18.06 — DEFINITIONS
Inyo County Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Inyo County
§ 18.06.010. Definitions generally.¶
§ 18.06.020. Accessory building.¶
§ 18.06.025. Accessory use.¶
§ 18.06.030. Agriculture.¶
§ 18.06.035. Airport.¶
§ 18.06.040. Airport elevation.¶
§ 18.06.045. Airport hazard.¶
§ 18.06.050. Airport land use commission.¶
§ 18.06.055. Alley.¶
§ 18.06.060. Apartment.¶
§ 18.06.065. Apartment house.¶
§ 18.06.070. Aquifer.¶
§ 18.06.075. Aquifer recharge area.¶
§ 18.06.080. Automobile and recreational vehicle sales area.¶
§ 18.06.085. Automobile wrecking.¶
§ 18.06.090. Awnings and canopies.¶
§ 18.06.095. Basement or cellar.¶
§ 18.06.100. Banner, flag or pennant.¶
§ 18.06.105. Bed and breakfast.¶
§ 18.06.110. Billboard.¶
§ 18.06.115. Block.¶
§ 18.06.120. Boardinghouse.¶
§ 18.06.125. Borrow pits.¶
§ 18.06.130. Breezeway.¶
§ 18.06.135. Building.¶
§ 18.06.140. Building frontage.¶
§ 18.06.145. Building height.¶
§ 18.06.150. Building site.¶
§ 18.06.155. Bus or transit shelter.¶
§ 18.06.160. Business frontage.¶
§ 18.06.161. Cannabis.¶
§ 18.06.162. Cannabis accessories.¶
§ 18.06.163. Cannabis products.¶
§ 18.06.165. Carport.¶
§ 18.06.170. Cemetery.¶
§ 18.06.175. Centerline.¶
§ 18.06.180. Child care facility.¶
§ 18.06.181. Commercial cannabis activity.¶
§ 18.06.182. Commercial cannabis conditional use permit classification.¶
§ 18.06.183. Cannabis cultivation—Indoor.¶
§ 18.06.184. Commercial cannabis—Premises.¶
§ 18.06.185. Conditional use.¶
§ 18.06.190. Condominium.¶
§ 18.06.195. Copy.¶
§ 18.06.200. Court.¶
§ 18.06.205. Dairy.¶
§ 18.06.210. Dwelling unit.¶
§ 18.06.215. Edge of roof.¶
§ 18.06.220. Emergency shelter.¶
§ 18.06.225. Employee housing.¶
§ 18.06.230. External illumination.¶
§ 18.06.235. Fence.¶
§ 18.06.236. Floor area ratio.¶
§ 18.06.240. Garage, private.¶
§ 18.06.245. Grand opening.¶
§ 18.06.250. Guest house.¶
§ 18.06.255. Hedge.¶
§ 18.06.260. Height.¶
§ 18.06.263. Hemp or industrial hemp.¶
§ 18.06.265. Home occupation.¶
§ 18.06.270. Hospital.¶
§ 18.06.275. Hotel.¶
§ 18.06.280. Illuminated.¶
§ 18.06.285. Inflatable device.¶
§ 18.06.290. Informational kiosks and directory boards.¶
§ 18.06.291. Junior accessory dwelling unit.¶
§ 18.06.295. Junk.¶
§ 18.06.300. Junkyard.¶
§ 18.06.305. Kennel.¶
§ 18.06.310. Kitchen.¶
§ 18.06.315. Landing area.¶
§ 18.06.320. Living area.¶
§ 18.06.325. Loading space.¶
§ 18.06.330. Lot.¶
§ 18.06.335. Lot, corner.¶
§ 18.06.340. Lot, key.¶
§ 18.06.345. Lot line.¶
§ 18.06.350. Lot, through.¶
§ 18.06.355. Lot width.¶
§ 18.06.356. Low barrier navigation center.¶
§ 18.06.360. Main building.¶
§ 18.06.365. Massage parlor.¶
§ 18.06.370. Mined lands.¶
§ 18.06.375. Minerals.¶
§ 18.06.380. Mining.¶
§ 18.06.381. Mini-storage facility.¶
§ 18.06.382. Mixed use.¶
§ 18.06.385. Mobilehome.¶
§ 18.06.390. Mobilehome park.¶
§ 18.06.395. Mobilehome sales area.¶
§ 18.06.400. Motel.¶
§ 18.06.405. Multiple dwelling.¶
§ 18.06.410. Multiple tenant building.¶
§ 18.06.415. Nameplate.¶
§ 18.06.420. Nonconforming.¶
§ 18.06.422. Nonvolatile hemp manufacturing.¶
§ 18.06.425. One-family dwelling.¶
§ 18.06.430. Parking lot.¶
§ 18.06.435. Parking space, automobile.¶
§ 18.06.440. Person.¶
§ 18.06.445. Planned recreational areas.¶
§ 18.06.450. Principal use.¶
§ 18.06.455. Property frontage.¶
§ 18.06.456. Reasonable accommodation.¶
§ 18.06.460. Recreational vehicle.¶
§ 18.06.465. Recreational vehicle (RV) park.¶
§ 18.06.466. Residential facility.¶
§ 18.06.470. Rest home.¶
§ 18.06.475. Runway.¶
§ 18.06.480. Sale or lease sign.¶
§ 18.06.485. Salvage yard.¶
§ 18.06.490. Schools, elementary and high.¶
§ 18.06.496. Shipping containers.¶
§ 18.06.500. Sign.¶
§ 18.06.505. Sign, abandoned.¶
§ 18.06.510. Sign alteration.¶
§ 18.06.515. Sign, animated or moving.¶
§ 18.06.520. Sign area.¶
§ 18.06.525. Sign, awning or canopy.¶
§ 18.06.530. Sign, blade/bracket.¶
§ 18.06.535. Sign, business identification.¶
§ 18.06.540. Sign, cabinet (can sign).¶
§ 18.06.545. Sign, changeable copy.¶
§ 18.06.550. Sign, channel letter.¶
§ 18.06.555. Sign, civic event.¶
§ 18.06.560. Sign, combination.¶
§ 18.06.565. Sign, community and historical.¶
§ 18.06.570. Sign, contractor or construction.¶
§ 18.06.575. Sign, convenience.¶
§ 18.06.580. Sign, directory.¶
§ 18.06.585. Sign, double-faced.¶
§ 18.06.590. Sign, electronic reader board sign or electronic graphics.¶
§ 18.06.595. Sign, flashing.¶
§ 18.06.600. Sign, freestanding bracket.¶
§ 18.06.605. Sign, future tenant identification.¶
§ 18.06.610. Sign, governmental.¶
§ 18.06.615. Sign height.¶
§ 18.06.620. Sign, illegal.¶
§ 18.06.625. Sign, internally illuminated.¶
§ 18.06.630. Sign, memorial.¶
§ 18.06.635. Sign, monument.¶
§ 18.06.640. Sign, neon.¶
§ 18.06.645. Sign, nonconforming.¶
§ 18.06.650. Sign, off site advertising.¶
§ 18.06.655. Sign, off-site directional.¶
§ 18.06.660. Sign, permanent.¶
§ 18.06.665. Sign, pole (pylon or freestanding sign).¶
§ 18.06.670. Sign, political.¶
§ 18.06.675. Sign, portable.¶
§ 18.06.680. Sign, projecting.¶
§ 18.06.685. Sign, promotional.¶
§ 18.06.690. Sign, real estate.¶
§ 18.06.695. Sign, rider.¶
§ 18.06.700. Sign, roof.¶
§ 18.06.705. Sign, special event/banner.¶
§ 18.06.710. Sign, tall wall.¶
§ 18.06.715. Sign, temporary.¶
§ 18.06.720. Sign, temporary political.¶
§ 18.06.725. Sign, three-dimensional.¶
§ 18.06.730. Sign, time and/or temperature.¶
§ 18.06.735. Sign, vehicle.¶
§ 18.06.740. Sign, wall.¶
§ 18.06.745. Sign, window.¶
§ 18.06.746. Single room occupancy.¶
§ 18.06.750. Stable, private.¶
§ 18.06.755. Stable, public.¶
§ 18.06.760. Street.¶
§ 18.06.765. Street line.¶
§ 18.06.770. Structural alterations.¶
§ 18.06.775. Structure.¶
§ 18.06.776. Supportive housing.¶
§ 18.06.777. Tiny home.¶
§ 18.06.780. Transitional housing.¶
§ 18.06.785. Truck stop.¶
§ 18.06.790. Truck terminal.¶
§ 18.06.795. Window area.¶
§ 18.06.800. Use.¶
§ 18.06.805. Yard.¶
§ 18.06.810. Yard, front.¶
§ 18.06.815. Yard, rear.¶
§ 18.06.820. Yard, side.¶
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