Milpitas Municipal Code Ch. E.4 Definitions of Uses

This Chapter provides definitions for all uses established in the use tables in Part XIII-B (Zone Regulations).

Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). As defined by California Government Code section 66313, an ADU is an attached or a detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. An ADU also includes an efficiency unit as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 17958.1 and a manufactured home as defined by California Health and Safety Code section 18007.

Accessory Dwelling Unit, Junior (JADU). A type of accessory dwelling unit defined by California Government Code section 66313 as a residential unit that is consistent with the following:

• Is no more than 500 square feet in size;

• Is contained entirely within an existing or proposed single-family structure;

• Includes its own separate sanitation facilities or shares sanitation facilities with the existing or proposed primary dwelling; and

• Includes an efficiency kitchen.

Accessory Use. A use that is customarily associated with, and is incidental and subordinate to, the primary use and located on the same lot as the primary use.

Adult-Oriented Business. See "adult-oriented business terms" in Chapter E.2 (Definitions of Terms).

Advanced Manufacturing. The use of innovative technologies to create existing and new products or to improve products and processes. Advanced manufacturing focuses on the rapid transfer of science and technology into production activities and may incorporate high technology elements such as information, automation, computation, software, sensing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and networking. Advanced manufacturing may include storage space for raw materials and/or finished goods that actively supports the primary use.

Agriculture. See "cultivated agriculture."

Agricultural Processing Plant, Commercial. Facility that transforms, processes, and packages livestock or livestock products, or agricultural commodities, into goods that are used for intermediate or final consumption including goods for nonfood use. Includes animal slaughter.

Agricultural Supply Sales. An establishment or place of business primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale sale from the premises of farm supply, feed, grain, fertilizers, pesticides, and similar goods as well as the provision of agriculturally related services with incidental storage on a lot other than where the service is rendered.

Alcoholic Beverage Sales. Any beverage sales use that includes the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption. This includes retail sales of liquor, beer, wine, and spirits and can be combined with a retail sales establishment such as a grocery store or convenience store, or it can be a stand-alone liquor store or wine shop.

Animal Husbandry. The care and raising of large livestock, including horses, cattle, swine, goats, sheep, alpacas, and similar animals. This includes any animal-related production uses incidental to the foregoing, such as grazing, grooming, shearing, and milking, but excludes animal slaughter, meat cutting and packing, stockyards or the commercial feeding of garbage or offal to swine or other animals.

Assembly. See "community assembly."

Auto Broker. An auto dealer or auto buying service as defined in California Vehicle Code section 166, who engages in the business of arranging, negotiating, assisting, or effectuating the purchase of a new or used motor vehicle, not owned by the dealer, on behalf of another. This use is limited to office work and does not include storage or parking of vehicles onsite.

Bank and Credit Union. Financial institutions, including federally-chartered banks, savings associations, industrial loan companies, and credit unions that provide retail banking services to individuals and businesses. Includes only those institutions engaged in the on-site circulation of money, and whose deposits are insured by the state or federal government and/or a state or federal sponsored entity, including credit unions.

Bar or Nightclub. Businesses serving beverages for consumption on the premises as a primary use, including serving alcohol such as beer, wine, and spirits. Dancing and live entertainment may also be conducted within the establishment. This use does not include microbreweries. See "food preparation" for tasting rooms that are accessory and subordinate to a brewery, winery, or distillery.

Bed and Breakfast. A residential property with one or more bedrooms dedicated to rental for a fee for overnight lodging of periods of 30 consecutive days or fewer and where meals may be provided to guests. A bed and breakfast is typically either owner-occupied or has the manager or proprietor of the lodging business living on the premises. This use type excludes short-term rentals.

Boarding House. An establishment where housing is provided for compensation, generally for stays of more than 30 days, for up to eight persons. Boarding houses typically have individual rooms for guests, shared bathroom facilities, and a single common kitchen. Meals may be served for guests and included as part of the cost of lodging.

Breweries, Distilleries, and Wineries. An establishment engaged in the brewing, distilling, and production of beer, wine, or other spirits. Tasting rooms that are accessory and subordinate to a brewery, winery, or distillery may be included in this use. This use does not include microbreweries.

Business and Professional Office. Offices of firms or organizations providing professional, executive, business, management, or administrative services, including but not limited to accounting, architectural, computer software design, engineering, consulting, graphic design, insurance, interior design, real estate, legal, and tax preparations offices. Also includes co-working spaces designed to accommodate individuals and organizations that provide such services.

Business Support Services. Establishments primarily within structures that provide other businesses with ancillary services that further or facilitate the other businesses' primary activity, including but not limited to commercial art and design (production); copying and quick-printing services; equipment rental businesses within structures; janitorial services; mailbox rentals; mail advertising services (reproduction and shipping); outdoor advertising services; protective services (other than office-related); rental, repairs and distribution of office or business equipment; and window cleaning.

Caretaker's Residence. A dwelling unit occupied by employees or caretakers of the primary use on the site.

Cemetery. Land used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries only when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary of such cemetery.

Check Cashing Business. Establishments that, for compensation, engage in the business of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose. This classification also includes the business of deferred deposits, whereby the check casher refrains from depositing a personal check written by a customer until a specific date pursuant to a written agreement as provided in Civil Code section 1789.33. Check cashing businesses do not include state or federally chartered banks, savings associations, credit unions, or industrial loan companies. They also do not include retail sellers engaged primarily in the business of selling consumer goods, such as consumables to retail buyers, that cash checks or issue money order incidental to their main purpose or business.

Child Care Center. Establishments providing non-medical care for children on a less than 24-hour basis other than large/small family child care homes. This classification includes licensed nursery schools, preschools, and day care facilities for children, and any other day care facility licensed by the State of California. This use does not include after school program, summer camp, and tutoring facilities.

Civic/Government. Governmental facilities not otherwise included in other land use types, such as court facilities and post offices, together with storage and maintenance of City and public agency vehicles.

Collection Facility. A center for the acceptance, by donation, redemption, or purchase, of recyclable materials from the public where limited sorting and storing of such items is conducted on-site.

College/University, Private. A private college or university, excluding trade or vocational schools.

Commercial Athletic Facility. A facility for physical fitness training or athletic type games and sports, such as but not limited to, health clubs, tennis, gymnasiums, handball courts, racquetball courts; also including ancillary uses when incidental to the primary use, such as but not limited to, steam baths, weight training, aerobic classes, massage, saunas, and the retailing of athletic supplies to be used in the facility.

Commercial Fueling Facility. See "fueling facility, commercial."

Commissary or Catering. A fixed-location kitchen where food is stored and prepared for off-site vending or delivery. Commissaries may include shared-use commercial kitchens, private commercial kitchens, restaurant kitchens, and kitchens associated with civic and community organizations such as churches or social clubs. Also, includes catering service establishments.

Community Assembly. A facility for public or private meetings including clubs and lodges, community centers, senior centers, religious assembly facilities, convention centers, civic and private auditoriums, union halls, meeting halls for clubs and other membership organizations. This includes functionally related facilities for the use of members and attendees such as kitchens, multi-purpose rooms, and storage. It does not include gymnasiums or other sports facilities (see indoor sports and recreation) or facilities such as day care centers and schools, which are separately defined.

Major. Community assembly use that is over 2,000 gross square feet and has capacity for more than 200 seats.

Minor. Community assembly use that is 2,000 gross square feet or less and has capacity for no more than 200 seats.

Community Garden. Use of land for the cultivation, growing and harvesting of vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruits, including the cultivation and tillage of soil and the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any agricultural, floricultural, or horticultural commodity. Community gardens are typically owned and operated by public or non-profit agencies, and each garden plot is used and kept by an individual or a household. Excludes animal keeping or animal husbandry.

Construction Yard and Equipment Rental. Storage of construction materials or equipment on a site other than a construction site. Includes rental of large construction equipment and machinery. This classification may include parking/storage of contractor vehicles.

Convenience Store. A retail establishment selling food, beverages, and small convenience items such as personal hygiene products, cigarettes, magazines, and other everyday consumer items. Food and beverage products sold primarily consist of packaged and canned goods, prepared foods and hot drinks for immediate consumption, fountain beverages, etc., with less than 10 percent of net retail floor area allocated for the sale of fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, fresh meat and dairy products, and other similar perishable items. Convenience stores are smaller in floor area than supermarkets/grocery stores (typically 4,000 square feet or less) and have long or late hours of operation (open before 7:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.).

Correctional Facility. A facility where people are held, generally as punishment for various crimes. This includes the detention/incarceration of people awaiting trial and/or who have been convicted of civil or criminal offenses; inmates and detainees under 24-hour supervision by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; and juvenile detention facilities. This use also includes parole offices.

Court Dwelling. See "dwelling, court."

Cultivated Agriculture. The planting, growing, and harvesting of crops or plants, or the preparation of land for this purpose, of more than one-half acre of land for viticulture, horticulture, pasturage, floriculture, or similar farming where a crop or final product is produced (but not necessarily offered for sale) for consumption. This use excludes community gardens.

Custom and Artisan Manufacturing. An establishment primarily engaged in on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing or artistic endeavor, which involves only the use of hand tools or small mechanical equipment and the incidental direct sale to consumers of only those goods produced on site. Includes, but is not limited to metalworking, pottery and ceramic studios, film processing, photo finishing, printmaking, lithography, glass furnace, or woodworking.

Data Center. A facility dedicated to the storage of computer and information technology systems and associated components for the storage, retrieval, and transmittal of electronic information.

Drive-Through Facility. A motor vehicle drive-through facility which is a commercial building or structure or portion thereof which is designed and/or used to provide goods and services to drivers while they remain seated in their vehicles. It includes, but is not limited to, banks and other financial institutions, fast food establishments, and pharmacies, but shall not include drive-in movies, service stations, or car wash operations.

Dwelling, Court. A residential development in which there are several freestanding single-family or two-family dwellings with separate walls clustered on a single lot. Units are typically arranged to face around a common open space or drive aisle. If subdivided, a maintenance agreement or homeowners association may govern common areas like driveways or open space.

Dwelling, Multi-Family. A building containing three or more dwelling units.

Dwelling, Single-Family. A dwelling unit designed for occupancy by one household, where all rooms are internally connected and internally accessible via habitable space, located on a separate lot from any other unit (except accessory dwelling units, where permitted), and have only one kitchen. This includes individual manufactured housing units installed on a foundation system pursuant to California Health and Safety Code section 18551, and the use of a single-family residential structure as employee housing for six or fewer employees consistent with California Health and Safety Code section 17021.5.

Dwelling, Two-Family. A residential building containing two dwelling units, both of which are located on a single parcel. The dwelling units are attached and may be located on separate floors or side-by-side. Excludes accessory dwelling units (see "accessory dwelling unit").

Elderly and Long-term Care. Establishment that provides 24-hour medical, convalescent, or chronic care to individuals who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves, and is licensed by the California Department of Public Health. Includes, but is not limited to skilled nursing facilities, rest homes, and convalescent hospitals. Does not include a residential care facility or hospital.

Emergency Shelter. Housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay as set forth in the California Health and Safety Code section 50801(e), as may be amended.

Employee/Farmworker Housing. As described in California Health and Safety Code section 17021.6 and 17008, any employee housing consisting of no more than 36 beds in a group quarters or 12 units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household.

Family Child Care Home, Large. As defined by Health and Safety Code section 1596.78, a home in which the provider regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for up to 14 children for less than 24 hours per day.

Family Child Care Home, Small. As defined by Health and Safety Code section 1596.78, a home in which the provider regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for eight or fewer children for less than 24 hours per day.

Farmers' Market. An establishment offering for sale produce, prepared food items, and other artisan/craft goods and merchandise by certified growers and producers authorized to sell, directly to consumers, products that are produced on land the producer controls or taken in consignment from other producers. Excludes flea markets.

Firearms Dealer. An establishment engaged in the selling, dealing in, trading, or transferring firearms.

Fleet-Based Service. Passenger transportation services, local delivery services, medical transport, and other businesses that rely on fleets of three or more vehicles. This includes parking, dispatching, and offices for taxicab and limousine operations, ambulance services, non-emergency medical transport, home cleaning services, pedicab services, and similar businesses. This does not include towing operations (see "vehicle storage"), taxi or delivery services with two or fewer fleet vehicles on-site (see "business support services"), facilities that handle third party goods for local or worldwide delivery (see "freight and trucking yard") or last mile parcel processing/redistribution facilities (see "parcel hub").

Food and Beverage Processing and Preparation. Cooking, processing, packaging, bottling, and shipping of food products and/or non-alcoholic beverages for off-site sales. This does not include breweries, wineries, and distilleries; the slaughtering of live animals; or large-scale operations (see "commercial agricultural processing plant").

Freight and Trucking Yard. Facilities that handle third party goods for local or worldwide freight, courier, local messenger, and postal services by truck or rail. This includes fulfillment centers and parcel sorting centers, which provide storage and distribution of e-commerce products to consumers or end-users, either directly or through a parcel hub.

Fueling Facility, Commercial. A fueling facility designed for commercial customers which dispenses gasoline, diesel, or similar vehicle fuels, and which is not open to the general public, has no cash sales and provides no personal services on-site. This excludes mobile fueling.

Funeral Parlor and Mortuary. An establishment primarily engaged in the provision of services involving the care, preparation, or disposition of human remains and conducting memorial services. Typical uses include a crematory or mortuary. This use does not include cemeteries.

Grocery Store, Large. Retail establishments that primarily sell food, but also may sell other convenience and household goods, and may include a delicatessen or specialty food shop, baked goods, frozen foods, fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, dairy, and prepared food, and which occupy more than 25,000 square feet of gross floor area, but not more than 80,000 square feet of gross floor area.

Grocery Store, Small. Retail establishments with gross floor area less than 25,000 square feet that primarily sell food products, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, meats and seafood, dairy products, baked goods, packaged and prepared foods, and frozen foods, but that may also sell other convenience and household goods. May also include a delicatessen or other specialty food shop.

Group Living Accommodation. A building or portion of a building designed for or accommodating a residential use by persons not living together as a household. This use includes dormitories, convents and monasteries, and other types of organizational housing. This use does not include residential care facilities, nursing homes, hotels, single-room occupancy residences, or boarding houses, which are defined separately. Group living accommodations typically provide shared living quarters without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit.

Guest Ranch. Short-term lodging provided to visitors on property where agricultural activities take place (e.g., animal husbandry, cultivated agriculture) and that is not considered to be another lodging uses.

Home Occupation. A commercial use conducted on residential property by the inhabitants of the subject residence, which is incidental and secondary to the residential use of the dwelling.

Hospital. A state-licensed facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical services for sick or injured persons primarily on an in-patient basis, and including ancillary facilities for outpatient and emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, research, administration, and services to patients, employees, or visitors.

Hotel. A commercial establishment providing lodging accommodations for a fee for transient guests, generally for stays of 30 days or fewer, with access to rooms or units primarily from interior lobbies, courts or halls. A hotel may include limited facilities for storage and preparation of food and beverages within individual rooms, such as coffee makers, mini refrigerators and microwave ovens.

Indoor Entertainment. Predominantly spectator uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include movie theaters, enclosed sports arenas, live performing arts venues, escape rooms, and video game activities and competitions such as e-sports.

Indoor Sports and Recreation. Predominantly participant sports conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include indoor bowling alleys, billiard parlors, ice and roller skating rinks, go-kart tracks, indoor shooting ranges, and trampoline parks. Excludes operations where activities are primarily class- or appointment-based such as yoga studios and personal trainers.

Industry, General. Manufacturing of products from extracted or raw materials or recycled or secondary materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials, where operations are conducted primarily within an enclosed building. Includes, but is not limited to operations such as biomass energy conversion; textile mills; furniture and related product manufacturing; photographic processing plants; leather and allied product manufacturing; wood product manufacturing; paper manufacturing; plastics and rubber products manufacturing; and nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing.

Industry, Heavy. Manufacturing of products that include petroleum products, metals and/or metal processing, and hazardous chemicals. Includes automobile assembly and manufacturing and tire retreading or recapping.

Industry, Light. Establishments engaged in light industrial activities taking place primarily within enclosed buildings and producing minimal impacts on nearby properties. Includes, but is not limited to, operations such as manufacturing finished parts or products primarily from previously prepared materials; commercial laundries and dry cleaning plants; mobile home manufacturing; monument works; printing, engraving and publishing; electronics manufacturing not included under advanced manufacturing; and production apparel manufacturing.

Instruction Services. An establishment that offers specialized programs in improvement, information, and personal growth and development such as photography, fine arts, crafts, music, yoga, martial arts, dance, driving schools, health and wellness, and academic tutoring. Attendance is typically limited to hourly classes rather than full-day instruction. These establishments do not grant diplomas or degrees, though instruction may provide credits for diplomas or degrees granted by other institutions. Retail sales are permitted as an accessory use.

Group. Group instruction includes 10 or more students or clients at any one time.

Private/Small Group. Private instruction includes fewer than 10 students or clients at any one time.

Intermediate Processing Facility. A facility that receives, sorts, compresses or bales, and stores recyclable materials for efficient transfer to other processing facilities or to an end user.

Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit. See "accessory dwelling unit, junior."

Kennel. Facilities for keeping, boarding, training, breeding, or maintaining for commercial purposes, four or more dogs, cats, or other household pets more than four months of age and not owned by the kennel owner or operator for 24 hours or more.

Large Format Retail. Retail establishments over 80,000 square feet in size that sell merchandise and/or bulk goods primarily for individual consumption, including, but not limited to, department stores, home improvement stores, membership warehouses which emphasize bulk sales to the general public as well as to other businesses, and other big box format stores. Large format retail uses may include a grocery store sales component. Excludes home improvement stores with outdoor nursery or garden centers (see nursery and garden center).

Library/Museum. Public or quasi-public facilities primarily engaged in the display or preservation of objects of interest in the arts or sciences that are open to the public on a regular basis. Includes, but is not limited to aquariums, arboretums, art galleries and exhibitions, botanical gardens, historic sites and exhibits, libraries, and museums. May also include accessory retail uses such as gift/book shops, and restaurants.

Live-Work Unit. An integrated housing unit and working space that has been constructed for such use or converted from commercial or industrial use and structurally modified to accommodate residential occupancy and work activity in compliance with the California Building Code. Living space includes, but is not limited to, a sleeping area, a food preparation area, and a full bathroom. The working space is reserved for and regularly used by one or more occupants of the unit.

Low Barrier Navigation Center. Consistent with California Government Code section 65660, a service-enriched shelter focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health, shelter, and housing services.

Maintenance and Repair Services. Establishments engaged in the maintenance or repair of office machines, household appliances, furniture, and similar large items. This classification excludes maintenance and repair of vehicles or boats (see vehicle repair and maintenance) and personal items such as apparel, shoes, and jewelry (see Repair/Cleaning/General Services, Small).

Massage Establishment. Any establishment having a fixed place of business where any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or other entity engages in, conducts, or carries on, or permits to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, any massage for compensation. Also includes, but is not limited to, any business providing off-premises massage services.

Massage Establishment, Accessory. An establishment that provides massage which is incidental to the primary business, where the owner of the primary business is responsible for the massage services and conduct of the massage technician(s) employed at the location.

Medical Office/Clinic. Office use providing consultation, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventive, or corrective medical treatment services by doctors, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists, psychotherapists, alternative healing practitioners such as acupuncturists, and similar practitioners of medical and healing arts for humans licensed for such practice by the State of California. Incidental medical and/or dental laboratories and research within the office that supports the on-site patient services is considered part of the office use. This use includes urgent care facilities. Excludes independent research laboratory facilities and hospitals (see medical support laboratory and see hospital).

Medical Support Laboratory. A facility for scientific laboratory analysis of medical resources. The analysis is generally performed for medical providers to support the medical provider's work on behalf of patients.

Microbreweries. A limited production brewery where beer is brewed, sold, and consumed on site and meets all applicable California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control regulations. This use includes tasting rooms where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed on site. Food service is subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Mini-Storage or Self-Storage. Facilities offering enclosed storage with individual access for personal affects, furniture, and household goods. Typical provided in small individual units (e.g., 400 square feet or less) that are available for rental by the general public.

Mining and Quarrying. An operation that extracts gravel, sand, other construction aggregates, or minerals from the ground. Includes quarries and gravel pits.

Mobile Food Vending. The selling or offering to sell products from a mobile food vehicle, which includes the following uses:

Ice Cream Truck. A motorized vehicle selling ice cream or other frozen dairy or non-dairy dessert products on streets and in other public places.

Mobile Food Park. Site with two or more mobile food vehicles located together on the same parcel and operating at the same time for more than seven consecutive days.

Mobile Food Vending (Individual Vehicle). A motorized, wheeled vehicle or towed vehicle designed and equipped to store, prepare, serve and sell food, but which does not include ice cream trucks or mobile food vending wagons or pushcarts as regulated in Milpitas Municipal Code Subsection V-100-10.11 (Unlawful Parking—Peddlers, Vendors).

Mobile Fueling. A commercial service that offers on-demand fueling of motor vehicles at a specified location instead of at a service station. Mobile fueling may be provided to individual customers via the use of a mobile app, with fuel delivered to a home, office, or other location requested by the customer. Mobile fueling may also be provided for operators of fleet vehicles at a fixed, semi-permanent or permanent location.

Mobile Home Park. A development designed for and occupied by manufactured/mobile housing units consistent with the requirements of California Health and Safety Code section 18200 to 18700. A mobile home park includes facilities and amenities used in common by occupants who rent, lease, or own spaces for mobile home units/spaces through a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership.

Motel. A building or group of attached or detached buildings providing lodging accommodations for a fee for transient guests, for stays of 30 days or fewer, with access to each room or unit through an exterior door. Motels are distinguished from hotels primarily in that the former provide direct independent access to, and adjoining parking for, guest rooms and do not provide 24-hour guest services.

Multi-Family Dwelling. See "dwelling, multi-family."

Nursery and Garden Center. An establishment primarily engaged in selling nursery and garden products, such as trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, and sod that are predominantly grown offsite. This classification includes commercial and wholesale greenhouses and nurseries offering plants for sale.

Outdoor Entertainment. Predominantly spectator uses conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include outdoor theaters, partially enclosed sports arenas, racing facilities, outdoor concert facilities, amphitheaters, drive-in movie theaters, aquatic parks, and amusement parks.

Outdoor Sports and Recreation. Predominantly participant sports conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include commercial driving ranges, outdoor shooting and/or archery ranges, miniature golf courses, golf courses, outdoor go-karts, swimming pools, and tennis courts. This use excludes public golf courses, public swimming pools, and public tennis court or other public sport court facilities (e.g., basketball, pickleball, etc.) (see "park/playground"); and excludes common recreational facilities as accessory to a multi-family residential project or use.

Parcel Hub. A 'last mile' facility warehouse or similar establishment for the processing and/or redistribution of parcels or products to end-user customers. A parcel hub's primary function is moving a shipment from one mode of transport to vehicles with rated capacities less than 10,000 pounds, for delivery directly to consumers or end-users primarily within a 10-mile radius.

Park/Playground. Parks, playgrounds, trails, wildlife preserves, and related open spaces. This includes public playing fields, sports courts, picnic facilities, and related food concessions or community recreational buildings and structures.

Parking Lot. Open parking area(s) provided on property other than a public street, alley, or right-of-way that is the primary use on the lot (i.e., the parking lot is not providing the required off-street parking for land uses on the lot). May include park and ride lots. Use of the parking lot may be subject to a fee.

Parking Structure. A building or structure containing parking spaces that is the primary use on the lot (i.e., the parking structure is not providing the required off-street parking for land uses on the lot). May be located above or below grade, and use of the parking structure may be subject to a fee. May include park and ride structures.

Pawnbroker. A place of business where personal property is received and for which money is advanced, with the right of privilege granted to the person to whom said money is advanced to reclaim such property upon repayment of said money.

Personal Services. A commercial establishment which provides services of a personal or aesthetic nature directly to consumers, including but not limited to barber and beauty shops, nail salons, tanning salons, hair removal salons, tattoo and body piercing studios, spa/wellness center (excluding massage establishments), medical spas, and personal trainers.

Pet Day Care and Sales. Facilities for providing non-medical care for four or more dogs, cats, or other household pets not owned by the pet day care owner or operator, included but not limited to grooming services, on a less than 24-hour basis. This use includes retail sales of household pets and pet supplies, but excludes pet supply stores that do not sell animals or provide on-site animal services. Also excludes home-based pet day care services for a fee, such as dog walking services.

Primary Processing Facility. A facility that processes recyclable materials and acts as a final destination for recyclable materials.

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

Public Utility. Facilities for the production, storage, treatment, transmission and/or distribution of electricity, natural gas, water, wastewater, and telecommunications and other similar essential services. Also includes service facilities, electric transmission and distribution substations, and public utility service centers.

Repair/Cleaning/General Services, Small. A commercial establishment that performs cleaning, repair, and alteration of small consumer and household items, including but not limited to dry cleaning pick-up stores without equipment that uses chemical solvents, laundromats (self-service laundries), photocopying and photo finishing services, tailor shops, watch and jewelry repair, shoe repair, home electronics repair, and locksmiths. Does not include repair of vehicles or boats (see vehicle repair and maintenance), personal services (see personal services), or maintenance and repair of large or bulky items (see maintenance and repair services).

Research and Development (R & D). Industrial or scientific research for the design, development, engineering and testing of high technology, clean technology, industrial, or scientific products. May include limited manufacturing as necessary for the production of prototypes, but excludes the full-scale manufacturing of final products. May also include storage space for raw materials and/or finished goods that actively supports the primary use.

Residential Care Facility. Consistent with Health and Safety Code section 1502, a facility licensed by the State of California to provide living accommodations and 24-hour care for persons requiring personal services, supervision, protection, or assistance for sustaining the activities of daily living. Living accommodations are group homes or shared living quarters with or without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit. This classification includes facilities that are operated for profit as well as those operated by public or not-for-profit institutions.

Resilience Hub. A community-serving facility designed to support residents and coordinate resource distribution and services before, during, or after a natural hazard event. Resilience hubs provide information as well as services and supplies, including but not limited to community gathering space, emergency supplies, basic medical care, internet access, and electronic device charging. They are typically outfitted with a solar and back-up battery storage system that can operate off the power grid and maintain power to the facility during grid outages.

Restaurant, Full Service. Restaurants that provide cooked-to-order food and beverage services to patrons who order and are served while seated and pay after eating. Takeout service may also be provided.

Restaurant, Limited Service. Establishments where food and beverages may be consumed on the premises, taken out, or delivered, but where no table service is provided. This includes, but is not limited to cafeterias, fast-food restaurants, carryout sandwich shops, limited-service pizza parlors and delivery shops, self-service restaurants, snack bars, and takeout restaurants. This use includes cafes, coffee shops, and bakeries with a retail storefront component.

Restaurant with Alcohol Service. Either a limited service restaurant that includes beer and wine service for on-site consumption and/or has a separate bar area; or a full service restaurant that includes liquor service for on-site consumption, and/or has a separate bar area.

Retail, Limited. An establishment which offers the sale of a limited line of merchandise that is generally necessary or desirable for everyday living or everyday business activities. Examples include small grocery stores offering primarily prepared or pre-packaged food and beverage items, small drugstores and variety stores, small stationery, office supply stores, shops selling other small household goods, and walk-out retail stores. This classification excludes convenience stores.

Retail Stores, General Merchandise. The retail sale or rental of merchandise not specifically listed under another use definition. This includes department stores, clothing stores, furniture stores, pharmacies, pet supply stores, flower shops (florist), art supply stores, music stores, book stores, and other businesses retailing (or renting) toys, hobby materials, handcrafted items, formalwear, music equipment and instruments, jewelry, cameras, candy, gifts and novelties, electronic equipment, sporting goods, hardware, appliances, antiques, art, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, office supplies, bicycles, and new automotive parts and accessories, excluding vehicle service and installation (see vehicle repair and maintenance). Excludes large format retail and other sales-related uses more specifically described in other use definitions.

Riding Academy and Public Stables. Stables leased for the keeping of horses which may also include areas for horse riding and horse riding lessons.

Salvage and Wrecking. The dismantling of wrecked or decommissioned vehicles, appliances, or other metal products where usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles and the unusable metal parts are sold to metal-recycling companies.

School, Private. A private institution of learning for students offering instruction in those courses of study required by the California Education Code and maintained in compliance with the standards set by the State Board of Education. This use includes kindergarten, elementary school, middle or junior high school, or high school.

School, Public. A public institution of learning for students offering instruction in those courses of study required by the California Education Code and maintained in compliance with the standards set by the State Board of Education. This use includes kindergarten, elementary school, middle or junior high school, and high school.

Service Station. Any premises used for supplying automotive fuel and oil at retail, direct to the customer, including minor accessories and services for automobiles such as tire air pumps and window washing, but not including automobile repairs.

Short-Term Rental (STR). The use of a dwelling unit, including, without limitation, a single-family, two-family, or multi-family dwelling unit, mobile home, or any portion of such dwellings, rented for occupancy for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes for a period of 30 or fewer calendar days, counting portions of days as full calendar days.

Single-Family Dwelling. See "dwelling, single-family."

Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) Residence. A multi-tenant building consisting of single room dwelling units that are the primary residence of its occupants, containing either individual or shared kitchen and bathroom facilities. These units are small, generally less than 350 square feet.

Smoke/Tobacco Shop. A retail establishment primarily engaged in the selling of smoking and tobacco products and accessories, and other products, devices and components reasonably assumed to be used for smoking and/or the inhalation or ingestion of any substances. Tobacco products may include but are not limited to cigarettes, cigars, loose leaf tobacco, tobacco pipes, electronic smoking devices and accessories, vaporizers and accessories and any other product, device or component used in the inhalation of tobacco, nicotine or other substance. For the purposes of this definition only, "primarily engaged" means when 30 percent or more of products sold at the retail establishment are smoking and tobacco products and accessories, and other products, devices and components reasonably assumed to be used for smoking and/or the inhalation or ingestion of any substance.

Supportive Housing. Consistent with California Health and Safety Code section 50675.14, housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population as defined in U.S.C. section 11302 of Title 42, and that is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving their health status, and maximizing their ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.

Temporary Use. A use established for a specified period of time, with the intent to discontinue the use at the end of the designated time period.

Trade and Vocational School. An establishment where postsecondary education or training is received in a trade or craft, business, commerce, language, or other similar activity or occupational pursuit that is not otherwise described as a college/university, school, or instruction services. This use includes culinary schools.

Transitional Housing. Consistent with California Government Code section 65582, buildings configured as rental housing developments but operated under program requirements that require the termination of assistance and recirculating of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at a predetermined future point in time that shall be no less than six months from the beginning of the assistance.

Transportation Passenger Terminal/Facility. Facilities for passenger transportation operations, including rail stations, bus terminals, and associated service facilities, but does not include terminals serving airports or heliports.

Two-Family Dwelling. See "dwelling, two-family."

Vehicle Rental. Establishment providing for the rental of automobiles. Includes rental of passenger vehicles and light trucks/vans under 14,000 pounds and incidental repair/servicing and cleaning of rental vehicles. This use does not include car-sharing operations.

Vehicle Repair and Maintenance, Major. Repair of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, boats and recreational vehicles, including the sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts. This classification includes the servicing and repair of engines, body and fender, transmission, axels, wheels and brake, tire sales and installation, tire treading and recapping, and vehicle painting. Excludes vehicle dismantling or salvaging (see "salvage and wrecking") and tire retreading or recapping (see "industry, heavy"). All activities listed under Vehicle Repair and Maintenance, Minor may also be included in major uses.

Vehicle Repair and Maintenance, Minor. The service and repair of automobiles, light-duty trucks, boats, and motorcycles, including the sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts. This classification includes the replacement of small automotive parts and liquids as an accessory use to an automotive accessories and supply store, and quick-service oil, tune-up and brake and muffler shops, auto glass sales and replacement, window tinting, stereo and alarm sales, and tire sales where repairs are made or service provided in enclosed bays and no vehicles are stored overnight. This classification excludes disassembly, removal or replacement of major components such as engines, drive trains, transmissions or axles; automotive body and fender work, vehicle painting or other operations that generate excessive noise, objectionable odors, or hazardous materials, and repair of heavy trucks, limousines, or construction vehicles (see "vehicle repair and maintenance, major"). It also excludes towing services (see "vehicle storage") and fueling stations (see "service station").

Vehicle Sales and Leasing. Sale or lease, retail or wholesale, of automobiles, light trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, and trailers, together with associated incidental repair services and parts sales, but excluding body repair and painting. Includes, but is not limited to, automobile dealers and recreational vehicle sales agencies.

Vehicle Sales, Limited. A small-format showroom for the retail sale of automobiles and light trucks, typically within a retail storefront setting. Uses can include storage of no more than five vehicles onsite for display and/or test driving, which may be stored either indoors or outdoors on the same lot. Incidental vehicle repair services and parts sales are not permitted.

Vehicle Storage. The use of a site for the short-or long-term storage of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, and/or other vehicles. Includes towing and impound lots.

Vehicle Washing. Washing, waxing, detailing, and/or cleaning of automobiles or similar light vehicles, including self-serve washing facilities.

Veterinary Clinic. Medical care for household pets on a commercial basis with no overnight (24-hour) accommodation of animals.

Veterinary Hospital or Services. Medical care for household pets on a commercial basis with 24-hour accommodation of animals, but does not include kennels. Also includes overnight (24-hour) accommodation of small animals for grooming services.

Warehousing and Distribution. A facility, primarily within an enclosed building, for the storage of commercial or industrial goods, products and materials and the associated on-site sorting, packing, staging, shipping, receiving, and distributing of goods to wholesale and retail outlets, including ancillary truck parking and dispatching. Also includes long-term, passive storage of furniture, household goods, or other commercial goods; and of industrial equipment, products, and materials. Warehousing and distribution facilities may include, but are not limited to, wholesale distribution, distribution centers, moving and transfer storage, cross-dock facilities, package handling centers, order fulfilment centers, and logistics centers. Excludes storage of raw materials and/or finished products as part of an active primary use (e.g., advanced manufacturing uses; general industry uses; light industry uses; research and development uses). Excludes parcel hubs.

Wholesale Sales. The selling and/or distributing of merchandise to retailers; industrial, commercial, or institutional buyers; or other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in the buying and selling of merchandise to or for such entities.

Wireless Telecommunications Facility. A facility that transmits and/or receives electromagnetic signals. It includes antennas, microwave dishes, horns, and other types of equipment for the transmission or receipt of such signals, equipment, switches, wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters or cabinets associated with an antenna, telecommunication towers or similar structures supporting the equipment, equipment buildings, parking area and other accessory development. Also see wireless telecommunications terms in Chapter E.2 (Definitions of Terms).

(Ord. No. 38.858, § 4, 9/2/25)