The meaning and construction of words and phrases defined in this chapter shall apply throughout this title, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning or construction.

(Ord. 214 §2(part), 1992)

The following general rules of language construction shall apply to the text of this title:

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Headings. Section headings shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or otherwise affect the scope or intent of any provision of this title.

(Ord. 214 §2(part), 1992)

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All public officials, agencies and regulations referenced in this title are those of the town unless otherwise indicated.

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"Building official" means the person designated by the Uniform Building Code, as adopted by the town, as responsible for enforcement and administration of the building code.

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"Chapter" means a numbered division of this title containing the basic provisions of a general topic; e.g., the zoning ordinance basic provisions.

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"Commission" or "planning commission" means the planning commission of the town.

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"Council" or "town council" means the town council of the town.

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"County" means the county of Butte, state of California.

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"Department" means the community development department of the town.

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"Director" means the planning director of the town, or a designee thereof.

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"Federal" means the government of the United States.

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"General plan" means the Paradise general plan as adopted by the town council, and includes any specific plans adopted by the council pursuant to state law.

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"Section" means a numbered division of a chapter contained within this title, unless otherwise indicated.

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"State" means the State of California.

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"Title" means this title, unless otherwise indicated.

(Ord. 214 §2(part), 1992)

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Purpose. The purpose of the use classifications is to provide a consistent set of terms encompassing and defining uses permitted or conditionally permitted in various zones. This chapter provides a method of determining to which use classification a specific use belongs if such a use is not clearly included within a use classification.

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Determination of Classification. The planning director shall determine the appropriate use classification of any use not specifically listed in this title, subject to the right of appeal pursuant to Section 17.45.600.

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Criteria for Determination. In making a determination of classification, the planning director shall consider the typical site development, structure requirements, and the operating characteristics of the particular use in question, and shall consider any function, product, service, or physical facility requirements common or similar to uses cited as examples of use classification.

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Written Findings. Each determination of classification shall be made in writing, and shall include a statement of all factors considered by the planning director in making the determination.

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Supplemental Listing. The planning director or designee shall maintain a list of all use determinations, and shall periodically recommend to the planning commission revisions to the use classification as set forth in this title to reflect contemporary terminology and minimize ambiguity.

(Ord. 214 §2(part), 1992)

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Any words or phrases not defined within this section shall be defined as set forth in current dictionaries.

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Words or phrases in capital letters are also defined within this section.

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For purposes of this title, the words and phrases set out in this section shall have the following meanings:

"Abandoned sign" means any sign or sign structure which identifies a USE which has not occupied the SITE on which it is located for a period of ninety (90) days, does not clearly identify any land use for a period of ninety (90) days, or has been in a state of disrepair or poor condition for a period of ninety (90) days.

"Abutting" or "adjoining" means having common LOT lines, PARCEL lines, or DISTRICT boundaries in common.

"Accessory building" means any structure having a permanent foundation and a roof supported by columns or walls designed, intended and/or used for shelter, support or enclosure of property associated with a permitted or conditionally permitted PRINCIPAL USE on the same site.

"Accessory dwelling" means a DWELLING UNIT accessory to a nonresidential PRINCIPAL USE on the same SITE, intended for occupancy by the landowner or a person employed on the site for security, maintenance or management purposes.

"Accessory uses" means USES which are necessarily and customarily associated with and subordinate to the permitted or conditional permitted principal use. Accessory uses and structures are subject to the same regulations as apply to principal uses in each zoning district, except as may be otherwise provided.

"Addition" means any construction which increases the size of a BUILDING or STRUCTURE in terms of SITE coverage, HEIGHT, length, width, or GROSS FLOOR AREA.

"Administrative permit" means an entitlement authorizing a development project and granted by the planning director or an appointed designee, involving very little or no personal subjective judgment or discretion. The decision-making process involves the use of fixed standards and criteria, and a determination as to whether or not the project complies with existing statutes, ordinances, regulations and policies.

"Administrative services" means offices, administrative, clerical, or public contact services of public agencies that deal directly with the citizen, together with incidental storage and maintenance of necessary vehicles. Typical uses include federal, state, county, town and special district offices.

"Adult business." For "adult business" see Section 9.14.020 of this code.

"Advertising" means printed matter that calls the public's attention to things for sale.

"Advertising display" means any sign, billboard, signboard, poster, placard, pennant, banner, graphic display, mural, or similar device that is used to advertise or promote a product.

"Agent of owner" means any person showing written verification that he or she is acting for, and with the knowledge and consent of, a property owner.

"Agricultural building" means a structure designed and constructed to house agricultural equipment, farm implements, hay, grain, poultry, livestock, or horticultural products and which is not designed for human habitation.

"Agricultural employee housing" means housing consisting of no more than thirty-six (36) beds in group quarters or twelve (12) units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household as described in California Health and Safety Code Sections 17021.6 and 17008.

"Agricultural employee housing, limited residential" means housing providing accommodations for six (6) or fewer employees as described in California Health and Safety Code Sections 17021.5 and 17008.

"Agricultural processing" means the processing, treatment or remanufacture of agricultural products on a commercial basis. Typical uses include wineries, packing and canning plants, feed lots, and livestock auction yards.

"Agricultural sales and service" means sale of feed, grains, fertilizers, pesticides, and similar agricultural products, or provision of related agricultural services. Typical uses include feed and grain stores and agricultural supply services.

"Alteration" means any construction or physical change in the internal arrangement of rooms or the supporting members of a BUILDING or STRUCTURE, or a change in the relative position of buildings or structures on a SITE, or a substantial change in appearance of any building or structure.

"Animal production" means raising of animals or production of animal products such as eggs or dairy products. Typical uses include grazing, ranching, dairy farming, and poultry farming. Animal production shall not include the keeping and raising of BACKYARD CHICKENS AND RABBITS in accordance with Section 17.35.250.

"Attached" means joined in any manner to any structure.

"Auto body repair" shall mean any use or activity involving body, frame, fender straightening or repair, or the overall painting and undercoating of motor vehicles. Auto body repair shall not include the rebuilding of vehicles beyond repair as determined by an insurance company or the dismantling or storage of wrecked or junked vehicles.

"Auto repair" shall mean any motor vehicle repair such as tire, brake, engine, radiator, transmission, tune-up, electrical, battery, exhaust system, suspension, air conditioning, smog, auto detailing, glasswork, window tinting, upholstery, and shall include car stereo, car alarm, and cellular phone maintenance, repair or installation, and not including the work of auto body repair.

"Auto sales" shall mean the display and sale of new or used motorized vehicles and/or parts related thereto. The sale and/or rental of light trucks, vans, motorcycles, trailers, recreational vehicles or auto parts is considered auto sales and may include preparation or minor repair work conducted as ACCESSORY USE. Auto sales are typically either primarily an "indoor" or "outdoor" land use activity.

"Automotive dismantling." For "automotive dismantling" see definition assigned to SCRAP AND SALVAGE SERVICES.

"Average slope" means the average amount of fall or rise of property between its setback lines.

"Aviation facilities" means landing fields, and related aircraft parking and service facilities, including aircraft servicing, fueling, repair, storage, charter, sales and rental.

"Backyard chickens and rabbits" means the long-term keeping and raising of up to two chickens (excluding roosters) and up to two rabbits as a permitted ACCESSORY USE on the same SITE as an ESTABLISHED residential land USE as household pets and in accordance with Section 17.35.250.

"Bed and breakfast" means any BUILDING or establishment or portion thereof, the primary purpose of which is for the providing of guest bedrooms for a lodging fee and which may include providing limited meal service such as light or continental breakfasts, evening snacks, etc., and which is clearly incidental to the principal use of the property as a DWELLING UNIT.

"Body piercing shop" means any place or establishment which is operated for the purpose of piercing the skin or creating an opening in the body of a human being for the purpose of inserting jewelry. This includes, but is not limited to, the piercing of an ear, lip, tongue, nose or eyebrow.

"Building" means a structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, for the shelter, support or enclosure of persons or property.

"Building site" means the usable area of a LOT. This area excludes land exceeding thirty (30) percent slope, drainage ways, easements or similar areas where septic systems or STRUCTURES cannot be installed or constructed.

"Business office" means an office where work is performed in the buying and selling of commodities or service or an administrative office.

"Business or trade school" means a USE providing education or training in business, commerce, language, or other activity, and not otherwise defined as a home occupation, college or university, or public or private educational facility. Typical uses include business schools and barber or beauty colleges.

"Business services" means sale, rental or repair of equipment, or provision of services and supplies typically used by other commercial or industrial uses. Typical uses include janitorial and building maintenance services, office and commercial equipment supply firms, and printing shops.

Cabinet Shop. See definition assigned to MANUFACTURING, LIGHT.

"Campground" means facility of two (2) or more spaces providing camping; and including PARKING FACILITIES or incidental services for travelers in RECREATIONAL VEHICLES or tents. Typical uses include recreational vehicle parks.

"Cargo container" means a container, with or without axles, originally designed to haul, store or transport freight or cargo. Cargo containers may also be referred to as storage containers, temporary storage containers, portable storage containers, containerized storage devices, semi-trailers or truck-trailers.

"Carport" means a GARAGE enclosed or partly enclosed by no more than one side.

"Carwashing" means washing and cleaning of automobiles and similar vehicles and equipment. Typical uses include self-service and mechanical car washes and equipment cleaning facilities.

"Cemetery" means land used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary of such cemetery.

"Change of use" means the replacement of an existing USE by a new use, or a change in the nature of an existing use, but not including a change of ownership, tenancy, name, or management, or a change in product or service within the same use classification where the previous nature of the use, line of business, or other function is substantially unchanged.

"Club" or "lodge" means assembly, recreational, social, and administrative facilities for a private or nonprofit association, primarily for use by members and guests. Typical uses include fraternal organizations and private social clubs.

"Cocktail lounge" means a USE licensed by the state for preparation and sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, including taverns, bars, cocktail lounges, and similar businesses.

"Combining district" means an area depicted on the zoning map which is regulated by a base zone and another zone which is specifically added to a base district as prescribed by this title.

"Commercial composting" means a site location that is used for the collection and COMPOSTING of organic material for a commercial purpose.

Commercial Recreation, Indoor. "Indoor commercial recreation" means establishments primarily engaged in sports, entertainment, amusements or recreation services, conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, billiard parlors, amusement arcades, skating rinks, health or sports clubs, motion picture theaters, meeting halls and dancehalls.

Commercial Recreation, Outdoor. "Outdoor commercial recreation" means establishments primarily engaged in provision of sports, entertainment, amusement, or recreation, conducted in open or partially enclosed facilities. Typical uses include miniature golf, driving ranges, and golf courses, swimming and tennis facilities, sports arenas, and similar outdoor activities.

"Commercial timber harvesting" means the harvesting of twelve (12) or more trees defined as a QUALIFYING TREE from one legal parcel during any twelve (12) consecutive month period for a commercial purpose. As used in this definition, "commercial purpose" means the trees are primarily being harvested for financial reasons and the specific tree felling and removal activity is not associated with a town approved development permit or entitlement authorizing the establishment or expansion of a legally permitted land use. Tree felling and removal activities in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8.12 of this code shall not constitute commercial timber harvesting except as set forth in Code Section 8.12.090(B)(3).

"Common area" means an area held, designed and designated principally for the use by all the owners or occupants of a MOBILE HOME PARK, cluster subdivision, condominium, or other unified development project.

"Community care facility" means any facility, place or building which is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical residential care, adult day care, child day care, intermediate care, congregate living, health care, or home-finding agency services for children, adults, or children and adults, including but not limited to the physically handicapped, mentally impaired or incompetent persons and does not include drug recovery facilities.

Community Care Facility, Limited Residential. "Limited residential community care facility" means a community care facility which provides service for six (6) or fewer persons, with the residents and operators of the facility being considered a family.

"Composting" means a controlled microbial degradation of organic waste yielding a humus-like product of potential value as a soil conditioner.

"Conditional use permit" means a discretionary permit issued by the town which is required for certain projects that are allowable by special permit only. A conditional use permit imposes conditions on a project which are designed to assure compatibility with the town general plan, the town zoning ordinance, and to minimize impacts to neighboring land uses.

"Construction sales and services" means sale of building and construction materials, or provision of contracting and construction services. Typical uses include building materials centers, lumberyards, tool and equipment rental services, and contracting services.

"Consumer repair services" means repair services primarily serving individuals and households, but excluding automotive and equipment use types. Typical uses include appliance repair, watch or jewelry repair, electronic and musical instrument repair, shoe repair, and tailor or seamstress shops.

"Convalescent services" means provision of bed care and inpatient services for persons requiring regular medical attention, but excluding surgical and emergency medical services, care for alcoholism, drug addiction, mental disease, or communicable disease.

"Convenience storage" means storage facilities primarily for storing personal effects and household goods, generally within enclosed or screened storage areas, but excluding uses such as workshops, hobby shops, MANUFACTURING, or other commercial activity. Typical uses include mini-storage and mini-warehousing.

Coverage, Building. "Building coverage" means the area of a LOT covered by BUILDINGS or roofed areas, but excluding incidental projecting eaves, balconies, or similar features, and also excluding ground-level paving, LANDSCAPING, or outdoor recreational facilities.

Coverage, Impervious. "Impervious coverage" means the area of a lot defined as BUILDING COVERAGE, plus the area occupied by impervious structures or features such as pavement, walkways, or swimming pools.

"Crop production" means growing and harvesting of tree, row or field crops, or horticultural specialties, including incidental packing and processing. Typical uses include orchards, vineyards and wholesale plant nurseries.

"Cul-de-sac" means a street or series connection of streets that is closed on one end.

"Cultural services" means a library, museum, art gallery or similar nonprofit use affording preservation and exhibition of objects of artistic, scientific or historic interest.

"Day care facility" means a facility that provides nonmedical day care to children under eighteen (18) years of age on less than a twenty-four (24) hour basis. Day care facility includes day care centers, infant centers, preschools, employer-sponsored child care centers, and family day care homes.

"Density" means the number of dwelling units per gross acre.

"Detached" means fully separated from any other BUILDING or STRUCTURE, or joined to a building or structure only by structural members not constituting an enclosed or covered space.

"Development" means the placement of any solid material or STRUCTURE; change in the DENSITY or INTENSITY, as defined in this section, of use of land; and construction, reconstruction, demolition or alteration of the size of any structure, including any facility of any private, public or municipal utility; including grading, dredging, mining or other significant earthwork.

"Discretionary permit or project" means a permit or project which requires the use of judgment or deliberation when the town decision-making body decides to approve or disapprove a particular activity, as distinguished from situations where the decision-making body merely has to determine whether there has been conformity with applicable statutes, codes or regulations.

"District" or "zoning district" means a specific land area delineated on the ZONING MAP assigned and regulated by an established ZONE.

"Drive-in service" means a feature or characteristic of a land use involving the sale of products or provision of services directly to occupants in vehicles, including drive-in windows and drive-through services such as mechanical automobile washing.

"Driveway" means a surface area providing vehicular access between a STREET and an OFF-STREET PARKING or LOADING SPACE.

"Dwelling unit" means a residential BUILDING or portion thereof providing complete, independent living facilities for one FAMILY, including permanent provisions of living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

"Educational facilities" means an elementary, secondary or higher learning facility, whether public, private or parochial in ownership, which offers instruction in branches of learning required to be provided in public educational facilities of the State of California.

"Electric generation" means the conversion of various forms of energy to electricity.

Electric Generation, Limited. "Limited electric generation" means ELECTRIC GENERATION by the use of water or of resources immediately available on the premises.

"Emergency shelters" means facilities providing emergency shelter to homeless individuals or others in need of shelter. These accommodations include lodging and may include as ancillary uses: meals, laundry facilities, bathing, counseling and other support services.

Emergency Shelters, Temporary. "Temporary emergency shelters" means existing facilities such as churches, public or quasi-public buildings that provide temporary, emergency shelter to homeless individuals or others in need of shelter. These accommodations include lodging and may include as ancillary uses: meals, laundry facilities, bathing, counseling and other support services.

"Enclosed" means a roofed or covered space fully surrounded by walls, including windows, doors, and similar openings or architectural features, or an open space of less than one hundred (100) square feet fully surrounded by a building or walls more than eight (8) feet in height.

"Enlargement" means an addition to the FLOOR AREA of an existing BUILDING, or an addition of another BUILDING on a LOT or PARCEL. Enlargement also includes an increase in the number of adult livestock on a lot or parcel.

"Equipment repair" means repair of trucks, tractors, construction equipment, agricultural implements and similar equipment. Typical uses include truck repair, tractor and farm implement repair services, and machine shops, but exclude dismantling or salvage operations.

"Establish" means the originating, founding, instituting or creating of any USE consistent with this title on a LOT or PARCEL. Typically, uses requiring the receipt of a building permit for construction and for which substantial costs have been incurred by the permittee shall be deemed established. Uses not requiring a building permit are deemed established when the use is legally placed on the subject property, e.g., in the case of a use permit authorizing the keeping of livestock animals, the use is established when the animal is legally placed on the property.

"Family" means an individual, or two (2) or more persons living together as a single household within a DWELLING UNIT.

"Family daycare home" means a facility that regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for fourteen (14) or fewer children, in the provider's own home, for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away, and is either a large family daycare home or small family daycare home.

"Fence" means any barrier or structure consisting of any material, including a gate.

"Financial services" means establishments primarily providing financial and banking services. Typical uses include banks, savings and loan institutions, credit and lending services, and similar services.

Floor Area, Gross. "Gross floor area" means the total enclosed area of all floors of a BUILDING, measured to the surfaces of exterior walls, including halls, stairways, elevator shafts, service and mechanical equipment rooms, light wells, courts, and basement, cellar or attic areas deemed usable by the building official or habitable by the Uniform Building Code.

Floor Area, Net. "Net floor area" means the total interior floor surface of a DWELLING UNIT or other unit of BUILDING area, measured to the interior surfaces of the bounding walls of the unit, excluding hallways, stairwells, service areas, and utility and mechanical equipment rooms not exclusive to the unit.

"Floor area ratio" means the ratio of GROSS FLOOR AREA on a LOT to the GROSS LOT AREA.

"Food sales" means retail sale of foods or household products predominately for home consumption. Typical uses include groceries, delicatessens, meat markets, retail bakeries and candy shops.

"Fuelwood sales" means the sale and incidental storage of wood products to be primarily used as an indoor source of heat.

"Funeral home" means the provision of undertaking and funeral services, including preparation for burial, cremation, and conduct of funeral services, but excluding cemeteries or mausoleums.

"Garage" means a building or portion of a building constructed for the primary use of the noncommercial storage of motor vehicles.

"General vehicle/equipment storage" means a facility that is not completely enclosed within a building and which primarily provides for the storage of recreational vehicles, boats, snowmobiles, trailers, construction equipment and/or other motorized and nonmotorized devices for more than seventy-two (72) hours. Typical uses include recreational vehicle storage lots and construction equipment yards.

"Grade" means the lowest horizontal elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk at a point where HEIGHT is to be measured.

"Guest house" means an accessory BUILDING containing a SLEEPING UNIT without kitchen facilities, and used to house occasional visitors which are nonpaying guests of the occupants of a DWELLING UNIT on the same SITE; and containing a FLOOR AREA of six hundred forty (640) square feet or less.

Guidance Services, General. "General guidance services" means provision to seven (7) or more individuals of counseling, guidance, vocational or recuperative services to persons requiring rehabilitation assistance as a result of mental illness, alcoholism, detention, drug addiction or similar condition, either on a residential or DAY CARE basis.

Guidance Services, Limited. "Limited guidance services" means provision to six (6) or fewer individuals of counseling, guidance, vocational or recuperative services to persons requiring rehabilitation assistance as a result of mental illness, alcoholism, detention, drug addition or similar condition, either on a residential or DAY CARE basis.

"Hazardous waste" means a waste, or combination of wastes which due to its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may either:

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Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness;

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Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. (Government Code Section 66714.8)

"Hazardous waste facility" means any structure, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land, and all contiguous land, used for the treatment, transfer, storage, resource recovery, disposal or recycling of HAZARDOUS WASTE. (Health and Safety Code Section 25117.1)

"Heavy processing recycling facility" means a building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of RECYCLABLE MATERIALS occupying an area greater than forty-six thousand (46,000) square feet of gross area and averaging more than two (2) outbound truck shipments per day.

"Height" means the vertical distance from GRADE to the highest point of the STRUCTURE, excluding chimneys, vents and similar architectural or mechanical features.

"Home occupation" means an accessory commercial activity or BUSINESS SERVICE, conducted on the SITE of a DWELLING UNIT by the inhabitants thereof, in a manner clearly incidental to the residential character of the site, and in accord with Chapter 17.33 of this title. It shall not include activities that are limited solely to the use of a desk, telephone and personal computer.

"Home occupation permit" means a nondiscretionary permit issued by the planning director that authorizes a HOME OCCUPATION based upon specific standards and criteria contained in this title.

"Horticulture" means the art or science of growing flowers, shrubs, fruits and vegetables.

"Hospital services" means provision of medical, psychiatric or surgical services for sick or injured persons primarily on an inpatient basis, and including ancillary facilities for outpatient and emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, research, administration and incidental services to patients, employees or visitors.

Industry, Basic. "Basic industry" means processing of raw materials and manufacture of product predominately from extracted or raw materials, or a storage (or manufacturing) activity involving flammable or explosive materials or involving processes with potentially hazardous or commonly recognized offensive conditions. Typical uses include rock, sand and gravel processing and lumber mills.

"Intensity" means the percentage of the developed area of a SITE devoted to the various land uses stored, planted, constructed or placed on the subject property.

"Internal street" means a roadway within a private DEVELOPMENT.

"Junk" means any used, cast-off, damaged, discarded, obsolete, salvaged, scrapped, unusable, worn out, or wrecked object, thing, material or substance, regardless of whether the same is being held for sale or storage. Examples of JUNK include, but are not limited to: any old wire, iron, brass, copper, tin, aluminum, lead, or any other scrap metals or alloys, and any rags, carpet, papers, bags, cardboard, lumber, pallets, barrels, bottles, cans, plastics, or any dismantled or wrecked vehicles or parts thereof, used vehicle parts, machinery, appliances and/or parts or portions thereof, and used household furniture or other household personal property or parts or portions thereof.

"Junkyard" means an area containing more than two hundred (200) square feet used for the storage of JUNK.

"Kennel" means any LOT, BUILDING, STRUCTURE, or premises whereon or wherein five (5) or more dogs or five (5) or more cats, over the age of four (4) months are kept or maintained for any purpose. Kennel definition shall not be construed as applying to a duly licensed veterinary hospital or public animal shelter.

"Landscaped" means an area predominately developed with plant material or natural landscape features, including lawn, ground cover, gardens, trees, shrubs, or other plant materials. Landscaped areas may include supplemental features such as pools, fountains, lighting, irrigation systems and sculptural elements.

"Large collection recycling facility" means a center for the acceptance by donation, redemption or purchase of RECYCLABLE MATERIALS from the public, occupying an area of generally more than five hundred (500) square feet, and may include permanent structures. The facility may include a mobile unit, bulk REVERSE VENDING MACHINES, kiosk-type units, and unattended containers for donation purposes.

Large Family Day Care Home. See definition assigned to DAY CARE HOME, LARGE FAMILY.

"Large retail project" shall mean any new commercial retail project, the total gross building floor area of which equals or exceeds fifty thousand (50,000) square feet, including but not limited to mercantile uses and/or shopping center uses. Additionally, for purposes of determining building floor area, multiple buildings located closer than twenty (20) feet together shall be considered one building.

"Laundry services" means provision of laundering, dry cleaning or dyeing services other than those classified as PERSONAL SERVICES. Typical uses include bulk laundry and cleaning plants, diaper services, and commercial linen laundry and supply services.

"Light processing recycling facility" means a building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials having less than forty-five thousand (45,000) square feet of gross area and a maximum of two (2) outbound truck shipments per day. The facility shall not include shredding, compacting or baling of ferrous materials.

"Liquor sales" means establishments licensed by the state for retail sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises. Typical uses include liquor stores, bottle shops, or any licensed sales for off-site consumption.

"Livestock animals" means domestic animals raised for use or sale.

"Loading space" means an area used for loading or unloading of goods from a vehicle.

"Lot" means a PARCEL of real property with a separate number or other designation shown on a record of survey, parcel map, or subdivision map recorded by the county; or a parcel legally created pursuant to applicable regulations in effect prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title.

Lot Area, Gross. "Gross lot area" means the total area within initial bounding LOT LINES, including any easement or right-of-way located within the resultant lot lines.

Lot Area, Net. "Net lot area" means the net area within resultant bounding LOT LINES, but excluding any portion of a flag lot providing access to a street, and excluding any public or private easement or right-of-way providing access to another lot.

Lot, Corner. "Corner lot" means a LOT having front and side property lines abutting two (2) separate streets, roads or road easements.

"Lot depth" means the distance between the midpoint of the front lot line and the midpoint of the rear lot line.

"Lot or parcel line" means a line or series of connected line segments bounding a LOT or PARCEL.

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"Front line" means any LOT LINE contiguous to a STREET from which access is provided to a LOT or PARCEL.

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"Side line" means any LOT LINE which intersects a FRONT LINE.

c.

"Rear line" means any LOT LINE which is not a FRONT LINE or SIDE LINE.

Lot, Through. "Through lot" means a LOT having front and rear lot lines ABUTTING a street, road, or road easement.

"Lot width" means the distance between side LOT LINES, measured along the front SETBACK LINE, except lots facing cul-de-sacs which shall have a lot width equal to the arc distance measured along the front setback line of the CUL-DE-SAC.

"Manufacturing, custom" means on-site production of small goods and/or consumptive products by methods involving primarily the use of hand tools or power tools not exceeding seven (7) horsepower or kilns and/or ovens not exceeding twenty (20) kilowatts. Custom manufacturing may include retail sale of goods or products produced on the SITE. Typical uses include candle factories, ceramic shops, custom jewelry and lapidary shops, micro-brewery, and similar uses.

Manufacturing, Light. "Light manufacturing" means manufacturing of finished products or parts prepared predominately from previously prepared materials, including processing, fabricating, assembly, treatment, and packaging, and incidental storage, sales and distribution of such products, including agricultural processing but excluding basic industry.

"Medical offices" means provision of consultations, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventative or corrective personal treatment by doctors, dentists, medical and dental laboratories, or similar practitioners of medical and healing arts licensed for such purposes by the state.

Mining. For "mining" see definition assigned to RESOURCE EXTRACTION.

"Mobile/manufactured home" means a transportable factory-built housing unit designed and equipped for use as a DWELLING UNIT with or without a permanent foundation. A mobile/manufactured home may include two (2) or more sections separately transported and joined together as one integral unit. A mobile/manufactured home shall not include a RECREATIONAL VEHICLE.

"Mobile home park" means a unified residential DEVELOPMENT with two (2) or more MOBILE HOME SPACES, together with internal streets, common areas, and facilities for parking, recreation, laundry, utility, storage, or other services for the residents.

"Mobile home space" means an area within a MOBILE HOME PARK intended as the location for one mobile home and for the exclusive use of its occupants.

"Mobile recycling unit" means an automobile, truck, trailer or van, licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, which is used for the collection of RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. In addition, MRU's include bins, boxes or containers transported by trucks, vans or trailers, and used for the collection of RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.

"Motel" or "lodging" means a business providing overnight lodging services, including incidental food and drink.

"Multiple-family residential" means USE of a SITE for three (3) or more DWELLING UNITS, within one or more BUILDINGS, including units intended for individual ownership together with COMMON AREAS or facilities.

"Nonconforming parcel or lot" means a parcel or lot that was legally created prior to the adoption of the regulations of this code and which does not comply with the minimum area or width requirements of the land use regulations for the zoning district in which it is located.

"Nuisance" means anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, or which unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any public square, street or highway.

"Off-street parking" means required on-site parking normally beyond all SETBACK LINES of a LOT. See Section 17.38.200(H).

"Open space" means the undeveloped area of a PARCEL, with no use otherwise defined by the use classifications, except for incidental grazing or similar activity typically occurring on vacant or undeveloped lands.

"Outdoor advertising" means any advertising that is located outside of the store selling a tobacco product, including but not limited to sidewalk signs, banners or signs affixed to the outside walls of the building or to utility poles or other outdoor fixtures, and advertising that is affixed to storefront windows and doors, but that is facing outward and is clearly designed to be seen from outside the store.

"Park and recreation services" means publicly or nonprofit organization owned and operated parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities and OPEN SPACES.

"Parking facility" means an area used for parking motor vehicles, including eight (8) or more PARKING SPACES with driveways, aisles, maneuvering areas, clearances and similar features. This term includes parking lots, GARAGES, and parking structures.

"Parking space" or "parking stall" means an independently accessible area within a PARKING FACILITY used for parking a motor vehicle. This term does not include driveways, aisles, or other features of a parking facility.

"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, cooperative association, private corporation, personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee, or other legal entity.

"Personal improvement services" means provision of informational, instructional, personal improvement or similar services of a nonprofessional nature primarily to individuals or small groups. Typical uses include photography studios, driving schools, health or fitness studios, reducing salons, dance studios, or art, music, handicraft or hobby instructions.

"Personal services" means provision of frequently needed services of a personal nature. Typical uses include beauty shops and barbershops, seamstress, tailor, shoe repair shops, and self-service laundry or apparel cleaning services.

"Pet services" means RETAIL SERVICES and grooming of dogs, cats, birds, fish, and similar small animals customarily used as household pets. Typical uses include pet stores or pet grooming shops.

"Pet shop" means indoor boarding and sale of dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles and other small animals. The pet shop definition shall not be construed as applying to a duly licensed veterinary hospital or public animal shelter.

"Planned development" means a land USE in which the minimum required development standards are modified to allow improved and integrated utilization of the land thereby reducing adverse economic, social or environmental impacts.

"Postal facilities" means postal services, including post offices and mail processing or sorting centers which are either publicly or privately owned and operated.

"Primary Dwelling" means a DWELLING UNIT containing seven hundred fifty (750) or larger square feet and which is located on a site as a permitted PRINCIPAL USE.

"Professional office" means provision of professional or technical services, including accounting, architecture, design, engineering, law, management and similar professions.

"Promotion" means a display of any logo, brand name, character, graphic, artwork, colors, scenes, or designs that are a recognized image of a particular product brand that calls the public's attention to the product brand.

"Public assembly" means publicly or privately owned or operated facilities for major public assembly, recreation, sports, amusements or entertainment, including civic or community auditoriums, sports stadiums, convention facilities, fairgrounds and exhibition halls.

"Public hearing" means a meeting conducted by the planning director, planning commission, town council, or other body empowered by the town council to conduct an official meeting, open to the general public, which is for the purpose of receiving information and testimony and taking action on a matter.

"Qualifying tree" means any woody perennial plant characterized by having one or more main stems or trunks with one stem or trunk of which measures ten (10) inches or more diameter at breast height or specifically four (4) feet, six (6) inches above natural grade as measured on the uphill side.

"Queue line" means an area for temporary queuing or standing of motor vehicles, while waiting for a service or other activity.

"Recreational vehicle" means a vehicle towed or self-propelled on its own chassis or attached to the chassis of another vehicle, used for temporary recreational, sleeping or sporting purposes. This term shall include but is not limited to travel trailers, pickup campers, motor homes, converted trucks and buses, boats and boat trailers.

"Recyclable material" means reusable material including, but not limited to, metals, glass, plastic and paper, which are intended for reuse, remanufacture or reconstitution for the purpose of using the altered form. Recyclable material does not include refuse or hazardous materials.

"Religious assembly" means provision of regular organized religious worship and religious education incidental thereto, in a permanent facility, but excluding uses defined as EDUCATION FACILITIES.

"Research services" means establishments primarily engaged in research or consultation of an industrial or scientific nature in an office environment, but excluding major manufacturing or product testing facilities. Typical uses include electronics research laboratories, scientific research and development facilities, and pharmaceutical or medical research labs.

Residential, Group. "Group residential" means residential occupancy of DWELLING UNITS or SLEEPING UNITS by groups of more than six (6) persons not defined as a FAMILY. Typical uses include rooming or boarding, dormitories, residence halls, and fraternity and sorority houses.

"Resource extraction and mining operation" means the on-site or off-site extraction of surface or subsurface mineral or natural resource products. Typical uses are quarries, borrow pits, sand and gravel operations, oil and gas extraction, and mining operations.

"Restaurant" means a place in which the preparation and RETAIL sale of food and beverages takes place, including incidental sale of alcoholic beverages. Typical uses include fountains, sandwich shops, restaurants, coffee shops, dinner houses, and similar establishments.

"Retail services" means sale and incidental rental or servicing of commonly used merchandise, and/or personal or household goods but excluding a defined LARGE RETAIL PROJECT. Typical uses include, but are not limited to, department stores, apparel stores, furniture and appliance stores, and businesses providing the products or services to the general public, not including businesses primarily for wholesale trade.

"Reverse vending machine" means an automated mechanical device which accepts at least one or more types of empty beverage containers including, but not limited to, aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles; then issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container redemption value as determined by the state. The machine may sort and process containers mechanically, provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine.

Reverse vending machine, bulk. "Bulk reverse vending machine" means a reverse vending machine larger than fifty (50) square feet and designed to accept more than one container at a time, and pays by weight rather than by container.

"Safety services" means facilities for the conduct of public safety and emergency services, including police and fire protection services as well as ambulance services.

"Scrap and salvage services" means businesses primarily engaged in storage, sale, dismantling, or other processing of used or waste materials which are not intended for reuse in their original forms. Typical uses include automobile wrecking, paper or metal salvage yards, junk-yards, and similar scrapping activities.

"Screened" means shielded, concealed, or reflectively blocked from view from an ABUTTING SITE, or outside the area or feature so screened, by a fence, wall, hedge, berm, or similar architectural or landscape feature.

"Secondary dwelling" means an attached or detached residential DWELLING UNIT that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and which is located on a SITE with a proposed or existing PRIMARY DWELLING (residence).

"Senior housing" means housing meeting the definition set forth in Civil Code Section 51.3 of housing for older persons.

"Service station" means provision for fuel, lubricants and accessories, and incidental light servicing of motor vehicles.

"Setback line" means a line within a LOT parallel to and measured from a corresponding street centerline, lot line or right-of-way line, forming the interior boundary of a required YARD and governing the placement of STRUCTURES and uses on the lot.

"Shooting range" means a place for practicing shooting.

"Sign" means any surface device or display having lettered, pictorial or sculptured matter designed to convey visual information, and which is publicly displayed. It includes a display surface and all organized or related elements which together form or represent a single unit.

Sign, animated. "Animated sign" means a SIGN having action or motion including flashing, pulsing or blinking lights, change of color, inflated advertising symbols used to attract attention, movement of any parts or letters, rotation, fluttering, wind movement or similar motion such as with strings of streamers, pennants or reflecting devices.

Sign, area of. "Area of sign" means the total area included within the shortest circumferential line drawn around all words, symbols or other elements comprising each SIGN FACE; and including all background material, embellishments, arrows and similar elements, but excluding any poles or structural elements necessary to support a FREE-STANDING sign.

Sign area, maximum. "Maximum sign area" means the cumulative area of all BUSINESS SIGNS on a SITE, including banner, flush, freestanding, marquee, projecting, post, portable and roof signs.

Sign, banner. "Banner sign" means a SIGN or string of signs composed of cloth, plastic, vinyl, paper or similar thin, flexible or elastic material.

Sign, billboard. "Billboard sign" means a SIGN advertising a service provided or product sold on a SITE other than that on which the service or product is provided and which is not accessory or appurtenant to a USE on the SITE. Billboard signs shall not include signs upon newspaper stands, vehicles, bus shelters, shopping carts or menus at eating establishments. Billboard signs shall also not include advertising material not legible from off the site and/or unlighted WINDOW SIGNS determined to be exempt from regulation pursuant to this Title.

Sign, business. "Business sign" means a SIGN advertising a service provided or a product sold on the premises by a commercial or industrial use type.

Sign, community service. "Community service sign" means a SIGN giving information about community activities, including service clubs and community facilities, and erected and maintained by the town or by a community service organization with authorization from the town.

Sign, construction. "Construction sign" means a temporary SIGN on the SITE of an active construction project, indicating the nature of the use under construction, and related information such as the architect, engineer, contractor, or project sponsor.

Sign, directional. "Directional sign" means a SIGN intended to give direction, warning or safety indication, including traffic and parking signs, and similar nonadvertising signs.

Sign, electronic changeable message. "Electronic changeable message sign" means a SIGN with a fixed or changing display composed of a series of lights, including LEDs and LCDs, that may be changed through electronic means, but not including time and temperature displays.

"Sign face" means the surface of a SIGN on which any advertising or identification message is placed.

Sign, flush. "Flush sign" means a building SIGN placed flat on the surface of a BUILDING wall, or fence, having only one SIGN FACE which is generally parallel to the surface on which the sign is placed.

Sign, freestanding. "Freestanding sign" means a SIGN placed directly on or in the ground or supported on a STRUCTURE standing directly on or in the ground, and fully detached from a BUILDING, wall or fence.

Sign, identification. "Identification sign" means a SIGN identifying a public or community use, MOBILE HOME PARK, MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, office or shopping center, or similar use or group of uses, which sign is not designed to advertise any individual occupant or business activity.

Sign, illuminated. "Illuminated sign" means a SIGN having artificial lighting, either internal within the structure of the sign, or external from a light source directed toward the sign.

Sign, marquee. "Marquee sign" means a SIGN located beneath or on the face of an awning, marquee, canopy or covered walk.

Sign, monument. "Monument sign" means a FREESTANDING, self-supporting SIGN, supported by a base or foundation, which is placed on or at ground level and not attached to any BUILDING wall, fence or other STRUCTURE.

Sign, nameplate. "Nameplate sign" means a SIGN indicating only the name, address, occupation, or other identifying description pertaining to the occupant of a premises.

Sign, plaque. "Plaque sign" means an unlighted sign permanently attached to or built into a BUILDING wall giving information concerning the architect, date of construction, contractor, and similar information, or a sign identifying a structure as having architectural or historical significance.

Sign, pole. "Pole sign" means a FREESTANDING SIGN supported and separated from ground level by a singular upright pole, post, pylon or column which is secured to the ground and not to a BUILDING, wall, fence or other STRUCTURE.

Sign, political. "Political sign" means a TEMPORARY SIGN relating to a political candidate, or issue relating to an election, but not a political party.

Sign, portable. "Portable sign" means a SIGN not permanently affixed to a BUILDING, STRUCTURE, or to the ground, which is supported by wheels, adjustable framing, or otherwise designed for relocation, portability or movement.

Sign, post. "Post sign" means a FREESTANDING SIGN supported and separated from ground level by at least two (2) upright poles, posts, pylons or columns which are secured to the ground and not to a BUILDING, wall, fence or other STRUCTURE.

Sign, projecting. "Projecting sign" means a building SIGN extending outward from the BUILDING to which it is attached, and not otherwise defined as a ROOF SIGN or FLUSH BUILDING SIGN.

Sign, real estate. "Real estate sign" means a TEMPORARY, unlighted SIGN pertaining to the sale, lease, or rental of a SITE or other premises on which it is located.

Sign, roof. "Roof sign" means a SIGN located on or above the roof of a STRUCTURE, or located on a BUILDING wall and extending above the top of the wall or parapet of the building.

Sign, window. "Window sign" means a SIGN painted on, attached to, or displayed in the window area of a BUILDING, including signs inside the building intended for view from the outside.

"Single-family residence" means USE of a SITE for only one PRIMARY DWELLING and its allowed ACCESSORY USES, or for one PRIMARY DWELLING and one SECONDARY DWELLING and allowed ACCESSORY USES.

"Site" means a LOT or group of lots used together for a unified DEVELOPMENT.

"Site plan" means a scale drawing with complete dimensioning, showing the location of existing or proposed BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, USES and other SITE DEVELOPMENT features.

"Sleeping unit" means a room or group of rooms in a group residential use, HOTEL or MOTEL, or similar land use or lodging for overnight occupancy on either a transient or long-term occupancy by one or more persons. Each two (2) persons' capacity shall be deemed a separate sleeping unit.

"Small collection recycling facility" means a center for the acceptance by donation, redemption or purchase, of RECYCLABLE MATERIALS from the public. The facility does not use power-driven processing equipment except as otherwise provided for in this title. The facility does not occupy more than five hundred (500) square feet, and may include: REVERSE VENDING MACHINES; mobile unit; BULK REVERSE VENDING MACHINES; kiosk-type units; and unattended containers placed for donation.

"Small family day care home." See definition assigned to DAY CARE HOME, SMALL FAMILY.

"Solid waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes such as, but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, paper, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles, vegetable matter, wood, but excluding HAZARDOUS WASTE. (Public Resources Code Section 40191(a))

"Solid waste facility" means any STRUCTURE, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land, and all contiguous land, used for the treatment, transfer, storage, disposal or recycling of SOLID WASTE.

"Solid waste transfer facility" means a SOLID WASTE FACILITY where SOLID WASTE is temporarily loaded, stored, packaged, unloaded and transported to another location.

Stables, commercial. "Commercial stables" means boarding, breeding or raising of horses not owned by the occupant of the premises. Typical uses include boarding stables, public stables, or riding academies.

Stables, private. "Private stables" means boarding, breeding or raising of livestock owned by the occupant of the premises or the owner of the property.

Street, private. "Private street" means a right-of-way, easement or other LOT, privately owned which affords the primary means of access to ABUTTING property.

Street, public. "Public street" means a dedicated or publicly accepted and maintained thoroughfare affording the primary means of access to ABUTTING property. The term "street" includes all land within the right-of-way thereof.

"Structure" means that which is built or constructed, or an edifice or BUILDING of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of having parts joined together in some definite manner.

"Tattoo shop" means any place or establishment which is operated for the purpose of placing ink or other pigments into or under the skin or mucosa with needles or any other instruments used to puncture the skin, resulting in permanent coloration of the skin or mucosa.

"Temporary commercial building" means a pre-manufactured portable BUILDING that provides temporary office space.

"Temporary sign" is defined to include any sign, banner, pennant, valance or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, light fabric, plastic, cardboard, wall board, or other light materials with or without frames, with or without letters, words, numbers or figures thereon which directs, promotes, or attracts or which is otherwise designed and used to attract attention for a limited period of time.

"Temporary uses" means USES and activities when consistent with the purposes of this title, and are compatible with surrounding uses. See Chapter 17.32 of this title.

"Tobacco product" means any substance containing any tobacco leaf, including but not limited to, cigarettes, bidis, clove cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, and smokeless tobacco.

"Towing service/vehicle impound." A towing service means the business of towing motor vehicles for compensation in the town by means of a tow vehicle; and a vehicle impound means an area used for the temporary storage of towed vehicles by a towing service operator pending the return of the vehicle to its owner.

"Transportation service" means parking, storage, dispatching or incidental servicing for motor vehicles, other than as an ACCESSORY to a PRINCIPAL USE. Typical uses include taxi or ambulance dispatching, but exclude dismantling or salvage activities, auto and trailer rental agencies, and vehicle impound activities.

"Transportation terminal" means a facility for loading and interchange of passengers, baggage, and incidental freight or package express between modes of transportation, including bus terminals and public transit facilities.

"Two-family residence" means USE of a SITE for two (2) DWELLING UNITS, either in the same BUILDING or in separate buildings, except when one of the dwelling units is a SECONDARY DWELLING.

"Use" means the conduct of an activity, or the performance of a function or operation, on a SITE or in a BUILDING, STRUCTURE or facility.

Use, accessory. "Accessory use" means a USE or activity which is incidental to and customarily associated with a specific PRINCIPAL USE on the same SITE.

Use, conditional. "Conditional use" means a USE potentially allowed within a particular DISTRICT solely on a discretionary basis; and subject to review and in accord with the provisions of this title.

Use, legal nonconforming. "Legal nonconforming use" means a lawful use of any land, building, or structure, that does not conform with town adopted and currently applicable land or use regulations, but which complied with the use regulations in effect at the time the use was established.

Use, nonconforming. "Nonconforming use" means an existing use of land or building that does not conform with the town or Butte County adopted land use regulations in effect at the time the use was established.

Use, permitted. "Permitted use" means an allowed USE within a particular DISTRICT and permitted within that district as a matter of right when conducted in accordance with the land use regulations of this title.

Use, principal. "Principal use" means a USE which fulfills the primary function of a household, establishment, institution, or other entity.

Utility service, major. "Major utility service" means generating plants, electrical switching facilities and primary substations, refuse collection or disposal facilities, water and wastewater treatment plants and similar facilities of public agencies or public or private utility entities.

Utility service, minor. "Minor utility service" means a facility or service installation of a public utility, municipality, special public district or private utility entity that is necessary to provide utility service to users in the general vicinity and requiring only minor structures such as lines, poles, transformers, control boxes and similar features.

"Value" or "valuation" means the estimated cost to replace a STRUCTURE in kind, based on current replacement costs.

"Variance" or "variance permit" means a permit that grants a minor modification or variation of the strict application of any of the provisions of this title when the strict application would deprive a property of privileges enjoyed by other property in the same vicinity, DISTRICT and ZONE. The variance definition shall not be construed as to permit those USES not permitted by the ZONE.

"Veterinary services" means medical care for dogs, cats, birds, horses and other animals which may or may not require an overnight treatment on the premises.

Warehousing and distribution, general. "General warehousing and distribution" means warehousing and distribution activities conducted partially or entirely in the open. Typical USES include monument or stone yards, and contractor's service and storage yards.

Warehousing and distribution, limited. "Limited warehousing and distribution" means wholesaling, bulk storage, distribution and handling of materials and equipment other than livestock, when all storage and services except parking and loading activities are conducted within a BUILDING. Typical USES include wholesale distributors, storage warehouses, and moving and storage firms.

"Wastewater treatment/disposal utility" shall mean a "small-scale" designed [i.e. service capacity of fifty thousand (50,000) gallons or less per day] wastewater collection, treatment, and reclamation or disposal system that provides service to a designated cluster of established wastewater generating land uses. This type of utility facility is typically owned and operated by a public entity.

"Yard" means a required OPEN SPACE extending from a LOT LINE into a LOT containing only LANDSCAPING and such other USES or STRUCTURES as permitted by this title.

"Front yard" means a required YARD extending the full WIDTH of a LOT between the front lot line and the front SETBACK LINE.

"Rear yard" means a required YARD extending the full width of a LOT between the rear lot line and the rear SETBACK LINE.

"Side yard" means a required YARD extending the depth of a LOT from the FRONT YARD to the REAR YARD, between the side LOT line and the side SETBACK LINE.

"Zone" means a specific set of land USE regulations as set forth in this chapter, and legally assigned to various DISTRICTS established and delineated on the ZONING MAP of the town.

"Zoning map" means a map adopted pursuant to the regulations of this title showing the boundaries of DISTRICTS within the Town of Paradise.

(Ord. No. 648, § 1, 9-9-2025, eff. 10-9-2025; Ord. No. 638, § 1, 11-12-2024, eff. 12-12-2024; Ord. No. 611, § 1, 10-12-2021; Ord. No. 594, § 1, 4-14-2020; Ord. No. 584, § 1, 11-12-2019; Ord. No. 579, §§ 1, 2, 10-8-2019, eff. 11-7-2019; Ord. No. 564, § 1, 11-7-2016; Ord. No. 556, § 1, 4-14-2015; Ord. No. 543, § 1, 7-8-2014; Ord. No. 534, § 1, 12-10-2013; Ord. No. 505, §§ 1, 2, 9-14-2010; Ord. No. 503, § 1, 8-10-2010; Ord. No. 497, § 1, 4-13-2010; Ord. No. 495, § 1, 8-25-2009; Ord. No. 460, § 1, 4-10-2007; Ord. No. 444, § 1, 1-24-2006; Ord. No. 420, § 1, 6-8-2004; Ord. No. 411, §§ 1, 2, 2-10-2004; Ord. No. 405, §§ 1—3, 11-12-2003; Ord. No. 395, § 1, 2003; Ord. 362, § 1, 2001; Ord. 354, § 1, 2000; Ord. 353, § 1, 2000; Ord. 351, § 1, 2000; Ord. 344, § 1, 2000; Ord. 320, §§ 1—3, 1999; Ord. 308, § 1, 1998; Ord. 302, §§ 1, 2, 1998; Ord. 264, § 2(part), 1995; Ord. 227, §§ 2, 3, 1993; Ord. 214, § 2(part), 1992)