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Title 17 — ZONING

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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