For the purpose of this title, certain terms and words are defined as set out in this chapter.
Having property lines, street lines, and/or zoning lines in common.
A building or structure containing no kitchen and located upon the same building site as the primary building or use to which it is accessory, the use of which is customarily incidental, appropriate and subordinate to the use of the principal building, or to the principal use of the land. Accessory buildings or accessory structures include, but are not limited to, tool and storage sheds, playhouses, doghouses, gazebos, pergolas, workshops, and similar structures.
An attached or detached dwelling unit which provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and provides permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the proposed or existing primary unit, or as otherwise defined by Government Code Section 66313. Does not include "Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit", which is separately defined.
A use customarily incidental, appropriate and subordinate to the principal use of land or buildings located upon the same premises.
Refer to chapter 11-14.
Visitor-serving commercial uses accessory to and compatible with the primary agricultural use on the property. Agri-tourism uses shall preserve and enhance the primary agricultural use, and supplement sources of income for farmers and ranchers.
A residential facility intended for occupancy by agricultural labor forces, including temporary and permanent agricultural workers, and workers authorized to work in the United States pursuant to an applicable work visa.
Physical change in the internal arrangement of rooms or usage of space, or to the exterior of the building or the supporting members of a structure which requires a building permit.
A commercial facility for the overnight keeping or boarding of household pets. Does not include uses where overnight boarding is an accessory use such as "Animal Care Facilities" and pet stores.
Office and indoor medical treatment facility used by veterinarians for the care of household pets, where boarding is incidental to the primary use. If boarding is the primary use, see "Animal Boarding". This does not include animal care facilities that treat large animals such as livestock, horses, and other similar animals.
Regulation of the permeant housing of animals on residential property, whether domesticated animals, livestock, etc. Refer to section 11-12-5.
Any person, firm, or any other entity that applies to the City for the applicable permits to under take any land use, construction or development project within the City.
Includes both approval and approval with conditions.
A structure that is auxiliary or accessory to another structure or use.
Any part of a building or structure that contributes to its overall aesthetic, form, or functional design but is not integral to the building's structural system.
Design elements on a building facade such as doors, windows, shutters, and accent materials that are not strictly necessary for the structural integrity of a building but are used to add texture and variety.
A computerized, self-service machine used by banking customers for financial transactions, including deposits, withdrawals and fund transfers, without face-to-face contact with financial institution personnel.
A light, roof-like structure, supported entirely by the exterior wall of a building; consisting of a fixed or movable frame covered with cloth, plastic or metal; extending over doors, windows, and/or show windows; with the purpose of providing protection from sun and rain and/or embellishment of the facade.
A business where alcoholic beverages are sold for on-site consumption. Includes bars, taverns, pubs, and similar establishments. Food service may be provided, however, it is subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages.
A story partly or wholly underground.
A location where beverages are manufactured, processed or made commercially. Processing activities include, but are not limited to, wholesale sales, crushing, distilling, fermenting, aging, storing, bottling, and other ancillary office or tasting functions.
That property abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets, or between the nearest intersection or intercepting streets and its own termination or a watercourse.
The amount of land covered or permitted to be covered by buildings or structures, excluding swimming pools, sidewalks and driveways. Building coverage is measured as a percent of a lot.
Refer to section 11-11-6.
A legally created lot of land or parcel containing not less than the prescribed minimum area required by any applicable subdivision and zoning ordinance regulations existing at the time of the creation of the lot or parcel and occupied, or intended to be occupied by a building or structure.
An establishment that provides services to other businesses. Examples of these services include: blueprinting; computer-related service (rental, repair); copying, duplicating, quick printing service; courier, messenger, and delivery service (small scale without fleet vehicle storage); mailing, telegram, and mail box service; outdoor advertising service; and security services.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and its implementing guidelines.
Refer to section 5-4-2 of the Solvang Municipal Code.
A permanent residence that is accessory to the primary use of the property, and used for housing a caretaker on the site of a nonresidential use where needed for security purposes or to provide 24-hour care or monitoring of people, plants, animals, equipment, or other conditions on the site.
A business that prepares food for consumption off premises.
Property dedicated for the burial of human remains. Cemetery includes burial parks for earth interments and mausoleums for crypt or vault interments.
A clearance issued by the city indicating that a building or structure meets all code requirements for occupancy and use. This can either be temporary, meaning a limited time for occupancy, or final, meaning all code requirements are met.
A location and operation where agricultural products are sold by certified producers who have been approved by the county agricultural commissioner to sell agricultural products directly to consumers.
Facilities that provide non-medical care and supervision for periods of less than 24 hours. This land use includes the following types of facilities, all of which are required to be licensed by the California Department of Social Services:
A residential development pattern in which residential units are grouped or "clustered," rather than spread evenly throughout a parcel as in conventional lot by lot development. Cluster development groups residential units on smaller lots in one area of the development, while preserving the remaining land on the site for permanent unbuilt open space uses such as common open space and recreation, or for the protection of environmentally sensitive habitat areas.
Establishments that provide amusement and services within a building or structure for a fee or admission charge. May also include related commercial facilities, including bars and restaurants. Examples include bowling alleys, coin operated amusement arcades, electronic game arcades (video games, etc.), pool and billiard rooms (as primary use), and theaters (performing or cinema).
Establishments that provide outdoor amusement and entertainment services for a fee or admission charge. May also include related commercial facilities, including bars and restaurants, video game arcades, etc. Examples include miniature golf, swim clubs, and outdoor amphitheaters.
A site used for growing plants for food, fiber, herbs, flowers, and other uses, which is shared and maintained by volunteers or residents.
As used with regard to a density bonus: (1) a reduction in site development standards or a modification of zoning code or architectural design requirements that exceed the minimum building standards approved by the California Building Standards Commission, such as a reduction in setback or minimum square footage requirements; (2) approval of mixed-use zoning; or (3) other regulatory incentives that result in identifiable and actual cost reductions to provide for affordable housing costs; or as otherwise defined in Government Code section 65915.
A discretionary permit issued by the Planning Commission for certain land uses and/or construction and development projects. Refer to section 11-16-6.
An estate in real property consisting of a separately owned interest in a portion of a parcel of real property or building, including residences, apartments, offices or stores. A condominium may include, in addition, a separate legally protected interest in other portions of real property.
See definition of Abut.
A publicly owned and operated facility used for public works operations, including: equipment storage, staging, and repair; vehicle storage, staging, and repair, materials storage, and related office uses.
The county of Santa Barbara.
An unroofed area completely or mostly enclosed by the walls of a building or buildings.
When referenced in this code, day means calendar day, unless otherwise specified by a specific code section.
The number of dwellings per gross acre, unless otherwise stated. The calculation of gross acreage in all zones shall include the adjacent right of way to centerline of the street.
The City of Solvang Planning and Building Department or Division.
Any change made by a person or persons to improve real property, including, but not limited to, placement, construction, reconstruction or alteration of buildings or structures, landscaping improvements, mining, excavation or drilling operations.
A discretionary permit issued by the review authority for certain construction and development projects. See Section 11-16-5 (Development Permit).
Any business that, either by design or operation, provides services or products directly to occupants of a motor vehicle, whether through a dedicated drive isle, ordering mechanism accessed by drive-up means, etc.
A private right-of-way that affords vehicular access from a public or private street as defined herein to an abutting or adjacent property.
A room or group of internally connected rooms that have sleeping, cooking, eating, and sanitation facilities, but not more than one kitchen (with exception of Accessory Dwellings, or Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit, as defined further in this section), occupied by or intended for one housekeeping unit on a long-term basis (more than 30 consecutive calendar days).
As defined in Government Code section 65582(d), housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person, and open to anyone irrespective of his/her inability to pay for services.
Any public or private processing, producing, generating, storing, transmitting or recovering facility for electricity, natural gas, petroleum, coal or other source of energy.
The doorway or doorways used to access a building.
Any area in which plant or animal life or their habitats are either rare or especially valuable because of their special nature or role in an ecosystem and which could be easily disturbed or degraded by human activities and developments.
A service establishment that offers household and business equipment, furniture, and/or materials for rental. This use does not include the rental of heavy construction equipment such as tractors. See "wholesaling and distribution".
Vertical or horizontal modulations in the facade of a building.
Any institution the business of which is engaging in financial activities. Such institution does not include check cashing stores, which are defined under personal services, restricted.
A factual conclusion of the review authority based on the evidence presented to the review authority.
The Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is the ratio of floor area to total lot area.
The total area of all floors of a building as measured to the surfaces of interior walls and including corridors, stairways, elevator shafts, attached garages, porches, balconies, basements and offices.
The gross floor area excluding vents, shafts, stairs, corridors, attics and unenclosed porches and balconies.
A structure or portion of a structure that is enclosed and in which vehicles used by the occupants of the primary unit or buildings on the premises are stored, or is utilized for private, on-site storage of the occupants of the primary unit.
The City of Solvang General Plan, including all its elements and amendments, as adopted by the city council in compliance with Government Code Section 65300 et seq. and referred to in this zoning code as the "general plan".
Stores and shops selling many lines of merchandise. Examples of these stores and lines of merchandise include: art galleries; bicycle sales, service, and rental; bookstores (except adult bookstores); apparel and accessories; bakeries; food stores (including convenience markets); furniture, home furnishings and appliances sales, service, and rental; and miscellaneous retail (including candy or ice cream stores, computer stores, drug stores, hobby or craft shops, jewelry stores, newsstands, pet stores, specialty shops, variety stores, or vehicle part sales). The following are also considered general retail:
A parcel of land laid out with at least nine holes for playing the game of golf and improved with tees, greens, fairways, and hazards and that may include a clubhouse, shelter, and ancillary restaurant and food services.
Any excavation or filling of earth or combination thereof.
A structure used for cultivating plants with impervious roof and walls in which the climate is controlled; includes hothouses.
The entire area of a lot measured to the centerline of the street and including all rights-of-way or easements granted to the city or other public agencies.
Non-licensed housing where unrelated people share living, dining, and cooking areas, participate in communal activities, and where an operator or owner of the home may provide services, which may include, but is not limited to, mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, vocational training and other supportive services that may be on or off site.
A vacation resort, generally a farm or ranch, which derives all or part of its income from the use of its facilities by paying visitors or guests. The vacation resort may provide food, lodging, meeting facilities, recreational facilities, and other on-site ancillary uses.
Space within a dwelling unit for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and bathing.
A business that sells tobacco and other products, including paraphernalia associated with the use of tobacco or drugs.
A fitness center, gymnasium, health and athletic club, which may include any of the following: sauna, spa or hot tub facilities; indoor tennis, handball, racquetball, and other indoor sports activities.
Uses that incorporate high technology related to engineering, design, research and development, photonics/optics, computer assisted design, robotics research, numerical control equipment (CAD/CAM), prototype development, biotechnology lasers, medical research, materials testing, telecommunications, and related storage with limited assembly operations associated with the principal use. All activities shall be within a building.
Lands with slopes exceeding 20%.
Any site or structure that is:
Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register;
Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district;
Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places in states with historic preservation programs that have been approved by the Secretary of Interior;
Individually listed on the city's master list of historical structures, adopted by the city council, provided this local inventory is consistent with state-approved or certified historic preservation programs as determined by the Secretary of the Interior or directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states without approved programs.
Any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record or manuscript which the city determines, based on substantial evidence to be historically significant or significant in the architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military, or cultural annals of California or meets the criteria for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources.
A farm (i.e. orchards, vineyards, small animal rising, etc.) that is not the primary source of income for the property owner, and is consider an ancillary use to the primary structure of the property.
Any occupation, activity, enterprise, profession, trade, or undertaking of any nature conducted or engaged in, or ordinarily conducted or engaged in, with the object of gain, benefit or advantage to any person or entity, whether direct or indirect, and which is conducted in a dwelling.
An establishment where patrons share shisha (flavored tobacco), or other types of tobacco from a communal hookah, which is placed at each table.
See "lodging".
A type of accessory dwelling unit defined by Government Code section 66313 as a unit that is no more than 500 square feet in size and contained entirely within the area of a single-unit dwelling. JADUs shall include an efficiency kitchen, which shall include a cooking facility with appliances and a food preparation counter and storage cabinets that are of a reasonable size in relation to the size of the JADU. JADUs may include a separate bathroom facility, or share bathroom facilities within the single-unit dwelling.
A room or space within a building used or intended to be used for the cooking or preparation of food, and which includes any of the following: stove, oven, range top, dishwasher, or sink.
A small space used or intended to be used for the preparation of food and that specifically excludes a stove and/or oven.
The purpose for which land or a structure is designed, arranged, intended, occupied, or maintained.
An integrated housing unit and working space, occupied and utilized by a single household in a structure that has been designed or structurally modified to accommodate joint residential occupancy and work activity, and which includes: a kitchen and sanitary facilities in compliance with the city's Building Code, and working space reserved for and regularly used by one or more occupants of the unit.
A facility with guest rooms or suites, with or without kitchen facilities, rented to the general public for transient lodging of 30 days or less. Facilities include hotels, motels, and inns, guest suites, bed and breakfast, etc.
A recorded lot or parcel of real property under single ownership, lawfully created as required by applicable requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and the Solvang Municipal Code, including this zoning code. Types of lots include the following:
Corner Lot. A lot bounded by streets on two or more adjacent sides.
Flag Lot. A lot having access from the building site to a public street by means of private right-of-way strip that is owned in fee.
Interior Lot. A lot abutting only one street.
Key Lot. A lot, the side line of which abuts the rear line of one or more adjoining lots.
Through Lot. A lot having frontage on two parallel, or approximately parallel, streets.
The average distance between the front or street line and the rear lot lines, or between the front lot line and the intersection of the two side lot lines if there is no rear lot line.
The length of the front line measured at the street right-of-way.
A line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public space. A line of record shall not include parcel lines assigned by the county assessor for purposes of property taxation. For purposes of this zoning code, the front property line shall be considered the outside boundary of the city right-of-way that encroaches upon the subject property. Types of lot lines are as follows:
Front Line. The shortest boundary line of a lot that corresponds with a street line. When the street side boundary lines of a corner lot are equal or of substantially equal lengths, the front line shall be the line located on the principal street.
Rear Lot Line. A property line that does not intersect the front lot line and is most distant from and most closely parallel to the front lot line, as determined by the planning manager. In the case of triangular or otherwise irregularly shaped lots, a line parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line shall be utilized to determine the setback.
Side Lot Line. Any lot line that is not a front or rear lot line.
The average distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth.
Retail sales of building materials, including lumber, ornamental brick and stone.
Base facilities for various businesses that provide services on the premises of their clients. Includes gardening, janitorial, pest control, water and smoke damage recovery, and similar services; and appliance, computer, electronics, elevator, equipment, HVAC, instrument, plumbing, security systems, and other maintenance and repair services not operating from a retail establishment that sells the products being maintained or repaired.
An establishment that manufactures and/or assembles small products primarily by hand, including jewelry, pottery and other ceramics, as well as small glass and metal art and craft products. Also includes small-scale wine production of less than 500 cases annually. Retail sales of the products are allowed on site.
The manufacturing, assembling, processing, storing, or packaging of products involving: (1) chemicals, petroleum, heavy agricultural products, or other hazardous materials; (2) vehicle-dismantling or scrap and waste yards; or (3) primary production of raw materials. Examples of heavy intensity manufacturing uses include the following.
Chemical Product Manufacturing. An establishment that produces or uses basic chemicals, and other establishments creating products predominantly by chemical processes. Examples of these products include: basic chemicals, including acids, alkalis, salts, and organic chemicals; chemical products to be used in further manufacture, including synthetic fibers, plastic materials, dry colors, and pigments; and finished chemical products to be used for ultimate consumption, including drugs/pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and soaps, or as materials or supplies in other industries including paints, fertilizers, and explosives. Also includes sales and transportation establishments handling the chemicals described above, except as part of retail trade.
Glass Product Manufacturing. An establishment that manufactures glass and/or glass products by melting silica sand or cullet, including the production of flat glass and other glass products that are pressed, blown, or shaped from glass produced in the same establishment. Artisan and craftsman type operations are instead "Manufacturing, Artisan."
Lumber and Wood Product Manufacturing. Manufacturing, processing, and sales that involve the milling of forest products to produce rough and finished lumber and other wood materials for use in other manufacturing, craft, or construction processes. Includes the following processes and products: containers, pallets, skids trusses, structural beams, manufactured and modular homes, turning and shaping of wood products, matches (wood), wholesaling of basic wood products, milling operations, and wood product assembly.
Paving and Roofing Materials Manufacturing. The manufacture of various common paving and petroleum-based roofing materials, including bulk asphalt, paving blocks made of asphalt, creosote wood, plastics, other synthetics, and rubber product manufacturing. The manufacture of rubber products includes: tires, rubber footwear, mechanical rubber goods, heels and soles, flooring, and other rubber products from natural, synthetic, or reclaimed rubber. Also includes establishments engaged primarily in manufacturing tires and/or products from recycled or reclaimed plastics or expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam), molding primary plastics for other manufacturers, manufacturing miscellaneous finished plastics products, manufacturing fiberglass, and fiberglass application services.
Primary Metal Industries. An establishment engaged in the smelting and refining of ferrous and nonferrous metals from ore, pig, or scrap; the rolling, drawing, and alloying of metals; the manufacture of castings, forgings, stampings, extrusions, and other basic metal products; and the manufacturing of nails, spikes, and insulated wire and cable. Also includes merchant blast furnaces and by-product or beehive coke ovens.
Pulp and Pulp Product Manufacturing. An establishment that manufactures pulp, paper, or paperboard. Includes pulp, paper, and paperboard mills. Does not include establishments primarily engaged in converting paper or paperboard without manufacturing the paper or paperboard, including envelope manufacturing, converted paper products, paper coating and glazing, paper bags, assembly of paperboard boxes, wallpaper which are classified as "manufacturing/processing, light."
Scrap or Dismantling Yard. Outdoor establishments primarily engaged in assembling, breaking up, sorting, and the temporary storage and distribution of recyclable or reusable scrap and waste materials, including auto wreckers engaged in dismantling automobiles for scrap, and the incidental, wholesale, or retail sale of parts from those vehicles.
Textile and Leather Product Manufacturing. An establishment that converts basic fibers (natural or synthetic) into a product, including yarn or fabric, that can be further manufactured into usable items (See Manufacturing, Light, Clothing and Fabric Product Manufacturing), and industries that transform hides into leather by tanning or curing. Includes coating, waterproofing, or otherwise treating fabric; manufacturing woven fabric, carpets, and rugs from yarn; manufacturing dressed and dyed furs; preparation of fiber and subsequent manufacturing of yarn, threads, braids, twine cordage; dyeing and finishing fiber, yarn, fabric, and knit apparel; scouring and combing plants; leather-tanning, leather currying, and leather finishing upholstery manufacturing; manufacturing knit apparel and other finished products from yarn; yarn and thread mills; and manufacturing felt goods, lace goods, non-woven fabrics and miscellaneous textiles.
A facility accommodating manufacturing processes involving and/or producing: apparel; food and beverage products; electronic, optical, and instrumentation products; ice; jewelry; and musical instruments. Light manufacturing also includes other establishments engaged in the assembly, fabrication, and conversion of already processed raw materials into products, where the operational characteristics of the manufacturing processes and the materials used are unlikely to cause significant impacts on surrounding land uses or the community. Examples of light manufacturing/ processing uses include the following:
Clothing and Fabric Product Manufacturing. An establishment that assembles clothing, draperies, and/or other products by cutting and sewing purchased textile fabrics and related materials, including leather, rubberized fabrics, plastics and furs. Does not include custom tailors and dressmakers not operating as a factory and not located on the site of a clothing store (see "personal services"). See also, "manufacturing/processing, heavy, textile and leather product manufacturing".
Electronics, Equipment, and Appliance Manufacturing. An establishment that manufactures equipment, apparatus, and/or supplies for the generation, storage, transmission, transformation and use of electrical energy, including: appliances such as stoves/ovens, refrigerators, freezers, laundry equipment, fans, vacuum cleaners, and sewing machines; optical instruments and lenses; aviation instruments; photographic equipment; computers, computer components, and peripherals; radio and television receiving equipment; electronic components and accessories; surgical, medical and dental instruments, equipment, and supplies; semiconductors, integrated circuits, and related devices; media storage and creation including magnetic, magneto-optical, and optical products such as compact disks (CDs), computer electrical welding apparatus diskettes and hard drives, digital versatile disks (DVDs), magnetic tape products, and phonograph records; lighting and wiring equipment such as lamps, fixtures, wiring devices, and vehicle lighting; surveying and drafting instruments; instruments for measurement, testing, analysis and control; associated sensors and accessories; switch gear and switchboards; miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment and supplies such as x-ray apparatuses and tubes, electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatuses, and electrical equipment for internal combustion engines; telephone and telegraph apparatuses; motors and generators; and watches and clocks. Does not include research and development facilities separate from manufacturing (see "High Technology").
Furniture and Fixtures Manufacturing, Cabinet Shop. A business that manufactures wood and metal household furniture and appliances; bedsprings and mattresses; all types of office furniture, partitions, shelving, lockers and store furniture; and miscellaneous drapery hardware, window blinds and shades. Includes furniture re-upholstering businesses, wood and cabinet shops.
Laboratory, Medical, Analytical. A facility for testing, analysis, and/or research. Examples of this use include medical labs, soils and materials testing labs, and forensic labs. This use does not include cannabis testing, which is prohibited.
Metal Products Fabrication, Machine or Welding Shop. An establishment engaged in the production and/or assembly of metal parts, including the production of metal cabinets and enclosures, cans and shipping containers, doors and gates, duct work, forgings and stampings, hardware and tools, plumbing fixtures and products, tanks, towers, and similar products. Examples of these uses include: blacksmith and welding shops; sheet metal shops; plating, stripping, and coating shops; machine shops; and boiler shops.
Paper Product Manufacturing. An establishment that converts pre-manufactured paper or paperboard into boxes, envelopes, paper bags, wallpaper, etc., and/or that coats or glazes premanufactured paper. Does not include the manufacturing of pulp, paper, or paperboard (See manufacturing/processing, heavy, pulp and pulp product manufacturing).
Photo/Film Processing Lab. A facility that provides high volume and/or custom processing services for photographic negative film, transparencies, and/or prints, where the processed products are delivered to off-site retail outlets for customer pickup. Does not include small scale photo processing machines accessory to other retail businesses.
Winemaking. A facility engaged in the large scale production of wine involving more than 500 cases annually. For production of less than 500 cases annually, see manufacturing, artisan.
A facility accommodating manufacturing processes that involve and/or produce building materials, fabricated metal products, machinery, and/or transportation equipment, where the intensity and/or scale of operations is greater than those classified under Manufacturing, Light, but where impacts on surrounding land uses or the community can typically be mitigated to acceptable levels. Examples of medium intensity manufacturing uses include the following.
Food and Beverage Product Manufacturing. Manufacturing establishments producing or processing foods and beverages for human consumption, and certain related products. Examples of these uses include: bottling plants; fats and oil product manufacturing (not animal rendering); breweries; fruit and vegetable canning; confectionery products; grain mill products and by-products; meat, poultry, and seafood canning, curing, and byproduct processing; soft drink production; miscellaneous food item preparation from raw products; and dairy products manufacturing. This use does not include: bakeries or beer brewing as part of a microbrewery.
Laundry, Dry Cleaning Plant. A service establishment engaged primarily in high volume laundry and garment services, including: carpet and upholstery cleaners; diaper services; dry cleaning and garment pressing; commercial laundries; and linen supply. These facilities may include accessory customer pick-up facilities. These facilities do not include laundromats or dry cleaning/laundry pick-up stores with limited processing equipment, which are personal services.
Machinery Manufacturing. An establishment that makes or processes raw materials into finished machines or parts for machines. Does not include the manufacture of electronics, equipment, or appliances (See manufacturing/processing, light, electronics, equipment, and appliance manufacturing).
Motor Vehicles and Transportation Equipment. Manufacturers of equipment for transporting passengers and cargo by land, air and/or water, including motor vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, ships, boats, railroad and other vehicles such as motorcycles, bicycles and snowmobiles.
Stone and Cut Stone Product Manufacturing. An establishment that cuts, shapes, and/or finishes marble, granite, slate, and/or other stone for construction and miscellaneous uses.
Structural Clay and Pottery Product Manufacturing. An establishment that produces brick and structural clay products, including pipe, plumbing fixtures, and/or fine earthenware and porcelain products. This use does not include products made primarily by hand (See Manufacturing, Artisan).
The overall configuration of a building in terms of its height, footprint, and articulation, as well as its creation of space around it on a lot.
A facility in which power driven or steam cleaning machinery is used for the exterior and/or interior washing and cleaning of automobiles and other motor vehicles. Such facilities and equipment may be designed for self-service or full-service operation.
Facilities for motion picture, television, video, sound, computer, and other communications media production.
A facility other than a hospital where medical, mental health, surgical and other personal health services are provided on an outpatient basis. Examples of these uses include: medical offices with licensed practitioners and/or medical specialists; outpatient care facilities; urgent care facilities; and other allied health services. These facilities may also include incidental medical laboratories. Counseling services by other than medical doctors or psychiatrists are included under Office, Professional.
Residential facilities providing nursing and health related care as a primary use with in-patient beds. Examples of these uses include: board and care homes; convalescent hospitals; congregate living health facilities; rest homes; and skilled nursing facilities. Long-term personal care facilities that do not emphasize medical treatment are included under Residential Care and Residential Care for the Elderly.
A facility or institution which provides a broad range of medical care and services, including the overnight and/or long-term in- and out-patient care of persons afflicted with physical and/or mental diseases, injuries, complaints or other infirmities.
A facility for public or private meetings, including religious assembly facilities (e.g., churches, mosques, synagogues, etc.), auditoriums, grange halls, union halls, and meeting halls for clubs and other membership organizations. May include functionally related internal facilities that are clearly incidental to the primary use such as kitchens, multi-purpose rooms, storage, ancillary education facilities that are subordinate to the primary use, and caretaker or other residences on-site that are subordinate to the primary. This use does not include childcare facilities and public or private schools (refer to public/quasi-public), which are separately defined.
A commercial, bonded facility for manufacture, blending, fermentation, processing, and packaging of malt liquor that produces less than 10,000 barrels (310,000 US gallons) of beer annually. At all times, microbreweries must have a current and applicable California Alcohol Beverage Control License. Live entertainment including single instrument musician or band may be allowed as an ancillary use if no admission is charged.
The area that encompasses the Mission Design District Overlay Zone (DD-2) on the zoning map.
A project that combines both residential and commercial uses on the same site. Does not include Live/work Unit, which is separately defined.
A trailer, transportable in one or more sections, that is certified under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which is over eight feet in width and 40 feet in length, with or without a permanent foundation and not including a recreational vehicle, commercial coach or factory-built housing. A mobile home on a permanent foundation is included under the definition of Single Dwellings.
Any site that is planned and improved to accommodate two or more mobile homes used for residential purposes, or on which two or more mobile home lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership, to accommodate mobile homes used for residential purposes.
An entity that sells goods or food services from a stand that is intended to be temporary, or is capable of being moved to various locations.
Funeral homes and parlors, where deceased are prepared for burial or cremation, and funeral services may be conducted. May include on-site cremation with a Conditional Use Permit.
See Lodging.
A building and/or lot or use having pumps and storage tanks where motor vehicle fuels, lubricating oil, grease, or accessories for motor vehicles are dispensed, sold, or offered for sale at retail only. Car washing and repair services shall be only incidental to the primary use.
Two or more dwelling units attached or detached on a lot, or two or more dwelling units attached to an adjacent dwelling located on individual lots or air space condominium, not including an accessory dwelling unit. Multi-unit dwellings or development include a duplex, triplex, condominium, townhouse, common interest development, common area developments (detached or attached), and apartments. Multi-unit dwellings or developments may also be combined with nonresidential uses as part of a mixed-use development. "Multi-Unit" may also be referred to as "Multifamily".
A facility that stays open late at night providing entertainment such as live music and/or dancing, comedy, etc. that may or may not serve alcoholic beverage or on-site consumption. A night club does not include "adult oriented business."
A lot that was legally created, but does not comply with the current area, width, depth, or other applicable requirements of this zoning code.
A structure that was legally constructed, but does not comply with the current area, width, depth, or other applicable requirements of this zoning code.
A use of land and/or a structure (either conforming or nonconforming) that was legally established and maintained, but does not conform to the current zoning code requirements for allowable land uses within the applicable zone.
An activity or accessory use that is related to a specific primary use, but is not located on the same site as the primary use.
This zoning code distinguishes between the following types of offices, not including medical offices (see medical services, clinic/urgent care, and medical services, doctor office):
Accessory. An office facility for business administration, and/or on-site business and operations management, which is incidental and accessory to another business, sales, and/or service activity on the same site that is the primary use.
Business/Service. An establishment providing direct services to consumers. Examples of this use include employment agencies, elected official satellite offices, insurance agent offices, property management, real estate offices, travel agencies, utility company offices, vehicle rental/sale offices with no vehicles on site, etc. Business/service office does not include financial Institutions, which are separately defined.
Processing. An office-type facility characterized by high employee density, and occupied by businesses engaged in information processing, and other computer dependent and/or telecommunications-based activities. Examples of these uses include: reservation centers, insurance claim processing, mail order and electronic commerce transaction processing, consumer credit reporting, data processing services, and telemarketing offices.
Professional. An office facility occupied by a business that provides professional services, administrative services, or is engaged in the production of intellectual property. Examples of this use include: accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services; advertising agencies; attorneys; business associations; chambers of commerce; construction contractors (office facilities only); counseling services (for medical doctors see medical services, doctor offices); design services including architecture, engineering, landscape architecture; educational, scientific and research organizations; financial management and investment counseling; management and public relations services; media post production services; photographers and photography studios; political campaign headquarters; psychologists; travel agencies; and, security and commodity brokers.
An activity or accessory use that is related to a specific primary use, which is located on the same site as the primary use.
Common Open Space. An area that is reserved for the use of the occupants and their guests that is not dedicated to an individual unit, property, or lot. This space is usually set aside for recreational, aesthetic, or environmental purposes and is not developed with buildings or other structures. Common open space shall include, but not be limited to, recreational areas and facilities for the use of the residents or guests of a development such as tennis courts, swimming pools, playgrounds, community gardens, landscaped areas for common use or other open areas of the site needed for the protection of the habitat, archaeological, scenic or other resources. Water bodies may be included but shall not be credited for more than five percent of the total required common open space. Common open space shall not include driveways, public or private streets, parking lots, private patios and yards, other developed areas or hard surfaced walkways.
Private Open Space. Private open space shall include, but not be limited to, patios, decks, yards, or agriculture related uses for the private use of the residents of individual dwelling units or quasi-public properties.
Public Open Space. Public open space shall include, but not be limited to, public parks, recreational support facilities (restrooms, stairways, picnic tables, etc.), public parking lots, access corridors such as bike paths, hiking or equestrian trails, usable natural areas, and vista points, which are accessible to members of the general public. Environmentally sensitive habitat areas and archaeological sites may be included in public open space. Water bodies such as streams, ponds and lakes may be included in public open space only if they are available for active recreational purposes, i.e., swimming, boating or fishing, but in no case shall water bodies be credited for more than five percent of the total public open space requirement within a development. Public open space shall not include areas that are unusable for recreational purposes, i.e., private or public streets, private parking lots, or hazardous areas such as steep slopes and bluff faces.
Any feature of a building that projects out from the horizontal wall plane, such as a roof eave, stoop covering, or awning.
A low wall built up above the level of a roof, generally to hide rooftop-mounted equipment.
A public outdoor recreation facility that provides recreational opportunities such as community center, playground equipment, open space areas for passive recreation and picnicking, and sport facilities.
Any place maintained for the outdoor parking of cars, excepting on a street, alley or other public place.
A temporary sale that is conducted by a retail store, shop or establishment in the area usually used for on-premises customer parking or pedestrian access (not within a public right-of-way) of that retail store, shop or establishment and at which sale the same type of merchandise sold within that store, shop or establishment is sold at retail.
A space designed and reserved for parking of motor vehicles, including all necessary maneuvering space, as provided elsewhere in this title.
A building or portion thereof, except a private garage, used or designed to be used for the storage of vehicles for either a short term period or long period, operated by either a private entity or the city of Solvang.
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association; city, county, state, or district; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof.
Establishments providing non-medical services to individuals as a primary use. Examples of these uses include: barber and beauty shops; dressmaking and tailor shops; dry cleaning/laundry pick-up stores with limited equipment; laundromats (self-service laundries); locksmiths; pet grooming (no overnight boarding); computer and small electronic equipment repair; shoe repair shops; tanning salons; tattoo artist studios; piercing studios; and massage therapy when connected with a day spa or other individual massage therapy establishment where all message therapists are licensed by the California Massage Therapy Council (CMTC). These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided.
Establishments providing non-medical services to individuals as a primary use, including bail bonds, check cashing services, drug paraphernalia business (hookah bars, head shops), smoke shops, and related practices buying gold/precious metals as a primary use, pawn shops, and beauty supply or skin care retail stores/spaces where on-site demonstrations are completed with no charge and/or where customers, patrons, and other persons may make appointments for no charge in order to solicit sales of beauty and other skin, hair, and health and beauty products, or offer beauty product samples through solicitation, whether primary or ancillary to another use.
The planning manager as defined in section 2-1-3 of the Solvang Municipal Code.
A structure that accommodates the primary use of the site.
An establishment engaged in printing by letterpress, lithography, gravure, screen, offset, or electrostatic (xerographic) copying; and other establishments serving the printing trade such as bookbinding, typesetting, engraving, photoengraving and electrotyping. This use also includes establishments that publish newspapers, books and periodicals; establishments manufacturing business forms and binding devices. Quick printing services are included in the definition of business support service.
Includes public, semi-public, and private schools; government, civic, and community buildings and uses; public utility buildings and uses; museums and libraries; and similar uses. Public and quasi-public does not include specialized education/training.
A pedestrian way traversing a park or open space area that is maintained by the city or some other entity.
Production, storage, transmission and recovery facilities for water, sewerage, energy and other similar utilities owned or operated by a business organization and subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
The city of Solvang Public Works Director or their designee.
A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy meeting the criteria in California Health and Safety Code section 18010.
A center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials. A "certified" recycling or processing facility is certified by the California Department of Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986.
Processing Facility. A structure or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials for shipment, or to an end-user's specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, cleaning, compacting, crushing, flattening, grinding, mechanical sorting, remanufacturing and shredding.
Recycling or Recyclable Material. Reusable domestic containers and other materials which can be reconstituted, re-manufactured, or reused in an altered form, including glass, metals, paper and plastic. Recyclable material does not include trash or hazardous materials.
Reverse Vending Machine. An automated mechanical device which accepts at least one or more types of empty beverage containers and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container's redemption value, as determined by state law. These vending machines may accept aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, and other containers.
Small Collection Facility. A facility where the public may donate, redeem or sell recyclable materials, which occupies an area of 500 square feet or less and may include a mobile unit or reverse vending machines, where allowed by the applicable zone.
See Meeting Facilities.
See alteration.
A service facility where various types of electrical, electronic, and mechanical equipment, and home and business appliances are repaired and/or maintained away from the site of the equipment owner. Repair service, large equipment does not include vehicle repair and services, the repair of small electronic equipment, which is included under personal services, maintenance and repair activities that occur on the client's site, which are included under maintenance service, client site services, or repair services of small equipment, which are classified as repair service, small equipment.
A service facility where various types of small home appliances and household items are repaired at the business location. Examples include: vacuum and sewing machine repair, home electronics repair, and lawnmower repair.
Any facility, place, or building that is maintained and operated to provide 24- hour non-medical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for protection of the individual and licensed or supervised by a federal agency, state of California, or a local health or welfare agency. This use includes transitional housing and supportive housing. This use does not include childcare facilities, which are separately defined.
As defined by Title 22, Chapter 8 of the California Code of Regulations, a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by the residents, or the residents' guardians, conservators or other responsible persons; where 75% of the residents are at least 60 years of age or older, or, if younger, have needs compatible with other residents; and where varying levels of care and supervision are provided, as agreed to at the time of admission or as determined necessary at subsequent times of reappraisal. RCFEs do not include childcare facilities, which are separately defined. include assisted living facilities, congregate housing, independent living centers/senior apartments, and life care facilities, etc.
A retail business where the primary activity is selling food prepared on site for on- or off- premises consumption. These include eating establishments where customers are served from a walkup counter and establishments where customers are served food at their tables. Live entertainment including single instrument musician or band may be allowed as an ancillary use if no admission is charged. Examples include: cafes, coffee shops, donut shops, ice cream parlors, delicatessens, etc. The sale of alcoholic beverages is allowed as an accessory use. Restaurants include the following:
Barbecue, Outdoor Commercial. Commercial "for profit" business not operated in a building, for the purpose of selling food to the general public that is prepared and cooked on an open flame or smoker apparatus as its primary food prepping device.
Restaurant, Formula. A restaurant devoted to the preparation and offering for sale of food and beverages for consumption either on or off the premises, which is required by contractual or other arrangements to offer any of the following: standardized menus, ingredients, food preparation, decor, uniforms or similar standardized features, and where there are five or more similar locations nationwide.
Walk-Up Food Service Window. An opening in an exterior wall of a building through which food, beverage and other consumable items are provided or served to the general public upon payment of a fee or charge. Walk-up food service windows do not include windows in a motor vehicle, as defined in the California Vehicle Code, through which food, beverage and other consumable items are provided or served to the general public, commonly called food trucks, or windows in a conveyance engaging in a sidewalk vending activity as defined in Title 4, Chapter 4 of the Solvang Municipal Code.
The individual or official city body (planning manager, design review committee, planning commission, or city council) identified by this zoning code as having the responsibility and authority to review and recommend or review and approve or disapprove the development applications described in Chapter 16 of this zoning code.
The recorded boundary of a public or private street or the existing or planned boundary of a public street and, when adopted, as indicated on the city's general plan circulation element.
The distance by which a structure, parking area or other development feature must be separated from a lot line, other structure or development feature. The setback area is as follows:
Front Setback. An area extending across the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the applicable setback measurement.
Rear Setback. An area extending the full width of the lot between a rear lot line and the applicable setback measurement.
Interior Side Setback. An area between a side lot line and the applicable setback measurement extending between the front and rear setbacks.
Street Side Setback. An area between a side lot line adjacent to the street and the applicable setback measurement extending from the front setback line to the rear lot line.
Any place, space, structure, or portion of any place, space, or structure, which is or may be occupied, or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for purposes of sleeping, lodging, or similar use in conformance with the city's zoning regulations, for a period of 30 days or less.
A multi-unit dwelling/development with one-room residential rental units where occupants may share common kitchen and bathroom facilities.
One detached dwelling designed for and occupied exclusively by one housekeeping unit, which includes one interior kitchen, but does not include any shared facilities including, but not limited to, driveways, drainage basins, landscaping, etc. that is found in a common area development. A single-unit dwelling may also include, as an accessory use, a legally established accessory dwelling unit and/or junior accessory dwelling unit in compliance with state law and the Solvang Municipal Code. This definition also includes individual manufactured housing units installed on a foundation system regulated pursuant to California Health and Safety Code section 18551. Single-unit may also be referred to as single-family.
Any premises dedicated to the display, sale, distribution, delivery, offering, furnishing, or marketing of tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco paraphernalia; provided, however, that any grocery store, supermarket, convenience store or similar retail use that only sells conventional cigars, cigarettes or tobacco as an ancillary sale shall not be defined as a "smoke shop and tobacco store."
Any public agency, other than the county, formed pursuant to general law or special act for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries. Special district includes, but is not limited to, a city service area, a maintenance district or area, an improvement district or improvement zone, or any other zone or area, formed for the purpose of designating an area within which a property tax rate will be levied to pay for a service or improvement benefiting that area.
A school that provides education and/or training, including vocational training, in limited subjects. Examples of these schools include: establishments providing courses by mail, language schools, business, secretarial, and vocational schools, computers and electronics schools, and religious/ministry training facilities.
A detailed plan for the systematic implementation of the general plan for all or part of the area covered by the general plan, as authorized by Government Code sections 65450 et seq.
An interior or exterior series of steps usually with landings to move from one floor level to another.
A corporation which is 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, and all or substantially all of the shareholders of such corporation receive right of exclusive occupancy in a portion of the real property, title to which is held by the corporation. The term stock cooperative does not include a limited equity housing cooperative as defined in this section.
The storage of various materials outside of a structure either as an accessory or primary use.
A structure or group of structures containing generally small, individual, compartmentalized stalls or lockers rented as individual storage spaces and characterized by a low parking demand.
A facility for the storage of operative cars and other fleet vehicles, trucks, buses, recreational vehicles, and other motor vehicles. Storage, vehicle includes facilities for the storage and/or servicing of fleet vehicles but does not include commercial parking lots, or scrap or dismantling yards (See manufacturing/processing, heavy).
Facilities for the indoor storage of furniture, household goods, or other commercial goods of any nature. Storage, warehouse includes cold storage but does not include: warehouse, storage or mini-storage facilities offered for rent or lease to the general public (see storage, personal storage facility); or warehouse facilities primarily used for wholesaling and distribution (see wholesaling and distribution).
That portion of a building between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.
A public or private thoroughfare which affords principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, street, place, way, court, drive, land, boulevard, highway, road, or any other thoroughfare except an alley as defined herein.
The portion of a property line abutting a public or private street.
Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure such as bearing walls, column beams or girders, or in the dimensions or configurations of the roof.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground.
A residential unit where living and sleeping space is combined in a single room.
Small scale recreational facilities typically accommodating a few groups of students at a time. Examples of these facilities include: individual and group instruction and training in the arts; production rehearsal; photography and the processing of photographs produced only by users of the studio facilities; yoga studios; martial arts training studios; gymnastics instruction, and aerobics and gymnastics studios with no other fitness facilities or equipment. These facilities also include production studios for individual musicians, painters, sculptors, photographers, and other artists.
A division of land as defined by the California Subdivision Map Act.
Free from variation or contradiction, except where the variation or contradiction is minor, legal, justified and supported by the facts.
As defined in section 50675.2 of the Health and Safety Code, housing with no limit on the length of stay, is occupied by a target population, and is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving their health status, and maximizing their ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.
Public and private electromagnetic and photoelectrical transmission, broadcast, repeater and receiving stations for radio, television, telegraph, telephone, data network, and wireless communications, including commercial earth stations for satellite-based communications. Includes antennas, commercial satellite dish antennas, and equipment buildings. Does not include telephone, telegraph and cable television transmission facilities utilizing hard-wired or direct cable connections.
A discretionary permit issued by the planning manager, which allows the use of land that is properly designed, operated and occupies a site for a limited time.
As defined in Section 50675.2 and California Government Code section 65582.
A development application proposing no more than two primary dwelling units on a single parcel located within a single-unit residential zone as authorized by Government Code section 65852.21. A two-unit housing development shall consist of either the construction of no more than two new primary dwelling units or the addition of one new primary dwelling unit on a single parcel with one existing primary dwelling unit.
Pipes, cables, and equipment installed beneath the ground to provide essential services such as electricity, gas, telecommunications, water, and sewage, with above ground structures on private property utilized for delivery of these services.
Any above-ground structures or facilities that are used in connection with the production, generation, transmission, or delivery of utilities, whether electrical, natural gas, fiber optics, or other type of infrastructure. These facilities shall be operated by utility company subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
A discretionary permit issued by the planning commission granting relief from the requirements of this zoning code such that construction is permitted in a manner that would otherwise be prohibited by this zoning code. See section 11-16 (Variance).
A public or private parking space(s) that is (are) served by battery charging equipment with the purpose of transferring electric energy to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle.
A retail establishment renting automobiles, light trucks, boats, campers, and/or motorcycles, and bicycles, and other street legal vehicles, where vehicles are kept either on site or off premise.
The repair, servicing, alteration, restoration, towing, painting, cleaning, or finishing of automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, boats and other vehicles as a primary use, including the incidental wholesale and retail sale of vehicle parts as an accessory use.
A retail or wholesale establishment selling automobiles, light trucks, boats, campers, and/or motorcycles. Vehicles for sale may be displayed outdoors or indoors. Vehicle sales may also include repair shops and the sales of parts and accessories incidental to vehicle sales but does not include the sale of auto parts/accessories separate from a vehicle dealership.
The area that encompasses the Village Design District Overlay Zone (DD-1) on the zoning map.
A triangular space at the street or highway corner of a corner lot containing no planting, walls or other structure exceeding three feet in height. Vision clearance shall be measured along the street line from the corner to the hypotenuse of the triangle.
An establishment engaged in selling and/or renting merchandise to retailers; contractors; industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, or professional business users; or other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to such persons or companies. Examples of these establishments include: agents, merchandise or commodity brokers, commission merchants, merchant wholesalers, assemblers, buyers and associations engaged in the cooperative marketing of farm products, stores primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning supplies and equipment. Wholesaling and distribution also includes storage, processing, packaging, and shipping facilities for mail order and electronic-commerce retail establishments.
A machine or group of machines used to convert wind energy to a usable form (i.e., mechanical, electrical, etc.).
A wind energy conversion system that utilizes a turbine to convert wind power to electrical energy.
A retail sales facility where customers may taste and purchase wine and/or distilled spirits with a proper license issued by the California Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control. Live entertainment including single instrument musician or band may be allowed as an ancillary use if no admission is charged.
(Ord. 24-0378, 12/9/2024)