Salvage Yard.(See Junk and salvage yard, Section 9-3.411 of this article.)
Schoolmeans: (i) any child or day-care facility; and (ii) any institution of learning for minors, whether public or private, offering instruction in the courses of study required by the
California Education Code and maintained pursuant to standards set by the State Board of Education. This definition includes a nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, middle or junior high school, senior high school, or any special institution of education, but it does not include a vocational or professional institution of higher education, including a community or junior college, college or university.
Semi-nudemeans a state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the genitals, pubic region, buttocks, areola and nipple of the female breast, as well as portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices.
Shared parkingmeans the counting of parking spaces as satisfying the required parking for more than one use or business located on the same lot or parcel of land.
Signmeans any method of display, or part thereof, for visual communication, which shall include any announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration, or insignia, which is used to advertise or promote the interests of any person, business, group, or enterprise, including "accessory signs" and "outdoor advertising." (See
Sign, Accessory, below, and
Outdoor advertising, Section
9-2.416 of this article, respectively.)
Sign, accessorymeans any sign other than outdoor advertising. (See
Outdoor advertising, Section
9-2.416 of this article.)
Sign, hangingmeans any sign hung or suspended below a marquee, eave, canopy, or cantilevered covered walkway in such a manner that the sign is parallel to the building façade or fascia.
Sign, monumentmeans a low-profile, free-standing sign structure mounted on a short, solid base that is affixed to the surface of the ground.
Sign, off-premisesmeans a commercial sign which displays any message directing attention to a business, product, service, profession, commodity, activity, event, person, institution, or other commercial message which is generally conducted, sold, manufactured, produced, offered, or occurs elsewhere than on the premises where such sign is located.
Sign, polemeans any freestanding sign structure mounted on a column or pole or columns or poles where the bottom of the sign face is more than one foot from the surface of the immediately surrounding ground area or where the height of the sign structure is greater than five feet from the surface of the immediately surrounding ground area.
Sign, projectingmeans a sign which is supported by and projects from a wall or parapet in excess of 12 inches from the wall or parapet with the display surface of the sign in a plane that is not parallel to the building façade or fascia.
Sign, roofmeans a sign that is mounted on the roof of a building, or which is dependent upon a building for support, and which projects above the highest point of a building with a flat roof, the eave line of a building with gambrel, gable, or hip roof, or the deck line of a building with a mansard roof.
Sign, temporarymeans any handbill or sign that is not designed, constructed, rated, or intended for permanent display on the property, including those made of paper, cardboard, cardstock, cloth, or other signs that are not permanently affixed to the ground or building. In the case of property in any commercial or industrial zone, it shall also mean any handbill or sign, other than a temporary banner authorized by this Code, that displays a message unrelated to the commercial or industrial activity conducted on the site.
Sign, vehiclemeans a sign that is attached, affixed, painted, posted, displayed, or otherwise maintained on a vehicle (as that term is defined by the
California Vehicle Code), but shall exclude any sign on a vehicle that displays an advertisement or business identification of its owner, so long as such vehicle is engaged in the usual business, work, or conduct of the owner, and not used or parked primarily to display advertisements.
Specified anatomical areasmeans the following:
(1) Less than completely and opaquely covered human: (i) genitals or pubic region, (ii) buttocks, and (iii) female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola;
(2) Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered;
(3) Any device, costume or covering that simulates any of the body parts included in subparagraphs (1) or (2) above.
Specified sexual activitiesmeans the following, whether performed directly or indirectly through clothing or other covering:
(1) The fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breast;
(2) Sex acts, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy;
(3) Masturbation, actual or simulated;
(4) Excretory functions as part of, or in connection with, any of the other activities described in subparagraphs (1) through (3) above.
Sports and recreational facilitiesmeans establishments for the purposes of sports education, training, and recreation, including establishments with indoor use of basketball courts, tennis courts, batting cages, golf, soccer, or other similar activities and excluding facilities where the principal use is the general non-sport oriented, physical fitness or training of its members, such as gymnasiums, health clubs and spas.
Stealth designmeans improvements or treatments added to a wireless communication facility which are intended to make the facility look like something other than a wireless tower or base station or to mask or blend the proposed facility into the existing structure or visual backdrop in such a manner as to render it minimally visible to the casual observer.
Storymeans that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. Story shall include basements but not cellars.
Story, Half.Half-story means a story with at least two of its opposite sides situated immediately under a sloping roof, with the floor area of such story not in excess of two-thirds of the floor area of the floor immediately below.
Streetmeans a public or private right-of-way, other than a parkway, major or secondary highway, freeway, or alley, whose function is to carry vehicular traffic and/or provide vehicular access to abutting property.
Structuremeans anything constructed or erected which requires a fixed location on the ground or is attached to something having a fixed location on the ground.
Structure, Advertising.Advertising structure means a structure existing, erected, or maintained to serve exclusively as a stand, frame, or background for the support or display of signs.
Structure, Nonconforming.Nonconforming structure means any structure or improvement which was lawfully established and in compliance with all applicable laws prior to the adoption of this chapter or any amendment thereto, but which, by reason of such adoption or amendment, no longer complies with all of the applicable regulations and standards of the zone in which the structure or improvement is located.
Supportive housingmeans housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and when possible, work in the community.
(Ord. 159, §§ 15.14, 15.19; Ord. 330, § 2; Ord. 529, § 5; Ord. 549, § 13; Ord. 621, § 2; Ord. 632, § 6; Ord. 642, § 6; Ord. 658, § 7; Ord. 671, § 7; Ord. 08-737 § 6; Ord. 12-785, §§ 4—6; Ord. 13-798, § 7; Ord. 17-841, § 4; Ord. 19-875, §§ 6, 7; Ord. 23-945, 8/17/2023)