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Title 17 — ZONING CHAPTER 17.03 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter 17.06 — DEFINITIONS

Atwater Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-01 · Atwater

17.06.010 - Abut.

17.06.015 - Accessory building.

17.06.016 - Accessory buildings, exempt.

17.06.020 - Accessory living quarters or guest house.

17.06.025 - Accessory use.

17.06.030 - Alcoholic beverages.

17.06.035 - Alley.

17.06.040 - Amusement arcade.

17.06.045 - Amusement or recreation, commercial places of.

17.06.047 - Antenna array.

17.06.050 - Apartment.

17.06.055 - Apartment, efficiency.

17.06.060 - Apartment, studio.

17.06.065 - Architectural control.

17.06.067 - Attached wireless communication facility. (Attached WCF).

17.06.070 - Auction.

17.06.075 - Automobile and trailer sales lot.

17.06.080 - Automobile service station.

17.06.085 - Automobile wrecking yard.

17.06.090 - Awning.

17.06.095 - Balcony.

17.06.100 - Basement.

17.06.105 - Block.

17.06.110 - Boarding or rooming house.

17.06.115 - Boat Trailer.

17.06.120 - Building.

17.06.125 - Building, area of.

17.06.130 - Building, height of.

17.06.135 - Building, main.

17.06.140 - Building setback line.

17.06.145 - Building site.

17.06.150 - Temporary.

17.06.155 - Bus.

17.06.160 - Business or commerce.

17.06.165 - Camper.

17.06.170 - Church.

17.06.172 - Collocation/site sharing.

17.06.174 - Community care facility.

17.06.175 - Condominium.

17.06.180 - Condominium conversions.

17.06.185 - Court.

17.06.187 - Crop cultivation.

17.06.188 - Cul-de-sac.

17.06.190 - District.

17.06.195 - Dump.

17.06.200 - Duplex.

17.06.205 - Dwelling.

17.06.210 - Dwelling, group.

17.06.215 - Dwelling, multiple family.

17.06.220 - Dwelling, one-family.

17.06.225 - Dwelling, two-family.

17.06.230 - Dwelling unit.

17.06.235 - Employee.

17.06.237 - Equipment facility.

17.06.240 - Family.

17.06.245 - Fence.

17.06.250 - Fence, wall.

17.06.255 - Fence, solid.

17.06.258 - Fifth-wheel travel trailer.

17.06.260 - Floor area.

17.06.265 - Frontage.

17.06.270 - Garage, public.

17.06.275 - Garage sale.

17.06.280 - Grade.

17.06.285 - Guest.

17.06.290 - Guest room.

17.06.295 - Hedge.

17.06.297 - Height. Wireless communication facility (WCF).

17.06.300 - Home occupations.

17.06.305 - Industry, industrial operation.

17.06.310 - Junk.

17.06.315 - Junk yard.

17.06.320 - Kennel.

17.06.325 - Kitchen.

17.06.327 - Knuckle lot.

17.06.330 - Landscaping.

17.06.335 - Landscape plan.

17.06.340 - Loading.

17.06.345 - Loading space.

17.06.350 - Lot.

17.06.355 - Lot area.

17.06.360 - Lot corner.

17.06.365 - Lot coverage.

17.06.370 - Lot depth.

17.06.375 - Lot, key.

17.06.380 - Lot line.

17.06.385 - Lot line, front.

17.06.390 - Lot line, rear.

17.06.395 - Lot line, side.

17.06.400 - Lot, non-conforming.

17.06.405 - Lot, reversed corner.

17.06.410 - Lot, through.

17.06.415 - Lot width.

17.06.417 - Massage Therapy.

17.06.420 - Medical office.

17.06.425 - Mobile living unit.

17.06.430 - Motel.

17.06.433 - Motor truck.

17.06.435 - Non-conforming building.

17.06.440 - Non-conforming use.

17.06.445 - Nuisance.

17.06.450 - Nursery school.

17.06.455 - Parapet.

17.06.460 - Parking area, private.

17.06.475 - Patio.

17.06.476 - Patio cover.

17.06.480 - Patio house.

17.06.485 - Person.

17.06.490 - Porch.

17.06.495 - Professional office.

17.06.500 - Rentable floor area.

17.06.505 - Residence.

17.06.510 - Restaurant.

17.06.515 - Restaurant, fast food.

17.06.520 - Rest home or convalescent home.

17.06.525 - Room.

17.06.530 - School, elementary, junior high, and high.

17.06.535 - Seating facilities.

17.06.536 - Mobile food vendor.

17.06.538 - Semi trailer.

17.06.540 - Senior citizen housing.

17.06.545 - Setback.

17.06.547 - Setback—Wireless communication facility (WCF).

17.06.550 - Sign.

17.06.555 - Site plan control.

17.06.560 - Spot zoning.

17.06.565 - Story.

17.06.570 - Street.

17.06.575 - Street, centerline.

17.06.580 - Street, collector.

17.06.585 - Street, major.

17.06.595 - Strip commercial.

17.06.600 - Structural alteration.

17.06.605 - Structure.

17.06.610 - Structure, temporary.

17.06.612 - Support structure.

17.06.613 - Supportive housing.

17.06.615 - Trailer.

17.06.620 - Trailer park, mobile home park or trailer court.

17.06.625 - Trailer, travel.

17.06.627 - Transitional housing.

17.06.630 - Truck, pickup.

17.06.635 - Truck, tractor.

17.06.640 - Use.

17.06.645 - Vehicles.

17.06.647 - Wireless communication.

17.06.648 - Wireless communication facility (WCF).

17.06.650 - Yard.

17.06.655 - Yard, front.

17.06.660 - Yard, rear.

17.06.665 - Yard, side.

17.06.670 - Zero lot line.

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