Chapter 18.25 — DEFINITIONS
Fremont Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Fremont
18.25.010 Use of definitions.¶
18.25.020 Reserved.¶
18.25.030 Abutting.¶
18.25.050 Acreage, net.¶
18.25.060 Administrative and executive office.¶
18.25.070 Adult-oriented business definitions.¶
18.25.080 Agent of owner.¶
18.25.090 Agriculture.¶
18.25.095 Agriculture, urban.¶
18.25.096 Agricultural products, urban.¶
18.25.100 Alcove.¶
18.25.110 Alley or lane.¶
18.25.120 Alter.¶
18.25.130 Amenity.¶
18.25.140 Antenna.¶
18.25.150 Apartment, community.¶
18.25.160 Apartment, efficiency and single room occupancy (SRO) units.¶
18.25.170 Apartment vacancy rate.¶
18.25.180 Applicant.¶
18.25.190 Arterial street.¶
18.25.200 Arts and crafts fair.¶
18.25.210 Assembly use.¶
18.25.213 Assisted living facility.¶
18.25.215 Assisted living group quarter.¶
18.25.220 Astrology.¶
18.25.225 Attached housing development.¶
18.25.230 Automobile repair, major.¶
18.25.240 Automobile repair, minor.¶
18.25.250 Automobile sales area.¶
18.25.260 Automobile service station.¶
18.25.270 Automobile wrecking yard.¶
18.25.280 Banquet hall.¶
18.25.290 Basement.¶
18.25.300 Bay window.¶
18.25.310 Bed and breakfast inn.¶
18.25.320 Beginning of construction.¶
18.25.324 Bicycle, motorized.¶
18.25.325 Bicycle parking, long-term.¶
18.25.327 Bicycle parking, short-term.¶
18.25.330 Biosafety level (BSL).¶
18.25.340 Boardinghouse or rooming house.¶
18.25.350 Board of adjustments.¶
18.25.360 Building.¶
18.25.370 Building height.¶
18.25.380 Building, principal.¶
18.25.390 Building site.¶
18.25.400 Bus.¶
18.25.410 Camper.¶
18.25.420 Camper vehicle.¶
18.25.430 Car detailing.¶
18.25.440 Caretaker quarters.¶
18.25.450 Carport.¶
18.25.460 Car wash.¶
18.25.470 Cellar.¶
18.25.480 Certificate of occupancy.¶
18.25.490 Cessation of use.¶
18.25.500 Circus and/or carnival and special event.¶
18.25.510 City council.¶
18.25.520 Club, community.¶
18.25.530 Collector street.¶
18.25.540 Combining district.¶
18.25.550 Commercial.¶
18.25.560 Commission.¶
18.25.570 Community development director.¶
18.25.580 Compactor.¶
18.25.590 Concert hall.¶
18.25.600 Conditional use permit.¶
18.25.610 Condominium.¶
18.25.620 Condominium development.¶
18.25.630 Construction yard.¶
18.25.635 Continuing care retirement community.¶
18.25.640 Controlled access highway.¶
18.25.650 Convenience food store.¶
18.25.660 Convenience zone.¶
18.25.670 Corporation yard – Service yard – Fleet yard – Contractor’s storage yard.¶
18.25.680 Court.¶
18.25.685 Co-working space.¶
18.25.690 Dance club and discotheque.¶
18.25.700 Day and night average sound level.¶
18.25.710 Day care, child.¶
18.25.720 Day care facility for adults.¶
18.25.730 Dead storage of vehicles.¶
18.25.740 Deck.¶
18.25.745 Deck, rooftop.¶
18.25.750 Density.¶
18.25.760 Density distribution/average density.¶
18.25.770 Department store.¶
18.25.772 Design review, discretionary.¶
18.25.773 Design review, ministerial.¶
18.25.780 Development, attached housing.¶
18.25.790 Development, nonconventional.¶
18.25.800 Development project.¶
18.25.802 Development review staff.¶
18.25.810 Dinner theater.¶
18.25.820 Reserved.¶
18.25.830 Reserved.¶
18.25.840 District.¶
18.25.850 Domestic pet.¶
18.25.860 Drinking place.¶
18.25.870 Drive-in eating place.¶
18.25.880 Drive-in or drive-through enterprise.¶
18.25.890 Driveway.¶
18.25.900 Driveway aisle, major.¶
18.25.910 Dwelling.¶
18.25.920 Dwelling, duet.¶
18.25.930 Dwelling group.¶
18.25.940 Dwelling, multiple.¶
18.25.945 Dwelling, primary.¶
18.25.950 Dwelling, secondary.¶
18.25.960 Dwelling, single-family.¶
18.25.970 Dwelling, two-family or duplex.¶
18.25.980 Dwelling unit.¶
18.25.983 Dwelling unit, accessory (ADU).¶
18.25.985 Dwelling unit, assisted living.¶
18.25.986 Dwelling unit, junior accessory (JADU).¶
18.25.990 Easement.¶
18.25.1000 Eating place with all alcoholic beverages.¶
18.25.1010 Eating place with beer and wine.¶
18.25.1020 Eating place without alcoholic beverages.¶
18.25.1030 Emergency shelters.¶
18.25.1035 Enforcement officer.¶
18.25.1037 Equivalent sound level.¶
18.25.1040 Exhibition or conference halls.¶
18.25.1050 Expressway.¶
18.25.1060 Family.¶
18.25.1070 Family day care home, large.¶
18.25.1080 Family day care home, small.¶
18.25.1090 Fast-food restaurant.¶
18.25.1100 Fence.¶
18.25.1110 Fence, finished appearance.¶
18.25.1120 Fence height.¶
18.25.1130 Fence, open.¶
18.25.1140 Firearms.¶
18.25.1150 Firearms dealer.¶
18.25.1160 Floodproof.¶
18.25.1170 Floodwater.¶
18.25.1180 Floodwater without velocity.¶
18.25.1190 Floodway.¶
18.25.1200 Floor area or gross floor area.¶
18.25.1210 Floor area ratio (FAR).¶
18.25.1220 Food preparation facility for off-site consumption.¶
18.25.1230 Food storage and distribution facility.¶
18.25.1240 Freeway.¶
18.25.1250 Game or computing arcade.¶
18.25.1260 Game or computing device.¶
18.25.1270 Garage, private.¶
18.25.1280 Garage, public.¶
18.25.1290 Gasoline service station.¶
18.25.1300 General plan.¶
18.25.1310 Green building.¶
18.25.1320 Guesthouse.¶
18.25.1330 Guest ranch.¶
18.25.1340 Gunsmith.¶
18.25.1350 Hazardous material.¶
18.25.1360 Head shop.¶
18.25.1370 Health club.¶
18.25.1380 Hedge.¶
18.25.1390 Highway.¶
18.25.1400 Hill area.¶
18.25.1410 Hill face.¶
18.25.1420 Hilltop.¶
18.25.1430 Historical resource.¶
18.25.1440 Historical resource site.¶
18.25.1450 Historical resource structure.¶
18.25.1460 Home improvement center.¶
18.25.1470 Homeless.¶
18.25.1480 Home occupation.¶
18.25.1490 Hotel, full service.¶
18.25.1500 Hotel, limited service.¶
18.25.1510 Income, very-low, lower or moderate.¶
18.25.1520 Industrial park.¶
18.25.1530 Karaoke.¶
18.25.1540 Karaoke booth.¶
18.25.1550 Kennel.¶
18.25.1560 Kitchen, kitchenette.¶
18.25.1565 Landscape development requirements and policies (LDRP).¶
18.25.1570 Landscaping.¶
18.25.1580 Landscaping, appropriate.¶
18.25.1590 License authority.¶
18.25.1600 Livestock.¶
18.25.1610 Live/work units.¶
18.25.1620 Lot.¶
18.25.1630 Lot area.¶
18.25.1640 Lot, corner.¶
18.25.1650 Lot coverage.¶
18.25.1660 Lot depth.¶
18.25.1670 Lot, flag.¶
18.25.1680 Lot, interior.¶
18.25.1690 Lot line.¶
18.25.1700 Lot line, alley.¶
18.25.1710 Lot line, front.¶
18.25.1720 Lot line, quasi-zero.¶
18.25.1730 Lot line, rear.¶
18.25.1740 Lot line, side.¶
18.25.1750 Lot line, street.¶
18.25.1760 Lot line, zero.¶
18.25.1770 Lot, reversed corner.¶
18.25.1780 Lot, through.¶
18.25.1790 Lot width.¶
18.25.1793 Low-barrier navigation centers (LBNC).¶
18.25.1795 Maker space.¶
18.25.1800 Manufactured home.¶
18.25.1805 Manufacturing facility.¶
18.25.1810 Manufacturing process.¶
18.25.1815 Marijuana and related terms.¶
18.25.1820 Massage.¶
18.25.1830 Massage establishment.¶
18.25.1840 Massage service(s).¶
18.25.1850 Massage technician.¶
18.25.1855 Maximum sound level.¶
18.25.1860 Meal service facility.¶
18.25.1870 Medical clinic, convenience.¶
18.25.1872 Medical marijuana cultivation.¶
18.25.1874 Medical marijuana delivery.¶
18.25.1875 Medical marijuana dispensary.¶
18.25.1880 Mini-warehouses for household goods.¶
18.25.1890 Mixed-use development.¶
18.25.1900 Mobile home.¶
18.25.1910 Mobile home park.¶
18.25.1920 Mobile recycling unit.¶
18.25.1930 Mobile vending vehicle/cart.¶
18.25.1940 Mobile vending vehicle/cart operator.¶
18.25.1950 Motel, including motor hotel.¶
18.25.1960 Motion picture theater.¶
18.25.1970 Motor home.¶
18.25.1980 Motortruck.¶
18.25.1990 Natural land slope.¶
18.25.1995 Net acre.¶
18.25.1997 Net density.¶
18.25.2000 Nightclub.¶
18.25.2010 Nonconforming lot.¶
18.25.2020 Nonconforming structure or building.¶
18.25.2030 Nonconforming use.¶
18.25.2040 Nonconventional principal residential structure.¶
18.25.2050 North American Industrial Classification System Manual.¶
18.25.2060 Notice of public hearing.¶
18.25.2070 Nursery.¶
18.25.2080 Nursery, agricultural.¶
18.25.2090 Nursery, commercial.¶
18.25.2100 Nursery school, children’s.¶
18.25.2110 Reserved.¶
18.25.2120 Office, corporate and regional managing.¶
18.25.2130 Open space.¶
18.25.2140 Open space, common.¶
18.25.2150 Open space, private.¶
18.25.2160 Open space, public or institutional.¶
18.25.2170 Open space, unimproved.¶
18.25.2180 Open space, usable.¶
18.25.2185 Outdoor commercial patio¶
18.25.2190 Outdoor lighting.¶
18.25.2200 Overlay district.¶
18.25.2210 Parking area, private.¶
18.25.2220 Parking area, public.¶
18.25.2230 Parking terms.¶
18.25.2240 Patio structure or patio cover.¶
18.25.2250 Performance standards.¶
18.25.2260 Performing arts theater.¶
18.25.2265 Personal services, general.¶
18.25.2266 Personal services, other.¶
18.25.2270 Pickup truck.¶
18.25.2273 Place of entertainment.¶
18.25.2275 Planning manager.¶
18.25.2280 Poultry farm.¶
18.25.2290 Premises.¶
18.25.2300 Produce.¶
18.25.2310 Project area, gross.¶
18.25.2320 Provider.¶
18.25.2330 Quarry.¶
18.25.2340 Recreation, commercial.¶
18.25.2350 Recreation, private, noncommercial.¶
18.25.2360 Recyclable material.¶
18.25.2370 Recycling area or recycling collection area.¶
18.25.2380 Recycling facility.¶
18.25.2390 Religious facility.¶
18.25.2400 Resident.¶
18.25.2408 Residential care facilities.¶
18.25.2410 Residential care facilities, special.¶
18.25.2415 Retail tobacco store.¶
18.25.2420 Retail trade.¶
18.25.2430 Reverse vending machine(s).¶
18.25.2440 Reverse vending machine(s), bulk.¶
18.25.2450 Ridgeline, main.¶
18.25.2460 Ridgeline, other.¶
18.25.2470 Roadside stand.¶
18.25.2475 Safe parking site.¶
18.25.2480 Sales, wholesale.¶
18.25.2490 Salvage yard.¶
18.25.2500 Sanitarium.¶
18.25.2510 Satellite dish antenna.¶
18.25.2520 Schools, elementary and secondary.¶
18.25.2530 Seat.¶
18.25.2540 Senior citizen housing development.¶
18.25.2550 Sensitive population.¶
18.25.2560 Setback.¶
18.25.2570 Sheet metal fabrication.¶
18.25.2580 Shopping center.¶
18.25.2590 Sidewalk display.¶
18.25.2600 Signs, definitions relating to.¶
18.25.2601 Single housekeeping unit.¶
18.25.2602 Site plan and/or architectural approval.¶
18.25.2605 Skilled nursing health facility.¶
18.25.2610 Slaughter.¶
18.25.2620 Slope.¶
18.25.2625 Special event.¶
18.25.2630 Specified anatomical areas.¶
18.25.2640 Specified sexual activities.¶
18.25.2650 Speculative building.¶
18.25.2660 Stable.¶
18.25.2670 Reserved.¶
18.25.2675 Standard accessory dwelling unit (SADU).¶
18.25.2680 Stock cooperative.¶
18.25.2685 Storefront.¶
18.25.2690 Story.¶
18.25.2700 Story, first.¶
18.25.2710 Story, half.¶
18.25.2720 Story, mezzanine.¶
18.25.2730 Street.¶
18.25.2740 Street frontage.¶
18.25.2750 Street improvement chapter.¶
18.25.2755 Strip commercial development.¶
18.25.2760 Structure.¶
18.25.2770 Structure, accessory or ancillary.¶
18.25.2780 Structure, attached.¶
18.25.2790 Structure, lath-covered.¶
18.25.2800 Structure, primary or principal.¶
18.25.2810 Subdivision title.¶
18.25.2815 Substantially reconstructed home.¶
18.25.2820 Supportive housing.¶
18.25.2830 Swimming pool.¶
18.25.2840 Swimming pool, private.¶
18.25.2850 Swimming pool, public or semipublic.¶
18.25.2860 Target population.¶
18.25.2870 Wireless facility, definitions relating to.¶
18.25.2880 Toe of the hill.¶
18.25.2890 Townhouse.¶
18.25.2892 Townhouse, detached.¶
18.25.2900 Tract office, temporary.¶
18.25.2910 Trailer.¶
18.25.2920 Trailer, travel.¶
18.25.2930 Transient.¶
18.25.2940 Transitional housing.¶
18.25.2950 Trash enclosure.¶
18.25.2960 Truck tractor.¶
18.25.2970 Tutoring and exam preparation services.¶
18.25.2980 Undeveloped land.¶
18.25.2990 Undisturbed terrain.¶
18.25.3000 Use, accessory or ancillary.¶
18.25.3010 Use, allowed.¶
18.25.3015 Use, assembly.¶
18.25.3020 Use, conditional.¶
18.25.3030 Use, mixed.¶
18.25.3040 Use, permitted.¶
18.25.3050 Use, primary or principal.¶
18.25.3060 Use, private noncommercial.¶
18.25.3070 Use, public.¶
18.25.3080 Use, quasi-public.¶
18.25.3090 Use, zoning administrator.¶
18.25.3100 Vehicle.¶
18.25.3110 Vehicle, commercial.¶
18.25.3120 Vehicle, motor.¶
18.25.3130 Vehicle, passenger.¶
18.25.3140 Vehicle, recreational.¶
18.25.3150 Wall, retaining.¶
18.25.3160 Warehouse, general.¶
18.25.3170 Wet band.¶
18.25.3180 Wind energy conversion system (WECS).¶
18.25.3190 WECS overspeed control.¶
18.25.3200 WECS swept area.¶
18.25.3210 Wind farm.¶
18.25.3220 Wholesale trade.¶
18.25.3225 Wireless facility, definitions relating to.¶
18.25.3230 Yard, front.¶
18.25.3240 Yard, front, least depth.¶
18.25.3250 Yard, rear.¶
18.25.3260 Yard, rear, least depth.¶
18.25.3270 Yard, required.¶
18.25.3280 Yard, side.¶
18.25.3290 Yard, side, least width.¶
18.25.3300 Yard, street side.¶
18.25.3310 Zoning administrator.¶
18.25.3320 Zoning administrator permit.¶
18.25.3330 Zoning permit.¶
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