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Title 21 — ZONING

Chapter 21.15 — DEFINITIONS

Long Beach Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Long Beach

21.15.010 - Purpose.

21.15.020 - Rules of Construction.

21.15.025 - Terms not defined.

21.15.030 - Abandoned.

21.15.040 - Abut.

21.15.045 - Accessory dwelling unit.

21.15.050 - Accessory building, accessory structure.

21.15.055 - Accessory tasting room.

21.15.060 - Accessory use.

21.15.063 - Accessory use, residential.

21.15.064 - Acutely Hazardous Material.

21.15.064.5 - Adaptive reuse.

21.15.065 - Addition.

21.15.070 - Adjacent.

21.15.080 - Adjoining.

21.15.090 - Adjusted earnings.

21.15.100 - Administrative service.

21.15.110 - Adult entertainment business.

21.15.113 - Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensary.

21.15.114 - Adult-Use Cannabis Delivery-Only Dispensary.

21.15.120 - Aggrieved person.

21.15.130 - Airport or aircraft landing field.

21.15.135 - Alcoholic beverage manufacturing.

21.15.140 - Alley.

21.15.150 - Alteration.

21.15.160 - Amortize, amortization.

21.15.165 - Amusement/entertainment facilities.

21.15.170 - Amusement machine.

21.15.180 - Amusement park.

21.15.190 - Amusement ride.

21.15.195 - Animal boarding.

21.15.196 - Animal daycare.

21.15.197 - Animal lounge.

21.15.200 - Antique shop.

21.15.205 - Apartment.

21.15.210 - Appealable area.

21.15.220 - Arcade.

21.15.230 - Architectural protrusion.

21.15.240 - Artist studio.

21.15.245 - Assembly use.

21.15.250 - Attached.

21.15.260 - Attic.

21.15.270 - Auto detailing.

21.15.280 - Auto repair, major.

21.15.290 - Auto repair, minor.

21.15.300 - Automobile service station.

21.15.310 - Automobile wrecking.

21.15.320 - Awning.

21.15.330 - Balcony.

21.15.335 - Bank.

21.15.340 - Basement.

21.15.350 - Bay window.

21.15.360 - Bed and Breakfast Inn.

21.15.365 - Bicycle parking space.

21.15.370 - Billboard.

21.15.372 - Billboard, abandoned.

21.15.374 - Billboard, electronic.

21.15.380 - Board and Care Home.

21.15.390 - Boardinghouse.

21.15.400 - Body or Hearing Body.

21.15.410 - Building.

21.15.420 - Building Code.

21.15.430 - Building Coverage.

21.15.440 - Business Support Service.

21.15.441.1 - Cannabis cultivation.

21.15.441.2 - Cannabis manufacturing/processing.

21.15.441.3 - Cannabis distribution.

21.15.441.4 - Cannabis testing.

21.15.441.5 - Cannabis distributor, self-distribution.

21.15.442 - Car title loans.

21.15.445 - Caretaker residence.

21.15.447 - Carport.

21.15.450 - Categorical Exclusion.

21.15.460 - Certificate of Occupancy.

21.15.470 - Chattel.

21.15.475 - Check cashing.

21.15.480 - Child care—Large family daycare home.

21.15.490 - Child care—Small family daycare home.

21.15.500 - Chimney.

21.15.510 - Reserved.

21.15.520 - Clinic, medical.

21.15.530 - Coastal zone.

21.15.540 - Coastally dependent.

21.15.550 - Code.

21.15.555 - Collectibles.

21.15.560 - Commercial.

21.15.562 - Commercial loans.

21.15.565 - Commercial recreation.

21.15.570 - Commercial storage/self-storage.

21.15.575 - Commissary.

21.15.580 - Commission.

21.15.590 - Communal housing.

21.15.595 - Community assembly.

21.15.600 - Community care facility.

21.15.602 - Community correctional reentry center.

21.15.605 - Community garden.

21.15.607 - Computer arcade.

21.15.610 - Computer program consulting service.

21.15.620 - Conditional use.

21.15.630 - Conditional use permit.

21.15.635 - Consumer loans.

21.15.640 - Convalescent hospital.

21.15.650 - Conversion.

21.15.660 - Corner cutoff.

21.15.670 - Corner lot.

21.15.680 - Corral.

21.15.690 - Corrosive.

21.15.700 - Courtesy parking.

21.15.705 - Courtyard.

21.15.707 - Cultural facility.

21.15.710 - Curb level.

21.15.720 - Daycare center.

21.15.730 - Day nursery, preschool or nursery school.

21.15.740 - Deck.

21.15.750 - Demolish.

21.15.760 - Density.

21.15.770 - Density transfer.

21.15.780 - Detached building.

21.15.790 - Development.

21.15.800 - Development agreement.

21.15.810 - Development rights.

21.15.820 - Disposal.

21.15.830 - Disposal site.

21.15.840 - District, zoning.

21.15.850 - Double-frontage lot.

21.15.860 - Double zero side yard.

21.15.870 - Drive-in restaurant.

21.15.875 - Drive-through facilities.

21.15.880 - Driveway.

21.15.890 - Duplex (two-family dwelling).

21.15.900 - Dwelling.

21.15.910 - Dwelling unit.

21.15.915 - Dwelling unit, accessory.

21.15.920 - Dwelling, multiple-family.

21.15.930 - Dwelling, one-family.

21.15.935 - Dwelling, primary.

21.15.940 - Easement.

21.15.950 - Educational institution.

21.15.960 - Electrical distribution substation.

21.15.962 - Electrical generating station.

21.15.964 - Electronic or video game.

21.15.966 - Emergency shelter.

21.15.970 - Entertainment service.

21.15.980 - Equipment.

21.15.990 - Equipment, garden.

21.15.993 - Event center.

21.15.995 - Exterior remodeling.

21.15.1000 - Facing.

21.15.1010 - Family.

21.15.1020 - Fast-food restaurant.

21.15.1030 - Feasible.

21.15.1040 - Fence height.

21.15.1050 - Financial service.

21.15.1054 - Fitness Facility.

21.15.1055 - Fixed bar.

21.15.1060 - Flammable.

21.15.1065 - Fleet service/company vehicle operations.

21.15.1070 - Floor area, gross (GFA).

21.15.1090 - Floor area ratio.

21.15.1100 - Fortunetelling.

21.15.1110 - Foster family home.

21.15.1120 - Fourplex (four-family dwelling).

21.15.1130 - Fraternity house or sorority house.

21.15.1140 - Frontage.

21.15.1150 - Front lot line.

21.15.1160 - Front yard, required.

21.15.1170 - Garage.

21.15.1180 - General Plan.

21.15.1190 - Grade.

21.15.1200 - Group home.

21.15.1205 - Guardrail.

21.15.1210 - Guest parking.

21.15.1220 - Guestroom.

21.15.1230 - Halfway house.

21.15.1240 - Handicapped housing.

21.15.1250 - Hazardous material.

21.15.1260 - Hazardous waste.

21.15.1270 - Hazardous waste area.

21.15.1280 - Hazardous waste facility.

21.15.1290 - Hazardous waste facility, off-site.

21.15.1300 - Hazardous waste facility, on-site.

21.15.1310 - Hazardous waste producer.

21.15.1320 - Hedge.

21.15.1330 - Height of building.

21.15.1335 - Height to midpoint of sloped roof.

21.15.1338 - High crime.

21.15.1340 - Highway.

21.15.1350 - Home occupation.

21.15.1360 - Horse.

21.15.1370 - Hospital.

21.15.1380 - Hotel.

21.15.1395 - Household pet.

21.15.1400 - Housing Authority.

21.15.1410 - Housing, low cost.

21.15.1420 - Housing, moderate cost.

21.15.1430 - Housing, very low cost.

21.15.1440 - Illumination, indirect.

21.15.1450 - Incentive zoning.

21.15.1460 - Industrial.

21.15.1465 - Inn.

21.15.1470 - Institutional use.

21.15.1475 - Interim housing.

21.15.1480 - Interior lot.

21.15.1490 - Irritant.

21.15.1500 - Junk.

21.15.1510 - Junk or salvage yard.

21.15.1520 - Kennel.

21.15.1530 - Key lot.

21.15.1540 - Kitchen.

21.15.1550 - Landscaping.

21.15.1555 - Landscaping plan.

21.15.1560 - Laundry.

21.15.1570 - Laundry, industrial.

21.15.1575 - Liquor store.

21.15.1576 - Live-Work unit.

21.15.1578 - Loading space.

21.15.1580 - Lodginghouse.

21.15.1590 - Lot.

21.15.1600 - Lot area.

21.15.1610 - Lot, corner.

21.15.1620 - Lot coverage.

21.15.1630 - Lot depth.

21.15.1640 - Lot, interior.

21.15.1650 - Lot, key.

21.15.1660 - Lot line, front.

21.15.1670 - Lot line, rear.

21.15.1680 - Lot line, side.

21.15.1690 - Lot, reversed corner.

21.15.1700 - Lot, through.

21.15.1710 - Lot width.

21.15.1720 - Manufactured housing.

21.15.1725 - Massage establishment.

21.15.1730 - Median income.

21.15.1740 - Medical office.

21.15.1750 - Merchandise mall.

21.15.1755 - Mezzanine.

21.15.1755.5 - Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO).

21.15.1756 - Micro-Unit.

21.15.1760 - Mixed use.

21.15.1764 - Mobile food facility.

21.15.1765 - Mobile Food Truck.

21.15.1770 - Mobile home.

21.15.1780 - Mobile home park.

21.15.1790 - Modular housing.

21.15.1792 - Money orders.

21.15.1793 - Money transfers.

21.15.1795 - Mortgage brokers.

21.15.1797 - Mortuaries, Cremation and Interment Services.

21.15.1800 - Motel.

21.15.1810 - Motor vehicle.

21.15.1820 - Motorcycle.

21.15.1830 - Municipal Code.

21.15.1835 - Mural.

21.15.1840 - Natural grade.

21.15.1850 - New Construction.

21.15.1855 - Nightclub.

21.15.1859 - Noise ordinance.

21.15.1860 - Nonconformity.

21.15.1870 - Nuisance.

21.15.1880 - Nursing home.

21.15.1890 - Office.

21.15.1900 - Open corridor.

21.15.1910 - Open space, usable.

21.15.1920 - Outdoor advertising.

21.15.1930 - Overlay zone.

21.15.1940 - Owner of property.

21.15.1950 - Owner's authorized agent.

21.15.1960 - Parcel.

21.15.1970 - Parking.

21.15.1980 - Parking service.

21.15.1990 - Parking space.

21.15.2000 - Parking structure.

21.15.2005 - Parsonage.

21.15.2007 - Passive park.

21.15.2008 - Pawn shop.

21.15.2009 - Pay day loans.

21.15.2010 - Permitted use.

21.15.2020 - Personal service.

21.15.2030 - Pet, household.

21.15.2040 - Pet shop.

21.15.2050 - Planning Commission.

21.15.2060 - Planning Officer.

21.15.2070 - Plat.

21.15.2075 - Playground.

21.15.2080 - Plot.

21.15.2090 - Plot plan.

21.15.2100 - Plumbing facilities.

21.15.2110 - Police power.

21.15.2120 - Poolhall.

21.15.2130 - Porch.

21.15.2140 - Port-related.

21.15.2150 - Porte cochere.

21.15.2160 - Premises.

21.15.2165 - Primary dwelling.

21.15.2170 - Principal use.

21.15.2180 - Private club.

21.15.2190 - Professional service.

21.15.2195 - Public Library

21.15.2200 - Public utility service yard.

21.15.2210 - Public works project.

21.15.2215 - Publicly accessible exterior telephones.

21.15.2220 - Railroad yard.

21.15.2225 - Realtor.

21.15.2230 - Rear lot line.

21.15.2240 - Rear yard, required.

21.15.2250 - Rebuild.

21.15.2260 - Recreation, commercial.

21.15.2265 - Recreational park.

21.15.2270 - Recreational vehicle.

21.15.2273 - Religious assembly.

21.15.2275 - Remodel.

21.15.2280 - Residential.

21.15.2290 - Residential care facility.

21.15.2300 - Resource recovery.

21.15.2310 - Restaurant.

21.15.2320 - Restaurant, dinner.

21.15.2330 - Restaurant, fast-food.

21.15.2332 - Restaurant, ready-to-eat food.

21.15.2340 - Retail sales.

21.15.2350 - Reversed corner lot.

21.15.2360 - Room.

21.15.2370 - Room, primary.

21.15.2380 - Room, secondary.

21.15.2382 - Safe parking site.

21.15.2385 - Sandwiched lot.

21.15.2390 - School.

21.15.2395 - School, publicly run post-secondary.

21.15.2400 - Secondary housing unit.

21.15.2401 - Reserved.

21.15.2410 - Single-family dwelling.

21.15.2420 - Secondhand store.

21.15.2430 - Senior citizen housing.

21.15.2435 - Senior citizen housing, active.

21.15.2440 - Senior citizen housing, congregate care.

21.15.2450 - Service station.

21.15.2460 - Service yard.

21.15.2470 - Setback line.

21.15.2475 - Reserved.

21.15.2480 - Shopping center.

21.15.2482 - Shopping center, neighborhood.

21.15.2484 - Shopping center, retail cluster.

21.15.2486 - Shopping center, regional.

21.15.2487 - Short-term rental.

21.15.2488 - Side-by-side residential units.

21.15.2490 - Side lot line.

21.15.2500 - Side yard, required.

21.15.2510 - Sign.

21.15.2520 - Sign, abandoned.

21.15.2530 - Sign area.

21.15.2540 - Reserved.

21.15.2550 - Sign, awning.

21.15.2560 - Reserved.

21.15.2570 - Sign, banner.

21.15.2570.5 - Sign, building identification.

21.15.2571 - Sign, changeable copy.

21.15.2573 - Sign, residential neighborhood or commercial district identification.

21.15.2575 - Sign, cabinet.

21.15.2577 - Sign, electronic message center.

21.15.2580 - Sign, freestanding.

21.15.2590 - Sign, freeway-oriented.

21.15.2595 - Sign, interior.

21.15.2600 - Sign, marquee/canopy.

21.15.2610 - Sign, menu board.

21.15.2620 - Sign, monument.

21.15.2630 - Sign, neighborhood marker.

21.15.2640 - Reserved.

21.15.2650 - Sign, off-premises.

21.15.2660 - Sign, on-premises.

21.15.2665 - Sign, on-site directional.

21.15.2667 - Single Room Occupancy (SRO).

21.15.2670 - Reserved.

21.15.2680 - Reserved.

21.15.2690 - Reserved.

21.15.2700 - Sign, portable.

21.15.2710 - Sign, projecting.

21.15.2720 - Sign, promotional activity - commercial.

21.15.2721 - Sign, promotional activity - noncommercial.

21.15.2723 - Sign, push-through.

21.15.2725 - Reserved.

21.15.2730 - Sign, roof.

21.15.2740 - Sign, temporary.

21.15.2743 - Sign, through-the-face.

21.15.2745 - Sign, traffic directional.

21.15.2750 - Sign, wall.

21.15.2755 - Sign, wall painted.

21.15.2760 - Sign, window.

21.15.2770 - Signable area.

21.15.2780 - Site plan.

21.15.2790 - Soaking pool.

21.15.2793 - Social service facility.

21.15.2795 - Social service office.

21.15.2800 - Solid fence.

21.15.2810 - Special group residence.

21.15.2820 - Special setback line.

21.15.2830 - Stable, private.

21.15.2840 - Stable, commercial.

21.15.2850 - Stall, box.

21.15.2860 - Stall, tie.

21.15.2870 - Standards or development standards.

21.15.2880 - Standard State Zoning Enabling Act (SZEA).

21.15.2890 - Standards variance.

21.15.2900 - Street.

21.15.2910 - Street furniture.

21.15.2920 - Storage.

21.15.2930 - Storage, hazardous waste.

21.15.2940 - Story.

21.15.2950 - Strong oxidizer.

21.15.2960 - Strong sensitizer.

21.15.2970 - Structure.

21.15.2980 - Supergraphics.

21.15.2985 - Supportive housing.

21.15.2987 - Target population.

21.15.2990 - Tattoo parlor.

21.15.3000 - Tavern.

21.15.3005 - Temporary activating uses.

21.15.3010 - Therapy pool.

21.15.3015 - Thrift shop.

21.15.3020 - Through lot or double frontage lot.

21.15.3030 - Tire retreading establishment.

21.15.3040 - Tire store.

21.15.3050 - Title.

21.15.3060 - Townhouse.

21.15.3070 - Toxic.

21.15.3080 - Transfer of development rights (TDR).

21.15.3090 - Transfer station.

21.15.3095 - Transitional housing.

21.15.3100 - Travel trailer.

21.15.3110 - Travel trailer park.

21.15.3120 - Treatment.

21.15.3130 - Treatment facility.

21.15.3140 - Triplex, three-family dwelling.

21.15.3150 - Truck yard.

21.15.3151 - Tutoring center.

21.15.3153 - Unattended Donation Box.

21.15.3155 - Urban agriculture use.

21.15.3160 - Usable open space.

21.15.3170 - Usable open space, common.

21.15.3180 - Usable open space, private.

21.15.3190 - Use.

21.15.3200 - Variance.

21.15.3205 - Vehicle.

21.15.3210 - Vehicle, dismantled.

21.15.3215 - Vehicle, inoperative.

21.15.3220 - Vehicle, wrecked.

21.15.3225 - Vending cart.

21.15.3230 - Vested right.

21.15.3240 - Veterinary clinic.

21.15.3250 - Veterinary use.

21.15.3260 - Vocational school.

21.15.3270 - Wall return.

21.15.3280 - Wetbar.

21.15.3290 - Window.

21.15.3300 - Wholesale, industrial.

21.15.3310 - Wing wall.

21.15.3320 - Yard, required front.

21.15.3330 - Yard, required rear.

21.15.3340 - Yard, required side.

21.15.3350 - Zero bedroom unit.

21.15.3360 - Zero lot line.

21.15.3370 - Zone or zone district.

21.15.3380 - Zoning Administrator.

21.15.3390 - Zoning amendment.

21.15.3400 - Zoning map.

21.15.3410 - Zoning Regulations or Zoning Ordinance.

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