Language commonly used throughout this Title is defined in this Chapter.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
A building, structure, or use of land which is clearly incidental and subordinate to the primary building, structure, or use of land located on the same lot.
Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Government Code Section 65852.2, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean an attached or a detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-unit or multi-unit dwelling is or will be situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following: an efficiency unit, and a manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the California Health and Safety Code.
A structure which is attached or detached from, but related to, the structure containing the permitted primary use of the property on which said accessory structure is located.
A use that is clearly subordinate, incidental, and related to the primary use of the lot that does not alter the primary use of the subject lot.
Shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.
A publicly dedicated and improved right-of-way, not exceeding a uniform width of 20 feet or as determined by the City Engineer, which affords a secondary means of access from a street or highway to an abutting lot.
An antenna utilized by a Federally licensed operator to permit amateur radio communication.
A change or modification in the wording, context or substance of this Title 18 or any portion thereof, and including the Official Zone Map.
A commercial establishment predominantly engaged in conducting, managing or carrying on the business of buying, selling or otherwise dealing in antiques. An antique, for the purposes of this Title, shall be a work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like, of or belonging to the past, and at least 50 years old. However, antique shops shall specifically exclude secondhand goods, thrift, vintage stores, discount stores, liquidator store and pawn shops.
A building or group of buildings in which each such building contains three or more dwelling units.
Shall have the same meaning as "residential care facility for the elderly" as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1569.2, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by persons 60 years of age or over, or their authorized representative, where varying levels and intensities of care and supervision, protective supervision, or personal care are provided, based upon their varying needs, as determined in order to be admitted and to remain in the facility. Persons under 60 years of age with compatible needs may be allowed to be admitted or retained in a residential care facility for the elderly as specified in Health and Safety Code Section 1569.316.
A point-of-sale terminal designed to facilitate financial transactions. Services provided include, but may not be limited to, cash withdrawals, deposits, transfers, payments and other similar financial transactions.
A retail business for the purpose of selling and dispensing gasoline or other petroleum products and motor vehicle fuels to the users of motor vehicles.
A lot used by a business licensed to rent automobiles, generally for short periods of time, and where no on-premises repair work is done.
A facility that offers any of the vehicle maintenance and repairs as defined in Automobile Repair Facility, Minor, and also includes major repairs conducted within a fully enclosed service building or service bay, such as engine and transmission overhauls, vehicle restorations, upholstering, convertible top repairs and installations, paint and body work, and other similar services as determined by the Zoning Administrator or their designee.
A facility that offers maintenance of and minor repairs to motor vehicles, limited to the repair of passenger vehicles, conducted within a fully enclosed service building or service bay, including mechanical repairs, maintenance, and other services, including lubrication, battery service, brake and wheel service, accessory and tire installation and service, engine adjustments, tune-ups, electrical work, front-end alignment, exhaust system repair, brake servicing, stereo installation, vehicle detailing, window tinting, spray-on bed lining, the repair and servicing of transmissions, and other similar services as determined by the Zoning Administrator or their designee.
A vehicle incapable of movement under its own motor power, designed to be drawn or towed for the purpose of carrying or transporting property, but specifically excluding the use for human habitation, transportation or for dwelling purposes.
A permanent or temporary roof-like structure designed to provide protection from weather conditions such as intense sunlight and rain.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
Waste materials that decompose naturally through biological processes and are generally organic in nature.
All property abutting or having frontage along one side of the right-of-way of a public street or highway between a street or highway and a railroad right-of-way or waterway, terminus or dead-end street or highway, or City boundary. An intersecting street or highway shall only determine the boundary of the block on the side of the street or highway which it intersects.
An establishment that ferments and manufactures specialty beers. A brewery may sell alcohol fermented and manufactured on the business's licensed premises for on-sale or off-sale consumption. Tasting rooms may be included in conjunction with the manufacturing.
A roofed structure supported by columns or walls, built for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, vehicles or other property of any kind or type whatsoever, but excluding any and all forms of other vehicles which could be used for human habitation even though immobilized or mobilized.
Building height shall be defined by Section 18.26.040 (Measuring Height).
A retail establishment primarily engaged in retailing specialized lines or new building materials and supplies, including ceramic, stone, and tile projects, but does not include home centers.
That certain portion of land upon which no portion of any building or structure shall be located, and shall include yards.
The ground area of a lot or parcel of land upon which a building or group of buildings may be erected, together with all yards and other open spaces as required by this Title, and the provisions of Chapter 12.44 (Street Improvements) of Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places) and Chapters 15.04 through 15.40 of Title 15 (Building Code) of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code. See also "Site."
Mounted to the side of a building or to another structure such as a water tank, billboard, church steeple, transmission tower, freestanding sign, etc.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
A building open on one or more sides used or intended to be used for the shelter, parking and/or storage of an automobile or vehicle. See also "Porte Cochere."
Any designated area or structure within a retail or shopping center intended for temporary and/or permanent storage of shopping carts.
Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Civil Code Section 1789.31, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean a person or entity that for compensation engages, in whole or in part, in the business of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose.
The locating of wireless telecommunications equipment from more than one provider on a single building-mounted, roof-mounted or monopole-mounted structure.
Establishments providing participant or spectator recreation, either indoors or outdoors, for a fee or admission charge. Examples of these uses include, bowling alleys, skating rinks, electronic game centers, or similar facilities.
A facility for public or private meetings and gatherings, including community centers, religious facilities, houses of worship, union halls, meeting halls, private clubs, membership organizations, and lodges and institutions of nonprofit or charitable nature. Permitted ancillary uses include business offices, and related facilities for the use of members and attendees, such as multi-purpose rooms, kitchens, classrooms, daycare center, and storage.
As defined in Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code for "residential facility", as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean any facility, place, or building that is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical residential care, day treatment, adult day care, or foster family agency services for children, adults, or children and adults, including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children, and includes, but is not limited to the following as included in Health and Safety Code Section 1502, residential facility, foster family agency, and adult day program. See also "Residential Care Facility."
Means a food facility as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 113831(c).
A use of land that may not be specifically listed as a permitted use in any zone, but which, upon review and written determination by the Zoning Administrator, is similar to and possesses the characteristics of those uses first permitted in a zone that it would be most closely associated and identifiable therewith.
Concealment means the installation of structures or equipment in such a manner as to architecturally blend into a building or other structure so as not to be seen or recognized. As applied to wireless telecommunication facilities, examples would include structures disguised as church or clock towers, roof-mounted equipment located behind a parapet wall that appears as a normal architectural appendage, or building-mounted panels that are architecturally compatible with the existing structure and painted to match the building. Visible roof-mounted panel antennas or monopole type structures are not considered to be concealed.
Shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code of the State of California, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time.
A building which has been designed and constructed in full compliance with this Title and all of the City building laws relative to its use and the zone in which it is located.
A use of land which fully conforms to the provisions of this Title with respect to the zone in which it is located.
Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 113758(a), as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall refer to a home-based business that prepares and packages non-potentially hazardous foods in a private-home kitchen.
Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 113758(b), as may be replaced, or amended from time to time.
Loading docks on opposite sides of a relatively shallow distribution facility that allow for quick loading, sorting or unloading from one vehicle to another (i.e., materials from one truck at a loading dock are unloaded, sorted and reloaded onto one or more trucks).
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 1596.750, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a child day care facility other than a "family day care home," that provides nonmedical care to children under 18 years of age in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on less than a 24-hour basis, and includes infant centers, preschools, extended day care facilities, and school age child care centers, and includes child care centers licensed pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.951. Also see "Family Day Care Home."
Any sign, signboard, or outdoor advertising display utilizing digital message technology where the message, copy, or graphic on the sign changes more than once every two minutes, but no more than once every four seconds.
The Director of Community and Economic Development of the City of Pico Rivera, or designated representative duly authorized to act on the Director's behalf.
The Director of Public Works of the City of Pico Rivera, or designated representative duly authorized to act on the Director's behalf.
Retail establishments that sell a broad range of outlet, close-out, discontinued, liquidation, or overstock and general merchandise, primarily at a single discount price and/or in the low and very low-price ranges.
A facility primarily used for distribution and order consolidation. The purpose of the facility is to receive, store, and redistribute products to retailers or other businesses. They typically serve retail stores or regional markets. They may include packaging, labeling, or assembly and may include incidental "fulfillment center," "parcel hub," and "logistics" activities that are not the primary use.
A store that primarily sells inexpensive items, typically priced at $1 or a few dollars operating in a commercial space.
The control of the flow of water on a property to avoid flooding, erosion, and other water-related issues.
A designated lane within the premises of a drive-through establishment intended for vehicles to access the establishment's services without the need to park or exit the vehicle.
Any business or portion thereof (other than an "automobile service station") that sells products or provides services directly to the occupant of a vehicle where such occupant is not required to leave the vehicle for a rendered service, including drive-in or drive-up windows and drive-through services.
Improved vehicle access from a street or alley to off-street parking facilities.
A retail store that sells medications along with general merchandise such as cosmetics, toiletries, snacks, and household items (e.g., CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, etc.). May include a pharmacy section where prescriptions are filled. This is distinguished from a pharmacy which primarily focuses on the preparation, dispensing, and sale of prescription and non-prescription medications, medical supplies, and health-related products and has a pharmacist present during operating hours.
A building, or structure, designed and constructed exclusively for permanent residential purposes, but not including hotels, motels, or similar such commercial facilities.
Dwelling Unit. One or more habitable rooms which are occupied, or which are intended or designed to be occupied by one household with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
Dwelling, Multifamily. A building designed and constructed containing two attached dwelling units on a site (i.e., duplex, triplex, apartments, townhomes etc.). Does not include a single-unit dwelling with an attached accessory dwelling unit and/or two-unit project (SB 9).
Dwelling, Single-Unit. A detached building designed and constructed exclusively for the use and occupancy by one family for living purposes, and includes individual "mobilehomes" and "manufactured housing."
Apartments. Three or more dwelling units attached within a single building, where three or more families live independently of each other.
Townhouse or Townhome. A single-family dwelling that shares a demising wall with another of the same type placed side-by-side with dedicated private open space for each unit. Each unit has its own front access located at the ground floor.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
A school or other institution in which instruction or general academic instruction in the several branches of learning is taught, controlled, and operated solely by a private agency, and may include elementary and secondary levels of academic education, colleges, and universities, as may be governed by the regulations of the State Education Code.
The same as private educational institution, except that such public institution is controlled and operated by a public agency.
Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 17958.1, as may be replaced or amended from time to time and shall be a dwelling unit occupied by no more than two persons which has a minimum floor area of 150 square feet, and which may also have partial kitchen or bathroom facilities.
An assembly of equipment, including microwave facilities, which is part of a system for distribution of electric power where electric energy is received at a subtransmission voltage for general consumer use.
An assembly of equipment, including microwave facilities, which is part of a system for the transmission of electric power where electric energy is received at very high voltage from its source of generation by means of a network of high-voltage lines and transformed to lower subtransmission voltage for purposes of supplying electric power to large individual consumers, interchange connections with other power producing agencies, or electric distribution substations for transformation to lower voltage for distribution to smaller individual users.
An establishment that provides more than four amusement devices, whether or not the devices constitute the primary use or an accessory or incidental use of the premises. Amusement devices mean an electronic or mechanical equipment, game, or machine that is played or used for amusement, which, when so played or used involves skill and which is activated by coin, key, or token, or for which the player or user pays money for the privilege of playing or using.
As defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50801, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a facility that provides housing with minimal supportive services for people experiencing homelessness that is limited to occupancy of six months or less. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.
Shall have the same definition as the Employee Housing Act, beginning with Health and Safety Code Section 17000, as may be replaced or amended from time to time.
An installation containing prime movers, electric generators, auxiliary equipment, fuel storage, and microwave facilities, incorporated as part of the installation for converting mechanical and chemical energy into electric energy.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
One or more persons, related or unrelated, living together as a single household in a dwelling unit.
Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a facility that regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for 14 or fewer children, in the provider's own home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away, and is either a large family day care home or a small family day care home.
Family Day Care Home, Large. A facility that provides care, protection, and supervision for nine to 14 children, including children under 10 years of age who reside at the home, as set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 1597.465.
Family Day Care Home, Small. A facility that provides care, protection, and supervision for eight or fewer children, including children under 10 years of age who reside at the home, as set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 1597.44.
The noncommercial use of property for the purposes of cultivating, raising and producing agricultural crops, including orchards and field and gardening crops, and in which such crops may be produced for personal use only.
A vertical structure, typically constructed of wood, metal, or manufactured material that resembles wood or metal, that forms a physical vertical barrier, separates and/or encloses a space open from the ground to the sky, and which may be either view-obscuring or non-view-obscuring. See also "View-Obscuring."
Establishments primarily engaged in accepting monetary deposits from the general public, lending funds, financial transactions, financial liquidations, making mortgage and real-estate loans, and change in ownership of financial assets and/or in facilitating financial transactions. These establishments must be Federally, or State chartered.
The gross floor area of a building(s) on a lot divided by the lot area.
The total space in a building enclosed by exterior walls.
The total space in a building enclosed by exterior walls, excluding the exterior walls, stairwells, elevator shafts, equipment rooms, utility rooms, common hallways, restrooms and other similar areas as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
A structure that integrates a monopole into a tapered light pole or similar utility pole, utilizing curved support arms for the antennas.
Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of food and beverages for off-site consumption. Typical uses include bakeries, delicatessens, donut shops, convenience stores, and similar retail businesses that primarily sell food or beverages exclusively for off-site consumption. Also see "Grocery Store."
Every person engaged in the activity of, or advertising by sign, circular, handbill, newspaper, periodical, magazine or other publication, or by any other means whatsoever, the telling of fortunes, forecasting of futures or furnishing any information not otherwise obtainable by the ordinary processes of knowledge, for or without pay, by means of any occult or psychic power, faculty or force, clairvoyance, clairaudience, cartomancy, psychology, psychometry, phrenology, spirits, mediumship, seership, prophecy, augury, astrology, palmistry, necromancy, mind-reading, telepathy or other craft, art, science, cards, talisman, charm, potion, magnetism, magnetized article or substance, gypsy cunning or foresight, crystal gazing, mysteries or magic of any kind or nature, or engaging in, practicing or carrying on any art, profession or business, the advertisement and practice of which is regulated by Title 17 (Subdivisions) and this Title of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code. However, excluded from the provisions of this definition are:
Entertaining the public by demonstrations of mindreading, mental telepathy, thought conveyance, or the giving of horoscopic readings, at public places and in the presence of and within the hearing of other persons and at which no questions are answered, as part of such entertainment, except in a manner to permit all persons present at such public place to hear such answers, when not conducted in connection with the business of telling fortunes;
Conducting or participating in any religious ceremony or service, when such person holds a certificate of ordination as a minister, missionary, medium, healer or clairvoyant from any bona fide church or religious association maintaining a church and holding regular services and having a creed or set of religious principles that is recognized by all churches of like faith; provided, further, that the fees, gratuities, emoluments and profits thereof shall be regularly accounted for and paid solely to or for the benefit of the church or religious association; provided, further, that the person holding a certificate of ordination from such bona fide church or religious association, as set forth in this Section, shall, before practicing the profession specified in this Title, file with the City Clerk a certified copy of his or her certificate of ordination with his or her name, age and street address in this City where he or she intends to carry on the business. Such bona fide church or religious association, as defined in this Section, may, however, pay to its ministers, missionaries, mediums or workers a salary or compensation based upon a percentage basis, provided that the agreement between the church and the minister, missionary, medium or worker is embodied in a resolution and transcribed in the minutes of such church or religious association;
The art of reading tea leaves in any bona fide, regularly established restaurant, for the purpose of amusement to the patrons of the restaurant, where no charge for such readings is made.
A single-unit dwelling appropriately licensed for the daytime care of not more than six children at any one time, with or without compensation, limited to not more than eight persons, including the resident family.
Facilities used for freight, courier, and postal services; freight transfer truck terminals; transfer, loading, and unloading points for trucks and automobiles carrying goods and products; or for the operations of a "common carrier trucking company," including the parking, or servicing, or repairing, or storage of trucks, truck tractors, and/or truck trailers.
That portion of a lot or parcel of land which abuts the right-of-way of an improved public street.
A public utility facility operating a fuel cell that generates electricity by converting the chemical energy in fuel directly into current electricity by means of an electrochemical process, and includes an inverter that converts direct current electricity to alternating current electricity.
A facility primarily used for E-commerce order processing. The purpose of the facility is to handle direct-to-consumer orders placed online. The facility is highly automated; focused on picking, packing, and shipping individual orders. They are characterized by short-term storage inventory turns over quickly; handles returns and order tracking. For example, when an order is placed through Amazon, the item is likely picked, packed, and shipped from a fulfillment center.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
An entirely enclosed accessory building, either attached to or detached from a main building, designed and to be solely used for the shelter, parking and/or storage of automobiles.
Any sale held for the purpose of selling, trading or otherwise disposing of unwanted, used household furnishings, personal goods or other tangible properties of the person holding such sale and conducted on premises in a residential zone. This includes moving sales, estate sales, rummage sales, community yard sales, neighborhood yard sales and the like.
A facility operated by a public utility to measure, regulate, and limit pressure in a natural gas transmission or distribution pipeline system.
A portion of a fence or wall that provides a through opening for pedestrian or vehicular access, and which may be either view-obscuring or non-view-obscuring. See also "Fence," "Wall" and "View-Obscuring."
The Comprehensive General Plan of the City of Pico Rivera (Pico Rivera General Plan), duly adopted and in full force and effect.
The average of the finished ground level or elevation of a lot or parcel of land.
A retail establishment containing more than 3,500 square feet of gross floor area where the majority of the floor area open to the public is occupied by food products packaged for preparation and consumption away from the site of the store. Establishments containing 3,500 square feet of gross floor area or less shall be classified as a Food and Beverage Sales use. Also see "Food and Beverage Sales."
A facility that is being used as a supportive living environment for persons who are considered handicapped under State or Federal law. A group home operated by a single operator or service provider (whether licensed or unlicensed) constitutes a single facility, whether the facility occupies one or more dwelling units. Group homes shall not include the following: (1) community care facilities; (2) any group home that operates as a single housekeeping unit.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
The hard materials associated with landscaping used for the paving of walkways, driveways, drive aisles, and other exterior paved areas. Hardscaping includes the use of concrete, brick, stone, wood, pavers, tile, decomposed granite, or other similar exterior paving material in compliance with the Building Code.
Any waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, physical or chemical characteristic may cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or may pose a substantial risk or potential hazard to human health or environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. Hazardous waste may be toxic, corrosive, flammable or an irritant. Hazardous waste includes a wide range of wastes from household wastes such as pesticides, paint and industrial wastes such as cleaning solvents and plating shop waste. Hazardous waste includes all materials as defined by the Los Angeles County Public Works Environmental Services' Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program.
Operations involving the handling, treatment, storage or disposal of a hazardous waste in one or more of the following situations:
The hazardous waste is transported via commercial railroad, a public-owned road or public waters, where adjacent land is not owned or leased to, the producer of the waste;
The hazardous waste is at a site which is not owned by, or leased to, the producer of the waste;
The hazardous waste is at a site which receives hazardous waste from more than one producer.
Operations involving handling, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste on land owned by, or leased to, a waste producer, and which receives hazardous waste produced only by that producer. An operation that occurs after waste is transported by commercial railroad, or on public waters or on a public road is considered to be an on-site operation only if the producer of the waste owns or leases at least 90% of the linear site and the area where the hazardous wastes are generated are on the same contiguous property.
A row of closely spaced shrubs or plants, that forms a physical vertical barrier, separates and/or encloses a space open from the ground to the sky, and which may either be view-obscuring or non-view-obscuring. See also "View-Obscuring."
The use of a dwelling for the purposes of maintaining a mailing address for business and business license purposes only, which is clearly incidental to the residential use, and which does not change the character of or adversely affect the permitted uses of the zone in which it is located.
An institution specializing in clinical, temporary, and emergency care services of a medical or surgical nature to household pets and small animals, licensed in accordance with the laws of the State. Animal hospitals shall be controlled and operated by a veterinarian licensed by the State and shall apply to the treatment of household pets and small animals only. See also "Household Pets" and "Small Animals."
A lodging use including a commercial building or group of buildings designed, constructed, and used for the purpose of occupancy by transient persons, containing six or more guestrooms or suites of rooms, or a combination thereof, and which may contain other incidental commercial uses and services as may be permitted in the zone in which it is located, but excluding dwelling units. Also see "Lodging."
One or more persons who occupy a housing unit.
Domesticated dogs, cats, canaries, parrots, pigeons, and such other similar kindred birds and animals as may be kept as household pets.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
Establishments engaged in assembly, manufacturing, or processing of nonedible products from extracted or raw materials or recycled or secondary materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. This classification includes automobile assembly plants, electrical and gas appliances, machine and metal shops, and film, and the like.
Any combination of two or more group homes which may or may not be located on the same or contiguous parcels of land, that are under the control and management of the same owner, operator, management company or licensee or any affiliate of any of them, and are integrated components of one operation shall be referred to as "integral facilities" and shall be considered one facility for purposes of applying Federal, State and local laws to its operation. Examples of such integral facilities include, but are not limited to, the provision of housing in one facility and recovery programming, treatment, meals, or any other service or services to program participants in another facility or facilities or by assigning staff or a consultant or consultants to provide services to the same program participants in more than one licensed or unlicensed facility.
"Light industrial" means industrial uses that do not create smoke, gas, odor, dust, noise, vibration of earth, soot, lighting, traffic impacts, or other similar output. The facilities have an emphasis on activities other than manufacturing and typically have minimal office space. Typical light industrial activities include printing, material testing, and assembly of data processing equipment. Other examples include, textiles, apparel and furniture upholstery, leather and leather products, appliance repair shops, and mechanical assembly cleaning.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
Reserved.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
Any room or space within a building designed and used for the purposes of cooking, storage and/or preparation of food.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
The planting, configuration, and maintenance of natural planting elements, including trees, plants, and groundcover, such as lawn, shrubs, flowers, soil, mulch, and gravel. Landscaping may include associated structural features if they are integrated with and directly related to planting materials, such as walls, fences, hedges, planters, water features, and seating. Landscaping shall not include buildings, walkways, driveways, parking or loading areas, decks, patios, terraces, utilities and mechanical equipment, and other non-irrigated areas. See also "Hardscaping."
Domesticated animals, including horses and poultry.
A dwelling unit and workspace designed to accommodate joint residential occupancy and work/business activity. The "live" component must be a permitted dwelling unit, and the "work" component conducted by a person or persons making the dwelling unit their principal residence.
A site or portion of a site outside of the public right-of-way reserved for the loading or unloading of vehicles, people, and/or goods, and is not intended for parking.
An establishment providing overnight accommodations to transient patrons for payment for periods of less than 30 consecutive calendar days.
The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the flow of resources and materials between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the needs of customers or clients. It includes coordinating transportation, storage, distribution, and other activities related to the movement of goods. Logistics includes uses such as parcel hub, fulfillment center, freight and trucking, etc.
A parcel of real property shown, delineated, and designated as a numbered lot on a parcel or tract map, or record of survey recorded in the office of County Recorder of Los Angeles County, containing not less than the minimum area and dimensions required by the zone in which it is located, and abutting at least one improved street or highway. The provisions for nonconforming lots in Section 18.07.040 (Definitions) shall also apply.
The total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any street rights-of-way.
The ratio of the portion of land surface which is or may be occupied by a building or structures on a lot to total lot area, typically expressed as a percentage.
Lot depth shall be defined by Section 18.26.030 (Measuring Area, Lot Width and Depth).
In the case of an interior lot, that boundary of the lot along the street; and, in the case of a corner or reverse corner lot, the shortest boundary of the lot along the street. (See Section 18.26.050, Figure 18.26.050.A Measuring Street Frontage.)
That boundary of a lot which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line and may consist of one or more lot lines.
Any other lot lines of a lot which are not a front or rear lot line.
A lot as shown on maps in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County which legally existed prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Zoning Code.
Lot width shall be defined by Section 18.26.030 (Measuring Area, Lot Width and Depth).
A lot located at and abutting the intersecting rights-of-way of two or more streets.
A lot which has at least six lot lines, at least three of which form a staff which abuts a public or private access way and provides access to the rest of the lot.
A lot other than a corner or reverse corner lot.
An interior lot where its side lot line is congruent with the rear lot line of a reverse corner lot.
A corner lot where its rear lot line is congruent with the side lot line of a key lot, whether or not it is or may be separated therefrom by an alley.
Any lot not having a rear lot line but which has two front lot lines opposite each other.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 18007, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976, is transportable in one or more sections, is eight body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a single-unit dwelling with or without a foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. Does not include "recreational vehicles" without a permanent foundation. See also "Mobilehome."
The application of pressure, or similar techniques, including manipulation, kneading, or compression of muscles, joints, and body tissue on the external surfaces of the body, including body contouring treatment and lymphatic massage, by a licensed practitioner to provide increased relaxation or pain relief; however, any actions to perform on or engage in any "specified anatomical areas" or "specified sexual activities" shall be strictly prohibited.
A licensed, therapeutic, and nonsexual business establishment where licensed massage therapists administer massages to another person for compensation; however, any actions to perform on or engage in any "specified anatomical areas" or "specified sexual activities" shall be strictly prohibited.
A facility of less than 5,000 square feet, providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical service for sick or injured persons exclusively on an out-patient basis including emergency treatment, diagnostic services, administration, and related services to patients who are not lodged overnight. This classification includes licensed facilities offering substance abuse treatment, blood banks and plasma centers, and emergency medical services offered exclusively on an out-patient basis. Services may be available without a prior appointment.
Establishments primarily engaged in providing professional analytic or designated services to the patient of a physician.
An institution, in a facility of 5,000 square feet or more, specializing in clinical, temporary and emergency care services of a medical or surgical nature to human patients and injured persons, licensed in accordance with the laws of the State, providing facilities and services in surgery, obstetrics, skilled nursing and supportive care, and other general medical care practices, and may include diagnostic, pharmaceutical and research facilities under the direct control of the hospital administration. The institutions are to be licensed by the State of California to provide surgical and medical services.
Offices providing consultation, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventive, or corrective personal treatment services provided by physicians, dentists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, physical therapists, optometrists; and similar medical practitioners licensed for such practice by the State of California. Offices may include incidental medical and/or dental laboratories within medical office buildings if they support the on-site patient services, but excludes medical clinics, medical and dental laboratories or scientific research centers, or hospital/medical facilities.
A small wireless telecommunication sending and receiving base station, typically involving one or two small antennas less than one square foot in size attached to an existing utility pole, traffic signal or light pole within the public right-of-way that is typically connected to either a fiber optic cable located along the public right-of-way, or a wire telephone line.
Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 113825, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a food facility that is operated by a resident in a private home where food is stored, handled, and prepared for, and may be served to, consumers, and that meets all of the requirements as provided in the Health and Safety Code.
MEHKO Operator means the resident of the private home where the MEHKO will be operating, who is the permitholder for the MEHKO and, who is responsible for the operation.
Establishments engaged in manufacturing processes specifically involving and/or producing furniture, upholstery, cabinets, wrought iron.
The combination of commercial and residential uses in the same structure, where the residential component is located either above, (vertical mixed-use) or behind (horizontal mixed-use) the non-residential component.
An advertising display that is attached to a mobile, motorized or non-motorized vehicle, device, or bicycle that carries, pulls, or transports a sign or billboard, and is for the primary purpose of advertising. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a mobile billboard advertising display, as defined under Section 395.5 of the California Vehicle Code, either standing alone or attached to a motor vehicle or any other device in the City of Pico Rivera.
Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 18008, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a structure that was constructed prior to June 15, 1976, is transportable in one or more sections, is eight body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected onsite, is 320 or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a single-unit dwelling with or without a foundation system when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. Does not include "recreational vehicles" without a permanent foundation. See also "Manufactured Home."
A parcel of land designed and used exclusively for the residential occupancy of mobilehomes.
A structure composed of a single spire used to support antennas and related communication equipment.
A lodging use including a commercial building or group of buildings designed, constructed and used for the purpose of occupancy by transient persons, containing separate guestrooms, suites of rooms, guest houses, dwelling units, or any combination thereof, and where the name and address of all guests, their vehicle make, year, license number and State of registration are obtained and recorded pursuant to the State Health and Safety Code, and where all utility services are provided by a single master metering system only. Also see "Lodging."
See "Recreational Vehicle."
Moving company businesses which offer transfer, storage, and moving services for furniture and household goods only.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
A use of land, building, and/or a condition that legally existed at the time the ordinance codified in this Title was adopted, but which, because of this Title application, no longer conforms or complies with the regulations of the zone classification in which such use, building and/or condition exists, or is located or no longer conforms or complies with any other provisions of this Title.
A use for the growing and raising of plants for retail purposes only.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
Any establishment which has obtained an alcoholic beverage control license type 20 (off-sale beer and wine) or type 21 (off-sale general), selling alcoholic beverages in an unopened container for consumption off the premises. Typical off-sale uses include, but are not limited to, the following establishments: food markets, supermarkets, drugstores, liquor stores and convenience markets.
Any establishment wherein alcoholic beverages are sold, served or given away for consumption on the premises including but not limited to any facility which has obtained an alcoholic beverage control license type 40 (on-sale beer eating place), type 41 (on-sale beer and wine eating place), type 42 (on-sale general bar), type 51 (club), type 52 (veteran club) and type 63 (beer and wine hospital). Typical on-sale uses include, but are not limited to, the following establishments: beer bars, restaurants, ballrooms, dance bars, piano bars, billiard and/or game parlors, night clubs, or other private clubs, and veterans' organizations.
An indoor or outdoor open area, either private or common, which is designed and intended to be used for outdoor living and/or recreation and which excludes walkways, parking areas, loading areas, vehicular turnaround areas, streets, driveways, trash/recycling areas, and mechanical equipment areas. Open space areas shall only be counted once in satisfying the requirements of multiple types of open space, and may count toward other site requirements such as landscaping if the open space also meets the criteria of those individual requirements. Open space areas shall not exceed 10% in slope. See also, "Recreational Facility."
Open Space, Common. An indoor or outdoor open space area that is for the common use of all residents of the dwelling units in a project and which may include, but is not limited to terraces, courtyards, plazas, usable landscaped areas, swimming pools, picnic/barbeque areas, sports courts, recreational rooms, game areas, playgrounds, or other similar common open space areas deemed adequate by the Zoning Administrator. Common open space areas shall be conveniently located and accessible to all residents of the dwelling units in a project. Common open space does not include walkways, landscape setbacks, and all non-usable space for recreation.
Open Space, Private. An outdoor open space area that is for the exclusive use of a single dwelling unit and which may include, but is not limited to balconies, decks, terraces, patios, fenced/gated setbacks, and other similar private open space areas deemed adequate by the Zoning Administrator. Private open space areas shall be contiguous to and directly accessible from the dwelling unit.
Open Space, Publicly Accessible. A privately-owned outdoor open space area that is open and accessible to all residents, tenants, patrons, and the general public in a development, and which may include, but is not limited to, parks, plazas, courtyards, paseos, or other similar open space areas that allow for public leisure, recreation, and/or gathering, as deemed adequate by the Zoning Administrator. Publicly accessible open spaces shall provide access to public rights-of-way and shall be open and accessible to the general public, at a minimum, during daylight hours.
The area or space, used in conjunction with a restaurant or food service establishment, intended for eating or drinking in an open-air, outdoor setting. The area may include tables, chairs, umbrellas, or other furniture.
The use of open-air areas for the purposes of storage.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
A facility primarily used for parcel sorting and routing. The purpose of the facility is to sort packages by destination for final delivery. They are operated by carriers (FedEx, UPS, USPS, Amazon Logistics) that sort through a wide range of parcels per hour. They offer minimal storage as packages move through in hours. They connect regional fulfillment centers or distribution centers to last-mile delivery routes. For example, a FedEx Ground hub sorts packages from multiple fulfillment centers and dispatches them to local delivery stations.
Shall have the same definition as "Lot."
A public park owned and/or controlled by the City of Pico Rivera.
A designated pathway within a parking lot intended for the circulation of vehicles.
A site or portion of a site outside of the public right-of-way reserved for the parking of vehicles, and is not intended for loading. Parking areas shall include parking lots, parking garages, parking spaces, and related driveways and drive aisles.
Establishments primarily engaged in operating a gymnasium, athletic or health club, yoga studio, or other similar physical training or active physical fitness use.
A use of land, building and/or portion of a building used for the gathering and/or assembly for purposes such as, but not limited to, deliberation, educational instruction, religious gathering, entertainment, amusement, and on-premises consumption of foods and beverages (including alcoholic beverages).
The Planning Commission of the City of Pico Rivera.
An accessory roofed structure open on two or more sides and attached to the side or wall of a dwelling through which vehicles pass, and designed for the convenience of loading and unloading of passengers and property from a vehicle, but shall not be construed in any way as providing required off-street parking facilities or outdoor living space. See also "Carport."
A structure where the primary or predominant use of the lot and/or building site is conducted.
The predominant or principal use of any lot, building site, or structure.
Offices maintained and used as a place of business, conducted, and operated by persons engaged in the recognized professions, and others whose business activity consists principally of rendering services rather than the dispensing of commodities.
The boundary of a lot closed by lot lines.
Includes uses provided by public or semi-public agencies which are necessary to support the community's health, safety, and welfare. Typical general public services include, but are not limited to, government offices and facilities; libraries; police and fire stations; and post offices.
Any building, lot, parcel of land or premises used for offices and warehousing, storage, servicing and maintenance of vehicles and equipment, testing and development of materials and equipment, and including microwave and communications facilities and associated equipment in the conduct of public utility servicing and business.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
An area located within the premises of a drive-through establishment intended for vehicles waiting to access the drive-through aisle that is physically separated from other on-site traffic circulation.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
A public or private facility providing recreational opportunities, including, but not limited to, tennis courts, paddle tennis courts, swimming pools, and other similar uses as determined by the Zoning Administrator (includes recreational membership clubs).
Shall have the same meaning as "Materials" defined in Title 14, Section 2000 of the California Code of Regulations, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean the physical substance used to manufacture a beverage container or food and drink package, including, but not limited to, aluminum, bimetal, glass, and plastic.
Shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 14520 of the Public Resources Code, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean an operation which is certified by the Department of Conservation, and which accepts from consumers, and pays or provides the refund value pursuant to State law for, redeemable empty beverage containers intended to be recycled. Purchases from consumers, dropoff or collection programs, community service programs, curbside programs, and other certified recycling centers are permitted. Recycling centers may include a mobile recycling unit, collection storage containers, reverse vending machine, or other device or location where a certified recycling center accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers from consumers and pays or provides the refund value, but does not include recycling processing plants.
Storage containers manufactured specifically for the purpose of receiving redeemable beverage containers and redeemable paper without the use of a mechanical device. Collection storage units fitted with reverse vending machines will be considered as collection storage container facilities.
Shall have the same meaning as "Facility" defined in Title 14 Section 2000 of the California Code of Regulations, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean a recycling or processing operation that has been built, installed, or established to serve as a collection center or processing point for redeemable beverage containers.
A processing plant for the receipt, storage, processing, and/or collection for redistribution or sale of presorted paper, iron, metal, glass, plastic, newspaper, and other nonbiodegradable recyclable materials deemed appropriate by the Review Authority, can occur for the purpose of reutilization of such materials. Recyclable materials may not be directly purchased from consumers. Purchases from drop-off collection program operators, curbside program operators, community service program operators, vendors, recycling centers and other similarly managed agencies are permitted. Hazardous and biodegradable materials, including, but not limited to, food, beverages, drugs, cosmetics, hazardous chemicals, poisons, medical wastes, syringes, needles, pesticides, and other similar materials shall not be brought into or handled by a recycling plant. "Processing" shall mean the preparation of recycled material for efficient shipment by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, conversion, flattening, grinding, crushing, separation, sorting, shredding, smelting, cleaning, or any other similar activity. Operation shall occur within a totally enclosed building or structure.
An automobile, truck, trailer, or van licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles which is used for the collection of redeemable beverage containers. A mobile recycling units shall also mean the bins, boxes or containers transported by trucks, vans, or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials.
Shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 14525.5 of the Public Resources Code, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean a mechanical device which accepts 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 refund value. The refund value payments shall be aggregated and then paid, if more than one container is redeemed in a single transaction.
A facility for the scientific research and the design, development, and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical, pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology components and products in advance of product manufacturing. This classification includes assembly of related products from parts produced off site, where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research and development activities, in addition to involving the production of experimental products.
A residential facility licensed by the State where care, services, or treatment is provided to persons living in a supportive community residential setting. Residential care facilities include, but may not be limited to, the following: intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled (Health and Safety Code Sections 1267.8, 1267.9); community care facilities (Health and Safety Code Section 1500 et seq.); residential care facilities for the elderly (Health and Safety Code Section 1569 et seq.); residential care facilities for the chronically ill (22 C.C.R. Section 87801(a)(5); Health and Safety Code Section 1568.02); alcoholism and drug abuse facilities (Health and Safety Code Sections 11834.02 through 11834.30); pediatric day health and respite care facilities (Health and Safety Code Section 1760 et seq.); residential health care facilities, including congregate living health facilities (Health and Safety Code Sections 1265 through 1271.1, 1250(i), 1250(e), 1250(h)); family care home, foster home, group home for the mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons or dependent and neglected children (Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 5115 through 5120).
A bona fide public eating place, that prepares meals, snacks, and beverages to customer order for immediate on-premises or off-premises consumption.
Restaurant, Full-Service. Establishments primarily engaged in providing food services to patrons who order and are served while seated (i.e., waiter/waitress service) and pay after eating.
Restaurant, Limited Services (Fast Food). Establishments primarily engaged in providing food services where patrons generally order or select items and pay before eating, also referred to as a quick-service restaurant. Food and drink may be consumed on premises, taken out, or delivered to the customer's location.
A commercial enterprise that sells new goods or merchandise directly to the consumer, where such goods are normally available for immediate purchase and removal from the premises by the purchaser. Examples of these establishments and lines of merchandise include:
Bicycle shops;
Bookstores;
Clothing and accessories of new retail merchandise only;
Confectionary stores;
Craft and hobby shops;
Department stores;
Fabrics and sewing supplies;
Florists and houseplant stores (indoor sales only);
General stores;
Home centers and hardware stores;
Jewelry stores;
Stationary stores, including incidental printing;
Musical instruments, parts and accessories;
Nurseries, retail;
Specialty shop;
Sporting goods and equipment.
A building in which a commercial business is located and conducting the selling of goods, or other merchandise.
A supported structure designed and constructed in such a manner so as to cover a space, preventing the vertical passage through its surface of 50% or more light, air and ventilation.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
Any institution of learning for minors, whether public or private, offering instruction in those courses of study required by the California Education Code and/or which is maintained pursuant to standards set by the Board of Education of the State of California. This definition includes a nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, middle or junior high school, senior high school, or any special institution of education under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Education. For the purposes of this Section, "school" does not include a vocational or professional institution of higher education, including a community or junior college, college, or university.
The effect of locating the object(s) to be screened behind a building, wall, fence, landscaping, berm, and/or other specially designed device or architectural elements as provided in Section 18.18.070 (Screening) so that view of the object(s) from adjoining and nearby public rights-of-way and private properties is precluded or minimized.
Facilities offering enclosed storage with individual access that are rented and/or leased for personal effects and household goods, including mini-storage. A facility may contain various sized, individual compartmentalized and controlled access stalls or spaces. This use excludes hazardous materials, workshops, warehousing, hobby shops, manufacturing, or other commercial activity.
Refers to a type of land use that is particularly sensitive to industrial and commercial activities and includes, but is not limited to, residential developments, and educational institutions, religious facilities, parks and open spaces, hospitals, day cares, and residential care facilities for the elderly.
The designated area on a commercial or industrial use, generally in automobile repair shops and service stations, where maintenance, servicing and repairs of vehicles are conducted.
The distance by which a structure or other development feature shall be separated from a property line or other building. See Section 18.26.060 (Measuring Setbacks).
Shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.
A display board, screen, structure, object, or portion thereof, used to announce, declare, demonstrate, display and/or otherwise advertise and attract the attention of the public, constructed of any material whatsoever, and maintained, erected, installed, and/or placed on a building or structure or property for the principal purpose of identification of property, business, services, the sale of goods and wares or any other merchandise, fully intended to serve as the principal means of advertisement and identification.
The combined total of each sign face consisting of the surface space within a single contiguous rectangle containing words, letters, figures, or symbols, together with any frame, material or color forming an integral part of the display but excluding support structures, face of building, and incidental parts not drawing attention to the subject matter.
A structure which supports or is capable of supporting any sign. A sign structure may be a single pole or may or may not be an integral part of the building.
The occupants of a dwelling unit have established ties and familiarity with each other, jointly use common areas, interact with each other, share meals, household activities, and expenses and responsibilities; membership in the single housekeeping unit is fairly stable as opposed to transient, members have some control over who becomes a member of the household, and the residential activities of the household are conducted on a nonprofit basis. There is a rebuttable presumption that integral facilities do not constitute single housekeeping units. Additional indications that a household is not operating as a single housekeeping unit include, but are not limited to: the occupants do not share a lease agreement or ownership of the property; members of the household have separate, private entrances from other members; members of the household have locks on their bedroom doors; members of the household have separate food storage facilities, such as separate refrigerators.
A residential facility providing individual secure room(s) for one- or two-person households, which may have individual or shared kitchen and/or bathroom facilities. SRO units are rented on a monthly basis or longer.
A lot or lots under single ownership or single control, considered a unit for the purposes of development or other use. See also "Building Site."
Includes rabbits, hares, hamsters, chinchillas, guinea pigs, domestic mice and rats, and any other types of rodents and similar animal species whatsoever.
A type of group home operated as a cooperative living environment providing an alcohol and drug-free home for persons recovering from alcoholism and/or drug abuse, which are not required to be licensed by the State. Sober living homes for six or fewer residents are allowed in residential districts, subject to a Group Home Permit. Sober living homes of seven or more residents shall be permitted in any district, planned community, or Specific Plan area zoned for multifamily residential uses subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit by the Planning Commission and compliance with certain conditions. Residents may actively participate in recovery programs outside of the home such as detoxification, educational counseling, individual or group counseling sessions, or treatment/recovery planning. A sober living home may provide services to the residents such as dining, housekeeping, security, medical, transportation, and recreation, but shall not dispense medications to the residents. Sober living homes shall not include the following: (1) community care facilities; (2) any sober living home that operates as a single housekeeping unit.
Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of specialized lines of merchandise, not elsewhere classified.
Shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.
Shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.
That portion of the entire interior space between the exterior walls of a building and between the upper surface of any floor and the surface of a ceiling and floor next above.
A publicly or privately owned or controlled way which provides the principal means of access to abutting land.
The length of a lot of land along, fronting, or having frontage on a street.
The legal boundary separating a street from abutting private property.
Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure, such as, but not limited to, foundations, bearing walls, nonbearing walls, partition walls, columns, beams, floor, ceiling or roof joists, girders, rafters or trusses, or any change or addition in the dimensions of a building or structure.
Anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind whatsoever, or any piece of work artificially built or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, or anything else so constructed or built in the ground or erected, which requires location on the ground, or is attached to something located on the ground or in the ground.
Facility where individual and group instruction, training, and practice, or production are offered in the arts, including martial arts, music, dance, and photography. This use excludes motion picture studios.
Dwelling units with no limit on length of stay that are occupied by the target population as defined in Section 50675.14 of the California Health and Safety Code, and that are 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, where possible, work in the community.
Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Government Code Section 115921, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing that contains water over 18 inches deep. "Swimming pool" includes in-ground and aboveground structures and includes, but is not limited to, hot tubs, spas, portable spas, and nonportable wading pools.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
Businesses that provide one or more logistics services such as multiclient warehousing, contract warehousing, transportation management, distribution management, inventory management and freight consolidation.
A retail store and related donation facilities engaged primarily in the sale of secondhand clothing, shoes, apparel, toys, and standard household goods, including furniture, fixtures, and small household appliances, and the collection of those goods for resale. "Thrift retail store" does not include the sale of large household appliances such as refrigerators or stoves and does not include the sale of cars or anything automotive-related.
A business conducted for profit consisting of a place for training and instruction in a specific field, skill, trade, or occupation including business colleges, vocational schools, and similar facilities.
Any wheeled vehicle incapable of movement under its own power, designed to be drawn or towed by a motor vehicle for the purpose of carrying or transporting property and/or chattels of any kind whatsoever, but specifically excluding the use for human habitation and/or the transporting thereof.
Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50675.2, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean buildings configured as rental housing developments but operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point in time, which shall be no less than six months.
A designated area or structure where garbage and other waste are stored.
This specialized distribution building for redistributing goods from one truck to another serves as an intermediate transfer point. The facilities are primarily used for staging loads (rather than long-term storage) and possess little, if any, storage area.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
Reserved.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
A permit procedure for major and/or minor modifications of the development standards of a zone may be granted by the Review Authority pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.05 (Permits and Approval).
Automobile, truck, tractor, trailer, and similar motorized vehicle used as a means of transportation of persons or property that move or roll on one or more wheels.
Commercial Vehicle. Per California Vehicle Code Section 260, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a vehicle required to be registered which is used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
Recreational Vehicle. A motor home, travel trailer, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, to be used without a permanent foundation, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy; or a park trailer, as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 18009.3.
Relative to walls, fences, and hedges, means constructed in such a manner to prevent the passage of more than 25% of light, air, and visibility through its overall vertical surface.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
A vertical structure, typically constructed of concrete or masonry, that forms a physical vertical barrier, separates and/or encloses a space open from the ground to the sky, and which is view-obscuring. See also "View-Obscuring."
A wall five feet or greater in length designed and/or constructed which forms a physical barrier separation between two or more spaces in a building or buildings.
A facility primarily used for inventory storage of materials, goods, and merchandise. The purpose of the facility is to store goods and materials for medium-to-long periods, not rapid movement. Products are often palletized and stored in bulk. The facility is used by manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and importers to hold stock until needed and may include incidental "fulfillment center," "parcel hub," and "logistics" activities that are not the primary use.
A low, sturdy block, typically made of concrete, placed at the edge of a parking space within a parking lot or parking structure to prevent vehicles from encroaching into other parking spaces, walkways, curbs, or other areas.
Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, construction contractors or professional business users; or to other wholesalers. Facilities include the on-site storage of material and branch or sales offices (but no retail sales) that have little or no display of merchandise and are not designed to solicit walk-in traffic.
A professionally painted, attached, glued, or otherwise affixed sign within 15 feet of a window designed to be viewed from adjoining streets or parking lot entrances, relating to the business name, services rendered, sales and available products.
An unstaffed facility which consists of equipment and network components such as towers, utility poles, transmitters, base stations, and emergency power systems that are integral to providing wireless telecommunications services. Such facilities generally include antennas, and equipment cabinet or structure, and related equipment, for public, commercial and private electromagnetic and photoelectrical transmission, broadcast, repeater and receiving stations for radio, television, telegraph, telephone, data network, and wireless communications, including stationary commercial earth stations for satellite-based communications. Such facility may include elevated transmitting and receiving antennae, base station equipment and interconnection equipment. Facility types include roof-mounted, building-mounted, or freestanding structures.
The provision of services using a wireless telecommunications facility or a wireless telecommunications co-location facility, and shall include, but not be limited to, the following services: personal wireless services as defined in the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 at 47 U.S.C. Section 332(c)(7)(C) or its successor statute, cellular service, personal communication service, and/or data radio telecommunications.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
Reserved.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
See "Setback."
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)
The land use category or classification as set forth in Division 1 (General Provisions) and Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) of this Title.
A change in the zone classification of property pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.06 (Amendments to the General Plan, Zoning Map, and Text).
The "Director of Community and Economic Development" or designee shall serve as the Zoning Administrator.
(Ord. 1201, 12/9/2025)