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Title 21 — ZONING

Chapter 21.06 — DEFINITIONS

Monterey County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Monterey County

21.06.001 - General provisions.

21.06.005 - Affordable housing.

21.06.010 - Agriculture.

21.06.012 - Agricultural employee.

21.06.014 - Agricultural employee housing.

21.06.020 - Agricultural processing plant.

21.06.030 - Agricultural support service.

21.06.040 - Airport.

21.06.050 - Alley.

21.06.060 - All-weather road surface.

21.06.070 - Alteration, structural.

21.06.080 - Apartment.

21.06.090 - Appropriate Authority.

21.06.100 - Automobile wrecking yard.

21.06.103 - Average lot depth.

21.06.105 - Average lot width.

21.06.110 - Bed and breakfast facility.

21.06.120 - Block.

21.06.130 - Building.

21.06.140 - Building site.

21.06.150 - Campground.

21.06.152 - Cannabis.

21.06.160 - Caretaker units.

21.06.170 - Child care center.

21.06.180 - Chaparral.

21.06.190 - Coastal scrub.

21.06.192 - Commercial cannabis activity.

21.06.195 - Common public viewing area.

21.06.200 - Construction, actual.

21.06.210 - Convenience store.

21.06.215 - Cottage food operation.

21.06.220 - Cottage industry.

21.06.230 - Country club.

21.06.240 - County scenic route.

21.06.250 - Coverage.

21.06.260 - Day care center.

21.06.270 - Day care home, large family.

21.06.280 - Day care home, small family.

21.06.290 - Density.

21.06.300 - Density, gross.

21.06.310 - Development.

21.06.320 - Development rights.

21.06.330 - Development standard.

21.06.350 - Director of Planning.

21.06.360 - Dwelling.

21.06.370 - Dwelling unit.

21.06.372 - Dwelling unit, accessory.

21.06.374 - Dwelling unit, junior accessory ("JADU").

21.06.380 - Dwelling unit, manufactured.

21.06.390 - Dwelling, duplex.

21.06.400 - Dwelling group.

21.06.410 - Dwelling, multiple family.

21.06.420 - Dwelling, single family.

21.06.425 - Emergency.

21.06.427 - Employee.

21.06.429 - Employee housing.

21.06.430 - Enforcing officer.

21.06.440 - Environmentally sensitive habitat.

21.06.450 - Family.

21.06.455 - Farmworker.

21.06.460 - Repealed.

21.06.470 - Repealed.

21.06.480 - Repealed.

21.06.490 - Farm shop.

21.06.500 - Fault.

21.06.510 - Fault, active.

21.06.520 - Fault, inactive.

21.06.530 - Fault, potentially active.

21.06.540 - Fault trace.

21.06.550 - Fault zone.

21.06.560 - Feasible.

21.06.570 - Front wall.

21.06.580 - Garage, private.

21.06.590 - Garage, public.

21.06.600 - Garage, storage.

21.06.610 - Golf course.

21.06.620 - Guesthouse.

21.06.630 - Height of structure.

21.06.640 - Hog ranch, commercial.

21.06.641 - Homeless shelter.

21.06.650 - Home occupation.

21.06.655 - Horizontal Mix.

21.06.660 - Hotel.

21.06.670 - Hotel, resort.

21.06.680 - Hunting and fishing facility.

21.06.690 - Internal circulation.

21.06.700 - Junk yard.

21.06.710 - Kennel, commercial.

21.06.720 - Kitchen.

21.06.730 - Labor supply camp.

21.06.740 - Liquefaction.

21.06.750 - Livestock feed yard.

21.06.760 - Lot.

21.06.770 - Lot, key.

21.06.775 - [Reserved.]

21.06.780 - Mobile home.

21.06.790 - Mobilehome, former.

21.06.800 - Mobilehome park.

21.06.810 - Motel.

21.06.820 - Nuisance.

21.06.830 - One ownership.

21.06.840 - Open space.

21.06.850 - Outdoor advertising structure.

21.06.860 - Overspeed control.

21.06.865 - Person.

21.06.870 - Pets.

21.06.875 - Planned unit development.

21.06.880 - Poultry farm.

21.06.890 - Professional office.

21.06.900 - Public utility.

21.06.910 - Public utility facilities.

21.06.920 - Rare and endangered species.

21.06.925 - Reasonable accommodation.

21.06.930 - Recreational vehicle.

21.06.932 - Residential care facility, large.

21.06.933 - Residential care facility, small.

21.06.935 - Residential district.

21.06.940 - Rest home.

21.06.950 - Ridgeline development.

21.06.960 - Right-of-way.

21.06.970 - Riparian habitat.

21.06.980 - Riparian woodland.

21.06.987 - Rooming or boarding.

21.06.990 - Roominghouse or boardinghouse.

21.06.1000 - Repealed.

21.06.1005 - Service center.

21.06.1010 - Service connection.

21.06.1020 - Setback.

21.06.1030 - Setback, front.

21.06.1040 - Setback line.

21.06.1050 - Setback, rear.

21.06.1060 - Setback, side.

21.06.1070 - Sign.

21.06.1080 - Sign, appurtenant.

21.06.1090 - Sign, directional and informational.

21.06.1100 - Sign, directory.

21.06.1110 - Sign, outdoor advertising.

21.06.1115 - Single room occupancy (SRO) facility.

21.06.1120 - Small livestock farming.

21.06.1130 - Slope.

21.06.1140 - Sphere of influence.

21.06.1150 - Start of construction.

21.06.1160 - State Scenic Highway.

21.06.1170 - Story.

21.06.1180 - Street, private.

21.06.1190 - Street, public.

21.06.1200 - Structural connection.

21.06.1210 - Structural wall.

21.06.1220 - Structure.

21.06.1230 - Structure, accessory.

21.06.1240 - Structure, attached.

21.06.1250 - Structure, detached.

21.06.1260 - Structure, legal nonconforming.

21.06.1270 - Structure, main.

21.06.1275 - Substantial adverse visual impact.

21.06.1276 - Supportive housing.

21.06.1278 - Target population.

21.06.1280 - Timeshare project.

21.06.1290 - Timeshare estate.

21.06.1300 - Timeshare use.

21.06.1307 - Transient.

21.06.1310 - Transient occupancy.

21.06.1315 - Transitional housing and transitional housing development.

21.06.1320 - Use.

21.06.1330 - Use, accessory.

21.06.1340 - Use, legal nonconforming.

21.06.1345 - Vertical Mix.

21.06.1350 - Wetlands.

21.06.1360 - Wild animal.

21.06.1370 - Wind energy conversion systems, commercial.

21.06.1380 - Wind energy conversion systems, noncommercial.

21.06.1390 - Wind energy conversion system, total height.

21.06.1400 - Winery.

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