Chapter 21.04 — DEFINITIONS
Carlsbad Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-01 · Carlsbad
§ 21.04.005. Provisions not affected by headings.¶
§ 21.04.010. Tenses.¶
§ 21.04.015. Number.¶
§ 21.04.020. Accessory.¶
§ 21.04.021. Affordable housing.¶
§ 21.04.023. Agriculture.¶
§ 21.04.024. Agriculture/aquaculture/flower stands.¶
§ 21.04.025. Alley.¶
§ 21.04.027. Alter.¶
§ 21.04.030. Apartment.¶
§ 21.04.035. Apartment house.¶
§ 21.04.036. Aquaculture.¶
§ 21.04.040. Automobile wrecking.¶
§ 21.04.041. Bar or cocktail lounge.¶
§ 21.04.045. Basement.¶
§ 21.04.046. Bed and breakfast uses.¶
§ 21.04.048. Biological habitat preserve.¶
§ 21.04.050. Block.¶
§ 21.04.055. Boardinghouse.¶
§ 21.04.056. Bona fide public eating establishment.¶
§ 21.04.057. Bowling alley.¶
§ 21.04.060. Building.¶
§ 21.04.061. Building coverage.¶
§ 21.04.065. Building height.¶
§ 21.04.070. Building, main.¶
§ 21.04.075. Building site.¶
§ 21.04.080. Business or commerce.¶
§ 21.04.085. Cellar.¶
§ 21.04.086. Child day care center.¶
§ 21.04.090. Club.¶
§ 21.04.091. Coin-operated arcade.¶
§ 21.04.093. Commercial living unit.¶
§ 21.04.095. Commission.¶
§ 21.04.098. Common wall.¶
§ 21.04.099. Community and Economic Development Director.¶
§ 21.04.100. Court.¶
§ 21.04.105. Dairy.¶
§ 21.04.106. Delicatessen.¶
§ 21.04.107. Development (in the coastal zone).¶
§ 21.04.109. Drive-thru restaurant.¶
§ 21.04.110. Dump.¶
§ 21.04.115. Dwelling.¶
§ 21.04.120. Dwelling unit.¶
§ 21.04.121. Dwelling unit, accessory (ADU).¶
§ 21.04.122. Dwelling unit, junior accessory (JADU).¶
§ 21.04.125. Dwelling, one-family.¶
§ 21.04.130. Dwelling, two-family.¶
§ 21.04.135. Dwelling, multiple-family.¶
§ 21.04.137. Educational facilities, other.¶
§ 21.04.140. Educational institution or school.¶
§ 21.04.140.1. Expansion.¶
§ 21.04.140.5. Emergency shelter.¶
§ 21.04.140.6. Employee housing, small.¶
§ 21.04.141. Escort service.¶
§ 21.04.142. Factory-built housing.¶
§ 21.04.145. Family.¶
§ 21.04.146. Family day care home.¶
§ 21.04.147. Family day care home, large.¶
§ 21.04.148. Family day care home, small.¶
§ 21.04.148.1. Farmworker.¶
§ 21.04.148.3. Farmworker housing complex, large.¶
§ 21.04.148.4. Farmworker housing complex, small.¶
§ 21.04.149. Employer-sponsored child day care center.¶
§ 21.04.150. Garage, private.¶
§ 21.04.155. Garage, public.¶
§ 21.04.156. Gas station.¶
§ 21.04.160. Grade, existing.¶
§ 21.04.161. Grade, finished.¶
§ 21.04.163. Group homes.¶
§ 21.04.165. Guest house or accessory living quarters.¶
§ 21.04.166. Hazardous waste.¶
§ 21.04.167. Hazardous waste facility.¶
§ 21.04.170. Hospital.¶
§ 21.04.175. Hospital, mental.¶
§ 21.04.185. Hotel.¶
§ 21.04.186. Household—Low-income.¶
§ 21.04.187. Household—Moderate-income.¶
§ 21.04.188. Household—Very low-income.¶
§ 21.04.189. Income level—Target.¶
§ 21.04.190. Institution.¶
§ 21.04.195. Kennel.¶
§ 21.04.200. Kitchen.¶
§ 21.04.202. Level.¶
§ 21.04.203. Liquor store.¶
§ 21.04.205. Lodginghouse.¶
§ 21.04.210. Lot.¶
§ 21.04.215. Lot area.¶
§ 21.04.220. Lot, corner.¶
§ 21.04.222. Lot coverage.¶
§ 21.04.225. Lot depth.¶
§ 21.04.230. Lot, interior.¶
§ 21.04.235. Lot, key.¶
§ 21.04.240. Lot line, front.¶
§ 21.04.245. Lot line, rear.¶
§ 21.04.250. Lot line, side.¶
§ 21.04.255. Lot, reversed corner.¶
§ 21.04.256. Lot—Planned unit development (PUD).¶
§ 21.04.260. Lot, through.¶
§ 21.04.263. Lot width.¶
§ 21.04.264. Low barrier navigation center.¶
§ 21.04.270. Low barrier navigation center.¶
§ 21.04.280. Mobile building.¶
§ 21.04.290. Mobile home.¶
§ 21.04.300. Mobile home accessory structure.¶
§ 21.04.310. Mobile home lot.¶
§ 21.04.320. Mobile home park.¶
§ 21.04.330. Modular building.¶
§ 21.04.340. Motel.¶
§ 21.04.350. Nonconforming structure.¶
§ 21.04.360. Nonconforming lot.¶
§ 21.04.370. Nonconforming nonresidential use.¶
§ 21.04.380. Nonconforming residential use.¶
§ 21.04.390. Outdoor advertising display.¶
§ 21.04.400. Outdoor advertising structure.¶
§ 21.04.400.1. Outdoor dining (incidental).¶
§ 21.04.410. Pawnshop.¶
§ 21.04.410.1. Personal services.¶
§ 21.04.420. Planner, city.¶
§ 21.04.430. Poolhall or billiard parlor.¶
§ 21.04.440. Professional care facility.¶
§ 21.04.450. Public and quasi-public office buildings and accessory utility buildings…¶
§ 21.04.460. Recreational vehicle (RV).¶
§ 21.04.470. Recreational vehicle (RV) storage.¶
§ 21.04.470.1. Repair.¶
§ 21.04.470.2. Replace.¶
§ 21.04.480. Residential care facility.¶
§ 21.04.490. Secondhand or thrift shop.¶
§ 21.04.500. Satellite television antenna.¶
§ 21.04.510. Sign.¶
§ 21.04.510.5. Small wireless facilities.¶
§ 21.04.520. Space or structure, habitable.¶
§ 21.04.530. Specified hazardous waste facility.¶
§ 21.04.540. Stable, private.¶
§ 21.04.550. Stable, public.¶
§ 21.04.560. Stand.¶
§ 21.04.570. State freeway.¶
§ 21.04.580. Story.¶
§ 21.04.590. Street.¶
§ 21.04.600. Street line.¶
§ 21.04.610. Street, side.¶
§ 21.04.620. Structural alterations.¶
§ 21.04.630. Structure.¶
§ 21.04.640. Substandard lot.¶
§ 21.04.640.1. Supportive housing.¶
§ 21.04.650. Tattoo parlor.¶
§ 21.04.660. Time-share project.¶
§ 21.04.670. To place.¶
§ 21.04.680. Transitional housing.¶
§ 21.04.690. Underground parking.¶
§ 21.04.700. Use.¶
§ 21.04.710. Useable living area.¶
§ 21.04.720. Veterinarian and small-animal hospital.¶
§ 21.04.720.1. Wet bar.¶
§ 21.04.730. Wireless communication facility.¶
§ 21.04.740. Yard.¶
§ 21.04.750. Yard, front.¶
§ 21.04.760. Yard, rear line of required front.¶
§ 21.04.770. Yard, side.¶
§ 21.04.780. Zoo, private.¶
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