Angels Camp City Zoning Code

shall mean to cease or suspend from developing or maintaining a building or use for a stated period of time.

shall mean a business or activity with no reported sales or activity for a period of at least one hundred eighty days. Exceptions are temporary closures for repairs, alterations or other similar situations.

shall mean contiguous to.

shall mean the place, means or way by which pedestrians and vehicles shall have safe, adequate and usable ingress and egress to a property or use.

shall mean the entire area of a site calculated to the centerline of planned bounding streets and to the edge of the right-of-way of existing or dedicated streets.

shall mean the area of a parcel of land measured to the property lines less streets and alleys or those areas proposed or required to be dedicated as streets and alleys.

shall mean the decision made by the review authority on a land use application, including applicable findings, environmental determination and conditions of approval.

shall mean situated next to. Includes abutting and real property across alleys, streets or other public property.

shall mean and include the following:

shall mean a business or location where the main emphasis is on the sale or promotion of sexually explicit materials or activities.

shall mean housing for which the housing payment is not more than thirty percent of household gross income for a specified housing group.

shall mean a person authorized to act for the property owner.

shall mean a person, organization, corporation or any other individual or group which demonstrates to the appellate body that they have an interest, either financial or otherwise, in property affected by the decision of the original decision maker.

means the same as "life plan communities."

shall mean the tilling of soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, viticulture, dairying and small livestock farming including all uses customarily incidental thereto; but excluding personal or commercial golf courses, slaughterhouses, fertilizer yards, transport businesses for agriculture hauling, bone yards or plants for reduction of animal matter or any other industrial use which is similarly objectionable because of noise, odor, smoke, dust, or fumes.

means facilities licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services Health and Human Services Agency to provide twenty-four-hour, residential, nonmedical substance use disorder recovery or treatment services. Services are provided in an alcohol- and drug-free environment and support recovery or treatment for substance use disorder related problems. Services may include the following: detoxification, recovery or treatment planning, educational sessions, social/recreational activities, individual and group sessions, family education and parenting, case management, client file review, relapse prevention, and information about and assistance in obtaining health, social, vocational, and other community services (Health and Safety Code Section 11834.02, and as may be amended).

shall mean a public or private right-of-way permanently reserved primarily for vehicular service access to the rear or sides of properties otherwise abutting on a street and affording only secondary means of access to abutting property.

shall mean any change, addition, or modification in construction or occupancy of an existing building.

shall mean a change in the wording, context or substance of any provision in this title; or addition, deletion, or a change in the zone boundaries or classification upon the zoning map.

shall mean any place of assembly by the public for entertainment or playing games.

shall mean the provision of shelter and care for small animals on a commercial basis. This classification includes activities such as feeding, exercising, grooming, and incidental medical care.

shall mean the provision of bathing and trimming services for small animals on a commercial basis. This classification includes boarding of domestic animals for a maximum period of forty-eight hours.

shall mean establishments where small animals receive medical and surgical treatment. This classification includes only facilities that are entirely enclosed, soundproofed, and air conditioned. Grooming and temporary (thirty days) boarding of animals is included if incidental to the hospital use.

See "small animal keeping," "large animal keeping," "limited small animal keeping," and "limited large animal keeping."

means raising or keeping large hoofed animals customarily raised or kept on farms including, but not limited to, horses, cows, bulls, calves, oxen, pigs, hogs, and swine as established in Section 17.06.220.

means that the keeping of certain large animals may be permitted as established in Section 17.06.220:

means the keeping of the following small-to-moderate sized animals that may be permitted as established in Section 17.06.220.

means raising or keeping small nonhoofed animals customarily raised or kept on farms including, but not limited to, poultry and rabbits. It also includes small or moderate-sized hoofed animals including, but not limited to, sheep and goats as established in Section 17.06.220.

means retail sales and boarding of small animals, provided such activities take place within an entirely enclosed building. This classification includes grooming if incidental to the retail sale.

shall mean the process of adding territory to the incorporated area of the city and simultaneously detaching said territory from Calaveras County and certain service districts.

shall mean a device used in communications which transmits and/or receives radio, television, or other electromagnetic signals, including, but not limited to, dish, panel, parabolic, and whip antennas.

shall mean a business whose primary purpose is the sale of objects having special value because of its age, especially a domestic item or piece of furniture or handicraft esteemed for its artistry, beauty, or period of origin.

shall mean a room or group of rooms in a building rented or leased to a tenant and constituting five or more dwelling units. For the purpose of this definition, "building" shall mean one or more buildings on one or more contiguous lots or parcels under common ownership, and the total contiguous number of dwelling units in all of such buildings shall be used to determine the number of dwelling units subject to the requirements of this title.

shall mean a place where fine art is created and occasionally displayed, and affords the artist a live-work opportunity typically in the downtown area. "Fine art" is art concerned with the creation of beautiful objects such as painting and sculpture.

shall mean a place providing a full range of vehicle repair and maintenance services which include outside storage, the use of hazardous liquids, open flame or welding operations. Hazardous liquids include Class I, II or III-A liquids as defined by the California Building Code and/or California Fire Code.

shall mean a place providing vehicle repair and maintenance limited to exchange of parts and maintenance which does not include the activities as defined under this section, auto repair, major. Any activity combining minor and major automobile repair shall be defined as major automobile repair.

shall mean sale and rental of automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, and recreational vehicles, including storage and incidental maintenance.

shall mean an area which provides for the servicing or fueling of motor vehicles, including tube and tire repairs, battery charging, storage of merchandise and supplies related to the servicing of motor vehicles, sale of gasoline and other fuel and lubricants, motor vehicle washing, grease racks, and motor vehicle repairs, excluding major auto repair and other similar activities. This definition includes a convenience gas mart with two or more service islands.

shall mean washing, waxing, detailing, or cleaning of automobiles or similar light vehicles including the use of mechanical automobile washers.

shall mean an open area located either recessed or projected out from the walls of a building. Balconies are thirty inches or more above grade and are open to one or more sides except for a railing or parapet not more than forty-two inches high. An exterior corridor is not a balcony.

shall mean any premises wherein alcoholic beverages are sold at retail for consumption on the premises and where minors are excluded therefrom by law. A bar shall include any premises wherein food products, including salads, sandwiches, desserts, and similar short order items and snacks are sold or served incidentally to the sale or service of alcoholic beverages. It shall not mean a bona fide "restaurant" wherein alcoholic beverages are sold incidentally to the public in conjunction with the sale of food for consumption on the premises.

shall mean that portion of a building that is partly or completely below grade. A basement shall be counted as a story for purposes of height measurement where any portion of a basement has more than one-half of its height above grade.

shall mean an existing residence (minimum one year) which has bedrooms rented overnight and includes meals to be served to the overnight guests.

shall mean a mound or embankment of earth.

shall mean a section of land surrounded by public streets, highways, freeways, railroads, rights-of-way, flood control channels, creeks, washes, rivers or unsubdivided acreage or any combination thereof.

shall mean a dwelling where rooms are rented to four or more paying guests, who may be provided with meals. The term "boarding house" shall include "rooming house" and "lodging house."

shall mean a landscaped area intended to separate and partially obstruct the view of two adjacent land uses or properties from one another.

shall mean any structure exceeding two hundred square feet, built or maintained for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind.

shall mean that portion of a lot or parcel that is covered by buildings, measured where the exterior wall meets the foundation, excluding open decks and porches, roof eaves, and stoops, unless otherwise specified within this title. Portions of the building which project beyond the exterior wall or foundation wall and enclose floor area, such as bays and basement spaces, shall count toward building coverage.

shall mean the vertical distance from the average base elevation to the highest point of the structure, not including chimneys, cupolas, antennas and similar ancillary architectural features.

shall mean the individual appointed by the city administrator to fill that position.

shall mean a building or portion thereof lawfully existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, which was designed, reconstructed or structurally altered for a use which does not conform to uses permitted in the district in which it is located or does not comply with the yard or area requirement of the district in which it is located.

shall mean a building within which is conducted the principal use permitted on the premises as provided by this title.

shall mean the minimum distance that a building or structure is required to be separated as specified elsewhere in this title. When measured from a property line, this distance is usually the depth of the required yard area.

shall mean any area or tract of land used to accommodate two or more camping parties including, but not limited to, cabins, tents, travel trailers, recreational vehicles or other camping units for a period not to exceed fourteen consecutive days.

shall mean a roofed structure, or portion of a building, other than an attached or detached garage, used to shelter vehicles.

shall mean any one, or a combination of more than one, of the following, in a place used or intended to be used and dedicated for cemetery purposes:

means a facility that provides nonmedical care to children under eighteen 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 twenty-four-hour basis. "Child day care facility" includes day care centers, employer-sponsored child care centers, and family day care homes (Health and Safety Code Section 1596.750 and as may be amended).

shall mean the city of Angels.

shall mean those street standards adopted by the city council.

shall mean a place for group medical services not involving the overnight housing of patients.

shall mean meeting, recreational, or social facilities of a private or nonprofit organization primarily for use by members or guests. This classification includes union halls, social clubs and youth centers.

means a community of private homes clustered around shared space(s). Housing may be attached or single-family. Each dwelling has traditional amenities, including a private kitchen. Shared spaces typically feature a common house/community building, which may include a large kitchen and dining area, laundry, and recreational spaces. Shared outdoor space may include parking, walkways, open space, and gardens. Residents generally share resources (e.g., tools, lawnmowers).

means any person(s) designated by the city to enforce the provisions of the city of Angels Municipal Code and/or his or her designee. "CEO" may include, but is not limited to, public works foreman, city planner, city attorney, building inspector/building official, police chief, fire chief, and the city administrator.

shall mean those zones which are added to the base zone, and additional regulations supplementary to those required by the base zone, and include additional regulations supplementary to those regulations required by the base zone.

shall mean the purchase, sale or other transaction involving the handling or disposition (other than that included in the term "industry" as defined in this chapter), of any article, substance or commodity for livelihood or profit. This definition includes shops for the sale of personal and professional services.

shall include theaters, sports stadiums and arenas, amusement parks, bowling alleys, billiard parlors, ice/roller skating rinks, miniature golf courses, golf driving ranges, model courses, shooting galleries, pinball arcades or electronic game centers having two or more coinoperated game machines, card rooms, and facilities used exclusively for bingo games. "Commercial recreation and entertainment" does not include adult entertainment facilities.

means the planning commission of the city of Angels.

means facilities licensed by the Community Care Licensing Division of the California Department of Social Services and includes 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. Community care facilities are detailed in Health and Safety Code Section 1502. They include, but are not limited to, the following as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1502:

shall mean a permit issued by the city with conditions as specified by Chapter 17.78.

shall mean a development of multiple units consisting of an undivided interest in common for a portion of a parcel coupled with a separate interest in airspace in a residential building on a parcel.

shall mean an individually owned unit in a building or development with commercial occupants. Each unit may be financed or sold separately by the owner, but the care and expense of maintaining common areas are shared.

shall mean the conversion of multi-family rental units to private ownership units, generally to condominiums, community apartments, or stock cooperatives.

means a facility serving persons who are terminally ill, persons who are catastrophically and severely disabled, persons who are mentally alert but physically disabled, or any combination of these persons (Health and Safety Code Section 1267.13).

shall mean construction shall be determined to start when all of the following have been completed by the developer:

shall mean construction shall be complete when the final required building inspection has been completed and/or a "certificate of occupancy" is issued by the building inspector.

shall mean the same as "life plan communities."

shall mean an area of land where construction equipment is stored for either periodic or extended periods of time and including repair facilities and administrative offices.

shall mean a retail establishment offering for sale prepackaged food products, household items, and other goods commonly associated with the same. Activities include the sale and/or dispensing of gasoline and other petroleum products.

shall mean changing the original purpose of a building to a different use.

See "co-housing."

shall mean a lot bounded on two or more adjacent sides by public right-of-way or private ways, or by portions thereof.

See "cottage housing."

means a grouping of small, single-family dwelling units clustered around a common area and developed with a coherent plan for the entire site.

shall mean the city council of the city of Angels.

shall mean a club organized and operated primarily for social and outdoor recreational purposes, and including incidental accessory uses and structures.

shall mean institutions displaying, preserving or demonstrating intellectual and artistic objects or activities. This classification generally includes libraries, museums, and art galleries where displayed objects are not intended for sale.

means a child day care facility other than a family day care home, 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 (Health and Safety Code Section 1596.76 and as may be amended).

shall mean any building or group of buildings, or portion thereof, used primarily for the daytime care of more than twelve children. Nurseries or child care facilities where twelve or less children are involved are defined as large family day care homes.

shall mean calendar days, except when the last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, in which case the following day is included.

shall mean an unroofed platform, either freestanding or attached to a building, that is supported by pillars, posts, or similar structures. A deck attached to an upper floor of a structure may also be referred to as a "balcony."

shall mean the ratio between dwelling units and land, expressed as the number of dwelling units per gross acre, or as square feet of land required per dwelling unit.

shall mean an increase of dwelling units over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density.

shall mean the number of dwelling units per acre of developable residential land, including public and private streets, but excluding greenways and easements for drainage or power transmission lines.

shall mean the number of dwelling units per acre of developable residential land exclusive of public and private streets, greenways, drainage, power transmission line easements, or other public and semipublic uses.

shall mean:

shall mean an agreement entered into between the city of Angels and a contracting party which relates to a specific real property, subject to the terms of the agreement, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Article 2.5, Chapter 4, Division 1 of Title 7 of the California Government Code.

means a disability that originates before an individual attains eighteen years of age; continues, or can be expected to continue, indefinitely; and constitutes a substantial disability for that individual. As defined by the director of developmental services, in consultation with the superintendent of public instruction, this term shall include intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism. This term shall also include disabling conditions found to be closely related to intellectual disability or to require treatment similar to that required for individuals with an intellectual disability but shall not include other handicapping conditions that are solely physical in nature.

shall mean the city of Angels planning director or designee.

shall mean a discount store or warehouse where shoppers pay a membership fee in order to take advantage of discounted prices on a wide variety of items such as food, clothing, tires, and appliances; many items are sold in large quantities or bulk.

shall mean stores with off-street parking that usually offer a variety of customer services, centralized cashing, and a wide range of products. They usually maintain long store hours seven days a week. The stores are often the only ones on the site, but they can also be found in mutual operation with a related or unrelated garden center or service station. Discount stores are also sometimes found as separate parcels within a retail complex with their own dedicated parking.

shall mean a store that is similar to a "discount store" described in this section, with the exception that they also contain a full service grocery department under the same roof that shares entrances and exits with the discount store area. Such retail stores shall not exceed eighty thousand square feet of gross floor area and devote at least five percent of the total sales floor area to the sale of nontaxable merchandise. "Sales floor area" means only interior building space devoted to the sale of merchandise, and does not include restrooms, office space, storage space, automobile service areas, or open-air garden sales space. "Nontaxable merchandise" means products, commodities, or items the sale of which is not subject to California State sales tax. These stores usually offer a variety of customer services, centralized cashing, and a wide range of products. They usually maintain long store hours seven days a week. The stores are often the only ones on the site, but they can also be found in mutual operation with a related or unrelated garden center or service station. Discount superstores are also sometimes found as separate parcels within a retail complex with their own dedicated parking.

shall mean the minimum distance measured between two structures.

is as defined in Welfare and Institutions Code Section 18291(c) and Health and Safety Code Section 124250. "Domestic violence shelter" means a shelter for domestic violence victims providing emergency housing in a confidential and safe location on a twenty-four-hour basis for battered women and their children. This use is considered the same as transitional or supportive housing pursuant to the Angels Municipal Code.

shall mean any place or premises designed or used for the sale, dispensing or serving of food, refreshments, money, gasoline, or other goods and services to customers in their vehicles.

shall mean a private roadway for the exclusive use of the occupants of a property and their guests, and which provides vehicular access to parking spaces, garages, dwellings or other structures on a site.

See "alcoholism recovery or treatment facilities."

shall mean a structure or portion thereof designed and used exclusively for residential occupancy including one-family, two-family and multiple-family dwellings, but not including hotels or motels.

shall mean a combination or arrangement of dwellings, including one-family, two-family and multiple-family dwellings, whether detached or not, on one building site.

shall mean a building designed or used for occupancy by three or more families all living independently of each other.

shall mean a residential structure or portion thereof that is the primary or predominant use of the property.

shall mean a structure designed for occupancy of one family. Single-family dwelling includes mobilehomes in a mobilehome park and manufactured homes on a permanent foundation.

shall mean a building designed for use or occupancy for two families, each living independently of each other.

means a complete independent dwelling unit (i.e., has permanent provisions for living, cooking, eating, sleeping and sanitation) for one or more persons. ADUs may be:

is as defined in Government Code Section 65852.22. It is a living space not exceeding five hundred square feet in size contained entirely within a legally established bedroom within the walls of an existing, fully permitted single-family dwelling. A JADU may be constructed within the walls of a proposed or existing single-family residence and is not required to be an existing bedroom or have an interior entry into the single-family residence. No additional parking requirements or fees for water or sewer connections may be required. JADUs cannot be sold separately from the primary dwelling. Only one JADU per lot is permitted. The owner must reside in either the remaining portion of the primary residence or in the newly created JADU. JADUs are not allowed in accessory structures.

shall mean a grant of one or more property rights by the property owner for use by the public, a corporation or another person or entity.

means a removable kitchen that contains a sink; appliances that do not require electrical service greater than one hundred twenty volts, or natural or propane gas; a limited food preparation counter; and storage cabinets. The entire kitchen shall not exceed six lineal feet, except that if existing counter space is being converted to efficiency kitchen use, then the counter space shall not exceed eight lineal feet. Examples of prohibited cooking appliances are ranges, stoves, cook tops, and built-in ovens. Examples of cooking appliances that may be used are microwave ovens, hot plates, and similar appliances intended for use on top of a countertop. Refrigerator size is not limited. See Health and Safety Code Section 17958.1.

shall mean a governmental agency or private nonprofit organization which provides, or contracts with recognized community organizations to provide, emergency or temporary shelter for evacuees and/or homeless, and which has received a conditional use permit authorized by the city of Angels planning commission and is in compliance with all applicable requirements of the California Health and Safety Code of Regulations, and all conditions of the city use permit.

shall mean a public or private agency which provides fire, ambulance, police or similar emergency dispatch services for the protection of life or property.

means housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person.

is housing for a person and his or her family whose primary incomes are earned through permanent or seasonal agricultural labor. Employee housing for six or fewer employees is a permitted use in all residential districts. For any city zoning district that allows agricultural uses, employee or farmworker housing consisting of no more than thirtysix beds in a group quarters or twelve units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household is an agricultural use that does not differ in any other way from any other agricultural use. No conditional use permit, zoning variance or other zoning clearance is required for this type of employee housing that is not required for any other agricultural activity in the same zone. Employee housing in a zone permitting agricultural uses includes agricultural employees who do not work on the property where the employee housing is located. Employee or farmworker housing is subject only to the same standards that apply to the same or similar agricultural uses in the same zoning district (Health and Safety Code Sections 17021.5 and 17021.6).

shall mean a musical, theater, dance, cabaret, or comedy act performed by one or more persons. Any form of dancing by patrons or guests at an eating and drinking establishment or bar is live entertainment.

shall mean an enclosed structure used to house equipment.

shall mean sales, services and rental of construction, agricultural, or household equipment.

are households with an income less than thirty percent of area median income.

shall be as defined in Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5115-5116 and as may be amended.

is as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 19971. "Factory-built housing" means a residential building, dwelling unit, or an individual dwelling room or combination of rooms thereof, or building component, assembly, or system manufactured in such a manner that all concealed parts or processes of manufacture cannot be inspected before installation at the building site without disassembly, damage, or destruction of the part, including units designed for use as part of an institution for resident or patient care, that is either wholly manufactured or is in substantial part manufactured at an off-site location to be wholly or partially assembled on site in accordance with building standards published in the California Building Standards Code and other regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 19990. Factory-built housing does not include a mobilehome, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18008, a recreational vehicle, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18010.5, or a commercial modular, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18012.5.

means one or more persons living together in a dwelling unit, with common access to and common use of all facilities.

includes, but is not limited to, single-family dwellings, units in multifamily dwellings, including units in duplexes and units in apartment dwellings, mobilehomes, including mobilehomes located in mobilehome parks, units in cooperatives, units in condominiums, units in townhouses, and units in planned unit developments (Health and Safety Code Section 1569.85(g)).

shall mean a mode of operation that is common to farms or ranches and which is further defined by Section 17.06.120.

means a person and his or her family whose primary incomes are earned through permanent or seasonal agricultural labor.

See "employee housing."

shall mean an artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose or screen areas of land.

shall mean the sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of a building measured from the interior faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline of walls separating buildings. The floor area projected over stair openings shall be counted only once. Habitable area located in basement or cellar spaces shall be counted as floor area for purposes of determining the maximum allowable size of an accessory dwelling unit, and for determining parking requirements pursuant to Chapter 17.69.

shall mean the area resulting from dividing the gross floor area of all buildings on one lot by the gross land area of that lot.

shall mean the retail sales of food and beverages for off-site preparation and consumption. Typical uses include grocery stores, liquor stores and delicatessens. Establishments at which twenty percent or more of the transactions are sales of prepared food for on-site or take-out consumption shall be classified as catering services or restaurants.

shall mean the addition of soil amendments and returning the soil to an easily crumbled or loosely compacted condition whereby the root structure of newly planted landscaping material will be allowed to spread unimpeded.

shall mean the abutting street line on an interior lot; on a corner lot, the front lot line is the shorter of any adjacent two abutting streets except in those cases where developers have intended and shown another line as the front lot line on an approved subdivision map.

shall mean a yard measured into a lot from its front lot line or lines, and extending the full width of the lot between its side lot lines.

shall mean a detached or attached accessory building on the same lot as a dwelling, used for the housing of the vehicles of the occupants of the principal building.

shall mean a building or portion thereof other than a private garage, designed or used for equipping, servicing, repairing, hiring, selling or storing motor vehicles.

shall mean the adopted policy of the city pursuant to the Government Code of California.

shall mean the average of the finished ground level at the center of all walls of a building. In case walls are parallel to and within five feet of a sidewalk, the ground level shall be measured at the sidewalk.

See "accessory dwelling unit."

See "community care facility."

shall mean living quarters within an accessory building on a residential lot for use by temporary guests of the occupants of the premises. It shall have no kitchen or cooking facilities and shall not be rented or otherwise used as a separate independent dwelling.

shall mean an indoor facility including such uses as a gymnasium, game courts, exercise equipment and classes, locker rooms, pool, jacuzzi and/or spa, and pro shop.

shall mean a plant or series of plants or other landscape material so arranged as to form a physical barrier or enclosure.

means a way or place, of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic. "Highway" includes a street, public right-of-way and all or any part of the entire width of the right-of-way of said highway.

shall mean an occupation conducted as an accessory use within a dwelling unit in conformance with Section 17.06.060, also known as a business conducted in the home.

is as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 11380.7(d)(3). It includes, but is not limited to, emergency shelters. It is considered an emergency shelter for the purposes of the city of Angels Municipal Code.

shall mean an institution providing health services primarily for human inpatient medical or surgical care for the sick or injured and includes related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient surgical centers and departments, training facilities, central services facilities, and administrative offices that are an integral part of the hospital facility.

shall mean a building or group of buildings containing rental units, and which rooms are designed, intended to be used or are used, or rented as temporary or overnight accommodation for guests.

shall mean the manufacture, fabrication, processing or reduction of any article, substance or commodity or any other treatment thereof in such a manner as to change the form, character or appearance thereof.

means a type of elderly supportive housing consisting of units for senior citizens, caregivers, and transition age youths.

shall mean shared living quarters, generally without separate kitchen and bathroom facilities for each room or unit, intended to meet short-term shelter and/or other immediate needs. Interim housing includes, but is not limited to, homeless shelters, women’s shelters and other emergency shelters, labor camps, transitional shelters and halfway houses. Interim housing does not include "residential care facilities," "family day care homes," "family day care centers," "convalescent hospitals," "hotels," or "motels."

is a facility that provides twenty-four-hour personal care, habilitation, developmental, and supportive health services to developmentally disabled clients whose primary need is for developmental services and who have a recurring but intermittent need for skilled nursing services (Health and Safety Code Sections 1250(d) and (e) and as may be amended).

means a facility with a capacity of four to fifteen beds that provides twenty-four-hour personal care, habilitation, developmental, and supportive health services to fifteen or fewer developmentally disabled persons who have intermittent recurring needs for nursing services, but have been certified by a physician and surgeon as not requiring availability of continuous skilled nursing care (Health and Safety Code Sections 1250(d) and (e) and as may be amended). It includes intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing.

means a facility with a capacity of four to fifteen beds that provides twenty-four-hour personal care, developmental services, and nursing supervision for developmentally disabled persons who have intermittent recurring needs for skilled nursing care but have been certified by a physician and surgeon as not requiring continuous skilled nursing care. The facility shall serve medically fragile persons who have developmental disabilities or demonstrate significant developmental delay that may lead to a developmental disability if not treated.

shall mean any person who has no established place of business within the boundaries of the city of Angels and who is engaged in transient business traveling from place to place for the purpose of selling any goods, wares, merchandise or services or for the purpose of taking orders for the sale of any food, goods, wares, merchandise or services to be delivered or performed at some future time and date.

shall mean a place for the storage of waste or salvage metal or material, unused vehicles, and dismantling or demolition of machinery or vehicles.

"Commercial kennel" shall mean any kennel maintained for the purpose of boarding, breeding, raising or training domestic animals for a fee, for sale, or other consideration.

"Private kennel" shall mean any property where domestic animals, over the age of six months, are kept or maintained in accordance with zoning district requirements, for the use and enjoyment of the occupants for noncommercial purposes.

shall mean the planting of suitable vegetation in conformity with the requirements of this title and the continued maintenance thereof.

means a home which provides family day care for seven to fourteen children including those who reside at the home, as defined in California Health and Safety Code Sections 1596.70 through 1597.47.

shall mean a single retail commercial tenant that occupies a minimum of fifty thousand square feet or more.

shall mean a self-supporting or guyed structure, erected on the ground, which consists of metal crossed strips or bars to support antennas and related equipment.

generally are age-restricted properties that include a combination of independent living and assisted living, sometimes also with skilled nursing services available to residents all in one community. Similar communities are also known as: continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), tri-level communities, and aging in place communities.

shall mean animals customarily raised or kept on farms to include fowl, horses, cows, bulls, calves, oxen, sheep, goats, and other bovine or hoofed animals including pigs, hogs, and swine.

shall mean an off-street area for the temporary time-limited parking of a motor vehicle used to deliver or receive persons, goods or materials of not less than ten feet in width and thirty-five feet in length with at least sixteen feet of vertical clearance either within a structure or in the open, excluding driveways or access roads, but which abuts upon a street or alley or has access to a street or alley.

shall mean the total square footage of the area within all site boundaries.

shall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at the street line except for flag lots, in the case of rectangular lots, and measured at the front yard building setback line in all other cases.

shall mean any antenna less than thirtysix inches in height.

is as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18007. "Manufactured home" means 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 forty body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a single-family dwelling with or without a foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. "Manufactured home" includes any structure that meets all the requirements of this definition except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § 5401, and following).

is the same as a "mobilehome park," but includes manufactured homes rather than mobilehomes. Manufactured homes in a manufactured home park or mobilehome park do not require a permanent foundation.

shall mean any facility or location where medical cannabis is made available to and/or distributed by or to two or more of the following: a primary caregiver, a qualified patient, or a person with an identification card, in strict accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq., as may be amended, including but not limited to Health and Safety Code Section 11362.7(d)(2) and (3). The terms "primary caregiver," "qualified patient," and "person with an identification card" shall be as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq., as may be amended.

shall mean a building or group of buildings in a controlled-access and fenced compound that contains varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized, and controlled-access stalls or lockers for the unused storage of goods or wares and may include outdoor storage.

means a governmental decision involving little or no personal judgment by the decision maker as to the wisdom or manner of carrying out a project. The decision maker merely applies the law to the facts as presented but uses no special discretion or judgment in reaching a decision. A ministerial decision involves only the use of fixed standards or objective measurements, and the decision maker cannot use personal, subjective judgment in deciding whether or how a project should be carried out.

means multiple units contained in a house-scale building on a single parcel. Compatible in scale and form with detached single-family homes, but containing duplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, cottage housing, multiplexes, or similar. House-scale buildings shall blend with existing residential neighborhoods. Housing shall, to the maximum extent feasible, support walkability. Called "missing" because such residences were popular pre-1950s, but have been missing from the nation’s housing inventory for many decades.

is as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18008. "Mobilehome" means 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 forty body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a single-family 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. "Mobilehome" includes any structure that meets all the requirements of this definition and complies with the state standards for mobilehomes in effect at the time of construction. "Mobilehome" does not include a commercial modular, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18001.8, factory-built housing, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 19971, a manufactured home, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18007, a multifamily manufactured home, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18008.7, or a recreational vehicle, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18010.

is as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18214. "Mobilehome park" means any area or tract of land where two or more lots are rented or leased, 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 manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or (before 1982) for recreational vehicles used for human habitation. The rental paid for a manufactured home, a mobilehome, or a recreational vehicle shall be deemed to include rental for the lot it occupies. This definition shall not be construed to authorize the rental of a mobilehome park space for the accommodation of a recreational vehicle in violation of Section 798.22 of the Civil Code. Civil Code Section 798.22 states that in any new mobilehome park developed after January 1, 1982, mobilehome spaces shall not be rented for the accommodation of recreational vehicles as defined by Civil Code Section 799.29 unless the mobilehome park has a specifically designated area within the park for recreational vehicles, which is separate and apart from the area designated for mobilehomes. Recreational vehicles may be located only in the specifically designated area.

shall consist of a single pole structure erected on the ground to support wireless communication antennas and connecting appurtenances.

shall mean any one of the multiple architectural styles exhibited in Angels Camp. The historically and architecturally significant buildings in Angels Camp are diverse in style, as well as in method and period of construction. They were built of stone, brick, frame, and concrete and had sidings of brick, wood, stucco, and plaster. The architectural styles represented include: Greek Revival, Neoclassical, Italianate, Queen Anne, False-Front Commercial, Craftsman, Spanish Eclectic, and Art Deco.

shall mean a building, place, or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value.

means small scale (less than ten thousand square feet) convenience shopping, professional offices, community centers, community gardens, recreational uses, storage facilities, and similar amenities intended to serve nearby residential areas. "Neighborhood services" excludes shopping centers or major commercial developments of a community or regional nature.

shall mean a lawfully existing structure or use at the time this title, or any amendment thereto, becomes effective which does not conform to the zoning district in which it is located.

means a certificate recorded by the city which determines that real property has been divided or has resulted from a division in violation of this title or the Subdivision Map Act. "Notice of violation" also means that notice that may be filed with the county clerk/recorder to notify potential future property owners of a pending violation on the property.

shall mean anything that interferes with the use or enjoyment of property, endangers personal health or safety or is offensive to the senses.

shall mean an establishment in which all merchandise other than plants is kept within an enclosed building or a fully screened, fenced enclosure, and fertilizer of any type is stored and sold in package form only.

shall mean the purpose for which a building is used or intended to be used. A change of occupancy is not intended to include a change of tenants or proprietors.

shall mean open space within or related to a development, not in individually owned lots or dedicated for public use, but which is designed and intended for the common use or enjoyment of the residents of the development.

shall mean any reasonable accessible portion of a lot, including decks, swimming pools, balconies, and the like, which is landscaped and/or developed for recreational use or outdoor activities. Usable open space shall not include parking areas, driveways, any part of an existing or future road or right-of-way, service areas, and slopes over ten percent, and shall not have any horizontal dimension less than ten feet, except decks or balconies, which shall have a minimum dimension of six feet to qualify as usable open space. Decks or paved walkways shall not be counted as usable open space where they are used principally as a passageway and entrance to a dwelling(s). Where decks are private in nature or are for the general use of tenants residing on the property and do not serve as a passageway, such decks may be counted as usable open space when otherwise conforming with the requirements of this chapter.

shall mean the keeping, in an unroofed area, of any goods, junk, material, merchandise, or vehicles in the same place for more than twenty-four hours.

shall mean a set of zoning requirements that is described in the text of the zoning regulations of this code, is mapped and is imposed in addition to those requirements of the underlying district.

shall mean an area of contiguous land established pursuant to Title 16 of this code which is or may be developed or utilized under one ownership as a unit or site for a use or group of uses.

shall mean an area of land with open space, walkways, driveways, playgrounds, picnic areas, recreation facilities or similar uses for public use.

shall mean a space reserved exclusively for the parking of automobiles and meeting the minimum city standards as provided in Chapter 17.69.

means an individual as defined in Chapter 4.5, commencing with Section 830 of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.

shall include variance, conditional use permit, site plan, building permit and any other action authorizing construction or use of land within this title.

shall mean any use allowed in a land use zoning district and subject to the provisions applicable to that district.

shall mean the provision of recurrently needed services of a personal nature. This classification includes barber shops and beauty salons, seamstresses, tailors, day spas, nail salons, shoe repair shops, self-service laundries, video rental stores, photocopying and photo finishing services, and travel agencies mainly intended for the consumer. This classification also includes massage establishments in which all persons engaged in the practice of massage are certified pursuant to the California Business and Professions Code.

shall mean a space of land designed to accommodate one or more parties for the purpose of eating outdoors.

shall mean a building or place where more than twenty-five people gather together in one place either for entertainment or business purposes and not part of a church or school.

shall mean official established right-of-way lines for future streets or for the extension or widening of existing streets within which the construction of structures is generally prohibited.

shall mean a type of development characterized by comprehensive planning for the project as a whole, clustering of structures to preserve usable open space and other natural features, and a mixture of housing types within prescribed densities.

shall mean the planning commission of the city of Angels.

shall mean the department of the city government charged with performing the administration of the city’s planning program.

shall mean a roofed, open area, attached to or part of a building, and with direct access to or from the building.

shall mean in existence prior to the effective date of the zoning regulations codified in this code.

shall mean any wireless communication facilities which lawfully existed on October 16, 2003.

shall mean a lot, parcel, tract or plot of land, together with the buildings and structures located thereon.

shall mean a building in which the primary use of the lot on which the building is located is conducted.

shall mean the primary or predominant use of any lot, building or structure.

shall mean belonging to or restricted for the use or enjoyment of particular persons or organizations.

shall mean an open area other than a street used for the parking of vehicles and restricted from general public use. Such areas shall have frontage on or access to a dedicated or approved private street or alley.

shall mean the office of a person engaged in any occupation, vocation or calling.

shall mean any proposal for new or changed uses of land, or for new construction, alteration, or enlargement of any structure, that is subject to the provisions of this chapter.

See "lot lines" (Section 16.08.210).

for the purposes of Chapter 17.36 means a "public agency" or "public utility." See "public agency" and "public utility."

means any taxing agency, government, special district, or municipality or subordinate division thereof.

shall mean a class of uses generally open to the public and maintained and supported by public and nonprofit agencies or organizations and which are of a recreational, educational, religious or cultural nature.

shall mean an area other than a private parking area or street used for the parking of vehicles and available for public use, either free or for remuneration. Such areas shall have frontage on or access to a dedicated or approved private street or alley.

means any agency that, under public franchise or ownership, or under certificate of convenience and necessity, or by grant of authority by a governmental agency, provides the public with electricity, gas, heat, steam, communication, transportation, water, sewage collection, or other similar service.

means those entities governed by a constituent-elected board of directors; and/or authorized through the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 Government Code Sections 56000 to 57550 (and as may be amended).

shall mean a self-supporting roof structure, arbor or similar structure.

See "farm practice, accepted."

shall mean a place where certified professionals, individuals or a company buys and sells properties.

shall mean the lot line or lines approximately opposite the front lot line or, in the case of an irregular or triangular shaped lot, a line within the lot parallel to or at the maximum distance from the front lot line having a length of at least ten feet.

shall mean a yard measured into a lot from its rear lot line.

shall mean to undertake construction within and/or on an existing building which has a valid construction permit with a construction value greater than fifty percent of the replacement cost of the existing building being rebuilt. The permit value is valid for a twelve-month period beginning on the date of permit issuance.

shall mean any form of play, amusement or games.

shall mean a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper or camping trailer designed or capable of being used for human habitation, recreational use or emergency occupancy. Additionally, "recreational vehicle" shall include the definitions provided in the California Health and Safety Code Section 18010, as may be amended.

shall mean any park, camp, site, area or lot where one or more spaces are rented, leased or held out for rent to owners or users of trailers or recreational vehicles. A recreational vehicle park includes all buildings, tents and structures intended for use of the park. Additionally, "recreational vehicle park" shall include the definitions contained in California Health and Safety Code Section 18862.39, with any occupant at the park including those defined in California Civil Code Sections 799.20 through 799.79, as may be amended.

shall mean an area designed to accommodate two or more recreation vehicles for storage and not for overnight habitation.

shall mean a facility that is not a junkyard and in which recoverable resources, such as newspapers, plastic, glassware, and metal cans, are collected, stored, flattened, crushed, or bundled within a completely enclosed building for transfer to another facility for processing into raw materials or other recycled materials.

shall mean an incidental use and operation that serves as a neighborhood drop-off and collection point for temporary storage of recoverable and recycled materials. No processing of such items would be carried out and the facility would generally be located in a shopping center parking lot or in other public/quasi-public areas, such as churches and schools.

shall mean a facility that is not a junkyard and in which recoverable resources, such as newspapers, magazines, books, cardboard, and other previously used paper products; plastic materials; glass; metal cans; and other similar products, are recycled, reprocessed, and treated to return such products to a condition in which they may again be used for production.

shall mean a facility consisting of individual compartmentalized stalls located entirely within an enclosed building or group of buildings with controlled access. Stalls are rented or leased for the storage of customers’ goods, wares or archival files, and which may include an on-site manager’s quarters, but excludes any outside storage, warehousing storage or wholesale distribution.

shall mean establishments primarily engaged in industrial or scientific research, including limited product testing.

means any family home, group care facility, or similar facility determined by the department, for twenty-four-hour nonmedical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual. It includes residential care facilities for the elderly (Health and Safety Code Section 1501(a)(1) and as may be amended).

means a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by persons sixty years of age or over, or their authorized representative, where varying levels and intensities of care and supervision, protective supervision, personal care, or health-related services are provided, based upon their varying needs, as determined in order to be admitted and to remain in the facility. Persons under sixty 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 (Health and Safety Code Section 1502(a) and as may be amended).

shall mean a place where food is prepared, picked up at a drive-up window and consumed on or off the premises.

shall mean a place where meals and beverages are purchased and where the food is picked up at a counter and consumed on or off the premises.

shall mean a place where meals and beverages are purchased and consumed, and where the patrons are seated to consume their meals and beverages.

shall mean to sell individually or in varied quantities.

shall mean the exterior boundary of a street, public or private easement, or similar corridor of land for other than normal structural use.

See "street" (Section 17.09.190).

shall mean an apparatus designed to receive or transmit communications to and from a satellite.

shall include public and private institutions offering instruction and education.

shall mean the method by which a view of one site from another adjacent site is shielded, concealed, or hidden. Screening techniques include fences, walls, hedges, berms, or other features.

shall mean any premises used for the sale or handling of used goods. "Secondhand store" includes establishments for the sale or trade of used jewelry, old coins, stamps, antiques, clothing, or household goods.

shall mean the minimum horizontal distance between the lot or property line and the nearest front, side, street side, or rear line of the building or structure (as the case may be), including balconies, terraces, or any covered building projection thereof, excluding steps.

shall mean a grouping of retail businesses and service uses, located within a building or a group of buildings, oriented or arranged on one or more parcels, sharing common parking and vehicle and pedestrian circulation amenities.

shall mean a representation of the outline of the towers and antenna associated with a wireless communication facility, as seen from an elevation perspective.

See definitions in Chapter 17.62.

See "dwelling, single-family."

shall mean a plan, to scale, showing all of the existing and proposed buildings and structures for a lot, and may require building elevations, floor plans, landscaping, exterior lighting, and/or fencing details depending upon the nature of the proposed development.

shall mean the accessory daytime care of more than six and up to eight children within a single-family dwelling properly licensed by the state to regularly provide such care in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 1597.44.

includes intermediate care facilities, residential care facilities, community care facilities, small and large family day care homes, alcoholism recovery or treatment facilities and drug abuse recovery facilities; and facilities for the mentally disordered, handicapped persons, or dependent and neglected children.

shall mean trailer park or recreational vehicle park.

shall mean a plan consisting of text, maps, and other documents and exhibits regulating development within a defined area of the city, consistent with the general plan and the provisions of Government Code Section 65450 et seq.

shall mean a permanent structure for which the specified use or uses are not known at the time application is made for building construction permits.

"Private stable" shall mean a building or portion of a building used to shelter and feed equines which are used exclusively by the occupants of the property on which the stable is situated.

"Public or commercial stable" shall mean a stable other than a private stable.

shall mean a structure which is designed to blend into the surrounding environment, typically one that is architecturally integrated into a structure or is freestanding. Examples of stealth facilities include those designed to look like trees, rocks, clock towers, bell steeples and similar alternative designs that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas and towers.

means any structure designed or used for freight or storage, including but not limited to cargo containers, shipping containers, and other prefabricated structures intended for storage or transport of goods.

shall mean that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or if there be no floor above it, the space between such floor and the ceiling above it. A basement shall be counted as a story if its ceiling is over six feet above the average level of the finished grade adjoining the exterior walls of such story, or if it is used for business or dwelling purposes.

shall mean a public thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.

shall mean the centerline of the street as determined by official survey or a precise or specific plan of a highway alignment.

shall mean any change in the supporting members of a building or structure such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, or rafters.

shall mean anything constructed, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground. This excludes swimming pools, driveways, patios or parking spaces where the area is unobstructed from the ground up.

means housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by persons from a target population, and that is linked to an on-site or off-site service that assists the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.

shall mean any tank or pool created by artificial means and designed for swimming.

means persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health condition, or individuals eligible for services provided pursuant to the Lanterman Development Disabilities Services Act (CA Welfare and Institutions Code Division 4.5, Section 4500 et seq.) and may include, among other populations, adults, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and homeless people.

shall mean any use conducted on an intermittent or one-time basis for a specified period, not intended to become permanent. Such use shall not necessarily be listed as a permitted use in a zoning district in which it is located.

means a dwelling unit with a maximum of four hundred square feet of floor area hooked up to water, sewer, and utilities and on a permanent foundation. Tiny houses on trailers or wheels less than forty feet long are considered recreational vehicles.

shall mean a facility where waste and refuse materials are collected, unloaded, pumped, packaged, temporarily stored, and loaded for transfer to a landfill or processing facility designated to ultimately receive such materials.

means buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirements that require the termination of assistance and recirculating of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at a predetermined future point in time that shall be no less than six months from the beginning of the assistance.

shall mean a residential facility which meets the requirements of an "emergency residential shelter" as defined herein, and also provides to homeless persons and/or families the opportunity for training and counseling to acquire needed skills to become self-sufficient, such as, but not limited to, home management, personal money management and budgeting, and job training.

means the same as "life plan communities."

shall mean a facility for breaking down and assembling tractor-trailer transport vehicles, minor repairs facilities, restaurants, and motels. "Truck stop" does not include facilities for the loading and unloading of shipments to or from an individual business.

shall mean a facility for the loading and/or unloading of fuel, food products, materials or freight merchandise on trucks. Truck terminals may include related fueling facilities, traffic routing offices, temporary truck storage areas, wash racks, minor repair facilities and related business offices.

shall mean a room or suite of two or more rooms occupied or suitable for occupancy as a residence for one family.

shall mean the purpose for which land is used or a building is erected, arranged, designed or intended, or for which land or a building is or may be occupied or maintained.

means real property with one or more commercial or industrial structure(s) that is/are either unoccupied or occupied by unauthorized persons. In the case of a multi-unit structure or complex, vacant shall mean when any one unit is unoccupied or occupied by unauthorized persons. "Vacant building" includes the associated surrounding property. For the purposes of Section 17.06.210, "associated surrounding property" includes all the property within the boundaries of the assessor’s parcel or parcels upon which the vacant building(s) is/are located.

means a relaxation of the terms of this title in compliance with Chapter 17.75.

means a device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

means any vehicle that is partially or wholly disassembled or a vehicle without hoods, doors, fenders, body panels, headlights, trunk lid, tires, wheels, windows, engine, transmission or other parts that are normally part of a vehicle.

shall mean a facility or business that involves the dismantling or wrecking of used motor vehicles or trailers, which may or may not include the sale of reclaimed parts.

means any vehicle rendered inoperable or lacking valid registration or that cannot be moved under its own power.

means any vehicle that is damaged to such an extent that it cannot be operated upon the highway. A vehicle which has been wrecked in a traffic accident, and which has been removed from the roadway to a storage facility, but which has not been claimed by its owner, will not be considered an abandoned vehicle.

shall mean a triangular area located at the intersection of two streets and extending by a specified amount from the intersection.

shall mean a commercial land use that involves the instruction to students of special skills, knowledge, or techniques that are generally related to furthering a specific vocation or professional occupation. Vocational schools would include trade schools, business schools, cosmetology schools, and schools for self-improvement.

shall mean the sale and storage of products in large quantities primarily to retailers who then sell them to the consumer.

shall mean a facility that transmits or receives electromagnetic signals. It includes antennas, microwave dishes, horns, and other types of equipment for the transmission or receipt of such signals, wireless communication towers or similar structures supporting said equipment, equipment buildings, parking area, and other accessory facilities.

shall mean a mast, pole, monopole, guyed tower, lattice tower, freestanding tower, or other structure designed and primarily used to support antennas.

shall mean an area of land devoted to the storage and sale of firewood.

shall mean an open space surrounding a building or buildings on a lot, which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except for landscaping or as specified elsewhere in this chapter; but not including any portion of any street, alley or road right-of-way, except as specified elsewhere in this chapter.

shall mean a section of the city described in the text of the zoning regulations of this code and delineated on the zoning maps of the city of Angels. The text sets forth the requirements for the use of the land as well as improvements and development standards.