A structure for sheltering animals, or agricultural equipment, hay, feed, etc. Examples of these structures include barns, non-commercial greenhouses, coops, corrals, and pens.

Attached and detached accessory structures located within a health care, hotel, office, or industrial complex for the purpose of serving the nonresidential uses. Examples of these structures include:

A structure that is customarily a part of, and clearly incidental and secondary to a residence, and does not change the character of the residential use. This definition includes the following detached accessory structures, and other similar structures normally associated with a residential use of property.

A retail use that is customarily a part of, and clearly incidental and secondary to, a nonresidential use and does not change the character of the nonresidential use. Typically, the retail sales of various products in a store or similar facility or the provision of services in a defined area that is located within a health care, hotel, office, or industrial complex for the purpose of serving employees or customers; is not visible from public streets; and has no outside signs. Examples of these uses include:

A structure that is physically detached from, clearly secondary and incidental to, and customarily associated with the primary or main structure.

The commercial production, keeping, or maintenance, for sale, lease, or personal use, of plants useful to humans, primarily in the soil on the site or in greenhouses, including the following:

Any area which is used or is intended to be used for the taking off and landing of aircraft, including helicopters, and any appurtenant areas which are used or are intended to be used for airport structures or facilities, including open spaces, taxiways, and tie-down areas.

An area for the landing and takeoff of rotary wing aircraft, for embarking and disembarking passengers and other purposes, with safety and navigation markings and facilities as required by the Federal Aviation Administration and California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics. This use may also include helicopter hanger and maintenance facilities.

A single pad used for the landing, parking, or takeoff of one helicopter and other facilities as may be required by Federal and State regulations, but not including operations facilities (e.g., fueling, loading and unloading, maintenance, storage, terminal facilities, etc.).

An area of land or water set aside for general aviation and other noncommercial aircraft takeoffs and landings, and any accessory areas for support structures (for example, aircraft hangers) and other related facilities.

A retail alcohol beverage sales establishment as defined above, that is classified as a ABC Type 40, 42, 61, 66, and/or 69, selling beer and/or wine exclusively for off-site/offsale consumption. Also referred to as a liquor store or convenience store selling beer and/or wine among other packaged products.

A retail alcohol beverage sales establishment as defined above, that is classified as a ABC Type 40, 42, 61, 66, and/or 69, selling/serving beer and/or wine exclusively for onsite/on-sale consumption. Also referred to as a bar, lounge, nightclub, pub, or tavern.

A retail alcohol beverage sales establishment as defined above, that is classified as a ABC Type 20 and/or 21, selling liquor (i.e., all types of alcoholic beverages) exclusively for offsite/off-sale consumption. Also referred to as a liquor store or convenience store selling liquor (i.e., all types of alcoholic beverages) among other packaged products.

A retail alcohol beverage sales establishment as defined above, that is classified as a ABC Type 20 and/or 21, selling liquor (i.e., all types of alcoholic beverages) exclusively for onsite/on-sale consumption. Also referred to as a bar, lounge, nightclub, pub, or tavern selling/serving liquor (i.e., all types of alcoholic beverages).

A commercial establishment that provides household pet grooming services (i.e., bathe, brush, clip, or comb animals for the purpose of enhancing their aesthetic value or health).

The commercial keeping or raising of farm animals (including cattle, goats, horses, sheep, fowl, poultry, fish, and other animals not commonly regarded as household pets) and cats, dogs, and other household pets.

The noncommercial keeping or raising of farm animals (including cattle, goats, horses, sheep, fowl, poultry, fish, and other animals not commonly regarded as household pets) and cats, dogs, and other household pets.

A facility for public or private assembly and meetings. Examples of these uses include:

Any structure used for non-profit purposes by an established religious organization holding either tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or under the California property tax law, where the structure is primarily intended to be used as a place of worship. The term includes, but is not necessarily limited to, church, temple, synagogue, and mosque. Also includes functionally related internal facilities (i.e., kitchens, multi-purpose rooms, storage, etc.). Does not include conference and meeting rooms that are accessory and incidental to another principal use and typically used only by on-site employees and clients, and that occupy less floor area on the site than the offices they support. Does not include sports or other commercial entertainment facilities. Does not include funeral homes and mortuaries.

Indoor facilities for public assembly and/or group meeting/entertainment, other than sporting events, including: banquet halls, exhibition and conference/convention halls; meeting halls for rent; public and quasipublic auditoriums; and similar public assembly uses. See "Places of Public Assembly."

Indoor facilities for public assembly and group entertainment, other than sporting events, including civic theaters, and facilities for "live" theater, concerts, recitals, circuses, and movie theaters.

Day care facilities located in single-unit dwellings where an occupant of the dwelling provides care and supervision for eight or more children. Children under the age of ten years who reside in the dwelling count as children served by the day care facility.

Day care facilities located in single-unit dwellings where an occupant of the dwelling provides care and supervision for seven or fewer children. Children under the age of ten years who reside in the dwelling count as children served by the day care facility.

As defined in Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code, any facility, place, or structure that is maintained and operated to provide non-medical residential care, day treatment, adult day care, or foster family agency services for children, adults, or children and adults, including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children, and includes following:

A facility, place, or structure that is maintained and operated to provide twentyfour-hour non-medical residential care for, but not limited to, developmentally disabled, physically mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children.

Establishments (e.g., private or public entity or religious institution) which subdivide property and offer burial plots and/or air space for sale. Includes animal cemeteries; cinerarium, columbarium, crematoriums, mausoleums, and mortuaries, but only when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of a cemetery.

A mortuary building or facility that holds the equipment necessary for cremation.

An establishment in which the deceased are prepared for burial or cremation, and funeral services may be conducted. Full-service mortuaries include facilities for the preparation of the deceased for burial and for cremation, but does not perform burials or cremations. May include ancillary uses (e.g., sales of caskets, urns, etc.) Partial service facilities include only chapels and similar rooms for viewing, religious services, wakes, and similar activities, together with accessory office facilities. Does not include cemetery.

Retail establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of bakery products, including bread, cakes, and pies, and produce some or all of the products on the premises.

Retail establishments engaged in the manufacture of bakery products for the purpose of resale only.

Facilities for various indoor participation or spectator sports and types of recreation where a fee or similar charge is charged for use, including:

Facilities for various outdoor participation or spectator sports and types of recreation where a fee or similar charge is charged for use, including:

A factory-built structure that is manufactured or constructed under authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 5403, Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, or California law and is to be used as a place for human habitation. The structure is manufactured either in whole or in substantial part at an off-site location, transported to the site, assembled on-site, and placed on a permanent foundation. For the purpose of this Development Code, a manufactured home shall be considered the same as any site-built, single-family detached dwelling (see "Dwellings—Single-Family"). Does not include mobile homes. A mobile home is not a manufactured home unless it has been converted to real property and is taxed as a site-built dwelling.

Any site that is planned and improved to accommodate two or more mobile homes used for residential purposes, or on which two or more mobile home lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership, to accommodate mobile homes used for residential purposes.

A structure or development containing three or more dwelling units, each of which is for occupancy by one or more persons living as a single housekeeping unit. Includes: triplexes (structures under one ownership with three dwelling units in the same structure); fourplexes (structures under one ownership with four dwelling units in the same structure); apartments (five or more dwelling units under one ownership in a single structure or complex); and common ownership, attached unit projects including condominiums and townhouses. Does not include two-family duplexes, except as provided in Chapter 17.110 (Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units).

As defined in Chapter 17.110 (Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units). Does not include guesthouse.

A structure containing one dwelling unit located on a single parcel for occupancy by one single housekeeping unit. Also includes manufactured housing (see "Manufactured Housing") and mobile homes (see "Mobile Home Park"), when placed on permanent foundation systems.

A structure located on a single parcel and containing two dwelling units, each of which is for occupancy by one single housekeeping unit. Also includes manufactured housing (see "Manufactured Housing") and mobile homes (see "Mobile Home Park"), when placed on permanent foundation systems.

A fast food restaurant as defined above, that does not provide drive-in or drive-through or late-night hour services. See "Late-Night Hour Services."

A fast food restaurant as defined above, that does provide late-night hour services, but does not provide drive-in or drive-through services. See "Late-Night Hour Services."

A fast food restaurant as defined above, that does provide drive-in or drive-through services.

A dining area with seats and/or tables located outdoors of a fast food, sit-down restaurant, or other food service establishment. Outdoor dining is located entirely outside the walls of the contiguous structure or enclosed on one or two sides by the walls of the structure with or without a solid roof cover.

An establishment that provides more than four amusement devices, whether or not the devices constitute the primary use or an accessory or incidental use of the premises. Amusement devices mean an electronic or mechanical equipment, game, or machine that is played or used for amusement, which, when so played or used involves skill and which is activated by coin, key, or token, or for which the player or user pays money for the privilege of playing or using.

An establishment that provides more than three computers and/or other electronic devices, for access to that system commonly referred to as the "Internet," e-mail, playing video games over the Internet or other network system, and/or access to other computer software programs, to the public for compensation and/or for public access. Internet café is also synonymous with PC café, cyber café, Internet gaming center, computer/Internet rental and cyber centers.

A group home as defined above, that provides care for six or fewer residents.

A group home as defined above, that provides care for seven or more residents.

A hotel with rooms that contain kitchen facilities for food preparation. Extended-stay lodging facilities may contain lobbies, conference rooms, meeting rooms, child play areas, or restaurants.

A facility in which guest rooms or suites are offered for compensation to the general public for transient lodging with or without meals for compensation and where no provision is made for cooking in an individual guest room or suite. Hotel rooms are accessed from interior hallways and typically include a variety of accessory services (e.g., accessory retail, personal services, restaurants, etc.) Also includes accessory guest facilities (e.g., meeting facilities, computer/work stations, swimming pools, tennis courts, indoor athletic facilities, etc.).

A structure or series of structures in which guest rooms are offered to the general public for transient lodging, without kitchen facilities; with or without meals; and for compensation. A motel is distinguished from a hotel primarily by direct independent access to, and adjoining parking for, each room.

The manufacture and/or processing of materials and goods utilizing large quantities of raw materials, and generally requiring high capitalization and production of large quantities of output. Heavy industry often sells output to other business users rather than consumers. Characteristics of heavy industry include, but are not limited to, heavy trucking activity, noise, emissions requiring federal or state environmental permits, use of large quantities of hazardous materials as defined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and requirement for specialized permits from Federal and State occupational health and safety agencies. Examples of heavy industry uses include chemical manufacturing, glass product manufacturing, paving and roofing materials manufacturing, petroleum refining and related industries, plastics, other synthetics and rubber product manufacturing, primary metals industries, pulp and pulp paper product manufacturing, textile and leather product manufacturing.

The manufacture and/or processing of consumer-oriented goods in a manner that does not produce noticeable odors, air emissions, or other environmental effects, and that has limited associated trucking activity. Light industries generally require limited amounts of raw materials to produce goods. Examples of light industry uses include artisan/craft product manufacturing, clothing and fabric product manufacturing, electronics, equipment and appliance manufacturing, handcraft industries, small-scale manufacturing, paper product manufacturing, wholesale photo/film processing, and printing and publishing (books, magazines, etc.).

An office facility for administration, or on-site business and operations management that are incidental and accessory to another business, sales, or service activity that is the primary use. For example, a business office within a grocery store.

Establishments providing direct services to consumers. Examples of these uses include employment agencies, insurance agent offices, legal services, real estate offices, travel agencies, utility company offices, elected official satellite offices, etc. This use does not include financial services, which is separately defined.

Administrative, clerical, or public contact or service offices of a local, state, or federal government agency or service facilities. Includes post offices, but not bulk mailing distribution centers.

Office-type facilities characterized by high employee densities, and occupied by businesses engaged in information processing, and other computer-dependent or telecommunications-based activities. Examples of these uses include:

Office-type facilities occupied by businesses that provide professional services, or are engaged in the production of intellectual property. Examples of these uses include:

A mobile home, recreational vehicle, or modular unit used as a temporary office facility. Temporary offices may include: construction supervision offices on a construction site or off-site construction yard; a temporary on-site real estate office for a development project; or a temporary business office in advance of permanent facility construction.

The temporary use of a dwelling unit within a residential development project as a sales office for the units on the same site, which is converted to residential use at the conclusion of its office use.

The land area within a residential or nonresidential development that is not individually owned or dedicated for public use and that is designed, intended, and reserved exclusively for the shared enjoyment or use by all the residents/occupants and their guests. Does not include enclosed spaces/facilities (e.g., community center, meeting rooms, etc.). Illustrative examples include:

An outdoor or unenclosed area directly adjoining and accessible to an individual unit (residential or nonresidential), reserved for the exclusive private enjoyment and use of residents/occupants of the dwelling unit and their guests (e.g., balcony, deck, porch, terrace, etc.). Boundaries are evident through the use of fences, gates, hedges, walls, or other similar methods of controlling access and maintaining privacy.

An outdoor or unenclosed area within a residential development on the ground, or on a roof, balcony, deck, porch or terrace, designed and accessible for outdoor living, active or passive recreation, pedestrian access, or landscaping. Parking facilities, driveways, utility or service areas, required front or street side setback areas, and submerged land do not constitute usable open space.

Parking lots or structures operated by a local government, or a private entity providing short term parking for a fee. This use does not include towing impound and storage facilities.

An improved, generally uncovered, surface area maintained for the short-term parking of motor vehicles, motorcycles, scooters, and/or bicycles. See "Parking Facility."

A readily accessible covered area within a structure, or a garage maintained only for the short-term parking of motor vehicles, motorcycles, scooter and bicycles. See "Parking Facility."

Public and private parking lots and structures providing short term parking exclusively for patrons of the primary use of the site. See "Parking Facility—Public or Commercial."

See "Parking Facility—Public or Commercial."

A facility that occupies an area of more than three hundred fifty square feet or includes permanent structures where the public may donate, redeem, or sell recyclable materials.

A facility that occupies an area of three hundred fifty square feet or less where the public may donate, redeem, or sell recyclable materials and may include:

A retail business selling ready-to-eat food and/or beverages for on-or offpremises consumption. These include eating businesses where customers are served from a walk-up ordering counter for either on-or off-premises consumption ("counter service"); and businesses where customers are served food at their tables for on-premises consumption ("table service"), that may also provide food for take-out.

A restaurant or other eating establishment, including food take-out, where food or beverage are served, on private property, and where there is not a roof and walls on all sides. See "Commercial Accessory Use."

Retail establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public as well as to other retailers, contractors, or businesses, and rendering services incidental to the sale of the goods. Bulk retail is differentiated from general retail by either of the following characteristics:

Major repair of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or trucks including light-duty trucks (i.e., gross vehicle weights of less than ten thousand pounds) and heavy-duty trucks (i.e., gross vehicle weights of more than ten thousand pounds). Examples of uses include full-service motor vehicle repair garages; body and fender shops; brake shops; machine shops; paint shops; tire sales and installation shops; towing services; transmission shops; and salvage tire recapping. Does not include vehicle dismantling.

Minor repair of golf carts, automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or light duty trucks, vans or similar size motor vehicles (i.e., vehicles that have gross vehicle weights less than ten thousand pounds) including detailing services; installation of electronic equipment (e.g., alarms, stereos, etc.); servicing of cooling, electrical, fuel and exhaust systems; brake adjustments, relining and repairs; oil and lube shops; tire and battery sales and installation (not including recapping); and wheel alignment and balancing. Does not include any type of car washing service ("Motor Vehicle Washing/Detailing").

A commercial facility that sells gasoline, diesel, or alternative fuel for the on-site fueling of individual motor vehicles. May include incidental "minor" maintenance and repair (i.e., battery charging and tire changing and repair) of automobiles and light duty trucks, vans, or similar size motor vehicles (i.e., vehicles that have gross vehicle weights less than ten thousand pounds). May also include a convenience store operated by the service station owner.

See "Motor Vehicle Repair—Major."

Facilities for the storage of furniture, household goods, or other commercial goods of any nature. Includes cold storage. Does not include: warehouse, storage or personal, self, or mini-storage facilities offered for rent or lease to the general public; warehouse facilities in which the primary purpose of storage is for wholesaling and distribution (see "Wholesaling and Distribution"); or terminal facilities for handling freight.

Establishments engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, or professional business users; to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to these persons or companies. Includes the following establishments: