A sign that is advertising a use that has ceased; is located upon a structure that has been abandoned by its owner; does not identify or advertise a current bona fide business, lessor, service, owner, or product available upon the site; or that identifies or advertises an event or activity that has occurred.

Two adjoining parcels of property with a common property line, including 2 or more lots adjoining only at a corner, except where such common property line is located in a public street right-of-way.

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 title.

Accessory building or structure means a subordinate building or structure located on a building site, the use of which is customarily related to that of a main building or to the use of the land.

An attached or a detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for 1 or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following:

A certified massage establishment located within a hotel, beauty salon, day spa, athletic club, chiropractors office, doctors office, physical therapy office, or yoga or Pilates studio where revenue from massage services is less than 50 percent of the total revenue of the hotel, beauty salon, day spa, athletic club, doctor or chiropractor's office, or yoga or Pilates studio.

An extension or increase in floor area or height of a building or structure.

Any sexually oriented business, including an adult bookstore or video store, cabaret, adult motion picture theater, sexual device shop, or semi-nude model studio.

Any balloon, flag, pennant, propeller; oscillating, rotating, pulsating light; or other contrivance except a sign used to attract attention for the purpose of promoting (either directly or indirectly), the sale of products of any person.

Any device, contrivance, statue, or structure other than a sign used as a display, regardless of size and shape, for the purposes of attracting attention or making anything known, the origin or place of sale of which is on the property with the advertising display.

Particulate matter, dust, fumes, gas, mist, smoke, vapor, or any combination thereof having or tending to have a deleterious effect on human beings, vegetation, animals or property.

An access roadway or drive that provides service access to the rear or sides of a parcel.

Any work on a structure that does not result in any addition to the structure.

General noise level one finds in a certain area at a given time.

A change in the wording, context, or substance of this title, or an addition or deletion or a change in the zone boundaries or classifications upon the zoning map, which imposes any regulation not theretofore imposed, or removes or modifies any such regulation theretofore imposed.

Any business having 5 or more mechanical or electronic games. See also mechanical or electronic game.

An establishment providing indoor amusement and entertainment services for a fee or admission charge, including dance halls and ballrooms, and electronic game arcades, as primary uses. Five or more mechanical or electronic games in any establishment are considered an amusement arcade as described above.

An establishment providing outdoor amusement and entertainment services for a fee or admission charge.

Commercial operations or sales incidental or subservient to the primary use. For instance, a coffee kiosk within an office building would be considered ancillary to the use.

A place where animals no larger than the largest breed of dogs are given medical or surgical treatment; a facility primarily for treatment of outpatients and where for only a short time, critical patients are kept longer than 24 hours. Boarding of animals can be incidental to such clinic use. The term "veterinary clinics or animal hospital" should be used interchangeably with "animal clinic."

A habitable room or suite of two or more habitable rooms with a single kitchen, in a multiple dwelling, occupied or suitable for occupancy as a residence for 1 family and shall be considered a dwelling unit.

A place where bees and their hives are kept for their honey.

Projections from a building which are necessary for the shading of a building or features such as sills, cornices, and chimneys. Such projections may extend into required yards only as allowed by the provisions of this title.

An establishment where works of art are exhibited and/or sold.

A workplace for the teaching or practice of an art.

A retail business selling gasoline or other motor vehicle fuels, which may also provide vehicle engine maintenance and minor repair services incidental to fuel sales. The use may also include mini-markets and other food sales, accessory towing and trailer rental services. These uses do not include the sale, storage or repair of wrecked or abandoned vehicles, vehicle painting, body or fender work, or the rental of vehicle storage or parking spaces.

A retail establishment for the display or rental of new or used automobiles, trucks, vans, motorcycles, mobile homes, recreation vehicles, and boats.

A retail establishment that sells only new automobile parts, tires, and accessories. These uses do not include any type of vehicle repair, battery replacement, service bays, oil changes, or tire recapping establishments.

A commercial establishment selling and/or renting new and/or used automobiles, boats, vans, campers, trucks, mobile homes, recreational and utility trailers, motorized farm equipment, motorcycles, mopeds, snowmobile and jet skis. The sales of all automotives occurs only indoors within an enclosed commercial building. Displays located outside of a building are not included. These uses include parts for sale and repair shops only when part of a dealership selling new vehicles on the same site. These uses do not include service stations, which are separately defined.

A commercial establishment selling and/or renting new and/or used automobiles, boats, vans, campers, trucks, mobile homes, recreational and utility trailers, motorized farm equipment, motorcycles, mopeds, snowmobile and jet skis. The sales of all automotives can take place outdoors or indoors. These uses include parts for sale and repair shops only when part of a dealership selling new vehicles on the same site. These uses do not include service stations, which are separately defined.

A facility to repair and/or store vehicles. It includes the repair of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, or boats, including the sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts. These uses include auto repair shops, body and fender shops, wheel and brake shops, oil change shops, auto glass sales and installation, stereo and alarm sales and installation, and tire sales and installation, but exclude vehicle dismantling or salvage and tire retreading or recapping.

A sign painted on, printed on, or attached to the surface of an awning.

An internally illuminated, fixed, space-frame structure with translucent, flexible, fabric reinforced covering designed in awning form and with graphics or copy applied to the visible surface of the awning.

An unroofed or roofed platform enclosed by a railing or parapet projecting from the wall of a building for the private use of occupant or for exterior access to the above-grade living units. When a balcony is roofed and enclosed with operating windows, it is considered part of the room it serves.

Any use where the on-site sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages equals or exceeds 50 percent of gross sales of food and beverages from that location.

That portion of a building between floor and ceiling which is partly or wholly underground. A basement shall be counted as a story for purposes of height measurement where more than one-half of its height is above the average level of the adjoining ground.

Residential structures with one family in permanent residence with up to five bedrooms rented for overnight lodging, where meals may be provided subject to applicable health department regulations. A bed and breakfast inn with more than five guest rooms is considered a hotel or motel and is included under each definition of Hotels and Motels.

Any stage of the common domestic honey bee, Apis mellifera species.

Any structure being used to house a colony of honey bees.

A person who owns or has charge of one or more bees.

A room having glass roof and walls, typically attached to a house on only one side, used to grow plants.

A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls.

That building elevation that fronts on a public street, alley, driveway, parking area, pedestrian plaza, courtyard, or arcade.

Vertical distance from the average elevation of the finished grade to the highest point on the structure directly above; provided that a roof shall be measured to the highest point of the roof.

A line in the interior of a lot parallel to the property line and located at a distance equal to setback distance.

A building or buildings within which is conducted the principal use permitted on the lot, as provided by this title.

A legally created parcel or contiguous parcels of land in single ownership, which provides the area and open spaces required by this title, exclusive of all vehicular and pedestrian rights-of-way and all other easements that prohibit the surface use of the property by the owner thereof.

The percentage of the building site covered by structures, open or enclosed, excluding courts, patios, terraces, swimming pools, and post-supported roofs over walkways.

A building site having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.

Management, operation, sale, purchase, or other transaction involving the handling or disposition of commodities or services.

A sign displaying information pertaining to goods or services offered or produced by the business located on the property, but not including advertising devices or advertising displays.

Establishments primarily within buildings, providing other businesses with services such as maintenance, repair and service, testing, rental, etc. Support services include, but are not limited to:

A sign that has one or more plastic, acrylic or similar material faces (panels) attached to a metal frame (cabinet). These signs may or may not be internally illuminated.

A residence that is accessory to a site with a nonresidential primary use and that is needed for security, 24-hour care, or supervision, or monitoring of facilities, equipment, or other conditions on the site.

A roofed structure or a portion of a building, enclosed on 2 or more sides, primarily for the parking of automobiles belonging to the occupants of the property.

Land used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including crematories, columbariums, and mausoleums. Also see Mortuary.

A required document issued by the building and safety division prior to the occupation or use of vacant land or prior to occupation or use of buildings erected or structurally altered.

Any massage establishment where the only persons employed or used by that establishment to provide massage services have current and valid state certifications.

An association of persons for some common purpose but not including groups organized primarily to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business.

An arrangement of dwelling units, attached or detached, which provides a number of dwelling units sufficient to meet density requirements, constructed on smaller lots in return for the restriction or dedication of the remaining acreage as permanent open space.

Operated or carried on primarily for financial gain. Commercial complex means two or more businesses shown on a common development plan, plot plan, or precise plan of design functioning as a unit, with common off-street parking provided on the property as an integral part of the unit.

A tower greater than 35 feet in height (including antenna) which supports commercial communication (transmission or receiving) equipment. The term commercial communication tower shall not include amateur radio operators' equipment, as licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or home satellite/television antennas.

Humans or animals used as advertising devices, typically by the holding or wearing of insignia, masks, or costumes associated with or advertising the commercial establishment. Includes sign twirlers, sign clowns, etc.

The City Planning Commission.

A medium-speed highway abutting similar land uses. The primary function is to collect and distribute trips within a hierarchy of roads and, secondarily, to carry short trips between adjacent neighborhoods. A community collector has emergency parking only and has a significant amount of parallel and perpendicular pedestrian traffic.

A noncommercial use established primarily for the benefit and service of the population of the community in which it is located.

A use which requires a special degree of control because of characteristics peculiar to it, or because of size, technological processes of type of equipment, or because of the exact location with reference to surroundings, streets and existing improvements or demands upon public facilities.

A state of realty consisting of separate interests in residential buildings together with undivided interests common in other portions of the same property unit as a separate interest, and common areas are entire condominium except units granted; thus, owners of condominiums are grantees of units. Each grantee owns a separate interest in their unit and an interest as granted in common in common areas. Condominium means condominium projects, community apartment projects, and stock cooperatives, as defined in Section 1351 of the California Civil Code.

A project for which a valid map and conditional use permit application have been submitted to the City after the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter to divide one or more parcels of real property into condominiums/condominium hotels and the creation of separate ownership of the units therein with a separate interest in the space within all structures thereon. This shall not apply to those conversion projects for which a valid map was approved by the City prior to adoption of said ordinance.

Any condominium hotel that is intended for transient use and is subject to Chapter 3.28, Transient Occupancy Tax. A condominium hotel is a commercial use and can only be located within a commercial zone or multifamily residential zone with approval of a conditional use permit. A condominium hotel is not considered a residential property and may not be used as a permanent place of residence.

A temporary sign stating the names of those individuals or firms directly connected with the construction or development project, their addresses and their telephone numbers.

Each is a facility licensed by the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Social Welfare, or the county, which provides bed and ambulatory care for patients with post-operative convalescent, chronically ill, or dietary problems, and persons unable to care for themselves; but not including alcoholics, drug addicts, or persons with mental or contagious diseases or afflictions.

An establishment primarily engaged in marketing and promoting communities and facilities to businesses and leisure travelers through a range of activities, such as assisting organizations in locating meeting and convention sites; providing travel information on area attractions, lodging accommodations, restaurants; providing maps; and organizing group tours of local historical, recreational, and cultural attractions.

A development, other than a condominium, apartment, or cluster development, with each dwelling unit situated on a residential lot of record and no lot containing more than one dwelling unit.

A club organized and operated primarily for social and outdoor recreation purposes, including incidental accessory uses and structures.

Land used for the cremation of the dead.

Raising and harvesting of plants, tree crops, row crops, or field crops on an agricultural or commercial basis, including packing and processing as part of an established residential use. Includes horticulture establishments engaged in the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental trees and shrubs for wholesale and incidental retail sales. This classification includes accessory agricultural buildings accessory to such uses and roadside stands for display/sale of agricultural products grown on the premises. Excludes uses for which other garden, nursery, or landscape merchandise are stored and sold on the site.

Facilities that provide care and supervision of minor children for periods of less than 24 hours. These facilities include the following, all of which are required to be licensed by the State Department of Social Services:

The total number of dwelling units permitted on an acre of land exclusive of all existing public streets and right-of-way, but including all streets or right-of-way to be developed.

The same as density except proposed streets and rights-of-way shall be excluded.

Persons as defined in United States Code, Title 42, Section 423 and shall also include handicapped persons, as defined in the California Health and Safety Code Section 50072.

Means any domesticated animal or household pet that is not sold for commercial purposes and that is commonly maintained in a dwelling unit.

A vehicular passageway for the exclusive use of the occupants of a property and their guests. A driveway shall not be considered as a street.

An establishment engaged in the retail sale of prescription drugs, nonprescription medicines, cosmetics, and related supplies, including tobacco stores.

An attached permanent building containing two dwelling units.

One or more buildings, not more than two stories in height, containing dwelling units and arranged around two or three sides of a court which opens onto a street, including single-family, duplex, and multiple-family dwellings.

Living quarters within an accessory building which occupies not more than one-tenth of the area of the lot on which it is situated, for use exclusively by temporary, nonpaying guests of the resident family, such quarters having no kitchen.

A permanent building containing three or more dwelling units.

A permanent building containing one dwelling unit.

One or more rooms and a single kitchen, designed for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes.

A recorded right or interest in the land of another, which entitles the holder thereof to some use, privilege, or benefit out of or over the land.

A moderate-to large-scale facility serving a subarea, entire City, or region, including power substations, water transmission lines, wireless base stations, sewer collectors and pump stations, switching stations, gas transmission lines, water storage tanks and reservoirs, and similar structures.

A tenant who has had a valid lease or rental agreement in a unit that is proposed to be converted in connection with a condominium conversion project or for a minimum of 36 months prior to the first tenant notification prior to filing the application for a condominium conversion project pursuant to Section 66427.1(b) of the Subdivision Map Act. In the event that occupancy of the unit was first permitted more recently than 36 months prior to the first tenant notification, then eligible tenant means a tenant who has had a valid lease or rental agreement since a date within 30 days of the date on which occupancy was first permitted.

A facility that provides immediate short-term housing and supplemental services for the homeless. Supplemental services may include food, counseling, and access to other programs.

A sign whose immediate source of illumination is not enclosed by the surface of the sign structure.

The outer surface of any main exterior wall or foundation of a building, including windows and store fronts.

Any group of individuals living together as the functional equivalent of a family where the residents may share living expenses, chores, eat meals together and are a close group with social, economic and psychological commitments to each other. A family includes, for example, the residents of residential care facilities and group homes for people with disabilities. A family does not include larger institutional group living situations such as dormitories, fraternities, sororities, monasteries or nunneries.

A property which consists of a tract of land and all vehicles, mobile homes, buildings or other structures pertaining thereto, any part of which may be used or occupied by persons employed as migrant farmworkers including sleeping facilities, provided in whole or in part by the employer of such persons, owner, lessee, or operator thereof, with or without stipulated agreement as to the duration of their stay, whether or not they are supplied with meals but who are supplied with such utility services as are necessary for their habitation of such property.

A freestanding structure of metal, masonry, composition, or wood or any combination thereof resting on or partially buried in the ground level, and used for confinement, privacy, protection, screening or partition purposes.

An establishment such as a bank or trust company, credit agency, holding (but not primarily operating) company, lending and thrift institution, or investment company. Also includes automated teller machines (ATM).

A building housing firefighting apparatus and firefighters.

The total horizontal area, in square feet, including the exterior walls of all floors of a structure.

The numerical value obtained by dividing the gross floor area of a building or buildings located upon a lot or parcel of land by the total area of such lot or parcel of land.

A type of retail, service, or restaurant establishment that has 20 or more other establishments in operation anywhere in the world. These establishments are primarily defined as having standardized operational protocols, merchandise, décor, color scheme, uniformed apparel, standardized signage, a trademark or service mark.

A sign supported by upright pedestals or braces placed upon or into the ground and detached from any building.

A high-speed divided arterial highway for through traffic with full control access and grade separations at major intersections. A freeway has emergency parking only and no parallel and perpendicular pedestrian movements.

Any building sign that is visible and has frontage along the Interstate 10.

A building, or a portion of a building, enclosed and used primarily for the parking of automobiles belonging to the occupants of the property.

A building other than a private garage used for the maintenance or temporary storage of motor vehicles.

A predominately landscaped area adjacent to and accessible from a residential unit for the sole use of the occupants of the residential unit.

The General Plan of the City.

An indoor retail showroom establishment selling and renting new or used golf carts, neighborhood electric vehicles, and/or mopeds. These vehicles shall be limited to golf carts as defined in Section 345 of the California Vehicle Code or neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) as defined in Section 385.5 of the California Vehicle Code. This use may include the sale of customary accessories and parts only when part of a dealership selling new vehicles on the same site. These uses do not include service stations, which are separately defined. This use does not include outdoor display area.

A retail establishment selling and/or renting new and/or used golf carts, neighborhood electric vehicles, and/or mopeds. These vehicles shall be limited to golf carts as defined in Section 345 of the California Vehicle Code, and neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) as defined in Section 385.5 of the California Vehicle Code. This use may include the sale of customary accessories and parts only when part of a dealership selling new vehicles on the same site. These uses do not include service stations, which are separately defined. Facilities may include outdoor retail display area.

The average elevation of the finished ground surface surrounding a building.

The act of pasturing livestock on growing grass or other growing herbage, or on dead grass or other dead herbage existing in the place where grown, as the principal sustenance of the livestock so grazed.

A facility for the indoor propagation of plants for commercial sale.

A private facility for the indoor propagation of plants.

A self-serve retail market selling foods and household merchandise.

The horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot or parcel of land, before public streets, easements, or other areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use are deducted from such lot or parcel.

Any facility used to provide nonmedical residential care, day treatment, adult day care, or foster family agency services. Typically used to assist abused or neglected children, people who are physically disabled, or the mentally impaired.

Any room for sleeping or living purposes excluding such enclosed places as closets, bath, or toilet rooms, connecting corridors, unfinished attics, foyers, storage spaces, utility rooms, spaces used exclusively for cooking or eating, and similar spaces.

Fitness centers, gymnasiums, health, and athletic clubs including indoor sauna, spa, or hot tub facilities; and indoor tennis, handball, racquetball, and other indoor sports activities.

The greatest vertical distance measured from the ground level directly beneath the sign to the top of the sign.

A form of aircraft in the broad category of rotorcraft which depends for its support and motion in the air principally on lift generated by one or more power-driven rotors that rotate on a substantially vertical axis, or any steep gradient aircraft.

An area of land or water or a structural surface which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and take-off of helicopters whether on a regular or irregular basis, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for heliport buildings and other heliport facilities.

An area on a roof of a building or other structure, or on the ground, used by helicopters or steep gradient aircraft for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers or cargo.

Those areas of land which are so designated in Section 25.78.020 (Hillside Development Plan).

A ridgeline that is formed by the juncture of two or more sloping planes that project outward from a mountain range and descend towards the valley floor more particularly identified on the exhibit labeled Hillside Planned Residential Zone Ridges, on file in the office of the City Clerk.

An occupation conducted as an accessory use within a dwelling unit.

The private cultivation of ornamental plants, native plants, fruits, vegetables, and flowers in gardens and landscapes. This use type does not include retail sales on premises.

Any building or portion thereof with access provided through a common entrance, lobby, or hallway to six or more guestrooms, and which rooms are designed, intended to be used or are used, rented, or hired out as temporary or overnight accommodations for guests.

A sign limited to the identifying name, symbol, or insignia, or any combination thereof, of a building, use, or persons occupying the premises on which the sign is located.

Any manmade actions which add to the value or enhance the value of land, e.g., streets, utilities, and buildings.

Any certified massage establishment where revenue from massage services exceeds 50 percent of the establishment's total revenue.

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 includes storage elevators, truck storage yards, warehouses, wholesale storage, and other similar types of enterprise.

Private or public schools, colleges or universities qualified by the State Board of Education to give general academic instruction.

Publicly or privately owned and operated activities, nonprofit organizations, or philanthropic activities that cannot be considered residential, commercial, or industrial uses.

A church or other religious organization.

The magnitude of activity affecting the development of densities, traffic flow, commercialism, tourism, and land use.

A sign with an immediate source of illumination that is completely enclosed by the surface of the sign structure.

A residential unit that:

Any worn-out, cast-off, or discarded article or material.

Any property used for the breaking up, dismantling, sorting, storage, distribution, or sale of any scrap, waste material, or junk.

Any lot where four or more dogs or cats over the age of four months are kept or maintained. The term "pet boarding" should be used interchangeably with "kennel."

Any room in a building or dwelling unit which is used for cooking and preparation of food.

The planting of suitable plant materials or a combination of plant materials with minimum areas of paving, gravel, or otherwise dust-free materials including an adequate irrigation system.

A building where clothing and fabrics are washed, other than a launderette, and is defined in this title as an industrial use.

A place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale.

A laboratory facility that is primarily used for non-office scientific research. This use can include the design, development, and testing of biological, chemical, electrical, magnetic, mechanical, and/or optical components in advance of product manufacturing. This use does not involve the fabrication, mass manufacture, or processing of the products.

A visual path emanating from an average eye level adjudged to be five feet above the ground level.

A retail establishment that sells a variety of alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages and food items.

A retail establishment that primarily sells a variety of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.

The raising and keeping of livestock, poultry, or insects for any noncommercial purposes.

The interior area of a dwelling unit which may be occupied for living purposes by humans, including basements and attics (if permitted). Livable floor area does not include a garage or any accessory structure.

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

A low-speed, low-volume highway primarily for access to residential, business, and other abutting property. A local street has parking and a significant amount of parallel and perpendicular pedestrian traffic.

See Mezzanine.

Any numbered or lettered parcel shown on a recorded tract map, a record of survey recorded pursuant to an approved division of land, or a parcel map.

A lot located at the intersection or interception of two or more streets at an angle of not more than 135 degrees, which lot shall be considered a corner lot. If greater than one 135 degrees, the lot shall be considered an exterior lot.

The percentage of a lot covered by the total square footage of the main building, garage, and/or any accessory buildings that are larger than 150 square feet.

The average horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines.

A lot so shaped and designed that the main building site area is set back from the street on which it fronts and includes an access strip not less than 20 feet in width at any point connecting the main building site area to the frontage street.

A lot other than a corner or reverse corner lot.

The first lot to the rear of a reverse corner lot and not separated by an alley.

Any line bounding a lot. Property line means the same as lot line.

On an interior lot, the front lot line is the property line abutting the street. On a corner or reverse corner lot, the front lot line is the shorter property line abutting a street, except in those cases where the subdivision or parcel map specified another line as the front lot line. On a through lot or a lot with three or more sides abutting a street or a corner or reverse corner lot with lot lines of equal length, the zoning administrator shall determine which property line shall be the front lot line for the purposes of compliance with yard and setback provisions of this title. On a private street or easement, the front lot line shall be designed as the edge of the easement.

A lot line not abutting a street.

A lot line not abutting a street which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line; in the case of an irregularly shaped lot, a line within the lot, having a length of not less than 10 feet. A lot which is bounded on all sides by streets may have no rear lot lines.

Any lot line not a front lot line or rear lot line.

A corner lot, the side line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot lines of the lot to its rear, whether across an alley or not.

A lot having frontage on two dedicated parallel or approximately parallel streets.

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point midway between the front and rear lot lines.

Income does not exceed 80 percent of the then-current area median household income of the County of Riverside adjusted for family size by the State Department of Housing and Community Development in accordance with adjustment factors adopted and amended from time to time by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

A facility used for providing maintenance and repair services for vehicles and operational equipment.

An area of land devoted to maintenance and repair services for vehicles and operational equipment. Outdoor storage and repair activities may have noise and visual impacts on the surrounding areas.

Any area or tract of land where one or more manufactured home lots are sold, rented, or leased or held out for rent or lease to accommodate manufactured homes used for human habitation, and includes mobile home accommodation structures. The rental paid for any such manufactured home is deemed to include rental for the lot it occupies.

A structure that meets the following criteria:

A roofed structure or awning or canopy attached to and supported by the building and extended over a building line and into public property.

The master plan of the City designating adopted and proposed routes for all arterial highways within the City.

An engineering report outlining the drainage facilities needed for the proper development of a specific increment of the City, and duly adopted by the Council.

Any machine, apparatus, contrivance, appliance, or device which may be operated or played upon the placing or depositing therein of any coin, check, slug, ball, or any other article or device, or by paying therefor either in advance of or after use, involving in its use either skill or chance, including, but not limited to, tape machine, card machine, pinball machine, bowling game machine, shuffle board machine, marble game machine, horseracing machine, baseball game machine, football game machine, electronic video game, or any other similar machine or device.

An organization of doctors providing physical or mental health service and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured but does not include inpatient or overnight accommodations. May also include laboratories that are ancillary to the primary use.

Hospitals and similar facilities engaged primarily in providing diagnostic services and extensive medical treatment, including surgical and other hospital services. These establishments have an organized medical staff, inpatient beds, and equipment and facilities to provide complete healthcare. May include on-site accessory clinics and laboratories, accessory retail uses, and emergency heliports.

An establishment primarily engaged in providing professional analytic or diagnostic services to the medical profession, or to the patient on direction of a physician; or an establishment primarily engaged in making dentures, artificial teeth, and orthodontic appliances to order for the dental profession.

Any facility or location where medical marijuana is publicly made available to and/or distributed by or to one or more of the following: a primary caregiver, a qualified patient, or a person with an identification card, in strict accordance with California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq.

A health facility in an office environment providing health services including without limitation preventative and rehabilitation treatment, diagnostic services, testing and analysis. This use includes offices providing medical, dental, surgical, rehabilitation, podiatric, optometric, chiropractic, and psychiatric services, and medical or dental laboratories incidental to these offices, but excluding inpatient services and overnight accommodation.

A laboratory facility that is primarily used for medical scientific research.

An intermediate level of a building interior containing floor area without complete enclosing interior walls or partitions placed in any story or room and not separated from the floor or level below by a wall. The floor area of any mezzanine shall be counted as part of the total floor area for any floor area or FAR limitation. In addition, when the total floor area of any such mezzanine exceeds 33.3 percent of the total floor area in that room, it shall constitute an additional story. No more than 1 continuous mezzanine may be permitted in any 1 room.

A mixing of uses in a development project either with in a vertical manner with residential over commercial, retail, office, or institutional uses, or a mixing of uses in a development project or with neighboring structures.

A structure designed and equipped for human habitation, and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, to be used with or without a foundation system. Mobile home does not include a recreational vehicle, commercial coach, or factory-built housing.

Income does not exceed 120 percent of the then-current median household income of the County of Riverside adjusted for family size by the State Department of Housing and Community Development in accordance with adjustment factors adopted and amended from time to time by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

A freestanding sign that is detached from a building and having a support structure that is a solid-appearing base constructed of a permanent material, such as concrete block or brick. All other freestanding sign types not meeting the definition of a monument sign shall be either a pole sign or a pylon sign.

A freestanding sign that is detached from a building and having a support structure that is a solid-appearing base constructed of a permanent material, such as concrete block or brick on commercially zoned properties within the Freeway Commercial Overlay zone and greater than 10 acres in size and abutting Interstate 10.

Facilities providing funeral preparation and funeral services including embalming, memorial services, and cremation.

Shall be referred to in this title as hotel, inn, motor inn, or lodge and means a building or group of buildings containing guest rooms or dwelling units designed, intended, or used primarily for the accommodation of transient automobile travelers; including, but not limited to buildings or building groups designated as auto cabins, motor courts, or motor hotels.

A self-propelled device used or intended to be used for the transportation of freight or passengers upon a street or highway, excepting a device moved by human power or a device used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

Any hive design that allows the beekeeper to readily remove the combs from the hive during hive inspections, in order to monitor and manage conditions within the colony.

A sign not exceeding 1 foot by 3 feet signifying only the name of the occupant and their occupation or specialty.

The total horizontal area within the property lines of a lot or parcel of land exclusive of all rights-of-way and all easements that physically prohibit the surface use of a portion of the property.

A place of business open after 10:00 p.m. which provides for the on-site consumption of food or alcoholic beverages with entertainment which includes, but is not limited to, music, dancing, comedy, and karaoke.

An enterprise or activity which is not normally conducted for profit or gain.

A lawfully established building or structure that does not conform to the regulations of this title or is designed for a use that does not conform to the regulations of this title for the district in which it is located, either on December 11, 1975, or as the result of subsequent amendments to this title.

The lawfully established use of a building, structure, or land that does not conform to the use regulations of this title for the district in which it is located, either on December 11, 1975, or as the result of subsequent amendments to this title.

An establishment providing for the cultivation and sale of ornamental trees, shrubs, and plants, including the sale of garden and landscape materials (packaged and/or bulk sale of unpackaged materials) and equipment.

The most recently adopted Multifamily and Mixed-Use Objective Design Standards document approved by the City Council.

An office that is incidental and accessory to another business or sales activity which is the primary use (part of the same tenant space or integrated development). The qualification criteria for this definition is that the floor area of the accessory office use shall not exceed 50 percent of the total net habitable or leasable floor area of the tenant space for a single-use development or the combined floor area of an integrated development for a mixed-use project.

An administrative, clerical, or public contact office of a government agency, including postal facilities, together with the incidental storage and maintenance of vehicles.

Offices of administrative businesses providing direct services to consumers (e.g., insurance companies, utility companies), government agency and service facilities (e.g., post office, civic center), professional offices (e.g., accounting, attorneys, employment, public relations), and offices engaged in the production of intellectual property (e.g., advertising, architectural, computer programming, photography studios). This use does not include medical offices (see Medical, offices), financial institutions (see Financial institution), temporary offices, or offices that are incidental and accessory to another business or sales activity that is the primary use (see Office, accessory). Outdoor storage of materials is prohibited.

A business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations and giving information.

Open space substantially free of structures but possibly containing improvements which are part of a development plan or are appropriate for the residents of any residential development.

Any parcel of land or water which is essentially unimproved and devoted to an open space use.

An area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

The declaration of restrictions, articles of incorporation, bylaws, and any contracts for the maintenance, management, or operation of all or any part of a condominium conversion project.

A sign placed for the purpose of advertising products or services that are not produced, stored, or sold on the property upon which the sign is located.

Permanent outdoor sales and rental establishments including equipment and other uses where the business is not conducted entirely within a structure.

The same definition as lot.

A designated outdoor area used for parking motor vehicles that serves commercial establishments.

A designated outdoor area used for parking motor vehicles that serves office developments.

The space within a building or a private or public parking area, exclusive of driveways, ramps, columns, office, and working areas, for the parking of one automobile, not less than 20 feet in length and not less than 9 feet in width.

Parks, play lots, playgrounds, and nonprofessional/noncommercial athletic fields, including park and playground equipment, accessory structures, and facilities.

A relatively low-speed arterial highway abutting and distributing trips to a variety of land uses. This facility primarily serves short-range trips. A parkway has emergency parking only and will have considerable parallel and perpendicular pedestrian movement.

An access way to accommodate pedestrians, bicycles, and electric carts.

A right-of-way for pedestrians, free from vehicular traffic and including access ramps, stairs, and mechanical lifts and routes through buildings which are available for public use.

Establishments providing nonmedical services as a primary use, including, but not limited to, barber and beauty shops, clothing rental, dry cleaning pick-up stores with limited equipment, home electronics and small appliance repair, laundromats (self-service laundries), shoe repair shops, and tailors. These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided, spas and hot tubs for rent, and tanning salons.

A commercial land use facility consisting of the rental of space for the storage of personal property and/or the storage of recreational vehicles. An industrial warehouse is not considered commercial storage. This definition shall also apply to "self-storage" and "recreational vehicle storage facility."

A business establishment specializing in the elimination of vermin, insects, etc., from a building, especially by the controlled application of toxic chemicals.

A development of parcels of land as a coordinated project which has been developed according to an approved specific plan. Adequate control of the development is provided in order to maintain aesthetic values and to protect the investment of developers as well as the community as a whole. Planned developments may be residential, commercial, or industrial in nature or a combination of any 2 or more.

The planned right-of-way for a major or secondary highway or traffic collector street. A yard abutting such a highway or street shall be measured from this planned right-of-way line.

A development of industrial parcels of land as a coordinated project which has been developed according to an approved specific plan. Adequate control of the development is provided in order to maintain aesthetic values and to protect the investment of developers as well as the community as a whole.

A development of residential parcels of land as a coordinated project which has been developed according to an approved specific plan. Adequate control of the development is provided in order to maintain aesthetic values and to protect the investment of developers as well as the community as a whole.

Any sign concerning candidates for political office or involving a ballot issue.

Any structure for swimming, bathing, or wading or as a fish pond or similar use.

A sign limited to the name or identification of items or products offered for sale on the premises, and the price of the items or products.

Belonging to or restricted for the use or enjoyment of particular persons.

A sign other than a wall sign suspended from or supported by a building or structure and projecting outward therefrom.

A strip of land adequate in width adjacent to and parallel with a street right-of-way.

A broad land use category of governmental and quasi-governmental building or complexes that provide public services, such as municipal buildings, fire stations, police stations, public information centers, and similar facilities.

Any street, alley, pedestrian way, pathway, channel, viaduct, subway, bridge, easement, right-of-way, or other way in which the public has a right of use.

A temporary sign advertising the sale, lease, exchange, or rent of the property upon which it is located, and the identification of the person or firm handling the sale, lease, or rent.

A temporary use of a building for the sole purpose of selling tract residences within a particular subdivision or series of subdivisions.

A facility for sound recording and mixing.

A travel trailer, pickup camper, or motorized home, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy.

Any use or development either public or private, providing amusement, pleasure, or sport, which is operated or carried on primarily for financial gain.

Any use or development either public or private providing amusement, pleasure, or sport which is subservient to a primary land use (e.g., pool as part of an apartment complex). These facilities are generally permitted by right if the facilities are customarily part of the primary use.

Any private use or development providing amusement, pleasure, or sport, which is not carried on primarily for financial gain.

Any public development either public or private, providing amusement, pleasure, or sport.

To replace the queen bee in a colony with a younger and more productive queen, a common practice in beekeeping to prevent bee swarming.

Any use providing for the preparation, retail sale, and on-site consumption of food and beverages. Restaurants include, but are not limited to, cafes, coffee shops, sandwich shops, ice cream parlors, fast food takeout and drive-through stores, and places of business with similar uses. The term restaurant may include the licensed sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, provided that the sales of food and nonalcoholic beverages equals or exceeds 51 percent of gross sales of food and beverages. Businesses where the sales of food and nonalcoholic beverages do not exceed 51 percent of gross sales of food and beverages shall be deemed a bar or lounge.

The selling of goods, wares, or merchandise directly to the ultimate consumer.

The selling of large-sized merchandise.

A trail or way designed for and used by equestrians, pedestrians, and cyclists using non-motorized bicycles.

An area or strip of land, either public or private, on which a right of passage has been recorded.

A roof deck is any configuration of the uppermost roof of a building, or the main roof of a building, which allows regular access by the building's users, tenants, or visitors for any purpose, is prohibited.

A sign affixed on, above, or over the roof of any building, or any sign affixed to the wall of a building so that it projects above the eave line of a roof. The lowest point of a mansard style roof shall be considered the eave line.

Any article or material which is to be or intended to be reclaimed or saved from destruction.

The lineal width, expressed in feet, of all ground-floor commercial storefronts within the San Pablo Overlay District, as depicted in Figure 25.28-1, which faces the public right-of-way. This shall include ground-floor commercial storefronts which face private parking areas that take direct vehicle access from San Pablo Avenue.

Any highway designated a scenic highway by an agency of the City, county, state, or federal government.

Any person who is 62 years of age or older.

An act, or any result of useful labor, which does not, in itself, produce a tangible commodity.

The area between the building line and the property line, or when abutting a street, the ultimate right-of-way line.

The distance between the building line and the property line, or when abutting a street, the ultimate right-of-way line.

An integrated development of retail and service commercial activities on one lot of land sharing common parking facilities and serving a wide spectrum of community shopping needs.

That portion of a thoroughfare, other than a roadway, set apart by curbs, barriers, markings, or other delineations for pedestrian travel.

Any device used for visual communications or attraction, including any identification announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration, insignia, or symbol used to advertise or promote the interest of any person; together with all parts, materials, frame and background.

Sign and advertising device do not include the following for purposes of this title:

The surface or that portion of a sign that is visible from a single point as a flat surface or a plane and considered together with the frame and the background.

A residential property that includes multiple single room dwelling units. Each unit is for occupancy by a single eligible individual. The unit need not, but may, contain food preparation or sanitary facilities, or both.

Any premises, place of business, or membership club providing facilities devoted especially to health, beauty, and relaxation that deal with the cosmetic, therapeutic, and/or holistic treatments, where people visit for professionally administered personal care treatments.

Those eligible tenants who also qualify as disabled, senior citizen, low-income, or very low-income individuals as defined under California law.

A detailed plan covering a selected area of the City for the purposes of implementation of the General Plan, while also providing flexibility in development standards, innovative land uses and developments, and a variety of housing and other development types pursuant to the requirements of the Government Code of the State.

As described in Section 25.40.070, a sports court is considered a walled or fenced area for playing one of various games with a ball such as racquet ball, hand ball, basketball, badminton and other similar outdoor activities.

The keeping and training of horses which are not owned by the occupant or owner of the property. Boarding of horses includes the giving of private lessons (1 trainer/1 student), but does not include group lessons, group clinics, shows or similar related activities.

A building or a portion of a building used to shelter and feed equines which are used exclusively by the occupants of the property on which the stable is situated.

That portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above.

A public or private vehicular right-of-way other than an alley.

The centerline of a street right-of-way as established by official survey.

A curb break, or a means, place, or way provided for the purpose of gaining vehicular access between a street and abutting property.

Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure.

Anything placed, constructed or erected, which may be readily movable or collapsible, and may require a fixed location on the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground, except business signs and other improvements of a minor character.

Those provisions set forth in Government Code Section 66410 et seq., as amended or superseded.

The natural method of honeybee colonies to reproduce, resulting in the departure of part of the bee population with a queen to create a new honey bee colony.

An artificial body of water having a depth in excess of 18 inches, designed, constructed, and used for swimming, dipping, or immersion purposes by men, women, or children.

Indoor facilities for public assembly and group entertainment, other than sporting events (e.g., civic theaters, facilities for live theater and concerts, exhibition and convention halls, motion picture theaters, auditoriums). Does not include outdoor theaters, concert and similar entertainment facilities, and indoor and outdoor facilities for sporting events.

One wherein a purchaser receives the right in perpetuity, for life, or for a term of years to the recurrent, exclusive use, or occupancy of a lot, parcel, unit, room(s), or segment of real property, annually or on some other seasonal or periodic basis, for a period of time that has been or will be allotted from the use or occupancy periods into which the project has been divided and includes, but is not limited to, time-share estate, interval ownership, vacation license, vacation lease, club membership, time-share use, and hotel/condominium. A time-share project is subject to a single conditional use permit for time-sharing purposes and a plan of time-sharing set forth in covenants, conditions, and restrictions encumbering such real property, and all real property which is subject to the single conditional use permit and which shall be subsequently annexed under such plan.

A cluster development consisting of attached two-story dwelling units.

A shelter provided to the homeless for an extended period, often as long as 18 months and generally integrated with other social services and counseling programs to assist in the transition to self-sufficiency through the acquisition of a stable income and permanent housing.

The right-of-way shown as ultimate on an adopted precise plan of highway alignment; or the street rights-of-way shown within the boundary of a recorded tract map, a recorded parcel map, or a recorded development plan. The latest adopted or recorded document in the cases mentioned in this section shall take precedence. If none of these exist, the ultimate right-of-way shall be considered the right-of-way required by the highway classification as shown on the master plan of arterial highways. In all other instances, the ultimate right-of-way shall be considered to be the existing right-of-way.

The particular area of land or airspace that is designed, intended, or used for exclusive possession or control of individual owners or occupiers.

The purpose, for which land or a building is occupied, arranged, designed, or intended, or for which either land or building is or may be occupied or maintained.

A use customarily incidental and accessory to the principal use of the land or building site, or to a building or other structure located on the same building site as the principal use.

The main purpose, for which land or a building is occupied, arranged, designed or intended, or for which either land or building is or may be occupied or maintained.

A use which is required for the proper function of the community or temporarily required in the process of establishing a permitted use, or construction of a public facility. Such use shall be permitted only after the issuance of a temporary use permit as established by the provisions of this title.

Buildings, substations, equipment, and other operations that serve more than 1 property and are related to the provisions of public utility services such as electricity, natural gas, and other utilities. This category includes the following:

The equipment and utility infrastructure that is required for an individual development.

The number of vacant apartment dwelling units being offered for rent or lease in the City of Palm Desert shown as a percentage of the total number of apartment dwelling units offered for or under rental or lease agreement in the City. The vacancy rate shall be established by a public or private service that monitors apartment vacancies within the City.

Whenever a parking attendant is utilized to park cars in an assigned area that is not available to the general public.

A vehicle which when operated upon a highway is required to be registered as a commercial vehicle by the state Vehicle Code, and which is used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation or profit or designed, and used primarily for the transportation of property.

Any sign that is attached to or painted on a vehicle or trailer that is parked on or adjacent to any property, the principal purpose of which is to direct people to a business, or attract attention to a product sold or business located on the same property or nearby. On street-legal vehicles, the following signs or insignia are not considered to be vehicle signs, and are not regulated as vehicle signs:

A facility to store operative or inoperative vehicles, storage of parking towaways, impound yards, and storage lots for buses and recreational vehicles, but do not include vehicle dismantling.

A private, nonexclusive vehicular easement affording access to abutting properties.

Income that does not exceed 50 percent of the then-current area median household income of the County of Riverside adjusted for family size by the state Department of Housing and Community Development in accordance with adjustment factors adopted and amended from time to time by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

A sign attached to or erected on the exterior wall of the building or structure or on a canopy marquee or similar overhang with the exposed face of the sign in a plane approximately parallel to the plane of the exterior wall and not extending above the eave line. The lowest part of a mansard-style roof shall be considered the eave line.

A facility for the storage of farm products, furniture, household goods, or other commercial goods of any nature.

A business establishment engaged in selling to retailers or jobbers, rather than consumers.

A sign posted, painted, placed, or affixed in or on a window exposed to public view. An interior sign that faces a window exposed to public view that is located within 5 feet of the window is considered a window sign for the purpose of calculating the total area of all window signs.

An architectural feature in excess of 6 feet in height which is a continuation of a building wall projecting beyond the exterior walls of a building.

Any open space on the same lot with a building or dwelling group, which space is between the setback lines and the lot lines of the parcel or the planned street line and is unoccupied and unobstructed except for the projections permitted by this title.

A zoning district, as defined in the State Conservation and Planning Act, shown on the zoning map to which uniform regulations apply.

The official zoning map of the City which is a part of this title.

The comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City.