Part 9 — DEFINITIONS
Carson Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Carson
§ 9191.002. Abut or Abutting.¶
§ 9191.006. Access.¶
§ 9191.010. Accessory.¶
§ 9191.011. Accessory Dwelling Unit.¶
§ 9191.012. Accessory Dwelling Unit, Junior.¶
§ 9191.014. Action.¶
§ 9191.016. Adult Business.¶
§ 9191.0161. Massage Service.¶
§ 9191.017. Tattoo Service.¶
§ 9191.018. Alley.¶
§ 9191.022. Alley, Public.¶
§ 9191.027. Amusement Machine.¶
§ 9191.028. Arcade.¶
§ 9191.029. Area.¶
§ 9191.030. Authorized Agent or Representative of Owner.¶
§ 9191.031. Automobile Dismantling or Wrecking Yard.¶
§ 9191.032. Automobile Impounding Yard.¶
§ 9191.034. Basement.¶
§ 9191.038. Boarding House.¶
§ 9191.040. Bona Fide Restaurant.¶
§ 9191.042. Borrow Pit.¶
§ 9191.046. Building.¶
§ 9191.047. Building or Structure, Accessory.¶
§ 9191.054. Building Code.¶
§ 9191.058. Building Height.¶
§ 9191.062. Building, Main.¶
§ 9191.067. Cargo Container Storage Facilities – Terms Defined.¶
§ 9191.070. Carport.¶
§ 9191.072. Carpool.¶
§ 9191.073. Carson Civic Center.¶
§ 9191.074. Cellar.¶
§ 9191.078. Cemetery.¶
§ 9191.082. Centerline.¶
§ 9191.084. Check Cashing or Check Cashing Business.¶
§ 9191.086. Child or Children.¶
§ 9191.090. Child Day Care.¶
§ 9191.094. Church.¶
§ 9191.098. Clinic, Dental or Medical.¶
§ 9191.102. Club, Private.¶
§ 9191.106. Commission.¶
§ 9191.110. Common Area.¶
§ 9191.114. Community Care Facility.¶
§ 9191.118. Community Care Facility, Residential.¶
§ 9191.122. Community Care Facility, Small-Family Home.¶
§ 9191.126. Community Day Care Facility.¶
§ 9191.130. Compatible Use.¶
§ 9191.134. Conditional Use Permit.¶
§ 9191.138. Condominium Common Area.¶
§ 9191.142. Condominium Documents.¶
§ 9191.146. Condominium Owner.¶
§ 9191.150. Condominium Plan.¶
§ 9191.154. Condominium Project.¶
§ 9191.158. Condominium Project Elements.¶
§ 9191.162. Condominium, Residential.¶
§ 9191.166. Condominium Unit.¶
§ 9191.167. Convalescent Home or Convalescent Hospital.¶
§ 9191.168. Cooperative, Residential Stock.¶
§ 9191.170. Council.¶
§ 9191.174. Curb Return.¶
§ 9191.176. Deferred Deposit or Deferred Deposit Originator.¶
§ 9191.178. Department Store.¶
§ 9191.179. Day Care for Children.¶
§ 9191.180. Developer.¶
§ 9191.182. Development.¶
§ 9191.184. Development Plan.¶
§ 9191.185. Development Project.¶
§ 9191.186. Director.¶
§ 9191.190. Director of Public Works.¶
§ 9191.194. Display.¶
§ 9191.198. Driveway.¶
§ 9191.200. Driving Skill Course.¶
§ 9191.202. Dwelling.¶
§ 9191.206. Dwelling, Multiple.¶
§ 9191.208. Repealed.¶
§ 9191.210. Dwelling, Single-Family.¶
§ 9191.214. Dwelling Unit.¶
§ 9191.218. Easement.¶
§ 9191.219. Efficiency Unit.¶
§ 9191.222. Electric Distribution Substation.¶
§ 9191.224. Emergency Shelter.¶
§ 9191.226. Exception.¶
§ 9191.230. Expansion.¶
§ 9191.234. Family.¶
§ 9191.238. Finished Grade.¶
§ 9191.242. Finished Grade, Average.¶
§ 9191.243. Flea Market.¶
§ 9191.246. Floor Area, Gross.¶
§ 9191.250. Floor Area, Net.¶
§ 9191.252. Floor Area Ratio (FAR).¶
§ 9191.253. Foster Home.¶
§ 9191.254. Freeway.¶
§ 9191.258. Frontage.¶
§ 9191.262. Future Right-of-Way Area.¶
§ 9191.266. Future Right-of-Way Line.¶
§ 9191.270. Garage.¶
§ 9191.271. Garage, Subterranean.¶
§ 9191.272. Garage, Partial Subterranean.¶
§ 9191.274. General Plan.¶
§ 9191.278. Group Quarters.¶
§ 9191.280. Gymnasium.¶
§ 9191.282. Hedge.¶
§ 9191.286. Heliport.¶
§ 9191.290. Helistop.¶
§ 9191.294. Hospital.¶
§ 9191.298. Hotel, Residential.¶
§ 9191.302. Hotel, Transient.¶
§ 9191.303. Indoor Team Training Facility.¶
§ 9191.304. Intensification.¶
§ 9191.307. Intermodal Container Transfer Facility.¶
§ 9191.310. Junk and Salvage.¶
§ 9191.314. Junk and Salvage Yard.¶
§ 9191.318. Kennel.¶
§ 9191.322. Kitchen.¶
§ 9191.326. Laboratory.¶
§ 9191.330. Landscaping.¶
§ 9191.334. Livestock.¶
§ 9191.338. Loading Area.¶
§ 9191.342. Long-Term Health Care Facility.¶
§ 9191.346. Lot.¶
§ 9191.350. Lot Area.¶
§ 9191.354. Lot Area, Net.¶
§ 9191.358. Lot, Corner.¶
§ 9191.362. Lot Depth.¶
§ 9191.364. Lot Frontage.¶
§ 9191.366. Lot, Interior.¶
§ 9191.370. Lot Line.¶
§ 9191.374. Lot Line, Front.¶
§ 9191.376. Lot Line, Interior.¶
§ 9191.378. Lot Line, Rear.¶
§ 9191.382. Lot Line, Side.¶
§ 9191.386. Lot, Through.¶
§ 9191.390. Lot Width.¶
§ 9191.392. Mini-Mart, Indoor.¶
§ 9191.393. Mixed-Use.¶
§ 9191.394. Mobile Home.¶
§ 9191.398. Mobile Home Park.¶
§ 9191.400. Mobile Home Site.¶
§ 9191.402. Motel.¶
§ 9191.406. Motor Vehicles.¶
§ 9191.410. Nonconformity.¶
§ 9191.411. Nude or Semi-Nude.¶
§ 9191.412. Nursing Home.¶
§ 9191.414. Occupancy.¶
§ 9191.416. Off-Sale Business.¶
§ 9191.418. Open Space.¶
§ 9191.421. Open Space, Private.¶
§ 9191.422. Open Space, Usable.¶
§ 9191.424. Organic Refuse Landfill Site.¶
§ 9191.426. Outdoor Festival.¶
§ 9191.430. Park or Playground, Public.¶
§ 9191.434. Parking Area.¶
§ 9191.438. Parking Building or Structure.¶
§ 9191.439. Parking Area, Employee.¶
§ 9191.442. Parking Lot.¶
§ 9191.443. Parking – Preferential.¶
§ 9191.446. Parking Space.¶
§ 9191.450. Parkway.¶
§ 9191.454. Passageway.¶
§ 9191.456. Payday Loan.¶
§ 9191.458. Person.¶
§ 9191.460. Physical Training School.¶
§ 9191.462. Planned Development.¶
§ 9191.466. Planning Division.¶
§ 9191.470. Plot Plan.¶
§ 9191.474. Premises.¶
§ 9191.478. Project Area.¶
§ 9191.482. Project Grading.¶
§ 9191.486. Property Line.¶
§ 9191.490. Public Use.¶
§ 9191.492. Public Works Director.¶
§ 9191.494. Quasi-Public Use.¶
§ 9191.506. Recreational Vehicle.¶
§ 9191.508. Recycling Facilities – Terms Defined.¶
§ 9191.509. Religious Worship, Place of.¶
§ 9191.5091. Repairs and Services, Major Automobile.¶
§ 9191.5092. Repairs and Services, Minor Automobile.¶
§ 9191.510. Residence or Residential.¶
§ 9191.514. Retail.¶
§ 9191.515. Retail Petroleum Outlet.¶
§ 9191.518. Retirement Home.¶
§ 9191.522. Rooming House.¶
§ 9191.526. Rooming Unit.¶
§ 9191.530. Scenic Highway.¶
§ 9191.534. School, Private.¶
§ 9191.538. School, Public.¶
§ 9191.542. School, Trade.¶
§ 9191.544. Second Primary Unit.¶
§ 9191.546. Secondhand Store.¶
§ 9191.550. Service Yard, Public Utility or Public Service.¶
§ 9191.554. Setback.¶
§ 9191.556. Sidewalk.¶
§ 9191.558. Sign.¶
§ 9191.566. Sign, Business.¶
§ 9191.567. Sign, Electronic Message Center.¶
§ 9191.568. Sign Face.¶
§ 9191.570. Sign Face Area.¶
§ 9191.574. Sign, Flashing or Scintillating.¶
§ 9191.578. Sign, Free-Standing.¶
§ 9191.582. Sign, Illuminated.¶
§ 9191.584. Sign, Off-Site.¶
§ 9191.586. Sign, Outdoor Advertising.¶
§ 9191.587. Sign, Temporary.¶
§ 9191.590. Sign, Real Estate Advertising.¶
§ 9191.594. Sign, Revolving.¶
§ 9191.598. Sign Structure.¶
§ 9191.602. Sign, Subdivision Directional.¶
§ 9191.606. Sign, Wall.¶
§ 9191.608. Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) Housing.¶
§ 9191.610. Site.¶
§ 9191.614. Site Plan.¶
§ 9191.618. Special Use Permit.¶
§ 9191.620. Specified Anatomical Areas.¶
§ 9191.621. Specified Sexual Activities.¶
§ 9191.622. Stable.¶
§ 9191.626. Storage.¶
§ 9191.630. Storage, Outdoor.¶
§ 9191.634. Story.¶
§ 9191.638. Street.¶
§ 9191.642. Street, Arterial.¶
§ 9191.643. Street Centerline.¶
§ 9191.646. Street, Collector.¶
§ 9191.647. Street Frontage.¶
§ 9191.650. Street, Private.¶
§ 9191.654. Street, Public.¶
§ 9191.658. Structure.¶
§ 9191.659. Structure, Accessory.¶
§ 9191.662. Structure Height.¶
§ 9191.666. Structure, Unoccupiable.¶
§ 9191.668. Supermarket.¶
§ 9191.669. Supportive Housing.¶
§ 9191.670. Swap Meet (Including Flea Markets).¶
§ 9191.674. Tandem.¶
§ 9191.675. Temple.¶
§ 9191.678. Tradefair.¶
§ 9191.679. Trailer.¶
§ 9191.680. Trailer Park.¶
§ 9191.682. Transfer Station for Refuse.¶
§ 9191.686. Transportation Demand Management (TDM).¶
§ 9191.690. Transient.¶
§ 9191.692. Transitional Housing.¶
§ 9191.694. Transmission Line, Major.¶
§ 9191.696. Trip Reduction.¶
§ 9191.698. Truck Terminal.¶
§ 9191.699. Truck Yard.¶
§ 9191.700. Two (2) Unit Development.¶
§ 9191.702. Use.¶
§ 9191.703. Use, Accessory.¶
§ 9191.704. Use, Minor.¶
§ 9191.710. Use, Primary.¶
§ 9191.714. Use, Principal.¶
§ 9191.716. Vanpool.¶
§ 9191.718. Variance.¶
§ 9191.720. Vehicle.¶
§ 9191.722. Vehicle Dismantling Yard.¶
§ 9191.726. Vehicle Impounding Yard.¶
§ 9191.730. Veterinary Clinic.¶
§ 9191.734. Walkway.¶
§ 9191.738. Walkway, Public.¶
§ 9191.742. Wall, Solid.¶
§ 9191.746. Warehouse.¶
§ 9191.750. Waste Disposal Facility.¶
§ 9191.754. Wholesale.¶
§ 9191.758. Yard.¶
§ 9191.762. Yard, Front.¶
§ 9191.766. Yard, Rear.¶
§ 9191.770. Yard, Required.¶
§ 9191.774. Yard Sale.¶
§ 9191.778. Yard, Side.¶
§ 9191.782. Zone.¶
§ 9191.786. Zoning Map.¶
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