Words used in the present tense include the future, except where
the natural construction of this title otherwise indicates; words
in the singular number include the plural and words in the plural
include the singular; the word "building" includes the word "structure"
and the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory. The word "Council"
when used herein shall mean the Council of the City of Santa Barbara
and "Planning Commission" shall mean the City Planning Commission
of the City of Santa Barbara.
(Ord. 2585, 1957; Ord. 3710, 1974)
A subordinate building or portion of the main building, the
use of which is incidental to that of the main building on the same
lot. Where an accessory building is attached to and made a part of
the main building, not less than eight feet in length of one of the
walls or roof of such accessory building, or not less than 100% of
any wall of such accessory building less than eight feet in length,
shall be an integral part of the main building and such accessory
building shall comply in all respects with the requirements of this
title applicable to a main building. An accessory building, unless
attached to and made a part of the main building, as above provided
for, shall be not closer than five feet to the main building.
A use customarily incidental and accessory to the principal
use of a lot or of a main building or structure located upon the same
lot as the accessory use.
An extension of or increase in the floor area of a building
or structure.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, joint venture,
corporation, or any other entity or combination of entities who represent
or act for or on behalf of an applicant in selling or offering to
sell any dwelling unit.
The tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture
and the harvesting, sorting, cleaning, packing and shipping of agricultural
products produced on the premises preparatory to sale or shipment
in their natural form including all activities or uses customarily
incidental thereto, but not including a slaughter house, fertilizer
works, commercial dairying, pasturage agriculture, commercial viticulture,
commercial animal and poultry husbandry, retail sales, the commercial
packing or processing of products not grown on the premises or operations
for the reduction of animal matter or any other use which is similarly
objectionable because of odor, smoke, dust, fumes, vibration or danger
to life or property.
A public or private way 25 feet or less in width that is
primarily used for vehicular access to the back or side of properties.
Alleys typically do not meet standard requirements for City streets,
which include curbs, gutters, sidewalks, or similar improvements.
Typically, alleys are separated from adjacent parcels by a lot line.
An alley may have an official name and may be shown on the official
street map of the City of Santa Barbara.
An exterior change or modification. For the purposes of this
title, an alteration shall include, but not be limited to, exterior
changes to or modification of a structure, including the architectural
details or visual characteristics such as paint color and surface
texture, grading, surface paving, new structures, a structural addition,
cutting or removal of trees and other natural features, disturbance
of archaeological or paleontological sites or areas, and the placement
or removal of any exterior objects such as signs, plaques, light fixtures,
street furniture, walls, fences, steps, plantings and landscape accessories
affecting the exterior visual qualities of the property.
Any system of wires, poles, rods, reflecting discs or similar
devices used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic
waves, including devices having active elements extending in any direction,
and directional beam-type arrays having elements carried by and arranged
from a generally horizontal boom. It may be mounted upon and rotatable
through a vertical mast interconnecting the boom and a support for
the antenna.
Any radio or microwave repeating structure, and associated
equipment and structures including microcells, used for transmitting
or receiving radio signals for cellular telephones and pagers.
The vertical distance from the ground to the point to be
measured through the axis of the antenna, antenna support, or antenna
tower.
Any antenna, and associated equipment and structures, used
for transmission of commercial television and broadcast radio.
Any devices for supporting an antenna which is other than
a tower.
Any substantial wood or metal structure used to support one
or more antennas and which is affixed to the ground or an existing
structure. A tower may be self-supporting or supported by an existing
structure or by guy wires.
Any antenna, and associated equipment and structures, used
principally for communications related to government provided emergency
services, including, but not limited to, police, fire, and paramedic
services.
The extent of surface conditions on completion of grading.
The organization of persons who own a lot, parcel, area,
condominium or right of exclusive occupancy in a project.
An electronic device from which a person is able to withdraw
cash, make a deposit, or undertake other financial transactions.
A retail business establishment primarily supplying gasoline,
other types of fuel, oil, minor accessories and services for motor
vehicles, excluding painting, body work and steam cleaning.
A retail business establishment supplying gasoline, other
types of fuel, oil and services for motor vehicles which also sells
other products, merchandise or services that are not directly related
to the operation of motor vehicles where such sale is by means other
than vending machines.
A cantilevered platform that projects from the wall of a
building above the ground and is surrounded by a railing, balustrade,
or parapet.
That portion of a building between floor and ceiling which
is partly below and partly above grade (as defined in this chapter),
but so located that the vertical distance from grade to the floor
below is less than the vertical distance from grade to ceiling. A
basement shall be counted as a story.
The definitions of "Bed and Breakfast Inn" and "Hotel" are
synonymous. See "Hotel."
Any habitable room in a dwelling other than a bathroom, a
kitchen or a living room (except in studios, where a living room is
considered a habitable room).
A structure that contains facilities to assist in human births,
but is not licensed as a hospital.
A building, group of buildings or a portion of a building
which is designed for or occupied as sleeping quarters for five or
more paying guests and where meal service is included in the price
of the lodging. A boarding house is not considered a single residential
unit.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls
for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels
or property of any kind.
The maximum vertical height of a building or structure at
all points measured from natural or finished grade, whichever is lower.
Architectural elements that do not add floor area to a building, such
as chimneys, vents, antennae, and towers, are not considered a part
of the height of a building, but all portions of the roof are included.
A building in which the principal use of the lot is conducted.
Three or more detached single or duplex dwellings located
upon a single lot under one ownership, together with all open spaces
as required by this title.
Any business whose activity involves washing, steam cleaning,
or detailing motor vehicles.
A building with a solid weatherproof roof that is permanently
open on at least two sides and is designed to shelter one or more
vehicles. A carport may be freestanding or attached to another structure.
A trellis or other similar structure is not considered a carport.
That portion of a building between floor and ceiling which
is wholly or partly below grade (as defined in this chapter) and so
located that the vertical distance from grade to the floor below is
equal to or greater than the vertical distance from grade to ceiling.
A cellar shall not be counted as a story if the vertical distance
from grade to ceiling is four feet or less on all sides.
Any State-licensed child care facility other than a family
day care home in which less than 24-hour per day non-medical care
and supervision is provided in a group setting for children under
18 years of age.
Any organization, group or association supported by the members
thereof, the purpose of which is to render a service customarily rendered
for members and their guests, but shall not include any organization,
group or association, the chief activity of which is to render a service
customarily carried on as a business.
Managed on a business basis for profit derived from the promise
or delivery of compensation, money, rent, or other bargained-for consideration
in exchange for: (1) goods; (2) services; (3) rights or interests
in property; or (4) any other valuable consideration.
Common area is an entire project excepting all units therein
granted or reserved.
As defined in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions
Code.
A State-licensed facility, place or building which is maintained
and operated to provide non-medical 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, as further defined in Chapter 3 of Division 2
of the California Health and Safety Code; but not including a group
home.
The act of increasing the density of a fill by mechanical
means.
As defined in Sections 783 and 1350 of the Civil Code.
The development of land and attached structures as a condominium
or community apartment project, regardless of the present or prior
use of such land and structures, and regardless of whether substantial
improvements have been made to such structures.
A plan by a developer to sell residential condominium or
community apartment units in a building through conversion to condominium
or community apartment status.
The elements of a condominium which are not owned in common
with the owners of other condominiums in the project.
A room or rooms which contain suitable space for group dining
to feed all the residents of the facility in one or two sittings,
accessible to and for the primary use of the residents of a State
licensed residential facility for the elderly or similar residential
facility. Such a facility shall provide full meal service for the
residents which shall include at least two meals per day for seven
days per week.
An area open to the sky that is enclosed on at least three
sides by walls, sometimes referred to as a courtyard.
An outdoor platform wholly or partially supported from the
ground below, which may be surrounded by a railing, balustrade, or
parapet. A deck can be freestanding or attached to a building.
A deck constructed above any top plate of a structure and
which is designed to function as useable outdoor area.
The shortest distance measured from the exterior wall or
supporting post(s) of a building to the nearest exterior wall or supporting
post(s) of another building.
Drive-through facility means a motor vehicle drive-through
facility which is a commercial building or structure or portion thereof
which is designed or used to provide goods or services to the occupants
of motor vehicles. It includes, but is not limited to, banks and other
financial institutions, fast food establishments, and film deposit/pick-up
establishments, but shall not include drive-in movies, gasoline stations,
or car-wash operations.
A minor private way that provides vehicular access from a
street or alley to an on-site parking facility. Driveways may provide
vehicular access for up to four lots or to multiple buildings on the
same lot. Driveways are usually differentiated from private streets
by shorter lengths, narrower widths, and the lack of curbs, gutters,
sidewalks, street lights, and similar improvements. Driveways are
usually differentiated from alleys in that they are located on the
lots to which they provide vehicular access, while alleys are normally
separated from adjacent real property by a lot line. Except as otherwise
specified in this title, setbacks do not apply to driveways.
As used in this title, the terms dwelling unit and residential
unit are synonymous.
Any rock, natural soil or fill or any combination thereof.
An institution of learning giving general academic instruction
equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education;
or, a non-profit institution or center of advanced study and research
in the field of learning equivalent to or higher than the level of
standards prescribed by the State Board of Education. An educational
institution may include administrative offices, classrooms, technical
and other support services directly related to the operations of the
institution.
Housing for homeless persons with minimal supportive services
that is limited to a length of occupancy of not more than six months.
Minimal supportive services shall mean administrative offices, intake
and waiting areas, kitchen and dining facilities, and laundry facilities
as long as the facilities are directly related to the operation of
the emergency shelter or for the exclusive use of the residents of
the emergency shelter. Homeless shelters providing more than minimal
supportive services or supportive services to persons other than the
residents of the shelter shall require a conditional use permit pursuant
to Section 28.94.030.W of this title.
The wearing away of the ground surface as a result of the
movement of wind, water or ice.
The mechanical removal of earth material.
The grade prior to grading.
A single residential unit or a person or group of persons
living together as a domestic unit in a single residential unit.
A State-licensed home which regularly provides care, protection,
and supervision of children under 18 years of age in the provider's
own home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, while the parents
or guardians are away, as further defined and permitted pursuant to
the California Health and Safety Code and other applicable State Regulations.
The term "Family Day Care Home" includes the terms "Large Family Day
Care Home" and "Small Family Day Care Home" as such terms are defined
in Sections 1597.465 and 1597.44 of the California Health and Safety
Code.
Any establishment whose principal business is the sale of
foods, frozen desserts or beverages to the customer in a ready-to-consume
state for consumption either within the restaurant building or for
carry-out with consumption off the premises, and whose design or principal
method of operation includes foods, frozen desserts, or beverages
that are usually served in edible containers or in paper, plastic,
or other disposable containers.
A deposit of earth material placed by artificial means.
The final grade of the site that conforms to the approved
plan.
The net floor area of a building shall be calculated in accordance
with the following general rule and any applicable special rules:
General Rule.
Net floor area shall be defined as the area in square feet
of all floors confined within the exterior walls of a building, but
not including the area of the following: exterior walls, vent shafts,
courts, and any areas with a ceiling height of less than five feet
above the finished floor.
Special Rules.
a.
b.
The area occupied by stairs or an elevator shaft within the
exterior walls of a building shall be counted only on one floor of
the building.
Freestanding accessory buildings that do not require a building
permit for construction or installation are excluded from the net
floor area calculation.
That dimension along one side of a street between two intersecting
streets, or between an intersecting street and the end of a street
where such frontage is not between two intersecting streets.
A building or portion of a building in which motor vehicles
used by the occupants or tenants of the main building or buildings
on the premises are stored or kept.
A multiple-family residence development of four or more dwelling
units of high quality designed to provide greater amenities than are
normally provided in R-3 apartment developments, the plans and specifications,
site development plans, landscaping plans and general appearance of
which meet the approval of the Board of Land Use Controls.
A freestanding, open-sided, roofed structure.
The comprehensive General Plan of the City of Santa Barbara
together with all Specific Plans adopted by the City Council.
The lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of
the ground, paving or sidewalk within the area between the building
and the property line or, when the property line is more than five
feet from the building, between the building and a line five feet
from the building. In case walls are parallel to and within five feet
of a public sidewalk, alley or public way, the grade shall be the
elevation of the sidewalk, alley or public way. The term exterior
wall shall include columns or other supporting members, whether freestanding
or connected to a wall.
Any excavating or filling or combination thereof.
The residence of a group of persons with mental or other
handicaps, or otherwise disabled, which is organized as a single,
relatively stable, bonafide housekeeping unit. Residents of a group
home are a household for purposes of this code, and a group home is
one residential unit.
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The term "group home" does not include any center for the medical
treatment of non-handicapped persons, halfway house, club, fraternity
or sorority house, boarding house, dormitory, or the commercial use
of property as a bed and breakfast, hostel, hotel, inn, lodging, motel,
resort, timeshare project or other temporary lodging where the term
of occupancy, possession, or tenancy is fewer than 30 days.
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Any habitable room, except a kitchen, designed or used for
occupancy by one or more persons and not in a dwelling unit.
A waste, or combination of wastes, which because of the quantity, concentration or physical and chemical characteristics may either: (1) cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or (2) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed or otherwise managed. Hazardous waste also includes those materials described in Title 22, Division 4.5, Chapter 11, California Code of Regulations (CCR).
An "off-site hazardous waste management facility" means a
facility that accepts hazardous wastes from more than one generator,
and may also be referred to as a commercial or specified hazardous
waste facility. An off-site hazardous waste management facility shall
include the following:
Hazardous Waste Transfer Station.
A facility where hazardous waste from more than one source
is collected and consolidated for shipment to a treatment, recycling
and/or disposal facility or facilities. Transfer stations which handle
only latex paint, used oil, antifreeze, spent lead acid batteries
and/or small household batteries in accordance with provisions of
California Health and Safety Code Section 25201(c) and meet all conditions
for exemption outlined in California Health and Safety Code Section
25201(c), and are known as a household hazardous waste collection
facility, are specifically excluded from this definition.
Hazardous Waste Storage Facility.
A hazardous waste facility at which hazardous waste is contained
for a period greater than 96 hours at an off-site facility with specified
exceptions provided in the California Health and Safety Code, Section
25123.3. On-site facilities which store hazardous wastes for periods
of greater than 90 days shall be considered to be an off-site hazardous
waste storage facility.
Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility.
A facility where the toxicity, chemical form and/or volume
of a hazardous waste is altered to render the waste less toxic, less
chemically active, or of a reduced volume.
Hazardous Waste Recycling Facility.
A facility engaged in the process of reclaiming, using or
reusing hazardous wastes.
Hazardous Waste Residuals Repository.
A disposal facility for the long-term storage of the byproducts
of treated hazardous waste for which there is no further means of
practical treatment to render them less toxic or less chemically reactive.
A facility that stores, treats, recycles and/or disposes
of hazardous waste generated only within the facility's boundaries.
A plan prepared, adopted and amended from time to time, pursuant
to Section 25135 of the California Health and Safety Code by Santa
Barbara County to direct the management of hazardous wastes within
the boundaries of the County. It is also known as the Hazardous Waste
Element of the Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan.
Any use customarily conducted entirely within the dwelling
and carried on by the inhabitants thereof, which use is clearly incidental
and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, and
does not change the character thereof or adversely affect the use
or uses permitted in the zone in which the dwelling is located, and
in connection with which there shall be no exterior display, no display
windows, no stock in trade or commodity stored or sold upon the premises,
no persons employed, and no mechanical, electrical or other specialized
equipment used except such as is necessary for ordinary housekeeping
purposes. Clinics, hospitals, barber shops, beauty parlors, tea rooms,
tourist courts, rest homes, insurance and real estate offices, dancing
schools, retail stores, commercial manufacturing, animal hospitals,
kennels, among others, and any business which requires a City permit
or license, except licenses issued for revenue purposes only, shall
not be deemed home occupations.
A State-licensed facility which provides 24-hour nursing
and supportive care and other services in a home-like setting to persons
who have a medical diagnosis of terminal illness.
A building, group of buildings or a portion of a building
which is designed for or occupied as the temporary abiding place of
individuals for less than 30 consecutive days, including, but not
limited to, establishments held out to the public as auto courts,
bed and breakfast inns, hostels, inns, motels, motor lodges, time
share projects, tourist courts, and other similar uses.
A person, or a group of persons living together as a single,
relatively permanent, bona fide housekeeping unit in a residential
unit. Any reference in this code to "family" means "household." The
term "household" does not include any center for the medical treatment
of non-handicapped persons, halfway house, club, fraternity or sorority
house, boarding house, dormitory, or the commercial use of property
as a bed and breakfast, hostel, hotel, inn, lodging, motel, resort,
timeshare project or other temporary lodging where the term of occupancy,
possession, or tenancy is fewer than 30 consecutive calendar days.
A facility run by, or under contract to, a public agency
which only accepts certain types of hazardous materials and then only
for transport to an authorized recycling facility or to a permitted
hazardous waste collection facility. The types of wastes that can
be accepted are latex paint, used oil, antifreeze, spent lead-acid
batteries and small household batteries in accordance with all provisions
of California Health and Safety Code Section 25201(c). The materials
cannot be stored for more than 180 days. Such facilities shall be
accessible to individuals, households or small businesses.
The term junk yard includes automobile wrecking yards and
includes any area of more than 200 square feet for the storage, keeping
or abandonment of junk including scrap metals or other scrap materials,
or for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of automobiles or
other vehicles, or machinery or parts thereof.
Any room used or intended or designed to be used for cooking
and/or preparation of food.
A parcel of land shown with a separate and distinct number
on a plot or map recorded or filed with the Recorder of the County
or a parcel of land held under separate ownership on the effective
date of this title.
A lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets
having an angle of intersection of not more than 135 degrees.
A lot other than a corner lot.
The line or lines dividing a lot from a public or private
street. The line or lines that divide a lot from an alley or a driveway
shall not be considered front lot lines. On lots that abut multiple
streets, all lines that divide the lot from a street shall be considered
front lot lines.
Any lot lines other than front lot lines.
A lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel
streets.
Mezzanine or mezzanine floor is an intermediate floor placed
in any story or room. When the total area of any such mezzanine floor
exceeds 33-1/3% of the total floor area in that room, it shall be
considered as constituting an additional story. The clear height above
or below a mezzanine floor construction shall be not less than seven
feet.
A small cellular transceiver facility installed at or below
ground level and comprised of a utility cabinet, one or more small
antennas mounted on a steel pipe, an existing public utility pole
or existing structure, and transmitters with an effective radiated
power not exceeding five watts per channel and not to exceed a total
of 200 watts per facility.
A development in which both nonresidential and residential
uses are permitted on the same lot.
A structure designed for human habitation and for being moved
on a street or highway under permit pursuant to Section 35790 of the
California Vehicle Code. Mobilehome includes a manufactured home,
as defined in Section 18007 of the California Health and Safety Code,
and a mobilehome as defined in Section 18008 of the California Health
and Safety Code, but does not include a recreational vehicle as defined
in this chapter and Section 18010 of the California Health and Safety
Code, or a commercial coach as defined in Section 18001.8 of the California
Health and Safety Code.
An area of land where two or more mobilehome spaces are rented,
or held out for rent, to accommodate mobilehomes for more than 30
days.
That portion of a mobilehome park set aside and designated
for the occupancy of one mobilehome, including any contiguous area
designed or used for automobile parking, carport, storage, awning,
cabana or other use which is clearly incidental and accessory to the
primary use of the space.
A self-contained cooking and food preparation area shall be permitted when located in a state-licensed residential care facility for the elderly, community care facility, or hospice after a performance standard permit or conditional use permit is obtained pursuant to either Chapter 28.93 or Chapter 28.94 of this code. The modular cooking unit shall contain no more than a two-burner stove, oven or microwave oven, single compartment sink, refrigerator, utensil drawer(s), and cabinet(s) in one detachable module. The modular cooking unit shall not be larger than 18 square feet. Dishwashers and garbage disposals shall not be allowed. The modular cooking unit shall not be located in a room separated from other living areas, but could be located in a small recessed opening off other living areas.
The definitions of "Motel" and "Hotel" are synonymous. See
"Hotel."
A building, or portion thereof, configured and/or occupied
as three or more residential units and including apartment houses,
and may include one or more accessory dwelling units, but not including
hotels.
A building, structure or portion thereof which does not conform
to the regulations of this title and which lawfully existed at the
time the regulations with which it does not conform became effective.
A use of a building or land which does not conform to the
regulations of this title and which lawfully existed at the time the
regulations with which it does not conform became effective.
A person who has resided in a residential hotel for a period
of more than 30 days as of the time a development application is submitted
for that residential hotel.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
corporation, trust or any other legal entity having sufficient proprietary
interest in the land sought to be converted to commence, maintain,
and complete proceedings to convert the same under this title.
A general term including all plots of land shown with separate
identification on the latest equalized county assessment roll. Parcels
may or may not be separate lots, depending upon whether or not such
parcels are created as required by the Subdivision Ordinance.
A hardscaped (e.g., concrete, tile, brick, stone, etc.) space,
constructed on the ground, usually adjoining a building and intended
for indoor-outdoor living and recreation. A patio may be surrounded
by walls or roofed, but not both.
One or more contiguous parcels of land in a single ownership
or planning control which shall be planned and developed as a single
unit, under provisions of this title, in a manner which shall be in
harmony with the basic characteristics of the land use zone district
in which it is located.
A raised platform, usually roofed and sometimes partly enclosed
with low walls, that extends along an outside wall of a building,
usually at an entrance to a dwelling. A porch may also be referred
to as a veranda.
A facility open to the public and owned or operated by a
governmental entity.
The general classification for public water, gas, sewer,
electrical, cable television and telephone lines and facilities; does
not include natural or improved drainage facilities.
The Public Works Director or any of his or her deputies or
assistants.
A facility that is open to the public and has a public purpose
but is not owned or operated by a governmental entity. A community
center, a public museum, and an art gallery are examples of a quasi-public
facility.
Recreational Vehicle.
A motor home, slide-in camper, travel trailer, truck camper,
or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human
habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy.
Camping Trailer.
A vehicular portable unit mounted on wheels and constructed
with collapsible partial sidewalls which fold for towing by another
vehicle and unfold at the campsite and designed for human habitation
for recreational or emergency occupancy.
Motor Home.
A vehicular unit built on or permanently attached to a self-propelled
motor vehicle chassis, chassis cab or van, which becomes an integral
part of the completed vehicle, designed for human habitation for recreational
or emergency occupancy.
Slide-In Camper.
A portable unit, consisting of a roof, floor and sides, designed
to be loaded onto and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck, and
designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy
and shall include a truck camper.
Travel Trailer.
A portable unit, mounted on wheels, of such a size and weight
as not to require special highway movement permits when drawn by a
motor vehicle and for human habitation for recreational or emergency
occupancy.
Recreational vehicle park includes a permanent recreational
vehicle park and overnight recreational vehicle park as defined in
this chapter.
Any area of land where two or more recreational vehicle spaces
are rented, or held out for rent, to owners or users of recreational
vehicles used for travel or recreational purposes for less than 30
days.
An area of land where two or more recreational vehicle spaces
are rented, or held out for rent, to accommodate recreational vehicles
for residential purposes for 30 or more days.
That portion of a recreational vehicle park set aside and
designated for the occupancy of one recreational vehicle, including
any contiguous area designed or used for automobile parking, carport,
storage, awning, cabana or other use which is clearly incidental and
accessory to the primary use of the space.
A housing arrangement where the residents are at least 60
years of age and where varying levels of care, supervision, or health-related
services are provided to the residents based on their varying needs.
Persons under 60 years of age with compatible needs may be allowed
to be admitted or retained in such a facility, not to exceed 25% of
the residents, as further defined in Chapter 3.2 of Division 2 of
the California Health and Safety Code.
A hotel or boarding house or similar residential facility
where, on the date of the adoption of this chapter, the average duration
of stay for the residents thereof exceeds 30 days.
A building or portion thereof designed or occupied for residential
purposes, containing not more than one kitchen per residential unit,
but not including hotels or boarding houses.
A residential unit may be declared by the Community Development
Director when a building or portion thereof is configured or occupied
for residential purposes, whether permanent or temporary, and contains
elements evidencing separate residential occupancy. Elements to be
considered may include, but are not limited to, the proximal arrangement
and various combinations of:
Sink or bar sink;
Garbage disposal;
Dishwasher;
Toilet;
Bathing facility;
Interior locking doors;
Exterior entrance;
Exterior staircase;
Separate yard, patio, deck or balcony;
Separate phone line, cable line, or utility line;
Separate garage or parking area (covered or uncovered) or carport;
Countertops or cupboards;
Sleeping loft; or
Separate address/mail box designation.
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Issuance of a building permit or other approvals does not, of
itself, establish that a building or portion thereof is not a residential
unit.
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Notwithstanding this section, a building or portion thereof
configured or occupied for residential purposes, whether permanent
or temporary, containing a modular cooking unit shall not be deemed
a residential unit providing:
The stage at which the grade approximately conforms to the
approved plan.
An institution of learning which offers instruction in the
several branches of learning and study required to be taught in the
public schools by the Education Code of the State of California. High
schools include junior and senior, parochial and private.
Any establishment for laundering where there is no pick-up
or delivery service and no steam or hand laundry of any type; provided,
however, that all washing machines and accessory extractors and dryers
shall be installed on a single floor and there shall be no intermingling
of customers' laundry.
Service station includes both automobile service stations
and automobile service station/mini-markets.
An area between the front lot line and a line parallel to
the front lot line bounded by the interior lot lines of the lot that
are roughly perpendicular to the front lot line, the depth of such
area being the distance required by this zoning ordinance. The front
setback is to be provided and maintained as an open space on a lot
or parcel of land, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward,
except as otherwise provided in this title.
An area between an interior lot line and a line parallel
to the interior lot line bounded by the two lot lines adjacent to
the interior lot line from which the setback is measured, the depth
of such area being the distance required by this zoning title. The
interior setback is to be provided and maintained as an open space
on a lot or parcel of land, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground
upward, except as otherwise provided in this title.
A residential building configured as not more than one primary
residential unit, and up to one accessory dwelling unit or one junior
accessory dwelling unit located on a single lot.
A State-licensed health facility or a distinct part of a
hospital which provides continuous skilled nursing care and supportive
care to patients whose primary need is for the availability of skilled
nursing care on an extended basis. It provides 24-hour inpatient care
and, as a minimum, includes physician, nursing, dietary, pharmaceutical
services and an activity program. Intermediate care programs which
provide skilled nursing and supportive care for patients on a less
than continuous basis shall be considered skilled nursing facilities
for the purposes of this chapter. "Skilled Nursing Facility" and "Intermediate
Care Facilities" are further defined in Chapter 2, Division 2 of the
California Health and Safety Code.
As defined in Section 11003.2 of the Business and Professions
Code.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there
be no floor above it then the space between such floor and the ceiling
next above it. The number of stories in a building shall be construed
to be the maximum number of stories through which any one of an unlimited
number of possible vertical lines can pass, without passing through
a wall, excluding certain mezzanines as provided in the definition
for "Mezzanine."
A public or private way constructed for the primary purpose
of vehicular travel. An alley or a driveway is not a street. The term
"street" describes the entire legal right-of-way or easement (public
or private), including, but not limited to, the traffic lanes, bike
lanes, curbs, gutters, sidewalk whether paved or unpaved, parkways,
and any other grounds found within the legal street right-of-way.
The name given to the right-of-way (avenue, court, road, etc.) is
not determinative of whether the right-of-way is a street.
The length of the front lot line along an adjacent street.
For the purpose of computing the street frontage of an irregularly
shaped lot which is narrower at the front than at the rear, said measurement
shall be along a straight line approximately parallel to the street
and at a distance from the front property line equal to the front
setback.
A street that is privately owned. Private streets do not
appear on the official dedicated street map of the City of Santa Barbara.
Private streets generally provide access to multiple lots or units
and are usually named, unlike driveways. Private streets may be constructed
to public street standards. Private streets are generally differentiated
from driveways by larger widths, longer lengths, and may include public
or private utilities. A private street may also be referred to as
private road, lane, or drive.
Any street shown on the official dedicated street map of
the City of Santa Barbara, as such map may be amended from time to
time.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, floor joists or roof
joists.
Anything constructed or erected and the use of which requires
more or less permanent location on the ground or attachment to something
having a permanent location on the ground.
A "time-share project" is one in which a purchaser receives
the right in perpetuity, for life, or for a term of years, to the
recurrent, exclusive use or occupancy of a lot, parcel, unit, or segment
of real property, annually or on some other periodic basis, for a
period of time that has been or will be allotted from the use or occupancy
periods into which the project has been divided.
A "time-share estate" is a right of occupancy in a time-share
project which is coupled with an estate in the real property.
A "time-share use" is a license or contractual or membership
right of use in a time-share project which is not coupled with an
estate in the real property.
The definitions of "Tourist Court" and "Hotel" are synonymous.
See "Hotel."
A structure or frame supporting open latticework, sometimes
referred to as a pergola or arbor. A trellis is not considered an
accessory building.
A building configured and/or occupied as not more than two
residential units.
Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon.
A yard is an open space, on a lot or parcel of land, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided
in this title.
It is the intent of this title to require yard area in all residential
zones, which shall be adequate to provide light and air, separation
of buildings, privacy of occupancy, reduction of fire hazards, control
of building density, enjoyment of occupants, and preservation of residential
amenities.
For the purpose of this title, open parking of automotive vehicles,
trailers and boats shall be considered as an obstruction.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot between
the front lot line and the nearest wall of any main building on the
lot. This yard shall be measured by extending perpendicular lines
from each point of the front lot line to the nearest wall of any main
building on the lot. Where there is no wall of any main building on
the lot which intercepts said perpendicular lines, said yard will
terminate at a point determined by extending a line parallel to the
front lot line from the corner of the front elevation of the main
building to the nearest lot line. The front elevation of a building
is any elevation that faces a street. If the corner of the front elevation
is rounded (i.e., a tower), the corner of the elevation shall be established
by drawing the smallest square or rectangle that will enclose the
round element and extend the line from the corner of the superimposed
square or rectangle that is closest to the front lot line.
A required yard, the purpose of which is to provide usable
outdoor living space and/or visual open space.
A front yard, on a lot with multiple front yards, designated
by the property owner and approved by the Community Development Director
or the Director's designee as the primary front yard. All other front
yards on the lot shall be secondary front yards.
The area of the front yard outside the required front setback.
Any front yard on a lot with multiple front yards that is
not designated as the primary front yard.
(Ord. 2585, 1957; Ord. 2763, 1963; Ord. 2892, 1962; Ord. 2938, 1963; Ord. 3117, 1966; Ord. 3444, 1970; Ord. 3540, 1972; Ord. 3587, 1973; Ord. 3648, 1974; Ord. 3710, 1974; Ord. 3806, 1975; Ord. 3950 §2, 1978; Ord. 4000 §1, 1979; Ord. 4001, 1979; Ord. 4033 §1, 1980; Ord. 4063, 1980; Ord. 4113, 1981; Ord. 4147, 1982; Ord. 4152, 1982; Ord. 4181, 1982; Ord. 4199, 1983; Ord. 4225, 1983; Ord. 4269, 1984; Ord. 4413, 1986; Ord. 4641, 1990; Ord. 4825, 1993; Ord. 4858, 1994; Ord. 4878, 1994; Ord. 4891, 1994; Ord. 4924, 1995; Ord. 4946, 1996; Ord. 4984, 1996; Ord. 5072, 1998; Ord. 5380, 2005; Ord. 5416, 2007; Ord. 5459, 2008; Ord. 5662, 2014; Ord. 5975, 2020; Ord. 6026 §1, 2021; Ord. 6048 §2,
2021; Ord. 6058 §2, 2022)
