19.04 — DEFINITIONS
Imperial Beach Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Imperial Beach
§ 19.04.005. Access.¶
§ 19.04.010. Accessory building.¶
§ 19.04.015. Accessory use.¶
§ 19.04.017. Active commercial uses.¶
§ 19.04.018. Active use area.¶
§ 19.04.020. Addition.¶
§ 19.04.025. Adjoining.¶
§ 19.04.030. Administrative Coastal Development Permit.¶
§ 19.04.035. Adult bookstore.¶
§ 19.04.040. Adult hotel or motel.¶
§ 19.04.045. Adult mini-motion picture theater.¶
§ 19.04.050. Adult motion picture arcade.¶
§ 19.04.055. Adult motion picture theater.¶
§ 19.04.060. Aggrieved person.¶
§ 19.04.065. Alley.¶
§ 19.04.070. Alteration.¶
§ 19.04.075. Amendment.¶
§ 19.04.077. Antenna.¶
§ 19.04.078. Antique store.¶
§ 19.04.080. Apartment building.¶
§ 19.04.085. Appealable coastal development.¶
§ 19.04.090. Arcades and game centers.¶
§ 19.04.092. Athletic or health clubs.¶
§ 19.04.095. Automobile dismantling or wrecking yard.¶
§ 19.04.100. Automobile repair.¶
§ 19.04.105. Automobile service station.¶
§ 19.04.110. Automobile trailer.¶
§ 19.04.115. Balcony.¶
§ 19.04.120. Bars and cocktail lounges.¶
§ 19.04.125. Basement.¶
§ 19.04.130. Block.¶
§ 19.04.135. Boarding house.¶
§ 19.04.140. Body painting studio.¶
§ 19.04.141. Body piercing establishment.¶
§ 19.04.145. Body shop.¶
§ 19.04.150. Building.¶
§ 19.04.155. Building Department.¶
§ 19.04.160. Building, existing.¶
§ 19.04.165. Building height.¶
§ 19.04.170. Building Official.¶
§ 19.04.175. Buildings, distance between.¶
§ 19.04.180. Bulk.¶
§ 19.04.185. Bulkhead.¶
§ 19.04.190. Cabaret.¶
§ 19.04.195. California Coastal Commission original permit jurisdiction.¶
§ 19.04.197. Campsite.¶
§ 19.04.200. Carport.¶
§ 19.04.202. Cell.¶
§ 19.04.203. Cell site.¶
§ 19.04.205. Child.¶
§ 19.04.210. Child day care center.¶
§ 19.04.215. Children's home.¶
§ 19.04.220. Clinic.¶
§ 19.04.225. Coastal dependent development or use.¶
§ 19.04.230. Coastal related development.¶
§ 19.04.235. Coastal development permit (regular).¶
§ 19.04.240. Coastal policy checklist.¶
§ 19.04.245. Coastal zone.¶
§ 19.04.250. Commission.¶
§ 19.04.255. Community Development Department.¶
§ 19.04.260. Community Development Director.¶
§ 19.04.265. Condominium.¶
§ 19.04.270. Construction, substantial.¶
§ 19.04.275. Cornice.¶
§ 19.04.277. Courtyard.¶
§ 19.04.280. Dancehall.¶
§ 19.04.285. Development.¶
§ 19.04.290. Director.¶
§ 19.04.295. Drive-in restaurant.¶
§ 19.04.300. Drive-thru establishment.¶
§ 19.04.305. Driveway.¶
§ 19.04.310. Duplex.¶
§ 19.04.312. Dwelling, multiple-family.¶
§ 19.04.315. Dwelling unit.¶
§ 19.04.317. Educational institution.¶
§ 19.04.318. Employee housing.¶
§ 19.04.319. Emergency shelter.¶
§ 19.04.320. Energy facility.¶
§ 19.04.325. Environmentally sensitive area.¶
§ 19.04.326. Escort service.¶
§ 19.04.330. Family.¶
§ 19.04.335. Family day care home.¶
§ 19.04.340. Family day care home, large.¶
§ 19.04.345. Family day care home, small.¶
§ 19.04.350. Family foster care home.¶
§ 19.04.355. Fence.¶
§ 19.04.360. Fence, open.¶
§ 19.04.365. Fill.¶
§ 19.04.367. Fixed wireless service.¶
§ 19.04.370. Floor area ratio (FAR).¶
§ 19.04.372. Fortune telling establishment.¶
§ 19.04.373. Garage.¶
§ 19.04.375. General Plan.¶
§ 19.04.380. Grade, existing.¶
§ 19.04.382. Green building utilities.¶
§ 19.04.385. Gross floor area.¶
§ 19.04.387. Ground floor retail.¶
§ 19.04.390. Guest.¶
§ 19.04.395. Guestroom.¶
§ 19.04.397. Habitable floors.¶
§ 19.04.398. Height, first floor.¶
§ 19.04.400. Height, measurement of.¶
§ 19.04.405. Home occupation.¶
§ 19.04.408. Hostel.¶
§ 19.04.410. Hotel.¶
§ 19.04.415. Household pet.¶
§ 19.04.420. Improvements.¶
§ 19.04.422. Incidental manufacturing.¶
§ 19.04.425. Junkyard.¶
§ 19.04.430. Kennel.¶
§ 19.04.432. Kiosk.¶
§ 19.04.435. Kitchen or kitchenette.¶
§ 19.04.440. Land Use Plan.¶
§ 19.04.445. Landscaping.¶
§ 19.04.448. Legal nonconforming.¶
§ 19.04.450. Liquor store.¶
§ 19.04.452. Live entertainment.¶
§ 19.04.453. Live/work units.¶
§ 19.04.454. Loading area.¶
§ 19.04.455. Local coastal program.¶
§ 19.04.460. Lot.¶
§ 19.04.465. Lot area.¶
§ 19.04.470. Lot, corner.¶
§ 19.04.475. Lot coverage.¶
§ 19.04.480. Lot depth.¶
§ 19.04.485. Lot, double-frontage.¶
§ 19.04.490. Lot, interior.¶
§ 19.04.495. Lot line, front.¶
§ 19.04.500. Lot line, rear.¶
§ 19.04.505. Lot line.¶
§ 19.04.510. Lot line, side.¶
§ 19.04.515. Lot line, street or alley.¶
§ 19.04.520. Lot, reversed corner.¶
§ 19.04.525. Lot width.¶
§ 19.04.527. Main streets.¶
§ 19.04.530. Massage therapy establishment.¶
§ 19.04.535. Minor impact utility.¶
§ 19.04.540. Manufactured home.¶
§ 19.04.542. Manufactured housing community.¶
§ 19.04.545. Manufactured home site.¶
§ 19.04.547. Mixed-use development.¶
§ 19.04.550. Model studio.¶
§ 19.04.553. Monopole.¶
§ 19.04.555. Motel.¶
§ 19.04.560. Motor home.¶
§ 19.04.565. Motor hotel.¶
§ 19.04.570. Natural disaster.¶
§ 19.04.575. Net floor area.¶
§ 19.04.580. Nursing home.¶
§ 19.04.582. Open space, common.¶
§ 19.04.583. Open space, private.¶
§ 19.04.584. Open space, public.¶
§ 19.04.585. Open space, usable.¶
§ 19.04.587. Palm reading establishment.¶
§ 19.04.588. Parapet.¶
§ 19.04.590. Parking area.¶
§ 19.04.595. Parking, commercial.¶
§ 19.04.600. Parking space.¶
§ 19.04.602. Paseo.¶
§ 19.04.603. Pedestrian entrance.¶
§ 19.04.605. Person.¶
§ 19.04.610. Permitted use.¶
§ 19.04.612. Personal convenience services.¶
§ 19.04.615. Planned development permit.¶
§ 19.04.617. Plaza.¶
§ 19.04.620. Pool or billiard hall.¶
§ 19.04.625. Projection, architectural.¶
§ 19.04.630. Property line.¶
§ 19.04.632. Public parking lot.¶
§ 19.04.635. Public trust lands.¶
§ 19.04.640. Public works.¶
§ 19.04.642. Religious assembly.¶
§ 19.04.645. Residential density.¶
§ 19.04.650. Residential zone.¶
§ 19.04.655. Restaurant.¶
§ 19.04.657. Retail, ground floor.¶
§ 19.04.658. Retail sales.¶
§ 19.04.660. Retirement home.¶
§ 19.04.665. Satellite dish antenna.¶
§ 19.04.668. School.¶
§ 19.04.670. Sea.¶
§ 19.04.673. Secondhand or used merchandise.¶
§ 19.04.674. Secondhand store or thrift shop.¶
§ 19.04.675. Secretary.¶
§ 19.04.677. Senior housing.¶
§ 19.04.680. Sensitive coastal resource areas.¶
§ 19.04.685. Setback.¶
§ 19.04.690. Sexual encounter studio and rap parlor.¶
§ 19.04.692. Short-term rental.¶
§ 19.04.695. Sign.¶
§ 19.04.697. Sign, monument.¶
§ 19.04.700. Single-family dwelling.¶
§ 19.04.702. Single-room occupancy unit.¶
§ 19.04.705. Spas and hot tubs.¶
§ 19.04.710. Specified sexual activities and specified anatomical areas.¶
§ 19.04.712. Stealth facility.¶
§ 19.04.713. Stepback.¶
§ 19.04.715. Story.¶
§ 19.04.720. Story, first.¶
§ 19.04.730. Street.¶
§ 19.04.735. Street, private.¶
§ 19.04.737. Street wall.¶
§ 19.04.740. Structure.¶
§ 19.04.745. Submerged lands.¶
§ 19.04.747. Supportive housing.¶
§ 19.04.750. Swimming pool.¶
§ 19.04.752. Tattoo establishment.¶
§ 19.04.755. Tidelands.¶
§ 19.04.756. Time share.¶
§ 19.04.760. Trailer.¶
§ 19.04.761. Transitional housing.¶
§ 19.04.762. Urban open space.¶
§ 19.04.765. Use.¶
§ 19.04.770. Wall.¶
§ 19.04.775. Wall, retaining.¶
§ 19.04.780. Wetland.¶
§ 19.04.782. Wireless communications facility.¶
§ 19.04.783. Wireless facility support structure.¶
§ 19.04.785. Yard.¶
§ 19.04.790. Yard, front.¶
§ 19.04.795. Yard, rear.¶
§ 19.04.800. Yard, side.¶
§ 19.04.805. Yard, street side.¶
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