means contiguous to;

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

means access, as defined above; located so as to provide access to a building site across a lot line which is not contiguous to a street or alley at the point of crossing;

means a separate building, the use of which is subordinate and incidental to that of the main building, structure or use on the same lot. In all zones, accessory buildings, exclusive of those being used for required parking facilities, shall be allowed, provided:

means an attached, detached, or converted dwelling unit that is ancillary to a primary dwelling unit. See Chapter 25.17 for more detailed standards related to accessory dwelling units. See also, "Junior accessory dwelling unit;"

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

means near, close or contiguous to;

means one or more housing units that will be affordable to households at extremely low income, very low income, low income, and moderate-income levels. Qualifying income levels are based on household size and published annually by the State Department of Housing and Community Development. Generally, housing that costs less than thirty-percent of household income is considered affordable to these groups;

means a person who works full- or part-time (24 hours or more per week) in the service of a commercial agricultural operation;

means any living quarters or accommodations of any type specifically for agricultural employees and which comply with Cal. Health & Safety Code Sections 17008 and 17021.6 and other applicable provisions of the Employee Housing Act;

means a public or private vehicular way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property and which is not more than twenty feet nor less than ten feet in width;

means the process of incorporation of land within the city of Laguna Beach;

means a self-contained housing unit typically rented or leased, that occupies part of a building, generally on a single floor;

means a place of business in which objects of fine art, such as painting and sculpture, are displayed and offered for sale;

means a workshop for one or more artists or writers;

means an institution housing patients or inmates for whom restraint is required;

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

means the washing of cars using an assembly line method in which vehicles are moved through a series of sprays and brushes or any washing process in which steam is employed;

means the elevation at the midpoint of a given line.

means any cloth, bunting, plastic, paper or similar material used for advertising purposes attached to, appended on or from any structure, staff, pole, line, framing or vehicle. Flags referred to herein, when the flag is of a nation or of the state of California and is displayed as such in an appropriate manner, shall be excepted from these regulations:

means any building designed or used for housing horses;

—(See Chapter 25.22, Bed and Breakfast Inns);

means any habitable room with a closet whose principal purpose is for sleeping and which is not a bathroom, kitchen, dining room, den or living room;

means the lots fronting one side of a street and located between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets or nearest intersecting or intercepting street and mean high tide line or end of street in the case of a dead end street;

means the board of adjustment of the city of Laguna Beach;

(See Rooming house);

mean a roofed passageway, open on at least two sides where the roof is structurally integrated with the structure to which it is attached. A breezeway shall be considered to be a part of the building to which it is attached;

means an open space or landscaped area, the purpose of which is to prevent the direct abutting of incompatible uses or structures;

means the area of any given lot that is not part of a required front, side or rear yard, as set forth in the property development standards of the applicable zone for said lot;

means any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind;

—(See Height, building);

means written authorization from the director of building and safety of the city of Laguna Beach for the erection of any structure;

means the line appearing on the zoning map delineating the space between such line and the property line as the required yard in lieu of the front, side or rear yard otherwise described for the zone;

means a parcel or contiguous parcels of land which was established in compliance with the building site requirements of this code.

No building permit and no certificate of use and occupancy shall be issued for a building or use of land until the director of community development has verified that the parcel of land upon which such building or use of land is to be established is a building site which may be used for the uses permitted in the zone in which it is located. Two or more lots whose common lot line is crossed by a structure or a setback requirements from an adjoining structure shall be deemed to be one building site until such time as the structure is removed and the line is unencumbered. To qualify as a building site, the parcel must be under one ownership and must meet the requirements of either subsection (A) or section (B) below:

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

means an accessory building containing a dwelling for caretakers or servants for the land or main building(s). Caretaker's residence shall include servants quarters. No caretaker's residence shall be rented, let or otherwise hired out;

means a permanent roofed structure with not more than two enclosed sides, used for automobile shelter;

means a written permit issued by the director of building and safety indicating that the building or structure complies with the provisions of the building code of the city of Laguna Beach;

means a church or other building devoted to philanthropic or nonprofit social welfare activities;

means the regular care of children who are not related to the family within a single family residence. Such operations shall conform to one of the following:

means a permanently located building commonly used for religious worship. Such building shall be fully enclosed with walls (including windows and doors), having a roof of other than canvas or fabric, and shall conform to applicable legal requirements affecting design and construction;

means the city of Laguna Beach;

means the city clerk of the city of Laguna Beach;

means the city engineer of the city of Laguna Beach;

(See Private recreational club);

means the strip of land located between the line of mean sea level of the Pacific Ocean and elevation plus twenty feet above mean sea level;

means a building or portion thereof devoted to the sale and serving of alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises;

means the growing of crops for food or fiber, other horticultural uses, grazing, or small animal farms, all with the intent to sell the products for profit. Commercial agriculture does not include crops or agriculture grown for personal consumption or equestrian uses;

means those uses other than residential, religious or public educational uses, permitted to the C-1, CH-M, C-N, and SLV zones;

means the C-1, CH-M, C-N, and SLV zones;

means the planning commission of the city of Laguna Beach;

means review by the decision making authority for the purpose of providing the applicant with the authority's preliminary reaction to the general design concept of a proposed project. Such review does not include a formal decision or guarantee of future approval on the application by the decision making authority;

means an undivided interest in common in a portion of real property coupled with a separate interest in space called a unit, the boundaries of which are described on a recorded final map, parcel map, or condominium plan in sufficient detail to locate all boundaries thereof. The unit is typically owned by the occupant;

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

means a use permitted under the terms of this title in the zone in which such use is carried on;

means those goods and services such as food, drugs and sundries, sold at retail, which are essential for day to day living needs;

means the provisions for and maintenance of adequate space for safe visibility to protect vehicular and pedestrian traffic at all intersections of streets, alleys and/or private driveways, as provided in the zones. Such space will be kept free of buildings, structures and landscaping which would constitute a visual obstruction;

(See Lot, corner);

means any fenced area devoted to the containing of horses;

means a recreation activity carried on by an association of persons organized for nonprofit recreation and occupying a site containing not less than ten acres of land. "Country club" does not include activities organized primarily to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business;

means the city council of the city of Laguna Beach;

means a city-approved concrete or asphalt structure along the edge of the street pavement and raised above the pavement.

means a street offered to and accepted by the city of Laguna Beach;

means an incentive-based tool under California state law that allows a developer to receive incentives for providing affordable or inclusionary housing, including a density increase over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density;

means the department of public works of the city of Laguna Beach;

means access, as defined above, located at a point along a lot line at which such lot line is contiguous to a street (or alley) and the building site. If a building site is contiguous to more than one street (or alley), access shall be taken from the street that qualifies the parcel as a building site;

means an accessway to an off-street parking space or facility, which accessway is at least ten feet in width and paved to a minimum width of ten feet;

means a deadend street, either public or private, which is designed to serve not more than four adjoining minimum building site areas as defined in the zoning regulations. A common access driveway shall be located within a recorded legal easement or right-of-way that extends access privileges to the abutting properties;

means an on-site privately owned and maintained accessway constructed for the purpose of serving a single building site in accordance with the zoning regulations. Such building site shall have frontage on a street;

means a building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for residential occupancy, including one family and multiple family dwellings;

means a building designed or used for occupancy by three or more families, living independently of each other;

means a building designed or used for occupancy by one family;

means a building designed or used for occupancy by three families, living independently of each other;

means a building designed or used for occupancy by two families, living independently of each other;

means a room or suite of rooms within a structure and with a single kitchen, other than a hotel unit with a kitchen, designed or used for the residential use and occupancy of a family.

means an interest in land created by grant, agreement, or other lawful means which confers a right upon owners, including a public agency, to some profit, benefit, dominion or lawful use of or over the estate of another; it is distinct from ownership of the soil. Example: an easement for road purposes. An easement by itself may or may not provide adequate access as required by these regulations;

has the same meaning as in California Government Code Section 65582(d), as that section may be amended from time to time, and includes housing with minimal supportive services for people experiencing homelessness and is limited to occupancy of six months or less. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay;

means music, singing or performances, the purpose of which is to provide diversion for a person or persons, clients or patrons. The playing of background music (by a radio or record player) in a quiet manner and so as not to capture the attention of an audience, is not entertainment; neither is a television receiver played in a quiet manner entertainment;

means the general outermost surface of any main exterior wall of a building, but the term does not include the cornice, bay window, balcony, porch or other feature which extends beyond the general outermost surface of such exterior wall or beyond the property line;

means a structure, approved by the director of building and safety and for which a building permit has been issued, which is designed and used solely for protection from thermonuclear attack. Fallout shelters shall be occupied only during an actual or imminent attack or during a practice test authorized and conducted by proper authority;

means one or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit within a dwelling unit, including employee housing providing accommodations for six or fewer employees;

means a day care facility licensed by the State of California, located in a residential unit where residents of the dwelling provide care and supervision for children under the age of eighteen for periods of less than twenty-four hours a day;

means a barrier of any material or combination of materials placed in a manner so as to enclose or screen areas of land. "Fence" includes hedges, chain link and wire mesh;

means an artificial incline of earth created by earth filling;

means that inspection of a building or structure made by the director of building and safety upon the completion of all construction and finishing, and when in the opinion of the builder the structure is ready for use and/or occupancy;

means painting, drawing or sculpture created for its own sake and without regard for utility;

See Grade, finish;

means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building, excluding areas used for garage purposes, elevators shafts and such other basement, cellar or attic areas as are devoted exclusively to uses accessory to the operation of the building. Horizontal dimensions shall be measured from the face of the building and shall include enclosed porches, stairways and exit balconies;

means the gross floor area (as defined herein) of a separate unattached structure when initially constructed.

means an accessory building or part of a main building designed for the shelter and storage of a motor vehicle or vehicles and enclosed on three or more sides;

means the general plan of the city of Laguna Beach;

means a course of at least ten acres devoted to the game of golf and does not include miniature golf or driving ranges;

means the gradient or rate of incline of the land expressed as a percent of vertical to horizontal distances;

means the natural or artificial slope of the land as it is to be maintained upon completion of the structure;

means the established slope of the land prior to individual lot grading by artificial means. Grades resulting from city-approved grading operations for land subdivision shall be considered to be natural grades;

means the consumption of growing vegetation by domestic animals;

means a one story accessory building which is devoted to horticulture;

means the lowest point of elevation of the existing surface of the ground, within the area between the building and a line five feet from the building;

means living quarters, however not a dwelling unit, within an accessory building;

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

means a business enterprise conducted entirely within enclosed buildings, and consisting of the creation, production or manufacture of objects of art, handicraft, novelties and similar articles, provided, however, that, in the creation, production and manufacturing activities, hand labor must predominate; no power other than electric power shall be used, and such activities shall not be objectionable by reason of vibration or the emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas or noise. In a pottery or ceramic enterprise only electric or gas kilns operated periodically may be employed.

A handicraft shop enterprise will meet the following limitations as to size and scope of operation:

means a use conducted entirely within an enclosed building in which minor repairs of domestic or household equipment is carried on. The aggregate electric power used within the shop shall not exceed two horsepower;

means generally dense vegetation so aligned as to form a physical barrier or fence;

means one or more of the following:

means a primary thoroughfare as delineated on the general plan;

means a home-based business that is accessory to the primary residential use of the dwelling unit and that maintains the character and livability of the surrounding neighborhood. See Section 25.96.040 for more detailed standards related to home occupations.

means a commercial use conducted within a single-family dwelling, duplex or triplex located in the applicable zones, provided that the building or unit is principally the domicile of the shop owner. Commercial home occupations may be engaged in when permitted by this title, provided the category of home occupation has been approved by resolution of the planning commission as valid and conforms with the criteria and conditions below. Any individual commercial home occupation must conform to the following:

means the cultivation of crops and shall not include the care of domestic animals;

means an institution housing and caring for patients who may not be ambulatory and who require nursing and medical care on the premises. "Hospital" shall not include an institution housing persons requiring restraint;

means any building or portion thereof used, arranged or designed so as to provide six or more rooms or suites of rooms used for transient lodging purposes on a daily basis.

means lighted by means of artificial light the intention of which is to render the object capable of being seen or read;

means a use that is changed to a use which has a greater parking requirement and/or the enlargement of the floor area of an existing building.

means a dwelling unit that is no more than five hundred square feet in size and contained entirely within a single-family residence. See Chapter 25.17 for regulations related to Junior Accessory Dwelling Units;

means any lot or premises on which three or more dogs or other animals, more than three months of age are kept, boarded or trained;

means a room used or intended or designed to be used for cooking and/or preparation of food.

means the planting and maintenance of suitable vegetation in conformity with the requirements of this title;

means a use which serves fewer people or one which tends to be less obnoxious;

See Illuminated;

means a room or rooms within a structure designed and used for residential use and occupancy, but does not include a kitchen or a bathroom with a bathtub and/or shower;

means a private institution whose purpose is fraternal and nonprofit;

means an area of land under one ownership that has been lawfully created by means of a subdivision map, parcel map, record of survey or a metes and bounds description. Such a lot may or may not be a building site. See also "Parcel" and "Building site";

means the total square area of land measured in a horizontal plane within the lot lines of a lot;

means a lot located at the intersection of two streets at an angle of not more than one hundred twenty degrees;

means the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines;

mean the width and depth of a lot;

means a lot which is not a corner or reverse corner lot;

means any line bounding a lot;

means the property line or lines separating a lot from streets in the case of an interior lot and the line separating the narrowest street frontage of a lot from the street in the case of a corner lot or reversed corner lot. A lot may have more than one front lot line. Following a ten-day public comment period prior to which public notice was provided in accordance with Section 25.05.065, an exception from the designation for front lot line may be granted by the design review board. The following criteria shall be considered when making an exception designation:

means a lot line not abutting a street which line is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of an irregular, triangular or gore shaped lot, the rear lot line shall be a line within the lot, ten feet long, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line. A lot which is bounded on all sides by streets may have no rear lot line;

means any lot line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line;

means a corner lot, the side line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot lines of the lot or lots to its rear, whether across an alley or not;

means a lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets;

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

has the same meaning as in California Government Code Section 65660(a), as that section is amended from time to time, and includes 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;

means a building designed, used or intended to be used for the principal uses permitted under the terms of this title;

means the line separating the front or rear yard from that portion of the lot where a main building as herein defined may be constructed;

means a permanent roofed structure attached to and supported by the building and projecting over public property or a street plan line;

means a building in which a group of physicians, dentists or physicians and dentists and allied professionals and assistants are associated for the purpose of carrying on their profession;

is that line which bounds a sign so as to be tangent to all exterior curves and to be without reentrant angles;

See Hotel;

See Dwelling, multiple family;

means a nonprofit, noncommercial establishment operated as a repository for a collection of natural, scientific or literary curiosities or objects of interest or works of fine art. Operation shall not include the regular sale or distribution of the objects collected;

means a business wherein musical equipment is sold and/or music school services are rendered and wherein the playing of musical instruments or reproduction equipment is employed as a part of the sales or service rendered. The playing of such music shall be limited to the daylight hours.

See Grade, natural;

means a parcel of land which lawfully existed as a lot on the effective date of the ordinance codified herein, or which is created by variance after the effective date of the ordinance codified herein, but which in either case does not conform to the lot area and the lot dimension standards for the zone in which it is located;

means a building or portion thereof or other structure which lawfully existed on the effective date of the ordinance codified herein, and which, because of its design, cannot reasonably be used for a conforming use, or a building or portion thereof or other structure which does not comply with one or more of the property development standards of the zone in which it is located;

means a use of a building or land which use was carried on on the effective date of the ordinance codified herein and which does not conform to the uses permitted in the zone in which it is located;

means without artificial light, the purpose of which would be to render the object visible;

means any commercial or philanthropic care of children, more intensive in size or scope than that described in the definition of child care in Section 25.08.006 and family day care home, large, in Section 25.08.012.

means an area of land under one ownership. A parcel of land may or may not be a lot or building site;

means a parcel or a portion of a parcel of land surrounded by lines of record on a tract map, on a record of survey, or on a recorded deed. Such parcel may or may not be a building site;

means an open area, other than a street, used for the parking of automotive vehicles and restricted from general public use;

means an area other than a private parking area or street used for the parking of vehicles and available for public or quasi-public use, either free or for remuneration. Public parking areas shall include parking lots for retail customers, patrons, clients or employees;

means space, exclusive of driveways, ramps, columns, loading areas, office or work areas within a building or open parking area for the parking of one automobile. A parking space shall be accessible and usable for the parking of a standard passenger motor vehicle, without the necessity of moving another vehicle for its ingress or egress. For commercial uses, a parking space may be so located as to require the movement of another vehicle or vehicles for its ingress and egress, but when so located will be designated an attendant parking space, and will re-quire a qualified car-moving attendant to be on the premises and available to move cars whenever the commercial use is in operation;

See Tandem parking space;

means any business which provides or delivers retail services on the premises;

means any neighborhood shopping center, or the central business district for either of which there is a site plan approved by the planning commission;

means a type of subdivision development characterized by comprehensive, detailed planning for a project as a whole which usually involves the clustering of dwelling units either as single-family detached or attached units; where the density does not exceed that permitted in the zone; and where the standards of development outlined in Chapter 21.14 (concerning planned residential developments) are complied with. This type of development may compensate for the limitations caused by environmental constraints by providing density yield advantages through the clustering of dwelling units, and also provide for the opportunity to preserve open space and other natural features, minimize environmental degradation and avoid natural hazards;

means the planning commission of the city of Laguna Beach;

means the planning director of the city of Laguna Beach;

means the office of the planning director;

means the number of people residing on the land expressed as a relationship of the number of square feet of net lot area per family;

means a line separating a parcel of land from another parcel or from the street or alley;

means an outdoor area or an area within a hotel, multiple family dwelling or a roominghouse, which is not for the sole use of the occupants of any suite of rooms or any single room;

means an organization and operation authorized to provide to the community, water, gas, electric power, telephone or public transportation.

means providing disabled persons flexibility in the application of land use and zoning regulations and procedures, or even waiving certain requirements, when necessary to eliminate barriers to housing opportunities. See Section 25.05.080;

means a recreation facility owned by a public agency and available for the use of the general public. Special events subject to temporary use permit procedure;

means uncovered recreation spaces;

means a recreation facility not open to or intended for the use of the general public, except memberships. Special events subject to temporary use permit procedure;

means a recreation facility not under public ownership but available for the use of the general public. Special events subject to temporary use permit procedure;

means any facility licensed or unlicensed, in which seven or more individuals with a disability reside who are not living together as a single housekeeping unit. An individual with a disability is a person who has a physical or mental impairment that limits or substantially limits one or more major life activities, anyone who is regarded as having such impairment or anyone who has a record of such impairment, not including current, illegal use of a controlled substance.

means a facility licensed by the state of California that provides care, services or treatment in a community residential setting for six or fewer adults and/or children with a disability and that is required by state law to be treated as a single housekeeping unit. An individual with a disability is a person who has a physical or mental impairment that limits or substantially limits one or more major life activities, anyone who is regarded as having such impairment or anyone who has a record of such impairment, not including current illegal use of a controlled substance. Small licensed residential care facilities shall be subject to all land use and property development regulations applicable to single housekeeping units.

means any building that is not licensed by the state of California and is not required by law to be licensed by the state, in which six or fewer individuals with a disability reside who are not living together as a single housekeeping unit. An individual with a disability is a person who has a physical or mental impairment that limits or substantially limits one or more major life activities, anyone who is regarded as having such impairment or anyone who has a record of such impairment, not including current, illegal use of a controlled substance.

means a facility that provides a combination of housing and supportive services for the elderly or functionally impaired, including personalized assistance, congregate dining, recreational, and social activities. These facilities may include medical services. The residents in these facilities require varying levels of assistance;

means a use for permanent or quasi-permanent dwelling purpose in a single family dwelling, two family dwelling or multiple family dwelling and all of the incidental uses thereto;

means the R-1, R/HP, R-2 and R-3 zones;

means a business which prepares food primarily intended for consumption in vehicles which may or may not be parked on the premises and where the business transaction is performed from the vehicle. Such restaurant may or may not provide seating;

means a business devoted to the serving of prepared food to patrons where the food is consumed on the premises and the customer's order and are served while seated at tables;

means a business which primarily prepares food cooked on the premises intended for off-site consumption but which may also provide seating;

means the right of use or to cross over the property of another;

means a room enclosure or a portion of a room enclosure within a dwelling unit, room rental or hotel. Bathrooms, hallways, closets and service porches are not rooms;

means an area within a building, which area is entirely enclosed by walls from floor to ceiling.

means a nongovernmental institution of learning which offers instruction in the several branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools by the Education Code of the state of California;

means the secretary of the planning commission of the city;

shall have the same meaning as the term is defined in Civil Code Section 51.3, as that section may be amended from time to time.

means a business which sells gasoline and/or services motor vehicles, including sale of lubricants, lubricating vehicles, tube and tire repairs, battery charging, and hand auto washing and polishing and excluding all other servicing;

means any bulkhead, retaining wall, seawall, revetment, fence, berm or other structure separating land and water areas primarily designed to prevent erosion or other damage due to wave action, including any structure or partition to retain or prevent sliding of the land, or any device for the purpose of protecting the upland against damage from wave action;

means a pedestrian walkway within a dedicated street right-of-way which is improved to city standards;

are those that are in their natural condition and which serve a distinct functional, scenic or ecological purpose. As applied, ecological purposes include those related to wildlife habitats, particularly feeding, watering and breeding areas; and biotic habitat areas. Scenic purposes include those related to view corridors, density relief or general aesthetic appeal. Functional purposes include those related to hydrologic considerations;

are those that have been altered from their natural condition, but which continue to serve a distinct functional, scenic or ecological purpose as defined under "significant natural watercourses." Significant modified watercourses include those that have been channelized, piped, culverted or otherwise improved or diverted. Significant modified watercourses are typified by the continuing presence of a topographic swale or depression and the ability to conduct overflow runoff. Significant modified watercourses that are restored may qualify for redesignation as natural watercourses;

See Dwelling, single-family;

means the functional equivalent of a traditional family, whose members are an interactive group of persons jointly occupying a single dwelling unit, including the joint use of and responsibility for common areas, and sharing household activities and responsibilities, such as meals, chores, household maintenance and expenses; and where, if the dwelling unit is rented, all adult (eighteen years or older) residents have chosen to jointly occupy the entire premises of the dwelling unit, under a single written lease with joint use and responsibility for the premises, and the makeup of the household occupying the unit is determined by the residents of the dwelling unit rather than the landlord or property manager;

means that property which provides a location for and justifies the area of a sign;

means a natural or artificial incline;

means the average of the two corner elevations at the front property line and the average of the two corner elevations at the rear property line, with the lower average elevation subtracted from the higher average elevation, divided by the average depth of the lot;

means a hydro-massage pool or tub intended for recreational bathing or therapeutic use designed for immersion of users, usually having a filter, heater and motor-driven blower and containing water over eighteen inches deep. This definition includes, but is not limited to, hot tubs and spas which are self-contained or non self-contained;

and "horse stable" mean a structure for the housing of horses;

means that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the next floor above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a usable or unused under-floor space is more than six feet above the adjacent ground elevation (as defined herein) for more than fifty percent of the total perimeter or is more than twelve feet above the adjacent ground elevation at any point, such usable or unused under-floor space shall be considered as a story;

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

means any street which is surfaced with asphaltic or other concrete;

means a line delineating the proposed right-of-way for a planned street, and appearing in a precise street plan adopted by the city;

means anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some defined manner, which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having a location on the ground, except outdoor areas such as patios, paved areas, walks, tennis courts and other similar recreation areas;

means a group of two or more rooms which can be joined together for single occupancy;

has the same meaning as in California Government Code Section 65650(a), as that section is amended from time to time, and includes dwelling units with no limit on length of stay, that are occupied by the target population as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 53260 of the California Health and Safety Code, and that are linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving their health status, and maximizing their ability to live and, where possible, work in the community. See also, "Target population;"

means any permanent structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing that contains water over eighteen inches deep. This definition includes, but is not limited to, permanent in-ground, aboveground and on-ground swimming pools, and permanent fixed-in-place wading pools.

means a parking space so located that it is necessary to move one or more other automobiles in order that the automobile occupying the tandem space may gain access to or from the space;

means persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health condition, 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;

means the primary and secondary thoroughfares as shown on the general plan for the city;

See Dwelling, three-family;

means lands over which the ordinary ocean tides ebb and flow, exclusive of any lands landward from the line of mean high tide;

is one comprised of two or more time-share units;

is a room or a suite of rooms, with a kitchen, devoted to time-share use;

means one in which the purchaser receives the right in perpetuity, for life or for a term of years, to the recurrent exclusive use or occupancy of a lot, parcel, unit or segment of real property, annually or on some other periodic basis for a period of time that has been or will be allocated from the use or occupancy periods into which the plan has been divided. A time-share plan may be coupled with an estate in the real property or it may entail a license or contract and/or membership right of occupancy not coupled with an estate in the real property;

means that point or line of initial break where the terrain changes to an upward direction;

means that point or line of initial break where the terrain changes to a downward direction;

means a temporary sales office not to exceed four hundred square feet of gross floor area within a building and located on the site where homes and/or lots in a tract are being sold;

has the same meaning as in California Government Code Section 65582(j), as that section may be amended from time to time, and includes housing that has a predetermined end point in time and operated under a program that requires the termination of assistance, in order to provide another eligible program recipient the service pursuant to Govt. Code Section 1954.12. The program length is typically no less than six months;

See Dwelling, two-family.

means that portion of any street, as such term is defined in this title, which is not less than sixteen feet in width and is, as of the effective date of the ordinance codified herein or as of the effective date of annexation to the city if such occurred thereafter, improved to the following standard: Provided with sixteen feet of width of asphaltic cement, concrete surfacing or a similar approved material along its entire length from its intersection with a fully improved street or other usable vehicular right-of-way of record.

means the variance board of the city of Laguna Beach.

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

means any permanent structure that contains three hundred gallons or more of water and contains water over eighteen inches deep, and has non-submersible circulatory mechanical pumps or equipment. (If a water feature has submersible pumps, it is not subject to design review per Section 25.05.040(B)(1).)

means any open space other than a court on the same lot with a building or a dwelling group, which space is generally open from ground to sky, except for the projections and/or accessory buildings permitted by this title. No required yard or other open space around an existing building, or which is hereafter provided around any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this title, may be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building; nor may any yard or other required open space on an adjoining lot be considered as providing a yard or open space on a lot whereon a building is to be erected;

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

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

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

means a land area shown on the official districting (zoning) map of the city of Laguna Beach to which uniform regulations apply;

means the line separating one or more zones as shown on the official districting (zoning) map;

means a written permit issued by the director of building and planning or his deputy pertaining to a parcel of land or portion thereof or to a structure or portion thereof, authorizing a use permitted under the terms of this title.