For the purpose of this article certain words and terms used
herein are defined in the following sections. Words used in the present
tense include the future, words in the singular number include the
plural, and words in the plural number include the singular unless
the natural construction of the wording indicates otherwise. The word
"shall" is mandatory; and the word "may," permissive.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
For the purpose of this title the Uniform Building Code, as
amended periodically, and subject to any amendments, additions, and
deletions set forth in this chapter, shall define all words, phrases,
and terminology which are not otherwise defined herein. In the event
that the definition of any word, phrase, or terminology herein conflicts
with a definition within the Uniform Building Code, the definitions
set forth herein shall prevail.
(Ord. 1705 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Accessory dwelling unit" or "ADU" means an attached or a detached
residential dwelling unit located on a single lot with a proposed
or existing single-family residence or existing multifamily residence
which provides complete independent living facilities for one or more
persons. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping,
eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family
dwelling is situated. At minimum, the kitchen shall contain a sink,
refrigerator, and either a cooktop or range. An accessory dwelling
unit also includes the following:
1.
Efficiency
unit, as defined in Section 17958.1 of Health and Safety Code: a separate
living space for occupancy by no more than two persons, which has
a minimum floor area of one hundred fifty square feet containing partial
kitchen or bathroom facilities.
2.
Manufactured
home, as defined in Section 18007 of Health and Safety Code: a transportable
structure which in the traveling mode is eight feet or more in width
and forty feet or more in length and is a minimum of three hundred
twenty square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and is
designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation
when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing,
heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein.
(Ord. 1845 § 5, 2017; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Accessory structure" means a subordinate structure not intended
for habitation (excepting approved accessory dwelling units) and detached
from but located on the same lot as the primary structure. The use
of an accessory structure is incidental to that of the primary structure.
Excluded from this definition are trash enclosures, storage sheds,
equipment structures, decks and planter boxes with a maximum height
of forty-two inches, and similar small structures.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Accessory use" means a use that is incidental, related, and
clearly subordinate to the primary use of the parcel or building,
which does not alter the primary use of such parcel or building nor
serve property other than the parcel of land on which the primary
use is located.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Adult business" means any business establishment which, as
a regular and substantial course of conduct, offers, sells, or distributes
adult-oriented merchandise, or which offers to its patrons materials,
products, merchandise, services, or entertainment characterized by
an emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or relating to sexual
activities or anatomical areas, but not including those uses or activities
which are preempted by state law.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Advertising display" means advertising structure or sign.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Advertising structure" means a structure of any kind or character
erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes on which any
poster, bill, printing, painting, or other advertisement of any kind
whatsoever may be placed, including statuary. Such term does not include:
1.
Official
notices issued by a court of public body or officer;
2.
Notices
posted by any public officer in performance of a public duty, or by
any person giving legal notice;
3.
Directional,
warning or information signs or structures required or authorized
by laws or by federal, state, or municipal authority.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Alley" means any public thoroughfare which affords only a secondary
means of access to abutting property.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Alternative energy structure" means a structure or installation
such as a windmill, solar collecting array, or geothermal system,
which is designed and intended to produce energy from natural forces
such as wind, sunlight, or geothermal heat.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Amusement game center" means a public place of amusement or
public place of business in which more than three amusement machines
are installed. As used herein, an "amusement machine" is any device,
machine, apparatus, or other instrument (including, but not limited
to, electronic games, marble games, and pinball games) the operation
of which is permitted, controlled, allowed, or made possible by the
deposit or placing of any coin, plate disk, slug or key into any slot,
receptacle, crevice, or other opening, or by the payment of any fee
or fees, for its use as a game or contest of any description, or which
may be used for any such game or contest, and the use or possession
of which is not prohibited by laws of the state.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Arcade" means a structure designed to provide a passage or
pedestrian way through all or a portion of the structure, having as
the primary function the provision of access to stores or offices
from such pedestrian way.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Banks and other financial" means a financial institution licensed
to receive deposits and make loans. Banks may also provide financial
services such as wealth management, currency exchange, and safe deposit
boxes. This definition does not include institutions that fall under
professional offices as defined by this chapter.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Bars, nightclubs, and lounges" means businesses primarily engaged
in the serving of alcoholic beverages to paying customers, and in
which the service of food is only incidental to the consumption of
such beverages.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Boardinghouse" means a dwelling other than a hotel where lodging
and meals for three or more persons is provided for compensation with
a host for a rental period of thirty or more consecutive calendar
days.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1884 § 3, 2020; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Building" means any structure having a roof supported by columns
or by walls and designed for the shelter or housing of any individual,
animal, process, equipment, goods, or materials.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Building coverage" means all of the area of any building site
occupied by any main building or accessory building.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Main building" means a building in which is conducted the principal
use of the lot and/or building site on which it is situated. A parking
structure under a building shall be considered part of the main building.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Building site" means a lot or parcel of land, in single or joint ownership, and occupied or to be occupied by a main building and accessory buildings, or by a dwelling group and its accessory buildings, or by any use permitted herein, together with such open spaces as required by the terms of this article and having its principal frontage on a street, road or highway. (See Section 12.80.290, Lot.)
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Business services" means an establishment that provides services
to other businesses on a fee or contract basis. This definition includes
computer rental and repair, catering, food services, printing and
duplicating services, outdoor advertising services, package delivery
services, and other similar land uses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Car-share service" means a service or company that owns and
maintains vehicles for use by its members or employees. Membership
means that individuals are pre-approved to use vehicles and are not
approved by the car-sharing organization at the time of proposed use.
Vehicles are made available to members for periods of use as short
as one hour and at variable rates based on duration of use.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Cemetery" means a place used for the interment of human or
animal remains or cremated remains. This definition includes burial
parks, crematoriums, mausoleums, columbariums, associated sales and
maintenance facilities, and other similar land uses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"CEQA" means the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970,
setting forth requirements for governmental agencies at all levels
to develop standards and procedures necessary to protect environmental
quality, and setting forth regulations for environmental impact reports
(EIR).
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Check cashing establishment" means a business, other than a
bank or similar financial institution, which cashes checks for a fee
as a principal business activity.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Chief financial officer" means the chief financial officer
of the city of San Bruno.
(Ord. 1947, 4/9/2024)
"Child nursery" means an establishment for the part-time care
and instruction whether or not for compensation of seven or more children,
other than those residents on the site.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"College and university" means a private or public institution
that provides full-time or part-time education beyond high school,
and grants associate, bachelor, or similar higher degrees. Trade and
vocational schools are excluded from this definition.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Commercial recreation and entertainment" means an establishment
that provides recreational or entertainment activities or services
for a fee or admission charge. This definition includes movie theaters,
amusement game centers, gaming clubs and card rooms (as may be subject
to separate city regulations), bowling alleys, electronic game arcades,
skating rinks, billiard rooms, sports clubs, golf driving ranges,
water parks, commercial sports centers, and other similar land uses.
Food sales may be permitted as an accessory and incidental use to
commercial recreation and entertainment uses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Community apartment" means a development in which an undivided
interest in land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy
of any apartment located thereon. "Community apartment" includes a
stock cooperative, which is a corporation formed or availed of primarily
for the purpose of holding title to, either in fee simple or for a
term of years, improved real property, if all or substantially all
of the shareholders of such corporation receive a right of exclusive
occupancy in a portion of the real property, title to which is held
by a corporation, which right of occupancy is transferable only concurrently
with the transfer of the share or shares of stock in the corporation
held by the persons having such right of occupancy. For the purposes
of this code, community apartments are subject to the same restrictions,
conditions, requirements and taxes as condominiums.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Community development director" or "director" means the community
development director of the city of San Bruno.
(Ord. 1947, 4/9/2024)
"Community facility" means a public or private facility that
provides meeting space for public gatherings or that functions as
a cultural institution within the community. This definition excludes
hospitals, schools, police and fire stations, parks and recreational
facilities, cemeteries, or government offices.
1.
Public
Community Facilities. Public community facilities include publicly
owned community centers, senior centers, libraries, and museums, and
other similar public uses.
2.
Private
Community Facilities. Private community facilities include privately-owned
community centers, clubs and lodges, places of worship, senior centers,
libraries, museums, and other similar private uses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Conditional use" means a use which is allowed in a zoning district
subject to obtaining a use permit.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Condominium" means an estate in real property consisting of
an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property
together with a separate interest in space in a residential, industrial
or commercial building on such real property, such as an apartment,
office or store. A condominium may include, in addition, a separate
interest in other portions of real property. Such separate interest
may, with respect to the duration of its enjoyment, be either: (a)
an estate or inheritance or perpetual estate; (b) an estate for life;
(c) an estate for years, such as a leasehold or subleasehold; or (d)
a right of use. Condominiums shall include town-houses.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Condominium project" means the entire parcel, or portion thereof,
of real property, including all structures thereon, subdivided or
to be subdivided for the purpose of constructing or converting existing
structures to condominium units.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Construction, maintenance, and repair services" means businesses
that provide construction, maintenance, and repair services off site,
but which store equipment and materials or perform fabrication or
similar work on site. This definition includes off-site plumbing shops,
general contractors, contractors' storage yards, appliance repair,
janitorial services, electricians, pest control, heating and air conditioning,
roofing, painting, landscaping, septic tank service, and other similar
uses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Conversion" means a change in the type of ownership of one
or more lots or parcels of real property, together with the existing
attached structures, to that defined as a condominium project or a
community apartment project or a stock cooperative, regardless of
the present or prior use of such land and structures and whether substantial
improvements have been made or are to be made to such structures.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Council" means the city council of San Bruno.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Day care center" means a facility that provides non-medical
care and supervision of minors for periods of less than twenty-four
hours. Examples include nursery schools, day nurseries, childcare
centers, infant day care centers, cooperative day care centers, and
similar uses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Demolition" means the removal of a building. A building is
considered demolished upon removal of fifty percent of more of the
existing floor area and/or removal of fifty percent or more of the
existing exterior walls.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Development standards" mean regulations that limit or determine
the size, bulk or placement of structures or other improvements and
modifications to a property.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Discretionary action or permit" means an action by the city
by which individual judgment is used as a basis to approve or deny
a proposed project.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Disabled person" means a person who has a combination of partial
or total physical incapacity and inability to work (as defined in
the California Workers Compensation Law), or the inability to engage
in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determined
physical or mental impairment, or blindness (a central visual acuity
of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens).
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Drive-through facility" means a facility where a customer is
permitted or encouraged, either by the design of physical facilities
or by the service procedures offered, to be served while remaining
seated within a vehicle. This definition includes drive-through facilities
associated with restaurants, coffee shops, pharmacies, banks, automatic
car washes, and other similar uses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Duplex home" means a residential structure that contains two
dwelling units, each with its own entrance. Each unit within a duplex
home provides complete, independent living facilities for one or more
persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating,
cooking, and sanitation.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Dwelling unit" means a building or a portion of a building
containing one or more habitable rooms used or designed for occupancy
by one family for living and sleeping purposes, including kitchen
and bath facilities.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Emergency shelter" means housing with minimal supportive services
for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or
less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied
emergency shelter because of an inability to pay. (Health and Safety
Code Section 50801(e).)
(Ord. 1832 § 1, 2015; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Excess housekeeping unit" means a housekeeping unit which,
when added to other housekeeping units on the same lot, would result
in the presence of a number of units on such lot in excess of the
maximum number permitted on such lot under the regulations of the
applicable zoning district.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Floor area" means the gross sum of the horizontal areas of
each floor of a structure, measured from the exterior wall faces of
exterior walls for detached structures and from the centerline of
interior party walls for attached structures. Floor area shall also
include that portion of a structure with an interior ceiling height
of seven feet or more, including crawlspaces, storage areas, attics
and similar spaces which are not built or used as habitable space.
Areas devoted to interior stairways between two or more floors shall
only be counted once for the purposes of determining floor area.
1.
Excluded
from Floor Area. Floor area does not include mechanical, electrical,
plumbing, and communication equipment rooms located below grade; areas
that qualify as usable open space; and areas used for off-street parking
spaces or loading spaces, structured parking, driveways, ramps between
floors of a multilevel parking garage, and maneuvering aisles.
2.
Included
in Floor Area for Single-Family Homes. For single-family residential
structures, the floor area of rooms with interior ceiling heights
in excess of fifteen feet will be counted twice, and garages are included
in floor area.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Floor area ratio" means the gross floor area of a building
divided by the total lot area of the parcel on which the building
is situated.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Freeway" means a highway as to which abutting lands have no
right or easement of access, or limited or restricted right of easement
or access, and which is declared to be such in compliance with the
Streets and Highway Code of the state.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Firearm dealers" means a business that sells firearms as defined in San Bruno Municipal Code Chapter 6.08 (Firearms).
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Gambling club" means any establishment where legal gambling
or gaming is conducted or licensed, specifically including any business
or other enterprise that conducts or operates legal gambling or gaming.
"Gambling club" does not include any facility operated by any bona
fide nonprofit society, club, fraternity, labor, or other organization
organized for similar purposes, which has adopted bylaws and duly
elected directors and members, where the tables are for the exclusive
use of the members of the organization, and no charge is made for
any of the facilities.
"Legal gambling" means any card or other game, except for bingo, or played for currency, check, credit or any other thing of value which is not prohibited and made unlawful by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 319) or Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) of Title 9 of Part 1 of the Penal Code, or otherwise prohibited by any ordinance of the city of San Bruno.
(Ord. 1476 § 6, 1987; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Garage" or "carport" means a covered area at least ten feet
by twenty feet, designed and usable for storage of motor vehicles
and accessible to an improved street.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Garage apron or driveway" means the paved area not exceeding
the width of the garage entrance by more than six inches on either
side of the garage entrance.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Subterranean garage" means a garage structure wholly or partly
underground, no portion of which is more than half of the distance
above the average level of the adjoining ground, except for openings
for ingress and egress.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Gas and service stations" means any facility used primarily
for the retail sale and dispensation of motor fuels, lubricants, and
motor vehicle accessories. Included in this definition are incidental
food and beverage sales and car wash facilities.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Ground transportation provider" means any person providing
ground transportation services to and from an airport by taxi, limousine,
charter party carrier, van, shuttle, bus, or other ground transportation
common carrier to the general public, shuttle services for airline
employees, or courtesy transportation provided for business purposes.
This definition also includes courier operators.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Habitable space" means space in a structure used for living,
sleeping, eating or cooking with an interior ceiling height of at
least seven feet. Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls,
utility spaces, and similar areas, are not considered habitable space.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Health and exercise clubs" means a place of business with exercise
equipment and facilities for the use of paying members. This may include
use of outside swimming pools or sports courts.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Heavy equipment sales and rental" means businesses selling,
renting, or servicing tools, trucks, tractors, construction equipment,
agricultural implements, and similar heavy equipment. Heavy equipment
sales and rental uses may include the storage, maintenance and servicing
of such equipment.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Height of buildings" means the vertical distance from the average
level of the highest and lowest point of that portion of the lot covered
by the building to the topmost point of the roof.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Home day care" means a licensed facility providing daytime
supervision and care for children, located in the provider's own home.
Home day care facilities serve between one and fourteen children.
1.
"Small
home day care" means a home day care facility for eight or fewer children,
including children under the age of ten years who reside in the home.
2.
"Large
home day care" means a home day care facility for nine to fourteen
children, including children under the age of ten years who reside
in the home.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Home occupation" means a commercial activity conducted which
is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for
residential purposes, and in accordance with the regulations of this
title.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Hospital" means a medical facility engaged primarily in the
provision of diagnostic services and extensive medical treatment,
including surgical services and in-patient beds.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Hotel" means a facility containing guestrooms where lodging
is provided for a fee, with or without cooking facilities in individual
rooms or suites. Included in this definition are meeting facilities,
personal services, recreational facilities, guest dining room, and
retail sales that are incidental to guestroom facilities and intended
to primarily serve hotel or motel guests.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Housekeeping unit" means a single living unit, consisting of
a room or suite or combination of rooms, providing complete, independent
living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions
for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Impervious surface" means any surface that does not permit
the passage of water. Impervious surfaces include buildings, driveways,
parking areas, and impervious paved surfaces unless otherwise constructed
of a substantially pervious material.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Interested party" or "interested person" means any person who
is either:
1.
An
owner or occupant of real property within the city of San Bruno or
within three hundred feet of the lot or parcel which is the subject
of the appeal; or
2.
Employed
at a location within said city or within three hundred feet of such
lot or parcel.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Junior accessory dwelling unit" or "JADU" means a residential
unit that is no more than five hundred square feet in size and contained
entirely within a single-family dwelling unit, including an attached
garage. A junior accessory dwelling unit must contain an entrance
separate from the entrance for the single-family dwelling and shall
either include separate sanitation facilities (bathroom containing
a sink, toilet, and shower/tub) or share sanitation facilities with
the single-family dwelling. An efficiency kitchen is required, which
must include a sink, a cooking facility with appliances (e.g., microwave,
toaster oven, hot plate), as well as a food preparation counter and
storage cabinets.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021; Ord. 1947, 4/9/2024)
"Junkyard" means the use of more than one hundred square feet
of the area of any lot for any scrap materials or for the dismantling
or wrecking of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery, whether
for sale or storage.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Land use" means an activity conducted on a site or in a structure,
or the purpose for which a site or structure is designed, arranged,
occupied, or maintained.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Landscaped freeway" means one or more sections of a freeway
as to which at least one side of the right-of-way is or may be improved
by the planting of lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers, or other ornamental
vegetation, which shall require reasonable maintenance. The character
of a freeway is not changed to a landscaped freeway merely by planting
for the purpose of erosion control, traffic safety requirements, reduction
of fire hazards or traffic noise abatement.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Landscaping" means the planting and maintenance of living plant
material, including the installation, use and maintenance of any irrigation
system for the plant material, as well as nonliving landscape material
(such as rocks, pebbles, sand, mulch, artificial turf, walls, fences,
or decorative paving materials).
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Live/work" means a building or space within a building that
is used jointly for office, light industrial or commercial use combined
with a residential use.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
A.
"Loft
floor" means the upper floor level of an individual dwelling unit
provided that the upper floor level complies with the following conditions:
1.
The
upper floor level does not exceed five hundred square feet.
2.
The
upper floor level has at least one permanent opening to the lower
level.
3.
The
area of the upper floor level does not exceed one-third of the area
of the lower level.
4.
The
individual dwelling unit is located within a multifamily residential
or mixed-use development.
5.
The
individual dwelling unit is not located within a single-family residential
(R-1) or low density residential (R-2) zoning district.
(Ord. 1705 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Lot" means a separate parcel of land which has its principal
frontage on a public street, road, highway, or private road as approved
by the city. The various classifications of lots are as follows:
1.
"Corner
lot" means a site bounded by two or more adjacent street lines which
have an angle of intersection of not more than one hundred thirty-five
degrees.
2.
"Double
frontage or through lot" means an interior lot having frontage on
two parallel or approximately parallel streets.
3.
"Flag
or panhandle lot" means a building site with access to a street by
means of a corridor having not less than twenty feet of width. The
area of the access corridor shall not be included in determining the
site area of a flag or panhandle lot.
4.
"Front
lot" means the narrowest dimension of the lot facing a street.
5.
"Interior
lot" means a lot other than a corner lot.
6.
"Key
lot" means the first lot to the rear of a reversed corner lot, whether
or not it is separated from this lot by an alley.
7.
"Reversed
corner lot" means a corner lot, the side street line of which is substantially
a continuation of the front lot line of the lot upon which the rear
of this corner lot abuts.
8.
"Substandard
lot" means a lot:
a.
Which is situated in any zoning district with the exception of PD,
O and U districts whose area or lot width does not meet minimum requirements
for such zoning district; and
b.
Which was shown as a separate lot or parcel on a subdivision map
filed in the office of the county recorder of the county of San Mateo
prior to January 13, 1962; and
c.
Which has never since January 13, 1962 been of one record ownership
with adjoining land sufficient together with said lot or parcel to
create a standard building site.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Lot area" means the computed area contained within the lot
lines.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Lot coverage" means all the area of a lot, as projected on
a horizontal plane, which is:
1.
Covered
by enclosed structures or buildings, including accessory structures;
or
2.
Covered
by structures such as decks, porches, stairs and/or landings that
are constructed more than one foot above existing grade.
3.
Lot
coverage excludes uncovered porches, landings decks and stairs constructed
at grade or less than one foot above grade.
(Ord. 1946, 2/13/2024)
"Lot depth" means the horizontal distance between the front
and rear property lines of a site measured in the mean direction of
the side property lines.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Lot line" means the boundary of a lot.
1.
"Front
lot" means on an interior lot, the lot line abutting the street. On
a corner lot, the shorter line lot line abutting a street. On a through
lot, the lot line abutting the street providing the primary access
to the lot. On a flag lot or panhandle lot, the interior lot line
most parallel to and nearest the street from which access is obtained.
2.
"Interior
lot" means any lot line not abutting a street.
3.
"Rear
lot" means the lot line not intersecting a front lot line which is
most distant from and most closely parallel to the front lot line.
A lot bounded by only three lot lines will not have a rear lot line.
4.
"Side
lot" means any lot line which is not a front or rear lot line.
5.
"Street
lot" means any lot abutting a street.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Lot width" means the horizontal distance between the side lines
measured at the required front setback line.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Lumber yards" means an area used for the storage, distribution,
and sale of finished or rough-cut lumber and lumber products.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Major repair or renovation" means as such term is used in Chapter 12.88, any repair or renovation of a building or structure for which an expenditure of more than five thousand dollars was made.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"General manufacturing and processing" means any establishment
engaged in any of the following activities within enclosed structures:
manufacturing or compounding of raw materials, agriculture product
and food processing, manufacturing of finished products or parts from
predominantly previously prepared materials, fabrication, assembly,
processing or distribution.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Light manufacturing and processing" means the manufacture,
predominantly from previously prepared materials, of finished products
or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment and
packaging of such products, and incidental storage, sales and distribution
of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing and custom
manufacturing.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Massage establishment" means an establishment having a fixed
place of business where massage baths, or health treatments, involving
massage or baths as the principal function, are given, engaged in,
carried on, or permitted to be given, engaged in, or carried on in
any manner described in the provisions of this code governing massage,
bathing, and health establishments. "Massage establishment" does not
include any health club, health spa, gymnasium, or other similar facility
designed or intended for general physical exercise or conditioning
in which the furnishing of massage or bathing services or facilities
is subordinate and incidental.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Mixed use" means two or more different land uses located in
one structure or on one parcel or development site.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Mobile home park" means a residential development designed
and developed for occupancy by mobile homes.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Multifamily home" means a residential structure that contains
three or more dwelling units. Each unit within a multifamily dwelling
provides complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons,
including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking,
and sanitation. Examples include apartment buildings, residential
condominiums, attached townhouses, and shared housing or co-housing
structures.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Nonconforming building/structure" means a structure which was
lawfully erected prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in
this article, but which, under this article, does not conform with
the development standards prescribed in the regulations for the district
in which the structure is located.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Nonconforming sign" means:
1.
A
sign which does not conform with one or more provisions of this article
but was lawfully placed and maintained on property in the city prior
to the time this article became effective, or on property which was
outside the city at the time of the placement of the sign but was
subsequently annexed to the city;
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Nonconforming use" means a use of a building/structure or land
which was lawfully established and maintained prior to the adoption
of the ordinance codified in this article but which, under this article,
does not conform with the use regulations for the district in which
it is located.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Nursing and convalescence homes" means an establishment providing
long-term and twenty-four-hour nursing and personal care for the elderly
or for other individuals incapacitated in some manner.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
The term "off-site" as used in conjunction with the terms "advertising
display," "advertising structure," or "sign," refers to a display,
structure or sign which announces or directs attention to:
1.
The
name or nature of a business not located on the lot where such device
is placed or proposed to be placed;
2.
A
person who is not an occupant of a structure, building or land on
such lot;
3.
The
nature of type of goods, services, or products not produced, sold,
stored or furnished on such lot.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Off-site construction staging area" means the storage of construction
materials or equipment outdoors on property that is not the site of
the construction itself. "Off-site construction staging areas" may
include temporary structures that are used only during daytime hours,
such as construction trailers, sheds, or portable toilets.
(Ord. 1730 § 3, 2007; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Off-street parking facilities" means an area on a lot or within
a building, or both, including one or more parking spaces together
with driveways, aisles, turning and maneuvering areas, clearances,
and similar features, and meeting the requirements established by
this article. The term shall include parking lots, garages and parking
structures.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Offices" include the following:
1.
"Government
office" means a place of employment occupied by governmental agencies
and their employees. This definition includes offices for administrative,
clerical, and public contact functions; post offices; and other similar
land uses.
2.
"Medical
office" means a facility, not including a hospital, where medical,
mental, dental, or other personal health services are provided on
an outpatient basis using specialized equipment. Examples include
offices and clinics providing medical services and containing medical
professionals such as physicians, dentists, chiropractors, acupuncturists,
optometrists, therapists, psychologists, veterinary office, or other
similar medical professionals.
3.
"Professional
office" means a place of employment occupied by businesses providing
professional services. This definition includes offices for accountants,
advertising agencies, insurance agents, attorneys, commercial art
and design services, non-retail financial institutions, real estate
agents, news services, photographers, engineers, employment agencies,
and other similar professions.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Open space" means any public, quasi-public, or private lands
or areas devoted to passive or active recreation or any zoning, to
recreation, agricultural, common area, or other use other than a building
site or sites, not including parking areas or driveways.
1.
"Private
open space" means open areas for outdoor living and recreation that
are adjacent and directly accessible to a single dwelling unit, reserved
for the exclusive use of residents of the dwelling unit and their
guests.
2.
"Common
open space" means areas for outdoor living and recreation that are
intended for the use of residents and guests of more than one dwelling
unit.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Operable motor vehicle or trailer" means a motor vehicle or
the trailer upon which a recreational vehicle is stored with a current
registration. The vehicle or trailer also must have all parts and
equipment necessary, is in running order and has the ability to operate
legally and safely on public streets.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Outdoor dining" means outside dining permitted on the public
sidewalk through an encroachment permit in a zoning district that
allows restaurants when incidental to and part of a restaurant.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Overlay" means a zoning designation applied to one or more
lots which adds special regulations in addition to those of the zoning
district in which the property is situated (i.e., the "M" overlay
adds the individual district regulations to the zoning district on
which it is imposed).
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Off-street parking space" means an area, covered or uncovered,
designed and usable for the temporary storage of a vehicle, which
is paved and accessible by an automobile without permanent obstruction.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Commercial parking structure" means a structure with two or
more levels used for the parking and storage of vehicles. Included
in this definition are mechanical and automated parking systems.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Parks and recreational facilities" means a noncommercial public
facility that provides active or passive recreational opportunities.
Such facilities include neighborhood parks, regional parks, ball fields,
tennis courts, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, recreation centers,
and other similar facilities. Does not include health clubs, commercial
amusement or similar recreational facilities, such as water slides,
go-carts, and miniature golf courses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Permitted use" means a land use that is allowed by right in
its applicable zone with no discretionary review and approval.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Personal services" means an establishment that provides services
to individuals and that may provide accessory retail sales of products
related to the services provided. Personal services include:
1.
Downtown
Focused. Downtown focused personal services include beauty salons
and barber shops, shoe repair shops, tailors, dry cleaners, and launderettes.
2.
Instructional.
Instructional personal services include dance studios, martial arts
studios, fitness studios, photography studios, and music education
studios, and similar land uses.
3.
General.
General personal services include massage establishments, tattoo parlors,
funeral homes, and other similar land uses, in addition to the uses
listed in downtown focused and instructional personal services.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Personal storage" means a structure or group of structures
with controlled access that contains individual and compartmentalized
stalls or lockers for storage of customers' goods.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
1.
Pet
Boarding, Overnight. A boarding facility where animals are kept on
site both during and after business hours of seven a.m. to seven p.m.
or only after business hours of seven a.m. to seven p.m.
2.
Pet
Day Care Facility. A boarding facility where animals are kept on site
between the business hours of seven a.m. to seven p.m.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Phased development project" means a project that includes discrete,
integrated elements to be constructed over a defined period of time.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Place," or "to place" (in relation to a sign) means to erect,
construct, post, paint, tack, nail, glue, stitch, carve, or otherwise
fasten, affix, or make visible any sign to the ground or any tree,
bush, rock, fence, post, wall, building, structure or thing.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Place of worship" means a site or structure used by a religious
group for regular organized worship. This definition includes churches,
synagogues, mosques, temples, and other similar religious places of
assembly. This definition also includes related facilities such as
meeting halls, offices for administration, and childcare facilities
for use during religious services.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Primary structure" means a structure that accommodates the
primary use of the site.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Primary use" means the main purpose for which a site is developed
and occupied, including the activities that are conducted on the site
a majority of the hours during which activities occur.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Public dance/public entertainment event" means any dance or
live audible or visible dramatic or musical performance, or any other
type of live entertainment, to which the public is admitted, or at
which an admission fee is charged for persons attending the dance
or event, whether such admissions is charged at the door or entry,
through the sale of tickets, or in any manner whatsoever.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Public floor area" means the primary floor area open and accessible
to customers of the business. Utility rooms, storage areas, restrooms,
kitchens, and back of house operation areas are not included in public
floor area.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Public maintenance facilities" means facilities providing material
storage areas and vehicle maintenance and repair services for governmental
agencies.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Public safety facility" means a facility operated by a public
agency for the purpose of protecting public safety. This definition
includes fire stations and other fire-fighting facilities, police
stations, public ambulance dispatch facilities, and other similar
land uses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Recycling collection facility" means a center for the acceptance
by donation, redemption, or purchase, of recyclable materials from
the public.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Recycling processing facility" means a building or enclosed
space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials.
Processing means preparation of material for efficient shipment, or
to an end-user's specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting,
compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding,
cleaning, and remanufacturing.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Research and development" means a business that engages in
the study, testing, engineering, product design, analysis and development
of devices, products, processes, or services related to current or
new technologies. Research and development may include limited manufacturing,
fabricating, processing, assembling or storage of prototypes, devices,
compounds, products or materials, or similar related activities, where
such activities are incidental to research, development or evaluation.
Research and development land uses do not involve the mass manufacture,
fabrication, processing, or sale of consumer products, and do not
produce dust, smoke, fumes, odors or noise at levels that would affect
surrounding uses. Examples of "research and development" uses include,
but are not limited to, computer software and hardware firms, computer
peripherals and related products, electronic research firms, biotechnical
and biomedical firms, instrument analysis, genomics, robotics and
pharmaceutical research laboratories, and related educational development.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Residential care facility" means a licensed residential facility
providing social and personal care for residents. Examples include
children's homes, supportive and transitional houses, orphanages,
rehabilitation centers, self-help group homes, and transitional housing
for homeless individuals. Excludes facilities where medical care is
a core service provided to residents, such as nursing and convalescent
homes. A large residential care facility is a residential care facility
for seven or more persons. A small residential care facility is a
residential care facility for less than seven persons.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Restaurant" means a retail business that sells and serves cooked
or ready-to-eat food or beverages for consumption primarily upon the
premises. Restaurants include cafés, coffee shops, ice cream
shops, and bakeries. A restaurant may include sales of alcoholic beverages
only when incidental to the sales of food for onsite consumption.
This definition does not include drive-through facilities.
(Ord. 1471 § 4, 1986; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Retail sales and service" means a store or shop selling merchandise
to the general public. This definition includes food and beverage
stores, appliance stores, bookstores, clothing stores, convenience
stores, department stores, drug stores, animal and animal accessory
sales, grocery stores, liquor stores, pharmacies, pawn shops, smoke
shops, furniture stores, art galleries, home improvement stores, vehicle
parts and accessories sales, hardware stores, and other similar land
uses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"School" means a facility for primary or secondary education,
including elementary, junior high, and high schools. This definition
includes both public and private schools but does not include trade
or vocational schools.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Senior citizen" means, as such term is used in Chapter 12.88, any person sixty-two years of age or older at the time of submittal of an application to the planning department.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Front setback" means a clear distance from the front of any lot within which no building or structure may be permitted except as provided in Chapter 12.96, Chapter 12.280, and Chapter 12.290.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Rear setback" means a clear distance from the rear of any lot within which no building or structure may be permitted except as provided in Chapter 12.96, Chapter 12.280, and Chapter 12.290.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Side setback" means a clear distance from the side of any lot within which no building or structure may be permitted except as provided in Chapter 12.96, Chapter 12.280, and Chapter 12.290. The street-side setback is the minimum distance by which a structure must be separated from the streetside property line. The interior-side setback is the minimum distance by which a structure must be separated from the interior side property line.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Short-term residential rental" means the transient occupancy
use of entire dwelling unit or a portion (that is, an individual bedroom)
of a dwelling unit to a guest for a rental period of less than thirty
consecutive calendar days.
(Ord. 1884 § 3, 2020; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
For the purpose of this article, the narrowest frontage of a
corner lot facing the street is the front, and the longest frontage
facing the intersecting street is the side, irrespective of the direction
in which the dwelling faces.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Sign" means all outdoor advertising and any and all devices
which:
1.
Are
visible from any public or private street, way, thoroughfare, alley,
or walk; and
2.
Announce
or direct attention to the name or nature of a business, occupant,
structure, building, or land; or to the nature or type of goods, services,
or products produced, sold, stored, furnished, or available at the
location; and
3.
Are
attached to, made a part of, or placed in front, rear, sides, or top
of any structure or on any land. "Sign" refers to devices which are
structural or otherwise, lighted or unlighted, painted or unpainted,
and devices advertising the sale or resale of real property.
a.
Abandoned Sign and/or Sign Casing. "Abandoned sign" and/or "sign
casing" means a sign and/or sign casing existing on real property
under such circumstances as to advertise or direct attention to a
business, occupant, building, structure, goods, products, or services
available at that location. Any sign or casing related to a former
business located on property which remains unoccupied for a period
of sixty days or more, or any sign or casing which was placed or erected
for an occupant or business unrelated to the present occupant or business;
or any sign or casing which pertains to a time, event, or purpose
which no longer exists, shall be presumed to be abandoned.
b.
Double-Faced Sign. "Double-faced sign" means a sign with two lettered
surfaces in which the angle between the surface does not exceed forty-five
degrees.
c.
Election Sign. "Election sign" means a sign, banner, pennant, or
advertising display constructed of metal, wood, plastic, cloth, canvas,
light fabric, cardboard, wallboard, or other materials which supports
or opposes the candidacy of any candidate for elected office or any
measure which is to be voted upon in an election, or other materials
displayed as an election information device.
d.
Freestanding Sign. "Freestanding sign" means a sign not attached
to any portion of a building, and not projecting through the roof
or eave of a building.
e.
Illegal Sign. "Illegal sign" means a sign which is placed or maintained in violation of one or more provisions of Chapter 12.104, a sign which has lost its status as a nonconforming sign due to the conclusion of the amortization period for its removal, or due to the occurrence of an event which requires the removal of the sign, such as the termination of a business which the sign advertises.
f.
Individual Letter. "Individual letter" means a wall-mounted sign
consisting of separate letters or a logo individually mounted.
g.
Projecting Sign. "Projecting sign" means a sign which projects over
the street right-of-way.
h.
Projecting Roof Sign. "Projecting roof sign" means a sign which projects
over the street right-of-way and is wholly or partially supported
or attached over or above any wall, building or structure.
i.
Roof Sign. "Roof sign" means a sign which is supported or attached,
wholly or partially over or above any wall, building or structure.
j.
Temporary Sign. "Temporary sign" means a sign, banner, pennant, valance
or advertising display constructed of metal, wood, plastic, cloth,
canvas, light fabric, cardboard, wallboard, or similar materials,
with or without frames, intended to be displayed for a limited period
of time.
k.
Wall Sign. "Wall sign" means a sign placed flatwise on a building.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Sign area" means the space enclosed by the outer dimensions
of the sign. When a sign is painted on a building, fence, wall, pole,
or any other structure, within any border, and with its background
the same color as the wall of the building or other structure, the
area of the sign shall be computed by enclosing the area containing
wording or other images within sets of parallel lines and taking the
area thus enclosed.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1884 § 3, 2020; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Single-family home" means a structure, including manufactured
housing units, designed for occupancy by one family. A single-family
home provides complete, independent living facilities for one or more
persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating,
cooking, and sanitation.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Social services and charitable institution" means a facility
that provides social services directly to persons in need. This definition
includes food banks, soup kitchens, crisis centers, and other similar
land uses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Standard Industrial Classification Manual (SIC)" means the
latest publication prepared by the Statistical Policy Division, Office
of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President of the
United States and available from the Superintendent of Documents,
United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. As used
in this article, the SIC shall constitute the detailed descriptions
of uses enumerated in the various use districts, except where such
uses are otherwise defined in this article.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Street" means a public thoroughfare accepted by the city of
San Bruno, which affords principal means of access to abutting property,
including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road
and any other thoroughfare except an alley as defined herein.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Street line" means the boundary between a street and private
property.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Structure" means anything constructed or erected, the use of
which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having
location on the ground.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1884 § 3, 2020; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Structural alternations" means any change in the supporting
members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1884 § 3, 2020; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Supportive and transitional housing" means housing provided
for short-term or interim housing for individuals with mental health,
addiction or other special social service and program needs.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Telecommunication facility" means a facility that transmits
or receives electromagnetic signals for the purpose of transmitting
voice or data communications.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Temporary use" means a one-time, occasional, or recurring use of a limited duration as described in Section 12.84.030. This definition excludes public dances or public entertainment events where such events last three days or less, as described in Chapter 4.08.
(Ord. 1730 § 2, 2007; Ord. 1884 § 3, 2020; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021; Ord. 1947, 4/9/2024)
"This article" means Chapters 12.72 through 12.300 of the San Bruno Municipal Code, as may be amended from time to time.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1884 § 3, 2020; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021; Ord. 1947, 4/9/2024)
"Trade and vocational schools" means a specialized instructional
establishment that provides on-site training of business, commercial,
or trade skills. This definition excludes colleges and universities
offering associate, bachelors, and other advanced degrees.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Transportation terminals" means a passenger station for bus
and rail mass transit systems.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Use" means the purpose for which land or premises of a building
thereon is designed, arranged, or intended or for which it is, or
may be occupied or maintained.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1884 § 3, 2020; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Major utility" means a large-scale infrastructure facility
necessary to support development within San Bruno and the larger region.
This definition includes sanitary landfills, electrical distribution
lines thirty-five kilovolts or greater, sewage treatment plants, power
generation plants, gas metering stations, electrical substations,
telephone exchanges, water storage tanks and reservoirs, sewer and
water pumping stations, and other similar facilities.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Minor utility" means an infrastructure facility that is necessary
to support development within the immediate vicinity and that involves
only minor structures. This definition includes electrical distribution
lines less than thirty-five kilovolts, water and sewer lines, storm
drainage facilities, telephone and cable television lines, and other
similar facilities.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Valet parking" means the use of employees or other individuals
to park vehicles of persons visiting or patronizing a specific business
or location.
(Ord. 1494 § 5, 1988; Ord. 1884 § 3, 2020; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Vehicle repair and maintenance" means an establishment for
the repair, alteration, restoration, or finishing of any vehicle,
including body repair, collision repair, painting, tire and battery
sales and installation, motor rebuilding, tire recapping and retreading,
and towing. Repair shops that are incidental to a vehicle sales or
rental establishment on the same site are excluded from this definition.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Vehicle sales and rental" means an establishment for the retail
sales or rental of new or used vehicles, including automobiles, trucks,
motorcycles and recreational vehicles. This definition includes parts
sales and vehicle repair, provided that these activities are incidental
to the sale of vehicles.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Veterinarian" means establishments where household animals
receive medical and surgical treatment and may be temporarily boarded
(more than one-night stay) in association with such medical or surgical
treatment. Short-term animal boarding may be provided as an accessory
use.
(Ord. 1946, 2/13/2024)
"Warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution" means an establishment
used primarily for the storage, selling, or distributing of goods
to retailers, contractors, commercial purchasers or other wholesalers,
or to the branch or local offices of a company or organization. This
definition includes vehicle storage, moving services, general delivery
services, cold storage facilities, and other similar land uses.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Yard" means a required open space, which is unoccupied and
unobstructed from the ground upward, except by eaves or uncovered
porches.
(Prior code § 27-3.1; Ord. 1410 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1884 § 3, 2020; Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
"Zoning district" means a specifically delineated area of the
city, as shown on the zoning map within which uniform regulations
apply.
(Ord. 1898 § 3, 2021)
