Chapter 17.708 — DEFINITIONS OF LAND USE TYPES

This Chapter provides definitions of land use types used in this Title that are technical or specialized, or that may not reflect common usage. If any of the definitions in this Chapter conflict with definitions in other provisions of the Code, these definitions shall control for the purposes of this Title. If a word is not defined in this Chapter, or in other provisions of the Code, the Director shall determine the correct definition.

(Ord. 1670(19) § 11)

• A. Agricultural Uses and Animal Keeping Use Types.

Agricultural Storage. The use of a site for the storage of materials, equipment, and products used in the operation of an agricultural industry or business. Examples of these grain elevators and equipment storage facilities.

Agricultural Support, Sales and Service. The use of a site for supporting agricultural purposes including, but not limited to, on-site sale of feed, grain, fertilizers, pesticides and similar goods; and the provision of agricultural services with incidental storage of goods off-site; or hay, feed, and grain stores and tree service firms.

Animal Keeping and Production. The raising and keeping of farm animals. This use includes cattle ranges, poultry farms, and the commercial raising of animals.

Animal Raising and Keeping. The non-commercial tending of small animals that are not household pets (such as chickens, birds, ducks, and rabbits, but not including turkeys or peacocks).

Community Garden. Land used by multiple users for the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, plants, flowers, or herbs.

Field and Tree Crop Production. A site for growing or harvesting crops, ornamental crops, and other agricultural products to be sold for profit or to provide agricultural educational activities. This use includes commercial greenhouses, commercial agricultural fields, orchards, vineyards, and commercial nurseries. This use does not include the production or keeping of livestock (see Animal Keeping and Production).

• B. Industrial, Manufacturing, Processing, and Wholesaling.

Artisan Manufacturing. Establishments engaged in production of goods, primarily by handmanufacturing on site. Typical uses include ceramics studios, candle-making shops, custom jewelry manufacturers, woodworking, and metal fabrication.

Cannabis Cultivation. As defined in California Business and Professions Code § 26001 but only when operated within a fully enclosed structure.

Cannabis Manufacturing. Shall have the definition of "Manufacture" or "Manufacturer" found in California Business and Professions Code § 26001 , and includes packaging and labeling as defined in California Business and Professions Code § 26001 , and includes processing, storing, and staking of cannabis, and includes "Distribution" as defined in LMC Section 9.36.020 .

Cannabis Testing Laboratory. Shall have the definition of "Testing Laboratory" found in California Business and Professions Code § 26001 .

Construction/Storage Supply Yard. A site used for the storage, distribution, or handling of construction materials or equipment. Examples of these uses include but are not limited to contractor's storage yards, and facilities used for the storage and wholesale trade of building materials.

Equipment Rental Yard. A service establishment that may offer a wide variety of household and business equipment, furniture, and materials for rental. Does not include construction equipment rental, which is separately defined under Equipment Rental Yard, Heavy.

Equipment Rental Yard, Heavy. Establishments renting construction, farm, or other heavy equipment. Examples include, but are not limited to, cranes, earth moving equipment, tractors, combines, and heavy trucks.

Feed and Fuel Facility. The use of a site for the storage and/or wholesale trade of livestock feed and/or vehicle fuel.

Manufacturing/Processing, Heavy. The use of a site for the production, assembly, fabrication and conversion of goods where the operational characteristics of the manufacturing processes and the materials used will likely cause significant impacts on surrounding land uses or the community. Examples of these uses include concrete batch plants and lumber/milling yards.

Manufacturing/Processing, Light/Medium. The use of a site for the production, assembly, fabrication and conversion of goods where the operational characteristics of the manufacturing processes and the materials used are unlikely, but have potential to cause impacts on surrounding land uses or the community. Examples of these uses include light industrial uses, cabinet and furniture shops, garment manufacturing, blueprinting/photocopy, sign manufacturing, wholesale food manufacturing, aerospace and aeronautical systems and components, ceramic product manufacturing, drug and pharmaceutical manufacturing, electronics equipment manufacturing, and machine shops for repair and modification. Examples of medium uses include machine shops, sheet metal shops, carpet and rug cleaning plants, water softening plants, tire retreading facilities, welding shops, and large recycling collection facilities. Includes alcohol production and packaging uses not considered to be Micro-Alcohol Production or Winery.

Micro-Alcohol Production. A small-scale facility for the production and packaging of alcoholic beverages for distribution, retail, or wholesale, on or off premises, and which meets all applicable California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control regulations. Uses include but are not limited to microbreweries, micro-distilleries, and small-scale wineries. Eating areas and taprooms or tasting rooms are allowed as an accessory use.

Mining/Resource Extraction. The use of a site for on-site extraction of surface or sub-surface mineral products or natural resources. This use includes borrow pits, mining operations, oil drilling or fracking, and uses incidental to mining operations including structures necessary to the on-site production of mineral products or natural resources.

Mini-Storage Warehousing or Facility. A facility used for renting or leasing storage spaces in which the occupants themselves customarily store and remove their own personal property on a self-service basis. This use includes mini-warehouses and storage facilities, and excludes workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, and commercial activities.

Research and Development. A facility for industrial or scientific research, including, but not limited to, electronics research laboratories, space research or development firms, and pharmaceutical research labs. Additionally, the use can include designing, developing, and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical, and computer and telecommunications components in advance of product manufacturing and the assembling or related products from parts produced off-site, where the manufacturing activity, if any, is secondary to the research and development activities. Includes but is not limited to pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology research and development.

Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution. An establishment engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to contractors, industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, or professional business users; to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to such persons or companies. Examples of these establishments include but are not limited to: Agents, merchandise or commodity brokers, and commission merchants; assemblers, buyers, and associations engaged in the cooperative marketing of farm products; merchant wholesalers; stores primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning supplies and equipment. Also includes storage, processing, packaging and shipping facilities for mail order and electronic commerce retail establishments. Does not include Construction/Storage Supply Yard.

Winery. A bonded establishment primarily used for the purpose of processing grapes or other fruit products, where processing includes, but is not limited to, crushing, fermenting, blending, aging, storing, bottling, and wholesale/retail sales. Accessory wine tasting rooms, which meet all applicable California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control regulations are included in this definition.

• C. Recreational, Education, and Assembly Use Types.

Business/Trade School. The use of a site for education or training in business, commerce, language, or other similar activity or occupational pursuit that is not otherwise described as a home occupation, college/university, school, or instructional studio.

Cemeteries, Crematories, or Mausoleums. Land and/or structure that is dedicated for cemetery purposes or for the burial of the dead, including columbariums, crematoriums, and mausoleums. Excludes funeral homes and mortuaries (see Funeral Homes and Mortuaries).

Civic/Government. Governmental facilities not otherwise included in other land use types, such as court facilities and post offices, together with storage and maintenance of vehicles. This use excludes libraries, museums, and public art galleries.

College/University. The use of a site for either a public or private college or university, excluding Business/Trade Schools.

Community Assembly. An indoor or outdoor facility for public or private assembly, such as community centers, banquet centers, religious assembly facilities, union halls, meeting halls for clubs and other membership organizations. This use includes functionally related facilities for the use of members and attendees, such as kitchens, multi-purpose rooms, and storage. Excludes conference and meeting rooms accessory and incidental to another primary use, and which are typically used only by on-site employees and clients, and occupy less floor area on the site than other offices they support. Excludes recreation and entertainment type uses, which are separately defined and separately regulated.

Neighborhood. Community assembly use that has capacity for no more than 200 seats.

Regional. Community assembly use that has capacity for more than 200 seats.

Entertainment, Indoor. An indoor establishment providing amusement and group entertainment such as auditoriums and theaters.

Neighborhood. Indoor entertainment use that has capacity for no more than 200 seats.

Regional. Indoor entertainment use that has capacity for more than 200 seats.

Entertainment, Outdoor. An outdoor facility for public assembly and group entertainment including civic facilities for "live" theater, concerts, and similar activities.

Library/Museum. Public or quasi-public facilities, examples of which include: aquariums, arboretums, art galleries and exhibitions, botanical gardens, historic sites and exhibits, libraries, and museums. May also include accessory retail uses such as gift/book shops, restaurant, etc.

Recreation, Indoor. A recreational use conducted within an enclosed building, including, but not limited to, bowling alleys, pool/billiard parlors, indoor shooting ranges, ice and roller-skating rinks, electronic video arcades, fitness centers, gymnasium, or athletic clubs which may include exercise machines, weight facilities, group exercise rooms, and/or indoor recreation facilities such as pools, sauna, spa, racquetball, or tennis courts.

Recreation, Outdoor. Sports and recreational use of a site for active participation without being in a fully enclosed building. Recreational pursuits usually performed with others and often requiring equipment which required physical alteration to the area in which they are performed. Such areas are intensively used, and include but are not limited to playgrounds, sport courts, baseball/softball, soccer, and other field sports, fishing and casting ponds, and swimming pools.

Recreation, Passive. Recreational pursuits involving existing natural resources which can be carried out with little alteration or disruption to the area in which they are performed. This includes, but is not limited to, such activities as walking, hiking, bicycling, horse riding, bird and animal watching, and picnicking. This use includes areas required for the preservation of plants and animal life, including habitat for fish and wildlife species, areas which require special management or regulation because of hazardous conditions, and rivers and streams.

hey are performed. This includes, but is not limited to, such activities as walking, hiking, bicycling, horse riding, bird and animal watching, and picnicking. This use includes areas required for the preservation of plants and animal life, including habitat for fish and wildlife species, areas which require special management or regulation because of hazardous conditions, and rivers and streams.

Recreational Vehicle (RV) Park. A mobile structure designed as temporary living quarters for recreation, vacation, camping, or travel use, which is either self-propelled or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle. Examples include, but are not limited to, a travel trailer, camping trailer, fifth-wheel trailer, truck camper, motor home, or camper van.

Schools, Public or Private. An institution of learning for minors, whether public or private, offering instruction in those courses of study required by the California Education Code and maintained in compliance with the standards set by the State Board of Education. This use includes kindergarten, elementary school, middle or junior high school, or senior high school.

Studio, Instructional Services. Small-scale facilities that offer specialized programs in personal growth for students of any age group. Examples of these facilities include individual and group instruction and training in the arts; production rehearsal; photography; martial arts training studios; gymnastics instruction; and aerobics and gymnastics studios with no other fitness facilities or equipment. Also includes production studios for individual musicians, painters, sculptors, photographers, and other artists. Excludes Recreation-Indoor.

• D. Residential Use Types.

Accessory Dwelling Unit. See "Accessory dwelling unit" in Section 17.704.020.A.

Accessory Dwelling Unit, Junior. See "Accessory dwelling unit, junior" in Section 17.704.020.A.

Caretaker's Unit. A permanent residence that is secondary or accessory to the primary use of the property and used for housing a caretaker on the site of a non-residential use where needed for security purposes or to provide 24-hour oversight or operations, equipment, or other resources on the site, including, but not limited to, the care or monitoring of people, plants, animals, equipment, or other conditions on the site.

Emergency Shelters. Housing with minimal supportive services for a homeless person limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay. Other uses include interim interventions, including, but not limited to, navigation centers, bridge housing, and respite or recuperative care.

Family Day Care Home. As defined by Health and Safety Code § 1596.78 , a home that regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for 14 or fewer children, in the provider's own home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away, and is either a large family day care home or a small family day care home.

Large. As defined by Health and Safety Code § 1596.78(b) , a family day care facility that provides family day care for seven to 14 children, including children under the age of 10 who reside in the home.

Small. As defined by Health and Safety Code § 1596.78(c) , a family day care facility that provides family day care for eight or fewer children, including children under the age of 10 who reside in the home.

Home Occupation. Any activity of a non-residential nature carried on within a living unit or accessory structure, by an occupant of the living unit and which is clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the living unit. A home occupation may include, but is not limited to, the handicraft manufacturing of products, the conduct of an art or profession, the offering of a service, or the conduct of a business.

Live/Work. An integrated housing unit and working space, occupied and utilized by a single household structure, either single-family or multi-family, that has been designed or structurally modified to accommodate joint residential occupancy and work activity, and where the residential use is secondary and accessory to the primary use as a place of work.

Mobile Home Park. The use of a site for occupancy of mobile homes on a weekly or longer basis. This use includes mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions.

Multi-Family Residential. The use of a site for two or more dwelling units, within one or more buildings, and includes, but is not limited to, townhouses, bungalow court apartments, multi-unit apartment complexes, triplexes, four-plexes, and group homes or dwellings not included under Residential Care Homes. Units may be attached or detached.

Multi-Family Residential: Duplex. A single building designed or used for occupancy by two families, living independently of each other.

Multi-Family Residential: Triplex & Four-Plex. A single building designed or used for occupancy by three or four families, living independently of each other.

Residential Care Homes. Provides permanent living accommodations with or without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit and where 24-hour medical care and/or supervision may be provided. Occupants are allowed without regard to familial status, disability, or other population segment stipulated in fair housing statutes. Includes, but is not limited to, orphanages, rehabilitation centers, self-help group homes, agricultural employee housing, congregate care facilities, rest homes, and nursing homes. "<7" serve six or fewer persons and ">7" serve seven or more persons.

Single-Family Residential. A building designed or used for occupancy by one family. This classification includes individual manufactured housing units installed on a foundation system pursuant to Section 18551 of the Health and Safety Code, but does not include mobile homes, trailers, or recreational vehicles.

Single Room Occupancy. A residential facility containing housing units that may have kitchen and/or bathroom facilities and are guest rooms or efficiency units as defined by State Health and Safety Codes. Each housing unit is occupied by no more than two persons and is offered on a monthly rental basis or longer.

Supportive Housing. Housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population (as defined in Health and Safety Code § 50675.14 ), and that is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community. Occupants of supportive housing are allowed without regard to familial status, disability, or other population segment stipulated in fair housing statutes. "<7" serve six or fewer persons and ">7" serve seven or more persons.

Transitional Housing. Buildings configured as rental housing developments but operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point in time, which shall be no less than six months. Occupants of transitional housing are allowed without regard to familial status, disability, or other population segment stipulated in fair housing statutes. "<7" serve six or fewer persons and ">7" serve seven or more persons.

• E. Retail Trade Use Types.

Alcohol Sales. The retail sale of alcoholic beverages where alcohol sales is the primary source of revenue and meets all applicable California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control regulations.

Liquor Store. A retail establishment that sells packaged alcoholic beverages and does not include any on-site consumption.

Specialty Alcohol Shop. A retail establishment that specializes solely and exclusively in the sale of a certain type of alcohol (e.g., wine) and related products. An accessory tasting room is allowed with a specialty alcohol shop.

Bar/Nightclub. An establishment where alcoholic beverages are offered for on-site consumption as its principal function in accordance with applicable California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control regulations, where food service, if any, is incidental and subordinate to the sale of alcohol. Persons under the age of 21 are not admitted. Uses include, but are not limited to, a tavern, bar, cocktail lounge, or nightclub. Excludes a restaurant, café, or coffee shop which may include alcohol sales for on-site consumption as incidental to the primary use. Also excludes Micro-Alcohol Production and Winery.

Dispensary. Shall have the definition found in LMC Section 9.36.020 .

Drive-Throughs, Non-Restaurants. The component of a retail or service business establishment that caters to customers while in their vehicles. Examples may include banks and pharmacies. Excludes car washes.

Food Service. Non-beverage fare that is for on-site consumption by the purchaser and is limited to the on-site sale of pre-packaged and pre-prepared foods, delivery of foods, or foods brought to a location for an event by a licensed caterer.

General Retail. Stores and shops selling many lines of merchandise. Uses may include, but are not limited to, sales of apparel and accessories, antiques, appliances, art and fabric supplies, books, electronics, food for off-site preparation and consumption (e.g., grocery store, retail bakery, candy shop), furniture, jewelry, luggage, office supplies, sporting equipment, tobacco products, as well as department stores, drugstores, flower shops, hardware stores, specialty stores, convenience stores, grocery stores, and variety stores. Excludes the sale of automotive parts or on-site production.

• ≤ 5,000 sf. A General Retail store that is 5,000 square feet or less.

• 5,000 sf. A General Retail store larger than 5,000 square feet.

Outdoor Dining. Any group of tables and chairs, and its authorized decorative and accessory features, situated and maintained in an unenclosed area (e.g., upon the public sidewalk or along private porches, arcades, or patios) for use in connection with the consumption of food and beverage sold to the public from or in an adjoining indoor restaurant.

Outdoor Display. The long-term placement of goods or merchandise not located within an entirely enclosed building and without screening or fencing. See Temporary Uses for temporary outdoor display.

Restaurant. A retail business selling ready-to-eat food and/or beverages for on-or off-premises consumption. These include eating establishments where customers are served from a walk-up ordering counter and establishments where customers are served food at their tables that may also provide food for take-out.

W/o Alcohol Sales. A restaurant where food is served, but no alcoholic beverages are served.

W/Alcohol Sales. A restaurant where food and alcoholic beverages are served, and alcohol sales are incidental to food sales. Minors are allowed on the premises, and all applicable California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control regulations are complied with. Includes restaurants with a micro-brewery or similar use as an accessory use where the alcohol it produces is sold exclusively for on-site consumption.

W/Drive Through. A restaurant establishment that provides food and beverage service directly to occupants of motor vehicles.

• F. Services Use Types.

Bed & Breakfast. A residential structure that is occupied by a resident as his or her primary residence with one or more bedrooms rented for periods of 30 consecutive days or less and meals may be provided.

Day Care, Commercial. Establishments providing non-medical care for persons on less than a 24-hour basis, including, but not limited to, nursery schools, preschools, and day care facilities for children or adults, and any other day care licensed by the State of California, excluding Family Day Care Homes.

Dry Cleaning, Processing. A facility that operates a system to clean (clothing or fabrics) with chemical solvents that have little or no water.

Funeral Homes and Mortuaries. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of services involving the care, preparation, or disposition of the human remains and/or arranging, managing, and conducting funerals or memorial services. This use includes, but is not limited to, funeral homes and mortuaries and the incidental sales of products associated with burial. Excludes cemeteries, crematories, and mausoleums (see Cemeteries, Crematories, or Mausoleums).

General Services. Facilities primarily engaged in providing non-medical personal services and miscellaneous repair services, including, but not limited to, barber shops, beauty salons, tanning salons, massage (licensed and therapeutic), dry cleaning pick-up stores without equipment that uses chemical solvents, self-service laundries, photocopying and photo finishing services, tailor shops, watch repair, shoe repair, home electronics repair, locksmiths, tattoo parlors, and pet grooming with no boarding. Does not include repair of vehicles or boats.

Hospital. Facilities engaged primarily in providing diagnostic services and extensive medical treatment, including surgical and other hospital services. These establishments have organized medical staff, inpatient beds, and equipment and facilities to provide complete health care. May include on-site accessory clinics and laboratories, accessory retail uses, and on-site ambulance dispatch facilities.

Kennel. Facilities for keeping, boarding, training, breeding, or maintaining five or more dogs, cats, or other household pets, more than four months of age not owned by the kennel owner or operator. A kennel is not an accessory use to a residence. Excludes pet shops and Veterinary Clinics and Hospitals that provide 24-hour accommodation of animals receiving medical treatment.

Lodging. A building or group of buildings containing individual rooms or suites of rooms, each having a private bathroom, for the purpose of providing overnight accommodations to the general public for compensation, for periods of 30 consecutive days or less. These establishments may provide additional services such as conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, bars, or recreation facilities available to guests or to the general public. Common facilities, such as those for reservations, cleaning services, and on-site management, are provided. Includes hotels, motels, and timeshares.

Medical Clinics and Laboratories. Facilities primarily engaged in the furnishing of outpatient medical, mental health, surgical, dental, and other personal health services, and medical and dental laboratories. Uses include but are not limited to medical doctors, dentists, chiropractors, and psychiatrists. Counseling services by people other than medical doctors or psychiatrists are included under Office, General. These facilities may include incidental medical laboratories and pharmacies that may prepare and sell prescription drugs and also sell non-prescription drugs, medical supplies, and other health products as an accessory use.

d to medical doctors, dentists, chiropractors, and psychiatrists. Counseling services by people other than medical doctors or psychiatrists are included under Office, General. These facilities may include incidental medical laboratories and pharmacies that may prepare and sell prescription drugs and also sell non-prescription drugs, medical supplies, and other health products as an accessory use.

Office, General. Offices of firms or organizations providing executive, management, professional, or administrative services. Examples include accounting services, insurance agent offices, real estate offices, financial services (e.g., banks, credit unions, savings and loan institutions), computer software design, data processing, research, travel agencies, news services, telemarketing, utility company offices, elected official satellite offices, as well as professional or consulting service offices such as law, architecture, engineering, advertising, graphic design, interior design, or similar.

Public Services, Emergency Services. Facilities providing public safety and emergency services, including police and fire protection and emergency medical services, with incidental storage, training, and maintenance facilities.

Public Services, Major. Services for the public that include water treatment facility, wastewater treatment facility, distribution substations, dams, and other services that provide major public infrastructure services for urban development.

Public Services, Minor. Services for the public that include utility substations, service yards, pumping stations and other transmission and distribution facilities.

Roominghouse. A residence or dwelling where three or more rooms, with or without individual or group cooking facilities, are rented to individuals for more than 30 consecutive days under separate oral or written agreements or leases. An owner, agent, or property manager may or may not live on site.

Safe Parking Program. A parking program operated on a property outside of the public right-ofway and managed by a social service provider that provides individuals and families with vehicles a safe place to park overnight while working towards a transition to permanent housing. Also see LMC Section 17.404.205 .

Veterinary Clinics and Hospitals. A facility rendering surgical and medical treatment to small animals, which may include overnight accommodations for purposes of recovery or boarding. For the purpose of these regulations, small animals shall be deemed to be ordinary household pets, excluding horses, donkeys, or other such animals not normally housed or cared for entirely within the confines of a residence. Crematory facilities shall not be allowed in a veterinary clinic.

• G. Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Use Types.

Wireless Tower. Any structure built for the sole or primary purpose of supporting any Federal Communications Commission licensed or authorized antennas and their associated facilities.

Other Wireless Telecommunications Facility. Equipment and network components other than wireless towers, such as utility poles, transmitters, base stations, and emergency power systems that are integral to providing wireless telecommunications services. Does not include radio towers for commercial or amateur use, television towers, specialized public safety networks, or remote units required for fixed wireless service.

• H. Transportation Facilities Use Types.

Airport. Facilities for the takeoff and landing of airplanes and helicopters, including runways, helipads, aircraft storage buildings, aircraft hangar and related facilities, including, but not limited to, fueling and maintenance, storage, airport operations and air traffic control, incidental retail sales, and airport administrative facilities, including airport offices, operations buildings, communications equipment, buildings and structures, control towers, lights, and other equipment and structures required by the United States Government and/or the State for the safety of aircraft operations.

Parking Lot. Open parking area(s) provided on property other than a public street, alley, or rightof-way that is the primary use on the lot. May include park and ride lots. Use of the parking lot may be subject to a fee.

Parking Structure. A building or structure containing parking spaces that is the primary use on the lot. May be located above or below grade, and use of the parking structure may be subject to a fee. May include park and ride structures.

Passenger Transportation Facilities. Facilities for passenger transportation operations, including, but not limited to, rail stations and bus terminals, and service facilities for commercial motor vehicles used for commercial passenger transportation, but excluding travel agencies or taxicabs.

• I. Vehicle Sales and Services Use Types.

Automotive Sales and Rental. The use of a site for the permanent sale or temporary rental of automobiles, noncommercial trucks, motorcycles, including incidental maintenance and servicing. This use includes but are not limited to new and used automobile and motorcycle dealerships and car rental centers.

Automotive Storage.

General. The use of a site for the short-or long-term storage of automobiles, noncommercial trucks, motorcycles, and commercial taxi and towing vehicles.

Large Vehicles. The use of a site for the short-or long-term storage of large vehicles, including commercial trucks and buses.

Gas/Service Station. Establishments primarily engaged in retailing automotive fuels or retailing fuels in combination with related activities such as providing minor automotive repair services (see Repair, Minor) and car washes, selling automotive oils, replacement parts, and accessories, and/or providing incidental food and retail services. Excludes Repair, Major.

Large Vehicle and Boat Sales and Rental. The use of a site for the permanent sale or temporary rental of large automobiles and vehicles, including incidental maintenance and servicing. These include, but are not limited to, new and used dealerships for boats, campers, RVs, mobile homes, commercial trucks, and trailers.

Repair, Major. Repair of automobiles, noncommercial trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, boats and recreational vehicles, including the incidental sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts, generally on an overnight basis. This classification includes auto repair shops, body and fender shops, transmission shops, wheel and brake shops, auto glass services, vehicle painting and tire sales and installation, but excludes vehicle dismantling or salvaging and tire retreading or recapping.

Repair, Minor. The service and repair of automobiles and motorcycles, including the incidental sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts. This classification includes the replacement of small automotive parts and liquids as an accessory use to a gasoline sales station or automotive accessories and supply store, and quick-service oil, tune-up and brake and muffler shops where repairs are made or service provided in enclosed bays and no vehicles are stored overnight. This classification excludes disassembly, removal or replacement of major components such as engines, drive trains, transmissions or axles, automotive body and fender work, vehicle painting or other operations that generate excessive noise, objectionable odors or hazardous materials, and towing services. It also excludes repair of heavy trucks, limousines, or construction vehicles.

J. Other Use Types.

Adult Businesses. An establishment that, as a regular and substantial course of conduct, offers, sells or distributes adult-oriented merchandise, or that offers to its patrons materials, products, merchandise, services, entertainment or performances that have sexual arousal, sexual gratification, and/or sexual stimulation as their dominant theme, or are characterized by an emphasis on specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas and are not customarily open to the general public because they exclude minors by virtue of their age. This classification does not include any establishment offering professional services conducted, operated, or supervised by medical practitioners, physical therapists, nurses, chiropractors, psychologist, social workers, marriage and family counselors, osteopaths, and persons holding licenses or certificates under applicable State law or accreditation from recognized programs when performing functions pursuant to the respective license or certificate.

Correctional Institution. A facility to incarcerate and control inmates operated by the Federal Bureau of Prison division of the United States Department of Justice.

Managed Resource Production. Areas that are required for the protection and recharge of groundwater basins. These uses include storm water detention basins, retention basis required

for flood control, and natural open-space areas. Most commonly allowed, included, or required as an accessory feature or mitigation measure of a development or site.

Metal Storage Container. A metal container that is otherwise typically used as a shipping container carried on rail cars, truck beds, and/or cargo ships.

Temporary Use. Short-term activities that are not allowed on a permanent basis but because of their temporary non-permanent intermittent or seasonal nature are acceptable.

(Ord. 1670(19) § 11; Ord. 1680(21) § 11; Ord. 1702(23) §§ 10, 11; Ord. 1733(25), 10/21/25)