□ | Enclosures such as arbors and gazebos; |
□ | Structures such as workshops, studios, home offices; |
□ | Detached garages and other storage buildings; and |
□ | Private residential recreational facilities such as swimming pools and sport courts. |
For accessory dwelling units, see Section 11.4.05.115: Accessory Dwelling Units in Chapter 11.4.05: Standards for Specific Uses. See also Section 11.4.05.100: Residential Accessory Uses, Structures, and Vehicle Parking in Chapter 11.4.05: Standards for Specific Uses. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.A.1: Gross and Net Acre Areas  |
□ | Area Median Income Levels: income levels regularly updated and published by the State Department of Housing and Community Development, and found in Title 25, Section 6932 of the California Code of Regulations. Area median income levels are also available at www.hcd.ca.gov. |
□ | Lower Income Households: households with incomes that do not exceed 80% of area median income (AMI), adjusted for family size and revised annually by the State Department of Housing and Community Development, and as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code or any successor statute. This includes "very low income households" and "extremely low income households," as defined in Sections 50105 and 50106, respectively of the Health and Safety Code or any successor statutes. |
□ | Moderate Income Households: households with incomes ranging from 80% to 120% of area median income (AMI), adjusted for family size and revised annually by the State Department of Housing and Community Development, and as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code or any successor statute. |
□ | Very Low Income Households: households with incomes that do not exceed 50% of area median income (AMI), adjusted for family size and revised annually by the State Department of Housing and Community Development, and as defined in Section 50105 of the Health and Safety Code or any successor statute. |
□ | Amateur Radio Antenna: any antenna used to receive or transmit radio signals on the amateur radio bandwidth, as designated by federal regulation. |
□ | Satellite Antenna: any antenna used to receive or transmit radio or television signals from orbiting communication satellites. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.A.2: Articulation  |
□ | Major Repair Work: repair facilities dealing with entire vehicles. These establishments provide towing, collision repair, other body work, and painting services. |
□ | Service and Maintenance: minor facilities specialize in limited aspects of repair and maintenance (e.g., car washes, detailing services, muffler and radiator shops, quick-lube, tire and battery sales and installation, etc.). |
Does not include automobile parking (see Parking Facilities/Vehicle Storage), repair shops that are part of a vehicle dealership on the same site (see Auto Sales and Rental, and Mobile Home, Boat, or RV Sales, or Automobile Service Station, which are separately defined). |
□ | Banks and trust companies |
□ | Credit agencies |
□ | Holding (but not primarily operating) companies |
□ | Lending and thrift institutions |
□ | Securities/commodity contract brokers and dealers |
□ | Security and commodity exchanges |
□ | Vehicle finance (equity) leasing agencies |
□ | Other investment companies |
See: Automated Teller Machine. Does not include check cashing stores, which are instead defined under Personal Services - Restricted. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.B.1: Basement  |
Figure 11.6.05.010.B.2: Blockface  |
□ | Blueprinting |
□ | Complete-related services (rental, repair) |
□ | Copying printing services |
□ | Film processing and photofinishing (retail) |
□ | Mailing and mail box services |
□ | Outdoor advertising services |
□ | Protective services (other than office related) |
□ | Security systems services |
□ | Soils and other materials testing laboratories |
□ | Child Day Care Center: a commercial or non-profit child day care facility designed and approved to accommodate 15 or more children. Includes infant centers, preschools, sick-child centers, and school-age day care facilities. These may be operated in conjunction with a school or religious facility, or as an independent land use. |
□ | Family Day Care Home: as provided by Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78, a home that regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for 14 or fewer children, in the provider's own home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away, and is either a large family day care home or a small family day care home. |
□ | Large Family Day Care Home: as provided by Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78, a family day care home that provides family day care for 7 to 14 children, inclusive, including children under the age of 10 years who reside in the home. |
□ | Small Family Day Care Home: as provided by Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78, a family day care home that provides family day care for 8 or fewer children, including children under the age of 10 years who reside in the home. |
□ | Business associations |
□ | Civic, social and fraternal organizations |
□ | Labor unions and similar organizations |
□ | Political organizations |
□ | Professional membership organizations |
□ | Other membership organizations |
□ | In the residential "R" zones, a conforming building is one which fully meets the requirements of the State Housing Act and the California Building Code as they pertain to residential buildings and which building fully conforms to the requirements of this chapter with respect to the district and zone in which it is located; and |
□ | In the commercial "C" and manufacturing "M" zones, a conforming building is one which fully conforms to the structural design, building materials and their assembly as prescribed for commercial or industrial buildings by the California Building Code and which building fully conforms to the requirements of this chapter with respect to the district and zone in which it is located. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.C.1: Light Fixtures—No Cutoff and 90 Degree Cutoff  |
Figure 11.6.05.010.D.1: Daylight Plane and Building Envelope  |
□ | Appliances such as stoves/ovens, refrigerators, freezers, laundry equipment, fans, vacuum cleaners, sewing machines; |
□ | Aviation instruments; |
□ | Computers, computer components, and peripherals; |
□ | Electrical transmission and distribution equipment; |
□ | Electronic components and accessories, and semiconductors, integrated circuits, related devices; |
□ | Electronic instruments, components and equipment such as calculators and computers; |
□ | Electrical welding apparatus; |
□ | Lighting and wiring equipment such as lamps and fixtures, wiring devices, vehicle lighting; |
□ | Industrial apparatus; |
□ | Industrial controls; |
□ | Instruments for measurement, testing, analysis and control, associated sensors and accessories; |
□ | Miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment and supplies such as batteries, X-ray apparatus and tubes, electro-medical and electrotherapeutic apparatus, electrical equipment for internal combustion engines; |
□ | Motors and generators; |
□ | Optical instruments and lenses; |
□ | Photographic equipment and supplies; |
□ | Pre recorded magnetic tape; |
□ | Radio and television receiving equipment such as television and radio sets, phonograph records; |
□ | Surgical, medical and dental instruments, equipment, and supplies; |
□ | Surveying and drafting instruments; |
□ | Telephone and telegraph apparatus; |
□ | Transformers, switch gear and switchboards; and |
□ | Watches and clocks. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.F.1: Floor Area Ratio  |
□ | Bakeries; |
□ | Bottling plants; |
□ | Breweries; |
□ | Candy, sugar and confectionery products manufacturing; |
□ | Catering services separate from stores or restaurants; |
□ | Coffee roasting; |
□ | Dairy products manufacturing; |
□ | Fats and oil product manufacturing; |
□ | Fruit and vegetable canning, preserving, related processing; |
□ | Grain mill products and by products; |
□ | Meat, poultry, and seafood canning, curing, byproduct processing; |
□ | Soft drink production; and |
□ | Miscellaneous food item preparation from raw products. |
May include tasting and accessory retail sales of food and beverages produced on site. A tasting facility separate from the manufacturing facility is included under the definition of "Bar" if alcoholic beverages are tasted, and under "Restaurant" if beverages are non-alcoholic. |
Does not include: bakeries which sell all products on-site, which are included in the definition of "General Retail;" or beer brewing as part of a brew pub, bar or restaurant (see "Bars"). |
□ | Computer and computer equipment |
□ | Draperies |
□ | Floor coverings |
□ | Furniture |
□ | Glass and chinaware |
□ | Home appliances |
□ | Home furnishings |
□ | Home sound systems |
□ | Interior decorating materials and services |
□ | Large musical instruments |
□ | Lawn furniture |
□ | Movable spas and hot tub |
□ | Office furniture |
□ | Other household electrical and gas appliances |
□ | Outdoor furniture |
□ | Refrigerators |
□ | Stoves |
□ | Televisions |
□ | A garage is a roofed structure with a door, enclosed on at least 3 sides, which may be either attached to, or detached from a primary structure on the site and to be used for the parking of vehicles. |
□ | A carport is a roofed structure enclosed on no more than 2 sides that may be either attached to, or detached from a primary structure on the site and to be used for the parking of vehicles. |
□ | Antique stores |
□ | Art galleries, retail |
□ | Art supplies, including framing services |
□ | Artisan shops |
□ | Auto parts (not including installation services) |
□ | Bakery (all production in support of on-site sales) |
□ | Bicycles and mopeds |
□ | Books, magazines, and newspapers |
□ | Cameras and photographic supplies |
□ | Clothing, shoes, and accessories |
□ | Collectibles (cards, coins, comics, stamps, etc.) |
□ | Department stores |
□ | Drug stores and pharmacies |
□ | Dry goods |
□ | Fabrics and sewing supplies |
□ | Florists and houseplant stores (indoor sales only - outdoor sales are "Plant Nurseries") |
□ | Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment |
□ | Gift and souvenir shops |
□ | Hardware |
□ | Hobby materials |
□ | Jewelry |
□ | Luggage and leather goods |
□ | Musical instruments, parts, and accessories |
□ | Orthopedic supplies |
□ | Pet stores |
□ | Religious goods |
□ | Small wares |
□ | Specialty shops |
□ | Sporting goods and equipment |
□ | Stationery |
□ | Toys and games |
□ | Variety stores |
□ | Average Grade: a horizontal line approximating the ground elevation through each building on a site used for calculating the exterior volume of buildings. Average grade is calculated separately for each building. |
□ | Natural Grade: the grade of a building site prior to grading, filling, or other site alterations for a project. Natural grade may also be referred to as existing grade. |
□ | Finished Grade: the final grade of a building site as shown on the survey at the time of issuance of a building permit or in the case of a subdivision, the approved grade shown on the as-built grading plan of the subdivision. |
□ | Grading: excavating, filling, leveling or smoothing or combination thereof, but not including temporary stock piles of a duration of 30 days or less. |
□ | Street Grade: the top of the curb or the top of the edge of the pavement or traveled way where no curb exists. |
This use does not include adult entertainment businesses. Four or more electronic games or coin-operated amusements in any establishment, or premises where 50% or more of the floor area is occupied by amusement devices, are considered an electronic game arcade as described above, 3 or fewer machines are not considered a land use separate from the primary use of the site. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.L.1: Landscaping: Perimeter/Interior  |
Figure 11.6.05.010.L.2: Light Trespass  |
Figure 11.6.05.010.L.3: Lot Coverage  |
□ | Lot Depth: the average linear distance between the front and the rear lot lines or the intersection of the 2 side lot lines if there is no rear line. See Figure 11.6.05.010.L.4: Lot Lines and Lot Features. See also Chapter 11.1.15: Rules of Measurement. |
□ | Lot Width: the horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point midway between the front and rear lot lines. See Figure 11.6.05.010.L.4: Lot Lines and Lot Features. See also Chapter 11.1.15: Rules of Measurement. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.L.4: Lot Lines and Lot Features  |
□ | Front Lot Line: on an interior lot, the property line separating the parcel from the street. The front lot line on a corner lot is the line adjacent to the street with the shortest frontage regardless of which street is used for vehicle or pedestrian access. If the lot lines of a corner lot are equal in length, the front lot line shall be determined by the director. On a through lot, both lot lines are front lot lines and the lot is considered to have no rear lot line. |
□ | Interior Lot Line: a lot line 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 the purpose of establishing setbacks and measuring rear yard depth. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.L.5: Irregular Lots: Determining Rear Lot Line  |
□ | Side Lot Line: any lot line not a front lot line or a rear lot line. |
□ | Street Side Lot Line: on a corner lot, the property line with the longest street frontage. If the lot lines of a corner lot are equal in length, the street side lot line shall be determined by the director. |
□ | Zero Lot Line: the location of a building on a lot in a manner that one or more building edges rest directly on a lot line. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.L.6: Zero Lot Line Units  |
□ | Corner Lot: a lot with 2 or more adjacent sides that face a street or public right-of-way. |
□ | Cul-de-sac Lot: a lot located on the curving portion of a cul-de-sac street. |
□ | Flag Lot: a lot that does not meet minimum lot width requirements, where access to the public roadway is limited to a narrow private right-of-way. |
□ | Interior Lot: a lot with only one front lot line, not located on a street corner and lacking a side lot line adjacent to a street. |
□ | Irregular Lot: a nonrectangular parcel or lot with its lot width less than one-fourth its depth. |
□ | Key Lot: the first lot to the rear of a reversed corner lot and not separated therefrom by an alley. |
□ | Regular Lot: a rectangular or nearly rectangular shaped parcel with lot width not less than one-fourth its depth. |
□ | Reverse Corner Lot: a corner lot, the rear of which abuts a key lot. |
□ | Substandard Lot: a lot which does not meet the minimum requirements for lot size, lot width, and/or lot depth. |
□ | Through Lot: a lot which has 2 or more lot frontages which do not intersect to form a corner lot. |
□ | Zero Lot: a lot which has a building on a lot in a manner that one or more building edges rest directly on a lot line. See Figure 11.6.05.010.L.6: Zero Lot Line Units. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.L.7: Lot Types  |
□ | Accessory: office facilities that are incidental and accessory to another business or sales activity that is the primary use. | |
□ | Business/Service: establishments providing direct services to consumers or clients, typically with higher client volumes than experienced by the other types of offices listed. Examples of these uses include: | |
o | Employment agencies | |
o | Insurance agent offices | |
o | Real estate office | |
o | Social service organizations | |
o | Travel agencies | |
o | Utility company offices, etc. | |
This use does not include "Banks and Financial Services," which are separately defined. | ||
□ | Government: administrative, clerical, or public contact and/or service offices of a local, state, or federal government agency or service facilities. Includes post offices, but not bulk mailing distribution centers. | |
□ | Processing: office-type facilities characterized by high employee densities, and occupied by businesses engaged in information processing, and other computer-dependent and/or telecommunications-based activities. Examples of these uses include: | |
o | Airline, lodging chain, and rental car company reservation centers | |
o | Computer software and hardware design and development | |
o | Consumer credit reporting | |
o | Data processing services | |
o | Health management organization (HMO) offices where no medical services are provided | |
o | Insurance claim processing | |
o | Mail order and electronic commerce transaction processing | |
o | Telemarketing | |
□ | Professional: office-type facilities occupied by businesses that provide professional services and/or engaged in the production of intellectual property. Examples of these uses include: | |
o | Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services | |
o | Advertising agencies | |
o | Attorneys | |
o | Commercial art and design services | |
o | Construction/contractors (office facilities only) | |
o | Counseling services | |
o | Court reporting services | |
o | Detective agencies and similar services | |
o | Design services including architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, urban planning | |
o | Education, scientific, and research organizations | |
o | Financial management and investment counseling | |
o | Literary and talent agencies | |
o | Management and public relations services | |
o | Media postproduction services | |
o | News services | |
o | Photographers and photography studios | |
o | Psychologists | |
o | Secretarial, stenographic, word processing, and temporary clerical employee services | |
o | Security and commodity brokers | |
o | Writers and artists offices | |
□ | Temporary: a mobile home, recreational vehicle or modular unit used as a temporary office facility. Temporary offices may include: | |
o | Construction supervision offices on a construction site or off-site construction yard; | |
o | A temporary on-site real estate office for a development project; or | |
o | A temporary business office in advance of permanent facility construction. | |
□ | Temporary Real Estate: the temporary use of a dwelling unit within a residential development project as a sales office for the units on the same site, which is converted to residential use at the conclusion of its office use. | |
□ | Books |
□ | Computer equipment |
□ | Flowers |
□ | Newspapers and magazines |
□ | Office supplies, stationery |
□ | Photographic supplies and cameras |
□ | Common Open Space: land not individually owned or dedicated for public use which is designed and intended for the common use. |
□ | Private Open Space: an open area outside a building adjoining and directly accessible to a dwelling unit, reserved for the exclusive use of residents of the dwelling unit and their guests. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.O.1: Open Space Types  |
May also include commercial facilities customarily associated with the above outdoor commercial recreational uses, including bars and restaurants, video game arcades, etc. Does not include "Parks and Playgrounds," which are separately defined. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.P.1 Parapet Wall  |
□ | Ministerial Permit: a permit granted ministerially by the director, involving only the use of fixed standards or objective measures and requiring no public hearing. |
□ | Discretionary Permit: a permit granted following an exercise of discretion by the director, planning commission, city council, or other hearing body. |
□ | Barber and beauty shops |
□ | Clothing rental |
□ | Dry cleaning pick-up stores with limited equipment |
□ | Home electronics and small appliance repair |
□ | Laundromats (self-service laundries) |
□ | Personal fitness training |
□ | Pet grooming with no boarding |
□ | Shoe repair shops |
□ | Tailors |
□ | Tanning salons |
These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.P.2: Porch  |
□ | Contains less than 320 square feet of internal living room area, excluding built-in equipment, including wardrobe, closets, cabinets, kitchen units or fixtures, and bath or toilet rooms; |
□ | Contains 400 square feet or less of gross area measured at maximum horizontal projections; |
□ | Is built on a single chassis; and |
□ | Is either self-propelled, truck-mounted, or permanently towable on the highways without a towing permit. |
□ | Small Collection Facility: a center where the public may donate, redeem or sell recyclable materials, which may include the following, where allowed by the applicable zoning district: | |
o | Reverse vending machines; | |
o | Small collection facilities which occupy an area of 350 square feet or less and may include a mobile unit. | |
□ | Medium Collection Facility: includes the following, occupying less than 600 square feet: | |
o | Bulk reverse vending machines or a grouping of reverse vending machines; and | |
o | One or more kiosk units. | |
□ | Large Collection Facility: large collection facilities which occupy an area of 600 square feet or more and/or include permanent structures. | |
□ | Mobile Recycling Unit: an automobile, truck, trailer, or van used for the collection of recyclable materials, carrying bins, boxes, or other containers. | |
□ | Reverse Vending Machine: an automated mechanical device which accepts at least one or more types of empty beverage containers and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container's redemption value, as determined by state law. These vending machines may accept aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, and other containers. A bulk reverse vending machine is a reverse vending machine that is larger than 50 square feet, is designed to accept more than one container at a time, and issues a cash refund based on total weight instead of by container. | |
□ | Barbecue islands |
□ | Detached fireplaces |
□ | Garages |
□ | Gazebos |
□ | Greenhouses (non-commercial) |
□ | Patio covers |
□ | Spas, hot tubs, and saunas |
□ | Storage sheds |
□ | Studios |
□ | Swimming pools |
□ | Tennis and other on-site courts |
□ | Workshops |
Also includes the indoor storage of automobiles (including their incidental restoration and repair), personal recreational vehicles and other personal property, accessory to a residential use. |
Does not include: accessory dwelling units, which are separately defined (see Section 11.4.05.115: Accessory Dwelling Units in Chapter 11.4.05: Standards for Specific Uses); or home satellite dish and other receiving antennas for earth-based TV and radio broadcasts (see Chapter 11.4.70: Wireless Telecommunications Facilities). |
□ | Assisted Living Facility: a residential building or buildings that also provide housing, personal and health care, as permitted by the Department of Social Services, designed to respond to the daily, individual needs of the residents. Assisted living facilities may include kitchenettes (small refrigerator, sink and/or microwave oven) within individual rooms. Assisted living facilities are required to be licensed by the California Department of Social Services, and do not include skilled nursing services. |
□ | Independent Living Center/Senior Apartment: independent living centers and senior apartments and are multifamily residential projects reserved for senior citizens, where common facilities may be provided (for example, recreation areas), but where each dwelling unit has individual living, sleeping, bathing, and kitchen facilities. |
□ | Life Care Facility: sometimes called "continuing care retirement communities," or "senior continuum of care complex," these facilities provide a wide range of care and supervision, and also provide health care (skilled nursing) so that residents can receive medical care without leaving the facility. Residents can expect to remain, even if they become physically incapacitated later in life. Life care facilities require multiple licensing from the State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Health Services, and the State Department of Insurance. |
□ | Gable Roof: a pitched roof having a gable at each end. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.R.1: Gable Roof  |
□ | Gambrel Roof: a roof with 2 different pitches on each of 2 sides. |
□ | Hip Roof: a roof with 4 sloping sides. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.R.2: Hip Roof  |
□ | Mansard Roof: a roof with 2 slopes on each of its sides. |
□ | Boarding schools |
□ | Community colleges, colleges, and universities |
□ | Elementary, middle, and junior high schools |
□ | High school/secondary school |
□ | Military academy |
See Section 11.4.05.080: Meeting Facilities, Private Schools, and Similar Institutional Uses in Chapter 11.4.05: Standards for Specific Uses. |
Also includes schools providing specialized education/training. Examples include the following: |
□ | Art school |
□ | Ballet and other dance school |
□ | Business, secretarial, and vocational schools |
□ | Computer and electronics schools |
□ | Drama school |
□ | Driver education school |
□ | Establishments providing courses by mail |
□ | Language school |
□ | Martial arts school |
□ | Music school |
□ | Professional school (law, medicine, etc.) |
□ | Seminaries/religious ministry training facility |
Also includes facilities, institutions and conference centers that offer specialized programs in personal growth and development, such as fitness, environmental awareness, arts, communications, and management. Does not include pre-schools and child day care facilities (see "Child Day Care Facilities"). See also the definition of "Studios - Art, Dance, Martial Arts, Music, Photography, etc." for smaller-scale facilities offering specialized instruction. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.1: Setbacks  |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.2: Sign Types  |
□ | A-Frame Sign: a sign with 2 slanted faces that form a shape similar to the letter "A" when unfolded, will stand up without help when placed on the ground, but is typically collapsible and can be readily moved. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.3: A-Frame Sign  |
□ | Abandoned Sign: a sign that no longer advertises a business, lessor, owner, product, service or activity on the premises where the sign is displayed. |
□ | Awning or Canopy Sign: a sign that is applied directly to, or integrated into the face of an awning or canopy. See: Awning, and Canopy. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.4: Awning or Canopy Sign  |
□ | Banner Sign: a temporary sign composed of fabric or similar non-rigid material that is supported or anchored on 2 or more edges or all 4 corners, or on fewer edges or corners but with weights installed that reduce the reaction of the sign to wind. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.5: Banner Sign  |
□ | Commercial Sign: any sign that directly or indirectly names, advertises, identifies, or directs attention to a business, product, good, service, or activity offered by a Commercial Land Use. |
□ | Construction Sign (Development Sign): a temporary on-site sign which identifies a residential or commercial project while it is under construction and includes information such as the project name, architect, landscape architect, engineer, planner, contractor, or other person or firm participating in the development, construction or financing of the project site on which the sign is located. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.6: Construction Sign  |
□ | Directional Sign: a sign limited to directional messages such as entrance/exit or instructions to direct on-site traffic circulation. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.7: Directional Sign  |
□ | Directory Sign: a sign for listing the tenants and their suite numbers of a multiple tenant structure or center. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.8: Wall-Mounted Directory Sign  |
□ | Double-Faced Sign: a sign constructed to display its message on the outer surfaces of 2 identical and/or opposite parallel planes. |
□ | Flag: a sign made of fabric or similar non-rigid material supported or anchored (typically to a pole, cable, or rope), along only one edge or supported or anchored at only 2 corners. If any dimension of a flag is more than 3 times as long as any other dimension, it is classified as a banner regardless of how it is anchored or supported. |
□ | Freestanding Sign: any sign that is permanently erected or standing on the ground and supported from the ground by 1 or more poles, columns, uprights, braces, or anchors. This includes "monument sign" and "pole sign." |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.9: Freestanding Sign  |
□ | Grand Opening Sign: a temporary sign for the introduction, promotion, or announcement of a new business, store, shopping center or office, or for the re-opening of a business that has been closed to the public. | |
□ | Illegal Sign: a sign that includes any of the following: | |
o | A sign not permitted in this zoning code; | |
o | A sign erected without complying with all regulations in effect at the time of its construction or use; | |
o | A sign that was legally erected, but whose use has ceased, the structure upon which the display is placed has been abandoned by its owner, or the sign is not being used to identify or advertise an ongoing business for a period of not less than 90 days; | |
o | A sign that was legally erected which later became nonconforming as a result of the adoption of an ordinance, the amortization period for the display provided by the ordinance rendering the display conforming has expired, and conformance has not been accomplished; | |
o | A sign that was legally erected which later became nonconforming and then was damaged to the extent of 50% or more of its current replacement value; | |
o | A sign which is a danger to the public or is unsafe; | |
o | A sign which is a traffic hazard not created by relocation of streets or highways or by acts of the city; or | |
o | A sign that pertains to a specific event, and 5 days have elapsed since the occurrence of the event. | |
□ | Marquee Sign: a sign incorporated into or attached to a marquee or permanent canopy and traditionally associated with theaters and schools that utilize removable and replaceable channel letters and figures. | |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.10: Marquee Sign  |
□ | Monument Sign: a freestanding sign erected to rest on the ground or to rest on a monument base designed as an architectural unit. The width of the top of a monument sign is no more than 125% of the width of the base. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.11: Monument Sign  |
□ | Multi-Tenant Sign: an identification sign for a commercial site with multiple tenants, displaying the names of each tenant or several tenants on the site. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.12: Multi-Tenant Sign  |
□ | Neon Sign: an illuminated sign effected by a colorless, odorless light source consisting of a neon or gas tube that is bent to form letters, symbols, or other shapes. |
□ | Noncommercial Sign: a sign that does not, either directly or indirectly, name, advertise, or direct attention to a business, product, good, service, or activity offered by a commercial land use. |
□ | Nonconforming Sign: an advertising structure or sign which was lawfully erected and maintained prior to the adoption of this zoning code, but does not now completely comply with current regulations. |
□ | On-Premises Sign: any sign that identifies or directs attention to an occupancy, business, product, service, or activity conducted, sold, produced, or offered upon the premises where the sign is located. |
□ | Off-Premises Sign: any sign that identifies, advertises, or contains a message related to an occupancy, business, service, or product that is conducted, sold, produced, or offered on a premises other than where the sign is located; or which identifies by brand name a service or product which, although sold on the premises, does not constitute the principal item for sale on the premises. |
□ | Off-Site Directional Sign: a sign identifying a publicly owned facility, emergency facility, or a temporary subdivision sign, but excluding real estate signs. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.13: Off-Site Directional Sign  |
□ | Political or Social Issue Sign: a sign that addresses: | |
o | The passage or defeat of a measure appearing on the ballot in any national, state, or local election; | |
o | The election or defeat of any candidate for any public office in any national, state, or local election; or o An international, national, state, or local political or social issue. | |
□ | Pole Sign: a sign mounted on freestanding poles, columns, or other supports. See: Free-Standing Sign. | |
□ | Portable Sign: a sign that is not permanently affixed to a structure or the ground. | |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.14: Portable Sign  |
□ | Projecting Sign: a sign affixed to the face of a building and projecting more than 12 inches either perpendicularly or at an angle from the surface and usually has 2 message surfaces. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.15: Projecting Sign  |
□ | Real Estate Sign: a sign indicating that a property or any portion thereof is available for inspection, sale, lease, rent, or directing people to a property, but not including temporary subdivision signs. |
□ | Restaurant Menu and Similar Display Box Signs: a sign used to inform the public of the list of entrees, dishes, and foods available in a restaurant or other items available in stores that utilize such display box signs. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.16: Restaurant Menu and Similar Display Box Sign  |
□ | Roof Sign: any sign erected, constructed or maintained upon or over the roof of a building. Roof signs are not permitted. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.17: Roof Sign  |
□ | Temporary Sign: a sign that is not designed, constructed, or intended for permanent display on the property. |
□ | Vehicle Sign: a sign which is attached to or painted on a vehicle which is parked on or adjacent to any property, the principal purpose of which is to attract attention to a product sold or business located on the property. |
□ | Wall Sign: any sign attached to or painted on the wall of a building or structure in a plane parallel or approximately parallel to the plane of the wall and projecting less than 12 inches from the wall. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.18: Wall Sign  |
□ | Window Sign: any sign either hung within 2 feet of a window or attached to a display within 2 feet of a window. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.S.19: Window Sign  |
□ | Civic theaters, and facilities for "live" theater and concerts; |
□ | Exhibition and convention halls; |
□ | Motion picture theaters; |
□ | Public and semi public auditoriums; and |
□ | Similar public assembly uses. |
Does not include outdoor theaters, concert and similar entertainment facilities, and indoor and outdoor facilities for sporting events. See also Section 11.4.05.080: "Meeting Facilities, Private Schools, and Similar Institutional Uses" in Chapter 11.4.05: Standards for Specific Uses. |
□ | Corporation and maintenance yards; |
□ | Electrical substations and switching stations; |
□ | Natural gas regulating and distribution facilities; |
□ | Public water system wells, treatment plants and storage; |
□ | Telephone switching facilities; |
□ | Wastewater treatment plants, settling ponds and disposal fields. |
These uses do not include office or customer service centers (classified in "Offices"), or equipment and material storage yards. |
□ | Warehouses: facilities for the storage of furniture, household goods, or other commercial goods of any nature. Includes cold storage facilities. Does not include warehouse facilities in which the primary purpose of storage is for wholesaling and distribution (see "Wholesaling and Distribution"); or vehicle and freight terminals. |
□ | Wholesaling and Distribution: establishments engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, or professional business users; or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to such persons or companies. Includes such establishments as: agents, merchandise or commodity brokers, and commission merchants; assemblers, buyers and associations engaged in the cooperative marketing of farm products; merchant wholesalers; stores primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning supplies and equipment. |
See also Section 11.4.05.140: Warehouse Retail and Large-Scale Commercial Projects in Chapter 11.4.05: Standards for Specific Uses. |
□ | At least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytes. |
□ | The substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil. |
□ | The substrate is nonsoil and is saturated with water or covered by shallow water at some time during the growing season of each year. |
Areas classifiable as wetlands include, but are not limited to, lagoons, marshes, estuaries, mudflats, vernal pools, streams and rivers and associated riparian habitat areas. |
□ | Exterior or Street Side Yard: a side yard adjacent to a street on a corner lot. |
□ | Front Yard: a yard extending across the front of the lot between the side lot lines and measured from the front line of the lot to the required minimum front setback, as required by this zoning code. |
□ | Interior Side Yard: a side yard adjacent to another lot. |
□ | Rear Yard: a yard extending across the full width of the lot and measured between the rear line of the lot and required minimum rear setback, as required by this zoning code. |
□ | Side Yard: a yard extending along each side lot lines of the lot and measured between the side line of the lot and the minimum side setback, as required by this zoning code, bounded by the required front and rear yards. |
Figure 11.6.05.010.Y.1: Yards: Irregular Lots  |