For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this title, words, phrases, and terms shall be deemed to have the meaning ascribed to them in Section 17.03.020. In constructing the provisions of this title, specific provisions shall supersede general provisions relating to the same subject, and text shall supersede diagrams relating to the same subject. Words, phrases, and terms not defined in this section shall have the meaning commonly or logically associated therewith, or as clarified by the planning commission.

(Ord. 348 § 1 (part), 2007)

As used in this title:

"Abandoned" means to cease or suspend from developing or maintaining a building, structure or use for ninety (90) days or lesser time as may be specified herein.

"Abandoned activity" means a business or activity with no reported sales or activity for a period of at least one hundred eighty (180) days. Exceptions are temporary closures for repairs, alterations, or other similar situations.

"Abandoned sign" means any display not used for a period of ninety (90) days or more which is considered a public nuisance pursuant to the City of Huron Municipal Code.

"Abut, abutting (adjacent)" means two or more parcels sharing a common boundary, of at least one point. To physically touch, border upon border, or to share a common corner or property line, except where two or more lots adjoin only at a corner or corners, they shall not be considered as abutting unless the common property line between the two parcels measures not less than eight feet in a single direction. For the purposes of this title, abutting properties shall include those properties separated by any road, street, walkway, easement, alley right-of-way or highway, except a major highway.

"Access" means safe, adequate, and usable ingress or egress to a property or use.

"Access drive" or "access way" means a way or means of approach to provide entrance to a property that is safe, adequate and useable as ingress or egress for pedestrians and vehicles.

"Accessory building or structure" means a structure detached from a principal structure on the same lot, incidental to the principal building, and not designed for human habitation (not a secondary dwelling). An accessory building or structure may be erected only after the principal structure or building is established.

"Accessory living quarters" means living quarters within an accessory building located on the same premises with the main building, for use by temporary guests of the occupant of the premises, such quarters having no kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling unit.

"Accessory use" means a use of land or building that is customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building located on the same lot. An accessory use may be established only after the principal use is established.

"Acre" means a full acre containing forty-three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet of area within property lines of a lot or parcel.

"Action" means the decision made by the review authority on a land use application, including appropriate findings, environmental determination and conditions of approval, where applicable.

"Actual cash value" means current market value as determined by a certified real property appraiser or actual sales price.

"Address sign" means the numeric reference of a structure or use to a street address included as a part of a wall or monument sign.

"Adjacent" means near, close or abutting; for example, an industrial district across the street or highway from a residential district shall be considered as "adjacent."

"Adult-oriented businesses" means businesses selling goods or entertainment of a sexual nature.

"Advertising structure" means any notice or advertisement, pictorial or otherwise, and all such structures used as an outdoor display, regardless of size and shape, for the purposes of making anything known, the origin or place of sale of which is not on the property with such advertising structure.

"A-frame sign" means a freestanding sign usually hinged at the top, or attached in a similar manner, and widening at the bottom to form a shape similar to the letter "A."

"Agriculture" means the use of land for farming, dairying, pasteurizing and grazing, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, apiaries, animal and poultry husbandry, and accessory activities, including but not limited to storage, harvesting, feeding or maintenance of equipment excluding stockyards, slaughtering or commercial food processing.

"Airport" or "heliport" means any area of land designated and set aside for the landing and taking off of any aircraft regulated by Federal Aviation Administration.

Airport, Private. "Private airport" means a private airport or airstrip intended for the sole use of the airport owner and his or her invitees.

Airport, Public Use. "Public use airport" means a publicly or privately owned airport that offers the use of its facilities to the public without prior notice or special invitation or clearance, and that has been issued a California Airport Permit by the Division of Aeronautics of the California Department of Transportation.

"Alley" means a public or private way, at the rear or side of property, permanently reserved as an ancillary means of vehicular or pedestrian access to abutting property.

"Alterations" means any construction or physical change in the internal arrangement of rooms or the supporting members of a building or structure, or change in the appearance of any building or structure.

"Amendment" means a change in the wording, context or substance of this title, addition or deletion or a change in the zone district boundaries or classifications upon the zoning map.

"Amusement park" means an outdoor facility, which may include structures and buildings, where there are various devices for entertainment, including rides, booths for the conduct of games or sales of items, and buildings for shows and entertainment.

"Ancillary use" means a use incidental to and customarily associated with a specific principal use, located on the same lot or parcel.

"Animal hospital" means a place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and are cared for during the time of such treatment; the ancillary use of the premises as a kennel or a place where animals or pets are boarded for remuneration.

"Animated or moving sign" means any sign or part of a sign which changes physical position by any movement or rotation or which gives the physical impression of such movement or rotation.

"Antenna" means a device for transmitting or receiving radio, television, or any other transmitted signal.

Apartment Dwelling, Three-Family or Triplex. "Three-family or triplex apartment dwelling" means a building containing not more than three kitchens, designed and/or used to house not more than three families, living independently of each other, including all necessary domestic household employees of each such family.

"Apartment hotel" means a multiple dwelling which, in addition to dwelling units has one or more guestrooms.

"Apartment/multifamily" means a portion of a structure designed and used for occupancy by two or more individual persons or families living independently of each other, including duplex, triplex, fourplex, and other multi-unit configurations.

"Applicant" means owner(s) or lessee(s) of property, or their agent(s), or person(s) who have contracted to purchase property contingent upon their ability to acquire the necessary permits under this development code, or the agent(s) of such persons.

Area, Computation of Area. The following methods will be used to compute the area of sign copy:

1.

The area of a sign is to be computed by multiplying the total height by the total length of all faces of the sign copy, excluding framework or base.

2.

Where a two-sided sign contains identical copy on each side, the area of the sign shall include both sides.

3.

The area of a freestanding sign which has three or more faces shall be computed by adding the areas of each face of the sign.

4.

The area of a freestanding sign that is an object or statuary shall be computed by the appropriate mathematical equation for determining total surface of an object.

"Attached" means any structure that has an interior wall or roof in common with another structure.

"Auto accessory parts (new) retail sales" means the sale of differential and transmission assemblies, engine blocks or heads and similar head parts, radiators, and tires and wheels, and tail pipes and mufflers. There shall be no machine work or repairs or installation of merchandise permitted on the premises, nor shall there be a service garage or automobile service of any kind.

"Automobile sales lot" means an open area used for the display, sale and/or rental of new or used automobiles.

"Automobile service station" means an area which provides for the servicing or fueling of motor vehicles, including tube and tire repairs, battery charging, storage of merchandise and supplies related to the servicing of motor vehicles, sale of gasoline and other fuel and lubricants, motor vehicle washing, grease racks, and motor vehicle repairs, excluding body and fender work, engine overhauling and replacement, transmission work and other similar activities.

"Automobile wrecking" means the wrecking or dismantling of motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage of, sale of or dumping of dismantled, partly dismantled, or wrecked motor vehicles or their parts, or salvaging of their parts. The presence on a site of three or more motor vehicles which have not been capable of operating normally for thirty (30) days or more shall constitute prima facie evidence of a motor vehicle wrecking yard.

"Awning" means a roof-like cover that is attached to and projects from the wall of a building for the purpose of shielding from the elements.

Bakery, Large. "Large bakery" means a commercial enterprise engaged in large-scale production and wholesale marketing of bakery goods, and which may include incidental retail sales.

Bakery, Small. "Small bakery" means a retail commercial enterprise engaged in the production of bakery goods intended for retail sale on site and not including any wholesale activities.

"Banner, flag, pennant or balloon" means any cloth, bunting, plastic, paper, or similar material used for advertising purposes attached to or pinned on or from any structure, staff, pole, line, framing or vehicle, including captive balloons and inflatable signs but not including official flags of the United States, the State of California, and other states of the nation, counties, municipalities, official flags of foreign nations and nationally or internationally recognized organizations.

"Bar" means a structure, or part of a structure, used primarily for the sale or dispensing of liquor by the drink.

"Base flood" means a flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year; also referred to in other sources and this text as the one hundred (100) year flood.

"Base zone" means a zoning district which includes use, height, bulk, space, and development standards for the regulation of development in a particular area (e.g., R-1, C-R, I-L).

"Basement" means a story partly or completely underground. A basement shall be counted as a story for purposes of height measurement where any portion of a basement has more than one-half of its height above grade.

"Bed and breakfast" means a transient lodging establishment primarily engaged in providing overnight or otherwise temporary lodging for the general public and may provide meals to the extent otherwise permitted by law.

"Bench sign" means copy painted on any portion of a bus stop bench, or other bench visible from the public right-of-way.

"Berm" means a mound or embankment of earth.

"Bicycle shop" means a business devoted to retail sales, service or repair of bicycles which are not powered by any type of mechanical device.

"Billboard" means the same as an "Advertising structure."

"Block" means a parcel of land surrounded by public streets, highways, freeways, railroad rights-of-way, flood control channels, creeks, washes, rivers or unsubdivided acreage or any combination thereof.

"Block face" means one complete side of a block, usually facing a public street.

"Boarding or rooming house" means a structure where lodging and meals for three or more boarders is provided for compensation.

"Breezeway" means a roofed passageway, open on at least two sides where the roof is structurally integrated with the structure of the main building. A fence or wall not exceeding six feet in height may be permitted on one side of the breezeway.

"Building" means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, or property of any kind.

"Building area" means the net portion of the lot remaining after deducting all required setbacks from the gross area of the lot.

"Building coverage" means the percent of lot area which may be covered by all the footprints of buildings or structures on a lot.

"Building face and/or frontage" means the length of the single front building elevation in which the primary entrance to the business is located. If more than one business is located in any single building, then such length shall be limited to that portion which is occupied by each individual business (see multi-tenant structures and mini malls).

Building Height. The "building height" is the vertical distance from the average elevation of the finished grade to the highest point of the structure, excluding chimneys and vents.

"Building official" means the chief building officer of the City or a designee.

"Building setback line" means the minimum distance as prescribed by this title between any property line and the closest point of the foundation of any building or structure related thereto.

"Building site" means the ground area of a building together with all open spaces required by this title.

Building, Main. "Main building" means a building within which is conducted the principal use permitted on the lot or site as provided by this title.

Building, Principal or Primary. "Principal or primary building" means a building in which the principal use is conducted.

Business, Retail. "Retail business" means the retail sale of any article, substance or commodity for profit or livelihood, conducted within a building, but not the sale of lumber or other building materials or the open storage or sale of any building materials or the sale of used or secondhand goods or materials of any kind.

Business, Wholesale. "Wholesale business" means the wholesale handling of any article, substance or commodity for profit or livelihood, conducted within a building, but not including the sale of lumber or other building materials or the open storage or sale of any material or commodity, and not including the processing or manufacture of any product or substance.

"Campground" means a plot of ground upon which two or more campsites are located, established, or maintained for occupancy by camping units of the general public as temporary living quarters for recreation, education, or vacation purposes.

Camping Trailer. See "Travel trailer."

"Camping unit" means any tent, trailer, cabin, lean-to, or similar structure established or maintained and operated in a campground as temporary living quarters for recreation, education, or vacation uses.

"Caretaker's residence" means a single-family residence on the same property with, or an abutting property owned by the owner of, a commercial or manufacturing use which residence is occupied by one or more persons charged with care or protection of facilities used in such commercial or manufacturing use, and which residence is provided to the occupant as compensation for such services and for which he does not pay money or other thing of value other than his services.

"Cargo container" means a large metal box typically used for the shipment of containerized goods.

"Carnival" means a group of two or more devices or acts subject to council approval, operated or conducted for five days or less from time of set up and, in conjunction with an established business for the purpose of attracting the public or to advertise a product, idea or program.

"Carport." A permanent roofed structure entirely open on two or more sides, used for vehicle parking formed by extension of the roof from the side of another building or a free-standing accessory building, not attached to another building, and except for structural support, it is entirely open on two or more sides.

Carwash, Self-Service. "Self-service carwash" means any occupancy which provides for automobile washing to be done by the customer. There shall be no employees other than servicemen who check and maintain equipment and supervise the use of the facility. Equipment shall be limited to a water softener, water heater, soap mixing tank, low pressure vacuum units, and one one-horsepower electric motor and pump for each stall or similar equipment which shall produce only a low volume of sound.

"Cemetery" means an area for burial or entombment of the deceased.

"Centerline" means a line designated by official survey to be the center of the future or existing fully developed easement, street, road or highway, which may or may not coincide with the construction centerline.

"Certificate of occupancy" means a permit issued by the planning and building services department prior to occupancy of a structure to assure that the structure is ready for occupancy with all defects corrected and all construction debris removed and the site graded to final grade. Additionally, all on-site amenities (i.e., paving, landscaping, etc.) shall be in place prior to the issuance of the permit.

"Changeable copy sign" means a sign designed to allow the changing of copy through manual, mechanical, or electrical means including time and temperature.

"Church" means a building, together with its accessory buildings and uses, where persons regularly assemble for worship, and which buildings, together with its accessory buildings and uses, is maintained and controlled by a religious body organized to sustain public worship.

"City" means the City of Huron.

"City attorney" means the city attorney of the City of Huron or his or her designee.

"City council" means the city council of the City of Huron.

"City official" means any employee of the City of Huron that has been duly authorized and delegated by the city council.

"Civic event sign" means a temporary sign, other than a commercial sign, posted to advertise a civic event sponsored by a public agency, school, church, civic-fraternal organization, or similar noncommercial organization.

"Clinic" means a place for outpatient medical services to human patients.

"Club" means an association of persons (whether or not incorporated) organized for some common purpose, but not including a group organized primarily to render a service customarily carried on as a business.

"Cluster district" means a subdivision development in which building lots are sized to conform to the "footprint" of the structures and sited closer together than conventional development, usually in groups or clusters, provided that the total density does not exceed that permitted under conventional zoning and subdivision regulations. The additional land that remains undeveloped is preserved as open space and recreation land. Private development easements around the structures are permitted for inclusion of private landscaping, pools, spas, yards, etc.

"Cogeneration facility" means a facility which creates the sequential production of both thermal and electrical energy.

"Collection facility" means a center for the acceptance by donation, redemption or purchase of recycling materials from the public, which may include the following:

1.

Reverse vending machine(s);

2.

Small collection facilities which occupy an area of less than five hundred square feet and may include:

a.

A mobile unit to be removed from the site upon a daily basis,

b.

Bulk reverse vending machine(s) or a grouping of reverse vending machines,

c.

Kiosk-type units which may include permanent structures;

3.

Large collection facilities which may occupy an area of more than five hundred (500) square feet and may include permanent structures.

"College" means an educational institution offering advanced instruction in any academic field beyond the secondary level, but not including trade schools or business colleges.

"Columbarium" means a structure of vaults lined with recesses for cinerary urns for the ashes of cremated bodies.

"Combining (overlay) zone districts" means a zoning district that modifies use, height, bulk, space, or other development standards of the base zone with which it is combined (e.g., CL, design district, A-A).

"Commercial coach" means a vehicle, without motive power, designed and equipped for human occupancy for industrial, professional, or commercial purposes.

"Commercial districts" means the CBD, C-P and C-S zoning districts.

"Commercial office" means any administrative or clerical office maintained as a business or any office established by a public service over which this title has jurisdiction, other than professional office.

"Commercial purposes" means the raising, growing of any plant or plant crop; the raising, breeding, or training of any animal, bird, or fowl; or the providing of a service having profit as the primary aim.

"Commercial seasonal/daily sign" means an "open" or "closed" window sign, posted on a daily or seasonal basis.

"Commercial vehicle" means a vehicle customarily used as part of a business for the transportation of goods or people.

"Commission" means the planning commission of the City of Huron.

"Common area" means land within or related to a development, not individually owned or dedicated for public use, which is designed and intended for the common use or enjoyment of the residents of the development and which may include such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate.

"Common property line" means a lot line shared by two or more properties.

"Communications equipment building" means a building housing electrical and mechanical equipment necessary for the conduct of a public communication business, with or without personnel.

"Community apartment" means a development in which an undivided interest in the land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy of an apartment located on the land.

"Community care facility" means a state-authorized, certified, or licensed family care home, foster home, or group home serving six or fewer mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons or dependent and neglected children (Welfare and Institutions Code 5116).

"Community center" means a building used for recreational, social, educational, or cultural activities, usually owned and operated by a public or nonprofit group or agency.

"Community recreation facility" means a recreational facility, such as a park or swimming pool, maintained and operated for the benefit of residents of a particular residential development, including an apartment, condominium, townhouse, subdivision, or mobilehome park.

"Conditional use permit" means a discretionary entitlement which may be granted under the provisions of this zoning ordinance and which when granted authorizes a specific use to be made of a specific property, subject to compliance with all terms and conditions imposed on the entitlement.

"Condominium" means an estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common on a portion of a parcel of real property together with a separate interest in space in a residential, industrial, or commercial building on such real property (Civil Code Section 783).

"Construction commencement" means the start of construction of substantial site and structural improvements after a building permit has been issued, subject to determination by the planning department.

"Contiguous" means the same as "Abut."

"Convalescent home" means rest home.

"Convalescent hospital" means an institution primarily engaged in the care of individuals recovering from illness.

"Convenience zones" means an area within one-half-mile radius of a supermarket.

"Corner cut-off" means the provision for and maintenance of adequate and safe visibility for vehicular and pedestrian traffic at all intersections of streets, alleys or private driveways.

"Council" means the mayor/city council of the City of Huron.

"Country club" means a land area and building containing recreational facilities, clubhouses, and usual accessory uses, open only to members and their guests for a membership fee.

"County" means the County of Fresno.

"County official" means any employee of the County of Fresno that has been duly authorized and delegated.

"Coverage" means the same as "Lot coverage."

"Crematory" means a building or structure operated in conjunction with a columbarium, mausoleum, cemetery, or mortuary containing one or more furnaces for the reduction of bodies of deceased persons to cremated remains.

Cul-de-sac. See Street, Cul-de-sac.

"Dairy farm" means any place or premises upon which milk is produced for sale or other distribution and where more than two cows or six goats are in location.

"Day" means a calendar day.

Day Care Facility, Children. "Children day care facility" means a facility which provides nonmedical care to children under eighteen (18) years of age in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on less than a twenty-four (24) hour basis. Family day care homes are further divided into the following categories: small (up to eight children); large (nine to fourteen (14) children; and day care center fifteen (15) + children). Day care facilities include family day care homes, infant centers, pre-schools, and extended day care facilities.

"Day nursery or child care nursery" means any group or building, building or portion thereof used primarily for the daytime care of children with or without compensation.

"Days" shall always be consecutive calendar days unless otherwise stated.

"Dead storage" is that type of storage in which the goods, property, or equipment come to rest for safekeeping in an approved zoning designation and are not put to use. Said property shall not be connected to utility services.

"Decision making authority" means the planning department, planning commission, or city council, depending on which has been assigned the responsibility and authority for reviewing and approving a particular permit pursuant to Chapter 17.75.

"Dedication" means a conveyance of land to some public use, especially streets, made by owner and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public.

"Defensible space" means a design concept term used to describe a series of physical design characteristics that maximize resident control of behavior, particularly crime, within a public semiprivate, or private area, structure, or community.

"Density" means the number of dwelling units per gross acre, unless otherwise stated, for residential uses.

"Density bonus" consistent with Government Code, a density bonus up to 35 percent over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density under the applicable zoning district will be available to developers who provide affordable housing as part of their projects. Developers of affordable housing will also be entitled to receive incentives on a sliding scale to a maximum of three, where the amount of density bonus and number of incentives vary according to the amount of affordable housing units provided.

"Department" means the City of Huron planning and building services department hereafter referred to as the "department."

"Design" means and includes the planning and engineering of the following: street alignments, grades and widths; drainage and sanitary facilities and utilities, including alignment and grades thereof; location and size of all required easements and rights-of-way; fire roads and fire breaks; lot size and configuration; traffic access; grading; land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes; building and other such specific physical and aesthetic requirements.

"Detached" means any building or structure that does not have a wall or roof in common with any other building or structure.

"Development" means the placement or erection of any solid material or structure; discharge or disposal of any dredged material or any gaseous liquid, solid or thermal waste; grading, removing, dredging, mining or extraction of any soil or materials; change in the density or intensity of use of land, including, but not limited to, subdivision pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (commencing with Section 66410 of the Government Code), and any other division of land, including lot splits, except where the land division is brought about in connection with the purchase of such land by a public agency for public recreational use; change in the intensity of use of water, or of access thereto; construction, reconstruction, demolition, or alteration of the size of any structure including any facility of any private, public or municipal utility; and the removal of any major vegetation. As used in this code, "structure" includes but is not limited to any building, road pipe flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, and electrical power transmission and distribution line. A "project," as defined in Government Code Section 65931, is included with this definition. An increase of twenty-five (25) percent or more on assessed valuation shall be considered a substantial increase in development.

"Directional signs" means any sign which contains only the name, location of building, services and/or occupants that are not located on the parcel upon which the sign is located. Said signs are separate from and are not to be construed as an advertising structure.

"Director" means the director of the City of Huron planning department.

"Discretionary decision" means a decision requiring the exercise of judgment or deliberation when the public official or body decides to approve or disapprove a particular activity.

"District" means a zoning district established by this zoning ordinance.

"District attorney" means the district attorney of the County of Fresno or a designee.

"Domestic agriculture" means agricultural activities carried on for noncommercial purposes.

"Dormitory" means a structure intended principally for sleeping accommodations, and where nonindividual kitchen facilities are provided, where such structure is related to an educational or public institution or is maintained and operated by a recognized nonprofit welfare organization.

"Double faced sign" means a single structure designed with the intent of providing copy on both sides.

Double Frontage Lot. See Lot (through).

"Drainage channel" means any existing open ditch, culvert or channel, naturally created or designed to transmit water for flood control or irrigation purposes.

"Drugstore" means a retail store engaged in the sale of prescription drugs and patent medicines, carrying related items such as cosmetics and toiletries and such unrelated items as tobacco and novelty merchandise. Such as may also include a soda fountain or lunch counter.

"Dump" means a place used for the disposal, abandonment or discarding of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, rubble, waste material, offal or dead animals.

"Duplex" means a detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other. Of which structure is joined by a common wall or roofline.

"Dwelling" means a structure or portion thereof designed for residential occupancy, not including hotels or motels. (See "Dwelling unit.")

"Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms including bathroom(s) and a kitchen, designed as a unit for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes.

Dwelling, Multifamily or Multiple. "Multifamily or multiple dwelling" means a structure containing two or more dwelling units or a combination of two or more separate single-family dwelling units (duplexes, triplexes, townhouses or apartments).

Dwelling, Single-Family. "Single-family dwelling" means a building or buildings (excluding mobilehomes) designed for or occupied exclusively by one family, including a manufactured home in compliance with California Government Code Section 65852.3.

"Easement" means a grant of one or more property rights by the property owner for the use of public, a corporation or another person or entity.

"Eaveline" means the bottom of the roof eave or the roof parapet where no eave exists.

"Educational institution" means a school, college or university, supported wholly or in part by public funds or giving general academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education.

"Electric distribution substations" means an assembly of equipment which is part of a system for the distribution of electric power where electric energy is received at a subtransmission voltage and transformed to a lower voltage for distribution for general public use.

"Electric transmission substation" means an assembly of equipment which is part of a system for the transmission of electric power where electric energy is received at a very high voltage from its source of generation by means of a network of high voltage lines and where, by means of transformers, said high voltage is transformed to a low subtransmission voltage for purposes of supplying electric power to large individual customers, interchange connections with other power-producing agencies, or electric distribution substations for transformation to still lower voltages for distribution to smaller individual users.

"Entertainment (live)" means any act, play, revue, pantomime, scene, dance act, or song and dance act, or any combination thereof, performed by one or more persons whether or not they are compensated for the performance.

"Face" means the area or display surface used for the message.

"Family" means any 2 or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit.

"Farmworker/Employee housing" means in compliance with the Employee Housing Act, farmworker housing up to twelve (12) units or thirty-six (36) beds are considered an agricultural use and permitted in any zone that permits agricultural uses and employee housing for six or fewer employees are to be treated as a single family structure and permitted in the same manner as other dwellings of the same type in the same zone.

"Farmers' market" means a retail market where agricultural produce is offered for sale to the general public, either within an enclosed building or outdoors.

"Fast-food restaurant" means an establishment whose principal business is the sale of pre-prepared or rapidly prepared food directly to the customer in a ready-to-consume state for consumption either within the restaurant building or off the premises.

"Feed lot or feed yard" means a lot, or portion of a lot used for the enclosing of livestock for market, and not operated in connection with a bona fide farm.

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

"Filling station" means the same as "Automobile service station."

"Flashing sign" means any directly or indirectly illuminated sign that contains an intermittent or sequential flashing light source.

"Flood boundary floodway map (FBFM)" means an official map on which the Federal Insurance Administration, using their own information or information supplied by the Fresno County water agency, the Fresno County public works department, the State Reclamation Board, or other Federal Agencies, has delineated both the areas of flood hazard and the floodway.

"Flood control channel" means the same as "Drainage channel."

"Flood insurance rate map (FIRM)" means the official map on which the Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special and historical flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the City of Huron.

"Flood or flooding" means any general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land from the overflow of inland or tidal waters or from the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source.

Flood Zone. The flood has a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year; also referred to as the one hundred (100) year flood, regulatory flood, intermediate regional flood, or base flood.

"Floodplain" means a land area adjoining a river, stream, watercourse, or lake which is likely to be flooded, including alluvial cones, wherein streams may change their course.

"Floodway or designated floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot or increasing the velocity to greater than seven feet per second, whichever results in the widest floodway. The floodway is delineated on the flood boundary floodway map and the State Reclamation Board designated floodway map. Floodways are also delineated on the official zoning maps as floodplain primary (FPP) district.

Floor Area. Whenever the term "floor area" is used in this zoning ordinance as a basis for requiring off-street parking for any structure, it shall be assumed that, unless otherwise stated, said floor area applies not only to the ground floor area but also to any additional stories, or basement of the structure. All horizontal dimensions shall be taken from the exterior faces of walls including enclosed porches.

"Freestanding sign" means a sign which is supported by one or more uprights, braces, poles, or similar structural components that is not attached to a building or buildings.

"Front wall" means the nearest wall of a structure to the street upon which the structure faces, but excluding cornices, canopies, eaves, or any other architectural embellishments.

"Frontage" means the side of a lot abutting a street (the front lot line), except the side of a corner lot.

"Funeral home" means an establishment with facilities for the preparation of the deceased for burial or cremation, for the viewing of the body, and for funerals.

"Future tenant identification sign" means a temporary sign which identifies a future use of a site or building.

"Garage" means an enclosed building, or a portion of an enclosed building used for the parking of vehicles.

"Garage or yard sale" means the sale of goods which is undertaken by the occupant of a residence where the garage sale occurs, which is no longer than two consecutive days in duration and which occurs no more frequently than twice a year.

Garage, Private. "Private garage" means a detached accessory building or a portion of a main building on the same lot as a dwelling for five but not more than fifteen (15) persons other than members of the resident family, excepting a nursing home as defined in this section.

Garage, Repair. "Repair garage" means a building other than a private garage used for the care, repair or equipment of automobiles, or where such vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire or sale.

Garage, Storage. "Storage garage" means any premises, used exclusively for the storage of vehicles.

"General plan" means the City of Huron general plan as adopted by the city council, pursuant to Government Code, hereafter referred to as the "general plan."

"Governmental sign" means a sign erected and maintained pursuant to and in discharge of any governmental function, or required by law, ordinance of other governmental regulation.

"Grade" means the degree of rise or descent of a sloping surface (see "Slope"), and the average of the finished ground level at the center of all walls of a building. In case walls are parallel to and within five feet of a sidewalk, said ground level shall be measured at the sidewalk.

"Grand opening" means a promotional activity not exceeding thirty (30) calendar days used by newly established businesses, within two months after occupancy, to inform the public of their location and service available to the community. Grand opening does not mean an annual or occasional promotion of retail sales by a business.

"Granny flat" means an additional dwelling unit intended for the sole occupancy of one or two adult persons who are sixty-two (62) years of age or over, and the floor area of the attached "granny flat" dwelling unit does not exceed thirty (30) percent of the existing living area of the primary residence or the floor area of the detached "granny flat" dwelling unit does not exceed one thousand two hundred (1,200) square foot on a lot designated as residential, as defined in Government Code Section 65852.1.

"Greenhouse" means a building or structure constructed chiefly of glass, glass-like translucent material, cloth or lath, which is devoted to the protection or cultivation of flowers or other tender plants.

"Gross acreage" means the total area within the lot lines of a lot or parcel of land before public streets, easements or other areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use are deducted from such lot or parcel, and does not include adjacent lands already dedicated for such purposes.

"Gross floor area" means the area included within the surrounding exterior finish wall surface of a building or portion thereof, exclusive of courtyards.

"Group care facility" means a facility or detached dwelling unit providing twenty-four (24) hour nonmedical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual.

"Guest" means any transient person who occupies a room for sleeping purposes.

"Guest house" means living quarters, having no kitchen facilities, located on the same premises with a main building and occupied for the sole use of members of the family temporary guest, or persons permanently employed on the premises.

"Guest ranch" means a building or buildings and open space for use of transients only, providing housing and meals and having recreational activities of one or more types for compensation.

"Guest room" means a room which is designed to be occupied by one or more guests for sleeping purposes, having no kitchen facilities, not including dormitories.

"Habitable structure" means any structure used for living purposes, including working, sleeping, cooking, eating, or recreation.

"Half-story" means a story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, parts of which are not more than three feet above the floor of such story.

"Hazardous waste" means a waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may either:

1.

Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible, illness;

2.

Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of or otherwise managed.

"Hedge" means a fence or barrier formed or bushes set close together.

"Height" means the vertical distance from the base to the top of any structure, measured from lowest point of the structure, or average grade.

"Height of sign" means the greatest vertical distance measured from the existing planned grade of the top of the curb or the street frontage to the highest element of the sign.

"Hog ranch or farm" means any premises used for the commercial breeding or raising of hogs which are kept confined as a stockyard and fed concentrated food for the purposes of developing or fattening the animals for retail or wholesale sale. (Hogs raised as an FFA, 4-H, or Junior Farmer project are not to be classified as a hog ranch or farm unless the express purpose is for the commercial wholesale or retail sales market.)

"Holiday decoration sign" means temporary signs, in the nature of decorations, clearly incidental to and customarily associated with holidays.

"Home for the aged" means the same as "Rest home."

"Home occupation" means an activity conducted in compliance with Chapter 17.19 carried out by an occupant conducted as an accessory use within the primary dwelling unit.

1.

Such home occupation may include:

a.

Consultive professional occupations upon approval of the planning commission and city council, whose function is one of rendering a service and does not involve the dispensing of goods or products;

b.

The giving of music lessons and similar occupations;

c.

Drafting, designing and the like, using only the normal drafting equipment.

2.

The following criteria shall apply for the evaluation of a "home occupation."

a.

There shall be no employment of help other than members of the resident family.

b.

There shall be no use of materials or mechanical equipment not recognized as being part of normal household or hobby uses, except that such equipment as typewriters, adding machines, portable hair dryers, permanent wave machines, filing cabinets and desks.

c.

There shall be no sales of products or services not produced on the premises.

d.

The use shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond that normal to the district in which it is located.

e.

It shall not involve the use of commercial vehicles for delivery of materials to or from the premises, other than a vehicle not to exceed one ton, owned by the operator of such home occupation, which shall be stored in an entirely enclosed garage.

f.

No excessive or unsightly storage of materials or supplies, indoor or outdoor, for purposes other than those permitted in the district.

g.

It shall not involve the use of signs or structures other than those permitted in the district of which it is a part.

h.

Not more than one room in the dwelling shall be employed for the home occupation.

i.

No building or space outside of the main building shall be used for home occupational purposes except for agricultural uses.

j.

In no way shall the appearance of the structure be so altered or the conduct of the occupation within the structure be such that the structure may be reasonably recognized as serving a nonresidential use (either by color, materials or construction, lighting, signs, sounds or noises, vibrations, etc.).

k.

There shall be no use of utilities or community facilities beyond that normal to the use of the property for residential or agricultural purposes as defined in that district.

"Horticultural" means the cultivation of an orchard, garden, or garden on a small or large scale.

"Hospital" means an institution, designed within an integrated campus setting for the diagnosis, care, and treatment of human illness, including surgery and primary treatment.

"Hotel" means a facility offering transient lodging accommodations on a daily rate to the general public with most rooms gaining access from an interior hallway, and providing additional services, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, and recreation facilities.

"Household pets" means keeping of domesticated animals, fish, fowl, small birds; provided, that there shall be not more than two mature animals, fowl and small birds or any one species; provided, that they shall be kept in a safe and sanitary manner; and keeping of other pets; provided, that such other pets which are not kept exclusively within a dwelling shall be limited to not more than three adult animals, until such time that the keeping of animals as identified above, becomes a commercial use as determined by the city council.

1.

Household pets shall not include horses, cows, goats, sheep, other equine, bovine, ovine or ruminant animals, pigs, predatory wild animals, ducks, geese, turkeys, game birds and fowl which normally constitute an agricultural use. The keeping of household pets or other animals is lawful only in those districts where the use is listed as a permitted use or when any household pets are kept as an accessory use to lawfully maintain residences in other districts. The keeping of any animal not herein described as a household pet shall not be deemed an accessory residential use.

2.

Any person keeping or maintaining animals not defined as "household pets" by this subsection within an enclosure nearer than one hundred (100) feet from any residential zone shall be deemed guilty of an infraction and in violation of this title.

"House trailer" means the same as "Mobilehome."

"Housing for the elderly" means housing consisting of at least eight units restricted to a person sixty (60) years of age or older, or to a person/persons sixty (60) years or older plus spouse then residing with said elderly person.

"Hunting club" means a designated area where wild game birds or animals may be hunted. Normally membership or entry fee is required as a prerequisite to hunting.

"Identification sign" means a sign giving the nature, logo, trademark, or other identifying symbol, address, or any combination of the name, symbol and address of a building, business, development, or establishment on the premises where it is located.

"Illegal sign" means any of the following: a sign erected without first complying with all ordinances and regulations in effect at the time of its construction and erection or use; a sign that was legally erected but whose use has ceased, or the structure upon which the display is placed has been abandoned by its owner, not maintained, or not used to identify or advertise an ongoing business for a period of not less than ninety (90) days; a sign that was legally erected which later became nonconforming as a result of the adoption of an ordinance, the amortization period for the display provided by the ordinance rendering the display nonconforming has expired, and conformance has not been accomplished; a sign which is a danger to the public or is unsafe; a sign which is a traffic hazard not created by relocation of streets or highways by the acts of the City or County.

"Illuminated sign" means a sign with an artificial light source for the purpose of lighting the sign.

"Industrial districts" means the M-L and M-H zoning districts.

"Industry" means the manufacture, fabrication, processing, reduction or destruction of any article, substance or commodity, or any other treatment thereof in such a manner as to change the form, character or appearance thereof, and including storage elevators, truck storage yards, warehouses, wholesale storage, and other similar types of enterprise.

"Infill development" means development that occurs on up to four contiguous vacant lots scattered within areas that are already largely developed or urbanized.

"Institutional sign" means a sign identifying the premises of a church, school, hospital, rest home, or similar institutional facility.

"Intent and purpose" means the commission and council, by the adoption of this zoning ordinance, have made a finding that the health, safety and welfare of the community will be served by the creation of the district and by the creation of the district and by the regulations therein.

"Inverted 'T' frame sign" means a freestanding sign usually in the form or shape similar to the letter "T" which is upside down or inverted. Such signs are usually designed to be portable, hence they are not considered permanent signs.

"Junk and salvage facility (also, dismantling and wreckage yard)" means primary or accessory use of structures and/or land for storage, dismantling and/or selling of cast-off, unused, scrap or salvage material or any sort.

"Kennel" means any lot where four or more dogs, cats, or other small animals over the age of four months are kept, where such keeping is for pleasure, profit, breeding, or exhibiting, including places where said animals are boarded, kept for sale, or hire.

"Kiosk" means an off-premise sign used for directing people to the sales office or models of a residential subdivision project.

"Kitchen" means any room, all or part of which are designed and/or used for storage, refrigeration, cooking and the preparation of food.

"Land use" means a description of how land is utilized.

"Landscaping" means an area devoted to or developed and maintained predominantly with native or exotic plant materials including turf, groundcover, trees, shrubs, and other plant materials; and also including accessory decorative outdoor landscape elements such as pools, fountains, paved or decorated surfaces (excluding driveways, parking, loading, or storage areas), and sculptural elements.

"Laundromat" means an establishment providing washing, drying, or dry cleaning machines on the premises for rental use to the general public for family laundering or dry cleaning purposes.

"Livestock" means any cattle, sheep, swine, goat, horse, mule, or other equine animals.

"Livestock feedlot" means an enclosed area where animals are confined and fed concentrated food to raise or fatten them for slaughter or commercial sale.

"Living area" means the interior inhabitable area of a dwelling unit, including the basement and attic, but excluding the garage or any accessory structure.

"Loading" means the removal or placement of any commodity in, on or from a vehicle of any type.

"Loading space" means an off-street space or berth on the same lot with a main building, or contiguous to a group of buildings for the temporary parking of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading, and which abuts a street, alley or other appropriate means of ingress or egress.

"Local street" means a street or road primarily for service to abutting property.

"Logo sign" means an established trademark or symbol identifying the use of a building.

Lot.

1.

A single parcel of land for which a legal description is filed on record or the boundaries of which are shown on a subdivision map or record of survey map filed in the office of the county recorder.

2.

The term "lot" shall include a part of a single parcel of land when such part is used as though a separate lot for all of the purposes of this title.

3.

The term "lot" shall include two or more abutting lots when combined and used as though a single lot.

The classification of lots are as follows:

Corner. A lot located at the intersection of two or more streets at an angle of not more than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees. If the angle is greater than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees, the lot shall be considered an "interior lot."

Cul-de-sac. A lot fronting on, or with more than one-half of its lot width fronting on, the turnaround-end of a cul-de-sac street.

Curve. A lot fronting on the outside curve of the right-of-way of a curved street, which street has a centerline radius of two hundred fifty (250) feet or less.

Flag. A lot having access or an easement to a public or private street by a narrow, private right-of-way.

Interior. A lot abutting only one street.

Key. A lot with a sideline that abuts the rear line of any one or more adjoining lots.

Reverse Corner. A corner lot, the rear of which abuts the side of another lot.

Through. A lot having frontage on two generally parallel streets.

"Lot area" means the total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any street rights-of-way and including only that area which is usable for its intended purpose.

Lot Area, Minimum. "Minimum lot area" means the smallest lot area established by this title on which a use structure may be located in a particular zoning district.

"Lot averaging" means the design of individual adjoining lots within a residential subdivision in which the average lot area equals the minimum prescribed area for the low residential land use zoning district. To maintain an average, some lots may be reduced to a maximum of ten percent below the minimum lot size, while a corresponding number of lots shall each maintain a lot area of at least ten percent above the minimum lot size. Allowable density shall be within the prescribed maximums.

"Lot coverage" means that portion of the lot that is covered by buildings and structures.

"Lot depth" means the average distance between the front and rear lot lines or between the front line and the intersection of the two sidelines, if there is no rear line.

"Lot frontage" means the portion of the lot contiguous to the street.

"Lot line" means any boundary of a lot. The classifications of lot lines are:

Front. On an interior lot, the line separating the parcel from the street. On a corner lot, the shorter lot line abutting a street. (If the lot lines on a corner lot are equal in length, the front lot line shall be determined by the planning department.) On a through lot, the lot line abutting the street providing access to the lot.

Interior. Any lot line not abutting a street.

Rear. A lot line, not intersecting a front lot line, which is most distant from and most closely parallel to the front lot line. In the case of an irregularly shaped lot or a lot bounded by only three lot lines, a line within the lot having a length of ten feet, parallel to and most distant from the front lot line shall be interpreted as the rear lot line for the purpose of determining required yards, setbacks, and other provisions of this Development Code.

Side. Any lot line which is not a front or rear lot line.

"Lot of record" means a lot held in separate ownership as shown on the records of the county recorder at the time of the passage of an ordinance or regulation establishing the zoning district in which the lot is located.

"Lot width" means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth at a midway point between the front and rear lot lines.

"Lower income households" means households with incomes eighty (80) percent or less of the County median income, or those superseded by the guidelines which comply with the California Department of Housing and Community Development Guidelines.

"Main building" means the building in which the principal use of a lot is located.

"Major street or major highway" means a highway which is used, designed to be used, or is necessary to carry heavy volumes of traffic, and designated as a "major highway or arterial" in the circulation element of the general plan.

"Manufactured carport." A detached factory manufactured accessory building customarily used as a carport not attached to another building, and except for structural support, it is entirely open on all four sides that is not located in the front yard of a residential dwelling.

"Manufactured home" means a factory built or manufactured home including mobilehomes, as permitted by the State of California and federal laws.

"Mausoleum" means a tomb for one or more deceased persons.

"Median" means a paved or planted area separating a street or highway into two or more lanes of opposite direction of travel.

"Median income" means a specified threshold which complies with the California Department of Housing and Community Development Guidelines where one-half of the County earns more and one-half of the County earns less income.

"Medical building" means clinics or offices for doctors, dentists, oculists, chiropractors, osteopaths or similar practitioners of the healing arts; including accessory laboratory and prescription pharmacy uses, but not including office for veterinarians.

"Mineral exploration" means exploration by scientific means, in a manner similar to the exploration for petroleum products, for the purpose of determining the existence and extent of commercial mineral deposits.

"Mini-mall" means a parcel with a commercial structure divided into at least three spaces for rent or a parcel with a collection of structures with different tenants.

"Ministerial" means staff and planning department and/or building inspection personnel.

"Ministerial decision" means a decision requiring the application of the statutes, ordinances, or regulations to the facts as prescribed and involving little or no personal judgment by the public official or decision making body as to the wisdom or manner of carrying out a project.

"Mini-warehouse" means a structure containing separate storage spaces of varying sizes leased or rented on an individual basis.

"Minor plan modification" means a minor change or modification of an approved development plan which is not in conflict with the intent, policy, or expectations or original project approvals.

"Mixed-use development" means the development of a parcel(s) or structure(s) with two or more different land uses such as, but not limited to a combination of residential, office, manufacturing, retail, public, or entertainment in a single or physically integrated group of structures.

"Mobile recycling unit" means an automobile, truck, trailer or van, licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles which is used for the collection of recyclable materials, including bins, boxed, or containers transported by trucks, vans or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials.

"Mobilehome" means a structure transportable in one or more sections, designed and equipped to contain not more than two dwelling units to be used with or without a foundation system. Mobilehome does not include a recreational vehicle, commercial coach, or manufactured housing.

"Mobilehome accessory structure" means any awning, cabana, ramada, storage cabinet, storage building, private garage, carport, fence, windbreak, or porch of any residential building or structure established for the use of the occupant of a mobilehome on a lot.

"Mobilehome park" means an area or tract of land where two or more lots are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease but not divided as owner occupied lots to accommodate mobilehomes for human occupancy.

Mobilehome, One-Family. "One-family mobilehome" means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation, which contains not more than one dwelling unit and which is not a recreational vehicle, commercial coach or factory-built home.

"Moderate income" means persons with income of eighty (80) percent to one hundred twenty (120) percent of the County median income.

"Monument sign" means an independent structure supported from grade to the bottom of the sign with the appearance of having a solid base where the total height of which is at least fifty (50) percent of the overall width of the sign.

"Mortuary" means a place in which the deceased are kept until burial.

"Motel" means a group of attached or detached buildings containing individual sleeping or living units, providing transient accommodations for up to thirty (30) days with garage or parking space conveniently located to each unit with most rooms gaining access from an exterior walkway, including tourist courts, auto courts, or motor lodges.

"Nameplate sign" means sign, located on the premises, giving the name of address, or both, of the owner or occupant of a building or premises.

"Nature or wildlife preserve" means an area set aside for the preservation of natural vegetation or wildlife where the general public may view the vegetation or wildlife, with or without charge.

"Neighborhood" means an area of a community with characteristics that distinguish it from other community areas and which may include distinct ethnic or economic characteristics or boundaries defined by physical barriers, such as major highways and railroads or natural feature, such as rivers.

"Net site area" means the total area within the lot lines of a lot or parcel of land after public street easements or other areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use are deducted from such lot or parcel.

"Nonconforming (illegal)" means a structure, lot, or use which did not conform to applicable laws when constructed or initiated, and does not conform to the provisions of this title.

"Nonconforming building (structure)" means a structure or building the size, dimensions, or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision, or amendment to this zoning ordinance but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment, to conform to the present requirements of the zoning or districts.

"Nonconforming lot" means a lot, the area, dimensions, or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision, or amendment of this zoning ordinance, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the applicable zoning district or districts.

"Nonconforming sign" means a legally established sign which fails to conform to the regulations of this title.

"Nonconforming use" means a lawful use when established but which does not conform to subsequently established zoning or zoning regulations.

"Nuisance" means an interference with the enjoyment and use of property.

"Nursery school" means the same as "Day nursery."

"Nursing home" means a structure operated as a lodging house in which nursing, dietary and other personal services are rendered to convalescents, not including persons suffering from contagious diseases, and which surgery is not performed and primary treatment, such as customarily is given in hospitals and sanitariums, is not provided. A convalescent home shall be deemed a nursing home.

"Occupancy or occupied" means the residing of an individual or individuals overnight in a dwelling unit, or the installation, storage, or use of equipment, merchandise, or machinery in any public, commercial, or industrial building.

"Office" means a business or commercial establishment for the rendering of service, administrative or consultation but excluding retail services.

"Official plan line" means the future right-of-way of any road or highway as adopted by resolution of the city council.

"Off-site" means located outside the lot in question.

"Off-site sign" means any sign which advertises or informs in any manner businesses, services, goods, persons or events at some location other than upon which the sign is located. Off-premise sign, billboard, and outdoor advertising structure are equivalent terms.

"Off-street parking" means an area for the temporary storage of motor vehicles that is directly accessible to but not located on a dedicated street right-of-way.

Oil or Gas Exploration by Scientific Means. "Exploration by scientific means" means and includes, but is not limited to, the following: seismic surveys, magneto-telluric, magnetometer or gravity meter surveys; surface mapping and holes less than five hundred (500) feet deep drilled for the purpose of taking core samples, velocity readings, temperature measurements, or water samples.

"One ownership" means ownership of real property by a person, persons, firm, corporation, or partnership, or any combination thereof, individually, jointly, or in common whereby such property is under a single or unified control.

"On-site informational sign" means a sign commonly associated with, and not limited to, information and directions necessary or convenient for visitors coming on the property, including signs marking entrances and exits, parking areas, circulation direction, rest rooms, and pick-up and delivery areas.

"Open house sign" means a temporary sign posted to indicate a salesperson is available to represent the property subject to sale, lease or rent.

"Open space" means any parcel or area of land or water which is essentially unimproved and devoted to one or more of the following uses: preservation of natural resources; the managed production of resources; outdoor recreation; or public health and safety.

"Ordinance" means the zoning ordinance of the City of Huron, Title 17, of the Huron Municipal Code.

"Outdoor advertising structure" means any structure of any kind or character erected or maintained for outdoor purposes, upon which any outdoor advertising sign may be placed, and either:

1.

Advertising a use not located on the site or a product on the site where it is located; or

2.

Exceeding three hundred (300) square feet in area. See "Advertising structure" and "Sign."

"Parcel" means a lot or parcel of land under one ownership that has been legally or subdivided or combined and is shown as a single parcel on the latest equalized assessment roll. (See Lot.)

"Park" means public or private land used for active and passive recreation.

"Parking area" means any public or private land area designed and used for parking motor vehicles capable of moving under their own power, including parking lots, garages, private driveways, and legally designated areas of public streets.

"Parking district" means the same as the P district.

"Parkway" means the area of a public street that lies between the curb and the adjacent property line or physical boundary definition such as fences or walls, which is used for landscaping tree lines and/or passive recreational purposes.

"Patio, covered" means the same as structure, but not the same as a temporary accessory parking structure.

"Permanent" means to endure, remain or to continue without fundamental or marked change.

"Permanent storage" means the storage of motor vehicles, trailers, airplanes, boats, parts thereof, or building materials for a period of forty-eight (48) or more consecutive hours.

"Permit" means written governmental permission issued by an authorized official empowering the holder thereof to do some act not forbidden by law but not allowed without such authorization.

"Permitted use" means any use allowed in a land use zoning district and subject to the provisions applicable to that district.

"Person" means any individual, firm, co-partnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, company, joint stock association, corporation, estate, trust, organization, business, business trust, public agency, school district, State of California, and its political subdivisions or instrumentality's, receiver, syndicate or any group or combination thereof, acting as a unit, including any trustee, receiver or assignee.

Pets. See "Household pets."

Pharmacy. See "Drug store."

"Planned residential development (PRD)" or "planned unit development (PUD)" means a type of development characterized by comprehensive planning for the project as a whole, clustering of structures to preserve usable open space and other natural features, and a mixture of housing types within the prescribed densities.

"Planning commission" means hearing and review body established by City of Huron.

"Planning department" means the planning department for the City of Huron or his or her designee.

"Plot" means a single unit parcel of land; or a parcel of land that can be identified and referenced to a recorded plat or map.

"Plot plan" means a plan graphically describing proposed and existing buildings, structures, lot lines, and other required information submitted in conjunction with an application for discretionary or ministerial review and approval.

"Pole sign" means a sign that is mounted on a freestanding pole or other support so that the bottom edge of the sign face is six feet or more above grade.

"Political sign" means a temporary sign directly associated with national, state, or local elections.

"Portable canopy." A non-porous stand alone, tent-like covering fastened to vertical and/or horizontal poles used for the purpose of providing shelter to items placed, or located thereunder, provided said poles are able to be easily removed and are not permanently affixed in or to the ground by poured footings or other means, and except for structural support, it is entirely open on all four sides that is not located in the front yard of a residential dwelling.

"Portable sign" means a sign that is not permanently affixed to a structure or ground.

"Poultry ranch" means the raising, breeding, hatching of poultry for commercial purposes.

"Preschool" means a licensed public or private institution which provides structured educational services to children between the ages of two and five.

"Principal dwelling" means the dwelling in which is conducted the principal residential use of the lot on which it is located.

"Principal use" means the primary or predominant use of any lot, building or structure.

"Processing facility" means a building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials to prepare either for efficient shipment, or to an end user's specifications by means such as bailing, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning, and remanufacturing. Processing facilities include the following:

1.

Light processing facilities occupy areas under forty-five thousand (45,000) square feet of collection, processing and storage area, and average two outbound shipments per day. Lightprocessing facilities are limited to bailing, briquetting, compacting, grinding, crushing, shredding and sorting of source separated recyclable materials sufficient to qualify as a certified processing facility. A light processing facility shall not shred; compact, or bale ferrous metals other than food or beverage containers.

2.

A heavy processing facility is any processing facility other than a light processing facility.

"Produce stand" means a permanent or temporary structure utilized for the sale of agricultural, horticultural, or farming products grown or products by the owner of lessee of the property on which the structure is located, is used throughout the year and no thirty (30) day time period elapses where the stand is not utilized. A temporary stand is one that is used seasonally and normally periods of time in excess of thirty (30) days pass where the stand is not utilized.

"Professional office" means any building or portion thereof used or intended to be used as an office for a lawyer, architect, engineer, land surveyor, accountant, optometrist, doctor, dentist and other similar professions but shall not include other medical buildings or commercial offices.

"Prohibited use" means a use that is not permitted in a zoning district.

"Promotional sign" means a sign erected on a temporary basis to promote the sale of new products, new management, new hours of operation, new service or to promote a special sale.

Property Line. See "Lot line."

"Public buildings and uses" means buildings, structures and use of land, maintained by federal, State, County or City government or agency thereof, or by any school district or other special district created by law, in either a governmental or proprietary capacity.

"Public hearing" means a meeting announced and advertised in advance and open to the public with the public given an opportunity to talk and participate.

"Public park" means a park, playground, swimming pool, beach, pier, reservoir, golf course or athletic field within the City which is under the control, operation or management of the City, the County, or the State.

"Public right-of-way" means 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 public uses.

"Public works department" means the public works department of the City of Huron, and the building inspection division.

"Public works director" means the public works director of the City of Huron or his or her designee.

"Quadruplex" means four attached dwellings in one structure in which each unit has two open space exposures and shares one or two walls with the adjoining unit or units.

"Quarry" means a place where rock, ore, stone and similar materials are excavated, processed for sale or for off-site use.

"Queue (line)" means an area for temporary awaiting of motor vehicles or pedestrians while obtaining a service or other activity.

"Railroad right-of-way" means a strip of land of a maximum width of one hundred (100) feet only for the accommodation of mainline or branch line railroad trucks, switching equipment and signals, but not including lands on which stations, offices, storage buildings, spur tracks, sidings, employee housing, yards or other uses are located.

"Ramada" means an arbor or pergola-like structure.

"Real estate sign" means an on-site sign pertaining to the sale or lease of the premises, or a portion of the premises on which the sign is located.

"Recreational vehicle" means a vehicle towed or self-propelled on its own chassis or attached to the chassis of another vehicle and designed or used for recreational or sporting purposes. The term recreational vehicle includes, but is not limited to, travel trailers, pickup campers, camping trailers, motor coach homes, converted trucks or buses, boats and boat trailers, and all terrain vehicles.

"Recreational vehicle park" means an area or tract of land where one or more spaces are rented or held out for rent to owners or users of recreational vehicles or tents and which is occupied for sixty (60) consecutive days or less.

"Recycling" means the process by which waste products are reduced to raw materials and transformed into new products, including automobiles.

"Recycling facility" means a center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials. A certified recycling facility or certified processor is certified by the California Department of Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986. A recycling facility does not include storage containers located on a residential, commercial or manufacturing designated parcel used solely for the recycling of material generated on the parcel.

"Recycling or recyclable material" means reusable domestic containers including, but not limited to metals, glass, plastic and paper which are intended for reuse, remanufacture, or reconstitution for the purpose of using in altered form. Recyclable material does not include reuse of hazardous materials.

"Rehabilitation" means the upgrading of a building previously in a dilapidated or substandard condition for human habitation or use.

"Religious institution" means a structure which is used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities.

Repair, Vehicle. "Vehicle repair" means the major repair or overhaul of any vehicle, including but not limited to the following: pulling head, motor, transmission, rear end, or body work, as distinguished from minor tune-up, replacing hoses, fan belts, and spark plugs.

"Residence" means a home, abode, or place where an individual family is actually living at a specified point in time.

"Residential accessory structures" means buildings and structures normally associated with dwellings, such as detached garages, carports, greenhouses, storage buildings, and swimming pools, but excluding cargo containers.

"Residential care facility" means a family home, group care facility, or similar facility for twenty-four (24) hour nonmedical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual.

"Residential districts" means the following districts: R-A (Single-Family Residential/Agricultural), R-1-A (Single-Family/Low Density Residential), R-1 (Single-Family/Medium Density Residential), R-2 (Medium/High Density Residential), R-3 (High Density Residential), R-3-A (High Density Multiple Family Residential), and MHP (Mobilehome Park).

"Residential hotel" means a hotel offering simple room or suite accommodations on a weekly or monthly basis (Also see Single Room Occupancy—SRO).

"Resort hotel" means a group of buildings containing guest rooms and providing outdoor recreational activities.

"Rest home" means an institution primarily engaged in the provision of permanent living space for the elderly or mentally infirm.

"Restaurant" means a use providing preparation and retail sale of food and beverages, including cafes, coffee shops, sandwich shops, ice cream parlors, fast food take-out (i.e., pizza), and similar uses, and may include licensed "on-site" provision of alcoholic beverage for consumption on the premises when accessory to such food service.

Restaurant, Drive-Thru. "Drive-thru restaurant" means a use providing preparation and retail sale of food and beverages, as defined under "restaurant" with added provision of one or more drive-thru lanes for the ordering and dispensing of food and beverages to patrons remaining in their vehicles.

"Retail services" means establishments in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption.

"Reverse vending machine(s)" means an automated mechanical device which accepts at least one or more types of empty beverage containers including, but not limited to aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container's redemption value as determined by the State. A reverse vending machine may sort and process containers mechanically provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine. In order to accept and temporarily store all container types in a proportion commensurate with their relative redemption rates, and to meet the requirements of certification as a recycling facility, multiple grouping of reverse vending machines may be necessary. A bulk reverse vending machine is a reverse vending machine that is larger than fifty (50) square feet, is designed to accept more than one container at a time and will pay by weight instead of by container.

"Review authority" means the person, committee, commission or council responsible for the review and/or final action on a land use entitlement.

"Rezone" means to change the zoning classification of particular lots or parcels pursuant to provisions of this title.

"Right-of-way" means a strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, prescription, or condemnation and intended to be occupied or is occupied by a road, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission lines, oil or gas pipeline, waterline, sanitary storm sewer, or other similar uses.

Road. See "Street."

"Roof" means the outside top covering of a building.

"Roof sign" means a sign erected, constructed, or placed upon, above an eave, or over a roof of a building, including a mansard roof and which is wholly or partially supported by such buildings.

"Room" means an unsubdivided portion of the interior of a dwelling unit, excluding bathroom, kitchen, closets, hallways and service porches.

Rooming House. See "Boarding house."

"Rounding of quantities" means the consideration of distances, unit density, density bonus calculations, or other aspects of development or the physical environment expressed in numerical quantities which are fractions of whole numbers; the numbers are to be rounded to the nearest highest whole number when the fraction is 0.5 or more, and to the next lowest whole number when the fraction is less than 0.5, except as otherwise provided in this title.

"Sanitary landfill" means a disposal site employing an engineered method of disposing of solid wastes in a manner that minimizes environmental hazards by spreading, compacting to the smallest practical volume, and applying cover material over all exposed wastes at the end of each operating day.

"Satellite dish antenna" means an apparatus capable of receiving or transmitting communications from a satellite.

Schools, Elementary, Junior or High. "Elementary, junior or high schools" means an institution of learning for minors, whether public or private, which offers instruction in those courses of study required by the California Education Code or which is maintained pursuant to standards set by the State Board of Education. This definition includes a nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, senior high school or any special institution of education, but it does not include a vocational or professional institution of higher education, including a community or junior college, college, or university.

School, Trade. "Trade school" means schools offering preponderant instruction in the technical, commercial or trade skills, such as real estate schools, business colleges, electronic schools, automotive and aircraft technician schools, and similar commercial establishments operated by a nongovernmental organization.

"Second dwelling unit" means an additional dwelling unit on a parcel with an existing primary dwelling unit, which provides complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, which may be rented.

"Secondary highway" means a street or highway to carry moderate volumes of traffic and designed as a "Secondary Highway Collector Street" or in the circulation element of the general plan and described in the City of Huron subdivision standards.

"Senior congregate care housing" means a structure(s) providing residence for a group of senior citizens (sixty (60) years of age or more) with central or private kitchen, dining, recreational, etc. facilities with separate bedrooms and/of living quarters.

"Servants quarters (separate)" means complete living quarters either attached or detached from that of the main dwelling, including kitchen facilities but not rented or used for permanent or temporary living quarters by members of the family.

"Service station" means the same as "Automobile service station."

Services, Commercial. "Commercial services" means establishments providing services or entertainment, as opposed to products, to the general public.

"Setback" means the required distance that a building, structure, parking or other designated item must be located from a lot line.

Setback, Front/Rear Average. "Front/rear average setback" means the average front/rear yard setback of a group of five adjacent dwelling units. The setback on any unit may vary up to five feet as long as the average setback of all five units equals the minimum required for the land use zoning district.

"Sidewalk" means a paved, surfaced, or leveled area, paralleling and usually separated from the street, used as a pedestrian walkway.

"Sidewalk/parking lot sale" means a promotional sales event conducted by one or more businesses which is held outside the confines of the commercial or manufacturing structure(s) in which such business is normally conducted and which sale involves the outdoor display within a paved or concrete area on the same lot as the structure(s) of merchandise which is normally displayed within the structure(s).

"Sign" means any object, structure, housing, device, figure, statuary, painting, display message, placard, or other contrivance, or any part thereof, situated outdoor or indoor, which is designed, constructed, created, engineered, intended or used to advertise, or to provide data or information in the nature of advertising, for any of the following purpose: to designate, identify or indicate the name of the business of the owner or occupant of the premises upon which the advertising display is located; or, to advertise the business conducted, services available or rendered, or the goods produced, sold, or available for sale, upon the property where the advertising display is erected.

"Sign area" means the total exterior surface of a sign, including all side of a sign having more than one surface unless otherwise specified, and including spaces between or within letters and symbols.

"Sign program" means a coordinated program of one or more signs for an individual building or building complexes with multiple tenants. Also Comprehensive sign plan.

"Single room occupancy (SRO) facility" means a cluster of seven or more units within a newly constructed residential hotel of weekly or longer tenancy providing sleeping or living facilities for one or two persons per unit, in which sanitary facilities may be provided within the units, and cooking facilities may be shared within the hotel.

"Site" means any lot or parcel of land or combination of contiguous parcels of land.

"Site line" means the area with a site triangle preserved at a height between thirty (30) inches to eight feet above grade and to be maintained free of landscaping and structures to preserve safety at an intersection.

"Site plan" means a plan, prepared to scale, showing accurately and with complete dimensioning, all of the uses proposed for a specific parcel of land.

"Site plan review" means a plan graphically describing proposed buildings, structures, and other required information submitted in conjunction with an application for discretionary review and approval.

"Site triangle" means a line of site or vision preserved to protect public health and safety associated with vehicle and pedestrian conflict at intersections defined as the area within twenty-five (25) feet parallel to each public street or right-of-way with the connecting line or hypotenuse of the triangle defining the area. No structures with a height between thirty (30) inches and eight feet shall be located within said site triangle with the exception of government and traffic regulatory signals.

"Slope" means the degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed in percent or degrees.

"Small fowl" means birds raised or grown for hobby purposes, show, or racing, normally no larger than a small chicken (e.g., pigeon, parrot, or cocktail).

"Small lot subdivision" means limited lot size subdivision (six thousand (6,000) square feet minimum lot size) for single-family detached dwellings.

"Soffit" means the horizontal underside of an eave.

"Solar facilities" means the airspace over a parcel that provides access for a solar energy system to absorb energy from the sun.

"Solid waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semisolid wastes, and other discarded solid and semisolid wastes.

"Specific plan" means a plan consisting of text, maps, and other documents and exhibits regulating development within a defined area of the City, consistent with the general plan and the provisions of Government Code Section 65450 et seq.

"Specific plan line" means the designated centerline of any road or highway as adopted by resolution of the city council from which the ultimate right-of-way is determined in accordance with the circulation element of the general plan.

Stable, Commercial. "Commercial stable" means a structure for the keeping of horses, mules or ponies which are boarded for compensation.

Stable, Private. "Private stable" means an accessory structure for the keeping of horses or ponies for the use of occupants of the premises.

"Start of construction" means the first placement of permanent construction on a site, such as the pouring of slabs or footings, or any site preparation work, including, but not limited to, leveling and grading.

"Stockyard" means an enclosed area where livestock are temporarily confined and fed concentrated food while waiting for shipping to market, slaughter, or resale.

"Storage" means a space or place where goods, materials and/or personal property is put for more than twenty-four (24) hours.

"Story" means that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between such floor and ceiling above it.

Story, Half. "Half story" means a story with at least two of its opposite sides situated in a sloping roof, the floor area of which does not exceed two-thirds of the floor area immediately below it.

"Stream" means a watercourse having a source and terminus, banks, and channel through which waters flow at least periodically.

"Street" means any public or private thoroughfare, which affords a primary means of access to abutting property.

Street, Cul-de-sac. "Cul-de-sac street" means a street with a single common ingress and egress and with a turnaround at the end.

Street, Local. "Local street" means a street designed to provide vehicular access to abutting property and to discourage through traffic.

Street, Private. "Private street" means a street owned and maintained by a person or persons and intended for access to a limited number of private lots.

Street, Public. "Public street" means a street built to standards required and maintained by the City of Huron.

"Structure" means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground.

"Structure floor" means the floor sheathing, structural beams, floor joists, or concrete slab of a building.

"Subdivision" means, pursuant to California Subdivision Map Act definition Section 66424, the division, by any subdivider, of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion thereof, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease or financing, whether immediate or future. Property shall be considered as contiguous units, even if it is separated by roads, streets, utility easement or railroad rights-of-way. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code, a community apartment project, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 1351 of the Civil Code.

"Substantial improvement" means any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds twenty-five (25) percent of the assessed value of the structure, either (1) before the improvement is started, or (2) if the structure has been damaged and is being restored before the damage occurred. Substantial improvement is started when the first alteration of any structural part of the building commences.

"Supermarket" means a full service, self-service retail store of at least twenty thousand (20,000) square feet which sells a line of dry grocery, canned goods, or nonfood items and some perishable items.

"Swap meets" means any indoor or outdoor place, location, or activity where new or used goods or secondhand personal property is offered for sale or exchange to the general public by a multitude of individual licensed vendors, usually in compartmentalized spaces; and, where a fee may be charged to prospective buyers for admission, or a fee may be charged for the privilege of offering or displaying such merchandise. The term swap meet is interchangeable with and applicable to: flea markets, auctions, open air markets, farmers' markets, or other markets, or other similarly named or labeled activities; but the term does not include the usual supermarket or department store retail operations.

"Swimming pools" means a structure which shall conform to yard requirements but which shall not count as part of lot coverage requirements.

"Tarp." A sheet of strong, flexible, water resistant or waterproof material and may include reinforced grommets at the corners and/or along the sides to form attachment points for rope/guy wires allowing the tarp to be tied down or suspended.

"Temporary" means a short period of time as reasonable within the context or for the use.

"Temporary accessory parking structure." A non-porous covering fastened to vertical and/or horizontal poles fastened to vertical poles integral to the covering material. Vertical poles shall be firmly fastened to the paved surface of the driveway by fixtures easily removed and are not permanently affixed in or to the ground by footings or other means. The temporary accessory parking structure shall only be used for the purpose of providing shade to one private operational vehicle parked thereunder. The temporary accessory parking structure shall not substitute for the covered parking required in a residential district. A temporary accessory parking structure may be located in the front yard provided that a ministerial permit is obtained from the planning department according to Section 17.60.06(A)(1).

"Temporary construction sign" means a temporary sign erected on the premises on which construction is taking place, during the period of such construction, indicating the names of the architects, engineers, landscape architects, contractors, or similar artisans, and the owners, financial supporters, sponsors, and similar individuals or firms having a role or interest in the structure or project.

"Temporary sign" means a sign intended to be displayed for a limited period of time.

"Temporary structure" means a structure without any foundation or footings and which is removed when the designated time period, activity, or use for which the temporary structure was erected has ceased. Does not include temporary accessory parking structure.

"Temporary use" means a use established for a specified period of time, with the intent to discontinue the use at the end of the designated time period.

"Tire, battery and accessory parts retail sales and service store means an occupancy for the retail sale and installation of automobile tires, batteries and other automobile parts and accessories wherein all activity including storage, shall be conducted completely within a building designed and intended for this purpose. Such occupancy shall exclude the sale and installation of differential and transmission assemblies, engine blocks or heads, and similar hard parts and radiators, and shall also exclude machine work, tire recapping, retreading, rebuilding, and vulcanizing, battery repair or rebuilding, or general automobile repair, except as permitted in an automobile service station.

"Towing service" means an entity that operates a service to transfer a vehicle, boat or other motorized machine from one point to another by use of a tow truck. A tow truck as defined in section 615 of the California Vehicle Code. Also includes slide back carriers and wheel lift vehicles.

"Traffic safety sight area" means a space that is set aside on a corner lot in which all visual obstructions, such as structures and plantings, which inhibit visibility and thus cause a hazard to traffic and pedestrian safety are prohibited. (See site triangle)

"Trailer" means a structure mounted on wheels, towed or hauled by another vehicle, and use for short-term human occupancy, carrying materials, goods, or objects or as a temporary office.

"Trailer court" means travel trailer and recreational vehicle park.

"Trailer sales and service lot" means an open area where trailers or mobilehomes are sold, leased or rented, but where no repairs, repainting or remodeling are done and where no trailers or mobilehomes are occupied as a dwelling.

"Transfer/Processing station" includes those facilities utilized to receive solid wastes, temporarily store, separate, convert, or otherwise process the materials in the solid wastes, or to transfer the solid wastes directly from smaller to larger vehicles for transport. Transfer station does not include any facility with the principal function of which is to receive, store, separate, convert, or otherwise process, in accordance with State minimum standards, manure; nor does it include any facility, with the principal function of which is to receive, store, convert, or otherwise process wastes which have already been separated for reuse and are not intended for disposal.

"Transfer station large volume" mean a transfer station which receives more than one hundred (100) cubic yards of waste per operating day.

"Transfer station, small volume" means a transfer station which receive less than one hundred (100) cubic yards of waste per operating day.

"Transient basis" means a continuous period of thirty (30) days or less.

"Transitional housing" means longer-term housing than homeless shelters offering additional services rendered to meet needs of recovery, life skills training, education, job training, job placement, and/or child care.

"Travel trailer" means a portable unit mounted on wheels and of such a size and weight as not to require special highway movement permits when drawn by a motor vehicle, and for human habitation for recreational or temporary occupancy.

"Travel trailer park." (See recreational vehicle park.)

"Triplex." (See dwelling.)

"Truck parking" means the parking of trucks including "bob tail" trucks in the rear yard only, but restricting five ton or greater diesel trucks or rigs in designated districts. All other trucks, allowed on streets or lots in conformance with City regulations.

"Truck repair" means a commercial activity engaged in the service and repair of trucks, including truck tire repair.

"Truck service station" means an occupancy which provides especially for the servicing of trucks with incidental operations similar to those permitted for "automobile service station."

"Use" means the purpose (type and extent) for which land or a building is arranged, designed or intended, or for which either land or a structure is occupied or maintained.

"Utility easement. (See easement.)

"Variance" means a discretionary entitlement which permits the departure from the strict application of the development standards contained in this zoning chapter.

"Variety store" means a retail store that sells inexpensive items, often with a single price for all items in the store. Typical merchandise includes cleaning supplies, toys, household goods and gardening equipment.

"Vehicle sign" means a sign which is attached to or painted on a vehicle which is parked on or adjacent to any property, the principal purpose of which is to attract attention to a product sold or an activity or business located on such property.

"Vehicle tow services franchise agreement" means a document which sets forth the terms and conditions of an agreement between the operator and the Huron Police Department.

"Wading pools" means a shallow pool of permanent or portable construction used by children for wading.

"Washroom" means a room equipped with washing and toilet facilities.

"Wall" means any structure or device forming a physical barrier, which is so constructed that fifty (50) percent or more of the vertical surface is closed and prevents the passage of light, air and vision through said surface in a horizontal plane.

"Wall sign" means a sign fastened to or painted on the wall of a building or structure in such a manner that the wall becomes the supporting structure for, or forms the background surface of, the sign and which does not project more than eighteen (18) inches from such building or structure.

"Warehousing" means a building or buildings used for the storage of goods, of any type, when such building or buildings contain more than five hundred (500) square feet of storage space, and where no retail operation is conducted.

"Warning sign" means a sign limited to messages of warning, danger, or caution.

"Waste to energy facility," also called a "biomass energy facility," means facility where the burning of clean organic materials produce steam or electrical energy. The facility may produce both steam and electrical energy and in such cases it will also be a cogeneration facility.

"Watercourse" means a natural or man-made intermittent or perennial drainage channel which includes, but is not limited to, the terms river, tributary, steam, or creek.

"Wholesaling" means the selling of any type of goods for the purpose of resale.

"Wild animal keeping" means keeping or maintaining any dangerous, wild, carnivorous, or exotic animal that is wild by nature and not customarily domesticated by man so as to live and breed in a tame condition.

"Wildlands" means any area of land that is essentially unimproved, in a natural state of hydrology, vegetation and animal life, and not under cultivation.

"Wind activated sign" means a sign or object, some or all of which is moved by wind as a method of attracting attention.

Wind-Driven Electrical Generators, Experimental. "Experimental wind-driven electrical generators" means wind systems that are the first of their kind and their use constitutes a testing of a new concept or design.

Wind-Driven Electrical Generators, Production. "Production wind-driven electrical generators" means electrical generators that have progressed beyond the experimental stage and construction of a significant number on a continuing basis has occurred.

Wind-Driven Electrical Generators, Prototype. "Prototype wind-driven electrical generators" means electrical generators that have progressed beyond the experimental stage and construction of a significant number on a continuing basis has occurred.

"Window sign" means any sign that is applied or attached to a window or located in such a manner that it can be seen from the exterior of the structure.

"Yard" means an open space, other than a court, that lies between the principal or accessory building or buildings and the nearest lot line. Such yard is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as may be specifically provided in this zoning ordinance.

Yard, Front. "Front yard" means an area extending across the full width of the lot between the front lot line or the existing or future street right-of-way and a structural setback line parallel thereto. On corner lots, the shortest street frontage shall be the front yard in residential land use districts, while the longest street frontage shall be the front yard in commercial/industrial land use districts.

Yard, Front Determination. "Front determination yard" means the narrowest portion of the lot abutting a street. In no case shall the front yard be determined by the placement of a structure, or include an alley accessway or railroad right-of-way.

"Yard, Impound" means a fenced and screened from public view area solely for the storage of vehicles (automobiles, trucks or any other motorized vehicle) impounded by either the CHP or Huron Police Department. The impound yard shall meet the CHP and Huron Towing Ordinance criteria.

Yard, Interior Side. "Interior side yard" means an area extending from the required front yard or, where there is no required front yard, from the front lot line to the required rear yard or, where there is no required rear yard, to the rear lot line and from the interior side lot line to a setback line parallel thereto.

Yard, Junk. "Junk yard" means the storage and dismantling of autos, trucks, or other machinery for commercial purposes. Includes salvage yards and dismantling yards.

Yard, Rear. "Rear yard" means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the nearest line or point of the main building or of any accessory building or structure. On flag lots, the rear yard location shall be determined through project review.

Yard, Side of Street. "Side of street yard" means an area extending from the required front yard or, where there is no required front yard, from the front lot line to the rear lot line, and from the side street lot line, or the existing or future side street right-of-way (whichever is greater) to a structural setback line parallel thereto.

"Zero lot line" means 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.

Zone. See "District," as defined and described in this title.

"Zone modification" means permission for minor departures from the literal requirements of the zoning ordinance.

"Zoning" means dividing of the City into districts and the establishments of regulations governing the use, placement, spacing, and size of land and buildings.

"Zoning district" means a specifically delineated area or zone in the City within which regulations and requirements uniformly govern the use, placement, spacing, and size of land and buildings.

Zoning District, Change of. "Change of zoning district" means the legislative act of removing one or more parcels of land from one zoning district and placing them in another zoning district on the official zone map of the City of Huron.

(Ord. 348 § 1 (part), 2007)

(Ord. No. 362, § 1, 11-16-11; Ord. No. 369 , § 1, 4-6-2016)