This Chapter provides definitions of terms and phrases used in this Zoning Code that are technical or specialized, or that may not reflect common usage. If any of the definitions in this Chapter conflict with definitions in other provisions of the Reedley City Code, these definitions shall control for the purposes of this Zoning Code. If a word is not defined in this Chapter, or in other provisions of the Reedley City Code, the Community Development Director shall determine the correct definition in compliance with Article 1 (Enactment and Applicability). (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

AUTOMOBILE WRECKING YARD: See definition for “Vehicle Salvage and Dismantling Facility.” (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

BREWERY, DISTILLERY, AND WINERY:

BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES: See definition for “Home and Business Services.” (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

CARD ROOM: Any structure, or portion thereof, for which legal gambling or gaming is conducted. The term shall include any restaurant, bar, assembly room, meeting room, lodge room or fraternity building or facility, or office which is part of or appurtenant to the room or rooms in which legal gambling or gaming is conducted.

CARETAKER'S RESIDENCE: A single-unit residence on the same property with, or on abutting property owned by the owner of, a nonresidential use, which residence is occupied by one or more persons charged with the care or protection of facilities used in such nonresidential use.

CARPORT: An accessory structure or portion of a primary structure open on one or more sides designed for the parking or storage of motor vehicles, without full enclosure.

CAR WASH: A facility having the following definitions:

   AUTOMATED DRIVE-THROUGH: A facility that provides for washing of vehicles through a volume of sound in compliance with the General Plan fully automated car wash facility where the customer drives the vehicle into the facility and remains in the car during the wash process.

   MECHANICAL: A facility that provides for the washing of vehicles using mechanical equipment such as conveyor chains, blowers, steam guns, roller brushes, and high-pressure vacuum units or similar equipment. The customer exits the vehicle and waits for the attendant to complete the washing, cleaning, and driving of the vehicle. This car wash has a waiting area for the customer and a designated finishing and/or detailing area to complete the car care service.

   SELF-SERVICE: A facility that provides vehicle washing to be done by the customer. There are no employees other than service people who check and maintain the equipment, open and close the facility, and provide general supervision of the use of the facility. Equipment shall be limited to a water softener, water heater, soap mixing tank, low pressure vacuum units, and a one horsepower electric motor and pump for each stall or similar equipment which shall produce only a volume of sound in compliance with the General Plan.

CEMETERY: Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead, and dedicated for such purposes, including columbarium, crematoriums, mausoleums, and mortuaries, when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of such premises.

CHILD DAYCARE HOME: See definition for "Family Daycare Home."

CHURCH: See definition for "Place of Assembly."

CIGAR LOUNGE: An establishment that is dedicated, in whole or in part, to the smoking of tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or other substances, including but not limited to establishments known variously as cigar lounges, hookah lounges, tobacco clubs, tobacco bars, etc. (collectively referred to as "smoking lounge(s)").

CLINIC: See definition for "Office, Medical."

CLUB, LODGE, MEETING HALL: See definition for “Place of Assembly.”

COLLEGE: See definition for “School, Private/Public College and University.”

COLLEGE, TRADE: See definition for “School, Technical and Vocational.”

COMMERCIAL, OFFICE: See definition for “Office, Professional.”

COMMERCIAL RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY:

   COMMERCIAL RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY, CINEMA OR THEATER: Indoor or outdoor establishment where entertainment (participant or spectator) is provided for a fee (admission or membership) for the pleasure of the patrons, either independent of or in conjunction with another use. Does not include adult entertainment businesses, bars, or any of those uses specified as indoor commercial recreation and entertainment facilities. See “Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Facility, Indoor.” Illustrative examples include movie theaters, cinemas, amphitheaters, and play theaters.

   COMMERCIAL RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY, INDOOR: Indoor establishment where entertainment (participant or spectator) is provided for a fee (admission or membership) for the pleasure of the patrons, either independent of or in conjunction with another use. Does not include theaters, cinemas, adult entertainment businesses, bars, or shooting ranges. See “Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Facility, Cinema or Theater. Illustrative examples of indoor commercial recreation and entertainment uses include:

 

 

COMMERCIAL SPEECH: Any speech or writing which promotes and/or proposes a commercial transaction.

COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT BUILDING: See definition for “Utility Facility and Infrastructure.”

COMMUNITY CARE FACILITY: In compliance with Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, any facility, place, or structure which is maintained and operated to provide residential care, day treatment, adult day care, or foster family agency services for children or adults, including, but not limited to the physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, elderly, and abused or neglected children. This use is further categorized by size: Small (six (6) or fewer residents) and Large (seven or more residents). For the purpose of this Zoning Code, small community care facilities shall be considered a residential use, whereas large community care facilities shall be considered a commercial use. Community care facilities include the following:

   ADULT DAYCARE FACILITY: Facility that provides care to persons eighteen (18) years of age or older in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on less than a twenty-four (24)-hour basis.

   CHILD THERAPEUTIC DAY SERVICES FACILITY: Facility that provides care, counseling, educational or vocational support, or social rehabilitation services on less than a twenty-four (24)-hour basis to persons under eighteen (18) years of age who would otherwise be placed in foster care or who are returning to families from foster care.

   COMMUNITY TREATMENT FACILITY: Facility that provides care and mental health treatment services to children in a group setting. Program components shall be subject to program standards developed by the State.

   FOSTER HOME: Facility that provides twenty-four (24)-hour care for foster children which is owned, leased, or rented and is the residence of the foster parent(s), including their family, in whose care the foster children have been placed.

   RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY: Group care facility for twenty-four (24)-hour 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. Includes residential care facilities for the elderly, skilled nursing, convalescent homes, intermediate care facilities, assisted living establishments, and memory care.

   SOCIAL REHABILITATION FACILITY: Residential facility which provides social rehabilitation services for no longer than eighteen (18) months in a group setting to adults recovering from mental illness who temporarily need assistance, guidance, or counseling.

CONDITION OF APPROVAL: A requirement which must be carried out by the activity, land use, or applicant to retain a project's approved status.

CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT: A permit which requires special consideration of conditional land uses so that it may be located properly with respect to the objectives of this Zoning Code and with respect to their effects on surrounding properties. Conditional Use Permits also may give the zone district land use regulations of this Zoning Code the additional flexibility necessary to achieve the objectives of this Zoning Code. Conditional Use Permits shall comply with the standards established in Chapter 10.100 (Conditional Use Permit) of this Zoning Code.

CONSIGNMENT STORE: See definition for “Retail Sales, Secondhand.”

CONTIGUOUS: See definition for “Abut.”

CONTRACTOR STORAGE YARD: A facility which provides storage for a contractor licensed by the State for large equipment, vehicles, or other materials commonly used in the individual contractor's type of business; storage of scrap materials used for repair and maintenance of contractor's own equipment; and buildings or structures for uses such as offices and repair facilities.

CONVALESCENT HOME: See definition for “Community Care Facility.”

CONVENIENCE STORE: See definition for “Retail Sales, Convenience Store.”

CORNER CUTOFF AREA: A space on a corner parcel and any driveway/alley/ right-of-way/access easement in which all visual obstructions (e.g., fencing, structures, and plantings) that inhibit visibility and thus cause a hazard to traffic and pedestrian safety are prohibited. See Section 10.30.060 (Corner Cutoff Area).

COUNTRY CLUB: A private club organized and operated for social purposes and possessing outdoor recreational facilities, such as golf courses, tennis courts, or polo grounds.

CUL-DE-SAC: A street closed at one end with a circular turnaround. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

DAYCARE CENTER: A childcare facility, other than a family daycare home, which provides nonmedical care and supervision of children under the age of eighteen (18) years of age for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours; including the following subtypes, all of which are required to be licensed by the State:

   DAYCARE CENTER, ACCESSORY USE: A day care facility that is operated in conjunction with a business, school, housing development, or religious facility. Includes infant centers, preschools, and extended child day care facilities not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours.

   DAYCARE CENTER, PRIMARY USE: A standalone day care facility not operated as a child day care home or accessory day care center. Includes infant centers, preschools, and extended child day care facility.

DAY SPA AND SALON: See definition for “Health or Day Spa.”

DEEMED APPROVED STATUS: The status of any legal activity in existence immediately prior to the effective date of any ordinance or this Code.

DENSITY: The number of dwelling units per gross acre, unless otherwise stated, for residential uses, and the floor area ratio (FAR) for commercial uses (see definition for “Floor Area Ration (FAR).” See Figure 10.120-1 (Residential Density - Dwelling Unit Per Acre).

DENSITY BONUS: As defined by Government Code Section 65915 et seq., is an increased density over the maximum authorized density which is granted to an owner/developer of a housing project meeting the qualifying requirements of Government Code Section 65915. When determining the number of dwelling units that are to be affordable, the number of dwelling units authorized by the density bonus shall not be included. See Section 10.50.050 (Density Bonus and Concessions for Affordable Housing).

DENSITY BONUS HOUSING AGREEMENT: A legally binding agreement between an owner/developer and the City of Reedley to ensure that the requirements of this Code and State law are satisfied. The agreement shall establish the number of bonus units, their size, location, terms, and conditions of affordability, and production schedule. The agreement shall also require proper management and maintenance of the units. See Section 10.50.050 (Density Bonus and Concessions for Affordable Housing).

DEPARTMENT STORE: See “Retail Sales, General.”

DEVELOPMENT STANDARD: Any definitive, measurable characteristic or aspect of a development, specified by this Zoning Code, such as, but not limited to, yard setbacks, parking, building height, parcel area and dimensions, and defined linear distances such as for signs and spacing requirements.

DISTRIBUTION FACILITY: See definition for “Warehousing Facility.”

DRIVE-IN AND DRIVE-THROUGH SALES: Facilities where food or other products may be purchased by motorists without leaving their vehicles. These facilities include, but are not limited to, fast-food restaurants, drive-through coffee, dairy products, and pharmacies, excluding any and all tobacco products and tobacco-related products, and excluding any and all alcohol products.

DUMP: See definition for “Refuse Disposal Site.”

DUPLEX: See definition for “Dwelling, Two-Unit.”

DWELLING: A structure or portion thereof, designed exclusively for residential purposes, but not including hotels, motels, boarding and rooming houses, rest homes, convalescent homes, nursing homes, community care facilities, or childcare nurseries. This use was previously referred to as “family unit” in prior versions of this Code. Also see definition for “Household Unit.”

   DWELLING, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (ADU): An attached or detached dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities on the same parcel as a legal single-unit or multi-unit dwelling, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, a full kitchen facility, and a bathroom facility. See Chapter 10.52 (Accessory Dwelling Unit) and Chapter 10.54 (Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit).

   DWELLING, JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (JADU): An accessory dwelling unit which is located within the living space of an existing primary single-unit dwelling, as defined in the California Health and Safety Code. See Chapter 10.52 (Accessory Dwelling Unit) and Chapter 10.54 (Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit).

   DWELLING, MANUFACTURED HOME AND MOBILE HOME: A structure intended for human habitation manufactured or constructed under authority of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, or State law. The structure is manufactured either in whole or in substantial part at an off-site location, transported to and assembled on-site, and placed on a permanent foundation. See Section 10.50.110 (Mobile Home Parks).

   DWELLING, MULTI-UNIT: A residential structure containing four or more residential dwelling units, each of which is for the occupancy by one or more persons living as a single household unit, including four-plexes, apartments, and townhouses.

   DWELLING, SINGLE-UNIT: Residential structure, including manufactured housing and mobile homes, when placed on a permanent foundation system, containing one dwelling unit located on a single parcel of land for occupancy by a single household.

   DWELLING, THREE-UNIT: A residential structure containing three (3) residential dwelling units, each of which is for the occupancy by one or more persons living as a single household unit, including triplexes, rowhouses, and townhouses.

   DWELLING, TWO-UNIT: A residential structure containing two (2) residential dwelling units, each of which is for the occupancy by one (1) or more persons living as a single household unit, including duplexes and townhouses. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

EASEMENT: A grant of one or more of the property rights by the property owner to and/or for the use by the public, a corporation or another person or entity.

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES: See definition for “School.”

ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SUBSTATION: See definition for “Utility Facility and Infrastructure.”

ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION SUBSTATION: See definition for “Utility Facility and Infrastructure.”

EMERGENCY SHELTER: Housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons limited to occupancy of six (6) months or less. In compliance with Government Code Section 65583(a)(4), emergency shelters shall also include other interim intervention facilities, including but not limited to bridge housing, navigation center, and respite or recuperative care. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.

EMPLOYEE HOUSING:

   EMPLOYEE HOUSING, SMALL: Privately owned housing which houses up to six (6) employees in living quarters and is provided in connection with any work, whether or not rent is involved. Employee housing is subject to the provisions of the Employee Housing Act.

EQUIPMENT SALES AND RENTAL FACILITY: Service establishment with or without outdoor storage/rental yards, which offer a wide variety of equipment types, including construction equipment. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

FAMILY: See definition for “Household Unit.”

FAMILY DAYCARE HOME: A single-unit dwelling used by the occupant to provide day care and supervision for up to fourteen (14) children in compliance with the Health and Safety Code. Children under the age of ten (10) years who reside in the home do not count as a part of the fourteen (14)-child maximum.

FARMER'S MARKET AND MULTI-TENANT MARKET: An indoor or outdoor commercial establishment with multiple vendors that facilitates the sale of produce, plants, prepared foods and beverages, and other commercial goods. Establishments consist of booths, tables, or stands.

FARMWORKER HOUSING: See definition for “Agricultural Employee Housing.”

FENCE: Any structural device forming a vertical physical barrier, other than a wall (see definition for “Wall”) intended to either mark the boundary of property, or act as a visual, noise, or security barrier. A fence may be made of a variety of materials and constructed with or without openings (see definition for “Fence, Open” and “Fence, Screened”) in compliance with Chapter 10.34 (Fences, Walls, and Hedges).

FENCE, OPEN: A fence, fifty percent (50%) or more of the vertical surface of which is open to the transmission of light, air, and vision.

FENCE, SCREENED: A fence, ninety percent (90%) or more of the vertical surface of which is closed to the transmission of light, air, and vision.

FINAL MAP: An official subdivision map filed for recordation with the County Recorder in compliance with Title 11 (Subdivisions) of Reedley Municipal Code and the Subdivision Map Act, evidencing divisions of land. Also referred to as a “Tract Map”.

FIXED VENDING ESTABLISHMENT: A vending establishment consisting of one or more mobile vendors operating on private property.

FRONTAGE: That portion of a parcel of property which abuts a dedicated public street or highway.

FUNERAL AND BURIAL SERVICES:

   FUNERAL AND BURIAL SERVICES, BODY PREPARATION AND CREMATION: A facility where deceased persons are stored and/or prepared for burial, cremation, or viewing. Viewings, sales of funeral related items (i.e., caskets, urns), and funeral/memorial services are not allowed. See “Funeral and Burial Services, Funeral Home.”

   FUNERAL AND BURIAL SERVICES, FUNERAL HOME: A facility which facilitates the sale of funeral and memorial service-related items (i.e., caskets, urns, memorial items). The facility may allow funeral memorial services and/or viewings. Does not include body preparation or cremation services of deceased persons. See “Funeral and Burial Services, Body Preparation and Cremation.” (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

GARAGE, PRIVATE: See definition for “Accessory Structure.”

GARAGE, PUBLIC: See definition for “Parking Facility.”

GARAGE, REPAIR: See definition for “Vehicle Repair and Service.”

GARDEN STRUCTURE: See definition for “Accessory Structure.”

GAS STATION: See definition for “Vehicle Fueling Station.”

GENERAL PLAN: The City of Reedley General Plan, including all its elements and all amendments to the General Plan, as adopted by the City Council under the provisions of Government Code Sections 65300 et seq., and referred to in this Zoning Code as the “General Plan.”

GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (GPA): The legislative act of changing the General Plan, including, but not limited to, a change in land use designation, circulation designation, or a modification of the text itself.

GOLF COURSE: A tract of land, either public or private, dedicated to playing the game of golf, and improved with trees, greens, fairways, and hazards. Golf course may include related facilities such as clubhouses, golf schools and driving ranges and accessory uses such as restaurants, pro shops, and related facilities. See “Country Club.”

GROUP HOUSING:

   GROUP HOUSING, SMALL: Any structure, facility, premises, or portion thereof, at which up to six (6) persons reside in a group occupancy setting, but not including a hotel, motel, fraternity, sorority, rooming and/or boarding house, skilled nursing facility or emergency shelter. This facility is generally characterized by the provision of a prearranged or organized household structure or program. Residents of a facility may also receive medical treatment in addition to any non-medical supportive services in a residential or congregate care setting, as opposed to a hospital.

GUEST: Any transient person who occupies a room for sleeping purposes.

GUEST ROOM: A room which is designed to be occupied by one (1) or more guests for sleeping purposes but without full kitchen facilities, not including dormitories.

GUEST QUARTERS: An accessory structure that provides sleeping or living accommodations located on the same premises with an existing main structure, such accommodations having no full kitchen facilities (see definitions for “Kitchen”, “Kitchenette”, and “Wet Bar”) and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling unit.

GYM AND ATHLETIC CLUB: A commercial membership facility that provides fitness services and facilities including, but not limited to, weight rooms, exercise classes and courses, exercise equipment, and health and lifestyle training. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

HELIPORT: See definition for “Airport, Heliport, Helipad.”

HOME AND BUSINESS SERVICE: Establishment providing homeowners, landlords, and other businesses with services including maintenance, repair and service, testing, and rental including:

 

HOME OCCUPATION: The conduct of an art or profession, the offering of a service or the conduct of a business, or the handicraft manufacture of products within a residential dwelling, subject to the property owner's authorization, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the structure for dwelling purposes and which does not change the character thereof.

HORSE STABLE: Private or commercial structure including, but not limited to, a corral or paddock for the keeping of one or more horses.

HOSPITAL: Facility providing medical, physical, psychiatric, or surgical services on a twenty-four (24)-hour basis for sick or injured persons primarily on an in-patient basis and including ancillary facilities for out-patient and emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, research, administration, and ancillary services to patients, employees, or visitors (i.e., cafeteria, gift/flower shop, waiting rooms, pharmacy).

HOTEL/MOTEL: A commercial establishment that provides lodging, and usually food services (restaurant), entertainment and personal services to the public based on an agreed payment of a fixed amount of money in exchange for use of the guestroom for a fixed period of time, typically on a nightly or weekly basis, but not for more than twenty-nine (29) consecutive days, but excluding a housing facility, emergency shelter, fraternity, sorority, rooming or boarding house, rest home or family. “Hotel” shall not be construed to include trailer court, hospital or other institutional building or jail or other building where persons are housed under restraint.

HOUSEHOLD UNIT: One (1) or more persons, related or unrelated, living together as a single integrated household in a dwelling unit. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

ILLEGAL ACTIVITY: An activity which has been determined to be in noncompliance with the established performance standards, permit processing procedures, and required activities in this Code. Such an activity, land use, and/or entitlement shall lose its approved status and shall no longer be considered an approved activity.

INDUSTRIAL: Establishment engaged in the manufacturing of finished parts or products either from raw materials or previously prepared materials, within an enclosed structure. Includes processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, testing, packaging, storage/warehousing, incidental office space, sales, and distribution of the parts or products. Excludes vehicle/equipment rentals, vehicle repair and service, vehicle sales.

   INDUSTRIAL, HAZARDOUS: Manufacturing facilities that produce or use explosives, or basic chemicals, and other establishments creating products predominantly by chemical processes. Facilities included in this definition manufacture four general classes of products:

      A.   Ammunition manufacturing;

      B.   Biofuels or batteries;

      C.   Chemical products to be used in further manufacture, including synthetic fibers, plastic materials, dry colors, and pigments; and

      D.   Finished products to be used for ultimate consumption, including prescription/ over-the-counter drugs, cosmetics, batteries, and soaps; or to be used as materials or supplies in other industries including paints, fertilizers, petroleum, oils, tar, asphalt, gas, and explosives.

   INDUSTRIAL, MAJOR: The manufacturing, processing, storing, and/or testing of goods using large quantities of raw materials, and generally requiring high capitalization and production of large quantities of output. Major industrial uses often sell products to other businesses rather than consumers. Characteristics of major industrial uses include, but are not limited to, heavy trucking activity, noise, emissions requiring Federal or State environmental permits, and use of large quantities of raw materials. Examples of major industrial uses include, concrete and plaster manufacturing, metal production, firearm manufacturing, glass product manufacturing, paving and roofing materials manufacturing, synthetic product manufacturing, wood and lumber processing, pulp and pulp paper product manufacturing, textile and leather product manufacturing, cotton processing, rubber processing, coal processing, and assembly and manufacturing of vehicle and/or vessels (including aircraft).

   INDUSTRIAL, MINOR: The manufacturing, processing, storing, and/or testing of consumer-oriented goods in a manner that does not produce noticeable odors, air emissions, noise, or other environmental effects, and that has limited associated trucking activity. Minor industries generally require limited amounts of raw materials to produce goods. Examples of minor industrial uses include food and beverage manufacturing/production, artisan/craft product manufacturing, cold storage and packing houses, bottling plant, electronics, equipment and appliance manufacturing, small-scale manufacturing/assembly, machine shops, dyeing plant, metal product fabrication, clay and pottery product manufacturing, optical glass production, commercial laundries and dry-cleaning plants, cabinet shop, welding shop, and assembly of small electronics and medical equipment.

INFILL DEVELOPMENT: A project of less than five acres in the city limits, which is consistent with General Plan and Zoning Code, is served by all required utilities and public services, and would not result in any traffic, noise, air or water quality effects related to the surrounding built environment.

INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY: See “Community Care Facility.” (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

JUNKYARD: A site or portion of a site on which waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, cleaned, packed, disassembled or handled, including used furniture and household equipment yards, house wrecking yards, used lumber yards and the like; excepting a site on which uses are conducted within a completely enclosed structure and excepting automobile wrecking yards as defined in this Chapter. An establishment for the sale, purchase or storage of used cars, farm equipment or salvaged machinery in operable condition and the processing of used or salvaged materials as part of a manufacturing operation shall not be deemed a junkyard. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

KITCHENETTE: Any room used or intended or designed to be used for cooking or the preparation of food that does not include a primary heating source. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

LAND USE: The purpose for which a site or structure is arranged, designed, intended, constructed, moved, erected, altered, or enlarged or for which either a site or structure is or may be occupied or maintained.

LAND USE, ANCILLARY: A land use incidental, related, appropriate, and clearly subordinate to the main use of the site or building, which ancillary use does not alter the principal use of the site. Ancillary land uses shall make up less than fifty percent (50%) of a site. Also referred to as “accessory use.”

LAND USE, CONDITIONAL: A land use which is listed as a conditional use in any given zoning district in this Zoning Code. Conditional uses may be required to meet certain requirements as a condition precedent to the granting of a use permit which will allow the establishing of a conditional use as established in Chapter 10.100 (Conditional Use Permit).

LAND USE, NONCONFORMING: Use of a structure or land which, under this title, does not conform with the use regulations for the district in which it is located.

LAND USE, ALLOWED: A land use which is listed as “allowed” in any given zoning district in this Zoning Code. Allowed land uses need not meet special requirements as a condition precedent to be allowed to establish in a given zone district. Also referred to as “land use allowed by-right.”

LAND USE, PRIMARY: The land use that makes up more than fifty percent (50%), if not all, of a parcel. Also referred to as “main use.”

LANDSCAPING: The planting and continued maintenance of suitable vegetation in conformity with the requirements of Chapter 10.36 (Landscaping) of this Zoning Code.

LARGE FAMILY DAYCARE HOME: See definition for “Family Day Care Home.”

LEGAL NONCONFORMING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES ACTIVITY: An alcoholic beverage sales activity which was a nonconforming use in compliance with the nonconforming use regulations in Section 10.50.020 (Alcohol Beverage Sales Establishments) of this Code, and for which a valid license had been issued by an agency under the jurisdiction and control of the State of California and used in the exercise of the rights and privileges conferred by the license, at a time immediately prior to the effective date of the deemed approved alcoholic beverage sale regulations. Such an activity shall be considered a deemed approved activity, and shall no longer be considered a legal nonconforming activity, except such activity shall be subject to those zoning regulations relating to nonconforming uses as specified in Section 10.50.020 (Alcohol Beverage Sales Establishments) as of the effective date of the deemed approved alcoholic beverage sale regulations.

LEGAL NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE: A structure which was lawfully erected prior to the adoption of this Zoning Code, but which no longer conforms with the standards of setbacks, coverage, yard space, height of structures or distance between structures prescribed in the regulations for the zone district in which the structure is in compliance with the Zoning Code. Legal nonconforming structures shall be subject to the regulations established in Article 5 (Nonconformities).

LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE: Use of a structure or land which was lawfully established and maintained prior to the adoption of this Zoning Code, but which, under this title, does not conform with the use regulations for the district in which it is located. Legal nonconforming structures shall be subject to the regulations established in Article 5 (Nonconformities).

LOADING: The removal or placement of any commodity in, on, or from a vehicle of any type.

LOADING SPACE: An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a primary structure, or contiguous to a group of structures for the temporary parking of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading, which space abuts a street, alley, or other appropriate means of ingress and egress.

LOCAL CONTACT PERSON: A person designated by an owner or the owner's agent, who, if designated to act as such, shall be available to respond to notification of a complaint regarding the dwelling, and take remedial action necessary. A local contact person may be the owner or the owner's agent.

LODGE: See definition for “Place of Assembly.”

LOT: See definition for “Parcel.”

LOT AREA: See definitions for “Parcel Area.”

LOT COVERAGE: See definition for “Parcel Coverage.”

LOT DEPTH: See definitions for “Parcel Depth.”

LOT WIDTH: See definition for “Parcel Width.”

LOUNGE: See definition for “Bar.”

LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTER: Housing or shelter in which a resident who is homeless or at risk of homelessness may live temporarily while waiting to move into permanent housing. Allowed within mixed use projects in commercial zone districts. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

MUSEUM: A commercial, public, or quasi-public facility that provides space for preserving and exhibiting artistic, historical, scientific, natural, or other objects of interest. Activities may include the sale of objects collected and memorabilia, the sale of crafts work and artwork, boutiques, and the holding of meetings and social events. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

NONCOMMERCIAL SPEECH: Any message that is not commercial speech, which includes but is not limited to, messages concerning political, religious, social, ideological, public services and informational topics. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

OCCUPANCY FRONTAGE: A single linear dimension measured horizontally along the front of a structure which defines the limits of a particular occupancy at that location and which has direct customer (pedestrian or vehicular) access through an exterior wall which is visible from the public right-of-way.

OCCUPANT: Any person who is on or in a short-term rental property other than service providers, the owner, or Local Contact Person, whether or not the person stays overnight.

OFF STREET LOADING FACILITY: A site or a portion of a site devoted to the loading or unloading of motor vehicles or trailers, including loading berths, aisles, access drives and landscaped areas.

OFF STREET PARKING FACILITY: A site or a portion of a site devoted to the off street parking of motor vehicles including parking spaces, aisles, access drives and landscaped areas.

OFFICE: Facility or business that predominantly offers medical, professional, or business services.

   OFFICE, MEDICAL: Facility primarily providing outpatient medical, mental health, minor surgical, and other similar personal health services, but which is separate from a hospital, including: medical, dental, and psychiatric offices, outpatient care facilities, acupuncture, and other allied health services.

   OFFICE, PROFESSIONAL: Facility and businesses that predominantly offer professional and/or business services including, but not limited to architects, attorneys, accountants, advertising, computer support, land use planners, and other similar professional services and uses.

OPERATOR: The owner(s) or the designated agent of the owner(s) who is responsible for compliance with all applicable provisions of Title 10 - Zoning Code of the City of Reedley. “Operator” includes a lessee.

OWNER: The person(s) or entity(ies) that holds legal or equitable title to a dwelling. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

PERMANENT COSMETICS OR MAKEUP: Any application of pigment to or under the skin of a person for the purpose of permanently or semi-permanently changing the color or appearance of the skin. Includes, but is not limited to, permanent or semi-permanent eyeliner, eyebrows, or lip color. Applicators of permanent cosmetics or makeup are considered body art practitioners.

PERSONAL SERVICE, GENERAL: Commercial establishment that provides personal services. May also include accessory retail sales of products related to the personal services. Does not include health or day spas of any kind. See “Health or Day Spa.” General personal services include:

 

 

PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE YARD: See definition for “Utility Facility and Infrastructure.” (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

QUASI-PUBLIC ORGANIZATION: Any non-government organization that is devoted to public service and welfare. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY: A piece of real property for the accommodation of main lines or branch line railroad tracks, switching equipment and signals, but not including lands on which stations, offices, storage buildings, spur tracks, sidings, section gang and other employee housing yards or other uses are located.

RAZOR WIRE: A mesh of metal strips with sharp edges, usually strung along the tops of fences in three (3) parallel strips.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV): A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV) PARK: A parcel, or contiguous parcels, of land under single ownership, designed or intended to be used to accommodate recreational vehicles on a transient basis (thirty (30) days of continuous occupancy or less).

RECYCLABLE MATERIAL: Includes paper, plastics, glass, aluminum, corrugated cardboard, and other materials which can be separated from regular garbage for reuse not including yard waste diverted from the solid waste stream.

RECYCLING:

   COLLECTION FACILITY, SMALL: Small collection facilities which occupy an area of not more than five hundred (500) square feet, and may include:

      A.   A mobile unit;

      B.   Bulk reverse vending machines or a grouping of reverse vending machines occupying more than fifty (50) square feet;

      C.   Kiosk type units which may include permanent structures; and/or

      D.   Unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable materials.

   COLLECTION FACILITY, LARGE: Large collection facilities which may occupy an area of more than five hundred (500) square feet and may include permanent structures.

   MOBILE RECYCLING UNIT: An automobile, truck, trailer, or van, licensed by the California 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.

   PROCESSING FACILITY: A structure or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials. "Processing" means the preparation of material for efficient shipment or to an end user's specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning, and remanufacturing. Processing facilities include the following:

   RECYCLING FACILITY: 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 FACILITY, TRANSFER STATION: A facility which sorts and removes recyclable materials (including paper, metal, wood, inert materials such as soils and concrete, green waste, glass, aluminum and cardboard) through separation and sorting technologies to divert these materials from the waste stream otherwise destined for a refuse disposal site.

   REVERSE VENDING MACHINE: 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 a 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 (3) 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.

REFUSE DISPOSAL SITE: A place used for the disposal, abandonment, processing, or discarding by burial, incineration or by any other means of any garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, rubble, waste material, offal, or dead animals.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES: A facility for scientific research, and the design, development, and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical, pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnological, medical, and mechanical components in advance of product manufacturing. This use shall include assembly of related products from parts produced off-site where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research and development activities.

RESIDENCE: A structure containing a dwelling unit designed for occupancy or occupied by one or more household units.

RESTAURANT: A fixed commercial establishment where, during all business hours, food and beverages are prepared, sold, and served to patrons, for consumption on or off the premises. Establishments shall comply with all applicable local, State, and Federal regulations regarding eating and drinking establishments. Use to include fine dining establishments, sandwich shops, delicatessens, donut shops, tearooms, cafes, and ice cream parlors.

RESTAURANT, ESTABLISHED: A fixed commercial establishment that was in operation prior to the approved placement of a “fixed” vending establishment.

RETAIL SALES:

   RETAIL SALES, APPLIANCES AND FURNITURE: A commercial establishment engaged primarily in the selling of household appliances, mattresses, and furniture, including incidental repair services. Examples of these establishments include:

 

 

 

   RETAIL SALES, HOME IMPROVEMENT AND GARDEN SUPPLY: A retail store for the sale of tools, paint, ornamental plants, lawn care supplies, and other similar equipment and supplies. May include the sale of lumber, drywall, roofing, and other similar building materials.

ROOFLINE: The highest point of the main roof structure or a highest point of a parapet wall other than such architectural features such as cupolas, pylons, projections or minor raised portions of the roof. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

SALVAGE AND DISMANTLING FACILITY: See definition for “Vehicle Salvage and Dismantling Facility.”

SCHOOL: Educational institution, including elementary, middle, junior high, and high schools, serving transitional kindergarten through twelfth grade students, offering general academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education, and including denominational and sectarian, boarding schools, charter schools, and military academies. Also includes community colleges, public or private 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.

   SCHOOL, PRIVATE: Privately owned and operated facility or institution providing academic instruction for students in compliance with the California Education Code. Includes special education and alternative learning schools. Illustrative examples include elementary schools, junior highs, high schools, colleges, and universities.

   SCHOOL, TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL: A public or private post-secondary school providing occupational and job training. Use does not include recreational activities (i.e., dance lessons, martial arts classes, music instruction). See “Studio - Art, Dance, Music, and Photography.”

SECOND DWELLING UNIT: See definition for “Accessory Dwelling Unit.”

SELF-STORAGE: See definition for “Storage Facility, Personal.”

SENSITIVE RECEPTORS OR USES: A religious institution, post-secondary educational institution, public education facility, school, regularly established boys' club or girls' club or any public building regularly frequented by children, essential government operation, facility, and/or structure, public park, community center, senior center, public trail or public structure; or a residential zone district.

SETBACK LINE: The minimum distance as established in this Zoning Code between any property line and the closest point on any supporting wall, post, or pillar of any structure related thereto.

SHORT-TERM RENTAL: The rental of a dwelling or a portion thereof by the owner to another person or group of persons for occupancy, dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes for a period of less than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days.

SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNIT: The habitable interior space of a dwelling, or any portion thereof, that is being rented, or is intended to be rented, as a short-term rental to a person or group of persons.

SIGN: See Chapter 10.40 (Sign Regulations).

SIGN AREA: See Chapter 10.40 (Sign Regulations).

SINGLE RESIDENT OCCUPANCY: See definition for “Single Room Occupancy (SRO).”

SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY (SRO): Any residential structure containing more than five (5) units intended or designed to be used, rented, or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes, generally for one (1) or two (2) persons per unit. SRO tenants typically share amenities within the building, such as common area(s), bathroom/half-bath, kitchens and/or kitchenettes. Occupancy may be either temporary or permanent residence.

SITE: See definition for “Parcel.”

SITE AREA: See definition for “Parcel Area.”

SITE DEPTH: See definition for “Parcel Depth.”

SITE PLAN: A plan, prepared to scale, showing accurately all of the existing physical characteristics of the subject property, and not limited to, property lines and dimensions, phase lines, vicinity map, project site address, contact information of the property owner, applicant and design consultant, dimensioning, north arrow, title block, tables depicting development standards and uses proposed for a specific parcel of land.

SITE PLAN REVIEW: See Chapter 10.96 (Site Plan Review).

SITE WIDTH: See definition for “Parcel Width.”

SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES: See definition for “Community Care Facility.”

SMALL FAMILY DAYCARE HOME: See definition for “Family Day Care Home.”

SOLID MASONRY WALL: See definition for “Wall.”

SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY: See definition for “Refuse Disposal Site.”

SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREA: Includes less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breast below the top of the areola; or Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.

SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITY: See Title 3, Chapter 12 (Sexually Oriented Businesses) of the Reedley Municipal Code.

STABLE: See definition for “Horse Stable.”

STORAGE FACILITY:

   STORAGE FACILITY, PERSONAL: Facility with structures generally containing small individual compartmentalized areas or lockers rented as individual storage spaces or outdoor storage for motor vehicles, recreational vehicles, and boats. Storage of vehicles may not be required to be located completely within an enclosed building, but the rental office/waiting area is required to be completely within an enclosed building.

   STORAGE FACILITY, RESTRICTED: Facility used for storage and distribution of generally dangerous and hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, chemicals, gasoline, biofuels, petroleum, propane, and explosives.

STORY: A space in a structure between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above, or if there is no floor above, then the space between such floor and the ceiling of the roof above.

STREET: A public or private way permanently dedicated or reserved as a primary means of access to abutting property.

STREET LINE: The boundary line between street right of way and abutting property.

STRUCTURE: Anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having a location on the ground, including covered patios, excepting outdoor areas such as paved areas, walks, tennis courts, and similar recreation areas.

STRUCTURE, ALTERATION: Any change in the supporting members of a structure, such as foundations, bearing walls, columns, beams, floor or roof joists, girders or rafters, or any change in the exterior dimensions of a building, excepting those changes which may result from providing minor repairs and structure maintenance.

STRUCTURE, AREA OF: The sum in square feet of the ground areas occupied by all structures on a parcel.

STRUCTURE, HEIGHT OF: The vertical distance measured from the adjoining curb level to the highest point of the structure, exclusive of chimneys and ventilators; provided, however, that where buildings are setback from the street line, the height shall be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade at the front of the structure.

STRUCTURE, NONCONFORMING: A structure which, under this title, does not conform with the standards of coverage, yard space, height of structures or distance between structures prescribed in the regulations for the district in which the structure is located.

STRUCTURE, PRIMARY: A structure within which is conducted the main land use allowed on the parcel or site as provided by this Zoning Code.

STUDIO - ART, DANCE, MUSIC, AND PHOTOGRAPHY: Facilities for: individual and group instruction and training in the arts; production rehearsal; photography, martial arts training; gymnastics instruction, and aerobics and gymnastics studios with no other fitness facilities or equipment.

STUDIO - BROADCASTING AND FILM RECORDING: Commercial and public communication establishment that broadcasts or records radio, motion picture, film, television, and other digital productions entirely within a structure. Does not include transmission and receiving apparatus (e.g., antennas and towers), which are included under the definition of “Telecommunications Facilities.”

SUBDIVISION: The division, by any subdivider, of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion thereof, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease or financing, whether immediate or future. Property shall be considered as contiguous units, even if it is separated by streets, utility easements or railroad rights-of-way. Any conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity, public utility or subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to that public utility for rights-of-way shall not be considered a division of land for purposes of computing the number of parcels. For purposes of the preceding sentence, any conveyance of land to a governmental agency shall include a fee interest, an easement or a license. See Title 11 (Subdivision Regulations) of the Reedley Municipal Code.

SUBDIVISION MAP: A map showing the subdivision of land of five or more parcels, in compliance with Title 11 (Subdivision Regulations) of the Reedley Municipal Code.

SUBDIVISION MAP ACT: Government Code Division 2 of title 7, commencing with section 66410, as amended from time to time, involving the regulation and control of the design and improvement of subdivisions. See Title 11 (Subdivision Regulations) of the Reedley Municipal Code.

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: See definition for “Transitional Housing.” (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

TASTING ROOM: A commercial establishment that may or may not contain a kitchen and is devoted to the sampling, onsite consumption, and sales of wine, beer, and or distilled spirits either produced on or off the premises.

TATTOO: To insert pigment, ink or dye under the surface of the skin of a person by pricking with a needle or otherwise, to permanently change the color or appearance of the skin or to produce an indelible mark or figure visible through the skin. Tattooing does not include the application of permanent makeup.

TATTOO PARLOR: See definition for “Body Art Facility.”

TELECOMMUNICATI ON FACILITY: Facility that includes equipment which supports the transmission and/or receipt of electromagnetic/radio signals. Telecommunication facilities include cellular radiotelephone service facilities, personal communications service facilities (including wireless internet), specialized mobile radio service facilities, and commercial paging service facilities. Components of these types of facilities can consist of the following: antennas, repeaters, microwave dishes, horns, and other types of equipment for the transmission or receipt of the signals, telecommunication towers or similar structures supporting the equipment, equipment structures, parking area, and other necessary development.

TEMPLE: See definition for “Place of Assembly.”

TENTATIVE MAP: A map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed division of land and the existing conditions in and around it and required to be presented to the community development department in order to officially commence the process of dividing the land in compliance with Title 11 (Subdivision Regulations) of the Reedley Municipal Code.

TOWING YARD: A commercial establishment providing for the storage of operative or inoperative vehicles. Includes parcels used for parking towaways, impounding, repossession, and storage (excluding personal storage) for buses and recreational vehicles, but does not include vehicle dismantling.

TRADE SCHOOL: See definition for “School, Technical and Vocational.”

TRAILOR, UTILITY: A vehicle without motive power, designed and constructed to travel on public thoroughfares in compliance with the provisions of the Vehicle Code, and to be used only for carrying property.

TRAILER SALES LOT: See definition for “Vehicle Sales, New or Used.”

TRANSIT STORAGE: Temporary storage, not to exceed one hundred and eighty (180) days of any building, structure, personal property, or other thing which is in the process of being transported from one site to a destination site pursuant to a contract or other legally binding commitment to deliver such thing at the destination site. While in transit storage, the object stored shall not be altered in any way, and buildings or structures shall be secured to prevent unauthorized entry and habitation.

TRANSITIONAL HOUSING: Temporary, supportive accommodation that is intended to bridge the gap from homelessness to permanent housing by offering structure, supervision, support, life skills, and in some cases, education, and training. Transitional housing units are residential uses allowed in all zone districts that allow residential uses, subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone district.

TRANSIT STATION AND TERMINAL: A rail or light-rail station, ferry terminal, bus hub, or bus transfer station.

TRAVEL TRAILER: See definition for “Recreational Vehicle.”

TRAVEL TRAILER PARK: See definition for “Recreational Vehicle Park.”

TRAVERSE: To pass along or go across.

TRIPLEX: See definition for “Dwelling, three-Unit.” (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

UNIFIED CENTER: A unified group of two (2) or more office, commercial or industrial uses planned and designed to function as an integral unit on a single parcel or contiguous parcels and which utilize common off-street parking and access, landscaping, loading facilities and points of ingress and egress. Also known as a Shopping Center or Unified Shopping Center.

USABLE SATELLITE SIGNAL: Refers to the quality of reception and is considered a satellite signal which, when viewed on a conventional television set, is at least equal in picture quality to that received from local commercial television stations.

USE: See definition for “Land Use.”

USE, ANCILLARY: See definition for “Land Use, Ancillary.”

USE, CONDITIONAL: See definition for “Land Use, Conditional.”

USE, NONCONFORMING: See definition for “Land Use, Nonconforming.”

UTILITY FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE: Facility supporting public and private utilities, including, but not limited to electricity, water, and/or natural gas. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

VEHICLE AND FREIGHT TERMINAL: An establishment where the primary activities are furnishing services incidental to air, motor freight, and rail transportation, where freight transferring occurs. This includes freight forwarding services; freight terminal facilities; joint terminal and service facilities; packing, crating, inspection, and weighing services; postal service bulk mailing distribution centers; transportation arrangement services; repair and storage of vehicles as ancillary activities; truck terminals; and trucking facilities.

VEHICLE FUELING STATION: A commercial establishment selling gasoline, diesel, alternative fuel, or electricity for the on-site fueling or charging of vehicles. May include a convenience store and provide secondary services incidental to fuel or charging services. Does not include the storage or repair of wrecked vehicles, vehicle rentals, or vehicle repair and service.

VEHICLE RENTAL FACILITY:

   VEHICLE RENTAL, GENERAL: Commercial establishment that rents automobiles, construction equipment, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, trucks, trailers, and similar vehicles and equipment, including on-site storage and incidental maintenance. Sales office shall be located entirely within an enclosed structure.

   VEHICLE RENTAL, LIMITED: Commercial establishment that rents small vehicles, including, bicycles, mopeds, scooters, Segways, and similar sized vehicles with electric power, engines less than one hundred (100) cc, or are human powered. May also include the maintenance, minor repair, and on-site storage of the equipment offered for rent when conducted within fully enclosed structure.

   VEHICLE RENTAL, OFFICE ONLY: Commercial establishment that rents automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, trucks, and other types of transportation vehicles that are not stored on-site.

VEHICLE REPAIR AND SERVICE: The repair, servicing, alteration, restoration, towing, painting, cleaning, or finishing of automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, water vessels, golf carts, and other motor vehicles as a primary use, including the incidental wholesale and retail sale of vehicle parts as an accessory use. This includes the following categories:

   VEHICLE REPAIR AND SERVICE, MAJOR: Major repair of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or trucks including light duty trucks (i.e., gross vehicle weight of less than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.)) and heavy-duty trucks (i.e., gross vehicle weights more than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.)). Examples of uses include full-service motor vehicle repair garages; body and fender shops; brake shops; machine shops; paint shops; and transmission shops.

   VEHICLE REPAIR AND SERVICE, MINOR: Minor repair of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or light duty trucks, vans, or similar size motor vehicles (i.e., vehicles that have gross vehicle weights less than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.)) including detailing services; servicing of cooling, electrical, fuel and exhaust systems; brake adjustments; relining and repairs; oil and lube shops; smog shops, tire and battery sales and installation (not including recapping); and wheel alignment and balancing. Also includes the service or the repair or installation of vehicle radio/audio equipment.

VEHICLE SALES, NEW OR USED: The retail sales of more than one, new or used, automobile. It may also include the retail sales of other vehicles such as vans, pickup trucks, and sports utility vehicles (SUVs), typically purchased for personal use and/or transportation, and may include commercially rated vehicles. This definition may also include as ancillary uses: repair and service to vehicles for sale on the subject site when conducted entirely within an enclosed structure, and automotive detailing.

VEHICLE SALVAGE AND DISMANTLING FACILITY: Outdoor commercial establishment primarily engaged in assembling, breaking up, sorting, and the temporary storage and distribution of recyclable or reusable scrap and waste materials from vehicles. Includes incidental wholesale or retail sales of parts from those vehicles.

VENDING UNIT: A commercially manufactured, motorized mobile self-contained food unit in which ready-to-eat food is cooked, wrapped, packaged, processed, or portioned for service, sale, or distribution.

VENDOR: The owner agent/operator of the “vending unit.”

VESTING TENTATIVE MAP: A tentative subdivision map or tentative parcel map which meets the City ordinances, standards, and policies in effect at the time of its approval and on its approval confers a vested right on the subdivider to proceed in substantial compliance with ordinances, policies and standards in effect at the time the City determines the application for approval of the map is complete. At the time a vesting tentative map is filed, it shall have the words “vesting tentative map” conspicuously printed on its face.

VETERINARY CLINIC:

   VETERINARY CLINIC, WITH BOARDING SERVICES: A commercial establishment providing medical care or surgical treatment for domestic animals and household pets with all such operations being conducted wholly within a building. The establishment also serves as a facility where animals can be kept for commercial purposes within an enclosed structure beyond a short time incidental to medical care. Facility uses may additionally include breeding, buying, selling, renting, exhibiting, or training of animals.

   VETERINARY CLINIC, WITHOUT BOARDING SERVICES: A commercial establishment providing medical care or surgical treatment for domestic animals and household pets with all such operations being conducted wholly within a building. Use as a kennel shall be limited to short time boarding incidental to medical care and within an enclosed structure.

VISUAL OBSTRUCTION: Any fence, hedge, tree, shrub, wall, or structure exceeding three feet (3') in height, measured from the crown of intersecting or intercepting streets, alleys or driveways, which limits the visibility of persons in motor vehicles on said streets, alleys or driveways. This does not include trees kept trimmed of branches below a minimum height of seven feet (7'). (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

WALL: Any structure or device approved by the Director designed to prevent the passage of light, air, and vision, and substantially reduce noise levels.

WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITY: A building or buildings used for the storage of goods, of any type, when such building or buildings contain more than five hundred (500) square feet of storage space, and where no retail operation is conducted.

WET BAR: An area within a dwelling unit, other than a kitchen, which is used for the preparation and serving of beverages. Shall contain a sink and at least one of the following: refrigerator, ice maker, blending appliance(s), electric kettle(s), or coffee maker.

WILDLIFE PRESERVE: A site with wildlife habitat and other environmental resources intended to be preserved in their natural state.

WHOLESALING: The selling of any type of goods for the purpose of resale. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

Reserved. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

YARD: An area between a parcel line and a required setback, unobstructed and unoccupied from the ground upward, except for projections permitted by this Zoning Code. See Section 27.20.040 (Setback Measurement and Exceptions).

   FRONT YARD: An area extending across the full width of the parcel between the front parcel line and the required front yard setback.

   REAR YARD: An area extending the full width of the parcel between a rear parcel line and the required rear yard setback.

   SIDE YARD: An area extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the nearest side parcel line and the required side yard setback. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)

ZONE(ING) DISTRICT: A zone district established by this zoning code. Also referred to as zoning designation. (Ord. 2024-001, 9-10-2024)