“Organized Camp.”
A site with program and facilities established for the primary purpose of providing an outdoor group living experience with social, spiritual, educational, or recreational objectives normally for five days or more during one or more seasons of the year. Such camps are located on a permanent site and have a well-defined program of organized supervised activities in which campers are required to participate. There is present at the camp a qualified program director and a staff adequate to carry out the daily program activities which are mainly out of doors. Establishments which rent or lease facilities on an individual family or group basis for the principal purpose of sporting or other unorganized recreational activities should not be considered an organized camp.
“Cemetery.”
“Cemetery” refers to land used or intended to be used for the permanent internment of dead human bodies or the cremated remains thereof dedicated for cemetery purposes. A cemetery is established and operated in compliance with the State Health and Safety Code and any mapping and Conditional Use Permit requirements of this Title. Cemetery purposes include columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary of such a cemetery. “Pet Cemetery” shall be a cemetery for domesticated animals and shall be in compliance with applicable State, County, and City regulations, including mapping and applicable Conditional Use Permit requirements.
“Centerline.”
The centerline of a street shall mean the right-of-way centerline as established by the County Surveyor, the City Engineer, or the State Division of Highways of the State of California. If no such centerline has been established and in any case in which the foregoing definition is not applicable, the reviewing authority shall designate the centerline.
“City Standards.”
Any current improvement standards or design standards which have been adopted by the City Council and are described, delineated, and on file for use and examination by the public in the Office of the Clerk of the City Council
“City Council.”
The legislative or law-making body for the City of Yucaipa, composed of five members which is the final non-judicial level for decision making and hearings of land use cases, except minor deviations and appeals thereof.
“Club.”
An association of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated and organized for some common nonprofit purpose, but not including a group organized solely or primarily to render a service customarily carried on as a business
“Common Carrier.”
Any corporation or business that performs a service for or delivers a commodity to the public or any portion thereof via a pipeline or other transmission line or device for which any compensation or payment whatsoever is received and is subject to the Federal Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by Public Law 93-153
“Common Interest Development.”
A real property development which consists or will consist of separately owned lots, parcels, areas, or spaces with either or both of the following features:
(a) 
One or more additional contiguous or noncontiguous lots, parcels, areas, or spaces owned in common by the owners of the separately owned lots, parcels, areas, or spaces
(b) 
Mutual, common, or reciprocal interests in or restrictions upon all or a portion of these separately owned lots, parcels, areas, or spaces or both and in which the owners of the separately owned lots, parcels, areas, or spaces have rights, directly or indirectly, to the beneficial use and enjoyment of all or a portion of such lots, parcels, areas, or spaces
The estate in a separately or commonly owned lot, parcel, area, or space may be an estate of inheritance or perpetual estate, an estate for life, an estate for years, or any combination of the foregoing. Either common ownership of the additional contiguous or noncontiguous lots, parcels, or areas or the enjoyment of the mutual, common, or reciprocal interests in or restrictions upon the separately owned lots, parcels, areas, or spaces or both may be through ownership of shares of stock or membership in an association or otherwise. Shares of stock, if any exist, shall be deemed to be interests in a common interest development and real estate development for purposes of subdivision (f) of Section 25100 of the California Corporations Code.
“Compliance Investigation.”
Any building permit inspection, mobilehome setdown inspection, Code compliance investigation, or any review by any City Agency, Department or office, or their designee to determine compliance with rules, regulations, standards, and conditions of approval established either by or to implement the provisions of the Yucaipa City Code.
“Composite Development Plan.”
A composite development plan is a map or plan on file with the City Engineer which reflects additional information related to the development of lots created by a Final or Parcel Map recorded after March 1, 1986. Notes on this plan or map are for informational purposes and indicate conditions and criteria that exist on the property that were known and identified as of the date of the recordation of the Final or Parcel Map. Authority for this plan is derived from California Government Code Section 66434.2.
“Compressed Gas.”
Any mixture or material having in the container either an absolute pressure exceeding 40 pounds per square inch at 70 degrees F., or an absolute pressure exceeding 104 pounds per square inch at 130 degrees F., or both; or any liquid flammable material having a vapor pressure as defined in Section 9.124 exceeding 40 pounds per square inch at 100 degrees F.
“Commercial Marijuana Activity.”
The cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, labeling, transportation, delivery or sale of marijuana and marijuana products. Commercial marijuana activity includes the activities of any business licensed by the State or other government entity under Chapter 3.5 of Division 8 or Division 10 of the Business and Professions Code, as they may be amended from time to time.
However, the planting, growing, cultivating, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, trimming or processing of no more than six marijuana plants consistent with Section 11362.1 et seq., of the Health and Safety Code shall not be considered Commercial Marijuana Activity provided it meets the following requirements:
1.
The marijuana cultivation cannot occur outdoors.
2.
The marijuana cultivation may only occur at a private residence (which is defined as a house, an apartment unit, a mobile home, or other similar dwelling), or inside a “fully enclosed and secure accessory structure” located upon the grounds of a private residence. A “fully enclosed and secure accessory structure” means any building, greenhouse or other structure which has a complete roof enclosure supported by connecting walls extending from the ground to the roof, which is secure against unauthorized entry, provides complete visual screening, and which is accessible only through one or more lockable doors and inaccessible to minors.
(Ord. 354 § 3, 2017)
“Community Apartment Project.”
A community apartment project is a common interest development in which an undivided interest in land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy of any apartment located thereon. This use includes apartment complexes that were converted to allow for individual ownership of units that were not constructed to condominium building standards.
“Condominium.”
A condominium is an estate in real property. Such estate may, with respect to the duration of its enjoyment, be either an estate of inheritance or perpetual estate, an estate for life, an estate for years, such as a leasehold or subleasehold, or any combination of the foregoing.
“Condominium Plan.”
A condominium plan is a plan consisting of a description or survey map of a condominium project which shall refer to or show monumentation on the ground; a three-dimensional description of a condominium project, one or more dimensions of which may extend for an indefinite distance upwards or downwards, in sufficient detail to identify the common areas and each separate interest; and a certificate consenting to the recordation of the condominium plan pursuant to this title signed and acknowledged by the record owner of fee title to that property included in the condominium project. In the case of a condominium project which will terminate upon the termination of an estate for years, the certificate shall be signed and acknowledged by all lessors and lessees of the estate for years and, in the case of a condominium project subject to a life estate, the certificate shall be signed and acknowledged by all life tenants and remainder interests. The certificate shall also be signed and acknowledged by either the trustee or the beneficiary of each recorded deed of trust, and the mortgagee of each recorded mortgage encumbering the property. Owners of mineral rights, easements, rights-of-way, and other nonpossessory interests do not need to sign the condominium plan. A condominium plan may be amended or revoked by a subsequently acknowledged recorded instrument executed by all the persons whose signatures would be required to record a condominium plan pursuant to this subdivision.
“Condominium Project.”
A condominium project is a common interest development consisting of condominiums. A condominium consists of an undivided interest in common in a portion of real property, coupled with a separate interest in space called a unit, the boundaries of which are described on a recorded condominium plan in sufficient detail to locate all boundaries thereof. The area within these boundaries may be filled with air, earth, or water or any combination thereof, and need not be physically attached to land except by easements for access and, if necessary, support. The description of the unit may refer to boundaries described in the recorded condominium plan, physical boundaries, either in existence or to be constructed such as walls, floors, and ceilings of a structure or any portion thereof, an entire structure containing one or more units, or any combination thereof. The portion or portions of the real property held in undivided interest may be all of the real property, except for the separate interests, or may include a particular three-dimensional portion thereof, the boundaries of which are described on a recorded final map, parcel map, or condominium plan. The area within these boundaries may be filled with air, earth, or water or any combination thereof, and need not be physically attached to land except by easements for access and, if necessary, support. An individual condominium within a condominium project may include, in addition, a separate interest in other portions of the real property.
“Congregate Living Health Facility.”
A state licensed facility meeting the definition under Health and Safety Code 1267.16(c) that provides care for persons who are terminally ill within a single-family residential structure that conforms to the R-2.1 Building Code Occupancy requirements. Such facilities shall appear consistent with the size of the adjoining single family residential structures, including average height and square footage, and shall comply with all separation requirements listed under state law.
(Ord. 465 § 11, 2025)
“Conservation.”
The term conservation refers to the planned management, protection, and use of natural resources in order to prevent the wasteful exploitation, destruction or neglect of these resources. Implicit in the term conservation is the concept of wise use as distinguished from nonuse or preservation.
“Contiguous.”
Contiguous means in actual close contact, touching, bounded or traversed by. “Contiguous property” shall be those properties which touch property lines of any parcel including those properties which touch said property lines of a subject parcel when such lines are projected across public or private rights-of-way, easements, roads, streets, or railroad rights-of-way.
“Court.”
An open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, which is bounded on two or more sides by such building or buildings and is created by the required separation of such buildings.