A subordinate building on the lot or building site, the use of which is incidental to that of any primary main building on the lot, and which is used exclusively by the occupants of any primary main building on the lot as allowed by zoning or state law, except for use by tenants of either: 1) One or two Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) as provided by Section 9302.21a; as further defined currently in California Government Code Section 65852.2, and as it may be subsequently amended from time to time in the future and/or 2) a Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (JADU) as provided by Section 9302.21b; as further defined currently in California Government Code Section 65852.22, and as it may be subsequently amended from time to time in the future. The ADU and JADU accessory uses are further regulated by the following:

A use customarily incidental and accessory to the principal use of a lot or building located upon the same lot or building site.

Adult Entertainment Business includes the following:

Any home, facility, or building in which board and supervisory care, including meals, recreation, transportation, counseling, laundry and bath assistance, administration of oral medication, and supervision of general well-being is provided to persons 18 to 62 years of age, but in which are kept no persons who are suffering from mental illness or disease who would normally be admitted to a mental hospital or a convalescent hospital and in which no type of medical or dental service is provided, except the administration of oral drugs.

Alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer and every liquid or solid containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer which contains one-half (½) of one percent (1%) or more of alcohol by volume and which is fit for beverage purposes, either alone or when diluted, mixed or combined with other substances, and sales of which require a State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control License.

Any place within the City having or required to have a retail license issued by the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverage for off-site consumption.

Retail sales of alcoholic beverages in packaged containers for consumption off the premises.

Any Alcoholic Beverage Establishment, Off-Sale conducting the retail sale for off premise consumption of alcoholic beverages as a legal authorized use on or before June 30, 1999.

A public thoroughfare having a width of not less than twenty (20) feet nor more than thirty (30) feet which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

A change in the wording, context or substance of this Chapter, or change in the zone boundaries upon the zoning map, which map is a part of this Chapter when adopted by ordinance passed by the City Council in the manner prescribed by law.

Any work of art, piece of furniture, or the like, created or produced in a former period, or, according to U.S. Custom Laws, 100 years before the date of purchase. An item belonging to the past, which is not modem.

A permanently maintained off-street parking space on the same lot or building site as the use is intended to serve for the parking of vehicles. Said stall also may be referred to as an "automobile storage space or automobile parking space". A standard size automobile parking stall shall have an area of not less than one hundred eighty (180) square feet, small car stalls shall have an area of not less than one hundred twenty-eight (128) square feet, automobile parking stalls for the handicapped shall have an area of not less than two hundred eighty (280) square feet, and said parking stall area shall be computed exclusive of driveways. Said parking shall be so located and arranged as to be readily accessible to and permit the storage of a passenger automobile of average size under its own power from a street or alley. In the R-1 and R-A zones only laundry equipment, work benches, storage shelves and other similar horizontal direction projections may encroach into the required automobile storage space if said spaces can be used for the storage of an automobile.

Includes but is not limited to hostels and tourist homes. A building or group of buildings having distinct architectural character as approved by the Development Review Board, and shall be located on one (1) lot, with at least two (2) but not more than five (5) attractively decorated guest rooms, and where lodging and meals are provided for compensation for not more than ten (10) persons on a temporary basis, but shall not include boarding houses, rest homes, retirement hotels, or convalescent hospitals, or community care facilities as defined by the State. Any number of guest rooms over five (5) shall be considered to be a Hotel or Motel.

As defined in Section 9302.35.

Shall include the area abutting upon either side of a street between two intersecting streets. For the purpose of this Section, street shall mean and include alley.

A building with more than two (2) and not more than five (5) guest rooms where lodging and meals are provided for compensation for not more than ten (10) persons, but shall not include rest homes or convalescent homes. Any number of guest rooms over five (5) shall be considered a hotel.

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 ceiling of the uppermost story.

A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is located.

That person charged with the responsibility of administering the Building Code for the City of Lakewood.

A group of three (3) or more detached one-family or two-family dwellings located upon a single lot, together with all open spaces required by this ordinance.

Means any place maintained, operated, or conducted for the purpose of playing card games of any nature by members, guests, or other persons where:

A permanent roof structure covering the entire parking space with not more than two enclosed sides, used or intended to be used for automobile shelter and storage.

Is any room or area provided in any public place or business establishment for the purpose of child care, and not otherwise coming within the definition of "private day school" or "day nursery school," or "private boarding school" or "children's boarding home" or "foster care home."

Is any institution or establishment providing a course of training similar to that given in any grade or public school from kindergarten to the twelfth grade, inclusive, but shall not include any institution or establishment maintained by any public school, or any parochial school.

Is any institution or establishment providing day care and instruction for children between the ages of 2 and 4 years and 6 months, inclusive, but shall not include any day nursery or day nursery school maintained by any public school, parochial school, or governmental agency.

Is any institution or establishment providing room and board and giving a course of training similar to that given in any grade or public school, from kindergarten to the twelfth grade, inclusive, but shall not include any institution or establishment maintained by any public school.

Is any institution or establishment providing room and board for the reception and care of children under the age of eighteen years regardless of sex, and when such children are unrelated to the caretaker, in the absence of parent or guardian, and with or without compensation.

Shall mean and be limited to the providing by the resident and occupier of any residence in the R-1, R-A, M-F-R and M-H-P Zones, non-medical day care for children under the age of 18 for periods of less than 24 hours per day in normal residential surroundings and in the same home environment as provided in a traditional home setting. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, in the event of a conflict with the definitions set forth in the Child Day Care Facilities Act (Health & Safety Code Section 1596.70 et seq.), the definitions of a "Child Day Care Facility," "Family Day Care Home," "Small Family Day Care Home," and "Large Family Day Care Home," in that Act shall prevail.

A business for which the primary use is that of cashing checks, including but not limited to payroll checks, welfare checks, and social security checks, for remuneration or monetary compensation. Such business may also provide other incidental services such as issuing food stamps and bus passes, selling money orders, receiving utility payments and other like services done for remuneration or monetary compensation. However, check cashing businesses shall not be construed to include banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions.

The incorporated City of Lakewood.

The City Council of the City of Lakewood.

An association of persons for some common non-profit purpose but not including groups organized primary to render a service carried on as a business for profit. Private club shall not include "card room."

Any home, facility, or building in which medical care, nursing, dietary, or other personal services are furnished to predominately non-ambulatory persons of any age, including convalescents, invalids, and aged persons; but in which are kept no person suffering from mental sickness, disease, disorder, or ailment or from a contagious or communicable disease, and which are performed no surgical or other primary treatment such as are customarily provided in sanitariums or hospitals or in which no persons are kept or served who normally would be admittable to a mental hospital.

Condominiums, planned development as referred to in Part 3 of Chapter 3 of Article IX of the Lakewood Municipal Code, community apartment projects, and stock cooperatives shall mean those interests as defined in Section 11004.5 of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California as the same existed on the date of the adoption of this ordinance.

Is any use where a charge is imposed for a recreational activity, unless otherwise defined in this chapter, and includes but is not limited to:

Means any amusement machine or device which is operated or put into operation in whole or in part by the insertion of a coin, token, or similar object. This definition does not include coin-operated weighing machines, stamp vending machines, photograph, video, music or motion picture machine or similar device, or any coin-operated vending or other machine vending personal property, food or drink, or performing cleaning, repair or other service.

Means an enterprise that has not more than the amount in gross annual sales that is specified in Section 113758 of the California State Health and Safety Code, is operated by a cottage food operator, and has not more than one full-time equivalent cottage food employee, not including a family member or household member of the cottage food operator, within the registered or permitted area of a private home where the cottage food operator resides and where cottage food products are prepared or packaged for direct, indirect, or direct and indirect sale to consumers. A cottage food operation includes both of the following: 1. Class A" cottage food operations may engage only in direct sales of cottage food products from the cottage food operation or other direct sales venues. 2. "Class B" cottage food operations may engage in both direct sales and indirect sales of cottage food products from the cottage food operation, from direct sales venues from offsite events, or from third-party retail food facilities.

Public dance and public dance hall are those places and activities defined in Section 6103.17 and 6103.18 of Article VI.

A place where four (4) or more adult dogs are kept, whether by owners of the dogs or by persons providing facilities and care for compensation. An adult dog is a canine of either sex, altered or unaltered, that has reached the age of four (4) months.

Shall mean any cafe, food establishment or public eating place where food or frozen dessert, or beverage or drink is delivered to, or served directly, or sold to anyone in any vehicle stopped, standing or parked upon the premises or in or upon any street, alley, land, parking area or grounds immediately adjacent to said premises, or for consumption off the premises.

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

A building or portion thereof used to house two or more elderly or handicapped families, including domestic employees of each such family, living independently of each other, and doing their own cooking. As used in this subsection "Elderly or Handicapped Families" means families consisting of two or more persons and the head of which (or his spouse) is sixty-two (62) years of age or over, or is handicapped, as defined in Section 12 U.S.C. 1701.q(d)(4), and such term also means a single person who is sixty-two (62) years of age or over, or is handicapped, as heretofore defined. Elderly persons also means a person fifty-five (55) years of age or older in a senior housing development consisting of at least 150 elderly or handicapped multiple-family dwelling units.

A building containing but one (1) kitchen designed and used to house not more than one (1) family including domestic employees of such family.

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

Shall mean one or two attached or detached additional dwelling units that are allowed to be located on the same lot or parcel, that has either: 1) a single-family primary dwelling unit as the main building and primary use in zone districts that allow single-family dwellings or is a non conforming use in zone districts that do not, or 2) a primary multifamily dwelling unit complex of two or more attached units, as the main buildings and primary use in zone districts that allow such multifamily dwelling units or mixed use developments. The primary dwelling unit that is host to an ADU shall be either an existing or concurrently proposed primary dwelling unit. Prior to final inspection of an ADU, the hosting primary dwelling unit shall be completed with a successful final inspection allowing occupancy that is completed prior to, or concurrently with, a successful final inspection of the ADU, allowing ADU occupancy. Any required demolition plan check for a detached garage conversion or allowed ADU replacement structure shall be processed with permits and inspections concurrently with those required for the ADU. The proposed construction of an ADU may be: 1) a modification of an existing or proposed permitted primary dwelling unit, or an existing or proposed permitted accessory building or 2) the construction of a new attached or detached accessory building. ADUs are allowed in all zone districts allowing single-family and multiple-family dwelling units, as well as those allowing mixed uses. An ADU shall provide a completely independent dwelling unit, including facilities for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation for one or more persons. An allowed ADU includes a minimum 150 square-foot "efficiency unit" as defined in Section 17958.1 of the California Health and Safety Code and a minimum 320 square-foot "manufactured home" as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code. ADUs shall comply with the following standards:

A Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (JADU) is an additional dwelling unit that is allowed to be converted from existing or proposed floor area within an existing or proposed single-family dwelling unit or an adjacent and existing or proposed attached accessory building. A JADU shall provide living and sleeping facilities for one or more persons. A JADU shall have an independent efficiency kitchen with cooking appliances, food preparation counter, and storage cabinets. The JADU may have separate sanitation facilities or may share a bathroom and laundry facilities with the primary dwelling unit, provided the JADU has an internal door to access the primary dwelling unit. In the instance where the JADU has a bathroom, the existing single-family residence shall then have another separate bathroom for use of that dwelling unit.

An efficiency unit shall have the same meaning as defined in the State of California Health and Safety Code Section 17958.1.

All schools or institutions, whether public or private and whether or not organized for profit, which give a course of study as defined or determined by Division V of the Educational Code of the State of California.

A permanent structure where temporary housing is provided to persons on a short-term basis by a nonprofit organization. Does not include Temporary Disaster and/or Evacuation Shelters.

Are those places and activities as defined in Section 6103.29 of Article VI.

One or more persons living as a single housekeeping unit as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding, rooming, or lodging house, hotel, or club. A family may include domestic servants.

The total floor area of the main building measured from the outer portion of the exterior walls used for living purposes divided by the lot area, with the exception that stairwells may be subtracted from said total floor area.

An accessory building or an accessory portion of the main building, designed or used only for the shelter or storage of vehicles owned or operated by the occupants of the main building.

A building other than a private garage used for the care, repair, or equipping of automobiles, or where such vehicles are kept for remuneration, hire, or sale.

Any home, facility, or building in which board and supervisory care, including meals, recreation, transportation, counseling, laundry and bath assistance, administration of oral medication, and supervision of general well-being is provided to persons 62 years of age and older but in which are kept no persons who are suffering from mental illness or disease who would normally be admitted to a mental hospital or a convalescent hospital and in which no type of medical or dental service is provided, except the administration of oral drugs.

As used in this Chapter shall include garbage, waste, refuse, food-plant waste, market refuse, trash, rubbish, offal, leaves, cuttings, trimmings, shrubs, grass, combustible rubbish, inorganic refuse, commercial and industrial waste and trash, cans, bottles, junk, rubber and plastic materials, tires, vehicle parts, batteries, and any type or variety of personal property placed or maintained beyond the exterior walls of a building under such circumstances as to indicate the same has been abandoned or discarded or placed or left for rubbish or trash collection. Garbage shall mean and include all animal and vegetable refuse from kitchens, markets, stores or plants that shall have been prepared for or was intended to be used as, or shall have resulted from the preparation of, food and shall include every accumulation of animal and vegetable refuse that attends the preparation, consumption, decay, dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fruit, or vegetable or any other food product.

Shall mean any institution, place, building or agency which maintains and operates facilities for one or more persons for the diagnosis, care, and treatment of human illness, including convalescence and including care during and after pregnancy, or which maintains and operates organized facilities for any such purpose, and to which persons may be admitted for overnight stay or longer.

Includes but is not limited to inns, resort hotels and tourist hotels. A building in which there are six (6) or more guest rooms where lodging with or without meals is provided for compensation for stays lasting not more than 30 consecutive days, and where no provision is made for cooking in any individual room or suite, but shall not include jails, hospitals, asylums, sanitariums, orphanages, prisons, detention homes, and similar buildings where human beings are housed and detained under legal restraint.

Means any place including but not limited to; computer arcades, computer lounges, cyber arcades, internet cafes, internet arcades, internet related businesses, internet workstation stores, on-site computer rentals, and PC arcades, where the primary purpose of the business is devoted to the rental or charge for use of computers, or a port connection for a portable computer, to have access to the Internet system.

Means a subdivision of proposed or existing multiple family residential units into multiple ownerships of at least two (2) contiguous rental dwelling units per each ownership, with all dwelling units to remain as rental units.

Includes but is not limited to business hotels, corporate suites and/or hotels, corporate hotels, and executive suites in which there are six (6) or more guest rooms where lodging is provided on a temporary basis to any one guest for a period of at least 30 consecutive days but not more than 180 consecutive days during any calendar year, and where provisions are made for cooking in each individual guest unit. For the purposes of this subsection, the calculation of the length of each stay shall commence upon the initial date of registration. This definition shall not include rest homes, retirement hotels, or convalescent hospitals, or community care facilities as defined by the State, jails, hospitals, asylums, sanitariums, orphanages, prisons, detention homes, and similar buildings where human beings are housed and detained under legal restraint.

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

A parcel of land at the junction of and fronting on two or more intersecting streets.

That percentage of the plot or lot area covered by the first floor area of the main building, and all accessory structures, excluding patios and porches under cover which are totally unobstructed on all sides except where enclosed by the walls of the main building.

The boundary lines of lots are:

As used herein shall not include crematory.

"Mobilehome" is a structure designed for human habitation and for being moved in a street or highway under a permit. The "mobilehome park" is any area of land used primarily for the parking or storage of one or more mobilehomes for housekeeping, sleeping or living quarter.

Any establishment required to be licensed pursuant to Article VI of this Code (§6402.1).

A development in a commercial or manufacturing zone that includes residential uses available for sale and/or rent including all permitted and conditionally permitted uses allowed under the same base zoning for commercial uses as provided in the Mixed-Use Overlay (MU) zone. A mixed-use development may also include accessory uses, open space areas, resident amenities, and parking facilities as specified.

Includes but is not limited to auto courts, motor courts, motor inns, motor lodges, tourist cottages, and tourist courts. A group of attached or detached buildings containing individual sleeping or living units where a majority of such units open individually and directly to the outside, and where a garage is attached or a parking space is conveniently located to each unit, all for the temporary use by automobile tourists or transients, and where no provision is made for cooking in any individual room or suite. An establishment shall be considered a motel when it is required by the Health and Safety Code of the State of California to obtain the name and address of the guests; the make, year, and license number of the vehicles; and the State in which it was licensed. This definition shall not include rest homes, retirement hotels, or convalescent hospitals, or community care facilities as defined by the State.

A building, or portion thereof, which was lawfully erected or altered and maintained, but which, because of the application of subsequent zoning ordinances to it, no longer conforms to the use, height, or area regulations of the zone in which it is located.

A sign which was lawfully erected or altered and maintained, but which, because of the application of subsequent zoning ordinances to it, no longer conforms to the sign regulations applying to it.

A use which was lawfully established and maintained but which, because of the application of subsequent zoning ordinances to it, no longer conforms to the use regulations of the zone in which it is located.

A facility incorporating mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and similar features designed to transport crude oil, intermediate petroleum products and finished petroleum products; and which is part of the infrastructure of an underground petroleum pipelines and related distribution system.

The Planning and Environment Commission ("PEC") of the City of Lakewood, California.

Planned Unit Development shall mean planning, construction or implementation and operation of any use of structure, or a combination of uses and structures, on a single parcel of land based on a comprehensive and complete design or plan treating the entire complex of land, structures and uses as a single project.

A permanent roof structure with not more than one enclosed side extending from a building over an adjacent driveway and used to shelter those persons getting in or out of a vehicle or for a passageway designed to let vehicles pass from the street to an interior lot.

Is a sale of items occurring on residentially zoned property which includes only used household items or handcrafted items owned by or produced by the resident of the property.

Means an automobile, truck, trailer or van, licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, which is used for the collection of recyclable materials. A Mobile Recycling Unit also means the bins, boxes or containers transported by trucks, vans, or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials.

Is reusable material, including, but not limited to metals, glass, plastic and paper, which are intended for reuse, remanufacture, or reconstitution for the purpose of using the altered form. Recyclable material does not include refuse or hazardous materials.

Is a center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials. A Recycling Facility does not include storage containers or processing activity located on the premises of a residential, commercial, or manufacturing use and used solely for the recycling of material generated by that residential property, business or manufacturer.

Means a Recycling Facility certified by the California Department of Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986.

Is a center for the acceptance, by donation, redemption, or purchase, of recyclable materials from the public. Collection Facilities may include the following:

Occupy an area of not more than 500 square feet, and may include:

Occupy an area of more than 500 square feet and may include permanent structures.

Is a building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials. Processing means the preparation of material for efficient shipment, or to an end-user's specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning, and remanufacturing.

Is an automated mechanical device which accepts at least one or more types of empty beverage containers including, but not limited to aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container's redemption value as determined by the State. A Reverse Vending Machine may sort and process containers mechanically provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine. In order to accept and temporarily store all three container types in a proportion commensurate with their relative redemption rates, and to meet the requirements of certification as a recycling facility, multiple grouping of Reverse Vending Machines may be necessary.

Is a Reverse Vending Machine designed to accept more than one container at a time; and will pay by weight instead of by container.

As used in this Chapter, shall mean dwelling, single-family and multiple-family, bungalow court, a single-family residence, a multiple-family residence, apartments, condominiums, and townhouses. Residential uses shall include Homes/Facilities for the Aged, Retirement Hotels, and Adult Care Facilities.

Shall have the same definition as convalescent hospital.

Shall have the same definition as Home/Facility for the Aged.

Shall include hospital.

A store whose primary use is the sale of used items and in which all or part of the merchandise is used items, including but not limited to antiques, collectibles, furniture, clothing, appliances and costume jewelry. Excluded from this definition are stores selling exclusively antiques (see definition of "antique").

A place designed primarily for the retail sale of gasoline, oil, and petroleum products whether in use or vacant.

An integrated commercial center having a variety of retail stores or theaters or restaurants or business services with common parking facilities and management and located on a lot or a group of adjoining lots or parcels of land, the total of which equals or exceeds 100 acres in area.

As defined in 9502.34.

Is a group of habitable single room units operated by a non-profit organization. These units shall be designed and operated to provide below-market rate affordable housing for no more than two persons per unit and shall have a minimum tenancy of 90 days. Single Room Occupancy Facilities shall provide sleeping and living facilities in which bathrooms, showers, laundry and cooking facilities may be provided in the unit or shared within the facility. Each unit shall be consistent with Section 17958.1 of the California Health and Safety Code.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it.

A place or facility, whether indoor or outdoor, open to the public for the self storage of personal property.

Living quarters or an apartment designed to be used for the habitation of a manager or caretaker of a self-storage facility.

Any portable structure or container, constructed of varied materials including metal, wood, plastic or synthetic substances, or any combination thereof, which is designed and intended for the storage or transport of items, goods, clothing, furniture, equipment or materials, etc.

A public or recorded private thoroughfare which affords primary means of access to abutting property.

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, but not including walls and fences less than three and one-half (3 ½) feet in height when located in front yards, or less than six (6) feet in height where located in side or rear yards, nor other improvements of a minor character.

Free standing collapsible accessory structures that consist of a canvas covering or other durable fabric such as denim or polyvinyl, that is fitted over a metal frame or a frame constructed from some other sturdy material.

Any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams girders, floor joists, or roof joists, for which a building permit is required.

Means a business activity conducted within a building in the M-1 or less restrictive zone by a swap meet operator who as it principal business rents or leases space within a building to two or more vendors who sell or exchange second-hand or used personal property for a consideration from separate booths or locations. Sale of new personal property or food or beverages shall be allowed. Swap meet does not include the retail sale of property, food or beverage in a building where there is one primary vendor for the business so conducted within the building owned, leased or rented by the primary vendor.

An above ground facility containing a number of large containers for the bulk storage of products and material in liquid, powder, pellet or other forms, including crude oil and its by-products.

Any establishment where the marking or coloring of the skin is performed by pricking in ink or dye or any marks upon or under the skin., and which is conducted in exchange for remuneration or other valuable consideration. It does not include an establishment where tattooing is performed by a licensed dermatologist on premises licensed as a dermatological office or hospital or similarly licensed institution.

A temporary facility where temporary housing is provided to persons by a public agency and/or a nonprofit organization. Does not include emergency Shelters.

A store or other sales facility including a vending machine, whose primary use and main purpose is the retail sale or wholesale of tobacco products and/or devices, accessories and paraphernalia associated with the use and consumption of tobacco products. "Tobacco products" shall include but are not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco and any device designed and marketed for the consumption of such products. "Tobacco products" shall also include electronic cigarettes and other devices that are capable of delivering an inhalable dose of nicotine as a vaporized solution, whether or not such devices are filled with a solution that contains nicotine. "Primary Use" for the purposes of this section shall mean a store or other sales facility that has either:

Any lot, open area, or parcel of land used for parking or storage of one or more trailers used for housekeeping or sleeping or living quarters. Trailer Park includes Mobilehome Park.

Is a vehicle other than a motor vehicle, designed for human habitation, or human occupancy for industrial, professional or commercial purposes, or carrying persons and property on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle. Trailer Coach includes a Mobilehome, except that a mobilehome is a structure designed for human habitation and for being moved on a street or highway under a permit.

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

Shall mean a variance from the terms of this chapter as will not be contrary to its intention nor to the public interest, safety, health, and welfare where due to exceptional or extraordinary conditions or characteristics of such property or its location or surroundings, a literal enforcement of this Chapter would result in practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships.

A device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway excepting a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. Vehicle as used herein shall mean trailers, trailer coach, trolley coach, truck tractor, utility trailer, motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, tow cars, semi-trailer, motor trucks, housecar, bus, farm tractor and special construction equipment.

Vehicle parking lot, as used in this Code, is defined as follows:

The standing of a motor vehicle other than for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.

A self-propelled vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.

Any self-propelled vehicle other than a motor truck or truck tractor designed for carrying not more than nine persons, including the driver, and used or maintained for the transportation of persons and shall include motor trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating less than 6,000 pounds.

A self-propelled vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.

Any waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, physical or chemical characteristic may cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or may pose a substantial risk or potential hazard to human health or environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. Hazardous waste may be toxic, corrosive, flammable or an irritant. Hazardous waste includes a wide range of wastes from household wastes such as pesticides, paint and industrial wastes such as cleaning solvents and plating shop waste. Hazardous waste includes all materials defined as hazardous waste in Appendix 1D of the Los Angeles County Hazardous Waste Management Plan.

All contiguous land, structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for handling, treating, storing, transferring, recycling or disposing of hazardous waste.

A structure intended or adopted for the shipping, receiving, and storage of goods and merchandise, and incidental or accessory activities.

Means the average (mean) horizontal distance between the side lot property lines. Average lot width may be calculated by dividing the overall lot area by the greatest depth of the lot.

Means any wild, exotic, dangerous, or non-domestic animal including but not limited to mammals, fowl, fish or reptiles.

An open space other than a court, on a lot, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this ordinance.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the internal edges of the side yard setback areas and measured between the front lot line and the nearest line of any enclosed structure or covered porch or garage attached thereto. "Front yard" also includes any area adjacent to the front yard which is not within the required side yard setback areas.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the side lot property lines and measured between the rear lot line and the nearest rear line of the main building or the nearest rear line of any enclosed or covered porch or patio. Where a rear yard abuts a street, it shall meet the front yard setback requirements of the zone in which the lot is located.

A side yard is an area extending from the front property line to the internal edge of the rear yard setback area and between the side property line and the nearest line of the main building or of any accessory building attached thereto.

On a comer lot, a side street yard is an area extending from the side street property line between the internal edge of the rear lot setback area and the front property line between the side property line and the nearest line of the main building or of any accessory building attached thereto.

The yard area of the lot that remains after removing all required yard setback areas and upon which allowed structures may be constructed in accordance with the development standards of the zone district in which the lot is located, unless otherwise regulated by this code or state law.