04 - DEFINITIONS
A.
The following rules of construction shall apply unless inconsistent with the plain meaning of the context of this title;
1.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
2.
Words used in the singular include the plural, and words used in the plural include the singular.
B.
The word "shall" is mandatory; the word "may" is permissive.
C.
Certain words are defined below to clarify their use for the purposes of this title. Where a definition is not supplied or where a question of interpretation is raised, the definition shall be the normal meaning of the word within the context of its use, or as clarified by the planning commission.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code §§ 11-1-111.1.a.c, 11-1-111.3(part))
"Abut" means two adjoining parcels of property, with a common property line, are herein considered as one parcel abutting the other, except where two or more lots adjoin only at a corner or corners, they shall not be considered as abutting unless the common property line between the two parcels measures not less than eight feet in a single direction.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(1))
"Access" or "access way" means the place, means, 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 zoning title.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A) (2))
"Accessory building" means a building or structure which is subordinate to, and the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the main building, structure, or use on the same lot. Except in the case of garden structures, if an accessory building is attached to the main building by a common wall or a connecting roof, such accessory building shall be deemed to be a part of the main building.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(3))
"Accessory living quarters" mean living quarters within an accessory building located on the same premises with the main building, for use by temporary guests of the occupant of the premises, such quarters having no kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling unit.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(4))
"Accessory use" means a use incidental, related, appropriate, and clearly subordinate to the main use of the lot or building, which accessory use does not alter the principal use of the subject lot.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(5))
"Acre" means a full acre containing 43,560 square feet of area within property lines of a lot or parcel.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(6))
"Adjacent" means near, close, or abutting; for example, an industrial district across the street or highway from a residential district shall be considered as adjacent.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3)(A)(7))
"Advertising structure" means any notice or advertisement, pictorial or otherwise, and all such structures used as an outdoor display, regardless of size and shape, for the purposes of making anything known, the origin or place of sale of which is not on the property with such advertising structure.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(8))
"Alley" means any dedicated alley intended for vehicular service to the rear or side of property served by a street. Buildings facing an alley shall not be construed as satisfying the requirements of this title related to frontage on a dedicated street.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(9))
"Alter" means to make any change in the supporting or load-bearing members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, or floor joists, which will prolong the life of the structure.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(10)
"Amendment" means a change in the wording, context, or substance of this title, an addition or deletion or a change in the zone district boundaries or classifications upon the zoning map.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(11))
"Apartment hotel" means a multiple dwelling which, in addition to dwelling units has one or more guest rooms.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(12))
"Assessor" means the county assessor of the county.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.A)
"Auto accessory parts (new) retail sales" shall include the sale of differential and transmission assemblies, engine blocks or heads and similar hard parts, radiators, and tires and wheels, and tail pipes and mufflers. There shall be no machine work or repairs or installation of merchandise permitted on the premises, nor shall there be a service garage or automobile service of any kind.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(13))
"Automobile wrecking yard" means a site or portions of a site on which the dismantling or wrecking of used vehicles or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts is conducted. The presence on a site of three or more motor vehicles which have not been capable of operating normally for thirty days or more shall constitute prima facie evidence of a motor vehicle wrecking yard.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(14))
"Automobile service station" means an occupancy which provides for the servicing of motor vehicles and operations incidental thereto limited to:
A.
Retail sale of gasoline, oil, tires, batteries and new accessories;
B.
Automobile washing, not including mechanical car wash or steam cleaning;
C.
Incidental waxing and polishing;
D.
Tire changing and repairing (but not including recapping);
E.
Battery service, charging and replacement but not including repair or rebuilding;
F.
Radiator cleaning and flushing, but not including repair or steam cleaning;
G.
Installation of minor accessories;
H.
The following aspirations if conducted wholly within an enclosed building:
1.
Lubrication of motor vehicles,
2.
Brake adjustment, replacement of brake cylinders and brake fluid lines,.
3.
The testing, adjustment and replacement of carburetors, coils, condensers, distributor caps, fan belts, generators, points, rotors, spark plugs, voltage regulators, fuel pumps, water hoses, or wheel balancing.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(15))
"Retail bakery" means establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of bakery products such as bread, cakes, and pies and which produce some or all of the products on the premises.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(1))
"Basement" means a space wholly or partly underground, and having more than one-half of its height, measuring from its floor to its ceiling, below the average adjoining finished grade; if the finished floor level directly above a basement is more than six feet above finished grade at any point, such space shall be considered a story.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3 (B)(2))
"Bicycle shop" means a business devoted to retail sales, service, or repair of bicycles which are not powered by any type of mechanical device.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B) (3))
"Billboard" means the same as an "advertising structure."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(4))
"Block" means properties abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided land, or watercourse.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(5))
"Boarding" or "rooming house" means a building where lodging and meals are provided for compensation for more than five but not more than fifteen persons, not including rest homes.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(6))
"Breezeway" means a roofed passageway, open on at least two sides where the roof is structurally integrated with the structure of the main building. A fence or wall not exceeding six feet in height may be permitted on one side of said breezeway.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(7))
"Building" means a permanently located structure, having a roof, for the housing or enclosure of persons, chattels, or property of any kind. House trailers and other vehicles, even though permanently immobilized, shall not be deemed to be buildings. The word "building" includes the word "structure."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code §§ 11-1-111.2.B, 11-1-111.3(B)(8))
"Area of building" means the sum in square feet of the ground areas occupied by all buildings and structures on a lot.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(9))
"Height of building" means the vertical distance measured from the adjoining curb level to the highest point of the structure, exclusive of chimneys and ventilators; provided, however, that where buildings are set back from the street line, the height shall be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(10))
"Main building" means a building within which is conducted the principal use permitted on the lot or site as provided by this title.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(11))
"Building setback line" means the minimum distance as prescribed by ordinance between any property line and the closest point of the foundation of any building or structure related thereto.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(12))
"Business" means the same as "commerce."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(13))
"Caretaker's residence" means a single-family residence on the same property with, or an abutting property owned by the owner of, a commercial or manufacturing use which residence is occupied by one or more persons charged with care or protection of facilities used in such commercial or manufacturing use, and which residence is provided to the occupant as compensation for such services and for which he does not pay money or other thing of value other than his services.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(1))
"Carnival" means a group or two or more devices or acts subject to council approval, operated or conducted for five days or less from time of set up and, in conjunction with an established business for the purpose of attracting the public or to advertise a product, idea, or program.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(2))
"Carport" means an accessory structure or portion of a main structure open on two or more sides, designed for the storage of motor vehicles, without full enclosure.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(3))
"Self service car wash" means any occupancy which provides for automobile washing to be done by the customer. There shall be no employees other than servicemen who check and maintain equipment and supervise the use of the facility. Equipment shall be limited to a water softener, water heater, soap mixing tank, low pressure vacuum units, and one, one horsepower electric motor and pump for each stall or similar equipment which shall produce only a low volume of sound.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(4))
"Cemetery" means land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead, and dedicated for such purposes, including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of such premises.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(5))
"Center line" shall have the same meaning as "street center line."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(6))
"Church" means a permanently located building commonly used for religious worship fully enclosed with walls (including windows and doors) and having a roof (canvas or fabric excluded) and conforming to applicable legal requirements affecting design and construction.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(7A))
"Temporary church" means a church service which is completely held in the out-of-doors, or in a temporary structure, for not more than five days, subject to council approval.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(7B))
"City" means the city of Orange Cove, California.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.C)
"Clinic" means a place for the provision of group medical services, not involving overnight housing of patients.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(8))
"Club" means an association of persons for some common nonprofit purposes, but not including groups organized primarily to render service which is customarily carried on as a business.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(9))
"College" means an educational institution offering advanced instruction in any academic field beyond the secondary level, but not including trade schools or business colleges.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(10))
"Commercial office" means any administrative or clerical office maintained as a business or any office established by a public service over which this ordinance has jurisdiction, other than a professional office.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(11))
"Commission" means the planning commission of the city of Orange Cove, California.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.D)
"Communications equipment building" mean a building housing electrical and mechanical equipment necessary for the conduct of a public communication business, with or without personnel.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(12))
"Contiguous" means the same as "abut."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(13))
"Convalescent home" means the same as "rest home."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(14))
"Corner cutoff" means the provision for and maintenance of adequate and safe visibility for vehicular and pedestrian traffic at all intersections of streets, alleys, or private driveways.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(15))
"Council" or "city council" means the city council of the city of Orange Cove, California.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.E)
"County" means the county of Fresno.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.F)
"County recorder" means the county recorder of the county of Fresno.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.G)
"Coverage" means the same as "lot coverage."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(16))
See lot, cul-de-sac.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(17))
See lot, curve.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(18))
"Dairy farm" means any place or premises upon which milk is produced for sale or other distribution and where more than two cows or six goats are in location.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(1))
"Day" means a calendar day.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(2))
"Day nursery" or "child care nursery" mean any group of buildings, building or portion thereof used primarily for the day time care of children with or without compensation.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(3))
"Directional signs" mean any sign which contains only the name, location of building, services and/or occupants that are not located on the parcel upon which the sign is located. The signs are separate from and are not to be construed as an advertising structure.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111 .3(D)(4))
"District" means a zoning district established by this zoning title.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(5))
"Drainage channel" means any existing or proposed open ditch, open culvert or open channel, naturally created or designed to transmit water for flood control or irrigation purposes.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(6))
"Drugstore" means a retail store engaged in the sale of prescription drugs and patent medicines, carrying related items such as cosmetics and toiletries and such unrelated items as tobacco and novelty merchandise. Such as may also include a soda fountain or lunch counter.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(7))
"Dump" means a place used for the disposal, abandonment, or discarding of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, rubble, waste material, offal, or dead animals.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(8))
"Duplex" means the same as "dwelling two-family."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(9))
"Dwelling" means a building or portion thereof designed exclusively for residential purposes, including one-family and multiple dwellings, but not including hotels, apartment hotels, boarding and lodging houses fraternity and sorority houses, rest homes, nursing homes, or child care nurseries.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(10))
"One-family dwelling" means a detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by or occupied by one family for residential purposes.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(11))
"Multifamily or multiple dwelling" means a building designed exclusively for occupancy by or occupied by two or more families living independently of each other, e.g. duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, or apartments.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(12))
"Two-family dwelling" means a building designed or used exclusively for the occupancy of two families living independently of each other and having separate kitchen and toilet facilities for each family.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111 .3(D)(13))
"Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms and a kitchen designed for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(14))
"Easement" means a space on a lot or parcel of land reserved for or used for public uses.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(1))
"Educational institutions" mean public or other nonprofit institutions conducting regular academic instruction at preschool, kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and collegiate levels, and including graduate schools, universities, non-profit research and religious institutions. Such institutions do not include schools, academies, or institutes, incorporated or otherwise, which operate for a profit nor does it include commercial or trade schools.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(2))
"Electrical distribution substations" mean an assembly of equipment which is part of a system for the distribution of electric power where electric energy is received at a subtransmission voltage and transformed to a lower voltage for distribution for general consumer use.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(3))
"Electrical transmission substation" means an assembly of equipment which is part of a system for the transmission of electric power where electric energy is received at a very high voltage from its source of generation by means of a network of high voltage lines and where, by means of transformers, said high voltage is transformed to a low subtransmission voltage for purposes of supplying electric power to large individual consumers, interchange connections with other power-producing agencies, or electric distribution substations for transformation to still lower voltages for distribution to smaller individual users.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(4))
"Family" means an individual, two or more persons who are related blood or marriage, or a group of not more than five persons not necessarily related by blood or marriage, living together in a dwelling.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(1))
"Farm labor camp" means the same as "labor camp, farm."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(2))
"Feed lot" or "feed yard" means a lot, or portion of a lot used for the enclosing of livestock for market, and not operated in connection with a bona fide farm.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(3))
"Federal" means the government of the United States.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.H)
"Fence" means any structural device forming a physical barrier which is so constructed that not less than fifty percent of the vertical surface is open to permit the transmission of light, air or vision through the surface in the horizontal plane.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(4))
"Filling station" means the same as "automobile service station."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(5))
"Flood control channel" means same as "drainage channel."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(6))
Whenever the term "floor area" is used in this zoning title as a basis for requiring off-street parking for any structure, it shall be assumed that, unless otherwise stated the floor area applies not only to the ground floor area but also to any additional stories, or basement of the structure. All horizontal dimensions shall be taken from the exterior faces of walls including enclosed porches.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(7))
"Frontage" means the property line of a site abutting on a street, other than the side line of a corner lot.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(8))
"Private garage" means a detached accessory building or a portion of a main building on the same lot as a dwelling for five but not more than fifteen persons other than members of the resident family, excepting a nursing home as defined in this section.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(1))
"Repair garage" means a building other than a private garage used for the care, repair, or equipment of automobiles, or where such vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire or sale.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(2))
"Storage garage" means any premises, used exclusively for the storage of vehicles.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(3))
"Grade" means the gradient, the rate of incline or decline expressed as a percent. For example, a rise of twenty-five feet in a horizontal distance of one-hundred feet would be expressed as a grade of twenty-five percent. (See also "slope").
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(4))
"Greenhouse" means a building or structure constructed chiefly of glass, glass-like translucent material, cloth or lath, which is devoted to the protection or cultivation of flowers or other tender plants.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(5))
"Guest" means any transient person who occupies a room for sleeping purposes.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(6))
"Guest house" means the same as "accessory living quarters."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(7))
"Guest room" means a room which is designed to be occupied by one or more guests for sleeping purposes, having no kitchen facilities, not including dormitories.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(8))
"Half-story" means a story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, parts of which are not more than three feet above the floor of such story.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(1))
"Hedge" means a plant or series of plants, shrubs or other landscape material, so arranged as to form a physical barrier or enclosure.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(2))
"Height of building" means the same as "building, height of."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(3))
"Home for the aged" means the same as "rest home."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(4))
"Home occupation" means any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on by the inhabitants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the structure for developing purposes and which use does not change the character thereof. A conditional use permit shall be required in accordance with Section 17.52.020.
A.
Such home occupation may include:
1.
Consultative professional occupations, whose function is one of rendering a service and does not involve the dispensing of goods or products;
2.
The giving of music lessons and similar occupations;
3.
Drafting, designing and the like, using only the normal drafting equipment;
4.
Beauty operators subject to planning commission and city council approval.
B.
The following criteria shall apply for the evaluation of a "home occupation":
1.
There shall be no employment of help other than members of the resident family;
2.
There shall be no use of materials or mechanical equipment not recognized as being part of normal household or hobby uses, except that such equipment as typewriters, adding machines, portable hair dryers, permanent wave machines, filing cabinets, and desks shall be permitted;
3.
There shall be no sales of products or services not produced on the premises;
4.
The use shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond that normal to the district in which it is located;
5.
It shall not involve the use of commercial vehicles for delivery of materials to or from the premises, other than a vehicle not to exceed one ton, owned by the operator of such home occupation, which shall be stored in an entirely enclosed garage;
6.
No excessive or unsightly storage of materials or supplies, indoor or outdoor, for purposes other than those permitted in the district;
7.
It shall not involve the use of signs or structures other than those permitted in the district of which it is a part;
8.
Not more than one room in the dwelling shall be employed for the home occupation;
9.
No building or space outside of the main building shall be used for home occupational purposes except for agricultural uses;
10.
In no way shall the appearance of the structure be so altered or the conduct of the occupation within the structure be such that the structure may be reasonably recognized as serving a nonresidential use (either by color, materials or construction, lighting, signs, sounds or noises, vibrations, etc.);
11.
There shall be no use of utilities or community facilities beyond that normal to the use of the property for residential or agricultural purposes as defined in that district.
C.
Conditional use permits for home occupations for which application was filed and a permit issued: any person who has been issued a home occupation permit shall apply for a use permit within ninety days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section and shall be exempt from required fees within the ninety-day period.
(Ord. 245 § 2, 1984: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(5))
"Hotel" means any building or portion thereof designed or used, or containing six or more guest rooms or suites of rooms, but not including any institutions in which human beings are housed or detained under legal restraint.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(6))
A.
"Household pets" mean the keeping of fish, rabbits, mice, hamsters, fowl, and small birds; provided that there shall be no more than 24 of all such animals and pets combined and provided that they shall be kept in a safe and sanitary manner; and keeping of other pets, provided that such other pets, provided that such other pets which are not kept exclusively within a dwelling shall be limited to not more than three adult animals.
B.
Household pets shall not include horses, cows, goats, sheep, other equine, bovine, ovine, or ruminant animals, pigs, predatory wild animals, ducks, geese, turkeys, game birds and fowl which normally constitute an agricultural use. The keeping of household pets or other animals is lawful only in those districts where the use is listed as a permitted use or when any household pets are kept as an accessory use to lawfully maintained residences in other districts. The keeping of any animal not herein described as a household pet shall not be deemed an accessory residential use.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(7))
"House trailer" means the same as "trailer, automobile."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(8))
"Housing for the elderly" means housing consisting of at least eight units restricted to a person sixty years of age or older, or to a person/persons sixty years or older plus spouse then residing with said elderly person.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(9))
"Industry" means the manufacture, fabrication, processing, reduction or destruction of any article, substance, or commodity, or any other treatment thereof in such a manner as to change the form, character, or appearance thereof, and including storage elevators, truck storage yards, warehouses, wholesale storage, and other similar types of enterprise.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(I)(1))
04 - DEFINITIONS
A.
The following rules of construction shall apply unless inconsistent with the plain meaning of the context of this title;
1.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
2.
Words used in the singular include the plural, and words used in the plural include the singular.
B.
The word "shall" is mandatory; the word "may" is permissive.
C.
Certain words are defined below to clarify their use for the purposes of this title. Where a definition is not supplied or where a question of interpretation is raised, the definition shall be the normal meaning of the word within the context of its use, or as clarified by the planning commission.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code §§ 11-1-111.1.a.c, 11-1-111.3(part))
"Abut" means two adjoining parcels of property, with a common property line, are herein considered as one parcel abutting the other, except where two or more lots adjoin only at a corner or corners, they shall not be considered as abutting unless the common property line between the two parcels measures not less than eight feet in a single direction.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(1))
"Access" or "access way" means the place, means, 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 zoning title.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A) (2))
"Accessory building" means a building or structure which is subordinate to, and the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the main building, structure, or use on the same lot. Except in the case of garden structures, if an accessory building is attached to the main building by a common wall or a connecting roof, such accessory building shall be deemed to be a part of the main building.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(3))
"Accessory living quarters" mean living quarters within an accessory building located on the same premises with the main building, for use by temporary guests of the occupant of the premises, such quarters having no kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling unit.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(4))
"Accessory use" means a use incidental, related, appropriate, and clearly subordinate to the main use of the lot or building, which accessory use does not alter the principal use of the subject lot.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(5))
"Acre" means a full acre containing 43,560 square feet of area within property lines of a lot or parcel.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(6))
"Adjacent" means near, close, or abutting; for example, an industrial district across the street or highway from a residential district shall be considered as adjacent.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3)(A)(7))
"Advertising structure" means any notice or advertisement, pictorial or otherwise, and all such structures used as an outdoor display, regardless of size and shape, for the purposes of making anything known, the origin or place of sale of which is not on the property with such advertising structure.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(8))
"Alley" means any dedicated alley intended for vehicular service to the rear or side of property served by a street. Buildings facing an alley shall not be construed as satisfying the requirements of this title related to frontage on a dedicated street.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(9))
"Alter" means to make any change in the supporting or load-bearing members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, or floor joists, which will prolong the life of the structure.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(10)
"Amendment" means a change in the wording, context, or substance of this title, an addition or deletion or a change in the zone district boundaries or classifications upon the zoning map.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(11))
"Apartment hotel" means a multiple dwelling which, in addition to dwelling units has one or more guest rooms.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(12))
"Assessor" means the county assessor of the county.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.A)
"Auto accessory parts (new) retail sales" shall include the sale of differential and transmission assemblies, engine blocks or heads and similar hard parts, radiators, and tires and wheels, and tail pipes and mufflers. There shall be no machine work or repairs or installation of merchandise permitted on the premises, nor shall there be a service garage or automobile service of any kind.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(13))
"Automobile wrecking yard" means a site or portions of a site on which the dismantling or wrecking of used vehicles or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts is conducted. The presence on a site of three or more motor vehicles which have not been capable of operating normally for thirty days or more shall constitute prima facie evidence of a motor vehicle wrecking yard.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(14))
"Automobile service station" means an occupancy which provides for the servicing of motor vehicles and operations incidental thereto limited to:
A.
Retail sale of gasoline, oil, tires, batteries and new accessories;
B.
Automobile washing, not including mechanical car wash or steam cleaning;
C.
Incidental waxing and polishing;
D.
Tire changing and repairing (but not including recapping);
E.
Battery service, charging and replacement but not including repair or rebuilding;
F.
Radiator cleaning and flushing, but not including repair or steam cleaning;
G.
Installation of minor accessories;
H.
The following aspirations if conducted wholly within an enclosed building:
1.
Lubrication of motor vehicles,
2.
Brake adjustment, replacement of brake cylinders and brake fluid lines,.
3.
The testing, adjustment and replacement of carburetors, coils, condensers, distributor caps, fan belts, generators, points, rotors, spark plugs, voltage regulators, fuel pumps, water hoses, or wheel balancing.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(15))
"Retail bakery" means establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of bakery products such as bread, cakes, and pies and which produce some or all of the products on the premises.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(1))
"Basement" means a space wholly or partly underground, and having more than one-half of its height, measuring from its floor to its ceiling, below the average adjoining finished grade; if the finished floor level directly above a basement is more than six feet above finished grade at any point, such space shall be considered a story.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3 (B)(2))
"Bicycle shop" means a business devoted to retail sales, service, or repair of bicycles which are not powered by any type of mechanical device.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B) (3))
"Billboard" means the same as an "advertising structure."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(4))
"Block" means properties abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided land, or watercourse.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(5))
"Boarding" or "rooming house" means a building where lodging and meals are provided for compensation for more than five but not more than fifteen persons, not including rest homes.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(6))
"Breezeway" means a roofed passageway, open on at least two sides where the roof is structurally integrated with the structure of the main building. A fence or wall not exceeding six feet in height may be permitted on one side of said breezeway.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(7))
"Building" means a permanently located structure, having a roof, for the housing or enclosure of persons, chattels, or property of any kind. House trailers and other vehicles, even though permanently immobilized, shall not be deemed to be buildings. The word "building" includes the word "structure."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code §§ 11-1-111.2.B, 11-1-111.3(B)(8))
"Area of building" means the sum in square feet of the ground areas occupied by all buildings and structures on a lot.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(9))
"Height of building" means the vertical distance measured from the adjoining curb level to the highest point of the structure, exclusive of chimneys and ventilators; provided, however, that where buildings are set back from the street line, the height shall be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(10))
"Main building" means a building within which is conducted the principal use permitted on the lot or site as provided by this title.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(11))
"Building setback line" means the minimum distance as prescribed by ordinance between any property line and the closest point of the foundation of any building or structure related thereto.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(12))
"Business" means the same as "commerce."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(13))
"Caretaker's residence" means a single-family residence on the same property with, or an abutting property owned by the owner of, a commercial or manufacturing use which residence is occupied by one or more persons charged with care or protection of facilities used in such commercial or manufacturing use, and which residence is provided to the occupant as compensation for such services and for which he does not pay money or other thing of value other than his services.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(1))
"Carnival" means a group or two or more devices or acts subject to council approval, operated or conducted for five days or less from time of set up and, in conjunction with an established business for the purpose of attracting the public or to advertise a product, idea, or program.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(2))
"Carport" means an accessory structure or portion of a main structure open on two or more sides, designed for the storage of motor vehicles, without full enclosure.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(3))
"Self service car wash" means any occupancy which provides for automobile washing to be done by the customer. There shall be no employees other than servicemen who check and maintain equipment and supervise the use of the facility. Equipment shall be limited to a water softener, water heater, soap mixing tank, low pressure vacuum units, and one, one horsepower electric motor and pump for each stall or similar equipment which shall produce only a low volume of sound.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(4))
"Cemetery" means land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead, and dedicated for such purposes, including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of such premises.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(5))
"Center line" shall have the same meaning as "street center line."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(6))
"Church" means a permanently located building commonly used for religious worship fully enclosed with walls (including windows and doors) and having a roof (canvas or fabric excluded) and conforming to applicable legal requirements affecting design and construction.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(7A))
"Temporary church" means a church service which is completely held in the out-of-doors, or in a temporary structure, for not more than five days, subject to council approval.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(7B))
"City" means the city of Orange Cove, California.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.C)
"Clinic" means a place for the provision of group medical services, not involving overnight housing of patients.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(8))
"Club" means an association of persons for some common nonprofit purposes, but not including groups organized primarily to render service which is customarily carried on as a business.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(9))
"College" means an educational institution offering advanced instruction in any academic field beyond the secondary level, but not including trade schools or business colleges.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(10))
"Commercial office" means any administrative or clerical office maintained as a business or any office established by a public service over which this ordinance has jurisdiction, other than a professional office.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(11))
"Commission" means the planning commission of the city of Orange Cove, California.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.D)
"Communications equipment building" mean a building housing electrical and mechanical equipment necessary for the conduct of a public communication business, with or without personnel.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(12))
"Contiguous" means the same as "abut."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(13))
"Convalescent home" means the same as "rest home."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(14))
"Corner cutoff" means the provision for and maintenance of adequate and safe visibility for vehicular and pedestrian traffic at all intersections of streets, alleys, or private driveways.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(15))
"Council" or "city council" means the city council of the city of Orange Cove, California.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.E)
"County" means the county of Fresno.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.F)
"County recorder" means the county recorder of the county of Fresno.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.G)
"Coverage" means the same as "lot coverage."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(16))
See lot, cul-de-sac.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(17))
See lot, curve.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(18))
"Dairy farm" means any place or premises upon which milk is produced for sale or other distribution and where more than two cows or six goats are in location.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(1))
"Day" means a calendar day.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(2))
"Day nursery" or "child care nursery" mean any group of buildings, building or portion thereof used primarily for the day time care of children with or without compensation.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(3))
"Directional signs" mean any sign which contains only the name, location of building, services and/or occupants that are not located on the parcel upon which the sign is located. The signs are separate from and are not to be construed as an advertising structure.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111 .3(D)(4))
"District" means a zoning district established by this zoning title.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(5))
"Drainage channel" means any existing or proposed open ditch, open culvert or open channel, naturally created or designed to transmit water for flood control or irrigation purposes.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(6))
"Drugstore" means a retail store engaged in the sale of prescription drugs and patent medicines, carrying related items such as cosmetics and toiletries and such unrelated items as tobacco and novelty merchandise. Such as may also include a soda fountain or lunch counter.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(7))
"Dump" means a place used for the disposal, abandonment, or discarding of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, rubble, waste material, offal, or dead animals.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(8))
"Duplex" means the same as "dwelling two-family."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(9))
"Dwelling" means a building or portion thereof designed exclusively for residential purposes, including one-family and multiple dwellings, but not including hotels, apartment hotels, boarding and lodging houses fraternity and sorority houses, rest homes, nursing homes, or child care nurseries.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(10))
"One-family dwelling" means a detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by or occupied by one family for residential purposes.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(11))
"Multifamily or multiple dwelling" means a building designed exclusively for occupancy by or occupied by two or more families living independently of each other, e.g. duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, or apartments.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(12))
"Two-family dwelling" means a building designed or used exclusively for the occupancy of two families living independently of each other and having separate kitchen and toilet facilities for each family.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111 .3(D)(13))
"Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms and a kitchen designed for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(14))
"Easement" means a space on a lot or parcel of land reserved for or used for public uses.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(1))
"Educational institutions" mean public or other nonprofit institutions conducting regular academic instruction at preschool, kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and collegiate levels, and including graduate schools, universities, non-profit research and religious institutions. Such institutions do not include schools, academies, or institutes, incorporated or otherwise, which operate for a profit nor does it include commercial or trade schools.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(2))
"Electrical distribution substations" mean an assembly of equipment which is part of a system for the distribution of electric power where electric energy is received at a subtransmission voltage and transformed to a lower voltage for distribution for general consumer use.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(3))
"Electrical transmission substation" means an assembly of equipment which is part of a system for the transmission of electric power where electric energy is received at a very high voltage from its source of generation by means of a network of high voltage lines and where, by means of transformers, said high voltage is transformed to a low subtransmission voltage for purposes of supplying electric power to large individual consumers, interchange connections with other power-producing agencies, or electric distribution substations for transformation to still lower voltages for distribution to smaller individual users.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(4))
"Family" means an individual, two or more persons who are related blood or marriage, or a group of not more than five persons not necessarily related by blood or marriage, living together in a dwelling.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(1))
"Farm labor camp" means the same as "labor camp, farm."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(2))
"Feed lot" or "feed yard" means a lot, or portion of a lot used for the enclosing of livestock for market, and not operated in connection with a bona fide farm.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(3))
"Federal" means the government of the United States.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.H)
"Fence" means any structural device forming a physical barrier which is so constructed that not less than fifty percent of the vertical surface is open to permit the transmission of light, air or vision through the surface in the horizontal plane.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(4))
"Filling station" means the same as "automobile service station."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(5))
"Flood control channel" means same as "drainage channel."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(6))
Whenever the term "floor area" is used in this zoning title as a basis for requiring off-street parking for any structure, it shall be assumed that, unless otherwise stated the floor area applies not only to the ground floor area but also to any additional stories, or basement of the structure. All horizontal dimensions shall be taken from the exterior faces of walls including enclosed porches.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(7))
"Frontage" means the property line of a site abutting on a street, other than the side line of a corner lot.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(8))
"Private garage" means a detached accessory building or a portion of a main building on the same lot as a dwelling for five but not more than fifteen persons other than members of the resident family, excepting a nursing home as defined in this section.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(1))
"Repair garage" means a building other than a private garage used for the care, repair, or equipment of automobiles, or where such vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire or sale.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(2))
"Storage garage" means any premises, used exclusively for the storage of vehicles.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(3))
"Grade" means the gradient, the rate of incline or decline expressed as a percent. For example, a rise of twenty-five feet in a horizontal distance of one-hundred feet would be expressed as a grade of twenty-five percent. (See also "slope").
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(4))
"Greenhouse" means a building or structure constructed chiefly of glass, glass-like translucent material, cloth or lath, which is devoted to the protection or cultivation of flowers or other tender plants.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(5))
"Guest" means any transient person who occupies a room for sleeping purposes.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(6))
"Guest house" means the same as "accessory living quarters."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(7))
"Guest room" means a room which is designed to be occupied by one or more guests for sleeping purposes, having no kitchen facilities, not including dormitories.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(8))
"Half-story" means a story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, parts of which are not more than three feet above the floor of such story.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(1))
"Hedge" means a plant or series of plants, shrubs or other landscape material, so arranged as to form a physical barrier or enclosure.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(2))
"Height of building" means the same as "building, height of."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(3))
"Home for the aged" means the same as "rest home."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(4))
"Home occupation" means any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on by the inhabitants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the structure for developing purposes and which use does not change the character thereof. A conditional use permit shall be required in accordance with Section 17.52.020.
A.
Such home occupation may include:
1.
Consultative professional occupations, whose function is one of rendering a service and does not involve the dispensing of goods or products;
2.
The giving of music lessons and similar occupations;
3.
Drafting, designing and the like, using only the normal drafting equipment;
4.
Beauty operators subject to planning commission and city council approval.
B.
The following criteria shall apply for the evaluation of a "home occupation":
1.
There shall be no employment of help other than members of the resident family;
2.
There shall be no use of materials or mechanical equipment not recognized as being part of normal household or hobby uses, except that such equipment as typewriters, adding machines, portable hair dryers, permanent wave machines, filing cabinets, and desks shall be permitted;
3.
There shall be no sales of products or services not produced on the premises;
4.
The use shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond that normal to the district in which it is located;
5.
It shall not involve the use of commercial vehicles for delivery of materials to or from the premises, other than a vehicle not to exceed one ton, owned by the operator of such home occupation, which shall be stored in an entirely enclosed garage;
6.
No excessive or unsightly storage of materials or supplies, indoor or outdoor, for purposes other than those permitted in the district;
7.
It shall not involve the use of signs or structures other than those permitted in the district of which it is a part;
8.
Not more than one room in the dwelling shall be employed for the home occupation;
9.
No building or space outside of the main building shall be used for home occupational purposes except for agricultural uses;
10.
In no way shall the appearance of the structure be so altered or the conduct of the occupation within the structure be such that the structure may be reasonably recognized as serving a nonresidential use (either by color, materials or construction, lighting, signs, sounds or noises, vibrations, etc.);
11.
There shall be no use of utilities or community facilities beyond that normal to the use of the property for residential or agricultural purposes as defined in that district.
C.
Conditional use permits for home occupations for which application was filed and a permit issued: any person who has been issued a home occupation permit shall apply for a use permit within ninety days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section and shall be exempt from required fees within the ninety-day period.
(Ord. 245 § 2, 1984: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(5))
"Hotel" means any building or portion thereof designed or used, or containing six or more guest rooms or suites of rooms, but not including any institutions in which human beings are housed or detained under legal restraint.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(6))
A.
"Household pets" mean the keeping of fish, rabbits, mice, hamsters, fowl, and small birds; provided that there shall be no more than 24 of all such animals and pets combined and provided that they shall be kept in a safe and sanitary manner; and keeping of other pets, provided that such other pets, provided that such other pets which are not kept exclusively within a dwelling shall be limited to not more than three adult animals.
B.
Household pets shall not include horses, cows, goats, sheep, other equine, bovine, ovine, or ruminant animals, pigs, predatory wild animals, ducks, geese, turkeys, game birds and fowl which normally constitute an agricultural use. The keeping of household pets or other animals is lawful only in those districts where the use is listed as a permitted use or when any household pets are kept as an accessory use to lawfully maintained residences in other districts. The keeping of any animal not herein described as a household pet shall not be deemed an accessory residential use.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(7))
"House trailer" means the same as "trailer, automobile."
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(8))
"Housing for the elderly" means housing consisting of at least eight units restricted to a person sixty years of age or older, or to a person/persons sixty years or older plus spouse then residing with said elderly person.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(9))
"Industry" means the manufacture, fabrication, processing, reduction or destruction of any article, substance, or commodity, or any other treatment thereof in such a manner as to change the form, character, or appearance thereof, and including storage elevators, truck storage yards, warehouses, wholesale storage, and other similar types of enterprise.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(I)(1))