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Chapter 18.04 — DEFINITIONS

Parlier Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Parlier

18.04.002 - Definitions and interpretation.

For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this title, words, phrases and terms are deemed to have the meaning ascribed to them in the following sections covering definitions. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future; words in the singular number include the plural, those in the plural number include the singular; "or" includes "and," and "and" includes "or."

(Ord. 68-128 §§5-103, and 5-104(part), 1968).

18.08.004 - Abut.

"Abut" means as follows: 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.006 - 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 chapter.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.008 - Accessory building.

"Accessory building" means a building, part of a building, or structure, which is subordinate to and the use of which is incidental to that of the main building, structure or use on the same lot.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.010 - Accessory living quarters.

"Accessory living quarters" means 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. See "accessory building" above.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.012 - 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 or affect other properties in the district.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.014 - Acre.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.016 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.018 - Adjoin.

"Adjoin" means the same as "abut."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.019 - Adult uses.

"Adult uses" means "adult bookstore" or "adult theater," as defined in Sections 18.04.019-1 and 18.04.019- 2, respectively.

(Ord. 85-19 §1(part), 1985).

18.04.019-1 - Adult bookstore.

"Adult bookstore" means an establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in- trade, books, magazines and other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or related to "specified sexual activities" or "specified and anatomical areas" as defined in this chapter, or an establishment with a segment or section devoted to the sale or display of such material.

(Ord. 85-19 §1(part), 1985).

18.04.019-2 - Adult theater.

"Adult theater" means a facility or enclosed building used for presenting material in the form of motion picture films, video tapes and other similar means, which is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter or which is substantially devoted to the depiction of "specified sexual activities" or "specified and anatomical areas," as defined in this chapter, for observation by persons therein.

(Ord. 85-19 §1(part), 1985).

18.04.020 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.022 - Advisory agency.

"Advisory agency." The city planning commission is herein designated as the "advisory agency" to the city council on all matters related to the planning, zoning and use of land and structures.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.024 - Aircraft.

"Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented for use or designed for navigation of or flight in the air or outer space, including missiles.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.026 - Airport.

"Airport" means any area which is used or is intended to be used for the taking off and landing of aircraft, including helicopters, and any appurtenant areas which are used or are intended to be used for airport buildings or facilities, including open spaces, taxiways and tie-down areas.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.028 - Alley.

"Alley" means any dedicated way 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.030 - Altered.

"Altered" has the same meaning as "Structural alteration."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.032 - Ambulatory persons.

"Ambulatory persons" means persons who are able to walk about unassisted, patients who are not bedridden.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.034 - Amendment.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.036 - Animal hospital.

"Animal hospital" means a place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and are cared for during the time of such treatment. Use as a kennel shall be limited to short-time boarding and shall be only incidental to such hospital use.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.038 - Apartment hotel.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.039 - Art foundry/studio.

"Art foundry/studio" means a studio where works of art may be designed, created or displayed with an accompanying foundry where works of art may be cast in iron, bronze or other metals.

(Ord. 89-07 §1, 1990).

18.04.039-1 - Art foundry/studio apartment.

"Art foundry/studio apartment" means an apartment for the occupancy, solely by the owner and his family, to include husband, wife and child, of an art foundry/studio as defined in Section 18.040.039.

(Ord. 92-05 §1, 1992).

18.04.040 - Assessor.

"Assessor" means the county assessor of the county of Fresno.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-104(A), 1968).

18.04.042 - Auto court.

"Auto court" means the same as "motel."

(Ord. 68-128 §5105(part), 1968).

18.04.044 - Automobile and trailer sales lot.

"Automobile and trailer sales lot" means an open area used for the display, sales or rental of new or used automobiles and trailer coaches, but where no repair, repainting or remodeling is done.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.046 - Automobile trailer or mobilehome.

"Automobile trailer or mobilehome" means the same as "trailer, automobile."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.048 - Automobile wrecking yard.

"Automobile wrecking yard" means any lot, or the use of any portion of a lot, for the dismantling or wrecking of automobiles or other motor vehicles, or for the storage or keeping for sale of parts and equipment resulting from such dismantling or wrecking.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.050 - 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 operations if conducted wholly within an enclosed building:

Lubrication of motor vehicles,

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

The testing, adjustment and replacement of:

a.

Carburetors

b.

Coils

c.

Condensers

d.

Distributor caps

e.

Fan belts

f.

Filters

g.

Generators

h.

Points

i.

Rotors

j.

Spark plugs

k.

Voltage regulators

l.

Fuel pumps

m.

Water hoses

n.

Wheel balancing.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.052 - Bakery goods, retail sales only.

"Bakery goods, retail sales only" means establishments engaged in the retail sale of bakery products such as bread, cakes and pies, none of which are produced on the premises.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.054 - Bakery, retail.

"Bakery, retail" 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 sold on the premises.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.056 - 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 a finished grade at any point, such space shall be considered a story.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.058 - Billboard.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.060 - Block.

"Block" means all property fronting on one side of a street between intersecting and intercepting streets, or between a street and right-of-way, waterway, end of a cul-de-sac, or city-county boundary. Where the city- county boundary intersects or intercepts a street in a block as described herein, the block shall be considered to end at the city-county boundary.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.062 - Block frontage.

"Block frontage" means all property fronting on one side of a street between a street and right-of-way, waterway, or between intersecting or intercepting streets, the end of a dead-end street, or city or county boundary measured along a street line. An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the frontage on the side of the street that it intercepts.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.064 - Boarding or rooming house.

"Boarding or rooming house" means a building containing a single dwelling unit and provisions for five but not more than fifteen guests, where lodging is provided with or without meals for compensation, but not to include rest homes.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.066 - Borrow pit.

"Borrow pit" means any place or premises where dirt, soil, sand, gravel or other material is removed by excavation or otherwise below the grade of surrounding land for any purpose other than that necessary and incidental to grading or to building construction or operation on the premises. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.068 - 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 the breezeway.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.070 - Building.

A.

"Building" means any structure built and maintained for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind, but shall not include temporary buildings as defined in "structure, temporary." Trailers, with or without wheels, shall not be considered as buildings.

B.

"Building" includes the word "structures," but shall not include "temporary structures" as defined in Section 18.04.474.

(Ord. 68-128 §§5-104(B) and 5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.072 - Building, area of.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.074 - Building, height of.

"Building, height of" 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.076 - Building, main.

"Building, main" means a building within which is conducted the principal use permitted on the lot, as provided by this title.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.078 - Building setback line.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.080 - Building site.

"Building site" means the ground area of a building together with all the open space required by this title.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.082 - Building, temporary.

"Building, temporary" means the same as "structure, temporary."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.084 - Building unit group.

"Building unit group" means two or more buildings grouped on a lot.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.086 - Bungalow court.

"Bungalow court" means a group of two or more detached buildings used or intended to be used as one family or two family (duplex) dwellings, located on a single lot, together with all of the open spaces required by this title, but not including tourist courts, motor courts or motels, or any other commercial uses.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.088 - Business.

"Business" means the same as "commerce."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.090 - Cabana.

"Cabana" means any portable, demountable, or permanent cabin, small house, room enclosure or other building or structure erected, constructed or placed on any trailer park site within six feet of any house trailer on the same site in a trailer park and used for human habitation, but said structure shall not be used for sleeping purposes. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.092 - Camp, public.

"Camp, public" means any area or tract of land used or designed to accommodate two or more camping parties including tents or other camping outfits but not including trailer parks. Such camp may be publicly or privately owned and operated.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.094 - Carport.

"Carport" means a permanent roofed structure with not more than two enclosed sides used or intended to be used for automobile shelter and storage.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.096 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.098 - Centerline.

"Centerline" has the same meaning as "street centerline."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.100 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.102 - City.

"City" means the city of Parlier, California.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.104 - City clerk.

"City clerk" means the city clerk of the city of Parlier.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.106 - Clinic.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.108 - Club.

"Club" means an association of persons, whether or not incorporated, religious or otherwise, for a common purpose, but not including groups which are organized primarily to render a service carried on as a

business for profit.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.110 - College.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.112 - College, trade.

"College, trade" means the same as "school, trade."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.114 - Commerce.

"Commerce" means the purchase, sale or other transaction involving the handling or disposition, other than that included in the term "industry" as defined in Section 18.04.284, of any article, substance or commodity for profit or livelihood, including in addition operation of automobile or trailer courts, tourist courts and motels, public garages, office buildings, offices of doctors and other professionals, outdoor advertising signs and structures, public stables, recreational and amusement enterprises conducted for profit, shops for the sale of personal services, places where commodities or services are sold or are offered for sale, either by direct handling of merchandise or by agreements to furnish them, but not including dumps and junk-yards.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.116 - Commercial classifications.

"Commercial classifications" shall be obtained from the latest edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget, on file at the City Hall, Parlier.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.118 - Commercial office.

"Commercial office" means any administrative or clerical office maintained as a business and any office established by a public service over which this title has jurisdiction.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.120 - Commission.

"Commission" means the planning commission of the city.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(E), 1968).

18.04.122 - Communication equipment buildings.

"Communication equipment buildings" means buildings housing electrical and mechanical equipment necessary for the conduct of a public communications business with or without necessary personnel.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.124 - Contiguous.

"Contiguous" means the same as "abut."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.126 - Convalescent home.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.128 - Corner cut-off.

"Corner cut-off" 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.130 - Council and city council.

"Council" and "city council" means the city council of the city.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-104(D), 1968).

18.04.132 - County.

"County" means the county of Fresno.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-104(F), 1968).

18.04.134 - County recorder.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-104(G), 1968).

18.04.136 - Court.

"Court" means an open, unoccupied space other than a yard on the same lot with a building or buildings, and bounded on two or more sides by such buildings.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.138 - Court, apartment.

"Court, apartment" means a group of dwellings arranged about two or more sides of a court on a lot which opens onto a dedicated street.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.140 - Court, enclosed.

"Court, enclosed" means a court surrounded on all sides by exterior walls of a building and lot lines on which fences, hedges or walls are permitted.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.142 - Court, inner.

"Court, inner" means a court enclosed on all sides by the exterior walls of a building or buildings.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.144 - Court, outer.

"Court, outer" means a court enclosed on all but one side by exterior walls of building or buildings or lot lines on which fences, hedges or walls are permitted.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.146 - Coverage.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.148 - Cul-de-sac lot.

"Cul-de-sac lot" see "lot, cul-de-sac."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.150 - Curve lot.

"Curve lot" see "lot, curve."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.152 - Dairy drive-in.

"Dairy drive-in" means a facility for the selling of dairy products only to the consumer while such consumer is occupying a motor vehicle. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.154 - 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 lactation.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.156 - Day.

"Day" means calendar day.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.158 - Day nursery or child care nursery.

"Day nursery or child care nursery" means any group of buildings, building or portion thereof used primarily for the daytime care of children, with or without compensation. The special standards of Sections

18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

18.04.160 - District.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.162 - Dormitory.

"Dormitory" means a building intended or used principally for sleeping accommodations, where such building is related to an educational or public institution, including religious institutions and fraternities and sororities.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.164 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.166 - Drive-in movie.

"Drive-in movie" means any lot or portion of a lot used for the parking of automobiles for the purpose of the occupants' viewing a motion picture or other entertainment. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.168 - Drive-in restaurant.

"Drive-in restaurant" means any building or structure in which food and drink are prepared for service to customers within such structure or occupying vehicles outside of such structure, and including self-service restaurants for take-out food. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.170 - Driveway.

"Driveway" means any vehicular access to an off-street parking or loading facility. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.172 - Drug store.

"Drug store" 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 use may also include a soda fountain or lunch counter.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.174 - Drug store, super.

"Drug store, super" means any drug store having a gross floor area of ten thousand square feet or more.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.176 - Dump.

"Dump" means a place used for the disposal, abandonment, or discarding by burial, incineration, or by any other means of any garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, rubble, waste material, offal or dead animals. Such use shall not involve any industrial or commercial process.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.178 - Duplex.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.180 - Dwelling.

"Dwelling" means a building or portion thereof designed and used exclusively for residential occupancy and permitted home occupations, including one family, two family, and multiple dwellings, but not including hotels, motels, boarding or lodging house, or trailers, with or without wheels, except in the T-P district.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.182 - Dwelling group.

"Dwelling group" means two or more dwellings located on a single lot and each having separate kitchen and toilet facilities.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.184 - Dwelling, multiple.

"Dwelling, multiple" means a building or buildings designed and used for occupancy by three or more families, all living independently of each other and having separate kitchen and toilet facilities for each family.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.186 - Dwelling, one family.

"Dwelling, one family" means a detached building designed or used exclusively for the occupancy of one family, and having kitchen and toilet facilities for only one family.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.188 - Dwelling, two family.

"Dwelling, two family" 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.189 - Second dwelling.

"Second dwelling" means a dwelling with separate kitchen and toilet facilities built after the occupancy of a one-family dwelling on any one lot within a single-family district.

(Ord. 83-07 §1, 1983).

18.04.190 - Easement.

"Easement" means a space on a lot or parcel of land reserved for or used for public utilities or public or private uses. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.192 - Education institutions.

"Education institutions" means public and other nonprofit institutions conducting regular academic instruction at pre-school, kindergarten, elementary, secondary and collegiate levels, and including graduate schools, universities, nonprofit research institutions and religious institutions. Such institutions must either:

A.

Offer general academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education, or

B.

Confer degrees as a college or university of undergraduate or graduate standing, or

C.

Conduct research, or

D.

Give religious instruction. This definition does not include schools, academies or institutes, incorporated or otherwise, which operate for a profit, nor does it include commercial or trade schools.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.194 - Electric distribution substation.

"Electric distribution substation" means an electric substation with a primary voltage of 110 KV or less, with distribution circuits served therefrom.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.196 - Essential service.

"Essential service" means the erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public utilities or municipal departments or commissions, or underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supplying, or disposal systems including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, but not including buildings reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal departments or commissions, or for the public health or safety or general welfare.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.198 - Family.

"Family" means an individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, with or without the addition of not more than three persons, excluding servants who are not related by blood, marriage or adoption to the resident persons, living together in a single dwelling unit.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.200 - Farm labor camp.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.202 - Federal.

"Federal" means the government of the United States of America.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-104(I), 1968).

18.04.204 - Feed lot or feed yard.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.206 - 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 and vision through said surface in a horizontal plane. (For board or other solid barriers, see "wall.") The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.208 - Filling station.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.210 - Fishery.

"Fishery" means any premises upon which breeding, hatching or fish rearing facilities are situated when such premises are required to have a license by the State Fish and Game Code, including ponds for commercial use.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.212 - Flood control channel.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.214 - Floor area.

Whenever the term "floor area" is used in this title as a basis for requiring off-street parking for any structure, it shall be assumed that, unless otherwise stated, said 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.216 - Floor space index.

"Floor space index" means the ratio of gross building floor area to total lot area expressed as a fraction. Example: Two square feet of gross floor area for each three square feet of total lot area would result in a

"floor space index" of 2:3.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.218 - Fraternity.

"Fraternity" means a building or structure housing a group of men associated for their common interest. Such group may eat, sleep and otherwise use such facilities as are provided on the premises.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.220 - Freeway, landscaped.

"Freeway, landscaped" means a freeway which is landscaped and maintained by a public authority.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.222 - Freeway or expressway.

"Freeway or expressway" means a highway for through traffic with full or partial control of access and generally with grade separations at intersections.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.224 - Frontage.

"Frontage" means that portion of a parcel of property which abuts a dedicated public street or highway.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.226 - Frontage street, service road or outer highway.

"Frontage street, service road or outer highway" means those roads which parallel freeways, expressways or important highways, providing for access to abutting property or for circulation, and being separated from the highway by a dividing strip.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.228 - Front wall.

"Front wall" means the wall of a building or structure nearest the street which the building fronts, but excluding certain architectural features as cornices, canopies, eaves or embellishments.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.229 - Funeral home.

"Funeral home" means an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held (also called funeral parlor, mortuary).

(Ord. 95-01(part), 1995).

18.04.230 - Garage, private.

"Garage, private" means a detached accessory building or a portion of a main building on the same lot as a dwelling for the housing of vehicles of the occupants of the dwelling, including carports.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.232 - Garage, public.

"Garage, public" means any garage other than a private garage.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.234 - Garage, repair.

"Garage, repair" 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.236 - Garage, storage.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.238 - Garbage.

"Garbage" means any waste food material of an animal or vegetable nature, including that which may be used for the fattening of livestock.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.240 - Golf course.

"Golf course" means a lot or portion of a lot used for the playing of golf, including pitch-and-putt courses, but shall not include driving ranges, miniature golf courses or other similar commercial enterprises.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.242 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.244 - 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. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.246 - Group houses.

"Group houses" means two or more separate buildings, each containing one or more dwelling units.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.248 - Guest.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.250 - Guest home.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.252 - Guest house.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.254 - Guest ranch.

"Guest ranch" means a building or buildings housing guests, providing meals and rooms, having recreational activities of one or more types, for compensation.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.256 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.258 - Half-story.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.260 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.262 - Height of building.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.264 - Highway setback line.

"Highway setback line" means the future right-of-way line or plan lines of any highway as shown on the official plan of streets and highways for highway use. A yard abutting such a highway shall be measured from this future right-of-way line.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.266 - Hog ranch.

"Hog ranch" means any premises where five or more weaned hogs are maintained.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.268 - Home for the aged.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.270 - 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 dwelling purposes and which use does not change the character thereof.

A.

Such home occupations may include:

Consultive professional occupations, whose function is one of rendering a service, and which do not involve the dispensation of goods or products;

The selling or otherwise disposing of agricultural services and products produced on the premises;

Secondary business offices, where the business has its principal office, staff and equipment located elsewhere;

Farm management offices, where an agricultural operation on the premises requires such office;

The giving of music lessons and similar instructions;

The home office of a salesman, where all sales are done by written or phone order with no commodities or displays on the premises;

Drafting, printing, designing and the like, using drafting, printing, photocopying and designing equipment;

Operating a rental business, where the goods or services rented involve party, wedding or entertainment needs and supplies.

B.

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

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

There shall be no use of material or mechanical equipment not recognized as being part of normal household or hobby uses,except as may be necessary for the home occupation;

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

The use shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond that normal to the district in which it is located, except as necessary for the pickup or delivery of supplies, materials or products to or from the home occupation;

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

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

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

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

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

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 and the home occupation shall not involve materials or construction, lighting, signs, sounds or noises, vibrations which become a public nuisance; and

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

C.

The issuance of a business license to any applicant for the conduct of a home occupation shall constitute an irrevocable permit to operate the home occupation for the duration of the licensing period shown on the permit so long as the character and mode of operation meet the standards of this section and no further permit or approvals shall be required.

(Ord. 94-09 §1, 1994; Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.272 - Hospital.

"Hospital" means any building or portion thereof used for the accommodation and medical care of sick, injured, or infirm persons and including sanitariums, alcoholic sanitariums, institutions for the cure of chronic drug addicts and mental patients.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.274 - Hospital, animal.

"Hospital, animal" means the same as "animal hospital."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.276 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.278 - House court.

"House court" means the same as "bungalow court."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.280 - House trailer.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.282 - Industrial classifications.

"Industrial classifications" means that when a use is listed as permitted, permitted subject to conditions, or is expressly prohibited, that the use shall be as defined in the latest edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget, on file at the City Hall, if defined therein.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.284 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.286 - Intent and purpose.

"Intent and purpose" means that the commission and city council, by the adoption of this 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 prescribed therein.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.288 - Junk.

"Junk" means any worn out, cast-off, or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some use. Any article or material which, unaltered or unchanged and without further reconditioning, can be used for its original purposes as readily as when new, shall not be considered "junk."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.290 - Junkyard.

"Junkyard" means any lot, or the use of any portion of a lot, for the dismantling of machinery, not including motor vehicles, or for the storage or keeping for sale of parts and equipment resulting from such dismantling or wrecking, or for the storage or keeping of junk, including scrap metals or other scrap materials, with no burning permitted. For motor vehicles, see "automobile wrecking yard."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.292 - Kennel.

"Kennel" means any lot or premises on which four or more dogs and/or cats at least four months of age are kept, boarded or trained, whether in special buildings or runways or not.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.294 - Kitchen.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.296 - Labor camp, permanent farm.

"Labor camp, permanent farm" means living quarters, dwellings, boarding houses, bunkhouses, automobile trailers or other permanent housing accommodations maintained in connection with any farm work or place where farm work is being performed, provided for the housing of five or more farm employees.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.298 - Labor camp, temporary farm.

"Labor camp, temporary farm" 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.300 - Landscaping.

"Landscaping" means and includes the original planting of suitable vegetation in conformity with the requirements of this title and the continued maintenance thereof.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.302 - Loading.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.304 - 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 and egress.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.306 - Local street or local highway.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.308 - Lodging house.

"Lodging house" means the same as "boarding house."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.310 - Lot.

"Lot" means:

A.

A parcel of real property with a separate and distinct number or other designation shown on a plat recorded in the office of the county recorder; or

B.

A parcel of real property delineated on an approved record of survey, lot split or sub-parceling map as filed in the office of the county recorder or in the City Hall and abutting at least one public street or right-of-way or approved private road right-of-way; or

C.

A parcel of real property containing not less area than required by the district in which it is located, abutting at least one public street or right-of-way or approved private road right-of-way and held under separate ownership from abutting property.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.312 - Lot area.

"Lot area" means the total of the area, measured in a horizontal plane, within the lot lines of a lot.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.314 - Lot, corner.

"Lot, corner" means a lot located at the intersection or interception of two or more streets at an angle of not more than one hundred twenty degrees. If the angle is greater than one hundred twenty degrees, the lot shall be considered an "interior lot."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.316 - Lot, corner, reversed.

"Lot, corner, reversed" 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.318 - Lot coverage.

"Lot coverage" means that portion of a lot or building site which is occupied by any building or structure, excepting paved areas, walks, and swimming pools, regardless of whether the building or structure is intended for human occupancy.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.320 - Lot, cul-de-sac.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.322 - Lot, curve.

"Lot, curve" 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 feet or less.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.324 - Lot depth.

"Lot depth" means the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.326 - Lot, interior.

"Lot, interior" means a lot other than a corner lot.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.328 - Lot line.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.330 - Lot line, front.

"Lot line, front" means the property line abutting a street. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.332 - Lot line, rear.

"Lot line, rear" means a lot line, not abutting a street, which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.334 - Lot line, side.

"Lot line, side" means any lot line not a front lot line or rear lot line. The special standards of Sections

18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

18.04.336 - Lot, nonconforming.

"Lot, nonconforming" 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 road right-of-way or approved private road right-of-way and which was lawfully created prior to the effective date of this title.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.338 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.340 - Lot, through.

"Lot, through" means a lot having frontage on two dedicated streets, not including a corner or reversed corner lot. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.342 - 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.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.344 - Major street or major highway or county road.

"Major street or major highway or county road" 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 through traffic. Major streets or major highways or county roads shall be designated on the official general plan of the city.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.346 - Marquee.

"Marquee" means a permanent roofed structure attached to and supported by the building and projecting over public property.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.347 - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2017-03, § 3, adopted Nov. 15, 2017, repealed § 18.04.347, which pertained to medical marijuana dispensary and derived from Ord. No. 2009-05, § 3, 1-6-2010.

18.04.348 - Medical office.

"Medical office" means any building or portion of a building used or intended to be used as an office for the practice of any type of medicine, including chiropractic, dentistry or optometry. It shall also include a clinic of a medical or dental nature.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.350 - Medical or dental clinic.

"Medical or dental clinic" means the same as "medical office."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.352 - Mobilehome.

"Mobilehome" means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation, which contains not more than one dwelling unit, and which is not a recreational vehicle, commercial coach or factory-built house.

(Ord. 83-06 §1, 1983: Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.354 - Motel.

"Motel" means a building or group of buildings used for transient residential purposes containing guest rooms or dwelling units with automobile storage space provided in connection therewith, which building or group is designed, intended, or used primarily for the accommodation of transient automobile travelers, including groups designated as auto cabins, motor courts, motor hotels and similar designations.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.356 - 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. See Sections 18.44.010 through 18.44.080 for regulations.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.358 - Nonconforming use.

"Nonconforming use" means a use lawful when established but which does not conform to subsequently established zoning or zoning regulations. See Sections 18.44.010 through 18.44.080 for regulations.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.360 - Nursery school.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.362 - Nursing home.

"Nursing home" means the same as "hospital."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.364 - Official plan lines.

"Official plan lines" means the same as "highway setback lines."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.366 - Outdoor advertising.

"Outdoor advertising" means and includes the definitions of "advertising structure" and "sign."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.368 - Parking area, private.

"Parking area, private" 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 provides space for more than four cars.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.370 - Parking area, public.

"Parking area, public" 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.372 - Parking area, residential.

"Parking area, residential" means an area, other than a street, located on the subject lot for the parking of vehicles owned by the residents of such lot. Such areas shall be permitted only in the several agricultural districts. All other residential districts shall provide garage or carport facilities.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.374 - Parking district.

"Parking district" means the same as the P district, Chapter 18.30, for purposes of this title. It shall not mean a government parking district maintained by the federal, state, county or city governments.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.376 - Parking space, automobile.

"Parking space, automobile" means an area, other than a street or alley, reserved for the parking of an automobile, such space having a dimension not less than eight and one-half by twenty feet, plus such additional area as is necessary to afford adequate ingress and egress. The special standards of Sections

18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

18.04.378 - Parkway.

"Parkway" means an arterial highway with full or partial control of access, and located within a park or ribbon of parklike development.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105 (part), 1968).

18.04.380 - Patio, covered.

"Patio, covered" means the same as "structure."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.382 - Person.

"Person" means an individual, firm or co-partnership joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate, city, county, special district or any other group or combination acting as an entity.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105 (part), 1968).

18.04.384 - Petroleum bulk plant.

"Petroleum bulk plant" means a local wholesale distribution facility designed to serve the needs of the immediate surrounding area.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.386 - Pharmacy or prescription pharmacy.

"Pharmacy or prescription pharmacy" means a retail store engaged in, and limited to, the sale of prescription drugs, patent medicines and surgical supplies. The sale of magazines, newspapers, books and tobacco products, household appliances, hardware, other sundry goods, or other general merchandise, food or drinks shall not be permitted. Liquor and cosmetics shall not be sold except by prescription.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105 (part), 1968).

18.04.388 - Place.

"Place" means an open, unoccupied space other than a street or alley, permanently reserved as the principal means of access to abutting property.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.390 - Professional office.

"Professional office" means any building or portion of a building used or intended to be used as an office for a lawyer, architect, engineer, land surveyor, optometrist, accountant, doctor, dentist and other similar professions.

(Ord. 97-6 §1, 1997: Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.392 - Property line.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.394 - Provisions.

"Provisions" means all regulations and requirements referred to in the text of this code.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.396 - Quarry.

"Quarry" means any premises from which rock, sand, gravel and similar resources are being removed or are intended to be removed.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.398 - Quasi-public organizations.

"Quasi-public organizations" means any nongovernment organization that is devoted to public service and welfare.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.400 - Ramada.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.402 - Residence.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.404 - Restaurant.

"Restaurant" means any building or structure in which food and drinks are prepared for service to customers within such structure.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.406 - Rest home or home for the aged.

"Rest home or home for the aged" means premises used for the housing of and caring for the ambulatory, aged, or infirm, which premises require a license from the state or county. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.408 - Retail store.

"Retail store" means a business selling goods, wares or merchandise directly to the ultimate consumer.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.410 - Rezoning.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.412 - Road.

"Road" means the same as "street."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.414 - Room.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.416 - Rooming house.

"Rooming house" means the same as "boarding house."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.418 - Sanitarium.

"Sanitarium" means a health station or retreat or other place where patients are housed and where medical or surgical treatment is given. This does not include mental institutions or places for the treatment of narcotics addicts.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.420 - 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. Such institutions shall offer general academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.422 - School, private.

"School, private" means an institution conducting regular academic instruction at kindergarten, elementary and secondary levels, operated by a nongovernmental organization.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.424 - School, trade.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.426 - Separate ownership.

"Separate ownership" means ownership of a parcel of land by a person who does not own any of the land abutting such parcel.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.428 - Service station.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.430 - Setback line, front yard.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.432 - Setback line, highway.

"Setback line, highway" means the same as "highway setback line."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.434 - Setback line, rear yard or side yard.

"Setback line, rear yard or side yard" 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.436 - Shall and may.

"Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-104(J), 1968).

18.04.438 - Sign.

"Sign" means any notice or advertisement, pictorial or otherwise, used as an outdoor display for the purpose of advertising the property or the establishment or enterprise, including goods and services, upon which the sign is exhibited.

This definition does not include official notices issued by a court or public body or officer or directional, warning or information signs or structures required by or authorized by law or by federal, state, county or city authority.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.440 - 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. See Chapter 18.40 of this code for requirements.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.442 - Site plan review.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.444 - Slope.

"Slope" means a natural or artificial incline, as a hillside or terrace. "Slope" is usually expressed as a ratio: for example, a horizontal distance of one hundred feet with a rise of fifty feet would be expressed as a 2:1 slope. (See also "grade" and "top and toe of slope.")

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.446 - Sorority.

"Sorority" means a building or structure housing a group of women associated for their common interest. Such group may eat, sleep and otherwise use such facilities as are provided on the premises.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.447 - Specified and anatomical areas.

"Specified and anatomical areas" means human genitals, pubic region, buttock, and female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola, when such areas are less than completely and opaquely covered. The term also includes human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.447-1 - Specified sexual activities.

"Specified sexual activities" means any of the following:

A.

Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal;

B.

Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, sodomy, bestiality, cunnilingus, fellatio, necrophilia, pedophilia, coprophagy or coprophilia; or

C.

Fondling or other erotic touching of the human genitals, public region, buttock or female breast.

(Ord. 85-19 §1(part), 1985).

18.04.448 - Stable, private.

"Stable, private" means a detached accessory building for the keeping of horses owned by the occupants of the premises and not kept for remuneration, hire or sale.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.450 - Stable, public.

"Stable, public" means a stable other than a private stable.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.452 - State.

"State" means the state of California.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-104(K), 1968).

18.04.454 - 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.456 - Story, one-half.

"Story, one-half" means the same as "half-story."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.458 - 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 principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other through-fare except as excluded in this title.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.460 - Street centerline.

"Street centerline" means the centerline of a street right-of-way as established by official surveys.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.462 - Street line.

"Street line" means the boundary line between street right-of-way and abutting property.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.464 - Street, local.

"Street, local" means any street, dedicated as such, serving as the principal means of access to property, which street is not shown as a major or secondary highway or major traffic street on the general plan of the city.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.466 - Street, side.

"Street, side" means that street bounding a corner or reversed corner and which extends in the same general direction as the line determining the depth of the lot.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.468 - Structural alteration.

"Structural alteration" means any change in the supporting members of a building, such as in a bearing wall, column, beam or girder, floor or ceiling joists, roof rafters, roof diaphragms, foundations, piles, or retaining walls or similar components.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.470 - Structure.

"Structure" means anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having a location on the ground, including swimming and wading pools and covered patios, excepting outdoor areas such as paved areas, walks, tennis courts and similar recreation areas.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.472 - Structure, advertising.

"Structure, advertising" means the same as "advertising structure."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.474 - Structure, temporary.

"Structure, temporary" means a structure which is readily movable and used or intended to be used for a period not to exceed ninety consecutive days. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through

18.32.340 shall apply.

18.04.476 - Supermarket.

"Supermarket" means a market having ten thousand or more square feet of floor area devoted principally to the sale of food.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.478 - Swimming pool.

"Swimming pool" means any permanent structure containing a body of water intended for recreational uses, and includes wading pools.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.479 - Temporary caretaker office/unit.

"Temporary caretaker office/unit" means a unit to provide office space and living purposes solely for the store management personnel. This unit is considered temporary with an approved conditional use permit valid for a maximum of three years.

(Ord. 93-07 §1, 1993).

18.04.480 - Toe of slope.

"Toe of slope" means that point or line of initial break where the terrain changes to an upward direction or downward direction.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.482 - Tourist court.

"Tourist court" means the same as "motel."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.484 - Trading area.

"Trading area" means the area served by an existing commercial development or to be served by the proposed commercial development and from which the development draws its support.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.486 - Trailer, automobile.

"Trailer, automobile" means a vehicle without motive power, designed and constructed to travel on the public thoroughfares in accordance with the provisions of the State Vehicle Code, and to be used for human habitation or for carrying property, including a trailer coach.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.488 - Trailer coach.

"Trailer coach" means any camp car, trailer or other vehicle, with or without motive power, designed and constructed to travel on the public thoroughfares in accordance with the provisions of the State Vehicle Code, and designed or used for human habitation.

A.

A dependent trailer coach is one not equipped with a toilet for sewage disposal.

B.

An independent trailer coach is one equipped with a toilet for sewage disposal.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.490 - Trailer court or trailer park.

"Trailer court" or "trailer park" means a space, area or building designed, equipped or maintained for the harboring, parking or storing of two or more trailer coaches, or house cars which haul such trailer coaches, or house cars being used as living or sleeping quarters for humans.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.492 - Trailer, residential.

"Trailer, residential" means the same as "trailer coach," and shall be used for human habitation only.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.494 - 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 station."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.496 - Truck and trailer sales lot.

"Truck and trailer sales lot" means an open area where trucks or trailers are sold, leased or rented and where no repairs, repainting or remodeling are done.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.498 - Unit planned development.

"Unit planned development" means a residential development under one ownership which is designed and built as a planned unit by such one ownership.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.500 - Urban area.

"Urban area" means any land which is included in the R-1, R-2, R-3, T-P, C-P, C-4, C-5 and/or M-1 districts.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.502 - Urban lot.

"Urban lot" means any lot which lies, in whole or in part, within the boundaries of an urban area, as defined above.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.504 - Used.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-104(L), 1968).

18.04.506 - Used materials yard.

"Used materials yard" means any lot or portion of any lot used for the storage of used materials. This shall not include "junkyards" or "automobile wrecking yards."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.508 - Utility easement.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.510 - Visual obstruction.

"Visual obstruction" means any fence, hedge, tree, shrub, wall or structure exceeding three feet in height, measured from the crown of intersecting or intercepting streets, alleys or driveways, which limit the visibility of persons in motor vehicles on said streets, alleys or driveways. This does not include trees kept trimmed of branches below a minimum height of seven feet.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.512 - Wading pools.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.514 - 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. The special standards of Sections 18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.516 - Warehousing.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105 (part), 1968).

18.04.518 - Water supply, private.

"Water supply, private" means a water supply provided by a publicly-owned corporation or a private organization which has a permit to serve two or more dwelling units or abutting properties.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.520 - Wholesaling.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.522 - Yard.

"Yard" means any open space on the same lot with a building or a dwelling group, which open space is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward to the sky, except for the projections or accessory buildings or structures permitted by this title.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.524 - Yard, front.

"Yard, front" 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. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.526 - Yard, rear.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.528 - Yard, side.

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

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.530 - Zone.

"Zone" means the same as "district."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.532 - Zone map.

"Zone map" means the official zone map of the city.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-104(M), 1968).

18.04.534 - Zoning district.

"Zoning district" means the same as "district."

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.536 - Zoning district, change of.

"Zoning district, change of" 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 zone map of the city.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-105(part), 1968).

18.04.538 - Zoning ordinance.

"Zoning ordinance" or "ordinance" means the comprehensive zoning ordinance of the city.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-104(N), 1968).

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Parlier Municipal Code
  1. Title 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  2. Title 2 — ADMINISTRATION
  3. Chapter 2.01 — ELECTIONS
  4. Chapter 2.04 — CITY COUNCIL
  5. Chapter 2.08 — OFFICIALS OF THE CITY
  6. Chapter 2.10 — CITY MANAGER
  7. Chapter 2.15 — POLICE DEPARTMENT
  8. Chapter 2.16 — LAW ENFORCEMENT
  9. Chapter 2.20 — CIVIL DEFENSE, EMERGENCIES AND DISASTER RELIEF
  10. Chapter 2.40 — REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
  11. Title 3 — REVENUE AND FINANCE
  12. Chapter 3.04 — PURCHASING PROCEDURES
  13. Chapter 3.08 — FUNDS
  14. Chapter 3.12 — TAX COLLECTIONS AND ASSESSMENT
  15. Chapter 3.14 — UTILITY USERS TAX
  16. Chapter 3.16 — TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX
  17. Chapter 3.20 — TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
  18. Chapter 3.23 — FIRE SPECIAL PARCEL TAX
  19. Chapter 3.24 — REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
  20. Chapter 3.25 — POLICE SPECIAL PARCEL TAX
  21. Chapter 3.26 — CLAIMS FOR MONEY OR DAMAGES BY THE STATE OR BY …
  22. Chapter 3.30 — DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES
  23. Title 4 — PERSONNEL
  24. Chapter 4.01 — PERSONNEL SYSTEM
  25. Chapter 4.02 — PERSONNEL BOARD
  26. Chapter 4.03 — DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
  27. Chapter 4.04 — LAYOFF PROCEDURES
  28. Chapter 4.05 — EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
  29. Chapter 4.06 — AT-WILL EMPLOYEES
  30. Chapter 4.07 — POST STANDARDS FOR RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF …
  31. Chapter 4.08 — PERSONNEL SYSTEM RULES
  32. Article 1 — APPLICATIONS AND APPLICANTS
  33. Article 2 — METHOD OF FILLING VACANCIES
  34. Article 3 — PROBATIONARY PERIOD
  35. Article 4 — TRANSFER, PROMOTION, DEMOTION AND REINSTATEMENT
  36. Article 5 — ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVES, REPORTS AND RECORDS
  37. Article 6 — GRIEVANCE-COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
  38. Article 7 — HARASSMENT OF EMPLOYEES
  39. Article 8 — ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE POLICY
  40. Article 9 — INCONSISTENT, INCOMPATIBLE OR CONFLICTING EMPLOYME…
  41. Title 5 — BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
  42. Chapter 5.04 — BUSINESS LICENSE TAX
  43. Chapter 5.05 — TOBACCO RETAILERS
  44. Chapter 5.07 — MOBILE VENDORS
  45. Chapter 5.08 — PEDDLERS
  46. Chapter 5.12 — SOLICITORS AND CANVASSERS
  47. Chapter 5.16 — SOLICITING OR PEDDLING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
  48. Chapter 5.18 — STREET VENDORS
  49. Chapter 5.20 — AMUSEMENT ARCADES AND MACHINES
  50. Chapter 5.24 — GAMING AND AMUSEMENTS
  51. Chapter 5.28 — LAUNDRIES
  52. Chapter 5.32 — BINGO
  53. Title 6 — HEALTH AND SAFETY
  54. Chapter 6.04 — MILK
  55. Chapter 6.08 — DISEASED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
  56. Chapter 6.10 — PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
  57. Chapter 6.11 — NUISANCES
  58. Article 1 — UNLAWFUL PROPERTY RELATED NUISANCES
  59. Article 2 — PARLIER BUILDING CODE
  60. Article 3 — VACANT BUILDINGS
  61. Article 4 — MANAGEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY
  62. Article 5 — NUISANCE RELATED ACTIVITIES
  63. Article 6 — UNLAWFUL NOISE RELATED NUISANCES
  64. Article 7 — OTHER NUISANCES AND ENFORCEMENT
  65. Article 8 — SEVERABILITY
  66. Chapter 6.12 — ABATEMENT, APPEALS AND ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
  67. Article 1 — PROPERTY ABATEMENT PROCEDURES
  68. Article 2 — ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
  69. Article 3 — SEVERABILITY
  70. Chapter 6.13 — COST RECOVERY
  71. Article 1 — COST RECOVERY AND PENALTIES
  72. Article 2 — MULTIPLE RESPONSE ORDINANCE
  73. Article 3 — OTHER COST RECOVERY PROVISIONS
  74. Article 4 — SEVERABILITY
  75. Chapter 6.14 — GRAFFITI
  76. Chapter 6.15 — AEROSOL SPRAY PAINTS
  77. Chapter 6.16 — SANITATION
  78. Chapter 6.20 — GARBAGE, RUBBISH, AND CONSTRUCTION WASTE RECYCL…
  79. Chapter 6.24 — WEED REMOVAL
  80. Chapter 6.28 — BURNING OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
  81. Chapter 6.32 — EXPLOSIVES
  82. Chapter 6.34 — MEDICAL MARIJUANA
  83. Chapter 6.36 — SMOKING AND TOBACCO PRODUCT USE
  84. Title 7 — ANIMALS
  85. Chapter 7.04 — TREATMENT AND USE OF ANIMALS
  86. Chapter 7.08 — KEEPING OF ANIMALS
  87. Chapter 7.12 — DOGS
  88. Title 8 — PARKS, RECREATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS
  89. Chapter 8.01 — PARK OPERATIONS
  90. Chapter 8.02 — SPECIAL EVENTS
  91. Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
  92. Chapter 9.04 — INTERFERENCE WITH PUBLIC OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT
  93. Chapter 9.08 — OPIUM
  94. Chapter 9.12 — INDECENT EXPOSURE OBSCENE BOOKS, ETC.
  95. Chapter 9.16 — GAMBLING
  96. Chapter 9.17 — DANCEHALLS
  97. Chapter 9.20 — LIQUOR CONTROL
  98. Chapter 9.21 — SOCIAL HOSTING
  99. Chapter 9.24 — DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND DISTURBING THE PEACE
  100. Chapter 9.28 — OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
  101. Chapter 9.32 — MINORS' CURFEW
  102. Chapter 9.40 — WEAPONS AND FIREWORKS
  103. Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
  104. Chapter 10.04 — TRAFFIC REGULATIONS DEFINITIONS
  105. Chapter 10.08 — ENFORCEMENT OF AN OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULAT…
  106. Chapter 10.12 — TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
  107. Chapter 10.16 — TURNING MOVEMENTS
  108. Chapter 10.20 — ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
  109. Chapter 10.24 — SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
  110. Chapter 10.28 — MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
  111. Chapter 10.32 — PEDESTRIAN REGULATIONS
  112. Chapter 10.36 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING FOR CERTAIN PUR…
  113. Chapter 10.40 — STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY
  114. Chapter 10.44 — STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING RESTRICTED OR PR…
  115. Chapter 10.46 — SPEED LIMITS
  116. Chapter 10.48 — TRAINS
  117. Chapter 10.52 — SCHEDULES OF DESIGNATED STREETS
  118. Chapter 10.56 — PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTERS 10.04 THR…
  119. Chapter 10.60 — ABANDONED OR INOPERATIVE VEHICLES
  120. Chapter 10.64 — RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING
  121. Title 12 — STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
  122. Chapter 12.04 — OBSTRUCTIONS TO STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
  123. Chapter 12.12 — PROTECTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
  124. Chapter 12.16 — TREES AND OTHER PLANTS
  125. Chapter 12.22 — CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISES
  126. Chapter 12.26 — GARAGE YARD SALES
  127. Title 13 — UTILITIES
  128. Chapter 13.10 — WATER SERVICE
  129. Chapter 13.20 — WATER CONSERVATION
  130. Chapter 13.30 — CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL
  131. Chapter 13.40 — SEWER SERVICE
  132. Chapter 13.50 — SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
  133. Chapter 13.60 — USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS
  134. Chapter 13.70 — UNDERGROUND UTILITY INSTALLATIONS
  135. Title 15 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
  136. Chapter 15.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  137. Chapter 15.06 — UNIFORM HOUSING CODE
  138. Chapter 15.08 — UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
  139. Chapter 15.10 — UNIFORM FIRE CODE
  140. Chapter 15.12 — UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE
  141. Chapter 15.16 — UNIFORM ELECTRICAL CODE
  142. Chapter 15.20 — UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE
  143. Chapter 15.24 — UNIFORM SIGN CODE
  144. Chapter 15.28 — GRADING AND EXCAVATION
  145. Chapter 15.30 — REHABILITATION OF RESIDENTIAL HOTELS
  146. Chapter 15.32 — SUBSTANDARD HOUSING AND UNSAFE STRUCTURES—NUIS…
  147. Chapter 15.40 — AUTO COURTS, RESORTS AND MOTELS
  148. Chapter 15.44 — UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT
  149. Chapter 15.48 — FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
  150. Article I — STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION, FINDINGS OF FACT, PURPOSE…
  151. Article II — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  152. Article III — ADMINISTRATION
  153. Article IV — PROVISIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION
  154. Article V — VARIANCE PROCEDURE
  155. Chapter 15.52 — HOME-FINANCING PROGRAM
  156. Title 16 — SUBDIVISIONS
  157. Chapter 16.01 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  158. Chapter 16.02 — DEFINITIONS
  159. Chapter 16.03 — MAPS—GENERALLY
  160. Chapter 16.04 — PRELIMINARY MAPS
  161. Chapter 16.05 — TENTATIVE MAPS
  162. Chapter 16.06 — FINAL MAPS
  163. Chapter 16.07 — PARCEL MAPS
  164. Chapter 16.08 — DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS
  165. Chapter 16.09 — DEDICATIONS, FEES, REIMBURSEMENT AND RESERVATI…
  166. Chapter 16.10 — FEES, BONDS, AND DEPOSITS
  167. Chapter 16.11 — EXCEPTIONS
  168. Chapter 16.12 — REVERSION TO ACREAGE
  169. Chapter 16.13 — AMENDMENTS
  170. Chapter 16.14 — SUBDIVISION PROHIBITION AND PENALTIES
  171. Title 18 — ZONING
  172. Chapter 18.02 — PURPOSE AND TITLE
  173. Chapter 18.04 — DEFINITIONS
  174. Chapter 18.06 — DISTRICTS
  175. Chapter 18.08 — ZONING MAP AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
  176. Chapter 18.10 — ANNEXED AREAS
  177. Chapter 18.12 — O DISTRICT—OPEN CONSERVATION
  178. Chapter 18.14 — R-1 DISTRICT—SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
  179. Chapter 18.15 — R-1, RS-10 OVERLAY DISTRICT
  180. Chapter 18.16 — R-2 DISTRICT—LOW DENSITY MULTIPLE FAMILY RESID…
  181. Chapter 18.18 — R-3 DISTRICT—MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIPLE FAMILY RE…
  182. Chapter 18.20 — T-P DISTRICT—TRAILER PARK RESIDENTIAL
  183. Chapter 18.22 — C-P DISTRICT—ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL O…
  184. Chapter 18.24 — C-4 DISTRICT—CENTRAL TRADING DISTRICT
  185. Chapter 18.26 — C-5 DISTRICT—GENERAL COMMERCIAL
  186. Chapter 18.28 — M-1 DISTRICT—MANUFACTURING
  187. Chapter 18.30 — P DISTRICT—OFF-STREET PARKING
  188. Chapter 18.32 — GENERAL CONDITIONS
  189. Chapter 18.33 — SMOKE SHOPS AND SMOKING LOUNGES
  190. Chapter 18.34 — CLASSIFICATION OF UNLISTED USES
  191. Chapter 18.36 — COMMISSION REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURE
  192. Chapter 18.38 — CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCEDURE
  193. Chapter 18.40 — SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCEDURE
  194. Chapter 18.42 — PUBLIC UTILITIES AND SERVICES
  195. Chapter 18.44 — NONCONFORMING USES
  196. Chapter 18.46 — VARIANCES
  197. Chapter 18.48 — AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES
  198. Chapter 18.50 — FEES AND FORM OF APPLICATIONS
  199. Chapter 18.52 — CONDUCT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
  200. Chapter 18.54 — PROCEDURE, VIOLATION AND PENALTY
  201. Chapter 18.55 — CANNABIS CONTROL

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