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Title 18 — ZONING

Chapter 18.04 — DEFINITIONS

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

18.04.002 - Purpose.

18.04.004 - Definitions generally.

18.04.006 - Interpretation of language.

18.04.008 - Access.

18.04.010 - Accessory Structure.

18.04.012 - Accessory Use.

18.04.014 - Addition.

18.04.016 - Administrative/Professional Services.

18.04.020 - Agriculture.

18.04.022 - Airport.

18.04.023 - Alcoholic Beverage Sales.

18.04.024 - Alley.

18.04.026 - Animal Boarding.

18.04.027 - Animal daycare.

18.04.028 - Animal Grooming.

18.04.030 - Animal Health Care.

18.04.032 - Antenna.

18.04.033 - Antique Shop.

18.04.034 - Apartment.

18.04.036 - Apartment, Bachelor.

18.04.038 - Apartment, Efficiency.

18.04.040 - Apartment, One-Bedroom.

18.04.042 - Apartment, Two or More Bedroom.

18.04.044 - Applicant.

18.04.046 - Application.

18.04.048 - Approval.

18.04.050 - Arcade.

18.04.052 - Architectural Feature.

18.04.054 - Area, Gross.

18.04.056 - Area, Net.

18.04.057 - Assembly Use.

18.04.058 - Assessor.

18.04.059 - Assisted Living Facility.

18.04.060 - Attach.

18.04.061 - Automobile.

18.04.062 - Automobile Dismantling.

18.04.064 - Automobile Impound Yard.

18.04.066 - Automobile Parking.

18.04.067 - Automobile Rental.

18.04.068 - Automobile Repair.

18.04.070 - Automobile Sales.

18.04.72.1 - Automobile Light Repair.

18.04.72.2 - Self-Service Car Wash Facility.

18.04.074 - Automobile Storage.

18.04.075 - Banner, Flag, Pennant or Balloon.

18.04.076 - Banquet Hall.

18.04.077 - Bar.

18.04.078 - Basement.

18.04.079 - Beer and Wine Sales.

18.04.080 - Berm.

18.04.082 - Block.

18.04.083 - Boarding, Lodging or Rooming House.

18.04.084 - Breezeway.

18.04.086 - Buildable Area.

18.04.088 - Building.

18.04.090 - Building Area.

18.04.092 - Building Height.

18.04.094 - Building, Main.

18.04.096 - Building Setback Line.

18.04.098 - Building Site.

18.04.100 - Business or Commerce.

18.04.101 - Business Park.

18.04.102 - Business Support Services.

18.04.104 - Camper.

18.04.106 - Carport.

18.04.108 - CC and Rs.

18.04.110 - Cemeteries.

18.04.112 - Reserved.

18.04.114 - Church.

18.04.116 - City.

18.04.118 - City Council.

18.04.120 - Cluster Development.

18.04.122 - Commission.

18.04.124 - Committee.

18.04.126 - Communication Services.

18.04.128 - Community Recreation.

18.04.130 - Compact Car.

18.04.132 - Compatible Use.

18.04.133 - Composting.

18.04.134 - Conditional Use.

18.04.136 - Condominium.

18.04.138 - Conforming Building.

18.04.139 - Congregate care health facility.

18.04.140 - Construction Sales and Services.

18.04.142 - Convalescent Home.

18.04.144 - Convenience Sales and Services.

18.04.146 - Corporation Yard.

18.04.148 - County.

18.04.150 - County Recorder.

18.04.152 - Court.

18.04.154 - Cultural Institutions.

18.04.155.1 - Day Care Center—Child.

18.04.155.2 - Day Care Center—Adult.

18.04.156 - Days.

18.04.158 - Decibel.

18.04.160 - Density, Gross.

18.04.162 - Density, Net.

18.04.164 - Department.

18.04.166 - Development.

18.04.168 - Director.

18.04.170 - Drive-In Business.

18.04.172 - Driveway.

18.04.174 - Dwelling.

18.04.176 - Dwelling, Caretaker.

18.04.178 - Dwelling, Group.

18.04.180 - Dwelling, Multiple-Family.

18.04.182 - Dwelling, Single-Family.

18.04.184 - Dwelling, Two-Family.

18.04.185 - Dwelling Unit, Second.

18.04.186 - Dwelling Unit.

18.04.188 - Easement.

18.04.190 - Eating/Drinking Establishments, Indoor Only.

18.04.191 - Eating/Drinking Establishments with Outdoor Seating.

18.04.192 - Eave.

18.04.194 - Educational Institution.

18.04.195 - Electric Vehicle Charging Station.

18.04.196 - Elevation.

18.04.197 - Emergency Shelter.

18.04.198 - Enclosed Building.

18.04.200 - Enclosed Space.

18.04.202 - Entertainment Facility.

18.04.204 - Environmental Impact Report.

18.04.205 - Farmers Market.

18.04.206 - Family.

18.04.207.1 - Family Day Care Center, Large.

18.04.207.2 - Family Day Care Home, Small.

18.04.208 - Federal.

18.04.210 - Fence.

18.04.212 - Financial Institutions.

18.04.214 - Floor Area.

18.04.216 - Floor Area Ratio.

18.04.218 - Food Commissary.

18.04.220 - Fortunetelling.

18.04.222 - Foster Home.

18.04.224 - Frontage.

18.04.226 - Front Wall.

18.04.228 - Funeral Services.

18.04.230 - Garage, Private.

18.04.232 - General Plan.

18.04.234 - Glare.

18.04.236 - Grade.

18.04.238 - Guesthouse.

18.04.240 - Half-Story.

18.04.241 - Health and Fitness Clubs.

18.04.242 - Hedge.

18.04.244 - Home for the Aged.

18.04.246 - Home Occupation.

18.04.248 - Homeowners Association.

18.04.250 - Hospital.

18.04.252 - Hotel.

18.04.254 - Household Pet.

18.04.255 - Hydrogen Vehicle Fueling Station.

18.04.256 - Improvement.

18.04.258 - Incidental.

18.04.260 - Industry.

18.04.262 - Institution.

18.04.264 - Instructional Services.

18.04.266 - Junk and Salvage Yard.

18.04.268 - Kitchen.

18.04.270 - Landscaping.

18.04.272 - Laundry Services, Heavy.

18.04.274 - Laundry services, Light.

18.04.276 - Library Services.

18.04.278 - Liquor Sales.

18.04.279 - Live/Work.

18.04.280 - Loading Space.

18.04.281 - Lodge or Private Club.

18.04.282 - Lot.

18.04.284 - Lot Area.

18.04.286 - Lot, Corner.

18.04.288 - Lot Coverage.

18.04.290 - Lot Depth.

18.04.292 - Lot, Flag.

18.04.294 - Lot, Interior.

18.04.296 - Lot, Key.

18.04.298 - Lot, Reversed Corner.

18.04.300 - Lot Line.

18.04.302 - Lot Line, Front.

18.04.304 - Lot Line, Rear.

18.04.306 - Lot Line, Record.

18.04.308 - Lot Line, Side.

18.04.310 - Lot, Through.

18.04.312 - Lot Width.

18.04.314 - Manufactured Structure.

18.04.316 - Manufacturing, Custom.

18.04.318 - Manufacturing, Heavy.

18.04.320 - Manufacturing, Light.

18.04.321 - Reserved.

18.04.322 - Medical Services.

18.04.323 - Meeting Hall or Place of Assembly.

18.04.325 - Mixed Use Development.

18.04.326 - Mobilehome Park.

18.04.328 - Motel.

18.04.328.1 - Motor Vehicle.

18.04.329 - Nightclub.

18.04.330 - Noise.

18.04.332 - Nonconforming.

18.04.334 - Nonconforming Lot.

18.04.336 - Nonconforming Sign.

18.04.338 - Nonconforming Structure.

18.04.340 - Nonconforming Use.

18.04.342 - Off-Street Loading Facility.

18.04.344 - Off-Street Parking Facility.

18.04.346 - Open Space.

18.04.348 - Overlay Zone.

18.04.350 - Parapet.

18.04.352 - Parcel.

18.04.354 - Parking Bay.

18.04.356 - Parking Lot.

18.04.358 - Parking Space.

18.04.359 - Parolee.

18.04.360 - Performance Standards.

18.04.362 - Permit.

18.04.364 - Permitted Use.

18.04.365 - Personal Services.

18.04.366 - Planned Development.

18.04.367 - Plant Nursery.

18.04.368 - Postal Services.

18.04.369 - Private Transportation Facilities.

18.04.370 - Public Hearing.

18.04.372 - Public Notice.

18.04.374 - Public Maintenance Services.

18.04.376 - Public Transportation Facilities.

18.04.378 - Recreational Facilities.

18.04.380 - Recreation Space.

18.04.382 - Recreational Vehicle.

18.04.384 - Recycling Facility.

18.04.385 - Recycling Processing Facility.

18.04.386 - Religious Assembly or Place of Worship.

18.04.388 - Repair Services.

18.04.389 - Resale/Secondhand Stores.

18.04.390 - Research Services.

18.04.391 - Residential or Group Care Facility.

18.04.392 - Retail Sales, Indoor.

18.04.394 - Retail Sales, Outdoor.

18.04.396 - Right-of-Way.

18.04.398 - Room, Habitable.

18.04.399 - Salvage Operations.

18.04.400 - Satellite Dish Antenna.

18.04.401 - School, Vocational.

18.04.402 - Screening.

18.04.403 - Sensitive Receptors.

18.04.404 - Setback.

18.04.405 - Shopping Center or Industrial Center.

18.04.406 - Sign.

18.04.408 - Sign Structure.

18.04.409 - Single-Room Occupancy Facility.

18.04.409.1 - Single Housekeeping Unit.

18.04.410 - Site Plan.

18.04.412 - Slope.

18.04.414 - Solar Collector.

18.04.416 - State.

18.04.418 - Story.

18.04.420 - Street.

18.04.422 - Street Centerline.

18.04.424 - Street Line.

18.04.426 - Street, Local.

18.04.428 - Street, Side.

18.04.430 - Structural Alterations.

18.04.432 - Structure.

18.04.434 - Subdivision.

18.04.435 - Swap Meets (indoor and outdoor).

18.04.435.1 - Supportive Housing.

18.04.435.2 - Therapeutic Services.

18.04.436 - Transient.

18.04.438 - Transient Habitation.

18.04.438.1 - Transitional Housing.

18.04.438.2 - Truck.

18.04.438.3 - Truck Parking.

18.04.438.4 - Truck Rental.

18.04.438.5 - Truck Repair.

18.04.438.6 - Truck Sales.

18.04.438.7 - Truck Servicing.

18.04.439.1 - Truck and Trailer Storage.

18.04.439.2 - Twenty-Four-Hour Retail or Restaurant Operations.

18.04.440 - Use.

18.04.442 - Utility Distribution Facilities.

18.04.444 - Utility Operations Facilities.

18.04.446 - Valuation.

18.04.448 - Variance.

18.04.450 - Visual Obstruction.

18.04.452 - Wall.

18.04.453 - Warehousing.

18.04.454 - Warehouse, General.

18.04.455 - Warehousing, Logistics and Distribution.

18.04.456 - Wholesaling.

18.04.458 - Yard.

18.04.460 - Yard, Front.

18.04.462 - Yard, Rear.

18.04.464 - Yard, Side.

18.04.466 - Zoning Map.

18.04.468 - Zoning Ordinance.

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