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Title 17 — ZONING

Chapter 17.08 — DEFINITIONS

Montebello Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Montebello

17.08.005 - Purpose.

17.08.010 - Abut, adjoining or contiguous.

17.08.015 - Access.

17.08.020 - Accessory building.

17.08.022 - Accessory dwelling unit.

17.08.025 - Accessory use.

17.08.030 - Adjacent.

17.08.035 - Adjoining room.

17.08.040 - Airport.

17.08.045 - Alley.

17.08.050 - Amendment.

17.08.055 - Amusement arcade.

17.08.060 - Amusement game machine.

17.08.065 - Apartment.

17.08.070 - Apartment, bachelor.

17.08.075 - Area.

17.08.080 - Area, net.

17.08.085 - Assessor.

17.08.090 - Bedroom.

17.08.095 - Building.

17.08.100 - Building, enclosed.

17.08.105 - Building floors.

17.08.110 - Building height.

17.08.115 - Building, principal.

17.08.120 - Building site.

17.08.125 - Cabana.

17.08.130 - Carport.

17.08.132 - Catering truck service yard (heavy trucking).

17.08.135 - Cemetery.

17.08.140 - Child care center.

17.08.145 - City.

17.08.150 - Club, private.

17.08.155 - Code.

17.08.160 - Commission.

17.08.165 - Condominium.

17.08.170 - Condominium, air space.

17.08.175 - Condominium, townhouse.

17.08.180 - Corner lot.

17.08.185 - County.

17.08.190 - Court.

17.08.195 - Day care/Nursery school.

17.08.200 - Dedication.

17.08.205 - Disabled vehicle.

17.08.210 - Disassemble.

17.08.215 - Dismantle.

17.08.220 - Driveway.

17.08.225 - Drive-in establishment.

17.08.230 - Dump.

17.08.235 - Duplex.

17.08.240 - Dwelling, attached.

17.08.245 - Dwelling, multiple-family.

17.08.250 - Dwelling, single-family detached.

17.08.255 - Dwelling unit.

17.08.260 - Educational institution.

17.08.265 - Efficiency living unit.

17.08.270 - Electric distribution substation.

17.08.275 - Electric transmission substation.

17.08.280 - Explosives.

17.08.285 - Factory-built housing.

17.08.290 - Family.

17.08.295 - Floor area, gross.

17.08.300 - Floor area ratio.

17.08.305 - Garage.

17.08.310 - Grade, ground level.

17.08.315 - Guesthouse.

17.08.320 - Height.

17.08.330 - Home for the aged.

17.08.331 - Home occupation.

17.08.335 - Hospital.

17.08.340 - Hospital, mental.

17.08.345 - Hospital, small animal.

17.08.350 - Hotel.

17.08.355 - Household.

17.08.360 - Household pets.

17.08.364 - Impound yard.

17.08.365 - Institution.

17.08.366 - Intermodal shipping container.

17.08.370 - Junk and salvage yard.

17.08.375 - Kennel.

17.08.380 - Key lot.

17.08.385 - Kitchen.

17.08.390 - Land reclamation project.

17.08.395 - Landscaping.

17.08.400 - Lot or parcel of land.

17.08.405 - Lot area.

17.08.410 - Lot, corner.

17.08.415 - Lot depth.

17.08.420 - Lot, interior.

17.08.425 - Lot, key.

17.08.430 - Lot line, front.

17.08.435 - Lot line, rear.

17.08.440 - Lot line, side.

17.08.445 - Lot, reversed corner.

17.08.450 - Lot, through.

17.08.455 - Lot width.

17.08.460 - Machine shop.

17.08.465 - Market value.

17.08.470 - May.

17.08.475 - Medical clinic.

17.08.480 - Medical office.

17.08.485 - Mobile home.

17.08.490 - Mobile home park.

17.08.495 - Motel.

17.08.500 - Multifamily dwelling.

17.08.505 - Minimum dwelling unit size.

17.08.510 - Nonconforming building or structure.

17.08.515 - Nonconforming use.

17.08.520 - Nursery school.

17.08.525 - Nursing and convalescent hospital.

17.08.530 - Open area.

17.08.535 - Open space, useable.

17.08.540 - Park.

17.08.545 - Parking space, off-street.

17.08.550 - Parking, subterranean.

17.08.555 - Person.

17.08.560 - Planned development and planned unit development.

17.08.565 - Quarry.

17.08.570 - Recorder.

17.08.574 - Recyclable materials.

17.08.575 - Recycling.

17.08.576 - Recycling, construction and demolition (C&D) facility.

17.08.577 - Recycling, construction and demolition (C&D) waste, debris, and materials.

17.08.578 - Recycling, C&D—Covered project.

17.08.579 - Recycling, C&D—Deconstruction.

17.08.580 - Recycling, C&D—Demolition.

17.08.581 - Recycling, C&D—Divert/diversion.

17.08.582 - Recycling, C&D—Diversion requirement.

17.08.585 - Recycling, C&D—Recycling/recyclables.

17.08.587 - Recycling, C&D—Renovation/remodeling.

17.08.589 - Recycling, C&D salvage.

17.08.590 - Recycling, C&D—Waste management plan.

17.08.593 - Recycling, C&D—Compliance official.

17.08.595 - Recycling facility, permitted.

17.08.596 - Recycling, materials recovery facility.

17.08.597 - Recycling, waste transfer facility.

17.08.598 - Recycling, public collection facility.

17.08.600 - Recycling facility.

17.08.605 - Repair.

17.08.610 - Restaurant.

17.08.615 - Rest home.

17.08.620 - Reversed corner lot.

17.08.625 - Room.

17.08.630 - Sanitarium and sanatorium.

17.08.632 - Self-service display.

17.08.635 - Self-storage.

17.08.640 - Senior citizen's housing.

17.08.645 - Service station.

17.08.650 - Shall.

17.08.655 - Sign.

17.08.660 - Sign, off-premises.

17.08.665 - Sign, temporary.

17.08.667 - Significant tobacco retailer.

17.08.670 - Sloping terrain.

17.08.672 - Smoking.

17.08.675 - Solid fill.

17.08.680 - Solid fill projects.

17.08.685 - Stable.

17.08.690 - Stable, public.

17.08.695 - Stand.

17.08.700 - State.

17.08.705 - State freeway.

17.08.710 - Store.

17.08.715 - Story.

17.08.720 - Story, half.

17.08.725 - Street.

17.08.730 - Street, side.

17.08.735 - Structural alterations.

17.08.740 - Structure.

17.08.745 - Structure, advertising.

17.08.750 - Subterranean parking.

17.08.755 - Through lot.

17.08.757 - Tobacco paraphernalia.

17.08.758 - Tobacco product.

17.08.759 - Tobacco retailer.

17.08.760 - Trailer.

17.08.765 - Trailer park.

17.08.770 - Reserved.

17.08.775 - Triplex.

17.08.776 - Truck washing and cleaning (heavy trucking).

17.08.777 - Truck/RV storage yard (heavy trucking).

17.08.778 - Truck terminals, draying, or freight (heavy trucking).

17.08.779 - Truck transportation yard (heavy trucking).

17.08.780 - Vehicle.

17.08.785 - Video game machine.

17.08.790 - Warehouse.

17.08.795 - Yard.

17.08.800 - Yard, front.

17.08.805 - Yard, rear line of required front.

17.08.810 - Yard, rear.

17.08.815 - Yard, side.

17.08.820 - Supportive housing.

17.08.825 - Transitional housing and transitional housing development.

17.08.830 - Emergency shelter.

17.08.835 - Body art establishment.

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