Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall be used in the interpretation and construction of the ordinance, and words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number shall include the plural, and the singular; the word "building" shall include the word "structure," the word "used" shall include arranged, designed, constructed, altered, converted, rented, leased, or intended to be used, and the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Accessory dwelling unit (ADU). An attached, detached, multi-family interior or single-family interior residential dwelling unit that provides complete, independent living facilities for one (1) or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation on the same parcel as the existing or proposed single-family dwelling or existing multi-family dwelling. "Accessory structures" are separately defined in this chapter. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following:

a.

An efficiency unit, as defined in Section 17958.1 of the Health and Safety Code.

b.

A manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code.

Accessory retail uses. The retail sales of various products (including food) in a store or similar facility that is located within and an incidental part of a health-care, hotel, office or industrial complex for the purpose of serving employees or customers and is not visible from public streets. These uses include pharmacies, gift shops and food service establishments within hospitals; convenience stores; and food-service establishments within hotel, office and industrial complexes.

Accessory structure, open. An accessory structure with no building walls or features that effectively enclose space that may contain a roof, such as trellises or arbors.

Accessory use or structure. A use or structure subordinate to the principal use of a building on the same lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building, including disaster storage containers when in conformance with the City of Mountain View Disaster Container Guidelines.

Adult entertainment establishment. Any facility or place of business primarily intended for the conduct, operation or transaction of activities intended for adult entertainment involving sexual matters, such as, but not limited to, any adult bookstore, adult motion picture theater, adult cabaret or adult theater or any business at which videos of adult movies or films are sold or rented constitute over twenty (20) percent of the titles offered or over twenty (20) percent of actual display area of the store whichever is greater, regardless of whether any other use is also conducted on the premises. For the purposes of this chapter, the definitions of "adult entertainment enterprise," "adult bookstore," "adult motion picture theater," "adult cabaret" and "adult theater" contained in Sec. 26.52 shall govern.

Agent of owner. Any person who can show written authority that he/she is acting for the property owner.

Agriculture. The principal use of the land for farming, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, apiaries and animal husbandry, and the necessary accessory uses for storing produce; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory use shall be incidental to that of normal agricultural activities and, provided further, that the above uses shall not include the commercial feeding of garbage or offal to swine or other animals.

Alley or lane. A public or private way not more than thirty (30) feet wide affording only secondary means of access to abutting property.

Animal service establishment. Any commercial business providing services and care to animals, including, but not limited to, pet day care, pet hotel, kennel, veterinary clinic, animal hospital, and pet grooming. Does not include retail pet stores (see "retail stores, general merchandise") and exempts private animal kennels in accordance with Chapter 5 of the City Code.

Antennas, communications facilities. Public, commercial and private electromagnetic and photoelectrical transmission, broadcast, repeater and receiving stations for radio, television, telegraph, telephone, cellular telephone and data network communications, including commercial earth stations for satellite-based communications. Includes antennas, towers, commercial satellite dish antennas and equipment buildings. Does not include:

a.

Home television and radio receiving antennas, including noncommercial satellite dish antennas for home use, which are included under "residential accessory uses."

b.

Telephone, telegraph and cable television transmission facilities utilizing hard-wired or direct cable connections with no wireless component(s), which are included under "pipelines and utility lines."

Apartment. A dwelling unit in a multi-family building.

Auto, mobile home, vehicle and parts sales. Retail establishments selling and/or renting new and used automobiles, boats, vans, campers, trucks, mobile homes, recreational and utility trailers, motorized farm equipment, motorcycles, golf carts, snowmobile and jet skis (except bicycles and mopeds, which are included under "retail stores, general merchandise"). Also includes stores selling new automobile parts, tires and accessories (does not include tire recapping establishments, which are found under "repair and maintenance—vehicle"), as well as businesses dealing in used automobiles exclusively. May include an open lot for display of vehicles only. Does not include businesses dealing exclusively in used parts, which are included under "recycling—scrap and dismantling yards." Includes repair shops only when part of a dealership selling new vehicles on the same site. Does not include "service stations," which are separately defined.

Automatic teller machine (ATM). A machine used by bank and financial service patrons for conducting transactions, including deposits, withdrawals and fund transfers, without contact with financial institution personnel. The machines may be located at or within banks, or in other locations, in compliance with this chapter.

Automobile repair, major. All repair and servicing or maintenance work not provided for under "automotive repair, minor," including, but not limited to, general repair, rebuilding or reconditioning of: (a) major vehicle components, such as engines, transmissions and differentials; (b) nonpassenger vehicles, motor homes or trailers and trucks exceeding one and one-half (1½) ton capacity; or (c) body frame or fender components, including collision services, upholstery or painting or operations, including an open flame or welding.

Automobile repair, minor. The general servicing and maintenance of passenger cars and trucks not exceeding one and one-half (1½) ton capacity. Such servicing may include, but is not limited to: (a) engine computer diagnosis and the repair or replacement of parts and gaskets external to the basic block, such as intake and exhaust manifolds, carburetors and water pumps; (b) the repair or replacement of worn or defective brake parts, clutch parts, mufflers, exhaust system parts, wheel bearings, shock absorbers, tires, batteries, spark plugs, air conditioning, electrical system and other accessible minor parts; and (c) maintenance work such as the changing or supplementing of vehicle fluids and the adjustment of mechanical components while on the vehicle. "Automotive repair, minor" shall not include any of the activities listed as "automotive repair, major."

Automobile wrecking. The dismantling or disassembling of motor vehicles or trailers; or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles, or their parts.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 3.17, § 6, 4/25/17; Ord. No. 20.19, § 12, 12/10/19; Ord. No. 11.20, § 19, 11/10/20.)

Banks and financial services. Financial institutions, including banks and trust companies; lending and thrift institutions, credit agencies; brokers and dealers in securities and commodity contracts; security and commodity exchanges; holding (but not predominantly operating) companies; and other investment companies; vehicle finance (equity) leasing agencies. See also "Automatic teller machine."

Bars and drinking places. A building or tenant space within a building where alcoholic beverages are sold for on-site consumption, which is not part of a larger restaurant. Includes bars, taverns, pubs and similar establishments where any food service is subordinate to the sale of alcohol. May include entertainment such as live music and/or dancing if specifically permitted.

Boarding or lodging house. A dwelling or part thereof, other than a hotel or motel, where lodging with or without meals is provided for compensation for three (3) or more persons; or a dwelling unit accommodating six (6) or more unrelated persons living together as a housekeeping unit.

Boat yard. A place where boats are constructed, dismantled, stored, serviced or repaired, including maintenance work thereon.

Building. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, used or intended to be used for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property.

Building lot. A lot occupied or intended to be occupied by a principal building or group of such buildings and accessory buildings, together with such open spaces as are required by this chapter, and having a required frontage on a street; or a planned unit development approved by the zoning administrator under the provisions of Section 36.46.70 of this chapter.

Building, main or principal. A building in which is conducted the principal use of the building site on which it is situated.

Building material stores. Primarily indoor retail establishments selling lumber and other large building materials and also including paint, wallpaper, glass, fixtures, nursery stock, lawn and garden supplies (which may also be sold in hardware stores, included under the definition of "Retail stores, general merchandise"). Includes all such stores selling to the general public, even if contractor sales account for a larger proportion of total sales. Includes incidental retail ready-mix concrete operations, except where excluded by a specific zoning district. Establishments primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating, air-conditioning equipment and supplies to contractors or to other wholesalers are classified in "Wholesaling and distribution."

Business support services. Establishments primarily within buildings providing other businesses with services, including maintenance, repair and service, testing, rental, etc., also includes:

Business equipment repair services (except vehicle repair, see "Repair and maintenance—vehicle").

Commercial art and design (production).

Computer-related services (rental, repair).

Copying, quick printing and blueprinting services.

Equipment rental businesses within buildings (rental yards are "Storage yards and sales lots").

Film processing laboratories.

Heavy equipment repair services where repair occurs on the client site.

Janitorial services.

Mail advertising services (reproduction and shipping).

Other "heavy service" business services.

Outdoor advertising services.

Photocopying.

Photo finishing.

Protective services (other than office-related).

Soils and materials testing laboratories.

Window cleaning.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Camp car. A vehicle with or without motive power that is designed or used for human habitation.

Camper. A structure intended for human habitation that is designed to be carried in the cargo space of a separate motor vehicle when in use.

Cannabis. 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" also means cannabis as defined by Business and Professions Code Section 26001, Subdivision (f), Health and Safety Code Section 11018, and by other state law.

Cannabis business. The activity of any natural or legal person, business or collective in the city relating to cannabis, including, but not limited to, transportation, distribution, manufacture, compounding, conversion, processing, preparation, testing, storage, packaging, delivery and sales (including both wholesale and retail sales) of cannabis, cannabis products, or any accessories for the use of cannabis or cannabis products, whether or not carried on for gain or profit, whether for medical or recreational use, and whether or not such business is licensed by the state. A cannabis business does not include any business the only relationship of which to cannabis or cannabis products is the production or sale of cannabis accessories.

Cannabis business, delivery. The transfer for any form of compensation of cannabis or cannabis products to a customer or caregiver at a location that is not a cannabis business.

Cannabis business, nonstorefront retail. A cannabis business that closed to the public and conducts sales exclusively by delivery. Also referred to as "nonstorefront retail" or "nonstorefront retail cannabis business."

Cannabis business, owner. An owner is any person having more than a ten (10) percent interest, legal or equitable, or otherwise, in a cannabis business.

Cannabis business, premises. Each building, or the portion of any building, where the cannabis business is located, including any site.

Cannabis business, storefront retail. A cannabis business that is open to the public to sell cannabis and cannabis products directly to customers. The primary use of the storefront retail business is to sell products directly to on-site customers. Sales may also be conducted by delivery. Also referred to as "storefront retail" or "storefront retail cannabis business."

Cannabis business, transport. All activity involved in the movement of cannabis from one (1) location to another, including, but not limited to, loading, shipping and receiving. Transport does not include delivery to a qualified patient, caregiver or individual cannabis user age twenty-one (21) or older.

Cannabis business, qualified cannabis business list. A list of cannabis business applications eligible to submit planning applications at the discretion of the zoning administrator and pursuant to Sec. 36.30.85. Applications are placed on the list in the order chosen by the cannabis business application selection lottery. The list shall be maintained by the zoning administrator and effective until such time as the maximum number of cannabis businesses permitted by subsection 36.30.55.b. has received occupancy in the application period determined by the zoning administrator.

Cemeteries, columbariums and mortuaries. Internment establishments engaged in subdividing property into cemetery lots and offering burial plots or air space for sale. Includes animal cemeteries; cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium and columbarium operations; and full-service funeral parlors, whether accessory to or separate from a cemetery or columbarium.

Child-care centers. A commercial or nonprofit facility that provides care and supervision of minor children for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours. This includes infant centers, preschools, sick-child centers and school-age child-care facilities but does not include small- and large-family child-care homes. Child-care centers may be operated in conjunction with a school or church facility or as an independent land use.

Child-care facilities. A facility that provides care and supervision of minor children for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours. Child-care facilities include small-family child-care homes, large-family child-care homes and child-care centers. Child-care facilities are required to be licensed by the California State Department of Social Services.

a.

Small-family child-care home. A child-care facility located in a residence where an occupant of the residence provides care and supervision for up to eight (8) children for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours per day. Children under the age of ten (10) years who reside at the residence are counted in the eight (8) children maximum for small-family child-care homes.

b.

Large-family child-care home. A child-care facility located in a residence where an occupant of the residence provides care and supervision of seven (7) to fourteen (14) children for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours. Children under the age of ten (10) years who reside in the residence are included in the number of children served by the large-family child-care home.

Churches. Religious organization facilities operated for worship or promotion of religious activities, including churches and religious Sunday-type schools; and accessory uses on the same site, such as living quarters for ministers and staff, and child day-care facilities where authorized by the same type of land use permit required for the church itself. Other establishments maintained by religious organizations, such as full-time educational institutions, hospitals and other potentially related operations (such as a recreational camp), are classified according to their respective activities.

City council. The city council of the City of Mountain View, California.

Commercial coach. A vehicle, other than motor vehicle, designed or used for human habitation, or human occupancy for industrial, professional or commercial purposes, for carrying persons and property on its own structure, and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.

Commission or planning commission. The environmental planning commission of the City of Mountain View, California.

Community center. Multi-purpose meeting, banquet and recreational facilities typically consisting of one (1) or more meeting or multi-purpose rooms, kitchen and/or outdoor barbecue facilities, that are available for use by various groups for such activities as meetings, parties, receptions, dances, etc.

Community development director. The director of the community development department of the City of Mountain View.

Community service organization. Any organization, group, society, corporation, institution or other entity, organized solely for religious, charitable, educational, scientific or literary purposes, no part of the net earning of which benefits any private stockholder or individual.

Construction contractors (contractors yard). Storage yard operated by, or on behalf of, a contractor licensed by the State of California for storage of large equipment, vehicles or other materials commonly used in the individual contractor's type of business; storage of scrap materials used for repair and maintenance of contractor's own equipment; and buildings or structures for uses such as offices and repair facilities.

Convalescent hospital. See "Medical services—Extended care."

Cottage food operation. An operation as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 113758, and as may be amended, which maintains a valid business license with the City of Mountain View and is registered and/or permitted by the County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health.

Court. An open unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building or group of buildings.

Crop and tree farming. The use of land for horticultural uses.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 9.16, § 3, 6/14/16; Ord. No. 3.17, § 7, 4/25/17; Ord. No. 9.18, § 7, 10/23/18; Ord. No. 7.20, § 10, 6/23/20.)

Density bonus. In accordance with State Density Bonus Law, an allowance to exceed the maximum allowable residential density on a property in exchange for providing affordable units for households with a specific income level or for seniors.

Disaster storage container. An independent self-contained storage container for the sole purpose of storing disaster supplies, such as water, food, blankets, cots and emergency medical and rescue supplies, inspected and regulated by the City of Mountain View fire department.

District. A portion of the territory of the City of Mountain View within which certain uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations thereof apply under the provisions of this chapter. Also known as a "zoning district."

a.

Where certain uses are required to be a specified distance from "any R district" as provided in this chapter, the term "any R district" shall include any R1, R2, R3, R4 or RMH district, or any A district, P district or portion thereof designated for future residential uses in the Mountain View general plan.

b.

The term "any C district" shall include any CN, CS, CO or CRA district.

c.

The term "any M district" shall include any ML or MM district.

Drive-in and drive-through sales. Facilities where food or other products may be purchased by motorists without leaving their vehicles. Such facilities include fast-food restaurants, drive-through dairies, etc.

Drive-in and drive-through services. Facilities where services may be obtained by motorists without leaving their vehicles. Such facilities include drive-up teller windows in banks, etc. Does not include: automatic teller machines (ATMs) or service stations, which are separately defined, or car washes, which are included in the definition of "Repair and maintenance—vehicle."

Dual urban opportunity development. Two (2) primary dwelling units, which may be attached or detached, on an R1-zoned lot.

Dual urban opportunity housing site. An R1-zoned lot which contains up to two (2) primary dwelling units and/or was created through an urban lot split.

Duplex. A detached structure under single ownership containing two (2) dwellings.

Dwelling group. A group of three (3) or more detached dwellings having any yard or court in common.

Dwelling or dwelling unit. A room or group of internally connected rooms that have sleeping, cooking, eating and sanitation facilities, but not more than one (1) kitchen, which constitutes an independent housekeeping unit, occupied by or intended for one (1) household on a long-term basis. Types of dwellings include single-family dwellings, duplexes, multiple-family dwellings, mobile homes, townhouses and rowhouses, all of which are separately defined.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 4.22, § 28, 4/12/22.)

Efficiency studio. An efficiency studio is a commercial facility where individual secure rooms with a minimum size of one hundred fifty (150) square feet and a maximum size, excluding the manager's unit, of four hundred (400) square feet are rented to a one (1) or two (2) person household for a weekly or monthly period of time. Efficiency studio developments are characterized by having a single point of ingress for tenants which is staffed twenty-four (24) hours a day. No external entryways to individual units are allowed.

Emergency housing or shelter. A facility or use, which provides temporary housing (six (6) months or less) for homeless individuals or families. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of inability to pay.

Employee housing. As defined in Health and Safety Code Section 17008, employee housing means any portion of any housing accommodation or property upon which a housing accommodation is located, if all of the following factors exist:

a.

The accommodations consist of any living quarters, dwelling, boardinghouse, tent, bunkhouse, maintenance-of-way car, mobile home, manufactured home, recreational vehicle, travel trailer or other housing accommodations maintained in one (1) or more buildings or one (1) or more sites and the premises upon which they are situated or the area set aside and provided for parking of mobile homes or camping of five (5) or more employees by the employee.

b.

The accommodations are maintained in connection with any work or place where work is being performed, whether or not rent is involved.

c.

Additionally, employee housing that serves six (6) or fewer employees shall be deemed a single-family structure with a residential land use designation and is not included in the definition of a boarding housing, rooming house, hotel, dormitory or other similar term that implies that the employee housing is a business run for profit or differs in any other way from a family dwelling within residential zones; or any employee housing consisting of no more than thirty-six (36) beds in a group quarters or twelve (12) units or spaces designed for use by a single-family or household within agricultural zones subject to the provisions of Government Code Section 17021.

Extremely hazardous materials. Materials that are extremely toxic and listed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Chapter I, Subchapter J, Part 355, "Emergency Planning and Notification," Appendix A (as referenced in California Health and Safety Code, Division 20, Chapter 6.95, Article 2, § 25532), and that exceed the following thresholds for the total quantity of materials within the facility for any of the following extremely hazardous materials:

a.

Extremely hazardous gases or liquids that act as a gas upon release at normal temperature and pressure (70°F and 760 mm Hg) as specified in the City of Mountain View toxic gas ordinance, Chapter 24, Mountain View City Code;

b.

Extremely hazardous liquids (not included in the previous definition) that are at or above the threshold planning quantity (TPQ) as described in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 355, Appendix A, for any single extremely hazardous material; and

c.

Extremely hazardous solids that are at or above the TPQ as described in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 355, Appendix A. When two (2) TPQs are listed, the lower TPQ applies to solids in powder form (particle size less than one hundred (100) microns, or handled/stored in solution or molten form, or meets the NEPA criteria of 2, 3 or 4 reactivity).

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 01.2024, § 43, 1/23/24.)

Filling station or automobile service station. A building or lot having pumps and storage tanks where fuels, oils or accessories for motor vehicles are dispensed, sold or offered for sale at retail only, repair service is incidental and no storage or parking space is offered for rent.

Flag lot. An interior lot which is located behind another lot and which has access to a public street by means of a narrow driveway or flag "pole," which is a part of the flag lot.

Floor area ratio (FAR). The ratio of gross floor area to lot area.

Food products (land use). Manufacturing establishments producing or processing foods and beverages for human consumption and certain related products. Includes:

a.

Bakery products, sugar and confectionery products (except facilities that produce baked goods only for on-site sales with no wider distribution which are included under "Retail stores, general merchandise");

b.

Beverage and liquor production (except in wineries, which are included under "Ag processing"; and beer brewing as part of a brew pub, bar or restaurant, which are included under "Bars");

c.

The bottling, canning, preserving and related processing of products for human consumption, but not including animal slaughtering or rendering; and

d.

Miscellaneous food preparation from raw products, including catering services that are independent from food stores or restaurants.

(Operations on crops after harvest are included under "Agricultural processing uses.")

Frontage, building or occupancy. The length of that portion of a building or ground-floor occupancy which abuts a street, publicly used parking area or mall appurtenant to said building or occupancy expressed in lineal feet and fractions thereof.

Frontage, lot. The length of that portion of a lot which abuts a street expressed in lineal feet and fraction thereof.

Fuel and ice dealers. Retail trade establishments primarily engaged in the sale to consumers of ice, bottled water, fuel oil, butane, propane and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), bottled or in bulk, as a principal use.

Furniture and fixtures. Manufacturers producing: wood and metal household furniture and appliances; bedsprings and mattresses; all types of office furniture and public building furniture and partitions, shelving, lockers and store furniture; and miscellaneous drapery hardware, window blinds and shades. Includes wood and cabinet shops, but not sawmills or planing mills, which are instead included under "Lumber and wood products."

Furniture, furnishings and home equipment stores. Stores primarily selling: home furnishings such as furniture, floor coverings, draperies, glass and chinaware, stoves, refrigerators, other household electrical and gas appliances, including televisions and home sound systems; and outdoor furniture, such as lawn furniture, movable spas and hot tubs. Also includes the retail sale of office furniture and large musical instruments.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Garage or carport. A permanently constructed building available for the parking of a motor vehicle, with covered roof, having inside dimensions not less than nine (9) feet wide and twenty (20) feet long with necessary paved area for access.

General plan (Mountain View). The general plan for the City of Mountain View, California, as amended, prepared in accordance with California Government Code Article 6 (Preparation, adoption and amendment of the general plan).

General plan mixed-use village center. A mixed-use development type with residential and neighborhood commercial uses to serve the surrounding neighborhood. This development type is primarily for areas identified in the general plan village center strategy as a mixed-use village center and where residential uses are not otherwise allowed.

Grade. The lowest point of the elevation of the finished surface of the ground between the exterior wall of a building and a point five (5) feet distant from said wall.

Gross floor area. The floor area enclosed within the walls of a building and measured from the outside perimeter of said walls, expressed in square feet and fractions thereof.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 1.2023, § 6, 2/14/23.)

Habitable trailer. A generic term for any of those vehicles for human habitation which are designed to be mobile but which do not contain their own motive power. See definitions for "Camp car" and "Mobile home."

Height of building, nonresidential. The vertical distance from the elevation of the top of the existing or planned curb along the front property line to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the top of the slope of a mansard roof or the mean height level between the eaves and ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs.

Height of building, residential. The vertical distance from the elevation of the top of the existing or planned curb along the front property line to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the top of the slope of a mansard roof or the ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs, excluding chimneys or vents.

Height of wall, nonresidential. The vertical distance from the grade along a given wall to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the top of the slope of a mansard roof or to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roof.

Height of wall (or wall plate), residential. The vertical distance from the grade along a given wall to the top of the wall plate.

Highly sensitive uses. A facility that is principally intended to be occupied by more than twelve (12) children under the age of thirteen (13) years, or more than six (6) nonambulatory, physically disabled or mentally impaired senior citizens, and other similar facilities with populations which would be difficult to evacuate in the event of an unauthorized release or discharge of an extremely hazardous material and who are physiologically more sensitive to exposure to toxic materials than the general population.

Home occupation. A use conducted entirely within a building, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and which complies with the conditions of Section 36.28.75.

Homeless. As defined in 42 U.S.C. 11302.

Hospital. See "Medical services—hospitals."

Hotels and motels. Guest rooms or suites, provided with or without meals or kitchen facilities, rented to the general public for overnight or other temporary lodging (less than thirty (30) days). Hotels provide access to most guest rooms from an interior walkway. Motels provide access to most guest rooms from an exterior walkway. Also includes accessory guest facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, indoor athletic facilities, accessory retail uses, restaurants and meetings rooms, etc.

Hydrogen fueling station. The equipment used to store and dispense hydrogen fuel to vehicles according to industry codes and standards that is open to the public for use.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 16.19, § 2, 10/22/19; Ord. No. 01.2024, § 44, 1/23/24.)

Illumination, indirect. Illumination from sources concealed behind opaque surfaces, including, but not limited to, concealed floodlighting, remote source lighting, recessed cove lighting and reverse pan channel sign letters.

Illumination, interior. Illumination from behind a translucent surface.

Illumination, light source. Illumination from visible light sources, including, but not limited to, exposed neon tubing or exposed incandescent or fluorescent lamps.

Indoor recreation and fitness centers. Primarily indoor establishments providing amusement, entertainment or physical fitness services for a fee or admission charge, including: arcades containing coin-operated amusements and/or electronic games (five (5) or more such games or coin-operated amusements in any establishment are considered an arcade as defined herein; four (4) or less are not considered a land use separate from the primary use of the site); card rooms; bowling alleys; ice skating and roller skating; dance halls, clubs and ballrooms that are principal uses rather than being subordinate to a bar or restaurant; fitness centers, gymnasiums, health and athletic clubs, including indoor sauna, spa or hot tub facilities; indoor tennis, handball, racquetball, archery and shooting ranges; and other indoor sports activities. Does not include billiard rooms, which are separately defined (see "Pool or billiard room").

Intersection, controlled. Those intersections where movements in the right-of-way are controlled by traffic control devices, such as, but not limited to, a traffic signal, a stop sign, and a yield sign.

Intersection, uncontrolled. Those intersections without any traffic control devices to control movements in the right-of-way.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Junior accessory dwelling unit. A unit that is no more than five hundred (500) square feet in size, includes an efficiency kitchen, which includes a cooking facility with appliances and a food preparation counter and storage cabinets, is contained entirely within the walls of a single-family dwelling and may include separate sanitation facilities or may share sanitation facilities with the single-family dwelling.

Junkyard. A place where waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, including auto wrecking yards, house wrecking yards, used lumber yards and places or yards for storage of salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment; but not including such places where such uses are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building, and not including pawn shops and establishments for the sale, purchase or storage of used furniture and household equipment, used cars in operative condition or salvaged materials incidental to manufacturing operations.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 11.20, § 20, 11/10/20.)

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Laundries and dry cleaning plants. Service establishments primarily engaged in high-volume laundry (serving multiple locations) and garment services, including: power laundries (family and commercial); garment pressing and dry cleaning; linen supply; diaper service; industrial laundries; and carpet and upholstery cleaners. Does not include coin-operated laundries or dry cleaners (which includes self-contained facilities with dry-cleaning equipment serving the specific location only) which are classified in "personal services."

Lot. A parcel of land used or capable of being used under the regulations of this Chapter, lawfully created as such in accordance with the subdivision laws or ordinances in effect at the time of its creation.

Lot area. The computed area contained within the lot lines, said area to be exclusive of street rights-of-way, but including portions held in fee title in the same ownership which may have easements for such purposes as utilities or flood-control channels. The area of new public streets dedicated as part of a project shall be included in the calculation of lot area as part of a planned unit development or planned community or as determined by the subdivision committee or city council.

Lot, corner. A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection, or upon two (2) parts of the same street, such streets or parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees within the lot lines.

Lot, coverage. That percentage of the total lot area covered by structures as herein defined.

Lot, depth. The mean horizontal distance between the front and the rear lot lines.

Lot, key. A lot to the rear of a corner lot, the front of which is substantially a continuation of the side property line of the corner lot.

Lot line, front. The front lot line on a corner lot shall be the line with the shortest frontage unless, at the time of development, the longer frontage is designated by the owner to be the front. When a lot runs through from one (1) street to another, both lot lines shall be construed to be front lot lines, and the lot may have no rear lot line.

Lot lines. The property lines bounding the lot.

Lot width. The mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured within the lot boundaries or the mean distance between the side lot lines within the buildable area.

Lottery. A procedure in which an object is used to randomly select applications in the cannabis screening application process. All eligible applications shall be represented by equivalent tokens. The zoning administrator shall select tokens at random until all tokens have been selected.

Low-barrier navigation center. A housing-first, low-barrier, temporary, service-enriched shelter focused on helping homeless individuals and families to quickly obtain permanent housing by providing temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter and housing. "Low barrier" means best practices to reduce barriers to entry and may include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) the presence of partners if it is not a population-specific site, such as for survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault, women or youth; (2) pets; (3) the storage of personal possessions; and (4) privacy, such as partitions around beds in a dormitory setting or in larger rooms containing more than two (2) beds or private rooms.

Low-income and very low-income household. "Low-income" means any household whose income is fifty (50) to eighty (80) percent of the median household income for Santa Clara County and as adjusted for family size. "Very low-income" means any household whose income is less than fifty (50) percent of the median income for the Santa Clara County and as adjusted for family size. Housing affordable to low-income and very low-income persons is where the total monthly housing cost does not exceed thirty (30) percent of the gross household income.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 9.18, § 7, 10/23/18; Ord. No. 01.2024, § 45, 1/23/24.)

Medical offices. See "Medical services—clinics and laboratories."

Medical services. Any services where medical assistance, care and support are provided to an individual to diagnose, maintain, treat or improve health. These services can include, but are not limited to, massage therapy, acupuncturist, dental services, psychiatric services, chiropractic care, counselor/psychotherapy, diagnostic services and skilled nursing facilities.

Medical services—clinics and laboratories. Facilities primarily engaged in furnishing outpatient medical, mental health, surgical and other personal health services. Such facilities include: medical, dental and psychiatric offices (counseling services by other than medical doctors or psychiatrists are included under "offices"); medical and dental laboratories; outpatient care facilities; and allied health services. Associations or groups primarily engaged in providing medical or other health services to members are included. Small-scale clinics include no more than two (2) separate health-care businesses (i.e., two (2) separate doctors' offices not sharing reception/waiting facilities). Large-scale clinics include three (3) or more health-care businesses and may also include accessory retail pharmacies.

Medical services—extended care. Residential facilities providing nursing and health-related care as a principal use with inpatient beds, such as: skilled nursing facilities (facilities allowing care for physically or mentally disabled persons where care is less than that provided by an acute care facility); extended care facilities; convalescent and rest homes; and board and care homes. Long-term personal care facilities that do not emphasize medical treatment are classified in "Residential care homes."

Medical services—hospitals. Hospitals and similar establishments primarily engaged in providing diagnostic services, extensive medical treatment, including surgical and other hospital services; such establishments have an organized medical staff, inpatient beds and equipment and facilities to provide complete health care. May include accessory retail uses (see the separate definition of "Accessory retail uses") and emergency heliports.

Meeting halls. Facilities that may be rented for public assembly.

Membership organization facilities and meeting halls. Permanent, headquarters-type and meeting facilities for organizations operating on a membership basis for the promotion of the interests of the members, including facilities for: business associations; professional membership organizations; labor unions and similar organizations; civic, social and fraternal organizations (not including lodging); political organizations; country clubs (golf courses treated as a separate land use); and other membership organizations.

Microenterprise home kitchen operations. A food facility that is operated by a resident in a private home where food is stored, handled and prepared for, and may be served to, consumers consistent with this Chapter, and that: (a) meets the requirements of Health and Safety Code Section 113825, as may be amended; (b) maintains a valid business license with the City of Mountain View; and (c) is registered and/or permitted by the County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health.

Mixed-use development. The development of a site or structure with two (2) or more different land uses, including a combination of residential, office, retail, public, manufacturing or entertainment in a single or physically integrated group of structures.

Mobile home. A vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, designed or used for human habitation, for carrying persons and property on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.

Mobile home lot. A prepared plot of land within a mobile home park used or designed to be occupied by one (1) and only one (1) mobile home and its accessory structures.

Mobile home park. Any place, area or tract of land upon which one (1) or more trailers are used for human habitation for either sleeping or living, irrespective of whether or not rent is charged for such accommodation.

Mobile food vendor. As defined in city code Section 15.12, any mobile vendor who sells or offers for sale food, and includes any person who engages in such operations as an agent or employee of a food vendor.

Mobile vendor. As defined in city code Section 15.12, any person who, on or along any street or sidewalk, or operating any vehicle or other mobile unit on private property, sells or offers for sale any goods, wares, merchandise, services, food or other things of value from a cart, stand or other structure, from their person, or from a vehicle or other mobile unit, and includes the person who engages in such vending operations as an agent or employee. Does not include outdoor retail sales of adjacent businesses.

Mobile vending, special event. As defined in city code Section 15.12, any event or location, other than on a street or sidewalk, on any individual (or contiguous) property(ies) at which four (4) or more mobile vendors are operating at the same time, or total mobile vending operations on any individual (or contiguous) property(ies) exceeds four (4) hours within a twenty-four (24) hour period.

Motel, including hotel and motor hotel. A building or group of buildings comprising individual sleeping or living units for the accommodation of transient guests for compensation.

Multiple-family development. Multiple-family development includes a building, a group of buildings or a portion of a building used and/or designed as dwellings for three (3) or more families living independently of each other. Includes: triplexes and fourplexes (buildings under one (1) ownership with three (3) or four (4) dwelling units in the same building) and apartments (five (5) or more units under one (1) ownership in a single building); senior-citizen multiple-family housing; and common-ownership, attached-unit projects, such as condominiums. Duplexes and townhouses are separately defined and treated as different land uses by this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 01.2024, § 46, 1/23/24.)

Nonconforming structure. Any building or structure or part thereof lawfully existing at the time of adoption of this chapter which is manifestly designed or arranged for a nonconforming use or any building, structure or part thereof which does not conform to the property development standards, including building height, yards, distances between buildings, density, parking, lot coverage, open green area, signs or other similar regulations of the district in which it is located.

Nonconforming use. The use of any land or structure lawfully existing at the time of adoption of this chapter, or any amendment thereto, which does not conform with the use regulations of the district in which it is located on the effective date of such use regulations.

Nursing home. Any institution, place, building or agency which maintains and operates organized facilities for one (1) or more persons, but not more than nineteen (19) persons, for the care and treatment of human illness, including convalescence and care for the aged, or which maintains and operates organized facilities for any such purpose, and to which persons may be admitted for overnight stay or longer.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Occupancy. That portion of a building occupied by one (1) tenant.

Offices. A facility used for business or personal services involving information processing, clerical work, consulting and record-keeping rather than sale or manufacturing of goods. The term "office" shall include, but not be limited to, general business offices and personal service offices such as tax preparation offices and real estate office, but does not include banks and other financial offices, medical, dental or related health-care services, administrative offices or research and development uses (see definition "research and development").

Offices, administrative and executive. Offices and service facilities performing headquarters, regional or other organizations management and administrative services for firms and institutions.

Offices, research and development. A specific type of office use devoted to scientific and engineering research and the design, development and testing of new technology and products; usually includes some laboratory space or other small-scale manufacturing operations. This definition includes software and Internet companies and other similar uses.

One and one-half (1½) story residential structure. A residential structure where a top second floor is housed within a gable or hip roof structure, with a maximum vertical distance of twenty (20) feet from sidewalk grade to the highest ridge line of the roof.

Open area. The land area within a developed site that is not covered by buildings, paving dedicated to auto use, or garbage and refuse facilities. Open area is intended for active and passive recreational use and to provide access to the natural environment. Landscaping is the primary and preferred use of open area, but it may also include hard surfaces such as patios, decks, balconies, walkways, game courts, bicycle parking areas, swimming pools and associated structures that are not fully enclosed that are consistent with these purposes.

Open automobile dedicated area. That land reserved for the ingress, egress or parking of motor vehicles on any parcel. This does not include the land considered as aggregate floor area.

Outdoor commercial recreation. Facilities for various outdoor participant sports and types of recreation where a fee is charged for use, including: amusement, theme and kiddie parks; drive-in theaters; golf driving ranges independent from golf courses; miniature golf courses (golf courses are considered a separate land use); skateboard parks and water slides; go-cart and miniature auto race tracks; recreation equipment rental (e.g., nonhighway motor vehicles, roller skates); health and athletic clubs with predominantly outdoor facilities; tennis courts, swim and tennis clubs; and zoos. May also include commercial facilities customarily associated with the above outdoor commercial recreational uses, including, but not limited to, bars and restaurants, fast-food restaurants, video game arcades, etc.

Outdoor retail sales and activities. Permanent outdoor sales and rental establishments, including autos, other vehicles and equipment, and other uses where the business is not conducted entirely within a structure.

Outdoor retail sales, temporary. Temporary outdoor retail operations, including: farmer's markets; seasonal sales of Christmas trees, pumpkins or other seasonal items; semiannual sales of art or handcrafted items in conjunction with community festivals or art shows; sidewalk or parking lot sales; and retail sales of various products from individual vehicles in temporary locations outside the public right-of-way. Mobile vendors operating within the public right-of-way are subject to the provisions of Article II of Chapter 15 of the City Code. Outdoor patios operating within the public right-of-way are subject to the provisions of Section 27.17 of Article I of Chapter 27 of the City Code.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 20.19, § 13, 12/10/19; Ord. No. 7.2023, § 4, 5/23/23.)

Parking area, public. An open area, other than a street or other public way, used for the parking of automobiles and available to the public whether for a fee, free or as an accommodation for clients or customers.

Parking space. A permanently surfaced and marked area not less than eight and one-half (8½) feet wide and twenty (20) feet long, excluding paved area necessary for access, for the parking of a motor vehicle.

Personal services. Establishments providing nonmedically related services, including beauty and barber shops; shoe repair shops; tanning salons; Laundromats (self-service laundries); dry cleaners (includes self-contained facilities with dry-cleaning equipment serving the specific location only); clothing rental; and psychic readers. These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided.

Personal storage facilities. A facility consisting of a building or group of buildings that contains generally small, individual, compartmentalized stalls or lockers designed and constructed for the purpose of being rented as individual storage spaces and characterized by low parking demand.

Pipelines and utility lines. Transportation facilities for the conveyance of: crude petroleum; refined petroleum products such as gasoline and fuel oils; natural gas; mixed, manufactured or liquefied petroleum gas; or the pipeline transmission of other commodities. Also includes pipeline surface and terminal facilities, including pump stations, bulk stations, surge and storage tanks. Power transmission includes facilities for the transmission of electrical energy for sale, including transmission lines for a public utility company. Also includes telephone, telegraph, cable television and other communications transmission facilities utilizing direct physical conduits. Does not include offices or service centers (classified under "Offices"), distribution substations (classified under "Public utility facilities").

Planned unit development permit. A discretionary land use permit issued after a process for reviewing a project containing nontraditional or unique site plan design and interrelated structures, amenities, open space or access, on a shared common lot(s) with individual units fronting a common area or driveway or street, reviewed by the zoning administrator in compliance with Section 36.46.70, Planned unit development permits. This process affords maximum flexibility and diversity in site planning, structure height and location while protecting the basic integrity and character of the zoning district designation on the property. The planned unit development process cannot be used to approve a project that exceeds the maximum density for the zone district.

Pool or billiard room. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "pool or billiard room" shall have the same definition as set forth in Chapter 26, Article II of the Mountain View City Code.

Poultry farm. Any premises used for the breeding, raising or maintaining of poultry for sale of eggs or poultry.

Precise plans. A document usually comprised of maps, pertinent data and text, standards and criteria, which pertains to a limited area of the community and which serves to bridge the gap between broad policies reflected in the general plan and the more immediate means of implementation. A precise plan may be adopted for the P (planned community) district for this purpose.

Printing and publishing. Establishments engaged in printing by letterpress, lithography, gravure, screen, offset or other common process, including electrostatic (xerographic) copying; and establishments serving the printing trade such as bookbinding, typesetting, engraving, photoengraving and electrotyping. This use also includes establishments that publish newspapers, books and periodicals; and establishments manufacturing business forms and binding devices.

Public safety facilities. Facilities operated by public agencies, including fire stations, other fire prevention and fire-fighting facilities, police and sheriff substations and headquarters, including interim incarceration facilities.

Public utility facilities. Fixed-base structures and facilities serving as junction points for transferring utility services from one (1) transmission voltage to another or to local distribution and service voltages. These uses include any of the following facilities that are not exempted from land use permit requirements by Government Code § 53091: electrical substations and switching stations; telephone switching facilities; natural gas regulating and distribution facilities; public water system wells, treatment plants and storage; community wastewater treatment plants, settling ponds and disposal fields; corporation and maintenance yards. These uses do not include office or customer service centers (classified in "Offices"), or equipment and material storage yards.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Recreational trailer park. Any area or tract of land where one (1) or more lots are rented or leased or held out for rent or leased to owners or users of recreational vehicles or tents and which is occupied for temporary purposes.

Recreational vehicle. A camp car, mobile home, travel trailer or tent trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy, with a living area less than two hundred twenty (220) square feet, excluding built-in equipment, such as wardrobes, closets, cabinets, kitchen units or fixtures; bath and toilet rooms; and is identified as a recreational vehicle by the manufacturer.

Recycling facilities:

a.

Collection facility. A center for the acceptance by donation, redemption or purchase of recyclable materials from the public which may include the following:

1.

Reverse vending machine(s).

2.

Small collection facilities which occupy an area of three hundred fifty (350) square feet or less and may include:

(a)

A mobile unit;

(b)

Bulk reverse vending machines or a grouping of reverse vending machines occupying more than fifty (50) square feet; and

(c)

Kiosk-type units which may include permanent structures.

3.

Large collection facilities which may occupy an area of more than three hundred fifty (350) square feet and may include permanent structures.

b.

Convenience zones. An area within a one-half (1/2) mile radius of a supermarket.

c.

Mobile recycling unit. An automobile, truck, trailer or van licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles which is used for the collection of recyclable materials, including bins, boxes or containers transported by trucks, vans or trailers and used for the collection of recyclable materials.

d.

Processing facility. A structure or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials to prepare for either efficient shipment or to an end user's specifications by such means as baling, briquetting, cleaning, compacting, crushing, flattening, grinding, mechanical sorting, remanufacturing and shredding. Processing facilities include the following types, both of which are included under the land use definition of "Recycling, scrap and dismantling yards":

1.

Light processing facility occupies an area of under forty-five thousand (45,000) square feet of collection, processing and storage area and averages two (2) outbound truck shipments each day. Light processing facilities are limited to baling, briquetting, compacting, crushing, grinding, shredding and sorting of source-separated recyclable materials sufficient to qualify as a certified processing facility. A light processing facility shall not shred, compact or bale ferrous metals other than food and beverage containers; and

2.

A heavy processing facility is any processing facility other than a light processing facility.

e.

Recycling facility. A center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials. A certified recycling facility or certified processor is certified by the California Department of Conservation as meeting the requirements of state law (California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986). A recycling facility does not include storage containers located on a residential, commercial or industrial designated parcel used solely for the recycling of material generated on the parcel.

f.

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

g.

Reverse vending machine. An automated mechanical device which accepts at least one (1) or more types of empty beverage containers, including, but not limited to, aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container's redemption value as determined by state law. Multiple grouping of reverse vending machines may be necessary. A bulk reverse vending machine is a reverse vending machine that is larger than fifty (50) square feet, is designed to accept more than one (1) container at a time and will pay by weight instead of by container.

h.

Scrap and dismantling yards. Outdoor establishments primarily engaged in assembling, breaking up, sorting and the temporary storage and distribution of recyclable or reusable scrap and waste materials, including auto wreckers engaged in dismantling automobiles for scrap and the incidental wholesale or retail sales of parts from vehicles. Includes light and heavy processing facilities for recycling (see the definitions above). Does not include: places where these activities are conducted entirely within buildings, pawn shops and other secondhand stores, the sale of operative used cars or terminal waste disposal sites.

Remnant parcel. A parcel that is less than five thousand (5,000) square feet in area which was created by an action of a public agency, such as for a right-of-way, easement, street dedication or an abandonment.

Repair and maintenance—consumer products. Service establishments where repair of consumer products is the principal business activity, including: electrical repair shops; television and radio and other appliance repair; watch, clock and jewelry repair; and reupholstery and furniture repair. Does not include shoe repair (included under "Personal services"). Does not include businesses serving the repair needs of heavy equipment, which are included under "Business support services."

Repair and maintenance—vehicle. This use includes major and minor categories. Generally, the use includes the repair, alteration, restoration, towing, painting, cleaning (including self-service and attended car washes) or finishing of automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, boats and other vehicles as a principal use, including the incidental wholesale and retail sale of vehicle parts as an accessory use. Also includes tire recapping establishments. Does not include: automobile parking (see "Vehicle storage"), repair shops that are part of a vehicle dealership on the same site, which are included under "Auto, mobile home, vehicle and parts sales" service stations, which are separately defined; or automobile dismantling yards which are included under "Recycling—scrap and dismantling yards." Major vehicle repair facilities deal with entire vehicles; minor facilities specialize in limited aspects of repair, i.e., car washes, muffler and radiator shops, quick-lube, etc. (See "Automotive repair, minor" and "Automotive repair, major.")

Residential care home. A nonmedical custodial home or facility for residential care of the elderly, adult residential facilities, drug and alcohol treatment facilities, group homes for children and small family homes for children which are licensed by the state and provide twenty-four (24) hour care, meals, support and maintenance services to the mentally ill, the developmentally disabled, children and the elderly.

Restaurant (land use). The retail sale of food and beverages that are prepared on the same premises. Types of restaurants include:

a.

Counter service. A restaurant where a customer orders and picks up the food at a central counter and where the restaurant maintains tables or counters for on-premise consumption of the food and beverages. This definition does not include the serving of single specialty items, such as ice cream, restaurants where food is prepared and sold but not consumed on the premises (see "Take-out" below), but does include the counter service portion of restaurants providing both counter and table service.

b.

Fast food. Franchised or independently operated restaurants where customers are served prepared food from an ordering counter or drive-through aisle, for either on- or off-premise consumption.

c.

Table service. A restaurant where orders are placed and prepared food is brought to a customer for consumption at a table or counter maintained by the restaurant.

d.

Take-out. A restaurant that provides no tables or counters on the premises for the consumption of food otherwise prepared and served on the premises.

Retail food establishment. Any building, structure or establishment used for the preparation of food but which provides no tables or counters on premises for the consumption of food, thereby requiring a customer who purchases food to take food off premises for consumption.

Retail stores, general merchandise. Retail trade establishments selling many lines of merchandise. Such types of stores and lines of merchandise include, but are not limited to:

Artists' supplies.

Auto parts (not repair or machine shops).

Bakeries (retail only).

Bicycles and mopeds.

Books.

Cameras and photographic supplies.

Clothing and accessories.

Department stores.

Drug and discount stores.

Dry goods.

Fabrics and sewing supplies.

Florists and houseplant stores (indoor sales only—outdoor sales are "plant nurseries").

General stores.

Gifts, novelties and souvenirs.

Handcrafted items (stores may include crafting operations subordinate to sales).

Hardware.

Hobby materials.

Jewelry.

Luggage and leather goods.

Musical instruments, parts and accessories.

Newsstands.

Orthopedic supplies.

Pet stores.

Religious goods.

Small wares.

Specialty shops.

Sporting goods and equipment.

Stationery.

Toys and games.

Variety stores.

Roadside stand. A temporary structure designed or used for the display or sale of agricultural products produced on the premises upon which such a stand is located.

Rowhouse development. A rowhouse is a one (1) family dwelling in a row of such units, where each unit has its own front access which is usually above grade, no unit is located over another unit (except for minor deviations of a unit located partially above another unit approved as part of a condominium plan) and each unit is either in an attached configuration or separated by no more than ten (10) feet. The garage is at the rear of the unit with visitor parking located along internal streets, in lots or separate buildings. Private open space may be limited to a porch, patio, front yard or deck.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 01.2024, § 47, 1/23/24.)

Safe parking. Area of a site that provides homeless individuals and families living in vehicles a temporary safe place to park while accessing services to end their homelessness.

Schools—college and university. Community colleges, public or private universities and professional schools granting associates art degrees, certificates, undergraduate and graduate degrees and requiring for admission at least a high school diploma or equivalent general academic training and not otherwise defined as a private educational facility.

Schools—private. Any educational institution, not under public administration, including: privately owned schools and schools owned and operated by religious organizations or other similar activity or pursuit. This definition does not include community or junior colleges, colleges or universities.

Schools—public. A building or group of buildings for educational and/or classroom purposes operated in the Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District, Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District or other public education institutions, such as charter schools, offering a general course of study at primary, secondary or high school levels which offers instruction in those courses of study required by the California Education Code.

Schools—specialized education and training. Business, secretarial schools and vocational schools offering specialized trade and commercial courses. Includes specialized nondegree-granting schools offering such subjects as: art, drama, language, music, driver education, ballet and other dance and after-school tutoring centers. Also includes seminaries and other facilities exclusively engaged in training for religious ministries and establishments furnishing educational courses by mail. Facilities, institutions and conference centers are included that offer specialized programs in personal growth and development (including fitness, environmental awareness, arts, communications and management, as examples).

Secondhand stores. Indoor retail establishments that buy and sell used products, including, but not limited to, books, clothing, furniture and household goods. The sale of cars and other used vehicles is included under "auto, mobile home, vehicle and parts sales."

Senior care facility. Communities designed for seniors, including, but not limited to, senior independent living communities, assisted living and nursing homes or similar uses as determined by the zoning administrator.

Service station. A retail business selling gasoline or other motor vehicle fuels, which may also provide vehicle engine maintenance and repair services incidental to fuel sales (if permitted in the applicable zoning district). May also include accessory towing and trailer rental services spaces (if permitted in the applicable zoning district) but not the storage or repair of wrecked or abandoned vehicles, vehicle painting, body or fender work or the rental of vehicle storage or parking.

Setback. The minimum allowable horizontal distance from a given point or line of reference, such as a street right-of-way, to the nearest vertical wall or other element of a building or structure as defined herein.

Shopping center. A building or buildings in which are situated no less than five (5) separate tenants or occupants whose combined gross floor area totals at least twenty thousand (20,000) square feet where no more than ten (10) percent of such tenants' or occupants' combined gross floor area is devoted to restaurant use, where the zoning administrator determines that such tenants or occupants are engaging in compatible uses and which uses are located on the same lot or located on separate but abutting lots tied together by binding legal agreements providing rights of reciprocal vehicular parking and vehicular access.

Short-term rental. The use or possession of, or the right to use or possess, any room or rooms, or portions thereof, in any residential dwelling unit for residing, sleeping or lodging purposes for thirty (30) or fewer consecutive calendar days excluding "hotels and motels," "boarding or lodging house," "supporting housing" or "transitional housing."

Sign. Any card, cloth, glass, metal, painted, paper, plastic, wooden or other configuration of any character placed in or on the ground or any tree, wall, bush, rock, fence, pavement, building, structure or thing for the purpose of advertising, announcing, declaring, demonstrating or displaying information about a specific business, occupant use, activity or building, including, but not limited to, clocks, barber poles and similar devices, and excluding official notices issued by a court or public officer.

Sign area. The calculated area of all parts and surfaces of a sign except the supporting structure. The sign area shall be measured by means of a single rectangular or circular shape that encloses all sign elements. For signs with more than one (1) side that is visible to the public, the sign area shall be the total of the calculated area of all sides.

Sign, decorative graphics. Decorative graphics shall be defined to include any graphic symbol, logo, monogram, words treated as a graphic image or other symbolic device which identifies the specific business or products or services offered on the premises or which relates to the contents of the building-mounted sign. This section shall apply only to commercial signs.

Sign, directional. Any sign the sole purpose of which is to regulate the flow of pedestrians and vehicles on private property.

Sign, freestanding. Any sign not entirely supported by a building.

Sign, identification. Any sign the sole purpose of which is to identify the appurtenant premises, the occupant of the premises or the principal business conducted on the said premises or the principal product sold or service performed on the said premises.

Sign, nonappurtenant. Any sign which does not relate to, or which relates only incidentally to, the occupant of the appurtenant premises or the principal business conducted thereon or the principal product sold or service performed thereon.

Sign, real estate. Any sign the purpose of which is to declare the appurtenant real property for rent, lease or sale.

Sign, window. Window signs shall include any graphics material, words or symbols attached to the glass surface of a building or located within four (4) feet of the inside surface of a window that is viewable by the public. Window graphics and displays complying with Sec. 36.36.15 j. shall not be considered "window signs."

Significant tobacco retailers. Any tobacco retailer that either devotes twenty (20) percent or more of floor area or display area to, or derives seventy-five (75) percent or more of gross sales receipts from, the sale or exchange of tobacco products and/or tobacco paraphernalia at the subject location. This definition shall not include cigar stores which qualify for exemption under Section 21.61.

Single-family dwellings. A detached building designed for and/or occupied exclusively by one (1) family or household. Also includes factory-built, manufactured or modular housing.

Small-lot, single-family development. Small-lot, single-family development consists of two (2) or more detached single-family dwellings within a planned unit development project on individual lots that typically average between three thousand six hundred (3,600) square feet to four thousand three hundred (4,300) square feet per lot.

Storage, accessory. The indoor storage of various materials on the same site as a principal building or land use which is other than storage which supports the activities or conduct of the principal use. Includes the storage of automobiles (including their incidental restoration and repair), personal recreational vehicles and other personal property, accessory to a residential use.

Storage containers. Cargo, shipping and/or containers which are designed for the storage or transportation of goods by sea, air, rail or truck and can include commercial truck bodies, with or without wheels.

Street. Publicly maintained right-of-way which provides a public means of access to abutting property. The term "street" shall include avenue, drive, circle, road, parkway, boulevard, highway, thoroughfare or any other similar term.

Structure. That which is 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.

Studio. A business operating in a class-like setting with a fixed weekly or monthly schedule and fixed customer capacity, typically for creative arts or fitness-related activities, such as, but not limited to, dance, martial arts, kickboxing, cycling, painting, ceramics, etc.

Supergraphics. Painted or otherwise colored, specific symbols, shapes or devices on the walls of a building wherein the primary intent is decoration and architectural enhancement of a building. Supergraphics shall not be used to convey information about a specific occupant of a building or of a specific type of use within a building or specifically direct attention to the identification sign or signs of a tenant within a building or of the building itself.

Supportive housing. A facility or use that provides housing with no limit of stay, that is occupied by the target population, as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 53260(d), and that is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the tenant to retain the housing, improve their help status, and maximize their ability to work in the community. Supportive housing shall be considered a residential use and only subject to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses if the same type in the same zone.

Swimming pool. Any pool, pond, lake or open tank not located within a completely enclosed building and containing or normally capable of containing water to a depth at any point greater than three (3) feet.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 16.19, § 2, 10/22/19; Ord. No. 20.19, § 14, 12/10/19; Ord. No. 01.2024, § 48, 1/23/24.)

Theaters. Indoor facilities for public assembly and group entertainment other than sporting events, such as: public and semipublic auditoriums, exhibition and convention halls, civic theaters and facilities for "live" theater and concerts, motion picture theaters and similar public assembly uses.

Townhouse development. A group of two (2) or more attached single-family dwellings where each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another unit, each unit is separated from others by one (1) or more common and fire-resistant walls and owners have fee simple title to the property and each has a private "open area."

Trailer. Any unit used or designed to be used for living or sleeping purposes, or both, and which is designed to be equipped with wheels or similar devices used, or to be used, for the purpose of transporting said unit from place to place, in compliance with the provisions of the California Vehicle Code, whether by motive power or other means.

Trailer park. Any place, area or tract of land upon which one (1) or more trailers are used for human habitation, either sleeping or living; irrespective of whether or not rent is charged for such accommodation.

Transit stations and terminals. Passenger stations for vehicular and rail mass transit systems; also terminal facilities providing maintenance and service for the vehicles operated in the transit system. Includes buses, taxis, railway, etc.

Transitional housing. A facility or use that provides housing accommodations and support services for persons or families, but restricts occupancy to no more than twenty-four (24) months. Support services may include meals, counseling and other services, as well as common areas for residents of the facility. Transitional housing shall be considered a residential use and only subject to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type and zone.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Urban lot split. The division of one (1) R1-zoned lot into two (2) lots through ministerial approval of a preliminary parcel map and subsequent parcel map.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 4.22, § 29, 4/12/22.)

Vehicle storage. Service establishments in the business of storing operative cars, buses, recreational vehicles and other motor vehicles for clients. Includes both day use and long-term public and commercial garages, parking lots and structures, except when accessory to a principal use. (All principal uses are considered to include any customer or public use of off-street parking required by this ordinance). Includes sites where vehicles are stored for rental or leasing. Does not include dismantling yards (classified in "Recycling, scrap and dismantling yards").

Veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Any premises to which animals are brought, or where they are temporarily kept, solely for purposes of diagnosis or treatment of any illness or injury.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Wall plate. The top most structural element of a wall frame.

Warehouse. A building or part of a building that is constructed or adapted for the storage of goods or merchandise, as distinguished from personal storage facilities.

Warehouse retail. Retail businesses that retail goods in large quantities to the general public in a building or on a site that is large and industrial in character.

Wholesaling and distribution. Establishments engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, farm or professional business users; or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to such persons or companies. Includes such establishments as: merchant wholesalers; agents, merchandise or commodity brokers and commission merchants; assemblers, buyers and associations engaged in the cooperative marketing of farm products; stores primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning supplies and equipment to contractors or other wholesalers.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Yard, front. An open space extending the full width of the lot between a building and the front lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as specified elsewhere in this chapter.

a.

Front yard, least depth. The shortest distance measured horizontally between the closest part of the nearest building, other than such parts herein excepted, and the front lot line.

1.

Front yard, least depth, how measured. Such depth shall be measured from the right-of-way line of the existing street on which the lot fronts (the lot front line) provided, however, that if a precise plan line has been officially adopted, and it differs from the existing right-of-way line of the existing street, then the required front yard least depth shall be measured from the precise plan line of such street as adopted.

Yard, rear. An open space extending the full width of the lot between a building and the rear lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as specified elsewhere in the chapter.

a.

Rear yard, least depth. The shortest distance measured horizontally between the closest part of the nearest building, other than such parts here in excepted, and the rear lot line.

Yard, side. An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between a building and the nearest side lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as specified elsewhere in this chapter.

a.

Side yard, least width. The shortest distance, measured horizontally between the closest part of the nearest building, other than such parts herein-after excepted, and the nearest side lot line.

1.

Side yard, least width, how measured. Such width shall be measured from the nearest side lot line and in case the nearest side lot line is a side street lot line, from the right-of-way line of the existing street provided, however, that if a precise plan line has been officially adopted, and it differs from the existing right-of-way line of the existing street, then the required side yard least width shall be measured from the precise plan line of such street as adopted.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Zoning administrator. The zoning administrator of the City of Mountain View.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)