Abut/Abutting. See “Adjoining.”

“Accent color” is the color used to highlight elements such as sun shades or canopies, window sashes and doors, horizontal moldings, string course along the coping of parapet wall, as well as other ornamental details. These trim colors are usually darker and more intense than other colors.

“Access” means the place, means, or way by which pedestrians and vehicles shall have safe, adequate, and usable ingress and egress to a lot from a public street, private street, or alley; the place or way by which pedestrians and vehicles are provided adequate and usable ingress and egress to a property or use as required by this zoning code.

“Accessory dwelling unit” means an attached or detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family or multifamily dwelling is or will be situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following: (a) an efficiency unit, (b) a manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code.

“Accessory use” means a use incidental to, related, and clearly subordinate to the principal use established on the same lot or parcel of land where such accessory use is located.

“Adjacent” means two or more lots or parcels of land separated by an alley, street, highway, or recorded easement, or two or more objects located near or in close proximity to each other.

“Adjusted for household size” means 70 percent adjustment for a household of one person, 80 percent adjustment for a household of two persons, 90 percent adjustment for a household of three persons, 100 percent adjustment for a household of four persons, 108 percent adjustment for a household of five persons, 116 percent adjustment for a household of six persons, 124 percent adjustment for a household of seven persons, 132 percent adjustment for a household size of eight persons. For households of more than eight persons, adjustments shall be made in accordance with applicable HUD regulations.

“Adjusted for household size appropriate for the unit” means for a household of one person in the case of a studio unit, two persons in the case of a one-bedroom unit, three persons in the case of a two-bedroom unit, four persons in the case of a three-bedroom unit, and five persons in the case of a four-bedroom unit.

“Administrative fee” means a fee established by the city council of the city of Cudahy to recover all costs reasonably borne in providing the administration, enforcement, regulation, products, or services of this title, including Chapter 20.30 CMC.

Adult-Oriented Businesses.

“Affordable housing unit” means housing that is restricted to occupancy at an affordable rent or an affordable housing cost to moderate-income households (as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50093 and its implementing regulations), low-income households (as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50079.5 and its implementing regulations) or very low-income households (as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50105 and its implementing regulations).

“Affordable housing cost” means affordable housing cost as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 50052.5.

“Affordable housing trust fund” means a housing trust fund established by the city council of the city of Cudahy to provide financial assistance for the development, acquisition and rehabilitation of housing affordable to extremely low, very low, low, and moderate-income households that live or work in the city.

“Affordable rent” means affordable rent as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 50053.

Alcohol Sales.

“Alley” means a public or private right-of-way, other than a street or highway, permanently reserved as a secondary means of vehicular access to adjoining properties.

“Amendment” means a change in the wording, context, content, or substance of this zoning code or in the zoning map. Such changes must be adopted by ordinance of the city council in the manner prescribed by law.

“Amusement arcade” means any place open to the public where five or more amusement games are maintained for use by the public. When only a portion of the premises is used for the operation of amusement games, only that portion shall be considered as an amusement arcade.

“Amusement game” means any entertainment device for which a fee is paid to play, including, but not limited to, pinball, video, or other electronic games.

Animals – Retail Sales. See “Pet Stores.”

Apartment. See also “Dwelling, Multifamily,” under “Dwelling.”

Arcade. See “Amusement Arcade.”

Artist Studio. See “Studio, Art, and Music.”

“Assembly/meeting facilities, public or private” means a facility for public or private assembly and meetings, exclusive of “places of religious assembly,” which is defined separately. This definition does not include “adult” business establishments. Examples of these uses include:

“Assessed value” means the then-assessed value of the land, building, or structure, as is shown on the current equalized assessment roll in effect as of the time of the making of the determination of such assessed value.

“Assessor” means the assessor of the County of Los Angeles.

“Atlantic Avenue corridor” means a specific portion of the city located adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, Atlantic Avenue, as shown on the general plan map.

“Attic” means the area located between the top plate of the uppermost habitable floor and the roof or ridge of a building, as further defined in the building code as adopted by the city of Cudahy.

“Automated teller machine (ATM)” means a machine that may or may not be on the premises of a financial institution that engages in receiving deposits and dispensing cash money from walk-up individuals. This definition does not include an automated teller machine that is located wholly within the confines of a retail seller engaged primarily in the business of selling consumer goods and/or perishables.

“Automobile dismantling yard” means any lot used for the purpose of dismantling of motor vehicles and/or trailers for sale or storage of such parts, vehicles, and/or trailers.

“Awning” means a sheet of canvas or other material stretched on a frame and used to keep the sun or rain off a storefront, window, doorway, or deck. (Ord. 760 § 6 (Exh. A), 2025; Ord. 744 § 6 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Balcony” means a platform that projects from the wall of a building, or an outdoor space recessed into the façade of a building, typically located above the first level, and enclosed by a combination of exterior walls and by a rail, balustrade, or parapet on one or more sides.

“Balloon” means a floating air-filled or gas-filled object tethered to a fixed location (also see “Sign, Balloon”).

Bank/Financial Institution. See “Financial Institution.”

“Bars and cocktail lounges” means establishments where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises. This classification excludes restaurants and commercial recreation uses that may serve alcoholic beverages incidental to the primary use.

“Base color” is the color used on the majority of the building surface, generally the lightest of the base, secondary and accent colors. The base color is used on the smooth wall surfaces as well as other less visible features.

“Basement” means that portion of a building located below the ground level or first floor of a structure, generally partially or fully subterranean.

“Bedroom” means a bedroom is a private room intended primarily for sleeping. In order to qualify as a bedroom, such a room must provide a closet and a means of egress.

“Billiard parlor” means an establishment that provides five or more billiard and/or pool tables.

“Boardinghouse” means a dwelling unit where nontransient lodging, with or without meals, is provided for compensation to one or more persons who are not members of the household occupying the premises. For purposes of this definition, lodging shall be deemed nontransient if it is occupied by the same tenant(s) for at least 31 consecutive days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not be deemed a boardinghouse when the dwelling unit is used to serve six or fewer persons and the occupant or owner of the dwelling unit has all licenses required by law for such service:

“Brewery/winery/distillery” means an establishment which produces ales, beers, meads, hard ciders, wine, liquor and/or similar beverages on site. Breweries and wineries may also serve beverages on site and sell beverages for off‐site consumption in keeping with the regulations of the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).

“Building” means any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals, or property of any kind. See also “Structure.”

“Building material sales and services” means an establishment engaged in retailing or wholesaling of building supplies or equipment. This classification includes lumber yards and tool and equipment sales, but excludes businesses engaged in the retail sales of paint and hardware, building contractor’s yards, and activities classified under “equipment leasing and rentals.”

Business and Trade School. See “School, Business and Professional.”

“Business services” means an establishment within a building, providing other businesses with various services including maintenance, repair and service, testing, rental, etc. Also includes:

Cannabis.

“Canopy” has the same meaning as “awning” as defined in this chapter, except that a canopy contains separate supporting posts and is not supported entirely from the exterior wall of a building.

“Carport” means a permanently roofed structure with no more than two enclosed sides, used or intended to be used for automobile shelter and storage.

“Casino” means a business or enterprise licensed and defined pursuant to Chapter 5.08 CMC.

Cellar. See “Basement.”

“Centerline” means the centerline of any street, as established by the city engineer per official surveys, and on file in the office of the city engineer.

“Check-cashing/payday loans” means a business that, for compensation, engages in the business of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose. This classification does not include a state or federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union, or industrial loan company. Further, this classification does not include establishments selling consumer goods where the cashing of checks or money orders is incidental to the main purpose of the business.

“Chief of police” means the designated officer in charge of the Los Angeles County Sheriff or the Sheriff of the County or such law enforcement officer designated by the city as the officer responsible for law enforcement with the city.

Child Care Center. See “Day Care Center, Children.”

“City” means the city of Cudahy, state of California, referred to in this zoning code as “city,” and everyone acting on behalf of the city of Cudahy, including employee, associate, attorney, accountant, representative, officer, city manager, director, or agent of the city of Cudahy.

“Commercial entertainment, indoor” means an establishment offering predominantly spectator uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include motion picture theaters, live performance theaters, meeting halls, and dance halls.

“Commercial recreation, indoors” means establishments providing indoor participant or spectator recreation, for a fee or admission charge. Illustrative examples of these uses include:

“Commercial recreation, outdoors” means establishments providing outdoor participant or spectator recreation, for a fee or admission charge. Illustrative examples of these uses include:

“Commercial vehicle” means a vehicle which, when operated on a street, is required to be registered as a commercial vehicle under the State Vehicle Code, and which is used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit, or which is designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.

“Commission” means the planning commission of the city of Cudahy.

“Community center” means a building, buildings, or portions thereof used for recreational, social, educational, and cultural activities where buildings and associated improvements are owned and/or operated by a public, nonprofit, or private serving group or agency.

“Condominium” means an undivided interest in common in a portion of real property coupled with a separate interest in space called a “unit,” the boundaries of which are described on a recorded final map, parcel map, or condominium plan. The description of the unit may refer to: (a) boundaries described in the recorded final map, parcel map, or condominium plan, (b) physical boundaries, either in existence, or to be constructed, such as walls, floors, and ceilings of a structure or any portion thereof, (c) an entire structure containing one or more units, or (d) any combination thereof. An individual condominium within a condominium project may include, in addition, a separate interest in other portions of the real property. This term shall also include stock cooperative developments.

“Condominium project” means a common interest development consisting of condominiums. The following terms, when used in reference to condominiums or condominium projects, shall be defined as follows:

Convalescent Facilities. See “Residential Care Facility.”

“Conversion (condominium)” means a change in the type of ownership of a parcel or parcels of land, together with the existing structures, from rental housing, as defined in this chapter, to a condominium, community apartment, stock cooperative, or common interest development.

“Costs reasonably borne” as used and ordered to be applied in this chapter, are to consist of the following elements:

“Cottage food operation” means a use located within a dwelling where certain low-risk food products that do not require refrigeration are made and sold, and as defined in Section 113758 of the California Health and Safety Code.

“County” refers to the County of Los Angeles.

“Court” means an open, unoccupied space bounded on two or more sides by the walls of a building. “Inner court” is a court entirely enclosed within the exterior walls of a building. All other courts are referred to as outer courts. (Ord. 730 § 28, 2022; Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

Dance Studio. See “Health/Fitness Facilities.”

“Day care center, adult” means a state-licensed facility designed to provide necessary care and supervision to persons 18 years of age or older on less than a 24-hour basis. “Adult day care centers” include the various types of adult day services as defined under state law that include “adult day care facilities,” “adult social day care facilities,” and “adult day health care facilities.”

“Day care center, child” means a state-licensed facility, other than a family day care home, providing nonmedical care and supervision to children under 18 years of age on less than a 24-hour basis. “Child day care centers” shall include “day care centers” as defined under state law, which include infant centers, preschools, and extended day care facilities.

“Day care home, large family” means day care facilities located in single-family dwellings where an occupant of the dwelling provides care and supervision for nine to 14 children. Children under the age of 10 years who reside in the dwelling count as children served by the day care facility. To be considered a large family child care home, such use must comply with all applicable state regulations, and specifically those set forth in the California Health and Safety Code commencing with Section 1596.70.

“Day care home, small family” means day care facilities located in single-family dwellings where an occupant of the dwelling provides care and supervision for eight or fewer children. Children under the age of 10 years who reside in the dwelling count as children served by the day care facility. To be considered a small family child care home, such use must comply with all applicable state regulations, and specifically those set forth in the California Health and Safety Code commencing with Section 1596.70.

“Deck” means an outdoor platform other than a balcony, either freestanding or attached to a building, without a roof, that is supported by pillars, posts, or walls.

“Designee” means a person who has been officially chosen to do or be something: a person who has been designated.

“Developer” means any association, corporation, firm, joint venture, partnership, person, or any entity or combination of entities which seeks city development permits or approvals.

“Director,” “director of planning,” and “planning director” refer to the director of community development or designee.

“Disability” means, as defined under the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more major life activities of a person. An individual with a disability is anyone who is regarded as having that type of impairment, or anyone who has a record of that type of impairment. The disability discrimination provisions of the Fair Housing Act do not extend to persons who claim to be disabled solely on the basis of having been adjudicated a juvenile delinquent, having a criminal record, or being a sex offender. Furthermore, the Fair Housing Act does not protect persons who currently use illegal drugs, persons who have been convicted of the manufacture or sale of illegal drugs, or persons with or without disabilities who present a direct threat to the persons or property of others.

“Drive-through establishment” means a business or institution providing services accessible to persons who remain in their motor vehicles.

“Driveway” means an appropriately paved and privately owned surface or road that provides access to off-street parking or loading facilities.

“Dwelling” means a building containing one or more dwelling units.

“Dwelling unit” means a building, or portion thereof, consisting of one or more rooms, including a kitchen, which is designed and used or available for use exclusively as a single residence and which otherwise conforms to the provisions of this zoning code. (Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Easement” means a portion of a lot that is reserved or used for utility rights-of-way, access, or any public or private use, as indicated on a subdivision map, deed restriction, or other recorded document.

“Eave” means the protecting lower edges of a roof overhanging the wall of a building.

“Efficiency kitchen” is a kitchen located inside an accessory dwelling unit that includes a cooking facility with appliances and a food preparation counter and storage cabinets that are of reasonable size in relation to the size of the accessory dwelling unit.

“Emergency shelter” means housing for homeless persons for a cumulative period of six months or less, and where supportive services are provided to homeless persons. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.

“Equipment rental” means an establishment that rents equipment, including large home appliances such as washing machines, ovens, and refrigerators, and/or office equipment repair and maintenance such as copy machines. Does not include maintenance and repair of vehicles. (Ord. 744 § 6 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Family” means one or more persons living together in a dwelling unit, with common access to, and common use of, all living, kitchen, and eating areas within the dwelling unit.

“Fence” means an artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose or screen areas of land.

“Financial institutions” means a full-service state or federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union, or industrial loan company, but does not include any business whose primary function is check cashing, money wiring, or the operation of freestanding automated teller machines/kiosks. This definition does not include “Check Cashing and/or Payday Loans.”

“Floor area, gross” means the total horizontal area of all the floors of a building included within the surrounding walls, exclusive of vent shafts and courts.

“Floor area, net” means the total usable floor area within all floors of a building included within the surrounding walls.

“Floor-area ratio” means the numerical value obtained through dividing the gross floor area of a building or buildings by the total area of the lot or parcel of land on which such building or buildings are located.

“Food and beverage sales” means a business establishment where the primary use involves the retail sales of food and beverages for off-site preparation and consumption. Typical uses include grocery markets and delicatessens.

“Gambling game” means any games as licensed and defined by Chapter 5.08 CMC.

“Garage, common parking garage” means a structure with a common vehicular entrance and exit which is used to park vehicles in parking spaces and which otherwise conforms to the requirements of this zoning code.

“Garage, private” means a detached accessory building, or a portion of a main building on the same lot, enclosed on three sides and with a door capable of enclosing the fourth side, for the parking or temporary storage of vehicles owned by the occupants of the premises.

“General plan” means the general plan of the city of Cudahy, consisting of the general plan and map, adopted by the city council.

“Glare” means any brightness within a person’s field of vision of such a character as to cause annoyance, discomfort, or interference with vision or loss in visual performance and visibility.

“Government and community facilities, public” means a building or structure owned, operated, or occupied by a governmental agency to provide a governmental or community service to the public.

“Government Code” means the California Government Code.

“Grade, existing” means the surface of the ground or pavement at a specific location as it existed prior to disturbance in preparation for a construction project.

“Grade, finished” means the finished surface elevation of the ground or pavement at a specific location after the completion of a construction project.

“Grade, ground level” means the average level of the finished ground surface surrounding a building, measured at the center of all walls of the building.

“Gradient” means the rate of vertical change of a ground surface expressed in a percentage and determined by dividing the vertical distance by the horizontal distance.

“Group home” means a residential home that provides 24-hour nonmedical care for six or fewer persons 18 years of age or older, or emancipated minors, with chronic, life-threatening illness in need of personal services, protection, supervision, assistance, guidance, or training essential for sustaining the activities of daily living, or for the protection of the individual, as licensed by the state of California.

“Guest house” means living quarters, having no kitchen facilities, 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 permanently employed on the premises. (Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Hazardous waste” means any waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may: (a) exhibit toxicity, corrosivity, flammability, and/or reactivity; (b) cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness; or (c) present a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed.

“Hazardous waste facility” means all contiguous land, structures, other appurtenances, and improvements within a property, used for handling, treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous wastes.

“HCD” means the California Department of Housing and Community Development or its successor.

“Health and physical fitness facilities” means private athletic clubs and gymnasiums including but not limited to weight training facilities, aerobic exercise floors, dance, racquetball courts, swimming pools, and similar athletic facilities.

Height. See “Building Height.”

“Home occupation” means any commercial activity conducted entirely within a particular dwelling unit by the inhabitants of such dwelling unit. Home occupations are incidental uses that do not change the character of the dwelling unit nor adversely affect permitted uses in the surrounding area.

“Hospital” means a facility providing medical, surgical, psychiatric, and/or emergency medical services to sick or injured persons, primarily on an in-patient basis. This classification includes incidental facilities for out-patient treatment, as well as training, research, and administrative services for patients and employees.

“Hotel or motel” 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 interior court. Such facilities are designed to be used, or intended to be used, rented, or hired out for temporary or overnight accommodations for guests, and are offered primarily to patrons by signs or other advertising media. This classification may contain public meeting rooms and eating, drinking, and banquet services associated with the facility.

“Household” means a single individual or group of individuals unrelated or related by blood or marriage, residing in a dwelling unit and meeting the definition of “family.”

“Household pet” means a domesticated animal commonly maintained within a residence.

“HUD” means the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or its successor. (Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Improvement” means any construction, building, paving, or landscaping activity which materially adds to the value of a property or facility, substantially extends its useful life, or adapts it to new uses. Repairs performed for the purpose of maintaining a facility in good operating condition but which do not materially add to the value of a facility or substantially extend its useful life are not considered improvements.

“Inclusionary housing in-lieu fee” means a fee paid to the city by a residential or mixed-use developer pursuant to Chapter 20.30 CMC to assist the city in the production of affordable housing.

“Inclusionary housing unit development cost” means the city’s average costs to develop a unit of housing affordable to 30 percent income households, 50 percent income households, 80 percent income households or moderate-income households.

“Inclusionary ownership housing cost” means for moderate income households whose gross incomes exceed maximum income limits for 80 percent income households, inclusionary housing cost shall not be less than 28 percent of the gross income of the household, nor exceed the product of 35 percent times 110 percent of the area median income adjusted for household size appropriate for the unit.

“Inclusionary unit” means a dwelling unit that will be offered for sale or rent to very low, low, or moderate-income households, at an affordable housing cost in compliance with Chapter 20.30 CMC.

Income Eligibility. Income eligibility is based upon the gross income of the household, including the income of all wage earners, elderly or disabled family members, and all other sources of household income.

“Income household 30 percent” means a household whose gross income does not exceed the 30 percent income limits applicable to the Los Angeles-Long Beach Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area, adjusted for household size, as published and periodically updated by HUD.

“Income household 50 percent” means a household whose gross income does not exceed 50 percent of the area median income, adjusted for household size, as published and periodically updated by HUD. Fifty percent income households include 30 percent income households.

“Income household 80 percent” means a household whose gross income does not exceed 80 percent of the area median income, adjusted for household size, as published and periodically updated by HUD. Eighty percent income households include 50 percent income households.

“Industrial” means establishments engaged in the manufacturing of finished parts or products, either from raw materials or previously prepared materials, within an enclosed structure. Includes processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, testing (e.g., laboratories), packaging, incidental office storage, sales, and distribution of the parts or products; and laundry and dry cleaning plants. Excludes “Vehicle, Rentals,” “Vehicle, Major Repair,” “Vehicle, Minor Repair,” and “Wholesaling, Distribution, and Storage.”

“Junk yard” means the use of a lot, or the use of any portion of a lot, for the dismantling of machinery or for the storage or keeping for sale of parts and equipment resulting from such dismantling or wrecking, or for the storage or keeping of junk, including scrap metals or other scrap materials. (Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Kennel” means any lot or premises on which four or more dogs or cats at least four months of age are boarded or trained.

“Kitchen” means any room or space in a building or dwelling unit that is used in the cooking or preparation of food. (Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Laboratory” means an establishment providing analytical or testing services, including but not limited to chemical labs, dental-medical labs, optical labs, and labs conducting mechanical, electrical, physical, or environmental tests, as well as research and development.

“Landscaping” means the planting and maintenance of live trees, shrubs, ground cover, and lawn areas, including the installation of irrigation systems required by the provisions of this zoning code. “Landscaping” may include inorganic decorative materials of natural or manmade origin if used to accent or complement, but in no case imitate, the natural vegetation. Inorganic decorative materials used in landscaping may include rock, stone, wood, waterfalls, fountains, pools, sculptures, benches, and architectural screens, walls, and fences.

“Loading space” means an off-street space on the same lot with a main building, or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading and which has access from a street, alley, or other permanent means of ingress and egress.

“Lot” means real property with a separate and distinct number or other designation shown on a plat recorded in the office of the County Recorder as a part of an approved subdivision.

“Low-barrier navigation center” means a Housing First, low-barrier, service-enriched shelter focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and housing.

Low Impact Development (LID).

“Low-income household” is a household as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50079.5 and its implementing regulations. (Ord. 744 § 6 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Main building” means a building that is designed and used, or intended to be used, to accommodate the principal use on the lot. In residential zones, any dwelling shall be considered the main building on the lot.

“Manufactured housing” means a mobile home, or manufactured housing unit, as defined by and installed in accordance with California Health and Safety Code Sections 18008 and 18551, respectively, and factory-built housing as defined by California Health and Safety Code Section 19971.

“Market-rate unit” means dwelling units in a residential or mixed-use project that are not units identified as affordable units in CMC 20.88.020.

“Medical and dental offices” means a use where medical and/or dental services are provided. Includes facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of human patients and laboratories incidental to the office use.

“Medical clinic” means any facility providing physical or mental health service, and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured, but shall not include in-patient or overnight accommodations. Activities included within this definition are health centers and health clinics.

“Mobile home” means a transportable structure that is built on a permanent chassis and designed to function as a dwelling when connected to the required utilities, including plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems (pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Sections 18007 and 18008). Consistent with the California Health and Safety Code definitions, a mobile home is included in the definition of manufactured home.

“Mobile home park” means any area or tract of land where two or more lots are rented or leased, held out (or were formerly held out) for rent or lease to accommodate manufactured homes or mobile homes used for human habitation (pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 18214). A mobile home park provides utility services and other facilities either separately or in common to mobile home spaces therein.

“Moderate-income household” is a household as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50093 and its implementing regulations.

“Mortuary” means an establishment providing services such as preparing the deceased for burial, and arranging and managing funerals and related services, and may include limited caretaker facilities. This classification excludes cemeteries, crematoriums, and columbariums.

Motel. See “Hotel or Motel.”

“Mural” means an artistic image or design painted or affixed to the exterior surface of a wall that does not contain any commercial text or message nor relates to the business upon whose premises it is painted. (Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Nonconforming improvement” means a building and/or improvement, or portion thereof, which does not conform to current zoning code regulations.

“Nonconforming lot” means any subdivision of land that was lawfully established and in compliance with all applicable ordinances and laws at the time the property was subdivided, but which, due to a subsequently enacted ordinance or law, no longer complies with all the applicable regulations and standards of the zone in which the property is located.

“Nonconforming structure, lawful or legal” means any structure or improvement that was lawfully established and in existence at the time this zoning code or any amendment became effective, but no longer complies with all the applicable regulations and standards of the zone in which the structure or improvement is located.

“Nonconforming use, lawful or legal” means any use of land or property that was lawfully established and in effect at the time this zoning code or any amendment became effective, but no longer complies with all of the applicable regulations and standards of the zone in which the use is located. (Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Offices, business and professional” means offices for firms or organizations providing professional, executive, management, or administrative services, such as architectural, engineering, real estate, insurance, investment, or legal offices. This classification excludes savings and loan associations, banks, and medical offices.

“Offices, government” means administrative, clerical, or public contract offices of a government agency, including postal facilities, together with incidental storage and maintenance of vehicles.

“Off-street parking facility” means a lot, or portion thereof, improved and used for the parking of vehicles, including but not limited to enclosed garages and parking structures, open parking areas, aisles, driveways, and appurtenant landscaped planters and their improvements.

“Open space” means an area or a lot, other than a required yard area, driveway, or off-street parking facility, which has no building or structure located therein, except for landscaping, walls, fences, patios, swimming pools, and other permitted buildings or structures, used exclusively for recreational purposes.

“Outdoor advertising” means the use of signs, billboards, or other measures soliciting public support or directing public attention to the sale, lease, hire, or use of any objects, products, services, or functions which are not produced, sold, or otherwise available on the premises where such signs are erected or maintained.

“Outdoor living space” means either an open passive landscaped area specifically designed, improved, and maintained to enhance the architectural design, privacy, and general environmental quality of a residential development or an easily accessible public or private activity area specifically designed, improved, and maintained for outdoor living and/or recreation by occupants of the residential development. (Ord. 744 § 6 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Parcel” means a contiguous quantity of land owned by, or recorded as the property of, the same claimant or person.

“Parking space” means a space within an off-street parking facility that has the minimum attributes of size, location, and design specified in Chapter 20.64 CMC.

“Parks and recreation facilities” means uses that include, but are not limited to, land and interests in land; swimming pools; tennis, volleyball and basketball courts; baseball grounds; play areas; turf; sprinkler systems; community center buildings; recreation buildings; and other works, properties, structures, and facilities necessary or convenient for public park, playground, or recreation purposes.

“Pawn shop” means a business establishment engaged in the buying or selling of new or secondhand merchandise and offering loans secured by personal property.

“Personal services, convenience and improvement” means establishments that provide recurrently needed services of a personal nature. Excluded are massage establishments and tattoo shops. Examples of these uses include:

“Pet stores” means the retail sales of small animals (such as dogs, cats, birds, and fish), provided such activities take place within an entirely enclosed building.

“Place of religious assembly” means a facility used for religious worship and incidental religious education and/or activities, but not including private schools as defined in this chapter.

“Planning commission” means the planning commission of the city of Cudahy.

“Plant nursery” means a site used to raise trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants for sale or for transplanting, and where all merchandise (other than plants) is kept within an enclosed building or fully screened enclosure, and fertilizer of any type is stored and sold in package form only.

“Principal personal residence” in accordance with Internal Revenue Service determinations:

“Public building” means a building owned and operated by a public agency for public use. (Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

Reserved. (Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Recharging station” means a location that supplies electricity for the recharging of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids).

“Recreational equipment, sales and rentals” means sales and rental of bicycles, scooters, skate boards, ice skates, skis, snowboards, surfboards, and similar recreational vehicles and equipment that are human-powered and do not include a motor, including on-site storage and incidental maintenance that does not require pneumatic lifts.

“Recreational facility” means a publicly owned and operated recreational structure or building, such as a tennis court, swimming pool, multipurpose community building, youth center, or similar use.

“Recyclable material” means reusable nonputrescible material, including but not limited to metals, glass, plastic, and paper, and which is intended for reuse, remanufacture, or reconstitution for the purpose of using the altered form. “Recyclable material” shall not include refuse or hazardous materials. “Recyclable material” may include used motor oil collected and transported in accordance with Sections 25250.11 and 25143.2(b)(4) of the California Health and Safety Code.

“Recycling facility” means a center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials.

“Rental unit” means a housing unit leased for the occupancy of a residential household.

“Repair services, appliances and small equipment” means establishments that provide home appliance and/or electronic or office equipment repair and maintenance, or building maintenance services. Does not include maintenance and repair of vehicles (see “Vehicle Repair and Service”). Illustrative examples of appliances and small equipment serviced include stoves, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, copy machines, furniture, and bicycles. Service and repair of small electronic devices, such as computers and cellular phones, are considered business services.

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

“Residential care facility” means any facility, place, or building which is maintained and operated to provide 24-hour care of persons in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual. Convalescent facilities, rest homes, and board and care facilities are included. May include ancillary medical services for facility residents. See also “Supportive Housing and Transitional Housing.”

“Residential development” means any development consisting of dwelling units as defined in this title. It does not mean: 1. Any addition to an existing single-family home; or 2. Repair or replacement of a residential building which has been accidentally damaged or destroyed by natural causes or human activity provided there is no increase in the number of dwelling units.

“Restaurant” means a place which is regularly and in a bona fide manner used and kept open for the serving of meals to guests for compensation, and which has suitable kitchen facilities connected therewith, containing conveniences for cooking an assortment of foods which may be required for ordinary meals, the kitchen of which must be kept in a sanitary condition with the proper amount of refrigeration for keeping of food on the premises, and must comply with all regulations of the local department of health. Any establishment, business, or facility that satisfies the foregoing criteria, but has areas designated for uses other than food preparation or consumption, such as a bar/lounge area, billiards, dart boards and the like, in excess of 30 percent of the total floor area of the premises, shall not be deemed a “restaurant.”

“Retail sales” means a business establishment engaged in the retail sale of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification as defined in this chapter. This classification includes, but is not limited to, department stores, clothing stores, furniture stores, drug stores, and businesses retailing the following goods: toys, hobby materials, hand-crafted items, jewelry, cameras, photographic supplies, books, electronic equipment, records, sporting goods, kitchen utensils, hardware, appliances, antiques, art supplies, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, office supplies, bicycles, and new automotive parts and accessories (excluding service and installation). This classification specifically excludes secondhand stores, pawn shops, and tobacco shops.

“Reverse vending machine” means an automated mechanical device which accepts all empty beverage containers required to be recycled by the State Division of Recycling pursuant to AB2020, including but not limited to aluminum cans, glass, nonaluminum metal cans, and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or 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.

“Right-of-way” means a defined area of land, either public or private, on which a right of passage has been recorded.

“Room” means an unsubdivided portion of the interior of a dwelling, excluding bathrooms, kitchens, closets, hallways, and service porches. (Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“School, business and professional” means an establishment which provides on-site training of business, commercial, and/or trade skills such as accounting, data processing, and computer repair. This classification excludes establishments providing training in an activity that is not otherwise permitted in the applicable zone. Incidental instructional services in conjunction with another primary use shall not be considered a business and trade school.

“School, private” means a private academic educational institution, including boarding schools; colleges and universities; elementary, middle/junior, and high schools; military academies; and businesses providing instruction in arts and languages. This definition does not include trade and vocational schools, tutoring and education centers, or nontuition part-time instruction at places of religious assembly.

“School, public” means a publicly funded academic educational institution, including colleges and universities; elementary, middle/junior, and high schools; military academies; and charter schools. This definition does not include business and professional schools, tutoring and education centers, or nontuition part-time instruction at places of religious assembly.

“Secondary color” is the color used to accentuate certain elements of the façade such as façade modulations, façade setbacks (recessed elements), spandrels, horizontal moldings, and parapet trim. The color may be created by the material used.

Secondary Residential Unit. See “Dwelling Unit, Accessory.”

“Secondhand store” means a business involved in the retail sale of used goods and merchandise such as a thrift store, whereby the sale of such used goods and merchandise comprises 25 percent or more of total monthly sales volume. This definition specifically excludes pawn shops, swap meets, or antique shops.

“Self-storage facilities” means a warehouse operation serving the public where customers rent or lease, and have direct access to, individual storage areas, compartments, or rooms within a larger building or buildings provided for storage use. This use may also include limited caretaker facilities. This definition does not include the use of outdoor storage, sheds, shipping containers, or other self-contained modules as any part of a self-storage facility.

Service Station. See “Vehicle Service Station.”

“Setback” means a required open space on an improved lot that is unoccupied by buildings and unobstructed by structures from the ground upward, except for projections and accessory buildings permitted by the provisions of this zoning code. Setbacks shall be measured as the shortest distance between a property line and the nearest vertical support or wall of the building, enclosed or covered porch, or other structure.

“Sign” means any device used for visual communication that includes any announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration, or insignia, visible from the outside, and which is used to advertise or promote the interests of any person, business, group, or enterprise.

“Single-room occupancy” means a dwelling unit with a minimum floor area of 200 square feet and a maximum floor area of 350 square feet. These dwelling units shall have kitchen and bathroom facilities. Each dwelling unit is restricted to occupancy by no more than two persons and is offered on a monthly rental basis or longer.

“Smoking lounges” means an establishment where consumption and smoking of tobacco products and/or electronic cigarette and vaping devices is either an accessory or main use, such as hookah lounges, vaping rooms, cigar clubs, and other private smoking businesses. Smoking lounges do not include legally permitted cannabis businesses where cannabis smoking is permitted.

“Solid fill” means any noncombustible materials insoluble in water, such as soil, rock, sand, or gravel that can be used for grading land or filling depressions.

“Story” means the portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the next floor 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 above. See also “Basement” and “Attic.” Underground floors are not considered a story.

“Street” means a public thoroughfare or right-of-way acquired for use as such, or an approved private thoroughfare or right-of-way, other than an alley, which affords the principal means of access to abutting property. “Street” shall include all major and secondary highways, traffic collector streets, and local streets.

“Structural alteration” means any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, floor joists, ceiling joints, or roof rafters.

“Structure” means any physical improvement constructed or erected, including an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially constructed or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, and which structure requires permanent location on or in the ground or is attached to another improvement on or in the ground, and including fences, walls, swimming and wading pools, and patios.

“Structure, advertising” means a structure existing, erected, or maintained to serve exclusively as a stand, support, frame, or background for the support or display of signs.

“Studio, art and music” means small-scale instructional facilities or a small practice space for the individual artist, musician, or any individual practitioner of the activities defined here, typically accommodating one group of students at a time, in no more than one instructional space. Examples include individual and group instruction and training in the arts, production rehearsal, photography, and the processing of photographs produced only by users of the studio facilities. Also includes production studios for individual filmmakers, musicians, painters, sculptors, photographers, and other artists. These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided. Does not include dance, yoga, gymnastics, and martial arts studios (see “Health/Fitness Facilities”).

“Studio, recording” means an establishment engaged in broadcasting, recording, or other communication services accomplished through electronic or telephonic mechanisms. This classification includes but is not limited to radio, television, or motion picture recording studios.

“Supportive housing” 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 residents in retaining permanent housing, improving health status, and maximizing ability to live and, when possible, work in the community, as defined by Section 50675.14 of the California Health and Safety Code. Supportive housing shall be considered a residential use of property and shall be subject to only those restrictions that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zone.

“Swap meet” means any indoor or outdoor place, location, or activity where new or used goods or secondhand personal property are offered for sale or exchange to the general public by a multitude of individual licensed vendors, usually in compartmentalized spaces, and where a fee may be charged to prospective buyers for admission, or a fee may be charged for the privilege of offering or displaying such merchandise for sale. The term “swap meet” is interchangeable with, and applicable to, flea markets, auctions, open air markets, and other similarly named or labeled activities. The term does not include supermarket or department store retail operations. (Ord. 744 § 6 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Tandem parking” means a sequence of two or more parking spaces, occurring in a single row, one behind the other, connected by the smaller side of the parking stall, usually front and back.

“Target population” means persons, including persons with disabilities, and families who are homeless, as that term is defined by Section 11302 of Title 42 of the United States Code, or who are homeless youth, as that term is defined by Section 11139.3(2)(e) of the Government Code.

Thrift Shop. See “Secondhand Store.”

“Tobacco shop” means a retail establishment that primarily sells tobacco products, tobacco paraphernalia, electronic cigarette and vaping devices, and/or electronic cigarette and vaping accessories. See also “Smoking Lounge.”

“Total housing costs” means the total monthly or annual recurring expenses required of a household to obtain shelter. For a rental unit, total housing costs shall include the monthly rent payment and utilities. For an ownership unit, total housing costs shall include the mortgage payment (principal and interest), homeowners’ association dues, mortgage insurance, taxes, utilities, and any other related assessments.

Trailer Coach. See “Mobile Home.”

Trailer Park or Mobile Home Park. See “Mobile Home Park.”

“Transfer station, waste” means a facility including any necessary building or structures for the temporary storage and the salvage of rubbish, garbage, or industrial waste prior to its transfer to a landfill or other ultimate disposition. This definition also includes material recovery facilities.

“Transitional housing” (per California Government Code Section 65582[h], as may be amended) shall mean buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirements that require the termination of assistance and recirculating of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at a predetermined future point in time that shall be no less than six months from the beginning of assistance. Transitional housing may be designed as a residential group living facility or as a regular residential use and includes the following:

“Transitional use” means commercial, mixed-use, or industrial parking lots in residential zones located adjacent to a commercial, mixed-use, or industrial zone.

Triplex. See “Dwelling, Duplex or Triplex.”

“Trucking terminal” means a business engaged in the storage and distribution of goods and having an enclosed truck docking and warehousing facility that can accommodate the simultaneous loading or unloading of at least six heavy trucks (having a rating of more than 10,000 pounds and/or an unladen weight of more than 6,000 pounds), but excluding trucking accessory to another industrial use on the site. (Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Urban agriculture” means the growing of fruit and vegetable gardens, fruit trees, and nut trees, including private greenhouses and the off-site sale of the products produced on the premises.

“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, utilized, or maintained.

“Utility structures and service facilities” means a building or structure used by any public utility, including but not limited to any gas treatment plant, reservoir, tank, or other storage facility, water treatment plant, well, reservoir, tank or other storage facility, electric generating plant, distribution or transmission substation, telephone switching or other communications plant, earth station or other receiving or transmission facility, any storage yard for public utility equipment or vehicles, and any parking lot for parking vehicles or automobiles to serve a public utility. The term “public utility” shall include every gas, electrical, telecommunications, and water corporation serving the public or any portion thereof for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued by the California Public Utilities Commission. (Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Variance” means a modification of a literal provision of this zoning code, granted by an administrative or quasi-judicial act in accordance with the provisions of this zoning code.

“Vehicle, automobile washing” means a business engaged in the washing, waxing, cleaning, and/or detailing of automobiles or similar light vehicles.

“Vehicle, major repair” means major repair of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or trucks, including light-duty trucks having a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less and heavy-duty trucks having a gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds. Examples of such uses include full-service motor vehicle repair garages, body and fender shops, brake shops, machine shops, painting shops, towing services, and transmission shops. Does not include vehicle dismantling or salvage and tire retreading or recapping.

“Vehicle, minor repair” means minor repair of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or light trucks, vans, or similar size vehicles that have gross vehicle weights of less than 10,000 pounds, including installation of electronic equipment (such as alarms, audio equipment, etc.); servicing of cooling and air conditioning, electrical, fuel and exhaust systems; brake adjustments, relining, and repairs; oil and air filter replacement; wheel alignment and balancing; tire sales, service, and installation shops; shock absorber replacement; chassis lubrication; smog checks; engine tune-ups; and installation of window film and similar accessory equipment.

“Vehicle rentals” means a business engaged in the sale, lease, and/or rental of automobiles and light trucks (having a rating of less than 10,001 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 6,001 pounds, and any open box-type bed must be less than nine feet in length), including storage and incidental maintenance and repair.

“Vehicle sales” means sale of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, trucks, and similar vehicles and equipment, including display, storage, maintenance, repair, and incidental rental of the vehicles and equipment. May include the sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts.

“Vehicle service station” means a business establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale of vehicle fuel and lubricants. This classification includes facilities having service bays for vehicle service and repair. Such service and repair may include the sale of tires, batteries, and other parts and products related to the operation of a motor vehicle; minor tune-up; lubrication and parts replacement; and other light work related to preventive maintenance and upkeep, but may not include maintenance and repair of large trucks or other large vehicles, or body and fender work on any vehicles.

“Vehicle towing/storage” means a business establishment providing towing and/or storage of operative or inoperative vehicles. This classification includes the storage of parking towaways, impound yards, and storage lots for buses and recreational vehicles, but does not include vehicle dismantling.

“Very low-income households” means a household as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50105 and its implementing regulations.

“Veterinary services (animal hospital/clinic)” means establishments where household animals receive medical and surgical treatment and may be temporarily boarded (more than one-night stay) in association with such medical or surgical treatment. Short-term animal boarding may be provided as an accessory use.

“Visual obstruction” means any physical obstruction which limits the visibility of persons in motor vehicles or pedestrians approaching intersecting or intercepting streets, alleys, driveways, bicycle lanes, sidewalks, or other public rights-of-way. (Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Wall or fence” means a structure forming a physical barrier, including but not limited to concrete, concrete block, wood, or other materials which are solid and are so assembled as to form a barrier.

“Wholesaling, distribution, warehousing, and storage” means a business engaged in storage and distribution, and allowing only five or fewer heavy trucks (having a rating of more than 10,000 pounds and/or an unladen weight of more than 6,000 pounds) on the premises at any one time. Wholesaling establishments may include no more than 10 percent or 1,000 square feet of floor area, whichever is less, for the incidental direct sale to consumers of only those goods distributed wholesale. This classification excludes “self-storage facilities” and “vehicle towing/storage.”

Wireless Telecommunications Facilities.

Reserved. (Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).

“Yard” 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 (see Setbacks diagram).

“Zoning map” means the official zoning map delineating the boundaries of zones within the city of Cudahy.