21.04 — DEFINITIONS
Monterey Park Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Monterey Park
§ 21.04.005. Generally.¶
§ 21.04.007. Abandoned.¶
§ 21.04.010. Abut, Adjoining or Contiguous.¶
§ 21.04.015. Access.¶
§ 21.04.018. Accessory Building or Structure.¶
§ 21.04.019. Accessory Dwelling Unit.¶
§ 21.04.020. Accessory Wireless Equipment.¶
§ 21.04.022. Acreage, Gross.¶
§ 21.04.025. Acreage, Net.¶
§ 21.04.027. Activity.¶
§ 21.04.030. Addition.¶
§ 21.04.033. Adjacent.¶
§ 21.04.035. Administrative Committee.¶
§ 21.04.036. Adult Bookstore.¶
§ 21.04.037. Adult Care Facility.¶
§ 21.04.039. Advertising Device.¶
§ 21.04.043. Affordable Housing.¶
§ 21.04.045. Alcoholic Beverage Control License.¶
§ 21.04.047. Alcoholism Hospital.¶
§ 21.04.049. Alley.¶
§ 21.04.051. Alter or Alteration.¶
§ 21.04.053. Alternative Health Care Provider.¶
§ 21.04.055. Alternative Transportation.¶
§ 21.04.057. Ambulance Service.¶
§ 21.04.059. Amenity.¶
§ 21.04.062. Amusement Arcade.¶
§ 21.04.065. Amusement Device.¶
§ 21.04.067. Animal Hospital.¶
§ 21.04.068. Animal Sales and Services.¶
§ 21.04.070. Animal Shelter.¶
§ 21.04.072. Antenna.¶
§ 21.04.073. Antenna Array.¶
§ 21.04.074. Antenna Classes.¶
§ 21.04.075. Antenna Support.¶
§ 21.04.079. Appeal.¶
§ 21.04.081. Applicant.¶
§ 21.04.083. Approval.¶
§ 21.04.085. Arbor.¶
§ 21.04.087. Architectural Feature.¶
§ 21.04.089. Architectural Projection.¶
§ 21.04.091. Area, Bar.¶
§ 21.04.093. Area, Dining.¶
§ 21.04.095. Area, Seating.¶
§ 21.04.097. Assembly Hall.¶
§ 21.04.099. Assessor.¶
§ 21.04.101. Assisted Housing.¶
§ 21.04.103. Attendant Parking.¶
§ 21.04.105. Athletic Court Facilities.¶
§ 21.04.107. Attic.¶
§ 21.04.109. Authorized Agent, Owner's.¶
§ 21.04.111. Auto Sales.¶
§ 21.04.113. Automated Teller Machine (ATM).¶
§ 21.04.117. Automobile Detailing.¶
§ 21.04.118. Automobile Dismantling Yard.¶
§ 21.04.119. Automobile Repair.¶
§ 21.04.121. Automobile Salvage/Wrecking.¶
§ 21.04.123. Awning.¶
§ 21.04.125. Bank.¶
§ 21.04.127. Bar, Tavern or Cocktail Lounge.¶
§ 21.04.130. Bar with Live Entertainment.¶
§ 21.04.132. Basement.¶
§ 21.04.135. Bedroom.¶
§ 21.04.137. Berm.¶
§ 21.04.139. Bikeway.¶
§ 21.04.141. Billiard Parlor.¶
§ 21.04.143. Birds.¶
§ 21.04.145. Block.¶
§ 21.04.147. Boarding House or Rooming House.¶
§ 21.04.149. Boat.¶
§ 21.04.151. Boat Trailer.¶
§ 21.04.153. Body Branding.¶
§ 21.04.155. Body Piercing.¶
§ 21.04.156. Body Scarring.¶
§ 21.04.157. Buffer Area.¶
§ 21.04.159. Building.¶
§ 21.04.160. Building Code.¶
§ 21.04.161. Building Footprint.¶
§ 21.04.163. Building Frontage.¶
§ 21.04.165. Building Height Measurement.¶
§ 21.04.166. Building Length.¶
§ 21.04.167. Building Line.¶
§ 21.04.169. Building, Main.¶
§ 21.04.171. Building Official.¶
§ 21.04.173. Building Pad.¶
§ 21.04.175. Building, Principal.¶
§ 21.04.177. Building Site.¶
§ 21.04.179. Building Setback Area.¶
§ 21.04.181. Buspool.¶
§ 21.04.183. Café.¶
§ 21.04.184. Camouflage Design Techniques.¶
§ 21.04.185. Carnival.¶
§ 21.04.187. Carpool.¶
§ 21.04.189. Carport.¶
§ 21.04.191. Car Wash.¶
§ 21.04.193. Catering Service.¶
§ 21.04.195. CC&R.¶
§ 21.04.197. Cellar.¶
§ 21.04.198. Cell Site.¶
§ 21.04.199. Cellular.¶
§ 21.04.201. Cemetery.¶
§ 21.04.203. Centerline.¶
§ 21.04.205. Charitable Institution.¶
§ 21.04.206. Check Cashing Facility.¶
§ 21.04.207. Child Day Care Facility.¶
§ 21.04.209. Church.¶
§ 21.04.211. City.¶
§ 21.04.212. City Engineer.¶
§ 21.04.213. Clerk.¶
§ 21.04.215. Clinic.¶
§ 21.04.217. Club, Private or Club House.¶
§ 21.04.219. Cluster Development.¶
§ 21.04.222. Collection Facility.¶
§ 21.04.225. Co-location.¶
§ 21.04.229. Commercial Development(s).¶
§ 21.04.231. Commercial Entertainment.¶
§ 21.04.233. Commercial Recreation—Indoor.¶
§ 21.04.235. Commercial Recreation—Outdoor.¶
§ 21.04.237. Commercial Uses.¶
§ 21.04.239. Commission.¶
§ 21.04.241. Common Area.¶
§ 21.04.243. Common Facility.¶
§ 21.04.245. Communal Housing.¶
§ 21.04.247. Communications Equipment Buildings.¶
§ 21.04.249. Communications Facility(ies).¶
§ 21.04.251. Community Care Facility.¶
§ 21.04.253. Community Center.¶
§ 21.04.255. Community Development Department.¶
§ 21.04.257. Community Facility(ies).¶
§ 21.04.259. Compost.¶
§ 21.04.261. Composting Facility.¶
§ 21.04.263. Computer Assembly.¶
§ 21.04.265. Computer Design.¶
§ 21.04.267. Conditionally Allowed.¶
§ 21.04.271. Condominium.¶
§ 21.04.273. Conference/Convention Facility.¶
§ 21.04.275. Congregate Care Facility.¶
§ 21.04.277. Convalescent Facility.¶
§ 21.04.279. Copy Center.¶
§ 21.04.281. Council.¶
§ 21.04.283. County.¶
§ 21.04.285. Court.¶
§ 21.04.287. Coverage, Lot or Site.¶
§ 21.04.289. Cultural Institution.¶
§ 21.04.291. Cultural Resource.¶
§ 21.04.299. Day/Health Spa.¶
§ 21.04.301. Day Treatment Hospital.¶
§ 21.04.303. Defensible Space.¶
§ 21.04.305. Demolition.¶
§ 21.04.307. Density.¶
§ 21.04.309. Density Bonus.¶
§ 21.04.311. Density Bonus Units.¶
§ 21.04.313. Design.¶
§ 21.04.315. (Reserved)¶
§ 21.04.317. Developer.¶
§ 21.04.319. Development.¶
§ 21.04.321. Development Agreement.¶
§ 21.04.323. Development Standard.¶
§ 21.04.324. Disabled Person.¶
§ 21.04.325. Disabled Vehicle.¶
§ 21.04.327. Dismantle.¶
§ 21.04.329. Discretionary Approval.¶
§ 21.04.336. Drive-Through Business.¶
§ 21.04.339. Driveway.¶
§ 21.04.343. Drought Tolerant Plant Material.¶
§ 21.04.344. Dry Cleaning or Laundry Establishment.¶
§ 21.04.345. Dry Cleaning or Laundry Plant.¶
§ 21.04.346. Dump, Inert Solid.¶
§ 21.04.347. Dump, Rubbish and Refuse.¶
§ 21.04.349. Dwelling, Multi-Family.¶
§ 21.04.351. Dwelling, Single-Family.¶
§ 21.04.353. Dwelling Unit.¶
§ 21.04.355. Easement.¶
§ 21.04.357. Eave.¶
§ 21.04.359. Educational Institution.¶
§ 21.04.361. Electrical Distribution Substation.¶
§ 21.04.363. Electrical Transmission Substation.¶
§ 21.04.365. Elevation.¶
§ 21.04.367. (Reserved)¶
§ 21.04.369. Employee Parking Area.¶
§ 21.04.371. Employer-Sponsored Child Care Center.¶
§ 21.04.373. Enclosed.¶
§ 21.04.377. Entertainment.¶
§ 21.04.379. Environmental.¶
§ 21.04.381. Expansion.¶
§ 21.04.382. Extended Lodging Facility.¶
§ 21.04.383. Façade.¶
§ 21.04.384. Façade Mounted Antenna.¶
§ 21.04.386. Fair Housing Law.¶
§ 21.04.387. Family Day Care Home.¶
§ 21.04.389. Financial Uses.¶
§ 21.04.391. Fitness Center.¶
§ 21.04.393. Floor Area.¶
§ 21.04.395. Floor Area, Gross.¶
§ 21.04.397. Floor Area, Net.¶
§ 21.04.399. Floor Area Ratio (FAR).¶
§ 21.04.403. Frontage, Street.¶
§ 21.04.405. Fundraising Event.¶
§ 21.04.407. Game Arcade.¶
§ 21.04.409. Garage, Private.¶
§ 21.04.411. Garage, Public Parking.¶
§ 21.04.413. Garage, Repair.¶
§ 21.04.417. Garage, Storage.¶
§ 21.04.421. Gated Communities.¶
§ 21.04.423. Gate, Controlled Access.¶
§ 21.04.425. Gate, Security.¶
§ 21.04.429. Golf Course.¶
§ 21.04.433. Gender.¶
§ 21.04.435. General Plan.¶
§ 21.04.437. Government or Public Facility.¶
§ 21.04.439. Grade.¶
§ 21.04.441. Gradient.¶
§ 21.04.442. Green Roof or Living Roof.¶
§ 21.04.443. Grocery Store.¶
§ 21.04.444. Gross Acreage.¶
§ 21.04.445. Ground Floor.¶
§ 21.04.447. Group Home.¶
§ 21.04.449. Guest Room.¶
§ 21.04.451. Guest Parking.¶
§ 21.04.452. Gunsmith or Armorer.¶
§ 21.04.453. Guyed Tower.¶
§ 21.04.454. Habitable Floor.¶
§ 21.04.455. Habitable Room or Space.¶
§ 21.04.456. Handicapped.¶
§ 21.04.457. Hardscape.¶
§ 21.04.459. Hazardous Waste.¶
§ 21.04.461. Height.¶
§ 21.04.465. Highway.¶
§ 21.04.466. High Visibility.¶
§ 21.04.473. Home Occupation.¶
§ 21.04.475. Homeowner's Association.¶
§ 21.04.476. Homeless Person.¶
§ 21.04.479. Hospital.¶
§ 21.04.481. Hotel.¶
§ 21.04.483. Household.¶
§ 21.04.485. Household Pets.¶
§ 21.04.487. Illumination, Direct.¶
§ 21.04.489. Illumination, Indirect.¶
§ 21.04.491. Inclusionary Requirement.¶
§ 21.04.492. Individual with a Disability.¶
§ 21.04.493. Infant.¶
§ 21.04.495. Infrastructure.¶
§ 21.04.497. Improvement.¶
§ 21.04.499. Incentive or Concession.¶
§ 21.04.501. Intensification of Use.¶
§ 21.04.503. Internet Arcade.¶
§ 21.04.505. Kennel.¶
§ 21.04.507. Key Nodes.¶
§ 21.04.508. Key Tenant.¶
§ 21.04.509. Kitchen.¶
§ 21.04.510. Laboratory, Dry.¶
§ 21.04.511. Laboratory, Wet.¶
§ 21.04.512. Land Use Plan.¶
§ 21.04.517. Landscaped Area.¶
§ 21.04.519. Landscaping.¶
§ 21.04.521. Landscaping Plan.¶
§ 21.04.522. Lattice Tower.¶
§ 21.04.523. Laundromat.¶
§ 21.04.524. Lease Line.¶
§ 21.04.525. Linear Foot.¶
§ 21.04.527. Live/Work Unit(s).¶
§ 21.04.529. Loading Space.¶
§ 21.04.531. Logo.¶
§ 21.04.533. Long-Term Facility.¶
§ 21.04.535. Lot or Parcel of Land.¶
§ 21.04.537. Lot Area.¶
§ 21.04.539. Lot Depth.¶
§ 21.04.541. Lot Line or Property Line.¶
§ 21.04.543. Lot Width.¶
§ 21.04.544. Low Visibility.¶
§ 21.04.545. Low Water Flow Irrigation.¶
§ 21.04.546. Major Development.¶
§ 21.04.547. Manufactured Home.¶
§ 21.04.549. Manufacturing, Heavy.¶
§ 21.04.551. Manufacturing, Light.¶
§ 21.04.553. Map.¶
§ 21.04.555. Mapped Street.¶
§ 21.04.559. Map Act.¶
§ 21.04.561. Massage.¶
§ 21.04.563. Massage Establishment.¶
§ 21.04.565. May.¶
§ 21.04.567. Mechanical Equipment.¶
§ 21.04.569. Medical and/or Dental Clinic.¶
§ 21.04.573. Merger.¶
§ 21.04.574. Minor Modification.¶
§ 21.04.575. Mixed-Use Development(s).¶
§ 21.04.577. Mixed-Use Facility.¶
§ 21.04.579. Mobile Home.¶
§ 21.04.581. Model Home Sales Complex.¶
§ 21.04.582. Monopalm.¶
§ 21.04.583. Monopine.¶
§ 21.04.584. Monopole.¶
§ 21.04.585. Monorock.¶
§ 21.04.586. Monoshrub.¶
§ 21.04.587. Motel.¶
§ 21.04.588. Motor Vehicle.¶
§ 21.04.589. Mulch.¶
§ 21.04.591. Multi-Phase Development.¶
§ 21.04.593. Multi-Tenant.¶
§ 21.04.597. Nonconforming Building or Structure.¶
§ 21.04.599. Nonconforming Land.¶
§ 21.04.601. Nonconforming Use.¶
§ 21.04.603. Non-Profit Organization.¶
§ 21.04.605. Notice.¶
§ 21.04.607. Notice of Appeal.¶
§ 21.04.609. Notice, Written.¶
§ 21.04.611. Nursery, Retail.¶
§ 21.04.615. Nursing and Convalescent Hospitals.¶
§ 21.04.617. Oath.¶
§ 21.04.619. Off-Sale Alcoholic Beverage Establishment.¶
§ 21.04.621. Office.¶
§ 21.04.623. Office, Administrative.¶
§ 21.04.627. Office, Headquarters.¶
§ 21.04.629. Office, Medical.¶
§ 21.04.630. Office of Permit Assistance (OPA).¶
§ 21.04.631. Office of Planning and Research (OPR).¶
§ 21.04.633. Office, Professional.¶
§ 21.04.634. Office, Service.¶
§ 21.04.635. On-Sale Alcoholic Beverage Establishment.¶
§ 21.04.637. On-Sale Alcoholic Beverage Establishment—Wine Tasting.¶
§ 21.04.639. Open Space, Common.¶
§ 21.04.641. Open Space, Private.¶
§ 21.04.643. Open Space, Useable.¶
§ 21.04.645. Outdoor Dining/Seating.¶
§ 21.04.646. Outdoor Structure/Facilities.¶
§ 21.04.647. Overlay Zone/District.¶
§ 21.04.649. Owner.¶
§ 21.04.651. Parapet.¶
§ 21.04.653. Parcel.¶
§ 21.04.655. Parcel Map, Tentative.¶
§ 21.04.657. Parcel Map, Vesting.¶
§ 21.04.661. Parking.¶
§ 21.04.663. Parking Area, Private.¶
§ 21.04.665. Parking Area, Public.¶
§ 21.04.667. Parking Space, Off-Street.¶
§ 21.04.669. Parking Space, Tandem.¶
§ 21.04.671. Parking Structure.¶
§ 21.04.673. Parkway.¶
§ 21.04.675. Patio, Enclosed.¶
§ 21.04.677. Pedestrian Realm.¶
§ 21.04.679. Permitted Healthcare Resident.¶
§ 21.04.681. Permitted Use.¶
§ 21.04.683. Person.¶
§ 21.04.685. Planner, City.¶
§ 21.04.687. Planning Commission.¶
§ 21.04.689. Plot Plan.¶
§ 21.04.691. Plural.¶
§ 21.04.693. Podium Level.¶
§ 21.04.695. Police Department.¶
§ 21.04.697. Portable Canopy.¶
§ 21.04.699. Precise Plan.¶
§ 21.04.700. Preferred Location.¶
§ 21.04.701. Preferential Parking.¶
§ 21.04.703. Processing.¶
§ 21.04.709. Promotional Event.¶
§ 21.04.711. Promotional Sale.¶
§ 21.04.715. Psychiatric Hospital.¶
§ 21.04.717. Public Park.¶
§ 21.04.719. Public Storage (Mini-Storage).¶
§ 21.04.721. Public Utility Service Yard.¶
§ 21.04.723. Public Utility Structure.¶
§ 21.04.724. Qualified Permanent Resident.¶
§ 21.04.725. Quarry.¶
§ 21.04.726. Radio Frequency.¶
§ 21.04.727. Reasonable Accommodation.¶
§ 21.04.728. Record.¶
§ 21.04.729. Recreational Vehicle.¶
§ 21.04.731. Recycling Center.¶
§ 21.04.733. Refuse Collection Service Yard.¶
§ 21.04.735. Rehabilitation Facility.¶
§ 21.04.737. Religious Institution.¶
§ 21.04.739. Repair.¶
§ 21.04.741. Research and Development.¶
§ 21.04.743. Residential Care Facility.¶
§ 21.04.747. Restaurant.¶
§ 21.04.749. Restaurant, Fast Food.¶
§ 21.04.751. Restoration.¶
§ 21.04.753. Resurface.¶
§ 21.04.754. Retail Eating Establishment.¶
§ 21.04.756. Retail, General Uses.¶
§ 21.04.757. Reverse Vending Machine (RVM).¶
§ 21.04.759. Right-of-Way.¶
§ 21.04.761. Roof.¶
§ 21.04.762. Roof-Mounted Antenna.¶
§ 21.04.763. School.¶
§ 21.04.765. School, Commercial.¶
§ 21.04.767. School, Private.¶
§ 21.04.769. School, Public.¶
§ 21.04.771. School, Vocational.¶
§ 21.04.773. Screening.¶
§ 21.04.777. Secretary.¶
§ 21.04.779. Senior or Senior Citizen.¶
§ 21.04.781. Senior Citizen Housing Development.¶
§ 21.04.782. Service Network.¶
§ 21.04.783. Service Station.¶
§ 21.04.785. Service Uses.¶
§ 21.04.787. Setback.¶
§ 21.04.791. Shared Parking.¶
§ 21.04.793. Shopping Center.¶
§ 21.04.795. Sidewalk.¶
§ 21.04.797. Sign.¶
§ 21.04.799. Single-Family Residence.¶
§ 21.04.801. Single Room Occupancy (SRO).¶
§ 21.04.803. Singular.¶
§ 21.04.805. Site.¶
§ 21.04.807. Site Plan.¶
§ 21.04.809. Slope.¶
§ 21.04.812. Sober Living Facility.¶
§ 21.04.815. Solar Collector.¶
§ 21.04.817. Solar Energy System.¶
§ 21.04.819. Solid Fence.¶
§ 21.04.821. Solid (Inert) Fill.¶
§ 21.04.823. Solid Fill Project.¶
§ 21.04.825. South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).¶
§ 21.04.829. Special Study, Parking.¶
§ 21.04.831. Specific Plan.¶
§ 21.04.833. State.¶
§ 21.04.835. Store.¶
§ 21.04.837. Story.¶
§ 21.04.839. Street.¶
§ 21.04.841. Streetscape.¶
§ 21.04.845. Structure.¶
§ 21.04.847. Subdivision.¶
§ 21.04.849. Subdivision, Tract.¶
§ 21.04.851. Substantially Enlarge.¶
§ 21.04.853. Supermarket.¶
§ 21.04.857. Swap Meet.¶
§ 21.04.858. Tattoo/Tattooing.¶
§ 21.04.859. Tattoo/Body Piercing Studio.¶
§ 21.04.860. Telecommunications.¶
§ 21.04.861. Telecommunications Tower.¶
§ 21.04.862. Temporary Antenna.¶
§ 21.04.863. Temporary Emergency Use Antenna.¶
§ 21.04.864. Temporary Event.¶
§ 21.04.865. Temporary Structure.¶
§ 21.04.866. Temporary Use.¶
§ 21.04.867. Tenant.¶
§ 21.04.869. Tenses.¶
§ 21.04.871. Terracing.¶
§ 21.04.873. Topography.¶
§ 21.04.875. Tot Lot.¶
§ 21.04.877. Townhouse.¶
§ 21.04.879. Toxic.¶
§ 21.04.881. Tract.¶
§ 21.04.883. Trade School.¶
§ 21.04.887. Trailer or Mobile Home Park.¶
§ 21.04.889. Trailer or Mobile Home Site.¶
§ 21.04.891. Transfer Station.¶
§ 21.04.893. Transitional Area.¶
§ 21.04.897. Transportation Demand Management (TDM).¶
§ 21.04.899. Trip Reduction.¶
§ 21.04.901. Truck, Trailer and Equipment Rental Yard.¶
§ 21.04.903. Unit, Commercial.¶
§ 21.04.905. Use.¶
§ 21.04.907. Use, Accessory.¶
§ 21.04.909. Use, Principal.¶
§ 21.04.911. Utility Building and Facility.¶
§ 21.04.913. Vanpool.¶
§ 21.04.915. Variance.¶
§ 21.04.919. Vehicle.¶
§ 21.04.921. Veterinary Services, Domestic.¶
§ 21.04.923. Warehouse.¶
§ 21.04.925. Warehouse and Sales Outlet.¶
§ 21.04.926. Whip Antenna.¶
§ 21.04.927. Wholesale Uses.¶
§ 21.04.931. Window, Primary.¶
§ 21.04.933. Window, Secondary.¶
§ 21.04.935. Wine Tasting.¶
§ 21.04.937. Wireless Communications Facility.¶
§ 21.04.938. Wireless Telecommunications Facility Right-of-Way Setback.¶
§ 21.04.939. Writing.¶
§ 21.04.940. Yard.¶
§ 21.04.941. Yard, Front.¶
§ 21.04.943. Yard, Rear.¶
§ 21.04.945. Yard Sale.¶
§ 21.04.947. Yard, Side.¶
§ 21.04.951. Zone, Commercial.¶
§ 21.04.953. Zoning Map.¶
§ 21.04.955. Zone, R.¶
Get a plain-English answer with a citation back to this text.
Ask AI about this code