9120.5. - E.

A.

Earth station. "Earth station" means structures comprising one (1) or more large parabolic reflectors which may be mounted on a circular control building and all appurtenant equipment necessary for the receiving, amplifying or transmitting of signals in connection with a public utility communication route or system employing such earth stations and satellites in space.

B.

Easement. "Easement" means a recorded right or interest in the land of another, which entitles the holder thereof to some use, privilege or benefit out of or over the land.

C.

Educational institution. "Educational institution" means private or public schools, colleges or universities qualified by the state board of education to give general academic instruction.

C.1.

Efficiency kitchen. "Efficiency kitchen" means a kitchen that includes a kitchen sink, cooking appliance and refrigeration facilities, each having a clear working space of not less than thirty (30) inches (seven hundred sixty-two (762) millimeters) in front.

D.

Electric distribution substation. "Electric distribution substation" means an assembly of equipment which is part of a system for the distribution of electric power where electric energy is received at a subtransmission voltage and transformed to a lower voltage for distribution for general consumer use.

E.

Electric transmission substation. "Electric transmission substation" means an assembly of equipment which is part of a system for the transmission of electric power where electric energy is received at a very high voltage from its source of generation by means of a network of high voltage lines and where, by means of transformers, said high voltage is transformed to a lower subtransmission voltage for purposes of supplying electric power to large individual consumers, interchange connections with other power producing agencies, or electric distribution substations for transformation to still lower voltage for distribution to smaller individual users.

F.

Encroachment. "Encroachment" means any intrusion or human activity into the protected zone of an oak tree, including but not limited to pruning, grading, excavating, trenching, parking of vehicles, storage of materials or equipment, or the construction of structures or other improvements. Encroachment also means an intrusion into any required yard or right-of-way.

G.

Entertainment park. "Entertainment park" means an entertainment or amusement complex developed as a regional visitor tourist attraction and organized around a central theme, such as amusement rides and attractions, tours or exhibitions, including all related accessory uses, buildings and structures designed and operated for patron participation and pleasure in conjunction therewith.

H.

Expansion. "Expansion" shall mean an enlargement or increase in floor area or an increase in the site area of a use, or an intensification of use.

I.

Emergency shelter. "Emergency shelter" means housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six (6) months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of inability to pay.

J.

Employee housing, small. "Employee housing, small" shall have the same meaning as the term "employee housing," as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 17008, where such housing provides accommodations for six (6) or fewer persons.

(Ord. No. 240, § 1, 9-8-93; Ord. No. 11-383, § 4, 3-9-2011; Ord. No. 14-406, § 3, 5-14-2014; Ord. No. 21456, § 3, 8-25-2021)

9120.6. - F.

A.

Family. "Family" shall mean any number of persons living together in a room or rooms comprising a single dwelling unit and related by blood, marriage or adoption, or bearing the generic character of a family unit as a relatively permanent single household, including servants and other live-in employees, who reside therein as though members of the family. Any group of persons not related by blood, marriage, or adoption, but inhabiting a dwelling unit, shall for the purpose of this article be considered to constitute one (1) family if it is a bona fide single household, including servants and other live-in employees contained in such group.

B.

Fence. "Fence" means a freestanding structure of, including but not limited to, metal, masonry, composition or wood or any combination thereof resting on or partially buried in the ground level, and used for confinement, privacy, protection, screening or partition purposes.

C.

Fill slope. "Fill slope" means a bank or slope that has been built up by the placing of material on top of the existing ground surface.

D.

Floodplain. "Floodplain" means the channel of a river or watercourse and the adjacent land area that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one (1) foot. The floodway is delineated on the flood boundary-floodway map prepared by the federal flood insurance agency.

E.

Floor area, gross. "Gross floor area" means the total horizontal area, in square feet, including the exterior walls of all floors of a structure.

F.

Floor, area ratio. "Floor area ratio" means the numerical value obtained by dividing the gross floor area of a building or buildings located upon a lot or parcel of land by the total area of such lot or parcel of land.

G.

Floor, lowest. "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 a building's lowest floor, provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this ordinance.

H.

Freeway. "Freeway" means a high-speed divided arterial highway for through traffic with full control access and grade separations at major intersections. A freeway has emergency parking only and no parallel and

perpendicular pedestrian movements.

I.

Frontage. "Frontage" shall mean the line along which a lot abuts a public or private street.