Chapter 20.30 — DEFINITIONS
Cerritos Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Cerritos
§ 20.30.010. Applicability.¶
§ 20.30.014. General terminology.¶
§ 20.30.018. Definitions.¶
§ 20.30.026. Abut or abutting.¶
§ 20.30.030. Accessory building.¶
§ 20.30.034. Accessory use.¶
§ 20.30.038. Acre.¶
§ 20.30.042. Addition.¶
§ 20.30.046. Adjacent.¶
§ 20.30.050. Adjoining.¶
§ 20.30.052. Adult day care facility.¶
§ 20.30.054. Agriculture or agricultural.¶
§ 20.30.058. Air contaminant, or air pollution.¶
§ 20.30.062. Ambient noise level.¶
§ 20.30.064. Amusement games.¶
§ 20.30.066. Approving authority.¶
§ 20.30.070. Alter or alteration.¶
§ 20.30.074. Ancillary use.¶
§ 20.30.078. Animal hospital or veterinary clinic.¶
§ 20.30.082. Animal kennels or boarding.¶
§ 20.30.086. Apartment building or apartment house.¶
§ 20.30.090. Architectural design.¶
§ 20.30.094. Architectural review committee or design review¶
§ 20.30.098. Area.¶
§ 20.30.102. Area, net.¶
§ 20.30.106. Area, gross.¶
§ 20.30.110. Area development plan.¶
§ 20.30.114. Area map.¶
§ 20.30.118. Arterial street.¶
§ 20.30.122. Assessment roll.¶
§ 20.30.126. Automobile repair.¶
§ 20.30.130. Automobile service station.¶
§ 20.30.134. Auxiliary building, structure or use.¶
§ 20.30.137. Boarding house.¶
§ 20.30.138. Bona fide restaurant.¶
§ 20.30.142. Building.¶
§ 20.30.146. Building, accessory.¶
§ 20.30.150. Building, addition to.¶
§ 20.30.154. Building coverage.¶
§ 20.30.158. Building or structure height.¶
§ 20.30.162. Building, main.¶
§ 20.30.166. Building setback.¶
§ 20.30.170. Building site, or unit of development.¶
§ 20.30.172. Bulk reverse vending machine.¶
§ 20.30.174. Canopy.¶
§ 20.30.176. Canopy, collapsible.¶
§ 20.30.178. Car storage yard.¶
§ 20.30.182. Carport.¶
§ 20.30.186. Carry-out restaurant.¶
§ 20.30.190. Certificate of occupancy.¶
§ 20.30.194. Child day care facility.¶
§ 20.30.198. Clinic.¶
§ 20.30.200. Collection facility.¶
§ 20.30.202. Collector street.¶
§ 20.30.206. Commercial area.¶
§ 20.30.210. Commercial recreation.¶
§ 20.30.214. Common area.¶
§ 20.30.216. Community care facility.¶
§ 20.30.218. Comparable uses.¶
§ 20.30.222. Conditional use.¶
§ 20.30.226. Contiguous.¶
§ 20.30.230. Convalescent home.¶
§ 20.30.234. Convenience goods or service areas.¶
§ 20.30.235. Convenience service station.¶
§ 20.30.236. Convenience zone.¶
§ 20.30.238. Corner lot.¶
§ 20.30.242. Cul-de-sac.¶
§ 20.30.246. Dairy.¶
§ 20.30.248. Day care center.¶
§ 20.30.250. Decibel (dB).¶
§ 20.30.254. Density.¶
§ 20.30.258. Dental clinics.¶
§ 20.30.262. Design review committee.¶
§ 20.30.266. Design, architectural.¶
§ 20.30.270. Development area.¶
§ 20.30.274. Development code.¶
§ 20.30.278. Development map.¶
§ 20.30.282. Development plan.¶
§ 20.30.284. Disabled person.¶
§ 20.30.286. Discontinuance.¶
§ 20.30.290. District.¶
§ 20.30.294. Drive-in restaurants.¶
§ 20.30.298. Driveway.¶
§ 20.30.302. Dwelling.¶
§ 20.30.314. Dwelling unit.¶
§ 20.30.318. Dwelling unit density.¶
§ 20.30.322. Easement.¶
§ 20.30.326. Environmental performance standards.¶
§ 20.30.330. Equestrian trail.¶
§ 20.30.334. Family.¶
§ 20.30.338. Fence or wall height.¶
§ 20.30.340. Family day care home.¶
§ 20.30.342. Flammable gas.¶
§ 20.30.346. Flammable liquid.¶
§ 20.30.350. Floor area.¶
§ 20.30.354. Floor area, gross.¶
§ 20.30.358. Floor area ratio.¶
§ 20.30.362. Foot candle.¶
§ 20.30.366. Freeway.¶
§ 20.30.370. Frontage.¶
§ 20.30.372. Game arcade.¶
§ 20.30.373. Garage sale.¶
§ 20.30.374. General plan.¶
§ 20.30.378. Grade.¶
§ 20.30.382. Grading.¶
§ 20.30.386. Greenbelt.¶
§ 20.30.390. Health studio.¶
§ 20.30.394. Height.¶
§ 20.30.398. Highway.¶
§ 20.30.402. Highway, major or primary.¶
§ 20.30.406. Highway, secondary.¶
§ 20.30.410. Home occupations.¶
§ 20.30.414. Hospitals.¶
§ 20.30.418. Hotel or motel.¶
§ 20.30.422. Household pet.¶
§ 20.30.426. Illustrative plan.¶
§ 20.30.430. Impact insulation class.¶
§ 20.30.434. Impact noise.¶
§ 20.30.438. Incidental use.¶
§ 20.30.442. Industrial area.¶
§ 20.30.446. Interior street.¶
§ 20.30.450. Interior lot.¶
§ 20.30.454. Kennels.¶
§ 20.30.458. Kitchen.¶
§ 20.30.462. Land use.¶
§ 20.30.466. Land use zone or zoning.¶
§ 20.30.470. Landscaping.¶
§ 20.30.472. Large collection facility.¶
§ 20.30.474. Loading and unloading area.¶
§ 20.30.478. Local street.¶
§ 20.30.482. Lot.¶
§ 20.30.486. Lot of record.¶
§ 20.30.490. Lot, corner.¶
§ 20.30.494. Lot coverage.¶
§ 20.30.498. Lot depth.¶
§ 20.30.502. Lot, interior.¶
§ 20.30.506. Lot, key.¶
§ 20.30.510. Lot line.¶
§ 20.30.514. Lot line, front.¶
§ 20.30.518. Lot line, interior.¶
§ 20.30.522. Lot line, rear.¶
§ 20.30.526. Lot line, side.¶
§ 20.30.530. Lot, reversed corner.¶
§ 20.30.534. Main building or structure.¶
§ 20.30.538. Main use.¶
§ 20.30.542. Median.¶
§ 20.30.544. Mobile recycling unit.¶
§ 20.30.546. Mound.¶
§ 20.30.550. Medical clinic.¶
§ 20.30.554. Motel.¶
§ 20.30.558. Nonconforming building or structure.¶
§ 20.30.562. Nonconforming performance.¶
§ 20.30.566. Nonconforming signs.¶
§ 20.30.570. Nonconforming use.¶
§ 20.30.574. Nonconformity.¶
§ 20.30.578. Nursery school.¶
§ 20.30.582. Nursing home.¶
§ 20.30.586. Odor threshold.¶
§ 20.30.590. Off-street parking area, lot or facility.¶
§ 20.30.594. Open area or space.¶
§ 20.30.598. Parcel.¶
§ 20.30.602. Parking area, lot or facility.¶
§ 20.30.606. Parking space.¶
§ 20.30.610. Parkway.¶
§ 20.30.614. Patio structure.¶
§ 20.30.618. Peripheral walls or fences.¶
§ 20.30.622. Pet.¶
§ 20.30.626. Premises.¶
§ 20.30.630. Property line.¶
§ 20.30.634. Precise plans.¶
§ 20.30.638. Primary highway.¶
§ 20.30.642. Private street.¶
§ 20.30.643. Recreational vehicle.¶
§ 20.30.644. Recyclable material.¶
§ 20.30.645. Recyclable material processing facility.¶
§ 20.30.646. Recycling facility.¶
§ 20.30.648. Reasonable accommodation.¶
§ 20.30.650. Residential area.¶
§ 20.30.654. Rest home.¶
§ 20.30.656. Reverse vending machine.¶
§ 20.30.658. Room.¶
§ 20.30.662. Salvage operation.¶
§ 20.30.666. Service station.¶
§ 20.30.670. Setback.¶
§ 20.30.673. Short-term rental.¶
§ 20.30.674. Signs.¶
§ 20.30.676. Small collection facilities.¶
§ 20.30.678. Smoke.¶
§ 20.30.682. Sound level meter.¶
§ 20.30.686. Sound pressure level.¶
§ 20.30.690. Sound transmission.¶
§ 20.30.694. Story.¶
§ 20.30.698. Sound transmission class.¶
§ 20.30.702. Specimen tree.¶
§ 20.30.706. Storage area.¶
§ 20.30.710. Street frontage.¶
§ 20.30.714. Swimming pools.¶
§ 20.30.718. Truck terminal.¶
§ 20.30.722. Unit of development.¶
§ 20.30.726. Use.¶
§ 20.30.730. Variance.¶
§ 20.30.734. Veterinary clinic.¶
§ 20.30.738. Vibration.¶
§ 20.30.742. Wall height.¶
§ 20.30.746. Wrecking or salvage operations.¶
§ 20.30.750. Yard.¶
§ 20.30.754. Yard, front.¶
§ 20.30.758. Yard, rear.¶
§ 20.30.762. Yard, side.¶
§ 20.30.766. Zone.¶
§ 20.30.770. Public and private auctions.¶
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