Folsom City Zoning Code

means a detached subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building on the same lot, or to the use of the land.

means a use or building incidental or subordinate to the principal use of building located upon the same lot.

means an office or commercial establishment in which goods, material or equipment is received for servicing, treatment or processing elsewhere.

means a public or permanent private way or lane less than 36 feet in width which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.

means any building or portion thereof which is designed and built for occupancy by three or more families.

means a space partly or wholly underground and having more than one-half its height, measured from its floor to its finished ceiling, below the average adjoining grade. If the finished floor level directly above a basement is more than six feet above grade at any point, such basement shall be considered a story.

means a residence or dwelling, other than a hotel or state-licensed small group home, wherein three or more rooms, with or without individual or group cooking facilities, are rented to individuals under separate rental agreements or leases, either written or oral, whether or not an owner, agent, or rental manager is in residence.

means any structure having a roof supported by columns and/or by walls and intended for the housing or shelter of any person, animal or chattel.

means the land area covered by all buildings on a lot, including all projections except eaves.

means the vertical distance measured from the average level of the highest and lowest point of that portion of the lot covered by the building to the highest point of the roof, ridge or parapet wall.

means the land area occupied or capable of being covered by all structures permissible under this title.

means the director of the department of planning, inspections and permitting. “Community development department” means the department of planning, inspections and permitting.

means a fully enclosed parking structure consisting of exterior materials, colors, and an architectural design that match the primary residence. The space shall be directly accessible from a street, paved driveway, or maneuvering area along a paved surface or similar hardscape as specified in Section 17.57.080.

means any child care facility of any capacity, other than a small family day care home or a large family day care home, in which less than twenty-four-hour-per-day nonmedical care and supervision are provided to children in a group setting operating under a license from the California Department of Social Services under the standards of state law.

means a building designed for and/or occupied by one or more persons of a family.

means two or more detached one- or two-family dwellings, other than a commercial tourist or motor court, located upon a building site, together with all open spaces as required by this title.

means a building designed and/or used to house three or more families, living independently of each other, including all necessary employees of each such family.

means a building containing not more than two kitchens, designed and/or used to house not more than two families, living independently of each other, including all necessary employees of each such family.

means a building or part of a building designed for one family, and containing one kitchen.

shall mean one person living alone or two or more persons living together in a dwelling unit with common access to, and common use of, all living, kitchen, and eating areas within the dwelling unit.

means a building, other than private garage used for the parking, repair or servicing of motor vehicles.

means a public garage designed and/or used on a commercial basis for the storage only of vehicles.

means an accessory building or portion of a building, designed and/or used only for the shelter or storage of vehicles by the occupants of the dwelling, including covered parking space or carport.

means land improved and intended to be used for the landing and taking off of helicopters or vertical flying aircraft.

means any business related use carried on within a dwelling or accessory structure thereto, primarily by the inhabitants thereof, which use is secondary to the residential use of the dwelling. The home occupation must not substantially or materially change the residential character of the surrounding neighborhood.

means any building or portion thereof containing 6 or more guest rooms used or intended or designed to be used, let or hired out to be occupied or which are occupied by 6 or more guests, whether the compensation for hire be paid directly or indirectly in money, goods, wares, merchandise, labor or otherwise and includes hotels, lodging and rooming houses, dormitories, turkish baths, bachelor hotels, studio hotels, public and private clubs and any such building of any nature whatsoever so occupied, designed or intended to be so occupied, except jails, hospitals, asylums, sanitariums, orphanages, prisons, detention homes and similar buildings where human beings are housed or detained under legal restraint.

means any area of 200 square feet or more used for the storage of junk or scrap materials, or for the wrecking or dismantling of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery.

means a family day care home under Section 1597.465 of the Health and Safety Code, as amended from time to time, providing care for more than eight children and up to and including fourteen children operating with a license from the California Department of Social Services under the standards of state law, for periods of less than twenty-four hours per day while the children’s parents or guardians are away. Large family day care homes do not require a use permit but require an administrative permit (refer to Chapter 5.100 for the administrative permit requirements).

means a parcel of land under one ownership used or capable of being used under the regulations of this title, and including both the building site and all required yards and other open spaces and frontage as defined herein.

means a lot located at the junction of 2 or more intersecting streets, with a boundary line bordering on each of such streets. The shortest such street frontage constitutes the front of the lot.

means the distance between side lot lines measured at the front yard building line.

means an alcoholic beverage manufacturing facility that produces fifteen thousand barrels of beer per year or less on site in accordance with a valid alcohol production license from the state of California, and may include an on-site restaurant and/or bar that serves its locally crafted beer.

means a building or structure or portion thereof lawfully existing at the time this title became effective, which was designed, erected, or structurally altered for a use that does not conform to the use regulations of the district in which it is located.

means an area of land, a yard or other open space lot used for or designed for use by standing motor vehicles. A parking lot or parking area includes the parking space, maneuvering area and related landscape areas.

means land or space, covered or uncovered, laid out for, surfaced and used or designed for use by a standing motor vehicle, that is directly accessible from a street, driveway or maneuvering area as specified in Section 17.57.080.

means the director of the department of planning, inspections and permitting. “Planning department” means the department of planning, inspections and permitting.

means a residential structure or a portion thereof which is utilized on a temporary basis as an office for the first-time sale or rental of newly constructed dwellings or dwelling units which are situated within the subdivision in which the office is located. Advertising signs located upon the lot or parcel upon which the office is located are also permitted, provided that the sign or signs (wall and/or freestanding) shall not exceed 6 square feet in area nor 4 feet in height and shall be in addition to those permitted under Section 17.58.090. No more than 1 office permitted under Section 17.58.090 shall be permitted within any subdivision unit and the use shall be discontinued as soon as all lots or parcels within the subdivision have been sold or rented. Ten days prior to the opening of a real estate tract sales office, the selling agency shall notify the planning department of the city of the location of the real estate tract sales office it intends to use, the name of the subdivision which it serves and furnish a description of the size, location, color and wording of its proposed advertising signs.

means a retail business establishment supplying gasoline and oil, and minor accessories and services for automobiles.

means a line established by this title to govern the placement of buildings with respect to streets and alleys. This section governs setback lines on the particular streets and public ways set forth herein:

means a secondary dwelling or apartment without any kitchen facilities designed for and used only by persons or the families of persons regularly employed on the property.

means a stable for horses to be let, hired or used on a commercial basis.

means a stable for horses to be used by the owners thereof.

means anything constructed or erected upon the ground or attached to a structure having location on the ground.

means that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story is that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the top-most floor and the ceiling or roof thereof. If the finished floor level directly above the basement is more than six feet above grade at any point, such basement shall be considered a story.

means a public or permanent private way thirty-six feet or more in width which affords a primary means of access to property.

means any change in the supporting members of a building, as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders and the floor joists, ceiling joists or roof rafters.

means a group of buildings designed for use by tourists or transients with living or sleeping rooms, garages, parking spaces and related facilities advertised or offered on a commercial basis, including an auto court and motor court.

means a vehicle designed, equipped and/or used as a dwelling or for living or sleeping purposes.

means a lot or parcel of land used or designed or intended to be used for the accommodation of two or more trailers.

means land unoccupied or unobstructed, except for such encroachments as may be permitted by this title, surrounding a building site.

means a yard extending across the full width of the lot measured between the street line (or the lot line connected to a street by legal access) and the nearest line of the main building or enclosed or covered porch. The front yard of a corner lot is the yard adjacent to the shorter street frontage.

means a yard extending between the side yards of the lot and measured between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the main building or enclosed or covered porch nearest the rear line of the lot.

means a yard on either side of the lot extending from the front yard to the rear lot line, the width of each yard being measured between the side line of the lot and the nearest part of the main building or enclosed porch.

shall mean a dwelling unit licensed or supervised by any federal, state, or local health/welfare agency that provides twenty-four-hour care of unrelated persons who are in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual in a family-like environment.

shall mean multi-unit housing that typically consists of a single room and shared bath and also may include a shared common kitchen and common activity area. SROs may be restricted to seniors or be available to persons of all ages. Subsidized versions may be supervised by a governmental housing agency.

means a family day care home providing care for up to eight children and operating with a license from the California Department of Social Services under the standards of state law.

shall mean housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 50675.14, and that is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community. Supportive housing units are residential uses subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone.

shall mean rental housing operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point in time, which shall be no less than six months, and in no case more than two years. Transitional housing units are residential uses subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone.