9120.2. - B.

A.

Balcony. "Balcony" means an unroofed or roofed platform enclosed by a railing or parapet projecting from the wall of a building for the private use of the occupant or for exterior access to the abovegrade units. A balcony which is roofed and enclosed with operating windows shall be considered part of the room it serves.

B.

Basement. "Basement" means that portion of a building between the floor and ceiling which is partly or wholly underground. A basement shall be counted as a story for purposes of height measurement where more than one-half of its height is above the average level of the adjoining ground.

C.

Bed and breakfast inn. "Bed and breakfast inn" means any residential dwelling in which rooms are rented to paying guests on an overnight basis with not more than one (1) meal served daily, the entire service to be included in one (1) stated price.

D.

Boarding house or room rentals. "Boarding house "or" "roominghouse" means a dwelling unit where lodging is provided, with or without meals for compensation, for five (5) or more persons.

E.

Bookstore. "Bookstore" means any premises which has a substantial or significant portion of its stock in trade consisting of books, magazines, periodicals, pamphlets or newspapers.

F.

Bookstore, adult. "Adult bookstore" means a bookstore which is not customarily open to the general public because minors are excluded by virtue of their age as a prevailing business practice.

G.

Buildable area. "Buildable area" means the portion of the lot remaining after all zoning and other municipal requirements in terms of setbacks have been met.

H.

Building. "Building" means a structure having a roof supported by columns or walls.

I.

Building, communication equipment. "Communication equipment building" means a building where equipment is used to transmit information to various areas.

J.

Building height. "Building height" means the vertical distance from the finished grade to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the top of a mansard roof, or the average height of the highest gable of a pitch or hip roof. The measuring of building height to the midpoint of the roof is only possible in situations in which the full roof element exists on the corresponding building elevation.

K.

Building line. "Building line" means a line in the interior of a lot parallel to the property line and located at a distance equal to the required setback distance.

L.

Building, main. "Main building" means a building or buildings within which is conducted the principal use permitted on the lot as provided by this article.

M.

Building official. "Building official" means the officer or other designated person charged with the administration and enforcement of the building laws and regulations of the city of Agoura Hills.

N.

Building site. "Building site" means a legally created parcel or contiguous parcels of land in single

ownership, which provides the area and open spaces required by this article, exclusive of all vehicular and pedestrian rights-of-way and all other easements that prohibit the surface use of the property by the owner thereof.

O.

Building site coverage. "Building site coverage" means the percentage of the building site covered by structures, open or enclosed.

P.

Building site, through. "Through building site" means a building site having frontage on two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets.

Q.

Business. "Business" means management, operation, sale, purchase or other transaction involving the handling or disposition of goods, commodities or services.

(Ord. No. 11-388, § 1, 12-14-2011)