For the purposes of this title, the following terms shall be deemed to have the meaning ascribed to them, and to have the standards and include the elements and features, set forth in Sections 18.06.020 through 18.06.825.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
Note: Prior ordinance history: Ords. 943, 992 and 997.
"Accessory building" means a building which is subordinate to, and the use of which is incidental to, that of the main building or the principal use on the same lot.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Accessory use" means a use incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the premises, which does not alter the characteristics of the use considered as a whole and as related to other uses permitted in the same district.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Agriculture" means the tilling of soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, small livestock farming, dairying or animal husbandry, including all uses customarily incidental thereto, but not including cannabis cultivation, slaughterhouses, fertilizer works, bone yards or plants for the reduction of animal matter or any other industrial or agricultural use which is determined by the planning commission to be similarly objectionable because of noise, odor, smoke, dust or fumes.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998; Ord. 1221 § 2, 2018)
"Airport" includes heliport and means any area of land or water designated and set aside for the landing and takeoff of aircraft and utilized or to be utilized in the interest of the public for such purpose. Military airports are excluded from this definition.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Airport elevation" means the highest point of an airport's usable or designated runway as established by the county surveyor.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Airport hazard" means any structure, tree, or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft in landing and takeoff at an airport, or which otherwise constitutes a hazard to air navigation.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Airport land use commission" means the county planning commission and two at large members with aviation expertise appointed by the board of supervisors.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Alley" means a public thoroughfare, for the use of pedestrians and/or vehicles, which affords only a secondary means of access to the abutting property.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Apartment" means a room, suite of rooms in a multiple dwelling, or a room above a detached garage with separate cooking facilities, designed for, intended for, suitable as a residence for, and/ or occupied by one family.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
For a definition of "apartment house," see "multiple dwelling," Section 18.06.410.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Aquifer" means a geological unit of stratified drift capable of yielding usable amounts of water.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Aquifer recharge area" means an area that has soils and geological features that are conducive to allowing significant amounts of surface water to percolate into groundwater.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Automobile and recreational vehicle sales area" means an open area used for the display, sale or rental of new or used automobiles or recreational vehicles and where repair work is limited to minor incidental repair of automobiles or recreational vehicles to be displayed, rented or sold on premises.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Automobile wrecking" means the dismantling or wrecking of used motor vehicles or recreational vehicles, or the storage, sale, or dumping of dismantled or partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Awnings" and "canopies" are roof-like covers that project from the wall of a building for the purpose of shielding a doorway or window from the elements.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Basement" or "cellar" means a story partly or wholly underground and having more than one-half of its height below the average level of the adjoining ground. A basement, when designed for, or occupied by dwellings, business or manufacturing, shall be considered a story.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Banner", "flag" or "pennant" means any cloth, bunting, plastic, paper, or similar nonrigid material used for advertising purposes attached to any structure, staff, pole, line, framing, or vehicle, not including official flags of the United States, the state of California, and other states of the nation, counties, municipalities, official flags of foreign nations and nationally or internationally recognized organizations.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Bed and breakfast" means a house, or portion thereof, where short-term lodging rooms and meals are provided. The operator of the inn shall live on the premises or in adjacent premises.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Billboard" means a sign in excess of fifty square feet of sign area that identifies or communicates a commercial or noncommercial message related to an activity conducted, a service rendered, or a commodity sold at a location other than where the sign is located.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Block" means the property abutting on one side of a street between two nearest intersecting streets, railroad right-of-way or other natural barrier; provided, however, that where a street curves so that any two curves thereof form an angle of one hundred twenty degrees or less measured on the lot side, each curve shall be construed as an intersecting street.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Boardinghouse" means a building other than a hotel or restaurant, where meals or lodging or both meals and lodging are provided for compensation for four or more persons. "Boardinghouse" does not include such uses as rest home, convalescent home or home for the aged.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Borrow pits" means excavations created by the surface mining of rock, unconsolidated geologic deposits or soil to provide material (borrow) for fill elsewhere.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Breezeway" means a covered or "roofed" area between structures, usually open at two ends.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Building" means any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, fowls, chattels or property of any kind.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Building frontage" means that building elevation that fronts on a public street where customer access to the building is available.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Building height" means the vertical distance from the average finished ground level of the site to the highest point of the structure.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Building site" means the land area, consisting of one or more lots or parcels of land under common ownership or control, to be considered as the unit of land occupied by a main building or buildings and accessory buildings, or by a principal use and uses accessory thereto, together with all the yards, parking spaces and other open spaces required by this title.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Bus or transit shelter" means a small structure designed for the protection and convenience of waiting transit passengers that has a roof and usually two or three sides.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Business frontage" means that portion of a building frontage occupied by a single tenant space having a public entrance within the building frontage. For businesses located on the interior of a building without building frontage, the building elevation providing customer access shall be considered the business frontage.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Cannabis" means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. "Cannabis" also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from cannabis. "Cannabis" does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. For the purpose of this division, "cannabis" does not mean "industrial hemp" as defined by Section 11018.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Ord. 1221 § 3, 2018; Ord. 1243 § 1, 2019)
"Cannabis accessories" means any equipment, products or materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, smoking, vaporizing, or containing cannabis, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cannabis or cannabis products into the human body.
(Ord. 1221 § 4, 2018)
"Cannabis products" means cannabis that has undergone a process whereby the plant material has been transformed into a concentrate, including, but not limited to, concentrated cannabis, or an edible or topical product containing cannabis or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients.
(Ord. 1221 § 5, 2018)
"Carport" means a permanent roofed structure with no more than two enclosed sides used or intended to be used for automobile shelter and storage.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Cemetery" means land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary of such cemetery.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
The "centerline" of a street as referred to in this title means the right-of-way centerline as established by the county surveyor, by the California Department of Transportation or if no such centerline has been established and in any case in which the foregoing definition is not applicable, the planning commission shall designate the centerline.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Child care facility" means a building, structure or private residence where care, protection and supervision are provided, on a regular schedule to at least seven children, including children of the adult provider.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Commercial cannabis activity" means any commercial business activity relating to cannabis, including, but not limited to, cultivating, transporting, distributing, manufacturing, compounding, converting, processing, preparing, storing, packaging, delivering, and selling (wholesale and/or retail sales) of cannabis and any ancillary products and accessories in the unincorporated area of the county, whether or not carried on for gain or profit.
(Ord. 1221 § 6, 2018)
Commercial cannabis conditional use permits potentially available under this Title 18 shall, at a minimum, be as follows:
A.
Cultivation permit for commercial activity involving activity involving the planning, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis.
B.
Classification 6, Manufacturing Level 1, for sites that manufacture cannabis products using nonvolatile solvents, or no solvents.
C.
Classification 7, Manufacturing Level 2, for sites that manufacture cannabis products using volatile solvents.
D.
Classification 8, Testing Laboratory.
E.
Classification 9, Non-Storefront Retail, for the retail sale exclusively by delivery, with the licensed premises being closed to the public.
F.
Classification 10, Retailer, for the retail sale and delivery of cannabis or cannabis products to customers.
G.
Classification 11, Distributor, for the distribution of cannabis and cannabis products.
H.
Classification 12, Microbusiness, for the cultivation of cannabis on an area less than ten thousand square feet and to act as a licensed distributor, Level 1 Manufacturer, and/or Retailer.
(Ord. 1221 § 7, 2018; Ord. 1248 §§ 1, 2, 2019)
"Cannabis cultivation indoor" means within a fully enclosed permanent building (e.g., not a "hoop house") constructed in such a manner that does not allow perceptible odor to escape to the exterior of the structure.
(Ord. 1243 § 3, 2019)
"Commercial cannabis premises" means the designated structure or structures and/or land specified in the application for a commercial cannabis business license that is owned, leased, or otherwise held under the control of the applicant or licensee where the commercial cannabis business will be or is conducted. A premises is not necessarily a parcel and one or more licenses may be required or issued per parcel. A premises cannot span across multiple parcels.
(Ord. 1243 § 4, 2019)
"Conditional use" means a use that, owing to some special characteristics attendant to its operation or installation, is permitted in a zoning district subject to approval by the planning commission, and subject to special requirements, different from those usual requirements for the zoning district in which the conditional use may be located.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Condominium" means a building, or group of buildings, in which units are owned individually, and the structure, common areas and the facilities are owned by all the owners on a proportional, undivided basis.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Copy" means words, letters, numbers, figures, designs, or other symbolic representations incorporated into a sign.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Court" means an open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building or buildings and which is bounded on two or more sides by such building or buildings.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Dairy" means any premises where milk is produced for sale or distribution and where three or more cows or goats are in lactation.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Dwelling unit" means a room or suite of rooms designed for or used as a residence and constituting a separate and independent housekeeping unit including a kitchen or cooking facilities, but not including a boardinghouse or club, or a hotel or motel where less than twenty percent of the rental units have a kitchen or cooking facilities.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Edge of roof" means, on a pitched roof, the lowest portion of the fascia board covering the roof rafters, or if no fascia board exists, the lowest point of the roof rafters. On a flat roof, the top of the parapet wall or three feet above the roof deck, whichever is less.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Emergency shelter" means housing with minimal supportive services for homeless people that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998; Ord. 1290 § 2, 2022)
"Employee housing" means premises used for residential purposes for temporary or seasonal persons employed to perform agricultural or industrial labor. The accommodations consist of any living quarters, dwelling, boardinghouse, tent, bunkhouse, maintenance-of-way car, mobile home, manufactured home, recreational vehicle, travel trailer, or other housing accommodations maintained in one or more buildings, or one or more sites, and the premises upon which they are situated, or the area set aside and provided for parking of mobile homes or camping of five or more employees by the employer. Concurrent with the previous definition, employee housing may also involve permanent residency if the housing accommodation is a mobile home, manufactured home, travel trailer or recreational vehicle.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998; Ord. 1290 § 3, 2022)
"External illumination" means the lighting of an object from a light source located a distance from the object.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Fence" means any artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose or screen areas of land.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Floor area ratio" (FAR) means the ratio of the gross building square footage on a lot to the net square footage of the lot (or parcel). For example, on a lot with ten thousand net square feet of land area, a FAR of 1.00 will allow ten thousand gross square feet of building floor area to be built on the lot or parcel, regardless of the number of stories in the building (e.g. five thousand square feet per floor on two floors or ten thousand square feet on one floor). On the same ten-thousand-square-foot lot, a FAR of 0.50 would allow five thousand square feet of floor area, and a FAR of 0.25 would allow two thousand five hundred square feet of building floor area on the lot.
(Ord. 1077 § 2, 2004)
"Private garage" means an accessory building or an accessory portion of the main building designed and/or used for the shelter or storage of vehicles of the occupants of the main building.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Grand opening" means a promotional activity not exceeding thirty calendar days in length used by newly established businesses, within two months after initial occupancy, to inform the public of their location and services available to the community. "Grand opening" does not mean an annual or occasional promotion by a business.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Guest house" means a detached accessory building containing living quarters for use by temporary guests of the occupant of the dwelling on the same premises, which contains no kitchen or cooking facilities and is not rented or otherwise used as a dwelling unit.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Hedge" means a series of plants, shrubs or other landscape material, so placed as to form a physical barrier or enclosure.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Height" means the vertical distance above the ground, measured in feet or meters, of a structure, tree, natural or manmade object.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Hemp" or "industrial hemp" is as defined in Section 11018.5 of the California Health and Safety Code as may be amended.
(Ord. 1236 § 2, 2018)
"Home occupation" means an occupation, profession, activity, or use that is clearly a customary, incidental and secondary use of a residential dwelling unit and which does not alter the exterior of the property or affect the residential character of the neighborhood.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Hospital" means a building to which persons are admitted for overnight stay or longer for the diagnosis or care or treatment of human illness or the prevention thereof, including convalescent home, sanitarium, nursing home and maternity home.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Hotel" means a building of six or more rental bedrooms or suites, generally without individual cooking facilities, where overnight lodging is offered to the public for compensation primarily for the accommodation of transient guests. A hotel in which twenty percent or more of the rental units contain kitchens or kitchenettes shall be subject to all regulations of this title governing a multiple dwelling.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Illuminated," when used in reference to signs governed by this title, means giving forth direct artificial light, and shall not refer to any light cast upon a sign from an outside source.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Inflatable device" means an object that is blown up with air or other gas.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Informational kiosks" are signs that may provide information concerning the location of businesses in a pedestrian-oriented business area as well as a surface for affixing handbills, posters and flyers. "Directory boards" are signs that provide information concerning the location of businesses in a pedestrian-oriented business area.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Junior accessory dwelling unit" means a unit that is no more than five hundred square feet in size and contained entirely within a single-family residence. A junior accessory dwelling unit may include separate sanitation facilities, or may share sanitation facilities with the existing structure.
(Ord. 1290 § 4, 2022)
"Junk" means any worn-out or discarded material that may be turned to some use including, but not limited to, surplus materials, secondhand material, any damaged, discarded, obsolete, salvaged, scrapped, worn-out, wrecked or dismantled object, thing or material composed in whole or in part of asphalt, brick, carbon, cement, plastic or other synthetic substance, fiber, glass, metal, plaster, plaster of pans, rubber, wool, terra cotta, cotton, cloth, canvas, organic material, or other substance requiring reconditioning or rebuilding in order to be used for its original purpose, any iron, wire, aluminum, copper, lead, rags, paper, bags, lumber, empty bottles, bones, parts of bicycles, tricycles, baby carriages, automobiles, and other vehicles or machinery, dismantled in whole or in part, kept, stored, located, situated or piled in public view, and all other similar personal property ordinarily or customarily defined or classified as "junk," "scrap," or "salvage" kept, stored, located, situated or piled in public view.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Junkyard" means an area occupying, or areas occupying collectively, two hundred or more square feet of the area of any parcel, lot, or contiguous lots or parcels upon which junk is present, kept, or stored including, but not limited to, automobiles or other machinery kept, stored, or present on the parcel(s) or lot(s) for wrecking, salvaging, or dismantling purposes.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Commercial kennel" means any lot, building, structure, enclosure or premises whereon or wherein five or more dogs five months of age or older are boarded for a fee or kept or maintained for the purpose of breeding and raising dogs for sale excepting duly licensed veterinary hospitals or pet shops.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998; Ord. 1323, 9/23/2025)
"Kitchen" means any room, all or any part of which is designed and/or used for cooking and the preparation of food.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Landing area" means the area of an airport used or to be used for landing, takeoff or taxiing of aircraft.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Living area" means the interior habitable living area of a dwelling unit, including a basement and/or an attic therein, but not including a garage or any accessory structure.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Loading space" means an off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle which is loading or unloading merchandise or materials, and which abuts upon a street, alley or other appropriate means of access.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Lot" means a parcel of real property which is either:
A.
Shown with a separate and distinct number of designation on a plat recorded in the office of the county recorder; or
B.
Delineated upon a record of survey, lot split, or subparceling map approved pursuant to Title 16 of this code; or
C.
Containing an area not less than required for the district in which it is located and abutting at least one public street and held under separate ownership.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Corner lot" means a lot at the intersection of two street lines which intersect at an angle not greater than one hundred twenty degrees.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Key lot" means a lot with the side line coinciding with the rear lot line of one or more other lots.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Lot line" means any of the boundary lines of a lot. A street lot line is the lot line abutting a street. Either street lot line of a corner lot may be designated by the director of planning to be the front lot line. A through lot line has two front lot lines. The lot line or lines generally opposite the front lot line constitute the rear lot line. All other lot lines are side lot lines. When two or more lots are combined into one building site, the boundary lines of the building site shall be deemed to be lot lines.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Through lot" means a lot other than a corner lot which has frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Lot width" means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured along a line parallel to the front lot line and distant therefrom by a distance equal to the required depth of front yard on the lot.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Low barrier navigation center" means a housing first, low-barrier, service-enriched shelter focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and housing.
(Ord. 1290 § 5, 2022)
"Main building" means one in which is conducted a principal use of the lot upon which it is situated. Every dwelling in an R district is a main building.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Massage parlor" means an establishment where, for any form of consideration, massage, alcohol rub, fomentation, electric or magnetic treatment, or similar treatment or manipulation of the human body is administered, unless such treatment or manipulation is administered by a medical practitioner, chiropractor, acupuncturist, physical therapist, or similar professional person licensed by the state. This definition does not include an athletic club, health club, school, gymnasium, reducing salon, spa, or similar establishment where massage or similar manipulation of the human body is offered as an incidental or accessory service.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Mined lands" include the surface, subsurface, surface water, subsurface water and groundwater of an area in which surface or subsurface mining operations will be, are being, or have been conducted, including private ways and roads appurtenant to any such area, land excavations, workings, mining waste and areas in which structures, facilities, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property which result from, or are used in, surface or subsurface mining operations are located.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Minerals" mean any naturally occurring chemical element or compound, or groups of elements and compounds, formed from inorganic processes and organic substances, including, but not limited to, coal, peat and bituminous rock, but excluding geothermal resources, natural gas and petroleum.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Mining" includes surface and subsurface mining operations and means all or any part of the process involved in the extraction of minerals. Mining also includes, but is not limited to:
A.
On-site crushing, sorting, distillation, retorting or leaching;
B.
The production and disposal of mining waste;
C.
Prospecting and exploratory activities when the removal or displacement of material, including overburden, exceeds a total of more than one thousand cubic yards and/or results in surface disturbances exceeding one acre at any one location or on any single claim.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Mini-storage facility" or "self-storage" means any real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to occupants who shall have access to such facility for the purpose of storing and removing personal property. Outdoor storage is not included as a mini-storage use.
(Ord. 1230 § 1, 2018)
"Mixed use" means a residential use in a building where a commercial use exists on the ground or lower levels of the building and the residential use exists on the levels above, or to the rear of, the commercial use. Mixed use requires that a minimum of fifty percent of the usable floor area on the ground level must be utilized for commercial use.
(Ord. 1128 § 4, 2007)
"Mobilehome" means a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, designed and equipped to contain one or more dwelling units to be used with or without a permanent foundation and which is in excess of eight feet in width or in excess of forty feet in length. Modular and manufactured houses shall be considered as mobilehomes. Recreational vehicles, including motor homes and travel trailers shall not be considered mobilehomes.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
A "mobilehome park" is defined according to that definition found within the provisions of Division 13, Part 2 and Part 2.1 of the Health and Safety Code of the state, and amendments thereto.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Mobilehome sales area" means an open area used for the display, or sale of new or used mobilehomes.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Motel" means a building or group of buildings containing individual sleeping units, designed for or used temporarily by tourists or transients, the operator of which is required by Health and Safety Code of the state to record the license number of each patron's vehicle. A motel in which twenty percent or more of the rental units contain a kitchen or kitchenette shall be subject to all regulations of this title governing a multiple dwelling.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Multiple dwelling" means a building containing two or more dwelling units, or a hotel, or motel in which twenty percent or more of the rental units contain a kitchen or kitchenette.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Multiple tenant building" means a development consisting of two or more separate uses or tenancies that share either the same parcel or structure and use common access and parking facilities.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Nameplate" means a sign affixed against the wall of a dwelling which serves exclusively to designate the name, or the name and occupation of a person residing therein.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Nonconforming" means a building, structure or portion thereof, or use of 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.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Nonvolatile hemp manufacturing" is defined as the manufacture of hemp products using nonvolatile solvents, or no solvents.
(Ord. 1236 § 3, 2018)
"One-family dwelling" means a dwelling containing exclusively a single dwelling unit.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Parking lot" means an off-street open area, the principal use of which is to provide space for the parking of passenger automobiles.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Automobile parking space" means space within a public or private parking area or a building for the temporary parking or storage of one automobile. The front yard setback in all residential zones shall not be used to satisfy the standards for required parking spaces.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Person" means an individual, firm, co-partnership, joint venture, association, club, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate, governmental agency or any other group or combination acting as an entity, excepting therefrom the county.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Planned recreational areas" are areas designed and maintained for exclusive use of guests, such as tennis courts, children's play yards, etc., established and operated in conjunction with a permitted use, and shall not include any commercially operated amusement parks, playgrounds, or any other recreational facilities operated commercially separate and apart from a permitted use.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Principal use" means any use which is not clearly qualified as accessory to another use on the same premises.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Property frontage" means the side of a parcel or development site abutting on a public street. Where the parcel is a corner lot, the property frontage is each side of the parcel or development site abutting on a public street.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Reasonable accommodation" means a change, exception, or adjustment to a rule, policy, practice, or service that may be necessary for a person with a disability to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling, including public and common use spaces.
(Ord. 1290 § 6, 2022)
"Recreational vehicle" means a vehicular type portable structure without permanent foundation, which can be towed, hauled or driven and primarily designed as temporary living accommodation for recreational, camping and travel use and including, but not limited to, travel trailers, camping trailers, truck campers and self-propelled motor homes. All the above noted vehicles are subject to state vehicular code licensing procedures.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Recreational vehicle (RV) park" means any lot of land upon which two or more recreational vehicle sites are located, established, or maintained for occupancy by recreational vehicles of the general public as temporary living quarters for recreation or vacation purposes.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Residential facility" means any family home, group care facility, or similar facility determined by the State Department of Social Services, for twenty-four-hour nonmedical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual.
(Ord. 1290 § 7, 2022)
"Rest home" means a building, other than a hospital as defined in this chapter, which is used to provide, under the supervision of a licensing agency of the state, living quarters and non-medical care of one or more aged or infirm persons, and not involving residence on the premises of either a trained nurse or physician.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Runway" means the paved or prepared surface of an airport landing area designated for the landing or takeoff of aircraft.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Sale or lease sign" means a sign which serves exclusively to indicate, with pertinent information, the offer to sell, rent or lease the real property, or the building or premises thereon, upon which it is located.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Salvage yard" means any outdoor space in excess of two hundred square feet minimum where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged materials are stored or handled, including automobile wrecking yard, house wrecking yard, used lumberyard and storage of salvage materials of all kinds; but not including space used for the storage of used vehicles or machinery in operable condition, and the processing of used or salvaged materials as part of a lawfully existing manufacturing operation on the same premises.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Elementary and high schools" means 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 state. "High schools" include junior and senior.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Shipping containers" means a large metal box typically used for the shipment of containerized goods. Examples of such shipping containers include, but are not limited to, cargo-containers, Connex boxes, freight boxes and other similar structures. Shipping containers are accessory buildings.
(Ord. 1233 § 1, 2018)
"Sign" means an object, device display or structure, or part thereof, situated outdoors or indoors, which is used to identify, display, or direct or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, design symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination, or projected image. Sign does not include official flags of the United States, the state of California, and other states of the nation, counties, municipalities, official flags of foreign nations and nationally or internationally recognized organizations; athletic scoreboards, or the official announcements of or signs of government.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Abandoned sign" means any sign that advertises a business, lessor, owner, product, service or activity that is no longer located on the premises where the sign is displayed.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Sign alteration" means any change of copy, sign face, color, size, shape, illumination, position, location, construction, or supporting structure of any sign.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Animated or moving sign" means a sign that uses movement, lighting, or special materials to depict action or create a special effect to imitate movement. A flashing sign shall not be considered an animated or moving sign.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Sign area" means the entire area within the perimeter of a sign defined by a continuous line composed of right angles which enclose the extreme limits of lettering, logo, trademark, or other graphic representation, together with any frame or structural trim forming an integral part of the display used to differentiate the sign from the background against which it is placed.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Awning or canopy sign" means a sign that is either attached to, affixed, or painted on an awning or canopy and not exceeding fifty square feet in sign area.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Blade/bracket sign" means a small, pedestrian-oriented sign (i.e., less than four square feet) that projects perpendicular from a structure (blade sign) or is hung beneath a canopy (bracket sign).
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Business identification sign" means a sign that serves to identify only the name, address, and lawful use of the premises upon which it is located and provides no other advertisements or product identification.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Cabinet sign" or "can sign" means a sign that contains all the text and/or logo symbols within a single enclosed cabinet and may or may not be illuminated.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Changeable copy sign" means a sign designed to allow changing of copy manually.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Channel letter sign" means three-dimensional individually cut letters or figures, illuminated or unilluminated, affixed to a structure.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Civic event sign" means a temporary sign, other than a commercial sign, posted to advertise a civic event sponsored by a public agency, school, church, civic-fraternal organization, or similar noncommercial organization.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Combination sign" means a sign incorporating any combination of the features of pole, projecting and roof signs.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Community and historical sign" means a sign which identifies local communities or points of historical interest, including identification signs of nonprofit community service organizations.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Contractor or construction sign" means a sign that states the name of the developer and contractor(s) working on the site and any related engineering, architectural or financial firms involved with the project.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Convenience sign" means a sign that conveys information (e.g., restrooms, no parking, entrance) or minor business identification for directional purposes only, is designed to be viewed by pedestrians and/or motorists, and does not exceed six square feet in sign area per sign face.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Directory sign" means a sign listing the tenants of a multiple tenant structure or center and located within said structure or center.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Double-faced sign" means a sign constructed to display its message on the outer surfaces of two identical and opposite parallel planes.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Electronic reader board sign" and "electronic graphics sign" means a sign with a fixed or changing display/message composed of a series of lights that may be changed through electronic means. A time and/or temperature sign shall not be considered an electronic graphics sign.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Flashing sign" means a sign that contains an intermittent or sequential flashing light source. An animated or moving sign shall not be considered as a flashing sign.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Freestanding bracket sign" means a small pedestrian-oriented sign mounted on the ground using one or more posts or having a solid monument-type base and not exceeding six square feet in sign area per sign face.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Future tenant identification sign" means a temporary sign that identifies the names of future businesses that will occupy a site or structure.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Governmental sign" means any sign erected and maintained pursuant to and in discharge of any governmental functions, or required by law, ordinance or regulation.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Sign height" means the vertical distance from the uppermost point used in measuring the area of a sign to the average grade immediately below and adjoining the sign.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Illegal sign" means any of the following:
A.
A sign erected without first obtaining a permit and complying with all regulations in effect at the time of its construction or use;
B.
A sign that was legally erected but whose use has ceased because the business it identifies is no longer conducted on the premises;
C.
A nonconforming sign for which the amortization period has expired;
D.
A sign that was legally erected but which later became nonconforming and then was damaged to the extent of fifty percent or more of its current replacement value;
E.
A sign that is a danger to the public or is unsafe; or
F.
A sign that pertains to a specific event that has not been removed within five days after the occurrence of the event.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Internally illuminated sign" means a sign whose light source is either located in the interior of the sign so that the rays go through the face of the sign, or which is attached to the face of the sign and is perceived as a design element of the sign.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Memorial sign" means a sign, tablet or plaque memorializing a person, event, structure or site, not exceeding six square feet in sign area.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Monument sign" means a permanent sign where the entire bottom of the sign is affixed to the ground, not to a building, and not exceeding six feet in height.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Neon sign" means a sign containing glass tube lighting in which a gas and phosphors are used in combination to create a colored light.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Nonconforming sign" means an advertising structure or sign which was lawfully erected and maintained prior to the adoption of this zoning ordinance, and which has subsequently come under the requirements of this zoning ordinance, but does not now completely comply therewith.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Off-site advertising sign" means a sign advertising a use, facility, service, or product that is not located, sold, or manufactured on the same premises as the sign.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Off-site directional sign" means a sign limited to directional messages for a commercial use, publicly owned facility or emergency facility, excluding real estate signs; not exceeding six feet in sign area.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Permanent sign" means a sign constructed of durable materials and intended to exist for the duration of time that the use or occupant is located on the premises.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Pole sign", "pylon sign", and "freestanding sign" means a sign mounted on a free-standing pole or other support so that the bottom edge of the sign face is six feet or more above finished grade.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Political sign" means a sign promoting, advertising, or identifying a political party, candidate, or ballot measure for a future election.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Portable sign" means a sign that is not permanently affixed to a structure or the ground (e.g., A-frame or sandwich-board signs) and which does not exceed twelve square feet in sign area per sign face.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Projecting sign" means a sign that protrudes in a V-shape from the top of the ground floor over the sidewalk, like a traditional theater marquee.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Promotional sign" means a sign erected on a temporary basis to promote the sale of new products, new management, new hours of operation, a new service, or to promote a special sale.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Real estate sign" means a sign indicating that a property or any portion thereof is available for inspection, sale, lease, rent, or directing people to a property, but not including temporary subdivision signs.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Rider sign" means a small sign attached as a rider to a real estate sign that provides limited information about the property (e.g., number of bedrooms, agent's name, open house, etc.).
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Roof sign" means a sign that is mounted on the roof of a building or which is wholly dependent upon a building for support and which projects above the highest point of building with a flat roof, the eave line of a building with gambrel, gable, or hip roof, or the deck line of a building with a mansard roof.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Special event sign/banner" means a temporary sign or banner that is intended to inform the public of a unique happening, action, purpose, or occasion (i.e., grand opening or community event).
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Tall wall sign" means a sign with a sign area in excess of fifty square feet painted or attached to the exterior wall of a building.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Temporary sign" means any sign intended to be displayed for a limited period of time, not to exceed thirty days, and capable of being viewed from any public right-of-way, parking area or neighboring property.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Temporary political sign" means a sign which encourages a particular vote in a scheduled election and is no larger than thirty-two square feet in sign area. (Reference: Business and Professions Code Section 5405.3).
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Three-dimensional sign" means any sign with a depth or relief on their surface greater than six inches.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Time and/or temperature sign" means a sign that accurately display the current local time and/or temperature, usually through arrays of small electric lights, and upon which no commercial advertising or other message appears.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Vehicle sign" means a sign that is attached to or painted on a vehicle that is parked on or adjacent to any property, the principal purpose of which is to attract attention to a product sold or business located on the property.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Wall sign" means sign with a sign area of fifty feet or less that is attached to or painted on the exterior wall of a structure with the display surface of the sign approximately parallel to the building wall.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Window sign" means a sign posted, painted, placed, or affixed in or on a window exposed to public view. An interior sign that faces a window exposed to public view, and is located within three feet of the window, is considered a window sign for the purpose of calculating the total area of all window signs.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Single room occupancy" means a residential facility where living accommodations are individual secure rooms, with or without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room, rented to one- or two-person households on a weekly or monthly basis.
(Ord. 1290 § 8, 2022)
"Private stable" means a detached accessory building for the keeping of horses, burros, or mules owned by the occupants of the premises and not for remuneration, hire or sale.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Public stable" means a stable other than a private stable for keeping of horses.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Street" means any public or private thoroughfare with a width of twenty feet or more, which affords a primary means of access to abutting property.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Street line" means the boundary line between a street and abutting property.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Structural alterations" means any change in the supporting members of a structure such as the bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Structure" means anything constructed or built, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece or work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Supportive housing" means housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to an on-site or off-site service that assists the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.
(Ord. 1290 § 9, 2022)
"Tiny home" means a dwelling that is four hundred square feet or less, excluding lofts, and meets the requirements of the California Building Code.
(Ord. 1290 § 10, 2022)
"Transitional housing" is that status of interim residency existing between homelessness or emergency accommodations and permanent housing.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Truck stop" means any building, premises or land in which or upon which a business, service or industry involving the maintenance, servicing, storage or repair of commercial vehicles is conducted or rendered including the dispensing of motor fuel or other petroleum products directly into motor vehicles, the sale of accessories or equipment for trucks and similar commercial vehicles. A truck stop also may include overnight accommodations and restaurant facilities.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Truck terminal" means an area and building where cargo is stored and where trucks load and unload cargo on a regular basis.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Window area" means an area that is shall be computed by calculating each window pane or panel. The area shall be separate for each building face, and for each window. A group of window panes or panels may be considered one window if they are adjoining on the building face and are less than six inches apart.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Use" means the purpose for which land or building or structure is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is occupied, maintained, let or leased.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Yard" means a space on the same lot with a building or structure which is open and unobstructed, except as otherwise provided in this title, from the ground upward. Neither landscaping nor ordinary outdoor furnishings shall be deemed to obstruct a yard, nor shall any underground structure or part of an underground structure which extends less than eighteen inches above the ground level.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Front yard" means an area extending across the front of the lot between the main building and the front lot line; depth of the required front yard to be measured horizontally from the nearest part of the main building toward the nearest point of the front lot line.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Rear yard" means an area extending across the full width of the lot between the main building and the rear lot line; depth of the required rear yard to be measured horizontally from the nearest part of a main building toward the nearest point of the rear lot line.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)
"Side yard" means an area between a main building and a side lot line, extending from the front yard, or front lot line, to the rear yard; width of the required side yard to be measured horizontally from the nearest point of the side lot line toward the nearest part of the main building.
(Ord. 1007 § 4, 1998)