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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.

18.08.004 - Abut.

18.04.006 - Access or access way.

18.04.008 - Accessory building.

18.04.010 - Accessory living quarters.

18.04.012 - Accessory use.

18.04.014 - Acre.

18.04.016 - Adjacent.

18.04.018 - Adjoin.

18.04.019 - Adult uses.

18.04.019-1 - Adult bookstore.

18.04.019-2 - Adult theater.

18.04.020 - Advertising structure.

18.04.022 - Advisory agency.

18.04.024 - Aircraft.

18.04.026 - Airport.

18.04.028 - Alley.

18.04.030 - Altered.

18.04.032 - Ambulatory persons.

18.04.034 - Amendment.

18.04.036 - Animal hospital.

18.04.038 - Apartment hotel.

18.04.039 - Art foundry/studio.

18.04.039-1 - Art foundry/studio apartment.

18.04.040 - Assessor.

18.04.042 - Auto court.

18.04.044 - Automobile and trailer sales lot.

18.04.046 - Automobile trailer or mobilehome.

18.04.048 - Automobile wrecking yard.

18.04.050 - Automobile service station.

18.04.052 - Bakery goods, retail sales only.

18.04.054 - Bakery, retail.

18.04.056 - Basement.

18.04.058 - Billboard.

18.04.060 - Block.

18.04.062 - Block frontage.

18.04.064 - Boarding or rooming house.

18.04.066 - Borrow pit.

18.04.068 - Breezeway.

18.04.070 - Building.

18.04.072 - Building, area of.

18.04.074 - Building, height of.

18.04.076 - Building, main.

18.04.078 - Building setback line.

18.04.080 - Building site.

18.04.082 - Building, temporary.

18.04.084 - Building unit group.

18.04.086 - Bungalow court.

18.04.088 - Business.

18.04.090 - Cabana.

18.04.092 - Camp, public.

18.04.094 - Carport.

18.04.096 - Cemetery.

18.04.098 - Centerline.

18.04.100 - Church.

18.04.102 - City.

18.04.104 - City clerk.

18.04.106 - Clinic.

18.04.108 - Club.

18.04.110 - College.

18.04.112 - College, trade.

18.04.114 - Commerce.

18.04.116 - Commercial classifications.

18.04.118 - Commercial office.

18.04.120 - Commission.

18.04.122 - Communication equipment buildings.

18.04.124 - Contiguous.

18.04.126 - Convalescent home.

18.04.128 - Corner cut-off.

18.04.130 - Council and city council.

18.04.132 - County.

18.04.134 - County recorder.

18.04.136 - Court.

18.04.138 - Court, apartment.

18.04.140 - Court, enclosed.

18.04.142 - Court, inner.

18.04.144 - Court, outer.

18.04.146 - Coverage.

18.04.148 - Cul-de-sac lot.

18.04.150 - Curve lot.

18.04.152 - Dairy drive-in.

18.04.154 - Dairy farm.

18.04.156 - Day.

18.04.158 - Day nursery or child care nursery.

18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

18.04.160 - District.

18.04.162 - Dormitory.

18.04.164 - Drainage channel.

18.04.166 - Drive-in movie.

18.04.168 - Drive-in restaurant.

18.04.170 - Driveway.

18.04.172 - Drug store.

18.04.174 - Drug store, super.

18.04.176 - Dump.

18.04.178 - Duplex.

18.04.180 - Dwelling.

18.04.182 - Dwelling group.

18.04.184 - Dwelling, multiple.

18.04.186 - Dwelling, one family.

18.04.188 - Dwelling, two family.

18.04.189 - Second dwelling.

18.04.190 - Easement.

18.04.192 - Education institutions.

18.04.194 - Electric distribution substation.

18.04.196 - Essential service.

18.04.198 - Family.

18.04.200 - Farm labor camp.

18.04.202 - Federal.

18.04.204 - Feed lot or feed yard.

18.04.206 - Fence.

18.04.208 - Filling station.

18.04.210 - Fishery.

18.04.212 - Flood control channel.

18.04.214 - Floor area.

18.04.216 - Floor space index.

18.04.218 - Fraternity.

18.04.220 - Freeway, landscaped.

18.04.222 - Freeway or expressway.

18.04.224 - Frontage.

18.04.226 - Frontage street, service road or outer highway.

18.04.228 - Front wall.

18.04.229 - Funeral home.

18.04.230 - Garage, private.

18.04.232 - Garage, public.

18.04.234 - Garage, repair.

18.04.236 - Garage, storage.

18.04.238 - Garbage.

18.04.240 - Golf course.

18.04.242 - Grade.

18.04.244 - Greenhouse.

18.04.246 - Group houses.

18.04.248 - Guest.

18.04.250 - Guest home.

18.04.252 - Guest house.

18.04.254 - Guest ranch.

18.04.256 - Guest room.

18.04.258 - Half-story.

18.04.260 - Hedge.

18.04.262 - Height of building.

18.04.264 - Highway setback line.

18.04.266 - Hog ranch.

18.04.268 - Home for the aged.

18.04.270 - Home occupation.

18.04.272 - Hospital.

18.04.274 - Hospital, animal.

18.04.276 - Hotel.

18.04.278 - House court.

18.04.280 - House trailer.

18.04.282 - Industrial classifications.

18.04.284 - Industry.

18.04.286 - Intent and purpose.

18.04.288 - Junk.

18.04.290 - Junkyard.

18.04.292 - Kennel.

18.04.294 - Kitchen.

18.04.296 - Labor camp, permanent farm.

18.04.298 - Labor camp, temporary farm.

18.04.300 - Landscaping.

18.04.302 - Loading.

18.04.304 - Loading space.

18.04.306 - Local street or local highway.

18.04.308 - Lodging house.

18.04.310 - Lot.

18.04.312 - Lot area.

18.04.314 - Lot, corner.

18.04.316 - Lot, corner, reversed.

18.04.318 - Lot coverage.

18.04.320 - Lot, cul-de-sac.

18.04.322 - Lot, curve.

18.04.324 - Lot depth.

18.04.326 - Lot, interior.

18.04.328 - Lot line.

18.04.330 - Lot line, front.

18.04.332 - Lot line, rear.

18.04.334 - Lot line, side.

18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

18.04.336 - Lot, nonconforming.

18.04.338 - Lot of record.

18.04.340 - Lot, through.

18.04.342 - Lot width.

18.04.344 - Major street or major highway or county road.

18.04.346 - Marquee.

18.04.347 - Reserved.

18.04.348 - Medical office.

18.04.350 - Medical or dental clinic.

18.04.352 - Mobilehome.

18.04.354 - Motel.

18.04.356 - Nonconforming building.

18.04.358 - Nonconforming use.

18.04.360 - Nursery school.

18.04.362 - Nursing home.

18.04.364 - Official plan lines.

18.04.366 - Outdoor advertising.

18.04.368 - Parking area, private.

18.04.370 - Parking area, public.

18.04.372 - Parking area, residential.

18.04.374 - Parking district.

18.04.376 - Parking space, automobile.

18.32.060 through 18.32.340 shall apply.

18.04.378 - Parkway.

18.04.380 - Patio, covered.

18.04.382 - Person.

18.04.384 - Petroleum bulk plant.

18.04.386 - Pharmacy or prescription pharmacy.

18.04.388 - Place.

18.04.390 - Professional office.

18.04.392 - Property line.

18.04.394 - Provisions.

18.04.396 - Quarry.

18.04.398 - Quasi-public organizations.

18.04.400 - Ramada.

18.04.402 - Residence.

18.04.404 - Restaurant.

18.04.406 - Rest home or home for the aged.

18.04.408 - Retail store.

18.04.410 - Rezoning.

18.04.412 - Road.

18.04.414 - Room.

18.04.416 - Rooming house.

18.04.418 - Sanitarium.

18.04.420 - School, elementary, junior high or high.

18.04.422 - School, private.

18.04.424 - School, trade.

18.04.426 - Separate ownership.

18.04.428 - Service station.

18.04.430 - Setback line, front yard.

18.04.432 - Setback line, highway.

18.04.434 - Setback line, rear yard or side yard.

18.04.436 - Shall and may.

18.04.438 - Sign.

18.04.440 - Site plan.

18.04.442 - Site plan review.

18.04.444 - Slope.

18.04.446 - Sorority.

18.04.447 - Specified and anatomical areas.

18.04.447-1 - Specified sexual activities.

18.04.448 - Stable, private.

18.04.450 - Stable, public.

18.04.452 - State.

18.04.454 - Story.

18.04.456 - Story, one-half.

18.04.458 - Street.

18.04.460 - Street centerline.

18.04.462 - Street line.

18.04.464 - Street, local.

18.04.466 - Street, side.

18.04.468 - Structural alteration.

18.04.470 - Structure.

18.04.472 - Structure, advertising.

18.04.474 - Structure, temporary.

18.32.340 shall apply.

18.04.476 - Supermarket.

18.04.478 - Swimming pool.

18.04.479 - Temporary caretaker office/unit.

18.04.480 - Toe of slope.

18.04.482 - Tourist court.

18.04.484 - Trading area.

18.04.486 - Trailer, automobile.

18.04.488 - Trailer coach.

18.04.490 - Trailer court or trailer park.

18.04.492 - Trailer, residential.

18.04.494 - Truck service station.

18.04.496 - Truck and trailer sales lot.

18.04.498 - Unit planned development.

18.04.500 - Urban area.

18.04.502 - Urban lot.

18.04.504 - Used.

18.04.506 - Used materials yard.

18.04.508 - Utility easement.

18.04.510 - Visual obstruction.

18.04.512 - Wading pools.

18.04.514 - Wall.

18.04.516 - Warehousing.

18.04.518 - Water supply, private.

18.04.520 - Wholesaling.

18.04.522 - Yard.

18.04.524 - Yard, front.

18.04.526 - Yard, rear.

18.04.528 - Yard, side.

18.04.530 - Zone.

18.04.532 - Zone map.

18.04.534 - Zoning district.

18.04.536 - Zoning district, change of.

18.04.538 - Zoning ordinance.

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