Etna City Zoning Code

all mean contiguous to or touching.

As defined in Chapter 17.96 (Accessory Dwelling Units).

A structure that is physically detached from, secondary, and incidental to, and commonly associated with the existing primary structure. Does not include any tent, trailer, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle, or any building designed or used for human habitation.

A use that is conducted on the same parcel as the principal use or structure to which it is related, and which is clearly subordinate and incidental to the principal use.

An area of land measuring 43,560 square feet.

Any permit issued as a ministerial act by the city.

Facilities licensed by the California Department of Social Services as an Adult Day Program that provide non-medical care and supervision to persons 18 years of age or older in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of these individuals, in a day care setting, on less than a 16-hour basis.

A business whose primary purpose is the sale or display of matter that, because of its sexually explicit nature, may, pursuant to state law or local regulatory authority, be offered only to persons over the age of 18 years.

A person, organization, corporation, concerned citizen, or any individual or group that demonstrates to the city council that they have an interest, either financial or otherwise, in property affected by the decision of the original decision maker. This definition is not intended to and does not confer standing to maintain an action in a court of law where standing would not otherwise exist.

A building, facility, area, or location for the refinement, treatment, or conversion of agricultural products where physical, chemical, or similar change of an agricultural product occurs. Examples of agricultural processing include, but are not limited to, fruit dehydrators, cold storage houses, hulling operations, and the sorting, cleaning, packing, and storing of agricultural products preparatory to sale and/or shipment in their natural form including all uses customarily incidental thereto.

A place on land or water, where aircraft may land and take off, receive and disembark passengers or cargo, take on fuel, purchase accessories, or obtain service or repair. Includes appurtenant areas, buildings, facilities, and rights-of-way necessary to facilitate such use or intended use.

A public way permanently reserved as a secondary means of access to abutting property at the rear or sides thereof.

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

A facility where more than two domestic animals are housed, fed, and cared for, excluding an animal hospital or veterinary clinic, for a period greater than 24 hours for commercial purposes.

A fixed or mobile facility where domestic animals are trimmed, bathed, or groomed other than by the owner on a regular basis for compensation (no boarding).

An enclosed building or buildings where animals are brought for medical and surgical treatment and are held during the time of such treatment, including overnight. Grooming of animals and pet food sales are permitted as accessory to the medical use.

A person who is required to file an application for a permit or license under this title.

A piece of land that can be definitively described and located with specific boundaries.

Manufacture of crafts, art, sculpture, jewelry, apparel, candles, and similar items using hand tools and small mechanical devices (e.g., drills and saws, hammers and chisels, paint brushes and sprayers, pottery wheels and kilns, sewing machines, spinning wheels, etc.) and the incidental direct sale to consumers of only those goods produced on-site. Where there are no incidental direct sales to customers, the use may be considered an "artist studio" or "handcraft industries."

An establishment engaged in the creation of art or crafts that requires artistic skill. Such an establishment may participate in periodic open studios (a maximum of six days per year) but is otherwise subject to the applicable zoning district's limitations on retail sales. Artist studios may include rehearsal spaces not designed for public performances. Examples of persons typically engaged in this work include woodworkers, potters/ceramicists, costume makers, set designers, stained-glass makers, glassblowers, textile artists and weavers, jewelry makers, painters, fine art printmakers, photographers/filmmakers, leather workers (no tanning), metal workers, musical instrument makers, model makers, papermakers, installation artists, sculptors, video artists, and other makers of art and crafts consistent with this definition. The use of computers in an activity does not by itself prevent its classification as an artist studio. This use excludes architectural and landscape services, industrial or graphic design services, computer systems design services, and other commercial activities normally conducted in an office environment. See "artisan crafts manufacturing" for artist studios that include the incidental sale of goods made on-site.

Computerized, self-service machines used by banking customers for financial transactions, including deposits, withdrawals, and fund transfers, without contact with financial institution personnel. The machines may be located at or within banks, or in other locations, in compliance with allowed use provisions.

Retail establishments selling and/or renting automobiles, trucks, vans, motorbikes, recreation vehicles, and motorized boats. May also include repair shops and the sales of parts and accessories incidental to vehicle dealerships.

Stores that sell new and reconditioned automobile parts and accessories. Does not include installation of parts or vehicle repair.

A retail place of business engaged in supplying goods and services essential to the normal operation of automobiles, such as: dispensing of automotive fuel and motor oil; tire sales and service, not including recapping; battery service, charging, and replacement, not including repair and rebuilding; lubrication of motor vehicles; brake servicing; wheel balancing; and minor automotive repair. May include drive-through car washes as an accessory use to fuel sales. Does not include the storage or repair of abandoned, wrecked, or dismantled vehicles, vehicle painting, body or fender work, or the rental of vehicle storage or parking spaces.

Any structure made of a flexible fabric or similar material covering a metal frame attached to a building, whether or not the same is so erected as to permit its being raised to a position flat against the building when not in use.

Financial institutions including: banks and trust companies, credit agencies, holding (but not primarily operating) companies, lending and thrift institutions, other investment companies, securities/commodity contract brokers and dealers, security and commodity exchanges, vehicle finance (equity), and leasing agencies.

A single residential property with up to five bedrooms rented for overnight lodging, where at least one meal is provided to overnight guests only subject to applicable Health Department regulations. A bed and breakfast inn with more than five guest rooms is considered a hotel or motel.

A building, structure, or portion thereof in which are located three or more tables designed or used for pool, billiards, bagatelle, snooker, bumper pool, or similar games.

All property fronting upon one side of a street, between intersecting and intercepting street, or between a street and a railroad right-of-way, waterway, dead-end street or unsubdivided land. An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the block on the side of a street that it intercepts.

A restaurant with an on-site brewery that sells a minimum of 25% of the beer brewed on-site for on-premises consumption.

Any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and designed for the shelter or housing of any person, animal, or property.

The land area covered by a building as measured at its perimeter foundation walls including any roofed area that may not have perimeter foundation walls.

The exterior building wall of a ground floor business establishment on the side of the building that fronts or is oriented towards a public street, highway, or parkway. "Building frontage" shall be measured continuously along the building wall for the entire length of the business establishment, including any portion not parallel to the remainder of the wall.

The vertical distance from the average base elevation to the highest point on the structure, excluding chimneys, antennae, and similar nonstructural elements. Average base elevation is determined by taking the elevation of the lowest point at the ground and the elevation of the highest point at the ground and finding the average. This definition is not intended to preclude applicable usage of the definition in the building code(s) adopted by the city.

The percentage of land area covered over by the building footprint or land use.

Retail establishments selling lumber and other large building materials, where most display and sales occur indoors but outdoor storage is typically required. 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. Hardware stores are considered "retail sales."

The individual in charge of the City of Etna Building Department or responsible for performing the city's building inspections.

The portion of a parcel of land, in a single or joint ownership, occupied or to be occupied by a building, together with such setbacks as are required by the terms of this zoning ordinance and having its principal frontage on a public street, road, or highway.

A small structure designed for the protection and convenience of waiting transit passengers that has a roof and usually two or three sides.

A land use or activity established for the purposes of commerce and as a means of generating revenue or income.

Any day the city's offices located at 442 Main Street, Etna, California, are open to the public.

An office where common business services are provided to the general public, such as consumer services, insurance, real estate, tax preparation, travel, utility company offices, etc. These uses typically have a higher rate of walk-in traffic than a professional office and visits are often made without an appointment.

Establishments primarily within buildings, providing other businesses with services including maintenance, repair and service, testing, rental, etc., also includes: blueprinting business; equipment repair services; commercial art and design (including production); computer-related services (rental, repair); copying, quick printing, and blueprinting services; equipment rental businesses located entirely within buildings; heavy equipment repair services where repair occurs on the client site; janitorial services; mail advertising services (reproduction and shipping); mail box services; notary services; advertising services; photocopying and photofinishing; soils and materials testing laboratories; and window cleaning.

Permanent, drive-through, self-service and/or attended car washing establishments, including fully mechanized facilities. May include detailing services. Does not include temporary car washes which are fundraising activities typically conducted at a service station or other automotive-related business, where volunteers wash vehicles by hand, and the duration of the event is limited to one day.

A residence that is accessory to a non-residential primary use of the site, where needed for security, 24-hour care or supervision, or monitoring of facilities, equipment, or other conditions on the site.

A metal or similar rectangular container designed for the temporary storage and transportation of goods on rail cars, truck beds, and ships.

A structure that is attached or detached from another building, and that is open on at least two sides with a covering for vehicle storage.

Land used for the storage of the deceased, and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including crematories, columbaria, and mausoleums.

The line located equidistant from the edges of an easement or right-of-way. Centerline of a road right-of-way or easement does not necessarily mean the center of the physical location of the road.

A temporary outdoor gathering of individual retailers primarily focused on the sale of fresh produce, but also including other foods, beverages, handicrafts, art objects, and similar items.

Manufacturing facilities that produce or use basic chemicals, and other establishments creating products predominantly by chemical processes. Facilities included in this definition manufacture three general classes of products: basic chemicals, including acids, alkalis, salts, and organic chemicals; chemical products to be used in further manufacture, including synthetic fibers, plastic materials, dry colors, and pigments; and finished chemical products to be used for ultimate consumption, including drugs, cosmetics, and soaps; or to be used as materials or supplies in other industries including paints, fertilizers, and explosives.

Real property over which the City of Etna: (1) has fee title, an easement (including a public right-of-way), a leasehold interest, or other legal interest; and (2) has the present right of possession and control.

The clear vision area (sometimes called the "sight triangle") formed by measuring 20 feet along two intersecting streets from the point of intersection, and diagonally connecting the ends of the two lines (see Figure 17.08-1). Visual obstructions within this area are strictly managed so that drivers stopped at or approaching an intersection can see pedestrians and oncoming traffic.

An establishment that assembles clothing, draperies, and/or other products by cutting and sewing purchased textile fabrics and related materials, including fur, leather, plastics, and rubberized fabrics, and which does not include the on-site sale of products to the end consumer. Does not include custom tailors and dressmakers not operating as a factory.

Permanent, headquarters-type and meeting facilities for organizations operating on a membership basis for the promotion of the interests of the members, including facilities for: business associations; civic, social and fraternal organizations; labor unions and similar organizations; political organizations; professional membership organizations; and other membership organizations.

Any tangible personal property which has an enhanced value because of its rarity and which is commonly bought, sold, or exchanged among collectors and shall include such things as rare coins, stamps, and jewelry.

A motor vehicle used for commercial, industrial, or agricultural purposes and rated more than one ton capacity. Examples of commercial use vehicles include but are not limited to: tow trucks, flat-bed trucks, mobile food preparation vehicles including large trucks converted as food vehicles, street sweepers, buses, utility trucks with hydraulic arms or lifts, and tractors and semi-trailers, etc.

A parcel or parcels that are part of a subdivision, which are retained in the common ownership of the property owners of the subdivisions for common use or development.

Multipurpose meeting and recreational facilities owned and maintained by a public agency and typically consisting of one or more meeting or multipurpose rooms, kitchen, and/or outdoor barbecue facilities that are available for use by various groups for such activities as meetings, parties, receptions, dances, etc.

A site where flowers, fruits, herbs, nuts, seeds, and/or vegetables are cultivated by individuals of a neighborhood.

Any building maintained by a governmental authority or not-for-profit agency used for supplementary educational services, employment assistance, food services, and/or constructive recreational activities.

Food service establishments operated from permanent structures, and generally associated with athletic and recreational facilities.

A facility used for the delivery of limestone aggregate, sand or screenings, cement and water into mixer trucks as part of the concrete manufacturing process. This facility may contain a system of conveyor belts, chutes, storage silos, stockpile areas, water and air systems, and weight scales and meters for the accurate dispensing of the raw materials to produce the desired strength and type of concrete. A concrete batching plant or ready-mix concrete plant facility includes queuing and parking spaces for trucks, materials handling equipment, and administrative, control and office buildings.

A land use permit issued in a zone for uses that have the potential to be incompatible with neighboring land uses and zoning, and are to be permitted, but may be denied, following a public hearing in which interested parties have the opportunity to comment.

An estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property together with a separate interest in space in a building on such real property.

The physical development of a parcel, including site excavation and grading, framing, and finishing, up to the point of final inspection, use, or occupancy, whichever occurs first.

Analog or digital electronic equipment intended for everyday entertainment, communications, and recreation use. Consumer electronics include but are not limited to home or portable audio and video equipment, audio and video equipment for boats and automobiles, camcorders, cameras, drones, electronic musical instruments, karaoke machines, game consoles, GPS instruments and software, personal computers, mobile phones, smart appliances, smart watches, virtual reality goggles, and other wearable technology.

Easy access retail stores of 5,000 square feet or less in gross floor area, which carry a range of merchandise oriented to convenience and travelers' shopping needs.

A lot that has two or more parcel lines contiguous to a public street.

As defined in Chapter 17.80 (Live Work Units and Home-Based Businesses).

A business, not exceeding 10,000 square feet in gross floor area, engaged in on-site commercial production of beverage and/or food products to a final form employing batch-processing or handcrafting using traditional methods, and that distributes to customers on-site via product tasting and direct sales and/or offsite to retailers and wholesalers. Typical uses include but are not limited to artisan cheesemakers, bakeries, chocolatiers, coffee roasters, condiment makers, confectioneries, ice cream shops, microdistilleries, nanobreweries, and any other craft beverage manufacturing. Does not include water bottling.

Raising and harvesting of plants, tree crops, row crops, or field crops on an agricultural or commercial basis. Includes horticulture establishments engaged in the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental trees and shrubs for wholesale and incidental retail sales. This classification includes accessory agricultural buildings accessory to such uses and roadside stands for display/sale of agricultural products grown on the premises. Excludes commercial cannabis and uses for which other garden, nursery, or landscape merchandise are stored and sold on the site.

That portion of a structure that is used for the purposes of transacting business, purchasing, or selling products or services, and does not include any portion of the structure used for warehousing or storage that is inaccessible to public use.

Granting or denying a permit under this title means the date on which the decision is announced or a final vote is taken.

A density increase over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density under the applicable land use designation and zoning district.

The exchange of permitted density within a proposed development so that the number of parcels or lots created are equal to the number permitted by the General Plan, but individual lots or parcels are potentially smaller than the minimum parcel size requirement.

Refers to agreements entered between developers and the city pursuant to Government Code Section 65864 et seq. as those sections exist or are hereafter amended or renumbered.

A building providing group living accommodations, occupied by individuals not sharing a common household, characterized by separate sleeping rooms without individual kitchen facilities and containing congregate bath and/or dining facilities or rooms. Dormitory does not include "employee housing."

Facilities where food, products, or services may be purchased by motorists without leaving their vehicles, including but not limited to drive-thru restaurants and coffee shops, banks, pharmacies, and other businesses with drive-up windows, and automated car washes.

A single building containing two independent dwelling units separated from each other by a wall, floor, or ceiling; provided, however, that a building containing a single-family dwelling and a lawful accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit shall not be deemed a duplex.

Three or more detached single-family dwellings occupying a parcel of land, in one ownership and having a yard court in common, but not including manufactured home parks, hotels, motels, and transient occupancy uses.

A building or portion of a building designed for, or occupied exclusively by, persons living as one household.

Any legal right defined as an easement in the California Code of Civil Procedure Section 800 et al. Generally, an easement is a right to the use of another's land.

A dwelling unit which contains a minimum of 150 square feet in living space, a separate closet, kitchen sink, cooking appliance, refrigerator, and a separate bathroom containing a water closet, lavatory, bathtub, or shower.

Housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or households may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay. "Emergency shelter" also includes other interim interventions, including, but not limited to, a navigation center, bridge housing, and respite or recuperative care.

A permit issued by a government agency to allow private work within publicly owned property (e.g., to connect with a city street).

All uses related to outdoor storage of large construction equipment or machinery, company vehicles, or large quantities of other materials. Excludes storage associated with vehicle service and equipment.

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

Any room, place, or space that the primary business is to routinely rent or make available to members of the public for general social purposes such as weddings and wedding receptions, birthday parties, celebrations, gatherings, and similar events.

Includes any chemical compound or mechanical mixture, that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion, and that contains any oxidizing and combustible units, packing, that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb.

See definition of "Household."

A state licensed facility that provides non-medical care and supervision of minor children for periods of less than 24 hours within a single-family residence.

A single-family dwelling occupied by six or fewer persons, at least one of which is an agricultural employee.

A structurally sound barrier constructed of posts, supports, and cross members that serves as an obstruction to mark property lines or delineate or restrict access to a portion of property.

Any establishment which sells or offers for sale firearms. Does not include the sale of ammunition, firearms parts and accessories, hunting supplies, reloading equipment and supplies, targets and other shooting supplies, or FFL transfers.

The net floor area of a building or buildings on a lot divided by the lot area or site area.

Manufacturing establishments that produce or process foods and beverages for human consumption, and certain related products. Includes coffee roasters; dairy products, fats, and oil manufacturing; curing, preserving, and related processing; fruit and vegetable canning; microbreweries; juice and soft drink production; grain mill products and by-products; wholesale bakeries; water bottling plants; and miscellaneous food item preparation from raw products. Uses are predominantly wholesale although may include tasting rooms and accessory retail sales of food or beverages produced on site, such as a taproom. Does not include retail bakeries or the brewing of beer or the distilling of spirits as part of a nanobrewery, brew pub, microdistillery, or restaurant.

A yard extending across the front of the lot between the side lot lines and measured from the front lot line to the building or structure wall.

A large-scale facility where fuel, such as propane and gasoline, is stored and distributed without retail sales.

Manufacturers producing cabinetry and shelving; draperies, blinds, and shades; household, office, and store furniture; mattresses and foundations; and rugs and carpets. Includes furniture reupholstering businesses, but not sawmills or planing mills.

A covered space that can be accessed from a public or private roadway for the storage of automobiles. Each parking space shall have a minimum area of 10 feet by 20 feet. If attached to the main building, such garage shall meet the requirements of this title applicable to the main building. If detached from the main building, the garage shall meet the requirements for an accessory structure. This definition does not replace the definition of a garage in the California Building Code.

A temporary garage, yard, lawn, patio, or similar-type sale held anywhere on the premises in a residential zone or when incidental to residential use in a mixed-use zone for the purpose of disposing of personal property.

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

The City of Etna General Plan as currently adopted, including all amendments.

The parcels of land surrounding or near a subject property that have the potential to be affected by the proposed land use or land usage of the subject property. General vicinity or proximity cannot be defined by a specific distance or direction in that one type of land use may impact a greater area than another type of land use.

Manufacturing establishments larger than 10,000 square feet that produce flat glass and other glass products which are pressed, blown, or shaped from glass produced in the same establishment.

A retail business where a majority of the floor area open to the public is occupied by food products packaged for preparation and consumption away from the site of the store.

The total number of dwelling units per acre, based on the minimum lot size, using the total acreage of the undeveloped site before public rights-of-way or other dedications are factored in.

The total square footage of a structure as measured around the exterior perimeter including any non-walled areas under roof and any outside storage or sales areas.

Housing shared by unrelated persons with disabilities that provide peer and other support for their residents' disability related needs and in which residents share cooking, dining, and living areas, and may, in some group homes, participate in cooking, housekeeping, and other communal living activities. This classification includes residential care homes, residential care facilities, rest homes, adult residential facilities, shared living residences, licensed group homes, unlicensed group homes, recovery residences, sober living homes, alcohol or other drug facilities, and other similar facilities licensed by the State of California. Licensed group homes provide services that require licenses under state law, and unlicensed group homes may provide some supportive services for their residents but not services that require licenses under state law. Uses that otherwise meet this definition, but which do not provide licensable services, are allowed as a single-family residential use of property subject only to the generally applicable, nondiscriminatory health, safety, and zoning laws that apply to all single-family residential uses.

Small-scale manufacturing establishments that manufacture and/or assemble small products primarily by hand, including but not limited to jewelry, pottery and other ceramics, art and craft products, musical instruments, brooms and brushes, pens, pencils, and stationery, costume novelties, toys, sporting goods, and taxidermy.

Facilities 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, psychologists, and psychiatrists, out-patient care facilities, other allied health service. Includes complementary and alternative medical services such as acupuncture, chiropractic medicine, energy therapies, herbal medicine, and ayurvedic medicine.

Vegetation other than trees that blocks at least 50% of light passage, is four feet or more in diameter or width within two feet of ground level, and has the purpose or effect of obscuring or blocking casual viewing through it.

A designated, marked area on the ground or the top of a structure where helicopters may land at any time.

A state or federal route as defined by the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) or the Federal Highway Administration.

As defined in Chapter 17.80 (Live Work Units and Home-Based Businesses).

A facility or program designed to provide a caring environment for supplying the physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill.

Medical centers and similar facilities engaged primarily in providing diagnostic services and extensive medical treatment, including surgical and other health 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. Does not include "ambulance service," which is defined separately.

Any building, portion thereof, or group of buildings licensed or otherwise recognized by a national or international hostel organization that contains five or more guest rooms or suites, or that provides dormitory sleeping accommodations for five or more overnight guests for the purpose of providing low-cost accommodations for recreational travelers. The hostel shall contain a kitchen, communal eating facilities, and sanitary facilities for use by the guests.

Commercial facility that contains five or more guest rooms, suites, cabins, and/or chalets provided with or without kitchen facilities, rented to the general public for transient lodging (less than 30 days). Often includes a variety of guest services in addition to lodging (e.g., restaurant, swimming pool, meeting facilities, personal services, etc.). Hotels typically provide access to guest rooms from an interior walkway, and motels typically provide access to guest rooms from an exterior walkway.

One or more persons, whether or not related by blood, marriage or adoption, sharing a dwelling unit.

Compliance with a request to relieve the city of liability, or to accept the costs for defending the city, from any action brought as a result of the project.

Establishments providing indoor entertainment services for a fee or charge, including but not limited to billiard parlors, bingo parlors, bowling alleys, and electronic game arcades as a primary use. An establishment or premises with more than 10 electronic games or coin-operated amusements and/or where 50% or more of the floor area is occupied by amusement devices is considered an electronic game arcade as described above. 10 or fewer machines are not considered a land use separate from the primary use of the site.

A center where exercises and related activities are performed entirely within an enclosed building for the purpose of physical fitness, improved circulation or flexibility, and/or weight control. Typical uses include athletic clubs, gyms, indoor ball courts, fitness centers, indoor climbing facilities, and yoga studios.

As defined in Chapter 17.96 (Accessory Dwelling Units).

Includes but is not limited to, trash; refuse; paper; glass; cans; bottles; rags; ashes; trimming from lawns, yards, trees, and shrubbery, including plants and leaves; and other solid waste or salvageable materials other than garbage; inoperable appliances, parts, tools; inoperable and unregistered vehicles; vehicle parts; vehicle hulks; discarded furniture; dirt; rocks; and materials from the demolition, alteration or construction of buildings or structures, unless such dirt, rocks, or other materials from demolition, alteration or construction are being used for purposes of fill.

Any room or portion thereof containing facilities designed or used for the preparation of food, including but not limited to stoves, ranges, or hotplates.

The replacement of developed or excavated areas of a parcel with introduced new living vegetation, shrubbery, trees, ground cover and combinations thereof.

The terminology, words, mapping, or language contained in a deed or other legal document describing the location of a parcel of land or location of an easement.

A public, nonprofit facility, room, or building containing printed information, electronic information, and pictorial material, such as books, manuscripts, computers, recordings, or films, which are kept for use by or loaning to patrons of the facility but are not normally offered for sale.

As defined in Chapter 17.80 (Live/Work Units and Home-Based Businesses).

The interior habitable area for a dwelling unit, including basements and attics.

A legally established parcel of land mapped or otherwise described. May also mean a parcel established for tax purposes, sometimes called an assessor's parcel.

The percent of lot area covered by all building footprints.

The average distance from the property line fronting a road or road easement to the rear or opposite property line.

The length of a lot or parcel of land along or fronting on a street or other principal thoroughfare but not including such length along an alley, watercourse, railroad right-of-way or limited access roadway or interstate.

The distance from one side property line to the other side property line measured along the building setback line.

As defined in Section 17.76.260 (Low barrier navigation centers).

Manufacturing, processing, and sales involving the milling of forest products to produce rough and finished lumber and other wood materials for use in other manufacturing, craft, or construction processes.

A site containing any of the following: an existing rail or bus rapid transit station; a ferry terminal served by either a bus or rail transit service; or the intersection of two or more major bus routes with a frequency of service interval of 20 minutes or less during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods.

A building that is designed for or in which is conducted the principal use of the lot and/or building site on which it is situated.

As defined in the California Health and Safety Code Section 18007, means a structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976, is transportable in one or more sections, is eight body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a single-family dwelling with or without a foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. Manufactured home includes any structure that meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974.

Any area of land or property that has at least two mobile homes, manufactured homes, recreational vehicles, and/or lots that are held out for rent or lease.

Commercial arts and art-related business services including audio and film recording and editing studios and services, film and video production, photographers and photography studios, radio and television broadcast, special effects production, titling, video and film libraries, and similar uses.

Establishments engaged primarily in the assembly of metal parts, including the following uses that produce metal duct work, tanks, towers, cabinets, and enclosures, metal doors, and gates, and similar products, blacksmith, and welding shops, sheet metal shops, machine shops, and boiler shops.

A brewery that produces less than 15,000 barrels of beer per year and sells 75% or more of its beer off-site.

A business where less than 50,000 proof gallons of distilled spirits are manufactured (distilled, rectified, or bottled, blended), packaged, and distributed for wholesale and/or retail distribution annually and which includes the incidental direct sale to consumers of only those goods produced on-site.

A type of mixed-use development that has at least two uses, each occupying a minimum of 30% of the gross floor area of the building.

More than one type of land use within a building, set of buildings, or area. See also "vertical mixed-use development."

As defined in Chapter 17.92 (Mobile Food Sales).

As defined in Chapter 17.92 (Mobile Food Sales).

As defined in Chapter 17.92 (Mobile Food Sales).

As defined in the California Health and Safety Code Section 18008, a structure that was constructed prior to June 15, 1976, is transportable in one or more sections, is eight body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected on-site, is 320 or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a single-family dwelling with or without a foundation system when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. Mobile home includes any structure that meets all the requirements of this paragraph and complies with the state standards for mobile homes in effect at the time of construction. Mobile home does not include a commercial modular, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18001.8, factory-built housing, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 19971, a manufactured home, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18007, a multifamily manufactured home, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18008.7, or a recreational vehicle, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18010.

Funeral homes and parlors, where deceased are prepared for burial or cremation, and funeral services may be conducted.

A building or a portion of a building designed and intended for occupancy by two or more households living independently of each other, each in a separate dwelling unit, which may be owned individually or by a single landlord (e.g., apartment, apartment house, duplex, townhouse, condominium).

A brewery that produces no more than three barrels of beer in one batch and no more than 2,000 barrels annually.

The total number of dwelling units per acre, based on the minimum lot size and acreage of the site, but excluding land area devoted to public rights-of-way and other dedications.

The area or land remaining after any required public dedication.

The establishment of a use within a structure or upon a parcel of land, including and not limited to installing display fixtures in a completed structure, stocking of inventory, or commencing temporary or permanent residency, whether or not a structure has been subject to an approved final inspection or a certificate of occupancy. Each separate use of property carried on at all or a portion of a building parcel is a separate occupancy.

The boundaries and limits of a planned right-of-way, including the future right-of-way of an existing street as it is proposed to be widened and including all lands necessary for the building, widening or maintenance of any road, street, highway or any other type of public way which planned right-of-way is based on the general plan of the city.

An improvement, feature, or action located or occurring on property separate from the property under discussion.

An improvement, feature, or action located or occurring on the property under discussion.

The portion of the lot or parcel from the ground upward that is unoccupied by buildings, structures, parking lots and driveways, except as otherwise permitted by city code. Clubhouses, recreation buildings, pools, saunas, interior walkways, paths, and similar amenities may be included in open space.

Facility for various outdoor sports and recreation activities where a fee is charged for use, including amusement and theme parks, golf driving ranges, miniature golf courses, skateboard parks, swim and tennis clubs, waterparks, and similar uses.

An establishment that converts pre-manufactured paper or paperboard into boxes, envelopes, paper bags, wallpaper, etc., and/or that coats or glazes pre-manufactured paper. Does not include the manufacturing of pulp, paper, or paperboard.

A designated area where a vehicle may be left in order to carpool with other commuters or to ride public transit.

An area or structure used for the temporary storage of vehicles.

Public parks, play lots, playgrounds, and athletic fields for neighborhood or community use, including swimming pools, ball fields, bocce courts, basketball, tennis, pickleball, and handball courts.

Means any formal application submitted to the city for land use or development permit or action that has been deemed complete but has not yet been acted upon/finally decided by the designated authority, including any appeal determination.

An authorization to proceed issued by the city for a specific activity.

Establishments providing non-medical services as a primary use, including barber shops and beauty salons, catering (excluding onsite mobile food sales and commissaries), cleaning services, costume and clothing rental, day spas, guide services, shoe and small item repair, locksmiths, licensed massage therapy, self-service laundromats, small equipment maintenance and repair, and tailors. These uses may also include limited accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided.

A retail store engaged in the sale of prescription drugs and medicine, carrying related items such as vitamins, cosmetics, personal care, and toiletries and such unrelated items as tobacco, alcohol, and novelty merchandise.

Facility operated by religious organizations for worship, or the promotion of religious activities, including churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, etc.; and accessory uses on the same site, such as living quarters for ministers and staff, and child day care facilities where authorized by the same type of land use permit required for the religious facility itself. Other establishments maintained by religious organizations, such as full-time educational institutions, hospitals and other potentially related operations are classified according to their respective activities.

A use which does not require the issuance of a conditional use permit, but which may be subject to a building permit, business license, and other required permits. Where more than one use is located on the parcel, the principal use is that activity to which the greatest amount of floor and/or ground space is devoted.

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, and establishments manufacturing business forms and binding devices.

Private educational institutions, including but not limited to preschools, elementary, middle, junior high, and high schools, homeschooling cooperatives, business, secretarial, and vocational schools, folk schools, colleges and universities, establishments providing courses by mail or online, professional schools (law, medicine, etc.), and seminaries/religious ministry training facilities. Includes schools offering specialized programs in art, communication, dance, design, drama, driver education, emergency response and preparedness, environmental education, health and fitness, finances, flight training, food preparation, gardening, language, management, massage, music, self-defense, outdoor recreation, technology, and wilderness survival. Does not include boarding.

An office-type facility occupied by a business that provides direct professional services and/or is engaged in the production of intellectual property. Examples of these uses include, but are not limited to accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services, advertising agencies, architects, attorneys, commercial artists and graphic designers, construction contractors (office only), consultants, counselors, designers, engineers, financial counseling, management and public relations services, private investigators, social workers, surveyors, therapists, and title and escrow companies.

Proposed development or a new land use.

A legal boundary of parcel land.

A political subdivision of the federal, state, or local government or its departments, or governmental jurisdictions or districts.

A land use maintained by a public agency or private non-profit organization that provides a service to and benefits the public, including but not limited to animal shelters, bus shelters, chamber of commerce, city hall, community center, community resource center, corporation yards, historical society, library, museums, municipal offices, park and ride facilities, public parking, public safety facilities, public restrooms, public schools, and visitor centers. Does not include wastewater treatment plants or airports.

A nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public.

A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, prescription, or condemnation and intended to be occupied by a road, trail, water line, sanitary sewer, and/or other public uses.

A facility operated by a public agency, including fire stations, other fire prevention and firefighting facilities, police and sheriff substations and headquarters, including interim incarceration facilities. Does not include airports or firearms qualification and training facilities.

Public educational institutions including, but not limited to elementary, middle, junior high, and high schools, community colleges, colleges and universities, and military academies.

Services needed for development of a parcel of land. This may include, but is not limited to water, wastewater, phone, electricity, gas, and internet.

A public agency or private business that provides a general service to the public, such as telecommunications, electricity, water, or other services.

A yard extending across the full width of the rear portion of the lot and measured between the rear line of the lot to the building or structure wall.

A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, originally designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy, which meets all of the following criteria:

A site where two or more spaces 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 RV space. May include accessory retail uses when such retail is clearly incidental and intended to serve recreational vehicle park patrons only.

A recycling facility used for the acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase of recyclable materials from the public that may occupy more than 500 square feet and include permanent structures. Facility does not use power-driven processing equipment except for compacting, baling, plastic shredding, and other activities necessary for efficient temporary storage and material shipment. Does not include automobile dismantling or processing of hazardous materials.

A facility licensed by the State of California that provides 24-hour non-medical care for more than six 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.

A home licensed by the State of California that provides 24-hour non-medical 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.

Activities and management of an area to preserve, recreate, and enhance natural resource values such as fish and wildlife habitat, rare and endangered plants, erosion control, and floodwater conveyance.

Facility related to active or passive recreation in open space areas including bicycle and pedestrian trails, picnic areas, parking areas, and interpretive centers.

Personal service establishments that are dispersed to minimize their potentially blighting impact on surrounding land uses, including: check cashing services; fortune tellers, palm readers, psychics, and similar services; and tattooing, piercing, and similar services. These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided.

Stores and shops that are dispersed to minimize their potentially blighting impact on surrounding land uses, including firearm sales, alcoholic beverage sales, secondhand sales, thrift stores, and tobacco and vape shops.

A restaurant, brewpub, delicatessen, bakery, coffee shop, or other retail business selling food and beverages prepared and/or served on the site, for on- or off-premises consumption. Outdoor dining is permitted pursuant to Section 17.76.160 (Commercial outdoor dining and seating) as an incidental activity to a retail food establishment.

Stores and shops selling multiple lines of merchandise (indoor sales only, except as otherwise permitted). These stores and lines of merchandise include: apparel, art galleries, art supplies, automobile parts and supplies, bakeries (including production), bicycles, books, cameras, clothing and accessories, craft and hobby supplies, dry goods, fabrics and sewing supplies, florists and houseplant stores, furniture, home furnishings, household supplies, general stores, gift and souvenir shops, hardware stores, jewelry, leather goods, luggage, musical instruments, orthopedic supplies, personal electronics, pet food and supplies (no pets), pharmacies, small wares, specialty shops, sporting goods and equipment, stationery, toys and games, and variety stores.

A place in which junk, salvaged materials, or products, scrap, or other waste materials are stored, broken up, dismantled, sorted, distributed, or sold privately or commercially.

An attached or detached dwelling unit constructed prior to January 1, 2017, which provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, with permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation sited on the same parcel as the primary dwelling unit. Includes granny flats.

Indoor retail establishments that require a secondhand dealer license from the state, as provided in the California Business and Professions Code Sections 21625 through 21647, or where at least 10% of the products offered for sale are used.

The distance by which a structure, parking area, or other development feature must be separated from a lot line, other structure, or development feature, or street centerline.

A retail commercial business consisting of three or more retail tenants having shared parking facilities.

As defined in Chapter 17.84 (Short-Term Rentals).

A yard between the sideline of the lot and the building or structure wall and extending from the required front setback to the required rear setback.

As defined in Chapter 17.64 (Signs).

A building designed exclusively for occupancy by one household on a single lot. This classification includes manufactured homes, small employee housing, farm worker housing, group homes that operate as single-family residences and do not provide licensable services, and group homes that operate as single-family residences and provide licensable services to six or fewer residents.

Agricultural uses, including crop and tree farming and the raising of livestock, that are not detrimental to the public health, safety, and general welfare by reason of odor, smoke, gas, dust, traffic, vibration, or noise; are not deemed to be exceptional fire or explosion hazards; and do not involve commercial cannabis, chicken, poultry, egg, hog farms, dairies, or animal processing operations (e.g., animal slaughter and/or meat cutting and packing). Also excludes rodeos, commercial stables, horse rentals, and retail plant nurseries.

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.

An event, or series of related events, of cultural, civic, economic, social, recreational, or educational nature sponsored by an individual or individuals, a non-profit organization or community group, charitable organization, or for-profit organization or group, that is: (1) held wholly or partially on property owned or maintained by the city; or (2) held on any other property, and that requires for its successful execution, the partial or complete closure of streets or sidewalks or the provision and coordination of municipal services to a degree over and above the level that the city normally provides. Special event also includes any other organized activity that involves the use of, or has a direct or indirect impact on, public property or facilities or that can reasonably be foreseen to have such an impact on, or to require a higher level of, public safety services or other municipal services, including advance planning services, than that normally provided by the city.

A split-zoned parcel is a parcel to which two or more zoning districts apply. This does not include overlay zones.

Equipment commonly used by a participant in a sporting or recreational event or activity, not including motorized vehicles or firearms.

An establishment that cuts, shapes, and/or finishes marble, granite, slate, and/or other stone for construction and miscellaneous uses. Does not include establishments engaged primarily in buying or selling partly finished monuments and tombstones.

Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires attachment to the ground or attachment to something located on the ground. For purposes of this title, the term "structure" includes "buildings."

Housing with no limit on length of stay that is occupied by the target population, as defined in California Government Code Section 65582(p), that is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing residents in retaining the housing, improving their health status, and maximizing their ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.

A brewery that sells 25% or more of its beer for on-premises consumption and does not operate full food service. The beer is brewed primarily for sale in the taproom and is often dispensed directly from the brewery's storage tanks.

A building or structure to be utilized for a permitted use applicable to a parcel of land, which is crafted of impermanent materials, such as poles and awning or similar materials.

A land use defined as accessory to a permitted or conditionally permitted land use that: does not permanently change the character or physical facilities of the premises or property; is in keeping with the purposes of the zoning district where it is located; and which may occur on the property for a period not to exceed 12 calendar months. Some provisions of this title may provide more precise land use standards for longer or shorter temporary uses in accordance with the provisions of the applicable chapter of this code. In no case shall a temporary use be permitted for any period to exceed a total of 24 calendar months unless overall public health and safety are clearly demonstrated to the city at the time of initial issuance.

Indoor facilities for public assembly and group entertainment, where seats are arranged so that spectators have an unobstructed view of performers on a stage or movie screen(s). Includes concert halls, auditoriums, movie theaters, playhouses, and similar facilities devoted to the live performances of music, dance, plays, orations, and other stage performances and/or the showing of projected motion pictures and videotapes. Does not include adult-oriented businesses.

A single-family dwelling of two or sometimes three stories that is typically connected to a similar dwelling or dwellings by a common sidewall.

A dwelling unit, room, or space occupied by paying guests for periods of less than 30 days.

Buildings configured as rental housing developments but operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted units to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point in time, which shall be no less than six months.

The placement of individual light sources at the base of architectural details or points of interest, typically around the perimeter of a space, to draw attention to those details.

Pipelines for water, gas, and sewage collection and disposal; and facilities for the transmission of electrical energy for sale, including transmission lines for a public utility company. Also includes telephone, telegraph, cable television, and other communications transmission facilities utilizing direct physical conduits. Does not include offices, service centers, or distribution substations.

A discretionary entitlement that permits the departure from the strict application of the development standards contained in this title.

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, vans, boats, and recreational vehicles. Does not include vehicle dismantling or retail sales.

A business specializing in the provision of two or more vehicles and drivers to the general public for the purpose of transportation (e.g., taxi service). May also include a business office and the maintenance, minor repair, and on-site storage of vehicles for hire. Does not include automobile rental services.

The physical means by which an individual in a vehicle is able to enter upon or exit public or private property from a street. "Ingress" (to enter) and "egress" (to exit) are words describing the type of access.

A multistory mixed-use building that contains one or more nonresidential use at street level and residential use on the upper floor(s).

An enclosed building or buildings where medical care is provided for animals. Does not include overnight accommodations or outside runs or kennels. Grooming of animals and pet food sales are permitted as accessory to the medical use.

The selling of commodities in large quantities to retailers rather than directly to consumers, but not including the storing and/or sale of any material or commodity, and not including the processing or manufacture of any product or substance.

Equipment installed for the purpose of providing wireless transmission of voice, data, images, or other information including but not limited to, cellular telephone service, personal communications services, and paging services, consisting of equipment, antennas, and network components such as towers, utility poles, transmitters, base stations, conduits, pull boxes, electrical meters, and emergency power systems. "Wireless telecommunications facility" does not include radio or television broadcast facilities, nor radio communications systems for government or emergency services agencies.

The area between a property line and structures on residential lots.

The location of a structure on a lot in such a manner that one or more of the structure's sides rest directly on a lot line.

A portion of the territory in the city within which territory certain uniform regulations and requirements, or various combinations thereof, apply pursuant to this title.