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Title 16 — ZONING

Chapter 16.900 — GLOSSARY OF DEFINITIONS

Claremont Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Claremont

§ 16.900.010. Access.

§ 16.900.015. Accessory building or structure.

§ 16.900.025. Accessory second unit.

§ 16.900.030. Accessory use.

§ 16.900.035. Adjacent.

§ 16.900.040. Adult day health center.

§ 16.900.050. Agricultural operations; agricultural use.

§ 16.900.055. Alternative transportation.

§ 16.900.060. Airport.

§ 16.900.065. Alley.

§ 16.900.070. Ambient noise level.

§ 16.900.072. Ancillary; ancillary use.

§ 16.900.075. Antenna.

§ 16.900.077. Antenna array.

§ 16.900.080. Antenna height.

§ 16.900.085. Antenna, horizontal-wire or sloping-wire.

§ 16.900.090. Antenna, panel.

§ 16.900.095. Antenna mast-pole.

§ 16.900.100. Antenna support structure.

§ 16.900.105. Antenna, vertical or whip.

§ 16.900.110. Apartment.

§ 16.900.125. Automobile service station.

§ 16.900.127. Auxiliary; auxiliary use.

§ 16.900.130. "A" weighted sound level.

§ 16.900.135. Basement.

§ 16.900.140. Bed and breakfast establishment.

§ 16.900.145. Bedroom.

§ 16.900.150. Boarding house.

§ 16.900.155. Breezeway.

§ 16.900.165. Building.

§ 16.900.170. Building frontage.

§ 16.900.175. Building height.

§ 16.900.180. Building, main.

§ 16.900.185. Bus pool.

§ 16.900.190. Canopy.

§ 16.900.195. Carpool.

§ 16.900.200. Carport.

§ 16.900.205. Child day care facility; child day care center.

§ 16.900.210. Circulation element.

§ 16.900.220. Commercial property.

§ 16.900.225. Commercial space.

§ 16.900.230. Community housing and community housing project.

§ 16.900.235. Condominium.

§ 16.900.245. Covered patio, deck or balcony.

§ 16.900.250. Cumulative period.

§ 16.900.255. Cut.

§ 16.900.265. Decibel (dB).

§ 16.900.270. Dedicated to the City.

§ 16.900.275. Density.

§ 16.900.280. Development.

§ 16.900.285. Dining, inside.

§ 16.900.290. Dining, outside.

§ 16.900.293. Director of Community Development.

§ 16.900.295. Display window.

§ 16.900.300. Driveway.

§ 16.900.305. Dwelling unit.

§ 16.900.310. Educational institutions.

§ 16.900.315. Efficiency unit.

§ 16.900.318. Emergency machinery, vehicle, work or warning alarm.

§ 16.900.320. Emergency shelter.

§ 16.900.325. Employee parking area.

§ 16.900.330. Family.

§ 16.900.340. Feasible.

§ 16.900.345. Fence.

§ 16.900.350. Fill.

§ 16.900.355. First point of connection.

§ 16.900.360. Fixed noise source.

§ 16.900.365. Floor area.

§ 16.900.370. Floor area, net.

§ 16.900.385. Garage.

§ 16.900.390. General plan.

§ 16.900.395. Grading.

§ 16.900.400. Gross area.

§ 16.900.405. Guest room.

§ 16.900.415. Health care institution.

§ 16.900.420. Hertz (Hz).

§ 16.900.434. Hotel.

§ 16.900.435. Hotel/motel.

§ 16.900.440. Income—persons and households.

§ 16.900.455. Intruding noise level.

§ 16.900.460. Kennel.

§ 16.900.465. Kitchen.

§ 16.900.470. Landscaping.

§ 16.900.480. Licensed.

§ 16.900.490. Loading space.

§ 16.900.495. Location on private property which is visible from the street.

§ 16.900.500. Location on private property which is visible from neighboring properties.

§ 16.900.505. Lot.

§ 16.900.510. Lot area or size.

§ 16.900.515. Lot, corner.

§ 16.900.520. Lot, corner, reversed.

§ 16.900.525. Lot, corner, standard.

§ 16.900.530. Lot coverage.

§ 16.900.535. Lot depth.

§ 16.900.540. Lot, interior.

§ 16.900.545. Lot, through.

§ 16.900.550. Lot width.

§ 16.900.555. Master Architectural Review.

§ 16.900.560. Mechanical equipment.

§ 16.900.565. Micro-pascal.

§ 16.900.570. Mini-warehouse facilities.

§ 16.900.575. Mobile home park.

§ 16.900.585. Motel.

§ 16.900.590. Motor home.

§ 16.900.600. Noise disturbance.

§ 16.900.605. Nursery school.

§ 16.900.610. Occasional sale.

§ 16.900.615. Off-site improvements.

§ 16.900.618. Online educational institution.

§ 16.900.620. Open space.

§ 16.900.625. Open space, common.

§ 16.900.630. Outdoor living area.

§ 16.900.635. Park or parking.

§ 16.900.640. Parking area, private.

§ 16.900.645. Parking space.

§ 16.900.655. Passive solar.

§ 16.900.660. Pedestrian arcade.

§ 16.900.665. Person.

§ 16.900.670. Pools.

§ 16.900.675. Preferential carpool/vanpool parking.

§ 16.900.680. Recreation court.

§ 16.900.685. Residence.

§ 16.900.690. Residential property.

§ 16.900.695. Room.

§ 16.900.700. Rooming house.

§ 16.900.705. Row house.

§ 16.900.710. Setback.

§ 16.900.715. Shopping center.

§ 16.900.720. Short-term rental.

§ 16.900.725. Simple tone noise.

§ 16.900.730. Single-family dwelling.

§ 16.900.740. Site plan.

§ 16.900.745. Solar.

§ 16.900.750. Solar access easement.

§ 16.900.755. Solar energy system.

§ 16.900.760. Sound.

§ 16.900.765. Sound level.

§ 16.900.770. Sound level meter.

§ 16.900.775. Sound pressure level.

§ 16.900.780. Staff.

§ 16.900.785. Story.

§ 16.900.790. Street.

§ 16.900.795. Streets, collector.

§ 16.900.800. Street frontage.

§ 16.900.805. Streets, major.

§ 16.900.810. Streets, minor, local and cul-de-sac.

§ 16.900.815. Streets, private.

§ 16.900.820. Streets, secondary.

§ 16.900.825. Street, service.

§ 16.900.830. Structure.

§ 16.900.832. Supportive housing.

§ 16.900.833. Support structure.

§ 16.900.835. Toxic or noxious matter.

§ 16.900.840. Trailer, automobile.

§ 16.900.845. Transient.

§ 16.900.850. Transitional housing.

§ 16.900.855. Transportation Demand Management (TDM).

§ 16.900.860. Trip reduction.

§ 16.900.870. Unpaved area.

§ 16.900.875. Use, office.

§ 16.900.880. Use, retail.

§ 16.900.885. Utility lines.

§ 16.900.890. Utility line, off-site.

§ 16.900.895. Utility line, on-site.

§ 16.900.900. Utility service provider.

§ 16.900.905. Vacant parcel.

§ 16.900.910. Vanpool.

§ 16.900.915. Vegetation.

§ 16.900.920. Vehicle.

§ 16.900.925. Vibration.

§ 16.900.930. Wall.

§ 16.900.935. Wireless equipment, accessory.

§ 16.900.940. Wireless facilities, personal.

§ 16.900.945. Wireless telecommunications facility.

§ 16.900.950. Yard.

§ 16.900.955. Yard, front.

§ 16.900.960. Yard, rear.

§ 16.900.965. Yard, side.

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