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Title 21 — ZONING CODE

Chapter 21.08 — DEFINITIONS

Indian Wells Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Indian Wells

§ 21.08.010. Generally.

§ 21.08.020. Access.

§ 21.08.025. Accessory living quarters.

§ 21.08.030. Accessory structure.

§ 21.08.035. Accessory use.

§ 21.08.040. Affordable housing.

§ 21.08.045. Agriculture.

§ 21.08.050. Alley.

§ 21.08.060. Amusement arcade.

§ 21.08.061. Amusement park.

§ 21.08.063. Ancillary quarters.

§ 21.08.065. Antenna.

§ 21.08.070. Apartment.

§ 21.08.085. Architectural features.

§ 21.08.087. Area of sign.

§ 21.08.090. Automobile service station.

§ 21.08.095. Bar.

§ 21.08.097. Bathhouse.

§ 21.08.100. Block frontage.

§ 21.08.110. Boarding house or rooming house.

§ 21.08.120. Building.

§ 21.08.130. Building area.

§ 21.08.135. Building height.

§ 21.08.137. Building, principal.

§ 21.08.138. Caretaker's quarters.

§ 21.08.140. Carport.

§ 21.08.145. Car wash.

§ 21.08.150. Church.

§ 21.08.153. City.

§ 21.08.155. Clinic.

§ 21.08.160. Club.

§ 21.08.166. Condominium.

§ 21.08.167. Condominium hotel.

§ 21.08.168. Condominium hotel unit.

§ 21.08.169. Construction trailer.

§ 21.08.170. Convalescent home.

§ 21.08.172. Day care center.

§ 21.08.174. Day care, large family.

§ 21.08.176. Day care, small family.

§ 21.08.177. Driveway, residential standard.

§ 21.08.178. Driveway, residential circular.

§ 21.08.180. Dwelling.

§ 21.08.185. Dwelling unit.

§ 21.08.190. Educational institution.

§ 21.08.195. Elevation.

§ 21.08.196. Emergency shelter.

§ 21.08.197. Escort service.

§ 21.08.200. Fairway lots.

§ 21.08.213. Fence.

§ 21.08.215. Financial institution.

§ 21.08.217. Flag lot.

§ 21.08.220. Floor area.

§ 21.08.221. Floor area ratio.

§ 21.08.230. Frontage.

§ 21.08.240. Front yard.

§ 21.08.250. Garage.

§ 21.08.260. Golf course.

§ 21.08.265. Government facilities.

§ 21.08.270. Guest.

§ 21.08.273. Habitable.

§ 21.08.275. Health club.

§ 21.08.280. Hospital.

§ 21.08.290. Hotel and/or resort hotel.

§ 21.08.296. Unit/housing unit—Condominium hotel.

§ 21.08.297. Housing unit.

§ 21.08.298. Introductory service.

§ 21.08.300. Junkyard.

§ 21.08.320. Kitchen.

§ 21.08.325. Land use category.

§ 21.08.330. Landscaping.

§ 21.08.333. Long-term residential rental.

§ 21.08.336. Lot.

§ 21.08.337. Lot area.

§ 21.08.338. Lot, corner.

§ 21.08.339. Lot, interior.

§ 21.08.340. Lot, key.

§ 21.08.341. Lot width.

§ 21.08.342. Manufactured structure.

§ 21.08.343. Massage parlor.

§ 21.08.345. Mechanical or electronic game.

§ 21.08.346. Model homes.

§ 21.08.350. Nonconforming use.

§ 21.08.352. Non-commercial bank.

§ 21.08.353. Non-habitable.

§ 21.08.355. Offices, administrative, business and professional.

§ 21.08.360. Outdoor advertising structure.

§ 21.08.370. Parcel of land.

§ 21.08.380. Parking space.

§ 21.08.385. Primary residence.

§ 21.08.386. Primary uses.

§ 21.08.390. Private residential development.

§ 21.08.400. Public/private parking areas.

§ 21.08.410. Rear yard.

§ 21.08.415. Recorded lot.

§ 21.08.416. Recreational facilities.

§ 21.08.417. Recycling facilities.

§ 21.08.423. Residential, attached.

§ 21.08.424. Residential, detached.

§ 21.08.425. Residential, cluster development.

§ 21.08.426. Residential, second unit.

§ 21.08.427. Resort complex.

§ 21.08.428. Retail and service businesses.

§ 21.08.429. Second dwelling unit.

§ 21.08.430. Secondary uses.

§ 21.08.431. Setback line.

§ 21.08.435. Sexually oriented business.

§ 21.08.437. Short-term residential rental.

§ 21.08.440. Side yard.

§ 21.08.441. Single room occupancy (SRO) units.

§ 21.08.441.5. Single housekeeping unit.

§ 21.08.442. Solar energy systems.

§ 21.08.445. Special event.

§ 21.08.450. Story.

§ 21.08.452. Street.

§ 21.08.455. Supportive housing.

§ 21.08.461. Temporary uses.

§ 21.08.462. Time share project.

§ 21.08.465. Transient occupancy tax.

§ 21.08.466. Transitional housing.

§ 21.08.470. Use.

§ 21.08.475. Vehicle sales/service.

§ 21.08.477. Watercourse.

§ 21.08.478. Wind turbines.

§ 21.08.480. Zone.

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