Compton City Zoning Code
§ 30-3
DEFINITIONS.
[Added by Ord. #1557, § 9103; Ord. #1635, § 1; Ord. #1698, § 1; Ord. #1713, § 1; Ord. #1717, § 1; Ord. #1733, § 1; Ord. #1746, § 1; Ord. #1784; Ord. #1918, § 1; Ord. #1921, § 1; Ord. #2080, § 1; Ord. #2101, § 1; Ord. #2155, § 1; Ord. #2179, § 1; Ord. #2282 § 2]
As used in this Chapter:
Shall mean a building, part of a building or structure, or use which is subordinate to, and the use of which is incidental to, that of the main building, structure or use on the same lot or parcel of land. An accessory building shall have no kitchen facilities and shall not be rented or otherwise be used as a separate dwelling. Where the wall of an accessory building becomes a part of, or is joined to, the wall of the main building, such accessory building shall be counted as part of the main building.
Shall mean a sign or advertising structure which is a three-dimensional representation of an animate or inanimate object or any sign which incorporates any three-dimensional geometric shape in its design.
Shall mean any place which is used, or intended to be used, for the landing or taking off of aircraft and any appurtenant areas which are used or intended to be used for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon.
Shall mean a public or private way permanently reserved as a secondary means of access to abutting property.
Shall mean a place where mechanically or electronically operated amusement machines are kept or exhibited for sale or lease exclusively and where members of the public are not permitted or allowed to operate or play such amusement machines except as incident to a demonstration for the purpose of sale or lease of such amusement machines.
Shall mean a place where two or less mechanically or electronically operated amusement machines are available for use for compensation, the use of which is incidental to that of the location as a whole.
Shall mean a place where 20 or more mechanically or electronically operated amusement machines are available for use for compensation, the use of which is the primary use of the location as a whole.
Shall mean a place used for the dismantling or wrecking of motor vehicles and trailers required to be registered under the Vehicle Code of the State, including the buying, selling, or dealing in such vehicles or integral parts of component materials thereof, and the storage, sale, or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, or wrecked inoperative vehicles and trailers. "Automobile dismantling yard" shall not include the incidental storage of inoperative or disabled vehicles in connection with the legal operation of an automobile repair garage or automobile body and fender repair shop.
Shall mean a place used for the storage of any motor vehicle which has been impounded under court order or any State law.
Shall mean a building, other than a private garage, used for the maintenance and repair of automobiles.
Shall mean a dwelling unit which has only one room in addition to the kitchen and bathroom.
Shall mean a place, except bona fide restaurants, used in whole or in part for the retailing of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.
Shall mean an advertising structure which advertises goods, products, services or facilities not sold, produced, manufactured or furnished on the premises on which the sign is located (also known as outdoor advertising, off-premises sign or off-site sign).
Shall mean all the properties abutting on one side of a street and lying between the nearest two intersecting or intercepting streets or nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad rights-of-way, unsubdivided land, or watercourses.
Shall mean a place where lodging and meals are provided for compensation for more than four individuals, excluding members of the family occupying the property.
Shall mean a permanently located structure enclosed on all sides by walls and having a roof (tents, trailers, and all forms of vehicles shall be excluded).
Shall mean the vertical distance measured from the grade of the site to the highest point of the structure.
Shall mean and refer to this Chapter and any subsequent amendment to this Chapter.
Shall mean a place providing day care for minors.
Shall mean a place where twenty-four-hour care and supervision for minors is provided. "Children's home" shall include orphans' homes, foster homes, homes for abused children, and homes for children under the age of eight years suffering from mental diseases and disorders.
Shall mean the City of Compton.
Shall mean an association of persons organized solely or primarily for the purpose of providing a community service. "Civic Club" shall not include those clubs which are organized to provide a service customarily carried on as a commercial business or organized primarily for social, political, religious, or special purposes other than community service.
Shall mean a place for group medical, dental, or therapeutic services to the public.
See "civic club" and "private club" as defined in this section.
See "bar" as defined in this section.
Shall mean and refer to all of the regulatory and penal laws of the City.
Shall include the cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, labeling, transportation, delivery or sale of marijuana and marijuana products, whether or not for profit. "Commercial marijuana activity" also includes the activities of any business licensed by the State or other government entity under Chapter 3.5 of Division 8 or Division 10 of the California Business and Professions Code, as they may be amended from time to time.
Shall mean any use of any real property in the City which consists of, in whole or in part, any commercial marijuana activity.
Shall mean a shopping complex typically containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants having no internal walkways connecting the lease spaces; open to a common parking lot and located along a major street.
Shall mean the Planning Commission of the City.
Shall mean an estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a parcel of real property, together with separate interest in space in a residential, commercial, or industrial building.
Shall mean a place used for the conduct of a business involved primarily with the rendering of contractor's services and the use or storage of trucks, trailers, semitrailers, cranes, hoists, storage tanks, large timbers or beams, or similar equipment or the storage of construction or maintenance materials or supplies, but excluding any such equipment or materials when such use is incidental to the primary use lawfully conducted on such premises and stored thereon in accordance with all the applicable provisions of this Chapter.
See "rest home" as defined in this section.
Shall mean a place of business, containing less than 10,000 square feet of retail sales floor area, used for the retailing of a variety of consumer goods.
Shall mean a lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets having an angle of intersection of not more than 135°.
Shall mean the City Council of the City.
Shall mean the County of Los Angeles.
Shall mean any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of marijuana.
See "child day care center" as defined in this section.
Shall mean a place devoted to the disposal of refuse, including the incineration, reduction, or dumping of ashes, garbage, combustible or noncombustible refuse, offal, or dead animals. "Dump" shall not include the dumping of solid fill materials.
Shall mean a building, or portion thereof, designed for, or occupied exclusively for, residential purposes, including one-family, two-family, and multiple-family dwellings. "Dwelling" shall not include hotels and boarding and lodging houses.
Shall mean two or more rooms in a dwelling or apartment hotel designed for, or occupied by, one family for living or sleeping purposes and having only one kitchen.
Shall mean an assembly of equipment which could include fuel cells and microwave, cable, radio, and/or other communication facilities as part of a system for the distribution of electric power where electric energy is normally received at a subtransmission voltage and transformed to a lower voltage and/or produced at this lower voltage in case a fuel cell is installed for distribution to the customer.
Shall mean an assembly of equipment which could include fuel cells and/or energy support facilities and microwave, cable, radio, and/or other communication facilities as part of a system for the transmission of electric power where electric energy is received at very high voltage from its energy sources by means of a network of high voltage lines and transformed to lower transmission voltage and/or produced at this lower voltage, in case fuel cells and/or energy support facilities are installed, for the purposes of supplying electric power to large consumers, interchange connections with other power-producing and nonproducing and non-power-producing agencies, or electric distribution substations for the transformation to lower voltage for utilization by smaller individual users.
Shall mean an individual, or two or more persons related by blood or marriage, or a group of not more than six persons, excluding servants, who are not related by blood or marriage, living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit.
Shall mean a place used for the sale, dispensing, or serving of food, refreshments, or beverages wherein full-course meals are not served at all times as provided in the definition of "restaurant." "Fast food restaurant" shall include takeout restaurants, hamburger stands, cafes, sandwich shops, and other similar uses. "Fast food restaurant" shall not include the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Shall mean a place designed for the transfer of freight, merchandise or other goods from one vehicle to another. This definition shall not include businesses the bona fide purpose of which is the warehousing of merchandise within a building.
Shall mean a line separating the lot from the street, in the case of an interior lot, and, in the case of a corner lot, a line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street, except in those cases where the latest tract deed restrictions applicable thereto specify another line as the front lot line.
Shall mean a yard extending across the full width of the lot or parcel of land, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line or a building line as established by Chapter 28, whichever is more restrictive, and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land.
Shall mean a building, greenhouse or other structure which has a complete roof enclosure supported by connecting walls extending from the ground to the roof, which is secure against unauthorized entry, provides complete visual screening, and which is accessible only through one or more lockable doors and inaccessible to minors.
See "automobile repair garage" and "private garage" as defined in this section.
Shall mean the average of the finished ground level at the center of all walls of a building. In case walls are parallel to and within five feet of sidewalks, the aboveground level shall be measured by the sidewalk.
See "secondary dwelling unit" as defined in this section.
Shall mean an accessory building located on the same premises as the main building for use of temporary guests of occupants of the premises, having no more than 360 square feet, two rooms and a bathroom, no "wet bar," kitchen or laundry room and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.
Shall mean a place where sheltered care is provided to ease the transition from institutional care or confinement to private residence, or a place which is established to provide an alternative to institutional care or confinement when such alternative is deemed to be more beneficial to the resident of such place, or for persons who have been temporarily displaced and cannot otherwise obtain shelter. "Halfway house" shall include places which provide sheltered care for former alcohol and drug abusers who are undergoing rehabilitation, indigents, and persons released from jails, prisons, detention homes, or similar places where individuals are housed and detained under legal restraint.
Shall mean an occupation, vocation, trade or profession, permitted under subsection 30-12.2 of this Chapter, carried out or conducted on the premises by the occupant of the dwelling as a secondary use in connection with which there shall be no structural alteration of existing buildings, no construction of new buildings, and no encroachment into a required garage. A home occupation shall employ no person other than a member of the family occupying the dwelling. There shall be no advertising sign, parking of commercial vehicles, display, warehousing, outside storage or commodity sold upon the premises. A home occupation shall not include the repair or storage of motor vehicles. A home occupation shall not include activities which are objectionable due to noise, dust, smoke, odor, or other causes.
Shall mean a place where patients are kept and treated, including, but not limited to, those suffering from contagious or communicable diseases or from bodily ills requiring surgery. "Hospital" shall include convalescent hospitals but shall not include mental institutions.
Shall mean a building designed for, or occupied as, a temporary abode for individuals who are lodged with or without meals, in which there are six or more guest rooms, and in which no provision is made for cooking in any room or suite. "Hotel" shall not include jails, hospitals, asylums, sanitariums, orphanages, prisons, detention homes, or similar buildings where individuals are housed and detained under legal restraint.
Shall mean within a fully enclosed and secure structure.
Shall mean a lot other than a corner lot.
Shall mean and include old, secondhand, or scrap ferrous and nonferrous metals, paper and paper products, including roofing and tar paper, cloth and clothing, wood and wood products, manufactured rubber products, rope, manufactured plastic products, paint, manufactured clay and porcelain products, trash and similar materials, dismantled machinery, equipment, and parts.
Shall mean a place which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, selling, dismantling, or processing of junk and salvage. "Junk and salvage yard" shall not include the recycling of paper.
Shall mean a place where four or more dogs and cats, aged four months or more, are kept, whether by owners of the dogs or cats or by persons providing facilities and care, with or without compensation.
Shall mean a room used, or intended or designed to be used, for cooking or the preparation of food.
Shall mean a place used in whole or in part for the retailing of alcoholic beverages, other than beer and wine, for consumption off the premises. "Liquor store" shall not include any building containing more than 10,000 square feet of retail sales floor area when less than 10% of such floor area is utilized for the display and sale of alcoholic beverages, nor shall it include the sale of beer or wine for consumption off the premises when such sale is accessory to a principal permitted use.
Shall mean a dwelling unit located in a nonresidential zone that is designated to operate in conjunction with a physical space designed for occupancy by a low intensity commercial or light industrial use exercised by the residential occupant.
See "boarding house" as defined in this section.
Shall mean a parcel of real property shown as a delineated parcel of land, with a separate and distinct number or other designation, on a plat recorded in the office of the County Recorder.
Shall mean the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.
Shall mean the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines.
Shall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured in the mean direction of the front and rear lot lines, at a distance midway between the front and rear lot lines.
Shall mean any building or structure on a lot or parcel of land which building or structure is not accessory.
Shall mean a place of business, containing more than 10,000 square feet of retail sales floor area, used for the retailing of a variety of consumer goods.
Shall mean assembling, fabricating, compounding, processing, treating, and remanufacturing.
Shall also include "cannabis" as defined in Business and Professions Code section 19300.5(f), as the same may be amended from time to time.
Shall mean all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. It does not include:
1. | Industrial hemp, as defined in Section 11018.5 of the Health and Safety Code; or |
2. | The weight of any other ingredient combined with marijuana to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink, or other product. |
Shall mean marijuana that has undergone a process whereby the plant material has been transformed into a concentrate, including, but not, limited to concentrated cannabis, or an edible or topical product containing marijuana or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients.
Shall mean a place which permits the rending or nursing, dietary, and other personal and sheltered care services to persons eight years of age and older who have been issued by a medical authority a written release from either a governmental or private mental institution certifying that such persons have been adjudged by such doctor or authority to be no longer in need of the care and treatment provided in such institution.
Shall mean a place where persons eight years of age or older suffering from mental disease and disorders are kept and where medical treatment is rendered for the care and cure of such persons.
Shall mean a place containing guest rooms or dwelling units, some or all of which have a separate entrance leading directly from the outside of the building, with a garage attached or automobile storage space conveniently located on the lot or parcel of land, and which is designed, used, or intended to be used wholly or in part for the accommodation of automobile transients. "Motel" shall include auto courts, motor lodges, and tourist courts.
Shall mean a building, or portion thereof, designed for, or occupied by, two or more families living independently of each other.
Shall mean that area of a lot or parcel of land exclusive of.
Existing or proposed public or private facilities, such as streets, alleys, highways, or other public sites, when included within a planned development project; and
Other public or private easements where the owner of the underlying fee does not have the right to use the entire surface of the land.
Shall mean a building, or portion thereof, lawfully existing on May 4, 1978, which was designed, erected, or structurally altered for a use which does not conform to the uses permitted in the zone in which it is located or which does not comply with all the height, yard, and area regulations of such zone.
Shall mean a use of a building, lot, or parcel of land which, although lawful prior to May 4, 1978, does not conform with the regulations of the zone in which it is situated.
See "child day-care center" as defined in this section.
Shall mean arranged, designed, built, altered, converted, rented, leased, or intended to be occupied.
Shall mean a detached building designed for, or occupied exclusively by, one family.
Shall mean an ordinance of the City unless otherwise designated.
Shall mean any location that is not within a fully enclosed and secure structure.
Shall mean a contiguous quantity of land in the possession of, owned by, or recorded as the property of the same claimant or person.
Shall mean an individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, company, corporation, trust, estate, receiver, syndicate, political entity, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
Shall mean a place which provides for the rental of interior, separated areas within a building to private individuals for the storage of nonhazardous personal goods.
Shall mean a building or locality used for a special purpose.
Shall mean a real estate development which has been developed pursuant to Section 30-18 of this Chapter.
Shall mean an accessory residential structure open on three sides, and attached to a dwelling, and established for the convenient loading and unloading of passengers from an automobile.
Shall mean an association of persons organized for some common purpose. "Private club" shall not include civic clubs and clubs which are organized solely or primarily for the purpose of rendering a service customarily carried on as a business.
Shall mean an accessory building, or any accessory portion of a main building, enclosed on three sides by permanent walls, designed and used primarily for the shelter or storage of vehicles owned or operated by the occupants of the main building.
Shall mean a house, an apartment unit, a mobile home, or other similar dwelling, and secured accessory structure whether legal and conforming with the underlying zoning, or legal and non-conforming with the underlying zoning, that is currently in use as a residence.
Shall mean a place used by any public utility for an office, warehouse, storage yard, or vehicle and equipment maintenance, including microwave, radio, cable and/or other communication facilities.
Shall mean a facility used by a public agency for the storage and maintenance of a variety of vehicles and equipment and for the temporary storage of debris resulting from tree trimming, street maintenance, excavations and other public works activities.
Shall mean a lot line which is opposite to, and most distant from, the front line and, in the case of an irregular or triangular-shaped lot, a line within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front line, having a length of 10 feet.
Shall mean a yard extending across the full width of the lot or parcel of land, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line or a building line as established by Chapter 28, whichever is more restrictive, and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land.
Unless otherwise stated, shall mean on file or recorded with the office of the County Recorder.
Shall mean reusable material, including, but not limited to, metals, glass, plastic and paper, which is intended for reuse, remanufacture or reconstitution for the purpose of using the altered form. Recyclable material does not include refuse or hazardous material. Recyclable material may include used motor oil collected and transported in accordance with Section 25250.11 and 25143.2(b)(4) of the California Health and Safety Code and the Used Oil Recycling Enhancement Act.
Shall mean a center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable material. A certified facility is a recycling facility certified by the State Department of Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986. A recycling facility does not include storage containers or processing activity located on the premises of a residential commercial or manufacturing site and used solely for the recycling of material generated by that residential property, business or manufacturer. Recycling facilities may include the following:
COLLECTION FACILITYShall mean a center for the acceptance, by donation, redemption or purchase, of recyclable material from the public. Collection facilities may include the following:
Small collection facility occupies an area of not more than 500 square feet, and may include:
Small used oil collection facility consists of one self-contained, leak-proof unit of less than 400 gallons for the storage of used oil, as defined by the Used Oil Recycling Enhancement Act.
Large collection facility occupies an area of more than 500 square feet and may include permanent structures.
PROCESSING FACILITYShall mean a building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials. Processing means the preparation of material for efficient shipment, or preparation of material to meet an end-user's specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning and remanufacturing.
REVERSE VENDING MACHINESShall mean an automated mechanical device which accepts at least one or more types of empty beverage containers, including, but not limited to, aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container's redemption value as determined by the State. A reverse vending machine may sort and process containers mechanically provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine. In order to accept and temporarily store all three container types in a proportion commensurate with their relative redemption rates, and to meet the requirements of certification as a recycling facility, multiple grouping of reverse vending machines may be permitted. A bulk reverse vending machine is larger than 50 square feet, designed to accept more than one container at a time, and pays by weight instead of by container.
MOBILE RECYCLING UNITConsists of an automobile, truck, trailer or van, licensed by the State Department of Motor Vehicles, which is used for the collection of recyclable material. A mobile recycling unit also means the bins, boxes or containers transported by trucks, vans or trailers and used for the collection of recyclable materials.
Shall mean a building which is primarily used for rental to businesses and private individuals for dances, banquets, charitable functions and other social events. This definition shall include banquet halls and wedding chapels.
Shall mean a building designed as living quarters for persons doing their own cooking in such building.
Shall mean a place which permits nursing, dietary, and other personal services rendered to convalescents, invalids, and aged persons, but excluding cases of contagious, communicable, or mental diseases and excluding surgery or primary treatments, such as are customarily provided in hospitals and mental institutions. "Rest home" shall include guest homes and homes for the aged.
Shall mean a place which is regularly and in a bona fide manner used and kept open for the serving of meals to guests for compensation, such meals to be prepared and served on the premises and eaten inside the building, and which has suitable kitchen facilities. "Meals" shall mean the usual assortment of foods commonly ordered at various hours of the day, and the service of such food as sandwiches or salads shall not be deemed a compliance with this requirement. "Restaurant" shall include the incidental serving of alcoholic beverages provided a conditional use permit has been obtained pursuant to the provisions of Section 30-26 of this Chapter.
Shall mean the male of the chicken also known as a cock.
Shall mean attached or semi-detached buildings each containing a single dwelling unit and located, or capable of being located, on a separate lot.
Shall mean an institution which offers instruction in the several branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools by the Education Code of the State.
Shall mean a dwelling unit constructed as an accessory to a single-family dwelling in accordance with Section 30-11 of this Chapter.
Shall mean a section of this Chapter, unless some other law or statute is mentioned.
Shall mean an area which provides for the servicing of motor vehicles, including tube and tire repairs, battery charging, the storage of merchandise and supplies, sales of gasoline and lubricants, automobile washing (not including mechanical car wash), and grease racks. "Service station" shall not include automobile repairs, body and fender works, engine overhauling or other similar activities of a major nature.
Shall mean a lot boundary line which is not a front lot line or rear lot line.
Shall mean a yard extending between the front yard and the rear yard, the width of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the side lot line or a building line as established by Chapter 28, whichever is more restrictive, and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land.
Shall mean a place in which or on which animals and fowl are killed, dressed or prepared for commercial purposes.
Shall mean a fence, wall, hedge or any vegetative material which obstructs a clear view of pedestrian or vehicular traffic or effectively blocks from the public view an activity or the storage of merchandise, materials or equipment.
Shall mean the State of California.
Shall mean the storage or parking of anything whatsoever for a period of 48 or more hours.
Shall mean a public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.
Shall mean a change in the supporting members of a building, such as the bearing walls, columns, beams, girders and floor joists, roof joists, girders, rafters, or changes in the roof exterior lines.
Shall mean anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or which is attached to something having a location on the ground. "Structure" shall not include fences or walls used as fences less than six feet in height.
Shall mean a portion of a section of this Chapter.
Shall mean a place where merchandise is sold to the public by four or more separate vendors. This definition shall include "flea markets," "indoor swap meets" and other types of businesses for which multiple-vendor marketing is the primary use.
Shall mean include a market analysis, demonstration of key tenant commitments, an executed agreement with a sales or leasing agent, a use plan for leasing, selling, or otherwise using remaining space in the project other than by the key tenant(s), a financial feasibility study, and provisions for long-term maintenance and marketing.
Shall mean a lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.
Shall mean attached or semi-detached buildings, each containing a single dwelling unit and located or capable of being located on a separate lot and owned in conjunction with an undivided interest in common in the surrounding parcel of real property.
Shall mean a place intended, maintained or designed for the purpose of supplying a location of accommodation for one or more automobile trailers for human habitation, including trailer camps or trailer parks, and including all buildings used, or intended for use, as a part of the equipment of such trailer park, whether or not a charge is made for the use of the trailer park and its facilities.
Shall mean a vehicle, with or without motive power, designed or used for human habitation and constructed to travel on the public thoroughfares in accordance with the provisions of the Vehicle Code of the State.
Shall mean a residential, commercial or industrial project located less than 1/4 mile from a rail, bus or other transit center and designed to encourage transit and pedestrian usage.
Shall mean a place used for the storage, maintenance, servicing or housing of trucks and tractor trailers when such storage, maintenance, servicing or housing is the primary use of the property. "Transportation yard" shall not include the incidental maintenance of trucks associated with a principal or conditionally permitted use.
See "transportation yard" as defined in this section.
Shall mean the purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed, intended, occupied, or maintained.
Shall mean a place selling goods, wares, merchandise, or services for resale.
Shall mean an open space on a lot or parcel of land, other than a court, which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.