A day care facility licensed by the State of California,
located in a residential unit where resident of the dwelling provides
care and supervision for children under the age of 18 for periods
of less than 24 hours a day.
Shared living quarters without separate kitchen or bathroom
facilities for each room or unit, offered for rent for permanent or
semi-transient residents on a weekly or longer basis. This classification
includes rooming and boarding houses, dormitories and other types
of organizational housing, private residential clubs, and extended
stay hotels intended for long-term occupancy (30 days or more) but
excludes hotels and motels, and residential care facilities.
A development designed and occupied by manufactured housing
units including development with facilities and amenities used in
common by occupants who rent, lease, or own spaces for manufactured
housing units through a subdivision, cooperative, condominium or other
form of resident ownership.
A facility licensed by the State of California to provide
living accommodations, 24-hour care for persons requiring personal
services, supervision, protection, or assistance with daily tasks.
Amenities may include shared living quarters, with or without a private
bathroom or kitchen facilities. This classification includes those
both for and not-for-profit institutions but excludes supportive housing
and transitional housing.
A facility that provides a combination of housing and supportive
services for the elderly or functionally impaired, including personalized
assistance, congregate dining, recreational, and social activities.
These facilities may include medical services. Examples include assisted
living facilities, retirement homes, and retirement communities. These
facilities typically consist of individual units or apartments, with
or without kitchen facility, and common areas and facilities. The
residents in these facilities require varying levels of assistance.
Accessory dwelling unit.
An attached or detached unit that is ancillary to the primary
unit and has a kitchen, sleeping, and bathroom facilities located
on a lot with one single-unit dwelling, where one of the units is
owner occupied.
Multi-unit residential.
Three or more attached or detached dwelling units on a single
lot. Types of multi-unit residential include townhouses, multiple
detached residential units, and apartment buildings.
Single-unit dwelling, attached.
A dwelling unit that is designed for occupancy by one household
located on a separate lot from any other unit (except a second dwelling
unit, where permitted), and is attached through common walls to one
or more dwellings on abutting lots. An attached single-unit dwelling
is sometimes called a "townhouse" or a "condominium."
Single-unit dwelling, detached.
A dwelling unit that is designed for occupancy by one household
with private yards on all sides and located on a separate lot from
any other unit (except an accessory dwelling unit, where permitted).
This classification includes individual manufactured housing units.
Two-unit dwelling.
A residential building containing two dwelling units, both
of which are located on a single parcel (also referred to as a "duplex"
or "two-flat"). The dwelling units are attached and may be located
on separate floors or side-by-side.
A residential facility where living accommodations are individual
secure rooms, with or without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities
for each room, are rented to one-or two-person households for a weekly
or monthly period of time. This use classification is distinct from
a hotel or motel, which is a commercial use.
Dwelling units with no limit on length of stay, that are
occupied by the target population as defined in subdivision (d) of
Section 53260 of the California Health and Safety Code, and that are
linked to onsite or offsite services that assist the supportive housing
resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status,
and maximizing his or her ability to live and, where possible, work
in the community.
Transitional housing is housing that has a predetermined
end point in time and operated under a program that requires the termination
of assistance, in order to provide another eligible program recipient
to the service. The program length is usually no less than six months.
(Ord. 19-1 § 3)
An open-air facility, where recreational vehicle or camping
spaces are rented, or held out for rent, for overnight stay in tents,
trailers, or recreational vehicles for 30 consecutive days or less.
Institutions of higher education providing curricula of a
general, religious, or professional nature, granting degrees and including
junior colleges, business and computer schools, management training,
technical and trade schools, however excluding personal instructional
services such as music lessons.
A facility for public or private meetings, including community
centers, union halls, meeting halls, and other membership organizations.
Included in this classification is the use of functionally related
facilities for the use of members and attendees such as kitchens,
multi-purpose rooms, classrooms and storage.
An institution and/or associated facility engaged in activities
to promote aesthetic and educational interest among the community
that are open to the public on a regular basis. This classification
includes performing arts centers for performances and events; spaces
for display or preservation of objects of interest in the arts or
sciences; libraries; museums; historical sites; aquariums; art galleries;
and zoos and botanical gardens, all of which are public or private.
This does not include schools or institutions of higher education
providing curricula of a general nature.
Establishments providing non-medical care for persons on
a less than 24-hour basis other than family day care. This classification
includes nursery schools, preschools, and day care facilities for
children or adults, and any other day care facility licensed by the
State of California.
Housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons
that is limited to occupancy of six months or less, as defined in
Section 50801 of the California Health and Safety Code. Medical assistance,
counseling, and meals may be provided.
Administrative, clerical, or public contact offices of a government agency, including postal facilities and courts, along with the storage and maintenance of vehicles. This classification excludes corporation yards, equipment service centers, and similar facilities that require maintenance and repair services and storage facilities for related vehicles and equipment (see Section 17.50.050, Public Works and Utilities).
State-licensed facilities providing medical, surgical, psychiatric, or emergency medical services to sick or injured persons. This classification includes facilities for inpatient or outpatient treatment, including substance-abuse programs, as well as training, research, and administrative services for patients and employees. This classification excludes veterinaries and animal hospitals (see Section 17.50.030, Animal Care, Sales, and Services).
Clinic.
A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical service
for sick or injured persons exclusively on an out-patient basis including
emergency treatment, diagnostic services, administration, and related
services to patients who are not lodged overnight. Services may be
available without a prior appointment. This classification includes
licensed facilities offering substance abuse treatment, blood banks
and plasma centers, and emergency medical services offered exclusively
on an out-patient basis. This classification does not include private
medical and dental offices that typically require appointments and
are usually smaller scale.
Hospitals.
A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical services
for sick or injured persons, primarily on an inpatient basis, and
including supplementary facilities for outpatient and emergency treatment,
diagnostic services, training, research, administration, and services
to patients, employees, or visitors. The institutions are to be licensed
by the State of California to provide surgical and medical services.
Skilled nursing facility.
A State-licensed facility or a distinct part of a hospital
that provides continuous skilled nursing and supportive care to patients
whose primary need requires the availability of skilled nursing care
on an extended basis. The facility provides 24-hour inpatient care
and, at a minimum, includes physician, nursing, dietary, pharmaceutical
services and an activity program. Intermediate care programs that
provide skilled nursing and supportive care for patients on a less-than-continuous
basis are classified as skilled nursing facilities.
Establishments that offer specialized programs in personal
growth and development such as music, martial arts, vocal, fitness
and dancing instruction.
Parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, trails, wildlife
preserves, and related open spaces, all of which are noncommercial.
This classification includes playing fields, courts, gymnasiums, swimming
pools, picnic facilities, tennis courts, golf courses, and botanical
gardens, as well as related food concessions or community centers
within the facilities.
Surface lots and structures offering parking for a fee when
such use is not incidental to another on-site activity.
Facilities providing public-safety and emergency services,
including police and fire protection and emergency medical services,
with incidental storage, training and maintenance facilities.
Facilities for primary or secondary education, including
public schools, charter schools, and private and parochial schools
having curricula comparable to that required in the public schools
of the State of California.
Facilities providing a variety of supportive services for
disabled and homeless individuals and other targeted groups on a less
than 24-hour basis. Examples of services provided are counseling,
meal programs, personal storage lockers, showers, instructional programs,
television rooms, and meeting spaces. This classification is distinguished
from licensed day care centers (see Day Care Centers), clinics, and
emergency shelters providing 24-hour care (see Emergency Shelter).
Facilities offering academic instruction to individuals or
to groups in a classroom setting where an adult accompanies a minor.
Facilities where minors are not accompanied by adults are classified
as day care centers.
(Ord. 19-1 § 3)
Any business or entertainment which is conducted exclusively
for the patronage of adults and as to which minors are specifically
excluded from patronage, either by law and/or operators of such business,
and which is characterized by an emphasis on "specified sexual activities"
and/or specified anatomical areas. Adult entertainment also includes
any adult motion picture theater, adult bookstore/adult video store/adult
novelty store, adult cabaret, adult dance studio, adult hotel or motel,
adult theater, sexual encounter establishment, nude modeling studio,
adult tanning salon, sex supermarket/sex mini-mall, and any other
business or establishment that, on a regular and substantial basis,
offers its patrons entertainment or services which involve, depict,
describe, or relate to "specified sexual activities" and/or "specified
anatomical areas."
Retail sales and services related to the boarding, grooming,
and care of household pets including:
Animal sales and grooming.
Retail sales of animals and/or services, including grooming,
for animals on a commercial basis. Typical uses include dog bathing
and clipping salons, pet grooming shops, and pet stores and shops.
This classification excludes dog walking and similar pet care services
not carried out at a fixed location and excludes pet supply stores
that do not sell animals or provide on-site animal services.
Boarding/kennels.
A commercial, non-profit, or governmental facility for keeping,
boarding, training, breeding or maintaining dogs, cats, or other household
pets not owned by the kennel owner or operator. Typical uses include
pet clinics, pet day care, and animal shelters, but exclude pet shops
and animal hospitals that provide 24-hour accommodation of animals
receiving medical or grooming service.
Veterinary services.
Veterinary services for small animals. This classification
allows 24-hour accommodation of animals receiving medical services
but does not include kennels.
Retail or wholesale businesses that sell, rent, and/or repair
automobiles, boats, recreational vehicles, trucks, vans, trailers,
and motorcycles including the following:
Automobile rentals.
Establishment providing for the rental of automobiles. Typical
uses include car rental agencies.
Automobile/vehicle repair, major.
Repair of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor homes,
boats and recreational vehicles, generally on an overnight basis that
may include disassembly, removal or replacement of major components
such as engines, drive trains, transmissions or axles; automotive
body and fender work, vehicle painting or other operations that generate
excessive noise, objectionable odors or hazardous materials, and towing
services. This classification excludes vehicle dismantling or salvaging
and tire retreading or recapping.
Automobile/vehicle sales and leasing.
Sale or lease, retail or wholesale, of automobiles, light
trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, and trailers, together with associated
repair services and parts sales, but excluding body repair and painting.
Typical uses include automobile dealers and recreational vehicle sales
agencies.
Automobile/vehicle service and repair, minor.
The service and repair of automobiles, light-duty trucks,
boats, and motorcycles, including the incidental sale, installation,
and servicing of related equipment and parts. This classification
includes the replacement of small automotive parts and liquids as
an accessory use to a gasoline sales station or automotive accessories
and supply store, and smog checks, tire sales and installation, auto
radio/electronics installation, auto air conditioning/heater service,
and quick-service oil, tune-up and brake and muffler shops where repairs
are made or service provided in enclosed bays and no vehicles are
stored overnight.
Fueling stations.
Establishments primarily engaged in retailing automotive
fuels or retailing these fuels in combination with activities, such
as providing minor automobile/vehicle repair services; selling automotive
oils, replacement parts, and accessories; and/or providing incidental
food and retail services. This classification includes "mini-marts"
and/or convenience stores that sell products, merchandise, or services
that are ancillary to the primary use related to the operation of
motor vehicles where such sale is by means other than vending machines.
Large vehicle and equipment sales, service and rental.
Sales, servicing, rental, fueling, and washing of large trucks,
trailers, tractors, and other equipment used for construction, moving,
agricultural, or landscape gardening activities.
Towing and impound.
Establishments primarily engaged in towing light or heavy motor vehicles, both local and long distance. These establishments may provide incidental services, such as vehicle storage and emergency road repair services (for automobile dismantling, see Section 17.50.040, Salvage and Wrecking).
Washing.
Washing, waxing, or cleaning of automobiles or similar light
vehicles.
Banks and credit unions.
Financial institutions providing retail banking services.
This classification includes only those institutions serving walk-in
customers or clients, including banks, savings and loan institutions,
and credit unions, but excluding check-cashing businesses.
Check-cashing businesses.
Establishments that, for compensation, engage in the business
of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial
paper serving the same purpose. This classification also includes
the business of deferred deposits, whereby the check casher refrains
from depositing a personal check written by a customer until a specific
date pursuant to a written agreement as provided in Civil Code Section
1789.33. Check-cashing businesses do not include State-or Federally-chartered
banks, savings associations, credit unions, or industrial loan companies.
They also do not include retail sellers engaged primarily in the business
of selling consumer goods, such as consumables to retail buyers, that
cash checks or issue money order incidental to their main purpose
or business.
Establishments providing goods and services to other businesses
on a fee or contract basis, including printing and copying, blueprint
services, advertising and mailing, equipment rental and leasing, office
security, custodial services, photofinishing, model building, taxi
or delivery services with two or fewer fleet vehicles on site.
Any facility or location, whether fixed or mobile, where
cannabis is cultivated, provided, sold, made available, or otherwise
distributed, as defined in Division 10 of the Business and Professions
Code and Chapter 6, Article 2 and 2.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
Provision of participant or spectator entertainment to the
public. These classifications may include restaurants, snack bars,
and other incidental food and beverage services to patrons.
Cinema/theaters.
Any facility for the indoor display of films and motion pictures
on single or multiple screens. This classification may include incidental
food and beverage service to patrons as well as auditoriums within
buildings.
Indoor sports and recreation.
Establishments providing predominantly participant sports,
indoor amusement and entertainment services conducted within an enclosed
building, including coin-operated electronic amusement centers. Typical
uses include bowling alleys, billiard parlors, card rooms, health
clubs, ice-and roller-skating rinks, indoor racquetball courts, athletic
clubs, and physical fitness centers.
Outdoor entertainment.
Predominantly spectator uses, conducted in open or partially
enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include amusement and
theme parks, sports stadiums and arenas, racetracks, amphitheaters,
and drive-in theaters.
Outdoor sports and recreation.
Predominantly spectator sports conducted in open or partially
enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include driving ranges,
golf courses, miniature golf courses, tennis clubs, outdoor batting
cages, swimming pools, archery ranges, and riding stables.
A motor vehicle drive-through facility which is a commercial
building or structure or portion thereof which is designed or used
to provide goods or services to the occupants of motor vehicles. It
includes, but is not limited to, banks and other financial institutions,
fast food establishments, and film deposit/pick-up establishments,
but shall not include drive-in movies, service stations, or car-wash
operations.
Businesses primarily engaged in serving prepared food and/or
beverages for consumption on or off the premises.
Bars/night clubs/lounges.
Businesses serving beverages for consumption on the premises
as a primary use, including on-sale service of alcohol including beer,
wine, and mixed drinks. This use includes tasting rooms and micro-breweries
where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed on site and any beverage
production or distilling, and food service is subordinate to the sale
of alcoholic beverages.
Restaurant.
Establishments where food and beverages are served to patrons
on-site or off-site, including full-service, limited-service, and
take-out/delivery businesses. This classification includes brewpubs
manufacturing 5,000 barrels per year or less, cafes, coffee shops,
delicatessens, fast-food businesses, and bakeries that have tables
for on-site consumption of products. It excludes catering services
and commercial kitchens that do not sell food or beverages for on-site
consumption.
Temporary but recurring outdoor retail sales of food, plants,
flowers, and products such as jellies, breads, and meats that are
predominantly grown or produced by vendors who sell them.
Businesses preparing and/or packaging food primarily for
off-site consumption, excluding those of an industrial character in
terms of processes employed, waste produced, water used, and traffic
generation. Typical uses include caterers and commercial kitchens.
An establishment primarily engaged in the provision of services,
involving the care, preparation, or disposition of human remains and
conducting memorial services. Typical uses include a crematory, columbarium,
mausoleum, or mortuary.
An establishment providing overnight lodging to transient
patrons. These establishments may provide additional services, such
as conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, bars, or recreation
facilities available to guests or to the public. This use classification
includes motor lodges, motels, extended-stay hotels, and tourist courts.
Hotels.
An establishment providing overnight lodging to transient
patrons where rooms open only to the interior of the building. Hotels
may provide additional services, such as conference and meeting rooms,
restaurants, bars, or recreation facilities available to guests or
to the public.
Motels.
An establishment providing overnight lodging to transient
patrons designed primarily for motorists, typically with parking directly
outside of room doors. Rooms may open to the exterior of the building.
Motels may provide recreation facilities available to guests but generally
do not provide conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, or bars.
Short-term rental.
The rental of any structure or any portion of any structure
for occupancy for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes for 30 consecutive
calendar days or less in duration.
Establishments engaged in the maintenance or repair of office
machines, household appliances, furniture, and similar items. This
classification excludes maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (see
Automotive/Vehicle Sales and Services) and personal apparel (see Personal
Services: General Personal Services).
A self-contained truck or trailer or non-motorized push cart
that is readily movable without disassembling, and is used to sell
merchandise, prepare and serve food and beverages, or provide other
services.
Any establishment(s) primarily engaged in retailing nursery
and garden products, such as trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs,
and sod that are predominantly grown elsewhere. These establishments
may sell a limited amount of a product they grow themselves. This
classification includes commercial and wholesale greenhouses and nurseries
offering plants for sale.
Offices of firms, organizations, or public agencies providing professional, executive, management, administrative or design services, such as accounting, architectural, computer software design, engineering, graphic design, interior design, investment, insurance, and legal offices, excluding banks and savings and loan associations with retail banking services (see Banks and Financial Institutions). This classification also includes offices where medical and dental services are provided by physicians, dentists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, optometrists, and similar medical professionals, including medical/dental laboratories within medical office buildings, but excludes clinics or independent research laboratory facilities (see Section 17.50.040, Research and Development) and hospitals.
Business, professional, and technology.
Offices of firms, organizations, or agencies providing professional,
executive, management, or administrative services, such as accounting,
architectural, computer software design, engineering, graphic design,
interior design, legal, and tax preparation offices.
Medical and dental.
Offices providing consultation, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventive,
or corrective personal-treatment services by doctors and dentists;
medical and dental laboratories that see patients; and similar practitioners
of medical and healing arts for humans licensed for such practice
by the State of California. Incidental medical and/or dental research
within the office is considered part of the office use if it supports
the on-site patient services.
General personal services.
An establishment providing non-medical services to individuals
as a primary use, of personal convenience, as opposed to products
that are sold to individual consumers, or from/by companies. Personal
services include barber and beauty shops, shoe and luggage repair,
photographers, laundry and cleaning services and pick-up stations,
copying, repair and fitting of clothes, and similar services.
Fortunetelling.
Any place of business where any person allows or professes
to carry on, engage in or practice the art or transaction of palmistry,
fortunetelling, clairvoyance, crystal gazing, seancing, numerology,
mediumship, tarot-card reading, past-life regression, prophecy, phrenology
or divination for personal gain or other similar activity.
Massage establishments.
Any establishment having a fixed place of business where
any person engages in or carries on any method of pressure on or friction
against, or stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating,
or stimulating of the external parts of the body with the hands or
with the aid of any mechanical electrical apparatus or appliances
with or without such supplementary aids as rubbing alcohol, liniments,
antiseptics, oils, powder, creams, lotions, ointments, or other similar
preparations commonly used in this practice. Such establishment shall
have health enhancement as part of its purpose. Exempted from this
definition are massage therapists operating in conjunction with and
on the same premises as a physician, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath,
nurse or any physical therapist (State-licensed professions or vocations)
who are duly State-licensed to practice their respective professions
in the State of California.
Tattoo or body modification parlor.
An establishment whose principal business activity is one
or more of the following: (1) using ink or other substances that result
in the permanent coloration of the skin using needles or other instruments
designed to contact or puncture the skin; or (2) creation of an opening
in the body of a person for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other
decoration.
Building materials sales and services.
Retail sales or rental of building supplies or equipment.
This classification includes lumber yards, tool and equipment sales
or rental establishments, and includes establishments devoted principally
to taxable retail sales to individuals for their own use. This definition
does not include construction and material yards, hardware stores
less than 10,000 square feet in floor area, or plant nurseries.
Convenience markets.
Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of frequently
or recurrently needed small personal items or services for residents
within a reasonable walking distance. These include various general
retail sales and personal services of an appropriate size and scale
to meet the above criteria. Typical uses include neighborhood grocery
stores, convenience markets, and drugstores.
Food and beverage sales.
Retail sales of food and beverages primarily for off-site
preparation and consumption. Typical uses include food markets, groceries,
liquor stores, meat markets and butcher shops, and retail bakeries.
General retail.
The retail sale or rental of merchandise not specifically
listed under another use classification. This classification includes
retail establishments with 25,000 square feet or less of sales area;
including department stores, clothing stores, furniture stores, pet
supply stores, small hardware stores (with 10,000 square feet or less
of floor area), and businesses retailing the following goods: toys,
hobby materials, handcrafted items, jewelry, cameras, photographic
supplies and services (including portraiture and retail photo processing),
medical supplies and equipment, pharmacies, electronic equipment,
sporting goods, kitchen utensils, hardware, appliances, antiques,
art galleries, art supplies and services, paint and wallpaper, carpeting
and floor covering, office supplies, bicycles, video rental, and new
automotive parts and accessories (excluding vehicle service and installation).
Retail sales may be combined with other services such as office machine,
computer, electronics, and similar small-item repairs.
Any establishment whose business includes buying, selling,
trading, selling on consignment, or auctioning secondhand tangible
personal property. Tangible personal property shall be defined as
stated in the California Business and Professions Code. Acceptance
of donated material and goods are not allowed.
(Ord. 19-1 § 3)
Cannabis indoor commercial cultivation facility.
A building or portion of a building used for a business involving
the wholly indoor commercial cultivation of cannabis plants within
California in compliance with the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis
Regulation and Safety Act (the "MAUCRSA," Business and Professions
Code Section 26000, et seq.).
Cannabis laboratory materials testing facility.
A building, or portion thereof, used for a business involving
the materials testing, investigation, scientific research, or experimentation
of medicinal or nonmedicinal cannabis or cannabis products within
California in compliance with the Medicinal and Adult-use Cannabis
Regulation and Safety Act (the "MAUCRSA," Business and Professions
Code Section 26000, et seq.).
Cannabis manufacturing facility.
A building, or portion thereof, used for a business involving
the manufacture for off-site sale of cannabis products within California
in compliance with the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation
and Safety Act (the "MAUCRSA," Business and Professions Code Section
26000, et seq.).
Wholesale cannabis logistics, distribution, and transportation
facility.
A building, or portion thereof, used for a business involving
the procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and cannabis products
within California in compliance with the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis
Regulation and Safety Act (the "MAUCRSA," Business and Professions
Code Section 26000, et seq.).
Facilities and mobile equipment for loading, unloading, storage,
cleaning, and processing of bulk storage and container cargo to and
from vessels, rail cars, and trucks.
Storage of construction materials or equipment on a site
other than a construction site.
Any establishment primarily engaged in on-site production
or fabrication of goods by hand manufacturing or artistic endeavor,
which involves only the use of hand tools or small mechanical equipment,
and which may include incidental instruction or direct sales for consumers.
Typical uses include ceramic studios, fabric and needleworking, leather
working, metalworking, glassworking, candlemaking shops, woodworking,
and custom jewelry manufacturers.
A facility where materials and goods are donated, accepted
for sale on consignment or auction, or otherwise dropped off. Includes
sorting and distribution of goods and materials.
Establishments engaged in the production, processing, packaging,
or manufacturing of food or beverage products and any instruction,
direct sales, or on-site consumption are incidental to the food or
beverage production activity.
Large scale.
Large-scale production, packaging, processing, preparation,
or manufacturing of a food, beverage, or ingredient used or intended
for use for human digestion in a facility over 10,000 square feet.
This classification includes uses such as bottling of alcoholic or
nonalcoholic beverages; canning, bottle, processing, and packaging
of food; coffee roasting; food products; oleomargarine; brewing; and
distillation of liquor and spirits. This definition does not include
slaughtering of animals or fowl, or direct retail sales.
Small scale.
A small-scale food and beverage products manufacturing and
distribution establishment located in facilities less than 10,000
square feet in size. Examples include small coffee roasters, microbreweries
(manufacturing 15,000 barrels per year or less), micro-distilleries
(manufacturing 10,000 barrels per year or less), wine manufacturing,
meat or fish processing, small-batch candy shops, cheese makers, wholesale
bakeries, and brew-on-premises stores which provide ingredients and
equipment for customers to manufacture their own product.
Establishments engaged in manufacturing of non-edible products
from extracted or raw materials or recycled or secondary materials,
or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. Production
typically involves some transformation by way of heating, chilling,
combining, or through a chemical or biochemical reaction or alteration.
Toxic, hazardous, or explosive materials may be produced or used in
large quantities as part of the manufacturing process. These industrial
activities may produce impacts on nearby properties, such as noise,
gas, odor, dust, or vibration. This classification includes manufacturing
for biomass energy conversion, commercial advertising, cosmetics and
perfumes, electrical appliances and explosives, film and photographic
processing plants, apparel and textile mills, leather and allied products
manufacturing, wood and paper, glass and glass products, chemical
products, medical/pharmaceutical products, plastics and rubber, nonmetallic
minerals, primary and fabricated metal products, and automotive and
heavy equipment.
Establishments engaged in manufacturing of non-edible products
and finished parts primarily from previously-prepared materials by
means of physical assembly or reshaping. These industrial activities
produce limited impacts on nearby properties, such as noise, gas,
odor, or vibration. This classification includes uses where retail
sales are clearly incidental to an industrial or manufacturing use;
commercial laundries and dry-cleaning plants; monument works; printing,
engraving and publishing; computer and electronic product manufacturing;
furniture and related product manufacturing; and industrial services.
A facility for the scientific research and the design, development,
and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical, pharmaceutical,
chemical, and biotechnology components and products in advance of
product manufacturing. This classification includes assembly of related
products from parts produced off site, where the manufacturing activity
is secondary to the research and development activities, in addition
to involving the production of experimental products.
Storage and dismantling of vehicles and equipment for sale
of parts, as well as their collection, storage, exchange or sale of
goods including, but not limited to, any used building materials,
used containers or steel drums, used tires, and similar or related
articles or property.
Storage and distribution facilities without sales to the
public on-site or direct public access except for public storage in
small individual space exclusively and directly accessible to a specific
tenant.
Indoor warehousing, storage, and wholesaling and distribution.
Indoor storage and/or sale of goods to other firms for resale; storage of goods for transfer to retail outlets of the same firm; or storage and sale of materials and supplies used in production or operation, including janitorial and restaurant supplies. This use includes cold storage, freight moving and storage, warehouses, and wholesalers. Wholesalers are primarily engaged in business-to-business sales but may sell to individual consumers through mail or internet orders. They normally operate from a warehouse or office having little or no display of merchandise and are not designed to solicit walk-in traffic. This classification does not include wholesale sale of building materials (see Section 17.50.030, Retail Sales: Building Materials Sales and Services) or any use that involves cannabis.
Outdoor storage.
Storage of commercial goods in open lots.
Personal storage.
Facilities offering enclosed storage with individual access
for personal effects and household goods including mini-warehouses
and mini-storage. This use excludes workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing,
or commercial activity.
(Ord. 19-1 § 3)
Facilities for the takeoff and landing of airplanes and helicopters,
including runways, helipads, aircraft storage buildings, public terminal
building and parking, air freight terminal, baggage handling facility,
aircraft hangar and public transportation and related facilities,
including bus operations, servicing and storage. Also includes support
activities such as fueling and maintenance, storage, airport operations
and air traffic control, incidental retail sales, coffee shops and
snack shops and airport administrative facilities, including airport
offices, terminals, operations buildings, communications equipment,
buildings and structures, control towers, lights, and other equipment
and structures required by the United States Government and/or the
State for the safety of aircraft operations.
Facilities for the provision of broadcasting and other information-relay
services using electronic and telephonic mechanisms.
Facilities within buildings.
Includes radio, television or recording studios, and telephone
switching centers.
Telecommunication.
Broadcasting and other communication services accomplished
through electronic or telephonic mechanisms, as well as structures
and equipment cabinets designed to support one or more reception/transmission
systems. Typical uses include wireless telecommunication towers and
facilities, radio towers, television towers, telephone exchange/microwave
relay towers, cellular telephone transmission/personal communications
systems towers, and associated equipment cabinets and enclosures.
Any property and improvement facilities for the short-term
loading, unloading and servicing of freight and passenger vessels.
Any property and improvements used for freight, courier,
and postal services; freight transfer truck terminals; or for the
operations of a "common carrier trucking company," including the parking,
or servicing, or repairing, or storage of trucks, truck tractors,
and/or truck trailers.
Passenger transportation services, local delivery services,
medical transport, and other businesses that rely on fleets of three
or more vehicles with rated capacities less than 10,000 pounds. This
classification includes parking, dispatching, and offices for taxicab
and limousine operations, ambulance services, non-emergency medical
transport, local messenger and document delivery services, home cleaning
services, and similar businesses.
Facilities that provides a range of services related to the
use of boats and other watercraft and commercial and recreational
fishing. Services may include, but are not limited to, boat moorings;
sales, storage, construction, repair, and maintenance of boats, boat
parts, and other marine-related items; marine fueling stations and
washing facilities; seafood processing, boat and watercraft charter
operations; offices; bait and tackle shops; and hardware sales.
Generating plants, electric substations, solid waste collection,
including transfer stations and materials recovery facilities, solid
waste treatment and disposal, water or wastewater treatment plants,
and similar facilities of public agencies or public utilities.
A facility which involves the loading or unloading of goods
from a rail car or train.
A facility for receiving, temporarily storing, transferring
and/or processing materials for recycling, reuse, or final disposal.
This use classification does not include waste transfer facilities
that operate as materials recovery, recycling, and solid waste transfer
operations and are classified as utilities.
Recycling collection facility.
1.
2.
An incidental use that serves as a neighborhood drop-off
point for the temporary storage of recyclable or reusable materials
but where the processing and sorting of such items is not conducted
on site.
Large collection facility.
Large collection facilities may occupy an area of more than
500 square feet and may include permanent structures.
Small collection facility.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Small collection facilities occupy no more than 500 square
feet and may include:
A "mobile recycling unit," which means an automobile, truck,
trailer or van, licensed by the department of motor vehicles, and
used for the collection of recyclable materials. A mobile recycling
unit also means the bins, boxes or containers transported by trucks,
vans or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials;
Bulk reverse vending machines or a grouping of reverse vending
machines occupying more than 50 square feet;
Booth-type units which may include permanent structures; and
Unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable
materials.
Recycling processing facility.
A facility that receives, sorts, stores and/or processes
recyclable materials.
Heavy processing facility.
Any processing facility other than a light processing facility.
Light processing facility.
A light processing facility occupies an area of under 45,000
square feet of gross collection, processing and storage area and has
up to an average of two outbound truck shipments per day. Light processing
facilities are limited to baling, briquetting, crushing, compacting,
grinding, shredding and sorting of source-separated recyclable materials
and repairing of reusable 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.
An automated mechanical device that accepts, sorts and processes
recyclable materials and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit
slip.
(Ord. 19-1 § 3)
Animal production.
Commercial facilities engaged in the breeding, raising, feeding,
and trans-shipping of livestock for producing animal products, animal
increase, or value increase. The uses set forth in this section shall
not include stockyards, slaughterhouses, hog farms, fertilizer works
or plants for the reduction of animal matter.
Crop production.
The cultivation of tree, vine, field, forage, and other plant crops intended to provide food or fibers. The classification excludes wholesale or retail nurseries (see Section 17.50.030, Nurseries and Garden Centers).
Horticulture production.
Commercial facilities for growing flowers, trees and ornamentals. The classification excludes wholesale or retail nurseries (see Section 17.50.030, Nurseries and Garden Centers).
The extraction of minerals, including mining, digging, dredging,
drilling and pumping of water, gases, minerals or combustibles.
Aquaculture.
The cultivation of marine or freshwater fish, shellfish,
or plants under controlled conditions. Aquaculture includes aquaponics
which integrates aquaculture with hydroponics by recycling the waste
products from fish to fertilize hydroponically growing plants.
Community garden.
Use of land for and limited to the cultivation of herbs,
fruits, flowers, or vegetables, including the cultivation and tillage
of soil and the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of
any agricultural, floricultural, or horticultural commodity, by several
individuals or households.
Market garden.
The primary use of a site for cultivation of fruits, vegetables,
flowers, fiber, nuts, seeds, or culinary herbs for sale or donation
of its produce to the public.
Private garden.
A private food-producing garden that is accessory to the
primary use of the site.
(Ord. 19-1 § 3)
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Change of Use
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Access
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City
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Accessory Building
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City Council
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Accessory Structure
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Collector Roadway
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Accessory Use
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Commercial Vehicle
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Adjacent
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Commission
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Adjoining
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Community Development Director
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A-Framed Sign
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Compatible
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Agent or Authorized Agent
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Conditionally Permitted
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Aggrieved Person
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Conditional Use
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Alley
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Condition of Approval
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Alteration
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County
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Applicant
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Deck
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Architectural Feature
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Demolition
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Arterial Roadway
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Density
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Attached Building or Structure
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Detached Building
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Awning
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Detached Structure
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Balcony
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Development
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Bedroom
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Development Agreement
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Block
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Development Permit
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Buffer
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Director
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Building
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District
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Building, Accessory
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Driveway
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Building, Attached
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Dwelling Unit
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Building, Detached
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Easement
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Building, Main
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Effective Date
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Building Code
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Electrical Code
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Building Face
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Emergency
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Building Footprint
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Emergency Vehicle
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Building Frontage
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Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
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Building Height
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Environmental Review
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Building Site
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Equipment
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California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
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Erect
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Camper
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Façade
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Canopy
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Family
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Carport
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Farmworker
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Farmworker Dwelling Unit
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Flag Lot
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Farmworker Housing
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Interior Lot
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Feasible
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Key Lot
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Fence
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Reversed Corner Lot
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Firearms
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Through Lot
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Floor Area
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Lot Area
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Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
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Lot Coverage
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Foot-Candle
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Lot Depth
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Footprint
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Lot Frontage
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Freeway
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Lot Line
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Frontage, Building
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Front Lot Line
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Frontage, Street
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Interior Lot Line
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Garage
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Rear Lot Line
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General Plan
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Side Lot Line
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Glare
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Street Side Lot Line
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Lot, Nonconforming
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Grade
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Lot Width
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Grade, Existing or Natural
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Maintenance and Repair
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Grade, Finished
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Municipal Code
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Ground Floor
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Noise
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Hazardous Materials
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Nonconforming Building
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Heat
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Nonconforming Lot
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Height
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Nonconforming Structure
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Home Occupation
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Nonconforming Use
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Household
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On-Site
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Household Pets
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Outdoor Storage
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Illegal Use
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Owner
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Impervious Surface
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Parapet
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Improvement
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Parking Area
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Incidental Use
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Passenger Vehicle
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Income Levels
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Permitted Use
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Extremely Low Income Household
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Person
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Very Low Income Household
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Planning Commission
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Low Income Household
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Planning Division
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Moderate Income Household
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Pre-Existing
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Intensity of Use
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Primary Use
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Intersection, Street
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Project
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Kitchen
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Property Line
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Landscaping
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Land Use
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Public Works Director
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Light Fixture
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Qualified Applicant
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Liquor Sales
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Reasonable Accommodation
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Lot
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Review Authority
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Abutting Lot
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Right-of-Way
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Corner Lot
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Roofline
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Senior Citizen
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Traffic Sign
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Setback
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Wall Sign
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Sidewalk
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Window Sign
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Sign Terms. See Chapter 17.29, Signs
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Site
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Agricultural Directional Sign
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Soil
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Animated Sign
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Solar Reflectance Index
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Awning Sign
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Specific Plan
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Balloon
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State
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Banner Sign
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Story
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Billboard
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Street
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Canopy Sign
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Street Line
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Commercial Message
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Structure
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Copy
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Structure, Accessory
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Damaged Sign
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Structure, Attached
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Directional Sign
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Structure, Detached
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Electronic Copy
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Structure, Main
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Flag
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Structure, Nonconforming
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Freestanding Sign
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Structure, Temporary
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Freeway Information Sign
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Swimming Pool
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General Advertising for Hire
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Tandem Parking
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Government Sign
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Telecommunication Terms
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Graffiti
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Antenna
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High-Rise Building Identification Sign
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Co-Location
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Illuminated Sign
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Satellite Dish
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Inflatable Sign
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Support Equipment
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Internally Illuminated Sign
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Telecommunication Facility
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Master Sign Program
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Tenant
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Memorial Sign
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Trailer
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Mobile Billboard
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Use
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Moving Sign
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Use, Accessory
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Non-Commercial Message
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Use, Incidental
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Nonconforming Sign
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Use, Nonconforming
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Outdoor Advertising Structure
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Use, Permitted
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Pennant
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Use, Primary
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Permanent Sign
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Use Classification
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Portable Sign
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Use Permit
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Projecting Sign
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Use Type
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Real Property Event Sign
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Utilities
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Real Property Kiosk
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Variance
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Real Property Sign
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Vehicle
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Roof Sign
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Vibration
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Sign
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Visible
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Sign Area
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Wall
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Sign Face
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Yard
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Temporary Sign
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Front Yard
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Street Side Yard
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Interior Side Yard
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Rear Yard
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Required Yard
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Side Yard
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(Ord. 22-21 § 2; Ord. 19-1 § 3)
A.
Abutting.
Access.
Accessory building.
Accessory structure.
Accessory use.
Adjacent.
Adjoining.
Agent or authorized agent.
Aggrieved person.
Alley.
Alteration.
Applicant.
Architectural feature.
Arterial roadway.
Attached building or structure.
Awning.
"A" Terms.
Having a common boundary.
The place or way through which pedestrians and/or vehicles
must have safe, adequate, and usable ingress and egress to a property.
See "Building, Accessory."
See "Structure, Accessory."
See "Use, Accessory."
Directly abutting, having a common boundary or property line,
or contiguous to.
See "Abutting."
Any person who can show certified written proof that he or
she is representing and acting in the place of another person or individual.
Any person who, in person or through a representative, appeared
at a City public hearing in conjunction with a decision or action
appealed or who, by other appropriate means prior to a hearing, informed
the local government of the nature of his or her concerns or who,
for good cause, was unable to do either.
A public or private way, not more than 30 feet wide, reserved
primarily for secondary vehicular access to the rear or side of properties
abutting on a street.
Any change, addition, or modification that changes the exterior
architectural appearance or materials of a structure or object. Alteration
includes changes in exterior surfaces, changes in materials, additions,
remodels, demolitions, and relocation of buildings or structures,
but excludes ordinary maintenance and repairs.
The person, partnership, corporation, or State or local government
agency applying for a permit, certificate, zoning approval, or other
entitlement.
An exterior building feature, including a roof, walls, windows,
doors, porches, posts, pillars, recesses or projections, and exterior
articulation or walls, and other building surfaces.
A street classified as an arterial in the Transportation
Element of the General Plan.
See "Building, Attached" and "Structure, Attached."
An architectural projection that provides weather protection,
identity, or decoration, and is wholly supported by the building to
which it is attached. An awning is typically constructed of non-rigid
materials on a supporting framework which projects from and is supported
by the exterior wall of a building.
B.
Balcony.
Bedroom.
Block.
Buffer.
Building.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Building code.
Building face.
Building footprint.
Building frontage.
Building height.
Building site.
"B" Terms.
A platform that projects from the wall of a building 30 inches
or more above grade that is accessible from the building's interior,
is not accessible from the ground, and is not enclosed by walls on
more than three sides.
Any room having the potential of being a bedroom and meeting
the standards of the Building Code as a sleeping room.
All property fronting on one side of a street between an
intersection and intercepting streets or between a street and a waterway,
dead-end street, major easement or right-of-way, or unsubdivided land.
An intercepting street shall only determine the boundary of a block
on the side of the street which it intercepts.
An open area or barrier used to separate potentially incompatible
activities and/or development features; for example, a required setback
to separate an area of development from environmentally sensitive
habitat, to reduce or eliminate the effects of the development on
the habitat.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls
and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of any individual,
animal, process, equipment, goods, or materials.
Building, Accessory.
A detached, subordinate building used only as incidental
to the main building on the same lot.
Building, Attached.
A building which has a common wall with another building
or structure.
Building, Detached.
A building which does not have a common wall with another
building or structure.
Building, Main.
A building in which the primary use of the parcel on which
it is located is conducted.
Any ordinance or regulations of the City governing the type
and method of construction of buildings and structures, including
sign structures and any amendments thereto and any substitute therefor
including, but not limited to, the California Building Code and other
State-adopted uniform codes.
The general outer surface of the structure or walls of a
building. Where bay windows or pillars project beyond the walls, the
outer surface of the windows or pillars is considered to be the face
of the building.
See "Footprint."
See "Frontage, Building."
See "Height."
A lot or parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by a main
building and accessory buildings together with such open spaces as
are required by the terms of this Code and having its principal frontage
on a street, road, highway, or waterway.
C.
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Camper.
Canopy.
Carport.
Change of use.
City.
City Council.
Collector roadway.
Commercial vehicle.
Commission.
Community Development Director.
Compatible.
Conditionally permitted.
Conditional use.
Condition of approval.
County.
"C" Terms.
Public Resources Code Section 21000, et seq., or any successor
statute and regulations promulgated thereto (14 California Code of
Regulations Section 15000, et seq.) that require public agencies to
document and consider the environmental effects of a proposed action
before a decision.
As defined in the California Vehicle Code.
A roofed shelter projecting over a sidewalk, driveway, entry,
window, or similar area that may be wholly supported by a building
or may be wholly or partially supported by columns, poles, or braces
extending from the ground.
An accessible and usable covered space enclosed on not more
than two sides, designed, constructed, and maintained for the parking
or storage of one or more motor vehicles.
The replacement of an existing use on a site, or any portion
of a site, by a new use, or a change in the type of an existing use;
does not include a change of ownership, tenancy, or management associated
with a use for which the previous type of use will remain substantially
unchanged.
The City of West Sacramento.
The City Council of the City of West Sacramento.
A roadway classified as a collector in the Transportation
Element of the General Plan.
Defined in the California Vehicle Code. Pickup trucks and
vans not exceeding one-ton rated capacity and which are used primarily
for private noncommercial purposes are not considered commercial vehicles.
See "Planning Commission."
The Community Development Director of the City of West Sacramento
or designee.
That which is harmonious with and will not adversely affect
surrounding buildings and/or uses.
Permitted subject to approval of a Use Permit.
A use that is generally compatible with other uses permitted
in a zone, but that requires individual review of its location, design,
configuration, and intensity and density of use and structures, and
may require the imposition of conditions pertinent thereto to ensure
the appropriateness of the use at that location.
A performance standard, required change in a project, environmental
mitigation measure, or other requirement imposed by the decision-making
body to alter or modify a project in any manner from the description
in the application originally submitted for City approval.
The County of Yolo.
D.
Deck.
Demolition.
Density.
Development.
Development agreement.
Development permit.
Director.
District.
Driveway.
Dwelling unit.
"D" Terms.
A platform, either freestanding or attached to a building
that is supported by pillars or posts.
The intentional destruction and removal of 50% or more of
the enclosing exterior walls and 50% of the roof of any structure.
The number of dwelling units per acre of land. Detached Building.
"See Building, Detached." Detached Structure. "See Structure, Detached."
Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including, but not limited to, the division of a parcel of land into
two or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion,
structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any structure;
any mining, excavation, landfill or land disturbance; and any use
or extension of the use of land.
An agreement between the City and any person having a legal
or equitable interest in real property for the development of such
property, and which complies with the applicable provisions of the
Government Code for such development agreements.
Any permit issued by the City for the construction of real
property improvements. Development permits include grading permits,
encroachment permits, use permits, tentative maps, planned development
permits and Building Permits. Sign permits are excluded from this
definition.
See "Community Development Director."
See "Zone."
An accessway that provides direct vehicular access for vehicles
between a street and the parking or loading facilities located on
an adjacent property.
One or more rooms designed, occupied, or intended for occupancy
as separate living quarters, with full cooking, sleeping, and bathroom
facilities for the exclusive use of a single household. Excludes tents,
cabins, boats, trailers, dormitories, labor camps, hotels, and motels.
E.
Easement.
Effective date.
Electrical code.
Emergency.
Emergency vehicle.
Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
Environmental review.
Equipment.
Erect.
"E" Terms.
A portion of land created by grant or agreement for specific
purpose; an easement is the right, privilege or interest which one
party has in the land of another.
The date on which a permit or other approval becomes enforceable
or otherwise takes effect, rather than the date it was signed or circulated.
Any ordinance of the City regulating the alteration, repair,
and the installation and use of electricity or electrical fixtures.
A sudden unexpected occurrence demanding immediate action
to prevent or mitigate loss or damage to life, health, property, or
essential public services.
A self-propelled vehicle or trailer used in the discharge
of duties of public districts, agencies or departments, or privately-owned
public utilities responsible for fire prevention and control, policing,
sanitation, sewerage, drainage, levee maintenance, flood control,
public utility lines and all essential services.
An Environmental Impact Report as required under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
An evaluation process pursuant to CEQA to determine whether
a proposed project may have a significant impact on the environment.
Non-vehicular items such as, but not limited to, boats, campers,
camper shells, tents and related camping supplies, tools, machinery,
aircraft, barrels, drums, large cans or containers and parts related
to these items.
To build, construct, attach, hang, place, suspend, or affix
to or upon any surface. Such term also includes the painting of wall
signs.
F.
Façade.
Family.
Farmworker.
Farmworker dwelling unit.
Farmworker housing.
Feasible.
Fence.
Firearms.
Floor area.
Floor area ratio (FAR).
Foot-candle.
Footprint.
Freeway.
Frontage, building.
Frontage, street.
"F" Terms.
The exterior wall of a building exposed to public view or
that wall viewed by persons not within the building. The portion of
any exterior elevation of a building extending vertically from the
grade to the top of a parapet wall or eave, and horizontally across
the entire width of the building elevation.
One or more persons living together in a single dwelling
unit, with common use of all living and eating areas and all areas
and facilities for the preparation and storage of food.
The same as "agricultural employee" as defined in Section
1140.4(b) of the California Labor Code.
A single-family residential unit occupied by a maximum of
six farmworkers at any one time.
A housing accommodation developed for and/or provided to
farmworkers and shall consist of any living quarters, dwelling, mobile
home, manufactured home, recreational vehicle, travel trailer, or
other housing accommodation maintained in one or more buildings and
on one or more sites.
Capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within
a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental,
social, and technological factors.
Any horizontal or vertical structural device forming a physical
barrier intended to separate properties, retain soil materials, and
provide security; or as defined by the Building Official. Fences may
also be walls, hedges, and screen plantings, or constructed from wood,
mesh, metal, chain, brick, stakes of plastic or similar materials.
Any device designed to be used as a weapon or modified to
be used as a weapon, from which a projectile is expelled through a
barrel by the force of an explosion or other form of combustion.
The total horizontal area of all floors below the roof and
within the outer surface of the walls of a building or other enclosed
structure unless otherwise stipulated. See also Section 17.02.030.F,
Determining Floor Area.
The ratio of the total floor area of all buildings on a lot
to the lot area or building site area. See also Section 17.02.030.G,
Determining Floor Area Ratio.
A quantitative unit of measure for luminance. One foot-candle
is equal to the amount of light generated by one candle shining on
one square foot surface located one foot away. It is equal to one
lumen uniformly distributed over an area of one square foot.
The horizontal area, as seen in plan view, of a building
or structure, measured from the outside of exterior walls and supporting
columns, and excluding eaves. See also Section 17.02.030.H, Determining
Lot Coverage.
A multilane State or Interstate highway for through traffic
with full control of access and with grade separations at all intersections
and railroad crossings, and to which highway the owners of abutting
lands have no right of easement or access to or from their abutting
lands.
The lineal dimension, parallel to the ground, of a building
abutting on a public street, or a parking lot accessory to that business,
even though another business may also have entitlement to that parking
lot.
That portion of a lot or parcel of land that borders a public
street. Street frontage shall be measured along the common lot line
separating said lot or parcel of land from the public street, highway,
or parkway.
G.
Garage.
General plan.
Glare.
Government code.
Grade.
1.
2.
Ground floor.
"G" Terms.
An accessory structure or portion of a main structure, enclosed
on three or more sides and containing accessible and usable enclosed
space designed, constructed, and maintained for the parking and storage
of one or more motor vehicles.
The General Plan of the City of West Sacramento.
The effect produced by a light source within the visual field
that is sufficiently brighter than the level to which the eyes are
adapted, such as to cause annoyance, discomfort, or loss of visual
performance and ability.
The Government Code of the State of California.
The location of the ground surface.
Grade, existing or natural.
Ground elevation prior to any grading or other site preparation
related to, or to be incorporated into, a proposed development or
alteration of an existing development.
Grade, Finished.
Final ground elevation after the completion of any grading
or other site preparation related to, or to be incorporated into,
a proposed development or alteration of an existing development.
The first floor of a building other than a basement that
is closest to finished grade.
H.
Hazardous materials.
Heat.
Height.
Home occupation.
Household.
Household pets.
"H" Terms.
Any material, including any substance, waste, or combination
thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical,
chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly
contribute to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human
health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated,
stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Thermal energy of a radioactive, conductive, or convective
nature.
The vertical distance from a point on the ground below a
structure to a point directly above. See also Section 17.02.030.C,
Measuring Height.
A commercial use conducted on residential property by the
inhabitants of the subject residence, which is incidental and secondary
to the residential use of the dwelling.
See "Family."
Animals that are customarily kept within a dwelling or a
yard for the personal use or enjoyment of the residents. Household
pets include domestic birds, cats, dogs, fish, rabbits, rodents, or
snakes, but do not include horses, mules, goats, cows, hogs or other
similar size animals, or roosters or peacocks.
I.
Illegal use.
Impervious surface.
Improvement.
Incidental use.
Income levels.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Intensity of use.
Intersection, street.
"I" Terms.
Any use of land or building that does not have the currently
required permits, and was originally constructed and/or established
without permits or approvals required for the use at the time it was
brought into existence.
Impervious surfaces are mainly artificial structures—such
as pavements (roads, sidewalks, driveways and parking lots, as well
as industrial areas such as airports, ports and logistics and distribution
centers) that are covered by impenetrable materials such as asphalt,
concrete, brick, stone, etc.
An object affixed to the ground other than a structure.
See "Use, Incidental."
Income levels for households whose gross incomes do not exceed
the qualifying extremely low, very low, low, and moderate-income limits
established in Section 6932 of the California Code of Regulations,
and amended periodically based on the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) estimate based on the Yolo County median income
levels by family size. These income limits are equivalent to the following:
Extremely low income household.
Under 30% of area median income, adjusted for household size
appropriate for the unit.
Very low income household.
30 to 50% of area median income, adjusted for household size
appropriate for the unit.
Low income household.
50 to 80% of area median income, adjusted for household size
appropriate for the unit.
Moderate income household.
80 to 120% of area median income, adjusted for household
size appropriate for the unit.
The extent to which a use or the use in combination with
other uses affects the natural and built environment in which it is
located; the demand for services; and persons who live, work, and
visit the area. Measures of intensity include, without limitation:
requirements for water, gas, electricity, or public services; number
of automobile trips generated by a use; parking demand; number of
employees on a site; hours of operation; the amount of noise, light,
or glare generated; the number of persons attracted to the site, or
in eating establishments, the number of seats.
The area common to two or more intersecting streets.
J.
"J" Terms.
(Reserved)
K.
Kitchen.
"K" Terms.
Any room or space within a building intended to be used for
the cooking or preparation of food.
L.
Landscaping.
Land use.
Light fixture.
Liquor sales.
Lot.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Lot area.
Lot coverage.
Lot depth.
Lot frontage.
Lot line.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Lot, nonconforming.
Lot width.
"L" Terms.
The planting, configuration and maintenance of trees, ground
cover, shrubbery, and other plant material, decorative natural and
structural features (walls, fences, hedges, trellises, fountains,
sculptures), earth-patterning and bedding materials, and other similar
site improvements that serve an aesthetic or functional purpose.
The purpose for which land or a structure is designed, arranged,
intended, occupied, or maintained, including residential, commercial,
industrial, etc.
The assembly that holds a lamp and may include an assembly
housing, a mounting bracket or pole socket, a lamp holder, a ballast,
a reflector or mirrors, and a refractor or lens.
The sale of liquor for offsite consumption.
A parcel, tract, or area of land whose boundaries have been
established by a legal instrument, such as a deed or map recorded
with the County of Yolo, and which is recognized as a separate legal
entity for purposes of transfer of title, except public easements
or rights-of-way. Lot types include the following:
Abutting lot.
A lot having a common property line or separated by a public
path or lane, private street, or easement to the subject lot.
Corner lot.
A lot or parcel bounded by two or more adjacent street lines
that have an angle of intersection of not more than 135 degrees.
Flag lot.
A lot so shaped that the main portion of the lot area does
not have access to a street other than by means of a corridor having
less than 20 feet of width.
Interior lot.
A lot bounded on one side by a street line and on all other
sides by lot lines between adjacent lots or that is bounded by more
than one street with an intersection greater than 135 degrees; a lot
other than a corner lot.
Key lot.
An interior lot adjoining the rear lot line of a reversed
corner lot.
Reversed corner lot.
A corner lot, the rear of which abuts the side of another
lot, whether across a lane or not.
Through lot.
A lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel
streets.
 FIGURE 17.51.020.L.1: LOT TYPES
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The area of a lot measured horizontally between bounding
lot lines.
The portion of a lot that is covered by structures, including
main and accessory buildings, garages, carports, and roofed porches,
but not including unenclosed and unroofed decks, landings, or balconies.
See also Section 17.02.030.H, Determining Lot Coverage.
The horizontal distance between the front and rear property
lines of a site measured midway between the side property lines. See
also Section 17.02.030.D, Measuring Lot Width and Depth.
See "Frontage, Street."
The boundary between a lot and other property or the public
right-of-way.
Front lot line.
On an interior lot, the line separating the lot from the
street or lane. On a corner lot, the shorter lot line abutting a street
or lane. On a through lot, the lot line abutting the street or lane
providing the primary access to the lot. On a flag lot, the interior
lot line most parallel to and nearest the street or lane from which
access is obtained.
Interior lot line.
Any lot line that is not adjacent to a street.
Rear lot line.
The lot line that is opposite and most distant from the front
lot line. Where no lot line is within 45 degrees of being parallel
to the front lot line, a line 10 feet in length within the lot, parallel
to and at the maximum possible distance from the front lot line, will
be deemed the rear lot line for establishing the minimum rear yard.
Side lot line.
Any lot line that is not a front or rear lot line.
Street side lot line.
A side lot line of a corner lot that is adjacent to a street.
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 FIGURE 17.51.020.L.3: REAR LOT LINES, IRREGULAR LOTS
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A legal parcel of land having less area, frontage, or dimensions
than required in the zone in which it is located.
The average distance between the side lot lines measured
at right angles to the lot depth. See also Section 17.02.030.D, Measuring
Lot Width and Depth. When not applicable due to irregularity of lot
shape, lot width shall be determined by the Director, subject to appeal
and review by the Planning Commission.
M.
Maintenance and repair.
Municipal code.
"M" Terms.
The repair or replacement of nonbearing walls, fixtures,
wiring, roof, or plumbing that restores the character, scope, size,
or design of a structure to its previously existing, authorized, and
undamaged condition.
The City of West Sacramento Municipal Code.
N.
Noise.
Nonconforming building.
Nonconforming lot.
Nonconforming structure.
Nonconforming use.
"N" Terms.
Any sound that annoys or disturbs humans or which causes
or tends to cause an adverse psychological or physiological effect
on humans.
See "Building, Nonconforming."
See "Lot, Nonconforming."
See "Structure, Nonconforming."
See "Use, Nonconforming."
O.
On-site.
Outdoor storage.
Owner.
"O" Terms.
Located on the lot that is the subject of discussion.
The keeping, in an unroofed area, of any goods, junk, material,
merchandise, or vehicles in the same place for more than 72 hours,
except for the keeping of building materials reasonably required for
construction work on the premises pursuant to a valid and current
Building Permit issued by the City.
A person or persons holding single or unified beneficial
title to the property, including without limitation, the settlor of
a grantor trust, a general partner, firm, or corporation.
P.
Parapet.
Parking area.
Passenger vehicle.
Permitted use.
Person.
Planning Commission.
Planning Division.
Pre-existing.
Primary use.
Project.
Property line.
Public resources code.
Public Works Director.
"P" Terms.
That part of a wall that extends above the roof line.
An area of a lot, structure, or any other area, including
driveways, which is designed for and the primary purpose of which
is to provide for the temporary storage of operable motor vehicles.
As defined in the California Vehicle Code.
See "Use, Permitted."
Any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership,
business trust, company, or corporation.
The Planning Commission of the City of West Sacramento.
The Planning Division of the Community Development Department
of the City of West Sacramento.
In existence prior to the effective date of the ordinance
codified in this Code.
See "Use, Primary."
Any proposal for a new or changed use or for new construction,
alteration, or enlargement of any structure that is subject to the
provisions of this title. This term includes, but is not limited to,
any action that qualifies as a "project" as defined by the California
Environmental Quality Act.
The recorded boundary of a lot or parcel of land.
The Public Resources Code of the State of California.
The Public Works Director of the City of West Sacramento.
Q.
Qualified applicant.
"Q" Terms.
The property owner, the owner's agent, or any person, corporation,
partnership, or other legal entity that has a legal or equitable title
to land that is the subject of a development proposal or is the holder
of an option or contract to purchase such land, or otherwise has an
enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
R.
Reasonable accommodation.
Review authority.
Right-of-way.
Roofline.
"R" Terms.
Any deviation requested and/or granted from the strict application
of the City's zoning and land use laws, rules, policies, practices
and/or procedures under provisions of Federal or California law to
make housing or other facilities readily accessible to and usable
by persons with disabilities and thus enjoy equal employment or housing
opportunities or other benefits guaranteed by law.
Body or entity responsible for making decisions on applications.
A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced
dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied
or occupied by a road, railroad, electric transmission lines, oil
or gas pipeline, water line, sanitary storm sewer, or other similar
use.
The top edge of a roof or building parapet, whichever is
higher, excluding any cupolas, pylons, chimneys, or minor projections.
S.
Senior citizen.
Setback.
Sidewalk.
Sign terms.
Site.
Soil.
Solar reflectance index.
Specific plan.
State.
Story.
Street.
Street line.
Structure.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Swimming pool.
"S" Terms.
An individual 62 years of age or older.
The distance between a property line and a building or structure
that must be kept clear or open.
A paved, surfaced, or leveled area, paralleling and usually
separated from the street, used as a pedestrian walkway.
See Chapter 17.29, Signs.
A lot, or group of contiguous lots, that is proposed for
development in accordance with the provisions of this Code and is
in a single ownership or under unified control.
Naturally occurring superficial deposits overlying bedrock.
Measure of a surface's ability to reflect solar heat, combining
reflectance and emittance into one number. It is defined so that a
standard black (reflectance 0.05, emittance 0.90) is zero and a standard
white (reflectance 0.80, emittance 0.90) is 100.
A plan for all or part of the area covered by the General
Plan that is prepared to be consistent with and to implement the General
Plan, pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Section 65450
et seq.
The State of California.
That portion of a building included between the upper surface
of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except
that the topmost story is that portion of a building included between
the upper surface of the topmost floor and the upper surface of the
roof above.
A public or private thoroughfare, which affords the principal
means of access to a block and to abutting property. "Street" includes
avenue, court, circle, crescent, place, way, drive, boulevard, highway,
road, and any other thoroughfare, except an alley or walkway.
The boundary between a street and a lot or parcel of land.
Anything constructed or erected which requires a location
on the ground.
Structure, accessory.
A detached subordinate structure used only as incidental
to the main structure on the same site or lot.
Structure, attached.
A structure which is affixed to another building or structure
on the site.
Structure, detached.
A structure which is not affixed to another building or structure
on the site.
Structure, main.
A structure housing the primary use of a site or functioning
as the primary use.
Structure, nonconforming.
A building or structure, or portion thereof, which was lawfully
erected or altered or maintained, but which, because of the application
of this Code to it, no longer conforms to the specific regulations
applicable to the zone in which it is located.
Structure, temporary.
A structure without any foundation or footings, and which
is intended to be removed when the designated time period, activity,
or use for which the temporary structure was erected has ceased.
A pool, pond, lake, or open tank capable of containing water
to a depth greater than one and one-half feet at any point.
T.
Tandem parking.
Telecommunication terms.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tenant.
Trailer.
"T" Terms.
An arrangement of parking spaces such that one or more spaces
must be driven across to access another space or spaces.
Antenna.
Any system of wires, poles, rods, horizontal or vertical
elements, panels, reflecting discs, or similar devices used for the
transmission and/or reception of electromagnetic waves.
Co-location.
The location of two or more wireless communications facilities
owned or used by more than one public or private entity on a single
support structure, or otherwise sharing a common location. Co-location
also includes the location of wireless communications facilities with
other facilities, such as buildings, water tanks, light standards,
and other utility facilities and structures.
Satellite dish.
A device (also known as a parabolic antenna) incorporating
a reflective surface that is solid, open, or mesh or bar-configured,
and is in the shape of a shallow dish, cone, horn cornucopia, or flat
plate that is used to receive or transmit radio or electromagnetic
waves between terrestrially and/or orbitally based units. This term
includes satellite earth stations, satellite receivers, satellite
discs, direct broadcast systems, television-reception-only systems,
and satellite microwave antennas.
Support equipment.
The physical, electrical, and/or electronic equipment included
within a telecom facility used to house, power, transport, and/or
process signals from or to the facility's antenna or antennas.
Telecommunication facility.
A mobile cell site that consists of a cell antenna tower
and electronic radio transceiver equipment on a truck or trailer,
designed to be part of a cellular network.
A person renting or leasing a housing unit or non-residential
space.
A vehicle with or without motor power, which is designed
or used for hauling materials or vehicles, or for human habitation,
office, or storage including camper, recreational vehicle, travel
trailer, and mobile home, but not including mobile homes on a permanent
foundation.
U.
Use.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Use classification.
Use permit.
Use type.
Utilities.
"U" Terms.
The purpose for which land or the premises of a building,
structure or facility is arranged, designed, or intended, or for which
it is or may be occupied or maintained.
Use, accessory.
A use that is customarily associated with, and is incidental
and subordinate to, a primary use and located on the same lot as a
primary use.
Use, incidental.
A secondary use of a lot and/or building that is located
on the same lot, but is not customarily associated with the primary
use.
Use, nonconforming.
The use of a building, structure, site, or portion thereof,
which was lawfully established and maintained, but which, because
of the adoption and application of this title, no longer conforms
to the specific regulations applicable to the zone in which it is
located.
Use, permitted.
Any use or structure that is allowed in a zone without a
requirement for approval of a Use Permit, but subject to any restrictions
applicable to that zone.
Use, primary.
A primary, principal, or dominant use established, or proposed
to be established, on a lot.
A system of classifying uses into a limited number of use types on the basis of common functional, product, or compatibility characteristics. All use types are grouped into the following categories: residential, public and semi-public, commercial, industrial, and transportation, communication, and utilities. See Chapter 17.50, Use Classifications.
A discretionary permit which may be granted by the appropriate City of West Sacramento authority to provide for the accommodation of land uses with special site or design requirements, operating characteristics, or potential adverse effects on surroundings, which are not permitted as of right, but which may be approved upon completion of a review process and, where necessary, the imposition of special conditions of approval. See Chapter 17.38, Use Permits.
A category that classifies similar uses based on common functional,
product, or compatibility characteristics.
Equipment and associated features related to the mechanical
functions of a building(s) and services such as water, electrical,
telecommunications, and waste.
V.
Variance.
Vehicle.
Vibration.
Visible.
"V" Terms.
A discretionary grant of permission to depart from the specific
requirements of this title that is warranted when, due to special
circumstances regarding the physical characteristics of the property,
the strict application of standards would deprive the property of
privileges available to other property in the same zone.
Any vehicle, as defined by the California Vehicle Code, including
any automobile, camper, camp trailer, trailer, trailer coach, motorcycle,
house car, boat, or similar conveyance.
A periodic motion of the particles of an elastic body or
medium in alternately opposite directions from the position of equilibrium.
Capable of being seen (whether legible) by a person of normal
height and visual acuity walking or driving on a public road or in
a public place.
W.
Wall.
"W" Terms.
Any vertical exterior surface of building or any part thereof,
including windows.
X.
"X" Terms.
(Reserved)
Y.
Yard.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
"Y" Terms.
An open space on the same site as a structure, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided
by this Code.
Front yard.
A yard extending across the front of a lot for the full width
of the lot between the side lot lines. The depth of a front yard shall
be a distance specified by this Code for the zone in which it is located
and measured inward from the front lot line.
Interior side yard.
A yard which does not abut a street.
Rear yard.
A yard extending across the rear of a lot for its full width
between side lot lines, and to a depth specified by this Code for
the zone in which it is located. If a lot has no rear lot line, a
line 10 feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum
possible distance from the front lot line, will be deemed the rear
lot line for establishing the minimum rear yard.
Required yard.
A yard which complies with the minimum setback requirements
for the zone in which the lot is located.
Side yard.
A yard extending from the rear line of the required front
yard, or the front property line of the site where no front yard is
required, to the front line of the required rear yard, or the rear
property line of the site where no rear yard is required, the depth
of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the side property
line and a line parallel thereto on the site.
Street side yard.
A yard on a corner lot or reversed corner lot extending from
the front yard to the rear lot line between the building setback line
and the nearest side street lot line.
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Z.
Zoning Administrator.
Zone.
"Z" Terms.
The Zoning Administrator of the City of West Sacramento.
A specifically delineated area in the City within which regulations
and requirements uniformly govern the use, placement, spacing, and
size of land and buildings.
(Ord. 22-21 § 2; Ord. 19-1 § 3)
