Title 17 — ZONING›Chapter 17.04 — DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS
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Covina Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Covina
§ 17.04.003. Definitions generally.¶
§ 17.04.006. Abut.¶
§ 17.04.009. Access and/or accessway.¶
§ 17.04.012. Accessory building.¶
§ 17.04.013. Accessory dwelling unit.¶
§ 17.04.014. Accessory dwelling unit, junior.¶
§ 17.04.015. Accessory living quarters.¶
§ 17.04.016. Accessory use.¶
§ 17.04.021. Adjacent.¶
§ 17.04.024. Adjoining.¶
§ 17.04.024.5. ADU, attached.¶
§ 17.04.024.6. ADU, detached.¶
§ 17.04.025. Adult-oriented businesses.¶
§ 17.04.027. Advertising structure.¶
§ 17.04.030. Advisory agency.¶
§ 17.04.031. Agricultural employee.¶
§ 17.04.032. Agricultural employee housing.¶
§ 17.04.033. Airport.¶
§ 17.04.036. Aisle.¶
§ 17.04.039. Alley.¶
§ 17.04.042. Altered.¶
§ 17.04.043. Alternative transportation.¶
§ 17.04.045. Amendment.¶
§ 17.04.046. Ancillary use.¶
§ 17.04.048. Animal hospital.¶
§ 17.04.051. Antique shop.¶
§ 17.04.054. Apartment.¶
§ 17.04.057. Apartment hotel.¶
§ 17.04.060. Apartment house.¶
§ 17.04.063. Assessor.¶
§ 17.04.064. Assisted living facility.¶
§ 17.04.066. Auto court.¶
§ 17.04.069. Automobile and trailer sales lot.¶
§ 17.04.070. Automobile impound.¶
§ 17.04.072. Automobile repair services (minor).¶
§ 17.04.073. Automobile repair services (major).¶
§ 17.04.075. Automobile service station.¶
§ 17.04.076. Automobile towing.¶
§ 17.04.078. Automobile wrecking.¶
§ 17.04.081. Average angle setback.¶
§ 17.04.084. Bachelor apartment.¶
§ 17.04.087. Basement.¶
§ 17.04.088. Battery energy storage system (BESS) facility.¶
§ 17.04.090. Billboard.¶
§ 17.04.093. Billiard parlor.¶
§ 17.04.096. Block frontage.¶
§ 17.04.099. Boarding and/or rooming house.¶
§ 17.04.100. Bona fide eating establishments.¶
§ 17.04.101. Eating and drinking establishments.¶
§ 17.04.102. Breezeway.¶
§ 17.04.105. Building.¶
§ 17.04.108. Building, height of.¶
§ 17.04.111. Building line.¶
§ 17.04.114. Building, main.¶
§ 17.04.115. Building permit.¶
§ 17.04.117. Building setback line.¶
§ 17.04.120. Building site.¶
§ 17.04.123. Bungalow court.¶
§ 17.04.126. Business.¶
§ 17.04.129. Cabana.¶
§ 17.04.130. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).¶
§ 17.04.132. Carnival.¶
§ 17.04.133. Carpool.¶
§ 17.04.135. Carport.¶
§ 17.04.138. Centerline.¶
§ 17.04.141. Chapel.¶
§ 17.04.143. Chief planning official.¶
§ 17.04.144. Church.¶
§ 17.04.145. City building official.¶
§ 17.04.146. City.¶
§ 17.04.147. Clinic.¶
§ 17.04.150. Club.¶
§ 17.04.153. Commerce.¶
§ 17.04.156. Commission or planning commission.¶
§ 17.04.158. Community apartments.¶
§ 17.04.158.5. Community gardens.¶
§ 17.04.159. Compatible use.¶
§ 17.04.162. Condominium.¶
§ 17.04.163. Congestion management program (CMP) network.¶
§ 17.04.165. Contiguous.¶
§ 17.04.168. Convalescent home.¶
§ 17.04.171. Corner cutback.¶
§ 17.04.172. Cottage food business.¶
§ 17.04.174. Court.¶
§ 17.04.177. Court, apartment.¶
§ 17.04.180. Court, inner.¶
§ 17.04.183. Court, outer.¶
§ 17.04.186. Coverage.¶
§ 17.04.187. Crankcase oil tanks.¶
§ 17.04.189. Dance hall.¶
§ 17.04.192. Day nursery.¶
§ 17.04.193. Developer.¶
§ 17.04.194. Development.¶
§ 17.04.195. Development agreement.¶
§ 17.04.195.5. Distribution centers.¶
§ 17.04.196. Dormitory.¶
§ 17.04.198. Drainage channel.¶
§ 17.04.199. Dripline.¶
§ 17.04.201. Driveway.¶
§ 17.04.202. Drive-up kiosks.¶
§ 17.04.203. Drive-through facilities.¶
§ 17.04.204. Dump.¶
§ 17.04.207. Duplex.¶
§ 17.04.210. Dwelling.¶
§ 17.04.213. Dwelling, multiple.¶
§ 17.04.215. Dwelling, second unit.¶
§ 17.04.216. Dwelling, single-family.¶
§ 17.04.219. Dwelling, two-family.¶
§ 17.04.222. Dwelling unit.¶
§ 17.04.225. Easement.¶
§ 17.04.228. Educational institution.¶
§ 17.04.230. Electrical or mechanical games.¶
§ 17.04.230.5. Emergency shelter.¶
§ 17.04.231. Employee parking area.¶
§ 17.04.232. Erect.¶
§ 17.04.233. Existing structure.¶
§ 17.04.234. Family.¶
§ 17.04.237. Federal government.¶
§ 17.04.240. Fence.¶
§ 17.04.243. Flood control channel.¶
§ 17.04.246. Floor area.¶
§ 17.04.249. Floor space index.¶
§ 17.04.252. Freeway.¶
§ 17.04.255. Frontage.¶
§ 17.04.258. Front wall.¶
§ 17.04.261. Garage, private.¶
§ 17.04.264. Garage, public.¶
§ 17.04.267. Garage, storage.¶
§ 17.04.270. Gasoline service station.¶
§ 17.04.273. General plan.¶
§ 17.04.276. Grade.¶
§ 17.04.279. Greenhouse.¶
§ 17.04.282. Ground sign.¶
§ 17.04.285. Guest.¶
§ 17.04.288. Guest home.¶
§ 17.04.291. Guest house (accessory living quarters).¶
§ 17.04.294. Guest room.¶
§ 17.04.297. Half story.¶
§ 17.04.299. Health spa.¶
§ 17.04.300. Hedge.¶
§ 17.04.303. Height of building.¶
§ 17.04.304. High density.¶
§ 17.04.306. Highway.¶
§ 17.04.308. Highway industrial zone.¶
§ 17.04.309. Highway right-of-way line.¶
§ 17.04.312. Hospital.¶
§ 17.04.315. Hospital, animal.¶
§ 17.04.318. Hotel.¶
§ 17.04.321. Hotel unit.¶
§ 17.04.322. Indoor radio controlled hobby track.¶
§ 17.04.322.5. Indoor recreation facilities.¶
§ 17.04.323. Industrial park zone.¶
§ 17.04.324. Industry.¶
§ 17.04.325. In-home businesses.¶
§ 17.04.327. Junk.¶
§ 17.04.330. Junkyard.¶
§ 17.04.333. Kennel.¶
§ 17.04.336. Kitchen.¶
§ 17.04.339. Landscaped freeway.¶
§ 17.04.342. Landscape space.¶
§ 17.04.345. Landscaping.¶
§ 17.04.348. Land use zoning map.¶
§ 17.04.349. Liquor.¶
§ 17.04.349.5. Liquor, off-sale establishments.¶
§ 17.04.350. Liquor, on-sale establishments.¶
§ 17.04.351. Loading space.¶
§ 17.04.354. Lodging house.¶
§ 17.04.357. Lot.¶
§ 17.04.360. Lot area.¶
§ 17.04.363. Lot, corner.¶
§ 17.04.366. Lot, cul-de-sac.¶
§ 17.04.369. Lot depth.¶
§ 17.04.372. Lot, interior.¶
§ 17.04.375. Lot, key.¶
§ 17.04.378. Lot line.¶
§ 17.04.381. Lot line, front.¶
§ 17.04.384. Lot line, rear.¶
§ 17.04.387. Lot line, side.¶
§ 17.04.390. Lot of record.¶
§ 17.04.393. Lot, reduced area.¶
§ 17.04.396. Lot, reversed corner.¶
§ 17.04.399. Lot, substandard.¶
§ 17.04.402. Lot, through.¶
§ 17.04.405. Lot width.¶
§ 17.04.405.5. Low barrier navigation center.¶
§ 17.04.406. Low income.¶
§ 17.04.407. Manufactured housing.¶
§ 17.04.408. Marquee.¶
§ 17.04.411. Marquee sign.¶
§ 17.04.414. Massage establishment.¶
§ 17.04.414.5. Medical marijuana dispensary.¶
§ 17.04.414.7. Memory care facility, skilled nursing facility, and similar uses.¶
§ 17.04.415. Mixed use.¶
§ 17.04.416. Mobile food facility.¶
§ 17.04.417. Mobile home.¶
§ 17.04.420. Motel.¶
§ 17.04.423. Motel unit.¶
§ 17.04.425. Multi-tenant retail arcades.¶
§ 17.04.426. Nonconforming building.¶
§ 17.04.429. Nonconforming use.¶
§ 17.04.430. Notice of preparation.¶
§ 17.04.432. Nursery school.¶
§ 17.04.435. Nursing home.¶
§ 17.04.435.5. Oak tree.¶
§ 17.04.436. Occasional sale.¶
§ 17.04.438. Outdoor advertising.¶
§ 17.04.441. Parcel of land.¶
§ 17.04.444. Parking area, private.¶
§ 17.04.447. Parking area, public.¶
§ 17.04.450. Parking space, automobile.¶
§ 17.04.453. Patio.¶
§ 17.04.455. Pilasters.¶
§ 17.04.456. Porte cochere.¶
§ 17.04.459. Poultry.¶
§ 17.04.460. Preferential parking.¶
§ 17.04.461. Primary dwelling.¶
§ 17.04.462. Private dance.¶
§ 17.04.465. Property line.¶
§ 17.04.466. Property owner.¶
§ 17.04.468. Provision.¶
§ 17.04.471. Public dance.¶
§ 17.04.474. Public dancing place.¶
§ 17.04.475. Public storage facility.¶
§ 17.04.476. Public transit.¶
§ 17.04.477. Quasi-public organization.¶
§ 17.04.480. Ramada.¶
§ 17.04.483. Residence.¶
§ 17.04.484. Residential care facility, large.¶
§ 17.04.485. Residential care facility, small.¶
§ 17.04.486. Rest home.¶
§ 17.04.489. Retail store.¶
§ 17.04.492. Room.¶
§ 17.04.495. Rooming house.¶
§ 17.04.498. Sanitarium.¶
§ 17.04.501. Schools, elementary, intermediate, junior high and high.¶
§ 17.04.504. Schools, private.¶
§ 17.04.507. Service bay.¶
§ 17.04.510. Service stations.¶
§ 17.04.513. Setback line, front yard.¶
§ 17.04.516. Setback line, rear yard or side yard.¶
§ 17.04.518. Shared-space commercial establishment.¶
§ 17.04.519. Sign.¶
§ 17.04.522. Sign area.¶
§ 17.04.523. Single housekeeping unit.¶
§ 17.04.525. Site plan.¶
§ 17.04.527. Slope.¶
§ 17.04.528. South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).¶
§ 17.04.529. Specified anatomical areas.¶
§ 17.04.530. Specified sexual activities.¶
§ 17.04.531. Stable, private.¶
§ 17.04.534. Stable, public.¶
§ 17.04.537. Stacked.¶
§ 17.04.539. Stock cooperatives.¶
§ 17.04.540. Stored.¶
§ 17.04.543. Story.¶
§ 17.04.546. Story, half.¶
§ 17.04.549. Street.¶
§ 17.04.552. Street centerline.¶
§ 17.04.555. Street line.¶
§ 17.04.558. Street, local.¶
§ 17.04.561. Street, side.¶
§ 17.04.564. Structural alterations.¶
§ 17.04.567. Structure.¶
§ 17.04.570. Supermarket.¶
§ 17.04.571. Supportive housing.¶
§ 17.04.571.5. Supportive services.¶
§ 17.04.572. Surgery or surgical center – Medical.¶
§ 17.04.573. Swimming pool.¶
§ 17.04.574. Target population.¶
§ 17.04.576. Thrift shops, secondhand and used merchandise stores.¶
§ 17.04.579. Toe of slope.¶
§ 17.04.582. Top of slope.¶
§ 17.04.585. Townhouse.¶
§ 17.04.587. Trade school.¶
§ 17.04.588. Trading area.¶
§ 17.04.591. Trailer park or mobile home park.¶
§ 17.04.594. Trailer, residential.¶
§ 17.04.597. Trailer space.¶
§ 17.04.600. Transient.¶
§ 17.04.600.5. Transitional housing.¶
§ 17.04.601. Transportation demand management.¶
§ 17.04.603. Truck and/or trailer sales lot.¶
§ 17.04.606. Use.¶
§ 17.04.609. Used.¶
§ 17.04.610. Vanpool.¶
§ 17.04.612. Variance.¶
§ 17.04.613. Vehicle.¶
§ 17.04.614. Very low income.¶
§ 17.04.615. Visual obstruction.¶
§ 17.04.618. Wall.¶
§ 17.04.618.5. Wall, solid.¶
§ 17.04.618.7. Wall and fence permit.¶
§ 17.04.619. Warehouse.¶
§ 17.04.621. Yard.¶
§ 17.04.624. Yard, front.¶
§ 17.04.627. Yard, rear.¶
§ 17.04.630. Yard, side.¶
§ 17.04.633. Zone.¶
§ 17.04.636. Zone, change of.¶
§ 17.04.639. Zone reclassification.¶
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