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Title 18 — ZONING

Chapter 18.08 — DEFINITIONS

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

18.08.010 - Definitions—Generally.

18.08.015 - Accessory dwelling unit.

18.08.020 - Accessory use.

18.08.030 - Administrator.

18.08.040 - Agriculture.

18.08.050 - Airport.

18.08.055 - Antenna.

18.08.056 - Antenna—Building mounted.

18.08.057 - Antenna—Ground mounted.

18.08.060 - Approved site area.

18.08.070 - Attached structure.

18.08.080 - Bed and breakfast establishments.

18.08.090 - Bedroom.

18.08.100 - Block.

18.08.110 - Board.

18.08.113 - Building frontage.

18.08.115 - Business front.

18.08.118 - Campground.

18.08.120 - Cardroom.

18.08.130 - Child day care center.

18.08.140 - Christmas tree farm.

18.08.150 - Cluster development.

18.08.160 - Combination zoning district.

18.08.170 - Commercial use.

18.08.180 - Commission.

18.08.182 - Compost.

18.08.183 - Composting.

18.08.184 - Composting facility.

18.08.190 - Corner lot.

18.08.195 - Cottage food operation.

18.08.200 - County.

18.08.210 - Day or days.

18.08.220 - Department.

18.08.230 - Development plan.

18.08.240 - Directional sign.

18.08.250 - Director.

18.08.260 - Dwelling unit.

18.08.265 - Entry structure.

18.08.270 - Environmentally sensitive area.

18.08.280 - Family.

18.08.290 - Family day care home.

18.08.293 - Farmworker center.

18.08.294 - Farmworker housing.

18.08.297 - Fence.

18.08.300 - Guest cottage.

18.08.310 - Home occupation.

18.08.318 - Hunting club.

18.08.320 - Industrial subdivision identification sign.

18.08.325 - Inhabited area.

18.08.330 - Industry.

18.08.332 - Junior accessory dwelling unit.

18.08.335 - Kitchen.

18.08.340 - Legal lot.

18.08.350 - Living area.

18.08.353 - Low barrier navigation center.

18.08.355 - Major skyline.

18.08.360 - Manufactured home.

18.08.370 - Marketing of wine.

18.08.375 - Maximum credible earthquake.

18.08.377 - Micro-winery.

18.08.378 - Minor antenna.

18.08.380 - Multiple-family dwelling unit.

18.08.385 - NIER.

18.08.390 - Noncommercial wind energy conversion system.

18.08.400 - Nonconforming sign.

18.08.410 - Off-site sign.

18.08.420 - On-site sign.

18.08.428 - Parks and rural recreation uses and facilities.

18.08.430 - Permittee.

18.08.440 - Political sign.

18.08.450 - Principal zoning district.

18.08.460 - Personal use airport and heliport.

18.08.470 - Private school.

18.08.480 - Public kennels.

18.08.490 - Public stable.

18.08.494 - Quasi-private recreation uses and facilities.

18.08.497 - Quasi-public use.

18.08.498 - Readily visible.

18.08.500 - Recreation vehicle.

18.08.510 - Recreation vehicle park.

18.08.520 - Recreation vehicle site.

18.08.522 - Recycling facility.

18.08.530 - Rent or rental fee.

18.08.540 - Residential care facility.

18.08.546 - Sanitary landfill.

18.08.547 - Satellite earth station.

18.08.547.1 - Satellite dish.

18.08.548 - Seasonal farmworker center.

18.08.550 - (Reserved).

18.08.551 - Reserved.

18.08.560 - Sign.

18.08.570 - Sign area.

18.08.571 - Sign, awning.

18.08.573 - Sign, freestanding.

18.08.574 - Sign, monument.

18.08.576 - Sign structure.

18.08.578 - Sign, wall.

18.08.579 - Sign, window.

18.08.580 - Single-family dwelling unit.

18.08.590 - Single parcel.

18.08.591 - Single room occupancy unit.

18.08.600 - Small winery.

18.08.601 - Solid waste transfer station.

18.08.602 - Supportive housing.

18.08.603 - Supportive housing, permanent.

18.08.604 - Telecommunication facility.

18.08.605 - Telecommunication facility—Co-located.

18.08.606 - Telecommunication facility—Commercial.

18.08.607 - Telecommunication facility—Multiple user.

18.08.608 - Telecommunication facility—Non-commercial.

18.08.609 - Telecommunication tower.

18.08.610 - Tourist and excursion transportation facilities.

18.08.620 - Tours and tastings.

18.08.624 - Transitional housing.

18.08.628 - Urbanizing.

18.08.630 - Useful life span.

18.08.638 - Wildlife rescue center.

18.08.640 - Winery.

18.08.650 - Yards.

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