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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