17.08 — DEFINITIONS
Bell Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-01 · Bell
§ 17.08.001. Purpose.¶
§ 17.08.005. Abutting, adjoining or contiguous.¶
§ 17.08.008. Access.¶
§ 17.08.012. Accessory dwelling unit.¶
§ 17.08.013. Accessory use.¶
§ 17.08.020. Adjacent.¶
§ 17.08.024. Adult-use.¶
§ 17.08.028. Alcoholism hospital.¶
§ 17.08.032. Alley.¶
§ 17.08.036. Antenna or wireless communication facility.¶
§ 17.08.040. Apartment house.¶
§ 17.08.044. Assessor.¶
§ 17.08.048. Automobile and truck wash facilities.¶
§ 17.08.068. Basement.¶
§ 17.08.070. Billboard.¶
§ 17.08.072. Board––Architectural review board.¶
§ 17.08.076. Borrow pit.¶
§ 17.08.080. Building.¶
§ 17.08.084. Building, accessory.¶
§ 17.08.088. Building, main.¶
§ 17.08.092. Building or structure height.¶
§ 17.08.096. Business.¶
§ 17.08.100. Business frontage.¶
§ 17.08.104. Cannabis.¶
§ 17.08.108. Cannabis products.¶
§ 17.08.112. CAO.¶
§ 17.08.116. Carport.¶
§ 17.08.120. Cellar.¶
§ 17.08.124. Centerline.¶
§ 17.08.128. Check cashing service.¶
§ 17.08.132. Cheli district.¶
§ 17.08.136. Child care facilities.¶
§ 17.08.140. Children's day care center (emotionally disturbed).¶
§ 17.08.144. Children's treatment center (emotionally disturbed).¶
§ 17.08.148. City.¶
§ 17.08.152. Clerk.¶
§ 17.08.156. Club, private.¶
§ 17.08.160. Commercial cannabis operation.¶
§ 17.08.164. Commercial cannabis operation permit.¶
§ 17.08.168. Commission.¶
§ 17.08.172. Communications equipment buildings.¶
§ 17.08.176. Condominium.¶
§ 17.08.180. Convalescent home.¶
§ 17.08.184. Council.¶
§ 17.08.188. Court.¶
§ 17.08.192. Cultivation.¶
§ 17.08.196. CUP.¶
§ 17.08.200. Dairy.¶
§ 17.08.204. Day care center.¶
§ 17.08.208. Day center.¶
§ 17.08.212. Day treatment hospital.¶
§ 17.08.214. Digital billboard.¶
§ 17.08.216. Director.¶
§ 17.08.220. Distribution.¶
§ 17.08.224. Dump, inert solid.¶
§ 17.08.228. Dump, rubbish and refuse.¶
§ 17.08.232. Duplex.¶
§ 17.08.236. Dwelling, multiple.¶
§ 17.08.240. Dwelling, single-family or one-family.¶
§ 17.08.244. Dwelling, three-family.¶
§ 17.08.248. Dwelling, two-family.¶
§ 17.08.252. Dwelling unit.¶
§ 17.08.256. Educational institution.¶
§ 17.08.260. Explosives.¶
§ 17.08.264. Facilities for drug addicts.¶
§ 17.08.268. Family.¶
§ 17.08.272. Family day care home.¶
§ 17.08.276. Family home (intellectually disabled).¶
§ 17.08.280. Family home (mentally ill).¶
§ 17.08.284. Fence, view-obscuring.¶
§ 17.08.288. Floor area, gross.¶
§ 17.08.292. Floor area, net.¶
§ 17.08.296. Fortunetelling.¶
§ 17.08.300. Freestanding sign.¶
§ 17.08.304. Frontage, street.¶
§ 17.08.308. Garage.¶
§ 17.08.312. Gender.¶
§ 17.08.316. Grade, ground level.¶
§ 17.08.320. Gradient.¶
§ 17.08.324. Guest house or accessory living quarters.¶
§ 17.08.328. Height.¶
§ 17.08.332. Highway, major.¶
§ 17.08.336. Highway, secondary.¶
§ 17.08.340. Hog ranch.¶
§ 17.08.344. Home occupation.¶
§ 17.08.348. Hospital.¶
§ 17.08.352. Hotel.¶
§ 17.08.356. Household pets.¶
§ 17.08.360. Indoor.¶
§ 17.08.364. Interior sign.¶
§ 17.08.368. Junior accessory dwelling unit.¶
§ 17.08.372. Kitchen.¶
§ 17.08.376. Landscaped area.¶
§ 17.08.380. Landscaping.¶
§ 17.08.384. Live entertainment.¶
§ 17.08.388. Long-term facility.¶
§ 17.08.392. Lot or parcel of land.¶
§ 17.08.396. Lot area.¶
§ 17.08.400. Lot, corner.¶
§ 17.08.404. Lot depth.¶
§ 17.08.408. Lot, interior.¶
§ 17.08.412. Lot line, front.¶
§ 17.08.416. Lot line, rear.¶
§ 17.08.420. Lot line, side.¶
§ 17.08.424. Lot, reversed corner.¶
§ 17.08.428. Lot, through.¶
§ 17.08.432. Lot width.¶
§ 17.08.436. Manufacturer.¶
§ 17.08.440. Manufacturer Level 1 (Type 6).¶
§ 17.08.444. Manufacturer Level 2 (Type 7).¶
§ 17.08.446. Marijuana.¶
§ 17.08.450. May.¶
§ 17.08.454. Medical.¶
§ 17.08.458. Medical and/or dental clinic.¶
§ 17.08.462. Medical cannabis.¶
§ 17.08.466. Microbusiness.¶
§ 17.08.470. Mixed-light.¶
§ 17.08.474. Mobilehome or coach.¶
§ 17.08.478. Motel.¶
§ 17.08.482. Monument sign.¶
§ 17.08.484. Nonconforming building, structure or use.¶
§ 17.08.496. Notice.¶
§ 17.08.500. Nursery.¶
§ 17.08.504. Nursery (special needs).¶
§ 17.08.508. Nursery school.¶
§ 17.08.512. Nursing and convalescent hospital.¶
§ 17.08.516. Oath.¶
§ 17.08.520. Outdoor.¶
§ 17.08.524. Outdoor advertising structure or billboard.¶
§ 17.08.528. Outdoor play equipment.¶
§ 17.08.532. Parking space, off-street.¶
§ 17.08.536. Person.¶
§ 17.08.540. Physician's recommendation.¶
§ 17.08.544. Plural.¶
§ 17.08.548. Pole sign.¶
§ 17.08.552. Precise plan of development.¶
§ 17.08.556. Processing.¶
§ 17.08.560. Projecting sign.¶
§ 17.08.564. Psychiatric hospital.¶
§ 17.08.568. Pylon sign.¶
§ 17.08.572. Quarry.¶
§ 17.08.576. Recorder.¶
§ 17.08.580. Recyclable material.¶
§ 17.08.584. Recycling collection facility, small or large.¶
§ 17.08.588. Small recycling collection facility.¶
§ 17.08.592. Large recycling collection facility.¶
§ 17.08.596. Recycling processing facility, light or heavy.¶
§ 17.08.600. Recycling unit, mobile.¶
§ 17.08.604. Resident facility (developmentally disabled).¶
§ 17.08.608. Resident school (developmentally disabled).¶
§ 17.08.612. Rest home.¶
§ 17.08.616. Retailer.¶
§ 17.08.620. Reverse vending machine.¶
§ 17.08.624. Reverse vending machine, bulk.¶
§ 17.08.625. School, charter.¶
§ 17.08.626. School, vocational.¶
§ 17.08.627. School, private.¶
§ 17.08.627.1. School, public.¶
§ 17.08.628. Secretary.¶
§ 17.08.632. Service station.¶
§ 17.08.636. Senior citizen housing complex.¶
§ 17.08.640. Shall.¶
§ 17.08.644. Sign.¶
§ 17.08.648. Singular.¶
§ 17.08.652. Solid fill.¶
§ 17.08.656. Solid fill project.¶
§ 17.08.660. Sports equipment.¶
§ 17.08.664. State.¶
§ 17.08.668. Story.¶
§ 17.08.672. Street.¶
§ 17.08.674. Street frontage.¶
§ 17.08.678. Structure.¶
§ 17.08.682. Temporary election season sign.¶
§ 17.08.686. Tenses.¶
§ 17.08.690. Testing laboratory.¶
§ 17.08.694. Townhouse.¶
§ 17.08.696. Trailer coach.¶
§ 17.08.700. Trailer park.¶
§ 17.08.704. Trailer site.¶
§ 17.08.708. Transfer station.¶
§ 17.08.712. Triplex.¶
§ 17.08.716. Underlying zone classification.¶
§ 17.08.720. Use.¶
§ 17.08.724. Volatile solvent.¶
§ 17.08.728. Wall sign.¶
§ 17.08.732. Window sign.¶
§ 17.08.736. Writing.¶
§ 17.08.740. Yard.¶
§ 17.08.744. Yard equipment.¶
§ 17.08.748. Yard, front.¶
§ 17.08.752. Yard, rear.¶
§ 17.08.756. Yard, side.¶
§ 17.08.760. Zone.¶
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