For the purpose of this title, certain terms used in this title are defined as follows:

All words used in the present tense shall include the future tense; all words in the plural number shall include the singular number, and all words in the singular number shall include the plural number, unless the natural construction of the wording indicates otherwise. The word "lot" includes the word "plot"; the word "building" includes the word "structure"; and the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory. The word "county" as used in this title means the county of Lassen, state of California; the words "board of supervisors" mean the board of supervisors of the county of Lassen, state of California; the words "planning commission" mean the county planning commission of the county of Lassen, state of California; and the words "county boundary" mean the boundary of the county of Lassen, state of California, and/or the boundary of any incorporated municipality within said county.

For "accessory use" see "Use, accessory."

"Agriculture" means the tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, viticulture, small livestock farming, dairying, and/or animal husbandry, including all uses customarily incidental thereto but not including commercial feed lots, stockyards, commercial hog raising, slaughterhouses, fertilizer yards, bone yards, or plants for the reduction of animal matter or any other industrial use which is similarly objectionable because of noise, odor, smoke, dust or fumes.

"Airport" means the commercial operation of any area of land or water designed and set aside for the landing and taking off of aircraft, but not including private airstrips accessory to an agricultural operation.

"Airport influence area/referral area" means an area, as delineated on any airport land use compatibility plan, properly adopted by the Lassen County Airport Land Use Commission, in which current or future airport-related noise, overflight, safety, or airspace protection factors may significantly affect land uses or necessitate restrictions on those uses. The airport influence area constitutes the referral area within which certain land use actions are subject to Airport Land Use Commission review to determine consistency with the policies herein.

"Alley" means any public thoroughfare, not exceeding thirty feet in width, for the use of pedestrians and/or of vehicles which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

"Animal hospital" means a building wherein the care and treatment of sick or injured livestock or dogs, cats, rabbits, birds and similar animals is given, but not including the boarding of animals that are not sick or injured.

"Apartment" means a room or suite of two or more rooms which is designed for, intended for and/or occupied by one family doing its cooking therein.

For "apartment court" see "Dwelling group."

For "apartment house" see "Dwelling, multiple."

For "automobile court" see "Motel."

For "automobile wrecking" see "Junkyards."

"Bar" means premises used primarily for the sale or dispensing of liquor by the drink for on-site consumption and where food may be available for consumption on the premises as accessory to the primary use.

"Basement" means a floor level below the first story in a building. A basement shall be counted as a story if the vertical distance from grade to the ceiling is over five feet or if used for business purposes or if for dwelling purposes by other than a janitor or domestic servants employed in the same building, including the family of the same.

"Bed and breakfast establishments" means any legally established detached residential structure containing not more than ten guest rooms used, let or hired for transient occupancy of one or more guests.

"Block" means that property abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets, or nearest intersecting or intercepting streets and railroad right-of-way or unsubdivided acreage.

"Body shop" means a shop involving the repair or modification of automobile, boat or other vehicular bodies which require sanding, hammering, cutting, welding and/or painting of metal. Unless otherwise specified through this title, a body shop shall not include the outside storage of scrap materials or dismantled vehicles or machinery. Also see "Repair shop."

"Brewery" means a plant where malt liquors, usually beer and ale, are produced. May include bottling works and storage and distribution facilities.

"Brewpub" means a restaurant that also sells beverages, usually beer and ale, brewed on the premises.

"Building" means any structure having a roof supported by columns and or by walls and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of any person, animal or chattel. When any portion thereof is completely separated from every other portion thereof by a masonry division or fire wall without any window, door, or other opening therein, which wall extends from the ground to the upper surface of the roof at every point, then each such portion shall be deemed to be a separate building.

"Accessory building" means a subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to that of a main building on the same lot. On any lot upon which is located a dwelling, any building which is incidental to the conducting of any agricultural use shall be deemed to be an accessory building.

"Main building" means a building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot upon which it is situated. In any R or A district any dwelling shall be deemed to be a main building upon the lot upon which the same is situated.

"Building site" means the ground area of the buildings or building, exclusive of the street, together with all open space required by this title and having its principal frontage on a street.

For "Bungalow court" see "House court"; also, see "Dwelling group."

"Business" or "commerce" means the purchase, sale, or other transaction involving the handling or disposition of any article, substance, or commodity for profit or livelihood, including, in addition, office buildings, offices, shops for the sale of personal services, garages, outdoor advertising camps, automobile courts, and recreational and amusement enterprises conducted for profit. Junkyards shall be defined separately.

"Campgrounds" means land or premises used or intended to be used, let, or rented for occupancy by campers traveling by automobile or otherwise, or for recreational purposes, or for temporary occupancy by tents or similar quarters.

"Cannabis dispensary" means a commercial use of property which is consistent with the Type 10 (storefront dispensary) license required by the state of California.

"Cannabis testing facility" means a commercial use of property which is consistent with the Type 8 (testing) license required by the state of California.

"Canopy sign" means any sign that is part of or attached to an awning, canopy, or other fabric, plastic or structural protective cover over a door, entrance, window, or outdoor service area. A marquee, free-standing sign or other sign attached to a building or structure is not a canopy sign.

"Carport" means an accessory building open on three or more sides and designed for and used to shelter or house automobiles subject to all regulations and yard requirements of an accessory building. The interior wall running parallel to and farthest from the roadway may be enclosed. Carports on corner lots shall be located adjacent to either the interior side yard setback or rear yard setback. Roof support members shall be no closer than four feet.

"Clinic" means a building wherein a staff of doctors, with necessary assistants and equipment, conduct the examination and treatment of outpatients.

For "convenience store" see "Store, convenience."

"Commercial cannabis cultivation" means cultivation of cannabis consistent with license Type 1, Cultivation; Specialty outdoor; Type 1A, Cultivation; Specialty indoor; Type 1B, Cultivation; Specialty mixed-light; Type 1C, Cultivation; Specialty cottage; (AB 2516, 2016) Type 2, Cultivation; Outdoor; Small. Type 2A, Cultivation; Indoor; Small. Type 2B, Cultivation; Mixed-light; Small. Type 3, Cultivation; Outdoor; Medium. Type 3A, Cultivation; Indoor; Medium. Type 3B, Cultivation; Mixed-light; Medium. Type 4, Cultivation; Nursery, as required by the State of California.

The primary use or the ongoing secondary use of land for the storage of vehicles or items in conjunction with a business or the renting or leasing of land for any storage purposes.

"Commercial woodlot" means an area for the storage, sawing, splitting, distribution and sale of firewood.

"Compassionate Use Act of 1996" means California Health and Safety Code Sections 11362.5 and 11362.7, et seq., as those sections are amended from time to time, including, without limitation, those amendments contained in SB 420.

"Condominium" means an estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property together with a separate interest in space in a residential, industrial or commercial building on such real property, such as an apartment, office or store.

"Cottage industries" means those engaged in the design, manufacture, and sale of the low impact services and traditional products. Examples include: Antique repair and refinishing, Batik and tie dyeing, dressmaking, sewing and millinery, furniture and cabinet making, sculpture, weaving, woodworking, gunsmithing, flytying, photography, holography, catering, baking and the preparation of food specialties for consumption at locations other than the place of preparation, and such other uses as determined by the planning director to be of the same general character and intensity.

"Home businesses" are those of a minor retail or service nature that are not substantial enough to be conducted within a commercial building. Examples include part-time beauty operators, part-time barbers, minor retail sales, and other uses which may be determined by the planning director to be of the same general character.

"Home offices" include the offices of musician, tutor, writer, architect, technical advisor, business advisor, accountant, bookkeeper, attorney, insurance agent, builder, contractor, guide services and any other use which may be determined by the planning director to be of the same general character as those herein enumerated and not objectionable or detrimental to the district in which it is located.

"Court" means an open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building or buildings and which is bounded on two or more sides by such building or buildings, including the open space in a house court or court apartment providing access to the units thereof.

"Cultivation" means the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, or processing of cannabis/marijuana plants or any part thereof, whether indoors or outdoors.

"Day care center" means any child care facility other than a family day care home, including infant centers, preschools, and extended (after school) day care facilities.

"Child day care facility" means a facility that provides non-medical care to children under eighteen years of age in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on less than a twenty-four-hour basis. Child day care facility includes day care centers, employer-sponsored child care centers, and family day care homes.

"Family day care home" means a home that regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for fourteen or fewer children, in the provider's own home, for periods of less than twenty-four hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away, and is either a large or small family day care home.

"Large family day care home" means a family day care home that regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for seven to fourteen children, including children under the age of ten years who reside at the home, as set forth in Health and Safety Code (HSC) Section 1597.465 and as defined in regulations.

"Small family day care home" means a family day care home that regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for eight or fewer children, including children under the age of ten years who reside at the home, as set forth in Health and Safety Code (HSC) Section 1597.465 and as defined in regulations.

"Delicatessen" means a place or business characterized by the preparation and service of sandwiches, salads, soups and similar light fare, primarily by counter service for consumption off-site, although a limited amount of on-site seating is customary. A delicatessen may include sandwich shops and lunch counters, but does not include restaurants.

"Medical marijuana dispensary" means any facility or location where medical marijuana is made available to and/or distributed by or to two or more of the following: a qualified patient, a person with an identification card, and/or a primary caregiver. A "medical marijuana dispensary" shall not include qualified patients, persons with an identification card and/or primary caregivers. A primary caregiver of a qualified patient or person with an identification card may deliver, administer or provide medical marijuana at the primary residence of the qualified patient or person with an identification card without violating this title. All three of these terms are identified in strict accordance with California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq.

A medical marijuana dispensary shall not include the following uses, as long as the location of such uses is otherwise regulated by this code or applicable law: a clinic licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code; a healthcare facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code; a facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code; a residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illnesses licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.01 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code; a residential care facility for the elderly licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code; or a residential hospice, or a home health agency licensed pursuant to Chapter 8 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, as long as such use complies strictly with applicable law, including, but not limited to, Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq.

"District" means a portion of the unincorporated territory of the county within which certain uses of land, premises and buildings are permitted and certain other uses of land, premises and buildings are not permitted and within which certain yards and other open spaces are required and certain building site areas are established and certain height limits are established for buildings, all as set forth and specified in this title.

"Duplex" means a detached building, under one roof, designed for, or occupied exclusively by, two families living independently of each other and separated by a common wall or floor.

(Also, single-family dwelling.) "One-family dwelling" means a detached building designed for and/or occupied exclusively by one family. Does not include recreational vehicles, tents, converted vehicles or any type of temporary structures.

For "two-family dwelling" see "Duplex."

"Multiple dwelling" means a building or portion thereof used and/or designed as a residence for three or more families living independently of each other, and doing their own cooking in said building, including apartment houses, apartment hotels, and flats, but not including motels.

"Dwelling group" means a group of two or more detached or semidetached one-family, two-family, or multiple dwellings occupying a parcel of land in one ownership and having any yard or court in common, including house courts and apartment courts, but not including motels.

"Emergency shelters" means housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay (Health and Safety Code, Section 50801(e)).

"Family" means one or more persons occupying a premises and living as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a hotel, club, fraternity or sorority house. A family includes necessary servants.

"Farm labor quarters" means roominghouses, boardinghouses and messhalls for any number of farm help customarily employed on land owned by the owner of the building site occupied by such houses or halls.

"Commercial feedlot" means any structure, pen, or corral wherein cattle, horses, sheep, goats or swine are maintained in close quarters for the primary purpose of fattening such livestock for final shipment to market.

"Feed yard" means an area for the routine feeding of livestock incidental to a complete agricultural operation, but not including the site of the maintenance of such livestock in close quarters.

"Front wall" means the wall of the building or other structure nearest the street upon which the building faces, but excluding certain architectural features as specified in Chapter 18.102 of this title.

"Front of lot" means the side of a parcel fronting the principal street of access to the lot, or in the event of a corner lot, the shorter street frontage.

"Private garage" means an accessory building for only the noncommercial storage of self-propelled vehicles.

"Public garage" means any premises, except those defined in this chapter, as a private or storage garage, used for the storage and/or care of self-propelled vehicles or where any such vehicles are equipped for operation or repair, or kept for remuneration, hire or sale.

"Storage garage" means any premises, except those defined in this chapter, as a private garage, used exclusively for the storage of self-propelled vehicles.

"Geothermal well" means any well for the discovery of geothermal resources or any well producing geothermal resources or presumed to contain geothermal resources, or any well which is used to inject fluids into a known geothermal resource.

"Group home" means a facility wherein:

"Guesthouse" means detached living quarters of a permanent type of construction, without kitchens or cooking facilities, clearly subordinate and incidental to the main building on the same building site, and not to be rented, let, or leased, whether compensation is direct or indirect.

"Guest ranch" means a commercial establishment, set in a ranch-type setting, where patrons participate in outdoor, recreational and ranching activities, for which the proprietors are compensated. It may or may not contain guestrooms which are let out or hired.

"Guestroom" means a room which is intended, arranged or designed to be occupied or which is occupied by one or more guests, but in which no provision is made for cooking and not including dormitories for sleeping purposes.

"Height of building" means the vertical distance above a reference datum measured to the peak of the highest ridge of the roof. The reference datum shall be selected by either of the following, whichever yields a greater height of building:

"Industrial hemp" shall have the same meaning as that set forth in Section 11018.5 of the California Health and Safety Code. All references to "hemp" in this title shall mean "industrial hemp" as defined in this subsection.

"Historical site" means an area of land under public ownership which has been set aside for the purpose of preserving structures and natural formations, including flora and fauna, which are endowed with historical value and/or scenic attraction.

For "commercial hog ranch" see "Feed yard."

"Home occupation" means an accessory use of a dwelling unit for gainful employment involving the manufacture, provision, or sale of goods or services. A home occupation may be allowed in all districts which would otherwise allow permanent, year-round residential uses, except as prohibited. An occupation or profession carried on by a person residing on the premises may be considered a home occupation. Home occupation includes "cottage industry." The following types of business activities shall not be considered to be home occupations:

"Horticulture" means the science and art of propagating, growing and raising fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants.

"Hotel" means any building or portion thereof containing six or more guestrooms used, designed, or intended to be used, let or hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied by six or more individuals for compensation, whether the compensation is paid directly or indirectly. Also see "Lodge."

For "house court" see "Dwelling group."

"Medical marijuana identification card" shall have the same meaning as defined in the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, California Health and Safety Code Sections 11362.5 and 11362.7, et seq., as those sections are amended from time to time.

"Industry" means the manufacture, fabrication, reduction or destruction of any article, substance or commodity, or any other treatment thereof in such manner as to change the form or character thereof.

"Institutional use" means the use of lands, either privately or publicly owned, by institutions such as schools, etc. and by organized groups such as Boy Scouts of America, Future Farmers of the United States, Campfire Girls of America, and nonprofit, recreational, scientific and naturalist organizations.

"Junkyards" means the use of any lot for the storage or keeping of junk, including, but not limited to, scrap iron, tin, brass, copper, lead or zinc, or used tools, appliances, fixtures, utensils, lumber, tires or other manufactured goods which are so worn, deteriorated, or obsolete as to make them unusable and/or for the dismantling or wrecking of automobiles, or other vehicles or machinery.

"Kennel" means any premises where six or more dogs, six months or older are kept. To be lawfully permitted in accordance with this title, in zones allowing such, any such kennel must have a valid and operative license issued in accordance with Chapter 8.12 (Dogs).

"Landscaping" means the improvement of a lot, parcel, or tract of land with grass, shrubs, and/or trees, or inert materials and objects arranged in such a manner to create a similar effect. Landscaping may include pedestrian walks, flowerbeds, ornamental objects such as fountains, statuary and other similar objects designed and arranged to produce an aesthetically pleasing effect.

"Load zone" or "load space" means an accessible, usable, and generally paved space and maneuvering area on a building site at least twelve feet by twenty-two feet, located out of any public right-of-way, that is used for the loading and unloading of freight, cargo and other materials.

"Lot" means land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings, or by a dwelling group and its accessory buildings, together with such open spaces as are required under the provisions of this title for a building site in the district in which such lot is situated, and having its principal frontage on a street.

"Corner lot" means a lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets, or bounded on two or more adjacent sides of street lines.

"Interior lot" means a lot other than a corner lot.

"Key lot" means the first lot to the rear of a corner lot, the front line of which is a continuation of the side line of the corner lot, exclusive of the width of any alley, and fronting on the street which intersects or intercepts the street on which the corner lot fronts.

"Lot area" means the total horizontal area included within lot lines.

"Lot depth" means the average distance from the street line of the lot to its rear line measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.

"Lot frontage" means the dimension of a lot or portion of a lot abutting on a street, except the side of a corner lot.

"Lot lines" means the lines bounding a lot as defined in this chapter.

"Rear lot line" means, ordinarily, that line of a lot which is generally opposite the lot line along the frontage of said lot. In cases in which this definition is not applicable, the planning commission shall designate the rear lot line.

"Lot width" means the distance between the side lot lines, measured along the setback line as established by this title, or if no setback line is established, the distance between the side lot lines measured along the right-of-way line.

"Lumberyard" means an area used for the storage, distribution and sale of finished or rough-cut lumber and lumber products, but does not include the manufacture or fabrication of lumber, lumber products or firewood.

"Medical helipad" means a small, designated area, usually with a prepared surface, on a heliport, airport, landing/takeoff area, apron/ramp, or movement area used for takeoff, landing, or parking of helicopters that are used for emergency medical services. The term "medical helipad" also includes helipad/heliport-related buildings and facilities.

"Manufactured home" means a structure transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight feet or more in width, or forty body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is of a gross area of three hundred twenty square feet or more and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as a permanent dwelling and certified by the manufacturer as meeting the standards of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974. Manufactured home does not include a recreational vehicle, park model or mobile home.

"Mobile home" means a structure transportable in one or more sections, designed and equipped to be used with or without a foundation system, which is not certified as meeting the standards of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974. A mobile home does not include a recreational vehicle, park model or manufactured home.

"Mobile home accessory building or structure" means any awning, portable, demountable or permanent cabana, ramada, storage cabinet, carport, fence, windbreak or porch established for the use of the occupant of the mobile home.

"Mobile home park" means any area or tract of land where two or more mobile home or manufactured home lots are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease to accommodate mobile homes used for human habitation. The rental paid for any such mobile home shall be deemed to include rental for the lot it occupies. For purposes of this section, "mobile home park" also means a mobile home development constructed, according to the requirements of Part 2.1 (commencing with Section 18200) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, and intended for use and sale as a mobile home condominium or cooperative park, or as a mobile home planned unit development.

"Motel" means a building or group of buildings which contains living or sleeping accommodations used for transient occupancy, especially automobile travelers, and which has individual entrances from outside the building to serve each unit. Motel includes automobile court, motor lodge and similar designations.

"Nightclub" means an establishment dispensing liquor and where meals may be served and in which music, dancing or other entertainment is conducted.

"Nonconforming building" means a building or structure or portion thereof lawfully existing at the time of adoption of an applicable zoning district or regulation, and which was designed, erected or structurally altered for a use that does not conform to the regulations of the district in which it is located.

"Nonconforming use" means a use which lawfully occupied a building or was conducted upon land at the time of adoption of an applicable zoning district or regulations, and which does not comply with the regulations of the district in which it is located.

"Retail nursery" means any land used, as its principal use, for the sale of trees, shrubs, flowers, other plants, plus appurtenant and associated yard used for the sale of landscaping materials, e.g. manure, bark chips, etc.

"General nursery" means any land used, as its principal use, for propagating and raising trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants for sale or for transplanting, plus appurtenant and associated yard used for sale of landscaping materials, e.g. manure, bark chips, etc.

"Professional office" means an office from which a doctor, lawyer, engineer, architect, real estate salesperson, etc. may offer services.

"One ownership" means ownership of property, or possession thereof under a contract to purchase or under a lease the term of which is not less than ten years, by a person or persons, firm, corporation or partnership, individually, jointly, in common or in any other manner whereby such property is under single or unified control. "Owner" means the person, firm, corporation or partnership exercising one ownership as defined in this section.

"Open space" means an area of public or private land or water which is essentially unimproved and devoted to open space uses, including preservation of natural resources, managed production of resources, outdoor recreation, and/or the maintenance of the public health and safety. (Refer to Government Code Section 65560).

"Outdoor advertising sign" means any card, cloth, paper, metal, painted glass, wooden, plaster, stone or other sign of any kind or character whatsoever placed for outdoor advertising purposes on the ground or on any tree, wall, bush, rock, post, fence, building, structure or thing whatsoever. The term "placed" as used in the definitions of "outdoor advertising sign" and "outdoor advertising structure" includes erecting, constructing, posting, painting, printing, tacking, mailing, gluing, sticking, carving or otherwise fastening, affixing or making visible in any manner whatsoever. Also see "Sign."

"Outdoor advertising structure" means any structure of any kind or character erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes, upon which any outdoor advertising sign may be placed, including also outdoor advertising statuary.

"Parking area" means an accessible, usable, and generally paved space containing adequate maneuvering area and a specified number of parking spaces as per Chapter 18.104 of this title. No required front or street side yard setback area shall be used for off-street parking facilities except as provided elsewhere in this title. Also see general provisions and Chapter 18.104.

"Personal wireless service facilities" means a facility for the provision of personal wireless services, and functional equivalent, as identified in Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and usually consisting of an antenna array, transmission cables, equipment shelter and a mount. For purposes of regulation within this title a PWSF does not include amateur radio operations or facilities.

"Medical marijuana primary caregiver" shall have the same meaning as defined in the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, California Health and Safety Code Sections 11362.5 and 11362.7, et seq., as those sections are amended from time to time.

"Primitive area" means an area of land significant for its relatively undisturbed natural condition and set aside for preservation in such an undisturbed state for the protection of its native flora and fauna and other natural features.

"Public use or building" means a noncommercial building or use which is open to and/or serves the general public. Public use or building may include, but is not limited to: public schools, museums, fire houses, public restrooms, community halls and parks. A "public" use or building shall be determined by the nature of its use and not by its ownership or management, e.g. senior citizen housing subsidized by a public agency is a residential use, not a public use. Also see "Quasi-public use or building."

"Public campground area" means an area established by district zoning and in public by either federal, state, or county agencies, and which is maintained for perpetual use by the general public for recreational purposes.

For the purposes of this title, a "public road" shall be considered as any road accessible to the general public whereby use of the road does not legally constitute trespassing, including but not limited to, roads or streets maintained by the state or any county of the state.

"Medical marijuana qualified patient" means a person who is entitled to use medical marijuana pursuant to the California Compassionate Use Act of 1996, California Health and Safety Code Sections 11362.5 and 11362.7, et seq., as those sections are amended from time to time.

"Quasi-public use or building" means a noncommercial building or use which is open to and/or serves an identified membership, group of people (as opposed to general public) and/or partisan cause. Quasi-public use or building may include, but is not limited to: private and parochial schools, churches, sororities, fraternities, and offices for partisan, social or political organizations. A "quasi-public" use or building shall be determined by the nature of the use and not by ownership or management, e.g., a retail store owned or managed by a quasi-public organization is a commercial use, not a quasi-public use. Also see "Public use or building."

"Recreational vehicle" means a camp car, motor home, travel trailer, camper or tent trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy, and which may be moved upon a public highway without a special permit or chauffeurs license or both, without violating any provision of the Vehicle Code.

"Recreational vehicle park" means any area or tract of land, or a separate designated section of a mobile home park, where one or more recreational vehicles or lots are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease or made available, whether or not for compensation to owners or users of recreational vehicles, trailers or tents.

"California Refund Value (CRV) recycling center" means an operation which is certified by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery and which accepts from consumers, and pays or provides the refund value pursuant to Section 14572 of the California Beverage Container Recycling & Litter Reduction Act for, empty beverage containers intended to be recycled. (Section 14520 of the California Beverage Container Recycling & Litter Reduction Act).

"Refreshment stand" means an establishment or portion thereof where prepared foods and beverages are sold, substantial portions of which are sold on a self-serve basis or are sold and served for consumption outside of buildings on the premises.

"Repair shop" means a shop for the repair of vehicle and/or marine motors and other functional equipment and parts, including but not limited to tires, transmissions, brakes and exhaust systems, but not including body work involving substantial sanding, hammering, cutting, welding or painting of metal. Also see "Body shop."

Includes the following districts: A-2, R-1, R-2, R-3, C-T and PUD. "Residential districts" identified as "R" residential districts are limited to R-1, R-2 and R-3.

"Resort" means a development by means of private ownership and capital which is operated with intent to profit by means of offering and providing lodging, meals, refreshments and recreation to the general public.

"Restaurant" means a building, place or business which is designed, intended and used for the preparation and serving of food and beverages to guests for compensation, with or without facilities for onsite food consumption, including cafe, diner, grill, and bistro. A delicatessen, as defined in this code, shall not be considered a restaurant.

For "road" see "Street."

"Sawmill" means any permanent structure, located on a permanent site, used for the manufacture or remanufacture of lumber, lumber products, posts, poles or wood products.

"Portable sawmill" means any movable structure, temporarily located on a site, and used for the manufacture or remanufacture of lumber, lumber products, posts, poles or wood products.

"Service station" means a commercial establishment for the servicing of automobiles, boats or other vehicles, including the provision of petroleum products, air and water and minor replacement of parts, but not including body work or major repair. Also see "Repair shop" and "Body shop."

"Setback" means the distance between the property line and the building line of a principal building or structure.

"Shop" means a use devoted primarily to the sale of a service or a product or products but the service performed or the product to be sold is prepared in its finished form on the premises.

"Shopping center" means a planned commercial development containing three or more commercial spaces, developed as a single unit, generally under one ownership, or developed under one ownership, available for owner's use or for lease, rent, sale or other conveyance.

"Sight distance area" means the area included within that triangular area between the property line and a diagonal line joining points of the property line thirty feet from the point of their intersection, or in the case of rounded corners, the triangular area between the tangents to the curve and a diagonal line joining points on the tangent thirty feet from the points of their intersection. The tangents referred to are those at the beginning and at the end of the curve at the corner.

"Sign" means anything whatsoever placed, erected, constructed, posted, painted, printed, tacked, nailed, glued, stuck, carved or otherwise fastened, affixed or made visible for out-of-door advertising, directional, informational, or any other purpose in any manner whatsoever, on the ground or on any tree, wall, bush, rock, post, fence, building, structure or thing whatsoever.

For the purposes of this title, the following terms and definitions shall apply to signs:

For "site," see "Lot."

"Small livestock farming" means the raising and/or keeping of more than twelve chicken hens or twelve pigeons or twelve similar fowl and/or twelve rabbits or twelve similar animals or any roosters, quacking ducks, geese, guinea fowl, peafowl, goats, sheep or similar livestock; or the raising and/or keeping for commercial purposes of any cats or dogs; provided, that the term "small livestock farming" as used in this title does not include hog farming, dairying or the raising and/or keeping of horses, mules or similar livestock as determined by the board of supervisors.

"Private stable" means an accessory building where horses are kept for the private use of the owner and guests.

"Public stable" means a stable other than a private stable for the commercial rental and/or boarding of horses.

"Stockyard" means a yard wherein transient cattle, sheep, horses, swine or other livestock are kept temporarily for slaughter, market or shipping.

"Agricultural storage" means the outside storage of operative materials, machinery and/or equipment incidental to an agricultural operation and stored in an orderly manner not less than one hundred fifty feet from any property line.

"Store" means a use devoted exclusively to the retail sale of a commodity or commodities.

"Convenience store" means a small retail store generally devoted to the sale of consumable goods but may include as secondary uses the sale of bait, sporting goods, licenses, sundries and dry good supplies.

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

"Half story" means a story with at least two opposite exterior sides meeting a sloping roof not more than two feet above the floor of such story.

"Street" means a public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare except an alley as defined in this chapter.

"Street line" means the boundary between a street and abutting property.

"Structure" means anything built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner.

"Structural alterations" means any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.

"Supportive housing" means housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community (Health and Safety Code, Section 50675.14(b)).

"Surface mining" means the process of disturbing lands for the extraction of minerals, earth or construction materials from their natural state, where recovery of such material is a principal purpose for the excavation activity.

"Townhouse" means a building that has one-family dwelling units erected in a row as a single building on adjoining lots, each being separated from the adjoining unit or units by a party wall or walls extending from the basement floor to the roof along the dividing lot line, and each such building being separated from any other building by space on all sides.

"Transitional housing" means buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point in time, which shall be no less than six months (Health and Safety Code, Section 50675.2(h)).

"Use" means the purpose for which land or premises or a building thereon is designed, arranged or intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.

"Accessory use" means a use incidental and subordinate to the principal use of a lot or a building located on the same lot as the accessory use.

"Vacation cottage" means permanent structure designed for human habitation to be used intermittently or for seasonal use, as distinguished from permanent use.

"Yard" means an open space other than a court on the same lot with a building, which open space is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 18.102 of this title. In measuring a yard, hereinafter provided, the line of a building shall be deemed to mean a parallel to the nearest lot line drawn through the point of a building or the point of a dwelling ground nearest to such lot line, exclusive of the respective architectural features enumerated in Chapter 18.102 of this title as not to be considered in measuring yard dimensions or as being permitted to extend into any front, side or rear yard, respectively; and the measurement shall be taken from the line of the building to the nearest lot line, however, that if any official plan line has been established for the street on which the lot faces or if any future width line is specified therefor by the provisions of this title, then such measurement shall be taken from such official plan line or such future width line to the nearest line of the building.

"Front yard" means a yard extending across the front of the lot between the inner side yard lines and lying between the front line of the lot and the nearest line of the building.

"Rear yard" means a yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the rear line of the lot and the nearest line of the building.

"Side yard" means a yard between the side line of the lot and the nearest line of the building extending from the front line of the lot to the rear yard.