Chapter 18.04 — DEFINITIONS
Madera County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Madera County
18.04.005 - General terms.¶
18.04.010 - Generally.¶
18.04.013 - Accessory living structure.¶
18.04.015 - Accessory structures.¶
18.04.020 - Accessory use.¶
18.04.025 - Agriculturally oriented services.¶
18.04.030 - Agriculture.¶
18.04.032 - Agritourism.¶
18.04.035 - Airport.¶
18.04.040 - Airport elevation.¶
18.04.045 - Airport reference point.¶
18.04.050 - Airstrip.¶
18.04.055 - Alley.¶
18.04.060 - Apartment.¶
18.04.065 - Apartment house.¶
18.04.070 - Base geometric plane.¶
18.04.075 - Basement.¶
18.04.080 - Base setback line.¶
18.04.082 - Bed and breakfast establishment, multifamily residential areas.¶
18.04.083 - Bed and breakfast establishment, single family residential areas.¶
18.04.085 - Block.¶
18.04.090 - Board.¶
18.04.095 - Reserved.¶
18.04.100 - Building.¶
18.04.105 - Business.¶
18.04.110 - Camper unit.¶
18.04.113 - Child day care facility.¶
18.04.114 - Circulation plan.¶
18.04.115 - Commission.¶
18.04.120 - Communications equipment building.¶
18.04.121 - Communication tower/wireless communications facility.¶
18.04.125 - Conditional use.¶
18.04.127 - Construction trailer/temporary contractor's office.¶
18.04.128 - Temporary/seasonal fruit stand.¶
18.04.130 - Customer service establishments.¶
18.04.131 - Dead-end road.¶
18.04.132 - Defensible space.¶
18.04.140 - District.¶
18.04.142 - Drainage plan.¶
18.04.145 - Drilling.¶
18.04.150 - Dwelling.¶
18.04.153 - Dwelling, accessory unit.¶
18.04.155 - Dwelling, multiple family.¶
18.04.160 - Dwelling, single family.¶
18.04.165 - Dwelling, two family.¶
18.04.170 - Edge of right-of-way.¶
18.04.173 - Emergency service provider.¶
18.04.174 - Emergency shelter.¶
18.04.175 - Family.¶
18.04.180 - Farm, fur.¶
18.04.185 - Farm, pig.¶
18.04.190 - Farm, poultry.¶
18.04.191 - Farm labor camp.¶
18.04.193 - Farm stay operation.¶
18.04.195 - Feedlot.¶
18.04.200 - Floor area ratio.¶
18.04.205 - Garage, private.¶
18.04.210 - Garage, public.¶
18.04.215 - Garage, storage.¶
18.04.220 - General commercial establishments.¶
18.04.225 - Gravel pit.¶
18.04.230 - Grade, established.¶
18.04.232 - Grading plan.¶
18.04.235 - Guest house.¶
18.04.240 - Guest ranch.¶
18.04.245 - Heavy industrial uses.¶
18.04.255 - Highway.¶
18.04.260 - Home occupation.¶
18.04.265 - Horticulture.¶
18.04.266 - Hospital.¶
18.04.267 - Hospital lodging facility.¶
18.04.268 - Hospital support facilities.¶
18.04.270 - Hotel.¶
18.04.275 - Indigenous employee.¶
18.04.280 - Insecticide and pesticide services.¶
18.04.283 - Interchange quadrant.¶
18.04.285 - Junkyards.¶
18.04.288 - Kennel.¶
18.04.290 - Kennel, commercial.¶
18.04.292 - Landscape and irrigation plan.¶
18.04.295 - Light industrial uses.¶
18.04.296 - Limited light industrial.¶
18.04.300 - Reserved.¶
18.04.305 - Lot.¶
18.04.310 - Lot area.¶
18.04.315 - Lot depth.¶
18.04.316 - Lot frontage.¶
18.04.320 - Lot, side.¶
18.04.325 - Lot width, minimum average.¶
18.04.330 - Manufactured home.¶
18.04.333 - Marijuana.¶
18.04.335 - Mining.¶
18.04.337 - Mini storage.¶
18.04.340 - Mobilehome park (manufactured housing park).¶
18.04.345 - Motel.¶
18.04.350 - Nonconforming use.¶
18.04.355 - Offset.¶
18.04.360 - One-ownership.¶
18.04.380 - Permanent structure.¶
18.04.385 - Person.¶
18.04.387 - Pharmacy.¶
18.04.390 - Planned development.¶
18.04.395 - Planning commission.¶
18.04.400 - Planning department.¶
18.04.405 - Principal building.¶
18.04.410 - Principal use.¶
18.04.415 - Private club.¶
18.04.420 - Professional office.¶
18.04.421 - Property, private.¶
18.04.422 - Property, public.¶
18.04.425 - Public buildings.¶
18.04.430 - Quarrying.¶
18.04.435 - Rabbit farm.¶
18.04.436 - Residential care facility.¶
18.04.437 - Residential conversion.¶
18.04.438 - Residential support facility.¶
18.04.440 - Restaurant.¶
18.04.445 - Restricted retail sales establishments.¶
18.04.450 - Retail sales establishments.¶
18.04.455 - Road.¶
18.04.460 - Roadside stand.¶
18.04.465 - Sand pit.¶
18.04.470 - Semi-public buildings.¶
18.04.475 - Setback.¶
18.04.480 - Sewered district.¶
18.04.485 - Sign.¶
18.04.490 - Small livestock farming.¶
18.04.493 - Solar farm.¶
18.04.495 - Stable, private.¶
18.04.500 - Stable, public.¶
18.04.505 - Story.¶
18.04.510 - Street.¶
18.04.515 - Street, frontage.¶
18.04.520 - Structural alterations.¶
18.04.525 - Structures.¶
18.04.530 - Structure, nonconforming.¶
18.04.533 - Supportive housing.¶
18.04.535 - Sustained yield forestry.¶
18.04.540 - Temporary structure.¶
18.04.545 - Tent camp.¶
18.04.550 - Reserved.¶
18.04.553 - Transitional housing.¶
18.04.555 - Travel trailer park.¶
18.04.556 - Vehicles.¶
18.04.560 - Vision setback.¶
18.04.565 - Visual obstruction.¶
18.04.570 - Yard, front.¶
18.04.575 - Yard, rear.¶
18.04.580 - Yard, side.¶
18.04.581 - Wineries.¶
18.04.582 - Wrecking or dismantling yard.¶
18.04.585 - Zoning administrator.¶
18.04.590 - Zoning agency.¶
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