The intent and purpose of this chapter is to define certain
words, terms, phrases, and headings affecting the scope and nature
of carrying out the intent and purpose of this title. Such words,
terms, phrases and headings contained in this chapter and appearing
elsewhere in this title, and for the purposes of zoning only, shall
be deemed to have the meaning ascribed to them, and in all cases shall
preempt any dictionarial reference made thereto.
(Prior code § 9203.01; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
The following words, terms, phrases and headings are categorized
and defined as set out in this chapter.
(Prior code § 9203.02; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Accessory," when used in reference to a building, structure
or use of land, means one which is clearly incidental and subordinate
to the main building, structure or use of land located on the same
premises.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(3); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Adult arcade" shall mean a business establishment as defined in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Adult retail store" shall mean a business establishment as defined in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Adult booth/individual viewing area" shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Adult business" shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Adult cabaret" shall mean a business establishment as defined in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Adult hotel/motel" shall mean a hotel or motel as defined in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Adult live entertainment" shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Adult modeling studio" shall mean a business establishment as defined in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Adult motion picture theater" shall mean a business establishment as defined in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Adult-oriented material" shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Off-site advertising" means the location of a sign or other
advertising on a lot, parcel of land or premises not pertaining to
the use of land or serving an advertising purpose for such lot, parcel
of land or premises upon which such sign is located.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(6); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"On-site advertising" means the location of a sign or other
advertising on the same lot, parcel of land, property or premises
with the building, structure and/or use for which such sign or advertising
is intended to serve.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(9); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Alley" means a publicly dedicated and improved right-of-way,
not exceeding a uniform width of twenty feet, which affords a secondary
means of vehicular access from a street or highway to abutting private
property. (See Diagram No. 1 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(12); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Amendment" means a change or modification in the wording, context
or substance of this Title 18 or any portion thereof, and including
the official zone map.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(15); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Antique shop" means a person, firm or corporation predominantly
engaged in conducting, managing or carrying on the business of buying,
selling or otherwise dealing in antiques. "Antique" means a work of
art, collections in illustration of the progress of the arts, works
of bronze, marble, terra cotta, parian, pottery, porcelain, objects
of ornamental character, educational or intrinsic value, or items
referred to as curios and collectibles due to their historical or
cultural significance.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(18); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Amateur radio antenna" means an antenna utilized by a federally
licensed operator to permit amateur radio communication.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(16.1); Ord. 745 § 1, 1988; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Antenna" means the arrangement of wires or metal rods used
in the sending and receiving of electromagnetic waves.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(16); Ord. 745 § 1, 1988; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Antenna height" means the overall vertical length of the antenna
and antenna support structure above grade, or, if such system is located
on a building, then the overall vertical length includes the height
of the building upon which the structure is mounted.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(16.2); Ord. 745 § 1, 1988; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Antenna support structure" means 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 by federally licensed amateur radio or citizens band radio operators.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(16.3); Ord. 745 § 1, 1988; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Apartment" means a building or group of buildings in which
each such building contains three or more dwelling units.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(21); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Automated teller machine" means a point of sale terminal designed
to facilitate financial transactions. Services provided include, but
may not be limited to, cash withdrawals, deposits, transfers, payments
and other similar financial transactions. Architectural enhancements
or additional landscaping for such units may be required subject to
the approval of the zoning administrator.
(Ord. 852 § 2, 1994; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Automobile service station" means a use of land for which a
building or group of buildings or other structures have been designed
for the purpose of dispensing motor fuels, oils, lubricants and other
petroleum products directly to the users of motor vehicles, and including
other sales and repair activities which are clearly minor in nature,
incidental and subordinate to the scope of the primary function. Activities
involving automobile or truck body repairing, painting and/or other
major mechanical repairing and servicing of any portion or part of
the basic engine unit or drive train assembly of any type whatsoever
are not included.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(24))
"Automobile storage" means the temporary storage of "live" (operative)
or "dead" (inoperative) automobiles pending transfer to another location
and does not involve the business operator assuming title to any of
the vehicles. No junk yard, parts salvage or sale, or similar type
of use permitted as part of storage operations.
(Ord. 886 § 2, 1996; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Automobile trailer" means a vehicle incapable of movement under
its own motor power, designed to be drawn or towed for the purpose
of carrying or transporting property, but specifically excluding the
use for human habitation or the transportation thereof or for dwelling
purposes.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(27); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Automobile wrecking" means the dismantling and/or wrecking
of vehicles and/or trailers of any type or kind whatsoever, or parts
or portions thereof, including storage and/or sales related thereto.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(30); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Automotive related sales and installation" means retail sales
of various automotive accessories such as stereos, telephones, alarms
and other similar accessories including installation.
(Ord. 852 § 3, 1994; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Bath house" means an establishment or business which provides
the services of all kinds, including all forms and methods of hydrotherapy,
unless operated by a medical practitioner or professional physical
therapist licensed by the state.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(32); Ord. 610 § 1, 1979; Ord. 611 § 1, 1979; Ord.
1089 § 6, 2014)
"Block" means all property abutting or having frontage along
one side of the right-of-way of a public street or highway between
a street or highway and a railroad right-of-way or waterway, terminus
or dead-end street or highway, or city boundary. An intersecting street
or highway shall only determine the boundary of the block on the side
of the street or highway which it intersects. (See Diagram No. 2 at
the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(33); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Boardinghouse" means a residential building having not more
than five guest rooms where lodging and meals are provided for compensation,
for not more than ten persons, but shall specifically exclude rest
homes, convalescent homes, sanitariums or similar such facilities.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(36); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Bona fide charitable institution" means and include those organizations
and institutions which qualify for a tax-exempt certificate pursuant
to California Revenue and Taxation Code, Section 23701(d).
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(37); Ord. 640 § 1, 1981; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Bona fide political organization" means and includes any political
organization which qualifies for a tax-exempt certificate pursuant
to California Revenue and Taxation Code, Section 23701(d), or any
political group, organization or person whose activities or proceeds
are used exclusively for the benefit of a political candidate or issue,
and which activities do not include dancing.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(38); Ord. 640 § 1, 1981; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Brewery" means an establishment that ferments and manufactures
specialty beers. A brewery may sell alcohol fermented and manufactured
on the business's licensed premises for on-sale or off-sale consumption.
Tasting rooms may be included in conjunction with the manufacturing.
(Ord. 1126 § 7, 2018)
"Building" means a roofed structure supported by columns or
walls, built for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels,
vehicles or other property of any kind or type whatsoever, but excluding
any and all forms of other vehicles which could be used for human
habitation even though immobilized or mobilized.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(39))
"Building area" means that portion of land surface upon which
may be physically occupied by a building or structure. (See Diagram
No. 3 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(42); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Building coverage" means that certain portion of land surface which is or may be occupied by a building, but excluding roof eaves or cantilevered roof projections which do not extend beyond three feet from a supporting wall or column, and those permitted projections as set forth in Chapter 18.42 of this title; in addition as balconies, roof decks, patios, swimming pools, and cabanas with protective roof covering and with one side remaining open are defined as part of the outdoor living space, these structures do not count as part of the building coverage. (See Diagram No. 3 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(45); Ord. 765 § 2, 1989; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Building height" means the vertical distance measured from
the average finished land grade to the highest point of the building,
including any roof attachments or projections. (See Diagram No. 3
at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(48); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Building laws" means the various laws and provisions contained in Chapter 12.44 and Chapters 15.04 through 15.40 of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(51); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Main building" means a building in which there is conducted
the principal use of a lot or parcel of land upon which it is located.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(54); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Building-mounted" means mounted to the side of a building or
to another structure such as a water tank, billboard, church steeple,
transmission tower, freestanding sign, etc.
(Ord. 892 § 3, 1997; Ord. 893 § 3, 1997; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Building official" means the director of building and planning
of the city of Pico Rivera, or representative duly authorized to act
in his or her stead.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(57); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Building setback" means that certain portion of land upon which
no portion of any building or structure shall be located, and shall
include yards. (See Diagram No. 3 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(60); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Building site" means the ground area of a lot or parcel of land upon which a building or group of buildings may be erected, together with all yards and other open spaces as required by this title, and the provisions of Chapter 12.44 and Chapters 15.04 through 15.40 of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(63); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Business" or "commerce" means the purchase, sale or other transaction
involving the handling or disposition of any article, service, substance
or commodity for livelihood or profit, or the management of office
buildings, offices, recreational or amusement enterprises, or the
maintenance and use of offices, buildings and premises by professions
and trade rendering services.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A) (66); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Camper" means a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor
vehicle, and may provide facilities and be used for human habitation
only for temporary camping or other recreational purposes, but specifically
excluding use thereof for dwelling occupancy.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(69); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Carport" means a building open on one or more sides used or
intended to be used for the shelter, parking and/or storage of an
automobile or vehicle.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(72); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Certificate of zoning compliance" means a certificate issued
by the city planner which certifies that a development or plans therefor
comply with all applicable provisions of this title.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(75); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Check cashing establishments" are defined under the California
Civil Code Section 1789.31 as a person or entity that for compensation
engages, in whole or in part, in the business of cashing checks, warrants,
drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose
as a check. It also includes a person or entity that defers deposits
whereby the entity refrains from depositing a personal check written
by a customer until a specific date pursuant to a written agreement,
as described in Section 1789.33 of the California Civil Code. Check
cashing does not include a state or federally chartered bank, savings
association, credit union, or industrial loan company nor a retail
seller engaged primarily in the business of selling consumer goods,
including consumables, to retail buyers, that cashes checks or issues
money orders for a fee not exceeding two dollars as a service to its
customer that is incidental to its main purpose or business.
(Ord. 1057 § 7, 2009; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Child care center" means the same as day care center.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(78); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Citizen band antenna" means an antenna utilized by a citizen
band radio communications system.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(82); Ord. 745 § 1, 1988; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"City" means the city of Pico Rivera, California.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(84); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"City council" means the elected city council of the city of
Pico Rivera.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(87); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"City engineer" means the city engineer of the city of Pico
Rivera, or representative duly authorized to act in his or her stead.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(90); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"City planner" means the city planner of the city of Pico Rivera,
or representative duly authorized to act in his or her stead.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(93); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Coin-operated game" means any amusement machine or skill-testing
device which is operated or put into operation in whole or in part
by the insertion of a coin, token or similar object. This definition
does not include coin-operated weighing machines, stamp vending machines,
photograph, music or motion picture machines, or any coin-operated
vending or other machine vending personal property, food or drink
or performing cleaning, repair or other services.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(94); Ord. 652 § 2, 1982; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Colocation" means the locating of wireless telecommunications
equipment from more than one provider on a single building-mounted,
roof-mounted or monopole-mounted structure.
(Ord. 892 § 3, 1997; Ord. 893 § 3, 1997; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Community" means the same as "city."
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(96); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Community care facility" means any facility, place, or building
that is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical residential
care, day treatment, adult day care, 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 the types of facilities
listed in the California Health and Safety Code Sections 1500 through
1518 (California Community Care Facilities Act).
(Ord. 1083 § 4, 2014; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Compatible use" means a use of land that may not be specifically
listed as a permitted use in any zone, but which, upon review and
written determination by the zoning administrator, is similar to and
possesses the characteristics of those uses first permitted in a zone
that it would be most closely associated and identifiable therewith.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(99); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Concurrent sale of alcoholic beverages and motor vehicle fuels"
means the sale of alcoholic beverages such as beer and wine and motor
vehicle fuels including gasoline on the same lot, parcel, premises
or location.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(100); Ord. 751 § 2, 1989; Ord. 752 § 2, 1989; Ord.
1089 § 6, 2014)
"Condominium" means the same as set forth in Section 783 of
the Civil Code of the state of California.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(102); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Conforming building" means a building which has been designed
and constructed in full compliance with the city building laws relative
to its use and the zone in which it is located.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(105); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Conforming use" means a use of land which fully conforms to
the provisions of this title with respect to the zone in which it
is located.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(108); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Private dance" means a dance conducted by the persons legally
residing in a private residence for themselves, their immediate family,
relatives and guests, and which is not for profit or a commercial
purpose, and to which the public is not admitted or allowed to participate,
and to which the public is not invited or solicited by any form of
invitation or advertisement, and for which no admission is required
or accepted, and for which no offering, contribution, collection,
consideration, or anything of value is required, requested or accepted
for admission or participation.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(317); Ord. 640 § 1, 1981; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Public dance" means any dance other than a "private dance."
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(322); Ord. 640 § 1, 1981; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Day care center" means an establishment providing facilities
and conducting such programs for the daytime care of children, properly
licensed by the county and state, and conducted in accordance with
county and state regulations applicable thereto.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(111); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Design review board" means the design review board of the city
of Pico Rivera.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(114); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Digital billboard" means any sign, signboard, or outdoor advertising
display utilizing digital message technology where the message, copy,
or graphic on the sign changes more than once every two minutes, but
no more than once every four seconds.
(Ord. 1142 § 2, 2021)
"Director of building and planning" means the director of building
and planning of the city of Pico Rivera, or representative duly authorized
to act in his or her stead.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(117); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Director of public works" means the director of public works
of the city of Pico Rivera, or representative duly authorized to act
in his or her stead.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(120); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Distribution plant" means a warehousing facility and operation
wherein only storage of products takes place and where no manufacturing
or fabrication of any type whatsoever occurs, and is limited only
to the dissemination of such stored products through acceptable transportation
modes and means where such products are of a transient nature only.
Storage and/or parking of commercial vehicles limited to "private
carrier" vehicles and storage of occupant owned trailers. A distribution
plant does not include a fulfillment center or parcel hub.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(123); Ord. 852 § 4, 1994; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014; Ord. 1149 § 2, 2021)
"Drapery shop" means an establishment primarily engaged in the
retail sale of draperies, curtains and related products including
ancillary on-site production of drapes and curtains made to order
for individual retail customers.
(Ord. 852 § 5, 1994; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Drive-in business establishment" means any business or portion
thereof (other than an automobile service station) catering activities
and functions directly to the occupant of a vehicle where such occupant
is not required to leave the vehicle for a rendered service.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(126); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Driveway" means improved vehicular access from a public street
or alley to off-street parking facilities.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(129); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Dwelling" means a building designed and constructed exclusively
for residential human habitation purposes, but specifically excluding
hotels, motels and similar such commercial facilities.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(132); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Multiple-family dwelling" means a building designed and constructed
exclusively for the occupancy by three or more families living independently
of each other, and containing three or more separate dwelling units.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(135); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Single-family dwelling" means a detached building located on
a separate lot or parcel of land, designed and constructed exclusively
for the use and occupancy by one family for living purposes.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(138); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Two-family dwelling" means a building designed and constructed
exclusively for the use and occupancy by not more than two families
living independently of each other, and containing not more than two
separate dwelling units. This term may and shall also mean and be
referred to as "duplex."
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(141); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Dwelling unit" means a room or group or combination of rooms
having kitchen and bathroom facilities in a building designed exclusively
for the use and occupancy by one or more persons constituting a family
or household for living and sleeping purposes.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(144); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Second dwelling unit" means a second permanent dwelling that
is accessory to a primary dwelling on the same site. A secondary unit
provides complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons,
including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking,
and sanitation.
(Ord. 1083 § 4, 2014; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Private educational institution" means a school or other institution
in which instruction or general academic instruction in the several
branches of learning is taught, controlled and operated solely by
a private agency, and may include elementary and secondary levels
of academic education, colleges and universities, as may be governed
by the regulations of the State Education Code.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(147); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Public educational institution" means the same as private educational
institution, except that such public institution is controlled and
operated by a public agency.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(150); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Electric distribution substation" means an assembly of equipment,
including microwave facilities, which is part of a system for distribution
of electric power where electric energy is received at a subtransmission
voltage for general consumer use.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(153); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Electric generating facility" means an assembly of equipment,
including microwave facilities, which is part of a system for the
transmission of electric power where electric energy is received at
very high voltage from its source of generation by means of a network
of high-voltage lines and transformed to lower subtransmission voltage
for purposes of supplying electric power to large individual consumers,
interchange connections with other power producing agencies, or electric
distribution substations for transformation to lower voltage for distribution
to smaller individual users.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(156); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Emergency shelter" means a facility that provides immediate
and short term housing and supplemental services to homeless per-sons
or families. Supplemental services may include food, counseling, and
access to other social programs.
(Ord. 1083 § 4, 2014; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Energy support facilities" means an installation containing
prime movers, electric generators, auxiliary equipment, fuel storage,
and microwave facilities, incorporated as part of the installation
for converting mechanical and chemical energy into electric energy.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(159); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Family" means one or more persons related or unrelated, living
together as a single integrated household in a dwelling unit.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(162); Ord. 1083 § 4, 2014; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Family day care home" means a home which regularly provides
care, protection and supervision of fourteen or fewer children in
the provider's own home for periods of less than twenty-four hours
per day while the parents or guardians are away per California Health
and Safety Code Section 1596.78 and includes the following:
1.
"Large
family day care home" means a home which provides family day care
to seven to fourteen children including children under the age of
ten who reside at home.
2.
"Small
family day care home" means a home which provides family day care
to eight or fewer children including children under the age of ten
who reside at home.
(Ord. 765 § 3, 1989; Ord. 1089 §§ 3, 6, 2014)
"Farm" means the noncommercial use of property for the purposes
of cultivating, raising and producing agricultural crops, including
orchards and field and gardening crops, and in which such crops may
be produced on a wholesale basis only, and shall specifically exclude
the raising of animals, poultry and/or fowl or any livestock whatsoever.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(165); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Fence" means a vertical structure that, when erected, may separate
and/or enclose a space open from the ground to the sky, and which
permits the passage of more than seventy-five percent light, air and
ventilation through its vertical surface.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(168); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Financial institutions" means establishments primarily engaged
in accepting monetary deposits from the general public, lending funds,
financial transactions, financial liquidations, making mortgage and
real-estate loans, and change in ownership of financial assets and/or
in facilitating financial transactions. These establishments must
be federally or state chartered.
(Ord. 934 § 4, 1999; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Fire chief" means the forester and fire warden of the county
of Los Angeles, or representative duly authorized to act in his or
her stead.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(171); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Gross floor area" means the total space in a building enclosed
by exterior walls.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(174); Ord. 765 § 4, 1989; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Net floor area" means the total space in a building enclosed
by exterior walls, excluding the exterior walls, stairwells, elevator
shafts, equipment rooms, utility rooms, common hallways, restrooms
and other similar areas as determined by the zoning administrator.
(Ord. 765 § 5, 1989; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Flower tower" means a structure that integrates a monopole
into a tapered light pole or similar utility pole, utilizing curved
support arms for the antennas.
(Ord. 892 § 3, 1997; Ord. 893 § 3, 1997; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Fortunetelling business" means and includes every person engaged in the activity of, or advertising by sign, circular, handbill, newspaper, periodical, magazine or other publication, or by any other means whatsoever, the telling of fortunes, forecasting of futures or furnishing any information not otherwise obtainable by the ordinary processes of knowledge, for or without pay, by means of any occult or psychic power, faculty or force, clairvoyance, clairaudience, cartomancy, psychology, psychometry, phrenology, spirits, mediumship, seership, prophecy, augury, astrology, palmistry, necromancy, mind-reading, telepathy or other craft, art, science, cards, talisman, charm, potion, magnetism, magnetized article or substance, gypsy cunning or foresight, crystal gazing, oriental mysteries or magic of any kind or nature, or engaging in, practicing or carrying on any art, profession or business, the advertisement and practice of which is regulated by Titles 17 and 18 of this code. However, excluded from the provisions of this section are:
A.
Entertaining
the public by demonstrations of mindreading, mental telepathy, thought
conveyance, or the giving of horoscopic readings, at public places
and in the presence of and within the hearing of other persons and
at which no questions are answered, as part of such entertainment,
except in a manner to permit all persons present at such public place
to hear such answers, when not conducted in connection with the business
of telling fortunes;
B.
Conducting
or participating in any religious ceremony or service, when such person
holds a certificate of ordination as a minister, missionary, medium,
healer or clairvoyant from any bona fide church or religious association
maintaining a church and holding regular services and having a creed
or set of religious principles that is recognized by all churches
of like faith; provided, further, that the fees, gratuities, emoluments
and profits thereof shall be regularly accounted for and paid solely
to or for the benefit of the church or religious association; provided,
further, that the person holding a certificate of ordination from
such bona fide church or religious association, as set forth in this
section, shall, before practicing the profession specified in this
title, file with the city clerk a certified copy of his or her certificate
of ordination with his or her name, age and street address in this
city where he or she intends to carry on the business. Such bona fide
church or religious association, as defined in this section, may,
however, pay to its ministers, missionaries, mediums or workers a
salary or compensation based upon a percentage basis, provided that
the agreement between the church and the minister, missionary, medium
or worker is embodied in a resolution and transcribed in the minutes
of such church or religious association;
C.
The
art of reading tea leaves in any bona fide, regularly established
restaurant, for the purpose of amusement to the patrons of the restaurant,
where no charge for such readings is made.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A) (176); Ord. 710 § 2, 1985; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Foster care home" means a single-family residential dwelling
appropriately licensed for the daytime care of not more than six children
at any one time, with or without compensation.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(177); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Frontage" means that portion of a lot or parcel of land which
abuts the right-of-way of an improved public street. (See Diagram
No. 6 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(180); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Fuel cell generator" means a public utility facility operating
a fuel cell that generates electricity by converting the chemical
energy in fuel directly into current electricity by means of an electro-chemical
process, and includes an inverter that converts direct current electricity
to alternating current electricity.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(183); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Fulfillment center" means a facility where goods or products
are stored on-site temporarily for distribution to consumers or end-users,
either directly or through a parcel hub. Fulfillment centers may include
automated systems, office space, and a pick and pack area to be used
by employees for sorting and packaging goods and products for delivery
from available, on-site inventory.
(Ord. 1149 § 3, 2021)
"Game arcade" means any number of coin-operated games of skill
or amusement where such constitutes the primary use of the premises,
or four or more coin-operated games of skill or amusement when accessory
to another use at the same place of business.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(184); Ord. 652 § 2, 1982; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Garage" means an entirely enclosed accessory building, either
attached to or detached from a main building, designed and to be solely
used for the shelter, parking and/or storage of automobiles.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(186); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Garage sale/yard sale" means any sale held for the purpose
of selling, trading or otherwise disposing of unwanted, used household
furnishings, personal goods or other tangible properties of the person
holding such sale and conducted on premises in a residential zone.
This includes moving sales, estate sales, rummage sales, community
yard sales, neighborhood yard sales and the like.
(Ord. 765 § 5, 1989; Ord. 1066 § 5, 2011; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Gas metering and control station" means a facility operated
by a public utility to measure, regulate and limit pressure in a natural
gas transmission or distribution pipeline system.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(189); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"General plan" means the Comprehensive General Plan of the City
of Pico Rivera, duly adopted and in full force and effect.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(192); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Grade" means the average of the finished ground level or elevation
of a lot or parcel of land.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(195); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Guest house" means a dwelling designed and constructed for
the use and occupancy by guests only, containing a dwelling unit without
kitchen facilities, and not rented or leased under any circumstances
whatsoever.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(198); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Hazardous waste" means any waste, or combination of wastes,
which because of its quantity, concentration, physical or chemical
characteristic may cause, or significantly contribute to an increase
in mortality or may pose a substantial risk or potential hazard to
human health or environment when improperly treated, stored, transported,
disposed of, or otherwise managed. Hazardous waste may be toxic, corrosive,
flammable or an irritant. Hazardous waste includes a wide range of
wastes from household wastes such as pesticides, paint and industrial
wastes such as cleaning solvents and plating shop waste. Hazardous
waste includes all materials defined as hazardous waste in Appendix
1D of the Los Angeles County hazardous waste management plan dated
September 1988.
(Ord. 785 § 2, 1990; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Headings" means the words, terms and phrases ascribed to this
title, and chapters, sections, and/or subsections, and the effect
of such headings shall not be deemed to limit, modify, govern or in
any manner effect the scope, meaning or intent of this title or any
chapter, section or subsection contained therein.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(201); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Health officer" means the health officer of the county of Los
Angeles, or representative duly authorized to act in his or her stead.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(204); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Highway" means the same as street.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(207); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Home occupation" means the use of a residential dwelling for
the purposes of maintaining a mailing address for business and business
license purposes only, which is clearly incidental to the residential
use and which does not change the character of or adversely affect
the permitted uses of the zone in which it is located.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(210); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Hospital" means an institution specializing in clinical, temporary
and emergency care services of a medical or surgical nature to human
patients and injured persons, licensed in accordance with the laws
of the state, providing facilities and services in surgery, obstetrics
and other general medical care practices, and may include diagnostic,
pharmaceutical and research facilities under the direct control of
the hospital administration.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(213); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Animal hospital" means the same as "hospital," except that
it shall be controlled and operated by a veterinarian licensed by
the state and shall apply to the treatment of animals only.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(216); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Hotel" means a commercial building or group of buildings designed,
constructed and used for the purpose of occupancy by transient persons,
containing six or more guestrooms or suites of rooms, or a combination
thereof, and which may contain other incidental commercial uses and
services as may be permitted in the zone in which it is located, but
excluding dwelling units.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A) (219); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Integrated household" means one or more persons living together
who function as a united group.
(Ord. 1083 § 4, 2014; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Household pets" mean domesticated dogs, cats, canaries, parrots,
and such other similar kindred birds and animals as may be kept as
household pets.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(222); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Kitchen" means any room or space within a building designed
and used for the purposes of cooking, storage and/or preparation of
food.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(225); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Landscaping" means a mixture of organic and inorganic plant
elements including any combination of trees, turf, artificial turf,
shrubs, vines, groundcover and seasonal color may be planted within
landscaped areas. In addition, landscape treatment may include walkways
and lighting. Hardscape consisting of planting borders, decorative
stones, fountains and similar decorative features shall also be permissible,
provided that these features are incorporated within the organic plant
elements.
(Ord. 830 § 2, 1993; Ord. 1089 §§ 4, 6, 2014)
"Livestock" means and includes all types, kinds and species
of domesticated animals, poultry and fowl whatsoever.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(228); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Live/work development" means an integrated housing unit and
work space designed to accommodate joint residential occupancy and
work/business activity. The "live" component must be a permitted dwelling
unit, and the "work" component conducted by a person or persons making
the dwelling unit their principle residence.
(Ord. 1089 § 5, 2014)
"Lot" means a parcel of real property shown, delineated and designated as a numbered lot on a parcel or tract map or record of survey recorded in the office of county recorder of Los Angeles County, containing not less than the minimum area and dimensions required by the zone in which it is located, and abutting at least one improved street or highway. The provisions of Section 18.08.100 of this title shall also apply. (See Diagram No. 5 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(231); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Lot area" means the total area within the lot lines of a lot,
excluding any street rights-of-way. (See Diagram No. 5 at the end
of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(234); Ord. 765 § 6, 1989; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Corner lot" means a lot located at and abutting the intersecting
rights-of-way of two or more streets. (See Diagram No. 4 at the end
of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(237); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Lot coverage" means the amount of land surface of a lot permitted
to be covered by all buildings, as regulated by the zone in which
such is located. (See Diagram No. 5 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(240); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Lot depth" means the horizontal distance measured between the
midpoints of the front and rear lot lines. (See Diagram No. 5 at the
end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(243); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Interior lot" means a lot other than a corner or reverse corner
lot. (See Diagram No. 4 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(246); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Key lot" means an interior lot where its side lot line is congruent
with the rear lot line of a reverse corner lot, whether or not it
is or may be separated therefrom by an alley. (See Diagram No. 4 at
the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(249); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Landlocked lot" means a lot having no frontage along a public
street or access from a private street. (See Diagram No. 4 at the
end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(252); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Front lot line" means, in the case of an interior lot, that
boundary of the lot congruent with the street or highway; and, in
the case of a corner or reverse corner lot, the shortest boundary
of such lot congruent with the street or highway. (See Diagram No.
5 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(255); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Rear lot line" means that boundary of a lot which is opposite
and most distant from the front lot line and may consist of one or
more lot lines. (See Diagram No. 5 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(258); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Side lot line" means any other lot lines of a lot which are
not a front or rear lot line. (See Diagram No. 5 at the end of this
chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(261); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Lot of record" means a lot as shown on maps in the office of
the county recorder of Los Angeles County which legally existed prior
to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this zoning code.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(264); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Reverse corner lot" means a corner lot where its rear lot line
is congruent with the side lot line of a key lot, whether or not it
is or may be separated therefrom by an alley. (See Diagram No. 4 at
the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(267); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Through lot" means any lot not having a rear lot line but which
has two front lot lines opposite each other. (See Diagram No. 4 at
the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(270); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Lot width" means the horizontal distance measured between the
midpoints of the side lot lines. (See Diagram No. 5 at the end of
this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(273); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Marquee" means a permanent cantilevered roof structure attached
to and solely supported by a building wall and which projects over
public rights-of-way.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(276); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Massage parlor" means an establishment or business which provides
the services of massage and body manipulation, including exercises,
heat and light treatments of the body, and all forms and methods of
physiotherapy, unless operated by a medical practitioner or professional
physical therapist licensed by the state.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(277); Ord. 610 § 1, 1979; Ord. 611 § 1, 1979; Ord.
1089 § 6, 2014)
"May" means permissive.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(279); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Medical laboratories" means establishments primarily engaged
in providing professional analytic or designated services to the patient
of a physician.
(Ord. 857 § 3, 1994; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Microcell" means a small wireless telecommunication sending
and receiving base station, typically involving one or two small antennas
less than one square foot in size attached to an existing utility
pole, traffic signal or light pole within the public right-of-way
that is typically connected to either a fiber optic cable located
along the public right-of-way, or a wire telephone line.
(Ord. 892 § 3, 1997; Ord. 893 § 3, 1997; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Mixed use development" means the combination of commercial
and residential uses in the same structure, where the residential
component and residential component is located either above, (vertical
mixed-use) or behind (horizontal mixed-use) the non-residential component.
(Ord. 1089 § 5, 2014)
"Mobilehome" means a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, designed
and equipped to contain one or more dwelling units to be used without
a permanent foundation, and which is in excess of either eight feet
in width or in excess of forty feet in length.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(282); Ord. 664 § 1, 1983; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Mobile home" means a structure, transportable in one or more
sections, which, when erected on a site, measures eight body feet
or more in width and thirty-two body feet or more in length, and which
is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling,
with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required
utilities, and includes the plumbing, air conditioning and electrical
systems contained therein.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(283); Ord. 664 § 2, 1983; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Foundational mobilehome" means:
A.
A mobilehome
which is installed on a permanent foundation and is manufactured and
certified as being in compliance with the National Mobile Home Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1974; or
B.
A mobile
home or modular housing unit or manufactured housing unit, or any
comparable housing unit not built on-site which is installed on a
permanent foundation system.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(284); Ord. 664 § 3, 1983; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Mobilehome park" means a lot or parcel of land designed and
used exclusively for the residential occupancy of mobilehomes.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(285); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Monopole" means a structure composed of a single spire used
to support antennas and related communication equipment.
(Ord. 892 § 3, 1997; Ord. 893 § 3, 1997; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"More-restrictive uses" means, as employed in this title, those uses of land first permitted in the lowest numerical order of the sequence of zones as set forth in Section 18.08.030 and Chapters 18.10 through 18.38 of this title. All other uses of land first permitted in the next subsequent numerical order of the sequence of zones shall be considered less restrictive; i.e., the uses of land first permitted in the C-C zone are most restrictive, and those uses of land first permitted in the C-G zone are least restrictive.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(288); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Motel" means a commercial building or group of buildings designed,
constructed and used for the purpose of occupancy by transient persons,
containing separate guestrooms, suites of rooms, guest houses, dwelling
units, or any combination thereof, where not more than twenty percent
of the total number of facilities provided are dwelling units, and
where the name and address of all guests, their vehicle make, year,
license number and state of registration are obtained and recorded
pursuant to the State Health and Safety Code, and where all utility
services are provided by a single master metering system only.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(291); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Motorhome" means a vehicle capable of movement under its own
power, designed and constructed exclusively as a motor vehicle, providing
facilities for human habitation and used for recreation and vacation
purposes only, but specifically excluding any use thereof for a dwelling
occupancy.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(294); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Nonconforming use" means a use of land, building, and/or a
condition that legally existed at the time the ordinance codified
in this zoning code was adopted, but which, because of this zoning
code application thereto, no longer conforms or complies with the
regulations of the zone classification in which such use, building
and/or condition exists, or is located or no longer conforms or complies
with any other provisions hereof applicable thereto.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(297); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Landscape plant material only nurseries" means those plant
nurseries which are primarily retail in character, but allowing associated
wholesale and growing operations which are clearly subordinate to
the primary use. In no case shall the wholesale or growing operations
encompass more than thirty percent of the gross lot area of nursery
use.
(Ord. 765 § 7, 1989; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Wholesale nurseries" means a use for the growing and raising of plants for wholesaling purposes only with no retail sales of plant materials allowed except as permitted by Chapter 18.61, Temporary Uses.
(Ord. 765 § 7, 1989; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Off-site hazardous waste facility" means operations involving
the handling, treatment, storage or disposal of a hazardous waste
in one or more of the following situations:
A.
The
hazardous waste is transported via commercial railroad, a public-owned
road or public waters, where adjacent land is not owned or leased
to, the producer of the waste;
B.
The
hazardous waste is at a site which is not owned by, or leased to,
the producer of the waste;
C.
The
hazardous waste is at a site which receives hazardous waste from more
than one producer.
(Ord. 785 § 3, 1990; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Off-sale alcoholic beverage establishments" means any establishment
which has obtained an alcoholic beverage control license type 20 (off-sale
beer and wine) or type 21 (off-sale general), selling alcoholic beverages
in an unopened container for consumption off the premises. Typical
off-sale uses include, but are not limited to, the following establishments:
food markets, supermarkets, drugstores, liquor stores and convenience
markets.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(298); Ord. 751 § 2, 1989; Ord. 752 § 2 1989; Ord.
1089 § 6, 2014)
"On-site hazardous waste facility" means operations involving
handling, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste on land
owned by, or leased to, a waste producer, and which receives hazardous
waste produced only by that producer. An operation that occurs after
waste is transported by commercial railroad, or on public waters or
on a public road is considered to be an on-site operation only if
the producer of the waste owns or leases at least ninety percent of
the linear site and the area where the hazardous wastes are generated
are on the same contiguous property.
(Ord. 785 § 4, 1990; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"On-sale alcoholic beverage establishments" means any establishment
wherein alcoholic beverages are sold, served or given away for consumption
on the premises including, but not limited to, any facility which
has obtained an alcoholic beverage control license type 40 (on-sale
beer eating place), type 41 (on-sale beer and wine eating place),
type 42 (on-sale general bar), type 51 (club), type 52 (veteran club)
and type 63 (beer and wine hospital). Typical on-sale uses include,
but are not limited to, the following establishments: beer bars, restaurants,
ballrooms, dance bars, piano bars, billiard and/or game parlors, night
clubs, or other private clubs, and veterans clubs.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(299); Ord. 751 § 2, 1989; Ord. 752 § 2, 1989; Ord.
1089 § 6, 2014)
"Outdoor living space" means any usable area designed and/or
to be used for outdoor living, recreation or landscaping which shall
be unobstructed and unoccupied from the ground upward to the sky except
for landscape materials. In addition, outdoor living space may include
an unenclosed balcony, roof deck, patio, swimming pool and open cabana
in single-family zones as long as one side of the structure remains
entirely open. Rear and side yard areas located within the space devoted
to outdoor living may be included within outdoor living space, except
where such side and/or rear yard is less than twice the required yard
width and except for single-family zones where the minimum dimensions
of rear and side yard widths necessary to be included in the outdoor
living space computation shall be ten feet regardless of special side
or rear yard setback requirements. Driveways, rubbish storage areas,
pedestrian accessways to buildings, and off-street parking spaces
shall not be considered as outdoor living space except for single-family
zones where driveways, and pedestrian accessways may be included in
the outdoor living space computation, provided that they are located
in the rear of the required front yard setback line. Rubbish storage
areas may not be included in the computation of outdoor living space.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(300); Ord. 765 § 8, 1989; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Packaging" means the packaging or repackaging of previously
manufactured end products into a final package or unit.
(Ord. 852 § 6, 1994; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Parcel hub" means a facility used for the processing, sorting,
and/or re-distribution of parcels or products from one mode of transport
to vehicles with rated capacities less than ten thousand pounds, for
delivery directly to consumers or end-users and includes, but is not
limited to, a last mile facility.
(Ord. 1149 § 3, 2021)
"Parcel of land" means the same as "Lot."
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(303); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Personal service shops and associated retail sales" means establishments
primarily engaged in the retail sale of specialized lines of merchandise,
not elsewhere classified.
(Ord. 852 § 7, 1994; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Places of public assembly" means a use of land, building and/or
portion of a building used for the gathering and/or assembly of fifty
or more persons for purposes such as, but not limited to, deliberation,
educational instruction, entertainment, amusement, awaiting transportation,
and on-premises consumption of foods and beverages (including alcoholic
beverages).
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(306); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Planned residential unit development" or the acronym "PUD," as may hereinafter be referred to in Titles 17 and 18 of this code, means the development and arrangement of single-family residential dwellings on property, subdivided interest in commonly owned property, and in which such dwellings are either detached and located on separate lots or clustered in a group of two or more attached dwellings each of which is located on separate but contiguous lots, and in which such dwellings are distinct, noncommunicating, and separated by either open space or by individual exterior walls or partition walls, and which comply with the provisions of Section 18.08.030 and Chapters 18.10 through 18.38 of this title.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(309); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Planning commission" means the planning commission of the city
of Pico Rivera.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(312); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Porte cochere" means an accessory roofed structure open on
two or more sides and attached to the side or wall of a dwelling through
which vehicles pass, and designed for the convenience of loading and
unloading of passengers and property from a vehicle, but shall not
be construed in any way as providing required off-street parking facilities
or outdoor living space.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(315); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Precise plan of design" means a discretionary application that is processed administratively by the zoning administrator per Chapter 18.48 of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code.
(Ord. 892 § 3, 1997; Ord. 893 § 3, 1997; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Professional offices" means offices maintained and used as
a place of business, conducted and operated by persons engaged in
the recognized professions, and others whose business activity consists
principally of rendering services rather than the dispensing of commodities.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(318); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Property line" means the boundary of a lot closed by lot lines.
(See Diagram No. 5 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(321); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Public utility service yard" means any building, lot, parcel
of land or premises used for offices and warehousing, storage, servicing
and maintenance of vehicles and equipment, testing and development
of materials and equipment, and including microwave and communications
facilities and associated equipment in the conduct of public utility
servicing and business.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(323); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Rabbits and small animals" means and includes hares, hamsters,
chinchillas, guinea pigs, domestic mice and rats, and any other types
of rodents and similar animal species whatsoever.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(326); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Ranch" means a noncommercial use of property for the purposes
of raising and producing livestock for personal use and enjoyment
thereof, but shall specifically exclude a farm.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A) (327); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Recycling area (areas for recycling)" means space allocated
for collecting and loading of recyclable materials. Such areas shall
have the ability to accommodate receptacles for recyclable materials.
Recycling areas shall be accessible and convenient for those who deposit
as well as those who collect and load any recyclable materials placed
therein.
(Ord. 912 § 5, 1998; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Recycling facility" means an activity which collects used "recyclable
materials" for the receipt, storage, separation, sorting, processing
and/or distribution purposes. No less than 95% of all materials collected
by a recycling facility shall be "recycled materials." A recycling
facility does not include storage containers or processing activity
located on the premises of a residential, commercial, manufacturing
or public facility use that is used solely for the recycling of material
generated by said residential, commercial, industrial or public facility.
(Ord. 912 § 5, 1998; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
A "certified recycling facility" means any activity certified
or registered by the California Department of Conservation and/or
Integrated Waste Management Board as meeting the requirements of the
California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of
1986. For this chapter, recycling facility shall mean a certified
or registered recycling facility.
(Ord. 912 § 5, 1998; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Recycling collection facility" means a facility established
to receive presorted redeemable beverage containers from residents
and consumers for redemption. Recyclable beverage containers are not
collected from vendors. These facilities are composed of reverse vending
machine(s), collection storage unit(s) or a mobile recycling unit.
A.
Reverse
Vending Machine(s). "Reverse vending machine(s)" are automated mechanical
devices which accept one or more empty beverage containers made of
glass, plastic, aluminum, bimetal, and other beverage containers meeting
the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act
of 1986; issuance of a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with
a value not less than the container's redemption value as determined
by the state is permitted. A reverse vending machine may sort and
crush containers mechanically; provided, that the entire process is
enclosed within the machine.
B.
Collection
Storage Unit(s). "Collection storage unit(s)" are storage containers
manufactured specifically for the purpose of receiving redeemable
beverage containers and redeemable paper without the use of power-driven
processing equipment. Collection storage units fitted with reverse
vending machines will be considered as collection storage unit facilities.
C.
A "mobile
recycling unit" is an automobile, truck, trailer, or van licensed
by the Department of Motor Vehicles which is used for the collection
of recyclable (redeemable) beverage containers. A "mobile recycling
unit" shall also mean metal bins, or containers transported by truck,
vans or trailer that are used for the collection of recycled materials.
(Ord. 912 § 5, 1998; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Recyclable materials" means the nature and class of materials,
including:
A.
Newspapers;
B.
Stationery,
scrap, index and ledger paper;
C.
Brown
paper;
D.
Computer
cards and paper;
E.
Corrugated
cardboard;
F.
Phone
books;
G.
Bottle
glass and plastic bottles;
H.
Scrap
metal, including, but not limited to, copper wire and pipe, tin cans,
aluminum cans, foil and window frames;
I.
Recyclable
motor vehicle oil;
J.
Nonbiodegradable
recyclable materials as deemed appropriate by the planning commission;
and
K.
Materials,
containers and other items determined to be recyclable by the Department
of Conservation or California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter
Reduction Act of 1986, and the city of Pico Rivera.
L.
Recyclable
materials shall not include hazardous and/or biodegradable materials,
including, but not limited to, food, beverages, drugs, cosmetics,
hazardous chemicals, poisons, medical and dental waste, syringes,
needles, pesticides, batteries and other similar materials.
(Ord. 912 § 5, 1998; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Recycling plant" otherwise known as a "processing plant," means
a totally enclosed building or structure within which the receipt,
storage, processing, and/or collection for redistribution or sale
of presorted paper, iron, metal, glass, plastic, newspaper, and other
nonbiodegradable recyclable materials deemed appropriate by the planning
commission, can occur for the purpose of reutilization of such materials.
Recyclable materials may not be directly purchased from consumers.
Purchases from drop-off collection program operators, curbside program
operators, community service program operators, vendors, recycling
centers and other similarly managed agencies are permitted. Hazardous
and biodegradable materials including, but not limited to, food, beverages,
drugs, cosmetics, hazardous chemicals, poisons, medical wastes, syringes,
needles, pesticides, and other similar materials shall not be brought
into or handled by a recycling plant. “Processing” means
the preparation of recycled material for efficient shipment by such
means as baling, briquetting, compacting, conversion, flattening,
grinding, crushing, separation, sorting, shredding, smelting, cleaning,
or any other similar activity.
(Ord. 912 § 5, 1998; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Recycling station" means a totally enclosed facility operation
designed and operated to receive, purchase, store and redistribute
presorted recyclable materials not intended for disposal. Purchases
from consumers, drop-off collection program operators, curbside program
operators, community service program operators, vendors, and other
similar entities are permitted. No processing is allowed; the outdoor
temporary storage of prepackaged or enclosed recycled materials is
permitted if screened from public view.
(Ord. 912 § 5, 1998; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Religious place of worship" means any facility operated for
the principal use of worship and organized religious services by a
religious organization including, but not limited to, churches, temples,
mosques or synagogues. Permitted ancillary uses include business offices,
multi-purpose rooms, classrooms for religious instruction and daycare
centers.
(Ord. 968 § 5, 2001; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Residence" means the same as "single-family dwelling."
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(330); Ord. 912 § 6, 1998; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Residential" means a group of dwellings clustered in an area
or areas of the city, or other areas in the city so designated therefor
as shown on the general plan, and as may be referred to from time
to time relative to housing for human habitation and occupancy.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(333); Ord. 912 § 6, 1998; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Residential zone" means any property within the city which
carries a zoning designation permitting the location of a residence,
including R-E single-family residential estate zone, S-F single-family
residential zone, PUD planned residential unit development zone, R-M
multiple-family residential variable density zone and those portions
of Specific Plan 301 which allow for residential housing.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Restaurant" means a bona fide public eating place, as specifically
defined in Section 23038 of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Act,
effective November 8, 1967.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(336); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Rest home" means the use of land for a convalescent home, guest
home, or any other facility operating similar to a boardinghouse for
the temporary housing of and caring for ambulatory, aged, infirm or
invalid persons, and in which nursing, dietary and incidental convalescent
and medical care is furnished to residents thereof, and where no housing
is furnished for persons suffering from contagious or communicable
diseases, and where no surgery, physical therapy, maternity or other
similar treatments are performed that are customarily provided in
a hospital.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(339); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Retail store" means a building in which a commercial business
is located and conducting the selling of goods, wares or other merchandise,
where fifty-one percent or more of the dollar volume gross receipts
are retail sales to the ultimate consumer.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(342); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Roof" means a supported structure designed and constructed
in such a manner so as to cover a space, preventing the vertical passage
through its surface of fifty percent or more light, air and ventilation.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(345); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Roof-mounted" means located above the eave line of a building.
(Ord. 892 § 3, 1997; Ord. 893 § 3, 1997; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Room" means all subdivided portions of the interior of a dwelling
unit, excluding bathrooms, kitchens, closets, hallways, entries and
service porches.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(348); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"School" shall mean any institution of learning for minors,
whether public or private, offering instruction in those courses of
study required by the California Education Code and/or which is maintained
pursuant to standards set by the Board of Education of the State of
California. This definition includes a nursery school, kindergarten,
elementary school, middle or junior high school, senior high school,
or any special institution of education under the jurisdiction of
the California Department of Education. For the purposes of this section,
"school" does not include a vocational or professional institution
of higher education, including a community or junior college, college,
or university.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Screening" means the effect of locating the object(s) to be
screened behind a building, wall, fence, landscaping, berm, and/or
other specially designed device so that view of the object(s) from
adjoining and nearby public rights-of-way and private properties is
precluded or minimized.
(Ord. 892 § 3, 1997; Ord. 893 § 3, 1997; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Self-storage facilities" means facilities offering enclosed
storage with individual access that are rented and/or leased for personal
effects and household goods, including mini-storage. A facility may
contain various sized, individual compartmentalized and controlled
access stalls or spaces. This use excludes workshops, warehousing,
hobby shops, manufacturing, or other commercial activity.
(Ord. 1018 § 6, 2006; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014; Ord. 1156 § 3, 2022)
"Senior citizen housing" means housing or dwelling units established
for exclusive occupancy by persons sixty-two years of age or older
and/or by physically handicapped persons of adult age, or by a spouse
of any such person. Resident manager(s) of adult age may also reside
therein.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(350); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Front yard setback" means an open yard area from the ground
to the sky, extending across the full width of a lot between the front
lot line and a line parallel with the distance thereto measured at
right angles to the front lot line, and equal to the required depth
as regulated by each applicable zone classification. (See Diagram
No. 6 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(351); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Rear yard setback" means an open yard area from the ground
to the sky, extending across the full width of a lot between the rear
lot line or lines and a line or lines parallel with and distant therefrom
measured at right angles to the rear lot line or lines a distance
equal to the required depth as regulated by each applicable zone classification.
(See Diagram No. 6 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(354); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Side yard setback" means an open yard area from the ground
to the sky extending across the full depth of a lot between the front
and rear yard setbacks and between the side lot line and a line parallel
with and distant therefrom measured at right angles to the side lot
line, and equal to the required width as regulated by each applicable
zone classification. (See Diagram No. 6 at the end of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(357); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Sexually-oriented merchandise" shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Sign" means a display board, screen, structure, object, or
portion thereof, used to announce, declare, demonstrate, display and/or
otherwise advertise and attract the attention of the public, constructed
of any material whatsoever, and maintained, erected, installed, painted
and/or placed on a building or structure or property for the principal
purpose of identification of property, business, services, the sale
of goods and wares or any other merchandise, fully intended to serve
as the principal means of advertisement and identification.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(360); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Sign area" means the combined total of each sign face consisting
of the surface space within a single contiguous rectangle containing
words, letters, figures, or symbols, together with any frame, material
or color forming an integral part of the display but excluding support
structures, face of building, and incidental parts not drawing attention
to the subject matter.
(Ord. 802 § 6, 1991; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Sign structure" means a structure which supports or is capable
of supporting any sign. A sign structure may be a single pole or may
or may not be an integral part of the building.
(Ord. 802 § 6, 1991; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Single-room occupancy unit," also known as an efficiency unit
and considered a type of transitional housing, means housing consisting
of single-room dwelling units typically with no more than four hundred
square feet of habitable space that is the primary residence of its
occupant or occupants. The unit must contain either food preparation
or sanitary facilities (and may contain both). An accessory structure
(i.e., garage) does not qualify as an SRO.
(Ord. 1083 § 4, 2014; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Specified anatomical areas" shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Specified sexual activities" shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.
(Ord. 988 § 3, 2002; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"State" means the state of California.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(363); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Stealth design" means the installation of structures or equipment
in such a manner as to architecturally blend into a building or other
structure so as not to be seen or recognized. As applied to wireless
telecommunication facilities, examples would include structures disguised
as church or clock towers, roof-mounted equipment located behind a
parapet wall that appears as a normal architectural appendage, or
building-mounted panels that are architecturally compatible with the
existing structure and painted to match the building. Visible roof-mounted
panel antennas or monopole type structures are not considered to be
of stealth design.
(Ord. 892 § 3, 1997; Ord. 893 § 3, 1997; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Story" means that portion of the entire interior space between
the exterior walls of a building and between the upper surface of
any floor and the surface of a ceiling and floor next above.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(366); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Public street" means a publicly owned or controlled way which
affords the principal means of vehicular access to abutting private
property.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(369); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Private street" means a privately owned or controlled way which
affords the principal means of vehicular access to abutting private
property.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(372); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Street right-of-way" means the legal boundary separating a
street from abutting private property. (See Diagram No. 6 at the end
of this chapter.)
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(375); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Structure" means anything constructed or built, any edifice
or building of any kind whatsoever, or any piece of work artificially
built or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner,
or anything else so constructed or built in the ground or erected,
which requires location on the ground, or is attached to something
located on the ground or in the ground.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(378); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Structural alteration" means any change in the supporting members
of a building or structure, such as, but not limited to, foundations,
bearing walls, nonbearing walls, partition walls, columns, beams,
floor, ceiling or roof joists, girders, rafters or trusses, or any
change or addition in the dimensions of a building or structure.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(381); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Superintendent of streets" means the director of public works.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(384); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Supportive housing" means housing with no limit on length of
stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked
to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing
resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status,
and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work
in the community.
(Ord. 1083 § 4, 2014; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Tenses" means that the present tense includes and means the
future tense, and the reciprocal thereof; that the singular tense
includes and means the plural, and the reciprocal thereof; that the
singular number includes and means the plural number, and the reciprocal
thereof; and, that the masculine gender includes and means the feminine
gender, and the reciprocal thereof.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(387); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Trade schools" means a business conducted for profit consisting
of a place for training and instruction in a specific field, skill,
trade or occupation including business colleges, vocational schools
and similar facilities.
(Ord. 765 § 9, 1989; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Trade schools, industrial oriented" means a business consisting
of a place for training and instruction in a specific field, skill,
trade or occupation for which employment would be conducted in an
industrial setting or would use equipment normally associated with
industrial businesses including, but not limited to, welding, machining,
material handling and processing, metal working and heavy equipment
repair.
(Ord. 973 § 4, 2001; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Trailer" means any wheeled vehicle incapable of movement under
its own power, designed to be drawn or towed by a motor vehicle for
the purpose of carrying or transporting property and/or chattels of
any kind whatsoever, but specifically excluding the use for human
habitation and/or the transporting thereof.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(390); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Transitional housing" and "transitional housing development"
means buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated
under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance
and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program
recipient at some predetermined future point in time, which shall
be no less than six months.
(Ord. 1083 § 4, 2014; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Unclassified use" means any use of land or building or both which is not specifically designated or contained in Section 18.08.030 and Chapters 18.10 through 18.38 as a use of land permitted in a zone classification, but which requires the issuance of a conditional use permit or precise plan of design pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.56 and Article I of Chapter 18.48, respectively, of this title.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(393); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Variance" means the procedure by which major and/or minor modifications of the property development regulations of a zone classification may be granted by the planning commission and/or city council pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.06 of this title.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(396); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Vehicle" means and includes automobile, truck, tank truck,
tractor, trailer, wagon, cart, and any and all other contrivances
used or capable of being used as a means of transportation of persons
or property that move or roll on one or more wheels.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A) (399); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Wall" means a vertical structure forming a physical barrier,
when erected, enclosing a space open from the ground to the sky, and
which prevents the passage of less than twenty-five percent air and
ventilation through its vertical surface.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(402); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Common wall" means a wall five feet or greater in length designed
and/or constructed in such a manner so as to form a physical barrier
separation between two or more spaces in a building or buildings.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(405); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Warehouse" means a building storage facility wherein the operation
thereof is limited to only the storage of stock and products for subsequent
distribution, and expressly excludes manufacturing or fabrication
of any type whatsoever and storage and/or parking of commercial transportation
vehicles limited to "private carrier" vehicles and storage of occupant
owned trailers. A warehouse does not include a fulfillment center
or parcel hub.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(408); Ord. 852 § 8, 1994; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014; Ord. 1149 § 2, 2021)
"Window sign" means a professionally painted, attached, glued
or otherwise affixed sign within fifteen feet of a window designed
to be viewed from adjoining streets or parking lot entrances, relating
to the business name, services rendered, sales and available products.
(Ord. 802 § 6, 1991; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Wholesale sales" means establishments or places of business
primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial,
commercial, institutional, farm, construction contractors or professional
business users; or to other wholesalers. Includes the on-site storage
of material and branch or sales offices (but not retail sales or stores).
(Ord. 852 § 9, 1994; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Wireless communications" means a broad range of telecommunication
services that enables people and devices to communicate regardless
of location, via radio frequency signals. Current wireless communication
technologies include cellular communications, personal communication
services (PCS) and enhanced specialized mobile radio (ESMR). These
technologies all utilize a system of interconnecting geographic areas
(cells), each containing an antenna. As used in this title, the term
does not include radio and television signals, noncommercial antennas
(such as amateur radio antennas), and noncommercial satellite dishes.
(Ord. 892 § 3, 1997; Ord. 893 § 3, 1997; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Wireless telecommunications facility" means an unmanned facility
which consists of equipment for the reception, switching and transmission
of radio frequency signals. Such facility may include elevated transmitting
and receiving antennae, base station equipment and interconnection
equipment. Facility types include roof-mounted, building-mounted or
freestanding structures. Such facilities form the infrastructure to
support wireless communications.
(Ord. 892 § 3, 1997; Ord. 893 § 3, 1997; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Yard" means any open space unoccupied or unobstructed, except
for natural landscaping materials, from the ground surface above to
the sky, and also except for occupied or obstructed projections as
may be permitted elsewhere in this title.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(411); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Zone" means the land use category or classification as set forth in Section 18.08.030 and Chapters 18.10 through 18.38 of this title.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(414); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Zone reclassification" means a change in the zone classification of property pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of Chapter 18.62 of this title.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(417); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Zoning administrator" means the zoning administrator of the
city of Pico Rivera, or representative duly authorized to act in his
or her stead.
(Prior code § 9203.02(A)(420); Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)
"Zoning consistency review," or ZCR, means the standard planning
review form for ministerial applications. They are used to determine
whether nondiscretionary construction or installation proposals are
in accordance with the Pico Rivera zoning ordinance.
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