Definitions, "C."
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).State law (California Public Resources Code Sections
21000 et seq.) requiring public agencies to document and consider the environmental effects of a proposed action, prior to allowing the action to occur. Cultural resources are among the environmental factors that must be considered during the required environmental review.
An establishment wherein cannabis, cannabis products, or devices for the use of cannabis, are offered for retail sales or delivery to persons 21 years of age and over and qualifies for an A-license under Division
10 of the Business and Professions Code.
Any commercial activity involving planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis, except for the personal cultivation allowed for medical patients and adults under state law.
Cannabis Consumption Area with On-Site Adult-Use Retail.A licensed premises where cannabis may be purchased (for on-site consumption only) and consumed by persons 21 years of age and over. A cannabis consumption area must be limited to one of the following uses:
1. Consumption of cannabis by smoking, vaping, and ingesting edible products.
Consumption of cannabis edible products by ingestion only.
Cannabis Delivery Services.The commercial transfer of cannabis or cannabis products to a customer, including the use by a retailer of any technology platform owned and controlled by the retailer.
Cannabis Distribution.The procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and cannabis products between licensees only, not to retail customers or medical patients.
Cannabis Manufacturer.An establishment that conducts production, propagation, blending, infusion, or, compounding of cannabis or cannabis products either directly or indirectly by extraction methods, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis at a fixed location that packages or repackages cannabis products or labels or relabels its container.
Cannabis Medical Use Dispensary.An establishment wherein cannabis is sold for medicinal purposes by a medicinal cannabis cooperative, collective, dispensary, operator, or retailer who cultivates, distributes, or sells medicinal cannabis to qualified patients, or primary caregivers of qualified patients, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section
11362.5 and qualifies for an M-license under Division
10 of the Business and Professions Code.
A retail area of less than 10,000 square feet where cannabis is cultivated, manufactured, distributed, and sold directly to retail customers.
Cannabis Mobile Consumption Lounges.Any operational vehicle or trailer where cannabis or cannabis products are sold, distributed or consumed by the public, whether or not in a fixed location.
Cannabis Temporary Use and License.A license that authorizes the holder to engage in commercial cannabis activity for a period of up to 120 days with one 90-day extension in accordance with state regulations, if the applicant is in compliance with local regulations.
Cannabis Testing Laboratory.A laboratory, facility, or entity that offers or performs tests of both adult use and medical cannabis or cannabis products and that is both of the following: (1) accredited by an accrediting body (i.e., International Organization for Standardization (ISO)) that is independent from all other persons involved in commercial cannabis activity in the state; and (2) is licensed by the Bureau of Cannabis Control.
Canopy Tree.Any species of tree or large woody plant that reaches a minimum height at maturity of 20 feet and has a minimum leaf coverage (leaf density) of 50% shading coverage as determined by a qualified tree expert. Mature canopy trees create a substantive, elevated layer or crown of dense branches and leaves that provides shade and/or shelter for the land or spaces beneath, converts sunlight to energy, hosts forms of wildlife and biological organisms, and establishes a drip line and mulch layer as part of its role in fostering a particular ecosystem. Canopy trees help regulate the local climate by interchanging heat, atmospheric gases, and water vapor, and also protect under-canopy vegetation from over intense sun exposure, heavy rainfall, and wind damage. Palms and other tree species without the capacity to develop a robust leaf spread, generate reasonable shade, or support the propagation of a diverse wildlife shall not be considered canopy trees. Local climate-acclimated and resilient tree species may also be considered canopy trees. Refer to the City's Urban Forest Management Plan for other recommended tree species.
Caretaker Housing.A residence that is accessory to a nonresidential primary use of the site, where needed for security, 24-hour care, or supervision.
Carport.An unenclosed shelter for a vehicle that consists of a roof supported by posts, and is built immediately adjacent to or is attached to a structure. A carport must have two unenclosed sides.
Car Share Organization.Any public or private entity that provides a membership-based car share service to the public and owns, manages, maintains and insures motor vehicles for shared use by individual and group members, which are available to members 24 hours a day in unstaffed, self-service locations.
Car Washes.Permanent, self-service and/or attended car washing establishments, including fully mechanized facilities. May include detailing services. Temporary car washes are fund-raising activities, typically conducted at a service station or other automotive-related business, where volunteers wash vehicles by hand, and the duration of the event is limited to one day. See Chapter
19.54 (Temporary Use or Special Event Permits).
City-licensed facilities where customers may participate in card games authorized by state law.
Caretaker and Employee Housing.A residence that is accessory to a nonresidential primary use of the site, where needed for security, or 24-hour care or supervision.
Cell site.A geographical area with a radius of two to eight miles that contains both transmitting and receiving antennae.
Cellular.An analog or digital wireless communication technology that is based on a system of interconnected neighboring cell sites, each of which contains antennas.
Certificate of Occupancy.An entitlement to occupy and use a structure granted in compliance with Title 13 of the West Hollywood Municipal Code.
Child Care Facilities.For the purposes of Chapter
19.64 (Development Fees), a state-licensed facility, other than a family day care home, including extended day care, infant center, and preschool facilities, which provide non-medical care to children under the age of six years in need of assistance, personal services or supervision essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the child on less than a 24-hour basis.
Facilities that provide nonmedical care and supervision of minor children for periods of less than 24 hours. These facilities include the following, all of which are required to be licensed by the California State Department of Social Services.
1. Child Day Care Center.Commercial or non-profit child day care facilities designed, approved and licensed as a child care center with no permanent resident. Includes infant centers, preschools, sick-child centers, and school-age day care facilities. These may be operated in conjunction with another related facility, or as an independent land use.
2. Large Family Day Care Home.A day care facility located in a residence and licensed by the state as a family child care home, where a full-time resident provides care and supervision for seven to 12 children (plus two additional children after school). Children under the age of 10 years who reside in the home count as children served by the day care facility.
3. Small Family Day Care Home.A day care facility located in a single-family dwelling where a full-time resident provides care and supervision for six or fewer children (plus two additional children after school). Children under the age of 10 years who reside in the home count as children served by the day care facility.
City.The City of West Hollywood, State of California, referred to in this Zoning Ordinance as the "city."
City Council.The West Hollywood City Council, referred to in this Zoning Ordinance as the "Council."
Clubs, Lodges, and Meeting Halls.Permanent, headquarters-type meeting facilities for organizations operating on a membership basis for the promotion of the interests of the members, including facilities for:
• | business associations |
• | civic, social and fraternal organizations |
• | labor unions and similar organizations |
• | political organizations |
• | professional membership organizations |
• | other membership organizations |
Membership organization offices without member meeting facilities are instead classified under "Offices." |
A grouping of affordable housing units positioned or occurring together in a residential development and not dispersed throughout the project.
Collector Street.A roadway that primarily carries vehicular traffic to and from a residential neighborhood.
Co-Location.The locating of wireless communications equipment from more than one provider on a single roof-mounted or structure-mounted facility.
Community Centers.Multi-purpose meeting and recreational facilities typically consisting of one or more meeting or multi-purpose rooms, kitchen and/or outdoor barbecue facilities, that are available for use by various groups for such activities as meetings, parties, receptions, dances, etc.
Community Care Facility.Any facility, place, or building that is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical residential care, day treatment, adult daycare, or foster family agency services for children, adults, or children and adults, including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children, and includes adult day programs, foster family agencies, foster family homes, and other uses listed under California Health and Safety Code Section
1502.
A site used for growing plants for food, fiber, herbs, flowers, which is shared and maintained by nearby residents.
Compost Pile.Organic waste material being recycled by a household for use as a soil amendment for gardening. A compost pile is:
2. Located on a surface that allows good water drainage;
Far enough away from other private or public property to prevent attracting insects or causing odors disturbing to normally sensitive persons;
Closed or covered to prevent any access to animals;
Located to not adjoin any wooden structures; and
Operated and maintained to not contain any cooking oils, fats, or meat scraps.
Condominium.As defined by Civil Code Section
1351, a development where undivided interest in common in a portion of real property is coupled with a separate interest in space called a unit, the boundaries of which are described on a recorded final map or parcel map. The area within the boundaries may be filled with air, earth, or water, or any combination thereof, and need not be physically attached to any land except by easements for access and, if necessary, support.
Congregate care housing facilities are multi-family residential projects reserved for senior citizens or the disabled, where each dwelling unit has individual living, sleeping, and bathing facilities, but where common facilities are typically provided for meals and recreation.
Construction Contractor's Yard.An outdoor storage yard operated by a construction contractor for the storage of building materials and construction equipment.
Construction Permit.Generic term referring to Building, Grading, Electrical, Plumbing, and Mechanical Permits, and any other permit or entitlement granted by the city which authorizes actual construction activity.
Consumer Price Index (CPI).The index for all urban consumers, Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside Area, 1982-84 = 100, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. If the agency shall cease to prepare an index, then any comparable index covering the county area prepared by any other state or federal agency which is approved by the Council may be substituted.
Convenience Store.Retail stores of generally 3,500 square feet or less in gross floor area, which primarily carry prepackaged food and beverage products, but may also include other merchandise oriented to convenience shopping and travelers' needs.
Convention Centers.Multi-purpose facilities including meeting halls, exhibition and convention halls, and meeting halls for rent.
Cooking Facilities.An interior arrangement that provides, but is not limited to, the following features for the cooking of food: oven, stove, counter top burners, hot plate, electrical frying pan, toaster oven, or microwave.
Corporate Housing.The occupancy by any person of any dwelling unit owned, leased, guaranteed or made available by a business entity for occupancy by the entity's officers, employees, consultants, vendors, or contractors.
Cottage Food Operation.An enterprise at a private home where low-risk food products are prepared or packaged in the home kitchen for sale to consumers. A cottage food operation shall not operate as a food facility or wholesale food manufacturer.
Critical Facility.A facility whose continued functioning is necessary to maintain public health and safety following a disaster, and a facility where damage or failure could pose hazards to life and property well beyond their immediate vicinity. Examples include hospitals, emergency care facilities, etc.
Cultural Heritage Preservation.The following definitions apply to the provisions of Chapter
19.58 (Cultural Heritage Preservation).
1. Adaptive Reuse or Change of Use. A use of property or building for a new use other than that for which it is currently used including uses that are not normally permitted in the zoning district.
Alteration. Any act or process, through private or public action, that changes the specified character, defining or physical features or architectural appearance of a cultural resource, including reconstruction, new construction additions, repair, restoration, rehabilitation, replacement or removal of any resource. Changes include modification of a structure, architectural detail or visual characteristic (e.g., grading, paint color, surface texture), surface paving, the addition of new structures, the cutting or removal of trees, landscaping and other natural features, the disturbance of archaeological sites or areas, and the placement or removal of any significant objects (e.g., fences, landscaping and accessories, light fixtures, plaques, signs, steps, street furniture, and walls) affecting the significant visual and/or historical qualities of the property.
Certificate of Appropriateness. A certificate issued by the Historic Preservation Commission or the Community Development Director which is a necessary condition precedent to obtaining a permit to alter, construct, demolish, enlarge, relocate, remodel, or remove, in whole or in part, a cultural resource, or a structure within an historic district or conservation zone. A certificate may also be issued by the Director subject to Chapter
19.58 of this Zoning Ordinance (Cultural Heritage Preservation).
Conservation Zones.A residential or commercial neighborhood where a majority of the buildings are 50 or more years old, which the city wishes to maintain or revitalize even though it may not contain a significant portion of potential or designated cultural resources, or which may contain a significant number of remodeled properties. There are currently five conservation zones within the city as outlined in Policy 1.42.6 of the General Plan which, while not meeting the criteria for designation as a historic district, are worthy of protection as conservation zones.
5. Contributing Resource, Historic District.Any building, structure, portion of a structure, improvement, natural area feature, object, or site, included in an historic district or thematic grouping, which adds to the historic architectural qualities, historic associations, or archeological values for which a property is significant because it was present during the period of significance, and possesses historic integrity reflecting its character at that time or is capable of yielding important information about the period.
6. Cultural Resource.Any building, structure, portion of a structure, improvement, natural area feature, object, or site, district, or any grouping of structures or improvements which may be of aesthetic, archaeological, architectural, cultural, educational, historic, landscape architectural, or scientific significance to the citizens of the city, state or nation which is, or may be, eligible for designation or which has been designated and determined to be subject to historic preservation in compliance with the provisions of Chapter
19.58. Cultural resources includes all potential and designated resources, and contributing resources in historic districts.
8. Design Guidelines.The list of principles adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission that illustrates appropriate and inappropriate construction, rehabilitation, and restoration methods for the alteration, construction, or remodeling of cultural resources, potential cultural resources, and structures within historic districts.
10. Designation Statement.A document adopted by the HPC, in the form of a resolution, which contains a specific description of the designated cultural resource, designation findings, its assessor's parcel number, its site address, and the prescriptive standards or design guidelines, if any, adopted for that resource.
11. Façade Easement.An agreement between the owner of a structure and a governmental agency or preservation organization in compliance with the authority and responsibility that the agency or organization is given to review and approve changes to the exterior of the historic structure or resource before the changes may be sought or commenced.
12. Historic District.A geographically definable area, possessing a significant concentration, continuity, or linkage of sites, structures, improvements, or objects united by past events, architectural style or design, or aesthetically by plan or physical development. A district may also comprise individual elements separated geographically but linked by association or history. Thematic grouping districts are also considered historic districts, and are more specifically defined below.
13. Historic Resources Inventory.The list of properties within the city which are determined to be worthy of preservation and which are contained in the original Historic Resources Survey commissioned by the city in 1986. All resources on the inventory are considered nominated.
14. Historic Resources Survey.The survey, originally conducted in 1986, which systematically identified the potential cultural resources within the city. The methodology of this survey is contained within the Historic Resources Survey, 1986-1987, Final Report, on file in the Community Development Department.
15. Historical or Architectural Significance.That which has a special interest or value as part of the character, cultural development, or heritage of the city, state, or nation including any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record, or manuscript which is historically or archaeologically significant, or which is significant in the architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military or cultural history of city, state, or nation.
16. Improvement.Any structure, landscaping or object constituting a physical feature of real property, or any part of the feature.
17. Inventory.See "Historic Resources Inventory" definition, above.
18. Local Register.The properties located within the city that comprise the list of designated cultural resources and historic districts.
19. Natural Feature.Any geographical, geological, natural formation, plant life, or tree site possessing aesthetic, architectural, cultural, or historic significance.
20. Nomination Statement.A written report or application specifying the cultural resource, its site address, and the reasons for its nomination as a resource. It shall include an exact description of the cultural resource recommended for designation and the findings supporting the nomination. A nomination statement application is to be kept on file in the Community Development Department and revised and updated as needed.
21. Non-contributing Resource, Historic District.A building, site, structure, or object, included in a historic district or thematic grouping, which does not add to the historic architectural qualities, historic associations or archeological values for which the district is significant because: (a) it was not present during the period of significance; or (b) due to alterations, disturbances, additions, or other changes, it no longer possesses historic integrity reflecting its character at the time or is incapable of yielding important information about the period.
22. Object.A material thing of aesthetic, cultural, functional, historic, scientific value, or symbolic, usually by design or nature movable, and includes fences, gates, monuments, walls, works of art, and similar structures.
23. Ordinary Maintenance and Repair.Any work for which a building permit is not required by law where the purpose and effect of the work is to correct any deterioration of or damage to an improvement or natural feature, or any part thereof, and to restore the same to its condition before the occurrence of the deterioration or damage. This definition applies to all potential and designated resources.
24. Period of Significance.The length of time when a property was associated with important events, activities, or persons, or attained the characteristics which qualify it for listing. A period of significance usually begins with the date the significant activities or events began giving the property its historic significance; this is often a date of construction. For districts, it is the period of construction for those buildings which individually had an impact on and made a contribution to the character of the district as a whole.
25. Permit Fee Waivers.Waivers of any and all planning application fees for projects involving the rehabilitation of designated cultural resources. This does not include waiving fees for CEQA review or public noticing materials.
26. Potential Cultural Resource.Any building, structure, portion of a structure, improvement, natural area feature, object, district, grouping, or site, for which an application for nomination for designation has been filed, or for which a final designation determination has not yet been made. In compliance with CEQA, potential resources may also include those resources which are considered significant by members of the preservation community, the general public, or any other preservation agency. These may be resources which have either been denied designation and removed from the city's inventory or local register or any resource which was contained on the initial Survey conducted by the city (see the definition of "Historic Resources Survey," above).
27. Preservation.The identification, protection, rehabilitation, restoration, or reconstruction of cultural resources.
28. Reconstruction.The act or process of reproducing through construction the exact form and detail of a vanished building, structure, or object, or any part thereof, as it appeared at a specified period of time. The intent of reconstruction is to make the resource appear as it did at a particular, and most significant, time in its history.
29. Register.A list, maintained by the city, which contains the address, name and designation date of every cultural resource designated by the city.
30. Rehabilitation.The process of returning a property to a state of utility, through repair or alteration, which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions and features of the property which are significant to its historic, architectural, and cultural values. Rehabilitation also includes the refurbishing and maintaining of a designated resource which restores and maintains its condition.
31. Rehabilitation Incentives.Incentives for designated cultural resources which provide financial or physical incentive to the property owner to upkeep, repair and otherwise maintain a designated cultural resource. Incentives include, but are not limited to, changes of use, reduction in development standards, façade easements, and the transfer of development rights. In exchange for granting a façade easement, the property owner may receive tax benefits in the form of a charitable contribution for conservation purposes.
32. Removal.Any relocation of a structure or improvement from its site to another site.
33. Restoration.The act or process of reproducing the exact form and detail of a vanished building, structure, or object, or a part thereof, as it appeared at a specific period of time, and/or the act or process of accurately depicting the form, features, and character of a property as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of features from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period.
34. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.Identified in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Historic Preservation Projects (36 C.F.R.
67), with accompanying interpretive guidelines used in the preservation of cultural resources. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation are aimed at retaining and preserving those features and materials which are important in defining the historic character of a cultural resource.
35. State Historic Building Code.The State Historic Building Code is contained in Part 8 of Title 24 (State Building Standards Code) and applies to all qualified historical structures, districts, and sites designated as cultural resources. It provides alternatives to the Uniform Building Code in cases consistent with building regulations for the rehabilitation, preservation, restoration, or relocation of designated cultural resources.
36. Thematic Grouping.A type of historic district in which the sites need not be physically contiguous or otherwise in the same geographic area but which is characterized by buildings, structures, objects, sites, areas, or places that share one or more of the following features: (1) building type, including gas stations, courtyard housing, or coffee shops; (2) architectural style; (3) culturally or historically significant uses, including movie studios or railroad yards; (4) homes or workplaces of culturally significant persons; or (5) the distinctive use of materials or type of construction, such as adobe structures.
37. Transfer of Development Rights (TDRs).The method by which a property owner's development rights, which are restricted on sites containing designated cultural resources are transferred to another receiving site for use and development. The TDR program approved by City Council Resolution No. 94-1286.
38. Uniform Code for Building Conservation (UCBC).A building conservation guideline presented in code format which provides the city with the means to preserve its existing buildings while achieving appropriate levels of safety. It is formatted in the same manner as the Uniform Building Code, is compatible with other Uniform Codes, and may be adopted as a code or used as a guideline.
