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§ 33-8 accessory dwelling unit is existing or proposed.

Escondido Zoning Code · 2026-05 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Escondido

  • (8) "Accessory dwelling" means a secondary, but independent living facility which is located or established on the same lot as the primary residence. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

"Family" means one or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or a group including unrelated individuals living together as a relatively permanent, bona fide, housekeeping unit.

"Family day care" means regularly provided care, protection and supervision of 14 or fewer children in the provider's home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away, and including the following:

  • (1) "Large family day care home" means a home which provides family day care, with no overnight stay, to nine to 14 children, inclusive, including children who reside at the home;

  • (2) "Small family day care home" means a home which provides family day care, with no overnight stay, to eight or fewer children, including children who reside at the home.

"Fleet storage" means storage or parking of one or more vehicles used regularly in business operations. Where the parking of vehicles constitutes the principal use on the site, the use activity is considered a principal use. Typical fleet storage uses include taxi fleets, mobile catering trucks, car or truck (service delivery) storage, or delivery truck fleets. Excluded are car dealerships and vehicle junkyard or vehicle dismantling services.

"Floor area" means the total area of all floors and interior habitable area of a building included within the outside faces of the building's exterior walls, exclusive of basement and attic storage space and areas within a building used for the parking of vehicles.

"Floor area ratio" (also FAR) is the ratio of a building's floor area divided by the net lot area. FAR is expressed as a decimal unit.

"Frontage" means that property abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets, or nearest intersecting and intercepting streets, and railroad right-of-way or unsubdivided acreage.

Garage.

  • (1) "Private garage" means an enclosed accessory building or an accessory portion of the main building, designed and/or used only for the shelter of vehicles owned or operated by the occupants of the main building.

  • (2) "Public garage" means any building except those described as a private garage, used for the storage or shelter of self-propelled vehicles.

"Garage sale" shall mean the activity of offering for sale any property, other than real property or personally crafted arts and crafts items, by means of announcing or advertising a "garage," "yard," "moving," "estate," "rummage" or "tag" sale, all of which are synonymous, or by any other means intended to communicate that the sale is an occasional, casual, or non-businessrelated event offering the sale of personal property. "Garage sale" or "yard sale" shall not include any event which constitutes an arts and crafts show or any other sales activity which would require the business or person to possess a valid business license issued by the City of Escondido.

"Greenhouse (also lath house)" means a building or structure constructed chiefly of glass, glasslike or translucent material, cloth or lath, which is devoted to the protection or cultivation of

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Escondido Zoning Code
  1. Chapter 6
  2. Division 2 — Routing
  3. Division 2 — Weed and Rubbish Abatement Program
  4. ▸ Division 1 — Generally
    Overview
    1. § 11-53. Created and established.
    2. § 11-54. Purpose.
    3. § 11-55. Membership.
    4. § 11-56. Members in classified service and subject to civil se…
    5. § 11-57. Personnel to obey fire chief and rules and regulation…
    6. § 11-63. Appointment; tenure.
    7. § 11-64. Qualifications.
    8. § 11-65. Status of employment.
    9. § 11-66. General authority.
    10. § 11-67. To perform duties prescribed by city manager.
    11. § 11-68. To aid enforcement of ordinances, report violations.
    12. § 11-69. Duty to promulgate and enforce rules, regulations for…
    13. § 11-70. Authority, duty to inspect buildings, premises and or…
    14. § 11-71. Right of entry to make inspections.
    15. § 11-72. Duty to investigate fires, maintain records.
    16. § 11-73. Duty to preserve order at fires.
    17. § 11-74. Provide instruction for department in first aid, etc.
    18. § 11-75. Duty to call fire drills; purpose of drills.
    19. § 11-76. Responsible for conduct of and property of department.
    20. § 11-77. Duty to recommend disciplinary action.
    21. § 11-78. Duty to make reports; contents.
    22. § 11-79. To submit annual budget.
    23. Chapter 20
    24. Chapter 32
    25. ▸ Chapter 33
      Overview
      1. § 33-1313. Penalty provisions.
      2. ▸ Article 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
        Overview
        1. § 33-1. Short Title.
        2. § 33-2. Authority for the zoning chapter.
        3. § 33-3. Purpose.
        4. § 33-4. Replacement of other ordinances.
        5. § 33-5. Reference to any portion of this chapter.
        6. § 33-6. Interpretation.
        7. § 33-7. Permits and licenses required.
        8. § 33-8. Definitions.
        9. § 33-8 Building.
        10. § 33-8 accessory dwelling unit is existing or proposed.
        11. § 33-8 flowers or other tender plants.
        12. § 33-8 preparation counter, and storage cabinets.
        13. § 33-8 unit.
        14. § 33-13 technology to identify, sort, collect, and process use…
        15. § 33-13. Determination of permitted uses.
        16. § 33-14. Zoning districts.
        17. § 33-15. Zoning district boundary uncertainty.
        18. § 33-16. Processing of concurrent applications for permits, an…
      3. Article 2 — OPEN SPACE AND HAZARDOUS LANDS GENERALLY
      4. Article 3 — OPEN SPACE (OS) ZONE
      5. Article 4 — FLOOD PLAIN (FP) OVERLAY ZONE
      6. Article 5 — OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
      7. Article 6 — RESIDENTIAL ZONES
      8. Article 9 — ANIMAL OVERLAY (AO) ZONE
      9. Article 11 — (RESERVED)
      10. Article 13 — (RESERVED)
      11. Article 16 — COMMERCIAL ZONES
      12. Article 18 — SPECIFIC PLAN (S-P) ZONE
      13. Article 19 — PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (P-D) ZONE
      14. Article 24 — (RESERVED)
      15. Article 25 — PARKING OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES IN RESIDENTIAL Z…
      16. Article 26 — INDUSTRIAL ZONES
      17. Article 27 — EMERGENCY SHELTER OVERLAY
      18. Article 30 — HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL OVERLAY (H-C-O) ZONE
      19. Article 31 — SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (S-T-P) OVERLAY ZONE
      20. Article 32 — BED AND BREAKFAST FACILITIES
      21. Article 33 — RECYCLING FACILITIES
      22. Article 34 — COMMUNICATION ANTENNAS
      23. Article 35 — OUTDOOR LIGHTING
      24. Article 36 — CARGO CONTAINER RESTRICTIONS
      25. Article 37 — PUBLIC ART
      26. Article 38 — MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
      27. Article 39 — OFF-STREET PARKING
      28. Article 40 — HISTORICAL RESOURCES
      29. Article 41 — SENIOR HOUSING
      30. Article 42 — ADULT BUSINESSES
      31. Article 43 — ABANDONED SERVICE STATIONS
      32. Article 44 — HOME OCCUPATIONS
      33. Article 45 — MOBILEHOME PARKS
      34. Article 46 — TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS
      35. Article 47 — ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
      36. Article 48 — RELOCATION OF BUILDINGS
      37. Article 49 — AIR SPACE CONDOMINIUM AND COMMUNITY APARTMENT PRO…
      38. Article 52 — FREEWAY SIGN CONTROL
      39. Article 55 — GRADING AND EROSION CONTROL
      40. Article 56 — MISCELLANEOUS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
      41. Article 57 — MISCELLANEOUS USE RESTRICTIONS
      42. Article 58 — DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
  5. Division 1
  6. Division 2 — Variances and Administrative Adjustments
  7. Division 3 — Nonconforming Uses and Structures
  8. Division 4 — Amendments and Zone Changes
  9. Division 5 — Reasonable Accommodation
  10. Division 6 — Public Hearings, Notices, Fees and Appeals
  11. Division 7 — Enforcement and Penalties
  12. Division 8 — Plot Plans
  13. Division 9 — Zoning Administrator

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