Any use identified by a long-established title, trade name or operating characteristics which type of use has existed and persisted in great numbers over a period of years but which use has been omitted from the lists in any classification.

Any use already listed in a classification in this chapter by a known title, trade name or designation but which because of new technology, equipment, substances or materials used, possesses measurably different performance standards than those uses in the same classification and possibly warrants being made permissible in a more restrictive classification.

Uses which have newly come into existence by reason of developments in the trades and in the sciences and the processing of new materials or the operation of equipment and devices resulting therefrom, including forms of communications.

Accessory agricultural buildings where used primarily for agricultural purposes.

Gas distribution, meter and control stations of a public utility.

Outdoor advertising displays.

Temporary uses permitted in this chapter for a period not to exceed 30 days.

Other similar uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, will not generate a greater volume of traffic than the uses enumerated in this subsection.

Dedication shall be to a distance of 50 feet from the center line of every major highway.

Dedication shall be to a distance of 40 feet from the center line of every secondary highway.

Dedication shall be to a distance of one-half the planned ultimate width of all streets pursuant to the standards of the division of land regulations of the City, unless in the opinion of the City Manager, topographic features, subdivision plans or other conditions create an unnecessary hardship or unreasonable regulation and he or she deems a lesser width adequate. The City Manager shall designate the distance from the center line in any case where such ultimate width is not specified.

Such contract shall be accompanied by a good and sufficient improvement security, acceptable to the City, which, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Streets, equals the cost of the required improvements.

Upon the failure of such responsible person to complete any improvement within the time specified in an agreement, or grant of additional time, the City Council may, upon notice in writing of not less than 10 days served upon the person signing such contract, or upon notice in writing of not less than 20 days served by registered mail addressed to the last known address of the person signing such contract, determine that such improvement work or any part thereof is incomplete and may cause to be forfeited to the City such portion of deposits given for the faithful performance of such work, or may cash any instrument of credit so deposited in such amount as may be necessary to complete the improvement work.

Because of the location of the property, the terrain or condition of the property or other similar reasons, the construction of the curbs, gutters, sidewalks or drainage structures would be impractical or unnecessary.

Because of lack of adequate data in regard to grades, plans or surveys, the construction of curbs, gutters, sidewalks or drainage structures should be waived.

The construction of curbs, gutters, sidewalks or drainage structures is included in a budgeted City project or within an approved assessment district.

All buildings shall be not less than 10 feet from any property line and not less than 25 feet from any property line abutting a street or highway.

All gasoline pumps or other facilities for providing motor vehicles with fuel, and the pump islands on which they are placed, shall be not less than 15 feet from any property line.

Facilities for Nonorganic Recyclable Materials, Organic Waste, and Solid Waste. Receptacles (including, but not limited to, barrels, bins, carts, containers, or dumpsters), facilities, and storage for garbage, waste, refuse, trash, organic waste, and nonorganic recyclables shall comply with Chapter 17.118.

Public restroom facilities shall be provided free of charge during business hours, for use by service station customers. The public restroom shall not be temporary or portable but shall be permanent and shall include separate facilities for men and women, each with toilets and sinks suitable for use by the handicapped in accordance with Section 19955-5 of the Health and Safety Code and Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations and shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary manner. Entrances to restroom facilities shall be located within a building obscured from view from surrounding areas.

Landscaping shall comprise at least 20% of all nonbuilding area. Landscaping shall consist of trees of at least 15-gallon size, shrubs of at least five-gallon size, and suitable ground cover. 10-foot wide planters shall be permanently maintained adjacent to every street and highway frontage for the full length thereof except for driveways. Six-foot planters shall be permanently maintained adjacent to any interior lot line.

Not less than 400 square feet of planting areas shall be installed and maintained at the intersection of two property lines at street or highway corners.

Raised planters not less than three feet wide shall be constructed and maintained along the full length of each building façade facing any street or highway.

All planting areas shall be separated from adjacent asphalt or concrete paving by a curb or wall at least 12 inches in height.

All planting, other than trees, shall be of a variety that will not achieve a height greater than 30 inches, shall not be thorny or spiked and shall not extend over the sidewalk.

Planters not less than three feet wide shall be installed and maintained adjacent to all interior property lines for a total distance of not less than one-half the length of such property lines.

Permanent underground irrigation systems shall be installed and maintained for every landscaped area, and all such landscaped areas shall be planted and maintained in a clean and workmanlike manner.

Not more than two driveways or means of access shall be provided to any one street or highway.

Every driveway shall be separated from adjacent property by a full-height curb extending at least five feet in length from the adjacent property line.

No driveway shall exceed a width of 30 feet at the sidewalk.

No driveway shall encroach into the curve of a street or highway corner.

There shall be a minimum distance of 22 feet of full-height curb between driveways serving the station.

Two parking spaces shall be provided for each service bay in the building.

One parking space shall be provided for each employee on the largest shift.

Vehicles may only be parked in designated parking spaces.

Vehicles being repaired on the premises may be stored outside only during business hours and for no more than 24 hours.

No sale of automobiles, boats, trucks, trailers, motor bikes, peat moss, fertilizer, toys or other merchandise not clearly incidental to operation of a service station shall be permitted; provided however, that convenience items such as soft drinks and cigarettes may be sold from dispensers within or abutting the main building.

Rentals of trailers, etc., where otherwise permitted in the zone, may only be conducted on property in excess of the required minimum site size. Such areas must be screened from all surrounding areas by a six-foot-high decorative masonry wall.

A sign drawing must be submitted to the Director of Planning for approval prior to the installation of any sign. All necessary permits shall be obtained prior to the installation of any sign.

All name, logo, and pricing information is limited to a maximum sign area of one-half-foot of signage per one lineal foot of street frontage not to exceed 100 square feet.

Name and logo information shall be contained entirely on monument or wall signs.

One monument sign shall be allowed for each 150 lineal feet of street frontage.

Monument signs shall be placed in a landscaped planter area of not less than 400 square feet.

Monument signs shall have a concrete or brick base and shall not exceed six feet in height.

In no case shall a monument sign be located closer than a distance computed as 40% of the lot width from any side property line (excluding side property lines adjacent to a public street).

Pricing information may be displayed on monument or wall signs and may be permitted on identification signs or pump island canopies provided that the distance from the top to the bottoms of the sign face be no greater than three feet. Pricing information may be displayed as a digital sign on a monument sign only. Only pricing numbers and common symbols for currency may be displayed in digital form on a monument sign. Digital display pricing shall remain static for a minimum of four hours. Scrolling, flashing, rotating, pulsating, moving, or blinking of pricing information is prohibited. The intensity of digital illumination shall be static between messages.

Require such additional conditions as are deemed necessary within the intent of Section 17.48.020(B); or

Modify or waive such requirements or limitations contained herein which, in the opinion of the Commission, are inappropriate or inapplicable either to the intended use of the property, to the property itself or to adjacent property.

Curb cuts and drive approaches within 25 feet of intersections shall be removed and replaced with full curbs, sidewalks and landscaping to match existing or proposed improvements unless it can be shown that the conversion traffic pattern requires such drives.

All underground tanks shall be removed or filled in with acceptable material such as sand or concrete if conversion use does not involve gas sales to general public.

Canopies shall be removed unless they are made an integral part of an enclosed structure to be a part of the conversion use.

Sign structures and lighting structures shall be removed or be made a part of new use.

Service station buildings shall be refaced with wood, masonry or stucco. Service stations having these materials already may be retained with no reface upon Development Review Board approval.

Pumps and pump islands shall be removed.

If the service station building is placed at an angle across the corner the applicant must justify retention of the building by proving that it will be compatible with the conversion use.

Unless it can be shown by the applicant that the converted use requires such overhead doors or windows, such doors or windows shall be removed and replaced with solid walls or windows.

All remaining service station equipment inside the building shall be removed unless it can be shown that it is needed as an integral part of the conversion use.

All existing buildings and structures shall be made to comply with all applicable building regulations of the City in effect at the time of filing the tentative map.

Units built prior to the City's adoption of the 1982 Los Angeles County Building Code shall be eligible to request conversion when they have been substantially rehabilitated or remodeled to meet the regulations of the City in effect at the time of filing the tentative map, specifically including, but not limited to, meeting current building and safety codes.

Projects which contain less than three dwelling units shall not be eligible for conversion.

Each dwelling unit shall contain no less than the following minimum required floor area, exclusive of stair-ways, bathrooms, and garage or carport:

Common outdoor space shall be provided at a ratio of 250 square feet per two-bedroom or larger dwelling unit; 150 square feet per one-bedroom unit. Such areas shall not include private streets, driveways, private yards or patios, parking or loading spaces or utility easements where the ground surface cannot be used appropriately for active or passive recreation, nor other areas primarily designed for other operational functions.

Each unit shall have air conditioning, or provision for future installation of air conditioning, in compliance with California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Energy Code) as adopted by the City. All mechanical equipment for air conditioning must be screened from view of the other units and the public right-of-way.

Exterior storage space for each unit shall be provided on site in an enclosed and lockable area of permanent construction such as garage, carport, or accessory storage room. Minimum exterior storage area shall be 80 cubic feet for each unit.

Each unit shall be equipped with individual plumbing hookups for installation of washing machines and dryers. If the units are not equipped with individual hookups, the applicant shall submit a timeline and plan for providing individual hookups for washers and dryers prior to completion of conversion.

On-site parking shall comply with Article 3 (Loading Areas and Off-Street Parking) of Chapter 17.44 and underlying zone requirements of this Code. The applicant shall submit a site plan showing all parking spaces provided for the project. The applicant shall indicate on the site plan the spaces that are assigned to specific dwelling units, and the spaces provided for guest parking. The City Council review and approval of the site plan is required.

All resident parking areas shall be equipped with a security system, which may include a security gate.

Sound attenuation between units shall meet Sound Transmission Class 50 or current State standards with confirmation by a property report prepared by a State of California-licensed architect, structural engineer, or civil engineer.

Floors between units shall meet Impact Insulation Class 50 or current State standards with confirmation by a property report prepared by a State of California-licensed architect, structural engineer, or civil engineer.

Along with any application for conversion, if applicable, the applicant shall submit a report to the City setting forth all repairs and replacements necessary to place the buildings in substantial compliance with current building and safety codes upon completion of the conversion. Such report shall include remedies for any identified property nuisance listed under Section 13.20.470 of this Code and any site improvement in a condition contrary to a development requirement of the City Council, Planning Commission, or Development Review Board. Such report shall include a report prepared by a licensed mechanical engineer verifying the condition of the mechanical elements in the project, including, but not limited to, furnaces, air conditioners, pumps, water heaters, and plumbing fixtures. Such work shall be included within the plans submitted for the conversion.

Copies of the required covenants, conditions and restrictions, articles of incorporation, and bylaws or other documents of the owner's association or other identity which controls the common facilities shall be submitted to the City for approval.

All open areas, with the exception of outdoor storage, vehicular accessways and parking areas, pedestrian walkways and paved or covered recreational facilities, shall be landscaped and irrigated with a permanent irrigation system. Such landscaping and irrigation shall be permanently maintained. All landscaping and irrigation shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 17.96 (Water-Efficient Landscape Provisions) of this Code and the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) of the State of California as those may be amended from time to time.

Utility systems shall exist or shall be constructed to adequately provide for individual metered utility services to all condominium units.

The project shall comply with organic waste requirements of Chapter 13.09 (Mandatory Organic Waste Disposal Reduction) of this Code as those may be amended from time to time.

Application for condominium conversion, including required submittals.

A list of all current tenants in the complex, including names and mailing addresses and evidence of notice as required by law and subsection F below, and the date on which each tenant or prospective tenant began occupancy and ended occupancy.

Location, height, gross floor area, and proposed uses of each existing structure to remain and for each proposed structure.

Location, use, and type of surfacing of all open storage areas.

Location and type of surfacing of all driveways, pedestrian ways, vehicle parking areas, and curb cuts.

Location, height, and type of material for walls or fences.

Location of all landscaped areas, type of landscaping and irrigation, and a statement specifying the method by which the landscaping areas shall be maintained in compliance with Chapter 17.96 (Water-Efficient Landscape Provisions) of this Code and the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) of the State of California.

Location of all recreational facilities and a statement specifying the method of maintenance thereof.

Location of parking facilities to be used in conjunction with each condominium unit.

Architectural elevations of all structures showing types and materials of construction, including details of the method used to provide sound insulation in all common walls.

Compliance with the requirements of subsection C, above, and specifically of subsection (C)(13) if applicable.

Each tenant of the proposed condominium or community apartment project, and each person applying for the rental of a unit in the residential real property, has received or will have received all applicable notices and rights now or hereafter required by this section and State law as that may be amended from time to time.

Each of the tenants of the proposed condominium or community apartment project shall receive each of the following notices at the times specified:

If a rental agreement was negotiated in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Korean, all required written notices regarding the conversion of residential real property into a condominium project or a community apartment project shall be in that language.

Limitation on Evictions. No eviction shall occur as a result of conversion for at least 180 days after the approval of a tentative map.

Financial Assistance. The applicant shall provide financial assistance equal to twice the average monthly rent for the three-month period prior to the filing of the tentative map to any tenant that relocates after the approval of a tentative map by the City Council. The financial assistance payment shall be made 30 days prior to the termination of the tenant's tenancy.

Interference with Tenants during Conversion. The applicant shall not perform construction, renovation or remodeling of occupied units in anticipation of conversion unless that unit's tenant has agreed to purchase that unit. Notwithstanding, nothing in this section shall prevent the owner from performing routine maintenance or other work required to maintain the unit in a habitable condition.

No special event may be conducted without first obtaining a permit from, and receiving approval by, the Planning Director or designee. The application for this special event permit is subject to a fee as adopted by the City Council. A complete special event permit application shall be submitted a minimum of 10 business days in advance of the proposed first day of any special event.

No more than 20 days in each calendar year shall be devoted to special events. Excess days resulting from special events of lesser duration than the limits established by this chapter may not be utilized during special events in any subsequent calendar year.

Trash at the special event shall be continuously picked up and discarded in trash receptacles. The special event area shall be cleared of all stock in trade, merchandise, and equipment by 9:00 a.m. on the day immediately following termination of said special event.

Such special events shall be designed so as not to obstruct the orderly flow of pedestrian traffic in or about existing business areas, or obstruct or hinder the orderly movement of vehicular traffic or emergency vehicles. Special events shall not be permitted on any portion of the public sidewalk, alley, or street.

Temporary advertising devices may be permitted only in conjunction with a special event subject to the conditions as set forth below:

No such special event shall be permitted in any residential zone excepting religious assembly sites with an associated commercial (nonresidential) structure.

In reviewing a special event permit, the Planning Director or designee shall determine that the proposed special event would not be detrimental to existing uses on the site in which the proposed special event is to be located; would not be detrimental to adjacent properties, tenants, and residents; and that the site for the special event is properly designed and improved so as to carry the type and quantity of traffic generated or to be generated by the use.

The applicant shall comply with all conditions of approval imposed for safety, health, and the general welfare.

Every applicant shall have the right to appeal the actions and decisions of the Planning Director to the Planning Commission within 10 days after a decision. The decision of the Planning Commission may be appealed to the City Council in the manner provided in Section 17.60.050.

No grand opening may be conducted without first obtaining a permit from the Planning Department, and receiving approval by the Planning Director or designee. The application for this permit is subject to a fee as adopted by the City Council.

A grand opening shall be limited to a maximum of 30 days per calendar year per location as stated on the business license.

Trash at the grand opening shall be continuously picked up and discarded in trash receptacles. The premises shall be cleared of all stock in trade, merchandise, and equipment by 9:00 a.m. on the day immediately following termination of said grand opening.

Such grand openings shall be designed so as not to obstruct the orderly flow of pedestrian traffic in or about existing store areas, or obstruct or hinder the orderly movement of vehicular traffic or emergency vehicles. Grand openings shall not be permitted on any portion of the public sidewalk, alley, or street.

Temporary advertising devices may be permitted only in conjunction with a grand opening subject to the conditions set forth below:

No such grand opening shall be permitted in any residential zone with the exception of religious assembly sites with an associated commercial (nonresidential) structure.

In reviewing a grand opening permit, the Planning Director or designee shall determine that the proposed grand opening would not be detrimental to existing uses on the site in which the proposed grand opening is to be located; would not be detrimental to adjacent properties, tenants, and residents; and that the site for the grand opening is properly designed and improved so as to carry the type and quantity of traffic generated or to be generated by the use.

The applicant shall comply with all conditions of approval imposed for safety, health, and the general welfare.

Every applicant shall have the right to appeal the actions and decisions of the Planning Director to the Planning Commission within 10 days after a decision. The decision of the Planning Commission may be appealed to the City Council in the manner provided in Section 17.60.050.

Banners shall be allowed subject to the following:

All banners shall be constructed in a professional manner, installed flat against the wall or façade and anchored at all four corners.

Maximum banner length shall be 30% of the unit or building frontage.

Maximum banner width shall be four feet.

Banners shall not be permitted to replace permanent business signage. If a business does not contain a permanent sign at the time the banner permit is approved, a permanent sign must be installed within 30 days from the date of issuance of the banner permit. If a permanent sign is not installed within 30 days from issuance of the banner permit, the permit shall be subject to revocation by the Director of Planning.

All banners shall be maintained in good condition. The criteria utilized in evaluating the condition of the banners shall include, but not be limited to, faded and or discolored lettering and background, torn material, and damaged banner mounts.

Feather flags shall be allowed subject to the following:

Feather flags shall be displayed a maximum of 50 days in a calendar year.

Feather flags shall not be permitted to replace permanent business signage. If a business does not contain a permanent sign at the time the feather flag permit is approved, a permanent sign must be installed within 30 days from the date of issuance of the feather flag permit. If a permanent sign is not installed within 30 days from issuance of the feather flag permit, the feather flag permit shall be subject to revocation by the Director of Planning.

All feather flags shall be maintained in good condition. The criteria utilized in evaluating the condition of the feather flags shall include, but not be limited to, faded and or discolored lettering and background, torn material, and damaged feather flag poles.

The sale of new or used vehicles, as defined by Section 17.04.010, shall be permitted in the Commercial Manufacturing, Light Manufacturing, and Heavy Manufacturing zones only, and shall be subject to a conditional use permit.

The complete plans, showing the location and design of all buildings, structures, signs, lights, fences, bumpers or barricades and the proposed development thereof, including landscaping, shall first be submitted to, and be approved by, the Development Review Board, before any construction or improvement is commenced.

The entire area of such lot or parcel shall be surfaced, thereafter maintained in good condition with not less than a two-inch thickness of blacktop or other equally serviceable hard surface pavement, and prior to the laying of such surfacing, the entire area shall be effectively treated with a weed destroyer.

The property shall be attractively maintained in a neat and orderly condition, and the business conducted thereon shall be operated in a manner so as not to be detrimental to others residing or working in the vicinity.

Adequate devices or structures shall be installed and maintained so as to protect any boundary line fence, wall or building from damage and to prevent any part of a vehicle from extending across any public or private property lines and that all such installations and the maintenance thereof shall be in conformance with standards and specifications approved by the Planning Department.

Open areas shall be used solely for the display of new and used vehicles as defined by Section 17.04.010, and shall not be used for the display of vehicles acquired for dismantling purposes or vehicles classified as total loss salvage vehicles.

A solid masonry wall shall be erected and attractively maintained along all property lines.

No advertising sign, structure or device, whether temporary or permanent in character, shall be erected or maintained upon the premises without the design thereof and the proposed location having first been submitted to the Planning Department for approval. Temporary advertising devices shall include, but not be limited to: banners, balloons, flags, pennants, valance, or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, light fabric, cardboard, wallboard, plywood, or other light material, as well as any mechanical, audible or animated statuary device. Temporary advertising may be permitted only during an approved special events sale which shall be limited to a maximum of eight days per calendar year. No single sale may exceed two consecutive days. All temporary advertising divides shall be approved by the Director of Planning prior to their installation.

In order to make housing available to an individual with a disability, any eligible person as defined in sub-section B of this section may request a reasonable accommodation in land use and zoning regulations, policies, practices and procedures.

Applications for reasonable accommodation shall be made in writing, and shall contain such information as may be specified by the Planning Department Director.

Requests must demonstrate a clear nexus with a disability. It is the applicant's responsibility to describe the connection between the disability and the reasonable accommodation requested by the applicant, and shall provide:

Requests for reasonable accommodation shall be reviewed by the Planning Department Director or designee using the criteria set forth in subsection F of this section. The Planning Department Director may refer the matter to the Development Review Board as appropriate.

The Director of Planning or designee shall render a written decision or refer the matter to the Development Review Board within 30 days after the application is complete, and shall approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application for reasonable accommodation in accordance with the required findings set forth in subsection F of this section.

If the application for reasonable accommodation is referred to or reviewed by the Development Review Board, then the Development Review Board shall approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application for reasonable accommodation in accordance with the required findings set forth in subsection F of this section.

If necessary to reach a determination on the request for reasonable accommodation, the Planning Department Director or Development Review Board may request further information from the applicant consistent with fair housing laws, specifying in detail the information that is required. In the event that a request for additional information is made, the 30-day period to issue a decision is stayed until the applicant responds to the request.

Whether the housing, which is the subject of the request for reasonable accommodation, will be used by an individual with disabilities protected under fair housing laws;

Whether the requested accommodation is necessary to make housing available to an individual with disabilities protected under the fair housing laws;

Whether the requested accommodation would impose an undue financial or administrative burden on the City; and

Whether the requested accommodation would require a fundamental alteration in the nature of the City's land use and zoning.

The written decision on the request for reasonable accommodation shall explain in detail the basis of the decision, including the findings of the Planning Department Director or Development Review Board on the criteria set forth in subsection F above. All written decisions shall give notice of the applicant's right to appeal and to request reasonable accommodation in the appeals process as set forth below. The notice of decision shall be sent to the applicant by mail;

The written decision shall be final unless an applicant appeals a Planning Department Director decision to the Development Review Board or a Development Review Board decision to the City Council;

If the Development Review Board fails to render a written decision on the request for reasonable accommodation within the 30-day time period allotted by subsection E of this section the request shall be deemed approved; and

While a request for reasonable accommodation is pending, all laws and regulations otherwise applicable to the property that is the subject of the request shall remain in full force and effect.

Within 30 days of the date of the written decision, an applicant may appeal an adverse decision. Appeals from the adverse decision shall be made in writing.

If an individual needs assistance in filing an appeal, the City will provide assistance to ensure that the appeals process is accessible.

All appeals shall contain a written statement of the grounds for the appeal. Any information identified by an applicant as confidential shall be retained in a manner so as to respect the privacy rights of the applicant and shall not be made available for public inspection.

Nothing in this procedure shall preclude an aggrieved individual from seeking any other State or Federal remedy available.

When the unimproved lot or lots are located between lots having a nonconforming front yard.

When the unimproved lot or lots are located between a lot having a nonconforming front yard and a lot having a conforming front yard.

When the unimproved lot or lots are located between a lot having a nonconforming front yard and a vacant corner lot.

When a vacant corner lot or reverse corner lot adjoins a lot having a nonconforming front yard.

On lots having nonconforming front yards a point shall be established at the intersection of the line determining the depth of the lot with a line coincident with the front of the building causing the nonconforming condition.

On lots having conforming front yards or on a vacant corner lot, a point shall be established at the intersection of the line determining the depth of the lot with the rear line of the required front yard.

A straight line shall be drawn from such point of intersection on the lot with the nonconforming front yard across any intervening unimproved lot or lots to a point established on the next lot in either direction as set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection.

The depth of the modified front yard on any lot traversed by the straight line defined in paragraph 3 above shall be established by the point where such straight line intersects the line constituting the depth of each such intervening lot.

Properly maintain and provide adequate water to any tree planted on his or her property.

Comply with professionally accepted pruning, trimming or thinning standards for all trees on the property.

Not permit severe trimming, topping, heading back, stubbing, or pollarding of any tree on the property.

Maintain. Root pruning, trimming, spraying, watering, fertilizing mulching, treating for disease or injury, or any other similar act which promotes the growth, health, beauty and life of any tree.

Severe Trimming, Topping, Heading Back, Stubbing and Pollarding. Type of pruning, trimming, or thinning not using professionally accepted standards which substantially reduces the overall size, symmetrical appearance or natural shape of the tree, or which results in the removal of the main lateral branches leaving the trunk of the tree in a stub appearance.

Professionally Accepted Standards. Tree pruning, trimming or thinning standards established by the International Society of Arborculture (ISA), National Arborists Association (NAA), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), or other professional arborists association, to control the height and spread of a tree, lessen the wind resistance, preserve its health and natural appearance, produce fuller branching and shaping, aid in disease prevention by allowing more light and air passage within the branches, or make adjustments which increase the longevity of a tree in an urban environment.

Receivers shall not be located between the street and the main structure on the lot.

Receivers shall not be located in any required front or side setback.

Receivers shall be a color offering minimum contrast with its surroundings, and no form of advertising or identification shall be permitted on the dish or supporting structure other than a manufacturer's identification tag.

Receivers and architectural screening shall, to the maximum extent possible, be compatible with the building on which the antenna is mounted.

Receivers shall be screened from view from the public right-of-way, and from surrounding properties to the satisfaction and discretion of the Development Review Board by decorative fencing, walls, landscaping or other suitable material in a manner aesthetically harmonious with the architecture and landscaping of the area, without impairing the reception of the receiver.

Receivers require a building permit issued by the Division of Building and Safety.

Ground-mounted satellite dish receivers are permitted in residential zones provided they can be screened from view from the public right-of-way.

Roof-mounted satellite dish receivers are permitted in residential zones provided that roof-mounted dishes are on the rear of the structure and shall not project above the peak of the roof unless screened by architecture or landscape so as not to be visible from the public right-of-way.

Each parcel shall contain only one satellite dish receiver.

Ground-mounted satellite dish receivers are permitted in commercial and industrial zones provided such receivers are obscured from view from the public right-of-way to the satisfaction and discretion of the Development Review Board.

Roof-mounted satellite dish receivers are permitted in commercial and industrial zones provided such receivers are not visible from either the public right-of-way or areas zoned for residential use to the satisfaction and discretion of the Development Review Board.

Subject to approval of an administrative action, as provided in Section 17.60.030(A)(3).

Antennae shall be architecturally integrated into building design so as to be as unobtrusive as possible in context with the adjacent environment and architecturally compatible with existing structures in terms of design, color and materials.

Subject to approval of the Development Review Board, as provided in Section 17.60.040.

Antennae shall be concealed, screened, or obscured by virtue of design compatible with or integrated into existing buildings in terms of design, color and materials.

Subject to approval of an unclassified use permit, as provided in Section 17.40.010 of this title.

Antennae shall be located and designed to minimize aesthetic impact from adjacent properties and public rights-of-way and screened or obscured to the maximum extent feasible.

Conform to all underlying zone standards.

Antennae height and mass shall be the minimum required for the activity.

Antennae shall to the maximum extent feasible be compatible with site and surroundings in terms of design, color, and materials.

Accessory equipment buildings shall be architecturally compatible and consistent with surrounding buildings.

Facilities shall not be located in required parking, circulation, or open space areas.

Fencing shall be wrought iron, decorative block or other decorative materials, as approved.

Photo documentation of the proposal is required in order to establish architectural integration, obscuring or screening and otherwise allow evaluation of aesthetic impact.

Antennae facilities shall comply with any additional measures deemed necessary to mitigate visual impact.

Antennae facilities require building permits issued by the Division of Building and Safety.

Where lots rear upon an alley, any such wall, fence or hedge along the lot rear line shall contain a gate affording access to the alley.

On corner lots and reverse corner lots, if a vehicular entrance is provided from the side street side, an area for safety vision clearance shall be maintained on each side of the driveway. Such area for vision clearance shall be defined by a diagonal line beginning at the intersection of the edges of the driveway and the inside line of the required side yard and extending away from the driveway at an angle of 30 degrees to the edge of the driveway toward the side street property line of the lot.

Resident Parking. Resident parking for multiple residential uses shall be provided at the rate of two covered spaces per unit. Parking spaces shall be covered and located within a carport or garage.

Orientation. Vehicles shall enter into or exit from all parking areas onto any public street or alley in a forward direction.

Guest Parking. Guest parking for multiple residential uses shall be provided at the rate of one space per unit, to be located off-street and clearly labeled as such.

Assignments. Resident parking for multiple residential uses shall be assigned to individual units by clearly labeling spaces with unit numbers or other identifying labels. One assigned parking space shall be located no further than 100 feet from the unit assigned to the parking space.

General and professional: one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.

Medical, dental, and clinical: one parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

General and professional: one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.

Medical and dental offices, medical and dental clinics, medical and dental laboratories, and optometrist offices: one parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

Properties containing 15,000 square feet or less of area shall provide parking based on the following:

Properties containing more than 15,000 square feet of area shall provide parking based on the following:

Parking spaces for nonconforming commercial uses in the M-1 (Light Manufacturing) and M-2 (Heavy Manufacturing) zones shall be made permanently available and be permanently maintained for parking purposes. Storage of commercial vehicles and recreational vehicles is prohibited, including temporary overnight storage. Any alteration of parking and loading areas shall be subject to the procedures and requirements established in this chapter.

Banks: one space per 200 square feet floor area.

Bowling alleys: four parking spaces for each alley.

Religious assemblies: one parking space for each four seats in the principal place of assembly for worship, including balconies and choir lofts. Where fixed seats consist of pews or benches, the seating capacity shall be computed upon no less than 22 lineal inches of pew or bench length per seat. If there are no fixed seats, there shall be provided one parking space for each 60 square feet of gross floor area of such principal place of assembly or worship.

General and professional offices: one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.

Hospitals: two parking spaces for each bed.

Hotels: one parking space for each bedroom.

Libraries, when located on publicly-owned sites: one parking space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area.

Medical and dental offices, medical and dental clinics, medical and dental laboratories, and optometrist offices: one parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

Mortuaries: one parking space for each 25 square feet of floor area devoted to assembly purposes.

Motels: one parking space for each sleeping unit or dwelling unit.

Outdoor uses (auto sales, boat sales, nurseries, and other uses not contained in a building or structure, except for truck equipment storage yards): one space per 2,000 square feet lot area, four spaces minimum; or one per two employees, whichever is greater.

Public uses (utility facilities, including electrical substations, telephone exchanges, maintenance and storage facilities; support systems such as fire stations and maintenance facilities which are not generally visited by the general public): one space per 500 square feet office/work area space within a structure; or one per two employees, whichever is greater. Plus one space per use-related vehicle.

Racquetball facilities: three parking spaces for each racquetball court.

Restaurants: one parking space for every three permanent or removable seats (or three 22-inch bench sections), provided, however, that each restaurant must provide a minimum of five parking spaces.

Rest homes, nursing and convalescent homes: one space for each four beds.

Rooming houses and boarding houses: one parking space for each sleeping room.

Sanitariums: one parking space for each four beds.

Schools, business and trade: one space per 150 square feet; or one per two students designed capacity which-ever is greater.

Schools, elementary and junior high: one parking space for each employee and each faculty member.

Schools, high schools: one space per total number of employees and faculty; designed capacity, plus one space per seven students designed capacity.

Schools, nursery, daycare facilities: three spaces minimum including one space per every two employees working on the largest shift. An off-street area for loading and unloading children shall be provided on the site and laid out in such a manner as to provide for forward movement of vehicles during entry and exit.

Service stations: two spaces per bay in building, plus one additional space per employee on largest shift. Vehicles may be parked only in designated spaces, and only during business hours, or not more than 24 hours.

Single-room occupancy (SRO) facilities: one covered parking space per unit plus two covered parking spaces for a resident manager.

Stadiums, sports arenas, auditoriums (including school auditoriums) and other places of public assembly (other than churches and theaters) and clubs and lodges having no sleeping quarters: one parking space for each three fixed seats in all parking-generating areas used simultaneously for assembly purposes. Where fixed seats consist of pews or benches, the seating capacity shall be computed upon not less than 22 lineal inches of pew or bench length per seat. If there be no fixed seats, then one parking space for each 40 square feet of floor area used for assembly purposes.

Theaters: one parking space for each five fixed seats (or five 22-inch bench sections), or one space per 35 square feet non-fixed seating area for assembly purposes; 10 spaces minimum.

Truck storage, truck transportation yards, truck terminals and related heavy equipment yards: one parking space per truck, tractor, or trailer; plus one additional parking space for each three employees or operators of each truck or tractor, to be utilized for parking of employees' or owners' vehicles.

For uses requiring no more than 50 off-street parking spaces and for which application is being made for authority to utilize the existing off-street parking facilities provided by another use, such uses shall be located within 150 feet of such parking facilities.

For uses requiring 50 or more off-street parking spaces and for which application is being made for authority to utilize the existing off-street parking facilities provided by another use, such uses shall be located no further than a distance to be determined by the Planning Commission, which in no case shall be further than 500 feet of such parking facilities. In establishing such distance, the Planning Commission shall be guided by the following criteria:

The applicant shall show that there is no substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the buildings or uses for which the joint use of off-street parking facilities is proposed.

Parties concerned in the joint use of off-street parking facilities shall evidence agreement for such joint use by a proper legal instrument approved by the City Attorney as to form and content. Such instrument, when approved shall be recorded with the office of the County Recorder as a limiting covenant applicable to the property comprising the parking facilities, and copies thereof filed with the Building Department and the Planning Commission.

Each off-street parking space shall have an area not less than 180 square feet exclusive of drives or aisles, and a width of not less than nine feet. Each such space shall be provided with adequate ingress and egress, and shall be improved as provided in Section 17.44.490.

If either of the lengthwise sides of any space immediately abuts a fence, wall, building or other structure, then the space shall be 10 feet wide; if both lengthwise sides of any space immediately abut a fence, wall, building or other structure, then the space shall be 11 feet wide.

Compact automobile parking spaces shall not be less than seven and one-half feet in width or 15 feet in depth. The total number of compact parking spaces shall not exceed 35% of the required number of parking signs. Individual spaces shall be identified by a sign located at the front of each space. Several spaces located in a common area shall be identified with adequate signing.

Tandem parking is not permitted.

In the R-3 and R-4 zones, ingress and egress to off-street parking facilities on a site shall not exceed a width of 26 feet.

On corner lots and reverse corner lots in the R-3 zones, all entrance-exit facilities on the side street side shall be located on the one-half of the premises farthest removed from the corner.

Driveway widths for all "R" zones are as follows: nine feet minimum width for up to four dwelling units; 12 feet minimum width for over four units; two-way ingress and egress driveways for over four units shall be 16 feet in width.

For single-family, two-family, limited-multiple or unlimited-multiple family dwellings, parking facilities shall be located on the same lot or building site as the building they are required to serve.

For all other uses, parking facilities shall be located not more than 150 feet from the use such facilities are required to serve.

A parking facility shall be divided into parking lanes.

A parking lane shall be composed of an unobstructed driving aisle flanked on each side by a tier of parking stalls.

Parallel parking lanes shall be separated from each other by a physical barrier or bumper firmly attached to the ground and having a height of not less than eight inches, or by metal posts not less than four inches in diameter and four feet in height, which are firmly anchored in the ground.

The width of a parking lane shall be the horizontal distance of a line drawn at right angles to the fixed bumper strips or posts on either side of the parking lane, and the required width of such lanes shall be as indicated in Exhibit A in Section 17.24.080(C)(5)(c)(iv):

Adjoining parallel parking lanes shall be designated for car movements in opposing directions. The parking lanes and connecting driveways shall be comprehensively designed so far as possible to permit circulation of cars from one parking lane to another without the necessity to emerge onto boundary streets to reach one parking lane from another.

Where a multiple lane parking lot fronts upon only one street, there may be only one entrance-exit to each 120 feet of frontage upon such street.

Where parking lots occupy property located at the angle formed by intersecting streets, any exit from the parking lot by which cars will emerge from the parking lot into the traffic flow that is approaching the street intersection shall be located no closer to the intersection than 75 feet, or two-thirds of the length or width of the frontage of the parking lot upon the same street, whichever is least.

Where parking lots, by reason of shape or restricted area, can provide only one tier of angle parking, or where larger parking lots designed according to the specifications herein set forth have remnant of area capable of accommodating only one tier of angle parking stalls, such single tier of parking stalls and the driving aisle shall maintain the same ratio of dimensions as pertain to full parking lane under the schedule of widths contained herein.

Any off-street parking facility shall be so designated that any vehicle emerging from the parking facility shall be able to enter the bounding street or alley by moving in a forward direction. This provision need not apply to off-street parking facilities in the R-1 zone.

Every parking area and vehicle sales area that is not separated by a wall from any street or alley property line upon which it abuts shall be provided with a suitable concrete curb or timber barrier not less than eight inches in height, located not less than three feet from such street or alley property lines and such curb or barrier shall be required across any driveways or entrances to such parking area or vehicle sales area.

Every parking area or vehicle sales area which abuts property located in one of the "R" zones shall be separated from such property on the common property line by a solid wall not less than six feet in height measured from the grade of the finished surface of such parking area closest to the contiguous "R" zoned property; provided, that along the portion of the common property line constituting depth of the required front yard on the adjoining "R" zoned property, the wall shall be not more than 42 inches in height. No such wall need be provided where the elevation of that portion of the parking area or vehicle sales area immediately adjacent to an "R" zone is six feet or more below the elevation of such "R" zoned property along the common property line.

Landscaping plans for required off-street parking areas shall be approved by the office of landscape architecture and shall meet the following minimum standards:

Any life-threatening building code violations shall be corrected in any nonconforming building.

The design of the expansion requires Development Review Board approval.

Legal nonconforming residential uses must conform to all R-2 (two-family residential) zone development standards.

Additions must either provide adequate living space or relieve overcrowding.

Expansion will only be allowed where it can be shown that it would not adversely affect existing development nor impede future development patterns.

Where a nonconforming use has buildings or structures accessory to the main open air use such nonconforming use shall be discontinued, and such buildings and structures shall be completely removed or altered to conform to the uses permitted in the zone in which the property is located at such times as the buildings or structures are required to be removed according to the schedule contained in this article. Trailer parks, trailer courts, trailer camps and mobile home parks are considered to be in this category.

In trailer parks, residential buildings and community or recreational buildings are considered to be main buildings; required service buildings are considered to be accessory buildings.

In "R" Zones. Every nonconforming use of a conforming building in any of the "R" zones shall be discontinued within three years from the date of formal notice to the owner from the Planning Commission.

In "C" Zones. Every nonconforming use of a conforming building in a C-3 zone which use is first permitted in a C-M, M-1 or M-2 zone shall be discontinued within 10 years from the date of formal notice to the owner from the Planning Commission. In a C-M zone, every nonconforming use of a conforming building which use is first permitted in an M-2 zone shall be discontinued within 10 years from the date of formal notice to the owner from the Planning Commission.

In "M" Zones. The nonconforming building in the "M" zones shall be discontinued within 10 years from the date of formal notice to the owner from the Planning Commission.

In "R" Zones. Every nonconforming building in any of the "R" zones, except residential buildings, churches, schools and public utility facilities (other than offices, administrative buildings and service yards) which nonconforming building was designed or intended for a use not permitted in the "R" zone in which it is located, shall be completely removed or altered to structurally conform to the uses permitted in the zone in which it is located within the herein specified times upon notice from the Planning Commission. The specified times shall be measured as follows:

In "C" Zones.

In "M" Zones.

When any nonconforming condition exists in any zone, other than the nonconforming use of land where no structure is involved or where buildings and structures are accessory to the nonconforming use, it shall be the responsibility of the Planning Commission on its own initiative, to fix a date upon which the nonconforming building was established. It shall also be the responsibility of the Planning Commission to determine whether, by reason of structural alterations or enlargements, or the installation of major equipment designed into the building prior to the date this title or the ordinance from which it derives became applicable thereto, or certain transfer of title has occurred, it is deemed necessary to establish a later date for removal than that prescribed herein for the building itself in order to assure that the investment represented by such structural alterations, enlargements, equipment installations or newly-acquired title maybe amortized. In performing this function the Planning Commission shall consider all pertinent data in connection therewith and, at a public meeting, provide the opportunity for the owner of record, or lessee if there be such, to present such evidence as they may possess and which property relates to such case. The Planning Commission, by resolution, shall establish a date of removal and shall set forth such facts as bear upon which the determination of such date of removal is based, and shall formally notify the owner of such nonconforming property of the action of such commission by mailing to such owner a copy of the formally-adopted resolution not later than 10 days following the date of subject action by the Planning Commission.

A copy of the resolution establishing the date of removal for subject property shall be filed with the County Recorder after the expiration of the 10 days within which an appeal can be taken, and such resolution shall be in such form as to clearly identify the property to which the removal date applies.

The decision on the removal date by the Planning Commission shall be final and conclusive unless within 10 days after the mailing of the resolution to the owner or lessee, if there be such, an appeal in writing is filed with the City Council. If an appeal is filed with the City Council, the City Council shall, within 60 days, and at a public meeting, review the findings set forth in the resolution of the Planning Commission, and the facts upon which the action of such commission was based. If the action of the City Council is to affirm the action of the Planning Commission, such action shall be final. If the Council proposes an action that is in any way contrary to the actions by the Planning Commission, the City Council shall, before any such action is taken, refer its findings and proposed action to the Planning Commission and request a further report of the Planning Commission on the matter. Failure of the Planning Commission to report to the City Council within 40 days after reference may be deemed to be approval by the Planning Commission of any proposed change.

To designate, identify, or indicate the name of the business of the owner or occupant of the premises upon which the advertising display is located.

To advertise the business conducted, services available or rendered, or the goods produced, sold, or available for sale, upon the property where the advertising display is erected.

Any legal nonconforming sign which was lawfully erected but whose use to advertise or identify an ongoing business, product or service has ceased, or the structure upon which the sign is located has been abandoned by its owner, for a period of not less than 180 days. Costs incurred in removing an abandoned display may be charged to the legal owner.

Any legal nonconforming sign which has been more than 50% destroyed, and the destruction is other than facial replacement, and the display cannot be repaired within 30 days of the date of its destruction.

Any legal nonconforming sign whose owner, outside of a change of copy, requests permission to remodel and remodels that nonconforming sign or expands or enlarges the building or land use upon which the nonconforming sign is located, and the nonconforming sign is affected by the construction, enlargement or remodeling, or the cost of construction, enlargement or remodeling of the nonconforming sign exceeds 50% of the cost of reconstruction of the building.

Any legal nonconforming sign whose owner seeks relocation thereof and relocates the nonconforming sign.

For purpose of this section "illegal nonconforming sign" means any of the following:

The City Council shall declare, by resolution, as public nuisances and abate all illegal on-premises advertising displays. The resolution shall describe the property upon which or in front of which the nuisance exists by giving its lot and block number according to the County assessment map and its street address if known. Any number of parcels of private property may be included in one resolution.

Prior to adoption of the resolution by the City Council, the City Clerk shall send not less than a 10 days' written notice to all persons owning property described in the proposed resolution. The notice shall be mailed to each person on whom the described property is assessed on the last equalized assessment roll available on the date the notice is prepared. The notice shall state the date, time, and place of the hearing and generally describe the purpose of the hearing and the nature of the illegality of the sign.

After adoption of the resolution, the enforcement officer shall cause notices to be conspicuously posted on or in front of the property on which the display exists.

The notice shall be substantially in the following form:

The notices shall be posted for notice at least 10 days prior to the time for hearing objections by the City Council of the City of Paramount.

In addition to posting of the resolution and notice of the meeting when objections will be heard, the City Council of the City of Paramount shall direct the City Clerk to mail written notice of the proposed abatement to all persons owning property described in the resolution. The City Clerk shall cause the written notice to be mailed to each person to whom the described property is assessed in the last equalized assessment roll available on the date the resolution was adopted by the City Council. The notices mailed by the City Clerk shall be mailed at least 10 days prior to the time for hearing objections by the City Council. The notices mailed by the City Clerk shall be substantially in the form provided by subsection (E)(4).

At the time stated in the notices, the City Council shall conduct a hearing regarding removal of the illegal sign and consider all objections to the proposed removal of the illegal sign. It may continue the hearing from time to time. By motion of resolution at the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council shall allow or overrule any objections. At that time, the City Council acquires jurisdiction to proceed and perform the work of removal. The decision of the City Council is final. If objections have not been made or after the City Council has disposed of those made, it shall order the enforcement officer to abate the nuisance by having the sign removed. The order shall be made by motion or resolution.

The enforcement officer may enter private property to abate the nuisance.

Before the enforcement officer arrives, any property owner may remove the illegal sign at the owner's expense. Nevertheless, in any case in which an order to abate is issued, the City Council, by motion or resolution, may further order that a special assessment and lien be assessed against the property, and such lien shall be limited to the costs incurred by the City in enforcing abatement upon the property, including investigation, boundary determination, measurement, clerical, and other related costs.

The enforcement officer shall keep an account of the cost of the abatement of an illegal sign for each separate parcel of property where the work is done by him or her. He or she shall submit to the City Council for confirmation an itemized written report showing that cost.

Abatement of the nuisance may, in the discretion of the City Council be performed by contract awarded by the City Council on the basis of competitive bids let to the lowest responsible bidder. In that event, the contractor shall keep the account and submit the itemized written report for each separate parcel of property required by subsection (E)(10).

The cost of abatement in front of or upon each parcel of property, and the cost incurred by the City, in enforcing abatement upon the parcels, including investigation, boundary determination, measurement, clerical, and other related costs, are a special assessment against that parcel. After the assessment is made and confirmed, a lien attaches on the parcel upon recordation of the order confirming the assessment in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Los Angeles. However, if any real property to which the lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of the assessment would become delinquent, the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to the real property and the costs of abatement and the costs of enforcing abatement, as confirmed, relating to the property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.

After confirmation of the report, a copy shall be given to the County of Los Angeles Tax Assessor, who shall add the amount of the assessment to the next regular tax bill levied against the parcel for municipal purposes.

If the County Assessor and the tax collector assess property and collect taxes for the City, the City shall file a certified copy of the report with the County Auditor on or before August 10th. The description of the parcels reported shall be those used for the same parcels on the County Assessor's map books for the current year.

The County Auditor shall enter each assessment on the County tax roll opposite the parcel of land.

The amount of the assessment shall be collected at the time and in the manner of ordinary municipal taxes. If delinquent, the amount is subject to the same penalties and procedures of foreclosure and sale provided for ordinary municipal taxes.

The City Council may determine that, in lieu of collecting the entire assessment at the time and in the manner of ordinary municipal taxes, assessments of $50.00 or more may be made in annual installments, not to exceed five, and collect one installment at a time and in the manner of ordinary municipal taxes in successive years. If any installment is delinquent, the amount thereof is subject to the same penalties and procedure for foreclosure and sale provided for ordinary municipal taxes. The payment of assessments so deferred shall bear interest on the unpaid balance at a rate to be determined by the City Council, but not to exceed six percent per annum.

As an alternative method, the County Tax Collector, at his or her discretion, may collect the assessments without reference to the general taxes by issuing separate bills and receipts for the assessments.

Law relating to the levy, collection, and enforcement of County taxes apply to these special assessments.

The lien of the assessment has the priority of the taxes with which it is collected.

The enforcement officer may receive the amount due on the abatement cost and issue receipts at any time after the confirmation of the report and until 10 days before a copy is given to the assessor and tax collector or, where a certified copy is filed with the County Auditor, until August 1st following the confirmation of the report.

The City Council may order a refund of all or part of an assessment pursuant to this chapter if it finds that all or part of the assessment has been erroneously levied. An assessment, or part thereof, shall not be refunded unless a claim is filed with the clerk of the legislative body on or before November 1st after the assessment became due and payable. The claim shall be verified by the person who paid the assessment or by the person's guardian, conservator, executor, or administrator.

Storage established prior to the adoption of Ordinance No. 571 on July 3, 1984 or with the approval of a conditional use permit for outdoor storage;

Maintenance;

Inspection;

Measuring;

Packing; and

Loading and unloading.

All requirements of the Paramount Municipal Code, all Federal environmental regulations, as set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, all California Environmental Quality Act regulations, and all South Coast Air Quality Management District regulations are met.

The use of best available control technology is required at minimum. A facility shall install lowest achievable emission rate equipment if required by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

Purpose. The purpose and intent of residential composting is to promote the recycling of landscape waste through composting and with minimum standards for composting.

Location. Compost areas shall be located a minimum of five feet from property lines, a minimum of 15 feet from a residential structure (including accessory dwelling unit and junior accessory dwelling unit), and to the rear of the front dwelling on a property. Compost areas shall not be located within any drainage or utility easement.

Compost Bins. All compostable material shall be enclosed in one or more compost bins. Compost bins shall be properly maintained to prevent attracting and harboring rodents and pests and to prevent unpleasant odors.

Compostable Material. Compostable material includes leaves, grass clippings, garden debris, brush, tree clippings and other plant material generated solely within the residential lot where the material will be composted.

Compost Contents. Compost shall only contain compostable material, soil, and commercial compost additives. Prohibited compost contents include processed food products, including, without limitation, salad dressings and cooking or other vegetable oils; animal or dairy products, including, without limitation, fats, bones, meat, fish, fowl and cheese; and manure of any kind or other pet or human waste.

Nuisance. Any compost which gives off foul or putrid odors, attracts vermin, or encroaches on neighboring property is hereby declared to be a nuisance that will result in penalties in accordance with the relevant enforcement provisions of the Paramount Municipal Code.