For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this chapter, the words, phrases and terms included herein shall be deemed to have the meaning ascribed to them in this article.

This chapter is adopted pursuant to section 11 of article XI of the Constitution of the State of California and in compliance with the requirements of the Planning Law, title 7 of the Government Code.

This chapter shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance".

It is the purpose of this chapter to encourage, classify, designate, regulate, restrict, and segregate the highest and best location and use of buildings, structures, and other purposes in appropriate places; to regulate and limit the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, hereafter designed, erected, or altered; to regulate and limit the density of population; to facilitate adequate provisions for community utilities, such as transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements; to lessen congestion on streets; to promote the public health, safety, welfare and general prosperity with the aim of preserving a wholesome, serviceable and attractive community. This chapter shall also assist the implementation of the city's general plan and other precise plans.

A person shall not use any premises in any zone except as hereafter specifically permitted in this chapter and subject to all the regulations and conditions enumerated in this chapter.

In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare.

The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed or construed to repeal, amend, modify, alter or change any other ordinance or any part thereof not specifically repealed, amended, modified, altered or changed herein, except in such particulars or matters as this chapter is more restrictive than such other ordinance, or part thereof; and that in all particulars wherein this chapter is not more restrictive, each such other ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.

Whenever reference is made to any portion of this chapter, or of any other law or ordinance, the reference applies to all amendments and additions now or hereafter made.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the use of any lot or parcel of land in violation of this chapter or any other applicable statute, ordinance or regulation.

If any provisions or portion of any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

All exceptions heretofore granted pursuant to the provisions of zoning ordinances of the city, as amended, shall be deemed to exist hereafter as variances pursuant to Article 70 (Zoning Ordinance Administration), and shall be subject to all the conditions and provisions governing such variances upon the effective date of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 733, § 2(pt. 2), 9-7-10)

All permit uses heretofore lawfully existing under zoning ordinances of the city, as amended, shall continue in effect until revoked or terminated and shall be continued under these ordinances and shall be subject to all conditions governing such permit.

Any use established or conducted, or any building or improvement lawfully existing as a nonconforming use prior to the effective date of this chapter pursuant to zoning ordinance of the city, as amended, shall be deemed to be continued under this chapter.

A use which is not in violation of any provisions of this chapter and is a nonconforming use only because it does not meet the requirements of the standards of development may be changed or expanded as provided in Article 70 (Zoning Ordinance Administration) subject to all other provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance or law.

(Ord. No. 733, § 2(pt. 2), 9-7-10)

When prior to the effective date of this chapter and pursuant to zoning ordinances of the city, as amended, an action has been taken, such action shall be deemed to have been taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and shall be processed, insofar as possible, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. For the purpose of this section, action taken includes any of the following:

(1)

An application has been filed;

(2)

The commission or council has determined on its own initiative to hold a hearing;

(3)

A hearing has been held; or

(4)

A recommendation has been made.

The rights given by any permit, license or other approval under any ordinance repealed by this chapter shall not be affected by such repeal; but such rights shall hereafter be exercised in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Any use established or conducted, or any building or improvement existing in violation of zoning ordinances of the city, as amended, upon the effective date of this chapter shall not be deemed to have acquired the status of a nonconforming use by reason of the adoption of this chapter, or any provision thereof. To the extent that such use, building or improvement was a violation of zoning ordinances of the city, as amended, or any other ordinance, statute or law, or in violation of this chapter, it shall be deemed a continuing violation.

Any conviction for a crime under any ordinance which is repealed by this chapter, which crime is continued as a public offense by this chapter, constitutes a conviction under this chapter for any purpose for which it constituted a conviction under such repealed ordinance.

The planning commission is hereby vested with the duty of administering and the power to enforce this chapter.

Whenever by ordinance an administrative power is granted to or an administrative duty imposed upon the commission, the council may authorize or instruct the commission or its representatives to exercise such administrative power, or perform such administrative duty. The commission shall exercise all such powers and perform all such duties as instructed by the city council.

Whenever a power is granted to or a duty imposed upon a public officer by this chapter, the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by the commission, a deputy of the public officer, or a person authorized, pursuant to law or ordinance, by said officer, unless this chapter expressly provides otherwise.

When consistent with the context, words in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders.

May is permissive.

Oath includes affirmation.

When consistent with the context, words in the plural include the singular.

Shall is mandatory.

When consistent with the context, words in the singular number shall include the plural.

When consistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the past and future tenses; and words in the future tense include the present tense.

Abut or abutting shall mean the same as adjoining.

Access shall mean the place, or way by which pedestrians and vehicles shall have safe, adequate and usable ingress and egress to a property or use as required by this chapter.

Accessory structure means a detached structure on the same lot or parcel of land as a principal structure and the use is incidental to the principal structure such as garage, carport, gazebo, cabanas, art studio, personal home gym, storage shed, trellis/lattice patio, swimming pool, spa, and other similar nonhabitable structures. An accessory structure does not include a principal structure, residential dwelling unit, accessory dwelling unit and junior accessory dwelling unit.

(Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Accessory use shall mean a use customarily incidental to, related and clearly subordinate to a principal use established on the same lot or parcel of land, which accessory use does not alter said principal use, or adversely affect other properties in the area.

Adjacent shall mean two (2) or more lots or parcels of land separated only by an alley, street, highway or recorded easement, or two (2) or more objects that lie near or close to each other.

Adjoining shall mean two (2) or more lots or parcels of land sharing a common boundary line, or two (2) or more objects in contact with each other.

Adult shall mean a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92)

Adult day care shall mean any facility which provides nonmedical care and supervision to adults on less than a 24-hours-per-day basis.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92)

Adult residential care shall mean any adult home, group care and similar facility which provides 24-hours-per-day nonmedical care and supervision to adults.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92; Ord. No. 695, pt. 2, 12-18-06)

Alcoholic beverage shall mean any liquid containing one-half of one (0.5) percent alcohol or more by volume and which is fit for consumption either alone or when diluted, mixed or combined with other substances.

(Ord. No. 453, § II, 12-4-89)

Alley shall mean an unnamed public or private right-of-way less than forty (40) feet wide which affords a means of vehicular access to the side or rear of properties abutting a street or highway.

Alternative transportation shall mean the use of modes of transportation other than the single-passenger motor vehicle, including but not limited to carpools, vanpools, buspools, public transit, walking and bicycling.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

Amendment shall mean a change in the wording, context or substance of this chapter, or a change in the zoning maps, which are part of this chapter when adopted by ordinance by the city council in the manner prescribed by law. (Ord. No. 696, pt. 1, 12-18-06)

Antique shop shall mean a place offering for sale antiques, which are works of art, pieces of furniture, decorative objects or the like, of or belonging to the past, at least thirty (30) years old.

(Ord. No. 696, pt. 1, 12-18-06)

Apartment house shall mean a building, or a portion of a building, designed or used for occupancy by three (3) or more families, living independently of each other and containing three (3) or more dwelling units.

(Ord. No. 696, pt. 1, 12-18-06)

Applicable development shall mean any development project that is determined to meet or exceed the project size threshold criteria contained in section 11-1.57.04.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

Arcade shall mean establishments which maintain four (4) or more games of skill or amusement consisting of machines, games, devices, tables, boards or amusements, the operation of which is made possible by depositing coins, plate, token or disk into slot, crevice or other opening or receptacle or by payment of any fee or fees. The number of games for determination of whether or not an arcade exists shall be determined by counting each CRT or video screen with two (2) or less control devices as a single game regardless of whether or not the screens are joined as a single unit.

(Ord. No. 410, § 1, 1-15-87; Ord. No. 448, § I, 7-3-89)

Area as used in this chapter shall mean net area unless otherwise specified.

Area, net, shall mean that area of a lot or parcel of land exclusive of:

(1)

Public alleys, highways or streets,

(2)

Proposed public facilities such as alleyways, streets or other necessary public sites when included within a proposed development project,

(3)

Any portion of a site within the right-of-way of an existing public street,

(4)

That portion of a flag lot constituting the right-of-way connecting the lot with the public road,

(5)

That full width/length of a legal easement recorded on lots or parcels of records for a required street dedication, or for access to other properties.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92)

Assembly hall shall mean any building, or portion of a building, used for public or private gatherings, with a maximum capacity for congregation in the assembly area of more than fifty (50) people (as determined the Department of Building and Safety). For example, and without limitation, assembly hall includes a club, lodge, meeting hall, religious facility, auditorium, theater and similar kinds of facilities used for congregation purposes, whether available for public or private use. Unless otherwise specified in this Code, any use with an assembly area of more than fifty (50) people shall be classified as an assembly use for purposes of applying the standards in this Code. Uses that accommodate less than fifty (50) people in the assembly area shall be classified according to their respective primary activities.

(Ord. No. 748, § 2(pt. 4), 1-17-12; Ord. No. 796, § 3, 3-20-18)

Bachelor apartment shall mean two (2) or more connecting guest rooms which do not contain cooking facilities and are designed, used or intended to be used, rented or hired out as living accommodations for any person as a single living unit.

Basement shall mean that portion of a building between floor and ceiling, which is entirely below ground level grade or partly below and partly above ground level grade, but so located that the vertical distance from ground level grade to the basement floor is greater than the vertical distance from ground level grade to the basement ceiling at any one point of the basement's exterior walls, except for subterranean garages and building code egress which may allow openings for vehicles and/or pedestrian egress openings not to exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the basement's linear feet of perimeter walls. Inclusive of the openings, the entire basement exterior wall surface may not average more than fifty (50) percent above ground level grade compared to the portion of the basement below ground level grade. False ceilings are not counted for the distance between grade and the ceiling.

(Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25; Ord. No. 870U, § 5(Exh. A), 3-18-25; Ord. No. 871, § 5(Exh. A), 4-1-25)

Bed and breakfast is an overnight accommodation with up to ten (10) guest rooms and an onsite or immediately adjacent kitchen that is used to prepare breakfasts for guests.

(Ord. No. 870U, § 5(Exh. A), 3-18-25; Ord. No. 871, § 5(Exh. A), 4-1-25)

Brewery with tasting room shall mean a facility which produces beer, ale, and other fermented malt beverages on site and have on-site ancillary tasting rooms open to the public with beer tasting limited to those produced on site. The facility may also sell alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption limited to those alcoholic beverages produced on site.

(Ord. No. 798, § 2, 5-15-18)

Brewpub shall mean a facility that prepares and serves food and alcoholic beverages for on-site sales and which also produces beer, ale, or other fermented malt beverages. The facility may also sell alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption limited to only those alcoholic beverages produced on site. The facility may produce up to seven thousand five hundred (7,500) barrels a year.

(Ord. No. 787, § 2, 5-2-17)

Building shall mean any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, chattel or property of any kind.

Building, accessory, shall mean a detached subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the main building or to the principal use of the land and which is located on the same lot or parcel of land with the main building or principal use of the land.

Building frontage shall mean the building frontage is the measurement, in linear feet, of the building or buildings that front onto a major arterial street, not including driveways and pedestrian courtyards between buildings.

(Ord. No. 863, § 3(A), 10-3-24)

Building height shall be defined as the vertical distance as measured from the average level of the natural grade of that portion of the site covered by the building(s) to the highest point of the structure. For existing structures, height shall be measured from the existing improved grade adjacent to the structure to the highest point of the structure. In residential zones south of Pacific Coast Highway, any construction above sixteen (16) feet, as measured in the manner prescribed above, shall require a height variation permit.

(Ord. No. 412, § I, 5-18-87; Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Building, main, shall mean a building in which is conducted a principal use of the lot or parcel of land upon which it is situated. In a residential or agricultural zone any dwelling shall be deemed to be a main building upon the lot or parcel of land on which it is situated.

(Ord. No. 348, § 1, 4-4-83)

Buspool shall mean a vehicle carrying sixteen (16) or more passengers commuting on a regular basis to and from work with a fixed route, according to a fixed schedule.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) shall mean a statute that requires all jurisdictions in the state to evaluate the extent of environmental degradation posed by proposed development.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

Cannabis or marijuana shall mean all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. "Cannabis/marijuana" also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from cannabis. "Cannabis/marijuana" also includes cannabis that is used for medical, non-medical, or other purposes. However, "cannabis/marijuana" does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. "Cannabis/marijuana" also does not include industrial hemp, as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 11018.5.

(Ord. No. 793, § 4, 12-5-17)

Cannabis accessories means any equipment, products or materials of any kind which are intended for use, or designated for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, smoking, vaporizing, or containing cannabis, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cannabis or cannabis products into the human body.

(Ord. No. 793, § 4, 12-5-17)

Cannabis cultivation or "cultivate cannabis" means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis. Cannabis cultivation does not include the cultivation of six (6) or fewer live cannabis plants within a single private residence or fully enclosed accessory structure in accordance with Health and Safety Code section 11362.2.

(Ord. No. 793, § 4, 12-5-17)

Cannabis product means cannabis that has undergone a process whereby the plant material has been transformed into a concentrate, including, but not limited to, concentrated cannabis, or an edible or topical product containing cannabis or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients.

(Ord. No. 793, § 4, 12-5-17)

Carpool shall mean a vehicle carrying two (2) to six (6) persons commuting together to and from work on a regular basis.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

Carport shall mean any freestanding structure, tent, or canopy designed to serve as a shelter for a vehicle, and having less than four (4) sides.

(Ord. No. 724, § 2(pt. 1), 5-18-09; Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Cellar shall mean same as a basement, except that the space is not conditioned for habitation.

(Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Child shall mean a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92)

Child care center shall mean a facility other than a small or large family day care home in which less than 24-hours-per-day nonmedical care and supervision is provided for children in a group setting.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92)

Children's home shall mean one (1) or more buildings used for the semipermanent twenty-four-hour care of orphans or other children deprived of parental care, operated by a public agency or a philanthropic or charitable organization, but shall not include commercial enterprises operated by such organizations or a correctional institution.

City shall mean the City of Lomita.

City council shall mean the city council of the City of Lomita.

Clear vision triangle shall mean an unoccupied triangular area located at the intersection of two (2) vehicular passageways composed of either two (2) streets, a street and an alley, a street and a driveway, or a driveway and a sidewalk. Two (2) perpendicular triangle legs are measured from the corner intersection of property lines for a minimum distance of ten (10) feet each way along the lot line(s), or driveway based on the situation. The third leg of the triangle is a line joining the ends of the other two (2) legs. Such triangular area shall remain clear of obstructions between three (3) and ten (10) feet above grade.

(Ord. No. 856, § 4(A), 9-19-23)

Club, private shall mean any building or premises used by an association of persons, whether incorporate or unincorporated, organized for some common purpose, but not including a group organized solely or primarily to render a service customarily carried on as a commercial enterprise.

Collective means any association, affiliation, or establishment jointly owned and operated by its members that facilitate the collaborative efforts of qualified patients and primary caregivers, as described in the Attorney General Guidelines for the Security and Non-Diversion of Marijuana Grown for Medical Use, issued by the Attorney General's Office in August 2008, as amended from time to time, which sets regulations intended to ensure the security and non-diversion of marijuana grown for medical use by qualified patients or primary caregivers.

(Ord. No. 777, § 1, 1-27-16; Ord. No. 778, § 1, 2-2-16)

Commercial cannabis activity means cultivation, manufacture, processing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transporting, distribution, or sale of cannabis or a cannabis product for medical, non-medical, or any other purpose and includes the activities of any business licensed by the state or other government entity under division 10 of the California Business and Professions Code, or any provision of state law that regulates the licensing of cannabis businesses. Commercial cannabis activity includes medical marijuana dispensaries.

(Ord. No. 793, § 4, 12-5-17)

Commission shall mean the planning commission of the City of Lomita.

Concentrated cannabis means manufactured cannabis that has undergone a process to concentrate one or more active cannabinoids, thereby increasing the product's potency. Resin from granular trichomes from a cannabis plant is a concentrate.

(Ord. No. 793, § 4, 12-5-17)

Contiguous shall mean the same as adjoining.

Convalescent home shall mean the same as rest home.

Court shall mean an open, unoccupied space, bounded on two (2) or more sides by the walls of a building. An inner court is a court entirely enclosed within the exterior walls of a building. All other courts are outer courts.

(Ord. No. 618, § 2, 3-6-00)

Cultivation means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of marijuana.

(Ord. No. 777, § 1, 1-27-16; Ord. No. 778, § 1, 2-2-16)

Delivery, as used in article 83, part 9, means the commercial transfer of cannabis or cannabis products to a customer. "Delivery" also includes the use by a retailer of any technology platform owned and controlled by the retailer. The term "delivery" does not include the distribution of cannabis from a mobile marijuana dispensary.

(Ord. No. 793, § 5, 12-5-17)

Designated parking space shall mean a parking space designated, assigned, or reserved for the exclusive use of one particular business' customers.

(Ord. No. 847, § 4(A), 4-18-23)

Developer shall mean the builder who is responsible for the planning, design and construction of an applicable development project. A developer may be responsible for implementing the provisions of all city ordinances as determined by the property owner.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

Development shall as it pertains to article 57 only, mean the construction or addition of new building square footage. Additions to buildings which existed prior to the adoption of article 57 and which exceed the thresholds defined in section 11-1.57.04(B) shall comply with the applicable requirements but shall not be added cumulatively with existing square footage; existing square footage shall be exempt from these requirements. All calculations shall be based on gross square footage.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

Development site shall mean a parcel or group of contiguous parcels that are proposed for development as one project.

(Ord. No. 863, § 3(A), 10-3-24)

Dispensary means a facility (medical or nonmedical) where cannabis, cannabis products, or devices for the use of cannabis or cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including an establishment that delivers cannabis and cannabis products as part of a retail sale.

(Ord. No. 793, § 5, 12-5-17)

Distribution, as used in article 83, part 9, means the procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and cannabis products between entities licensed under division 10 of the California Business and Professions Code, as they may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 793, § 5, 12-5-17)

Driveway shall mean a vehicular access to an off-street parking space, parking lot or parking structure-being public or private, or, where required, to provide fire department access and turnaround.

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91; Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Duplex shall mean the same as "dwelling, two-unit."

(Ord. No. 695, pt. 3, 12-18-06)

Dwelling, primary, shall mean a building used as a one-family, two-family or multi-family dwelling other than an accessory dwelling unit, junior accessory dwelling unit or two-unit housing development.

(Ord. No. 839, § 3, 9-6-22; Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Dwelling, one-family, shall mean a detached building designed or used exclusively for occupancy by one-family and containing one dwelling unit.

Dwelling, two-family, shall mean a building designed or used exclusively for occupancy by two (2) families and containing two (2) dwelling units.

Dwelling, two-unit, shall mean a building containing two (2) dwelling units.

(Ord. No. 695, pt. 3, 12-18-06)

Dwelling, two-unit housing development means a housing development containing no more than two (2) residential dwelling units within a single-family residential zone, other than an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit, that qualifies for ministerial review pursuant to California Government Code Section 65852.21. A housing development contains two (2) residential dwelling units if the development proposes no more than two (2) new residential dwelling units or proposes to add one new residential dwelling unit to one existing residential unit, or retention of two (2) existing legal non-conforming residential dwellings units where one or both units are subject to a proposed addition or alteration.

(Ord. No. 832U, § 9, 2-28-22; Ord. No. 834U, § 14(1), 4-5-22; Ord. No. 839, § 3, 9-6-22)

Dwelling unit shall mean one or more rooms in a building, or portion thereof, designed, intended to be used or used for occupancy for living and sleeping quarters, and containing only one kitchen.

(Ord. No. 695, pt. 3, 12-18-06)

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

(Ord. No. 759, § 2, 7-1-13)

Explosives shall mean any explosive substance, having a power equal to or greater than that of ordinary black powder, including but not limited to blasting caps, detonating, fulminating or electric caps, gunpowder and dynamite, but shall not include fixed ammunition for small arms.

Farm pet shall mean hen chickens, donkeys, ducks, geese, goats, horses, mules, sheep, turkeys and such other similar animals which in the opinion of the Lomita Planning Commission are neither more obnoxious nor detrimental to the public welfare than the animals enumerated above.

(Ord. No. 851, § 4(A), 5-16-23)

Fixed seats shall mean the number of seats in any bench, pew or chair attached to the floor or wall. Where benches or pews are not otherwise divided, a fixed seat shall be computed on a basis of one (1) for every clear lateral space of twenty-four (24) inches.

(Ord. No. 152, § 1, 4-14-73)

Floor area: see "Gross floor area."

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91)

Floor area ratio (F.A.R.) shall mean the gross square footage of the main or primary building(s) or structure(s) and all accessory building(s) or structure(s) including the required garage on a lot or parcel of land divided by the net lot area, as defined in section 11-1.15.01(A).

In calculating the floor area ratio (F.A.R.), the measurements from outside wall to outside wall, using gross square footage shall be used. The gross square footage includes the area of all floors of the main structure and all of the accessory structures, but excludes basements, decks, balconies, trellis/lattice patio and covered porches and patios enclosed on not more than two (2) sides.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92; Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Food market: See "Mini-market."

(Ord. No. 453, § II, 12-4-89)

Foster family homes means any residential facility providing 24-hours-per-day care for six (6) or fewer foster children in the residence of the foster parent(s), including their family, in whose care the foster children have been placed.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92)

Garage shall mean an accessory building with a roof, not less than three (3) enclosed sides and an openable garage door on the fourth side.

(Ord. No. 440, § 5, 4-17-89; Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Gasoline service station shall be defined as any business which sells, vends or distributes motor vehicle fuel, alone or with any other land use.

(Ord. No. 453, § II, 12-4-89)

Grade, ground level, shall mean the lowest outside finished ground point of a building or structure.

(Ord. No. 327, § 1, 8-3-81)

Gross floor area shall mean the sum of the gross horizontal area of the total number of floors, including all areas below ground level, and accessory buildings on the same site measured from the outside walls, but exclusive of open atriums and open courts.

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91)

Ground floor shall refer to the lowest level within a building that is accessible from and within three (3) feet above or two (2) feet below the grade of the street.

(Ord. No. 863, § 3(A), 10-3-24)

Group homes shall mean a facility which provides twenty-four (24) hours-per-day nonmedical care and supervision to children and/or adults in a structured environment with services provided at least in part by staff employed by the licensee. Small family and foster family homes which provide care for six (6) or fewer children and/or adults on a twenty-four (24) hours basis are excluded from this definition.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92)

Guesthouse shall mean living quarters located within an accessory building located on the same premises with a main building and occupied solely by members of the family, temporary guests or persons regularly employed on the premises. Such quarters shall have no kitchen and shall not be rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling unit.

Height: See "Building height."

(Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Height variation permit: Procedure whereby the-community and economic development director or planning commission may grant permission to construct a new building, addition or alteration to an existing building above sixteen (16) feet and not to exceed twenty-seven (27) feet in height in residential zones south of Pacific Coast Highway.

(Ord. No. 412, § II, 5-18-87; Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92; Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Home occupation shall mean any use customarily conducted in a residential area and carried on by the inhabitants thereof, for compensation, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the structure for dwelling purposes and which use does not change the character thereof or does not adversely affect the uses permitted in the district of which it is part.

Hospital shall mean an institution providing physical or mental health services, impatient or overnight accommodations, and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured.

Hotel shall mean any building or portion of any building with access provided through a common entrance, lobby or hallway to six (6) or more guest rooms, having no cooking facilities, and which rooms are designed, intended to be used or are used, rented or hired out as temporary or overnight accommodations for guests.

Household pet shall mean only the following domestic animals commonly kept in residence with man:

(1)

Canaries

(2)

Cats, domestic

(3)

Chinchillas

(4)

Chipmunks

(5)

Dogs

(6)

Finches

(7)

Gopher snakes

(8)

Guinea pigs

(9)

Hamsters

(10)

Hawks

(11)

King snakes

(12)

Marmoset monkeys

(13)

Mynah birds

(14)

Parrots, parakeets, amazons, cockatiels, cockatoos, lories, loikeets, love birds, macaws, and similar birds of the psittacine family

(15)

Pigeons

(16)

Rabbits

(17)

Ravens

(18)

Squirrel monkeys

(19)

Toucans

(20)

Tropical fish

(21)

Turtles

(22)

Vietnamese pot-bellied pig

(23)

White doves

(24)

White mice and rats

and such other similar animals which in the opinion of the Lomita Planning Commission are neither more obnoxious nor detrimental to the public welfare than the animals enumerated above.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92)

Junk and salvage yard shall mean any premises used for the keeping or storage of junk, including, but not limited to, iron and scrap metals, paper, rags, glass, wood and similar materials and shall include the dismantling of machinery or the storage or keeping for sale of parts and equipment resulting from dismantling or wrecking operations on said property or elsewhere. "Junk and salvage yard" shall also include the baling of cardboard, cardboard boxes, paper and paper cartons.

(Ord. No. 796, § 4, 3-20-18; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Kitchen shall mean any space within a building designed, intended to be used or used for the cooking, or the preparation of food.

(Ord. No. 839, § 4, 9-6-22; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Landscaping shall mean the planting and maintenance of some combination of trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, flowers or lawns. In addition, the combination or design may include natural features such as rock and stone; and structural features, including but not limited to, fountains, reflecting pools, art works, screens, walls, fences and benches.

Large family day care home shall mean any residential home which provides day care, protection, and supervision for seven (7) to fourteen (14) children on a less than twenty-four (24) hours-per-day basis, including those children under the age of ten (10) who reside at the home or are the children of the caregiver.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92; Ord. No. 839, § 5, 9-6-22)

Large family home shall mean any residential home providing twenty-four hours-per-day care, protection and supervision for seven (7) to twelve (12) children, including but not limited to foster children, physically, mentally or otherwise impaired children who require special care; and including those children under the age of ten (10) who reside at the home or are the children of the caregiver.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92)

Lattice patio shall mean a structure that is either freestanding or that is attached to a dwelling unit. The lattice part of said patio shall be composed solely of support columns and crossed lattice members and shall conform to the following standards:

(a)

Cross members shall be permitted; and

(b)

The maximum width of the lattice member shall not exceed two (2) inches; and

(c)

The minimum separation from each parallel member shall be two (2) inches; and

(d)

Such lattice patio shall remain permanently unenclosed.

Laundromat, full-service is a full-service laundry that provides a personalized customer service where the staff members wash, dry and fold clothes and other fabrics, and, in some cases, provides options like pickup and delivery.

(Ord. No. 870U, § 5(Exh. A), 3-18-25; Ord. No. 871, § 5(Exh. A), 4-1-25)

Laundromat, self-service laundromat is a coin laundry, or coin wash, where the customer washes and/or dries clothes and other fabrics without the need for personalized professional help.

(Ord. No. 870U, § 5(Exh. A), 3-18-25; Ord. No. 871, § 5(Exh. A), 4-1-25)

Live-work/work-live units are single-tenant spaces that include both a residential unit and a commercial use such as an artist studio, photography studio or similar use. This differs from other types of mixed-use developments where the residential use and commercial or other nonresidential use is in different tenant spaces. Live-work units comprise one or more rooms with cooking space and sanitary facilities in conformance with the uniform building code (UBC) and adequate working space available for and regularly used by persons residing therein. Commercial portions of live-work units may also be utilized by employees not residing in the unit.

(Ord. No. 863, § 3(A), 10-3-24)

Loading area shall mean an off-street space or berth on the same lot with a main building or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading, and which has access from a street, alley, parking area or other permanent means of egress and ingress.

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91)

Lot shall mean:

(a)

A parcel of real property which is shown as a lot in a subdivision recorded as a final map with a number or other designation, on a plat recorded in the office of the county recorder of Los Angeles County; or

(b)

A parcel of land, the dimensions or boundaries of which are defined by a record of survey recorded pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act of the State of California, in the office of the county recorder of Los Angeles County; or

(c)

A parcel of land registered under the Land Title Law (Torrens Title), and held under separate ownership from adjacent property on the effective date of this chapter.

Lot area shall mean the total area, measured in a horizontal plane, included within the lot lines of a lot or parcel of land.

Lot coverage shall mean the horizontal area measured within the outside of the exterior walls of all buildings and accessory structures on a lot including garages, carports, and covered porches. Lot coverage does not include swimming pools, spas, equipment, trellis/lattice patios, hardscape and ground-level decks or patio slabs.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92; Ord. No. 839, § 5, 9-6-22; Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Lot, flag, shall mean a lot not fronting on or abutting on public road and where access to the public road is by a narrow private right-of-way which is not a part of the buildable area of said lot.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92)

Lot, key, shall mean a lot where the rear property line abuts the side property line of one or more lots and where such lots are not separated by an alley or any public way.

(Ord. No. 860, § 4(A), 4-2-24)

Lot line adjustment shall mean an adjustment of lot line between two (2) or more existing adjacent parcels, but not to exceed four (4) parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created.

(Ord. No. 414, § 6, 6-1-87)

Lot line, front, shall mean a line separating an interior lot from a street or highway, or a line separating the narrower street frontage of a corner lot from the street or highway. In the case of a flag lot, the front lot line is the property line most parallel to the street or highway other than the flag staff.

(Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Lot line, rear, shall mean a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. For a triangular or goreshaped lot, the rear lot line shall mean a line ten (10) feet in length within the lot which is parallel to the front lot line, or parallel to the chord of a curved front lot line, and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.

Lot line, side, shall mean any lot boundary line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.

Lot merger shall mean merging of two (2) or more contiguous parcels which are under the same ownership, for the purpose of construction on or across the existing lot lines between the contiguous parcels, or where one of the parcels does not conform to current standards for minimum lot area or dimensions.

(Ord. No. 414, § 6, 6-1-87)

Lot, through, shall mean an interior lot having a frontage on two (2) streets and/or highways.

(Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Lot width shall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth line or the average of the lot width where the lot width across the front and rear lot lines are different at any point thereto, excluding the flag staff for flag lots.

(Ord. No. 298, § 1, 5-7-79; Ord. No. 391, § 1, 12-2-85; Ord. No. 796, § 5, 3-20-18; Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Manufacture, as used in article 83, part 9, means to compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make or prepare a cannabis product.

(Ord. No. 793, § 6, 12-5-17)

Marijuana shall have the same meaning as the definition of that word in Health and Safety Code § 11018.

(Ord. No. 714, § 2, 6-16-08)

Massage establishment shall mean an establishment where, for any form of consideration, massage, alcohol rub, fomentation, electric or magnetic treatment, or similar treatment or manipulation of the human body is administered, unless such treatment or manipulation is administered by a medical practitioner, chiropractor, acupuncturist, physical therapist or similar professional person licensed by the state. This definition does not include an athletic club, health club, school, gymnasium, reducing salon, spa or similar establishment where massage or similar manipulation of the human body is offered as an incidental or accessory service.

(Ord. No. 705, pt. 1, 7-2-07)

MAUCRSA means the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act as codified in division 10 of the Business and Professions Code, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 793, § 6, 12-5-17)

Medical clinic shall mean any facility providing physical or mental health service to persons and medical or surgical case of persons sick or injured but shall not include inpatient or overnight accommodations. Medical clinic includes health center, health clinic and doctors' offices.

Medical marijuana dispensary means any association, cooperative, club, co-op, delivery service, collective, and any other similar use that distributes, dispenses, stores, sells, exchanges, processes, delivers, cultivates, makes available, transmits and/or gives away marijuana in the city involved in the sale, possession, cultivation, use, and/or distribution of marijuana for medicinal purposes in accordance with Health and Safety Code sections 11362.5 and 11362.7 et seq.

(Ord. No. 714, § 2, 6-16-08; Ord. No. 777, § 2, 1-27-16; Ord. No. 778, § 2, 2-2-16)

Merchandise shall mean goods, wares, merchandise or other tangible personal property but does not include novelties, curios and curiosa.

Mini-market or food market shall be defined as a small market with a broad array of grocery products, including but no limited to dairy products, health and beauty aids, paper goods, household maintenance items, fast food, candy, soft drinks, packaged alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption, etc., provided that a conditional use permit has been obtained for the sale of alcoholic beverages.

(Ord. No. 453, § II, 12-4-89)

Mixed-use projects/mixed-use developments are those that combine residential and nonresidential uses on the same project site, either vertically (such as when residential uses are located over commercial uses) or horizontally (such as when the street frontage of a site is devoted to commercial uses with residential uses behind). Mixed-use developments feature structural separations between the residential and nonresidential spaces to allow the two (2) uses to be rented, leased, sold or occupied separately. Mixed-use developments that do not contain structural separations between the residential and nonresidential uses may be approved by the planning commission on a case-by-case basis. In order to be considered a mixed-use project, the project must have a minimum of two (2) distinct land uses.

(Ord. No. 863, § 3(A), 10-3-24)

Mobile marijuana dispensaries means any dispensary, cooperative, association, club, business, collective, operator, or provider that does not have a fixed storefront and which operates solely as a mobile retail outlet which transports or delivers, or arranges the transportation or delivery, of cannabis to a person for non-medicinal use.

(Ord. No. 793, § 6, 12-5-17)

Mobile home park shall mean any lot or parcel of land where mobile home or trailer sites are rented or leased, or offered for rent or lease for one or more mobile home trailer coaches.

Motel shall mean a building or group of buildings where a minimum of eighty (80) percent of the living units have no kitchen or cooking facilities, but have individual sleeping units, with garage attached or parking space conveniently located to each unit, all for the temporary use by automobile tourists or transients; includes auto courts, tourist courts and motor lodges.

(Ord. No. 113, § 1, 6-7-71; Ord. No. 298, § 1, 5-7-79; Ord. No. 637, § 2, 3-19-01)

Motor inn shall mean the same as motel.

Mural shall mean a pictorial representation, painting, or other artwork, that is made integral with an exterior wall surface, and that does not specifically identify goods or services offered by the business on the premises or include a commercial advertising message by a business not on the premises.

(Ord. No. 855, § 4(A), 9-5-23)

Neon tubing shall mean a glass or plastic tubing utilizing electric energy combined with gaseous substance to create light source.

Nonconforming structure shall mean any structure or improvement of land or property that was lawfully established in compliance with all applicable ordinances and laws at the time of approval, but which, due to the application of the chapter or any amendment thereto, no longer complies with all of the applicable regulations and standards of the zone in which the structure or improvement is located.

(Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Nonconforming use shall mean any use of land or property that was lawfully established and in compliance with all applicable ordinances and laws at the time the use was established, but which, due to any amendment thereto, the use is no longer permitted or is subject to a conditional use permit or minor conditional use permit based on the zone in which the use is located.

(Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Nursery school shall mean a school providing a day care for pre-elementary school age children.

(Ord. No. 551, § 1, 8-7-95)

Off-site sale liquor establishment shall be defined as a food market, supermarket, drugstore, liquor store, convenience store, etc., which sells alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption and not for resale.

Off-street parking shall mean a parking area located off any public right-of-way, alley or private street which shall be provided as required by this title.

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91)

On-site sale liquor establishment shall be defined as any establishment such as "bona fide restaurant" which sells alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. Typical on-site sale uses include ballrooms, dance bars, piano bars, cocktail lounges, restaurants, night clubs, VFW posts or other private clubs, etc.

(Ord. No. 453, § II, 12-4-89)

Opening in reference to a subterranean garage door and/or pedestrian egress shall mean any portions of a basement with an exposed exterior wall surface daylighting more than fifty (50) percent.

(Ord. No. 870U, § 5(Exh. A), 3-18-25; Ord. No. 871, § 5(Exh. A), 4-1-25)

Operative: See "Vehicle."

Outdoor advertising shall mean the use of a sign or signs soliciting public support or directing public attention to the sale, lease, hire or use of any objects, products, services or functions which are not produced, sold or otherwise available on the premises where such sign is erected or maintained.

Parcel of land shall mean a contiguous quantity of land in the possession of, or owned, by, or recorded as the property of, the same claimant or person.

Parking aisle shall mean driving areas between rows of parking spaces or a row of parking spaces and an area adjacent thereto.

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91)

Parking area shall mean that part of a parcel or lot used or intended to be used for the parking and/or storage of vehicles, including access drives, aisles and maneuvering area.

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91)

Parking space shall mean a readily accessible area, but not including driveways, ramps, loading or work area maintained exclusively for the parking of one (1) motor vehicle.

Patient (qualified) and qualified patient shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code section 3362.7, as may be amended, and which means a person who is entitled to the protections of Health and Safety Code section 11362.5. For the purposes of this article, qualified patient shall include a person with an identification card, as that term is defined by Health and Safety Code section 11362.7 et seq.

(Ord. No. 793, § 7, 12-5-17)

Person shall mean any individual firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, district, political subdivision, foreign country, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

Planned development shall mean the planning, construction or implementation and operation of any use or 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.

Preferential parking shall mean parking spaces designated or assigned, through use of a sign or painted space markings for carpool and vanpool vehicles carrying commuter passengers on a regular basis that are provided in a location more convenient to a place of employment than parking spaces provided for single-occupant vehicles.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

Primary caregiver shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code § 11362.7, as may be amended.

(Ord. No. 793, § 7, 12-5-17)

Principal structure means the same as "dwelling, primary."

(Ord. No. 867U, § 5(Exh. A), 12-17-24; Ord. No. 868, § 5(Exh. A), 1-21-25)

Property owner shall mean the legal owner of a development who serves as the lessor to a tenant. The property owner shall be responsible for complying with the provisions of all city ordinances either directly or by delegating such responsibility as appropriate to a tenant and/or his agent.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

Public art shall be defined as an original, permanent work created in any variety of media by a professional artist. This may encompass sculptures, murals, photography, original graphic arts, water features, neon creations, glassworks, mosaics, unique lighting displays, or any mix of these and other media forms. It also includes permanent furnishings or fixtures attached to a building or its grounds, as well as certain architectural elements like decorative handrails and stained glass that are aesthetically enhanced beyond their functional use.

(Ord. No. 863, § 3(A), 10-3-24)

Recreation equipment shall mean vehicles and equipment ordinarily used for recreational activities, including, but not limited to: boats, house trailers, camp trailers, motor homes and similar equipment and vehicles which in the opinion of the planning commission fall into this category.

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91)

Recycling area (areas for recycling) shall mean space allocated for collecting and loading of recyclable materials.

Religious facility shall mean a facility operated by religious organizations for worship, or the promotion of religious activities with a maximum capacity for congregation in the assembly area of more than fifty (50) people (as determined by the department of building and safety). Religious facility includes, without limitation, a church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or similar places for religious worship. Accessory uses on the same site associated with a religious facility are permitted (such as living quarters for clergy and staff and religious school and child day care facility), provided that the accessory use:

(1)

Is customarily a part of, and clearly incidental and secondary to, the place of worship;

(2)

Does not change the character of the religious facility; and

(3)

The use is authorized by the same type of land use permit required for the religious facility itself.

Nonaccessory uses, including, without limitation, full-time educational institutions, hospitals and other potentially related operations (for example, a recreational camp) are classified according to their respective primary activities.

(Ord. No. 748, § 2(pt. 5), 1-17-12)

Residence shall mean one or more rooms designed, used or intended to be used as permanent living quarters and not as temporary or overnight accommodations.

(Ord. No. 695, pt. 5, 12-18-06)

Responsible person shall have the same definition as section 1-5.02 of the Lomita Municipal Code.

(Ord. No. 793, § 8, 12-5-17)

Rest home shall mean a home offering or providing lodging, meals, nursing, dietary or other personal services to convalescents, invalids or aged persons but does not include surgery or the care of persons with contagious or communicable diseases. "Rest home" includes convalescent home and home for the aged.

Room shall mean an unsubdivided portion of the interior of a dwelling, excluding bathrooms, kitchens, closets, hallways, and service porches.

Rooming house shall mean a residence or dwelling, other than a hotel as defined in this article, wherein three (3) or more rooms, with or without individual or group cooking facilities, are rented to individuals under separate oral or written rental agreements or leases, whether or not an owner, agent, or property manager is in the residence. Rooming house includes boarding house and lodging house.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1, 2-19-85; Ord. No. 527, § 2, 11-21-94; Ord. No. 731, § 2(pt. 1), 6-7-10; Ord. No. 839, § 6, 9-6-22; Ord. No. 845, § 4(F, G), 3-21-23)

Sanitarium and sanatorium shall mean the same as "rest home."

Satellite antenna shall mean an accessory use which is a device designed or used for the reception of television or other signals from orbiting satellites.

Self-storage facility shall mean any building or other place which is improved with a structure containing separate modules for the storage of property for personal use by the renter, and no materials of hazardous nature, nor shall there be warehousing of wholesale and/or retail materials and/or products.

(Ord. No. 828, § 4, 1-18-22)

Shared parking space shall mean a private parking area used jointly by two (2) or more uses.

(Ord. No. 847, § 4(A), 4-18-23)

Short-term parking space shall mean a customer parking space which shall not be occupied by the same vehicle for no more than thirty (30) minutes at a time.

(Ord. No. 847, § 4(A), 4-18-23)

Sign shall mean any method of display or part thereof, for visual communication that shall include any announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration or insignia, which is used to advertise or promote the interests of any person, business, group or enterprise, and shall include accessory signs and outdoor advertising.

Sign, accessory, shall mean any sign other than outdoor advertising.

Single-family residential zone shall have the same meaning as in California Government Code Section 65852.21. A single-family residential zone includes the A-1 and R-1 zones.

(Ord. No. 832U, § 9, 2-28-22; Ord. No. 834U, § 14(2), 4-5-22; Ord. No. 839, § 7, 9-6-22)

Single-room occupancy housing unit (SRO): A residential facility where individual secure rooms are rented to a one- or two-person household. Rooms are generally one hundred fifty (150) to three hundred seventy-five (375) square feet in size and include a sink, closet and toilet, with shower and kitchen facilities typically shared. SRO units are rented on a weekly or monthly basis.

(Ord. No. 759, § 2, 7-1-13)

Significant view shall mean a view that is at least forty-five (45) degrees as seen from an area not more than sixteen (16) feet above natural grade, and not in any required setback areas.

(Ord. No. 724, § 2(pt. 2), 5-18-09)

Small family day care home shall mean any residential home which provides day care, protection, and supervision for eight (8) or fewer children on a less than twenty-four (24) hours-per-day basis, including those children under the age of ten (10) who reside at the home or are the children of the caregiver.

(Ord. No. 839, § 7, 9-6-22)

Small family home shall mean any residential home providing twenty-four (24) hours-per-day care, protection and supervision for six (6) or fewer children, including but not limited to foster children, physically, mentally or otherwise impaired children who require special care, and including those children under the age of ten (10) who reside at the home or are the children of the caregiver.

(Ord. No. 498, § 1, 7-20-92)

South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is the regional authority appointed by the California Legislature to meet federal standards and otherwise improve air quality in the South Coast Air Basin, of which the city is a part.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

State shall mean the State of California.

Story shall mean that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above, "Story" includes a basement but not a cellar.

Story, half, shall mean a story with at least two (2) of its opposite sides situated immediately under a sloping roof, with the floor area of said story not in excess of two-thirds of the floor area of the floor immediately below it.

Street shall mean a public or private right-of-way, other than a parkway, major or secondary highway, freeway, or alley, whose function is to carry vehicular traffic and/or provide vehicular access to abutting property.

String lights shall mean two (2) or more exposed lamps, reflectorized bulbs or artificial illuminating devices which are energized. String lights strung along a glass surface of a business or when outlining a building shall be controlled in the same manner as neon tubing.

Structure shall mean anything constructed or erected, which requires a fixed location on the ground, or is attached to something having a fixed location on the ground.

Structure, advertising, shall mean a structure existing, erected or maintained to serve exclusively as a stand, frame or background for the support or display of signs.

(Ord. No. 379, § 1, 12-3-84; Ord. No. 553, § 1, 8-7-95; Ord. No. 759, § 2, 7-1-13; Ord. No. 845, § 4(A), 3-21-23)

Tenant shall mean the lessee of facility space at an applicable development project.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93; Ord. No. 696, pt. 2, 12-18-06)

Thrift store shall mean a profit or nonprofit business or organization that engages in or specializes in the sale or resale of previously owned or used goods and merchandise from an area greater than twenty-five (25) percent of the total floor area devoted to retail sales. A specialty retail store that sells used merchandise, including, but not limited to, used record stores, used bookstores, used furniture stores, and sports trading card stores, shall not be considered a thrift store for the purpose of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 696, pt. 2, 12-18-06)

Transportation demand management (TDM) shall mean the alteration of travel behavior—usually on the part of commuters—through programs of incentives, services, and policies. TDM addresses alternatives to single-occupant vehicles such as carpooling and vanpooling, and changes in work schedules that move trips out of the peak period or eliminate them altogether (as is the case in telecommuting or compressed work weeks).

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93; Ord. No. 696, pt. 2, 12-18-06)

Trip reduction shall mean reduction in the number of work-related trips made by single-occupant vehicles.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

Turnaround area shall mean that area of a street, alley or parking lot reserved to allow a vehicle to reverse its direction of travel.

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91)

Turning radius shall mean the radius of a circular arc required for a vehicle to change or reverse its direction of travel.

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91; Ord. No. 759, § 2, 7-1-13; Ord. No. 845, § 4(B), 3-21-23)

Urban lot split means a ministerial application for a parcel to subdivide an existing parcel located within a single-family residential zone into two (2) parcels, as authorized by Section 66411.7 of the Government Code.

(Ord. No. 832U, § 9, 2-28-22; Ord. No. 834U, § 14(3), 4-5-22; Ord. No. 839, § 8, 9-6-22)

Use shall mean and include construction, establishment, maintenance, alteration, enlargement, operation and occupancy.

Vanpool shall mean a vehicle carrying seven (7) or more persons commuting together to and from work on a regular basis, usually in a vehicle with a seating arrangement designed to carry seven (7) to fifteen (15) adult passengers, and on a prepaid subscription basis.

(Ord. No. 510, § 2, 2-15-93)

Variance shall mean a modification of a literal provision of this chapter, granted by an administrative or quasi-judicial act in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Vehicle shall mean an automobile, motorcycle, vehicle driven by the handicapped, motorhome and any other power-operated equipment/machine customarily used for transportation and or recreation.

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91)

Vehicle, operative, shall mean a vehicle legally operational for the road.

(Ord. No. 475, § 2, 2-4-91)

View is a scene, not located within the immediate area, such as, but not limited to, the ocean, Los Angeles Basin, city lights, harbor, shoreline, off-shore islands, valley, ravine, equestrian trails or pastoral environment. "View" does not include developable vacant land.

(Ord. No. 412, § III, 5-18-87)

Yard shall mean an open space on a lot or parcel of land, other than a court, unoccupied and unobstructed by a building from the ground upward.

Yard, front, shall mean a landscaped yard extending across the full front width of the lot or parcel of land. The depth of a required front yard shall be a specified horizontal distance between the front lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land.

(Ord. No. 440, § 6, 4-17-89; Ord. No. 852, § 4(A), 5-16-23)

Yard, rear, shall mean a yard extending across the full width of the lot or parcel of land to the rear of the main structure. The depth of a required rear yard shall be a specified horizontal distance between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land.

Yard, side, shall mean a yard extending from the required front yard, or the front lot line where no front yard is required, to the rear of the main structure or to the rear lot line where no rear yard is required. The width of the required side yard shall be specified horizontal distance between each side lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land. Where a side yard is bounded by a street or highway, the width of such required side yard shall be a specified horizontal distance between the side lot line on the street or highway side, where said side lot line is coterminous with the street line of a fully widened street or highway, or the ultimate street line of a partially widened street or highway, and a line parallel thereto on the lot or parcel of land.