For the purposes of this Title 18, certain terms are defined in this chapter. Words used in the present tense shall include the future; words in the singular shall include the plural; the word "shall" is mandatory, and the word "may" is permissive.

The place, means or way by which vehicles shall have safe, adequate and usable ingress and egress to a property and/or use as required by this title.

Any structure that is customarily a part of, and clearly incidental and secondary to a residence, and does not change the character of the residential use. This definition includes the following attached and detached accessory structures, and other similar structures normally associated with a residential use of property: artist studios, spas and hot tubs, cabanas, storage sheds, garages, swimming pools, gazebos, tennis and other onsite sport courts, greenhouses (non-commercial), workshops, and guest homes. It also includes a building used for the indoor storage of automobiles, personal recreational vehicles and other personal property, accessory to a residential use.

An attached or a detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons. It includes permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as a primary dwelling unit is situated. Additional descriptions are found in Section 18.53.030.

A use incidental, related, appropriate, and clearly subordinate to the main use of the lot or building, which accessory use does not alter the principal use of the subject lot or adversely affect other properties in the zone.

Limited to farming or ranching activities. An agricultural use denotes the active use of land for the purpose of agricultural production, including, but not limited to, cultivation and growing of crops, and raising and keeping of livestock for commercial purposes. "Agricultural use" does not include the keeping of chickens or a vegetable garden on a residential parcel for the personal use of the residents.

Any business or establishment which has located on its premises, as its primary use, amusement machines which are kept thereon for the purpose of being played, operated or used by the patrons of the arcade.

Any device, game or contrivance, including, but not limited to, pinball machines, video games, computer games, electronics games and slot machines, for which charge or payment is received for the privilege of playing, using or operating the same, and which, as operating or playing such device, game or contrivance to receive the same return in market value in form of tangible merchandise each time such device, game or contrivance is used, operated or played.

Any system of wires, poles, rods, horizontal or vertical elements, panel, reflecting discs, or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves.

A dish-like device used to receive television and radio signals which are transmitted from satellites and other sources.

A multifamily dwelling contained in one or more buildings.

An open horizontal structure made of lattice work used as a screen or a support for growing vines or plants.

That area of a lot or parcel of land which includes all portions of such lot or parcel proposed to be in private ownership, as well as that proposed to be burdened by public alleys, highways, streets or other necessary public sites when required as part of a proposed development project.

A unit having a common roof and a common wall(s) with one or more other units.

All servicing of motor vehicles except the following: sale of motor fuels, tires, tubes, and lubricants; lubricating vehicles, minor tube and tire repairs, battery recharging, hand auto washing and hand polishing.

A structure or premises where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires and automobile accessories are supplied and dispensed at retail and where, in addition, the following services as accessory to the principal use may be rendered and sales made, and no other:

Any cloth, bunting, plastic, paper or similar material used for advertising purposes attached to, appended on or from any structure, staff, pole, line, framing or vehicle.

Any outdoor facility at an approved location for cooking food directly over hot coals or another method approved by the County Health Department.

Clean, compacted fill, free of organic material, formed in a manner to provide aesthetic variety within landscape areas.

A building, other than a hotel, where lodging is provided to individuals with or without meals, for monetary or nonmonetary consideration under 3 or more separate agreements, leases or sub-leases, either written or oral, or a building with 5 or fewer guest rooms or suites of rooms, where lodging is provided to individuals with or without meals, for monetary or non-monetary consideration under 3 or more separate agreements, leases or sub-leases, either written or oral, regardless of whether an owner, agent or rental manager resides in the dwelling. "Consideration" shall include monetary or non-monetary payment made by an employer either as part of the wages paid to an employee, or as a term or condition of employment to the person being lodged in the dwelling. This definition does not include any of the following facilities licensed by the State of California: alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility under Health and Safety Code Section 11834.02; community care facility under Health and Safety Code Section 1502; or residential care facility under Health and Safety Code Section 1569.2.

An open space or landscaped area, the purpose of which is to prevent the direct abutting of incompatible uses or structures.

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

A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot or building site on which it is situated.

Written authorization from the City Building Official for the legal erection of any structure.

The line appearing on the site plan or building plan delineating the space between such line and the property line as the required yard in lieu of the front, side or rear yard otherwise described for the zone.

A lot or parcel of land in single, common, or joint ownership and occupied or to be occupied by a main building and accessory buildings, or by a dwelling group and its accessory buildings, together with such open spaces as are required by the terms of this title and having frontage on a dedicated street, road or highway.

A commercial activity characterized by administrative and/or clerical operations with a low volume of customer contact on the premises with no transfer of merchandise on the premises.

The wholesale handling of any article, substance or commodity for the profit or livelihood, but not including the processing or manufacture of any product or substance.

A State-licensed care home giving nonmedical services on a 24-hour-a-day basis to 7 or more mentally handicapped, physically handicapped, disabled or aged persons, or dependent and neglected children.

A State-licensed family care home giving nonmedical services on a 24-hour-a-day basis to 6 or fewer mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons or dependent and neglected children. For the purposes of this title the care of nonrelated persons as defined in this section shall be considered a single-family residential use subject only to the provisions of this title dealing with single-family residential uses.

An accessory building containing a dwelling for caretakers or servants for the land or main building(s). "Caretaker's residence" includes servants' quarters.

A permanent roofed structure with not more than 2 enclosed sides, used for vehicle shelter.

A qualified fundraising barbecue that occurs not more than 3 consecutive days in any calendar quarter for the purpose of assisting people after a catastrophic event.

A church, synagogue, mosque, or other building devoted to religious, philanthropic or nonprofit social welfare activities.

Any child day care facility other than a family day care home, and includes infant centers, preschools and extended day care facilities.

A permanently located building commonly used for religious praise and worship. Such building shall be fully enclosed with walls (including windows and doors), and shall conform to applicable legal requirements affecting design and construction.

Those uses other than residential, religious or public educational uses which are permitted in any of the commercial zones contained in this title.

An event that is of a civic, political, public, or educational nature, including County fairs, City festivals, certified farmers' market, and other public gathering events as specifically declared by the City Council.

A qualified fundraising barbecue operating out of temporary facilities approved by the County Health Department at an approved location for a period of time not to exceed 25 consecutive or nonconsecutive days in any calendar quarter in conjunction with a single, weekly, or monthly community event as declared by the City Council.

A use which requires a special degree of control because of characteristics peculiar to it, or because of size, technological processes or type of equipment, or because of the exact location with reference to surroundings, streets and existing improvements or demands upon public facilities. Such control is to ensure that the particular use at the particular site on which such use is proposed to be located is compatible with other existing or permitted uses surrounding the site.

A structure designed and built for a use permitted in the zone and complying with the property development standards of the zone in which such structure is located.

A use permitted under the terms of this title in the zone in which such use is carried on.

A lot the front of which and one or more sides of which face a street.

The provisions for maintenance of adequate space for safe visibility to protect vehicular and pedestrian traffic at all intersections of streets, alleys and/or private driveways, as provided in the zones. Such space will be kept free of building, structures and landscaping which would constitute a visual obstruction. (See Figure 3 in the Appendix located at the end of Title 18.)

An individual, paid or volunteer, who is involved in the preparation, packaging, handling, and storage of a cottage food product, or otherwise works for the cottage food operation. An employee does not include an immediate family member or household member of the cottage food operator.

A commercial enterprise conducted within the registered or permitted area of a dwelling unit where the cottage food operator, as defined by California Health and Safety Code Section 113758, resides and where cottage food products are prepared or packaged for direct, indirect, or direct and indirect sale to consumers in compliance with California Health and Safety Code Section 113758.

An individual who operates a cottage food operation in his or her private home and is the owner of the cottage food operation.

Non-potentially hazardous foods, including foods that are described in California Health and Safety Code Section 114365.5 and that are prepared for sale in the kitchen of a cottage food operation.

A City-approved concrete or asphalt concrete structure along the edge of the street pavement and raised above the pavement.

A home which regularly provides care, protection and supervision in the provider's own home to 9 to 14 children, including children who reside at the home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, and has all appropriate licenses.

A home which regularly provides care, protection and supervision in the provider's own home to 8 or fewer children, including children who reside at the home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, and has all appropriate licenses.

The number of dwelling units that may be constructed per acre or per square foot of lot area.

Any commercial establishment serving food and drinks, making provisions encouraging consumption of food or beverages in automobiles, whether such consumption in automobiles is on the premises or at the curb adjacent to the premises.

A private access with paving to a street, highway, alley, parking lot or easement.

A group of 2 or more detached or semi-detached one-family, two-family or multiple-family dwellings occupying a parcel of land in one ownership, and having any yard or court in common, but not including motels, hotels, boardinghouses or rest homes.

A building or portion thereof, used and designed as a residence for 2 or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking in the building, including apartment houses, duplexes and condominiums, but not including motels or boardinghouses.

A building designed for or used to house not more than one family.

A building containing not more than 2 kitchens, designed and/or used to house not more than 2 families, living independently of each other.

One or more rooms with interior access suitable for occupancy by one family and containing sanitation facilities and no more than one kitchen.

One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single housekeeping unit.

Any device forming a physical barrier by means of wood, wire mesh, plastic, brick, stone or other similar materials; provided, however, that where a fence is required as a condition of the improvement of the land pursuant to this title, the same shall consist of solid wood, chain link with slats or a solid masonry wall, as approved by the City Council, except that upon finding of special conditions unique to the property, the City Council may allow such a fence to consist of other material or design.

Used for the purposes of determining total gross building area and calculating parking requirements, means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors, mezzanines and lofts of the building. Horizontal dimensions shall be taken from the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the building and shall include all enclosed and conditioned areas except stairways and elevators.

An accessory building or part of a main building designed for the shelter and storage of a motor vehicle or vehicles and enclosed on three or more sides. Garages must be open and usable for the parking of vehicles to satisfy the parking requirements of this code.

Temporary living quarters within an accessory building, provided that no cooking facility is installed or maintained therein.

A portion of a main building consisting of living quarters, not a dwelling unit, however, so arranged that there is no more than one egress to the outdoors or to a public way, so that there is interior access to the common living areas of any dwelling unit occupying the main building, and providing that no cooking facility is installed or maintained therein.

Any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for lodging or sleeping purposes, where said transients access individual rooms through interior corridors.

Animals which can reasonably be domesticated and kept in a residential environment without interfering with the health, safety and welfare of adjacent residents. Household pets do not include sheep, goats, cows, pigs, horses, donkeys, burros, or other animals, including, but not limited to, roosters, peacocks, or raccoons.

More than 100 square feet of the area of any lot or parcel of land used for the storage of junk, including but not limited to scrap metals, salvage, spare parts or other scrap materials or for the dismantling or wrecking of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery, whether for sale or storage.

Any lot or premises on which 4 or more dogs more than 6 months of age are kept, boarded or trained; provided, however, that if other animals or birds or fowl are bought, sold or bartered, the classification to apply shall be that of a pet shop.

Any room or portion of room used or intended or designed to be used for cooking and the preparation of food.

The configuration of trees, shrubbery and other plant material, earth patterning and bedding materials in conjunction with open space. It shall not be construed to mean artificial plants.

A framework or structure of crossed strips arranged to form a regular pattern of open spaces.

A parcel of land of at least sufficient size to meet zoning requirements for use, coverage, area and open space as required by this Code.

The total area of land measured in a horizontal plane within the lot lines of the lot.

That area covered by buildings or structures.

The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines.

The width and depth of a lot.

The narrowest dimension of a lot fronting on a street.

A lot which is not a corner lot.

The property line or lines separating a lot from street or streets in the case of an interior lot and the line separating the narrowest street frontage of a lot from the street in the case of a corner lot. A lot may have more than one front lot line.

A lot line which line is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of an irregular, triangular or gore-shaped lot, the rear lot line shall be a line within the lot, 10 feet long parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line. A lot which is bounded on all sides by streets may have no rear lot line.

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the line representing the lot depth at a point on the line midway between the front and rear lot lines. In the case of a lot with a long narrow appendage abutting the street, the horizontal distance shall be measured at a point midway between the rear lot line and the beginning of the main body of the lot.

A building or group of buildings in a controlled-access and fenced compound that contains varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized and controlled-access stalls or lockers for the dead storage of customers' personal property.

A structure or vehicle, without its own motor power, used or designed for living or sleeping purposes. It is equipped with wheels for the purpose of transporting such from place to place but is generally located on a fixed or semi-permanent foundation. A travel trailer is not to be considered as a mobile home. (Compare "recreational vehicles.")

Any area or tract of land where 2 or more mobile home sites are rented, or held out for rent, to accommodate mobile homes used for human habitation. The rental paid for any such mobile home shall be deemed to include rental for the lot it occupies

A group of 2 or more detached or semidetached buildings containing guest rooms with and without limited cooking facilities, with access gained through an outside walkway. Automobile parking spaces serve such rooms provided in connection therewith, which group is designed and used primarily for the accommodation of transient automobile travelers.

A lot created lawfully and existing on the effective date of the applicable zoning regulations and existing since that time in nonconformance to the zoning regulations.

A lawful structure existing on the effective date of the applicable zoning regulations and existing since that time in nonconformance to the zoning regulations.

A lawful use existing on the effective date of the zoning regulations and continuing since that time in nonconformance to the zoning regulations.

A qualified fundraising barbecue that occurs not more than 3 consecutive days in any calendar quarter for the purpose of funding community programs and projects or charities.

The keeping, in an unroofed area, of any goods, material, merchandise, in the same place for more than 24 hours.

A roof like-structure not exceeding 12 feet in height which is placed over a patio to provide shade or protection from the elements. A patio cover is typically supported by vertical posts.

A map showing the division of land as defined and described in the Subdivision Map Act of the State Government Code.

The building in which animals are bought, sold or bartered and boarded therein.

A conduit used for the transmission of oil, gas, water or wastewater, over, across, through or in private property or public right-of-way, excluding incidental on-site pipelines serving a permitted use including utility lines serving an approved subdivision or development.

General Plan is described by California Government Code Section 65300 et seq.

Specific plan is described by Sections 65450—65457 of the Government Code.

A line separating a parcel of land from another parcel or from the street or alley.

Any legal entity authorized by the state laws or pursuant to local franchise to provide the community water, wastewater, gas, electricity, telephone or other services.

Recreational vehicles include the following:

A use for permanent or quasi-permanent dwelling purposes in a single-family dwelling, two-family dwelling, three-family dwelling or multifamily dwelling, manufactured housing and mobile homes, and all of the incidental uses thereto.

The premises and buildings used for the housing and care of aged, infirm or handicapped persons for compensation, but in which are kept for such compensation no persons suffering from mental illness or communicable disease, and in which are performed no surgery or maternity care or any other treatment customarily provided for in a sanitarium or hospital, so that such homes may not include any persons requiring regular nursing care. For the purposes of this definition, "aged persons" are persons whose chronological ages meet the qualifications established by the State Welfare and Institutions Code for recipients of old age security benefits.

A place that is designed and used for the sale and consumption of prepared food primarily on the premises.

A place that is designed and used for the sale of prepared foods to be consumed primarily off the premises, and may include a drive-through.

A place that is designed and used for the sale or resale of commodities or goods to consumers.

The retail handling of any article, substance or commodity related to gardening, including the sale of plants, shrubs, trees, packaged fertilizers, soils, chemicals, amendments, garden tools, statuary, and other nursery goods and related products.

A part or division of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling within a dwelling unit, room rental or hotel. Bathrooms, hallways, closets and service porches are not defined as rooms.

Solid walls, solid fences or dense, living hedges for the purpose of concealing from view the area behind such structure or hedges. (See also "Fence" and "Landscaping.")

A minimum horizontal distance between a property line, and the face of the building or accessory structure. (See also "Yard.")

The narrowest frontage of a corner lot facing the street is the "front" and the longest frontage facing the intersecting street is the "side," irrespective of the direction in which the dwelling faces, except when the Planning Director or designee has designated the wide frontage to be the "front" of the building site for setback purposes.

A structure, device, figure, display, message placard, or other contrivance, or any part thereof, situated outdoors or indoors, which is designed, constructed, intended, or used to advertise, or to otherwise provide information, to direct or attract attention to an object, person, institution, business, product, service, event, or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination, or projected images.

The functional equivalent of a traditional family where all the members have common access to and common use of all living, kitchen, and eating areas within the dwelling unit, and household activities and responsibilities such as meals, chores, expenses and maintenance of the premises are shared or carried out according to a household plan or other customary method, and the makeup of the household occupying the unit is stable and semi-permanent and determined by the residents of the unit rather than the landlord, property manager, or third party.

A public or private thoroughfare which affords a primary means of access to abutting property. "Street" includes, in addition to the paved travel way, all land within the street right-of-way.

Anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts jointed together in some definite manner, which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having a location on the ground, except outdoor areas such as patios, paved areas, walks, swimming pools, tennis courts and other similar recreation areas; provided, however, that swimming pools are and shall be governed by the provisions of Uniform Building Codes.

Housing that is occupied by persons within the target population, and 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 shall be allowed in any residential zone district subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zone in accordance with California Government Code Section 65583. Supportive housing has no limit on length of stay.

Adults with low incomes having one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health conditions, or individuals eligible for services provided under the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act and may, among other populations, include families with children, elderly persons, young adults again out of the foster care system, individuals existing from institutional settings, veterans, or homeless people.

The sales of goods, usually in small quantities, not exceeding 72 consecutive hours and not more than once per calendar quarter.

Any person who exercised occupancy for a reason of concession, permit, right of access, license, or other agreement for a period of 30 consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days.

Housing that assists persons within the target population in the transition to permanent housing by offering either on- or off-site access to social services, counseling, and other programs to its residents. Transitional housing is operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of assisted units to other eligible program recipients at some predetermined future point in time, which shall be no less than 6 months and no more than 24 months from initial occupancy. Transitional housing shall be allowed in all residential zone districts and shall be subject only to those restrictions that apply to other dwellings of the same type in the same zone.

An open vertical frame supporting open latticework, used as a screen or a support for growing vines or plants.

Any structure or device forming a physical barrier which is constructed of wood, masonry, precast, cast-in-place, brick, cement block or similar materials, as approved by the City where 50% or more of the vertical surface is closed and prevents the passage of light, air and vision through the surface in a horizontal plane; provided, however, that where a wall is required as a condition of the improvement of land pursuant to this title, the same shall consist of solid masonry, as approved by the City Council, except that upon a finding of special conditions unique to the property, the City Council may allow such a fence to consist of other material or design.

Any open space other than a court on the same lot with a building or a dwelling group, which space is clear of structures and thus open from ground to sky, except for the projections and/or accessory buildings permitted as set forth and specified in this title.

A space extending the full width of the lot, between the front lot line or the street and a line parallel thereto at a distance equal to the depth of the required front yard for the zone in which the lot is located.

A space extending the full width of the lot, between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto at a distance equal to the depth of the required yard for the zone in which the lot is located.

A space extending from the front yard to the rear yard, between the side lot line and a line parallel thereto at a distance equal to the depth of the required side yard for the zone in which the lot is located.

A portion of the City within which certain uses of land and buildings are permitted or prohibited, and within which certain yards and other open spaces are required and certain height limits are established for buildings, all as set forth and specified in this title.