2010.100 Zoning Ordinance/Ordinance

Maywood Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-07 · Maywood

Zoning Ordinance or Ordinance refers to the whole of this document, which is an adopted Ordinance of the City of Maywood, setting forth provisions and regulations of land use and development within the City , unless the text is clearly referencing a separate ordinance.

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2020 DEFINITIONS

For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this Ordinance, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section.

2020.10 "A" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Abandoned - The cessation of the use of a property by the owner with the intention neither of transferring rights to the property to another owner nor of resuming the use of the property.
Abutting - Parcels of land or structures having a common boundary with one another except those parcels or structures having no common boundary other than a common corner.
Access - The place or way by which pedestrians or vehicles are provided safe, adequate, and usable ingress and egress to a property or use as required by this Ordinance.
Accessory Building - A building detached from the principal building on the same lot and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building.
Accessory Use - A use of land or of a building or portion thereof customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located on the same lot with such principal use.
Acreage, Gross - The total land area within a defined boundary. Gross acreage measurements are made to the centerline of abutting streets.
Acreage, Net - That portion of gross acreage exclusive of streets and all public lands and rights-of-way.
Addition - Any construction that is attached to an existing building and which increases the size of a building or facility in terms of site coverage, height, length, width, or gross floor area.
Adjacent - Structures or parcels of land which are separated only by an alley, street, highway, or recorded easement.

Adjoining - see " Abutting ".

Administrative Adjustment Permit - A special permit which will allow minor adjustments to certain requirements set forth in the Zoning Ordinance, as more

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particularly described in Section 5110, when it can be shown that strict compliance would be impractical or undesirable in meeting the purpose and intent of the ordinance and that the adjustment will not have an adverse effect on the adjoining properties. An Administrative Adjustment Permit is granted at the discretion of the Director of Planning and Building, subject to limitations set forth in the Zoning Ordinance, and is not the automatic right of any applicant.

Advertising Structure - A structure existing, erected, or maintained to serve exclusively as a stand, frame, or background for the support or display of signs.

Agent - Any person showing notarized written verification that he or she is acting for, and with the knowledge and consent of, a property owner.

Alley - An unnamed service way less than 40 feet wide providing a secondary means of public access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.

Alteration - Any change or rearrangement in the supporting members of an existing building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders or interior partitions, as well as any change in doors or windows, or any enlargement to or diminution of a building or structure, whether horizontally or vertically, or the moving of a building or structure from one location to another.

Amendment - A change in wording, context, substance, or zoning maps of this Ordinance when such changes are adopted in the manner prescribed by law.

Amenity - A natural or man-made feature which enhances a particular property.

Amusement Park - An outdoor facility which may include structures and buildings where there are various devices for entertainment, including rides, booths for the conduct of games or sale of items, and buildings for shows and entertainment.

Animal - Unless otherwise stated, animal includes birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles.

Animal Kennel - Any structure or premises in which animals are kept, boarded, bred or trained.

Antenna - The outdoor portion of the receiving or transmitting equipment used for the receiving or transmitting of television, radio, or similar waves through space.

Apartment - One or more rooms with private bath and itchen facilities comprising an independent self-contained dwelling unit in a building containing more than two dwelling units.

Apartment House - A structure containing four or more apartment units which is intended for rental purposes.

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Applicant - A person who requests in writing the approval of a lease, permit, license, certificate, or other entitlement for use from one or more public agencies.

Application - The form and information submitted by an applicant for purposes of requesting an entitlement to use or develop property.

Appraised Value - Appraised value shall mean the market value of the structure as reported by the owner and based upon the market value of comparable structures in the City. Where the City and owner do not agree upon the appraised value based upon said comparables, appraised value shall mean the value reported by a qualified appraiser, approved by the City, hired by the owner to determine the value of the structure.

Assessor - The Assessor of the County of Los Angeles.

Athletic Field - A field established for non-professional recreational activities such as youth sports and adult recreational leagues.
Automobile Detailing - An establishment which performs hand-washing, waxing, and interior cleaning of passenger vehicles.
Automobile Service Station - A retail place of business engaged primarily in the sale of petroleum products, goods, and services required in the operation and maintenance of motor vehicles under one and one-half ton capacity (as defined by the California Motor Vehicle Code) and in which maintenance, minor repairs, washing, and lubrication services are conducted wholly within the service station building.
Automobile Wrecking - The dismantling or wrecking of one or more used motor vehicles or trailers; or storage, sale, or dumping of one or more dismantled or partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.
Automobile/Trailer Sales Area - The use of any building, land area or other premise for the display and sale of new or used automobiles, panel trucks or vans, trailers, or recreation vehicles and including any warranty repair and other repair service conducted as an accessory service.
Automobile/Truck Dealers - A facility which sells automobiles and trucks of one ton or less capacity, both new and used, and includes the repair of same. Trucks of more than one ton capacity shall not be included in this term.
Automobile Repairing - A facility which provides repair service to such vehicles including tire shops, muffler shops, transmission shops, upholstery and accessory

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shops. Automobile repairing includes the repair of trucks of less than one ton capacity.

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2020.20. "B" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Bachelor Apartment - An efficiency apartment unit which contains three or fewer rooms, including the kitchen and bathroom. Also called a "studio apartment."

Bank - An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money, for the extension of credit and for facilitating the transmission of funds; includes savings and loans and automatic teller facilities.

Basement - A space wholly or partly underground and having more than one-half of its height, measuring from its floor to its ceiling, below the average adjoining grade; if the finished floor level directly above a basement is more than five feet above grade, such basement shall be considered a story.

Bedroom - Any habitable room other than a bathroom, kitchen, dining room, or living room.

Bikeway - A paved pathway, usually separated from streets and sidewalks, designed to be used by bicyclists.

Billboard - A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, or entertainment which is conducted, sold, or offered at a location other than the premises on which the sign is located.

Billiard Parlor, Family - Any place of business where any of several games are played on a table by driving small balls against one another or into pockets with a cue and where alcoholic beverages are not offered for sale. Such place of business may include, as an accessory use, any mechanical amusement device not otherwise prohibited by this Ordinance.

Block - A unit of land bounded by streets or by a combination of streets and public land, railroad rights-of-way, waterways or any other barrier to the continuity to development.

Body or Hearing Body - The individual or group duly authorized to grant changes to, relief from, or special consideration under this Ordinance.

Buffer Areas - An area of land used to visibly separate one use from another or to shield noise, lights or other possible nuisances.

Building - Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods or materials of any kind or nature.

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Building, Accessory - A detached subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the land or main building and which is located on the same lot or parcel as the main building or principal use.

Building, Main - A building within which is conducted the principal use permitted on the lot as provided by this Ordinance.

Building Coverage - The relationship between the ground floor area (footprint) of the building(s) and the net lot area. See Lot Coverage for specific definition.

Building Height - The vertical distance by which a building or other structure, or portion thereof, extends above grade as defined herein to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the ridge of the highest gabled, pitched, or hipped roof. The measurement may be taken from the highest adjoining sidewalk or ground surface within a five-foot horizontal distance to the exterior wall of the building, when such sidewalk or ground surface is not more than 10 feet above grade. The height of a stepped or terraced building is the maximum height of any segment of the building. Screened mechanical and electrical towers, chimneys, and other integral parts of the building or structure occupying no more than five percent of the roof area shall be excluded from the measurement.
Building, Historic - A building listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places, or by a state or county agency charged with recognition or preservation of historic structures, or by resolution of the City council as having significant local or regional historical importance and value to the community.
Building Pad - The level area within a lot designated for the location of the primary building or use and all accessory structures and uses.
Building Site - A lot, or contiguous lots of land in single, multiple, or joint ownership (exclusive of all rights-of-way and all easements, except open space easements, that prohibit the surface use of the property by its owner), which provides the area and open spaces required for construction of a building or buildings, and which abuts a public or private street or alley, or easement.
Bus Turnout - A paved indentation at the side of a roadway designed to allow buses to pick up and discharge passengers.

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2020.30. "C" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Caretaker's Residence - A dwelling unit accessory to a principal use located on the same site and intended for occupancy by a caretaker, security guard, servant, or similar position generally requiring residence on the site.
Carport - A roofed structure providing space for the parking or storage of motor vehicles and enclosed on not more than two sides. A carport must include for each parking space a lockable storage area containing a minimum of 100 cubic feet.

Cellar - See "Basement" .

Cemetery - Property used for the interring of the dead including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary of a cemetery.
Centerline - The centerline of a street as referred to in this Ordinance shall mean the right-of-way centerline as established by the County Engineer of the County, by the City Engineer of the City, by the State Division of Highways of the State of California. If no such centerline has been established or in any case in which the foregoing definition is not applicable, the Commission shall designate the centerline.
Certificate of Occupancy - A document issued by the director of building inspection allowing the occupancy or use of a building and certifying that the structure or use has been constructed or will be used in compliance with all the applicable municipal codes and ordinances.
Child Day Care Home, Large - A single-family dwelling with the accessory daytime care of seven (7) to twelve (12) children.
Child Day Care Home, Small - A single-family dwelling with the accessory daytime care of one (1) to six (6) children.
Church - An institution providing facilities for worship or the assemblage of the public for worship, including personal counseling and education and the building or buildings where such activities take place.
Clinic - An establishment where patients are admitted for examination and treatment by one or more physicians, dentists, psychologists or social workers but the patients are not lodged overnight.
Club - A group of people organized for a common purpose to pursue common goals, interests, or activities and usually characterized by certain membership

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qualifications, payment of fees and dues, regular meetings, and a constitution and by-laws.

Cluster Development - A development design technique that concentrates buildings in specific areas on the site to allow the remaining land to be used for recreation, common open space, and preservation of environmentally sensitive features.

Commercial Use - An activity, normally retail sales, carried out for monetary gain.

Common Area - Land in a residential development held in common and/or single ownership and not reserved for the exclusive use or benefit of an individual tenant or owner.
Common Facility - A non-commercial use established primarily for the benefit and enjoyment of the community in which it is located, typically utility or service use oriented.
Communal Housing - Housing for non-family groups with common kitchen and dining facilities but without medical, psychiatric or other care including boardinghouses, lodginghouses, dormitories, fraternity/sorority houses, communes, and religious homes.

Community Care Facility - See Residential Care Facility .

Community Center - A facility operated by the City which provides recreational, cultural or other similar activities.
Conditional Use Permit - An approval which may be granted by the Planning Commission which is required for a conditional use to be permitted in a district or zone.
Conditional Use - A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon showing that such use in a specified location will comply with all the conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use as specified in the development code and authorized by the planning commission.
Condominium - A building or group of buildings owned by all the owners on a proportional basis with a specific benefit of ownership being the right to occupy an individual dwelling unit located within the structure(s).

Contiguous - See " Abutting ".

Convalescent Facility - A facility licensed by the State which serves seven or more people and which provides bed care and in-patient services for persons requiring regular medical attention, and persons aged or infirm and unable to care for

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themselves. Convalescent facility includes alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers but does not include facilities which provide surgical or emergency medical services.

Convalescent Hospital - A facility providing long-term nursing, dietary and other medical services to convalescents or invalids but not providing surgery or primary treatments such as are customarily provided in a hospital. A convalescent hospital must be licensed as such by the State.
Convenience Commercial Center - A retail/service commercial center to provide goods and merchandise to the immediate surrounding area. These centers are approximately two to three acres in size with the intention of serving a specific local need.
Convenience Market - A retail food market providing goods and other services on an extended hour basis.
Conversion - The creation of separate ownership of existing real property and the space within residential, industrial, or commercial buildings thereon.
Coop - A place of confinement, usually in the form of a cage or small enclosure, used in conjunction with the keeping of animals.
Corner Cutoff Area - A triangular area at the corner of the lot which abuts the intersecting rights of way. The area is bounded by the sides which are measured along the property lines of 17 feet and the hypotenuse of those sides. See Figure 2020.30.
Country Club - A club organized and operated primarily for social and outdoor recreation purposes, including incidental accessory uses and structures.
Courtyard - Any open space, unobstructed from ground to sky, other than a yard, that is on the same lot with and bounded on two or more sides by the walls of a building.
Curb Grade - The level of the established curb in front of a building, as measured at the center of the frontage.

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2020.40. "D" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Dance Floor - A dance floor is an area in excess of 300 square feet or in excess of 15 percent of the public area of a building, used as a dance area, whether as a primary or accessory use.

Dancehall - A public hall which is primarily and predominately devoted to dancing.

Day Care Facility - A facility which provides nonmedical care to a person of any age who is in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on less than a 24-hour basis. This type of facility includes Child Day Care Facility as defined by the State Health and Safety Code.

Decibel - Or "db" is a unit measure of sound pressure level.

Dedication, Offered - That portion of land which is irrevocably offered to the City for future public rights-of-way which has no prospective future date for construction to City standards and/or notice of completion.
Defensible Space - A physical space which is made usable and safe by means of a design encouraging pedestrian circulation, visual access and the elimination of visually obstructed areas.

Demolish - To remove more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the exterior walls of an existing building or structure, as measured by the linear length of the walls.

Density Bonus - A density increase of up to twenty-five percent (25%) over the otherwise allowable residential density under the applicable land use element of the General Plan.

Density - The number of families, individuals, dwelling units, or housing structures per unit of land.

Design - Design means: 1) architectural features; 2) street alignments, grades and widths; 3) drainage and sanitary facilities and utilities, including alignments and grades thereof; 4) location and size of all required easements and rights-of-way; 5) fire roads and fire breaks; 6) lot size and configuration; 7) traffic access; 8) grading; 9) land to be dedicated for park or recreation purposes; and 10) such other specific requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire project as may be necessary or convenient to insure conformity to or implementation of the General Plan or any adopted specific plan.
Detached Building - A building which does not have a wall of four feet or more in length in common with another building.

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Detention Basin - A storage facility for the temporary storage of storm water runoff.

Developer - The person or firm who prepares acreage for development and installs sufficient improvements to facilitate further subdivision of the property and construction of authorized uses. In the case of larger acreage there may be a master developer who sells property to several builders. With smaller acreage, the developer may be the original land owner or an individual builder.
Development Plan - A map or maps, along with supporting text and data, statistics, or tables which describe the entitlement and associated conditions that were approved in accordance with the requirements of the applicable plan allowing the use of a described parcel of land.
Development - The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any structure; any mining, excavation, landfill or land disturbance, and any use or extension of the use of land.
Discount Store - A high volume, low cost store advertising a wide variety of merchandise for sale at less-than-retail cost. Discount store includes only those business facilities containing 30,000 square feet or more of leasable space.
Distribution - A use engaged primarily in distribution of manufactured products, supplies, and equipment, including incidental storage and sales activities, but exclusive bulk storage of materials which are flammable or explosive.
Division Wall - A wall constructed on or near the property line between parking, commercial or less restricted zones and the residential zones as a condition precedent to the approval of a building plan or the issuance of a Building Permit for construction on commercial or less restricted zones.
Drive-In Operation - An operation or business in which any goods, wares, merchandise, or services are sold and delivered to persons while such persons are occupants of vehicles. Drive-in operation also includes drive-in or drive-thru restaurants as defined under Section 2020.180.
Drive-In Theaters - An outdoor movie theater where patrons view movies or any other form of entertainment on a screen or stage from their vehicles.
Driveway, Residential - A paved drive, of maximum width 20 feet, which connects, by shortest distance, the garage, carport or other aproved vehicle storage area on the same lot as the driveway to the point of that lot's access from a street or highway.

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Driveway, Other - A private drive which provides access for vehicles to a parking space, garage, or other structure.

Dwelling or Dwelling Unit - One or more rooms designed, occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with one kitchen, sleeping and sanitary facilities provided within the dwelling unit for the exclusive use of a person or single family maintaining a household.
Dwelling Group - A group of three or more detached buildings used as one-family, two-family or multiple-family dwellings located on a single lot, together with all of the open spaces required by this chapter but not including tourist courts, motor courts, or motels or any other commercial uses.
Dwelling, Multiple-Family - A building or portion thereof used and/or designed as a residence with separate dwelling units for two or more families living independently of each other.
Dwelling, Single-Family - A detached building not to contain more than one kitchen which, regardless of form of ownership, is designed and/or used to house not more than one family including all domestic employees of such family.
Dwelling, Three-Family (Triplex) - A building containing three dwelling units designed and/or used to house not more than three families living independently of each other.
Dwelling, Two-Family (Duplex) - A building containing two dwelling units designed and/or used to house not more than two families living independently of each other.

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2020.50. "E" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Easement - A grant of one or more of the property rights by the property owner to and/or for use by the public, a corporation, or another person or entity.

Eave - The projecting lower edges of a roof overhanging the wall of a building.

Educational Institution - An institution such as a private or public school, college, or university qualified by the State Board of Education to give general academic instruction.

Elevation - A flat scale drawing of the front, rear, or side of a building or structure.

Emergency Shelter - A dwelling area provided on a short-term basis by a non-profit organization for the temporary housing of persons.

Employees' Quarters - Quarters for the housing of agricultural and domestic employee when such quarters are located upon the same land occupied by their employer.

Enclosed - A covered space fully surrounded by walls, including windows, doors, and similar openings or architectural features, for a space of not less than 100 square feet fully surrounded by a building or walls exceeding eight feet in height.

Equipment Rental Yard or Contractor Yard - A use providing for maintenance, servicing, or storage of motor vehicles, equipment, or supplies; or for the dispatching of service vehicles; or distribution of supplies or construction materials required in connection with a business activity, public utility service, transportation services, or similar activity. The term "contractor yard" shall include a construction materials yard, vehicular service center, or similar use.

Existing Use - The use of a lot or structure at the time of the enactment of a zoning ordinance.

Explosive - Any substance which creates a sudden and rapid chemical or nuclear reaction characterized by the production of noise, heat, or violent expansion of gases. As used in this ordinance such a substance shall have an explosive power equal to or greater than ordinary black gunpowder. Such substances include but are not limited to blasting caps; detonating, fulminating, or electric caps; gunpowder; and dynamite. Such substances do not include fixed ammunition for small arms.

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2020.60. "F" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Facade - The exterior wall of a building exposed to public view or that wall viewed by persons not within the building.

Family - One or more persons related by blood or legal status or a group of not more than five persons, excluding servants, not related by blood or legal status, living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit.

Fence - A self-supporting solid or open barrier intended to enclose or mark a boundary.

Final Site Plan - A precise, detailed plan developed to identify the location and arrangement of land uses, improvements, structures, and landscaping consistent with the approved Specific Plan. This plan will provide detailed information to ascertain the character and quality of the proposed development.
Floor Area Ratio - The numerical value arrived at when dividing the gross floor area of all buildings on a lot by the gross lot area.

Floor Area, Gross Usable - The gross floor area minus the primary entrance lobby to a building, courts, utility and elevator cores, stairwell and bathrooms.

Floor Area, Gross - The total horizontal area, in square feet, including the exterior walls of all floors of a structure.

Floor Area, Net - The total of all floor areas of a building, excluding stair wells and elevator shafts, equipment rooms, interior vehicular parking or loading; and all floors below the first or ground floor, except when used or intended to be used for human habitation or service to the public.

Frontage - The length of that portion of a lot abutting a street.

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2020.70. "G" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Game Courts - An area covered or paved with natural or artificial materials and including equipment or facilities for specific recreational activities.

Garage - A deck, building, or structure; or part thereof; which is enclosed on not less than three sides and is used or intended to be used for the parking and storage of vehicles.

Garage, Private - A garage for the sole use of the occupants of the main building.

Garage, Public - A garage where vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire or sale.

General Plan - The adopted General Plan of the City which is the official statement of policy relative to physical development within the corporate boundaries.

Grade, Natural - The elevation of the ground surface in its natural state, before man-made alterations.

Grade - The average of the finished ground level at the center of all walls of a building. Where such walls are parallel to and within five feet of a sidewalk, grade shall be measured at the sidewalk.

Gradient - The degree of vertical deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed in percent or degrees and determined by dividing the vertical rise by the horizontal run.

Grading, Contour - A grading concept designed to result in earthforms and contours which resemble natural terrain characteristics, with generally curving, non-linear slope banks having variations in the slope ratios of the horizontal and vertical curves.
Greenbelt - An open area which may be cultivated or maintained in a natural state surrounding development or used as a buffer between land use or to mark the edge of an urban or developed area.

Group Home - Any residential care facility which is licensed by the State for six or fewer persons who are mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped or supervised.

Guest Parking - Parking spaces provided with a residential unit for intermittent use by visitors.

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Guest Room - Any rented or leased room without a kitchen which is used or designed to provide sleeping accommodations for one or more guests in hotels or motels.

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2020.80. "H" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Handicapped Housing - Any housing which is designed and physically improved to accommodate physically handicapped persons.

Hazardous - Hazardous, as used in Section 4080, relates to real property which because of its unusual topography, soil condition, or other natural conditions, may be dangerous to persons or property when used or developed. If it appears that real property, when used or developed, may cause loss or injury to persons or property, then it is deemed hazardous for the purpose of Section 4080/

Health Club - A commercial enterprise or public facility which contains equipment and facilities for athletic, fitness and similar activities. Health club includes such businesses as gyms, health spas, and dance and aerobic studios.

Height, Building - The vertical distance of a structure measured from the average elevation of the finished grade within 20 feet of the structure to the highest point of the structure.

Hertz - A unit measurement of frequency, numerically equal to cycles per second.

Highway - As used in this Ordinance, includes parkways, major highways, secondary highways, and freeways.

Home Improvement Center - A retail service engaged in providing retail sale, rental, service, or related repair and installation of home improvement products, including building materials, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, decorating, heating, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical equipment, roofing supplies, yard and garden supplies, home appliances, and similar home improvement products.

retail service engaged in providing retail sale, rental, service, or related repair and installation of home improvement products, including building materials, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, decorating, heating, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical equipment, roofing supplies, yard and garden supplies, home appliances, and similar home improvement products.

Home Occupation - Any accessory activity carried out for gain which is conducted within a dwelling unit or an accessory structure to the unit where the principal use of the dwelling unit must be a residential use and the home occupation must be incidental to the residential use of the dwelling unit.
Homeowners Association - A community association which is organized within a development in which individual owners share common interests and responsibilities for open space, landscaping, and/or facilities.

Hospital - An institution consisting of a facility licensed by the State Department of Public Health for the provision of clinical, temporary or emergency service of a

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medical, obstetrical or surgical nature to human patients, including overnight care of patients.

Hotel - A residential building designed or used to be rented for occupancy by guests for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes containing six or more guest rooms or suites of rooms not containing cooking facilities, but not including any building in which human beings are housed or detained under legal restraint or which is used as a drug or other rehabilitation center.

Household Pet - A domesticated animal maintained in residence.

Housing, Low Cost -

A. Housing which is leasing for a monthly rent of not more than thirty percent (30%) of the total monthly household income of low income households (defined to be a household earning less than eighty percent (80%) of the county median income); or
B. Housing which is selling for a total purchase price not exceeding two and one-half times the annual household income of a low income household.

Housing, Moderate Cost -

A. Housing which is leasing for a monthly rental of not more than thirty percent of monthly household income of a moderate income household (defined to be a household earning not more than one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the county median income); or
B. Housing which is selling for a total purchase price not exceeding two and one-half times the annual household income of a moderate income household.

Housing, Very Low Cost -

A. Housing which is leasing for a monthly rental of not more than thirty percent of monthly household income of a very low income household (defined to be a household earning not more than fifty percent (50%) of the county median income); or
B. Housing which is selling for a total purchase price not exceeding two and one-half times the annual household income of a very low income household, adjusted for family size.

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2020.90. "I" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Improvement - Any item which becomes part of, placed upon or affixed to real estate.
Industry - Any field of economic activity including forestry, fishing, hunting and trapping; mining; construction; manufacturing; transportation, communication, electric, gas and sanitary services; and wholesale trade.
Infrastructure - Basic facilities and services needed to sustain residential and commercial activities.
Institutional Use - A non-profit or quasi-public use of institution such as a church, library, public, or private school, hospital, or municipally owned or operated building, structure, or land used for public purpose.

2020.100. "J" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Junk or Salvage Yard - Any area, lot, parcel, building or structure or part thereof used for the storage, collection, processing, purchase, sale or abandonment of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal or other scrap, or discarded goods, materials, machinery, or two or more unregistered, inoperable motor vehicles, or other type of junk.

2020.110. "K" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Kennel - An establishment in which more than four dogs or domesticated animals more than four months old are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained or sold.

Kitchen - A room or portion thereof containing facilities designed or used for the preparation of food, including but not limited to a sink and stove, oven, microwave oven, range and/or hot plate.

2020.120. "L" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Land Use Plan - A plan showing the existing and proposed location, extent and intensity of development of land to be used in the future for varying types of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, educational and other public and private purposes or combination of purposes.

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Landscaping Plans - A plan which indicates the type, size and location of vegetative and accent material proposed for the landscaping of a site including all irrigation and other devices necessary to maintain such landscaping.
Landscaping - An area devoted to or developed and maintained predominately with native or exotic plant materials including lawn, ground cover, trees, shrubs, and other plant materials; and also including accessory decorative outdoor landscape elements such as pools, fountains, paved or decorated surfaces (excluding driveways, parking, loading, or storage areas).
Laundromat - A place of business or businesses containing coin or bill operated machines for the washing, dry cleaning or drying of clothing, drapery or other fabrics. Laundromat shall not include coin or bill operated machines contained within an apartment or condominium building or complex, available for use by the residents, and not available to the public.
Loading Space - An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials and which abuts a street, alley, or other appropriate means of access.
Lot - A parcel of land which abuts upon at least one public street and:
A. Is shown as a lot in a subdivision recorded as a final map on a plat recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County; or
B. The dimensions of which are defined by a record of survey recorded pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act in the Office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County; or
C. Is registered under the Land Title Law and held under separate ownership from adjacent property on the effective date of this ordinance.
Lot, Corner - A lot or parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection, or upon two parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135 degrees.
Lot, Flag - A lot having access to a street by means of a private driveway access easement, or a parcel of land not meeting the requirements of this Ordinance for lot width, but having a dimension of at least 20 feet at its narrowest point.

Lot, Interior - A lot other than a corner lot.

Lot, Key - The first interior lot to the rear of a reversed corner lot which is not separated therefrom by an alley.

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Lot, Reversed Corner - A corner lot in which the side lot line adjacent the street is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the nearest lot to its rear.
Lot, Substandard - Any lot which does not meet the minimum required dimensions; the area of any easement which restricts the normal usage of the lot may be excluded.
Lot, Through - A lot which fronts upon two streets which do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.
Lot Area, Gross - The total area, measured in a horizontal plane, included within the lot lines of a lot.
Lot Area, Net - The area within the lot lines of a lot exclusive of any dedications for public rights-of-way, parks, school sites, open space, surface rights easements, or other impediments which prevent the property owner from constructing a structure on that portion of the site.
Lot Coverage - The percentage of the net area of a lot which is covered by the primary structure and all roofed accessory structures as viewed from a plan perspective.
Lot Depth - The average linear measurement between the front and rear lot lines when measured at 90 degree angles from the front lot line.

Lot Line - The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.

Lot Line, Front - The line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street right-of-way.
Lot Line, Rear - The lot line opposite and most distant the front lot line; or in the case of an irregularly shaped lot, a straight line not less than 10 feet long, within the lot, and most nearly parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.

Lot Line, Side - Any lot lines other than the front or rear lot lines.

Lot Width - The average linear distance between side lot lines when measured at a 90 degree angle to the front lot line.

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2020.130. "M" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Manufactured Home - A manufactured home is a detached single-family dwelling with all of the following characteristics:

A. Designed for long term occupancy, and containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower bath, and kitchen facilities, with plumbing and electric connections provided for attachment to an outside system;
B. Designed to be transported after fabrication on its own wheels, or on a flat bed or other trailer or detachable wheels; mobile homes do not move by means of an internal power source;
C. Delivered to the site where it is to be occupied as a complete dwelling, including major appliances and furniture, and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location on foundation, connections to utilities, and other incidental preparations for occupancy.
Manufacturing - A use engaged in the manufacture, predominantly from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging of such products, and incidental processing of extracted or raw materials.

Marquee - A permanent roof structure attached to and supported on a building projecting over a building setback line.

Master Roadway Plan - A plan contained in the City of Maywood General Plan which designates adopted and proposed routes for all streets and arterial highways within the City of Maywood.
Maximum Lot (Building) Coverage - The maximum area of the lot that may be covered by buildings and roofed structures. This may be expressed in square footage or as a percentage of the minimum lot area.

Medical Clinic - See " Clinic ".

Merger - The joining of two or more contiguous parcels of land under one ownership into one parcel pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act.

Microwave Station - A building housing equipment necessary for the receiving, amplifying, or transmitting of microwave signals, including necessary antenna systems, along a communications route which employs microwave frequencies assigned by the Federal Communications Commission.

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Mini-Warehouse - A structure containing separate storage spaces of varying sizes, leased, or rented on an individual basis.

Minimum Net Lot Area - The amount of land that must be contained in a lot for a dwelling unit to be built on that lot. This ratio is typically applied in multiplefamily zones. In single-family zones, it is the same as minimum lot size.

Mixed Use - The development of a tract of land, building, or structure with two or more different uses such as, but not limited to, residential, office, manufacturing, retail, public, or entertainment in a compact urban form.

Mobile Home - See "Manufactured Home".

Mobile Home Park - Any area or tract of land where two or more mobile home lots are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease.

Mobile Home Subdivision - Any mobile home park where spaces are owned instead of rented, leased, or held out for rent.

Motel - An establishment otherwise defined as a hotel with at least twenty-five percent (25%) of all rooms having direct access to the parking areas without the necessity of passing through the main lobby of the building.

Motor Vehicle - A machine capable of self-propulsion, with or without human guidance, whether for the performance of work or as a mode of transportation.

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2020.140. "N" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Natural Grade - The elevation of the ground surface in its natural state before man-made alterations.

Neighborhood Center - A shopping center which provides essential retail goods and services to residents in the immediate vicinity of the center.

Nightclubs, Taverns, Bars - A use providing preparation and retail sales of alcoholic beverages, as licensed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control, which may include dancing and floor shows.

Noise, Ambient - Means the all-encompassing noise level associated with a given environment, being a composite of sounds from all sources, excluding an alleged offensive noise, at the location and approximate time at which a comparison with an alleged offensive noise is to be made.
Nonconforming Land - A parcel the size, dimensions or use of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the zoning ordinance, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment, to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.
Nonconforming Structure - A structure or building the size, dimensions or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the zoning ordinance, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment, to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.
Nonconforming Use - A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the current zoning ordinance, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.

Nursery School - A school providing day care for pre-elementary school age children.

Nursing Home - An extended or intermediate care facility licensed or approved to provide full-time convalescent or chronic care to individuals who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves.

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2020.150. "O" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Off-Street Parking Space - A temporary parking area for a motor vehicle that is not located on a dedicated street right-of-way.

Office, Professional - A use providing professional or consulting services in the fields of law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting, and similar professions.

On-Street Parking Space - A temporary storage area for a motor vehicle which is located on a dedicated street right-of-way.

Open Space, Active - Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private use or enjoyment, or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such open space which contains recreational facilities such as pools and swimming areas, game courts and other game areas, playing fields, equipment, and facilities required for various activities.
Open Space, Common - Land within or related to a development, not individually owned or dedicated for public use, which is designed and intended for the common use or enjoyment of the residents of the development and may include such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate.
Open Space, Passive - Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated, or reserved for public or private use or enjoyment, or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such open space which is established in order to preserve the natural and aesthetic qualities of the area and may be used for nonstructured recreational activities.

Open Space, Private - An open space, fenced or otherwise, which is reserved for the exclusive use by the occupants of a single specified dwelling unit.

Open Space, Public - Open space owned by a public agency and maintained by it for the use and enjoyment of the general public.

Overhang, Roof - The part of a roof or wall which extends beyond the facade of a lower wall.
Overhang, Vehicle - The portion of a vehicle extending beyond the wheel stops or curb.
Overlay Zone - A set of zoning requirements that is described in the text of this Ordinance, is mapped, and is imposed in addition to those requirements of the underlying district.

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Owner of Property - The owner of record on any parcel of real property as designated on the county assessor's tax roll, or a holder of a subsequently recorded deed to the property, or one who is otherwise deemed an owner under State law, including trustee of property held in trust.

2020.160. "P" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Parapet - The extension of the main walls of a building above the roof level.

Parcel - See "Lot."

Parcel Map, Tentative - A map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it.
Parcel Map, Vesting - A map which meets the requirements of Section 66452 State Planning Law and which confers a vested right to develop in compliance with standards described in Section 66474.2 of this law.

Parking Area, Private - An area, other than a street, designed or used primarily for the parking of private vehicles and not open to general public use.

Parking Area, Public - An area, other than a private parking area or street, used for the parking of vehicles and available for general public use, either free or for remuneration.

Parking Space - An area with minimum dimensions as established in the parking standards for a district, which is accessible and available for the parking of one vehicle.

Parking - The stopping or stationary location of a vehicle without the operator present.

Parks, Public - An open space intended for public recreational use which is operated by the City.

Permanent - A use or occupancy of a structure or land which is continuous and is not intended to be terminated in the foreseen future.

Permitted Use - Any use allowed in a zoning district by right and subject to the restrictions applicable to that zoning district.

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Permit - Written governmental permission issued by an authorized official, empowering the holder thereof to do some act not forbidden by law, but not allowed without such authorization.
Person - An individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate, the federal or state government, city, county, district, or any other group or combination acting as an entity.
Petroleum Bulk Plant - Any premises used for the wholesale distribution and storage of gasoline, oil, or petroleum products but not including the storage or transmission of liquid petroleum gas.

Phase - Any contiguous part or portion of a project which is developed as a unit in the same time period.

Pilaster - An upright architectural member that is structurally a pier, but architecturally is treated as a column.
Plat - A map representing a tract of land, showing the boundaries and location of individual properties and streets.
Plot Plan - A diagram of a lot, as seen from above, showing the outline of all structures on the lot and indicating the distance of the structures from the borders of the lot.

Plot - A single unit parcel of land.

Police Power - The authority of government to exercise controls to protect the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of which zoning is one form.

Porch - A covered pedestrian entrance to a building which is located on the first floor level .

Porte Cochere - A roofed structure open on three sides, through which a vehicle may be driven and which is attached to a principal use building by a continuous roof leading to the principle entrance.

Preliminary Site Plan - A preliminary plan developed to identify the location and general relationships between: land uses, improvements, structures, circulation systems, landscaping and design elements, as related to a "planning unit."

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Premises - A lot or building site, or a specified portion of a lot or building site, that contains the structures and the open space needed for the location, maintenance and operation of the use of the property.

Principal Use - The primary or predominant use of any lot.

Private Club - A building and related facilities owned or operated by a corporation, association, or group of individuals established for the fraternal, social, educational, recreational or cultural enrichment of its members and not primarily for profit, and whose members meet certain prescribed qualifications for membership and pay dues.
Project - The entire parcel of real property, including all structures thereon, all or part of which undergoes, or is proposed to undergo construction, demolition, or a change in ownership status.
Public Services Offices or Uses - Those offices or uses established by any governmental or public entity other than the City which are established to provide direct service to the public and which attract substantial volumes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic to the particular location in providing such direct service to the public. Examples of public service offices and uses include, but are not limited to, the following:
- A. Department of Social Welfare; B. Department of Motor Vehicles;
- C. Department of Human Resources Development;
- D. Internal Revenue Service;
- E. Social Security Administration; F. Courts;
- G. Jails and similar detention facilities; and H. Hospital established and maintained by public entities.
Public Utility Service Center - Any buildings or premises used by the administration, maintenance, and installation crews for public utility repair including parking for vehicles under one and one-half (1 and 1/2) tons rated capacity, but not including warehouses or storage yards.

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2020.170. "Q" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Quasi-Public - A use owned or operated by a non-profit, religious, or charitable institution and providing education, cultural, recreational, religious, or similar types of public programs.

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2020.180. "R" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Recorder - Shall mean the Recorder of the County of Los Angeles.

Recreational Vehicle - A vehicular portable structure without permanent foundation, which can be towed, hauled, or driven which is primarily designed as temporary living accommodations for recreational, camping, and travel use and includes but is not limited to travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers, and self-propelled motor homes.

Recreational Vehicle Park - An area used or intended to be used for camping by recreational vehicles.

Recyclable Material - A reusable material including but not limited to metals, glass, plastic and paper, which are intended for reuse, manufacture or reconstitution for the purpose of using the altered form. Recyclable material does not include refuse or hazardous materials. Recyclable material may include used motor oil collected and transported in accordance with Sections 25250.11 and 25143.2 (b) (4) of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.

ted to metals, glass, plastic and paper, which are intended for reuse, manufacture or reconstitution for the purpose of using the altered form. Recyclable material does not include refuse or hazardous materials. Recyclable material may include used motor oil collected and transported in accordance with Sections 25250.11 and 25143.2 (b) (4) of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.

Recycling Facility - A center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials. A recycling facility includes scrap metal dealers, aluminum and plastic beverage container collection facilities, paper recycling centers, etc. A recycling facility does not include storage containers or processing activity on the premises of a residential, commercial or manufacturing use, and used solely for the recycling of material generated by the residential property, business or manufacturer. Recycling facilities may include collection facilities and processing facilities as defined in this Chapter.

Recycling, Bulk Reverse Vending Machine - A machine that is larger than fifty square feet; is designed to accept more than one container at a time, and will pay by weight instead of by container.

Recycling, Certified Recycling Center or Certified Processor - A recycling facility certified by the California Department of Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986.

Recycling, Collection Facility - A facility for acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase of recyclable materials from the public. Such a facility does not use power-driven processing equipment, except as permitted elsewhere in this chapter. Collection facilities include the following:
A. Reverse vending machine(s), fifty square feet or less;

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B. Small collection facilities which occupy an area of not more than five hundred square feet, may include:
i. A mobile unit,
ii. Bulk reverse vending machines or a grouping of reverse vending machines which is larger than fifty square feet but smaller than five hundred square feet,
iii. Kiosk type units which may include permanent structures,
iv. Unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable materials;
C. Large collection facilities, which may occupy an area of more than five hundred square feet or are located on separate property not appurtenant to a host use and may include permanent structures.
Recycling, Convenience Zone - An area within a one-half mile radius of a supermarket. A "supermarket" for the purpose of this chapter means a "full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million dollars or more, and which sells a line of dry, grocery, canned goods, or non-food items and some perishable items."
Recycling, Mobile Recycling Unit - An automobile, truck, trailer or van, licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, which is used for the collection of recyclable materials which previously contained beverages (pursuant to the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986). A mobile recycling unit also means the bins, boxes or containers transported by automobiles, trucks, vans or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials.

Recycling, Processing - The preparation of material for efficient shipment, or to an end-user’s specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning and remanufacturing.

Recycling, Processing Facility - A building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials.

Reverse Vending Facility - A center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable material grouping more than one reverse vending machine at a site in order to accept and temporarily store all three container types.

Recycling, Reverse Vending Machine(s) - An automatic mechanical device which accepts at least one or more types of empty beverage containers including, but not limited to aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit clip with a value not less than the container’s redemption value as

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determined by the State of California. A Reverse Vending Machine may sort and process containers mechanically provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine. Reverse vending machines shall not occupy an area larger than fifty square feet and shall not be higher than eight feet in height.

Recycling, Industrial Collection and Processing Facility - A facility that accepts stores or processes recyclable materials whether or not maintained in connection with another business. Processing includes but is not limited to sorting, cleansing, baling, briquetting, crushing, compacting, grinding, shredding, sawing, shearing and sorting of recyclable materials, and the heat reduction or melting of such materials.

Residence - See " Dwelling ".

Residential Care Facility - Any family home, group care facility, or similar facility with six or fewer persons which provides 24-hour non-medical services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual.

Residential Second Unit - An attached or detached residential dwelling unit, which provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons. Such unit shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family primary dwelling unit is situated. This term shall have the same meaning as the definition set forth in California Government Code Section 65482.2 (i)(4), as it may be amended from time to time.

Resource Recovery - The process of obtaining materials or energy, particularly from solid waste.

Restaurant - An establishment where food and drink is prepared, served, and consumed primarily within the principal building.

Restaurant, Fast Food - A restaurant which supplies food and beverages, primarily in disposable containers, which is characterized by high automobile accessibility, self-service, and short stays by customers.

Restaurant, Walkup - Any establishment where food or beverages are sold to the consumer and provision is made for their serving and consumption to and by patrons outside the confines of the main building.

Retail - The selling of goods, wares, or merchandise directly to the ultimate consumer.

Retention Basin - A pond, pool, or basin used for the temporary or permanent storage of water runoff.

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Right-of-Way - A corridor, either public or private, on which a right of passage has been recorded.

Room - An area of a building fully enclosed by walls, windows, doors, a roof, and floor excluding bathrooms, kitchens, closets, hallways, and service porches.

Room, Primary - A living room, dining room, or family room.

Room, Secondary - All rooms other than primary rooms.

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2020.190. "S" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Salvage - The utilization of waste materials.

Sanitarium, Health - An institution where patients, other than the mentally disoriented or mentally incompetent, are housed and where medical or post-surgical treatment is provided.

Sanitarium, Mental - An institution for the recuperation and treatment of the mentally disordered or mentally incompetent victims of mental disorders or drug addiction.

Sanitary Sewers - Pipes that carry only domestic or commercial sewage and into which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.

Satellite Dish Antenna - A parabolic or disc shaped antenna of either solid or mesh construction intended for the purpose of receiving communications from orbiting satellite transceivers.

Screening - A method of visually shielding or obscuring one abutting or nearby structure or use from another by fencing, walls, berms or densely planted vegetation.

Second Hand Store - Any premises used for the sale or handling of used goods including establishments for the sale or trade of used clothing, furniture and appliances.

Senior Citizen Housing Complexes - Senior citizen housing means licensed or unlicensed housing for persons 55 years of age or older, and includes such housing facilities as retirement villas, apartments, condominiums, etc. Senior citizen housing does not include state licensed rest homes, group homes, convalescent hospitals, etc., which are regulated by other provisions of this Ordinance.

Senior Citizen Housing, Congregate Care - Senior citizen housing which provides meal service at a central dining facility but does not provide 24-hour services or supervision.

Setback Line - A line within a lot parallel to and measured from a corresponding lotline, forming the boundary of a required yard and governing the placement of structures and uses on the lot.

Shopping Center - A group of three or more commercial establishments planned, constructed and managed as a total entity with customer and employee parking provided on-site, provision for goods delivery, site and aesthetic considerations, and protection from the elements.

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Sidewalk - A paved surface or leveled area paralleling and usually separated from the street used as a pedestrian walkway.

Sign - Any sign made of cloth, metal, paint, paper, wood, or other material of any kind whatsoever placed for advertising, identification or other purposes on the ground or on any bush, tree, rock, wall, post, glass, fence, building, structure, vehicle or any place whatsoever. The term placed shall include constructing, erecting, posting, painting, printing, tacking, nailing, gluing, sticking, carving, or otherwise fastening, affixing, or making visible in any manner whatsoever.
Sign, Abandoned - Signs advertising a business which has abandoned the premises for ninety days or more, an activity which ended five or more days previous or a building which has been demolished.

Sign, Accessory - Any sign other than outdoor advertising.

Sign, Animated - Any sign or part of a sign which changes physical position by any movement or rotation or which gives the visual impression of movement or rotation.

Sign, Area -

A. Monument Sign or Roof Sign on Buildings Less than Two Stories. The area of a monument sign or roof sign shall include the entire surface area of the largest face of the sign, excluding therefrom necessary non-illuminated supports, superficial column areas, or uprights beneath the highest portion of sign.
B. Wall Signs and Projecting Signs. The area of a wall sign or a projecting sign shall include the entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of writing, representation, emblem, or any figure or similar character, together with any frame or other material or color forming an integral part of the display or used to differentiate such sign from the background against which it is placed. Where a sign has two or more faces, the area of the smallest shall be excluded in determining the area of the sign.
C. Roof Signs upon Buildings of Two Stories or More. The area of a roof sign upon buildings of two stories or more shall include all letters, emblems, figures within a single continuous perimeter, circular perimeter or perimeter of not more than eight straight connecting lines.

Sign, Attached to a Building - A sign attached to and wholly supported by the wall of a building. This definition includes wall and projecting signs.

Sign, Awning - A sign that is mounted or painted on, or attached to, an awning, canopy, or marquee that is otherwise permitted by ordinance.

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Sign, Backdrop Wall - A sign placed on a freestanding wall to the rear or side of an open display business such as, but not limited to, vehicle, boat, or plant nursery sales or equipment rental.

Sign, Banner - A promotional activity sign with wording or symbols.

Sign, Combination - Any sign incorporating any combination of the features of ground, roof or projecting signs; often termed a fin sign.

Sign, Construction - A temporary sign placed on a premises while construction is taking place on that premises. The sign may indicate the names of the architects, engineers, landscape architects, contractors, or similar artisans, and the owners, financial supporters, sponsors, and similar individuals or firms having a role or interest with respect to the project.

Sign, Flashing - Any sign incorporating intermittent electrical impulses to a source of illumination, or revolving in a manner which creates the illusion of flashing, excepting time and temperature signs.

Sign, Free-Standing - Any non-movable sign not affixed to a building.

Sign, Freeway Oriented - A freestanding sign for a business which adjoins a freeway right-of-way and which is located within one-thousand, five-

hundred feet of the intersection of the freeway off-ramp with the surface street providing access to the premises on which the sign is located.

Sign, General Advertising - See "Billboard" .

Sign, Ground - Any sign which is wholly or partly supported by a structural element which is not an integral part of a building. This definition includes pole signs, freestanding signs and pylon signs.

Sign, Identification - A sign giving the nature, logo, trademark or other identifying symbol; or any combination of the name, symbol and address of a building, business, development or establishment of the premises where it is located.

Sign, Integrated Development - A sign that identifies a group of contiguous activities having combined lot frontage and having on-premises public parking held in common but not identifying individual activities.

Sign, Menu Board - A sign that is displayed for the use of drive-thru or fast food restaurant patrons to identify the food and prices available on the site.

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Sign, Monument - A sign that is displayed directly on the ground or on a base which is the same width as the sign.

Sign, Outdoor Advertising - The use of signage to solicit public support for or direct public attention to the sale, lease, hire, or use of any goods, products, or services.

Sign, Painted - A sign painted on a wall or window.

Sign, Pennant - A promotional activity sign without wording or symbols.

Sign, Political - A temporary sign announcing or supporting political candidates or issues.

Sign, Portable - A freestanding sign not permanently located upon a foundation.

Sign, Projecting - A sign that is wholly or partly dependent upon a building for support and which projects more than 12 inches from such building.

Sign, Roof - A sign that is mounted or painted on the roof of a building or which is wholly dependent upon a building for support and which projects above the point of a building with a flat roof, the eave line of a building with a gambrel, gable or hip roof, or the deck line of a building with a mansard roof.

Sign, Special Event - Any sign made of cloth, paper, or plastic taking the form of a banner, balloon, kite, placard, pennant or similar device, or painted on a window area, which advertises an irregular event such as a seasonal sale or grand opening.

Sign, Temporary - Any sign of cloth, paper, or similar material.

Sign, Wall - A sign fastened to or painted in a parallel manner on the wall of a building or structure in such a manner that the wall becomes the supporting structure for or forms the background surface of the sign. The sign shall not project more than 12 inches beyond the vertical wall or it shall be considered a projecting sign.

Sign, Wind - Any sign or device in the nature of a series of two or more banners, flags, or other objects, fastened in such a manner as to move upon being subject to pressure by wind or breeze.

Sign, Window - A sign which is painted on, or attached to, the interior side of window or glass doors, or which is inside a window and mounted within one foot of a window.

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Sign Projection - The distance which an attached sign extends beyond a building face, or a ground sign extends beyond a street property line. A wall sign shall not be deemed to project.

Signable Area - As applied to wall signs, shall be the area of one rectangle on a wall, within the required height limits, which is unbroken by major architectural features such as doors, windows, columns or architectural protrusions.

Site - Any plot or parcel of land or combination of contiguous lots or parcels of land.

Site Plan - A plan drawn to scale showing uses and structures proposed for a parcel of land as required by the applicable regulations including lot lines, streets, building sites, reserved open space and other specific development proposals.

Slope - See " Gradient ".

Slope Bank - A man-made natural slope steeper than 15 percent.

Solar Access - A property owners right to have the sunlight shine on his land.

Solar Energy Systems - A complete design or assembly consisting of a solar energy collector, energy storage facility, and components for the distribution of transformed energy.

Solid Fence - A wood or masonry fence with no openings.

Solid Waste Disposal Facility - Any facility or location authorized by Los Angeles County where disposal of solid waste occurs.

Specific Plan - A fully planned community, with all design controls, servicing requirements, and financing techniques incorporated into the plan, which is adopted with a self-contained regulatory text and serves to implement the General Plan in more detail.

Stable, Private - A building or portion of a building used to shelter and feed horses or ponies which are used exclusively by the occupants of the property on which the stable is situated.

Stable, Public - A stable other than a private stable.

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Standards, Development - The physical design and development portion of this Ordinance controlling such items as building coverage, yard areas, height of structures or floor area ratios.

Story, Full - That portion of the building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling above it, and including those basements used for the principal use. A basement or underground parking lot shall be considered a story if the vertical distance from the average adjoining grade to its ceiling is over five feet.
Street - A public vehicular right-of-way, other than an alley, secondary or major highway, parkway, or freeway which affords a primary means of access to abutting property.
A. Private - A street in private ownership, not dedicated as a public street, which provides the principal means of vehicular access to a property and not to be construed to mean driveways, alleys, or parking areas.
B. Public - A street owned and maintained by the City, the County, or the State. The term includes streets offered for dedication which have been improved, or for which a bonded improvement agreement is in effect.
Structural Alterations - Any change in the supporting members of a structure such as the bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders, floor joists or roof joists, roof rafters, foundations, piles, or similar components.
Structure - A combination of materials assembled in a form for use, occupancy, or ornamentation whether installed on, above, or below the surface of land or water and requiring a fixed location or attached to something having a fixed location.
Subdivision - The division of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion thereof, which is shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease or financing, whether immediate or future except for leases of agricultural land for agricultural purposes. Such division may be executed by any person, partnership, firm, or corporation. Property shall be considered as contiguous units, even if it is separated by roads, streets, utility easement or railroad right-of-way. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project, a community apartment project, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative.

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Subdivision, Tract - A subdivision which creates five or more parcels to be developed as a whole by an owner or builder.

Substantial Improvement - Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the appraised value (as defined in this Ordinance) of the structure either (a) before the improvement or repair is started, or (b) if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purpose of this definition, substantial improvement is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.

e improvement or repair is started, or (b) if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purpose of this definition, substantial improvement is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.

Swap Meet - A business or businesses conducted for the purpose of selling new or used merchandise in a parking lot, drive-in theater, or common room or rooms where two or more individual sellers rent, lease, or otherwise purchase the right to sell their products at the location. Swap Meet shall include flea markets. Swap Meet does not include any enclosed multiple tenant structure except those developed in accordance with the standards outlined for swap meets in Appendix C of this Ordinance.

2020.200. "T" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Temporary Structure - A structure without any foundation or footings which is removed when the designated time period, activity, or use for which the temporary structure was erected has ceased.

Temporary Use - A use established for a fixed period of time with the intent to discontinue such use upon the expiration of the time period.

Topography - The configuration of a surface area which shows relative elevations.

Tot Lot - An improved and equipped play area for small children.

Townhouse - A dwelling unit with one or two common walls, and which has direct exterior access, private yards and no common floors or ceilings with other units.

Toxic - Capable of producing injury, illness, or damage to humans, domestic livestock, or wildlife through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through any body surface.

Tract House - A dwelling in a residential development containing houses similar in size and appearance.

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Tract - An area, parcel, site, piece of land, or property which is the subject of a development application.

Trailer, Construction - A trailer, the use of which is incidental to new construction on a site, including but not limited to temporary office space for the direction of onsite construction activities.

Trailer, Travel - A vehicle other than a motor vehicle, which is designed or used for travel or recreational purposes which does not at any time exceed eight feet in width and forty feet in length and which may be moved upon a public highway without either a special permit or a chauffeur's license without violating any provisions of the California Vehicle Code.

Transitional Area - An area which acts as a buffer between two land uses of different intensity.

Truck Repair - A facility which provides repair service to trucks of a one-ton or greater capacity. Such repair service includes tire shops, transmission shops, brake repair shops, upholstery shops, and the like.
Truck Sales - A facility which sells trucks of greater than one-ton capacity, both new and used, including the repair of same.
Truck Stops - A facility intended to provide services to the trucking industry, and includes, but is not limited to the following activities: the dispensing of fuel, repair shops, automated washes, restaurants, and motels all as part of the facility.
Truck Terminal - A lot, lot area, or parcel of land used, designed, or maintained for the purpose of storing, parking, refueling, repairing, dispatching, servicing, or keeping motor trucks and associated equipment together with those facilities necessary to service, dispatch, store, or maintain the aforementioned vehicles, their cargos and crews.

2020.210. "U" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Ultimate Right-of-way - The right-of-way shown as ultimate on an adopted precise plan of highway alignment, or the street right-of-way shown within the boundary of a recorded tract map, a recorded parcel map or a recorded Planned Community development plan. The latest adopted or recorded document in the above case shall take precedence. If none of these exist, the ultimate right-of-way shall be considered the right-of-way required by the highway classification as shown on the Master Plan of Highways. In all other instances, the ultimate right-of-way shall be considered to be the existing right-of-way in the case of a public street.

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Use - The purpose for which land or a building is occupied, arranged, designed, or intended; or for which either land or building is, or may be, occupied or maintained.
Use, Permitted - A use listed by this ordinance as a permitted use within that district and permitted therein as a matter of right when conducted in accord with the regulations established by this Ordinance.

Use, Principal - A use which fulfills a primary function of a household, establishment, institution, or other entity.

Utility, Private or Public -

A. Any agency which, under public franchise or ownership, or under certificate of convenience and necessity, provides the public with electricity, gas, heat, steam, communication, rail transportation, water, sewage collection, or some other similar service.
B. A closely regulated private enterprise with an exclusive franchise for providing a public service.
Utility Services - Establishments engaged in the generation, transmission and/or distribution of electricity, gas or steam, including water and irrigation systems, and sanitary systems used for the collection and disposal of garbage, sewage, and other wastes by means of destroying or processing materials.

2020.220. "V" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Variance - Permission to depart from a provision of the zoning ordinance when, because of special circumstances applicable to the property, strict application of the ordinance deprives such property of privileges enjoyed by other property in the vicinity and under identical zoning. Any variance granted will assure that the adjustment granted will not constitute a special privilege.
Vehicle, Disassembled - A vehicle without hoods, doors, fenders, body panels, headlights, trunk lids, tires, wheels, windows, or windshields.

Vehicle, Wrecked - A vehicle with dented areas in excess of one square foot, rusted exterior body parts or broken glass parts.

Vested Right - A right which has been legally established and cannot be revoked by subsequent conditions or changes in law without due process of law.

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2020.230. "W" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Wall, Screen - A substantial solid barrier intended to enclose, separate or surround. Typically, a screen wall is four inches or more in thickness.

Window - An opening in a wall of a building designed to allow light and/

or ventilation into a room of a building, and enclosed by casement or sash containing glass or other similar transparent or semitransparent material.

Wing Wall - An extension of a wall of a building beyond that enclosing the space within the building.

2020.240. "X" Words, Terms and Phrases

Xeriscape - Landscaping characterized by the use of vegetation which is drought resistant and low water use in character.

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2020.250. "Y" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Yard - An open space on a built lot that, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, is unoccupied or unobstructed from the ground upwards. When a yard dimension is given, it represents the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line from which the distance must be measured and a line parallel to the lot line.

Yard, Exterior Side - The side yard of a corner lot which is adjacent to public rightof-way.

Yard, Interior Side - The side yard of a corner lot which is adjacent to the key lot or interior lot.

Yard, Required Front - The space extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot.
Yard, Required Rear - The space extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot.
Yard, Required Side - The space between the main building and the side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard; the measured distance of the yard shall represent the shortest distance between the side line of the lot and that portion of the main building nearest said line from which the measurement is taken.

2020.260. "Z" Words, Terms, and Phrases

Zero Lot Line - The location of a building on a lot in such a manner that one or more of the building's sides rest directly on a lot line.

Zoning District - A specifically delineated area or district in a municipality within which regulations and requirements uniformly govern the use, placement, spacing, and size of land and buildings.

Zoning Map - The map or maps which are a part of the Zoning Ordinance and delineate the boundaries of zone districts.

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SECTION 3000 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES

3010	ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES	ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES
	3010.10	Zones Established
3020	MAPS
	3020.10	Zoning Map
	3020.20	Uncertainty of Boundaries

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SECTION 3000 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES

3010 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES

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