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Title 18 — ZONING

Chapter 18.06 — DEFINITIONS

Grand Terrace Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Grand Terrace

18.06.005 - Applicability.

18.06.010 - Abut.

18.06.015 - Access or accessway.

18.06.017 - Accessory dwelling unit (ADU).

18.06.018 - Accessory dwelling unit, junior (JADU).

18.06.020 - Accessory living quarters.

18.06.025 - Accessory structure.

18.06.030 - Addition.

18.06.032 - After-hours operation.

18.06.035 - Airport.

18.06.040 - Alcoholic beverages.

18.06.045 - Alley.

18.06.050 - Altered.

18.06.055 - Altered, structurally.

18.06.060 - Amendment.

18.06.065 - Apartment.

18.06.067 - Art in public places.

18.06.070 - Automobile wrecking.

18.06.075 - Awning.

18.06.080 - Basement.

18.06.082 - Reserved.

18.06.083 - Reserved.

18.06.085 - Billboard.

18.06.090 - Boardinghouse or roominghouse.

18.06.095 - Boarding school.

18.06.100 - Breezeway.

18.06.105 - Building.

18.06.110 - Building, main or principal.

18.06.115 - Building site.

18.06.120 - Business.

18.06.125 - Business face.

18.06.130 - Business frontage.

18.06.135 - Carport.

18.06.140 - Centerline.

18.06.145 - Church.

18.06.150 - City.

18.06.155 - Civic center.

18.06.160 - Clinic.

18.06.165 - Club.

18.06.170 - Commission or planning commission.

18.06.175 - Condominium.

18.06.180 - Contiguous.

18.06.182 - Contractor storage yard.

18.06.185 - Copy.

18.06.190 - Council or City Council.

18.06.195 - Day.

18.06.200 - Day care, child.

18.06.205 - Day care center.

18.06.210 - Deck, elevated.

18.06.215 - Director of Building and Safety/Building Officer.

18.06.220 - District.

18.06.225 - Driveway.

18.06.230 - Dump.

18.06.235 - Dwelling, four-family or fourplex.

18.06.240 - Dwelling, multiple-family.

18.06.245 - Dwelling, single-family.

18.06.246 - Dwelling, single-family detached.

18.06.250 - Dwelling, three-family or triplex.

18.06.255 - Dwelling, two-family or duplex.

18.06.260 - Dwelling unit, multiple-family.

18.06.265 - Dwelling unit, studio.

18.06.270 - Dwelling unit, one bedroom.

18.06.275 - Dwelling unit, two bedroom.

18.06.280 - Easement, public.

18.06.285 - Educational institution.

18.06.287 - Emergency shelter.

18.06.290 - Enclosed structure.

18.06.295 - Family.

18.06.300 - Fence.

18.06.305 - Freeway.

18.06.310 - Garage.

18.06.315 - Garage, pass-through.

18.06.320 - Garage, public.

18.06.325 - Garage space.

18.06.330 - General plan.

18.06.335 - Grand opening.

18.06.340 - Gross floor area.

18.06.345 - Guest house.

18.06.350 - Guestroom.

18.06.355 - Height, building.

18.06.360 - Highway.

18.06.365 - Home occupation.

18.06.370 - Hospital.

18.06.375 - Hospital, animal.

18.06.380 - Hotel.

18.06.385 - Industry.

18.06.390 - Inoperative activity.

18.06.395 - Interested party.

18.06.400 - Junk.

18.06.405 - Junkyard.

18.06.410 - Kennel.

18.06.415 - Kitchen.

18.06.420 - Land area.

18.06.425 - Landscaping.

18.06.430 - Loading space.

18.06.435 - Lot.

18.06.440 - Lot area.

18.06.445 - Lot, corner.

18.06.450 - Lot, cul-de-sac.

18.06.455 - Lot depth.

18.06.460 - Lot frontage.

18.06.465 - Lot, interior.

18.06.470 - Lot, key.

18.06.475 - Lot line.

18.06.480 - Lot line, front.

18.06.485 - Lot line, rear.

18.06.490 - Lot line, side.

18.06.495 - Lot of record.

18.06.500 - Lot, pie-shaped.

18.06.505 - Lot, reversed corner.

18.06.510 - Lot, through.

18.06.515 - Lot width.

18.06.518 - Manufacturing.

18.06.520 - Manufacturing, heavy.

18.06.525 - Manufacturing, light.

18.06.530 - Manufacturing, medium.

18.06.535 - Marquee.

18.06.540 - May.

18.06.545 - Mobile home.

18.06.550 - Motel.

18.06.555 - Motor home.

18.06.560 - Motor vehicle.

18.06.565 - Nonconforming building.

18.06.570 - Nonconforming use.

18.06.575 - Nursing home.

18.06.580 - Open uses.

18.06.585 - Ordinance or zoning ordinance.

18.06.587 - Outdoor display.

18.06.590 - Parcel of land.

18.06.593 - Parolee-probationer home.

18.06.595 - Parking space.

18.06.600 - Person.

18.06.605 - Precise plan.

18.06.610 - Property line.

18.06.615 - Provisions.

18.06.620 - Quasi-public organization.

18.06.625 - Recreational apparatus.

18.06.626 - Recreational vehicles (RV's).

18.06.630 - Residence.

18.06.635 - Residential care facility.

18.06.640 - Restaurant.

18.06.645 - Rest home.

18.06.650 - Retaining wall.

18.06.655 - Rezoning.

18.06.660 - Roof.

18.06.665 - Roofline.

18.06.670 - Room.

18.06.675 - Rooming and boarding house.

18.06.680 - School, elementary, intermediate, junior high and high.

18.06.683 - Second unit.

18.06.685 - Service station.

18.06.690 - Setback line, front yard.

18.06.695 - Setback line, rear yard or side yard.

18.06.700 - Shall.

18.06.705 - Side and front of corner lots.

18.06.710 - Sign.

18.06.715 - Sign, advertising area.

18.06.720 - Sign, advertising structure.

18.06.725 - Signs, area of.

18.06.730 - Sign, banner, flag, pennant or balloon.

18.06.735 - Sign, business directory.

18.06.740 - Sign, business identification.

18.06.745 - Sign, construction or contractor.

18.06.750 - Sign, convenience.

18.06.755 - Sign, directional.

18.06.760 - Sign, flashing.

18.06.765 - Sign, freestanding.

18.06.770 - Sign, future tenant identification.

18.06.775 - Sign, height of a.

18.06.780 - Sign, interior.

18.06.785 - Sign, monument.

18.06.790 - Sign, nonconforming.

18.06.795 - Sign, off-site.

18.06.800 - Sign, off-site subdivision.

18.06.805 - Sign, on-site subdivision.

18.06.810 - Sign, political.

18.06.815 - Sign, portable.

18.06.820 - Sign, real estate.

18.06.825 - Sign, revolving.

18.06.830 - Sign, roof.

18.06.835 - Sign, special event.

18.06.840 - Sign, temporary.

18.06.845 - Sign, vehicle.

18.06.850 - Sign, wall.

18.06.855 - Sign, window.

18.06.856 - Single room occupancy.

18.06.857 - Sober living home.

18.06.860 - Specific plan.

18.06.865 - Stable, private.

18.06.870 - State.

18.06.875 - Story.

18.06.880 - Story, half.

18.06.885 - Street.

18.06.890 - Street centerline.

18.06.895 - Street line.

18.06.900 - Street, side.

18.06.905 - Structure.

18.06.906 - Sunroom.

18.06.908 - Supportive housing.

18.06.910 - Trailer.

18.06.915 - Trailer park or mobile home park.

18.06.920 - Trailer, residential.

18.06.925 - Trailer space.

18.06.927 - Transitional housing.

18.06.929 - Two-unit development.

18.06.930 - Use.

18.06.931 - Utility trailers.

18.06.935 - Variance.

18.06.936 - Warehousing.

18.06.937 - Warehousing and distribution.

18.06.938 - Wireless telecommunications facilities.

18.06.939 - Wholesale.

18.06.940 - Yard.

18.06.945 - Yard, front.

18.06.950 - Yard, rear.

18.06.955 - Yard, side.

18.06.960 - Zone.

18.06.965 - Zone, change of.

18.06.970 - Zoning map.

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