For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms used herein are herewith defined. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense; words in the singular number include the plural number and words in the plural number include the singular number. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter gender. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. The word "may" is permissive.

A subordinate building on the same lot or building site, the use of which is incidental or subordinate to that of the principal building. A mobile home shall constitute a principal building where installed as provided in Section 9.255.030 or 9.255.040. An accessory dwelling unit, as defined by state law and this chapter, shall not constitute an accessory building.

(Ord. No. 2020-18, § 4, 11-5-2020; Ord. No. 2023-13, § 3, 8-17-2023)

A use customarily incidental and accessory to the principal use of a lot or a building located upon the same lot or building site. The provisions of this section do not apply in the A-1, A-P, A-2 and A-D Zones.

Zones A-1, A-P, A-2 and A-D.

A public or private thoroughfare or way, permanently reserved and having a width of not more than twenty (20) feet, which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

A public road or driveway constructed pursuant to appropriate city standards with no restrictions.

A room or suite of two (2) or more rooms in a multiple dwelling, occupied or suitable for occupancy as a residence for one (1) family.

A building or portion thereof designed for or occupied by two (2) or more families living independently of each other.

The area of a structure which does not include foyers, corridors, restrooms, kitchens, storage and other areas not used for the assembly of people.

The sale of new and used merchandise offered to bidders by an auctioneer for money or other consideration.

A mechanical or solid state timer, capable of operating valve stations to set the days and length of time of a water application.

A retail business engaged primarily in selling gasoline or other motor vehicle fuels, which may also provide services which are ancillary to fuel services. These ancillary services may include vehicle service shops, car wash facilities, convenience stores, and fast food establishments.

(Ord. No. 2022-24, § 5, 12-15-2022)

A permanently maintained space on the same lot or building site as the use it is designed to serve, having an area of not less than one hundred and sixty (160) square feet with a minimum width of eight (8) feet for each stall and so located and arranged as to permit the storage of, and be readily accessible to, a passenger automobile under its own power.

The dismantling or wrecking of motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts, outside of an enclosed building, but not including the incidental storage of vehicles in connection with the operation of a repair garage, providing the repair period of any one vehicle does not exceed sixty (60) days, and not including the active noncommercial repair of one personal motor vehicle within a one hundred and twenty (120) day period.

A story partly underground and having at least one-half (½) its height measured from its floor to its finished ceiling, below the average adjoining grade. A basement shall be counted as a story if the vertical distance from the average adjoining grade to its finished ceiling is over five (5) feet.

The City Council of the County of Riverside.

A building where lodging and meals are provided for compensation for six (6) but not more than fifteen (15) persons, not including rest homes.

A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant.

(Ord. No. 2021-21, § 4, 11-4-2021)

A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls (see "Structure").

The vertical distance measured from the average level of the highest and lowest points of that portion of the lot covered by the building to the uppermost portion of the building.

The ground area of a building or buildings together with all open spaces adjacent thereto, as required by this chapter.

Two (2) or more dwelling units detached or connected.

The distance between the proposed building line and the highway line or permanent access easement located on the same lot.

A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated. In any residential district, any dwelling shall be deemed to be the main building on the lot on which the same is situated.

Two (2) or more people traveling together on a continuing and prearranged basis in a motor vehicle over routes tailored to accommodate rider needs.

Any parcel or parcels of land used wholly or in part for recreational, educational, or religious purposes, accommodating five (5) or more children or adults, that is operated as a day camp and/or a resident camp.

Any building, structure, enclosure or premises whereupon, or within which, ten (10) or more cats, four (4) months of age or older, are kept or maintained. (See Title 10 and Section 9.240.460.)

(1)

Catteries, commercial. Any building, structure, enclosure or premises whereupon, or within which five (5) or more cats are kept or maintained primarily for financial profit for the purpose of boarding, breeding, training, marketing, hire or any other similar purpose.

(2)

Catteries, noncommercial. Any building, structure, enclosure, or premises whereupon, or within which, five (5) or more cats are kept or maintained, but not primarily for financial profit.

A facility approved by the State of California to collect and redeem recyclable materials for a value not less than that which has been established by the state.

A place used for the care, diagnosis and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm and injured persons and those who are in need of medical or surgical attention, but who are not provided with board or room, nor kept overnight on the premises.

A nonprofit association of persons who are bona fide members, paying regular dues, and are organized for some common purpose, but not including a group organized solely or primarily to render a service customarily carried on as a commercial enterprise.

The raising for profit of chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese or other fowls, but not including flocks of less than two hundred (200) birds, pigeons or smaller fowls, pets or hatcheries.

The Jurupa Valley Planning Commission.

A housing arrangement developed pursuant to Chapter 9.270, where nonmedical care and supervision are provided, including meals and social, recreational, homemaking and security services.

A contractor business is an entity or individual engaged in construction, repair, or improvement work. Contractors may specialize in various areas such as electrical, plumbing, carpentry or landscaping.

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 4, 4-18-2024)

The area within a one-half (½) mile radius of a supermarket or the area designated pursuant to Pub. Resources Code Section 14571.5.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Public Resources Code § 14509.4(a).

The word "compensation" means anything of value.

A dwelling wherein limited commercial uses are allowed provided that the commercial use is conducted entirely within the dwelling, that the use is secondary to the principal use of the dwelling as a residence, that the commercial use does not require substantial parking and circulation facilities, that the residential character of the exterior and interior of the dwelling is not changed, and that the combination of residential and commercial uses in one (1) dwelling does not violate state and city sanitation requirements. The cottage commercial use must be compatible with the established neighborhood, and must be subject to site development permit or conditional use permit approval. No more than two (2) persons may be employed on the premises in addition to the family residing in the dwelling.

(Ord. No. 2012-02, § 1, 6-7-2012)

Turf grass which withstands winter cold and grows best during the cooler months of the year. Most types languish in hot, dry summers and are best adapted to cool regions or regions where marine influence tempers summer heat. Examples are bluegrasses, bents, fescues and ryegrasses.

The County of Riverside.

Is a correction factor, expressed as a decimal fraction, comparing the water consumption by a given plant species to the reference evapotranspiration or ETo. Reference evapotranspiration means a standard of measurement of environmental parameters which affect the water use of plants. Reference evapotranspiration is given in inches per day, month or year and is an estimate of the evapotranspiration of a large field of four (4) to seven (7) inch tall, cool-season grass that is well watered. Reference evapotranspiration is used as the basis of determining the maximum water allowances so that regional differences in climate can be accommodated.

As used in this chapter, "crowing fowl" includes chickens, peafowl and guinea fowl.

A facility of any capacity that provides nonmedical care to persons 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, and which is either:

(1)

Child day care center: A day care center which provides day care to children under eighteen (18) years of age, other than a family day care home. Child day care center includes infant centers, preschools, extended day care facilities, and school age child care centers.

(2)

Adult day care center: A day care center which provides day care to persons eighteen (18) years of age or older.

Business whose sole purpose is to move goods by truck. Trucking operations includes a site used for dispatching a fleet of trucks to pick up and deliver goods and storing the fleet on-site. Draying, freighting, and trucking operations do not include businesses which produce, store and then distribute goods such as manufacturers with warehouses and distribution centers. (See Section 9.10.1290, Warehousing and distribution.)

(Ord. No. 2021-29, § 5, 12-16-2021)

An open area used by dune buggies or other all-terrain vehicles, for purposes such as, but not limited to, hill climbing, trail riding, scrambling, racing and riding exhibitions.

Any place or premises upon which milk is produced for sale or other distribution and where more than two (2) cows or water buffalo, or six (6) goats, sheep, or other hooved mammals, are in lactation.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Food and Agricultural Code § 32505.

Areas for the storage and maintenance of vehicles and equipment used in the collection, transportation, and removal of garbage and rubbish not including storage or dumping of garbage or rubbish.

A building or portion thereof designed for or occupied exclusively for residential purposes including one (1) family and multiple-family dwellings, but not including hotels, auto courts, boarding or lodging houses.

A one (1) family dwelling where lodging and breakfast is provided for compensation and in which there are no more than five (5) guest rooms. The use must be managed and operated solely by the owner of the property. Meals are not restricted to breakfast only, but no cooking facilities shall be allowed in the guest rooms. A guest may not stay in the dwelling for more than fourteen (14) days in any calendar year.

The original dwelling on a property or, if the property is vacant, the larger of the two (2) dwellings that are on the property.

(Ord. No. 2023-17, § 5, 12-7-2023)

A building or portion thereof used by one (1) family and containing but one (1) kitchen.

Has the same meaning ascribed in California Government Code Section 66313(a), as the same may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 4, 5-17-2018; Ord. No. 2020-18, § 5, 11-5-2020; Ord. No. 2025-22, § 2, 10-2-2025)

Has the same meaning ascribed in California Government Code Section 66313(d), as the same may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 2023-17, § 5, 12-7-2023; Ord. No. 2025-22, § 3, 10-2-2025)

A factory built dwelling unit means a dwelling unit constructed in accordance with the California Building Code and manufactured in such a manner that all concealed parts or processes of manufacture cannot be inspected before installation at the building site without disassembly, damage or destruction of the part. A factory built dwelling unit does not include a mobilehome, a mobile accessory building or structure, a recreational vehicle or a commercial coach.

A manufactured dwelling unit means a residential structure, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities. A manufactured dwelling unit does not include a factory built dwelling unit, a mobile accessory building or structure, a recreational vehicle or a commercial coach.

A small dwelling unit, between two hundred (200) and three hundred fifty (350) square feet in size, restricted to occupancy by no more than two (2) persons and may include a kitchen and/a bathroom, in addition to a bed. The kitchen and bathroom may also be shared with other single-room occupancy units.

(Ord. No. 2023-08, § 4, 5-18-2023)

A building or structure, including a mobilehome or manufactured home, containing one (1) kitchen and used to house not more than one (1) family, including domestic employees.

A building or portion thereof used to house two (2) or more families, including domestic employees or each such family, living independently of each other, and doing their own cooking.

A building used exclusively for residential purposes, containing not more than two (2) kitchens, with permanent interior means of access between all parts of the building, and located on a lot in a recorded subdivision with an average lot area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet or more. No such dwelling shall be erected unless as a part of the purchase price of the property the purchaser receives the privilege of use of recreational facilities such as golf courses, or polo fields, which facilities are adjacent to and a part of the residential development. No reduction of yard setbacks shall be permitted despite any other provisions of this chapter.

Public or private institutions conducting regular academic instruction at kindergarten, elementary, secondary and collegiate levels, and including graduate schools, universities, vocational schools, and non-profit research institutions. Educational institutions must either (1) offer general academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education; or (2) confer degrees as a college or university of undergraduate or graduate standing; or (3) conduct research; or (4) offer skilled courses with certificate programs (including but not limited; to automotive technicians, medical assistants, hair stylists, barber, certified nursing aids, electronic technicians, paralegals, and truck drivers).

(Ord. No. 2024-08, § 5, 4-18-2024)

A private drive or roadway constructed according to Section 9.240.120 providing access to one (1) or more buildings. The access may be gated and locked at one (1) or both ends restricting traffic to emergency vehicles only.

Housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six (6) months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.

(Ord. No. 2023-08, § 5, 5-18-2023)

Housing to accommodate six (6) or fewer employees. Employee housing is a residential land use and deemed a single-family structure.

(Ord. No. 2023-08, § 6, 5-18-2023)

The word "erected" includes built, built upon, added to, altered, constructed, reconstructed, moved upon, or any physical operations on the land, required for a building.

The quantity of water evaporated from adjacent soil surfaces, transpired by plants, and retained in plant tissue during a specific time.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2020-18, § 6, adopted November 5, 2020, repealed § 9.10.555, which pertained to the definition of existing structure and derived from original Ord. No. 2018-01, adopted May 17, 2018.

One (1) or more individuals occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single household unit.

(Ord. No. 2023-08, § 7, 5-18-2023)

A parcel of land devoted to agricultural uses where the principal use is the propagation, care, and maintenance of viable plant and animal products for commercial purposes.

Housing for agricultural workers that may include, but is not limited to, conventionally constructed units and manufactured housing consisting of no more than thirty-six (36) beds in group quarters (or twelve (12) units or less) designed for use by a single family or household. Farmworker housing is a residential land use for land designated for agricultural uses.

(Ord. No. 2023-08, § 8, 5-18-2023)

A home which regularly provides care, protection, and supervision of fourteen (14) or fewer children, in the provider's own home, for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away, and includes the following:

A.

Large family day care home: A home that provides family day care for nine (9) to fourteen (14) children in compliance with the regulations set forth in California Health and Safety Code Section 1597.465.

B.

Small family day care home: A home that provides family day care to eight (8) or fewer children in compliance with the regulations set forth in California Health and Safety Code Section 1597.44.

(Ord. No. 2022-17, § 3, 10-20-2022)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Health and Safety Code § 1596.78.

A development project designated as a fast track project by majority vote of the City Council or in accordance with the provisions of City Council Policy A-32, as now adopted or hereafter amended. A fast track project may consist of one or more permits or approvals pursuant to this chapter and Title 7 which are necessary or convenient to facilitate development of the project. The permits or approvals which comprise the fast track project may include one or more of each of the following:

A.

General Plan amendment pursuant to Chapter 9.30.

B.

Specific plan or specific plan amendment pursuant to Chapter 9.30.

C.

Determination of project conformance with an adopted specific plan pursuant to Section 9.30.110.

D.

Zone change or other zoning ordinance amendment pursuant to Chapter 9.285.

E.

Conditional use permit pursuant to Section 9.240.280.

F.

Public use permit pursuant to Section 9.240.310.

G.

Variance pursuant to Section 9.240.270.

H.

Site development permit pursuant to Section 9.240.330.

I.

Modification to an approved permit, including a substantial conformance modification or a revised permit, pursuant to Section 9.240.440.

J.

Tentative land division, including a vesting tentative map, pursuant to Title 7.

(Ord. No. 2012-02, § 1, 6-7-2012)

Not more than five (5) cattle, horses, sheep, llamas, ostriches, emus and like animals on parcels not less than one acre (net) in area being raised in connection with the education of a person as a member of Future Farmers of America (FFA) or 4-H. This does not include crowing fowl (see Section 9.240.300).

An accessory building or a main building or portion thereof, used for the shelter or storage of self-propelled vehicles, owned or operated by the occupants of a main building and wherein there is no service or storage for compensation.

A ghost kitchen is a professional food preparation and cooking facility set up for the preparation of delivery-only meals and catering. Ghost kitchens do not include a storefront or indoor seating for customers.

(Ord. No. 2022-10, § 3, 7-7-2022)

A detached accessory building designed and intended to provide overnight accommodations.

A group home in which seven (7) or more individuals reside and operate specifically for people with disabilities, whether the group home is required to be and is licensed by the State of California, or is not required to be licensed by the State of California. Group homes, large does not include small licensed residential care facilities.

(Ord. No. 2023-08, § 9, 5-18-2023)

Home occupations means those uses that are customarily conducted in a residence, provided such uses must be incidental and secondary to the principal use of a dwelling as a residence. The following criteria shall apply to any home occupation:

(1)

Except for large family day care homes which may require two (2) assistants and small family day care homes which may require one assistant to be present in addition to the licensee or provider, no person other than a resident of the dwelling shall be employed on the premises in the conduct of a home occupation.

(2)

A home occupation shall be conducted entirely within the dwelling and shall be incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling as a residence.

(3)

A home occupation shall not be conducted in an accessory building and there shall be no storage of equipment or supplies in an accessory building.

(4)

The residential character of the exterior and interior of the dwelling shall not be changed.

(5)

No vehicles or trailers except those normally incidental to residential use shall be kept on the site.

(6)

No signs other than one (1) unlighted identification sign, not more than two (2) square feet in area, shall be erected on the premises.

(Ord. No. 2023-13, § 33, 8-17-2023)

A rehabilitation center for the treatment, counseling, rooming and boarding of persons released from jail, prisons, hospitals and sanitariums.

Any vehicle exceeding twenty-six thousand one (26,001) pounds is considered heavy-duty. Examples include city transit buses, mobile cranes, cement mixers, dump trucks, refuse trucks, tractors designed to pull refrigerated trailers and other similar vehicles.

(Ord. No. 2021-29, § 6, 12-16-2021)

A building designed for or occupied as the more or less temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without meals, in which there are six (6) or more guest rooms, and in which no provision is made for cooking in any individual room or suite; jails, hospitals, asylums, sanitariums, orphanages, prisons, detention homes or similar buildings where human beings are housed and detained under legal restraint, are specifically not included.

A hotel, including all accessory buildings as defined in Section 9.10.650 and having a building site or hotel grounds containing not less than fifty thousand (50,000) square feet. Such hotel may have accessory commercial uses operated primarily for the convenience of the guests thereof, provided there is no street entrance directly to such commercial uses, and further provided such commercial uses shall not occupy more than twenty (20) percent of the ground floor area of such hotel building.

The use of any lot or parcel of land for outside storage, wrecking, dismantling or salvage of any used or secondhand materials, including but not limited to lumber, auto parts, household appliances, pipe, drums, machinery or furniture. A proposed or intended use by the owner of the used or secondhand materials does not constitute an exception to this definition.

Any building, structure, enclosure or premises whereupon, or within which, five (5) or more dogs, four (4) months of age or older, are kept or maintained. (See Title 10 and Section 9.240.460.)

(1)

Class I kennel. Any building, structure, enclosure, or premises whereupon, or within which, five (5) to ten (10) dogs, four (4) months or older of age, are kept or maintained. A Class I Kennel shall not include a sentry dog kennel or an animal rescue operation that meets the definition and requirements set forth in Title 10.

(2)

Class II kennel. Any building, structure, enclosure, or premises, whereupon, or within which, eleven (11) or more dogs, four (4) months of age or older, are kept or maintained. A Class II Kennel shall not include a sentry dog kennel.

(3)

Sentry dog kennel. Any building, structure, enclosure, or premises whereupon, or within which, five (5) or more guard or sentry dogs are kept or maintained. A sentry dog is any dog trained to work without supervision in a fenced facility and to deter or detain unauthorized persons found within the facility. The term "guard dog" shall also mean "sentry dog".

A "kitchen" is an enclosed room, space, or area designated and utilized for the preparation and cooking of food. It is characterized by the presence of specific components and features, such as appliances, a kitchen sink, garbage disposal, 240-volt outlets, gas piping, counters, exhaust hood, and under or over-counter cabinetry. The definition of a kitchen excludes outdoor kitchens, barbeque patios, and a room that contains an individual component of a kitchen, such as a standalone refrigerator. The Building Official shall determine whether an enclosed room, space or area qualifies as a kitchen.

(Ord. No. 2023-13, § 4, 8-17-2023)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2023-08, § 10, adopted May 18, 2023, repealed § 9.10.700, which pertained to labor camp and derived from Ord. No. 2011-01, adopted July 1, 2011; Ord. No. 2011-10.

A confined body of standing fresh water containing more than five hundred thousand (500,000) gallons of water and covering more than one acre of surface area, not including reservoirs, duck clubs, bodies of water contained within golf courses, and water storage used only for agricultural or domestic purposes.

This area includes sales areas and integral stock areas, but excludes corridors, enclosed malls, lobbies, stairwells, elevators, equipment rooms and restrooms.

The interior habitable area of a dwelling unit, including basements and attics, but excluding a garage or any accessory building.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 4, 5-17-2018; Ord. No. 2023-13, § 32, 8-17-2023)

A.

Lot. A lot means land which abuts at least one public street or any number or otherwise designated parcel of land which is shown on a recorded tract map, a record of survey map recorded pursuant to an approved division of land, or a parcel map. The terms lot and parcel are interchangeable for the purposes of this Code. Types of lots and their definitions are as follows:

(1)

Corner lot. A lot located at the junction of two (2) or more intersecting streets having an angle of intersection of not more than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees, with a boundary line thereof bordering on two (2) of the streets.

(2)

Flag lot. A lot or building site having its only vehicular access by way of a narrow accessway that serves no other property and which is less than forty (40) feet wide and more than twenty (20) feet long.

(3)

Interior lot. A lot, other than a corner lot, that is bounded by a street on only one side.

(4)

Key lot. The first lot to the rear of a reversed corner lot and not separated by an alley.

(5)

Reverse corner. A corner lot, the side street line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the lot upon which it rears.

(6)

Through lot. An interior lot having frontage of two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets.

B.

Lot lines. The boundary lines of a lot or parcel. The classifications of lot lines and their definitions are as follows:

(1)

Front lot line. On an interior lot, the line that separates the lot from the street. On a corner lot, the shorter line abutting a street. If the lot lines are equal or approximately equal, the Community Development Director shall determine the front lot line. On a through lot, the lot line abutting the street providing primary access to the lot. On a flag lot, the shortest lot line adjoining the pole portion of the lot, excluding the unbuildable narrow portion of the pole.

(2)

Rear lot line. The line opposite the front lot line.

(3)

Side lot line. Any lot lines other than the front lot line or the rear lot line. Street side lot line. Side lot line abutting a street.

(4)

Interior lot line. Any lot line not abutting a street.

Note: When an access easement or alley replaces a street in functionality, it may replace a street in defining the lot line classification.

(Ord. No. 2023-13, § 5, 8-17-2023)

The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.

The percentage of the lot area that may be covered by all buildings or roofed structures. This includes garages, accessory buildings, balconies, covered patios, above-grade decks, covered entryways, California rooms, and any similar structures that reduce the amount of lot area open to the sky.

(Ord. No. 2023-13, § 6, 8-17-2023)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2023-13, § 6, adopted Aug. 17, 2023, repealed the former § 9.10.750, and enacted a new § 9.10.750 as set out herein. The former § 9.10.750 pertained to corner lot and derived from the original codification of this Code.

The horizontal distance between the front and the rear lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot width, is measured at a midway point between the front and rear lines.

(Ord. No. 2023-13, § 7, 8-17-2023)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2023-13, § 7, adopted Aug. 17, 2023, repealed the former § 9.10.760, and enacted a new § 9.10.760 as set out herein. The former § 9.10.760 pertained to lot lines and derived from the original codification of this Code.

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth, is measured at a midway point between the front and rear lot lines.

(Ord. No. 2023-13, § 8, 8-17-2023)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2023-13, § 8, adopted Aug. 17, 2023, repealed the former § 9.10.770, and enacted a new § 9.10.770 as set out herein. The former § 9.10.770 pertained to lot, reversed corner and derived from the original codification of this Code.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2023-13, § 9, adopted Aug. 17, 2023, repealed §§ 9.10.780—9.10.800, which pertained to interior lot, through lot, and accessory uses and derived from the original codification of this Code.

A Housing First, low-barrier, service-enriched shelter focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and housing. "Low barrier" means best practices to reduce barriers to entry, and may include, but is not limited to, the following:

(1)

The presence of partners if it is not a population-specific site, such as for survivors of domestic violence or sexual violence, women, or youth;

(2)

Pets;

(3)

The storage of possessions; and

(4)

Privacy, such as partitions around beds in a dormitory setting or in larger rooms containing more than two (2) beds, or private rooms.

(Ord. No. 2023-08, § 11, 5-18-2023)

The planting, growing, harvesting, drying, processing, manufacturing, or storage of one (1) or more marijuana plants or any part thereof in any location, indoor or outdoor, including from within a fully enclosed and secure building. Marijuana plant, as used herein, includes any mature or immature marijuana plant, or any marijuana seedling.

(Ord. No. 2016-01, § 6(9.10.110.A. (17.04.120)), 1-21-2016)

A.

"Mobilehome park" is any area or tract of land where two (2) or more lots are rented or leased, held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership, to accommodate manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or recreational vehicles used for human habitation. The rental paid for a manufactured home, a mobilehome, or a recreational vehicle shall be deemed to include rental for the lot it occupies. This subsection shall not be construed to authorize the rental of a mobilehome park space for the accommodation of a recreational vehicle in violation of Civil Code Section 798.22.

B.

Notwithstanding subsection A. of this section, employee housing that has obtained a permit to operate pursuant to the Employee Housing Act (Health & Saf. Code Section 17000 et seq.) and that both meets the criteria of Section 17021.6 and is comprised of two (2) or more lots or units held out for lease or rent or provided as a term or condition of employment shall not be deemed a mobilehome park for the purposes of the requirement to obtain an initial or annual permit to operate or pay any related required fees required of a mobilehome park.

C.

Notwithstanding subsection A. of this section, an area or tract of land shall not be deemed a mobilehome park if the structures on it consist of residential structures that are rented or leased, or held out for rent or lease, if those residential structures meet both of the following requirements:

(1)

The residential structures are manufactured homes constructed pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) or mobilehomes containing two (2) or more dwelling units for human habitation.

(2)

Those manufactured homes or mobilehomes have been approved by the city or county pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 17951(e) as an alternate which is at least the equivalent to the requirements prescribed in the California Building Standards Code or the State Housing Law (Health & Saf. Code Section 17910 et seq.) in performance, safety, and for the protection of life and health.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Health and Safety Code § 18862.30.

A.

Any lot or premises on which one or more wild animals of the following types are kept:

(1)

Venomous reptiles.

(2)

Non-venomous reptiles that weigh more than ten (10) pounds, not including turtles or tortoises.

(3)

Birds or members of the Aves class that weigh more than twenty (20) pounds, not including poultry.

(4)

Mammals that weigh more than twenty (20) pounds.

B.

Any lot or premises on which wild animals of the following types are kept, regardless of weight, unless such animals are listed in a zone classification as a permitted use:

(1)

Ten (10) or more non-venomous reptiles.

(2)

Twenty-five (25) or more mammals.

C.

A wild animal that has been tamed or trained shall be considered a wild animal.

D.

As used in this section, "wild animal" means any animal of the class Aves (birds), class Mammalia (mammals), class Amphibia (frogs, toads, salamanders), class Osteichthyes (bony fishes), class Crustacea (crayfish) or class Gastropoda (slugs, snails) which is not normally domesticated in this state as determined by the State Fish and Game Commission.

A microbrewery (craft brewery) is a brewery that produces less than fifteen thousand (15,000) barrels of beer per year and sells seventy-five (75) percent or more of its beer off-premises.

(Ord. No. 2021-21, § 5, 11-4-2021)

A.

"Microenterprise home kitchen operation" means a food facility that is operated by a resident in a private home where food is stored, handled, and prepared for, and may be served to, consumers, and that meets all of the following requirements:

(1)

The operation has no more than one (1) full-time equivalent food employee, not including a family member or household member.

(2)

Food is prepared, cooked, and served on the same day.

(3)

Food is consumed onsite at the microenterprise home kitchen operation or offsite if the food is picked up by the consumer or delivered within a safe time period based on holding equipment capacity.

(4)

Food preparation does not involve processes that require a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point ("HACCP") plan, as specified in California Health and Safety Code Section 114419, or the production, service, or sale of raw milk or raw milk products, as defined in Section 11380 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.

(5)

The service and sale of raw oysters is prohibited.

(6)

Food preparation is limited to no more than thirty (30) individual meals per day, or the approximate equivalent of meal components when sold separately, and no more than sixty (60) individual meals, or the approximate equivalent of meal components when sold separately, per week.

(7)

The operation has no more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in verifiable gross annual sales, as adjusted annually for inflation based on the California Consumer Price Index.

(8)

The operation only sells food directly to consumers and not to any wholesaler or retailer. For purposes of this paragraph, the sale of food prepared in a microenterprise home kitchen operation through the internet website or mobile application of an internet food service intermediary, as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 114367.6, is a direct sale to consumers. An operation that sells food through the internet website or mobile application of an internet food service intermediary shall consent to the disclosures specified in paragraphs (6) and (7) of subdivision (a) of California Health and Safety Code Section 114367.6.

B.

"Microenterprise home kitchen operation" does not include either of the following:

(1)

A catering operation.

(2)

A cottage food operation, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 113758.

C.

For purposes of this section, "resident of a private home" means an individual who resides in the private home when not elsewhere for labor or other special or temporary purpose.

(Ord. No. 2019-03, § 1, 2-21-2019)

A mobilehome or travel trailer park for agricultural workers the rental of which is restricted as follows:

(1)

Not less than eighty (80) percent of the trailer sites are restricted to rental by migrant agricultural workers for a period of time not to exceed nine (9) months in any twelve (12) month period.

(2)

The remainder of the sites are restricted to rental by permanent agricultural workers, and occupancy by the owner or operator of the trailer park.

Migrant agricultural worker is defined as an itinerant agricultural worker that travels from place to place for employment in the planting, growing and harvesting to seasonal crops.

The term mining operation shall mean any process by which one or more substances which are classified geologically as minerals are extracted from the earth or stockpiled including the reworking of mineral dumps which have been artificially created by mining operations.

Publicly provided transportation, usually either by bus or rail, to users at a fixed cost per ride.

A licensed vehicle used for the collection of recyclable materials. A mobile unit may also include trailers, bins, boxes, or other storage containers which are transported by vehicles; and does not occupy more than five (5) parking spaces or five hundred (500) square feet of floor area.

A material such as leaves bark or straw left loose and applied to the soils surface to prevent evaporation of water.

Any facility or location, whether fixed or mobile, where medical marijuana is made available to, distributed to, or distributed by, one or more of the following: a primary caregiver, a qualified patient, or a patient with an identification card as those terms are defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1362.7. A "medical marijuana dispensary" shall not include the following uses, provided that such uses comply with this chapter and all other applicable laws, including, but not limited to, Health and Safety Code Division 10, Chapter 6 (Health & Saf. Code Section 11350 et seq.), a clinic licensed pursuant to Health and Safety Code Division 2, Chapter 2 (Health & Saf. Code Section 1200 et seq.), a health facility licensed Health and Safety Code Division 2, Chapter 2 (Health & Saf. Code Section 1250 et seq.), a residential care facility for persons with chronic life threatening illness licensed pursuant to Health and Safety Code Division 2, Chapter 3.01 (Health & Saf. Code Section 1568.01 et seq.), a residential care facility for the elderly licensed pursuant to Health and Safety Code Division 2, Chapter 3.2 (Health & Saf. Code Section 1569 et seq.), a residential hospice or a home health agency licensed pursuant to Health and Safety Code Division 2, Chapter 8 (Health & Saf. Code Section 1725 et seq.).

A building which was legal when established, but which because of the adoption or amendment of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived conflicts with the provisions of this chapter applicable to the district in which such building is situated.

The use of a building or land which was legal when established, but which because of the adoption or amendment of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived conflicts with the provisions of this chapter applicable to the district in which such use is located.

The term "change of occupancy" shall mean a discontinuance of an existing use and substitution thereof of a use of a different kind or class.

The word "occupied" includes: used, arranged, converted to, rented, leased, or intended to be occupied.

A facility utilizing on-site indoor and outdoor locations for the filming of motion pictures, television programs and music videos. Outdoor film studios may provide limited housing for temporary use during such filming operations. No permanent production facilities such as would be used for film processing or editing and sound recording or dubbing shall be allowed.

The outside storage of material not defined as rubbish under Chapter 6.60, including, but not limited to, lumber, auto parts, appliances, pipe, drums, machinery, furniture, building materials, work tools, or other substance requiring reconditioning or rebuilding in order to be used for its original purpose shall be allowed provided it is authorized in the particular zone, located only on the rear half (½) of an improved lot or parcel or seventy-five (75) feet from the front property line of the improved lot or parcel, whichever is less, not visible from the street or other public or private property and limited to an area as set forth in the particular zone not to exceed two hundred (200) square feet with a maximum height of three (3) feet. If a screening device is used, it must be consistent with all applicable ordinances. Items stored under a carport, awning or patio shall be considered outside storage. The storage of unpermitted commercial coaches, mobilehomes or manufactured homes is not allowed. A proposed or intended use by the owner does not constitute an exception to this definition. Items enclosed within a building in a lawful manner or allowed pursuant to a site development permit or conditional use permit may constitute an exception to this definition.

(Ord. No. 2012-02, § 1, 6-7-2012)

A portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages.

(Ord. No. 2018-02, § 4, 3-1-2018)

An open yard that stores, sells, repairs, refurbishes, and/or manufactures pallets.

(Ord. No. 2018-02, § 4, 3-1-2018)

The area for the parking of a motor vehicle plus those additional areas required to provide site ingress and egress to and from said area. The area set aside to meet those provisions must be usable and shall have permanent access for off-street parking.

Six (6) or more beef cattle per acre being fed or fattened for marketing purposes whether the owner or operator performs the feeding service for himself or others (dairy herd replacements are not considered beef cattle).

The word "person" includes association, company, firm, corporation, partnership, copartnership or joint venture.

Any place designed for or used for congregation or gather of twenty (20) or more persons in one room where such gathering is of a public nature, assembly hall, church, auditorium, recreational hall, pavilion, place of amusement, dance hall, opera house, motion picture theater, outdoor theater or theater, are included within this term.

A residential development including, but not limited to, statutory and nonstatutory condominiums, cluster housing, townhouses, community apartment projects and mobilehome developments, that is permitted reduced lot area, width and depth requirements and building setback requirements by integrating into the overall development open space and outdoor recreational facilities, which may include recreational and public buildings intended primarily for the use of the residents of the project, within the development.

Planned commercial development means a development that may be permitted to have reduced width, depth and building setback requirements, and have common access and common parking, provided a planned development land division is approved pursuant to the provisions of Title 7.

Planned industrial development means a development that may be permitted to have reduced lot area, width, depth and building setback requirements, and have common access and common parking, provided a planned development land division is approved pursuant to the provisions of Title 7.

Senses rainfall and automatically shuts off the irrigation system.

Domestic birds including turkeys, ducks, geese, pheasants and other fowl specialized for meat projects, egg laying or ornamental show, but not including crowing fowl as defined in this chapter.

Any property containing five (5) acres or more operated as a ranch which offers guest rooms for rent and which has outdoor recreational facilities such as horseback riding, swimming or hiking.

A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy. The term "dependent recreational vehicle" shall mean a recreational vehicle not equipped with a toilet for sewage disposal. The term "independent recreational vehicle" shall mean a recreational vehicle equipped with a toilet for sewage disposal.

Any area or tract of land, or a separate designated section within a mobilehome park where two (2) or more lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership, to accommodate owners or users of recreational vehicles, camping cabins, or tents. Employee housing that has obtained a permit to operate pursuant to the Employee Housing Act Part 1 (Health & Saf. Code Section 17000 et seq.) and that both meets the criteria of Health and Safety Code Section 17021.6 and is comprised of two (2) or more lots or units held out for lease or rent or provided as a term or condition of employment shall not be deemed a recreational vehicle park for the purposes of the requirement to obtain an initial or annual permit. The following types of parks may be permitted in the city:

(1)

Vacation recreational vehicle parks. A park which is designed for transient use, such as overnight or short-term occupancy. No occupancy shall exceed thirty (30) consecutive days or one hundred and twenty (120) days in one calendar year. Tent camping may be permitted in areas designed and designated for such usage. Generally, only limited services and amenities are provided.

(2)

Extended occupancy parks. A recreational vehicle park which is designed for extended occupancy. No such occupancy shall exceed nine (9) months in any one (1) calendar year. Full urban services are available, and recreational amenities are required. Tent camping may be permitted in areas designed and designated for such usage. Recreational vehicles may be permitted to remain on-site during periods of non-occupancy.

(3)

Permanent occupancy parks. A recreational vehicle park which is designed for permanent occupancy. There is no limit on the duration of occupancy. Full urban services and recreational amenities are provided. The term "recreational vehicle park'' means any area or tract of land, or a separate designated section within a mobilehome park where two (2) or more lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership, to accommodate owners or users of recreational vehicles, camping cabins, or tents.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Health and Safety Code § 18862.39.

Any reusable material which is acceptable for reprocessing and redemption including, but not limited to, glass, metal, paper, and plastic. Recyclable material does not include hazardous waste or other refuse.

A facility which accepts recyclable material by donation, redemption, or purchase; and which the use of power driven machinery is limited to that which is necessary for the temporary storage, efficient transfer, and securing of materials as set forth in Section 9.240.480C.(3).

A facility which is equipped to accept and/or process recyclable materials. Recycling facilities include, but are not limited to, the following facility types; reverse vending machines, collection facilities, and processing facilities.

A facility which collects and processes acceptable recyclable materials by donation, redemption, or purchase. Processing means the preparation or transformation of recyclable materials for efficient shipment to an end user by, but not limited to, such means as baling, compacting, crushing, shredding, and sorting.

A housing development project (as defined by California Government Code Section 65589.5(h)(2)) that meets all of the following criteria:

(1)

The housing development project is located on one (1) or more contiguous parcels that are each owned entirely, whether directly or through a wholly owned company or corporation, by a religious institution.

(2)

The housing development project qualifies as being near collocated religious-use parking spaces by being any of the following:

(a)

Located on one (1) or more parcels that collectively contain religious-use parking spaces.

(b)

Located adjacent to a parcel owned by the religious institution that contains religious-use parking spaces.

(c)

Located on one (1) or more parcels separated by no more than 0.1 miles from a parcel owned by the religious institution that contains religious-use parking spaces.

(3)

The housing development project qualifies for a density bonus under Section 65915.

(Ord. No. 2022-20, § 3, 11-3-2022)

Existing parking spaces that are required under the city's parking requirements for places of worship.

(Ord. No. 2022-20, § 4, 11-3-2022)

Uses engaged in the research, analysis, development, and/or testing of a product.

(Ord. No. 2021-29, § 7, 12-16-2021)

A state authorized, certified or licensed family home or group care 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, excluding jails and other detention facilities.

(Ord. No. 2023-08, § 12, 5-18-2023)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2023-08, § 12, adopted May 18, 2023, set out provisions intended for use as § 9.10.1115. Inasmuch as there were already provisions so designated, said section has been codified herein as § 9.10.1116 at the discretion of the editor.

An automated and mechanical recycling facility, not more than fifty (50) square feet in floor area, which accepts one or more types of beverage containers made typically of glass, metal, or plastic; and which issues, in return, a cash refund or redeemable credit receipt with a value not less than the redemption worth of the container as determined by the State of California.

An urban lot split pursuant to Government Code Section 66411.7 and Jurupa Valley Municipal Code Chapter 7.85 or a SB 9 Housing Development proposed pursuant to Government Code Section 65852.21 and Jurupa Valley Municipal Code Chapter 9.305.

(Ord. No. 2023-17, § 5, 12-7-2023)

A device that measures the amount of water in the soil.

A business that requires a sex-oriented business permit pursuant to Chapter 5.60. This chapter shall apply to any application for a land use permit not finally approved on or before the date the ordinance from which this chapter is derived takes effect.

A stable for horses which are let, hired, used or boarded on a commercial basis and for compensation.

The portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the finished ceiling next above it or the finished under surface of the roof directly over that particular floor.

A public or an approved private thoroughfare or road easement which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, but not including an alley.

The boundary line between a street and abutting property.

A plan adopted by the Jurupa Valley, pursuant to the authority contained in the California Planning and Zoning Law (Gov. Code Section 65000 et seq.) establishing specifically planned future right-of-way lines for a highway. Upon the adoption of a specific plan for a highway, all requirements of this chapter relating to highway right-of-way lines shall be calculated from the adopted planned future right-of-way line, except as shall be otherwise specifically permitted in this chapter.

Anything constructed or erected and the use of which requires more or less permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground, such as awnings and patio covers, but not including walls and fences six (6) feet or less in height.

Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, floor joists or roof joists.

Housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to an onsite or offsite service that assists the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.

(Ord. No. 2023-08, § 13, 5-18-2023)

The use, rental, or lease of stalls or areas outside of an enclosed building by vendors offering goods or materials for sale or exchange, not including public fairs, or art exhibits.

Persons with low income who have one (1) or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health conditions, or individuals eligible for services provided pursuant to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and may include, among other populations, adults, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and homeless people.

(Ord. No. 2023-08, § 14, 5-18-2023)

An open area used by trail bikes, or motorcycles, for purposes such as but not limited to, hill climbing, trail riding, scrambling, racing and riding exhibitions.

Buildings configured as rental housing developments but operated under program requirements that require the termination of assistance and recirculating of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at a predetermined future point in time that shall be no less than six (6) months from the beginning of the assistance.

(Ord. No. 2023-08, § 15, 5-18-2023)

A site used primarily as a fueling or recharging station for trucks and often including truck parking, truck and trailer wash, service and repair of trucks, overnight accommodations, convenience stores, restaurants, and other services for trucks and truck drivers.

(Ord. No. 2021-29, § 8, 12-16-2021)

A parcel map subdivision of a single family residential parcel as permitted pursuant to Government Code Section 66411.7 and Jurupa Valley Municipal Code Chapter 7.85 that creates no more than two (2) parcels of approximately equal lot area.

(Ord. No. 2023-17, § 5, 12-7-2023)

The purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed, or intended, or for which either is or may be occupied or maintained.

The word "used" includes occupied, arranged, designed for or intended to be used.

A machine that converts the kinetic energy of the wind into a usable form of electrical or mechanical energy. The WECS include all parts of the system except the tower and electrical transmission equipment.

(1)

Accessory wind energy conversion system (Accessory WECS). A WECS which has a rated output of twenty (20) kilowatts or less and is an accessory use to the principal use of a lot in that at least fifty (50) percent of the average annual power production is used on the lot.

(2)

Commercial wind energy conversion system (Commercial WECS). Any WECS which is not an accessory WECS as defined herein.

Seven (7) or more people traveling together on a continuing and prearranged basis in a motor vehicle designed for the transportation of persons over routes tailored to accommodate rider needs.

Turf grass which begins growing in early spring and continues to grow vigorously throughout the summer and early fall. It may become brown and dormant in cool or cold winters. Its green color may be maintained throughout the year by overseeding during winter months. Examples are Bermuda's, zoysias, dichondra and kikuyu grasses.

Businesses whose sole purpose is to store and then distribute goods for sale as opposed to businesses whose sole purpose is to move goods by truck. This use generates a greater concentration of truck traffic and significant environmental impacts than other manufacturing uses or industrial uses.

(Ord. No. 2021-29, § 9, 12-16-2021)

An open and unoccupied space on a lot on which a building is situated and, except where otherwise provided in this chapter, open and unobstructed from the ground to the sky.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the side lot lines and between the front lot line and either the nearest line of the main building or the nearest line of any enclosed or covered porch. The front lot line shall be deemed to be the existing nearest right-of-way line of the abutting street, road or highway, unless a different right-of-way line for future use shall have been precisely fixed by law or ordinance, or by formal action of the City Council pursuant to law or ordinance, in which event the front lot line shall be deemed to be such different right-of-way line.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the side lot lines and measured between the rear lot line and the nearest rear line of the main building or the nearest line of any enclosed or covered porch. Where a rear yard abuts a street it shall meet front yard requirements of the district.

A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the side lot line and the nearest line of the main building, or of any accessory building attached thereto.