Chapter 16.04 — DEFINITIONS
Menlo Park Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Menlo Park
§ 16.04.010. Generally.¶
§ 16.04.020. Administrative office.¶
§ 16.04.025. Adult entertainment establishment.¶
§ 16.04.030. Alley.¶
§ 16.04.035. Antenna.¶
§ 16.04.040. Apartment.¶
§ 16.04.050. Apartment building.¶
§ 16.04.060. Architectural control.¶
§ 16.04.070. Architectural control committee.¶
§ 16.04.073. Attic.¶
§ 16.04.075. Balconies and decks.¶
§ 16.04.077. Basement.¶
§ 16.04.078. Below market rate unit.¶
§ 16.04.080. Block.¶
§ 16.04.090. Boardinghouse.¶
§ 16.04.100. Building.¶
§ 16.04.110. Building, accessory.¶
§ 16.04.120. Building coverage.¶
§ 16.04.130. Building, main.¶
§ 16.04.140. Building site.¶
§ 16.04.145. Buildings, structurally attached.¶
§ 16.04.150. Business, retail.¶
§ 16.04.160. Business, wholesale.¶
§ 16.04.164. Child day care center.¶
§ 16.04.165. Family day care home.¶
§ 16.04.170. Church.¶
§ 16.04.180. Cluster housing.¶
§ 16.04.200. Communications equipment building.¶
§ 16.04.210. Conditional use.¶
§ 16.04.215. Contiguous property.¶
§ 16.04.220. Convalescent home.¶
§ 16.04.230. District.¶
§ 16.04.235. Drug paraphernalia.¶
§ 16.04.240. Dwelling.¶
§ 16.04.250. Dwelling group.¶
§ 16.04.260. Dwelling, multiple.¶
§ 16.04.270. Dwelling, single family.¶
§ 16.04.280. Dwelling, two family or duplex.¶
§ 16.04.290. Dwelling unit.¶
§ 16.04.295. Dwelling unit, accessory.¶
§ 16.04.296. Electric equipment and enclosures.¶
§ 16.04.297. Earth station.¶
§ 16.04.298. Electric vehicle charging space, electric vehicle charging station, and…¶
§ 16.04.299. Emergency shelter.¶
§ 16.04.300. Family.¶
§ 16.04.305. Fast food restaurant.¶
§ 16.04.310. Foster home.¶
§ 16.04.313. Floor area.1¶
§ 16.04.314. Floor area limit.¶
§ 16.04.315. Floor area ratio.¶
§ 16.04.320. Garage or carport.¶
§ 16.04.322. Garden feature.¶
§ 16.04.325. Gross floor area.¶
§ 16.04.330. Height of structure.¶
§ 16.04.340. Home occupation.¶
§ 16.04.350. Home occupation permit.¶
§ 16.04.360. Hotel.¶
§ 16.04.370. Junkyard.¶
§ 16.04.380. Kennel.¶
§ 16.04.385. Light industrial uses.¶
§ 16.04.390. Lot.¶
§ 16.04.395. Lot, corner.¶
§ 16.04.396. Lot, interior.¶
§ 16.04.400. Lot line, front.¶
§ 16.04.405. Lot line, front—Election for corner lot.¶
§ 16.04.410. Lot line.¶
§ 16.04.420. Lot, minimum depth.¶
§ 16.04.430. Lot, minimum width.¶
§ 16.04.440. Lot line, rear.¶
§ 16.04.450. Lot line, side.¶
§ 16.04.455. Lot, panhandle.¶
§ 16.04.460. Lot, through.¶
§ 16.04.462. Market rate unit.¶
§ 16.04.465. Massage establishment.¶
§ 16.04.467. Mini-warehouse storage facility.¶
§ 16.04.468. Master plan.¶
§ 16.04.469. Mezzanine.¶
§ 16.04.470. Motel or hotel.¶
§ 16.04.475. New construction.¶
§ 16.04.480. Nonconforming use.¶
§ 16.04.490. Nursery school.¶
§ 16.04.500. Open space.¶
§ 16.04.510. Parking space.¶
§ 16.04.520. Permitted use.¶
§ 16.04.530. Person.¶
§ 16.04.535. Personal services.¶
§ 16.04.540. Professional office.¶
§ 16.04.550. Research and development.¶
§ 16.04.554. Residential care facility, large.¶
§ 16.04.555. Residential care facility, small.¶
§ 16.04.560. Rest home.¶
§ 16.04.565. Retail sales establishment.¶
§ 16.04.570. Roominghouse.¶
§ 16.04.580. Sanitorium.¶
§ 16.04.590. School.¶
§ 16.04.592. Secondhand store.¶
§ 16.04.595. Senior citizen day care facility.¶
§ 16.04.597. Service station.¶
§ 16.04.600. Setback line.¶
§ 16.04.620. Sign.¶
§ 16.04.625. Solar access.¶
§ 16.04.626. Solar envelope.¶
§ 16.04.628. Story.¶
§ 16.04.630. Street.¶
§ 16.04.635. Street, private.¶
§ 16.04.640. Street line.¶
§ 16.04.650. Structural alteration.¶
§ 16.04.660. Structure.¶
§ 16.04.661. Structure, accessory.2¶
§ 16.04.662. Supportive housing.¶
§ 16.04.665. Transitional housing.¶
§ 16.04.670. Use.¶
§ 16.04.680. Use, accessory.¶
§ 16.04.690. Veterinary clinic.¶
§ 16.04.700. Veterinary hospital.¶
§ 16.04.710. Yard.¶
§ 16.04.720. Yard, front.¶
§ 16.04.730. Yard, rear.¶
§ 16.04.740. Yard, side.¶
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