“Accessory building” means a detached subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the main building or to the main use of the land and which is located on the same lot with the main building or use. (Prior code § 17.08.030)

“Accessory parking facility” means an attached or detached structure for the purpose of parking passenger vehicles that is secondary in nature and incidental to the primary use of the property. Said structures can be, but are not limited to, residential or commercial garages or carports. (Ord. 4521 § 1, 2008)

“Accessory use” means a use naturally and normally incidental to, subordinate to and devoted exclusively to the main use of the premises. (Prior code § 17.08.020)

“Acreage, gross” means the entirety of the legal lot. (Ord. 5151 § 2, 2024)

“Acreage, net” means the calculated area based on buildable area plus local street. Net acreage does not include dedications of roadway for freeways, highways, arterial and collector streets, land dedicated for schools, parks, drainage basins, and any land area deemed unbuildable because of easements, such as underground pipelines or overhead powerlines. (Ord. 5151 § 3, 2024)

“Alley” means a dedicated right-of-way of twenty-five feet or less in width for public use permanently laid out or reserved by the governing body as a means of secondary access to abutting property. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.040)

“Antenna” means any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on the ground, tower, building, or structure and used in communications that radiate or capture electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals, radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunication signals or other communication signals. (Ord. 4231 § 2, 2005)

“Approving authority” means the person, board, commission, council or other body in whom decision making responsibility is vested under the provisions of this code. Whenever action is directed to be taken by a specific person, authority is also granted for that specific person to delegate that action to another. (Ord. 3835 § 1, 1998)

“Architectural feature or projection” means a marquee, porch, awning, canopy or other similar architectural feature or projection of a building or structure or any projection not intended for occupancy which stands beyond the face of an exterior wall but does not include signs. (Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Awning or canopy” means any structure made of flexible fabric or similar material covering a frame attached or adjacent to a building and projecting over public or private property. (Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Brewery or distillery, large” means the manufacturing of more than fifteen thousand barrels per year of beer, ale, malt beverages, or more than one hundred thousand gallons of distilled spirits; not including wine. Operations shall continuously comply with the following operational standards:

“Brewery, small” means the manufacturing of fifteen thousand barrels, or less, per year of beer, ale, or malt beverages.

“Distillery, small” means the manufacturing of one hundred thousand gallons, or less, of distilled spirits; not including wine.

Operations of brewery or distillery, small, shall continuously comply with the following operational standards:

“Building” means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls. (Prior code § 17.08.080)

“Building façade” means that portion of an exterior elevation of a building extending from grade to the top of the parapet wall or eaves and the entire width of the building elevation. (Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Building height” is the vertical distance above grade, as defined in Section 17.04.310, to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, to the deckline of a mansard roof or to average height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof, whichever is applicable. The height of a stepped or terraced building is the maximum height of any segment of the building. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.090)

“Building site” means the ground area of a building or group of buildings together with all open spaces as required by this chapter. (Prior code § 17.08.100)

“Business or commerce” is the purchase, sale, lease or financing or other transaction involving the handling, final sale, disposition or manufacture of any article or substance, or the rendering of any service. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.120)

“Camouflage” means man made trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles and other similar alternative design of mounting structures that completely screen or conceal the presence of antennas or towers in an effective manner. (Ord. 4231 § 3, 2005)

“Cannabis” means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. “Cannabis” also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from cannabis. “Cannabis” does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. The terms “marijuana” and “cannabis” are interchangeable throughout this code. (Ord. 4918 § 1, 2017)

“Carport” means a permanent roofed structure with not more than two enclosed sides used or intended to be used for automobile shelter and storage. (Prior code § 17.08.130)

“Central district” means the “central traffic district” as described in Section 10.08.020(A) of the Bakersfield Municipal Code. (Ord. 4521 § 2, 2008)

“Club, private” is any organization, group or association supported by the members thereof, the primary purpose of which is to render a service or services to its members, their guests or the community, but shall not include any organization, group, or association, the chief activity of which is business or commerce as defined by Section 17.04.120. (Ord. 5151 § 5, 2024; Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.150)

“Commercial cannabis activity” is the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery or sale of cannabis and cannabis products as provided for in the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act as set forth in state law. (Ord. 4918 § 1, 2017)

“Community care facility” means any facility, place, or building that is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical residential care, day treatment, adult day care, or foster family agency services for children, adults, or children and adults, including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children, and includes those facilities as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1502 and relevant sections as may be amended from time to time. (Ord. 5151 § 6, 2024)

“Conditional use” is a use which requires special review and control by the planning commission or the city council to ensure compatibility with other existing or permitted uses in the vicinity. (Ord. 5020 § 17, 2020; Ord. 3746 § 1, 1997; Ord. 2694 § 2, 1982)

See Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78. (Ord. 5039 § 1, 2020; Ord. 3964 § 2, 2000; Ord. 3226 § 1, 1989; Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.152)

“Day care center” means a child day care facility other than a family day care home, and includes infant centers, preschools and extended day care facilities. (Ord. 5039 § 2, 2020; Ord. 3377 § 1, 1991)

“Driveway” means a way or place in private ownership which leads to a loading zone or legal parking space, and is used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner but not by other members of the public. (Ord. 4521 § 3, 2008)

“Dwelling, accessory unit” means an attached or detached dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities on the same parcel as a legal single-unit or multi-unit dwelling, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. Accessory dwelling unit types include:

“Dwelling, accessory unit, junior (JADU)” means an accessory dwelling unit that is located within the living space of an existing or proposed primary single-unit dwelling, as defined in Section 17958.1 of the California Health and Safety Code, and which meets the following requirements:

“Dwelling, multi-unit” is a structure, or portion thereof, designed for or occupied by two or more families, each of which occupies a separate dwelling unit in which each family lives independently of one another. (Ord. 5151 § 7, 2024; Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.200)

“Dwelling, single-room occupancy unit” means any residential structure containing more than five units intended or designed to be used, rented, or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes, generally for one person per unit. Individual units typically share communal features (e.g., kitchen, bathroom, entertainment area). (Ord. 5151 § 8, 2024)

“Dwelling, single-unit” means a detached building containing only one kitchen, which building is designed and used exclusively for occupancy by one family. (Ord. 5151 § 9, 2024; prior code § 17.08.170)

“Dwelling unit” means a building or portion thereof containing but one kitchen, designed and/or used to house not more than one family, including all necessary employees of such family. (Prior code § 17.08.210)

“Educational institution, college or university” means an institution of higher learning offering academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education. (Prior code § 17.08.220)

“Emergency shelter” means housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to an occupancy of six months or less as defined in California Government Code Section 65582(d) and Health and Safety Code Section 50801(e). (Ord. 5151 § 11, 2024)

“Family” means an individual or group of individuals, related or unrelated, living together as a single housekeeping unit, including necessary servants. A family does not include institutional group living situations such as a residential facility, rest home, dormitory, or similar use, nor does it include such commercial group living arrangements such as a motel, hotel, or similar use. (Ord. 5151 § 12, 2024; Ord. 3964 § 3, 2000; prior code § 17.08.230)

“Farmers market” means a group of vendors or farmers that form a collective organization and are certified by the Kern County Agricultural Commissioner to sell fresh fruits, vegetables and other farm produce to the general public. This use typically occurs in the parking lot of the main business for limited durations and is considered a secondary use. (Ord. 3695 § 1, 1995)

“Food vending vehicle” includes any vehicle as defined in the California Vehicle Code, from which any type of food or beverage is sold or offered for sale directly to any consumer; provided, however, that “food vending vehicle” does not include a vehicle that only delivers food or beverage products ordered by home delivery customers. (Ord. 4872 § 1, 2016)

“Intermediate regional flood” means the flood having an average frequency of occurrence of once in one hundred years which is determined from an analysis of flood records and computed hydrographs of synthetic floods. This flood is used in this title for determining the lateral boundaries of the floodplain area to be subject to floodplain regulations. (Prior code § 17.08.232)

“Floodplain” means the relatively flat area adjacent to the Kern River, in the city, which may be subject to periodic inundation by flood. (Prior code § 17.08.234)

“Floodplain primary” means the streambed and that portion of the adjacent floodplain through which the main waterflow is channelized during flood conditions. (Prior code § 17.08.236)

“Floodplain secondary” means the fringe of the floodplain within the boundaries of the intermediate regional flood which is subject to a less severe and less frequent inundation than found in the floodplain primary in times of flooding, generally where inundation is caused by overflow and backwater which is relatively free of any current. (Prior code § 17.08.238)

“Conditioned or net floor area” means the total of all gross floor areas of a building, excluding stairwells and elevator shafts, equipment rooms, interior parking or loading areas, other non-heated space, and all floors below the first or ground level not used for human occupancy. (Ord. 4521 § 4, 2008)

“Gross floor area” means the sum of the gross horizontal area of all floors of a building from the exterior face of exterior walls or from the centerline of a wall separating two buildings, but excludes any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet. (Ord. 4521 § 5, 2008)

“Floor area ratio (FAR)” is the gross floor area of all buildings on a parcel or site divided by the net parcel or site area.

FAR = (total gross building floor area (sq. ft.)) / (total net parcel/site area (sq. ft.)) (Ord. 3631 § 1, 1995)

“Food and/or shelter service agency ” means any entity, whether or not for profit, not operated by the city, county, state, or federal government, and not deemed a “residential use of property” under state law applicable to charter cities, which regularly provides lodging and/or food services providing shelter, food and/or day care free, or intentionally below cost, two or more days per week to persons in need of such assistance. For purposes of this title, the term “food and/or shelter service agency” does not include any incorporated entity providing food or shelter during any duly proclaimed emergency. (Ord. 5151 § 13, 2024; Ord. 5048 § 1, 2021; Ord. 3720 § 1, 1996; Ord. 3174 § 1, 1988)

“Freeway” means a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of access and which is declared to be a freeway as provided by the Streets and Highways Code of the state. (Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Front foot of building occupancy” means a single lineal dimension measured horizontally along the front of the building which defines the limits of a particular occupancy at that location. (Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Private garage” is an accessory building or portion of a building designed for and used to store or cover motor vehicles used by occupants of the attached or adjoining dwelling unit. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.240)

“Public or commercial garage” is a building other than a private garage used for the care, repair of automobiles, including the storage of such vehicles prior to sale or hire, storage or storage for remuneration. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.250)

“Garage or yard sale ” is a sale of personal goods which is undertaken by the occupant of a residence where the garage sale occurs, which is no longer than two consecutive days in duration, nor which occurs more frequently than twice a year. (Ord. 4710 § 1, 2012; Ord. 2694 § 2, 1982)

“Height” means the vertical distance measured from the finished grade of the parcel to the highest point of a building, tower, or other structure, including the base pad. (Ord. 4231 § 4, 2005)

“Home occupation” means any use or occupation for the purpose of generating income by the occupant of a dwelling. It is conducted such that it is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the property for residential purposes and does not change the residential character of the home or neighborhood. (Ord. 3768 § 5, 1997; Ord. 2862 §§ 1—3, 1983; Ord. 2773 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.280)

“Sanitarium hospital” means any institution, place, building or agency which maintains and operates organized facilities for diagnosis, care and treatment of human illness, including convalescence and including care during and after pregnancy or which maintains and operates organized facilities for any such purpose and to which persons may be admitted for overnight stay or longer. Hospital includes nursing home, maternity home and lying-in asylum. (Prior code § 17.08.290)

“Hotel” means any building containing six or more rooms intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests, and where only a general kitchen and dining room are provided within the building or an accessory building. (Prior code § 17.08.300)

“Housing, employee, agriculture” means housing provided for farmworkers. Housing consists of any living quarters or dwelling, boarding house, barracks, bunkhouse, mobile home, manufactured home, travel trailer, or other accommodations maintained in one or more structures. Employee housing, agriculture, shall be in compliance with the California Health and Safety Code Sections 17021.5, 17021.6 and 17021.8. (Ord. 5151 § 15, 2024)

“Housing, employee” means housing provided for six or fewer employees and shall be deemed a single-unit dwelling. Residents of the employee housing must be employed by the owner of the home. (Ord. 5151 § 15, 2024)

“Housing, supportive” 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. Supportive housing units are residential uses subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone. (Ord. 5151 § 15, 2024)

“Housing, transitional” means buildings configured as rental housing, but operating under program requirements that require 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 from the beginning of the assistance. Transitional housing units are residential uses subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone. (Ord. 5151 § 15, 2024)

“Hydrozone” means a portion of a landscaped area having plants with similar water needs that are served by one irrigation valve or set of valves with the same schedule. (Ord. 4624 § 1, 2010)

“Junkyard” means the use of more than four hundred square feet of the area of any lot, whether inside or outside a building, or the use of any portion of that half of any lot that joins any public street, for the storage, keeping or abandonment of worn or discarded articles; salvageable waste such as paper, glass, wood, or metal; and dismantled or wrecked vehicles, whether self-propelled or not, and their parts. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.310)

“Dog kennel” means any premises, building, or structure in or on which more than three dogs, at least twelve weeks of age, are harbored. (Ord. 3882 § 1, 1999; Ord. 2694 § 2, 1982)

“Retail development” includes any single or combination of retail establishments and shopping centers, including movie theaters and indoor recreational uses, in a single building or in separate but abutting buildings, being on one or more parcels that is planned, developed, owned, or managed as a single unit. (Ord. 5006 § 1, 2020; Ord. 4427 § 1, 2007)

“Lot” means a parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by a use, building or unit group of buildings and accessory buildings, together with such yards, open spaces, lot width and lot area as are required by this title, and having frontage upon a street (other than an alley) or a private easement determined by the advisory agency to be adequate for purposes of access. (Ord. 3748 § 15, 1997; prior code § 17.08.320)

“Lot area” means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot. (Prior code § 17.08.330)

“Corner lot” is a lot situated at the junction of two or more streets whose centerlines have an angle or intersection of not more than one hundred thirty-five degrees, with a boundary line thereof bordering on each of the streets. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.340)

“Interior lot” means a lot other than a corner lot. (Prior code § 17.08.350)

“Key lot” is the first interior lot to the rear of a reversed corner lot whether it is separated by an alley or not. (Ord. 3824 § 2, 1998; Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.360)

“Front lot line” means the right-of-way line dividing a lot from a public or private street. On a corner lot only one street line shall be considered as a front line and the shorter street frontage shall be considered the front line, except in those cases where the latest deed restrictions specify another line as the front lot line. (Ord. 3837 § 1, 1998; prior code § 17.08.390)

“Rear lot line” means the line opposite the front lot line. (Prior code § 17.08.400)

“Side lot line” means any lot lines other than front lot lines or rear lot lines. (Prior code § 17.08.410)

“Reversed corner lot” means a corner lot the side street line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the first lot to its rear. (Prior code § 17.08.370)

“Through lot” means a lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets. (Prior code § 17.08.380)

“Low barrier navigation center” means a shelter focused on temporarily housing persons and connecting them with income opportunities, public benefits, and health services prior to moving to permanent housing, in compliance with Government Code Section 65660. Low barrier navigation centers must meet the diverse needs of the population by allowing and accommodating people with disabilities, pets and pet owners, partners, the storage of possessions, and for survivors of domestic violence. (Ord. 5151 § 15, 2024)

“Marquee” means a permanent roofed structure attached to and supported by a building and projecting over public or private property. (Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Masonry” is that form of construction composed of stone, brick, concrete, filled concrete block or other similar building units or materials, or combination of these materials, laid up unit by unit or set in mortar. (Ord. 2694 § 2, 1982)

“Medical marijuana dispensary” means a facility or location where marijuana is made available for medical purposes in accordance with California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq. (Ord. 4731 § 1, 2013)

“Metal storage container” means any structure of one hundred twenty square feet or more designed to carry cargo to be shipped by truck or rail and designed to I.S.O. Standard 668-1979(E) or equivalent, or any roll-off storage bin with a fixed cover. (Ord. 3869 § 1, 1998)

“Mined land” means the surface, subsurface and groundwater of an area in which surface mining operations will be, are being, or have been conducted, including private ways and roads appurtenant to any such area, land excavations, workings, mining waste and areas in which structures, facilities, equipment, machines, tools or other materials or property which results from, or are used in, surface mining operations are located. (Ord. 3943 § 1, 1999)

“Mixed-use” means a development consisting of one or more parcels developed as a cohesive development project and designed with a blend of uses (e.g., commercial retail, retail service, office, residential, civic, and institutional). The uses may be located vertically in the same structure (see “mixed-use, vertical” or horizontally (see “mixed-use, horizontal) in separate structures in compliance with the standards established by this title. (Ord. 5151 § 15, 2024)

“Mixed-use, horizontal” means any mixed-use development that incorporates two or more different use categories alongside one another, either in one mixed-use structure, or as two or more separate structures on one parcel. (Ord. 5151 § 15, 2024)

“Mixed-use, vertical” means any mixed-use development that incorporates two or more different use categories stacked in one multi-story mixed-use structure. (Ord. 5151 § 15, 2024)

“Mobile home” means a structure transportable in one or more sections, designed and equipped to contain not more than two dwelling units, to be used with or without a foundation system. Mobile home does not include a recreational vehicle, commercial coach or factory-built housing, as defined in Section 19971 of the California Health and Safety Code. (Ord. 2694 § 2, 1982)

“Mobile home park” is any area or tract of land where two or more mobile home lots are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease to accommodate mobile homes used for human habitation. The rental paid for any such mobile home shall be deemed to include rental for the lot it occupies. (Ord. 2694 § 2, 1982)

“Motel” means a group of buildings designed for use by tourists or transients with living or sleeping rooms, garages, parking spaces and related facilities advertised or offered on a commercial basis, including an auto court, motor court and motor lodge. (Ord. 2694 § 2, 1982)

“Illegal nonconforming” means a structure, use, or lot that was unlawful when constructed or established, and which does not conform to present regulations and standards. (Ord. 3741 § 5, 1997; prior code § 17.08.420)

“Legal nonconforming lot” means a lot, its area, frontage, or dimensions, that complied with subdivision and zoning ordinances for the zone district that was in place when the lot was created, but which no longer conforms to the present subdivision and zoning ordinances. (Ord. 3741 § 1, 1997)

“Legal nonconforming structure” means a structure or building, its size, dimensions, setbacks, proximity to other buildings, or other location, that complied with the zoning ordinance for the zone district that was in place when the structure was constructed, but which no longer conforms to the present zoning ordinance. (Ord. 3741 § 2, 1997)

“Legal nonconforming use” means a use or activity that complied with the zoning ordinance for the zone district that was in place when the use was established, but which no longer conforms to the present zoning ordinance. (Ord. 3741 § 3, 1997)

“Nonprofit organization” means any organization that holds a valid nonprofit organization status document for the state or the federal government. (Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Nursery school” means the same as day nursery. (Prior code § 17.08.432)

“Overburden” means soil, rock or other materials that lie above a natural mineral deposit or in between mineral deposits, before or after their removal by surface mining operations. (Ord. 3943 § 2, 1999)

“Parcel of property” means any separate legal lot or parcel of land. (Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Parking garage” means any structure for the parking of passenger vehicles for short-term or long-term periods. (Ord. 4521 § 7, 2008)

“Parking lot” means an off-street open area solely for the parking of passenger vehicles. Such an area or portion thereof shall be considered a parking lot whether on the same lot as another use, whether required by code for any structure or use, and whether classified as an accessory, permitted or conditional use. (Ord. 4521 § 6, 2008)

“Permitted use” is a use listed as such and allowed by right which only requires compliance with the zoning ordinance. (Ord. 3835 § 2, 1998; Ord. 2694 § 2, 1982)

“Places of assembly, commercial” means a facility for public or private assembly and meetings, including civic and private auditoriums, banquet halls, community centers, conference and convention facilities; meeting halls for clubs, and other membership organizations. (Ord. 5151 § 15, 2024)

“Public and quasi-public uses” means a facility for public or semipublic use such as civic buildings, community buildings and uses, and public utility uses including substations, governmental buildings, museums, art galleries, fire houses, post offices, police stations, libraries, parks, essential services, and similar uses, any of which may have additional requirements to use set forth herein. (Ord. 5151 § 15, 2024)

“Reclamation” means the combined process of land treatment that minimizes water degradation, air pollution, damage to aquatic or wildlife habitat, flooding, erosion and incidental to underground mines, so that mined lands are reclaimed to a usable condition which is readily adaptable for alternate land uses and create no danger to public health or safety. The process may extend to affected lands surrounding mined, and may require backfilling, grading, resoiling, revegetation, soil compaction, stabilization or other measures. (Ord. 3943 § 3, 1999)

“Recreational vehicle” is a motorhome, travel trailer, track camper or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy, with a living area less than two hundred twenty square feet, excluding built-in equipment such as wardrobes, closets, cabinets, kitchen units or fixtures, bath and toilet rooms. (Ord. 2694 § 2, 1982)

“Religious institution” means a building, its accessory buildings and uses, where persons regularly assemble for worship, which is maintained and controlled by a religious body organized to sustain public worship. Includes Sunday school but excludes schools and other educational institutions. (Ord. 5151 § 16, 2024)

“Rest home or convalescent home” means a building and premises in and on which two or more sick, injured or infirm ambulatory persons are housed or intended to be housed for compensation and which is not equipped or intended to be used as a hospital. (Prior code § 17.08.450)

“Retail establishment” is a business engaged in selling goods or merchandise, or providing services or entertainment to the general public for personal or household use. (Ord. 4427 § 2, 2007)

“Roofline” means the upper exterior line of a roof or top enclosure surface and includes eaves, fascia, parapets or similar projections or extensions. (Ord. 4657 § 1, 2011; Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Sanctuary” means a religious building or room in which general worship services are held as an element of a religious institution. (Ord. 5151 § 18, 2024; Ord. 3377 § 1, 1991)

“Elementary school” means all public and private schools in which instruction is given in kindergarten through sixth grade, or in any one or more such grades, or their equivalents, as prescribed by the Education Code of the state. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.470)

“High school” means all public and private schools in which instruction is given in the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades or in any one or more such grades, or their equivalents as prescribed by the Education Code of the state. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.480)

“Junior high school” means all public and private schools in which instruction is given in seventh and eighth grades, or in any one such grade, or their equivalents, as prescribed by the Education Code of the state. (Ord. 2694 § 2, 1982)

“Sunday school” means a school held for purposes of religious education. (Ord. 3377 § 1, 1991)

“Service station” means a retail business establishment primarily supplying gasoline and oil and minor accessories and services for automobiles, excluding steam cleaning of motor vehicles. (Prior code § 17.08.500)

“Setback” means the distance measured from any point on a lot line and the main building or a covered or enclosed patio within which no structure or buildings may be placed. (Ord. 4679 § 1, 2012; Ord. 2694 § 2, 1982)

“Shopping/business center” means a group of two or more commercial businesses planned, constructed and managed as a total entity, and may be linked together by an architectural, historical or geographic theme, or by a commonality of goods and services. These businesses function as an integral unit on a single parcel or separate parcels of property, and share off-street parking facilities, access and pedestrian ways. (Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Commercial stables” means a stable for horses to be let, hired, or used on a commercial basis. (Prior code § 17.08.510)

“Private stables” means a stable for horses to be used by the owners of the property or boarded for noncommercial purposes. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.520)

“Story” is 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. If the finished floor level directly above a basement, cellar or underfloor space is more than six feet above grade as defined in Section 17.04.310 of this title, for more than fifty percent of the perimeter, or is more than twelve feet above grade as defined herein at any point, such basement, cellar or underfloor space should be considered as a story. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.08.530)

“Half story” means a story with at least two of its opposite sides situated in a sloping roof, the floor area of which does not exceed two-thirds of the floor area immediately below it. (Prior code § 17.08.540)

“Streambed” means that portion of the floodplain through which the natural flow of water is channelized during normal flows. (Prior code § 17.08.545)

“Street” means a public thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property. (Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Street frontage” means the linear frontage of a parcel of property abutting a street. (Ord. 4601 § 1, 2009; Ord. 3586 § 1, 1994)

“Structure” means anything constructed, or erected, which requires location on the ground or attached to something having a location on the ground, but not including tents, vehicles, trailers or fences or walls used as fences less than six feet in height. (Prior code § 17.08.560)

“Surface mining operation” means all, or any part of, the process involved in the mining of minerals on mined lands by removing overburden and mining directly from the mineral deposits, open-pit mining of minerals naturally exposed, mining by the auger method, dredging and quarrying, or surface work incident to an underground mine. Surface mining operations include, but are not limited to, in place distillation or retorting or leaching, the production and disposal of mining waste, prospecting and exploratory activities, borrow pitting, streambed skimming, and segregation and stockpiling of mined materials (and recovery of same). (Ord. 3943 § 4, 1999)

“Tandem parking space” means a parking space that is adjacent to the end of a legal off-street parking space, opposite the drive aisle. The orientation of the tandem parking space is the same as and only accessible through said legal off-street parking space. (Ord. 4521 § 8, 2008)

“Target population” 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 Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code) 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. (Ord. 5048 § 3, 2021)

“Temporary promotional activity” means an activity such as an arts and/or crafts sale, petting zoo, carnival, amusement ride or rides, or similar activity conducted on the premises of an existing business or shopping center, with the permission of and to promote such business or shopping center, for a period of time not to exceed five consecutive days or ten days in any calendar year. (Ord. 2988 § 1, 1985)

“Tower” means any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone, radio, television, and similar communications purposes. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures, and the like. The term includes the structure and any support thereto. (Ord. 4231 § 5, 2005)

“Trailer court” or “trailer park” means any area or tract of land where space is rented or held out for rent to two or more owners or users of trailer coaches or trailer houses. (Prior code § 17.08.590)

“Transit facility” means a public use facility designed to provide access to public transportation services that may consist of single or multimodal functions, including but not limited to, bus, bus rapid transit, trolley, and light rail, and also contains buildings or structures that provide seating and weather protection for the public using said services (Ord. 4521 § 9, 2008)

“Travel trailer” is a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, which is designed or used for human habitation and which may be moved upon a public highway without a special permit or chauffeurs license, or both, without violating any provision of the State Vehicle Code. (Ord. 2694 § 1, 1982)

“Use” means the purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed or intended, or for which either land or a building is or may be occupied or maintained. (Prior code § 17.08.600)

“Winery” means an agricultural processing plant used for the commercial purpose of fermenting and processing of fruit juice into wine, or the refermenting of still wine into sparkling wine in which the manufacturing is greater than ten thousand cases per year. Retail sales and tasting facilities of wine may be permitted as part of the winery operations. Operations shall continuously comply with the following operational standards:

“Winery, boutique” means the manufacturing of ten thousand cases, or less, per year of still wine or sparkling wine. Operations shall continuously comply with the following operational standards: