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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