Chapter 21.15. DEFINITIONS  


§ 21.15.010. Purpose.
§ 21.15.020. Rules of Construction.
§ 21.15.025. Terms not defined.
§ 21.15.030. Abandoned.
§ 21.15.040. Abut.
§ 21.15.045. Accessory dwelling unit.
§ 21.15.050. Accessory building, accessory structure.
§ 21.15.055. Accessory tasting room.
§ 21.15.060. Accessory use.
§ 21.15.063. Accessory use, residential.
§ 21.15.064. Acutely Hazardous Material.
§ 21.15.064.5. Adaptive reuse.
§ 21.15.065. Addition.
§ 21.15.070. Adjacent.
§ 21.15.080. Adjoining.
§ 21.15.090. Adjusted earnings.
§ 21.15.100. Administrative service.
§ 21.15.110. Adult entertainment business.
§ 21.15.113. Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensary.
§ 21.15.120. Aggrieved person.
§ 21.15.130. Airport or aircraft landing field.
§ 21.15.135. Alcoholic beverage manufacturing.
§ 21.15.140. Alley.
§ 21.15.150. Alteration.
§ 21.15.160. Amortize, amortization.
§ 21.15.170. Amusement machine.
§ 21.15.180. Amusement park.
§ 21.15.190. Amusement ride.
§ 21.15.200. Antique shop.
§ 21.15.205. Apartment.
§ 21.15.210. Appealable area.
§ 21.15.220. Arcade.
§ 21.15.230. Architectural protrusion.
§ 21.15.240. Artist studio.
§ 21.15.245. Assembly use.
§ 21.15.250. Attached.
§ 21.15.260. Attic.
§ 21.15.270. Auto detailing.
§ 21.15.280. Auto repair, major.
§ 21.15.290. Auto repair, minor.
§ 21.15.300. Automobile service station.
§ 21.15.310. Automobile wrecking.
§ 21.15.320. Awning.
§ 21.15.330. Balcony.
§ 21.15.335. Bank.
§ 21.15.340. Basement.
§ 21.15.350. Bay window.
§ 21.15.360. Bed and Breakfast Inn.
§ 21.15.370. Billboard.
§ 21.15.372. Billboard, abandoned.
§ 21.15.374. Billboard, electronic.
§ 21.15.380. Board and Care Home.
§ 21.15.390. Boardinghouse.
§ 21.15.400. Body or Hearing Body.
§ 21.15.410. Building.
§ 21.15.420. Building Code.
§ 21.15.430. Building Coverage.
§ 21.15.440. Business Support Service.
§ 21.15.441.1. Cannabis cultivation.
§ 21.15.441.2. Cannabis manufacturing/processing.
§ 21.15.441.3. Cannabis distribution.
§ 21.15.441.4. Cannabis testing.
§ 21.15.442. Car title loans.
§ 21.15.445. Caretaker residence.
§ 21.15.447. Carport.
§ 21.15.450. Categorical Exclusion.
§ 21.15.460. Certificate of Occupancy.
§ 21.15.470. Chattel.
§ 21.15.475. Check cashing.
§ 21.15.480. Child care—Large family daycare home.
§ 21.15.490. Child care—Small family daycare home.
§ 21.15.500. Chimney.
§ 21.15.510. Reserved.
§ 21.15.520. Clinic, medical.
§ 21.15.530. Coastal zone.
§ 21.15.540. Coastally dependent.
§ 21.15.550. Code.
§ 21.15.555. Collectibles.
§ 21.15.560. Commercial.
§ 21.15.562. Commercial loans.
§ 21.15.565. Commercial recreation.
§ 21.15.570. Commercial storage/self-storage.
§ 21.15.580. Commission.
§ 21.15.590. Communal housing.
§ 21.15.595. Community assembly.
§ 21.15.600. Community care facility.
§ 21.15.602. Community correctional reentry center.
§ 21.15.605. Community garden.
§ 21.15.607. Computer arcade.
§ 21.15.610. Computer program consulting service.
§ 21.15.620. Conditional use.
§ 21.15.630. Conditional use permit.
§ 21.15.635. Consumer loans.
§ 21.15.640. Convalescent hospital.
§ 21.15.650. Conversion.
§ 21.15.660. Corner cut-off.
§ 21.15.670. Corner lot.
§ 21.15.680. Corral.
§ 21.15.690. Corrosive.
§ 21.15.700. Courtesy parking.
§ 21.15.705. Courtyard.
§ 21.15.707. Cultural facility.
§ 21.15.710. Curb level.
§ 21.15.720. Daycare center.
§ 21.15.730. Day nursery, preschool or nursery school.
§ 21.15.740. Deck.
§ 21.15.750. Demolish.
§ 21.15.760. Density.
§ 21.15.770. Density transfer.
§ 21.15.780. Detached building.
§ 21.15.790. Development.
§ 21.15.800. Development agreement.
§ 21.15.810. Development rights.
§ 21.15.820. Disposal.
§ 21.15.830. Disposal site.
§ 21.15.840. District, zoning.
§ 21.15.850. Double-frontage lot.
§ 21.15.860. Double zero side yard.
§ 21.15.870. Drive-in restaurant.
§ 21.15.880. Driveway.
§ 21.15.890. Duplex (two-family dwelling).
§ 21.15.900. Dwelling.
§ 21.15.910. Dwelling unit.
§ 21.15.915. Dwelling unit, accessory.
§ 21.15.920. Dwelling, multiple-family.
§ 21.15.930. Dwelling, one-family.
§ 21.15.935. Dwelling, primary.
§ 21.15.940. Easement.
§ 21.15.950. Educational institution.
§ 21.15.960. Electrical distribution substation.
§ 21.15.962. Electrical generating station.
§ 21.15.964. Electronic or video game.
§ 21.15.966. Emergency shelter.
§ 21.15.970. Entertainment service.
§ 21.15.980. Equipment.
§ 21.15.990. Equipment, garden.
§ 21.15.995. Exterior remodeling.
§ 21.15.1000. Facing.
§ 21.15.1010. Family.
§ 21.15.1020. Fast-food restaurant.
§ 21.15.1030. Feasible.
§ 21.15.1040. Fence height.
§ 21.15.1050. Financial service.
§ 21.15.1054. Fitness Facility.
§ 21.15.1055. Fixed bar.
§ 21.15.1060. Flammable.
§ 21.15.1065. Fleet service/company vehicle operations.
§ 21.15.1070. Floor area, gross (GFA).
§ 21.15.1090. Floor area ratio.
§ 21.15.1100. Fortunetelling.
§ 21.15.1110. Foster family home.
§ 21.15.1120. Fourplex (four-family dwelling).
§ 21.15.1130. Fraternity house or sorority house.
§ 21.15.1140. Frontage.
§ 21.15.1150. Front lot line.
§ 21.15.1160. Front yard, required.
§ 21.15.1170. Garage.
§ 21.15.1180. General Plan.
§ 21.15.1190. Grade.
§ 21.15.1200. Group home.
§ 21.15.1205. Guardrail.
§ 21.15.1210. Guest parking.
§ 21.15.1220. Guestroom.
§ 21.15.1230. Halfway house.
§ 21.15.1240. Handicapped housing.
§ 21.15.1250. Hazardous material.
§ 21.15.1260. Hazardous waste.
§ 21.15.1270. Hazardous waste area.
§ 21.15.1280. Hazardous waste facility.
§ 21.15.1290. Hazardous waste facility, off-site.
§ 21.15.1300. Hazardous waste facility, on-site.
§ 21.15.1310. Hazardous waste producer.
§ 21.15.1320. Hedge.
§ 21.15.1330. Height of building.
§ 21.15.1335. Height to midpoint of sloped roof.
§ 21.15.1338. High crime.
§ 21.15.1340. Highway.
§ 21.15.1350. Home occupation.
§ 21.15.1360. Horse.
§ 21.15.1370. Hospital.
§ 21.15.1380. Hotel.
§ 21.15.1395. Household pet.
§ 21.15.1400. Housing Authority.
§ 21.15.1410. Housing, low cost.
§ 21.15.1420. Housing, moderate cost.
§ 21.15.1430. Housing, very low cost.
§ 21.15.1440. Illumination, indirect.
§ 21.15.1450. Incentive zoning.
§ 21.15.1460. Industrial.
§ 21.15.1465. Inn.
§ 21.15.1470. Institutional use.
§ 21.15.1480. Interior lot.
§ 21.15.1490. Irritant.
§ 21.15.1500. Junk.
§ 21.15.1510. Junk or salvage yard.
§ 21.15.1520. Kennel.
§ 21.15.1530. Key lot.
§ 21.15.1540. Kitchen.
§ 21.15.1550. Landscaping.
§ 21.15.1555. Landscaping plan.
§ 21.15.1560. Laundry.
§ 21.15.1570. Laundry, industrial.
§ 21.15.1575. Liquor store.
§ 21.15.1576. Live-Work unit.
§ 21.15.1580. Lodginghouse.
§ 21.15.1590. Lot.
§ 21.15.1600. Lot area.
§ 21.15.1610. Lot, corner.
§ 21.15.1620. Lot coverage.
§ 21.15.1630. Lot depth.
§ 21.15.1640. Lot, interior.
§ 21.15.1650. Lot, key.
§ 21.15.1660. Lot line, front.
§ 21.15.1670. Lot line, rear.
§ 21.15.1680. Lot line, side.
§ 21.15.1690. Lot, reversed corner.
§ 21.15.1700. Lot, through.
§ 21.15.1710. Lot width.
§ 21.15.1720. Manufactured housing.
§ 21.15.1725. Massage establishment.
§ 21.15.1730. Median income.
§ 21.15.1740. Medical office.
§ 21.15.1750. Merchandise mall.
§ 21.15.1755. Mezzanine.
§ 21.15.1760. Mixed use.
§ 21.15.1765. Mobile food truck.
§ 21.15.1770. Mobile home.
§ 21.15.1780. Mobile home park.
§ 21.15.1790. Modular housing.
§ 21.15.1792. Money orders.
§ 21.15.1793. Money transfers.
§ 21.15.1795. Mortgage brokers.
§ 21.15.1797. Mortuaries, Cremation and Interment Services.
§ 21.15.1800. Motel.
§ 21.15.1810. Motor vehicle.
§ 21.15.1820. Motorcycle.
§ 21.15.1830. Municipal Code.
§ 21.15.1835. Mural.
§ 21.15.1840. Natural grade.
§ 21.15.1850. New Construction.
§ 21.15.1855. Nightclub.
§ 21.15.1859. Noise ordinance.
§ 21.15.1860. Nonconformity.
§ 21.15.1870. Nuisance.
§ 21.15.1880. Nursing home.
§ 21.15.1890. Office.
§ 21.15.1900. Open corridor.
§ 21.15.1910. Open space, usable.
§ 21.15.1920. Outdoor advertising.
§ 21.15.1930. Overlay zone.
§ 21.15.1940. Owner of property.
§ 21.15.1950. Owner's authorized agent.
§ 21.15.1960. Parcel.
§ 21.15.1970. Parking.
§ 21.15.1980. Parking service.
§ 21.15.1990. Parking space.
§ 21.15.2000. Parking structure.
§ 21.15.2005. Parsonage.
§ 21.15.2007. Passive park.
§ 21.15.2008. Pawn shop.
§ 21.15.2009. Pay day loans.
§ 21.15.2010. Permitted use.
§ 21.15.2020. Personal service.
§ 21.15.2030. Pet, household.
§ 21.15.2040. Pet shop.
§ 21.15.2050. Planning Commission.
§ 21.15.2060. Planning Officer.
§ 21.15.2070. Plat.
§ 21.15.2075. Playground.
§ 21.15.2080. Plot.
§ 21.15.2090. Plot plan.
§ 21.15.2100. Plumbing facilities.
§ 21.15.2110. Police power.
§ 21.15.2120. Poolhall.
§ 21.15.2130. Porch.
§ 21.15.2140. Port-related.
§ 21.15.2150. Porte cochere.
§ 21.15.2160. Premises.
§ 21.15.2165. Primary dwelling.
§ 21.15.2170. Principal use.
§ 21.15.2180. Private club.
§ 21.15.2190. Professional service.
§ 21.15.2195. Public Library
§ 21.15.2200. Public utility service yard.
§ 21.15.2210. Public works project.
§ 21.15.2215. Publicly accessible exterior telephones.
§ 21.15.2220. Railroad yard.
§ 21.15.2225. Realtor.
§ 21.15.2230. Rear lot line.
§ 21.15.2240. Rear yard, required.
§ 21.15.2250. Rebuild.
§ 21.15.2260. Recreation, commercial.
§ 21.15.2265. Recreational park.
§ 21.15.2270. Recreational vehicle.
§ 21.15.2273. Religious assembly.
§ 21.15.2275. Remodel.
§ 21.15.2280. Residential.
§ 21.15.2290. Residential care facility.
§ 21.15.2300. Resource recovery.
§ 21.15.2310. Restaurant.
§ 21.15.2320. Restaurant, dinner.
§ 21.15.2330. Restaurant, fast-food.
§ 21.15.2332. Restaurant, ready-to-eat food.
§ 21.15.2340. Retail sales.
§ 21.15.2350. Reversed corner lot.
§ 21.15.2360. Room.
§ 21.15.2370. Room, primary.
§ 21.15.2380. Room, secondary.
§ 21.15.2385. Sandwiched lot.
§ 21.15.2390. School.
§ 21.15.2400. Secondary housing unit.
§ 21.15.2401. Reserved.
§ 21.15.2410. Single-family dwelling.
§ 21.15.2420. Secondhand store.
§ 21.15.2430. Senior citizen housing.
§ 21.15.2435. Senior citizen housing, active.
§ 21.15.2440. Senior citizen housing, congregate care.
§ 21.15.2450. Service station.
§ 21.15.2460. Service yard.
§ 21.15.2470. Setback line.
§ 21.15.2475. Shelter.
§ 21.15.2480. Shopping center.
§ 21.15.2482. Shopping center, neighborhood.
§ 21.15.2484. Shopping center, retail cluster.
§ 21.15.2486. Shopping center, regional.
§ 21.15.2488. Side-by-side residential units.
§ 21.15.2490. Side lot line.
§ 21.15.2500. Side yard, required.
§ 21.15.2510. Sign.
§ 21.15.2520. Sign, abandoned.
§ 21.15.2530. Sign area.
§ 21.15.2540. Reserved.
§ 21.15.2550. Sign, awning.
§ 21.15.2560. Reserved.
§ 21.15.2570. Sign, banner.
§ 21.15.2570.5. Sign, building identification.
§ 21.15.2571. Sign, changeable copy.
§ 21.15.2573. Sign, residential neighborhood or commercial district identification.
§ 21.15.2575. Sign, cabinet.
§ 21.15.2577. Sign, electronic message center.
§ 21.15.2580. Sign, freestanding.
§ 21.15.2590. Sign, freeway-oriented.
§ 21.15.2595. Sign, interior.
§ 21.15.2600. Sign, marquee/canopy.
§ 21.15.2610. Sign, menu board.
§ 21.15.2620. Sign, monument.
§ 21.15.2630. Sign, neighborhood marker.
§ 21.15.2640. Reserved.
§ 21.15.2650. Sign, off-premises.
§ 21.15.2660. Sign, on-premises.
§ 21.15.2665. Sign, on-site directional.
§ 21.15.2667. Single Room Occupancy (SRO).
§ 21.15.2670. Reserved.
§ 21.15.2680. Reserved.
§ 21.15.2690. Reserved.
§ 21.15.2700. Sign, portable.
§ 21.15.2710. Sign, projecting.
§ 21.15.2720. Sign, promotional activity - commercial.
§ 21.15.2721. Sign, promotional activity - noncommercial.
§ 21.15.2723. Sign, push-through.
§ 21.15.2725. Reserved.
§ 21.15.2730. Sign, roof.
§ 21.15.2740. Sign, temporary.
§ 21.15.2743. Sign, through-the-face.
§ 21.15.2745. Sign, traffic directional.
§ 21.15.2750. Sign, wall.
§ 21.15.2755. Sign, wall painted.
§ 21.15.2760. Sign, window.
§ 21.15.2770. Signable area.
§ 21.15.2780. Site plan.
§ 21.15.2790. Soaking pool.
§ 21.15.2795. Social service office.
§ 21.15.2800. Solid fence.
§ 21.15.2810. Special group residence.
§ 21.15.2820. Special setback line.
§ 21.15.2830. Stable, private.
§ 21.15.2840. Stable, commercial.
§ 21.15.2850. Stall, box.
§ 21.15.2860. Stall, tie.
§ 21.15.2870. Standards or development standards.
§ 21.15.2880. Standard State Zoning Enabling Act (SZEA).
§ 21.15.2890. Standards variance.
§ 21.15.2900. Street.
§ 21.15.2910. Street furniture.
§ 21.15.2920. Storage.
§ 21.15.2930. Storage, hazardous waste.
§ 21.15.2940. Story.
§ 21.15.2950. Strong oxidizer.
§ 21.15.2960. Strong sensitizer.
§ 21.15.2970. Structure.
§ 21.15.2980. Supergraphics.
§ 21.15.2985. Supportive housing.
§ 21.15.2987. Target population.
§ 21.15.2990. Tattoo parlor.
§ 21.15.3000. Tavern.
§ 21.15.3010. Therapy pool.
§ 21.15.3015. Thrift shop.
§ 21.15.3020. Through lot or double frontage lot.
§ 21.15.3030. Tire retreading establishment.
§ 21.15.3040. Tire store.
§ 21.15.3050. Title.
§ 21.15.3060. Townhouse.
§ 21.15.3070. Toxic.
§ 21.15.3080. Transfer of development rights (TDR).
§ 21.15.3090. Transfer station.
§ 21.15.3095. Transitional housing.
§ 21.15.3100. Travel trailer.
§ 21.15.3110. Travel trailer park.
§ 21.15.3120. Treatment.
§ 21.15.3130. Treatment facility.
§ 21.15.3140. Triplex, three-family dwelling.
§ 21.15.3150. Truck yard.
§ 21.15.3153. Unattended Donation Box.
§ 21.15.3155. Urban agriculture use.
§ 21.15.3160. Usable open space.
§ 21.15.3170. Usable open space, common.
§ 21.15.3180. Usable open space, private.
§ 21.15.3190. Use.
§ 21.15.3200. Variance.
§ 21.15.3205. Vehicle.
§ 21.15.3210. Vehicle, dismantled.
§ 21.15.3215. Vehicle, inoperative.
§ 21.15.3220. Vehicle, wrecked.
§ 21.15.3225. Vending cart.
§ 21.15.3230. Vested right.
§ 21.15.3240. Veterinary clinic.
§ 21.15.3250. Veterinary use.
§ 21.15.3260. Vocational school.
§ 21.15.3270. Wall return.
§ 21.15.3280. Wetbar.
§ 21.15.3290. Window.
§ 21.15.3300. Wholesale, industrial.
§ 21.15.3310. Wing wall.
§ 21.15.3320. Yard, required front.
§ 21.15.3330. Yard, required rear.
§ 21.15.3340. Yard, required side.
§ 21.15.3350. Zero bedroom unit.
§ 21.15.3360. Zero lot line.
§ 21.15.3370. Zone or zone district.
§ 21.15.3380. Zoning Administrator.
§ 21.15.3390. Zoning amendment.
§ 21.15.3400. Zoning map.
§ 21.15.3410. Zoning Regulations or Zoning Ordinance.