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Title 17 — ZONING

Chapter 17.08 — DEFINITIONS

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

17.08.010 - Generally.

17.08.020 - Abut, abutting, adjoining.

17.08.030 - Accessory dwelling unit.

17.08.040 - Accessory structure.

17.08.050 - Accessory use.

17.08.060 - Acre.

17.08.070 - Administrative permit.

17.08.080 - Adult day programs.

17.08.090 - Adult-oriented business.

17.08.100 - Aggrieved party.

17.08.110 - Airport.

17.08.120 - Alcoholic beverage sales.

17.08.130 - Alley.

17.08.140 - Ambulance service.

17.08.150 - Animal boarding.

17.08.160 - Animal grooming.

17.08.170 - Animal hospital.

17.08.180 - Applicant.

17.08.190 - Area.

17.08.200 - Artisan crafts manufacturing and sales.

17.08.210 - Artist studio.

17.08.220 - Automated teller machines (ATMs).

17.08.230 - Automobile and vehicle sales and rental.

17.08.240 - Automobile parts and supplies sales.

17.08.250 - Automobile service stations.

17.08.260 - Awning.

17.08.270 - Banks and financial services.

17.08.280 - Bed and breakfast inn.

17.08.290 - Billiard parlor.

17.08.300 - Block.

17.08.310 - Brewpub.

17.08.320 - Building.

17.08.330 - Building footprint.

17.08.340 - Building frontage.

17.08.350 - Building height.

17.08.360 - Building intensity.

17.08.370 - Building materials stores and yards.

17.08.380 - Building official, building inspector

17.08.390 - Building site.

17.08.400 - Bus shelter.

17.08.410 - Business.

17.08.420 - Business day.

17.08.430 - Business office.

17.08.440 - Business support services.

17.08.450 - Car washing and detailing.

17.08.460 - Caretaker housing.

17.08.470 - Cargo container.

17.08.480 - Carport.

17.08.490 - Cemetery.

17.08.500 - Centerline.

17.08.510 - Certified farmers' market.

17.08.520 - Chemical product manufacturing.

17.08.530 - City property.

17.08.540 - Clear vision triangle, clear vision distance.

17.08.550 - Clothing and fabric product manufacturing.

17.08.560 - Clubs, lodges, and private meeting halls.

17.08.570 - Collectibles.

17.08.580 - Commercial cannabis business.

17.08.590 - Commercial vehicle.

17.08.600 - Common area.

17.08.610 - Community center.

17.08.620 - Community garden.

17.08.630 - Community resource center.

17.08.640 - Concession facilities.

17.08.650 - Concrete batching or ready-mix concrete manufacturing.

17.08.660 - Conditional use permit.

17.08.670 - Condominium.

17.08.680 - Construction.

17.08.690 - Consumer electronics.

17.08.700 - Convenience stores.

17.08.710 - Corner lot.

17.08.720 - Cottage food operation.

17.08.730 - Craft food and beverage production.

17.08.740 - Crop and tree farming.

17.08.750 - Customer area.

17.08.760 - Date of decision.

17.08.770 - Density.

17.08.780 - Density bonus.

17.08.790 - Density transfer.

17.08.800 - Development agreement.

17.08.810 - Dormitory.

17.08.820 - Drive-in and drive-through sales and services.

17.08.830 - Dunsmuir Historic Commercial District.

17.08.840 - Duplex residential.

17.08.850 - Dwelling group.

17.08.860 - Dwelling unit.

17.08.870 - Easement.

17.08.880 - Emergency shelter.

17.08.890 - Employee housing.

17.08.900 - Encroachment permit.

17.08.910 - Equipment and material storage yards.

17.08.920 - Equipment sales and rental.

17.08.930 - Event center.

17.08.940 - Explosives.

17.08.950 - Family.

17.08.960 - Family childcare home.

17.08.970 - Fence.

17.08.980 - Firearms training facilities.

17.08.990 - Firearms sales.

17.08.1000 - Floor area ratio.

17.08.1010 - Food and beverage manufacturing.

17.08.1020 - Front yard.

17.08.1030 - Fuel storage and distribution.

17.08.1040 - Furniture and fixtures manufacturing.

17.08.1050 - Garage.

17.08.1060 - Garage sale, yard sale.

17.08.1070 - Garden center, plant nursery.

17.08.1080 - General Plan.

17.08.1090 - General vicinity, proximity.

17.08.1100 - Glass product manufacturing.

17.08.1110 - Grocery store, supermarket.

17.08.1120 - Gross density.

17.08.1130 - Gross floor area.

17.08.1140 - Handcraft industries.

17.08.1150 - Health clinics, medical offices, and laboratories.

17.08.1160 - Hedges and equivalent screening.

17.08.1170 - Heliport.

17.08.1180 - Highway

17.08.1190 - Home occupation.

17.08.1200 - Hospice care.

17.08.1210 - Hospitals.

17.08.1220 - Hostel.

17.08.1230 - Hotels and motels.

17.08.1240 - Household.

17.08.1250 - Indemnification.

17.08.1260 - Indoor entertainment facility.

17.08.1270 - Indoor sports and fitness facility.

17.08.1280 - Junior accessory dwelling unit.

17.08.1290 - Junk.

17.08.1300 - Kitchen.

17.08.1310 - Landscaping.

17.08.1320 - Legal description.

17.08.1330 - Library.

17.08.1340 - Live/work unit.

17.08.1350 - Living area.

17.08.1360 - Lot, parcel.

17.08.1370 - Lot coverage.

17.08.1380 - Lot depth.

17.08.1390 - Lot frontage, street frontage.

17.08.1400 - Lot line.

17.08.1410 - Lot width.

17.08.1420 - Lumber and wood product processing facility.

17.08.1430 - Main building.

17.08.1440 - Manufactured home.

17.08.1450 - Manufactured home park.

17.08.1460 - Media production.

17.08.1470 - Metal products fabrication, machine/welding shops.

17.08.1480 - Microbrewery.

17.08.1490 - Microdistillery.

17.08.1500 - Mixed-use building.

17.08.1510 - Mixed-use development.

17.08.1520 - Mobile food commissary.

17.08.1530 - Mobile food court.

17.08.1540 - Mobile food vendor.

17.08.1550 - Mobile home.

17.08.1560 - Mortuaries and funeral homes.

17.08.1570 - Multifamily residential.

17.08.1580 - Nanobrewery.

17.08.1590 - Net density.

17.08.1600 - Net land area.

17.08.1610 - Nonconforming building or use.

17.08.1620 - Occupancy.

17.08.1630 - Official plan line.

17.08.1640 - Off-site.

17.08.1650 - On-site.

17.08.1660 - Open space.

17.08.1670 - Outdoor commercial recreation facility.

17.08.1680 - Paper product manufacturing.

17.08.1690 - Park and ride facility.

17.08.1700 - Parking space or facility.

17.08.1710 - Parks, picnic areas, and playgrounds.

17.08.1720 - Pending application.

17.08.1730 - Permit.

17.08.1740 - Personal services.

17.08.1750 - Pharmacy.

17.08.1760 - Places of worship and spiritual assembly.

17.08.1770 - Planning Commission.

17.08.1780 - Principally permitted use.

17.08.1790 - Printing and publishing.

17.08.1800 - Private schools.

17.08.1810 - Professional office.

17.08.1820 - Project.

17.08.1830 - Property line.

17.08.1840 - Public agency.

17.08.1850 - Public and quasi-public facilities.

17.08.1860 - Public nuisance.

17.08.1870 - Public right-of-way.

17.08.1880 - Public safety facility.

17.08.1890 - Public schools.

17.08.1900 - Public services.

17.08.1910 - Public utility.

17.08.1920 - Rear yard.

17.08.1930 - Recreational vehicle.

17.08.1940 - Recreational vehicle park.

17.08.1950 - Recycling facility.

17.08.1960 - Residential care facility.

17.08.1970 - Residential care home.

17.08.1980 - Resource protection and restoration.

17.08.1990 - Resource-related recreation.

17.08.2000 - Restricted personal services.

17.08.2010 - Restricted retail sales.

17.08.2020 - Retail food establishment.

17.08.2030 - Retail sales.

17.08.2040 - Salvage yard.

17.08.2050 - Second dwelling unit.

17.08.2060 - Secondhand sales.

17.08.2070 - Setback.

17.08.2080 - Shopping center.

17.08.2090 - Short-term rental.

17.08.2100 - Side yard.

17.08.2110 - Sign.

17.08.2120 - Single-family residential.

17.08.2130 - Small equipment maintenance and repair.

17.08.2140 - Special event.

17.08.2150 - Split zoning.

17.08.2160 - Sporting goods.

17.08.2170 - Stone product manufacturing.

17.08.2180 - Storage facility.

17.08.2190 - Structure.

17.08.2200 - Supportive housing.

17.08.2210 - Taproom brewery.

17.08.2220 - Temporary structure.

17.08.2230 - Temporary Use.

17.08.2240 - Theaters and playhouses.

17.08.2250 - Townhouse.

17.08.2260 - Transient occupancy.

17.08.2270 - Transitional housing.

17.08.2280 - Uplighting.

17.08.2290 - Utility infrastructure.

17.08.2300 - Variance.

17.08.2310 - Vehicle storage.

17.08.2320 - Vehicles for hire.

17.08.2330 - Vehicular access.

17.08.2340 - Vertical mixed-use development.

17.08.2350 - Veterinary office.

17.08.2360 - Wholesale business.

17.08.2370 - Wireless telecommunications facility.

17.08.2380 - Yard.

17.08.2390 - Zero lot line.

17.08.2400 - Zoning district.

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