Elk Grove City Zoning Code

means a facility that provides an organized day program of therapeutic, social, and skilled nursing health activities and services provided to elderly persons or adults with disabilities with functional impairments, either physical or mental, for the purpose of restoring or maintaining optimal capacity for self-care. Provided on a short-term basis, adult day health care serves as a transition from a health facility or home health program to personal independence. Provided on a long-term basis, it serves as an alternative to institutionalization in a long-term health care facility when twenty-four (24) hour skilled nursing care is not medically necessary or viewed as desirable by the recipient or his or her family.

means any of the following commercial establishments (as defined in EGMC Chapter 23.100) where patrons are permitted or invited, including but not limited to: an adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, nude model studio, or sexual encounter center.

means the act of changing an agricultural crop, subsequent to its harvest, from its natural state to the initial stage of processing of that crop in order to prepare it for market or further processing at an off-site location. Examples of this processing include nut hulling and shelling, bean cleaning, corn shelling and sorting, grape sorting and crushing, primary processing of fruits to juice and initial storage of the juice, without fermentation, cleaning and packing of fruits. This listing specifically excludes processing of medical marijuana, which is listed under “medical marijuana cultivation,” and it also specifically excludes “commercial marijuana activity” and outdoor cultivation of marijuana, which is prohibited under EGMC Chapter 23.83.

means establishments that cater to tourists and provide agricultural products grown on the site or within the community with limited on-site processing. Such uses include but are not limited to permanent roadside crop stands or fruit stands and winery tasting rooms where crushing, fermentation, and bottling occur off site.

means a facility where aircraft such as airplanes can take off and land. An airport minimally consists of one (1) runway but other common components are hangars and terminal buildings.

means the retail sale of beer, wine, and/or other alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption at a retail establishment which has less than fifty (50%) percent of the shelving or gross floor area devoted to the public display and sale of alcoholic beverages. The retail sale of beer, wine, and/or other alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption at a retail establishment which has fifty (50%) percent or more of the shelving or gross floor area devoted to the public display and sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption is defined separately under “liquor store.”

means emergency medical care and transportation, including incidental storage and maintenance of vehicles.

means the raising and breeding of animals or production of animal products. Typical uses include grazing, ranching, dairy farming and poultry farming, but exclude slaugh-terhouses, beekeeping and feedlot operations. This classification includes accessory agricultural buildings accessory to such uses. Animal sales, boarding, and grooming are defined separately under “animal sales and grooming.” Keeping of animals is defined separately under “animal keeping.”

means the care and maintenance of animals, as described below, on private property. The listing below provides a distinction between various types of animals related to allowed use provisions in this division. This classification is distinct from “animal husbandry” and “animal sales and/or grooming.”

means retail sales of domestic and exotic animals, bathing and trimming services and boarding of said animals for a maximum period of seventy-two (72) hours conducted entirely within an enclosed building with no outdoor use. Also see “kennels, commercial,” which provides for the boarding of animals for longer periods of time.

means a facility operated for the purposes of impounding, harboring, selling, placing, and retrieving seized, strayed, distressed, homeless, abandoned and/or unwanted animals. Animal shelters may include incidental activities such as vaccination, training classes, spay/ neuter services, boarding services, and accessory retail sales. This use classification also includes the following: an animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group.

means retail sales uses including antique shops, art galleries, curio, gift, and souvenir shops, and the sales of collectible items including sports cards and comic books. Stores selling handcrafted items that are produced on the site are instead defined as “artisan shops.”

means retail stores selling art glass, ceramics, jewelry, and other hand-crafted items, where the facility includes an area for the crafting of the items being sold.

means a facility operated by any person, entity, or organization for gatherings of a group of people to engage in social, civic, or entertainment activities including, but not limited to, worship, weddings, parties, dances, civic organization events, and community events, and accessory uses on the same site, such as living quarters for staff, and child day care facilities where authorized by the same type of land use permit required for the facility itself. Theaters and auditoriums, as defined herein, shall be included as assembly uses. Other facilities maintained by any person, entity, or organization, such as full-time educational institutions, hospitals and other uses that may include related assembly-type operations, are classified according to their primary respective activities, as classified by this code.

means retail establishments renting automobiles, trucks, and vans. This use listing includes the rental of recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and boats. May also include repair shops (for rental vehicles only) and the sales of parts and accessories, incidental to vehicle rental activities.

means retail establishments selling automobiles, trucks, and vans. This use listing includes the sales of recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and boats. May also include repair shops and the sales of parts and accessories, incidental to vehicle dealerships. It does not include the sale of auto parts/accessories separate from a vehicle dealership (see “auto parts sales”), bicycle and moped sales (see “retail, general”), tire recapping establishments (see “vehicle services – major”), businesses dealing exclusively in used parts (see “recycling facility, scrap and dismantling facility”), or “fueling station,” all of which are separately defined.

means establishments selling new and used vehicles not through conventional automobile dealerships (see “auto and vehicle sales and rental)” This use also includes auto brokers where no or limited stock (e.g., vehicles being prepared for pre-arranged delivery) are kept on site.

means storage of operative and inoperative vehicles for limited periods of time. Includes storage of parking tow-aways, impound yards, and storage lots for automobiles, trucks, buses and recreation vehicles. Does not include vehicle dismantling or retail sales.

means stores that sell new automobile parts, tires, and accessories. May also include minor parts installation (see “vehicle services, maintenance and minor repair”). Does not include tire recapping establishments, which are found under “vehicle services – major,” or businesses dealing exclusively in used parts, which are included under “auto and vehicle sales, wholesale.”

means establishment for the dismantling of automobile vehicles, including the dismantling or wrecking of automobiles or other motor vehicles, and/or the storage or keeping for sale of parts and equipment resulting from such dismantling or wrecking. This listing includes retail sales of reclaimed or salvaged parts from vehicles kept on site.

means financial institutions such as banks and trust companies, credit agencies, holding (but not primarily operating) companies, lending and thrift institutions, and investment companies. Also includes automated teller machines (ATM).

means any bar, cocktail lounge, discotheque, or similar establishment with alcoholic beverage sales, where such sales are the predominate sales. These facilities do not include bars that are part of a larger restaurant or other bona fide eating place. Includes bars, taverns, pubs, and similar establishments where any food service is subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

means residential structures with the owner or primary long-term tenant in permanent residence with up to five (5) bedrooms which are rented for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes to transients for stays of thirty (30) days or less in exchange for consideration, and where meals are provided subject to applicable Health Department regulations. A bed and breakfast inn with more than five (5) guest rooms is considered a hotel or motel, and is included under the definition of “hotels and motels.”

means the maintenance of honeybees and hives including production of bees-wax, honey and other edible bee products. Beekeeping must be performed within the standards contained in this code.

means commercial and public communications uses including radio and television broadcasting and receiving stations and studios, with facilities entirely within buildings. Does not include transmission and receiving apparatus such as antennas and towers, which are under the definition of “telecommunications facility.”

means retail establishments selling lumber and other large building materials, where most display and sales occur indoors. Includes paint, wallpaper, glass, and fixtures. Includes stores selling to the general public, even if contractor sales account for a major proportion of total sales. Includes incidental retail ready-mix concrete operations, except where excluded by a specific zoning district. Establishments primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating, and air conditioning equipment and supplies are classified in “wholesaling and distribution.” Hardware stores are listed in the definition of “retail, general,” even if they sell some building materials.

means a small structure designed for the protection and/or convenience of waiting transit passengers that has a roof and usually two (2) or three (3) sides.

means establishments primarily within buildings, providing other businesses with services including maintenance, repair and service, testing, rental, etc.; also includes: blueprinting business; equipment repair services (except vehicle repair, see “vehicle services”); commercial art and design (production); computer-related services (rental, repair); copying, quick printing, and blueprinting services (other than those defined as “printing and publishing”); equipment rental businesses within buildings (rental yards are “equipment sales and rental”); film processing laboratories; heavy equipment repair services where repair occurs on the client site; janitorial services; mail advertising services (reproduction and shipping); mailbox services; other “heavy service” business services; outdoor advertising services; photocopying and photofinishing; protective services (other than office-related); soils and materials testing laboratories; and window cleaning.

means an office equipped to handle a large volume of calls especially for taking orders or servicing customers.

means permanent, drive-through, self-service and/or attended car washing establishments, including fully mechanized facilities. May include detailing services. This listing does not included temporary car washes (e.g., community fundraisers).

means any place where gaming is conducted and to which the public is invited to participate, as regulated in EGMC Chapter 4.20. This listing includes bingo when conducted as the primary use on the site; ancillary activity shall be covered under the primary use of the site.

means a residence that is accessory to a nonresidential primary use of the site, where needed for security, twenty-four (24) hour care or supervision, or monitoring of facilities, equipment, or other conditions on the site.

means land used for the burial of the dead, and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums and mausoleums.

means a facility that provides nonmedical care to children under eighteen (18) years of age in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on less than twenty-four (24) hour basis. Includes day care centers, employer-sponsored child care centers, and family day care homes. This use is regulated through the following facility types:

means a commercial food facility in which food is processed or otherwise prepared for off-site sale or consumption. Facilities may operate as a shared facility where multiple individuals or businesses lease shared space or may be used by a single operator. This use classification includes commissary kitchen and catering, as well as ghost kitchen, where customers are served exclusively by delivery and pick-up based on phone and online ordering. No customer dining is provided on the premises. Does not include eating establishments where customers are served from a walk-up ordering counter for either on- or off-premises consumption and establishments where most customers are served food at tables for on-premises consumption (see “restaurant/brewpub”). This listing also excludes commercial kitchens that are incidental and accessory to the primary use.

means a not-for-profit use that distributes or facilitates the giving of goods and services for charitable purposes. This use classification includes soup kitchens and food banks. This listing does not include establishments that receive payment for services or goods, or regularly staffed drop-off facilities for clothing and household goods, such as a thrift store.

means a nonmedical residential care, day treatment, adult day care, or foster facility, including a residential facility, adult day program, therapeutic day services facility, foster family agency, foster family home, small family home, social rehabilitation facility, community treatment facility, full-service adoption agency, noncustodial adoption agency, transitional shelter care facility, group home, and transitional housing placement facility (e.g., aged out foster children) as defined by the State of California. This use is regulated through the following facility types:

means a site used for growing plants for food, fiber, herbs, or flowers, which is shared and maintained by City residents.

means easy-access retail stores of five thousand (5,000 ft²) square feet or less in gross floor area that carry a range of merchandise oriented to convenience and travelers’ shopping needs. These stores may be part of a service station or an independent facility. Such stores may devote more than fifty (50%) percent of the total sales floor area to the sale of nontaxable goods. Convenience stores may devote less than fifty (50%) percent of the total sales floor area to the sale of nontaxable goods provided the focus of the store is on food and drink sales (both taxable and nontaxable).

means an establishment or furnace that cremates dead human bodies.

means the lawful, nonpersonal raising and harvesting of plants, tree crops, row crops, or field crops on an agricultural or commercial basis, including packing and processing, and includes horticulture establishments engaged in the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental trees and shrubs for wholesale and incidental retail sales. Excludes uses for which other garden, nursery, or landscape merchandise is commercially sold on the site. Also excludes beekeeping. This use is divided into the following types:

means establishments engaged in logistics services for material goods, where goods are stored in anticipation of delivery to a physical store for direct sale to customers, or are part of the operation of an e-commerce business where goods are sold online and shipped from the warehouse to the customer. Also includes distribution centers used in the supply chain and delivery process for delivery to the customer.

means facilities where food or other products may be purchased by motorists without leaving their vehicles. These facilities include fast-food restaurants, drive-through coffee, dairy product, photo stores, banks, ATMs, drug stores, etc.

means three (3) or more primary dwelling units located on a single lot, either in single or multiple buildings, where each unit is intended for occupancy by one (1) or more persons living independently of the others, which may be owned individually or by a single landlord (e.g., apartment, apartment house, townhouse, condominium). By definition, each unit in a multiple residential unit dwelling shall be limited to one (1) kitchen.

means an attached or detached residential dwelling unit, that provides complete independent living facilities for one (1) or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. An accessory dwelling unit includes permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same lot as the single-family or multifamily dwelling is or will be situated. This definition includes so-called “granny flats.” See EGMC Chapter 23.90 (Accessory Dwelling Units).

means a single primary building designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1) or more persons on a single lot. This classification includes manufactured homes (defined in Section 18007 of the California Health and Safety Code) and model homes for the first (1st) sale of homes within the subdivision. By definition, a single-family dwelling shall be limited to one (1) kitchen; however, it may also include a kitchenette and/or outdoor kitchen.

means two (2) primary residential dwellings, each designed for occupancy by one (1) or more persons, where both dwellings are located on a single lot (e.g., a duplex) or adjoining lots (e.g., a halfplex). Units may be attached (one (1) structure) or, provided they are on the same lot, detached. For purposes of determining density pursuant to the General Plan and this title, each lot shall be counted as a dwelling unit. This listing does not include accessory dwelling units, which are regulated pursuant to EGMC Chapter 23.90 (Accessory Dwelling Units). By definition, each unit in a two (2) residential unit shall be limited to one (1) kitchen; however, each unit may also include a kitchenette and/or outdoor kitchen.

means any facility, the primary purpose of which is to provide temporary or transitional shelter for the homeless in general or for specific populations of the homeless.

means property used temporarily or seasonally for the residential use of unrelated persons/families employed to perform agricultural or industrial labor either on- or off-site of agricultural activities. The accommodations may consist of any living quarters, dwelling, boarding-house, tent, bunkhouse, mobile home, manufactured home, recreational vehicle, travel trailer, or other housing accommodations maintained in one (1) or more buildings, or one (1) or more sites, and the premises upon which they are situated, including area set aside for parking of mobile homes or camping of employees by the employer. Employee housing may also involve permanent residency if the housing accommodation is a mobile home, manufactured home, travel trailer, or recreational vehicle. Specifically, there are two (2) types of employee housing as follows:

means a commercial-scale facility for the production of electrical energy that is distributed through a community electrical grid. Examples include, but are not limited to, commercial solar facilities and wind turbines. Energy production facility excludes photovoltaic equipment that is ancillary to the primary use of the site, such as that over a parking lot or building roof, and excludes any and all manufacturing, as defined herein. Notwithstanding the preceding exclusions, energy production facility may include on-site electrical storage facilities (e.g., batteries) as an accessory use.

means commercial horse, donkey, and mule facilities including horse ranches, boarding stables, riding schools and academies, horse exhibition facilities (for shows or other competitive events), and pack stations. It also includes barns, stables, corrals, paddocks, and other similar structures accessory and incidental to these uses.

means stables, corrals, and paddocks used by the individual homeowners of corresponding property and their animals.

means service establishments with outdoor storage/rental yards, which may offer a wide variety of materials and equipment for rental, including construction equipment.

shall mean any premises used principally for the raising or keeping of livestock in a confined feeding area. “Feedlot” is not intended to otherwise preclude the raising of animals as part of a general farming and/or livestock operation or as an FFA, 4-H, or other student project in an agricultural zone. “General farming and/or livestock operation” shall mean one in which the confined feeding of animals is an incidental part of the total livestock operation.

means predominantly participant sports and health activities. Typical uses include bowling alley, billiard parlor, ice/roller skating rinks, indoor racquetball courts, indoor climbing facilities, soccer areas, gymnastic studios, athletic clubs and health clubs. See “outdoor commercial recreation” for spectator venues and uses.

means transportation establishments furnishing services incidental to air, motor freight, and rail transportation including freight forwarding services, freight terminal facilities, joint terminal and service facilities, packing, crating, inspection, and weighing services, postal service bulk mailing distribution centers, transportation arrangement services, truck repair, truck terminals, and trucking facilities including transfer and storage.

means a large-scale facility where fuel (such as propane and gasoline) is stored and distributed without retail sales. Fuel storage and distribution also includes stand-alone electrical storage facilities (e.g., batteries).

means a retail business selling gasoline, diesel, hydrogen, or other vehicle fuels, or that provides electrical vehicle charging as the primary use. Vehicle services that are incidental to fuel services are included under separate listings, including, but not limited to, “car washing and detailing” and “vehicle services – minor.” This listing excludes electric vehicle charging facilities when accessory to the primary use, such as at a residence or apartment complex, office building, shopping center, automotive sales or repair facility, or other business not exclusively engaged in vehicle charging.

means establishments providing for the cultivation and sale of trees, shrubs, and plants, including the sale of garden and landscape materials (packaged and/or bulk sale of unpackaged materials) and equipment.

means golf courses and accessory facilities and uses including clubhouses with bar and restaurant, locker and shower facilities; driving ranges; “pro shops” for on-site sales of golfing equipment; and golf cart storage and sales facilities.

means a retail business focusing on food products packaged for preparation and consumption away from the site of the store. These stores are greater than fifteen thousand (15,000 ft²) square feet but less than seventy-five thousand (75,000 ft²) square feet and dedicate at least fifty (50%) percent of the total sales floor area to the sale of nontaxable goods.

means a detached structure accessory to a single-family dwelling, accommodating living/sleeping quarters, but without kitchen or cooking facilities as defined in this title.

means a facility, other than an emergency medical services (EMS) landing site as defined in Title 21 Section 3527 of the California Code of Regulations, for the landing and takeoff of one (1) or more helicopters. Such facilities may include, but are not limited to, and are not required to have, the following: designated marked landing areas; storage structure(s) and/or tie-downs; refueling facilities; and other support services. This use listing specifically includes agricultural heliports, public-use heliports, heliports at hospitals, personal-use heliports, and temporary helicopter landing sites, all as defined in Title 21 Section 3527 of the California Code of Regulations.

means any premises used for the raising or keeping of hogs when raised, fed, or fattened for purposes of sale and consumption by other than the owner of the site. In an agricultural and agricultural residential zoning district, the term “hog farm, commercial” is not intended to otherwise preclude the raising of hogs as part of general agricultural practices and 4-H purposes (see also “animal keeping”).

means conducting a business within a dwelling unit or residential site, employing occupants of the dwelling, with the business activity being subordinate to the residential use of the property.

means facilities with guest rooms or suites, provided with or without kitchen facilities, rented to the general public for transient lodging (less than thirty (30) days). Hotels provide access to most guest rooms from an interior walkway, and typically include a variety of services in addition to lodging; for example, restaurants, meeting facilities, personal services, etc. Motels provide access to most guest rooms from an exterior walkway. Also includes accessory guest facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, indoor athletic facilities, accessory retail uses, etc.

means establishments providing indoor amusement and entertainment services for a fee or admission charge, including dance halls and ballrooms and electronic game arcades, as primary uses. Four (4) or more electronic games or coin-operated amusements in any establishment, or a premises where fifty (50%) percent or more of the floor area is occupied by amusement devices (whichever is greater), are considered an electronic game arcade as described above; uses operating below these restrictions are not considered a use separate from the primary use of the site.

means a totally enclosed facility designed to offer a totally controlled shooting environment that includes impenetrable walls, floor and ceiling, adequate ventilation and lighting systems, and acoustical treatment for sound attenuation suitable for the range’s approved use.

means a facility providing boarding of animals as the primary use of the facility. May also include daytime boarding and activity for animals (e.g., “doggie day care”) and ancillary grooming facilities.

means a kennel where the animals are owned or kept by the owner or occupant for personal, noncommercial purposes, including hunting, tracking, exhibiting at shows, exhibitions, field trials or other competitions, or enhancing or perpetuating a given breed, other than dogs or cats used in conjunction with an agricultural operation on the lot or premises.

means service establishments engaged primarily in high-volume laundry and garment services, including laundries; garment pressing and dry cleaning; linen supply; diaper service; industrial laundries; carpet and upholstery cleaners. Does not include coin-operated laundries or dry cleaning stores; see “personal services.”

means public or quasi-public facilities, including aquariums, arboretums, art exhibitions, botanical gardens, historic sites and exhibits, libraries, museums, and planetariums, which are generally noncommercial in nature.

means a retail establishment which has fifty (50%) percent or more of the shelving or gross floor area devoted to the public display and sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption.

means a structure or portion of a structure:

means residential structures rented for overnight lodging for stays of longer than thirty (30) days.

means establishments providing on-site repair and accessory sales of supplies for appliances, office machines, home electronic/mechanical equipment, bicycles, tools, or garden equipment, conducted entirely within an enclosed building. This classification does not include maintenance and repair of vehicles.

means manufacturing, fabrication, processing, and assembly of materials in a raw form. Uses in this category typically create greater than usual amounts of smoke, gas, odor, dust, sound, or other objectionable influences that might be obnoxious to persons on an adjacent site. Uses include but are not limited to batch plants, rendering plants, aggregate processing facilities, plastics and rubber products manufacturing, chemical product manufacturing, lumber and wood product manufacturing, petroleum refining, and pulp and pulp product industries.

means manufacturing, fabrication, processing, and assembly of materials from parts that are already in processed form and that, in their maintenance, assembly, manufacture, or plant operation, do not create excessive amounts of smoke, gas, odor, dust, sound, or other objectionable influences that might be obnoxious to persons conducting business on-site or on an adjacent site. Uses include but are not limited to cabinetry and furniture manufacturing, food and beverage manufacturing, machinery assembly, paper product manufacturing, product assembly and distribution, and vehicle and boat assembly.

means establishments manufacturing and/or assembling small products primarily by hand, including but not limited to jewelry, pottery and other ceramics, as well as small glass and metal art and craft products.

means the planting, growing, harvesting drying or processing of marijuana plants or any part thereof.

means any facility or location where medical marijuana is made available to, distributed by, or distributed to two (2) or more of the following: a qualified patient, a person with an identification card, or a primary caregiver. All three (3) of these terms are identified in strict accord with Section 11362.5 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code. A medical marijuana dispensary shall not include the following uses, as long as the location of such use is otherwise in accord with this code and other applicable law: a clinic licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code; a health care facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code; a residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illnesses licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.01 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code; a residential care facility for the elderly licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code; a hospice, or a home health agency licensed pursuant to Chapter 8 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, as long as any such use complies strictly with applicable law including, but not limited to, Section 11362.5 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code.

means residential facilities providing nursing and health-related care as a primary use with inpatient beds, such as: board and care homes; convalescent and rest homes; extended care facilities; skilled nursing facilities. Long-term personal care facilities that do not emphasize medical treatment are included under “residential care facility.”

means a facility primarily engaged in furnishing outpatient medical, mental health, surgical and other personal health services, but which are separate from hospitals, including: medical and dental laboratories, medical, dental and psychiatric offices, outpatient care facilities, acupuncture, and other allied health services. Counseling services by other than medical doctors or psychiatrists may also be considered an “offices, business and professional” use.

means hospitals and similar facilities engaged primarily in providing diagnostic services, and extensive medical treatment, including surgical and other hospital services. These establishments have an organized medical staff, inpatient beds, and equipment and facilities to provide complete health care. May include on-site accessory clinics and laboratories, accessory retail uses and emergency heliports (see the separate definition of “retail, accessory”). Does not include “ambulance service,” which is defined separately.

means a facility where medical wastes are loaded, unloaded or stored during the normal course of transportation. It serves as an intermediary point of the collection and processing of waste, consolidating it into larger loads for transport to a final disposal location off site. Medical waste disposal is prohibited on site.

means an establishment conducting on-site brewing of between two thousand four hundred one (2,401) and sixty thousand (60,000) barrels of beer annually for on-premises or off-premises consumption. May also include facilities for the tasting of different varieties of beer brewed on the premises or at an affiliated off-site location, and may include serving and on-premises consumption of food and nonalcoholic beverages. An establishment brewing no more than two thousand four hundred (2,400) barrels of beer annually is classified as a “restaurant/brewpub.” An establishment brewing more than sixty thousand (60,000) barrels of beer annually is classified as “wineries, distilleries and brewery.”

means any site that is planned and improved to accommodate two (2) or more mobile homes used for residential purposes, or on which two (2) or more mobile home lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership, to accommodate mobile homes used for residential purposes.

means funeral homes and parlors where the deceased are prepared for burial or cremation and/or are cremated, and funeral services may be conducted.

means housing with supportive services that is operated by a governmental or nonprofit entity and that is exclusively designated and targeted for homeless persons and/ or persons at imminent risk of homelessness. It includes social services focused on moving occupants to permanent housing as quickly as possible. Rents and service fees may be held to an ability-to-pay formula and may be reserved, in whole or in part, to assist residents in moving to permanent housing. This use does not, by definition or function, have a required minimum length of stay.

means a pedestrian-oriented grocery/specialty market store offering food products packaged for preparation and consumption away from the site of the store and oriented to the daily shopping needs of surrounding residential areas. Neighborhood markets range in size between five thousand one (5,001 ft²) square feet and fifteen thousand (15,000 ft²) square feet and devote more than fifty (50%) percent of the total floor area to the sale of nontaxable goods. Neighborhood markets may devote less than fifty (50%) percent of the total sales floor area to the sale of nontaxable goods provided the focus of the store is on food and drink sales (both taxable and nontaxable). For larger stores, see “grocery store.” Neighborhood markets may include deli or beverage-tasting facilities that are ancillary to the market/grocery portion of the use.

means offices that are incidental and accessory to another business or sales activity that is the primary use. Incidental offices that are customarily accessory to another use are allowed as part of an approved primary use. The qualification criterion for this definition is that the floor area of the accessory office use shall not exceed fifty (50%) percent of the total floor area.

means the business offices of a contractor whose principal business is in connection with any structure built, being built, or to be built (general contractors, etc.).

includes offices of administrative businesses providing direct services to consumers (insurance companies, utility companies, etc.), government agency and service facilities (post office, civic center, etc.), professional offices (accounting, attorneys, employment, public relations, etc.), and offices engaged in the production of intellectual property (advertising, architectural, computer programming, photography studios, etc.). These do not include medical offices (see “medical services, clinics, offices, and laboratories”), temporary offices (see EGMC Section 23.26.040, Temporary uses, and EGMC Chapter 23.92, Temporary Uses), or offices that are incidental and accessory to another business or sales activity that is the primary use (see “offices, accessory”).

means residential lodging houses operated by educational and religious institutions and/or membership organizations for their members and not open to the general public. Includes convents, dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, monasteries, and religious residential retreats.

means a facility for various outdoor participant sports and types of recreation where a fee is normally charged for use, including but not limited to amphitheaters, amusement and theme parks, golf driving ranges, health and athletic club outdoor facilities, miniature golf courses, skateboard parks, stadiums and coliseums, swim and tennis clubs, tennis courts, water slides, and zoos. Notwithstanding EGMC Section 8.02.030, the keeping of wild, exotic, dangerous, nondomestic animals and reptiles shall be permitted in zoos and aquariums.

means outdoor facilities for public assembly and group entertainment, other than sporting events, including facilities for weddings, “live” theater and concerts and similar entertainment.

means a designated area where a vehicle may be left in order to car-pool with other commuters or to ride public transit.

means a parking lot or parking structure used for parking motor vehicles where the facility is the primary use of the site. Parking structures and lots that are developed in conjunction with another primary use of the site to satisfy the on-site parking requirements for the development are not included in this definition.

means parks, play lots, playgrounds, and athletic fields for noncommercial neighborhood or community use, including tennis courts, and plazas and outdoor gathering places for community use. These facilities may be publicly or privately owned and accessible to the public. For privately owned residential facilities, see “private residential open space.” For outdoor participant sports and recreation where a fee is normally charged, see “outdoor commercial recreation.”

means any room, store, building, or other place in which the business of pawn brokering, or the business of lending money upon personal property, pawns or pledges, or the business of purchasing articles from vendors or their assignees at prices agreed upon at or before the time of such purchase, is engaged in, carried on, or conducted.

means a facility which provides an organized program of therapeutic social and day health activities and services and limited twenty-four (24) hour inpatient respite care to six (6) or fewer children twenty-one (21) years of age or younger who are considered to be medically fragile, including terminally ill and technology dependent children.

means a facility which provides an organized program of therapeutic social and day health activities and services and limited twenty-four (24) hour inpatient respite care to more than six (6) children twenty-one (21) years of age or younger who are considered to be medically fragile, including terminally ill and technology dependent children.

means establishments providing nonmedical services as a primary use, including barber and beauty shops and permanent cosmetics, clothing rental, dry cleaning pick-up stores with limited equipment, home electronics, medical spa, and small appliance repair, laundromats (self-service laundries), shoe repair shops, and tailors. These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided. Also includes massage parlors, spas and hot tubs for rent, and tanning salons.

means personal service establishments that may tend to have a blighting and/or deteriorating effect upon surrounding areas and which may need to be dispersed to minimize their adverse impacts, including check cashing services, fortune tellers, psychics, palm readers, and similar services, tattooing, piercing, and similar services. These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided. For permanent cosmetics, see “Personal services.”

means establishments engaged in printing by letterpress, lithography, gravure, screen, offset, or electrostatic (xerographic) copying; and other establishments serving the printing trade including bookbinding, typesetting, engraving, photoengraving, and electrotyping. This use also includes establishments that publish newspapers, books and periodicals; establishments manufacturing business forms and binding devices. Does not include “quick printing” services or desktop publishing which are included in “business support services.”

means privately owned recreational facilities as part of a residential development. Features include, but are not limited to, play lots, playgrounds, and athletic fields.

means a facility including fire stations, other fire prevention and fire fighting facilities, police and sheriff substations and headquarters, including interim incarceration facilities.

means a site where one (1) or more lots are used, or are intended to be used, by campers with recreational vehicles or tents. Recreational vehicle parks may include public restrooms, water, sewer, and electric hookups to each lot and are intended as a higher density, more intensively developed use than campgrounds. May include accessory retail uses where they are clearly incidental and intended to serve RV park patrons only.

means a recycling facility used for the acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase of recyclable materials from the public that does not occupy more than one thousand (1,000 ft²) square feet. This classification may include a mobile unit, kiosk-type units that may include permanent structures and unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable materials. This also includes “reverse vending machines,” an automated mechanical device that accepts one (1) or more types of empty beverage containers including, but not limited to, aluminum cans, glass bottles and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with value of not less than the container’s redemption value as determined by the State. May include collection of small amounts of scrap metal. No dismantling or processing is permitted.

means a recycling facility used for the acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase of recyclable materials from the public that may occupy more than one thousand (1,000 ft²) square feet and include permanent structures. Facility does not use powerdriven processing equipment except for compacting, baling, plastic shredding, and other activities necessary for efficient temporary storage and material shipment. May include collection of scrap metal. No dismantling or processing of scrap is permitted.

means a recycling facility located where material is processed for efficient shipment or to an end user’s specifications by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning and remanufacturing.

means uses engaged in the assembling, breaking up, sorting, temporary storage, and distribution of recyclable or reusable scrap and waste materials, including the dismantling or wrecking of automobiles or other motor vehicles, or the storage or keeping for sale of parts and equipment resulting from such dismantling or wrecking. The presence on any lot or parcel of land of five (5) or more inoperable vehicles from which parts have been or are to be removed for reuse or sale shall constitute prima facie evidence of an automobile wrecking yard. This use does not include landfills or other terminal waste disposal sites.

means indoor facilities for scientific research, and the design, development and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical and mechanical components in advance of product manufacturing that are not associated with a manufacturing facility on the same site. Includes chemical and biotechnology research and development. Does not include computer software companies (see “offices, business and professional”), soils and other materials testing laboratories (see “business support services”), or medical laboratories (see “medical services, general”).

means a residential care facility for persons with chronic, life-threatening illness who are eighteen (18) years of age or older or are emancipated minors, and for family units. This use is regulated through the following facility types:

means a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by persons sixty (60) years of age or over, or their authorized representative, where varying levels and intensities of care and supervision, protective supervision, or personal care are provided, based upon their varying needs, as determined in order to be admitted and to remain in the facility. These facilities provide care, supervision and assistance with activities of daily living, such as bathing and grooming. They may also provide incidental medical services under special care plans. Common names for these types of facilities include, but are not limited to, assisted living facilities, retirement homes, and board and care homes. This use is regulated through the following facility types:

means activities and management of an area to preserve, recreate and enhance natural resource values such as habitat for fish and wildlife; rare, threatened, and endangered plants; vernal pools; erosion control; and floodwater conveyance.

means facilities related to passive recreation in open space areas including bicycle and pedestrian trails, picnic areas, parking areas, and interpretive centers.

means a retail business selling prepared food and beverages for on- or off-premises consumption. These include eating establishments where customers are served from a walk-up ordering counter for either on- or off-premises consumption, and establishments where most customers are served food at tables for on-premises consumption, but may include providing food for take-out. May also include the on-site brewing of up to two thousand four hundred (2,400) barrels of beer annually for on-premises consumption. Also includes coffee houses and accessory cafeterias as part of office and industrial uses.

means the retail sales of various products (including food service) in a store or similar facility that is located within a health care, hotel, office, or industrial complex. These uses include pharmacies, gift shops, and food service establishments within hospitals; convenience stores and food service establishments within hotel, office and industrial complexes. This use category also includes retail associated with industrial uses for the products sold, distributed or manufactured on site. Such retail area shall not exceed twenty-five (25%) percent of the total square footage for each tenant space.

means a retail business focusing on the sale of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification and that devotes less than a majority portion of the total sales floor area to the sale of nontaxable goods. There are three (3) subcategories as follows:

means a retail business selling a wide range of consumer products that is at least seventy-five thousand (75,000 ft²) square feet but less than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000 ft²) square feet and dedicating at least ten (10%) percent of the total sales floor area to the sale of nontaxable goods.

means a retail business selling a wide range of consumer products that is at least one hundred fifty thousand (150,000 ft²) square feet and dedicating at least ten (10%) percent of the total sales floor area to the sale of nontaxable goods.

means a retail store where many items are sold in large quantities or bulk. Shoppers may pay a membership fee in order to take advantage of discounted prices on a wide variety of items such as food, clothing, tires, and appliances.

means a facility that provides for the education and/or training of individuals or groups as further defined as follows:

means any residential structure, or portion of any structure, not otherwise qualifying as a bed and breakfast inn, which is rented for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes to transients for stays of not less than two (2) consecutive nights, and no more of than thirty (30) days in exchange for consideration. A short-term rental with more than five (5) guest rooms or suites is considered a hotel or motel and is included under the definition of “hotels and motels.”

means multi-unit housing for very low income persons that typically consists of a single room and shared bath and also may include a shared common kitchen and common activity area. SROs could be restricted to seniors or be available to persons of all ages. Subsidized versions could be supervised by a government housing agency.

means an establishment for the slaughter of livestock.

means a retailer whose main purpose is the sale of smoking and/or tobacco products, including, but not limited to, cigars, pipe tobacco, and smoking accessories for off-premises consumption at a retail establishment that either devotes more than fifteen (15%) percent of its total floor area to smoking, drug, and/or tobacco paraphernalia or devotes more than a two foot by four (2' by 4') foot (two (2' 0") feet in depth maximum) section of shelf space for display of for-sale tobacco products and the sale of smoking and/or tobacco paraphernalia. Includes electronic cigarettes and electronic vapor devices.

means a business establishment that is dedicated to the smoking of tobacco, including but not limited to establishments commonly known as cigar lounges, hookah bars/ cafes, tobacco clubs, or smoking parlors.

means a structure or group of structures containing generally small, individual, compartmentalized stalls or lockers rented as individual storage spaces and characterized by low parking demand.

means a facility for the storage of furniture, household goods, or other commercial goods of any nature. Includes cold storage. Does not include warehouse, storage, or mini-storage facilities offered for rent or lease to the general public (see “storage, personal storage facility”) or warehouse facilities in which the primary purpose of storage is for wholesaling and distribution (see “wholesaling and distribution”).

means the storage of various materials outside of a structure other than fencing, either as an accessory or principal use.

means housing that is linked with on- or off-site services that assist the resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, where possible, work in the community. In accordance with Section 50675.14 of the Health and Safety Code there is no limit on the length of stay and such facilities are occupied by a target population that includes, among other populations, adults, emancipated youth, families, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and homeless people who are:

means a facility allowing beer, wine, or spirits tasting with on-site and off-site retail sales directly to the public (or shipped). The tasting room facility must be directly affiliated with a minimum of one (1) brewery, winery, or distillery, meeting all applicable requirements of State and Federal licensure. The tasting room may be operated as a stand-alone retail use. On-site tasting rooms are included as an accessory use in “Wineries, distilleries, and brewery,” “Microbrewery/tasting facility,” “Neighborhood market,” and “Agricultural tourism.”

means indoor facilities for public assembly and group entertainment, other than sporting events, including civic theaters and facilities for “live” theater and concerts, exhibition and convention halls, motion picture theaters, public and semipublic auditoriums, and similar public assembly uses. Does not include outdoor theaters, concert and similar entertainment facilities, and indoor and outdoor facilities for sporting events (see “outdoor commercial recreation”).

means a retail establishment selling secondhand goods donated by members of the public.

means maintenance and service centers for the vehicles operated in a mass transportation system. Includes buses, taxis, railways, etc.

means passenger stations for vehicular and rail mass transit systems; also terminal facilities providing maintenance and service for the vehicles operated in the transit system. Includes buses, taxis, railways, etc.

means 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 (6) months from the beginning of the assistance.

includes the following:

means the repair, alteration, restoration, towing, painting, cleaning (e.g., self-service and attended car washes), or finishing of automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, boats, and other vehicles as a primary use, including the incidental wholesale and retail sale of vehicle parts as an accessory use. This use includes major repair and body work – repair facilities dealing with entire vehicles; such establishments typically provide towing, collision repair, other body work, and painting services and may also include tire recapping establishments.

means minor facilities specialize in limited aspects of repair and maintenance (e.g., muffler and radiator shops, quick-lube, smog check). Does not include repair shops that are part of a vehicle dealership on the same site (see “auto and vehicle sales”) or automobile dismantling yards, which are included under “recycling facility, scrap and dismantling facility.”

means a facility that is primarily enclosed, containing only enough cage arrangements as necessary to provide services for domestic and exotic animals requiring acute medical or surgical care with accessory outdoor use that provides long-term medical care. Grooming and boarding of animals is allowed only if accessory to the facility use.

means establishments engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, or professional business users; or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to such persons or companies. Includes such establishments as agents, merchandise or commodity brokers, and commission merchants, assemblers, buyers and associations engaged in the cooperative marketing of farm products, merchant wholesalers, and stores primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning supplies and equipment.

means manufacturing facilities where raw materials (e.g., grapes, hops, barley) are processed and fermented into wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks. May include tasting and accessory retail sales of products produced on site. Processing of the products, without fermentation, is considered “agricultural products processing” as defined in this section.

means a facility designed and/or used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving, or relaying voice and/or data signals from various wireless communication devices, including a transmission tower, antenna, and/or other facility designed or used for that purpose. Amateur radio transmission facilities, facilities operated exclusively as part of a public safety network, and facilities used exclusively for the transmission of television and/or radio broadcasts are not “wireless communications facilities.” Additional definitions can be found in EGMC Chapter 23.94.

means any small cell antennas and other wireless communications equipment, including facilities that operate on unlicensed frequencies and FCC-approved frequencies in the bands authorized for commercial wireless communication services by the FCC pursuant to FCC licenses issued to licensee, and all associated equipment, meeting the following size criteria: a) the total volume of all small cell antennas on a single facility or property shall not exceed six (6 ft3) cubic feet; b) any individual piece of associated equipment on a single facility or property shall not exceed nine (9 ft3) cubic feet in volume; and c) the cumulative total of all associated equipment from all wireless communications providers, including antennas, for a single facility or property shall not exceed twenty-eight (28 ft3) cubic feet in volume.