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Title 14 — ZONING

Chapter 14.08 — DEFINITIONS

Carpinteria Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Carpinteria

14.08.005 - Generally.

14.08.010 - Accessory building or structure.

14.08.015 - Accessory use.

14.08.017 - Accommodation.

14.08.018 - Adult-use (recreational) cannabis.

14.08.020 - Aggrieved person.

14.08.025 - Agriculture.

14.08.030 - Alley.

14.08.035 - Airport.

14.08.037 - Amusement arcades.

14.08.038 - Amusement enterprises.

14.08.039 - Amusement machines.

14.08.040 - Apartment.

14.08.045 - Aquaculture.

14.08.050 - Auto dismantling yard.

14.08.055 - Automobile service station.

14.08.060 - Basement.

14.08.065 - Block.

14.08.070 - Boardinghouse.

14.08.075 - Building.

14.08.080 - Building coverage.

14.08.085 - Building height.

14.08.090 - Business sign or structure.

14.08.093 - Cannabis.

14.08.095 - Centerline of street.

14.08.100 - Child day care use.

14.08.105 - City council.

14.08.110 - Club.

14.08.115 - Coastal-dependent development or use.

14.08.120 - Coastal program.

14.08.125 - Coastal-related development.

14.08.130 - Coastal zone.

14.08.131 - Commercial cannabis activity.

14.08.132 - Commercial cannabis distribution.

14.08.133 - Commercial cannabis manufacturing.

14.08.134 - Commercial cannabis non-storefront retail (delivery).

14.08.135 - Commercial cannabis testing laboratory.

14.08.136 - Condominium.

14.08.140 - Convenience store.

14.08.145 - Cooperative.

14.08.150 - Court.

14.08.155 - Dairy.

14.08.160 - Density.

14.08.165 - Detached building.

14.08.170 - Development.

14.08.173 - Disabled person.

14.08.175 - Drive-in and drive-thru business.

14.08.180 - Driveway.

14.08.185 - Duplex.

14.08.190 - Dwelling.

14.08.195 - Dwelling, multiple.

14.08.200 - Dwelling, one-family.

14.08.205 - Dwelling, two-family.

14.08.210 - Efficiency dwelling unit.

14.08.215 - Electric substation.

14.08.220 - Emergency.

14.08.222 - Employee housing.

14.08.225 - Energy facility.

14.08.230 - Environmentally sensitive habitat area.

14.08.235 - Family.

14.08.240 - Reserved.

14.08.245 - Reserved.

14.08.250 - Feasible.

14.08.255 - Fill.

14.08.260 - Floodway.

14.08.265 - Floodway fringe.

14.08.270 - Floor area, gross.

14.08.275 - Floor area, net.

Section 14.08.276 - Formula business.

14.08.280 - Front line.

14.08.285 - Garage, private.

14.08.290 - Garage, public.

14.08.295 - Highway.

14.08.300 - Hillsides.

14.08.305 - Hog ranch.

14.08.310 - Home occupation.

14.08.312 - Home stay.

14.08.315 - Hospital.

14.08.320 - Hostel.

14.08.325 - Hotel.

14.08.330 - Housekeeping unit.

14.08.335 - Improvement.

14.08.340 - Junkyard.

14.08.345 - Kennel.

14.08.350 - Kitchen.

14.08.355 - Land use plan.

14.08.360 - Limited-equity housing cooperative.

14.08.365 - Local coastal program.

14.08.370 - Lodginghouse or roominghouse.

14.08.375 - Lot.

14.08.380 - Lot area, gross.

14.08.385 - Lot area, net.

14.08.390 - Lot, corner.

14.08.395 - Lot depth.

14.08.400 - Lot, flag.

14.08.405 - Lot, interior.

14.08.410 - Lot, key.

14.08.415 - Lot line.

14.08.420 - Lot, through.

14.08.425 - Lot width.

14.08.430 - Lot width, net.

14.08.435 - Manufactured housing.

14.08.437 - Reserved.

14.08.440 - Master television antenna.

14.08.441 - Medicinal cannabis or medicinal cannabis products.

14.08.442 - Reserved.

14.08.443 - Reserved.

14.08.444 - Reserved.

14.08.445 - Mobile home.

14.08.450 - Mobile home park.

14.08.455 - Modular home.

14.08.460 - Natural disaster.

14.08.465 - Nonconforming use.

14.08.470 - Oil.

14.08.475 - Oil and gas handling facilities.

14.08.480 - One ownership.

14.08.485 - Open space.

14.08.490 - Parcel.

14.08.495 - Park.

14.08.500 - Parking lot sale.

14.08.505 - Parking space.

14.08.507 - Person with an identification card.

14.08.508 - Personal services—Restricted.

14.08.509 - Personal use cannabis cultivation.

14.08.510 - Planning commission.

14.08.515 - Poultry ranch.

14.08.520 - Premises.

14.08.523 - Primary caregiver.

14.08.525 - Principal structure.

14.08.530 - Public works.

14.08.533 - Qualified patient.

14.08.535 - Recreational vehicle.

14.08.537 - Recreational vehicle park.

14.08.540 - Residential care facility—Large.

14.08.541 - Residential unit.

14.08.542 - Rest home.

14.08.543 - Retail store.

14.08.545 - Sanitarium.

14.08.550 - Sea.

14.08.552 - Secondhand store.

14.08.555 - Semidetached building.

14.08.560 - Setback.

14.08.562 - Short-term rental.

14.08.563 - Significant tobacco retailer.

14.08.565 - Special care home.

14.08.570 - Stable, private.

14.08.575 - Stock cooperative.

14.08.580 - Story.

14.08.585 - Street.

14.08.590 - Street line.

14.08.595 - Structural alteration.

14.08.600 - Structure.

14.08.605 - Subdivision.

14.08.607 - Supportive housing.

14.08.610 - Swap meet.

14.08.612 - Target population.

14.08.615 - Time-share project—Time-share estate—Time-share use.

14.08.616 - Tobacco paraphernalia.

14.08.617 - Tobacco product.

14.08.618 - Tobacco retailer.

14.08.619 - Tobacco retailer license.

14.08.620 - Trailer.

14.08.622 - Transitional housing.

14.08.625 - Use.

14.08.627 - Vacation rental.

14.08.630 - Vision clearance.

14.08.635 - Wetland.

14.08.640 - Yard.

14.08.645 - Yard, front.

14.08.650 - Yard, rear.

14.08.655 - Yard, side.

14.08.660 - Zoning ordinance.

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