24.01.180 DEFINITIONS (continued)

Imperial Zoning Code · 2026-07 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · Imperial

  1. BUILDING SITE shal] mean a legally created parcel or contiguous parcels food. of land in single or joint ownership, which provides the area and the open Spaces required by this Ordinance, exclusive of all vehicular and pedestrian rights-of-way and all other easements that prohibit the surface use of the property by the owner thereof.

CANOPY shall mean a small roof or awning attached to the wall of a structure which is supported by no means other than its attachment to the wall.

CARPORT shal? mean a permanent roofed structure with not more than two (2) enclosed sides used or intended to be used for vehicle storage for the occupants of the premises.

CITY shall mean the City of Imperial.

CLINIC shal] mean a place for medical services to patients human or animal not involving the overnight housing of patients.

CLUB shall mean an association of persons (whether or not incorporated) for a common purpose, but not including groups organized solely or primarily to render a service as a business for profit.

COFFEE SHOP shall mean a completely enclosed restaurant facility wherein the customers are served at a counter and/or tables. COMMISSION shall mean the Planning Commission of the City of Imperial.

COMMUNITY APARTMENT shall mean a development in which an undivided interest in the land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy of an apartment located thereon. CONDOMINIUM shall mean an estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property, together with a separate interest in space in a residential, industrial or commercial building on such real property, such as an apartment, office or store. CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION. shall mean the conversion of rental units, residential or commercial, into a condominium project. CONVALESCENT HOME shal] mean a facility licensed by the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Social Welfare, or the County of Imperial, which provides bed and ambulatory care for patients with postoperative convalescent, chronically il] or dietary problems, and persons aged or infirm or with Alzheimer disease unable to care for themselves; but not including alcoholics, drug addicts, or persons with mental or contagious diseases or afflictions.

10 CITY OF IMPERIAL, CALIFORNIA ZONING ORDINANCE

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