means any elevation higher than the natural ground contour.

means the means of vehicular entrance or exit to a site.

have the same meanings as defined in the California Government Code as defined by California Government Code Sections 65852.2 and 65852.22.

See "Use, accessory."

means a written approval granted by the planning director pursuant to this chapter. See Section 17.56.060(F).

See "Sex-oriented entertainment businesses" definition. (See Section 17.56.030 for definitions of types of sex-oriented businesses.)

means the head of the community development resource agency of Placer County.

means an uninhabited structure or building designed and built to store farm animals, implements, supplies or products, that contains no residential use and is not open to the public. Includes: barns; grain elevators; silos, and other similar buildings and structures, but not commercial greenhouses (which are under "Plant nurseries") or buildings for agricultural processing activities (which are under "Agricultural processing"). Also includes, but is not limited to, wind-powered and solar machines used for direct climate control, and water pumping or other conversion of wind or solar energy to mechanical or thermal power. Wind energy conversion machines for electric power generation are included under "Electric generating plants." See Section 17.56.020 for specific use requirements applicable to agricultural accessory structures.

See "Cluster lot development."

See "Agricultural, resource or open space district or zone."

means one of the following:

means a person who works full or part-time (24 hours or more per week) in the service of a bona fide commercial agricultural operation(s), as determined by the agricultural commissioner, in any of the branches of farming, which includes, but is not limited to:

means the processing of crops after harvest, to prepare them for on-site marketing or processing and packaging elsewhere, including, but not limited to, the following; provided, that any of the activities performed in the field with mobile equipment not involving permanent buildings are included under "Crop production." Agricultural processing does not include the process of composting or the processing of Cannabis sativa L.

means any of the following zone districts established by Section 17.06.010: agricultural exclusive (AE), farm (F), forestry (FOR), open space (O), timberland preserve (TPZ), water influence (W). Also, any of the following land use districts established by the Squaw Valley Land Use Ordinance (Chapter 17, Appendix A of the Placer County Code): forest-recreation and conservation preserve. In addition, any of the following land use districts established by the Tahoe City Area general plan or the Tahoe City community plan (Chapter 17, Appendix B of the Placer County Code), and the North Tahoe community plans (Chapter 17, Appendix C of the Placer County Code): conservation and recreation.

means any area of land or water used for the landing and take-off of aircraft as well as any appurtenant areas used for airport buildings, aircraft operations and related facilities, including aprons and taxiways, control towers, hangers, safety lights and structures. Such facilities may also include parachute jump areas and FAA-certified parachute lofts; and facilities for aircraft manufacturing, maintenance, repair and reconditioning. Public airports may include aircraft sales and dealerships, beauty and barber shops, car rental establishments, gift shops, hotels and motels, restaurants and bars, tobacco and news stands, and other similar commercial uses serving the air-traveling public and airport employees. Also includes agricultural, personal, restricted and public use landing strips, defined as follows:

means the air pollution control district of Placer County as established by California Health and Safety Code, Part 4, Division 26.

means a roadway that extends through the interior of a block to provide secondary vehicular access to abutting lots, and is not intended for general traffic circulation.

See "Use, allowable."

means, for the purposes of this chapter, the raising of farm or game animals such as cattle, horses, goats, sheep, hogs, chickens, rabbits, birds, etc., as a school, 4-H or Future Farmers of America (FFA) project.

means the keeping, feeding or raising of animals as a commercial agricultural venture, avocation, hobby or school project, either as a principal land use or subordinate to a land use. Includes the keeping of common farm animals, small-animal specialties such as rabbit farms and other fur-bearing animals; apiaries; aviaries; worm farms; household pets, etc. This definition does not include grazing, which involves the keeping of grazing animals at densities less than one animal per acre, and is instead included under the definition of "Grazing." Section 17.56.050 contains specific use requirements for animal raising and keeping.

means specialized and intensive commercial animal facilities including beef and dairy feedlots (any premises where cattle are held or maintained for the purposes of feeding, and fattening for market or milking, and where 60% or more of the feed for the cattle is imported or purchased), sales yards, stockyards.

means public, commercial and private electromagnetic and photoelectrical transmission, broadcast, repeater and receiving stations for radio, television, telegraph, telephone, cellular telephone, and data network communications; including commercial earth stations for satellite-based communications. Includes antennae, towers and equipment buildings. Does not include:

See "Multifamily dwellings."

See "Use, approved."

include waters of the United States, waters of the state, stream systems, and constituent habitats for aquatic/wetland complex(es), vernal pool complex(es) and riverine/riparian complex(es) within the stream system, and includes all definitions described in Chapter 3 of the HCP/NCCP (Physical and Biological Resources) and Chapter 3 of the western Placer County Aquatic Resources Program (CARP) (Placer County Aquatic Resources Protected by the CARP).

This chapter uses the following terms when dealing with the calculation of area for parking or other purposes (See also the definitions of "Minimum lot area" and "Minimum parcel size"):

means administrative review permit. See Section 17.58.100.

means any major street/road designed for thoroughfare use by regional traffic, as distinguished from rural roads, neighborhood streets, local service routes or collector avenues.

means, for purposes of this chapter, buildings and structures shall be considered to be attached if they share a common roof system and if any breezeway or other similar connecting structure is at least one-half as wide as the distance between such buildings and structures, or if at least 50% of one wall of each structure is common to the other structure.

means an authorization by the county to impact aquatic resources of Placer County in accordance with the terms of the CARP pursuant to Chapter 19, Article 19.10, Section 19.10.120.

means retail trade establishments selling and/or renting new and used automobiles, boats, vans, campers, trucks, mobile homes, recreational and utility trailers, motorized farm equipment, motorcycles, golf carts, snowmobile and jet-skis (except bicycles and mopeds, which are included under "Retail stores"). This use includes any sales of vehicles by an individual when more than six vehicles are sold in one calendar year. Also includes stores selling new automobile parts, tires and accessories (including tire recapping establishments), as well as establishments dealing in used automobiles exclusively. Does not include establishments dealing exclusively in used parts, which are included under "Recycling, scrap and wrecking yards." Includes repair shops only when maintained by a dealership selling new vehicles on the same site. (See also "Repair and maintenance—Vehicle.") Does not include "Service stations," which are separately defined. (SIC: Group 55)

See "Recycling, scrap and wrecking yards."

means a structure designed and used for the keeping of domestic or exotic birds, other than game fowl and poultry or ostriches, emus and similar birds. For purposes of this chapter, there are two types of aviaries (the keeping of domestic or exotic birds within a residence as an accessory use is not an aviary):

means a publicly or privately owned and operated site that is to be conserved and managed in accordance with a written agreement that includes provisions for the issuance of credits, on which important habitat, including habitat for threatened, endangered, or other special status species, exists, has been, or will be created to do any of the following: (1) compensate for take or other adverse impacts of covered activities; or (2) reduce adverse impacts to fish or wildlife resources from covered activities.

means a publicly or privately owned and operated site on which wetlands have been or will be created to compensate for adverse impacts caused by removal or fill permit activities authorized pursuant to Section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1344 et seq.).

means financial institutions including: banks and trust companies; lending and thrift institutions, credit agencies; brokers and dealers in securities and commodity contracts; security and commodity exchanges; holding (but not predominantly operating) companies; and other investment companies; vehicle finance (equity) leasing agencies. Automated teller machines (ATMs) located away from banks are also included under the definition of "Personal services." (SIC: Groups 60, 61, 62, 67)

means any floor level below the first story in a building, except that a floor level in a building having only one floor level shall be classified as a basement unless such floor level qualifies as a first story as defined herein.

means a structure designed as a single-family dwelling, with one family in permanent residence, where bedrooms without individual cooking facilities are rented for overnight lodging. Meals may be provided subject to applicable county health regulations. A farm stay is considered to be a type of bed and breakfast lodging and is subject to the same zoning regulations. Bed and breakfast establishments and other overnight lodging facilities in commercial zones are considered to be hotels or motels regardless of their design or operational character. This definition does not include "Hotels and motels," which are defined separately; rooming and boarding houses, which are included under "Multifamily dwellings"; or the rental of an entire residence for one week or longer. See Section 17.56.070 for specific use requirements applicable to bed and breakfasts.

means a landscaped, earthen mound used for screening and/or noise attenuation purposes instead of a fence or wall.

See "Sign, off-premises."

means an individual who pays a stipulated fee in return for occupying a room or rooms and/or sharing meals in a single-family residential home on a weekly or monthly basis.

means any building, or dwelling, or portion thereof with access provided through a common entrance, for the renting of individual bedrooms to five or more people with a property owner or other manager that resides in the residence. Boarding of four or fewer renters is not considered to be a land use different from a single-family dwelling.

means the board of supervisors of Placer County, California.

means a covered structure, without walls, which connects two otherwise unattached buildings or structures. See also the definition of "Attached."

means commercial and public communications uses including telegraph, telephone, radio and television broadcasting and receiving stations and studios, and motion picture studios, with facilities entirely within buildings. Transmission and receiving apparatus, such as towers, reflectors and antennae are included under the definition of "Communications facilities."

See "Structure."

"Accessory building" means a detached subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to that of a main building on the same lot.

means the wall area of a building which faces a circulation area open to the general public, which has an entrance in regular use by the general public and/or which has a main window display.

means the vertical distance from the average level of the highest and lowest point of that portion of the lot or building site covered by the building to the topmost point of the structure, excluding chimneys or vents (see Figures 17.04.030-2A and 17.04.030-2C and Table 17.04.030-1). For padded lots, height measurement shall be from approved pad grade (see Figure 17.04.030-2B). For the purpose of determining the height limits in all zones set forth in this chapter and shown on the zoning map, the datum shall mean sea level unless otherwise specified.

"Main building, primary building" or "principal building" means a building occupied by the principal use of the site. In any residential zone, any dwelling shall be considered the main building on the site.

means the area within a lot or parcel of record which is actually proposed for development with buildings, structures, or uses, including areas immediately adjacent to the buildings or structures but exclusive of any required setback areas or easements. A "valid building site" is a building site which has received all of the required approvals from appropriate local agencies (e.g., the county planning, health and public works departments, the fire and school districts, utility providers, etc.) to be issued a building permit for the construction of a residential, commercial or other building or structure.

means primarily indoor retail establishments selling lumber and other large building materials, and also including paint, carpets, cabinets, doors, flooring, windows, wallpaper, glass, fixtures, nursery stock, lawn and garden supplies (which may also be sold in hardware stores, included under the definition of "Retail stores, general merchandise"). Includes all such stores selling to the general public, even if contractor sales account for a larger proportion of total sales. Also includes incidental retail ready-mix concrete operations. At least 25% of the floor area must be dedicated to retail sales. Establishments that have more outdoor than indoor storage and sales areas are included under "Storage yards and sales lots."

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

See Section 17.56.030.

means land or premises that are used or intended to be used by camping parties for occupancies, including where individual water, sewer, and power hookups may be provided to each campsite. See Section 17.56.080 for specific use requirements for campgrounds which permits the same type of service amenities, but at higher overall density/intensity.

mean any area or tract of land where one or more lots are used, rented or leased, or held out for rent or lease to accommodate camping parties.

"Incidental camping" means the use of tents, travel trailers, recreational vehicles or other mobile camping equipment for camping and other recreational purposes, without permanent facilities, incidental to some other principal use of a site, including seasonal recreational camping. See Section 17.56.080 for specific use requirements applicable to incidental camping.

means a person or group of not more than 10 persons occupying a campsite.

means an area within a campground or incidental camping area intended for occupancy or occupied by a camping party.

means permanent or temporary housing that is secondary or accessory to the primary use of the property. Such dwellings are used for housing a caretaker employed on the site of a nonresidential use where a caretaker is needed for security purposes or to provide 24 hour care or monitoring facilities, equipment, or other conditions on the site, or for employees and seasonal workers employed on the site where work is at in locations deficient in housing. See Section 17.56.090 for specific use requirements applicable to caretaker and employee housing.

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

means mobile homes that are certified under the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Act of 1974 (42 USC Section 5401, et seq.)

means manufacturing establishments that produce or use basic chemicals and establishments creating products predominantly by chemical processes. Establishments classified in this major group manufacture three general classes of products: (1) basic chemicals such as acids, alkalis, salts, and organic chemicals; (2) chemical products to be used in further manufacture such as synthetic fibers, plastic materials, dry colors, and pigments; and (3) finished chemical products to be used for ultimate consumption such as drugs, cosmetics, and soaps; or to be used as materials or supplies in other industries such as paints, fertilizers, and explosives. Also includes sales and transportation establishments handling the chemicals described above in other than one of the uses included in the retail trade group on the land use and permit tables. (SIC: Group 28, 5161)

means commercial agricultural establishments where more than 100 chickens or turkeys are raised or maintained.

means a commercial or nonprofit facility that provides care, protection and supervision of 15 or more minor children or adults for periods of less than 24 hours, typically while parents/caregivers are working, and/or before or after daily attendance at an elementary school. Child/adult day care centers may be operated in conjunction with a school or house of worship, or as an independent land use. Includes pre-schools. Such facilities are required to be licensed by the California State Department of Social Services.

means a private dwelling unit where care, protection and supervision of 14 or fewer minor children for periods of less than 24 hours is regularly provided, typically while parents are working. This land use includes "large family day care homes," which care for seven to 14 children, and "small family day care homes," which care for six or fewer children. Such facilities are required to be licensed by the California State Department of Social Services.

means manufacturing establishments producing clothing and fabricating products by cutting and sewing purchased textile fabrics, and related materials such as leather, rubberized fabrics, plastics and furs. Also includes leather products and clothing. Custom tailors and dressmakers not operating as a factory and not located on the site of a clothing store ("general merchandise stores") are instead included under "Personal services." (SIC: Groups 23, 31)

means as to this chapter a residential or mixed use development intended to create a more compact residential footprint to preserve and maintain working agricultural lands, natural lands, or open areas, or to create a cooperative community or work space. Cluster lot development is a clustered group of 4-12 dwellings arranged on a development site around or adjacent to usable common area. Cluster lot development may also encourage affordability, innovation and variety in housing design and site development while ensuring compatibility with surrounding land uses. Cluster lot development may occur on single or multiple parcels and may consist of singlefamily or multifamily dwelling units. Common spaces are protected with an easement and maintained and monitored by a homeowner's association or other entity. Cohousing is an example of a cluster lot development in which community facilities are constructed to foster social interaction. See Section 17.54.115 for specific use requirements applicable to agricultural, conservation or open space cluster lot development, cottage housing development, and moveable tiny house community.

See "Cluster lot development."

means any of the following zone districts established by Article 17.06: business park (BP), commercial planned development (CPD), general commercial (C-2), heavy commercial (C-3), highway services (HS), motel-Tahoe (MT), neighborhood commercial (C-1), office and professional (OP), resort (RES). Also includes any of the following districts established by the Squaw Valley Land Use Ordinance (Chapter 17 Appendix A of the Placer County Code): alpine commercial (AC), entrance commercial (EC), forest recreation (FR), heavy commercial (HC), and village commercial (VC). Also includes any of the following districts established by the Tahoe City Community Plan and/or the Tahoe City Area General Plan (Chapter 17 Appendix B of the Placer County Code), and the North Tahoe Community Plans (Chapter 17 Appendix C of the Placer County Code): Commercial/public service and tourist.

means a facility located on private property located in a commercial zone district that primarily functions to provide a facility for any type of social gathering and consisting of multipurpose meeting and/or recreational facilities, typically consisting of one or more meeting or multipurpose room and a kitchen and/or outdoor barbecue facilities, that are available for use by various private groups for such activities as meetings, parties, weddings, receptions, and dances. See Section 17.56.340 for development and operational standards.

See "Use, commercial."

means vehicles more than 24 feet in length, single or double axle trailers in excess of 15 feet in length, tow trucks, water trucks, busses, dump trucks, fork lifts, front loaders, logging vehicles, backhoes, carryalls, graders, tracked vehicles, bulldozers, tractors with or without semitrailers, and farm equipment in excess of 10 feet in length. Also, taxis, limousines and any motor vehicle other than a standard passenger car, or any pickup truck or van with a rated carrying capacity of greater than one ton.

See "Planning commission."

for purposes of this chapter means a parcel or parcels of land used by all occupants of a cluster lot development per Section 17.54.115. The common area shall be outside of ponds, wetlands, streams, and sensitive area buffers and on slopes of 10% or less and developed and maintained so it is usable for active or passive recreation activities.

See "Open space, common."

means two dwellings on adjoining lots, constructed so that they abut each other at their common property line. (See Figure 17.04.030-3)

means any tower or other structure erected for the purpose of radio, television or microwave transmission or line-of-sight relay devices.

means a facility, which may be located on public or private property, that functions primarily to provide a community-centered meeting hall for members of the public to carry out local community-oriented activities and public and civic functions. Examples of such facilities include grange halls, community sponsored meeting halls, and veterans halls, typically consisting of one or more meeting or multipurpose room and a kitchen and/or outdoor barbecue facilities, that are available for use by various groups for such activities as public assemblies, meetings, private meetings, parties, weddings, receptions, and dances. See Section 17.56.340 for development and operational standards.

means the agency which provides planning and direction over those county functions that provide land use planning, management of natural resources, building, inspection and code enforcement services, and other permit and land use services to the citizens of Placer County. The agency includes the divisions of engineering and surveying, planning, and building and performs land development core functions such as infrastructure planning, surveying and mapping, permits and construction. Unless specifically provided otherwise, any reference in this chapter to the "planning department" shall mean the planning division of the community development resource agency.

means a component portion of the Placer County general plan, usually bound as a discreet and separate document, which addresses land use, circulation, housing, public services and related issues for a specific geographic portion of the county. Such plans contain specific goals, policies and programs applicable to each particular community area. In general, the community plans supersede the county general plan within their plan boundaries unless otherwise specified in either the general plan or the community plan document.

means a sewage effluent collection network, treatment and disposal facilities provided within a prescribed service boundary, operated by a public agency or other entity as approved by the Regional Water Quality Control Board.

means a water storage and distribution network for providing potable water to the public for human consumption, within a prescribed service boundary, operated and maintained by a public agency, or private company approved by the State Department of Health or Placer County. The system must comply with the provisions of the California Safe Drinking Water Act and all applicable laws and standards relating to domestic water supply.

means manufacturing establishments producing bulk concrete, concrete building block, brick and all types of precast and prefab concrete products. Also includes ready-mix concrete batch plants, lime manufacturing, and the manufacture of gypsum products, such as plasterboard. A retail ready-mix concrete operation as an incidental use in conjunction with a building materials outlet is defined under "Building material and hardware stores," and when in conjunction with an equipment rental yard, under "Storage yards and sales lots" (SIC: Groups 326, 327).

means the approval of an administrative review permit, minor use permit, conditional use permit plan or variance application subject to conditions adopted by the zoning administrator or planning commission (or board of supervisors on appeal) as part of the action to approve the application.

means any site preparation, assembly, erection, substantial repair, alteration or similar action, for or of rights-of-way, structures, utilities or similar property.

mean service establishments primarily engaged in construction, including new work, additions, alterations, and repairs. Construction activities are generally administered or managed from a relatively fixed place of business, but actual construction work is performed at one or more different sites. Three broad types of construction are covered: (1) building construction by general contractors or by operative builders; (2) other construction by general contractors; and (3) construction by special trade contractors such as electrical, air conditioning and plumbing contractors, or others such as well drilling services. The installation of prefabricated buildings and equipment is also included. Contractor's business offices that are not on the same site as work crew dispatching, equipment, vehicle or material storage for the establishment may also be considered under the definition of offices. A contractor's outdoor storage yard in conjunction with offices and/or storage buildings is also defined under "Storage yards and sales lots," and is also subject to all applicable standards of this chapter for such uses. (SIC: Groups 15, 16, 17)

means any or all of the various entitlements established by this chapter and/or Chapters 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19 or Appendix E to Chapter 17 of the Placer County Code that authorize commencement of construction activities, including, but not limited to, building permits, grading permits, land conversion authorizations, electrical and plumbing permits, demolition permits and moving permits.

means adjacent and having a common parcel boundary (applies even if the common parcel boundary is a single point).

See "Lot types."

mean jails, prisons, and other institutions for the confinement and correction of offenders sentenced by a court. Halfway houses and homes for delinquents, or other facilities not under court order, are instead included under "Residential care homes." (SIC: Group 9223)

See "Cluster lot development."

means the county of Placer, California.

is a program that protects, streams, wetlands and other aquatic resources as defined in Section 19.10.040.

"Site or lot coverage" means site or lot coverage means the percentage of the total site area occupied by buildings and structures. For the purposes of this definition, "buildings" include all land covered by primary buildings, garages and carports, accessory buildings, covered decks, solar electric generating systems, small wind energy conservation systems, and other enclosed and covered areas, but not standard roof overhangs or eves, uncovered decks, paved areas such as walkways, driveways, patios, uncovered parking areas or roads. All areas of coverage are computed at ground level. NOTE EXCEPTION: In the areas of the county proximate to Lake Tahoe which are also within the jurisdiction of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), coverage is defined differently and is determined according to regulations adopted by TRPA.

means a covered activity as defined in Section 19.10.040.

means the species, listed and non-listed, whose conservation and management are provided for in the HCP/NCCP, as defined in Section 19.10.040.

means agricultural and horticultural uses including, but not limited to, production of grains, field crops, vegetables, fruits, nut trees, herbs, flowers and seed production, nursery stock and ornamental plant production (including those plants, trees, shrubs and ground covers grown in containers, green houses (see Section 17.56.180(C)(3) for applicable regulations), shade structures, under cover and in the ground (Plant production nurseries, that is the production of all types of nursery stock and ornamental plants, are subject to separate requirements and permits), tree and sod farms, associated crop preparation services and harvesting activities including, but not limited to, mechanical soil preparation, irrigation system construction, spraying, crop processing and sales of the agricultural crop only. (See Section 17.56.165.) Crop production does not include the production of Cannabis sativa L.

means conditional use permit. See Section 17.58.130.

means a place where three or more cows or goats are maintained for the purpose of producing milk or other dairy products for sale.

Whenever a number of days is specified in this chapter, or in any permit, condition of approval or notice issued or given as provided in this chapter, such number of days shall be construed as calendar days, except that such time limits shall extend to the following working day where the last of the specified number of days falls on a Saturday, Sunday or any county holiday.

means materials stored outdoors and visible to the general public, which may be considered both an aesthetic and an environmental nuisance. Debris includes, but is not limited to, the following: any and all secondhand and/or used machinery, scrap metals (including parts from automobiles, tools, or farm equipment), appliances, lumber, pipes, abandoned vehicles, wrecked vehicles, inoperable vehicles and/or other discarded personal property, which may or may not have useful value.

means an outdoor activity area consisting of a wood and/or concrete platform that is elevated at 30 inches above the surrounding finished grade and is unenclosed other than by a railing.

means the measure of the ratio of population to the area of land occupied by that population, which for the purposes of this chapter is expressed as dwelling units per acre. "Gross density" is the number of lots derived from dividing the area of a site by the area required for each lot or dwelling unit. "Net density" is the number of lots resulting from subtracting the area required for streets (in the case of a subdivision) from the total area of the undivided site, and then dividing the remaining area by the area required for each lot.

See "Residential density bonus." (Section 17.54.120.)

See "Planning department."

mean site layout, building architecture, architectural details and landscaping.

means the qualified applicant for a development project. One who has a legal or equitable interest in the real property which is the subject of a development project application. An authorized agent of the applicant or principal developer.

means any construction activity or alteration of the landscape, its terrain contour or vegetation, including the erection or alteration of buildings or structures. New development is any construction, or alteration of an existing structure or land use, or establishment of a land use after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.

means a proposed project requiring the approval of Placer County in order to proceed to completion. Within the Placer County Conservation Plan (PCCP) plan area, a development project is any project or activity that requires a land conversion authorization.

means the development review committee of the county of Placer, as provided by Section 17.60.060.

means light that travels through a shield of material which has the effect of dispersing the light.

See "Planning director" and "Agency director."

means a land use entitlement (including administrative review permits (Section 17.60.100)), minor use permits (Section 17.58.110), conditional use permits (Section 17.58.120), and variances (Section 17.60.100) that may be issued under the provisions of this chapter, but requires the exercise of judgment and the resolution of factual issues to deter-mine if the application and proposed development or land use conform with the provisions of this chapter. Generally, a discretionary permit consists of any entitlement that requires a decision to approve, approve subject to conditions or disapprove, based on the judgment of the zoning administrator or planning commission. (See "Ministerial permit.")

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

means facilities where services may be obtained by motorists without leaving their vehicles. Such facilities include drive-up teller windows in banks, etc.

means a vehicle access way extending from road or street (see "Road or street") to a building or structure, vehicle parking or delivery area, or pedestrian drop-off point on the site of a land use, or between such areas on a site. A driveway serves no more than two separately-owned parcels.

See "Multifamily dwellings."

means one or more habitable rooms that are designed and/or used as independent living space for one family, with facilities for living, eating and sleeping, with no more than one kitchen (except that two kitchens are allowed where the habitable floor area of the dwelling is 8,000 square feet or larger), and at least one bathroom, and where all such habitable areas have access to each other from within the building.

means the date after the adoption of the Placer County zoning ordinance, Chapter 17 of the Placer County Code, on which the ordinance became effective (i.e., August 24, 1995).

means facilities engaged in the generation and distribution of electrical energy for sale. The electricity may be generated from oil, gas, coal or nuclear fuels or from "alternate" sources including but not limited to water, wind, the sun, bio-gas, municipal or agricultural wastes. This includes "cogeneration," which means the sequential use of energy for the production of electrical and useful thermal energy. The sequence can be thermal use followed by electric power production or the reverse.

means establishments engaged in manufacturing machinery, apparatus and supplies for the generation, storage, transmission, transformation and use of electrical energy, including:

means a facility or use, which provides temporary housing (six months or less) for homeless individuals or families and may involve supplemental services. Supplemental services may include, but are not limited to, meal preparation, an activities center, day care for homeless person's children. vocational rehabilitation and other similar activities. This definition does not include such emergency shelters as may be provided for relief following a natural disaster or during a state of emergency or those provided at a house of worship less than five days in any 30 day period (see Section 17.56.295).

means commercial horse, donkey, and mule facilities including horse ranches, boarding stables, riding schools and academies, horse exhibition facilities (for shows or other competitive events), pack stations, and barns, stables, corrals and paddocks accessory and incidental to such uses. Equestrian facilities and the keeping of horses at such facilities are subject to the provisions of Section 17.56.050 (Animal raising and keeping).

means a gathering of more than 20 people for one to 12 hours where the purpose is for fundraising, profit or is political, public, social, or educational in nature. A gathering which consists of friends or family of an event center owner that is not for the purpose of fundraising, profit, or is political, public, or educational in nature and no donation or compensation of any kind is exchanged in relationship to the gathering, is not considered an event.

See "Grade."

means any substance defined as an explosive by California Health and Safety Code Section 12000 et seq., and for which a permit is required by the Health and Safety Code.

means the commercial manufacturing and storage of all types of explosives, including, but not limited to, blasting powder and blasting caps, dynamite, fireworks, gunpowder, high explosives, and the manufacture of conventional explosives for weapons use (including ammunition, bombs, missile warheads, etc.). See Section 17.56.110 for specific use requirements applicable to explosives manufacturing and storage. (SIC: Groups 2892, 3482, 3483)

See "Mobile home." Mobile homes are regulated by Section 17.56.150.

means one or more persons occupying a dwelling and living as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a hotel, club, fraternity or sorority house. A family includes any servants and four or fewer boarders.

means establishments primarily engaged in selling or renting (or repairing as an accessory use) agricultural machinery, equipment, and supplies for use in soil preparation and maintenance, the planting and harvesting of crops, and other operations and processes pertaining to farming and ranching:

means a bed and breakfast lodging that: (1) has not more than six guest rooms nor accommodates more than 15 guests; (2) provides overnight transient accommodations; (3) serves food only to its registered guests and serves meals at any time, with respect to which the price of food is included in the price of the overnight transient occupancy accommodation; (4) where lodging and meals are incidental and not the primary function of the use; and (5) the structure is located on and is part of, a farm that produces agricultural products as its primary source of income. Farm stays may be entitled to certain exemptions from the provisions of the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law (Health and Safety Code Section 13700 et seq.).

means a structure which is occupied solely by up to six agricultural (farm) employees or one agricultural (farm) employee and the worker's household. The accommodations may consist of any living quarters, dwelling, boarding house, mobilehome, or manufactured home for long-term occupancy, or a recreational vehicle for temporary occupancy (no more than 30 calendar days in any 180 consecutive days). In the FOR and TPZ zone districts, tents, recreational vehicles or other mobile camping equipment for agricultural farm employees may be used for up to 90 days annually.

means a living unit or units for agricultural (farm) employees and their families consisting of up to 36 beds in a group quarters or up to 12 farmworker dwelling units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household. The units may be of an alternative housing type that meet state and federal standards for livability and durability, including manufactured housing, factory-built housing, other forms of prefabricated housing, and dormitory- and barracks-style housing in which residents share common cooking and sanitary facilities. In the FOR and TPZ zone districts, tents, recreational vehicles or other mobile camping equipment for agricultural farm employees may be used for up to 90 days annually.

"Fence" (other than solid) means a barrier constructed of posts made of wood, metal or any other rigid material connected with wire, fabric, boards or other materials which is intended to demarcate a boundary, separate land uses, secure animals, enclose property, exclude people and animals from a designated area, etc. and which does not form a visually opaque screen.

"Solid fence" means a barrier constructed of wood or other materials which form an opaque screen.

means agricultural support manufacturing facilities where chemical fertilizers are manufactured and packaged, and/or where animal fertilizers are collected, processed and packaged.

means the operation of fish hatcheries, fish and game preserves, and game propagation (SIC: Group 09). Fisheries and game preserves are not PCCP reserve system properties although a fishery or game preserve may be an allowed use in a PCCP reserve system property.

means a lot which contains the necessary dimensions as required by the zone district in which it is located but which does not have direct frontage on a road or street, and which is connected to a road or street by a narrow fee ownership appendage (not over 400 feet in length nor less than 20 feet in width) that is primarily used to provide access to the building site on the lot.

See "Area."

means manufacturing establishments producing or processing foods and beverages for human consumption and certain related products. Includes:

means the operation and harvesting of timber tracts, tree farms, forest nurseries, and related activities such as reforestation services; also the gathering of gums barks, sap, moss and other forest products; also includes logging camps and sawmills (except for mills producing finished lumber, which are included under "Lumber and wood products"). (SIC: Groups 08, 241)

See "Multifamily dwellings."

means a limited access highway where ingress and egress is possible only at certain designated points and which consist of at least two lanes for each direction of traffic.

means a line parallel to a front property line at the nearest point of a building to the front property line. See Figure 17.04.030-4.

See "Property lines."

means the wall of a building or other structure nearest the street upon which the building faces.

mean retail trade establishments primarily engaged in the sale to consumers of ice, bottled water, fuel oil, butane, propane and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), bottled or in bulk, as a principal use. (SIC: Group 598)

mean manufacturers producing: wood and metal household furniture and appliances; bedsprings and mattresses; all types of office furniture and public building furniture and partitions, shelving, lockers and store furniture; and miscellaneous drapery hardware, window blinds and shades. Includes wood and cabinet shops. (SIC: Group 25)

mean stores primarily selling: home furnishings such as furniture, floor coverings, draperies, glass and chinaware, stoves, refrigerators, other household electrical and gas appliances including televisions and home sound systems and outdoor furniture such as lawn furniture, movable spas and hot tubs. Establishments selling electrical and gas appliances are included only if the major part of their sales consist of articles for home use. Also includes the retail sale of office furniture and large musical instruments. (SIC: Group 57)

means covered parking space for automobiles or other vehicles of at least 10 by 20 feet. A garage is a structure enclosed on at least three sides; a carport is enclosed on no more than two sides.

"Public garage" means any premises other than a private garage, used for the storage and/or care of self-propelled vehicles, or where such vehicles are equipped for sale or lease. As a land use, public garages are included under the definition of "Vehicle storage."

means an accessible and usable enclosed parking space of not less than nine feet by 20 feet for the storage of automobiles.

See "Debris."

means the Placer County general plan, including all elements thereof and all amendments thereto, as adopted by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 65300 et seq., of the California Government Code.

mean manufacturing establishments producing flat glass and other glass products which are pressed, blown, or shaped from glass produced in the same establishment. Does not include artisan and craftsman type operations of a larger scale than home occupations, which are listed under "Small scale manufacturing." (SIC: Groups 321, 323)

means the Government Code of the state of California.

means the vertical location of the ground surface, as follows:

means the body assigned the authority by this chapter to conduct hearings and/or approve, approve subject to conditions, or disapprove applications for land use permits, variances, rezonings and zoning ordinance amendments, appeals, surface mining reclamation plans, or to make any other rulings specified by this chapter. Granting authorities identified by this chapter include the agency director or designee, the zoning administrator, the planning commission, and the board of supervisors.

means the raising or feeding of horses, beef cattle, sheep and goats, and other similar animals, on a parcel or contiguous group of parcels 10 acres or more in gross area, by allowing the land these animals occupy to provide most of their food (e.g., irrigated pasture, dry pasture, range grasses, etc.). Does not include feedlots, which are separately defined. See also the definition of "Animal raising and keeping" and Section 17.56.050 (Animal raising and keeping) of this chapter.

mean agricultural or residential accessory structures with transparent or translucent roof and/or wall panels intended for the raising of plants. Section 17.56.180 contains the standards for greenhouses. See also "Plant nurseries" Section 17.56.165.

means stores selling food for home preparation and consumption, as well as the retail sale of packaged alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises. Includes catering services independent to on-site food sales. Includes retail bakeries. Establishments may include no more than two gas pumps as an accessory use. (SIC: Groups 54, 592)

means the total area of a parcel within property lines that includes all road access easements and all other easements.

means a system of solar electric generating cells or photovoltaic cells, including all framework and mounting devices, solar tracking motors, track systems or other rotational devices installed for the purpose of tracking the movement of the sun, which are permanently affixed to the ground and are implemented for the purpose of generating electricity to service structures or other legally established uses located on the same site as the solar electric generating system. This use includes grid-tied net metering systems and systems which are independent of the electrical grid. All other such solar electric generating systems placed on commercial or industrial zoned parcels or in other zone districts that allow such use shall meet the applicable development standards as set forth by the base zone district and any combining district regulations. This use does not include systems or facilities engaged in the generation and distribution of energy for sale, which are separately defined as electric generating plants.

means a building with sleeping space, detached from a principal residence on the same site, which may include a bathroom and other living space, but not kitchen facilities, and shall not be rented or otherwise be used for residential occupancy independent from the principal residence.

means the joint habitat conservation plan and natural community conservation plan as defined in Section 19.10.040.

See "Residential care homes."

"Harbors" involve the physical alteration of a lake or river shoreline to accommodate facilities such as docks and piers, breakwaters, artificial channels or fills. "Marinas" are water-oriented service establishments, including: yachting and rowing clubs, boat rental, storage and launching facilities; excursion boat and sight-seeing facilities; passenger and vehicle ferry loading and service docks; and other marina-related activities, including, but not limited to, fuel sales, boat and engine repair and sales.

means compact evergreen plants forming an opaque screen.

See "Building height."

See "Airfields, airports, heliports and landing fields."

(also referred to as SCR 64 and SCR 93) means the report approved by the board of supervisors on July 25, 1967, with all amendments thereto.

means the plan adopted by the board of supervisors indicating the ultimate rights-of-way and roadway width improvements necessary to accommodate the forecasted traffic volume identified in the applicable community plan(s) and/or general plan. In the absence of a specifically adopted plan, the general plans of the county adopted under Government Code Section 65000 and the highway deficiency report and its amendments shall be considered the highway plan.

means any structure built before 1920, or any structure which is determined to be historically or culturally significant by Placer County, and which was originally intended for residential, commercial or industrial use, or uses appurtenant to such a building.

See "Vehicle, historic."

mean the gainful employment of the occupant of a dwelling in a limited commercial activity, with such employment activity being subordinate to the residential use of the property. See Section 17.56.120 for specific requirements applicable to home occupations.

mean guest rooms or suites, provided with or without meals or kitchen facilities, rented to the general public for overnight or other temporary lodging (generally less than 30 days). Hotels provide access to most guest rooms from an interior walkway. Motels provide access to most guest rooms from an exterior walkway. Also includes conference facilities and accessory guest facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, indoor athletic facilities, etc. See Section 17.56.130 for specific use requirements applicable to hotels and motels. (SIC: Group 701)

mean religious organization facilities operated for worship or promotion of religious activities, including churches, synagogues, temples, etc., and also includes religious accessory uses on the same site, including, but not limited to, living quarters for staff, emergency shelters to provide humanitarian assistance, and child day care facilities where authorized by the same type of land use permit required for the house of worship itself. Other establishments maintained by religious organizations, such as full-time educational institutions, hospitals and other potentially related operations (such as a recreational camp) are classified according to their respective activities.

means to curtail surface mining operations for one year or more, by more than 90% of the operation's maximum annual mineral production, with the intent to resume surface mining operations at a future date.

means any of the following zone districts established by Section 17.06.010: airport (AP), business park (BP), industrial (I), industrial park (IP). Also, the following land use districts established by the Squaw Valley Land Use Ordinance (Chapter 17, Appendix A of the Placer County Code): heavy commercial. In addition, the following land use district established by the Tahoe City area general plan or the Tahoe City community plan (Chapter 17, Appendix B of the Placer County Code), and the North Tahoe community plan (Chapter 17, Appendix C of the Placer County Code): commercial/public service.

means any subdivision of land in an industrial zone, except for a commercial condominium or airspace division.

means a site in an urbanized area as defined by California Public Resource Code Sections 21061.3, 21071 and 21072.

See "Vehicle, inoperable."

See "Debris."

means the outdoor storage of debris and/or inoperable vehicles in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter (see Section 17.56.320) and in a location not permitted by this chapter (see Section 17.56.170).

mean facilities for the raising and keeping of dogs and/or cats four months of age or older. Does not include dogs or cats in pet shops or animal hospitals. (See Section 17.56.050(F)(16) (Dogs and Cats) and 17.56.050(F)(17) (Kennels and Catteries).)

means any appliances for the preparation or preservation of food, including, but not limited to, gas or electric ranges, ovens or stovetops, refrigerators or freezers of more than five cubic feet capacity, and cabinets designed to accommodate such appliances.

means any permit or approval that authorizes a ground disturbing activity, including, but not limited to, grading permits, grading plans, improvement plans, and building permits. Approvals for county-sponsored capital improvement projects and operations and maintenance activities are also land conversion authorizations.

means an intermediate point on a stairway where a change in the direction of the stairway occurs or where the stairway provides access to a doorway.

means the legal or beneficial owner or owners of all of the land proposed to be included in a development project. The holder of an option or contract to purchase, a lessee having a remaining term of not less than 20 years, or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land, shall be deemed to be a landowner for the purposes of this definition.

See "Use of land."

means a zoning clearance pursuant to Section 17.06.040, administrative review permit (Section 17.58.100), minor use permit (Section 17.58.120), conditional use permit (Section 17.58.130), design review approval (Section 17.52.070(D)) or variance (Section 17.60.100).

mean service establishments primarily engaged in high volume laundry and garment services, including: power laundries (family and commercial); garment pressing and dry cleaning; linen supply; diaper service; industrial laundries; carpet and upholstery cleaners. Does not include coin-operated laundries or dry cleaning pick-up stores without dry cleaning equipment, which are classified in "Personal services." (SIC: Group 72)

mean permanent public or quasi-public facilities generally of a noncommercial nature which are intended to provide historical, cultural, literary, artistic and/or educational displays and information. Such uses may include, but are not limited to: libraries, museums, art exhibitions, planetariums, aquariums, botanical gardens, and arboretums. (Zoos are included under "Specialized animal facilities.") Also includes historic sites and exhibits. (SIC: Group 84)

means a building or spaces within a building (e.g., studio, or one bedroom) used jointly for commercial and residential purposes where the residential use of the space is accessory to the primary use as a place of work. A live/work unit: (a) combines a commercial activity allowed in the zone with a residential living space for the owner of the commercial business, or the owner's employee, and that person's household; (b) where the resident owner or employee of the business is responsible for the commercial activity performed; and (c) where the commercial activity conducted takes place subject to a valid business license associated with the premises.

"Lot" or "parcel" means:

Figure 17.04.030-5 shows examples of the following lot types: corner, cul-de-sac, flag, and interior.

means manufacturing and processing uses including; merchant sawmills, lath mills, shingle mills, cooperage stock mills, planing mills, plywood and veneer mills engaged in producing lumber and basic wood products; together with the wholesale sale of such products; and establishments engaged in manufacturing finished articles made entirely or mainly of wood. Also included are: truss and structural beam assembly; wood containers, pallets and skids; wood preserving; particle board assembly; turning and shaping wood and wood products on a manufacturing basis; mobile home and modular home assembly. Logging camps are included in "forestry"; crafttype shops are included in "small scale manufacturing." Other wood and cabinet shops are included under "furniture and fixture products." The indoor retail sale of building materials, and the sale of construction tools and equipment is included under "Building material stores." Outdoor retail sales of such products are included under "Storage yards and sales yards." (SIC: Groups 242, 245, 249)

means the manufacturing of machinery and equipment such as: engines and turbines; farm and garden machinery and equipment (except for secondary assembly of such products which is included under "Farm equipment and supplies"); construction, mining and materials handling machinery and equipment such as bulldozers, cranes, dredging machinery, mining equipment, oil field equipment, passenger and freight elevators, conveyors, industrial trucks and tractors; machine tools such as gear cutting machines, die casting machines, dies, jigs, industrial molds, power driven hand tools; machinery for use in the food products, textile, woodworking, paper or printing industries; general machinery and equipment such as pumps, roller bearings, industrial furnaces and ovens; office, computing and accounting machines such as typewriters, computers, dictating machines; machinery for refrigeration and service industries such as commercial laundry and dry cleaning equipment, heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment, commercial cooking and food warming equipment; miscellaneous machinery such as carburetors, pistons and valves. (SIC: Group 35)

means the retail sale of products by catalog and mail order. Also includes vending machine distributorships and suppliers. Does not include product manufacturing, which is included under the applicable manufacturing use. (SIC: Group 596)

See "Building, main." Manufactured Home. See "Mobile home."

See Section 17.56.030.

means the maximum area of a site allowed to be covered by buildings. For the purposes of this definition, "buildings" include all land covered by primary/principal/main buildings, garages and carports, accessory buildings, covered decks, and other enclosed and covered areas, but not paved areas such as walkways, driveways, patios, uncovered parking areas or roads. All areas of coverage are computed at ground level. The purpose of limiting coverage is to minimize the visual impact of the structures proposed on any lot by establishing a proportional relationship between the area of the lot and the area covered by buildings. In the areas of the county proximate to Lake Tahoe which are also within the jurisdiction of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), coverage is defined differently and is determined according to regulations adopted by the TRPA.

means any location, interior or exterior, structure, facility or vehicle, whether fixed or mobile, utilized in full or in part, as a place at or in which marijuana for medical purposes, as such is identified in Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5(b)(1)(A), is located, stored, placed, cultivated, processed, distributed, made available, sold, traded, exchanged or bartered for in any way, with or without consideration. For purposes of this definition, "distributed" includes the transportation of medical marijuana. A "medical marijuana collective, cooperative or dispensary" shall not include the following uses, provided that such uses comply with this chapter and all other applicable provisions of the County Code and all other applicable laws, including, but not limited to, Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq.: a clinic licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, a health facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, a residential care facility for persons with chronic life threatening illnesses licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.01 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, a residential care facility for the elderly licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, a residential hospice or a home health agency licensed pursuant to Chapter 8 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.

means service establishments primarily engaged in furnishing outpatient medical, mental health, surgical and other personal health services including: medical, dental and psychiatric offices (mental health-related services including various types of counseling practiced by licensed individuals other than medical doctors or psychiatrists, or unlicensed individuals, are included under Offices); medical and dental laboratories; out-patient care facilities; and allied health services. Associations or groups primarily engaged in providing medical or other health services to members are included. Clinics may include accessory retail pharmacies.

means hospitals and similar establishments primarily engaged in providing diagnostic services, extensive medical treatment including surgical and other hospital services; such establishments have an organized medical staff, inpatient beds, and equipment and facilities to provide complete health care. May include accessory retail pharmacies, and emergency heliports. Also includes residential establishments providing nursing and health related care as a principal use with in-patient beds, such as: skilled nursing facilities (facilities allowing care for physically or mentally disabled persons, where care is less than that provided by an acute care facility); extended care facilities; convalescent and rest homes; board and care homes. Long-term personal care facilities that do not emphasize medical treatment are classified in "Residential care." (SIC: Groups 80, 805)

means office and medical treatment facilities used by veterinarians, including large and small animal veterinary clinics, and animal hospitals.

means permanent, headquarters-type and meeting facilities for organizations operating on a membership basis for the promotion of the interests of the members, including facilities for: business associations; professional membership organizations; labor unions and similar organizations; grange and farm centers (not including sales activities, which are included under "Farm equipment and supplies"); civic, social and fraternal organizations (not including lodging, which is under "Organizational houses"); political organizations, country clubs (golf courses are under "Parks and playgrounds") and other membership organizations. (SIC: Group 86, except religious organizations which are defined under "Houses of worship.")

means the assembly of metal parts, including blacksmith and welding shops, sheet metal shops, machine shops and boiler shops, that produce metal duct work, tanks, towers, cabinets and enclosures, metal doors and gates, and similar products.

means manufacturing establishments engaged in the smelting and refining of ferrous and nonferrous metals from ore, pig, or scrap; in the rolling, drawing, and alloying of ferrous and nonferrous metals; in the manufacture of castings, forgings, stampings, extrusions and other basic products of ferrous and nonferrous metals; and in the manufacture of nails, spikes, and insulated wire and cable. Merchant blast furnaces and by-product or beehive coke ovens are also included. (SIC: Group 33)

mean and include the surface, subsurface, and groundwater of areas in which surface mining operations will be, are being, or have been conducted including private ways and roads appurtenant to any such area, land excavations, workings, mining waste, and areas in which structures, facilities, equipment, machines, tools all other materials or property which result from, or are used in, surface mining operations are located.

means any person who is engaged in surface mining operations, who permits others to conduct surface mining operations on his or her property and who receives a financial benefit therefrom, or who contracts with others to conduct operations on his or her behalf, except a person who is engaged in surface mining operations as an employee with wages as his or her sole compensation.

mean any naturally occurring chemical elements or compounds, or groups of elements and compounds formed from inorganic processes or organic substances, including, but not limited to, coal, granite, limestone, metals, peat, sand and gravel, but excluding geothermal resources, natural gas, and petroleum.

means the smallest area within which a new land use may be approved, and also the minimum lot area for new parcels to be created through subdivision pursuant to Chapter 16 of this code (see Section 17.54.040(A)). This area also includes all public road easements, private road easements, driveways, and all other easements including public utility easements.

See "Open space, minimum."

means the smallest dimensions (length and width) and area allowed by this chapter for a parcel proposed in a subdivision, and for the use of an existing parcel that is the site of a proposed land use.

means and includes the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property directly resulting from, or displaced by surface mining operations.

"Surface mining" and "subsurface mining" means mining, developing mines or exploring for metallic minerals (ores), coal and nonmetallic minerals (except fuels), or surface mines extracting crushed and broken stone, dimension stone or sand and gravel. (See also "Stone and cut stone products.") See Section 17.56.270 for specific use requirements applicable to surface mining. (SIC: Groups 10, 11, 12, 14)

A ministerial decision involves only the evaluation of a proposal with respect to fixed standards or objective measurements, and not its merits or consequences. A zoning clearance (Section 17.06.040) is a ministerial permit established by this chapter.

See "Storage, mini-storage facilities." (See Section 17.56.260.)

means a development that allows for the combination of residential, commercial, office and/or recreational land uses. The uses are physically and functionally integrated and provide pedestrian connections. The form of mixed use can encompass a single building or neighborhood. Mixed use development may be horizontal or vertical in design (see Section 17.56.135).

means a parcel or contiguous parcels under one ownership that are planned and improved, or on which two or more mobile home lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease, to accommodate mobile homes for human habitation. The rental paid for any such mobile home shall be deemed to include rental for the lot it occupies. Mobile home parks may include accessory outdoor storage areas for recreational vehicles, boats, etc., for the exclusive use of park residents. See Section 17.56.140 for specific use requirements applicable to mobile home parks.

mean manufactured housing structures transportable in one or more sections, designed and equipped to contain not more than two dwelling units to be used with or without a foundation system. See Section 17.56.150 for specific use requirements applicable to mobile homes.

means the subdivision of an existing parcel, or contiguous parcels, of land for the purpose of separate sale, lease or financing to allow for the installation of mobile homes on separately-owned lots (as contrasted to a mobile home park where the property is owned by a single individual or company which, in turn, rents space to a mobile home owner on which to install a mobile home).

A "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. A mobile recycling unit also means the bins, boxes or containers transported by trucks, vans, or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials.

means manufacturers of equipment for transporting passengers and cargo by land, air and water, including motor vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, ships, boats, railroad and other vehicles such as motorcycles, bicycles and snowmobiles. Includes manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories; trailers and campers for attachment to other vehicles; self-contained motor homes; and van conversions. Does not include mobile home and modular home assembly (listed under "Lumber and wood products"). (SIC: Group 37)

means a separate, independent living quarters that is no larger than 400 square feet; includes basic functional areas that support normal daily routines, including a bathroom, a kitchen, and a sleeping area; is mounted on a wheeled trailer chassis; is designed and built to look like a conventional residential structure, using conventional building materials, and is thus architecturally distinct from traditional mobile homes and recreational vehicles; and is titled and registered to tow legally under the California Department of Motor Vehicles (See Section 17.56.400 for specific use requirements applicable to moveable tiny houses).

See "Cluster lot development."

mean and include: (1) a building or a portion of a building used and/or designed as residences for two or more families living independently of each other; or (2) two or more detached single-family dwellings on a single lot where all of the single-family dwellings and the lot are under common ownership, provided that one of the units is not an accessory or junior accessory dwelling unit. Includes halfplex structures (a halfplex is a single dwelling unit that is half of a two-unit building where a property line separates the two units), duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes (detached buildings under one ownership with two, three or four dwelling units (respectively) in the same building) and apartments (five or more units under one ownership in a single building); attached unit projects such as condominiums and townhouses; studio and efficiency apartments; cottage housing development; cohousing; and boarding and rooming houses (see "Boarding and rooming house"). Multifamily dwellings can provide a compatible transition between lower-density residential neighborhoods and high-density urban centers.

means minor use permit. See Section 17.58.120.

See "Grade."

means a building that was constructed in a manner consistent with all applicable county regulations in effect at the time of construction, but that does not conform with one or more requirements of this chapter related to setbacks, height limits, required off-street parking, sign requirements, etc.

means any lot having dimensions or area less than the smallest minimum dimensions or lot area prescribed by this chapter if:

See "Use, nonconforming."

See "Use, nonresidential."

means any of the following: (1) any conditions declared by a statute of the state of California or by an ordinance of Placer County to be a nuisance; (2) any public nuisance known at common law or equity; (3) any conditions dangerous to human life, unsafe, or detrimental to the public health or safety; (4) any use of land, buildings, or premises established, operated, or maintained contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of Chapters 5, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17 or 18 of the Placer County Code.

See "Plant nurseries."

means the person occupying, or otherwise in real or apparent charge and control of premises affected by any enforcement action taken pursuant to Article 17.62 of this chapter (Enforcement).

See "Area."

mean professional or government offices including:

"Temporary offices" mean mobile homes, recreational vehicles or modular units used as: a temporary business or construction office during construction of permanent facilities on the same site or as an office on the site of a temporary off-site construction yard; a temporary on-site real estate office for a development project; or a temporary business office in advance of permanent facility construction. (See Section 17.56.300(C).)

mean wells producing crude petroleum and natural gas; recovering oil from oil sands and shales; and producing natural gasoline and cycle condensate. Activities include exploration, drilling, oil and gas well operation and maintenance, operation of natural gas and cycle plants, the mining and extraction of oil from oil sands and shales, and on-site processing only to the extent necessary to permit extraction (e.g., enhanced recovery techniques including the use of steam generators), or to conform extracted crude to pipeline requirements. (SIC: Group 13)

means land subject to valid restrictions against housing or other development, the maintenance of which in its natural or protected state is necessary for the enhancement of living conditions in Placer County.

"Common open space" means a parcel or parcels of land, or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a site designated for a planned residential development (Section 17.54.080) and designated and intended for the use or enjoyment of all residents of the planned residential development. The use of common open space shall be consistent with the definition of "minimum open space."

"Minimum open space," within planned residential developments (Section 17.54.080), includes common areas, recreational improvements (both public and private), lakes, and areas subject to easements that restrict residential development and which are left as open space or recreational land. Does not include roads, parking areas, or area covered by any building, garage, carport, other structure (except recreational improvements approved as a part of the project), or undeveloped portions of subdivision lots.

means facilities for various outdoor participant sports and types of recreation, including: amusement, theme and kiddy parks; drive-in theaters; golf driving ranges independent from golf courses; miniature golf courses (golf courses are included under the definition of "Parks and playgrounds"); skateboard parks and water slides; go-cart and miniature auto race tracks; recreation equipment rental (e.g., ATCs and other non-highway motor vehicles, roller skates); health and athletic clubs with predominately outdoor facilities; tennis courts, swim and tennis clubs. May also include commercial facilities customarily associated with the above outdoor commercial recreational uses, including but not limited to bars and restaurants, fast-food restaurants, video game arcades, etc. (See also "Sports facilities and outdoor public assembly" and "Rural recreation.")

mean commercial recreational events held out-of-doors which are of limited duration and do not require permanent improvements or construction. Such events are usually single-performance or single-day occurrences involving the assembly of large groups of people (e.g., musical concerts, arts and crafts fairs, etc.). See Section 17.56.300 of this chapter for permit and processing requirements, or Chapter 5, Placer County Code (Outdoor Festivals) for alternative permit requirements.

means the outdoor display of products by a permanent business establishment (see Section 17.56.160(F)) and temporary retail operations including: farmer's markets; sidewalk sales; seasonal sales of Christmas trees, pumpkins or other seasonal items; semi-annual sales of art or handcrafted items in conjunction with community festivals or art shows; and retail sales of various products from individual vehicles. Does not include flea markets or swap meets which occupy more than two acres of land, which are "Storage yards and sales lots." (See Sections 17.56.160 (Outdoor retail sales) and 17.56.190 (Restaurants—Outdoor eating areas)) for specific use requirements applicable to outdoor retail sales.

means soil, rock, or other materials that lie above a natural mineral deposit or in between mineral deposits, before or after their removal by surface mining operations.

means the person or persons, firm, corporation or partnership that is the owner of record of a premises identified on the last equalized assessment rolls, or a homeowner's association which has responsibility for or enforcement authority over a condition of approval of a land use permit.

means ownership of one or more parcels of land (or possession under a contract to purchase or under a lease, the term of which is not less than 10 years) by a person or persons, firm, corporation or partnership, individually, jointly, in common or in any other manner whereby such property is under single or unified control.

See "Lot or parcel."

means public and private parks, play lots, playgrounds and athletic fields (nonprofessional); golf courses, (including country clubs, accessory on-site driving ranges, sales of golfing equipment, including golf carts (as in a "pro shop")); bathing beaches, bathhouses, and public restrooms; rollerblade parks consisting primarily of trails through landscaped areas; outdoor amphitheaters without fixed seating.

means manufacture of pulps from wood, other cellulose fibers and from rags; the manufacture of paper and paperboard; and the manufacture of paper and paperboard into converted products, such as paper bags, paper boxes, and envelopes. Also includes building paper and building board mills. (SIC: Group 26)

means an area of land where animals are confined, and which do not otherwise meet the definition of an "animal enclosure" (see Section 17.56.020(C) of this ordinance), and where the animals feed on growing grasses and herbage. Pasture, whether dry or irrigated, must have sustainable vegetation present at all times. Therefore, enough residual plant material must be present, during and after grazing, to provide adequate ground cover for re-growth and erosion control to ensure continued forage production. While there may be barren areas where animals congregate or are customarily fed, the term pasture is not intended to indicate denuded, barren ground throughout the pasture area.

means the manufacture of various common paving and roofing materials, including bulk asphalt, paving blocks made of asphalt, creosote wood and various compositions of asphalt and tar. (SIC: Group 295)

means a porous, paved surface that allows rainfall or snowmelt and runoff to pass through the paving into the ground below. Permeable paving materials may include, but are not limited to, permeable concrete, permeable asphalt, or other permeable materials approved by the county.

means any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association; city, county, state, or district; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof.

means establishments providing nonmedically related services, including automated teller machines (ATMs) independent from banks and financial institutions; beauty and barber shops; shoe repair shops; massage therapist; tanning salons; laundromats (self-service laundries); dry cleaning pick-up stores and small-scale dry cleaners without pick-up and delivery services; clothing rental; dating and escort services. These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided.

means petroleum refining and compounding lubricating oils and greases from purchased materials. Also includes oil or gas processing facilities, liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, manufacture of petroleum coke and fuel briquettes, tank farms, and terminal facilities for pipelines. Does not include petroleum pipeline surge tanks and pump stations, which are included in "pipelines and transmission lines." (Petroleum products distributors are included in "Fuel and ice dealers"). (SIC: Group 291, 299)

means transportation facilities for the conveyance of: crude petroleum; refined petroleum products such as gasoline and fuel oils; natural gas; mixed, manufactured or liquefied petroleum gas; or the pipeline transmission of other commodities. Also includes pipeline surface and terminal facilities, including pump stations, bulk stations, surge and storage tanks. Power transmission includes facilities for the transmission of electrical energy for sale, including transmission lines for a public utility company. Also includes telephone, telegraph, cable television and other communications transmission facilities utilizing direct physical conduits. Does not include offices or service centers (classified under "Offices"), distribution substations (classified under "Public utility facilities"), or power plants (classified under "Electric generating plants"). (SIC: Groups 461, 491)

means the joint exercise of powers agency formed on March 25, 2020, by and among the county of Placer and the city of Lincoln pursuant to the Joint Powers Act, Government Code Section 6500 et seq.

means the program described and implemented pursuant to Chapter 19, Article 19.10 (Placer County Conservation Program).

means an area of one or more parcels to be developed as a single project for a number of dwelling units, the plan for which may not correspond in lot size, bulk or type of dwelling, density, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations established in any one of the residential districts where allowed by Articles 17.06 through 17.52 of this chapter. All common open space lands within planned residential developments must be held within the ownership of a homeowners' association, a public agency, or a private nonprofit corporation for the purpose of environmental preservation or protection. (See Section 17.54.080)

means the planning commission of the county of Placer, with responsibilities and authority established by Section 17.60.040 of this chapter, pursuant to California Government Code Section 65101.

means the planning division of the community development/resources agency.

means the chief planning officer of Placer County who serves at the discretion of the county executive officer. Unless this chapter specifically provides otherwise, the agency director shall serve as the planning director and any reference in this chapter to the "planning director" shall mean the agency director. The planning director's responsibilities and authority are established by Section 17.60.020 of this chapter. Unless otherwise stated, the planning director's designee may be substituted for the director wherever this chapter mentions planning director.

means commercial establishments engaged in the sale of ornamental plants, other nursery products, grown under cover or outdoors, garden accessories, garden equipment, and garden or landscape supplies. The sale of house plants or other nursery products entirely within a building is also included under "Retail stores, general merchandise."

means commercial establishments engaged in buying, displaying and selling containerized and non-containerized nursery stock produced primarily on-site plus non-plant nursery products as an accessory use to the primary use. Such nursery operations may involve the application of fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, as well as other appropriate agricultural practices.

means a type of crop production. Production of all types of nursery stock and ornamental plants with no accessory sales of non-plant products. See "Crop production," "Plant production nurseries, plus," and Section 17.56.165.

means the manufacture of rubber products such as: tires; rubber footwear; mechanical rubber goods; heels and soles; flooring; and rubber sundries from natural, synthetic or reclaimed rubber. Also includes establishments primarily manufacturing tires (establishments primarily recapping and retreading automobile tires are classified in "Auto, mobile home, vehicle and supplies sales"). Also includes: establishments engaged in molding primary plastics for the trade, and manufacturing miscellaneous finished plastics products; fiberglass manufacturing, and fiberglass application services. (SIC: Group 30)

means an area immediately outside of a building entrance that is: attached to the building; at least partially roofed; paved, or elevated and constructed of wood, concrete or masonry; and that provides a transition between the outdoors and the building interior.

means establishments engaged in printing by letterpress, lithography, gravure, screen, offset or other common process including electrostatic (xerographic) copying and other "quick printing" services; and establishments serving the printing trade such as bookbinding, typesetting, engraving, photoengraving and electrotyping. This group also includes establishments that publish newspapers, books and periodicals, whether or not they do their own printing; and establishments manufacturing business forms and binding devices. (SIC: Group 27)

means the recorded boundaries of a lot of record, as follows:

means facilities operated by public agencies including fire stations, lookouts, other fire prevention and fire fighting facilities, police and sheriff substations and headquarters, including interim incarceration facilities (not including jails, which are defined under "Correctional institutions").

means a company regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission or a governmental or quasi-governmental entity with an elected governing body which provides utility services.

means fixed-base structures and facilities serving as junction points for transferring utility services from one transmission voltage to another or to local distribution and service voltages. These uses include any of the following facilities that are not exempted from land use permit requirements by California Government Code Section 53091: electrical substations and switching stations; telephone switching facilities; natural gas regulating and distribution facilities; public water system wells, treatment plants and storage; and community wastewater treatment plants, settling ponds and disposal fields or solid waste transfer stations. These uses do not include equipment and material storage yards (classified in "Storage yards and sales lots"). Equipment cabinets or enclosures less than six feet in height and 120 square feet in area are accessory buildings and uses and therefore exempt from special permit requirements.

See "Surface mining operations."

See "Property lines."

means the combined process of land treatment that minimizes water degradation, air pollution, damage to aquatic or wildlife habitat, flooding, erosion, and other adverse effects from surface mining operations, including adverse surface mining effects, incidental to underground mines, so that mined lands are reclaimed to a useable condition which is readily adaptable for alternate land uses and create no danger to public health or safety. The process may extend to affected lands surrounding mined lands, and may require back filling, grading, resoiling, revegetation, soil compaction, stabilization, or other measures.

means a mine operator's completed and approved plan for reclaiming the lands affected by mining operations conducted after January 1, 1976, as called for in Section 2772 of the California Public Resources Code, and in Section 17.56.270 of this chapter.

means the advice or comments of an officer or an administrative body to a granting authority which may make a ruling on the matter. A recommendation is not a ruling subject to appeal under the provisions of this code.

mean primarily indoor establishments providing amusement, entertainment, or physical fitness services for a fee or admission charge, such as: arcades containing coin operated amusements and/or electronic games (five or more such games or coin-operated amusements in any establishment constitutes an arcade pursuant to this definition, four or less are not considered a land use separate from the primary use of the site); bingo parlors; card rooms, billiard and pool halls; bowling alleys; ice skating and roller skating; dance halls, clubs and ballrooms which are principal uses rather than being subordinate to an eating or drinking place; fitness centers, gymnasiums, health and athletic clubs including indoor sauna, spa or hot tub facilities; tennis, handball, racquetball, indoor archery and shooting ranges and other indoor sports activities.

means a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, originally designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy with a living area of 320 square feet or less, and bearing the state or federal insignia of approval for recreational vehicles.

means a parcel or contiguous parcels under one ownership where one or more lots are used or intended to be used, by camping parties utilizing recreational vehicles or tents. Recreational vehicle parks may include public restrooms, water, sewer, and power hookups to each lot and are intended as a higher density, more intensively developed, use than campgrounds, which are separately defined. May include accessory food and beverage retail sales where such sales are clearly incidental and intended to serve RV park patrons only. Does not include incidental camping areas, which are defined under "Camping, incidental." See Section 17.56.080 for specific use requirements applicable to recreational vehicle parks.

"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. Recyclable material may include used motor oil collected and transported in accordance with Sections 25250.11 and 25143.2(b)(4) of the California Health and Safety Code.

A "recycling facility" means a center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials. A certified recycling facility or certified processor means a recycling facility certified by the California Department of Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986. A recycling facility does not include storage containers or processing activity located on the premises of a residential, commercial, or manufacturing use and used solely for the recycling of material generated by that residential property, business or manufacturer. Recycling facilities may include the following:

See "Recycling facility, heavy processing."

means the repair of vehicles, equipment or other products on the same site as the retail sales of such vehicles, equipment or other products as a service to purchasers, that is incidental and accessory to the sales operation.

means the repair, alteration, restoration, towing, painting, cleaning (including self-service car wash facilities), or finishing of automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, boats and other vehicles as a principal use, including the incidental wholesale and retail sale of vehicle parts as an accessory use. Does not include: automobile parking (see "Vehicle storage"), repair shops subordinate to and maintained by a vehicle dealership which are included under "Auto, mobile home, vehicle and parts sales"; service stations and full-service car wash establishments, which are separately defined; or automobile wrecking yards which are included under "Recycling, scrap and wrecking yards." (SIC: Groups 751, 753, 754)

means service establishments where repair of consumer products is the principal business activity, including: electrical repair shops; television and radio and other appliance repair; watch, clock and jewelry repair; re-upholstery and furniture repair. Does not include shoe repair (included under "Personal services"). Does not include repair or services incidental and accessory to retail sales. Does not include businesses serving the repair needs of heavy equipment, which are included under "Business support services." (SIC: Group 76)

means the reserve system that will be assembled through the HCP/NCCP and the CARP to provide for the conservation of covered species and aquatic resources. The reserve system will be a large system of interconnected land blocks located in the western and northern valley and northern foothills of Placer County, estimated to be between around 47,300 acres and will include existing and newly acquired lands that are part of the PCCP reserves, and that are adaptively managed consistent with the PCCP. The reserve system will be capable of protecting, managing, restoring and creating the natural and semi-natural communities and habitats that support the covered species.

See "Dwelling."

mean and include any uses that are customarily part of, and clearly incidental and secondary to a residence and do not change the character of the residential use. Such uses include accessory structures such as swimming pools, spas and hot tubs, workshops, studios, greenhouses, garages, guesthouses (without cooking or kitchen facilities), solar panels, propane tanks, and similar equipment. Includes home receiving antennae for earth-based TV and radio broadcasts (broadcast and receiving antennas for ham radio and commercial applications, and satellite dish antennae, are included under the definition of "Antennae, communication facilities" (see also Section 17.56.060)). The storage of automobiles (including their incidental restoration and repair), personal recreational vehicles and other personal property is included under the definition of "Storage, accessory." See Section 17.56.180 for specific use requirements applicable to residential accessory uses.

means any family home, group care facility, or similar facility as determined by the director, providing for twenty-four-hour nonmedical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual. A residential care home serving six or fewer persons shall be considered a single-family dwelling for all zoning purposes.

See Section 17.54.120.

means any of the following zone districts established by Section 17.06.010: agricultural-residential (R-A), forest residential (R-F), multifamily residential (R-M), single-family residential (R-S). Also includes any of the following districts established by the Squaw Valley land use ordinance, Chapter 17, Appendix A of the Placer County Code: high-density residential (HDR), and low-density residential (LDR). In addition, the following land use districts established by the Tahoe City Area general plan land use ordinance and the Tahoe City Community plan land use ordinance (Chapter 17, Appendix B of the Placer County Code), and the North Tahoe community plans (Chapter 17, Appendix C of the Placer County Code): residential and tourist.

means restaurants, bars and other establishments for selling prepared foods and drinks for on-premises consumption, as well as facilities for dancing and other entertainment that are secondary and subordinate to the principal use of the establishment as an eating and drinking place. Also includes drive-in restaurants, lunch counters, brew pubs, outdoor eating areas, wine bars, and refreshment stands selling prepared goods and drinks for either immediate or off-premises consumption. Restaurants, lunch counters, and drinking places operated as subordinate service facilities within other establishments are not included here unless they are operated as leased departments by outside operators, includes catering services incidental to food preparation for on-site consumption. See Section 17.56.190 for specific use requirements applicable to restaurants with outdoor eating areas, and Section 17.56.330 for accessory use—restaurants for wineries and farm breweries. (SIC: Group 58)

"Fast food restaurants" means franchised or independently-operated restaurants where customers are served prepared food and drinks from an ordering counter or drive-through window, for either on- or off-premises consumption. See Section 17.56.190 for specific use requirements applicable to restaurants with outdoor eating areas. (See also "Drive-In and Drive-Thru Services")

means retail trade establishments selling many lines of new merchandise. Such types of stores and lines of merchandise include but are not limited to:

A "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, and issues a cash refund or redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container's redemption value as determined by the state. A reverse vending machine may sort and process containers mechanically provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine. In order to accept and temporarily store all three container types in a proportion commensurate with their relative redemption rates, and to meet the requirements of certification as a recycling facility, multiple grouping of reverse vending machines may be necessary.

means right-of-way, easement or prescriptive right-of-way belonging to the county of Placer; a state highway; a private road, easement, or prescriptive right-of-way; and which is customarily used for automobile travel and for providing vehicular access to abutting property, except where such access is restricted.

means structures for the retail sale of agricultural products (except hay, grain and feed sales-included under "Farm equipment and supplies"), located on the site or in the area of the property where the products being sold were grown, including products whose primary ingredients were grown on site and were later modified (e.g., apple cider, cherry pies, fruit preserves, wine made from grapes grown on site even if the wine is not produced on site, etc.). Does not include field sales or agricultural products, which is included under "Crop production." For wine tasting, see Section 17.56.330 (Wineries and farm breweries).

means an approval or a decision made by a granting authority on a matter on a land use permit in accordance with the provisions of this code.

means any parcel(s) of land designated for agricultural, resource or open space uses, or any parcel(s) designated for residential use with a minimum lot area of five acres or more on any current Placer County zoning map.

means facilities for special group activities such as: outdoor archery, pistol, rifle, and skeet clubs and facilities (indoor shooting facilities are included under the definition of "Recreation and fitness centers"); dude and guest ranches; health resorts including but not limited to outdoor hot spring or hot tub facilities; water ski/wakeboard lakes and clubs; hunting and fishing clubs. Equestrian facilities including riding academies and schools, boarding stables and exhibition facilities are separately defined. Camping facilities are included under "Campgrounds," "Camping, Incidental," and "Recreational vehicle parks" for uses with facilities specifically designed for spectators and special events see "Sporting Facilities." (See also "Outdoor commercial recreation" and "sporting facilities and outdoor public assembly").

means an antenna and appurtenant equipment for the purpose of receiving communication or other signals from orbiting satellites or extra-terrestrial sources by a single site. Community receiving and/or transmitting antennae are included under the definition of "Antennae, communications facilities." See Section 17.56.060 for specific use standards applicable to satellite dish antennae.

"College" or "university" means community colleges, colleges, universities and professional schools granting associate arts degrees, certificates, undergraduate and graduate degrees and requiring for admission at least a high school diploma or equivalent general academic training. (SIC: Group 822)

"Elementary schools" means elementary and junior high schools serving grades 1 through 8, including denominational and sectarian. Kindergartens are also included. Pre-schools and child day care are included under the definitions of "Child day care centers and family care homes." (SIC: Group 821)

"Secondary schools" means high schools, both denominational and sectarian, serving grades 9 through 12, including boarding schools and military academies.

"Specialized education" and "training schools" means business, secretarial schools and vocational schools offering specialized trade and commercial courses. Includes specialized nondegree granting schools such as: music schools; dramatic schools; language schools; driver education schools; ballet and other dance studios; seminaries and other establishments exclusively engaged in training for religious ministries; and establishments furnishing educational courses by mail. Facilities, institutions and conference centers are included that offer specialized programs in personal growth and development (including fitness, environmental awareness, arts, communications, and management, as examples). (SIC: Groups 834, 829)

See "Caretaker and employee housing."

means indoor retail establishments that buy and sell used products, including but not limited to books, clothing, furniture and household goods. The sale of cars and other used vehicles is included under the definition of "Auto, mobile home, vehicle and parts sales."

means multifamily residential projects where occupancy is limited to people of 55 years or older (except in the case of double occupancy of a unit where only one resident need be 55 or older) and no persons under 18 years of age are permitted as residents. Senior housing projects include "Senior Independent Living Centers" (referred to as "SILCs") and senior apartments, as follows:

means an on-site sewage disposal system including any combination of septic tanks and leaching systems or areas, subject to the requirements of the Placer County environmental health services.

means retail/service establishments selling gasoline, which may also provide lubrication, oil change and tune-up services and the sale of automotive products incidental to gasoline sales. May also include accessory towing, mechanical repair services and trailer rental, and the accessory sales of food, gifts, etc., but does not include storage of wrecked or abandoned vehicles, paint spraying, body and fender work. The retail sale of gasoline as a subordinate service to a grocery store when limited to not more than two dispensing nozzles is instead included under the definition of "Grocery and liquor stores." Full-service car wash establishments, whether combined with or independent from service stations selling gasoline, are also included within this land use definition; however, self-service car wash facilities are not included within this definition and are instead found within the definition of "Repair and maintenance—vehicle (land use)." See Section 17.56.220 for specific use requirements applicable to service stations and full-service car wash establishments. (SIC: Group 554) Note. Full-service car wash establishments have the following features which distinguish them from self-service car wash facilities:

means the required distance from the property line where no buildings, structures, or additions to them may be located, and which thereby becomes a yard area. Setbacks may be required by this chapter between buildings, structures and property lines; between buildings and structures themselves (Section 17.54.160); between buildings, structures and natural features such as watercourses (Section 17.54.140); or between other features of site development. The locations of required front, street-side, side and rear setbacks are shown in Figures 17.04.030-6 and 17.04.030-7.

means an area formed by a line parallel to a front property line where the main access to the primary structure enters from a public road easement, private road easement or a driveway easement that serves two or less separately-owned parcels. The front setback is measured at right angles to the front property line or edge of easement, whichever is greater. Once the front property line of a parcel is established, it shall remain the front setback as long as any structures remain on site.

means an area of separation between two buildings or structures on a single parcel. Interior setbacks are established by Section 17.54.160.

means the line formed by the measurement of the front, street-side, side, or rear setbacks required by this chapter. All setback lines together encompass the buildable area of a lot.

means an area formed by a line parallel to the rear property line. The rear property line is opposite the front property line of the parcel. In the case of a corner lot, zoned 100,000 square feet or less, there are front, street-side, side and rear property lines (see Figures 17.04.030-6 and 17.04.030-7). Rear setbacks are measured at right angles to the rear property lines.

means an area formed by a line parallel to the side property lines of a lot (property lines that are neither front, street-side, or rear property lines), that extends between front and rear setback areas. Side setbacks are measured at right angles to the side property lines.

applies only to parcels zoned 100,000 square feet or less and means an area formed by a line parallel to the side property line of a lot that abuts an adjacent public road easement, private road easement, or a driveway easement that serves more than two parcels, and that extends between the front and rear setback areas. The street-side setback is measured at right angles to the property line or edge of easement, whichever is greater. If one of the streets abutting a parcel is more heavily traveled than others, at the discretion of the planning director or zoning administrator the more heavily traveled street may be designated as the front of the property even if it is not where the main entrance is located.

A "shooting range" is a facility for shooting firearms. A "commercial shooting range" is a shooting range that is open to the public for a fee on a regular basis. Commercial shooting range includes ranges that are operated by nonprofit organizations.

means commercial developments on a single parcel or contiguous parcels under the same ownership, containing five or more retail stores, service uses, or other tenants, where each have individual entrances from a commonly-owned public area such as a parking lot, mall corridor or atrium. Also includes such commercial developments where individual tenant spaces are subdivided as a commercial condominium, with parking and pedestrian circulation areas owned in common. The land uses allowed in shopping centers are determined by the applicable zone district pursuant to Sections 17.06.030 et seq., of this chapter (Allowable land uses and permit requirements).

See "Property lines."

means any visual device or representation designed or used for communicating a message, or identifying or attracting attention to a premise, product, service, person, organization, business or event, not including such devices visible only from within a building. See Figure 17.04.030-8.

means the area of the smallest rectangle within which a single sign face can be enclosed. See Figure 17.04.030-8 and Section 17.54.170(C).

means the information content of a sign, including text, illustrations, logos and trademarks.

means the visible portions of a sign including all characters and symbols, but excluding structural elements not an integral part of the display.

"Freestanding sign" means a sign not attached to any buildings and having its own support structure, typically including pole-mounted and monument signs. See Figure 17.04.030-8.

means the vertical distance from average adjacent ground level to the top of the sign including the support structure and any design elements.

"Monument sign" means a self-supported sign with its base on the ground, not exceeding six feet in height. See Figure 17.04.030-8.

"Nonconforming sign" means a sign that was legally established, either by being granted a variance or by conforming with the sign regulations applicable at the time, that does not satisfy the sign regulations of Section 17.54.170 et seq. of this chapter.

"Off-premises sign" means a sign directing attention to a business, service, product, or entertainment not sold or offered on the site where the sign is located, including billboards and other outdoor advertising signs.

"On-premises sign" means an appurtenant sign for the purpose of directing attention to a business, service, product, or entertainment that is sold or offered on the site where the sign is located.

"Projecting sign" means a sign extending from a building face or wall so that the sign face is perpendicular or at an angle to the building face or wall.

"Roof sign" means any sign located on, or attached to the roof of a building.

"Suspended sign" means a sign attached to and located below any permanent eve, roof, or canopy. See Figure 17.04.030-8.

"Wall sign" means a single-faced sign painted on or attached to a building or wall, no part of which extends out from or above a wall more than 12 inches. See Figure 17.04.030-8.

"Window sign" means a sign displayed within a building or attached to a window but visible through a window or similar opening for the primary purpose of exterior visibility.

means a building designed for and/or occupied exclusively by one family. Also includes factory-built housing (modular housing), manufactured housing (mobile homes), moveable tiny houses, and the rental of bedrooms within a single-family dwelling to no more than four boarders. More than four boarders constitutes a boarding house, which is included within the definition of "Multifamily dwelling." See Section 17.56.230 for specific use requirements applicable to single-family dwellings.

means any building containing five or more units intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented, or hired out, to be occupied, or which are occupied, for sleeping purposes by residents which is their primary residence. The individual units may lack either cooking facilities or individual sanitary facilities, or both and shall meet currently adopted California Building Code R-2 occupancy classification requirements.

means a lot or adjoining lots that are the location of a proposed development project or land use.

"See "Gross site area."

See "Coverage."

mean the use of ski lifts, ski runs and trails. Ski lift facilities include powered conveyors for transporting skiers or sightseers up a mountainside, with terminals at each end and supporting towers along the route. Ski lifts can be chair lifts, surface lifts, gondolas, or cable cars. Ski runs include slopes intended for downhill skiing, paths or trails for cross-country or Nordic skiing, and helicopter skiing runs. Ski facilities also include snow making, helicopter skiing facilities, and related commercial facilities such as equipment rental and storage lockers, warming huts, restaurants and bars, and overnight lodging accommodations.

"Slaughterhouses" are establishments primarily engaged in slaughtering cattle, hogs, sheep, lambs, calves and/or other animals for meat to be sold or to be used on the same site in canning, curing and freezing, and in the making of sausage, lard and other products. "Rendering plants" are engaged in the rendering of inedible stearin, grease, and tallow from animal fat, bones and meat scraps. (SIC: Group 20)

means manufacturing establishments not classified in another major manufacturing group, including: jewelry, silverware and plated ware; musical instruments; toys; sporting and athletic goods; pens, pencils, and other office and artists' materials; buttons, costume novelties, miscellaneous notions; brooms and brushes; caskets; and other miscellaneous manufacturing industries. Also included are artisan and craftsman-type operations which are not home occupations, and which are not secondary to on-site retail sales. Also includes small-scale blacksmith and welding services when accessory to another use. (SIC: Group 39)

means removing snow during and after a winter storm from public and private roads, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, and paths to make travel easier and safer. Snow removal activities are typically conducted by individual households, private contractors, special districts, and local and state government. As defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a winter storm is a weather hazard associated with freezing or frozen precipitation including freezing rain, sleet, snow, or combined effects of winter precipitation and strong winds. A winter storm may include one or more of the following winter storm warnings and advisories: (1) blizzard warning; (2) heavy snow warning; (3) lake effect snow warning; (4) ice storm warning; (5) heavy sleet warning; (6) snow advisory; (7) lake effect snow advisory; (8) freezing rain advisory; (9) sleet advisory; and (10) snow and blowing snow advisory. Snow removal is typically accomplished through the use of specialized snow removal equipment including:

means storage of snow removal equipment in all residential, commercial and industrial zone districts to ensure immediate accessibility to said equipment during snow events. (See Section 17.56.235 for snow removal equipment storage requirements for residentially zoned areas.)

means four-wheel or tracked vehicles with motors in excess of 20 horsepower that are not human powered stored seasonally on residential property above 5000 feet in elevation pursuant to Section 17.56.235 of this code.

means a temporary structure erected for the purpose of allowing personal access to residences and seasonal homes during the heavy snow season. Such structures are not for the storage of vehicles, snowmobiles, or other mechanical equipment. See Section 17.56.240 for specific use requirements applicable to snow tunnels.

See "Vehicle, special interest."

means indoor and outdoor facilities for spectator-oriented sports, and other outdoor public assembly facilities for such activities as outdoor theater and concerts, that include: amphitheaters; stadiums and coliseums; arenas and field houses; race tracks; motorcycle racing and drag strips; and other sports that are considered commercial. (SIC: Group 794) (See also "Outdoor commercial recreation" and "Rural recreation")

means the state of California.

means manufacturing establishments primarily engaged in cutting, shaping, and finishing marble, granite, slate, and other stone for building and miscellaneous uses. Also includes establishments primarily engaged in buying or selling partly finished monuments and tombstones. (SIC: Group 328)

"Accessory storage" means the indoor or outdoor storage of various materials on the same site as a principal building or land use which is other than storage, which supports the activities or conduct of the principal use. Includes the storage of automobiles (including their incidental restoration and repair), personal recreational vehicles and other personal property, accessory to a residential use, and the storage of explosives for on-site use. "Accessory storage" also includes the storage of accessory equipment related to snow removal equipment. See Section 17.56.250 for specific use requirements applicable to accessory storage.

"Mini-storage facilities" means individual locker storage facilities (frequently with some accessory outdoor vehicle/boat storage) primarily for the benefit of residential or small business users in which are kept household items, business records, vehicles, recreational equipment, etc. See Section 17.56.260 for more specific use requirements applicable to mini-storage facilities.

means the storage of such materials as gasoline, diesel fuel and petroleum lubricants for use by an approved agricultural or commercial enterprise on the same site, including but not limited to the purposes of commercial or agricultural vehicle or equipment fueling and maintenance. (Note: Section 15.04.040(K) of the Placer County Code contains additional restrictions beyond those found in this chapter.)

"Storage yards" are service establishments primarily engaged in the outdoor storage of motor vehicles; construction equipment, materials or supplies; manufacturing machinery (including farm and garden machinery) or industrial supplies on a lot or portion of a lot greater than 300 square feet in area. "Sales lots" consist of any permanent outdoor sales area for construction equipment or other heavy equipment; outdoor equipment rental yards (except auto rental which is included under "Auto, mobile home, vehicle and parts sales"); large-scale temporary or permanent outdoor sales activities such as swap meets and flea markets; or livestock auctions and sales. Also includes retail ready-mix concrete operations which are incidental to an outdoor equipment rental yard. Does not include: sales lots for autos and other vehicles, which are included under "Auto, mobile home, vehicle and parts sales"; or the sale of farm equipment, which is included under "Farm equipment and supplies sales."

means that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a usable or unused floor space is more than six feet above the natural grade of the building site for more than 50% of the total perimeter of a building or is more than 12 feet above natural grade at any point, such usable or unused under-floor space shall be considered a story for purposes of this chapter.

"Intermittent stream" means a watercourse that is dry a large part of the year. Intermittent streams have bed-and-bank morphology, but are distinct from perennial streams in that they are seasonal and cease to flow for some portion of the year. They have a broad range of flow duration: some cease flowing shortly after the end of the rainy season, whereas others flow until fall, but cease flowing briefly before the onset of the next rainy season. Groundwater is a significant source of water for intermittent streams, and they may also be influenced by leaky canals, irrigation, and urban runoff. Intermittent streams may support riparian vegetation similar to that found in association with perennial streams. Riparian vegetation can be patchy or continuous. Also, a stream that has a significant flow of water within a well-defined channel 30 days after the last significant storm or is designated as an intermittent stream on any applicable general plan, area plan or community plan map.

"Perennial stream" means a watercourse that has bed-and-bank morphology and flows 12 months a year from either natural or man-made sources or a combination of the two. Perennial streams typically have a riparian zone comprised of hydrophytic woody plant species. Perennial streams include those designated as a perennial or permanent stream on any applicable general plan, area plan or community plan map. Such streams are usually designated with solid blue lines on U.S.G.S. topographic maps and they often have names.

For all areas subject to the requirements of Article 19.10 (Placer County Conservation Program) or Article 17.54, Section 17.54.145 (Watercourse setbacks and stream system boundary standards) the stream system is the stream channel itself (wet or dry) and the surrounding areas as follows:

means the boundary described in the definition of stream system.

See "Road."

See "Property lines."

means any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.

mean manufacturing establishments primarily producing brick and structural clay products, including pipe, china plumbing fixtures, and vitreous china articles, fine earthenware and porcelain electrical supplies and parts. Artist/craftsman uses are included in "Small scale manufacturing" or "Home occupations." (SIC: Groups 325, 326)

means any man-made artifact that is constructed or erected or built into a building, framework, or other object which is over 120 square feet in area measured at the foundation or over eight feet in height, or any artifact that requires a building permit. Height measurement shall be from natural or approved pad grade. To determine height measurement on building sites not pad graded, see "Building height" definition. Any man-made artifact or structure shall not be placed in a public or private utility easement, public road easement, without an encroachment permit, or private road easement. Additionally, any man-made artifact not defined as a "structure" in this definition shall be subject to watercourse setbacks. See Section 17.54.140 for setback exceptions. NOTE: Any man-made artifact which is not categorized as a "structure" in this definition and is less than 120 square feet, is subject to determination by the planning director as to whether it needs to meet setback requirements in the applicable zone district.

means any public utility electrical substation, pumping station, pressure regulating station, or similar facility.

means any parcel(s) of land designated for residential uses with a minimum lot size greater than one acre but less than five acres on any Placer County zoning map.

means a facility that provides housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, as defined by Section 53260(d) of the California Health and Safety Code, and that is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the tenant to retain the housing, improve his or her health status, maximize their ability to live and, when possible, to work in the community. Supportive housing can take the form of a single-family or multifamily dwelling unit(s). Supportive housing shall be considered residential and only subject to those restrictions that apply to the same single-family or multifamily residential use type in the same zone.

means all, or any part of the process involved in the mining of minerals on mined lands by removing overburden and mining directly from the mineral deposits, open-pit mining of minerals naturally exposed, mining by the auger method, dredging and quarrying, or surface work incident to an underground mine. Surface mining operations shall include, but are not limited to: the processing (i.e., crushing, sorting, loading, etc.) and wholesale/retail sale of mined materials on-site, the in-place distillation or retorting or leaching; the production and disposal of mining waste; and prospecting and exploratory activities. Surface mining operations shall also include the creation of borrow pits, streambed skimming, and the segregation, stockpiling and recovery of mined materials. See Section 17.56.270 for specific use requirements applicable to surface mining operations.

means the area covered by Placer County zoning maps 90.24 through 90.39.

have the same meaning provided by the ESA and its implementing regulations with regard to activities subject to the ESA, and also have the same meaning provided in Section 86 of the California Fish and Game Code with regard to activities subject to the California Endangered Species Act ("CESA") (Fish and Game Code Section 2050 et seq.), and the NCCPA.

means the county-issued authorization to allow for take of covered species within the boundaries of the Placer County Conservation Program HCP/NCCP (Article 19.10, Section 19.10.120).

means the temporary placement and occupancy of a mobile home or recreational vehicle as a dwelling while building a permanent dwelling on the same site, or for hardships. See Sections 17.56.280 and 17.56.290 for specific use requirements applicable to temporary dwellings. See Section 17.56.090(F) for specific use requirements applicable to caretaker and employee housing, and Section 17.56.095 for specific use requirements applicable to farmworker housing.

See Section 17.54.140(C).

mean any uses of a structure or land for an event for a limited period of time where the site is not to be permanently altered by grading or construction of accessory facilities. Events include but are not limited to art shows, circuses, rodeos, religious revivals, tent camps, outdoor festivals and concerts. See Section 17.56.300 for specific use requirements applicable to temporary uses and events.

means an individual business occupant of a commercial building or group of buildings on a single site.

means any enclosed structure or shelter fabricated entirely, or in major part, of cloth, canvas, or similar flexible material.

mean manufacturing establishments engaged in performing any of the following operations: preparation of fiber and subsequent manufacturing of yarn, threads, braids, twine cordage; manufacturing woven fabric and carpets and rugs from yarn; dying and finishing fiber, yarn, fabric, and knit apparel; coating, waterproofing, or otherwise treating fabric; the integrated manufacture of knit apparel and other finished products from yarn; the manufacture of felt goods, lace goods, non-woven fabrics and miscellaneous textiles; hide and leather tanning; and upholstery manufacturing. (SIC: Group 22)

mean indoor facilities for public assembly and group entertainment, other than sporting events, such as: public and semi-public auditoriums; exhibition and convention halls; civic theaters, meeting halls and facilities for "live" theater and concerts; motion picture theaters; meeting halls for rent and similar public assembly uses. Outdoor theaters, concert and similar entertainment facilities, and indoor and outdoor facilities for sporting events are included under the definition of "Sport facilities and outdoor public assembly."

means Chapter 17 of the Placer County Code, the Placer County zoning ordinance.

means any development offering for sale or lease more than 11 estate or use interests in a specific structure or structures for commercial, transient residential or residential purposes. This definition is intended to include any and all interval ownership projects regulated as "timeshare projects" by the state of California as well as other developments which, in the opinion of the planning commission, may be accurately reflected by the above description. See Section 17.56.310 for specific use requirements applicable to timeshare projects.

means an area where residential, commercial, employment and civic uses are all present and integrated. Housing can include multifamily dwellings or live/work units or live/work spaces.

means a facility that provides housing accommodations and support services for persons and families, but restricts occupancy to no more than 24 months. Support services may include meals, counseling, and other services, as well as common areas for residents of the facility. Transitional housing can take the form of a single-family or multifamily dwelling unit(s). Transitional housing shall be considered residential and only subject to those restrictions that apply to the same single-family or multifamily residential use type in the same zone.

mean passenger stations for vehicular and rail mass transit systems; also terminal facilities providing maintenance and service for the vehicles operated in the transit system. Includes buses, taxis, railway, subway, etc. (SIC: Group 41)

means all commercial vehicles, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, or other mobile camping equipment being stored so that they may be readily driven or towed off site and not connected in any fashion to any utility (e.g., electricity, water, cable, TV, sewer or septic, phone, etc.) or structure (e.g., decking, stairs, awning, etc.).

See "Multifamily dwellings."

mean service establishments selling diesel fuel and gasoline to commercial trucks in transit. Such establishments may also include vehicle services incidental to fuel sales including mechanical repair, lubrication, oil change and tune-up, as well as accessory towing services and accessory trailer rental, but does not include the storage of wrecked or abandoned vehicles. May also include driver services such as a convenience store, restaurant or coffee shop, showers and lockers.

means any parcel(s) of land designated for industrial or commercial uses, or any parcel(s) designated for residential uses with a minimum lot area requirement of one acre or less on any current Placer County zoning map.

"Accessory use" means a use accessory to any principal use and customarily a part thereof, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the principal use, is significantly smaller in area than the principal use and does not change the character of the principal use.

"Agricultural, resource or open space use" means any land use listed by Section 17.06.050 (Land use and permit tables) as part of the agriculture, resources and open space uses group.

"Allowable or permitted use" means a land use that is identified as an allowed use, use subject to zoning clearance, or use subject to administrative review, minor use or conditional use permit approval in a particular zone district by Sections 17.06.050 (Land use and permit tables) or 17.06.060, et seq. (Zone district regulations).

"Allowed use" means a land use that is allowed by Section 17.06.050 (Land use and permit tables) or 17.06.060, et seq. (Zone district regulations) without land use permit approval, subject to compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter, and subject to obtaining any building or other permits required by the Placer County Code.

"Approved use" means a use of land that is either:

See "Area."

"Commercial use" means any land use listed by Section 17.06.050 (Land use and permit tables) as part of the retail trade or service uses groups.

"Manufacturing or industrial use" means any land use listed by Section 17.06.050 (Land use and permit tables) as part of the manufacturing and processing uses group.

"Nonconforming use" means a use of land that was lawfully established, but that is not identified as an allowable use by Section 17.06.030 et seq. (Allowable land uses and permit requirements) of this chapter.

"Nonresidential use" means any land use listed by Section 17.06.050 (Land use and permit tables) in other than the residential uses group.

means the purpose for which a parcel of land, a premises or building is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. Such uses that are permitted by this chapter are identified by Section 17.06.030 et seq. (Allowable land uses and permit requirements) of this chapter.

"Principal or main use" means the primary purpose for which a building, structure or lot is designed, arranged or intended, or for which they may be used, occupied or maintained under this chapter.

"Residential use" means any land use listed by Section 17.06.050 (Land use and permit tables) as part of the residential uses group.

"Service use" means any land use listed by Section 17.06.050 (Land use and permit tables) as part of the service uses group.

mean water or sewer lines, electric, natural gas, telephone and cable television local distribution lines.

mean transportation facilities primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of: crude petroleum; refined products of petroleum such as gasoline and fuel oils; natural gas; mixed, manufactured or liquefied petroleum gas; or the pipeline transmission of other commodities. Also includes pipeline surface facilities, including pump stations and surge tanks. Power transmission includes facilities for the transmission of electrical energy for sale, including transmission lines for a public utility company. Does not include offices or service centers (classified in "Offices"), equipment and material storage yards (classified under "Storage yards and sales lots"), distribution substations (classified under "Public utility facilities"), or power plants (classified under "Electric generating plants"). Does not include distribution pipelines, wires and conduits that provide service to end-users, which are not regulated by this chapter. (SIC: Groups 461, 491)

mean transportation establishments furnishing services incidental to transportation including: freight forwarding services; transportation arrangement services; packing, crating, inspection and weighing services; freight terminal facilities; joint terminal and service facilities; trucking facilities, including transfer and storage; and postal service bulk mailing distribution centers. Includes rail, air and motor freight transportation. (SIC: Groups 40, 42)

"Historic vehicle" means vehicles that were manufactured in 1922 or earlier; vehicles manufactured before 1965 with 16 or more cylinders; or vehicles at least 25 years old that are of historic interest.

"Inoperable vehicle" means any car, truck, boat, motorcycle, or commercial vehicle that is not currently registered and capable of driving on a public roadway and/or is not operable and clearly cannot be readily made operable, because of damage, missing parts or any other condition that precludes its use.

means only noncommercial vehicles, registered to the property owner, tenant, or resident shall be stored on site. All commercial vehicles, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, or other mobile camping equipment shall be stored in a 'travel ready' state.

"Special interest vehicle" means a vehicle of any age, that is unaltered from the manufacturer's original specifications, that is being collected, preserved, restored or maintained by a hobbyist as a leisure pursuit. Such a vehicle must have significance such as being a brand or model that is no longer produced, or a model of which less than 2,000 were sold in California in any model year.

means service establishments in the business of storing operative cars, buses and other motor vehicles for clients. Includes both day use and long-term public and commercial garages, parking lots and structures, except when accessory to a principal use. (All principal uses are considered to include any customer or public use off-street parking required by Articles 17.54 or 17.56.) Includes sites where vehicles are stored for rental or leasing. Does not include wrecking yards (classified in "Recycling, scrap and wrecking yards") or farm equipment storage (classified in "Storage yards and sales lots"). Does not include the storage of operative vehicles accessory to or used by another use, which is included under "Storage, Accessory." (SIC: Group 752)

means capable of being seen (whether or not legible) without visual aid by a person of normal visual acuity.

means a barrier fence constructed of concrete, stone, brick, tile, or similar type of solid material.

means facilities for the storage of farm products, furniture, household goods, or other commercial goods of any nature for later distribution to wholesalers and retailers. Includes cold storage. Also includes warehouse, storage or mini-storage facilities offered for rent or lease to the general public. Includes warehouse facilities where the primary purpose of storage is for goods for wholesaling distribution. Does not include terminal facilities for handling freight (classified in "Vehicle and freight terminals").

means county-approved or operated refuse dumps, sanitary landfills and other solid waste disposal facilities of a terminal nature, where garbage, trash or other unwanted materials are sorted for recycling, and/or are abandoned, buried or otherwise discarded with no intention of re-use.

means the normal channel or limits of an intermittent or perennial stream, or other body of water, during nonflood conditions.

means the use of an on-site well, spring or any other source for the extraction of water to be sold for off-site use.

means the manufacturing of nonexplosive weapons and weapons components, including but not limited to small arms, artillery, and missiles. The manufacture of conventional explosives for weapons use (including ammunition, bombs, missile warheads, etc.) is included under the definition of "Explosives manufacturing and storage." (SIC: Group 348)

See "Community centers."

means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Most wetlands are considered waters of the United States, but isolated wetlands are not regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The county of Placer regulates wetlands and isolated waters when a development project is a covered activity. In Placer County, wetlands are palustrine systems and generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.

See "Warehousing, wholesaling and distribution."

means any device which converts wind energy to a form of usable energy. WECS producing electricity are included here; those used for direct climate control, water pumping or other conversion to mechanical or thermal power, are included under "Agricultural accessory structures." Transmission lines located off the site of the power plant are included under "Pipelines and transmission lines." Electrical substations are included under "Public utility facilities." (SIC: Group 49)

means a bonded winery facility comprising the building or buildings used to convert fruit juices (all or part of which are produced on the property) to wine, and to age, bottle, store, distribute and sell said wine. A winery includes crushing, fermenting and refermenting, bottling, blending, bulk and bottle storage, aging, shipping, receiving, laboratory equipment and maintenance facilities, sales, and administrative office functions, and may include tasting and promotional events. See Section 17.56.330 for specific use requirements applicable to wineries and associated uses.

means a residential project where dwelling units on individual lots of record are located so that they abut one side property line, without a setback. See Section 17.54.140 and Figure 17.04.030-9.

means the zoning ordinance of the county of Placer, Chapter 17 of the Placer County Code.