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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