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Chapter 17.006 — DEFINITIONS

Pismo Beach Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Pismo Beach

17.006.0005 Definitions.

17.006.0010 Access.

17.006.0015 Accessory.

17.006.0017 Accessory dwelling unit.

17.006.0020 Accessory structures.

17.006.0025 Acoustical engineering report.

17.006.0030 Acre.

17.006.0035 Active solar system.

17.006.0037 Adult arcade.

17.006.0039 Adult booth/individual viewing area.

17.006.0040 Adult businesses.

17.006.0041 Adult cabaret.

17.006.0042 Adult hotel/motel.

17.006.0043 Adult live entertainment.

17.006.0044 Adult modeling studio.

17.006.0045 Adult motion picture theater.

17.006.0046 Adult oriented material.

17.006.0047 Adult retail store.

17.006.0048 Aggrieved person.

17.006.0050 Agriculture.

17.006.0055 Alley.

17.006.0060 Amendment.

17.006.0063 Amusement hall.

17.006.0065 Animal hospital.

17.006.0070 Apartment.

17.006.0075 Apartment house or multiple dwelling unit.

17.006.0080 Apiary.

17.006.0090 Appurtenant.

17.006.0095 Archaeological record.

17.006.0100 Archaeologically or historically sensitive areas.

17.006.0110 Art and craft show.

17.006.011 Automobile repair, major.

17.006.0120 Automobile repair, minor.

17.006.0125 Automobile sales lot.

17.006.0130 Automobile service, gas or filling station.

17.006.0135 Awning.

17.006.0140 Balcony.

17.006.0145 Basement.

17.006.0150 Block.

17.006.0155 Bluff (ocean).

17.006.0160 Bluff access (ocean).

17.006.0165 Bluff top (ocean).

17.006.0170 Boarding house.

17.006.0175 Building.

17.006.0180 Building area total.

17.006.0185 Building heights.

17.006.0190 Building, main.

17.006.0195 Building pad.

17.006.0200 Building setback line.

17.006.0200 Building setback line.

17.006.0205 Building site.

17.006.0215 Bulk.

17.006.0220 Business.

17.006.0225 California coastal act.

17.006.0230 California coastal commission.

17.006.0235 Cantilever.

17.006.0240 Carport.

17.006.0245 Channel.

17.006.0250 Check-cashing establishment.

17.006.0255 City.

17.006.0260 City council.

17.006.0265 Club or lodge.

17.006.0270 Coastal appeal zone.

17.006.0275 Coastal dependent development or use.

17.006.0280 Coastal development permit.

17.006.0285 Coastal resources.

17.006.0290 Coastal zone.

17.006.0295 Common open space.

17.006.0300 Communication equipment building(s).

17.006.0310 Conditional use permit.

17.006.0315 Condominium.

17.006.0320 Construction.

17.006.0330 Creek corridor.

17.006.0333 Creek corridor, riparian.

17.006.0335 Critical facility.

17.006.0340 Cut.

17.006.0345 Day care facility.

17.006.0347 Demolition.

17.006.0350 Density.

17.006.0355 Density bonus.

17.006.0360 Density transfer.

17.006.0365 Development.

17.006.0370 Development permit.

17.006.0375 District.

17.006.0380 Dredging.

17.006.0385 Drive-in establishment.

17.006.0390 Driveway.

17.006.0395 Dwelling.

17.006.0400 Dwelling, single family.

17.006.0405 Dwelling, two-family or duplex.

17.006.0410 Dwelling, three-family or triplex.

17.006.0415 Dwelling, multiple.

17.006.0420 Dwelling groups.

17.006.0425 Easement.

17.006.0430 Energy facility.

17.006.0435 Environmentally sensitive habitat.

17.006.0440 Family.

17.006.0445 Family care facility.

17.006.0450 Feasible.

17.006.0455 Fence.

17.006.0460 Fill.

17.006.0465 Finished grade.

17.006.0470 Floodplain.

17.006.0475 Floodplain, 100-year.

17.006.0480 Floodway.

17.006.0485 Floor area, gross.

17.006.0490 Floor area ratio.

17.006.0495 Floor coverage, lot.

17.006.0505 Frontage.

17.006.0510 Garage.

17.006.0515 Garage, public parking.

17.006.0520 Geological report.

17.006.0525 General plan.

17.006.0528 Gold and silver exchange.

17.006.0530 Government code.

17.006.0535 Grading.

17.006.0540 Group care facility.

17.006.0545 Guest house.

17.006.0550 Hedges.

17.006.0555 Height.

17.006.0557 Hillsides.

17.006.0560 Home occupation.

17.006.0565 Homeowners association.

17.006.0567 Homestay.

17.006.0570 Hospital.

17.006.0575 Hotel.

17.006.0576 Implementing actions of the local coastal plan.

17.006.0577 Inauguration.

17.006.0580 In-lieu fees.

17.006.0585 Inn.

17.006.0590 Jacuzzi.

17.006.0595 Junkyard.

17.006.0600 Kennel.

17.006.0605 Kitchen.

17.006.0610 Laboratory, commercial.

17.006.0615 Landscaping.

17.006.0620 Lateral access.

17.006.0625 Livestock.

17.006.0630 Livestock feeding pen.

17.006.0635 Loading space (parking).

17.006.0640 Local coastal plan.

17.006.0645 Local coastal program.

17.006.0650 Local coastal program land use plan (element).

17.006.0655 Lodging house.

17.006.0660 Loft.

17.006.0665 Lot.

17.006.0670 Lot area.

17.006.0675 Lot, corner.

17.006.0680 Lot coverage by buildings.

17.006.0685 Lot depth.

17.006.0090 Lot, interior.

17.006.0695 Lot line.

17.006.0700 Lot line, front.

17.006.0705 Lot line, rear.

17.006.0710 Lot line, side.

17.006.0715 Lot merger.

17.006.0720 Lot, nonconforming.

17.006.0725 Lot, through.

17.006.0730 Major medical care facility.

17.006.0731 Marijuana cultivation.

17.006.0732 Massage establishment–accessory.

17.006.0733 Massage establishment–primary.

17.006.0734 Medical marijuana dispensary.

17.006.0735 Mitigation measures.

17.006.0740 Mobile homes (Manufactured Housing: Factory Built Housing, Modular homes).

17.006.0745 Mobile home park.

17.006.0750 Modular buildings.

17.006.0755 Motel.

17.006.0760 Nonconforming structure.

17.006.0765 Nonconforming use.

17.006.0770 Nursing, sanitarium or rest home.

17.006.0775 Nursery, garden.

17.006.0780 Office.

17.006.0785 Off-street loading facilities.

17.006.0790 Off-street parking facilities.

17.006.0795 Overlay zones.

17.006.0800 Parcel.

17.006.0805 Parking area, public.

17.006.806 Parking lot.

17.006.0807 Parking structure.

17.006.0810 Parking space.

17.006.0813 Passive solar system.

17.006.0814 Pawn shop.

17.006.0815 Percentage slope.

17.006.0820 Permit.

17.006.0825 Permitted use.

17.006.0830 Planning commission.

17.006.0835 Planned unit development (planned residential development).

17.006.0840 Plot.

17.006.0845 Pool.

17.006.0847 Primary dwelling unit.

17.006.0850 Public works.

17.006.0855 Raised structures.

17.006.0860 Recreational (trailer) vehicle.

17.006.0865 Recreational trailer vehicle parks.

17.006.0870 Reconnaissance.

17.006.0874 Resale establishment.

17.006.0875 Retail.

17.006.0880 Sea.

17.006.0885 Seawall.

17.006.0890 Secondary use.

17.006.0895 Sensitive coastal resource areas.

17.006.0900 Setback line.

17.006.0901 Shopping Center (land use).

17.006.0902 Short-term rental.

17.006.0903 Shortage of public services for new development.

17.006.0905 Significant natural resource areas.

17.006.0908 Site grade.

17.006.0909 Smoke shop.

17.006.0910 Spa.

17.006.0915 Specific plan.

17.006.0916 Specified anatomical areas.

17.006.0917 Specified sexual activities.

17.006.0919 Stock cooperative.

17.006.0920 Street.

17.006.0925 Structural alteration.

17.006.0930 Structure.

17.006.0935 Structure; temporary.

17.006.0945 Swimming pool and spa.

17.006.0947 Tattoo establishment.

17.006.0950 Toe of the bluff.

17.006.0953 Transient lodging or rental.

17.006.0955 Twenty degree rule.

17.006.0957 Unbuildable areas (for density calculation purposes only).

17.006.0960 Use.

17.006.0965 Variance permit.

17.006.0970 Vertical access.

17.006.0975 Visitor serving facility.

17.006.0980 Warehouse.

17.006.0982 Working days.

17.006.0985 Yard.

17.006.0990 Yard, front.

17.006.0995 Yard, rear.

17.006.1000 Yard, side.

17.006.1003 Zero lot line development.

17.006.1005 Zone.

17.006.1010 Zoning clearance.

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