Chapter 18.08 — DEFINITIONS
Pleasanton Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Pleasanton
§ 18.08.005. Generally.¶
§ 18.08.010. City boards, commissions and officials.¶
§ 18.08.015. Access corridor.¶
§ 18.08.016. (Reserved)¶
§ 18.08.017. Active ground-floor uses¶
§ 18.08.018. Agriculture.¶
§ 18.08.020. Alley.¶
§ 18.08.025. Alter.¶
§ 18.08.030. Amateur radio facility.¶
§ 18.08.035. Antenna.¶
§ 18.08.040. Antenna, façade mounted.¶
§ 18.08.045. Antenna, ground mounted.¶
§ 18.08.050. Antenna, roof mounted.¶
§ 18.08.055. Bar.¶
§ 18.08.057. Basement commercial storage, public.¶
§ 18.08.058. Body art facility.¶
§ 18.08.060. Small bed and breakfast.¶
§ 18.08.065. Bed and breakfast inn.¶
§ 18.08.070. Best available control technology.¶
§ 18.08.072. Block.¶
§ 18.08.075. Biodiesel.¶
§ 18.08.077. Brew pub.¶
§ 18.08.080. Brewery and distillery.¶
§ 18.08.085. Building.¶
§ 18.08.090. Business sign.¶
§ 18.08.095. Car wash.¶
§ 18.08.100. Charitable institution.¶
§ 18.08.105. Cogeneration facility.¶
§ 18.08.107. Collocation.¶
§ 18.08.110. Combined cycle facility.¶
§ 18.08.112. Commercial mobile services.¶
§ 18.08.113. Community facility.¶
§ 18.08.115. Convenience market.¶
§ 18.08.117. Cottage food operation.¶
§ 18.08.120. Court.¶
§ 18.08.125. Coverage area.¶
§ 18.08.130. Depth.¶
§ 18.08.135. Direct to home satellite services.¶
§ 18.08.140. District.¶
§ 18.08.145. Drive-In.¶
§ 18.08.150. Driveway.¶
§ 18.08.155. Dwelling.¶
§ 18.08.160. Dwelling unit.¶
§ 18.08.165. Electricity generator facility.¶
§ 18.08.166. Employee housing (agricultural).¶
§ 18.08.167. Family.¶
§ 18.08.168. Financial institution.¶
§ 18.08.170. Emergency standby electricity generator, fuel cell, or battery facility.¶
§ 18.08.172. Family daycare home.¶
§ 18.08.175. Firearm.¶
§ 18.08.180. Firearm sales.¶
§ 18.08.185. Firearm sales, antique.¶
§ 18.08.190. Floor area, basic.¶
§ 18.08.195. Floor area, gross.¶
§ 18.08.200. Frontage.¶
§ 18.08.205. Fuel cell facility.¶
§ 18.08.207. Game arcade.¶
§ 18.08.210. Garage or carport.¶
§ 18.08.215. Garage, parking.¶
§ 18.08.220. Garage, repair.¶
§ 18.08.225. Garden center.¶
§ 18.08.227. Governmental facility.¶
§ 18.08.230. Grid.¶
§ 18.08.232. Habitable room.¶
§ 18.08.235. Home occupation.¶
§ 18.08.237. Homeless shelter.¶
§ 18.08.240. Hotel.¶
§ 18.08.245. Household pet.¶
§ 18.08.250. Illumination, diffused.¶
§ 18.08.255. Illumination, direct.¶
§ 18.08.260. Illumination, indirect.¶
§ 18.08.262. Industrial, heavy.¶
§ 18.08.263. Industrial, light.¶
§ 18.08.264. Industrial, innovation-based business.¶
§ 18.08.265. Intersection, street.¶
§ 18.08.268. Junior accessory dwelling units.¶
§ 18.08.270. Junkyard.¶
§ 18.08.275. Kennel.¶
§ 18.08.278. Live-work unit.¶
§ 18.08.280. Living room.¶
§ 18.08.285. Lodging house.¶
§ 18.08.290. Lot.¶
§ 18.08.295. Lot, corner.¶
§ 18.08.300. Lot, double frontage.¶
§ 18.08.305. Lot, interior.¶
§ 18.08.310. Lot, key.¶
§ 18.08.315. Lot line, front.¶
§ 18.08.320. Lot line, rear.¶
§ 18.08.325. Lot line, side.¶
§ 18.08.330. Lot, reversed corner.¶
§ 18.08.332. Major transit stop.¶
§ 18.08.335. Megawatt.¶
§ 18.08.337. Microbrewery.¶
§ 18.08.338. Mixed-use development.¶
§ 18.08.340. Motel or hotel.¶
§ 18.08.345. Motor vehicle wrecking yard.¶
§ 18.08.350. Multi-family dwelling.¶
§ 18.08.355. Nonconforming sign.¶
§ 18.08.360. Nonconforming structure.¶
§ 18.08.365. Nonconforming use.¶
§ 18.08.370. Nuclear power facility.¶
§ 18.08.372. Nursery.¶
§ 18.08.375. Nursery school.¶
§ 18.08.380. Nursing home.¶
§ 18.08.382. Office, business, professional, or administrative.¶
§ 18.08.383. Office, medical.¶
§ 18.08.385. Off-street loading facilities.¶
§ 18.08.390. Off-street parking facilities.¶
§ 18.08.392. One-family dwelling.¶
§ 18.08.395. Oriel window.¶
§ 18.08.400. Outdoor advertising structure.¶
§ 18.08.405. Patio, covered.¶
§ 18.08.407. Personal service.¶
§ 18.08.410. Personal wireless service.¶
§ 18.08.415. Personal wireless service facility.¶
§ 18.08.420. Personal wireless service facility tower.¶
§ 18.08.425. Personal wireless service provider.¶
§ 18.08.430. Photovoltaic facility.¶
§ 18.08.432. Plant shop.¶
§ 18.08.435. Portable, temporary electricity generator, fuel cell, or battery facility.¶
§ 18.08.437. Preexisting.¶
§ 18.08.440. Private school.¶
§ 18.08.445. Radioactive materials uses.¶
§ 18.08.450. Railroad right-of-way.¶
§ 18.08.455. Recycling collection facility, large.¶
§ 18.08.460. Recycling collection facility, small.¶
§ 18.08.465. Recycling processing facility, large.¶
§ 18.08.470. Recycling processing facility, small.¶
§ 18.08.471. Residential care facility.¶
§ 18.08.472. Restaurant.¶
§ 18.08.473. Retail.¶
§ 18.08.475. Second units.¶
§ 18.08.480. Senior care/assisted living facility.¶
§ 18.08.485. Service station.¶
§ 18.08.490. Sign.¶
§ 18.08.495. Sign area.¶
§ 18.08.500. Sign, subdivision.¶
§ 18.08.505. Single ownership.¶
§ 18.08.507. Single room occupancy unit.¶
§ 18.08.510. Site area.¶
§ 18.08.515. Site or lot.¶
§ 18.08.520. Skateboard ramp.¶
§ 18.08.523. Special downtown accessory entertainment use.¶
§ 18.08.525. Stealth techniques.¶
§ 18.08.530. Street.¶
§ 18.08.535. Structure.¶
§ 18.08.540. Structure, accessory Class I.¶
§ 18.08.545. Structure, accessory Class II.¶
§ 18.08.550. Structure, main.¶
§ 18.08.552. Supportive housing.¶
§ 18.08.555. Swimming pool.¶
§ 18.08.560. Trailer.¶
§ 18.08.565. Trailer park.¶
§ 18.08.567. Transient occupancy.¶
§ 18.08.568. Transitional housing.¶
§ 18.08.570. Transmission lines.¶
§ 18.08.575. Unlicensed wireless services.¶
§ 18.08.580. Unreinforced masonry (URM) building.¶
§ 18.08.585. Usable open space.¶
§ 18.08.590. Use.¶
§ 18.08.595. Use, accessory.¶
§ 18.08.600. Width.¶
§ 18.08.605. Wind energy facility.¶
§ 18.08.606. Winery.¶
§ 18.08.607. Yard.¶
§ 18.08.610. Yard, front.¶
§ 18.08.615. Yard, rear.¶
§ 18.08.620. Yard, side.¶
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