product Manufacturing. An establishment
that produces or uses basic chemicals, and other establishments creating
products predominantly by chemical processes. Examples of these products
include: basic chemicals, including acids, alkalies, salts, and organic
chemicals; chemical products to be used in further manufacture, including
synthetic fibers, plastic materials, dry colors, and pigments; and
finished chemical products to be used for ultimate consumption, including
drugs/pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and soaps; or to be used as materials
or supplies in other industries including paints, fertilizers, and
explosives. Also includes sales and transportation establishments
handling the chemicals described above, except as part of retail trade.
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Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster Product Manufacturing. An establishment that produces bulk concrete, concrete building
block, brick, and/or other types of precast and prefabricated concrete
products. Also includes ready-mix concrete batch plants, lime manufacturing,
and the manufacture of gypsum products, including plasterboard. A
retail ready-mix concrete operation as an incidental use in conjunction
with a building materials outlet is defined under "Building and Landscape
Materials Sales."
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Garbage Transfer Station. A facility that processes,
sorts, and distributes recyclable materials, construction and debris
materials, and the contents of the municipal solid waste stream.
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Glass Product Manufacturing. An establishment that
manufactures glass and/or glass products by melting silica sand or
cullet, including the production of flat glass and other glass products
that are pressed, blown, or shaped from glass produced in the same
establishment. Artisan and craftsman type operations of a larger scale
than home occupations are instead included under ("Manufacturing—Light—Handcraft
Industries and Small-Scale Manufacturing").
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Paving and Roofing Materials Manufacturing. The
manufacture of various common paving and petroleum-based roofing materials,
including bulk asphalt, paving blocks made of asphalt, creosote wood,
and various compositions of asphalt and tar. Does not include the
manufacture of wood roofing materials (shingles, shakes, etc.) ("Lumber
and Wood Product Manufacturing").
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Petroleum Refining and Related Industries. Industrial
plants for purifying petroleum, and the compounding of lubricating
oils and greases from purchased materials. Also includes oil or gas
processing facilities, liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, the
manufacture of petroleum coke and fuel briquettes, tank farms, and
terminal facilities for pipelines. Does not include petroleum pipeline
surge tanks and pump stations ("Public Utility Facilities"), or petroleum
product distributors ("Petroleum Product Storage and Distribution").
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Plastics, Other Synthetics, and Rubber Product Manufacturing. The manufacture of rubber products including: tires, rubber footwear,
mechanical rubber goods, heels and soles, flooring, and other rubber
products from natural, synthetic, or reclaimed rubber. Also includes
establishments engaged primarily in manufacturing tires; products
from recycled or reclaimed plastics or styrofoam; molding primary
plastics for other manufacturers, manufacturing miscellaneous finished
plastics products, fiberglass manufacturing, and fiberglass application
services. Does not include establishments engaged primarily in recapping
and retreading automobile tires ("Vehicle Services—Major Repair/Body
Work").
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Primary Metal Industries. An establishment engaged
in: the smelting and refining of ferrous and nonferrous metals from
ore, pig, or scrap; the rolling, drawing, and alloying of metals;
the manufacture of castings, forgings, stampings, extrusions, and
other basic metal products; and the manufacturing of nails, spikes,
and insulated wire and cable. Also includes merchant blast furnaces
and by-product or beehive coke ovens.
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Pulp and Pulp Product Manufacturing. An establishment
that manufactures pulp, paper, or paperboard. Includes pulp, paper,
and paperboard mills. Does not include establishments primarily engaged
in converting paper or paperboard without manufacturing the paper
or paperboard, including envelope manufacturing, converted paper products,
paper coating and glazing, paper bags, assembly of paperboard boxes,
wallpaper ("Manufacturing/Processing—Light—Paper Product
Manufacturing").
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Textile and Leather Product Manufacturing. An establishment
that converts basic fibers (natural or synthetic) into a product,
including yarn or fabric, that can be further manufactured into usable
items ("Manufacturing/Processing—Light—Clothing and Fabric
Product Manufacturing"), and industries that transform hides into
leather by tanning or curing. Includes:
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yarn
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manufacture of felt goods, lace goods, non-woven fabrics and
miscellaneous textiles
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manufacturing of woven fabric, carpets, and rugs from yarn
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preparation of fiber and subsequent manufacturing of yarn, threads,
braids, twine cordage
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scouring and combing plants
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upholstery manufacturing
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yarn and thread mills
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Manufacturing/Processing—Light. A
facility accommodating manufacturing processes involving and/or producing:
apparel; food and beverage products; electronic, optical, and instrumentation
products; ice; jewelry; and musical instruments. Light manufacturing
also includes other establishments engaged in the assembly, fabrication,
and conversion of already processed raw materials into products, where
the operational characteristics of the manufacturing processes and
the materials used are unlikely to cause significant impacts on surrounding
land uses or the community. Examples of light manufacturing uses include
the following.
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Clothing and Fabric Product Manufacturing. An establishment
that assembles clothing, draperies, and/or other products by cutting
and sewing purchased textile fabrics, and related materials including
leather, rubberized fabrics, plastics and furs. Does not include custom
tailors and dressmakers not operating as a factory and not located
on the site of a clothing store (see "Personal Services"). See also,
"Manufacturing/Processing—Heavy—Textile and Leather Product
Manufacturing."
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Electronics, Equipment, and Appliance Manufacturing. An establishment that manufactures equipment, apparatus, and/or
supplies for the generation, storage, transmission, transformation
and use of electrical energy, including:
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appliances including stoves/ovens, refrigerators, freezers,
laundry equipment, fans, vacuum cleaners, sewing machines
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computers, computer components, peripherals
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electronic components and accessories, semiconductors, integrated
circuits, related devices
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lighting and wiring equipment such as lamps and fixtures, wiring
devices, vehicle lighting
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industrial controls
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instruments for measurement, testing, analysis and control,
associated sensors and accessories
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miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment and supplies such
as batteries, X-ray apparatus and tubes, electromedical and electrotherapeutic
apparatus, electrical equipment for internal combustion engines
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motors and generators
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optical instruments and lenses
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surgical, medical and dental instruments, equipment, and supplies
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storage media, blank and pre-recorded, including magnetic, magneto-optical,
and optical products such as compact disks (CDs), computer diskettes
and hard drives, digital versatile disks (DVDs), magnetic tape products,
phonograph records, etc.
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transformers, switch gear and switchboards
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watches and clocks
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Does not include testing laboratories (soils, materials testing,
etc.) (see "Business Support Services"), or research and development
facilities separate from manufacturing (see "Research and Development").
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Food and Beverage Product Manufacturing. Manufacturing
establishments producing or processing foods and beverages for human
consumption, and certain related products. Examples of these uses
include:
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bottling plants
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bread factories
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coffee roasting
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dairy products manufacturing
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distilled spirits production––includes on-site tasting
of spirits and direct retail sale of spirits consistent with the regulations
of the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).
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fats and oil product manufacturing
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fruit and vegetable canning, preserving, related processing
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grain mill products and by products
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meat, poultry, and seafood canning, curing, byproduct processing
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soft drink production
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miscellaneous food item preparation from raw products
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Does not include: bakeries (see "Restaurant, Café, Coffee
Shop"― 1. "Counter Ordering"); beer brewing (see "Brewery");
or wine production (see "Winery").
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Handcraft Industries, Small-Scale Manufacturing. Establishments manufacturing and/or assembling small products primarily
by hand, including jewelry, pottery and other ceramics, as well as
small glass and metal art and craft products, and taxidermists. Also
includes manufacturing establishments producing small products not
classified in another major manufacturing group, including: brooms
and brushes; buttons, costume novelties; jewelry; musical instruments;
pens, pencils, and other office and artists' materials; sporting and
athletic goods; toys; etc.
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Metal Products Fabrication, Machine and Welding Shops. An establishment engaged in the production and/or assembly of metal
parts, including the production of metal cabinets and enclosures,
cans and shipping containers, doors and gates, duct work, forgings
and stampings, hardware and tools, plumbing fixtures and products,
tanks, towers, and similar products. Examples of these uses include:
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plating, stripping, and coating shops
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sheet metal shops
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machine shops and boiler shops
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Paper Product Manufacturing. An establishment that
converts pre-manufactured paper or paperboard into boxes, envelopes,
paper bags, wallpaper, etc., and/or that coats or glazes pre-manufactured
paper. Does not include the manufacturing of pulp, paper, or paperboard
(see "Manufacturing/Processing—Heavy— Pulp and Pulp Product
Manufacturing").
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Photo/Film Processing Lab. A facility that provides
high volume and/or custom processing services for photographic negative
film, transparencies, and/or prints, where the processed products
are delivered to offsite retail outlets for customer pick-up. Does
not include small-scale photo processing machines accessory to other
retail businesses.
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Manufacturing/Processing—Medium Intensity. A facility accommodating manufacturing processes that involve and/or
produce building materials, fabricated metal products, machinery,
and/or transportation equipment, where the intensity and/or scale
of operations is greater than those classified under "Manufacturing/Processing—
Light," but where impacts on surrounding land uses or the community
can typically be mitigated to acceptable levels. Examples of medium
intensity manufacturing uses include the following.
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Lumber and Wood Product Manufacturing. Manufacturing,
processing, and sales involving the milling of forest products to
produce rough and finished lumber and other wood materials for use
in other manufacturing, craft, or construction processes. Includes
the following processes and products:
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manufactured and modular homes
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matches (wood)
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trusses and structural beams
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wood product assembly
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Does not include craft-type shops ("Manufacturing/Processing—Light—Handcraft
Industries, Small-Scale Manufacturing"); other wood and cabinet shops
("Furniture/Fixtures Manufacturing, Cabinet Shops"); or the entirely
indoor retail sale of building materials, construction tools and equipment
("Building and Landscape Materials Sales").
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Machinery Manufacturing. An establishment that
makes or processes raw materials into finished machines or parts for
machines. Does not include the manufacture of electronics, equipment,
or appliances ("Manufacturing/Processing—Light—Electronics,
Equipment, and Appliance Manufacturing").
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Motor Vehicles and Transportation Equipment. Manufacturers
of equipment for transporting passengers and cargo by land, air and
water, including motor vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, ships, boats,
railroad and other vehicles such as motorcycles, bicycles and snowmobiles.
Includes manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories; trailers
and campers for attachment to other vehicles; self-contained motor
homes; and van conversions. Does not include mobile home and modular
home assembly (listed under "Lumber and Wood Product Manufacturing").
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Stone and Cut Stone Product Manufacturing. An establishment
that cuts, shapes, and/or finishes marble, granite, slate, and/or
other stone for construction and miscellaneous uses. Does not include
establishments engaged primarily in buying or selling partly finished
monuments and tombstones ("Manufacturing/Processing—Light—Handcraft
Industries, Small-Scale Manufacturing").
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Structural Clay and Pottery Product Manufacturing. An establishment that produces brick and structural clay products,
including pipe, china plumbing fixtures, vitreous china articles,
and/or fine earthenware and porcelain products. Does not include artist/craftsman
uses (see "Manufacturing/Processing—Light— Handcraft Industries,
Small-Scale Manufacturing," "Home Occupations").
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Map Act. See "Subdivision Map Act."
Marijuana. See "Cannabis."
Media Production. Facilities for motion picture,
television, video, sound, computer, and other communications media
production. These facilities include the following types.
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Backlots/Outdoor Facilities. Outdoor sets, backlots,
and other outdoor facilities, including supporting indoor workshops
and craft shops.
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Indoor Support Facilities. Administrative and technical
production support facilities, including administrative and production
offices, post-production facilities (editing and sound recording studios,
foley stages, etc.), optical and special effects units, film processing
laboratories, etc.
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Soundstages. Warehouse-type facilities providing
space for the construction and use of indoor sets, including supporting
workshops and craft shops.
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Medical Service—Clinic, Urgent Care. A facility other than a hospital, where medical, mental health,
surgical and other personal health services are provided exclusively
on an outpatient basis by a group of physicians working in cooperation
and sharing the same facilities. Typically operates beyond standard
medical office hours and may provide emergency treatment. May include
educational aspects such as medical instruction and/or training as
well as house a lab, radiology, pharmacy, rehabilitation, and other
similar services as accessory uses. Does not include hospitals. Counseling
services by other than medical doctors or psychiatrists are included
under "Offices—Professional."
Medical Service—Doctor Office. A facility
other than a hospital where medical, dental, mental health, surgical,
and/or other personal health care services are provided on an outpatient
basis, by primary practitioners and/or medical specialists by appointment
(for example, chiropractors, dentists, medical doctors, optometrists,
prescription opticians, psychiatrists, etc.). May include a lab, radiology,
pharmacy, rehabilitation, and other similar services as accessory
uses. Counseling services by other than medical doctors or psychiatrists
are included under "Offices—Professional."
Medical Service—Health Care Facility. A facility,
place, or building other than a hospital, which is maintained and
operated as a residence for patients and to provide long-term medical
care. Includes nursing homes, intermediate care facilities, extended
care facilities, hospice homes and similar facilities which are licensed
by the California State Department of Health Services, and defined
in Health and Safety Code Section 1200 et seq. May include a lab,
radiology, pharmacy, rehabilitation, and other similar services as
accessory uses.
Medical Service—Hospital. Hospitals and similar
facilities engaged primarily in providing diagnostic services, and
extensive medical treatment, including surgical and other hospital
services. These establishments have an organized medical staff, inpatient
beds, and equipment and facilities to provide complete health care.
May include on-site accessory clinics and laboratories, accessory
retail uses and emergency heliports (see the separate definition of
"Accessory Retail Uses").
Medical Service—Integrated Medical Health Center. A medical wellness center which may be directly affiliated with
a hospital or medical complex, membership based, and open to the public
as well as referred patients. In addition to exam rooms and physician
offices, the facility provides courses and equipment for physical
rehabilitation, fitness, and wellness. Examples include, but are not
limited to, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, cardio and strength
training, aquatics, integrative classes and training for all wellness
therapy, stress management, esthetician, nutritional counseling, and
physical, occupational and speech therapy. These facilities are staffed
in part by medical professionals including physicians.
Medical Service—Lab. A facility intended
for the examination of clinical specimens for the purpose of providing
information such as diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, or treatment
of disease to improve the health of a patient.
Examples of these uses include:
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dental laboratories (crown and denture manufacturing, etc.)
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medical laboratories (blood and tissue testing, x-ray, CT scanning,
etc., but not research (see "Laboratory"))
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reference laboratories
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Medical Service—Veterinary Clinic, Animal
Hospital. Office and indoor medical treatment facilities used
by veterinarians, including large and small animal veterinary clinics,
and animal hospitals. May include a lab, radiology, pharmacy, rehabilitation,
temporary boarding of sick animals, and other similar services as
accessory uses. See also "Kennel."
Meeting Facility, Public or Private. A facility
for public or private meetings, not including sports or other commercial
entertainment facilities (see "Theater," and "Sports and Entertainment
Assembly"), or convention centers (see "Conference/Convention Facility").
Includes clubs, lodges, and private meeting halls, community centers,
religious facilities (e.g., churches, mosques, synagogues, etc.),
civic and private auditoriums, grange halls, union halls, etc. Related
on-site facilities such as day care centers and schools are separately
defined, and separately regulated by Division 2 (Zoning Districts
and Allowable Land Uses).
Ministerial Permit, or Project. A City land use
review and entitlement process where the review authority approves
or denies a proposal based solely on its compliance with applicable
laws, City ordinances, and regulations, where no discretion is exercised.
Includes the issuance of Building Permits, Zoning Clearances, Accessory
Dwelling Unit Permits, etc.
Mixed-Use Project. A project that combines both commercial and residential uses, where the residential component is typically located above the commercial. This Zoning Code distinguishes between the following two types of mixed-use projects. An "office or institutional" mixed use project combines a residential component with one or more office or institutional uses, and does not include retail use. Other mixed use projects may include residential units in combination with any other non-residential land use allowed by the applicable zoning district, subject to the standards for mixed use projects in Section 20-42.090.
Mobile Food Vendor. Mobile food vendor shall mean
any person who owns, controls, manages or is otherwise engaged in
the business of selling prepared, pre-packaged or unprepared, unpackaged
food or foodstuffs of any kind, from a mobile vending facility on
private property.
Mobile Food Vending Facility. A mobile food vending
facility shall mean any vehicle, trailer, pushcart, motorized food
wagon, stand, tent or structure not affixed to a permanent foundation,
with or without wheels, which may be moved from one place to another
under its own power or by other means.
Mobile Home. A trailer, transportable in one or
more sections, that is certified under the National Manufactured Housing
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which is over eight
feet in width and 40 feet in length, with or without a permanent foundation
and not including recreational vehicle, commercial coach or factory-built
housing. A mobile home on a permanent foundation is included under
the definition of "Single-Family Dwellings."
Mobile Home Park. Any site that is planned and
improved to accommodate two or more mobile homes used for residential
purposes, or on which two or more mobile home lots are rented, leased,
or held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent
or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium,
or other form of resident ownership, to accommodate mobile homes used
for residential purposes. May include a common storage area for recreational
vehicles owned by residents only.
Mobile Home, Rv, and Boat Sales. Retail establishments
selling both mobile home dwelling units, and/or various vehicles and
watercraft for recreational uses. Includes the sales of boats, campers
and camper shells, jet skis, mobile homes, motor homes, and travel
trailers.
Modified Natural Waterway. Any natural waterway
that has been modified to accommodate peak flood flows while retaining
significant riparian vegetation, fish, wildlife habitat, and/or scenic
values.
Mortuary, Funeral Home. Funeral homes and parlors,
where deceased are prepared for burial or cremation, funeral services
may be conducted, and cremation may occur.
Multifamily Dwelling. A dwelling unit that is part
of a structure containing one or more other dwelling units. Multi-family
dwellings include: duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes (buildings with
two, three or four dwelling units, respectively, in the same structure);
apartments (five or more units in a single building). Also includes
townhouse and rowhouse development (two or more attached or zero lot
line two-story dwellings where no unit is located over another unit);
and two or more directly abutting zero-lot line single-story dwellings.
N.
Definitions, "N."
Natural Waterway. Any natural stream of water flowing
in a definite course or channel and possessing a bed and banks. It
is not necessary that the flow of water be continuous throughout the
year. Natural waterways do not include artificially created channels
for storm waters, such as street gutters and drain and drainage facilities
installed in connection with the development of property.
Negative Declaration. A statement describing the
reasoning that a proposed action will not have a significant adverse
effect on the environment, in compliance with the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA).
Neighborhood. An area commonly identified as such
in planning documents and among individuals who reside and work within
close proximity.
Neighborhood Center. A small scale retail and/or
service use, which may include a small grocery store or convenience
store that is oriented to the daily shopping and services needs of
nearby residents. A neighborhood center does not detract from the
surrounding residential character of the neighborhood due to intensity,
over concentration or design.
Night Club. A bar/tavern serving alcoholic beverages
for on-site consumption, and providing entertainment, examples of
which include live music and/or dancing, comedy, etc.
Nonconforming Parcel. A parcel that was legally
created prior to the adoption of this Zoning Code or amendment, but
does not comply with the current area, width, depth, or other applicable
requirements of this Zoning Code.
Nonconforming Sign. A sign that lawfully existed
prior to the effective date of this Zoning Code or amendment, but
does not comply with the current sign regulations of this Zoning Code.
Nonconforming Structure. A structure that was legally
constructed prior to the adoption or amendment of this Zoning Code,
but does not comply with the current setback, height limit, and/or
other applicable requirements of this Zoning Code.
Nonconforming Use. A use of land and/or a structure
(either conforming or nonconforming) that was legally established
and maintained prior to the adoption of this Zoning Code or amendment,
but does not conform to the current Zoning Code requirements for allowable
land uses within the applicable zoning district.
O.
Definitions, "O."
Occupancy. All or a portion of a structure occupied
by one tenant.
Off-Site. An activity or accessory use that is
related to a specific primary use, but is not located on the same
site as the primary use.
Office. This Zoning Code distinguishes between
the following types of offices. These do not include medical offices
(see "Medical Service—Clinic, Doctor Office" and "Medical Service—Doctor
Office").
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and accessory to another business or sales activity that is the primary
use.
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Business/Service. Establishments providing direct
services to customers. Examples of these uses include employment agencies,
holistic practitioners, insurance agent offices, massage therapists
(licensed, therapeutic, non-sexual), real estate offices, travel agencies,
utility company offices, etc. This use does not include "Bank, Financial
Services," which are separately defined.
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Government. Office facilities for Federal, State
and local agencies. This use does not include "Utility Facilities,"
which are separately defined.
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Processing. Office-type facilities characterized
by high employee densities, and occupied by businesses engaged in
information processing, and other computer-dependent and/or telecommunications-based
activities. Processing businesses operate in such a manner that customers
need not come to the site, and do not come to the site on a regular
basis. Examples of these uses include:
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airline, lodging chain, and rental car company reservation centers
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computer software and hardware design and development
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consumer credit reporting
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data processing services
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health management organization (HMO) offices where no medical
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insurance claim processing
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mail order and electronic commerce transaction processing
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Professional. Office-type facilities occupied by
businesses that provide professional services and/or engaged in the
production of intellectual property. Examples of these uses include:
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advertising agencies
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attorneys
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construction contractors (office facilities only)
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counseling services
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court reporting services
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design services including architecture, engineering, landscape
architecture, urban planning
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financial management and investment counseling
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literary and talent agencies
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news services
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psychologists
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secretarial, stenographic, word processing, and temporary clerical
employee services
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Temporary. A mobile home, recreational vehicle
or modular unit used as a temporary office facility. Temporary offices
may include: construction supervision offices on a construction site
or off-site construction yard; a temporary on-site real estate office
for a development project; or a temporary business office in advance
of permanent facility construction.
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Temporary Real Estate. The temporary use of a dwelling
unit within a residential development project as a sales office for
the units on the same site, which is converted to residential use
at the conclusion of its office use.
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Office-Supporting Retail. A retail store
less than 10,000 square feet in floor area that carries one or more
types of merchandise that will typically be of frequent interest to
and/or needed by the various businesses listed under the definition
of "Office," and/or the employees of those businesses. Examples of
these types of merchandise include:
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On-Site. An activity or accessory use that
is related to a specific primary use, and which is located on the
same site as the primary use.
100-Year Water Surface. The water surface level
resulting from a storm that is estimated to occur on an average of
once in 100 years (one percent probability of occurrence each year).
Ordinary Maintenance and Repair. Work for which
a Building Permit is not required, the purpose and effect of which
is to correct deterioration of or damage to a structure or any part
thereof and to restore the structure to its condition before the deterioration
or damage.
Organizational House. A residential lodging facility
operated by a membership organization for its members and not open
to the general public. Includes fraternity and sorority houses, student
dormitories, convents, monasteries, and religious residential retreats.
Outdoor Display and Sales. The permanent outdoor display of merchandise incidental to an adjacent indoor retail use, and certain independent outdoor retail sales facilities. Includes news and flower stands, and outdoor dining areas. Does not include the sale of automobiles and recreational vehicles ("Auto and Vehicle Sales/Rental"), mobile homes ("Mobile Home, RV and Boat Sales"), or building or landscape materials ("Building and Landscape Materials Sales"). Outdoor display and sales shall comply with the standards for "Outdoor Displays and Sales" in Section 20-42.110.
Outdoor Storage. See "Storage—Outdoor."
P.
Definitions, "P."
Parcel. See "Lot, or Parcel."
Parking Cash-Out/Transit Incentive Programs. Cash-out
parking programs allow employees to be paid cash by their employers
for not parking a vehicle in the parking area associated with their
business, rather than the employer subsidizing employee parking by
providing on-site spaces or paying for monthly permits. Transit incentive
programs work similarly, with employees being provided free transit
passes instead of subsidized parking.
Parking Facility, Public or Commercial. Parking
lots or structures operated by the City, or a private entity providing
parking for a fee. Does not include towing impound and storage facilities,
which are instead defined under "Storage—Outdoor."
Paved, Pavement. For the purposes of vehicle parking
and access, paving materials include concrete, asphalt, paver units
and stones, and turf block.
Pedestrian Orientation. Any physical structure
or place with design qualities and elements that contribute to an
active, inviting and pleasant place for pedestrians including:
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Building façades that are highly articulated at the street
level, with interesting uses of material, color, and architectural
detailing, located directly behind the sidewalk;
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Design amenities related to the street level such as awnings,
paseos, arcades;
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Visibility into buildings at the street level;
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A continuous sidewalk, with a minimum of intrusions into pedestrian
right-of-way;
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Continuity of building façades along the street with
few interruptions in the progression of buildings and stores;
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Signs oriented and scaled to the pedestrian rather than the
motorist;
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Landscaping; and
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Street furniture.
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Pedestrian Oriented Use. A land use that
is intended to encourage walk-in customers and that generally does
not limit the number of customers by requiring appointments or otherwise
excluding the general public. A pedestrian oriented use provides spontaneous
draw from sidewalk and street due to visual interest, high customer
turnover, and social interaction.
Pen. Enclosed area of sufficient size where hens
may be secured. Typically includes a covered area.
Person. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation,
company, association, joint stock association; city, county, state,
or district; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other
similar representative thereof.
Personal Services. Establishments providing non-medical
services to individuals as a primary use. Examples of these uses include:
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barber and beauty shops
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clothing rental
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dry cleaning pick-up stores with limited equipment
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home electronics and small appliance repair
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laundromats (self-service laundries)
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pet grooming with no boarding
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shoe repair shops
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tailors
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tanning salons
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These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products
related to the services provided.
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Personal Services—Restricted. Personal
services that may tend to have a potentially offensive effect upon
surrounding areas and which may need to be dispersed to minimize their
adverse impacts. Examples of these uses include:
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Petroleum Product Storage and Distribution. A facility for the bulk storage and wholesale distribution of gasoline,
diesel fuel, and/or other fuels and petroleum products.
Pharmacy. A retail store that primarily sells prescription
drugs, that may also sell non-prescription drugs and medical supplies,
other health car products, and a limited variety of convenience items.
Where specifically identified as an allowable use by Division 2, a
pharmacy is distinguished from "drug store, pharmacy" as included
under the definition of "General Retail" by its emphasis on prescription
drug sales as the primary business activity. See also "Accessory Retail
and Services."
Planning Commission. The City of Santa Rosa Planning
Commission, appointed by the Santa Rosa City Council in compliance
with Government Code Section 65101, referred to throughout this Zoning
Code as the "Commission."
Plant Nursery. A commercial agricultural establishment
engaged in the production of ornamental plants and other nursery products,
grown under cover either in containers or in the soil on the site,
or outdoors in containers. The outdoor production of ornamental plants
in the soil on the site is instead included under "Crop Production,
Horticulture, Orchard, Vineyard." Also includes establishments engaged
in the sale of these products (e.g., wholesale and retail nurseries)
and commercial-scale greenhouses (home greenhouses are included under
"Residential Accessory Use or Structure"). The sale of house plants
or other nursery products entirely within a building is also included
under "General Retail."
Primary Structure. A structure that accommodates
the primary use of the site.
Primary Use. The main purpose for which a site
is developed and occupied, including the activities that are conducted
on the site a majority of the hours during which activities occur.
See also "Accessory Use."
Primary Zoning District. The zoning district applied
to a site by the Zoning Map, to which an overlay zoning district may
also be applied.
Private Residential Recreation Facility. A privately-owned,
non-commercial outdoor recreation facility provided for residential
project or neighborhood residents, including swimming pools, swim
and tennis clubs, park and sport court facilities. Does not include
golf courses and country clubs, which are separately defined.
Printing and Publishing. An establishment engaged
in printing by letterpress, lithography, gravure, screen, offset,
or electrostatic (xerographic) copying; and other establishments serving
the printing trade such as bookbinding, typesetting, engraving, photoengraving
and electrotyping. This use also includes establishments that publish
newspapers, books and periodicals; establishments manufacturing business
forms and binding devices. "Quick printing" services are included
in the definition of "Business Support Services."
Produce Stand. A temporary business location that
sells raw, unprocessed fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other produce
in its raw or natural state, and that is accessory to an on-site or
adjacent agricultural operation.
Property Line. The recorded boundary of a parcel
of land.
Proposed Project. A proposed new structure, new
addition to an existing structure, or area of other new site development;
these do not include the alteration of any portion of an existing
structure other than an addition.
Public Safety Facility. A facility including ambulance
dispatch facilities, fire stations, other fire prevention and fire
fighting facilities, police and sheriff substations and headquarters,
including interim incarceration facilities.
Public Transit Stop. A location containing a train
station or bus stop.
Q.
Definitions, "Q."
Qualifying Resident. A senior citizen or other
person eligible to reside in senior citizen housing.
Quasi-Public. A use owned or operated by a non-profit,
religious or eleemosynary institution and providing education, cultural,
recreational, physical fitness, religious or similar types of public
programs.
R.
Definitions, "R."
Recommend. In the context of City review of a planning
permit application, "recommend" means that the review authority makes
a recommendation to a higher decision-making body.
Recreational Vehicle (RV). A motor home, travel
trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive
power, originally designed for human habitation for recreational,
emergency, or other occupancy, which:
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Contains less than 320 square feet of internal living room area,
excluding built-in equipment, including wardrobe, closets, cabinets,
kitchen units or fixtures, and bath or toilet rooms; and
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Contains 400 square feet or less of gross area measured at maximum
horizontal projections; and
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Is built on a single chassis; and
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Is either self-propelled, truck-mounted, or permanently towable
on the highways without a towing permit.
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Recreational Vehicle Park. A site where
one or more lots are used, or are intended to be used, by campers
with recreational vehicles or tents. Recreational vehicle parks may
include public restrooms, water, sewer, and electric hookups to each
lot and are intended as a higher density, more intensively developed
use than campgrounds. May include accessory retail uses where they
are clearly incidental and intended to serve RV park patrons only.
Recycling Facility. This land use type includes
a variety of facilities involved with the collection, sorting and
processing of recyclable materials.
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Collection Facility. A center where the public
may donate, redeem or sell recyclable materials, which may include
the following, where allowed by the applicable zoning district:
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Reverse vending machines;Small collection facilities which occupy
an area of 350 square feet or less and may include:
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Bulk reverse vending machines or a grouping of reverse vending
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Large collection facilities which occupy an area of more than
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Mobile Recycling Unit. An automobile, truck, trailer,
or van used for the collection of recyclable materials, carrying bins,
boxes, or other containers.
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Processing Facility. A structure or enclosed space
used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials for
shipment, or to an end-user's specifications, by such means as baling,
briquetting, cleaning, compacting, crushing, flattening, grinding,
mechanical sorting, re-manufacturing and shredding. Processing facilities
include the following types, both of which are included under the
definition of "Scrap and Dismantling Yards," below:
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Light processing facility occupies an area of under 45,000 square
feet of collection, processing and storage area, and averages two
outbound truck shipments each day. Light processing facilities are
limited to baling, briquetting, compacting, crushing, grinding, shredding
and sorting of source separated recyclable materials sufficient to
qualify as a certified processing facility. A light processing facility
shall not shred, compact, or bale ferrous metals other than food and
beverage containers; and
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A heavy processing facility is any processing facility other
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Recycling Facility. A center for the collection
and/or processing of recyclable materials. A "certified" recycling
or processing facility is certified by the California Department of
Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage
Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 986. A recycling facility
does not include storage containers located on a residentially, commercially
or industrially designated site used solely for the recycling of material
generated on the site. See "Collection Facility" above.
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Recycling or Recyclable Material. Reusable domestic
containers and other materials which can be reconstituted, re-manufactured,
or reused in an altered form, including glass, metals, paper and plastic.
Recyclable material does not include refuse or hazardous materials.
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Reverse Vending Machine. An automated mechanical
device which accepts at least one or more types of empty beverage
containers and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with
a value not less than the container's redemption value, as determined
by State law. These vending machines may accept aluminum cans, glass
and plastic bottles, and other containers.
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that is larger than 50 square feet, is designed to accept more than
one container at a time, and issues a cash refund based on total weight
instead of by container.
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Scrap and Dismantling Yards. Outdoor establishments
primarily engaged in assembling, breaking up, sorting, and the temporary
storage and distribution of recyclable or reusable scrap and waste
materials, including auto wreckers engaged in dismantling automobiles
for scrap, and the incidental wholesale or retail sales of parts from
those vehicles. Includes light and heavy processing facilities for
recycling (see the definitions above).
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entirely within buildings; secondhand stores; the sale of operative
used cars; or landfills or other waste disposal sites.
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Religious Facility. A permanent facility
operated by a religious organization exclusively for worship, or the
promotion of religious activities, including accessory uses on the
same site. Examples of these types of facilities include churches,
mosques, synagogues, and temples. Examples of allowable accessory
uses on the same site include living quarters for ministers and staff,
facilities for child day care and religious instruction operated at
the same time as religious services (where authorized by the same
type of land use permit required for the religious facility itself).
May also include fund-raising sales, bazaars, dinners, parties, or
other indoor and outdoor events on the same site. Other facilities
maintained by religious organizations, including full-time day care
centers, full-time educational institutions, hospitals and other potentially
related operations (for example, a recreational camp) are defined
in this Chapter according to their respective activities. Does not
include the temporary use of an approved public assembly facility
(for example, a private meeting hall, community center, theater, or
auditorium) by a congregation for religious meetings, which is instead
defined under the type of meeting facility hosting the congregation.
Religious Institution Affiliated Housing. A housing
development project that meets all of the following criteria:
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The housing development project is located on one or more contiguous
parcels that are each owned entirely, whether directly or through
a wholly owned company or corporation, by a religious institution.
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The housing development project qualifies as being collocated
religious-use parking by being any of the following:
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Located on one or more parcels that collectively contain religious-use
parking.
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Located adjacent to a parcel owned by the religious institution
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Located adjacent to a parcel owned by the religious institution
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Religious-Use Parking Spaces. Parking spaces
that are required under the City's parking requirements for existing
places of worship, or parking spaces that would be required in a proposed
development for a new place of worship.
Repair Service—Equipment, Large Appliances, Etc. A service and facility where various types of electrical, electronic,
and mechanical equipment, and home and business appliances are repaired
and/or maintained away from the site of the equipment owner. Does
not include vehicle repair or maintenance, which is included under
"Vehicle Services," the repair of small home appliances and electronic
equipment, which is included under "Personal Services," or maintenance
and repair activities that occur on the client's site, which are included
under "Maintenance Service—Client Site Services."
Research and Development (R&D). A facility
for scientific research, and the design, development and testing of
electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical and computer and telecommunications
components in advance of product manufacturing, and the assembly of
related products from parts produced off-site, where the manufacturing
activity is secondary to the research and development activities.
Includes pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology research and development.
Does not include soils and other materials testing laboratories (see
"Laboratory"), or medical laboratories (see "Medical Service—Clinic,
Lab, Doctor Office").
Reserved Parking. Reserved parking spaces are those
spaces that are reserved for one specific use. For example, parking
for a residential unit that is not made available during the day for
retail or office uses.
Residential Accessory Use or Structure. Any use
and/or structure that is customarily a part of, and clearly incidental
and secondary to a residence, and does not change the character of
the residential use. This definition includes the following detached
accessory structures, and other similar structures normally associated
with a residential use of property. See also "Agricultural Accessory
Structure."
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Also includes the indoor storage of automobiles (including their
incidental restoration and repair), personal recreational vehicles
and other personal property, accessory to a residential use. Does
not include: second units, which are separately defined; or home satellite
dish and other receiving antennas for earth-based TV and radio broadcasts
(see "Telecommunications Facilities").
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Residential Component of Mixed Use Project. See "Mixed-Use Project."
Residential Hotel. Any building containing six
or more guestrooms or efficiency units, as defined by Section 17958.1
of the Health and Safety Code, intended or designed to be used, or
which are used, rented, or hired out, to be occupied, or which are
occupied, for sleeping purposes by guests, which is also the primary
residence of those guests, but does not mean any building containing
six or more guestrooms or efficiency units, which is primarily used
by transient guests who do not occupy that building as their primary
residence.
Residential Zoning District. Any of the residential zoning districts established by Section 20-20.020 (Zoning Map and Zoning Districts).
Restaurant, Café, Coffee Shop. A retail
business selling ready-to-eat food and/or beverages for onor offpremises
consumption. These include:
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are served from a walk-up ordering counter for either on- or off-premises
consumption. This includes retail bakeries such as a donut shop, pastry
shop, cake shop, and similar types of businesses;
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Table Service. An establishment where customers
are served food at their tables for on-premises consumption, which
may also provide food for take-out;
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Outdoor Dining. An establishment with either counter
ordering or table service that provides a defined outdoor area for
eating, which may be a sidewalk café where allowed by Encroachment
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Serving Alcohol (No Bar). Any of the above restaurants,
cafés, coffee shops which serve beer, wine or distilled spirits
with the meal and may contain or include an incidental bar
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Note: This does not include Bar/Tavern (see "Bar/Tavern" definition).
A restaurant may include ancillary catering services.
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Review Authority. The individual or official
City body (the Planning Director, Planning Commission, or City Council)
identified by this Zoning Code as having the responsibility and authority
to review, and approve or disapprove the permit applications described
in Division 5 (Land Use and Development Permit Procedures).
Rooming or Boarding House. A dwelling or part of
a dwelling where lodging is furnished for compensation to three or
more persons living independently from each other. Meals may also
be included.
Rooster. An adult male chicken.
Rowhouse. See "Multi-Family Dwelling."
S.
Definitions, "S."
School. A public or private academic educational
institution, including:
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Examples include the following:
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Also includes facilities, institutions and conference centers
that offer specialized programs in personal growth and development,
such as fitness, environmental awareness, arts, communications, and
management. Does not include pre-schools and child day care facilities
(see "Day Care"). See also the definition of "Studios—Art, Dance,
Martial Arts, Music, etc." for smaller-scale facilities offering specialized
instruction.
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Second Hand Store. A retail store that
buys and sell used products, including clothing, furniture and household
goods, jewelry, appliances, musical instruments, business machines
and office equipment, tools, motors, machines, instruments, firearms,
or any similar secondhand articles or objects. Includes pawnshops.
Does not include bookstores ("Retail Stores"); secondhand farm and
construction equipment ("Construction Heavy Equipment Sales and Rental");
junk dealers, or scrap/dismantling yards ("Recycling Facilities—Scrap
and Dismantling Yards"); the sale of antiques and collectibles ("Retail
Stores"); or the sale of cars and other used vehicles ("Auto and Vehicle
Sales/Rental").
Senior Housing. Age-restricted residential housing that is intended and operated for occupancy by persons 55 years of age or older. At least 80 percent of the occupied units shall be occupied by at least one person who is 55 years of age or older, consistent with Federal and State law requirements. See also Section 20-28.080 (Senior Housing combining district).
Senior Housing Regulatory Agreement. A regulatory agreement entered into between the owner(s) or homeowners' association and the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Rosa recorded against residential property for the purpose of setting forth age verification and monitoring requirements for senior housing. See also Section 20-28.080 (Senior Housing combining district).
Service Station. See "Gas Station," and "Vehicle
Services."
Setback. The distance by which a structure, parking area or other development feature must be separated from a property line, other structure or development feature (e.g., back of sidewalk or curb), or street centerline. See also "Yard," and Section 20-30.110 (Setback Requirements and Exceptions).
Shared Parking. Shared parking spaces are those
spaces that are available to the public, and not reserved for one
specific use. Shared spaces work well in mixed-use areas, where parking
spaces for retail uses, for example, are made available in the evening
for residents. Sharing spaces ensures that each parking space will
be utilized more efficiently.
Shopping Center. A primarily retail commercial
site with three or more separate businesses sharing common pedestrian
and parking areas.
Sight Distance. The distance along a roadway throughout
which an object of specified height is continuously visible to the
driver. The heights of the driver's eye and objects are specified
inthe Caltrans Highway Design Manual, Section 201.
Sign. A structure, device, figure, display, message
placard, or other contrivance, or any part thereof, situated outdoors
or indoors, which is designed, constructed, intended, or used to advertise,
or to provide information in the nature of advertising, to direct
or attract attention to an object, person, institution, business,
product, service, event, or location by any means, including words,
letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination,
or projected images. Does not include murals, paintings and other
works of art that are not intended to advertise or identify any business
or product. Types of signs include the following.
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Abandoned Sign. A sign that no longer advertises
a business, lessor, owner, product, service or activity on the premises
where the sign is displayed.
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Animated or Moving Sign. A sign which uses movement,
lighting, or special materials to depict action or create a special
effect to imitate movement.
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Awning Sign. A sign copy or logo attached to or
painted on an awning.
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Banner, Flag, or Pennant. Cloth, bunting, plastic,
paper, or similar non-rigid material used for advertising purposes
attached to a structure, staff, pole, line, framing, or vehicle, not
including official flags of the United States, the State of California,
and other states of the nation, counties, municipalities, official
flags of foreign nations and nationally or internationally recognized
organizations.
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Bench Sign. Copy painted on a portion of a bench.
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Cabinet Sign (Can Sign). A sign which contains
all the text and/or logo symbols within a single enclosed cabinet
and may or may not be internally illuminated.
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Changeable Copy Sign. A sign designed to allow
the changing of copy through manual, mechanical, or electrical means
including time and temperature.
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Directional Sign. An on-site sign which is designed
and erected solely for the purposes of directing vehicular and/or
pedestrian traffic within a project.
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Directory Sign. A sign for listing the tenants
and their suite numbers of a multiple tenant structure or center.
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Double-Faced Sign. A sign constructed to display
its message on the outer surfaces of two identical and/or opposite
parallel planes.
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Electronic Reader Board Sign. A sign with a fixed
or changing display composed of a series of lights, but not including
time and temperature displays.
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Flashing Sign. A sign that contains an intermittent
or sequential flashing light source.
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Freestanding Sign. A sign fixed in an upright position
on the ground not attached to a structure other than a framework,
pole or device, erected primarily to support the sign. Includes monument
signs and pole signs.
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Illegal Sign. A sign that includes any of the following:
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A sign erected without complying with all regulations in effect
at the time of its construction or use;
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A sign that was legally erected, but whose use has ceased, the
structure upon which the display is placed has been abandoned by its
owner, or the sign is not being used to identify or advertise an on-going
business for a period of not less than 90 days;
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A sign that was legally erected which later became nonconforming
as a result of the adoption of an ordinance, the amortization period
for the display provided by the ordinance rending the display conforming
has expired, and conformance has not been accomplished;
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A sign that was legally erected which later became nonconforming
and then was damaged to the extent of 50 percent or more of its current
replacement value;
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A sign which is a danger to the public or is unsafe;
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A sign which is a traffic hazard not created by relocation of
streets or highways or by acts of the City; or
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A sign that pertains to a specific event, and five days have
elapsed since the occurrence of the event.
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Indirectly Illuminated Sign. A sign whose light
source is external to the sign and which casts its light onto the
sign from some distance.
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Internally Illuminated Sign. A sign whose light
source is located in the interior of the sign so that the rays go
through the face of the sign, or light source which is attached to
the face of the sign and is perceived as a design element of the sign.
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Marquee (Canopy) Sign. A sign which is attached
to or otherwise made a part of a permanent roof-like structure which
projects beyond the building wall in the form of a large canopy to
provide protection from the weather.
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Monument Sign. An independent, freestanding structure
supported on the ground having a solid base as opposed to being supported
by poles or open braces.
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Multi-Tenant Sign. An identification sign for a
commercial site with multiple tenants, displaying the names of each
tenant on the site.
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Nonconforming Sign. An advertising structure or
sign that was lawfully erected and maintained prior to the adoption
of this Zoning Code, but does not now completely comply with current
regulations.
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Off-Site Directional Sign. A sign identifying a
publicly owned facility, emergency facility, or a temporary subdivision
sign, but excluding real estate signs.
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Off-Site Sign. A sign identifying a use, facility,
service, or product which is not located, sold, or manufactured on
the same premises as the sign or which identifies a use, service,
or product by a brand name which, although sold or manufactured on
the premises, does not constitute the principal item for sale or manufactured
on the premises.
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Permanent Sign. A sign constructed of durable materials
and intended to exist for the duration of time that the use or occupant
is located on the premises.
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Political Sign. A sign designed for the purpose
of advertising support of or opposition to a candidate or proposition
for a public election.
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Pole/Pylon Sign. An elevated freestanding sign,
typically supported by one or two poles or columns.
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Portable Sidewalk Sign. An "a-frame" or "sandwich
board" sign.
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Portable Sign. A sign that is not permanently affixed
to a structure or the ground.
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Projecting Sign. A sign other than a wall sign
suspending from, or supported by, a structure and projecting outward.
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Real Estate Sign. A sign indicating that a property
or any portion thereof is available for inspection, sale, lease, rent,
or directing people to a property, but not including temporary subdivision
signs.
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Roof Sign. A sign constructed upon or over a roof,
or placed so as to extend above the edge of the roof.
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Temporary Sign. A sign intended to be displayed
for a limited period of time and capable of being viewed from a public
right-of-way, parking area or neighboring property.
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Vehicle Sign. A sign which is attached to or painted
on a vehicle which is parked on or adjacent to any property, the principal
purpose of which is to attract attention to a product sold or business
located on the property.
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Wall Sign. A sign which is attached to or painted
on the exterior wall of a structure with the display surface of the
sign approximately parallel to the building wall.
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Wayfinding Sign. A sign used by pedestrian traffic
to help navigate within a designated area to Public/Civic Amenities
or Businesses.
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Business Wayfinding. A sign used by pedestrian
traffic to help navigate within a designated area to a private business.
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Public/Civic Amenity Wayfinding. A sign used by
pedestrian traffic to help navigate within a designated area to public/civic
locations and amenities. Examples of Public/Civic Amenities may include,
but not be limited to public restrooms, public parking, City Hall,
SMART Station, Transit Mall, and local historic landmarks.
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Sign Plaque. A singular sign part of a wayfinding
sign program used for Business Wayfinding or Public/Civic Amenity
Wayfinding.
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Sign Post. A vertical sturdy piece of metal upright
in the ground and used to support a Wayfinding Sign Plaque.
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Sign Header. A prominent sign displaying the name
of the district of the Wayfinding Sign Program at the top of a Sign
Post placed above the associated Sign Plaques.
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Iconography. Visual symbols and images on a Sign
Plaque to convey a location or event.
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Pictogram. A pictorial symbol that represents activities,
facilities or concepts as defined in the California Building Code.
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Window Sign. A sign posted, painted, placed, or
affixed in or on a window exposed to public view. An interior sign
which faces a window exposed to public view and is located within
five feet of the window.
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Sign Area. See Section 20-38.060 (General Requirements for All Signs).
Sign Height. See Section 20-38.060 (General Requirements for All Signs).
Significant Additions or Reconstruction. Demolition
or reconstruction of more than 50 percent of existing buildings at
a community shopping center; additions or new buildings that would
increase the gross building area of existing shopping centers by more
than 50 percent. Does not include interior tenant improvements within
an existing shell.
Single-Family Dwelling. A building designed for
and/or occupied exclusively by one family. Also includes factory-built,
modular housing units, constructed in compliance with the Uniform
Building Code (UBC), and mobile homes/manufactured housing units that
comply with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
Standards Act of 1974, placed on permanent foundations. Attached
(including condominiums, townhouses, etc.) and rowhouse single-family
dwellings are included under the definition of "Multi-Family Dwelling."
Single Room Occupancy Facility. A residential building
including multiple Single Room Occupancy units.
Single Room Occupancy Unit. A living space with
a minimum floor area of 150 square feet and a maximum of 400 square
feet restricted to occupancy by no more than two persons. Kitchen
and bathroom facilities may be wholly or partially included in each
living space or may be fully shared.
Site. A parcel or adjoining parcels under single
ownership or single control, and/or considered a unit for the purposes
of development or other use.
Site Coverage. The percentage of total site area
occupied by structures, not including pavement. Includes the primary
structure, all accessory structures (e.g., carports, garages, patio
covers, storage sheds, trash dumpster enclosures, etc.) and architectural
features (e.g., chimneys, balconies, decks above the first floor,
porches, stairs, etc.). Structure/building coverage is measured from
exterior wall to exterior wall.
Slope, Average. Average slope shall be determined
by the formula:
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In which S equals the average slope, I equals the contour interval in feet, L equals the combined length in feet of all contours on the parcel,
and A equals the parcel area in acres.
Small Family Day Care Home. See "Day Care."
Small Lot Residential Project. See Section 20-42.140 (Residential Small Lot Subdivisions).
Social Service Organization. A public or quasi-public
establishment providing social and/or rehabilitation services, serving
persons with social or personal problems requiring special services,
the handicapped, and the otherwise disadvantaged. Examples of this
land use include: counseling centers, welfare offices, job counseling
and training centers, or vocational rehabilitation agencies. Includes
organizations soliciting funds to be used directly for these and related
services, and establishments engaged in community improvement and
neighborhood development. Does not include day-care services, emergency
shelters and transitional housing, or "Residential Care," which are
separately defined; or soup kitchens, which are included under "Personal
Services—Restricted."
Sports and Entertainment Assembly. A large-scale
indoor or outdoor facility accommodating spectator-oriented sports,
concerts, and other entertainment activities. Examples of this land
use include amphitheaters, race tracks, stadiums and coliseums. May
also include commercial facilities customarily associated with the
above uses, including bars and restaurants, gift shops, video game
arcades, etc.
Sports and Active Recreation Facility. Public and
private facilities for various outdoor sports and other types of recreation,
where the facilities are oriented more toward participants than spectators.
Examples include:
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swimming pools
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tennis and other sport courts (e.g., handball, squash)
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Stepback. A building stepback requirement
specifies the number of feet a building should recede from the build-to
line of the floor below it, and is provided for all floors above a
specified story. Stepbacks help create a continuous street wall edge,
reduce the appearance of a building's scale and streetscape presence,
and help control wind at the ground level. A six-foot minimum stepback
ensures a visual break in multistory structures, and provides the
minimum width for a functional balcony.
Storage—Accessory. The indoor storage of
materials accessory and incidental to a primary use is not considered
a land use separate from the primary use.
Storage—Outdoor. The storage of various materials
outside of a structure other than fencing, either as an accessory
or primary use.
Storage—Personal Storage Facility. Structures
containing generally small, individual, compartmentalized stalls or
lockers rented as individual storage spaces and characterized by low
parking demand.
Story. For the purposes of this Code, the definition
for story shall be identical to that contained within the most current
California Building Code.
Street. A public thoroughfare accepted by the City,
which affords principal means of access to abutting property, including
avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road, and any
other thoroughfare except an alley as defined in this Subsection.
Street Furniture (Furnishings). Objects and pieces
of equipment installed within the public right-of-way intended to
enhance the public realm, improve pedestrian safety, and support a
walkable environment such as banners, benches and seating, leaning
bars, bicycle racks and corrals, bollards, community kiosks and newspaper
racks, wayfinding and directional signage, planters, public art, waste
receptacles, and transit shelters, among others.
Structure. Anything constructed or erected, the
use of which requires attachment to the ground or attachment to something
located on the ground. For the purposes of this Zoning Code, the term
"structure" includes "buildings," but does not include swimming pools.
Studio—Art, Dance, Martial Arts, Music, Etc. A small scale facility, typically accommodating one group of students
at a time, in no more than one instructional space. Larger facilities
are included under the definition of "Schools." Examples of these
facilities include: individual and group instruction and training
in the arts; production rehearsal; photography, and the processing
of photographs produced only by users of the studio facilities; martial
arts training studios; gymnastics instruction, and aerobics and gymnastics
studios with no other fitness facilities or equipment. Also includes
production studios for individual musicians, painters, sculptors,
photographers, and other artists.
Subdivision. The division, by any subdivider, of
any unit or portion of land shown on the latest equalized Sonoma County
assessment roll as a unit or contiguous units, for the purpose of
sale, lease or financing, whether immediate or future. Property shall
be considered as contiguous units, even if it is separated by roads,
streets, utility easement or railroad rights-of-way. Subdivision includes
the following, as defined in Civil Code Section 2015: a condominium
project; a community apartment project; or the conversion of five
or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative.
Subdivision Map Act, or Map Act. Division 2, Title 7 of the California Government Code, commencing with Section 66410 as presently constituted, and any amendments to those provisions.
Supportive Housing. Housing that is occupied by
a target population, such as low income persons with mental disabilities,
substance abuse or chronic health conditions or as defined in California
Assembly Bill 2162. Services typically include assistance designed
to meet the needs of the target population in retaining housing, living
and working in the community, and/or improving health and may include
case management, mental health treatment, and life skills. There is
typically no limit on the length of stay, and the housing is linked
to on-site or off-site services.
T.
Definitions, "T."
Tasting Room. Facility allowing beer/wine tasting
with on-site and off-site retail sales directly to the public (or
shipped). The tasting room facility must be directly affiliated with
a minimum of one brewery/winery (meeting the requirements of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control (ABC) appropriate license type such as: Type 2 Winegrower
license or Type 23 Microbrewery license). The Tasting Room may be
operated within a brewery/winery facility, accessory to separate on-site
use or as a stand-alone retail use. Tasting Rooms must comply with
standard retail land use hours of operation (7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.).
Telecommunications. The following terms are defined for use with Chapter 20-44 (Telecommunications Facilities).
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Public View. Some portion of the telecommunication
facility will be readily visible from a public street or other public
area, or from four or more adjoining private properties.
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Readily Visible. An object that stands out as a
prominent feature on the landscape when viewed with the naked eye
from a public street or other public area.
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Telecommunications Antennas. Broadcast and receiving
antennas for radio, television, telegraph, telephone, wireless data
network, and other wireless communications, including earth stations
for satellite-based communications. Includes support structures and
ancillary equipment buildings. Does not include telephone, telegraph
and cable television transmission facilities utilizing hard-wired
or direct cable connections.
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Telecommunications Facilities. Structures other
than telecommunications antenna equipment buildings that are primarily
for accommodating equipment for any of the following or similar services.
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A telephone service provider, whether wireless or non-wireless,
digital or analog, or otherwise where customer or subscriber lines
are joined or connected to switching equipment that connects customers
or subscribers to each other. Includes telephone switching facilities.
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A data center housing one or more large computer systems and
related equipment for collecting, maintaining, and/or processing data,
and providing other data processing services.
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A "server farm," or group of computer network servers that are
housed in one location. Includes equipment facilities for Internet
service providers.
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Telecommunication Tower. A mast, pole, monopole,
guyed tower, lattice tower, freestanding tower, or other structure
designed and primarily used to support antennas. A ground or building
mounted mast no more than 12 feet in height and six inches in diameter
shall not be considered a telecommunication tower.
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Temporary Activities and Structures. The following terms and phrases are defined for the purposes of Section 20-52.040 (Temporary Use Permits).
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Temporary Activity. A short-term activity that
is needed to fulfill a short-term need. The activity may be approved
for a specified period of time, but in no case longer than 12 months.
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Temporary Structure. The construction, erection,
or placement of a structure for a specified period of time, but in
no case longer than 12 months.
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Theater, Auditorium. An indoor facility
for public assembly and group entertainment, other than sporting events.
Examples of these facilities include:
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Tobacco, Electronic Smoking Device, or Drug Paraphernalia. (1) Any device intended or designed primarily for use by individuals
for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco, notwithstanding that the
device may also be used for the smoking or ingestion of marijuana,
hashish, hashish oil, cocaine or any other "controlled substance,"
as that term is defined in the Health and Safety Code; examples of
such devices include, but are not limited to: "pipes," "bongs," "hookahs,"
"vaporizers," "roach clips," "electric pipes," "buzz bombs," "blunts"
or similar devices; (2) any equipment, product, or material that is
modified for making, using, or concealing illegal drugs such as cocaine,
heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine; (3) cartridges, cartomizers,
e-liquid, smoke juice, tips, atomizers, electronic smoking device
batteries, electronic smoking device chargers, and any other item
specifically designed for the preparation, charging, or use of electronic
smoking devices; (4) an electronic smoking device.
Tobacco or Smoke Shop. Any store, stand, booth,
or concession that devotes 30% or more of its display floor area to
tobacco products, or to the display and sale of tobacco, electronic
smoking devices, or drug paraphernalia to purchasers for consumption
or use. This classification of use does not include medical cannabis
dispensaries which are defined separately and regulated by Chapter
10-40 (Medical Cannabis Dispensaries) in the Santa Rosa City Code.
Tobacco Product. (1) Any product containing tobacco
leaf including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco,
hookah tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, bidis, or
any other preparation of tobacco; and (2) any product or formulation
of matter containing biologically active amounts of nicotine that
is manufactured, sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed
with the expectation that the product or matter will be introduced
into the human body, but does not include any product specifically
approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use
in treating nicotine or tobacco dependence.
Townhouse. See "Multi-Family Dwelling."
Transit Station or Terminal. A passenger station
for vehicular, and rail mass transit systems; Includes buses, taxis,
railway, etc.
Transitional Housing. Shelter provided for the
homeless for an extended period from six months, and often as long
as 24 months, but where the space is re-occupied by another program
recipient after a set period. Generally the housing is integrated
with other social services and counseling programs to assist in the
transition to selfsufficiency through the acquisition of a stable
income and permanent housing.
Truck or Freight Terminal. A transportation facility
furnishing services incidental to air, motor freight, and rail transportation.
Examples of these facilities include:
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U.
Definitions, "U."
Unbundled Parking. Unbundled parking spaces are
those spaces that are separated from the cost of housing, meaning
that residents with no vehicles would realize a cost savings by not
leasing a parking space. Correspondingly, residents may pay more to
lease more than one parking space.
Use. See "Land Use."
Use, Primary. See "Primary Use."
Utility Facility. A permanent structure or facility
serving as a junction point for transferring a utility services product
from transmission lines to local distribution and service lines, whether
for electricity, natural gas, or domestic water supply. These uses
include any of the following facilities that are not exempted from
land use permit requirements by Government Code Section 53091:
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corporation and maintenance yards.
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electrical substations and switching stations
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which are classified in "Offices"; or transmission, switching, distribution,
or service facilities for telephone or other telecommunications services,
which are instead classified in "Telecommunications Facilities."
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Utility Infrastructure. Pipelines for water,
natural gas, and sewage collection and disposal; and facilities for
the transmission of electrical energy for sale, including transmission
lines for a public utility company. Also includes telephone, telegraph,
cable television and other communications transmission facilities
utilizing direct physical conduits. Does not include offices or service
centers (see "Offices—Business/Service"), or distribution substations
(see "Utility Facility").
V.
Definitions, "V."
Vehicle Services. The repair, servicing, alteration,
restoration, towing, painting, cleaning, or finishing of automobiles,
trucks, recreational vehicles, boats and other vehicles as a primary
use, including the incidental wholesale and retail sale of vehicle
parts as an accessory use. This use includes the following categories.
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Major Repair/Body Work. These establishments include
major engine and/or transmission repair and/or building, towing, collision
repair, other body work, and painting services; tire recapping.
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Minor Maintenance/Repair. Minor facilities providing
limited repair and maintenance services. Examples include: air conditioning
service and repair, attended and self-service car washes, detailing
services, engine tune-up, installation and/or repair of engine accessories
such as starters, muffler and radiator shops, paintless dent repair,
quick-lube services, smog shops, tire and battery sales and installation
(not including recapping), windshield repair, and similar routine
maintenance and repair services
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Does not include automobile parking (see "Parking Facilities"),
repair shops that are part of a vehicle dealership on the same site
(see "Auto and Vehicle Sales and Rental," and "Mobile Home, RV, and
Boat Sales"); gas stations, which are separately defined; or dismantling
yards, which are included under "Recycling Facility—Scrap and
Dismantling Yards."
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Vehicle Storage. A service facility for
the long-term storage of operative cars, trucks, buses, recreational
vehicles, and other motor vehicles, for clients. Does not include
dismantling yards (classified in "Recycling Facility— Scrap
and Dismantling Yards").
Very Low Vehicle Travel Area. An urbanized area,
as designated by the United States Census Bureau, where existing residential
development generates vehicle miles traveled per capita that is below
85 percent of either regional vehicle miles traveled per capita, or
City vehicle miles traveled per capita. For purposes of this paragraph,
"area" may include a travel analysis zone, hexagon, or grid. For purposes
of determining "regional vehicle miles traveled per capita," a "region"
is the entirety of incorporated and unincorporated areas governed
by a multicounty or single-county metropolitan planning organization.
Vision Triangle and Driveway Vision Triangle. The vision triangle is a triangle of land bounded by the curb line or edge of roadway of two intersecting streets where development is limited to provide necessary visibility. A driveway vision triangle is a triangle of land bounded by a line along the driveway edge abutting the sidewalk, and a line along the back of sidewalk, where development is limited to provide necessary visibility. See Section 20-30.110.
W.
Definitions, "W."
Warehouse Retail. A retail store that emphasizes
the packaging and sale of products in large quantities or volumes,
some at discounted prices, where products are typically displayed
in their original shipping containers. Sites and buildings are usually
large and industrial in character. Patrons may be required to pay
membership fees.
Warehouse, Wholesaling and Distribution. These
facilities include:
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Warehouses. Facilities for the storage of furniture,
household goods, or other commercial goods of any nature. Includes
cold storage. Does not include: warehouse, storage or mini-storage
facilities offered for rent or lease to the general public (see "Storage—Personal
Storage Facilities"); warehouse facilities in which the primary purpose
of storage is for wholesaling and distribution (see "Wholesaling and
Distribution"); or terminal facilities for handling freight (see "Truck
or Freight Terminals").
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Wholesaling and Distribution. Establishments engaged
in selling merchandise to retailers; to contractors, industrial, commercial,
institutional, farm, or professional business users; to other wholesalers;
or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for or selling
merchandise to such persons or companies. Examples of these establishments
include:
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agents, merchandise or commodity brokers, and commission merchants
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assemblers, buyers and associations engaged in the cooperative
marketing of farm products
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stores primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating and air
conditioning supplies and equipment.
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Also includes storage, processing, packaging, and shipping facilities
for mail order and e-commerce retail establishments.
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Waterway. The following terms and phrases are defined for the purposes of Section 20-30.040 (Creekside Development).
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Channelized Waterway. Any natural waterway that
has been constructed into a vertical wall or trapezoidal sectioned
concrete, rip-rap, or earthen channel for the purpose of providing
flood control and/or improving bank stability.
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Modified Waterway. Any natural waterway that has
been altered by development or agricultural activities (e.g., widening,
realigning, filling, straightening, or otherwise channelizing) and
often results in the removal of riparian vegetation and disruption
of habitat.
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Modified Natural Waterway. Any natural waterway
that has been altered by development or agricultural activities that
may include widening, realigning, filling, straightening, or otherwise
channelizing, but which exhibits considerable riparian vegetation,
fish, wildlife habitat, and/or scenic values.
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Natural Waterway. A waterway in a state that is,
for the most part, unaltered by development or agricultural activities.
Usually, a natural waterway is bordered by riparian vegetation and
serves as fish or wildlife habitat and exhibits scenic values.
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Waterway. A natural or once natural flow (perennially
or intermittently) water course including rivers, streams, and creeks
that have a discernable channel. This includes natural waterways and
modified waterways that have been channelized or otherwise altered.
A waterway has a defined bed and bank, except on hillsides where the
waterway may be a grassed swale.
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Waterway (Channel) Maintenance. Work within a waterway
corridor to reduce risk to people or property from floods, fires or
other hazards. Waterway maintenance may include activities such as
vegetation trimming, herbicides or pesticides application, debris
or trash removal, vegetation removal, or similar maintenance activities.
Projects that involve waterway alterations should not be considered
waterway maintenance.
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Waterway Corridor. A waterway with a band of upland vegetation adjacent to the riparian vegetation. From a biological perspective, the waterway corridor should extend at least 100 feet out from top of bank. From a practical standpoint, given the cost of land and land development and other policies to provide affordable housing, the waterway corridor is defined in Zoning Code Section 20-30.040 (Creekside Development) as the creek setback extends a minimum of 50 feet from top of bank. The corridor should be extended beyond the minimum established in the Zoning Code to protect existing riparian vegetation.
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Waterway Restoration or Enhancement. The process
of returning the resource to a former or more natural condition.
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Waterway Setback. The creek setback established by Section 20-30.040 (Creekside Development). It means the minimum distance that development must be located from a waterway's physical top of bank. See also "Waterway Corridor" above.
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Wildlife Preserve or Sanctuary. A site
with wildlife habitat and other environmental resources intended to
be preserved in their natural state.
Winery—Boutique. Winery producing 10,000
cases of wine or less per year where all aspects of production occur
within the foot print of the structure. Use includes fruit processing,
fermentation, pressing, barrel and bottle storage, bottling, wine
tasting, and direct retail sale of wine. Participation in events involving
multiple wineries is permitted to occur one time per 90-day period.
All other events require separate approval (Temporary CUP or City
Special Event Permit).
Winery—Production. Winery producing more
than 10,000 cases of wine per year. Use includes fruit processing,
fermentation, pressing, barrel and bottle storage, bottling, wine
tasting, and direct retail sale of wine. Participation in events involving
multiple wineries is permitted to occur one time per 90-day period.
All other events require separate approval (Temporary CUP or City
Special Event Permit). In addition, uses which produce 10,000 cases
of beverage or less, but which do not meet one or more of the additional
requirements to be considered a "Boutique" winery, are "Production"
wineries.
Work/Live Unit. See "Live/Work and Work/Live Units."
X.
Definitions, "X." No specialized terms beginning with the
letter "X" are defined at this time.
Y.
Definitions, "Y."
Yard. An area between a lot line and a structure, unobstructed and unoccupied from the ground upward, except for projections permitted by this Zoning Code. See also "Setback," and Section 20-30.110 (Setback Requirements and Exceptions).
1.
Front Yard. An area extending across the full width of the
lot between the front lot line and the primary structure, except as
otherwise determined by the Director.
2.
Rear Yard. An area extending the full width of the lot between
a rear lot line and the primary structure.
3.
Side Yard. An area between a side lot line and the primary
structure extending between the front and rear yards, except as otherwise
determined by the Director.
Z.
Definitions, "Z."
Zero Emission Vehicle. A vehicle that does not
emit exhaust gas or other pollutants from the onboard source of power
under any and all possible operational modes and conditions.
Zero Lot Line. The location of a building on a
lot in such a manner that one or more exterior building walls directly
abut an adjacent lot line.
Zoning Administrator. The City of Santa Rosa Zoning
Administrator.
Zoning Code. The City of Santa Rosa Zoning Code,
Title 20 of the Santa Rosa City Code, referred to herein as "this
Zoning Code."
Zoning District. Any of the residential, commercial,
public, or overlay districts established by Division 2 of this Zoning
Code (Zoning Districts and Allowable Land Uses), within which certain
land uses are allowed or prohibited, and certain site planning and
development standards are established (e.g., setbacks, height limits,
site coverage requirements, etc.).
(Ord. 3677 § 1, 2004; Ord. 3711 § 1 Exh. A, 2005; Ord. 3750 § 1, 2005; Ord. 3760 § 4, 2006; Ord. 3766 § 4, 2006; Ord.
3889 § 2, 2008; Ord. 3908 § 3, 2009; Ord. 3950 §
17, 2010; Ord. 3968 § 27, 2011; Ord. 3981 §§ 3—5, 2012; Ord. 3985 § 7, 2012; Ord. 3987 §§ 7—9, 2012; Ord. 3989 §§ 6, 7, 2012; Ord. 3992 § 6, 2012; Ord. 3994 §§ 4, 5, 2012; Ord. 3995 § 15, 2012; Ord.
3997 § 6, 2012; Ord. 4001 § 8, 2012; Ord. 4002 §
8, 2012; Ord. 4028 § 4, 2014; Ord. 4042 §§ 1, 2, 2015; Ord. 4045 §§ 2—4, 2015; Ord. 4074 § 7, 2016; Ord. 2017-024 §§ 9, 10; Ord. 2017-025 § 7; Ord. 2020-001 §§ 10, 11; Ord. 2020-003 § 4; Ord. 2020-014 § 35; Ord. 2021-012 §§
40, 41; Ord. 2022-010 §§
6, 7; Ord. 2023-006, 6/6/2023; Ord. 2024-004, 2/27/2024; Ord. 2024-005, 4/9/2024)
