means the same as adjoining.

means the place or way by which pedestrians and vehicles have safe, adequate, and usable ingress and egress to a property or use as required by the provisions of this chapter.

(See Building, Accessory, Section 9-2.403 of this article.)

means an attached or detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons. An accessory dwelling unit includes permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation in a single dwelling unit, and shall be located on the same parcel where the single-family dwelling is situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following: (1) an efficiency unit, as defined in Section 17958.1 of the Health and Safety Code; and (2) a manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code. An accessory dwelling unit shall have the same meaning as that term is used in Government Code Section 65852.2.

(See Sign, Accessory, Section 9-2.420 of this article.)

(See Use, Accessory, Section 9-2.422 of this article.)

means two or more lots or parcels of land separated only by an alley, street, highway, or recorded easement or two or more objects which lie near or close to each other.

means two or more lots or parcels of land sharing a common boundary line or two or more objects in contact with each other.

means persons of 18 years of age or older.

means and includes any of the following:

means any book, periodical, magazine, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion-picture film, videotape recording, or other visual representation, which is characterized by specified sexual activities or the exposure of specified anatomical areas.

means adult-oriented implements or paraphernalia, such as, but not limited to: dildos; auto sucks; adult-oriented vibrators; edible underwear; benwa balls; inflatable orifices; anatomical balloons with orifices; simulated vaginas and similar adult-oriented devices which are designed or marketed primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs or sadomasochistic activity. This definition shall not apply to birth control devices.

means and includes any sign or advertising structure, as these terms are defined in this article.

(See Structure, Advertising, Section 9-2.420 of this article.)

means an unnamed public or private right-of-way less than 40 feet wide which affords a means of vehicular access to the side or rear of properties abutting a street or highway.

means a change in the wording, context, or substance of this chapter or a change in the zoning maps, which changes shall become a part of this chapter when adopted by ordinance by the Council in the manner prescribed by law.

means any system of poles, panels, rods, reflecting discs or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves or radio frequency signals.

(See Bachelor apartment, Section 9-2.403 of this article.)

means a building, or a portion of a building, designed or used for occupancy by four or more families living independently of each other and containing four or more dwelling units.

mean a landscape feature designed to support grape vines or other vine plants, which is a decorative and non-habitable landscape element within a garden or yard area of a lot, and which does not have a solid material roof or side.

means a decorative feature, embellishment or material applied to a building to add architectural character, interest or ornamentation, and shall include exposed neon lighting when used to accentuate a plane, cornice, ledge or edge of a building façade or side.

means net area, unless otherwise specified.

Net area mean that area of a lot or parcel of land exclusive of:

means establishments of not more than 2,000 square feet, whether owned or operated by a public or private entity, for the purpose of group instruction in karate, dancing, yoga, aerobics, cycling or other similar activities, with said instruction generally taking place for no more than one hour, and excluding "sports and recreational facilities" and facilities that are used exclusively by members of said facilities for fitness and/or training such as gymnasiums and health club/spas.

means any premises used for the dismantling or wrecking of vehicles required to be registered under the Vehicle Code of the State, including the buying, selling, or dealing in such vehicles, or the integral parts or component materials thereof, and the storage, sale, or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, or wrecked inoperative vehicles. Automobile dismantling shall not include the incidental storage of inoperative or disabled vehicles in connection with the legal operation of an automobile repair garage, automobile body and fender repair shop, or automobile impound yard.

means facilities designated or maintained by a governmental agency for the temporary storage of vehicles legally removed or impounded by a peace officer from public or private property as prescribed by law.

means a place maintained to service vehicles, including retail sales of gas, oil, and petroleum products, as well as vehicle equipment and parts, and providing maintenance service, but excluding garages, general vehicle repair shops, and body, fender, and paint shops.

means two or more connecting guest rooms which do not contain cooking facilities and which rooms are designed, used, or intended to be used, rented, or hired out as living accommodations for any person as a single living unit.

means a temporary sign composed of lightweight material not enclosed in a rigid frame, secured or mounted so as to allow movement of the sign caused by movement of the atmosphere.

means that portion of a building between the floor and the ceiling, which basement is partly below and partly above grade, but so located that the vertical distance from the grade to the floor below is less than the vertical distance from the grade to the ceiling.

has the meaning as set forth in 47 C.F.R. Section 1.6100(b)(1), or any successor provision.

means an establishment that provides, for any form of consideration, any one or more of the following services: cutting, dressing, curling, cleansing, coloring, or chemical treatments of the hair; facials; application of make-up or other temporary cosmetics to the face or body; manicures and pedicures; removal of superfluous hair from the body; massaging, cleaning or stimulating of the scalp, face, neck, arms, or upper part of the human body from the clavicles upward, by a State licensed barber, cosmetologist, esthetician or manicurist, and/or such other services, as the State license of each permits. A beauty salon may also provide massage services, as that term is defined in Title 3, Chapter 2 of this Code (herein referred to as "massage services"), as an incidental use of property and without obtaining a massage establishment permit as required in Title 3, Chapter 2 of this Code, so long as the following criteria are met: (1) no more than two persons shall administer massage services at any one time; (2) no more than 10% of the net floor service area of the beauty salon, not including area used for storage, retail display, restrooms, or office space, shall be devoted to the provision of massage services; (3) no more than 10% of the anticipated annual revenues from the business shall be attributed to the provision of massage services; provided, however, that a beauty salon may not utilize the exemption provided in this subsection unless it provides evidence satisfactory to the City that no more than 10% of the previous year's revenues from the business were attributable to the provision of massage services; (4) no massage services shall be provided within any cubicle, room, booth or area that is fitted with a door that is capable of being locked; (5) massage services may only be provided by persons possessing a valid City-issued massage technician permit; and (6) City Planning or Code Enforcement staff and/or the Sheriff, or any of their authorized representatives, shall have the right to enter the beauty salon for the purpose of making reasonable unscheduled inspections to observe its operations, and/or require the provision of written evidence from the beauty salon operator, as needed to verify and/or enforce compliance with the criteria set forth herein. Any beauty salon that does not comply with the above criteria must obtain a massage establishment permit as provided in Title 3, Chapter 2 of this Code.

means the same as rooming house and boarding house. (See Section 9-2.419 of this article.)

means the same as quarry. (See Quarry, Section 9-2.418 of this article.)

means any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind.

Accessory building means a detached subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incident to that of the main building or to the principal use of the land, and which building is located on the same lot or parcel of land with the main building or the principal use of the land.

means the length of that portion of a building most nearly parallel to a street.

means the vertical distance from the grade to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the average height of the highest gable of a pitch or hip roof.

Main building means a building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot or parcel of land upon which such building is situated. Any dwelling in a residential or agricultural zone shall be deemed to be the main building upon the lot or parcel of land upon which such building is situated.

means a permanently roofed structure with not more than two enclosed sides which carport is used, or intended to be used, for automobile shelter and storage.

means that portion of a building between the floor and the ceiling, which cellar is wholly or partly below grade, and so located that the vertical distance from the grade to the floor below is equal to or greater than the vertical distance from the grade to the ceiling.

means land used, or intended to be used, for the burial or interment of the dead, which land is dedicated for cemetery purposes. Cemetery shall include columbaria, crematories, and mausoleums and may include mortuaries and chapels when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of such cemetery.

means a line established by the City Engineer and designated as a "Center Line," "Proposed Center Line," "Adopted Center Line," or "Construction Center Line" on a series of maps entitled "County Surveyor Maps" or "County Surveyor Field Maps" on file in the office of the County Engineer. For the purposes of this chapter, where two or more such designations are shown on and in such series of maps for such line, the line labeled "Proposed Center Line" shall be deemed to be the official center line.

means the dominant or essential theme of the object described by such phrase.

means any facility which provides nonmedical care and supervision on less than a 24-hour-per-day basis in a group setting to infants, preschool-age children, and/or school-age children, as those terms are defined in Title 22, Division 12 of the California Code of Regulations, and includes extended day care facilities providing nonmedical care and supervision to school age children before and after school and during school vacation days, but excludes small and large family day care homes.

means one or more buildings used for the semipermanent 24-hour care of orphans or other children deprived of parental care, which home is operated by a public agency or a philanthropic or charitable organization. Children's home shall not include commercial enterprises operated by such organizations and shall not include correctional institutions.

Private club means any building or premises used by an association of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, organized for some common purpose but shall exclude groups organized solely or primarily to render services customarily carried on as commercial enterprises.

has the same meaning as set forth by the FCC:

means the Planning Commission of the City.

means the Conceptual Development Review Committee of the City.

means one or more buildings used by an organized group, neighborhood or entire community for cultural, social, or educational activities, which contains a full kitchen, parking and bathroom facilities, and are not part of, attached to, or immediately adjacent to, other uses already defined within the Code.

means a comprehensive signage plan applicable to a particular commercial or industrial premises and consisting of two or more signs which are permitted by and are in conformance with this article.

(See Committee.)

means the same as adjoining. (See Adjacent, Section 9-2.402 of this article.)

means the same as rest home. (See Rest home, Section 9-2.419 of this article.)

(See Lot, Corner, Section 9-2.413 of this article.)

means an open unoccupied space bounded on two or more sides by the walls of a building. Inner court shall mean a court entirely enclosed within the exterior walls of a building. All other courts shall be outer courts.

means any premises where three or more cows or goats, or any combination thereof equaling three or more animals, are kept or maintained for the purpose of producing milk.

means the same as guest house. (See Guest house, Section 9-2.408 of this article.)

means the Planning Director of the City.

means the same as dwelling, two-family. (See Dwelling, Two-Family.)

One-family dwelling means a building designed or used exclusively for occupancy by one family and containing one dwelling unit.

Three-family dwelling means a building designed or used exclusively for occupancy by three families and containing three dwelling units.

Two-family dwelling means a building designed or used exclusively for occupancy by two families and containing two dwelling units.

means one or more rooms in a building, or portion thereof, designed, intended to be used, or used for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping quarters and containing only one kitchen.

has the meaning as set forth in 47 C.F.R. Section 1.6100(b)(3), or any successor provision.

means a facility that provides immediate and short-term housing and may offer supplemental services to homeless persons or families on a first-come, first-serve basis where people must vacate the facility each morning and have no guaranteed bed for the next night. Supplemental services may include counseling, food, and access to social programs.

Adult-oriented entertainer means a person who, for any form of consideration, performs at an adult-oriented business. Such persons shall constitute "entertainers" regardless of their legal relationship (e.g., employee, owner or independent contractor) with the adult-oriented business.

means a cabinet or structure used to house equipment associated with a wireless, hard wire, or cable communications facility.

means any explosive substance having a power equal to, or greater than that of, ordinary black powder, including, but not limited to, blasting caps, detonating, fulminating, or electric caps, gun powder, and dynamite, but excluding fixed ammunition for small arms.

means a person or persons, related by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit in a bachelor apartment or dwelling unit. Family shall also include a group of not more than five persons, including roomers but excluding servants, unrelated by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit.

means a restaurant specializing in food that can be prepared and served quickly and that is designed for ready availability, use, or consumption with direct ordering by, and food delivery to, patrons while in their vehicles, through the use of a drive-up window and drive-through lane(s).

means the Federal Communications Commission or its lawful successor.

means a barrier intended to prevent intrusion or to mark a boundary.

means a piece of fabric or plastic of distinctive design that is used as a symbol for a nation, governmental entity, religious entity or other organization or that is used to signal or attract attention.

means the total horizontal area of all the floors of a building measured from the exterior surface of the outside walls, including all floors below the ground level, and excluding vents, elevator and equipment shafts, interior open-air courts, exterior stairways and stairways outside of the enclosed building, utility rooms and janitorial closets not exceeding 50 square feet for each such room per building, trash enclosure or refuse areas, and unenclosed open-air common hallways or walkways.

means the numerical value obtained through dividing the aboveground floor area of a building by the total area of the lot or parcel of land on which such building is located.

means a highway to which the owners of adjoining lands have no right or easement of access to or from their adjoining lands, or to which such owners have only limited or restricted right or easement of access, and which freeway is declared to be such in compliance with the Streets and Highways Code of the State, including principal roadways, interchange roadways connecting one freeway with another, and ingress and egress ramps connecting the freeway with other streets or highways, but excluding frontage roadways.

(See Lot Line, Front, Section 9-2.413 of this article.)

(See Yard, Front, Section 9-2.426 of this article.)

means the portion of a lot or parcel of land extending across the full width of the lot or parcel of land and from the front lot line to the front wall of the main building. The phrase "front yard area" is distinguishable from the phrase "front yard," as separately defined in this article.

means any tennis court, paddle tennis court, sports court and other paved or unpaved surface that is enclosed with fencing and used for the purpose of playing one or more sports activities thereon.

means any building with not less than three enclosed sides, which building is used, or intended to be used, for automobile shelter and storage.

Ground level grade means the average level of the finished ground surface surrounding a building, measured at the center of all walls of the building.

means living quarters located within an accessory building located on the same premises with a main building and occupied solely by members of the family, temporary guests, or persons regularly employed on the premises. Such quarters shall have no kitchen and shall not be rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling unit.

(See Room, Guest, Section 9-2.419 of this article.)

(See Story, Half, Section 9-2.420 of this article.)

means a fence or boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs or low trees.

(See Building height, Section 9-2.403 of this article.)

means any helicopter landing area used, designed, or intended to be used for the receiving or discharging of passengers and cargo and shall include all the appurtenant facilities for passengers, cargo, and the servicing, repair, shelter, and storage of helicopters.

means any helicopter landing area used, designed, or intended to be used for the receiving or discharging of passengers and cargo but shall exclude other appurtenant facilities permitted at a heliport, other than a shelter for passengers.

means and includes parkways, major and secondary highways, and freeways.

Major highway means a major highway shown as such on the Circulation Element of the General Plan of the City.

Secondary highway means a secondary highway shown as such on the Circulation Element of the General Plan of the City.

means any premises where three or more weaned hogs are kept or maintained.

means any institution, boarding home, or other place for the reception or care of persons over the age of 65 years not related to the proprietor by blood or affinity within the second degree and where boarding care is provided for three or more such aged persons.

means an institution providing physical or mental health services, inpatient or overnight accommodations, and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured. Hospital shall include sanitariums and sanatoriums.

means any building, or portion of any building, with access provided through a common entrance, lobby, or hallway to six or more guest rooms having no cooking facilities, and which rooms are designed, intended to be used, or are used, rented, or hired out as temporary or overnight accommodations for guests.

means any domesticated animal commonly maintained in residence with man.

means a retail commercial use in which one or more independently owned businesses conduct retail sales inside an enclosed building and within the floor area of a major anchor tenant. The term "indoor swap" meet includes bazaar, merchandise mall, indoor flea market, mercantile center, and other similar words and phrases used to describe an indoor swap meet.

means any premises used for the keeping or storage of junk, including, but not limited to, iron and scrap metals, paper, rags, glass, wood, and similar materials, and shall include the dismantling of machinery or the storage or keeping for sale of parts and equipment resulting from dismantling or wrecking operations on such property or elsewhere. Junk and salvage yard shall also include the baling of cardboard, cardboard boxes, paper, and paper cartons.

(See Lot, Key, Section 9-2.413 of this article.)

means any space within a building designed, intended to be used, or used for the cooking or preparation of food.

means the planting and maintenance of some combination of trees, shrubs, vines, groundcovers, flowers, or lawns. In addition, the combination or design may include natural features, such as rock and stone, and structural features, including, but not limited to, fountains, reflecting pools, art works, screens, walls, fences, and benches.

means accessories such as, but not limited to, statues, fountains, ornaments, sculptures, monuments, and any other art, ornamental or structural feature that is located in the front or side yard.

means:

means the total area, measured in a horizontal plane, included within the lot lines of a lot or parcel of land.

Corner lot means a lot or parcel of land situated at the intersection of two or more streets or highways which have an angle of intersection, measured within such lot or parcel of land, of not more than 135 degrees.

means the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured in the general direction of the side lot lines.

Key lot means an interior lot adjoining the rear lot line of reversed corner lot.

Front lot line means a line separating an interior lot from a street or highway or a line separating the narrower street frontage of a corner lot from the street or highway.

Rear lot line means a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. For a triangular or gore-shaped lot, the rear lot line shall mean a line 10 feet in length within the lot, which line is parallel to the front lot line or parallel to the chord of a curved front lot line and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.

Reversed corner lot means a corner lot the side lot line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of a lot or parcel of land which adjoins the rear lot line of such corner lot.

Side lot line means any lot boundary line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.

Through lot means an interior lot having a frontage on two streets and/or highways.

means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth line at a distance midway between the front and rear lot lines.

(See Building, Main, 9-2.403 of this article.)

means a retail store having a floor area of at least 20,000 square feet.

(See Highway, Major, Section 9-2.409 of this article.)

means the use of any building, structure, facility, or land, indoor or outdoor, that in any way involves planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, trimming or storage of marijuana or cannabis, as described in California Business and Professions Code Section 19300.5 and referred to in California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.777, whether for medical or recreational purposes.

means a sign located on a roof-like structure that projects beyond the exterior of the building, designed to provide weather protection, and located over the primary entrance of the building.

means any facility providing physical or mental health service and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured but shall exclude inpatient or overnight accommodations. Medical clinic shall include health centers, health clinics, and doctors' offices.

means any facility providing physical or mental health service and medical care of the sick or injured, including doctors' offices, but shall exclude surgical care, inpatient (overnight) accommodations, health centers and health clinics.

Motorized mobile billboard advertising display means an advertising display that is attached to a motor vehicle that carries, conveys, pulls, or transports a sign for the primary purpose of advertising, but shall exclude any advertising display that: (i) is painted directly upon or are permanently affixed to the body of, an integral part of, or fixture of a motor vehicle for permanent decoration, identification, or display; and (ii) does not extend beyond the overall length, width, or height of the motor vehicle.

Non-motorized mobile billboard advertising display means an advertising display that is attached to a wheeled, mobile, non-motorized vehicle, device, or bicycle, that carries, pulls, or transports a sign or billboard, and is for the primary purpose of advertising, in accordance with Section 395.5 of the California Vehicle Code and sections amendatory or supplementary thereto.

means any lot or parcel of land where trailer sites are rented or leased, or offered for rent or lease, for one or more trailer coaches.

mean to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, solicit offers to purchase, or to barter food, food products, ice cream, goods or merchandise from a motor vehicle while parked, stopped, or standing upon any private property in the City. Mobile vending business, vend and vending do not mean to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, solicit offers to purchase, or to barter:

means a single freestanding pole, post, or similar structure, used to support equipment associated with a single wireless communication facility.

means an establishment which, for any form of consideration, offers to show films, computer generated images, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other photographic or electronic reproductions.

means one or more buildings containing guest rooms or dwelling units, with one or more such rooms or units having a separate entrance leading directly from the outside of the building or from an inner court. Such facilities shall be designed, used, or intended to be used, rented, or hired out for temporary or overnight accommodations for guests and shall be offered primarily to automobile tourists or transients by signs or other advertising media. Motel includes auto courts, motor lodges, tourist courts, and motor hotels.

means a self-propelled device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a street or highway, except a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

Exposed neon lighting means a form of illumination created by the transmission of electrical energy through a glass or other tube containing neon gas, other gaseous matter, or fiber optic lighting mechanisms, resulting in the illumination projecting from the tube, and where the tube is exposed and visible when the sign face or building elevation is viewed from any angle or distance.

(See Structure, Nonconforming, Section 9-2.420 of this article.)

(See Use, Nonconforming, Section 9-2.422 of this article.)

means a school providing day care of pre-elementary school age children.

(See Dwelling, One-Family, Section 9-2.405 of this article.)

means an ordinance of the City.

means and includes any board, fence, card, cloth, paper, or metal, wooden, painted, printed, or lighted structure of any character used to convey information, or upon which any advertisement is shown, or whereon any poster, bill, printing, painting, device, or other advertising matter of any kind whatsoever may be placed, stuck, tacked, posted, printed, painted, or fastened and where the same is placed on the ground or on a bush, rock, fence, wall, building, or other structure. Outdoor advertising includes billboards, flags, posters, spectacles, displays, signs, whether ground, projecting, roof, or wall, and banners, unless expressly excluded as set forth in this subsection. Outdoor advertising excludes:

means a contiguous quantity of land in the possession of, or owned by, or recorded as the property of the same claimant or person.

means a park, playground, swimming pool, golf course or athletic field which is under the control, operation or management of the City or another public agency.

means a readily accessible area, excluding driveways, ramps, and loading and work areas, maintained exclusively for the parking of one motor vehicle.

means a triangular piece of fabric or plastic that is usually longer in the fly than in the hoist and that usually tapers to a point and that is used to signal or attract attention.

means to engage in or participate in any live performance at an adult-oriented business that either: (i) is characterized by an emphasis upon specified sexual activities; or (ii) features any semi-nude person.

means a business establishment where the application of pigments in human skin tissue for the purpose of permanently changing the color or other appearance of the skin is performed. This includes, but is not limited to, permanent eyeliner, eyebrow, or lip color.

means any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, district, political subdivision, foreign country, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

shall have the same meaning as set forth in 47 U.S.C. Section 332(c)(7)(C)(i).

means the planning, construction, or implementation and operation of any use or structure, or a combination of uses and structures, on a single parcel of land, based on a comprehensive and complete design or plan treating the entire complex of land, structures, and uses as a single project.

(See Commission, Section 9-2.404 of this article.)

(See Club, Private, Section 9-2.404 of this article.)

means any building or premises used for the administration of public utility repair, maintenance, and installation crews, including parking for vehicles not to exceed one and one-half tons rated capacity, but excluding warehouses and storage yards.

means any building or premises used for the office, warehouse, storage yard, or maintenance garage of a public utility, including microwave repeater stations when incorporated as part of the service yard use.

means any place on a lot or parcel of land where dirt, soil, sand, gravel, rock, clay, decomposed granite, or other similar material is removed by excavation or otherwise. Quarry includes mining operations for the removal of ores, precious stones, or other solid minerals but shall exclude:

(See Lot Line, Rear, Section 9-2.413 of this article.)

(See Yard, Rear, Section 9-2.426 of this article.)

means the portion of a lot or parcel of land extending across the full width of the lot or parcel of land and from the rear lot line to the rear wall of the main building. The phrase "rear yard area" is distinguishable from the phrase "rear yard," as separately defined in this article.

means the County Recorder.

mean, with respect to an adult-oriented business that any of the following conditions exist:

means a structure which is used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities.

means one or more rooms designed, used, or intended to be used as permanent living quarters for a family and not as temporary or overnight accommodations.

means a home offering or providing lodging, meals, nursing, dietary, or other personal services to convalescents, invalids, or aged persons, excluding surgery or the care of persons with contagious or communicable diseases. Rest home includes convalescent homes and homes for the aged.

(See Lot, Reversed Corner, Section 9-2.413 of this article.)

means any sign erected upon or over the roof of any building or which is partially or totally supported by the roof or roof structure of the building. Signs attached to a mansard roof shall be considered a wall sign and shall not extend beyond the exterior lines of the roof or exceed other wall sign standards.

means an unsubdivided portion of the interior of a dwelling, excluding bathrooms, kitchens, closets, hallways, and service porches.

Guest room means one room which does not contain cooking facilities and which is designed, used, or intended to be used as temporary sleeping accommodations for any person.

means a lodging house or other building or structure maintained, advertised, or held out to the public as a place where sleeping or rooming accommodations are furnished to the whole or any part of the public, whether with or without meals. Rooming house includes fraternity and sorority houses.

(See Junk and salvage yard, Section 9-3.411 of this article.)

means the same as hospital. (See Hospital, Section 9-2.409 of this article.)

means: (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.

(See Highway, Secondary, Section 9-2.409 of this article.)

means 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.

means any authorized provider of personal wireless services.

means 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.

(See Lot Line, Side, Section 9-2.413 of this article.)

(See Yard, Side, Section 9-2.426 of this article.)

means 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.)

means any sign other than outdoor advertising. (See Outdoor advertising, Section 9-2.416 of this article.)

means 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.

means a low-profile, free-standing sign structure mounted on a short, solid base that is affixed to the surface of the ground.

means 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.

means 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.

means 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.

means 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.

means 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.

means 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.

(See Wall sign, Section 9-2.424 of this article).

has the same meaning as "small wireless facility" in 47 C.F.R. 1.6002(1), or any successor provision.

means the following:

means the following, whether performed directly or indirectly through clothing or other covering:

means 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.

means 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.

means 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.

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.

means 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.

means anything constructed or erected which requires a fixed location on the ground or is attached to something having a fixed location on the ground.

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.

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.

means any structure any structure capable of supporting a base station.

means 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.

means a restaurant where food is prepared and sold principally for consumption off-site.

means a business establishment where tattooing or body piercing is performed. Tattooing means to insert a pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or otherwise, to produce an indelible mark resulting in a design, picture or words visible through the skin. "Tattooing" does not include those services performed by a physician licensed in the State of California to perform this type of work or beauty salons/spas that perform incidental permanent cosmetic procedures, limited to the application of permanent eyeliner, eye shadow, eyebrows and lip color.

(See Dwelling, Three-Family, Section 9-2.405 of this article.)

(See Lot, Through, Section 9-2.413 of this article.)

has the meaning as set forth in 47 C.F.R. Section 1.6100(b)(9), or any successor provision.

means buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirement 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.

means a landscape feature within a garden or yard area of a lot that may or may not be constructed with lattice, and is designed to provide decoration, shade or both, and which does not have a solid material roof or side. A trellis that is used to support grape vines or other vines is a grape arbor or other arbor.

(See Dwelling, Two-Family, Section 9-2.405 of this article.)

means and includes construction, establishment, maintenance, alteration, moving onto, enlargement, operation, and occupancy.

Accessory use means a use customarily incidental to, related, and clearly subordinate to a principal use which accessory use does not adversely affect other properties in the area.

Nonconforming use means any use of land or property 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 use is located.

means a modification of a literal provision of this chapter granted by an administrative or quasi-judicial act in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(See Motor vehicle, Section 9-2.414 of this article.)

(See Mobile vending, vend and vending, Section 9-2.414 of this article.)

means an upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster, or other building material serving to enclose, divide, or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming an inner partition or exterior siding of a building.

means a sign which is in any manner affixed to the wall of a building or structure which projects not more than 12 inches from the building wall and which does not extend beyond the façade of the building on which it is located. Wall signs shall include signs attached to a mansard roof.

means the transmitters, antenna structures and other types of installations used for the provision of wireless services at a fixed location, including, without limitation, any associated tower(s), support structure(s), and base station(s).

means an open space on a lot or parcel of land, other than a court, unoccupied and unobstructed by a building from the ground upward.

Front yard means a yard extending across the full width of the front of the lot or parcel of land, which has a minimum depth measured by the horizontal distance between the front lot line, and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land, which distance is specified in the provisions of this chapter for each zone or use. The phrase "front of the lot" shall mean that boundary line of the lot or parcel that abuts a public street, excluding a public alley. For a corner lot or a reversed corner lot, the front of the lot shall be the boundary line of the lot or parcel that has the shortest distance along the abutting streets; if one of the abutting boundary lines is not shorter than the other, the front of the lot shall be determined by the street address assigned to the lot or parcel. The phrase "front yard" may also be referred to in this chapter as the front yard setback, and is distinguishable from "front yard area," as separately defined in this article.

Rear yard means a yard extending across the full width of the rear of the lot or parcel of land, which has a minimum depth measured by the horizontal distance between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land, which distance is specified in the provisions of this chapter for each zone or use. The phrase "rear yard" may also be referred to in this chapter as the rear yard setback, and is distinguishable from "rear yard area," as separately defined in this article.

Side yard means a yard extending between the front yard, or the front lot line where no front yard is required, to the rear yard, or the rear lot line where no rear yard is required, and which has a minimum width measured by the horizontal distance between each side lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land, which distance is specified in the provisions of this chapter for each zone or use. For a corner or reversed corner lot, a side yard shall have a minimum width measured by the horizontal distance between the side lot line on the street or highway side, and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land, which distance is specified in the provisions of this chapter for each zone or use. The phrase "side yard" may also be referred to in this chapter as the side yard setback.