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Article 700 — LIST OF TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

700.01: LIST OF TERMS:

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

ARC districts (agriculture/rural/conservation districts)

Abutting or adjoining

Accessory building

Accessory structure

Accessory use

Acre, gross

Acre, net

Adjacent

Affordable housing terms

Additional incentive

Affordable rent

Affordable sales price

Density bonus

Density bonus units

Economically feasible

Housing cost

Lower income household

Maximum residential density

Moderate income household

Regulatory agreement

Senior citizen

Senior citizen housing development

Target unit

Very low income household

Aggrieved person

Alley

Alteration

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

Animal-related terms

Household pet

Livestock

Area, gross

Balcony

Base district

Bedroom

Bicycle parking, long-term

Bicycle parking, short-term

Block

Blockface

Building

Building, accessory

Building footprint

Building front

Building height

Building, main

C districts (commercial districts)

California Building Code (CBC)

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

Carport

City

City Council

City Engineer

Code Enforcement Officer

Commercial vehicle

Community Development Director

Compatible

Condition of use

Conditionally permitted

Construction

Conversion

County

Crew quarters

D districts (downtown districts)

Deck

Demolition

Density

Development

Development agreement

Development ordinance

District

Double frontage lot

Drive-through facilities

Driveway

Dwelling unit

Easement

Effective date

Emergency

Engineering and Project Management Director

Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

Facade

Family

Feasible

Fence

Floor area

Floor area ratio

Foot-candle

Footprint

Freeway

Frontage, street (frontage, lot)

Garage

General Plan

Glare

Gross leasable area

Ground floor

Habitable area

Hazardous materials

Heat

Height

Home occupation

Household

Illegal use

In-lieu fees

Intensity of use

International Building Code

Intersection, street

Kitchen

Land division terms

Abut

Access, approved

Adjoin

Applicant

Arterial

Block

Centerline

Collector street

Community apartment project

Condominium

Condominium project

Conversion

Cul-de-sac

Design

Final Map

Flood or flooding

Frontage road

Improvements

Industrial street

Local street

Lot line adjustment

Map Act

Merger

Minor street

Parcel

Parcel Map

Preliminary Map

Private street

Public improvement

Remainder

Standard plans and specifications

Stock cooperative

Subdivider

Subdivision

Subdivision design

Tentative Map

Tentative Parcel Map

Vesting Tentative Map

Landscaping

Landscaping terms

Anti-drain or check valve

Automatic controller

Backflow prevention device

Controller

Emitter

Hydrozone

Irrigation efficiency

Operating pressure

Overspray

Runoff

Lighting terms

Foot-candle

Light fixture

Light fixture cutoff

Full cutoff

Cutoff

Semi-cutoff

Non-cutoff

Shielded fixture

Living room

Long-term parking

Lot

Lot area

Lot coverage

Lot depth

Lot frontage

Lot line

Lot line types

Front lot line

Interior lot line

Rear lot line

Side lot line

Street side lot line

Lot types

Lot, corner

Lot, flag

Lot, interior

Lot, key

Lot, reversed corner

Lot, through

Lot width

Maintenance and repair

Manufactured home

Mobile home

Noise terms

Ambient noise level

Decibel

Mobile noise source

Noise

Noise level reduction (NLR)

Nonconforming use and development terms

Abandoned

Illegal nonconforming building or use

Nonconforming building or structure

Nonconforming lot

Nonconforming sign

Nonconforming use

Nuisance

Occupancy, change in

On-site

On-site loading facilities

Open space types

Common open space

Private open space

Usable open space

Opposite

Outdoor storage

Owner

Parking area

Permit

Permitted use

Person

Persons with disabilities

Porch

Pre-existing

Project

Public Works Director

Qualified applicant

Queuing area

R district (residential district)

Recreational vehicle

Redevelopment Agency

Rescission

Right-of-way

Screening

Setback

Sexually oriented business terms (see section 301.17, "Sexually Oriented Businesses", of this chapter)

Sidewalk

Sign-related terms

Abandoned sign

Animated sign

Area of sign

Awning sign

Balloon

Banner

Building frontage

Building-mounted sign

Can sign (box sign)

Canopy

Center identification sign

Changeable copy sign

Channel letters

Construction sign

Directional sign

Electronic message center sign

Fence sign

Flag

Freestanding sign

Height

Identifiable area

Identification sign

Illegal sign

Illuminated sign

Inflatable sign

Logo

Mansard

Marquee sign

Master Sign Program

Monument sign

Neon sign

New subdivision

Off-site advertising sign

Off-site directional sign

Parapet

Pennant

Pole sign

Political sign

Portable sign

Projecting sign

Real estate sign

Roof sign

Sign

Sign area

Sign copy

Sign face

Temporary sign

Vehicle display sign

Vehicle for sale sign

Wall sign

Window sign

Site

Specific plan

State

Story

Street

Strip mall

Structural alteration

Structure

Accessory structure

Permanent structure

Primary structure (main structure)

Temporary structure

Swimming pool

Tandem parking

Telecommunication terms

Amateur radio antenna

Antenna

Camouflage

Co-location

Communication tower

Ground mounted

Monopole

Wireless telecommunications facility

Temporary uses

Garage sales

Model homes

Outdoor sales, temporary and seasonal

Unit

Use

Use, accessory

Use, primary

Use, sensitive

Variance

Vibration

Visible

Weekday

Yard

Front yard

Interior side yard

Rear yard

Street side yard

Zoning Administrator

Zoning district (Ord. 1843, 11-7-2017; amd. Ord. 1873, 6-2-2020)

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