Abutting shall mean two or more lots or parcels
of land sharing a common boundary line.
Access shall mean the place or way by which
pedestrian and vehicles shall have safe, adequate and suitable ingress
and egress to a property or use as required by this Code.
Accessory building or structure shall mean
a detached building or structure, the use of which is incidental and
accessory to that of the main building or structure, or to the main
use of the land, and which is located on the same lot or parcel of
land with the main building or structure, or use. Anything attached
or joined to the main building shall be counted as part of the main
building, except if attached by only a breezeway.
Accessory second unit shall mean an attached
or detached dwelling unit that is subordinate to and on the same lot
or parcel of property as a single-family dwelling unit in a residential
district. Such second dwelling unit shall be designed, occupied, or
intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with kitchen and
sanitation facilities for the exclusive use of not more than one household.
Accessory use shall mean any use which is:
(1) incidental, related or subordinate to a principal use; (2) located
on the same lot as the principal use; (3) does not alter or adversely
affect the principal use; (4) does not affect the use of other properties
in the same zone; and (5) does not serve property other than the lot
on which the principal use is located.
Adjacent shall mean nearby, adjoining, immediately
preceding or following.
(14-04)
Adult day health center shall mean a licensed
facility which provides an organized day program of therapeutic, social,
and skilled nursing health activities and services to elderly persons
or adults with disabilities with functional impairments, either physical
or mental, pursuant to Chapter 3.3 of Division 2 of the California
Health and Safety Code.
(14-04)
Agricultural operations and agricultural
use shall mean any use of property for agricultural purposes,
including, but not limited to, wholesale nurseries, farming, planting,
harvesting or other similar operations/activities.
(14-04)
Alternative transportation shall mean the use
of modes of transportation other than the single passenger motor vehicle,
including but not limited to carpools, vanpools, bus pools, public
transit, walking and bicycling.
Airport shall mean any area which is used or
is intended to be used for the taking off and landing of aircraft,
including helicopters, and any appurtenant areas which are used or
intended to be used for airport buildings, or facilities, including
open spaces, taxiways, or tie-down areas.
Alley shall mean public or private way, at
the rear or side of property, permanently reserved as a means for
secondary access to abutting property.
Ambient noise level shall mean the all-encompassing
noise level associated with a given environment, being a composite
of sounds from all sources, excluding the alleged offensive noise,
at the location and approximate time at which a comparison with the
alleged offensive noise is to be made. For the purpose of measurement,
the ambient noise shall be the average noise level over a 15-minute
period with the noise of the offending source, near the location and
time of the alleged offense. The average noise level is ten times
the logarithm of the arithmetic average of the antilog of 1/10 of
the noise values for all measurements being averaged.
Ancillary shall mean associated with and directly
related to, but incidental and subordinate to the predominant use. Ancillary use shall mean any use which is incidental, related
to, or subordinate to a principal use; and does not alter or adversely
affect the principal use. See 16.900.030, Accessory Use.
(14-04)
Antenna shall mean a device or other components
constructed for and used in transmitting or receiving electromagnetic
waves.
Antenna array shall mean one or more antennas
which may include omnidirectional antennas (whip), directional antennas
(panel), and parabolic antennas (disc).
(14-04)
Antenna height shall mean the overall vertical
distance to the highest point of the antenna, including the support
structure, measured from the average elevation of the ground under
the antenna or support structure, or if such system is located on
a building or other structure, the overall vertical distance, measured
from the average elevation of the ground under the building or structures
upon which the antenna or support structure is mounted.
Horizontal-wire or sloping-wire antenna shall mean a horizontal or sloping antenna which is constructed
of wire and which does not include self-supporting tubing or booms
or components and materials of similar visibility.
Panel antenna shall mean an antenna or an array
of flat, rectangular antennas that are designed to concentrate electromagnetic
signals in a particular direction or area. Also referred to as directional
antennas.
Antenna mast-pole shall mean an antenna support
structure which consists of a single pole supported only at or near
its base except for visually obtrusive guying provisions.
Antenna support structure shall mean any structure,
mast pole, tripod, or tower utilized for the purpose of supporting
an antenna or antennas for the purpose of transmission or reception
of electromagnetic waves.
Vertical or whip antenna shall
mean an antenna consisting of a single, slender, rod-like main element,
perpendicular to the ground, which (1) is supported only at or near
its base except for visually unobtrusive guying provisions; (2) may
include visually unobtrusive horizontal or sloping wires, usually
called radials or counterpoises, at its base; and (3) may include
customary coils and/or small parallel elements along the length of
the vertical element which do not significantly increase the visual
impact of the antenna.
Apartment shall mean a room or group of rooms
that is designed, used or intended to be used as a single-family unit
and is located in a multiple-family dwelling.
Automobile service station shall mean an area
which provides for the servicing of motor vehicles, including tube
and tire repairs, battery charging, storage of merchandise, and supplies
related to the servicing of motor vehicles, sale of gasoline and lubricants,
automobile washing (not including mechanical car wash) and grease
racks, but excluding body and fender work, painting, repair and rebuilding
of electro-chemical batteries, or other work of a similar nature.
See Sections
16.900.030, Accessory Use, and 16.900.072, Ancillary; Ancillary Use.
(14-04)
"A" weighted sound level shall mean the total
sound level in decibels of all sound as measured with a sound level
meter with reference pressure of 20 micropascals using the "A" weighted
network (scale) at slow response. The unit of measurement shall be
defined as Db(A).
Basement shall mean a space wholly or partly
underground, and having more than 1/2 of its height, measuring from
its floor to its ceiling below the average adjoining grade; if the
finished floor level directly above a basement is more than six feet
above grade at any point, such basement, shall be considered a story.
Bed and breakfast establishment shall mean
one or more buildings containing a dwelling unit and not more than
20 guest rooms, where only breakfast or similar early morning meal
is provided to registered guests and the price of the meal is included
in the price of the accommodations. The relationship between the operator
of the establishment and the occupants of the guest rooms shall be
that of innkeeper and guests. Guest rooms shall not be rented for
a period of less than 18 hours at a time.
Bedroom shall mean any room having a minimum
area of 70 square feet, other than a kitchen, dining room, family
room, or bathroom, which is separated from other rooms, and which
is designed or capable of being used for sleeping quarters.
Boarding and/or rooming house shall mean a
structure containing a single-family dwelling unit and not more than
five sleeping rooms for rent to no more than five persons. Meals may
be provided in connection with such renting or the kitchen may be
commonly used. Rooms shall not be rented for less than 30 days. Boarding
house shall not include health and care facilities, rest homes, or
establishments designed or used for transient occupancy such as hotel,
motel or bed and breakfast establishment.
Breezeway shall mean a roofed, narrow, open
or enclosed pedestrian passageway which connects two buildings (as
a house and a garage), or halves of a building.
Building shall mean any permanently located
structure having a roof supported by walls, and intended or used for
shelter, housing or enclosure of any person, animal, process, equipment,
goods and materials of any kind or nature.
Building frontage shall mean those building
elevations which face upon a public street or parking area between
such building and said street.
Building height shall mean the vertical distance
to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs; to the deck line
of mansard roofs; and to the midpoint between eaves and the highest
ridge for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs, measured from the curb level
if the building is within 10 feet from the front property line, or
from the average elevation of the ground under the building.
Main building shall mean a building within
which is conducted the principal use permitted on the lot, as provided
by this Code.
Bus pool shall mean a vehicle carrying 16 or
more passengers commuting on a regular basis to and from work with
a fixed route, according to a fixed schedule.
Canopy shall mean a structural, ornamental,
roof-like appendage, freestanding or attached to a building, which
extends over public or private walkways, driveways, etc.
Carpool shall mean a vehicle carrying two to
six persons commuting together to and from work on a regular basis.
Carport shall mean a permanent roofed structure
with not more than two enclosed sides, used or intended to be used
for automobile shelter and storage.
Child day care facility shall mean a facility
that provides nonmedical care to children under 18 years of age in
need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for
sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of
the individual on less than a 24-hour basis.
Child day care
facility includes day care centers, employer-sponsored child
care centers, and family day care homes, pursuant to Chapters 3.4,
3.5 and 3.6 of Division 2 of the California
Health and Safety Code.
(14-04)
Circulation element shall mean the circulation
element of streets and highways of the City as shown on the General
Plan adopted by the Planning Commission and the City Council.
Commercial property shall mean a parcel of
real property which is developed and used either in part or in whole
for commercial purposes.
Commercial space shall mean an enclosed building
or part of an enclosed building which is occupied by a single business.
Community housing and community housing project shall mean and include the following: a condominium project, as
defined in Section 783 of the
Civil Code; a community apartment project,
as defined in Section 11004 of the
Business and Professions Code,
containing two or more rights of exclusive occupancy; a stock cooperative
as defined in Section 11003.2 of the
Business and Professions Code,
containing two or more rights of exclusive occupancy, and a planned
development as defined in Section 11003 of the Business and Professions
Code, containing two or more separately owned lots, parcels or areas.
Condominium shall refer to the ownership of
single units in a multi-unit project with common elements.
Covered patio, deck or balcony shall mean a
patio, deck or balcony where there is a structure above the patio,
deck or balcony, and the structure is such that less than 50 percent
of its horizontal surface is open to permit the transmission of light,
air and vision. A patio, deck or balcony with a structure above where
more than 50 percent of the horizontal surface of the structure is
open to permit the transmission of light, air and vision shall be
considered an uncovered patio, deck or balcony for purposes of this
Code.
Cumulative period shall mean an additive period
of time composed of individual time segments which may be continuous
or interrupted.
Cut shall mean an excavation of the earth.
Decibel (dB) shall mean a unit which denotes
the ratio between two quantities which are proportional to power:
the number of decibels corresponding to the ratio to two amounts of
power is 10 times the logarithm to the base 10 of this ratio.
Dedicated to the City shall mean land deeded
to the City and legally accepted as such for public use.
(14-04)
Density shall mean the number of dwelling units
that may be constructed per acre or per square foot of lot area.
Development shall mean the physical extension
and/or construction of urban land uses. Development activities include:
subdivision of land; construction or alteration of structures, roads,
septic systems, utilities, and other facilities; grading, deposit
of refuse, debris, or fill materials; clearing and planting of vegetative
cover; and any use or expansion of the use of land. Routine repair
and maintenance activities are exempted.
Inside dining shall mean the gross area of
a restaurant that is enclosed in a building by three or more walls
and a roof.
Outside dining shall mean the gross area of
a restaurant that is enclosed in a building with two or fewer walls.
Such an area may be covered by a roof. Outside dining areas may include,
but shall not be limited to, trellises, arbors, gazebos and other
open-air structures. Areas with landscaping shall not be included
in the calculation of gross area.
Director of Community Development shall mean
the department head authorized to perform the duties of the Director
of Community Development, including Acting Director of Community Development
or other City employee designated by the City Manager to perform the
duties of the Director of Community Development, and the Director
of Community Development's designee.
(14-04)
Display window shall mean a window through
which the public can view products for sale within a commercial space.
Driveway shall mean a paved access to an off-street
parking facility, having not less than ten feet in paved width and
not encumbered by any properties to a height of not less than eight
feet above the ground.
Dwelling unit shall mean a building or portion
of a building designed, occupied, used, or intended for residential
purposes by no more than a single-housekeeping unit. A dwelling shall
contain a kitchen and shall have continuous interior access provided
to all rooms and areas within the dwelling.
Educational institutions shall mean public
and other institutions conducting regular academic instruction at
pre-school, kindergarten, elementary, secondary and collegiate levels,
and including graduate schools, universities, and non-profit research
institutions. Such institutions must either (1) offer general academic
instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board
of Education; or (2) confer degrees as a college or university of
undergraduate or graduate standing; or (3) conduct research. This
definition does not include commercial or trade schools.
Efficiency unit shall mean a dwelling unit
consisting of not less than 400 square feet, which contains one habitable
room together with kitchen or kitchenette and sanitary facilities
for the exclusive use of not more than one household.
Emergency machinery, vehicle, work or warning alarm shall mean any machinery, vehicle, work, or alarm used, employed,
performed, or operated in an effort to protect, provide, or restore
safe conditions in the community or for the citizenry, or work by
private or public utilities when restoring utility service or when
utilizing emergency equipment.
(14-04)
Emergency shelter shall mean housing with minimal
supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy
of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household
may be denied occupancy in an emergency shelter because of an inability
to pay. (
Health and Safety Code Section 50801(e)).
Employee parking area shall mean the portion
of total required parking at a development which is allocated for
use by on-site employees.
Family shall mean one or more individuals occupying
a dwelling unit and living as a single household unit where individuals
have common access to, and common use of, all living and eating areas,
and all areas and facilities for the preparation and storage of food
within the dwelling unit, as distinguished from a group occupying
a boarding or rooming house, or hotel.
Feasible shall mean capable of being accomplished
in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time taking into
account economic, environmental, social or technological factors.
Fence shall mean any structure, other than
a building, made of any material or combination of materials, which
is used as a barrier or boundary to screen or enclose areas of land.
A "solid" fence shall be a fence which is constructed so less than
50 percent of the vertical surface is open to permit the transmission
of light and air. This shall include concrete block, wood or other
materials that are solid and are so assembled as to form a solid barrier.
Fence shall not include a barrier of living material (i.e., hedge).
Fill shall mean deposits of soil, rock, or
other similar irreducible materials placed by man.
First point of connection shall mean the point
at which a utility line serving the development first connects with
an off-site utility line having capacity to serve the project.
Fixed noise source shall mean a stationary
device which creates sounds while fixed or motionless including but
not limited to residential, agricultural, industrial, and commercial
machinery and equipment, pumps, fans, compressors, air conditioners,
and refrigeration equipment.
Floor area shall mean the sum of the horizontal
areas of all floors under a roof. For residential development, the
horizontal areas of floors shall be measured from the exterior faces
of the walls or exterior supports of the structure, including the
area of an upper level not separated from a lower level by a floor/ceiling
assembly. It shall include the floor area of covered patios and covered
balconies, but not crawl spaces, uncovered patios, or uncovered balconies.
It shall also not include basements and attics that are not designed
or finished to be used for human occupancy, or where the floor to
ceiling height is less than six feet, six inches. For nonresidential
development, floor area shall be measured from the interior walls,
and shall include only those horizontal areas within a building or
tenant space where there are floors, except where the ceiling height
is less than six feet, six inches.
Net floor area shall mean the total of all
floor areas of a building excluding stairwells and elevator shafts,
equipment rooms, interior vehicular parking or loading, and spaces
that are not designed for human occupancy. Net floor area shall also
include all floors below the first or ground floor, except where the
floor to ceiling height is less than six feet, six inches.
Private garage shall mean a detached accessory
building or a portion of a main building on the same lot as a dwelling
for the housing of vehicles of the occupants of the dwelling. Public garage shall mean any garage other than a private
garage.
General Plan shall mean the comprehensive,
long-term general plan for the physical development of the City as
adopted by Ordinance.
Grading shall mean any excavating or filling
of earth, material or any combination thereof conducted at a site
to prepare said site for construction or other improvements thereon.
Gross area shall mean the total area of a parcel
or lot including any proposed public highways, streets, or alleys
or other public sites.
(14-04)
Guest room shall mean a room or rooms, within
a commercial establishment—such as a hotel/motel or bed and
breakfast establishment—that are designed, used, or intended
to be used as temporary or overnight accommodations by transients.
(14-04)
Health care institution shall mean any hospital,
convalescent home or other similar facilities which provide health
care, medical treatment, room, board, or other services for the ill,
retarded or convalescent.
Hertz (Hz) shall mean the unit which describes
the frequency.
Hotel shall mean a commercial land use in a
building or portion of a building containing guest rooms which are
designed, occupied, used, or intended to be used, rented or hired
out as temporary overnight accommodations. A hotel shall not include
residential and health care facilities that provide care of persons
in need of medical or nursing care, personal care, developmental and
supportive services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining
the activities of daily living. Hotel is distinguished from motel
by having the entry to more than 50% of the guestrooms through a lobby
and/or through a common interior corridor.
(23-01)
Hotel/motel shall mean either a hotel (including
a long-term stay hotel) or a motel as defined herein. These definitions
do not include private residences made available for short term rentals,
such as residences or rooms rented through Airbnb and Vacation Rental
by Owner (VRBO).
(23-01)
Very low-income household shall mean a household
whose income does not exceed the very low-income limits applicable
to Los Angeles County, as published and periodically updated by the
State's Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to
Section 50105 of the California
Health and Safety Code.
Lower-income household shall mean a household
whose income does not exceed the lower income limits applicable to
Los Angeles County, as published and periodically updated by the State's
Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to Section
50079.5 of the California
Health and Safety Code.
Moderate-income household shall mean a household
whose income does not exceed the moderate-income limits applicable
to Los Angeles County, as published and periodically updated by the
State's Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to
Section 50093 of the California
Health and Safety Code.
(14-04)
Intruding noise level shall mean the total
sound level, in decibels, created, caused, maintained, or originating
from an alleged offensive source at a specified location while the
alleged offensive source is in operation.
Kennel shall mean any lot, building, structure,
enclosure or premises wherein four or more dogs or four or more cats
are kept, whether for commercial, non-commercial or veterinary purposes,
including places where dogs or cats are boarded, kept for sale or
kept for hire.
Kitchen shall mean a room or other space within
a building designed, used or intended to be used for the cooking and/or
preparation of food. Kitchens may include, but are not limited to,
the following facilities: sinks, ovens, ranges, refrigerators, and
stoves.
Landscaping shall mean the planting and continued
maintenance of living ornamental plant materials and shall include
the installation, use and continued maintenance of a permanent irrigation
system. Exceptions shall be approved by the Director of Community
Development.
Licensed shall mean the issuance of a formal
license or a permit by the City or other governmental authority.
(14-04)
Loading space shall mean an off-street space
or berth on the same lot with a main building, or contiguous to a
group of buildings, for the temporary parking of commercial vehicles
while loading or unloading, and which abuts a street, alley, or other
appropriate means of ingress and egress.
Location on private property which is visible from the
street shall mean all locations on private property which
can be seen while standing in a public street and which is not behind
a five foot high opaque fence.
Location on private property which is visible from neighboring
properties shall mean all locations on private property which
can be viewed either from neighboring structures or from neighboring
yards while one is in the normal standing position in any portion
of those locations. However, it shall not include any location on
private property that is totally enclosed in a roofed garage or other
enclosed roofed structure.
Lot shall mean:
A. A
parcel of real property with a separate and distinct number or other
designation shown on a plat recorded in the Office of the County Recorder;
and/or
B. A
parcel of real property delineated on an approved record of survey,
lot split or sub-parceling map as filed in the Office of the County
Recorder or the Department of Community Development, and abutting
at least one public street; and/or
C. A
parcel of real property containing not less area than required by
the district in which it is located, abutting at least one public
street and held under separate ownership from adjacent property prior
to May 1, 1958.
Lot area or size shall mean the total of the
area, measured in a horizontal plane, within the lot lines of a lot.
Corner lot shall mean a lot located at the
intersection or interception of two or more streets at an angle of
not more than 120 degrees. If the angle is greater than 120 degrees,
the lot shall be considered an interior lot.
Reversed corner lot shall mean a corner lot,
the side line of which is substantially a continuation of the front
lot lines of the lots to its rear, whether across an alley or lot
lines of the lots to its rear or not.
Standard corner lot shall mean a corner lot
which is not a reversed corner lot.
Lot coverage shall mean the total area of a
lot covered by buildings and structures that are constructed on a
foundation or slab, whether at ground level, above ground level, or
below ground level. Lot coverage shall be measured from the exterior
wall of the buildings and structures. (Refer to district development
standards for explanation on what is included in maximum lot coverage
calculations.)
Lot depth shall mean the perpendicular distance
from the front property line to a line, within the lot, which has
a length of not less than ten feet at a maximum distance from, and
parallel to, the front property line.
Interior lot shall mean a lot other than a
corner lot.
Through lot shall mean a lot having frontage
on two dedicated streets, not including a corner or reversed corner
lot. The Director shall determine which frontage or frontages shall
be considered as the lot front or lot frontages for purposes of compliance with yard and setback provisions of this
Code.
Lot width shall mean the distance from side
property line to side property line, measured at a point midway between
the front and rear property lines, parallel to the front property
line or to a tangent at the midpoint of a curved front property line.
Master Architectural Review shall mean a long
range plan for development of all or part of an educational institution
or other institution which includes a conceptual site plan delineating
the siting and intensity of development, location of open space areas,
other physical improvements, data regarding anticipated student, faculty
and staff growth resulting from the proposed improvements, and any
necessary written components.
Mechanical equipment shall mean any heating,
cooling, venting or similar equipment or appurtenance servicing a
structure.
Micro-pascal shall mean the reference pressure
level in calculating decibels.
Mini-warehouse facilities shall mean enclosed
and lockable compartments, a structure, or group of structures for
the dead storage of customer goods and wares where individual stalls
or lockers are rented out to different tenants for storage. This may
include indoor and/or outdoor storage of recreational vehicles.
Mobile home park shall mean any area or tract
of land where space is rented or sold to owners or users of mobile
homes, auto trailers or trailer coaches.
Motel shall have the same meaning as "hotel";
however, motel is distinguished from hotel by having at least 50%
of all rooms having direct access to the outside without the necessity
of passing through the main lobby or interior of the building.
(23-01)
Motor home shall mean a motor vehicle that
is designed, altered, and/or used for human habitation that carries
persons and property and that is in excess of nine feet in height
and/or 19 feet in length. A van or truck with a detachable camper
shell is not considered a motor home.
Noise disturbance shall mean any intruding
noise level in excess of the maximum allowable exterior noise level
as established in this Code.
Nursery school shall mean public or private
educational facilities for five or more pre-school and/or kindergarten
children.
Occasional sale shall mean any sale of four
or more items of personal property from a residential district including
a garage sale, a patio sale, a moving sale, rummage sale, or any similar
sale.
Off-site improvements shall mean the installation
or construction of facilities outside the boundaries of a private
parcel or lot such as street paving, curbs and gutters, sidewalks,
street trees, street lights, street signs, sewers, utilities, and
drainage structures.
Online educational institution shall mean an
institution offering academic instruction through online or other
digital methods. An online educational institution shall not offer
regularly scheduled classes on-site and its students shall not convene
regularly at the institution's physical location. Online educational
institutions shall not include educational institutions which offer
academic instruction in both physical and online settings. In terms
of parking, an online educational institution shall be considered
an office use.
(16-03)
Open space shall mean any space or area that
is open and unobstructed from the ground upward except for permitted
encroachments and is not used for private streets, driveways, parking
or loading.
Common open space shall mean an open space
at ground level held in common ownership in one or more lots and developed
for the recreational use of all residents in a residential unit development.
Common open space shall not include the front or street side yard
setback established by the general development plan. Structures designed
for recreational use may be allowed in this space.
Outdoor living area shall mean open area set
aside for the use of occupants of dwelling units on the same lot.
Park or parking shall mean
the standing of the vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than
temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading
or unloading merchandise or passengers.
Private parking area shall mean an area (including
driveways) of a prepared surface (i.e., crushed rock, cement or asphalt)
used for the parking of automobile vehicles capable of movement under
their own power. The area and location of private parking shall be
restricted by the provisions of Title 16 of this Code.
Parking space shall mean a space exclusive
of driveways, ramps, columns, loading areas, or work areas, within
a building or open parking area for the parking of one automobile.
Passive solar shall mean a method for heating
or cooling buildings or for heating domestic water in which thermal
energy flows by natural means, without pumps or fans.
Pedestrian arcade shall mean a one- or two-story
structure with 2 or more commercial spaces having access onto an interior
covered pedestrian walkway.
Person shall mean any person, firm, association,
organization, partnership, business trust, corporation or company.
(14-04)
Pools, swimming or ornamental, shall mean any
body of water measuring more than 18 inches deep at its deepest point,
whether above or below the surface of the ground. Said pools shall
not be located in any required front yard.
Preferential carpool/vanpool parking shall
mean parking spaces designated for use by potential carpool and vanpool
vehicles that are provided in a location more convenient to a place
of employment than parking spaces provided for single occupant vehicles.
The spaces shall be assigned, as demand warrants, for carpool and
vanpool vehicles through use of a sign or painted space markings.
Recreation court shall mean any area with an
impervious or permeable surface designed or intended to be used for
sport, athletic or game activities, such as tennis, handball, volleyball,
basketball, shuffleboard, and ball batting. Included as part of the
recreation court shall be any fencing, overhead enclosures, netting,
equipment, and other applicable structures design, used or intended
to be used in the activity.
Residence shall mean a building or portion
thereof designed or used for human habitation.
Residential property shall mean a parcel of
real property which is zoned or developed and used either in part
or in whole for residential purposes, other than transient uses such
as hotels and motels.
Room shall mean an unsubdivided portion of
the interior of a dwelling unit, excluding bathrooms, closets, hallways
and service porches.
Rooming house shall have the same meaning as boarding house.
Row house shall mean a residence which shares
a common sidewall or walls with another residence.
Setback shall mean the minimum horizontal distance
between the lot line and the structure line, or a line parallel to
the lot line if there is no structure.
Shopping center shall mean a group of commercial
establishments, planned, developed, owned and managed as a unit, with
parking provided on the property.
Simple tone noise shall mean a noise characterized
by a predominant frequency or frequencies so that other frequencies
cannot be readily distinguished. If measured, simple tone noise shall
exist if the one-third octave band sound pressure levels in the band
with the tone exceeds the arithmetic average of the sound pressure
levels of the two contiguous one-third octave bands as follows: 5
dB frequency settings at 500 Hertz (Hz) and above; or by 8 dB for
frequency setting between 160 and 400 Hertz (Hz); or by 15 dB for
frequency settings less than or equal to 125 Hertz (Hz).
Single-family and/or one-family dwelling shall mean a detached building containing one dwelling unit designed,
used or intended for the exclusive occupancy by one household.
Site plan shall mean a plan, prepared to scale,
showing accurately and with complete dimensioning, all of the uses
proposed for a specific parcel of land. The data contained on said
plan shall include information on all buildings, structures, signs
whether on or separated from parking, access, vehicular circulation,
loading, and lighting. In addition thereto, the site plan shall include
such other data as may be necessary to clearly define the intended
use of the subject property.
Solar shall mean derived from, or relating
to, the sun.
Solar access easement shall mean a right to
receive sunlight across the real property of another for any solar
energy system.
Solar energy system shall mean any solar collector
or other solar energy device or any structural design feature of a
building whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage
and distribution of solar energy for space heating or cooling, for
water heating or for electricity.
Sound shall mean an oscillation in pressure,
particle displacement, particle velocity or other physical parameter,
in a medium with internal forces that causes compression and rarefaction
of that medium. The description of sound may include any characteristic
of such sound, including duration, intensity and frequency.
Sound level shall mean the weighted sound pressure
level obtained by the use of a sound level meter and frequency weighting
network, such as A, B, or C as specified in American National Standards
Institute specifications for sound level meters (ANSI S1.4-1971 or
the latest revision thereof). If the frequency weighting employed
is not indicated, the A-weighting shall apply.
Sound level meter shall mean an instrument
meeting American National Standards Institute's Standard S1.4-1971
or most recent revision thereof for Type 1 or Type 2 sound level meters
or an instrument and the associate recording and analyzing equipment
which will provide equivalent data.
Sound pressure level of a sound, in decibels,
shall mean 20 times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the
pressure of the sound to a reference pressure, which reference pressure
shall be explicitly stated.
Staff shall mean the Community Development
Director of the City of Claremont, or another designated by the City
Manager or the Director to perform any task assigned to staff in this
Code.
Story shall mean a building between the surface
of any floor and the surface of the floor next above, or if there
is no floor above, then the space between such floor and the ceiling
or roof above.
Street shall mean a public thoroughfare or
right-of-way dedicated, deeded or condemned for use as such, other
than an alley, which affords the principal means of access to abutting
property including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway,
road and any other thoroughfare, except as excluded in this Code.
Collector streets shall mean that system of
streets next in importance to secondary streets.
Street frontage shall mean the linear frontage
of a parcel of property abutting a public street.
Major streets shall mean that system of streets
designated as major streets on the Circulation Element
of the General Plan.
Minor streets, local streets, and cul-de-sacs shall mean all other streets, except alleys designed to provide
direct access to abutting land.
Private streets shall mean any land not dedicated
as a public street over which a private easement for road purposes
has been recorded and used or intended to be used for ingress to or
egress from a lot or lots, which may or may not have frontage on a
public street.
Secondary streets shall mean that system of
streets designated as secondary streets on the Circulation
Element of the General Plan.
Service street shall mean a street adjacent
to a major or secondary highway, or freeway, separated therefrom by
a dividing strip and providing ingress to and egress from abutting
property.
Structure shall mean anything constructed or
built, any edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially
built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner,
which requires location on the ground or is attached to something
having a location on the ground, excepting outdoor paved patio areas,
walks, driveways, playing surfaces or outdoor tennis courts, and other
similar types of paved recreational surfaces.
Supportive housing shall mean housing with
no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population,
and that is linked to an on-site or off-site service that assists
the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving
his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live
and, when possible, work in the community. "Target population" means
persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities, including
mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health
conditions, or individuals eligible for services provided pursuant
to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division
4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions
Code), and may include, among other populations, adults, emancipated
minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging
out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional
settings, veterans, and homeless people. This type of housing shall
be permitted as a residential use, subject only to restrictions that
apply to other residential dwellings of the same type in the same
zone. (
Government Code Section 65582.)
(17-07)
Support structure shall mean any structure
designed and constructed to support an antenna array, including self-supporting
lattice towers, guy-wire support towers, and monopole towers.
(14-04)
Toxic or noxious matter shall
mean any solid, liquid, or gaseous matter containing properties which
by chemical means are inherently harmful or irritating and likely
to impair health or capable of causing injury to well-being of persons
or damage to property.
Automobile trailer shall mean a vehicle without
motive power, designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and to be used
for human habitation or for carrying persons and property, including
a trailer coach and mobile home.
Transient shall mean a person who is receiving
sleeping or overnight accommodations for a period of 30 consecutive
calendar days or less, at a location within the City, for a price,
with or without meals.
(23-01)
Transitional housing and
transitional
housing development shall mean buildings configured as rental
housing developments, but operated under program requirements that
require the termination of assistance and recirculating of the assisted
unit to another eligible program recipient at a predetermined future
point in time that shall be no less than six months from the beginning
of the assistance. This type of housing shall be permitted as a residential
use, subject only to restrictions that apply to other residential
dwellings of the same type in the same zone. (
Government Code Section
65582.)
(17-07)
Transportation Demand Management shall mean
the alteration of travel behavior—usually on the part of commuters—through
programs of incentives, services, and policies. TDM addresses alternatives
to single occupant vehicles such as carpooling and vanpooling, and
changes in work schedules that move trips out of the peak period or
eliminate them altogether (as in the case of telecommuting or compressed
work weeks).
Trip reduction shall mean reduction in the
number of trips made by single occupant vehicles.
Unpaved area shall mean an area lacking a concrete,
asphalt, or other continuous connected surface. However, areas covered
with a large quantity of substances such as matching small rocks or
decomposed granite will not be classified as an unpaved area if they
are installed for the purpose of paving in conformance with the prior
written approval of the Director of Community Development.
Office use shall mean the use of an area where
professional, administrative and clerical work is performed. Office
uses shall include, but not be limited to, general, medical offices,
architects, real estate brokers, interior designers, and research
institutes.
Retail use shall mean the use of an area where
the business of selling to the general public, at retail, of goods,
wares, merchandise or commodities is performed.
Utility lines shall mean electric, communications,
street lighting, and cable television transmission lines, not including
appurtenances and equipment associated with those lines, such as surface
mounted transformers, pedestal mounted terminal boxes, meter cabinets,
facilities necessary to the transmission or reception of wireless
communication media, and concealed ducts for an underground system.
Off-site utility line shall mean any utility
line not located within or on the boundaries of the parcel or lot
at the time an application for development or subdivision is made.
On-site utility line shall mean a utility line
within or on boundaries of the parcel or lot at the time an application
for development or subdivision is made.
Utility service provider shall mean any company,
public or private, established for the purpose of providing electric,
communications, street lighting, or cable television services.
Vacant parcel shall mean a parcel which has
no structure(s) located thereon or which contains a structure or structures
which are not habitable or are not regularly frequented by employees
in the course of business operations.
Vanpool shall mean a vehicle carrying seven
or more persons commuting together to and from work on a regular basis,
usually in a vehicle with a seating arrangement designed to carry
no more than 15 adult passengers, on a prepaid subscription basis.
Vegetation shall mean all plant life.
Vehicle shall mean a device by which any person
or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, street,
alley, or road except as a device moved by human power or used exclusively
upon stationary rails or tracks.
Vibration shall mean any movement of the earth,
ground or other similar surface created by a temporal and spatial
oscillation of displacement, velocity or acceleration in any mechanical
device or equipment located upon attached, affixed or in conjunction
with that surface.
Wall shall mean a fence made of concrete, concrete
block, brick, stone or similar masonry materials. (See Fence.)
Accessory wireless equipment shall mean all
equipment or materials including any structure to house the equipment
or materials which are necessary for operation of a wireless telecommunications
facility, including equipment referred to as Base Transceiver Station
(BTS) units.
Personal wireless facilities shall mean transmitters,
antenna structures and other types of installations used for commercial
mobile services (including cellular telephone services regulated under
Part 22 of the FCC's rules, specialized mobile radio transmitter services
regulated under Part 90 of the FCC rules, and personal communication
services regulated under Part 24 of the FCC rules) and unlicensed
wireless services (telecommunication services using duly authorized
devices which do not require individual licenses excluding direct-to-home
satellite services), and common carrier wireless exchange access services.
Wireless telecommunications facility shall
mean a land use that transmits and/or receives electromagnetic communication
signals that enable people and/or devices to communicate independent
of location, an unstaffed facility for the transmission and/or reception
of wireless telecommunications services, or a wireless tower or base
station within the meaning of 47 U.S.C. Section 1455(a), usually consisting
of an antenna array, a support structure, an equipment facility, and
accessory wireless equipment.
(14-04)
Yard shall mean the area of a lot located between
a lot line and the building or buildings on the lot. The front yard
is the horizontal area of lot located between the building or buildings
and the front property line, extending the width of the lot. A street
side yard is the horizontal area of the lot located between the building
and a property line, other than the front property line, which abuts
the street, extending the depth of the lot.
Front yard shall mean a space between the front
yard setback line and the front lot line or highway setback line,
and extending the full width of the lot.
Rear yard shall mean a space between the rear
yard setback line and the rear lot line, extending the full width
of the lot.
Side yard shall mean a space extending from
the front yard, or from the front line where no front yard is required
by this Code, to the rear yard, or rear lot line, between a side lot
line and the side yard setback line.