Unless otherwise provided, whenever the words or terms listed in this article are used in this title, they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this article.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A) (part))

"Gross acreage" means the total land area within a lot, including all easements.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(2))

"Net acreage" means the total land area within a lot which is useable for yard or building purposes, excluding, but not limited to:

A.

Easements for roads, driveways, improved surface drainages, canals or irrigation ditches (if easements do not exist for drainages, canals or ditches, net acreages shall exclude the actual area of these features), and major utility transmission and gas lines (not including local distribution lines);

B.

The "pole" portion of a flag lot;

C.

A designated floodway.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(3))

"Agriculture" means the cultivation of land and raising of plants and animals and shall include:

A.

The preparation and tilling of the soil conducive to horticulture, silviculture and viticulture activities including, but not limited to, the growing and harvesting of shrubs, plants, flowers, trees, vines, fruits, vegetables, hay, grain and similar food, feed and fiber crops. Agriculture shall include row; field; tree and nursery crops; timber; cultivation of open fields or greenhouse crops of ornamental and nursery plant materials for wholesale or retail sales; but does not include retail nurseries.

B.

The raising and breeding of livestock, farming, dairying, beekeeping and other animal husbandry activities customarily incidental to these uses.

C.

Mushroom farming and aquaculture.

D.

Incidental cleaning, grading, packing, polishing, sizing and similar preparation of crops which are grown on the premises, but not including agricultural processing.

E.

Temporary or seasonal sales and promotion, incidental storage of crops which are grown, or animals which are raised on the property.

F.

Agriculture service uses such as and similar to fertilizing, spraying and harvesting which are designed to aid and directly support the primary agricultural uses on the property.

G.

Agriculture shall not include agricultural processing.

(Ord. 2002-6 § 1, 2002: Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(4))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

(See "Employee housing").

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Agricultural processing" means the act of changing or converting an agricultural product from its natural state to a different form, as grapes to wine, olives to oil, apples to juice or sauce, etc. Incidental cleaning, grading, packing, polishing, sizing and similar preparation of crops which are grown on the premises shall not be considered as agricultural processing. Examples of agricultural processing include, but are not limited to, fruit dehydrators, cold storage houses, wineries, hulling operations, etc., and the sorting, cleaning, packing and storing of agricultural products preparatory to sale and/or shipment in their natural form including all uses customarily incidental thereto. Agricultural processing shall not include manufacturing of secondary products using agricultural products such as commercial kitchens, bakeries, breweries, woodworking and wood processing plants.

(Ord. 2002-6 § 2, 2002: Ord. 94-4 § 1, 1994)

"Aircraft" means any mechanical contrivance, known or hereafter invented, for use or designed for flight in the air and requiring registration with the Federal Aviation Administration, or needing an airport, landing strip or helipad for landing, take-off or taxiing.

(Ord. 94-4 § 2, 1994)

"Airport" means any area of land or water used or intended to be used for the landing and take off of aircraft and appurtenant areas used or intended to be used for airport buildings, facilities or rights-of-way.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(5))

"Alley" means a legal and/or physical access open to public travel, affording a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting lots, and not intended for general traffic circulation.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(6))

"Alteration of a watercourse" means a dam, impoundment, channel relocation, change in channel alignment, channelization, or change in cross-sectional area of the channel or the channel capacity, or any other form of modification which may alter, impede, retard, or change the direction and/or velocity of the riverine flow of water during conditions of the base flood.

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 3, 4), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 3, 4), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, §§ 3, 4, 9-13-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 3), adopted Feb. 8, 2022, renumbered the former § 17.02.066 which pertained to approving authority as § 17.02.067.

"Approving authority" means the board of supervisors, the planning commission or the planning director of the county, as appropriate.

(Ord. 97-4 § 2, 1997)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 3, 5), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 3—5), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, §§ 3, 5, 9-13-2022)

Note— See editor's note at § 17.02.066.

"Area of shallow flooding" means a designated AO, AH, AR/AO, AR/AH, or VO zone on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) with a one percent or greater annual chance of flooding to an average depth of one to three feet where a clearly defined channel does not exist; where the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate; and velocity flow may be evident. Such flooding is characterized by ponding or sheet flow. (Also refer to Restrictive flood zone).

(Ord. 97-4 § 2, 1997)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 3, 5), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 5), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 5, 9-13-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 5), adopted Feb. 8, 2022, renumbered the former § 17.02.067 which pertained to area of shallow flooding as § 17.02.068.

Note— See editor's note at § 17.02.067.

See "junk yards."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(7))

See "building, agricultural."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(8))

"Base flood" means the flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (i.e., the "one-hundred-year" flood).

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(9))

"Base flood elevation (BFE)" means the elevation of the base flood, including wave height, relative to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD), North American Vertical Datum (NAVD), or other datum specified on the flood insurance rate map (FIRM).

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 6), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 6), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 6, 9-13-2022)

"Basement" means any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 7), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 7), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 7, 9-13-2022)

"Bed and breakfast guest facility" means an owner-occupied one-family residence that provides up to four guest rooms, without individual kitchen facilities, for short-term sleeping accommodations and meal service for overnight guests.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(10))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018; Ord. No. 2020-05, § II, 7-21-2020)

"Boarding house" means a building where long term lodging and/or meals for four or more persons living independently from each other are provided for compensation. Boarding house does not include a "residential care facility."

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Board of supervisors" means the board of supervisors of the county.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(1) (part))

"Building" means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of any person, animal or personal property. "Building" does not include any tent, trailer, recreational vehicle or other vehicle.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(11))

"Building official" has the same meaning and effect as Section 16.04.030.

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 8), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 8), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 8, 9-13-2022)

"Agricultural accessory building" means a detached structure accessory to a full-time or part-time agricultural operation, designed and constructed to house farm implements or supplies, hay, grain, poultry, livestock, or other horticultural products. This structure shall not be a place of human habitation or a place of employment where agricultural products are processed, treated, packaged or sold; nor shall it be a place frequented by the public. "Agricultural accessory building" does not include any structure which is used primarily for the storage of nonagricultural items.

(Ord. 94-4 § 3, 1994: prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(12))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Building frontage" means those building elevations which face upon a road or parking area between the building and the road.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(13))

Building height. "Building height": see "structural height."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(14))

"Main building" means a building or mobile home in which the principal use is conducted. A building or mobile home containing a dwelling unit or units situated on a building site in a residential district is deemed to be the main building on that building site.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(15))

"Residential accessory building" means a detached building subordinate to and located on the same building site as a residence, the use of which is incidental to that of the residential use including, but not limited to: private garages, carports, covered awnings, and private storage buildings. Residential accessory building includes the terms "residential accessory structure" and "accessory structure," but does not include a family care residence, guest house, or any other building permitted and approved for human occupancy, or to agricultural accessory buildings as defined in section 17.02.105 and as allowed in section 17.88.060.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(16))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Building site" means land occupied or intended to be occupied by a building or interrelated buildings, together with all open space required by this title, which is located on a lot that has been lawfully created and meets all criteria of the county for the intended use. (Also, see Section 17.84.010.)

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(17))

"Campgrounds" means land or premises used or intended to be used, let or rented for occupancy by campers traveling by automobile or recreational vehicle, or for occupancy by tents or similar quarters.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(18))

"Caretaker's or night watchman's quarters" means an area not larger than four hundred square feet, designed to be used by one person, either a caretaker or night watchman, within a main building in which an authorized commercial or industrial use exists, and is incidental to the established commercial or industrial use.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(19))

"Cemetery" means land dedicated for the burial of human remains, and for this chapter including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums and mortuaries. A chapel, or similar structure, may be included in a cemetery if used solely for ceremony and respect of those reposed on-site.

(Ord. 94-4 § 4, 1994)

See "place of worship."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(20))

(Ord. No. 2019-08, § I, 12-17-2019)

"Condominium" means an estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property, together with a separate interest in space in a residential, industrial or commercial building on the real property, such as an apartment, office or store. In addition, a condominium may include a separate interest in other portions of the real property.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(21))

"Contractor's equipment storage yard" means storage of equipment, vehicles, or other materials commonly used in the contractor's type of business; storage of materials used for repair and maintenance of contractor's own equipment; and buildings or structures for uses such as offices and repair facilities related to the contractor's business.

(Ord. 94-4 § 5, 1994)

"Convalescent hospital" means any place, structure, or institution providing skilled nursing and allied professional health care, or for chronic or convalescent care for persons exclusive of relatives, in which nursing, dietary or other personal services are rendered to convalescents, disabled, or aged persons, who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness, or physical infirmity are unable to properly care for themselves, but not including persons suffering from contagious or mental diseases, alcoholism, or drug addiction, and in which surgery is not performed and primary treatment, customarily given in medical hospitals or sanitariums, is not provided. Convalescent hospital includes "nursing home" but does not include "rest home," "hospital," or "residential care facility."

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

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

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(1) (part))

"County boundary" means the boundary of the county or of any incorporated municipality within the county.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(1) (part))

"Day care facility" means a facility that provides non-medical care and supervision of adults or minor children for periods of less than 24 hours. Day care facilities include the following, all of which are required to be licensed by the California State Department of Social Services:

A.

Day care center. "Day care center" means Commercial or non-profit day care facilities other than a large family day care home or small family day care home, designed and approved to accommodate 15 or more children or adults. Includes infant centers, preschools, sick-child centers, and school-age child, and adult day care facilities. These may be operated in conjunction with a school or church facility, or as an independent land use.

B.

Large family day care home. "Large family day care home" has the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78 as it may be amended from time to time. At the time of adoption of this ordinance, Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78 provides that a "Large family day care home" is a home that regularly provides care, protection and supervision in the provider's own home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, for seven to 14 children, inclusive, including children under the age of 10 years who reside in the home, while the parents or guardians are away. A "Large family day care home" may be a day care facility for adults rather than children.

C.

Small family day care home. A "Small family day care home" has the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78, as it may be amended from time to time. At the time of adoption of this ordinance,, Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78 provides that a "Small family day care home" is a home that regularly provides care, protection and supervision in the provider's own home, for periods of less than twenty-four hours per day, for eight or fewer children, inclusive, including children under the age of ten years who reside in the home, while the parents or guardians are away. A "Small family day care home" may be a day care facility for adults rather than children.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(22))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, retitled § 17.02.165 to read as herein set out. Said section was formerly titled "day care center."

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, repealed § 17.02.170, which pertained to large day care homes and derived from Ord. 94-4 § 6, 1994: prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(23).

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, repealed § 17.02.175, which pertained to small day care homes and derived from Ord. 94-4 § 7, 1994: prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(24).

"Density" means the total number of dwelling units permitted per acre of land and shall include gross density and net density as further defined below.

A.

Gross density means the number of dwelling units permitted per acre of land, based on gross acreage. (See section 17.02.045)

B.

Net density means the number of dwelling units permitted per acre of land, based on net acreage. (See section 17.02.050)

(Ord. 94-4 § 8, 1994)

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Density bonus" means a density increase over the otherwise maximum permitted gross residential density under the land use element of the general plan in accordance with Government Code Sections 65915 - 65918 as they may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018 renumbered § 17.02.180 as § 17.02.185. In addition, it reserved § 17.02.180.

"Department" means the Shasta County Resource Management Department, unless otherwise indicated.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Director" means the Director of the Shasta County Resource Management Department or designee, unless otherwise indicated.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Designated floodway—Regulatory floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood (one hundred year flood) without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point.

(Ord. 97-4 § 4, 1997: prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(25))

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, renumbered § 17.02.180 as 17.02.185.

"Development," means any human-caused change to improved or unimproved real estate that requires a permit or approval from any federal, state or local agency, including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials.

(Ord. 97-4 § 5, 1997)

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, renumbered § 17.02.183 as 17.02.186.

"Dog kennel"means the ownership, boarding, breeding, training or sale of seven or more dogs at least four months of age, except a veterinary hospital or an animal shelter operated by a gvernmental agency.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(26))

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, renumbered § 17.02.185 as 17.02.188.

See "residence, two-family."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(27))

"Accessory dwelling" means an attached or detached residential dwelling unit which provides independent living facilities for one or more persons on the same parcel on which the one-family residence is situated. An accessory dwelling shall include permanent living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation facilities. Accessory dwelling shall include the term "accessory dwelling unit" in accordance with Government Code Section 65852.2 as it may be amended from time to time. (See section 17.88.132).

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

See "residence, multiple-family."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(29))

See "residence, one-family."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(30))

"Dwelling unit" means one habitable room or group of internally connected habitable rooms, that have permanent sleeping, cooking, eating and sanitation facilities which constitute an independent housekeeping unit, occupied by or intended for one household on a long-term basis. Dwelling unit includes a manufactured or mobile home whether or not installed on a permanent foundation.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(28))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Easement" means an area of a lot reserved for use for public utilities or public or private purposes.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(31))

(Ord. No. 2026-01, § I, 2-24-2026)

"Electric vehicle charging station" means any level of electric vehicle supply equipment stations that is designed and built in compliance with Article 625 of the California Electrical Code, as it reads on the effective date of this chapter and delivers electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle into a plug-in electric vehicle.

(Ord. No. 2026-01, § I, 2-24-2026)

"Emergency shelter" has the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code section 50801(e) as that section may be amended from time to time. At the time of adoption of this ordinance, Health and Safety Code section 50801(e) provides that Emergency shelter means housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Employee housing" has the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code section 17008 as that section may be amended from time to time. Employee housing shall be subject to the provisions of Health and Safety Code section sections 17021.5 and 17021.6 as those sections may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Encroachment" means the advance or infringement of uses, plant growth, fill, excavation, buildings, permanent structures or development into a floodplain (or other area) which may impede or alter the flow capacity of a floodplain. Encroachment may also refer to the infringement or advance of a structure or use onto adjoining property, rights-of-way or yard.

(Ord. 97-4 § 6, 1997)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, renumbered § 17.02.212 as 17.02.213.

"Exploration work for minerals" means the search for minerals by geological, geophysical, geochemical or other techniques, including but not limited to, sampling, assaying, drilling, or any surface or underground works needed to determine the type, extent or quality of the minerals present but does not include "mining" as used in Section 17.12.030(B).

(Ord. 94-4 § 9, 1994)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, renumbered § 17.02.213 as 17.02.214.

"Family" means one or more persons occupying a dwelling and living together as a single housekeeping unit in which each resident has access to all parts of the dwelling and there is a sharing of household activities, expenses, experiences and responsibilities.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(32))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Fence" means a fence shall comply with requirements of Section 17.84.030.A and shall not be constructed of the following materials: tires, sheet metal, scrap metal, plastic sheeting or paneling, or other material or junk, as defined, that may be considered a nuisance as defined by the Shasta County Code. Use of barbed or razor wire as fencing is not allowed in residential districts in urban or suburban areas.

(Ord. 97-4 § 7, 1997; Ord. 94-4 § 10, 1994)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 9), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 9), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 9, 9-13-2022)

Note— See editor's note at § 17.02.222.

"Flood" or "flooding" means:

A.

A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from:

1.

The overflow of inland or tidal waters.

2.

The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.

3.

Mudslides (i.e., mudflows) which are proximately caused by flooding, and are akin to a river of liquid and flowing mud on the surfaces of normally dry land areas, as when earth is carried by a current of water and deposited along the path of the current.

B.

The collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or other body of water as a result of erosion or undermining caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels or suddenly caused by an unusually high-water level in a natural body of water, accompanied by a severe storm, or by an unanticipated force of nature, such as flash flood or an abnormal tidal surge, or by some similarly unusual and unforeseeable event which results in flooding.

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 9, 10), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 9, 10), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, §§ 9, 10, 9-13-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 9), adopted Feb. 8, 2022, renumbered the former § 17.02.222 which pertained to fence as § 17.02.220.

"Floodplain" or "flood-prone area" means any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source.

(Ord. 97-4 § 8, 1997)

"Floodplain administrator" means the chief engineer of the county water agency, or their designee.

(Ord. 97-4 § 9, 1997)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 11), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 11), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 11, 9-13-2022)

"Floodplain management" means the operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage, including, but not limited to, emergency preparedness plans, flood control works and floodplain management regulations.

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 12, 13), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 12, 13), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, §§ 12, 13, 9-13-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 12), adopted Feb. 8, 2022, renumbered the former § 17.02.225 which pertained to floodproof as § 17.02.226.

"Floodproof" means any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to land or improvements appurtenant to real property, including, but not limited to, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(34))

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 12, 14), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 12, 14), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, §§ 12, 14, 9-13-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 14), adopted Feb. 8, 2022, renumbered the former § 17.02.226 which pertained to floodway as § 17.02.227.

Note— See history notes at §§ 17.02.225 and 17.02.227.

See "designated floodway—regulatory floodway."

(Ord. 97-4 § 10, 1997)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 14, 15), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 14, 15), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, §§ 14, 15, 9-13-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 15), adopted Feb. 8, 2022, renumbered the former § 17.02.227 which pertained to floodway fringe as § 17.02.228.

Note— See history notes at §§ 17.02.226 and 17.02.228.

"Floodway fringe" means the area of the floodplain on either side of the floodway where encroachment may be permitted.

(Ord. 97-4 § 11, 1997)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 15, 16), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 15, 16), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, §§ 15, 16, 9-13-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 16), adopted Feb. 8, 2022, renumbered the former § 17.02.228 which pertained to Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) as § 17.02.229.

Note— See history notes at §§ 17.02.227 and 17.02.229.

"Flood insurance rate map (FIRM)" means the official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the community. A FIRM that has been made available digitally is called a digital flood insurance rate map (DFIRM).

(Ord. 97-4 § 12, 1997)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 16, 18), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 16, 18), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, §§ 16, 17, 9-13-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 18), adopted Feb. 8, 2022, renumbered the former § 17.02.229 which pertained to flood insurance study as § 17.02.230.

Note— See history notes at §§ 17.02.228 and 17.02.230.

"Flood insurance study (FIS)" means the official report provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) containing the flood insurance rate map (FIRM), the flood boundary and floodway map (FBFM), the water surface elevation of the base flood and supporting technical data.

(Ord. 97-4 § 13, 1997)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 17, 18), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, §§ 17, 18), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, §§ 17, 18, 9-13-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 17), adopted Feb. 8, 2022, renumbered the former § 17.02.230 which pertained to forest management as § 17.02.231.

Note— See history notes at §§ 17.02.229 and 17.02.231.

"Forest management" means the application of business methods and forestry principles to the operation of a forest property for the purpose of maintaining forest resources and producing a continuous supply of forest products. Forest management practices include, but are not limited to, site preparation, planting, harvesting, road construction, insect and disease control, inventory, and fire protection.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(35))

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 17), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 17), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 17, 9-13-2022)

Note— See history notes at § 17.02.230.

"Private garage or carport" means a residential accessory building designed and intended primarily for the storage of private motor vehicles. (Also, see Section 17.88.130.)

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(36))

"Group foster home" means a state or county authorized, certified or licensed foster care facility, serving more than six mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons or dependent or neglected children, which provides care on a twenty-four-hour basis; or such a facility, serving more than six children or adults, which is licensed by the state or county or certified by a state-licensed child placement agency and is institutional or medical in nature.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(37))

"Guest house" means an attached or detached building which provides living quarters for guests and:

A.

Contains no kitchen or cooking facility;

B.

Is clearly subordinate and incidental to the principal residence on the same building site; and

C.

Is not rented or leased, whether compensation be direct or indirect.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(38))

See "structural height."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(39))

"High voltage electrical transmission and distribution project" means a development of electrical transmission and distribution lines, substations, and/or related facilities, with a capacity of 200 kilovolts or greater, or that is under the operational control of the California Independent System Operator. It shall also include any project that proposes the designation of a transmission corridor zone to accommodate such facilities.

(Ord. No. 2010-03, § II, 8-3-2010)

"Historic structure" means a structure that:

A.

Has been designated by official action of the board of supervisors, state of California or United States Government as having special historical or architectural significance; or

B.

Has been listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (as maintained by the Department of the Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register; or

C.

Has been certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historic significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the secretary to qualify as a registered historic district; or

D.

Has been individually listed on a state inventory of historic places; or

E.

Has been individually listed on a local inventory of historic places.

(Ord. 97-4 § 14, 1997)

"Home occupation" means an income-producing activity conducted within a residence or a residential accessory building and carried on only by the inhabitants thereof. Such activity is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the structure for residential purposes and does not change the character thereof. (Also, see Section 17.88.210.)

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(40))

See "motel."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(41))

"Small hydropower facility" means machinery, including related structures and equipment, that generates electricity from turbines powered by water diverted from the natural flow of a creek, stream or river, which may be impounded by a dam or other diversion structure to create a reservoir, and that is capable of producing not more than thirty megawatts of electricity. "Small hydropower facility" includes the site at which the facility is located.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(42))

"Intermodal shipping container" means any metal shipping container which is designed to be used to transport goods and materials by truck, train, ship and/or air, and which is used for the storage of goods, merchandise or equipment, excepting any such metal shipping container that is on a chassis.

(Ord. No. 2024-02, § 1, 4-23-2024)

"Junk" means fabricated items which are either abandoned or no longer usable for the purpose for which they were made, and which are not presently being restored or repaired; provided, however, that "junk" does not include agricultural machinery, or equipment, or parts thereof in A-1, EA, TL, OS, and U districts. "Junk" does not include old auto bodies used in functional flood-control or erosion projects.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(43))

"Junk yard" or "wrecking yard" means the use of more than two hundred square feet of the area on any lot or contiguous lots for the storage of junk, including scrap metals or other scrap materials, and/or for the dismantling or wrecking of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery, but not including agricultural machinery or parts thereof in A-1, EA, TL, OS and U districts.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(44))

"Screened junk yard" or "screened wrecking yard" means a junk yard or wrecking yard which is screened. A junk yard or wrecking yard shall be deemed screened if no part thereof is visible from any public street or adjoining land under different ownership.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(45))

"Kitchen" means any room or area intended or designed to be used for the preparation or cooking of food. "Kitchen" does not include a wet bar.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(46))

"Living space" means the improved interior 'habitable' area within a dwelling unit utilized for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, bathing, washing and sanitation purposes.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, repealed the former § 17.02.290, and enacted a new § 17.02.290 as set out herein. The former § 17.02.290 pertained to large day care homes and derived from Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(47).

"Logging contractor's yard" means any facility, including any building or outdoor area, used to store, service, maintain or repair a logging truck or related heavy logging equipment.

(Ord. 91-1 § 1, 1990)

"Lot" means a parcel of land upon which not more than one building site may be designated, unless applicable zone district regulations provide otherwise.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(48))

"Corner lot" means a lot having frontage on two intersecting streets having an angle of intersection of not more than one hundred thirty-five degrees.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(49))

"Lot depth" means the average lineal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured perpendicular to the front lot line.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(53))

"Flag lot" means an L-shaped lot in which one arm of the lot, typically thirty feet in width (pole portion), fronts on the street and is used solely as a driveway.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(50))

"Interior lot" means a lot other than a corner lot.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(51))

"Key lot" means the first lot to the rear of a corner lot, the front lot line of which is a continuation of the side line of the corner lot, regardless of any alley or right-of-way between the corner and key lots.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(52))

"Front lot line" means the lot line abutting a road. In the case of a lot that abuts more than one road, the property owner may choose which road the front lot line is on; except, in a group of developed lots, the front line shall be on the same side as the developed lots.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(54))

"Rear lot line" means the lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line and, in the case of an irregular or triangular shaped lot, a line a minimum of ten feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(55))

"Side lot line" means any lot line that is not a front or rear lot line.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(56))

"Through lot" means a lot, other than a corner lot, having frontage on two roads.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(57))

"Lot width" means the lineal distance between the side lot lines, measured at a right angle to the lot depth at a point midway between the front and rear lot line.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(58))

"Lowest floor" means the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area, including basement. An unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a basement area, is not considered the building's lowest floor, provided that such an enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this title.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(58.a))

"Manufactured home" has the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code section 18007 as that section may be amended from time to time. At the time of adoption of this ordinance, Health and Safety Code section 18007 provides that "manufactured home" means a structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976, is transportable in one or more sections, is eight body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a single-family dwelling with or without a foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. "Manufactured home" includes any structure that meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C., Sec. 5401, and following). If not placed on a permanent foundation the manufactured home is defined as a mobile home as set forth in Section 17.02.365.

(Ord. 97-4 § 15, 1997: prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(58.b))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Market value" means the price at which a property will change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither party being under compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts. As used in the provisions of this title, the term refers to the market value of buildings and structures, excluding the land and other improvements on the parcel. Market value may be established by one of the following methods: Actual cash value (replacement cost depreciated for age and quality of construction); or tax assessment value adjusted to approximate market value by a factor provided by the property appraiser; or a qualified independent appraiser.

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 19), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 19), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 19, 9-13-2022)

"Mining" means all or any part of the process involved in the mining of minerals by removing overburden and mining directly from the mineral deposits, open pit mining or minerals naturally exposed, mining by auger method, dredging and quarrying, underground mining and surface work incidental to an underground mine. (Also refer to Shasta County Code, Chapter 18, Section 18.040.030.)

(Ord. 94-4 § 11, 1994)

"Ministorage" means any structure(s) designed or built with compartments to be used for individual storage of household items or business inventory by two or more clients on a lease or rental basis. In no case may storage spaces be used in a retail, wholesale, business or service function, nor shall the storage spaces be used for workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing or similar uses or functions.

(Ord. 94-4 § 12, 1994: prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(59))

"Mobile home" has the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code section 18008 as that section may be amended from time to time. At the time of adoption of this ordinance, Health and Safety Code section 18008 provides that a "mobile home" means a structure that was constructed prior to June 15, 1976, is transportable in one or more sections, is eight body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected onsite, is 320 or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a single-family dwelling with or without a foundation system when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. "Mobile home" includes any structure that meets all the requirements of this paragraph and complies with the state standards for mobile homes in effect at the time of construction. "Mobile home" does not include a commercial modular, as defined in Section 18001.8, factory-built housing, as defined in Section 19971, a manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007, a multifamily manufactured home, as defined in Section 18008.7, or a recreational vehicle, as defined in Section 18010. Notwithstanding the prior exclusion of recreational vehicles from the definition of "mobile home," a recreational vehicle may be considered a "mobile home" for the purposes of Chapter 17.39, in accordance with section 17.39.020(A).

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(60))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018; Ord. No. 2018-04, § 1, 11-6-2018)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, repealed § 17.02.370, which pertained to duplex mobile homes and derived from Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(61).

"Mobile or manufactured home park" means any area or tract of land where three (3) or more mobile home or manufactured home lots are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease to accommodate mobile homes and/or manufactured homes used for human habitation. As used in this Title any reference to a mobile home park shall also include a manufactured home park.

(Ord. 97-4 § 16, 1997: prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(62))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Multifamily manufactured home" has the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code section 18008.7 as that section may be amended from time to time. At the time of adoption of this ordinance, Health and Safety code section 18008.7 provides that a "Multifamily manufactured home" means either: (1) A structure transportable under permit in one or more sections, designed and equipped to contain no more than two dwelling units, a dormitory, or an efficiency unit, to be used either with a support system pursuant to Section 18613 or a foundation system pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18551, or (2) A structure transportable under permit in one or more sections, designed to be used with a foundation system for three or more dwelling units, as defined by Section 18003.3.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Motel" means one or more buildings containing guest rooms and facilities for temporary or transient sleeping accommodations.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(63))

"National Recreation Area" means an area established by the federal government pursuant to an Act of November 8, 1965 (79 Stat. 1295, 1297; 16 U.S.C. 460q) to be set aside for use primarily as a recreation area.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(64))

"New construction," for the purposes of determining insurance rates, means structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of an initial FIRM or after December 31, 1974, whichever is later, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. For floodplain management purposes, new construction means structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective date of floodplain management regulations adopted by the county and includes any subsequent improvements to such buildings.

(Ord. 97-4 § 17, 1997)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 20), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 20), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 20, 9-13-2022)

See "caretaker's quarters."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(65))

"Nonconforming buildings and uses" means those structures, buildings, mobile homes and uses which were lawful when established, but which do not conform to subsequently established zoning requirements.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(66))

"Retail nursery" means the retail handling of any article, substance or commodity related to the planting, maintenance or harvesting of garden plants, shrubs, trees, packaged fertilizers, soils, chemicals or other nursery goods and related products in small quantities to the consumer.

(Ord. 94-4 § 13, 1994)

"Wholesale nursery" means the growing, storage and sale of garden plants, shrubs, trees or vines for resale, including incidental retail sales conducted from within a building not exceeding twenty percent of the combined wholesale and retail sales volume during any year.

(Ord. 94-4 § 14, 1994)

See "lot."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(67))

"Parking space" means an accessible and usable space for parking motor vehicles off the street.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(68))

"Place of worship" means a building, together with its accessory buildings, used for the regular assembly of persons for the primary purpose of religious worship and which is operated, maintained and controlled by a religious body organized to sustain public worship, together with associated uses customarily associated with the primary purpose such as offices. "Place of worship" does not include "school."

(Ord. No. 2019-08, § I, 12-17-2019)

"Planning commission" means the county planning commission.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(1) (part))

"Private energy producer" means a person or entity engaged in private energy production, or that owns the means thereof, and is not a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(69))

"Private energy production" means production of natural gas or electricity from other than a conventional power source, when that energy is not sold directly to members of the public. As used in this section, "conventional power source" includes nuclear energy, any hydropower facility with greater than thirty megawatts of electrical capacity, and combustion of fossil fuels, except when used in cogeneration technology.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(70))

"Public use" means the use of land owned or possessed by a public entity for public facilities or services, when the land, facility or service is available to members of the public in common with each other, including, but not limited to, public parks, human cemeteries, schools, fire halls, libraries, hospitals and other public buildings and uses. "Public use" includes quasi-public uses such as private nonprofit education facilities, civic oriented facilities and hospitals which are, in each case, compatible in scale and spatial arrangement with the surrounding community. "Public use" does not include public utilities, airports or churches.

(Ord. 94-5 § 1, 1994; prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(71))

"Public utility" means the use of land for public utility purposes by an entity providing pipeline, gas, electrical, telephone, telegraph, water or sewage service that is subject to the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission. "Public utility" also includes the use of land for utility purposes, whether or not owned, controlled or operated by a public entity, whose services are performed for or commodities delivered to the public or any portion thereof. Private energy production, transmission relay, repeater, translator, radio and television towers and equipment and cable television facilities are also considered public utilities. "Public utility" does not include airports or television, radio or community television antenna system administration offices or other types of administrative offices or maintenance yards.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(72))

"Recreational vehicle" means any motorhome, travel trailer, truck camper or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency purposes, and which may be moved upon a public highway without a special permit or chauffeur's license or both. The vehicle may not exceed three hundred twenty square feet in size.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(73))

"Recreational vehicle park" means an area or tract of land developed and operated with one or more spaces which are rented or leased for parking and utilizing recreational vehicles on a temporary basis. Some spaces may also be used for tent camping.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(74))

"Regional Housing Needs Allocation" means a state-mandated program that identifies the total number of housing units, by family income categories, that all local governments must accommodate during periodic General Plan Housing Element update cycles in accordance with Government Code section 65584 and following as may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

See "designated floodway."

(Ord. 97-4 § 18, 1997)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, renumbered § 17.02.441 as 17.02.442.

"Family care residence" means a mobile home placed temporarily on a lot which contains a permitted principal dwelling, for the purpose of providing a temporary in-home care to specified family members due to a medical need, in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.88.210 of this title.

(Ord. 95-3 § 8, 1995)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, renumbered § 17.02.442 as 17.02.443.

"Multifamily residence" means a building containing three or more independent dwelling units under one roof, including a multifamily manufactured home.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(75))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"One-family residence" means a detached building containing a single dwelling unit, including a manufactured home or mobile home where a mobile home is allowed. One family residence also includes the term "single-family residence."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(76))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, repealed § 17.02.455, which pertained to senior citizen residence and derived from Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(75).

"Two-family residence" means a building containing two independent dwelling units under one roof (e.g., a duplex or two attached one-family residences), including a two-unit multifamily manufactured home.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(78))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Residential care facility" means a facility which is licensed by a federal, state or local health or welfare agency that provides resident services on a 24-hours per day basis, to unrelated persons in need of personal assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living, or for the protection of the individual, in a residential setting, excluding members of the resident family or persons employed as facility staff. Residential care facility differs from a "convalescent hospital" in that it is expected to provide comfort, safety, social participation, and the maintenance of health and activity, but does not provide skilled nursing care.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(79))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Residential care facility for the elderly" has the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code section 1569.2 as that section may be amended from time to time. At the time of adoption of this ordinance, Health and Safety Code section 1569.2 provides that "Residential care facility for the elderly" means a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by persons 60 years of age or over, or their authorized representative, where varying levels and intensities of care and supervision, protective supervision, personal care, or health-related services are provided, based upon their varying needs, as determined in order to be admitted and to remain in the facility. Persons under 60 years of age with compatible needs may be allowed to be admitted or retained in a residential care facility for the elderly as specified in Section 1569.316.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(80))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Fast food restaurant" means any establishment whose principal business is the sale of foods and beverages to the customer in a ready-to-consume state, for consumption either within the restaurant building or for take-out consumption, and whose design or principal method of operation includes serving food and beverages in edible containers or in paper, plastic or other disposable containers.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(81))

"Standard restaurant" means any establishment whose principal business is the sale of foods and beverages to the customer in a ready-to-consume state, usually for consumption within the restaurant, and whose design or principal method of operation includes one or both of the following characteristics:

A.

Customers, normally provided with an individual menu, are served foods and beverages by a restaurant employee at the same table or counter at which said items are consumed.

B.

A cafeteria-type operation where foods and beverages generally are consumed within the building.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(82))

"Restrictive flood district," also "special flood hazard area," means the land in the floodplain subject to a one percent chance of flooding in any given year. The area may be designated as Zone A on the FHBM or FIRM. After detailed ratemaking has been completed in preparation for publication of the FIRM, Zone A usually is refined into special flood hazard area Zones that include, but are not limited to: A, AO, AH, A1-30, AE, A99, AR, AR/A1-30, AR/AE, AR/AO, AR/AH, AR/A, VO, or V1-30, VE, or V. For purposes of these regulations, the term "special flood hazard area (SFHA)" or "flood hazard areas" is synonymous in meaning with the phrase "area of special flood hazard".

(Ord. 97-4 § 19, 1997: prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(83))

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 21), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 21), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 21, 9-13-2022)

"Retail sales" means the selling of goods, wares or merchandise directly to the ultimate consumer.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(84))

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, repealed § 17.02.495, which pertained to senior citizen residence and derived from Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(85).

"School" means a place for systematic instruction in any branch or branches of knowledge, including public, parochial and nonprofit elementary or secondary schools, attendance at which satisfies the requirements of the Compulsory Education Law (Education Code Section 48200 et seq.).

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(86))

See "junk yard or wrecking yard, screened."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(87))

"Second residence" means a separate, detached one-family dwelling containing independent living, sleeping, kitchen, and sanitation facilities, located on the same lot as the main dwelling unit and with no specific limitation on size. A second residence, also referred to as second one-family dwelling, is differentiated from an accessory dwelling unit (Section 17.02.192) in that an accessory dwelling unit can be attached and is subject to different standards including size limitations.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 17.02.510, adopted July 17, 2018, repealed the former § 17.02.510, and enacted a new § 17.02.510 as set out herein. The former § 17.02.510 pertained to servant's quarters and derived from Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(88).

"Shopping center" means a group of three or more businesses which function as an integral unit on a single or contiguous parcel(s) which utilize common off-street parking and access.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(89))

"Short term rental" means the rental of any legally permitted dwelling unit or portion thereof for occupancy for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes for a period of less than 30 consecutive calendar days.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Sign" means any visual device or representation designed or used for communicating a message, or identifying or attracting attention to a premises, product, service, person, organization, business or event. "Sign" does not include such devices visible only from within a building, nor does it include official notices issued by a court, public body or officer, or directional, warning or information signs required by or authorized by federal, state, county or city authority.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(90))

"Appurtenant sign" means a sign relating only to goods sold or services rendered on the building site on which the sign is located.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(91))

"Building sign" means any sign attached parallel to or painted on any exterior wallface of a building.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(92))

"Freestanding sign" means any sign permanently supported by one or more uprights, braces, poles or other similar structural components when utilizing earth, rock, the ground or any foundation set in the ground as a primary holding base, and not attached to or enclosed by any building.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(93))

"Ground sign" means a sign placed upon a foundation or a slab and not supported by uprights, braces, poles or other similar structural components.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(94))

"Outdoor advertising sign" means any sign other than an appurtenant sign.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(95))

"Roof sign" means any sign erected, constructed and placed on or over the roof of a building or of any architectural feature which visually appears to be the roof.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(96))

"Skilled nursing/intermediate care facility" means a facility or a part of a hospital which provides twenty-four-hour inpatient care. Twenty-four-hour inpatient care may include skilled nursing, physician and pharmaceutical services and an activity program.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(97))

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, repealed § 17.02.560, which pertained to small day care homes and derived from Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(98).

"Start of construction," for floodplain management purposes, includes substantial improvement, and means the date that the building permit was issued provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition placement, or other improvement was within one hundred eighty days of the permit date. For all other purposes, the start of construction means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of a slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footing for piers or foundations, or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building.

(Ord. 97-4 § 20, 1997)

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Story" means the portion of a building between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and ceiling above it.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(99))

"Street frontage" means the portion of a lot fronting on a street.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(100))

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

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(101))

"Structural height" means the height of a structure measured from the average finished grade at the base of the structure to the highest point of the structure.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(102))

"Structure" means anything constructed or erected, except fences under six feet in height, the use of which requires location on or in the ground or attachment to something located on or in the ground.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(103))

"Substantial damage," for floodplain management purposes, means damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would equal or exceed fifty percent of the market value of the structure, as determined by the county, before the damage occurred.

(Ord. 97-4 § 21, 1997)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 22), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 22), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 22, 9-13-2022)

"Substantial improvement" means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, repair, addition or modification, or other proposed new development of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty percent of the market value of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement. This term includes structures which have incurred substantial damage, regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either, (A) any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations or state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the local code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions; or (B) any alteration of a historic structure, provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure.

(Ord. 97-4 § 22, 1997: prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(104))

"Supportive Housing" has the meaning set forth in Government Code section 65582(g) as that section may be amended from time to time. At the time of adoption of this ordinance, Government Code section 65582(g) provides that "Supportive housing" means housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to an onsite or offsite service that assists the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community. Supportive housing shall be subject to the same standards as a one-family residence.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Target population" has the meaning set forth in Government Code section 65582(i) as that section may be amended from time to time. At the time of adoption of this ordinance, Government Code section 65582(i) provides that "target population" means persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health condition, or individuals eligible for services provided pursuant to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and may include, among other populations, adults, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and homeless people.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Tasting room" means a room, place or portion of a winery designated for the sampling or tasting of agricultural products grown, produced, or processed on-site, including wine or wine products, by members of the public.

(Ord. 2002-6 § 3, 2002)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, adopted July 17, 2018, renumbered § 17.02.591 as 17.02.593.

"Townhouse" means a one-family dwelling unit attached to one or more one-family dwelling units, provided only one dwelling unit is located on a lot. A townhouse may also include an undivided interest in common in a lot that is contiguous to the townhouse lots.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(105))

"Trailer" means any recreational vehicle, van or other vehicle, without motor power, not exceeding three hundred twenty square feet in size, constructed to travel upon public streets and highways, and designed or used for temporary human habitation. "Trailer" does not include a mobile home.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(106))

"Transitional Housing" has the meaning set forth in Government Code section 65582(j) as that section may be amended from time to time. At the time of adoption of this ordinance, Government Code section 65582(j) provides that "Transitional housing" means buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirements that require the termination of assistance and recirculating of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at a predetermined future point in time that shall be no less than six months from the beginning of the assistance. Transitional housing shall be subject to the same standards as a one-family residence.

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Truck terminal" means any facility designed to serve as a carrier end point for the delivery and receipt of goods, which may include loading docks, storage sheds, management offices, truck storage and employee and customer parking.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(107))

"Truck yard" means any facility, including buildings and/or outdoor storage, servicing, maintenance and/or repair of two or more vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds each.

(Ord. 94-4 § 15, 1994: prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(108))

"Use" means the purpose for which land or premises or a structure, building or mobile home thereon is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(109))

"Accessory use" means a use that is subordinate to an existing principal use, is customarily a part of and is clearly incidental and secondary to the principal use, and does not change the character of that use.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(110))

"Vehicle trip" means a one-way trip by a motorized vehicle.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(111))

"Watercourse" means a lake, river, creek, stream, wash, arroyo, channel or other topographic feature that carries a flow of water at least periodically. Watercourse includes a "waterway."

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(112))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Wet bar" means a single-basin sink and small refrigerator of not more than 8 cubic feet in volume.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(113))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 1, 7-17-2018)

"Winery" means an agricultural processing facility used for the fermenting and processing of grape juice into wine, the refermenting of still wine into sparkling wine, the processing and distilling (including storage and bottling) of fermented grape juice, mash, or wine into brandy, or any combination of these processes.

(Ord. 2002-6 § 4, 2002)

"Wireless telecommunication services" means the wireless transmission or receipt of electromagnetic signals, excluding receive-only radio and television signals and signals transmitted via satellite.

(Ord. No. 2020-04, § I, 6-30-2020)

"Yard" means an open space, on the same lot with a building, which is unoccupied by any structure and unobstructed from the ground upward by any structure, except as otherwise provided in this title, exclusive of any portion of any court, street, alley, sidewalk or road right-of-way.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(114))

"Front yard" means a yard measured from the edge of the easement or right-of-way or adopted plan line extending across the front of the lot between the side lot lines and to a depth required by the district in which the lot is situated.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(115))

"Rear yard" means a yard extending along the back of the lot between the side lot lines and to a depth required by the district in which the lot is situated.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(116))

"Interior side yard" means a yard along the interior side line of the lot to a width required by the district in which the lot is situated, and extending from the front yard to the rear yard.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(117))

"Street side yard" means a yard along a side street, right-of-way or easement to a width required by the district in which the lot is situated, and extending from the front yard to the rear yard.

(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(118))

This title is the "zoning plan" for the county, consisting of regulations and maps.

(Prior code § 5.01.010)

The purposes of this title are:

A.

To promote and protect the public health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, convenience and general welfare;

B.

To implement the county general plan, and to facilitate and guide growth in accordance with the general plan; and

C.

To protect the social and economic stability of residential, commercial, industrial, resource production, and recreational activities within the county through the orderly, planned use of the land.

(Prior code § 5.01.020)

A.

The provisions of this title apply throughout the unincorporated portions of the county and apply to lands owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the state or a local government, or any unit or agency of either of them, to the extent permitted by law, or by the consent of or agreement with the state or local government or unit or agency thereof, that is affected by this title. The provisions of this title apply to public lands as defined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent permitted by that act or other federal law, or regulations adopted pursuant thereto or agreements made with the county. The provisions of this title do not apply to federal reservations or to land owned, leased or otherwise controlled by the county. As used in this subsection, "local government" includes, but is not limited to, cities, school districts and special districts.

B.

For floodplain management purposes, the provisions of this title, in conjunction with the building codes, provide minimum requirements for development located in areas of special flood hazard, established by applicable law and the provisions of this chapter. The provisions of this title pertaining to floodplain management also apply to county owned lands.

(Prior code § 5.01.070)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 1), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 1), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 1, 9-13-2022)

The zoning plan consists of the establishment of various zone districts to be used within the unincorporated territory of the county. Within some, all or none of the districts it shall be lawful, and within some, all or none of the districts it shall be unlawful, to erect, construct, alter or maintain certain buildings, or to carry on certain trades or occupations, or to conduct certain uses of land or of buildings. Within the districts the height and bulk of future buildings shall be limited, and certain open spaces shall be required around future buildings. Each district shall consist of additional appropriate regulations to be enforced, all as set forth in this title.

(Prior code § 5.01.030)

A.

The designations, locations, boundaries and regulations of the zone districts in the zoning plan shall be established by ordinance of the board of supervisors. The board may, by ordinance, incorporate maps or diagrams into the zoning plan by reference when necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this title.

B.

The following zone districts are established as principal districts:

1.

Resource Zone Districts.

2.

Residential Zone Districts.

3.

Commercial Zone Districts.

4.

Industrial Zone Districts

5.

Special Zone Districts

C.

The following zone districts are established to be combined with appropriate principal districts:

D.

All of the unincorporated territory of the county which is not otherwise zoned is zoned Unclassified (U).

E.

Upon expiration of an interim urgency zoning ordinance, the land affected by the ordinance shall be subject to the regulations applicable to the land immediately prior to the adoption of the urgency ordinance, unless the urgency ordinance provides otherwise or is repealed or superseded by another ordinance.

(Ord. 99-6 § 2, 1999: prior code § 5.01.040)

A.

A series of maps, known as "zone maps," shall be utilized to show the designations and boundaries of each zone district in the unincorporated portion of the county, and shall show base data as the director of resource management deems useful or the board of supervisors directs. The maps shall be maintained by the planning department.

B.

A series of maps, known as "special zone maps," may be utilized to show certain districts or areas in more detail or in a different arrangement than shown on the zone maps. The maps shall be maintained by the planning department.

C.

The director of resource management shall revise any of the previously referenced maps to show amendments to the zoning plan, including changes in designations, rezonings of property and clarification of district boundaries made pursuant to Section 17.94.020.

D.

Establishment of areas of special flood hazard. The areas of special flood hazard within Shasta County identified by the Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the flood insurance study (FIS) dated December 16, 2021 are incorporated by reference and declared to be a part of the Shasta County code. In addition, the accompanying flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs) with a map index dated September 30, 1992, and flood boundary and floodway maps (FBFMs) with map index dated September 5, 1990, and all subsequent FEMA amendments and/or revisions, as adopted, are herein incorporated by reference and declared to be a part of the Shasta County code. This FIS, any revisions thereto, and attendant mapping is the minimum area of applicability of Chapters 17.22 and 17.70 of the Shasta County code and may be supplemented by studies for other areas which allow implementation of these chapters and which are recommended by the floodplain administrator and approved by the board of supervisors. The study, FIRMs and FBFMs shall be on file at the Shasta County department of public works and Shasta County department of resource management planning division, 1855 Placer Street, Redding, California.

(Ord. 97-4 § 1, 1997; prior code § 5.01.050)

(Ord. No. 2022-02, § 5(Exh. A, § 2), 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 5(Exh. A, § 2), 3-15-2022; Ord. No. 2022-06, § 2, 9-13-2022)

Except as otherwise provided:

A.

No building shall be erected or placed, and no existing structure shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land, building or premises be used, designated, or intended to be used for any purpose, or in any manner other than is included among the uses listed in this title as permitted in the district in which such building, land or premises is located.

B.

No building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed the height limit designated in this title for districts in which such building is located.

C.

No building shall be erected, nor shall any existing building be altered, enlarged or rebuilt, nor shall any required open space be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the yard, building site and building location regulations specified in this title for the district in which such building or open space is located.

D.

No yard or other open space provided around any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this title shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building, and no yard or other open space on one building site shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for a building on any other building site.

(Prior code § 5.01.060)