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Title 17 — ZONING

§ 17.04

Orange Cove Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-08 · Orange Cove

17.04.020 - Abut.

"Abut" means two adjoining parcels of property, with a common property line, are herein considered as one parcel abutting the other, except where two or more lots adjoin only at a corner or corners, they shall not be considered as abutting unless the common property line between the two parcels measures not less than eight feet in a single direction.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(1))

17.04.030 - Access or access way.

"Access" or "access way" means the place, means, or way by which pedestrians and vehicles shall have safe, adequate and usable ingress and egress to a property or use as required by this zoning title.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A) (2))

17.04.040 - Accessory building.

"Accessory building" means a building or structure which is subordinate to, and the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the main building, structure, or use on the same lot. Except in the case of garden structures, if an accessory building is attached to the main building by a common wall or a connecting roof, such accessory building shall be deemed to be a part of the main building.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(3))

17.04.050 - Accessory living quarters.

"Accessory living quarters" mean living quarters within an accessory building located on the same premises with the main building, for use by temporary guests of the occupant of the premises, such quarters having no kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling unit.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(4))

17.04.060 - Accessory use.

"Accessory use" means a use incidental, related, appropriate, and clearly subordinate to the main use of the lot or building, which accessory use does not alter the principal use of the subject lot.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(5))

17.04.070 - Acre.

"Acre" means a full acre containing 43,560 square feet of area within property lines of a lot or parcel.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(6))

17.04.080 - Adjacent.

"Adjacent" means near, close, or abutting; for example, an industrial district across the street or highway from a residential district shall be considered as adjacent.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3)(A)(7))

17.04.090 - Advertising structure.

"Advertising structure" means any notice or advertisement, pictorial or otherwise, and all such structures used as an outdoor display, regardless of size and shape, for the purposes of making anything known, the origin or place of sale of which is not on the property with such advertising structure.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(8))

17.04.100 - Alley.

"Alley" means any dedicated alley intended for vehicular service to the rear or side of property served by a street. Buildings facing an alley shall not be construed as satisfying the requirements of this title related to frontage on a dedicated street.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(9))

17.04.110 - Alter.

"Alter" means to make any change in the supporting or load-bearing members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, or floor joists, which will prolong the life of the structure.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(10)

17.04.120 - Amendment.

"Amendment" means a change in the wording, context, or substance of this title, an addition or deletion or a change in the zone district boundaries or classifications upon the zoning map.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(11))

17.04.130 - Apartment hotel.

"Apartment hotel" means a multiple dwelling which, in addition to dwelling units has one or more guest rooms.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(12))

17.04.140 - Assessor.

"Assessor" means the county assessor of the county.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.A)

17.04.150 - Auto accessory parts (new) retail sales.

"Auto accessory parts (new) retail sales" shall include the sale of differential and transmission assemblies, engine blocks or heads and similar hard parts, radiators, and tires and wheels, and tail pipes and mufflers. There shall be no machine work or repairs or installation of merchandise permitted on the premises, nor shall there be a service garage or automobile service of any kind.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(13))

17.04.160 - Automobile wrecking yard.

"Automobile wrecking yard" means a site or portions of a site on which the dismantling or wrecking of used vehicles or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts is conducted. The presence on a site of three or more motor vehicles which have not been capable of operating normally for thirty days or more shall constitute prima facie evidence of a motor vehicle wrecking yard.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(14))

17.04.170 - Automobile service station.

"Automobile service station" means an occupancy which provides for the servicing of motor vehicles and operations incidental thereto limited to:

A.

Retail sale of gasoline, oil, tires, batteries and new accessories;

B.

Automobile washing, not including mechanical car wash or steam cleaning;

C.

Incidental waxing and polishing;

D.

Tire changing and repairing (but not including recapping);

E.

Battery service, charging and replacement but not including repair or rebuilding;

F.

Radiator cleaning and flushing, but not including repair or steam cleaning;

G.

Installation of minor accessories;

H.

The following aspirations if conducted wholly within an enclosed building:

1.

Lubrication of motor vehicles,

2.

Brake adjustment, replacement of brake cylinders and brake fluid lines,.

3.

The testing, adjustment and replacement of carburetors, coils, condensers, distributor caps, fan belts, generators, points, rotors, spark plugs, voltage regulators, fuel pumps, water hoses, or wheel balancing.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(A)(15))

17.04.180 - Bakery, retail.

"Retail bakery" means establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of bakery products such as bread, cakes, and pies and which produce some or all of the products on the premises.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(1))

17.04.190 - Basement.

"Basement" means a space wholly or partly underground, and having more than one-half of its height, measuring from its floor to its ceiling, below the average adjoining finished grade; if the finished floor level directly above a basement is more than six feet above finished grade at any point, such space shall be considered a story.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3 (B)(2))

17.04.200 - Bicycle shop.

"Bicycle shop" means a business devoted to retail sales, service, or repair of bicycles which are not powered by any type of mechanical device.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B) (3))

17.04.210 - Billboard.

"Billboard" means the same as an "advertising structure."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(4))

17.04.220 - Block.

"Block" means properties abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided land, or watercourse.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(5))

17.04.230 - Boarding or rooming house.

"Boarding" or "rooming house" means a building where lodging and meals are provided for compensation for more than five but not more than fifteen persons, not including rest homes.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(6))

17.04.240 - Breezeway.

"Breezeway" means a roofed passageway, open on at least two sides where the roof is structurally integrated with the structure of the main building. A fence or wall not exceeding six feet in height may be permitted on one side of said breezeway.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(7))

17.04.250 - Building.

"Building" means a permanently located structure, having a roof, for the housing or enclosure of persons, chattels, or property of any kind. House trailers and other vehicles, even though permanently immobilized, shall not be deemed to be buildings. The word "building" includes the word "structure."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code §§ 11-1-111.2.B, 11-1-111.3(B)(8))

17.04.260 - Building, area of.

"Area of building" means the sum in square feet of the ground areas occupied by all buildings and structures on a lot.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(9))

17.04.270 - Building, height of.

"Height of building" means the vertical distance measured from the adjoining curb level to the highest point of the structure, exclusive of chimneys and ventilators; provided, however, that where buildings are set back from the street line, the height shall be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(10))

17.04.280 - Building, main.

"Main building" means a building within which is conducted the principal use permitted on the lot or site as provided by this title.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(11))

17.04.290 - Building, setback line.

"Building setback line" means the minimum distance as prescribed by ordinance between any property line and the closest point of the foundation of any building or structure related thereto.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(12))

17.04.300 - Business.

"Business" means the same as "commerce."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(B)(13))

17.04.310 - Caretaker's residence.

"Caretaker's residence" means a single-family residence on the same property with, or an abutting property owned by the owner of, a commercial or manufacturing use which residence is occupied by one or more persons charged with care or protection of facilities used in such commercial or manufacturing use, and which residence is provided to the occupant as compensation for such services and for which he does not pay money or other thing of value other than his services.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(1))

17.04.320 - Carnival.

"Carnival" means a group or two or more devices or acts subject to council approval, operated or conducted for five days or less from time of set up and, in conjunction with an established business for the purpose of attracting the public or to advertise a product, idea, or program.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(2))

17.04.330 - Carport.

"Carport" means an accessory structure or portion of a main structure open on two or more sides, designed for the storage of motor vehicles, without full enclosure.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(3))

17.04.340 - Car wash, self service.

"Self service car wash" means any occupancy which provides for automobile washing to be done by the customer. There shall be no employees other than servicemen who check and maintain equipment and supervise the use of the facility. Equipment shall be limited to a water softener, water heater, soap mixing tank, low pressure vacuum units, and one, one horsepower electric motor and pump for each stall or similar equipment which shall produce only a low volume of sound.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(4))

17.04.350 - Cemetery.

"Cemetery" means land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead, and dedicated for such purposes, including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of such premises.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(5))

17.04.360 - Center line.

"Center line" shall have the same meaning as "street center line."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(6))

17.04.370 - Church.

"Church" means a permanently located building commonly used for religious worship fully enclosed with walls (including windows and doors) and having a roof (canvas or fabric excluded) and conforming to applicable legal requirements affecting design and construction.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(7A))

17.04.380 - Church, temporary.

"Temporary church" means a church service which is completely held in the out-of-doors, or in a temporary structure, for not more than five days, subject to council approval.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(7B))

17.04.390 - City.

"City" means the city of Orange Cove, California.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.C)

17.04.400 - Clinic.

"Clinic" means a place for the provision of group medical services, not involving overnight housing of patients.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(8))

17.04.410 - Club.

"Club" means an association of persons for some common nonprofit purposes, but not including groups organized primarily to render service which is customarily carried on as a business.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(9))

17.04.420 - College.

"College" means an educational institution offering advanced instruction in any academic field beyond the secondary level, but not including trade schools or business colleges.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(10))

17.04.430 - Commercial office.

"Commercial office" means any administrative or clerical office maintained as a business or any office established by a public service over which this ordinance has jurisdiction, other than a professional office.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(11))

17.04.435 - Commission.

"Commission" means the planning commission of the city of Orange Cove, California.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.D)

17.04.440 - Communications equipment building.

"Communications equipment building" mean a building housing electrical and mechanical equipment necessary for the conduct of a public communication business, with or without personnel.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(12))

17.04.450 - Contiguous.

"Contiguous" means the same as "abut."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(13))

17.04.460 - Convalescent home.

"Convalescent home" means the same as "rest home."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(14))

17.04.470 - Corner cutoff.

"Corner cutoff" means the provision for and maintenance of adequate and safe visibility for vehicular and pedestrian traffic at all intersections of streets, alleys, or private driveways.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(15))

17.04.480 - Council.

"Council" or "city council" means the city council of the city of Orange Cove, California.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.E)

17.04.490 - County.

"County" means the county of Fresno.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.F)

17.04.500 - County recorder.

"County recorder" means the county recorder of the county of Fresno.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.G)

17.04.510 - Coverage.

"Coverage" means the same as "lot coverage."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(16))

17.04.520 - Cul-de-sac lot.

See lot, cul-de-sac.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(17))

17.04.530 - Curve lot.

See lot, curve.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(C)(18))

17.04.540 - Dairy farm.

"Dairy farm" means any place or premises upon which milk is produced for sale or other distribution and where more than two cows or six goats are in location.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(1))

17.04.550 - Day.

"Day" means a calendar day.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(2))

17.04.560 - Day nursery.

"Day nursery" or "child care nursery" mean any group of buildings, building or portion thereof used primarily for the day time care of children with or without compensation.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(3))

17.04.570 - Directional signs.

"Directional signs" mean any sign which contains only the name, location of building, services and/or occupants that are not located on the parcel upon which the sign is located. The signs are separate from and are not to be construed as an advertising structure.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111 .3(D)(4))

17.04.580 - District.

"District" means a zoning district established by this zoning title.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(5))

17.04.590 - Drainage channel.

"Drainage channel" means any existing or proposed open ditch, open culvert or open channel, naturally created or designed to transmit water for flood control or irrigation purposes.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(6))

17.04.600 - Drugstore.

"Drugstore" means a retail store engaged in the sale of prescription drugs and patent medicines, carrying related items such as cosmetics and toiletries and such unrelated items as tobacco and novelty merchandise. Such as may also include a soda fountain or lunch counter.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(7))

17.04.610 - Dump.

"Dump" means a place used for the disposal, abandonment, or discarding of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, rubble, waste material, offal, or dead animals.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(8))

17.04.620 - Duplex.

"Duplex" means the same as "dwelling two-family."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(9))

17.04.630 - Dwelling.

"Dwelling" means a building or portion thereof designed exclusively for residential purposes, including onefamily and multiple dwellings, but not including hotels, apartment hotels, boarding and lodging houses fraternity and sorority houses, rest homes, nursing homes, or child care nurseries.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(10))

17.04.640 - Dwelling, one-family.

"One-family dwelling" means a detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by or occupied by one family for residential purposes.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(11))

17.04.650 - Dwelling, multifamily or multiple.

"Multifamily or multiple dwelling" means a building designed exclusively for occupancy by or occupied by two or more families living independently of each other, e.g. duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, or apartments.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(12))

17.04.660 - Dwelling, two-family.

"Two-family dwelling" means a building designed or used exclusively for the occupancy of two families living independently of each other and having separate kitchen and toilet facilities for each family.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111 .3(D)(13))

17.04.670 - Dwelling unit.

"Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms and a kitchen designed for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(D)(14))

17.04.680 - Easement.

"Easement" means a space on a lot or parcel of land reserved for or used for public uses.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(1))

17.04.690 - Educational institutions.

"Educational institutions" mean public or other nonprofit institutions conducting regular academic instruction at preschool, kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and collegiate levels, and including graduate schools, universities, non-profit research and religious institutions. Such institutions do not include schools, academies, or institutes, incorporated or otherwise, which operate for a profit nor does it include commercial or trade schools.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(2))

17.04.700 - Electrical distribution substations.

"Electrical distribution substations" mean an assembly of equipment which is part of a system for the distribution of electric power where electric energy is received at a subtransmission voltage and transformed to a lower voltage for distribution for general consumer use.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(3))

17.04.710 - Electrical transmission substation.

"Electrical transmission substation" means an assembly of equipment which is part of a system for the transmission of electric power where electric energy is received at a very high voltage from its source of generation by means of a network of high voltage lines and where, by means of transformers, said high voltage is transformed to a low subtransmission voltage for purposes of supplying electric power to large

individual consumers, interchange connections with other power-producing agencies, or electric distribution substations for transformation to still lower voltages for distribution to smaller individual users.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(E)(4))

17.04.720 - Family.

"Family" means an individual, two or more persons who are related blood or marriage, or a group of not more than five persons not necessarily related by blood or marriage, living together in a dwelling.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(1))

17.04.730 - Farm labor camp.

"Farm labor camp" means the same as "labor camp, farm."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(2))

17.04.740 - Feed lot or feed yard.

"Feed lot" or "feed yard" means a lot, or portion of a lot used for the enclosing of livestock for market, and not operated in connection with a bona fide farm.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(3))

17.04.745 - Federal.

"Federal" means the government of the United States.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.H)

17.04.750 - Fence.

"Fence" means any structural device forming a physical barrier which is so constructed that not less than fifty percent of the vertical surface is open to permit the transmission of light, air or vision through the surface in the horizontal plane.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(4))

17.04.760 - Filling station.

"Filling station" means the same as "automobile service station."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(5))

17.04.770 - Flood control channel.

"Flood control channel" means same as "drainage channel."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(6))

17.04.780 - Floor area.

Whenever the term "floor area" is used in this zoning title as a basis for requiring off-street parking for any structure, it shall be assumed that, unless otherwise stated the floor area applies not only to the ground floor area but also to any additional stories, or basement of the structure. All horizontal dimensions shall be taken from the exterior faces of walls including enclosed porches.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(7))

17.04.790 - Frontage.

"Frontage" means the property line of a site abutting on a street, other than the side line of a corner lot.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(F)(8))

17.04.800 - Garage, private.

"Private garage" means a detached accessory building or a portion of a main building on the same lot as a dwelling for five but not more than fifteen persons other than members of the resident family, excepting a nursing home as defined in this section.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(1))

17.04.810 - Garage, repair.

"Repair garage" means a building other than a private garage used for the care, repair, or equipment of automobiles, or where such vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire or sale.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(2))

17.04.820 - Garage, storage.

"Storage garage" means any premises, used exclusively for the storage of vehicles.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(3))

17.04.830 - Grade.

"Grade" means the gradient, the rate of incline or decline expressed as a percent. For example, a rise of twenty-five feet in a horizontal distance of one-hundred feet would be expressed as a grade of twenty-five percent. (See also "slope").

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(4))

17.04.840 - Greenhouse.

"Greenhouse" means a building or structure constructed chiefly of glass, glass-like translucent material, cloth or lath, which is devoted to the protection or cultivation of flowers or other tender plants.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(5))

17.04.850 - Guest.

"Guest" means any transient person who occupies a room for sleeping purposes.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(6))

17.04.860 - Guest house.

"Guest house" means the same as "accessory living quarters."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(7))

17.04.870 - Guest room.

"Guest room" means a room which is designed to be occupied by one or more guests for sleeping purposes, having no kitchen facilities, not including dormitories.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(G)(8))

17.04.880 - Half-story.

"Half-story" means a story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, parts of which are not more than three feet above the floor of such story.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(1))

17.04.890 - Hedge.

"Hedge" means a plant or series of plants, shrubs or other landscape material, so arranged as to form a physical barrier or enclosure.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(2))

17.04.900 - Height of building.

"Height of building" means the same as "building, height of."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(3))

17.04.910 - Home for the aged.

"Home for the aged" means the same as "rest home."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(4))

17.04.920 - Home occupation.

"Home occupation" means any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on by the inhabitants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the structure for developing purposes and which use does not change the character thereof. A conditional use permit shall be required in accordance with Section 17.52.020.

A.

Such home occupation may include:

1.

Consultative professional occupations, whose function is one of rendering a service and does not involve the dispensing of goods or products;

2.

The giving of music lessons and similar occupations;

3.

Drafting, designing and the like, using only the normal drafting equipment;

4.

Beauty operators subject to planning commission and city council approval.

B.

The following criteria shall apply for the evaluation of a "home occupation":

1.

There shall be no employment of help other than members of the resident family;

2.

There shall be no use of materials or mechanical equipment not recognized as being part of normal household or hobby uses, except that such equipment as typewriters, adding machines, portable hair dryers, permanent wave machines, filing cabinets, and desks shall be permitted;

3.

There shall be no sales of products or services not produced on the premises;

4.

The use shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond that normal to the district in which it is located;

5.

It shall not involve the use of commercial vehicles for delivery of materials to or from the premises, other than a vehicle not to exceed one ton, owned by the operator of such home occupation, which shall be stored in an entirely enclosed garage;

6.

No excessive or unsightly storage of materials or supplies, indoor or outdoor, for purposes other than those permitted in the district;

7.

It shall not involve the use of signs or structures other than those permitted in the district of which it is a part;

8.

Not more than one room in the dwelling shall be employed for the home occupation;

9.

No building or space outside of the main building shall be used for home occupational purposes except for agricultural uses;

10.

In no way shall the appearance of the structure be so altered or the conduct of the occupation within the structure be such that the structure may be reasonably recognized as serving a nonresidential use (either by color, materials or construction, lighting, signs, sounds or noises, vibrations, etc.);

11.

There shall be no use of utilities or community facilities beyond that normal to the use of the property for residential or agricultural purposes as defined in that district.

C.

Conditional use permits for home occupations for which application was filed and a permit issued: any person who has been issued a home occupation permit shall apply for a use permit within ninety days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section and shall be exempt from required fees within the ninety-day period.

(Ord. 245 § 2, 1984: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(5))

17.04.930 - Hotel.

"Hotel" means any building or portion thereof designed or used, or containing six or more guest rooms or suites of rooms, but not including any institutions in which human beings are housed or detained under legal restraint.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(6))

17.04.940 - Household pets.

A.

"Household pets" mean the keeping of fish, rabbits, mice, hamsters, fowl, and small birds; provided that there shall be no more than 24 of all such animals and pets combined and provided that they shall be kept

in a safe and sanitary manner; and keeping of other pets, provided that such other pets, provided that such other pets which are not kept exclusively within a dwelling shall be limited to not more than three adult animals.

B.

Household pets shall not include horses, cows, goats, sheep, other equine, bovine, ovine, or ruminant animals, pigs, predatory wild animals, ducks, geese, turkeys, game birds and fowl which normally constitute an agricultural use. The keeping of household pets or other animals is lawful only in those districts where the use is listed as a permitted use or when any household pets are kept as an accessory use to lawfully maintained residences in other districts. The keeping of any animal not herein described as a household pet shall not be deemed an accessory residential use.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(7))

17.04.950 - House trailer.

"House trailer" means the same as "trailer, automobile."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(8))

17.04.960 - Housing for the elderly.

"Housing for the elderly" means housing consisting of at least eight units restricted to a person sixty years of age or older, or to a person/persons sixty years or older plus spouse then residing with said elderly person.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(H)(9))

17.04.970 - Industry.

"Industry" means the manufacture, fabrication, processing, reduction or destruction of any article, substance, or commodity, or any other treatment thereof in such a manner as to change the form, character, or appearance thereof, and including storage elevators, truck storage yards, warehouses, wholesale storage, and other similar types of enterprise.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(I)(1))

17.04.980 - Intent and purpose.

"Intent and purpose" means that the commission and council, by the adoption of this zoning title, have made a finding that the health, safety, and welfare of the community will be served by the creation of the district and by the regulations therein.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(I)(2))

17.04.990 - Kitchen.

"Kitchen" means any room or area intended or designed to be used for or maintained for the cooking, storing and preparation of food.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(K)(1))

17.04.1000 - Labor camp, permanent farm.

"Permanent farm labor camp" means any living quarters, dwellings, boarding houses, bunkhouses, automobile trailers or other permanent housing accommodations, maintained in connection with any farm work of five or more farm employees.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(1))

17.04.1010 - Labor camp, temporary farm.

"Temporary farm labor camp" means living quarters such as tents or automobile trailers temporarily maintained in connection with any farm work or place where farm work is being performed on the premises, provided for the camping of five or more temporary farm employees. Such camp shall be occupied or used for a period not to exceed ninety consecutive days.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(2))

17.04.1020 - Landscaping.

"Landscaping" shall include planting of vegetation of all types and the continued maintenance thereof in a normal, healthy condition and shall also include exterior decoration, furniture and structures required by and indicated upon a site plan.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(3))

17.04.1030 - Loading.

"Loading" means the removal or placement of any commodity in, on, or from a vehicle of any type.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L) (4))

17.04.1040 - Loading space.

"Loading space" means an off-street space or berth on the same lot with a main building, or contiguous to a group of buildings for the temporary parking of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading, and which abuts a street, alley, or other appropriate means of ingress or egress.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(5))

17.04.1050 - Local street.

"Local street" means a street or road primarily for service to abutting property.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(6))

17.04.1060 - Lot.

"Lot" means:

A.

A single parcel of land for which a legal description is filed on record or the boundaries of which are shown on a subdivision map or record of survey map filed in the office of the county recorder.

B.

The term "lot" shall include a part of a single parcel of land when such part is used as though a separate lot for all of the purposes of this title.

C.

The term "lot" shall include two or more abutting lots when combined and used as though a single lot.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(7))

17.04.1070 - Lot area.

"Lot area" means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(8))

17.04.1080 - Lot, corner.

"Corner lot" means a lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets which have an angle of intersection of not more than one hundred and thirty-five degrees.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(9))

17.04.1090 - Lot, corner, reversed.

"Reversed corner lot" means a corner lot, the side line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot lines of the lots to its rear, whether across an alley or not.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(10))

17.04.1100 - Lot, cul-de-sac.

"Cul-de-sac lot" means a lot fronting on, or with more than one-half of its lot width fronting on, the turnaround-end of a cul-de-sac street.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3 (L)(11))

17.04.1110 - Lot, curve.

"Curve lot" means a lot fronting on the outside curve of the right-of-way of a curved street, which street has a centerline radius of two hundred fifty feet or less.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(12))

17.04.1120 - Lot depth.

"Lot depth" means the depth of a lot shall be the horizontal length of a straight line connecting the bisecting points of the front and rear lot lines, but in no case shall the minimum lot depth and width required in any district take precedence over the minimum lot area required in that district.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(13))

17.04.1130 - Lot, interior.

"Interior lot" means a lot other than a corner lot.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(14))

17.04.1135 - Lot, nonconforming.

"Nonconforming lot" means a lot having less area or dimension than that required in the district in which it is located and which was lawfully created prior to the zoning thereof whereby the larger area or dimension requirements were established, or any lot, other than one shown on a plat recorded in the office of the county recorder, which does not abut a public road or public right-of-way or approved private road right-ofway and which was lawfully created prior to January 1, 1961.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111 .3(L)(15))

17.04.1140 - Lot width.

"Lot width" means the average horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point midway between the front and rear lot lines, but in no case shall the minimum lot width and depth required in any district take precedence over the minimum lot area required in that district.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(16))

17.04.1150 - Lot, through.

"Through lot" means a lot having frontage on two dedicated streets, not including a corner or reversed corner lot.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(17))

17.04.1160 - Lot line.

"Lot line" means any line bounding a lot as herein defined.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(18))

17.04.1170 - Lot line, front.

"Front lot line" means the property line abutting a street.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(19))

17.04.1180 - Lot line, rear.

"Rear lot line" means a lot line not abutting a street which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(20))

17.04.1190 - Lot line, side.

"Side lot line" means any lot line not a front lot line or rear lot line.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(21))

17.04.1200 - Lot of record.

"Lot of record" means a lot held in separate ownership as shown on the records of the county recorder at the time of the passage of an ordinance or regulation establishing the zoning district in which the lot is located.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(L)(22))

17.04.1210 - Major street or major highway.

"Major street or major highway" means a highway with intersections at grade and on which partial control of access and geometric design and traffic control measures are used to expedite the safe movement of traffic.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(M)(1))

17.04.1220 - Medical building.

"Medical building" means clinics or offices for doctors, dentists, oculists, chiropractors, osteopaths, or similar practitioners of the healing arts; including accessory laboratory and prescription pharmacy uses, but not including offices for veterinarians.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111 .3(M)(2))

17.04.1230 - Mobilehome.

"Mobilehome" means a vehicle other than a motor vehicle designed or used for human habitation, equipped with bathroom and kitchen facilities, and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, but excluding a "dependent family mobilehome," "recreation vehicle," "trailer coach," or "travel trailer" as defined by the state of California Health and Safety Code.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(M)(3))

17.04.1240 - Mobilehome park.

"Mobilehome park" means any area of tract land where one or more mobilehomes or mobilehome sites are rented or leased to accommodate residential use.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(M)(4))

17.04.1250 - Motel.

"Motel" means a building or group of buildings containing individual sleeping or living units, designed primarily for use by automobile tourists or transients, where a majority of such units open individually and directly to the outside. An establishment shall be considered a motel, in any case, when required by the Health and Safety Code of the state of California to obtain the name and address of the guests and a description of their vehicle and license.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(M)(5))

17.04.1260 - Nonconforming building.

"Nonconforming building" means a building or portion thereof which was lawful when established but which does not conform to subsequently established zoning or zoning regulations.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(N)(1))

17.04.1270 - Nonconforming use.

"Nonconforming use" means a lawful use when established but which does not conform to subsequently established zoning or zoning regulations.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111 .3(N)(2))

17.04.1280 - Nursery school.

"Nursery school" means the same as "day nursery."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(N)(3))

17.04.1290 - Nursing home.

"Nursing home" means a structure operated as a lodging house in which nursing, dietary, and other personal services are rendered to convalescent, not including persons suffering from contagious diseases, and in which surgery is not performed and primary treatment, such as customarily is given in hospitals and sanitariums, is not provided. A convalescent home shall be deemed a nursing home.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(N)(4))

17.04.1300 - Outdoor advertising structure.

"Outdoor advertising structure" means any structure of any kind or character erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes, upon which any outdoor advertising sign may be placed, and either:

A.

Advertising a use not located on the site or a product not produced on the site where it is located; or

B.

Exceeding three hundred square feet in area. See "advertising structure" and "sign."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(O))

17.04.1310 - Parking area, private.

"Private parking area" means an area, other than a street, used for the parking of automotive vehicles capable of moving under their own power and restricted from general public use, but shall not include parking provided for residential uses unless such parking spaces are for more than four cars.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(P)(1))

17.04.1320 - Parking area, public.

"Public parking area" means an area, other than a private parking area or street, used for the parking of vehicles capable of moving under their own power, either free or for remuneration.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(P)(2))

17.04.1330 - Parking district.

"Parking district" means the same as the P district.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(P)(3))

17.04.1340 - Parking space.

"Parking space" means an area, other than a street or alley, reserved for the parking of an automobile, plus such additional area as is necessary to afford adequate access thereto.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(P)(4))

17.04.1350 - Patio, covered.

"Covered patio" means the same as "structure."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(P)(5))

17.04.1360 - Pets.

"Pets," see "household pets."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(P)(6))

17.04.1370 - Permanent.

"Permanent" means to endure, remain, to continue or endure without fundamental or marked change.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(P)(6a))

17.04.1380 - Pharmacy.

"Pharmacy," see "drug store."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(P)(7))

17.04.1390 - Planned unit development.

"Planned unit development" means developments which may combine permitted and conditional uses of the district, a variety of dwelling types, and/or, where appropriate, other related uses in a manner which might not be possible by strict adherence to the regulations of this title but which, because of careful design and arrangement, are made harmonious and functional uses within the site, the vicinity, and the district in which they are located.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(P)(8))

17.04.1400 - Planning official.

"Planning official" shall refer to the planning director or planning consultant. If there is no planning director or consultant, it shall refer to the building official, city clerk, or other employee of the city designated by the commission to act in the capacity of planning official.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.I)

17.04.1410 - Professional office.

"Professional office" means any building or portion thereof used or intended to be used as an office for a lawyer, architect, engineer, land surveyor, accountant, optometrist, doctor, dentist, and other similar professions, but shall not include other medical buildings or commercial offices.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(P)(9))

17.04.1420 - Property line.

"Property line" means the same as "lot line."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(P)(10))

17.04.1430 - Railroad right-of-way.

"Railroad right-of-way" means a strip of land of a maximum width of one hundred feet only for the accommodation of main line or branch line railroad tracks, switching equipment and signals, but not including lands on which stations, offices, storage buildings, spur tracks, sidings, employee housing, yards, or other uses are located.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(R)(1))

17.04.1440 - Ramada.

"Ramada" means an arbor or pergola-like structure.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(R)(2))

17.04.1445 - Recycling collection facility.

"Recycling collection facility" means a center for the acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase from the public limited to glass bottles, aluminum cans, plastic containers, papers, and household electronics and computers.

(Ord. No. 361, § 2, 6-13-2012)

17.04.1446 - Recycling facility.

"Recycling facility" means a center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials, including but not limited to glass bottles, aluminum cans, plastic containers, papers and household electronics and computers.

(Ord. No. 361, § 3, 6-13-2012)

17.04.1450 - Residence.

"Residence" means a building used, designed, or intended to be used as a home or dwelling place, for one or more families.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(R)(3))

17.04.1460 - Residential districts.

"Residential districts" mean the following districts: R-A, R-1-12, R-1-6, R-2, R-3, R-3-A and MHP.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(R)(4))

17.04.1470 - Restaurant.

"Restaurant" means an establishment which serves food or beverages only to persons seated within the building. This includes cafes and tea rooms.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(R)(5))

17.04.1480 - Rest homes.

"Rest homes" means an establishment or home intended primarily for the care and nursing of invalids and aged persons; excluding cases of communicable diseases and surgical or obstetrical operations. The term shall not include nursing homes.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(R)(6))

17.04.1490 - Rezoning.

"Rezoning" means the same as "zoning district, change of."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(R)(7))

17.04.1500 - Road.

"Road" means the same as "street."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(R)(8))

17.04.1510 - Room.

"Room" means an unsubdivided portion of the interior of a dwelling unit, excluding bathroom, kitchen, closets, hallways, and service porches.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(R)(9))

17.04.1520 - School, elementary, junior high or high.

"School, elementary, junior high or high" means public and other nonprofit institutions conducting regular academic instruction at kindergarten, elementary, and secondary levels.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(1))

17.04.1530 - School, trade.

"Trade school" means schools offering preponderant instruction in the technical, commercial or trade skills, such as real estate schools, business colleges, electronic schools, automotive and aircraft technicians schools, and similar commercial establishments operated by a nongovernmental organization.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(2))

17.04.1540 - Servant's quarters (separate).

"Separate servant's quarters" means complete living quarters either attached or detached from that of the main dwelling, including kitchen facilities but not rented or used for permanent or temporary living quarters by members of the family.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1111.3(S)(3))

17.04.1550 - Service station.

"Service station" means the same as "automobile service station."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(4))

17.04.1560 - Setback line, front yard.

"Front yard setback line" means the line which defines the depth of the required front yard. The setback line shall be parallel with the right of way line or highway setback line when one has been established.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(5))

17.04.1570 - Setback line, rear yard or side yard.

"Rear yard or side yard setback line" means the line which defines the width or depth of the required rear or side yard. Said setback line shall be parallel with the property line, removed therefrom by the perpendicular distance prescribed for the yard in the district.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(6))

17.04.1580 - Sign.

"Sign" means any lettering or symbol made of paint, paper, wood, metal, or any other material, which is painted, attached, constructed, or otherwise placed where it is visible from the exterior of any buildings or enclosed fenced areas, but not including window display signs which are not directly affixed to or painted on the window surface.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(7))

17.04.1590 - Sign area.

"Sign area" means the total exterior surface of a sign, including all sides of a sign having more than one surface unless otherwise specified, and including spaces between or within letters and symbols.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(8))

17.04.1600 - Site.

"Site" means a parcel of land, subdivided or unsubdivided, occupied or to be occupied by a use or structure. Generally used with the same meaning as "lot."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S) (9))

17.04.1610 - Site plan.

"Site plan" means a plan, prepared to scale, showing accurately and with complete dimensioning, all of the uses proposed for a specific parcel of land.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(10))

17.04.1620 - Site plan review.

"Site plan review" means the review by the city administrator of a site plan and other studies to assist the administrator to determine the manner to which the applicant intends to make use of his/her property.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(11))

17.04.1630 - Slope.

"Slope" means a natural or artificial incline, as a hillside or terrace. Slope is usually expressed as a ratio.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(12))

17.04.1640 - Special permit.

"Special permit" when used in reference to a procedure provided in this zoning title, means a conditional use permit, site plan approval, or variance, as the case may be.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.M)

17.04.1650 - State.

"State" means the state of California.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.2.J)

17.04.1660 - Story.

"Story" means a space in a building between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above, or if there be no floor above, then the space between such floor and the ceiling or roof above.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(13))

17.04.1670 - Street.

"Street" means a public thoroughfare or right-of-way dedicated, deeded, or condemned for use as such, other than an alley, which affords the primary means of access to abutting property including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road, and any other thoroughfare except as excluded in this zoning title.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(14))

17.04.1680 - Structure.

"Structure" means anything constructed or erected which requires a fixed location on the ground, including a building, but not including a fence, a wall used as a fence, landscaping, or other improvements excepted by this title.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(15))

17.04.1690 - Swimming pools.

"Swimming pools" means a structure which shall conform to yard requirements but which shall not count as part of lot coverage requirements.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(S)(16))

17.04.1700 - Temporary.

"Temporary" means a short period of time as reasonable within the context or for the use.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(T) (1))

17.04.1710 - Tire, battery and accessory parts retail sales and service store.

"Tire, battery and accessory parts retail sales and service store" means an occupancy for the retail sale and installation of automobile tires, batteries, and other automobile parts and accessories wherein all activity including storage, shall be conducted completely within a building designed and intended for this purpose. Such occupancy shall exclude the sale and installation of differential and transmission assemblies, engine blocks or heads, and similar hard parts and radiators, and shall also exclude machine work, tire recapping,

retreading, rebuilding, and vulcanizing, battery repair or rebuilding, or general automobile repair, except as permitted in an automobile service station.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(T)(2))

17.04.1720 - Travel trailer.

"Travel trailer" means a vehicle other than a mobilehome, designed or used for human habitation and which may be moved upon a public highway without a special permit without violating any provision of the vehicle code.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(T)(3))

17.04.1730 - Travel trailer park.

"Travel trailer park" means any area or tract of land where one or more travel trailer sites are rented or leased to accommodate travel trailers.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(T)(4))

17.04.1740 - Trailer sales and service lot.

"Trailer sales and service lot" means an open area where trailers or mobilehomes are sold, leased, or rented, but where no repairs, repainting, or remodeling are done and where no trailers or mobilehomes are occupied as a dwelling.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(T)(5))

17.04.1750 - Truck service station.

"Truck service station" means an occupancy which provides especially for the servicing of trucks with incidental operations similar to those permitted for "automobile service stations."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(T)(6))

17.04.1760 - Use.

"Use" means the purpose for which a site or structure is designed or intended or for which either a site or structure is or may be occupied and maintained.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3 (U)(1))

17.04.1770 - Used.

"Used" includes the words "arranged for," "designed for," "occupied or intended to be occupied for."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.1.d)

17.04.1780 - Utility easement.

"Utility easement" means the same as "easement."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(U)(2))

17.04.1790 - Wading pools.

"Wading pools" mean the same as "swimming pools."

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(W)(1))

17.04.1800 - Wall.

"Wall" means any structure or device forming a physical barrier, which is so constructed that fifty percent or more of the vertical surface is closed and prevents the passage of light, air and vision through the surface in a horizontal plane.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(W)(2))

17.04.1810 - Warehousing.

"Warehousing" means a building or buildings used for the storage of goods, of any type, when such building or buildings contain more than five hundred square feet of storage space, and where no retail operation is conducted.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(W)(3))

17.04.1820 - Wholesaling.

"Wholesaling" means the selling of any type of goods for the purpose of resale.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(W)(4))

17.04.1830 - Yard.

"Yard" means a space on a lot on which no structures are allowed. A required yard extends across the full width or length of a lot parallel to the lot lines from which such yards are required.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(Y)(1))

17.04.1840 - Yard, front.

"Front yard" means a space between the front yard setback line and the front lot line or highway setback line, and extending the full width of the lot.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(Y)(2))

17.04.1850 - Yard, front determination.

"Front yard determination" means the narrowest portion of lot, abutting a street. In no case shall the front yard be determined by the placement of a structure, or include an alley accessway or railroad right-of-way.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(Y)(1a))

17.04.1860 - Yard, rear.

"Rear yard" means a space between the rear yard setback line and the rear lot line, extending the full width of the lot.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(Y)(3))

17.04.1870 - Yard, side.

"Side yard" means a space extending from the front yard, or from the front lot line where no front yard is required by this zoning title, to the rear yard, or rear lot line, between a side lot line and the side yard setback line.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(Y)(4))

17.04.1880 - Zone.

"Zone" means the same as "district," as defined and described in this title.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-111.3(Z)(1))

17.04.1890 - Zone map.

"Zone map" means the official zone map of the city of Orange Cove which is a part of the comprehensive zoning title of the city of Orange Cove.

(Prior code § 11-1-111.2.K)

17.04.1900 - Zoning district, change of.

"Change of zoning district" means the legislative act of removing one or more parcels of land from one zoning district and placing them in another zoning district on the official zone map of the city.

(Prior code § 11-1-111.3(Z)(2))

17.04.1910 - Zoning ordinance or ordinance.

"Zoning ordinance" or "ordinance" means the comprehensive zoning ordinance codified in this title of the city of Orange Cove.

(Prior code § 11-1-111.2.C)

Chapter 17.06 - O OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION DISTRICT

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