Chapter 17.04 — DEFINITIONS
Poway Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Poway
§ 17.04.005. Grammatical interpretation.¶
§ 17.04.010. Definitions generally.¶
§ 17.04.015. Abut.¶
§ 17.04.020. Access or access way.¶
§ 17.04.023. Accessory apartment.¶
§ 17.04.025. Accessory building.¶
§ 17.04.030. Accessory dwelling unit.¶
§ 17.04.033. Accessory dwelling unit, junior.¶
§ 17.04.035. Accessory use.¶
§ 17.04.090. Advertise.¶
§ 17.04.093. Agricultural worker housing.¶
§ 17.04.097. Alteration.¶
§ 17.04.100. Ambient level.¶
§ 17.04.105. Anatomical areas.¶
§ 17.04.106. Animal enclosure.¶
§ 17.04.110. Animal hospital.¶
§ 17.04.116. Antique.¶
§ 17.04.117. Antique shop.¶
§ 17.04.125. Apartment.¶
§ 17.04.130. Arcades.¶
§ 17.04.132. Attic.¶
§ 17.04.135. Automobile service station.¶
§ 17.04.145. Basement.¶
§ 17.04.153. Board and care.¶
§ 17.04.155. Boardinghouse or roominghouse.¶
§ 17.04.157. Body piercing.¶
§ 17.04.160. Building.¶
§ 17.04.170. Building height.¶
§ 17.04.172. Building, main.¶
§ 17.04.175. Building site.¶
§ 17.04.180. Business center.¶
§ 17.04.195. Canopy.¶
§ 17.04.202. Caretaker’s living quarters.¶
§ 17.04.205. Carport.¶
§ 17.04.210. Clinic.¶
§ 17.04.215. Club.¶
§ 17.04.220. Coffeeshop.¶
§ 17.04.225. Community apartment.¶
§ 17.04.235. Condominium.¶
§ 17.04.240. Condominium conversion.¶
§ 17.04.250. Convalescent home.¶
§ 17.04.251. Cottage food business.¶
§ 17.04.265. County Recorder.¶
§ 17.04.268. Crawl space.¶
§ 17.04.270. Day nursery.¶
§ 17.04.275. Density.¶
§ 17.04.280. Development.¶
§ 17.04.290. Director of Development Services.¶
§ 17.04.295. Dormitory.¶
§ 17.04.300. Drive-in or drive-through restaurant.¶
§ 17.04.305. Dwelling.¶
§ 17.04.310. Dwelling, guest.¶
§ 17.04.315. Dwelling, multiple.¶
§ 17.04.320. Dwelling, single-family.¶
§ 17.04.325. Dwelling unit.¶
§ 17.04.327. Eating and drinking establishments.¶
§ 17.04.330. Educational institutions.¶
§ 17.04.333. Exotic, wild or nondomestic animal.¶
§ 17.04.335. Family.¶
§ 17.04.337. Fence.¶
§ 17.04.355. Garage.¶
§ 17.04.357. Garage, private.¶
§ 17.04.360. General plan.¶
§ 17.04.365. Grade.¶
§ 17.04.370. Grand opening.¶
§ 17.04.375. Gross area.¶
§ 17.04.378. Guest house.¶
§ 17.04.380. Guestroom.¶
§ 17.04.390. Highway.¶
§ 17.04.392. Home occupation.¶
§ 17.04.395. Hospital.¶
§ 17.04.400. Hotel.¶
§ 17.04.401. Household pet.¶
§ 17.04.403. Independent living.¶
§ 17.04.405. Inoperative activity.¶
§ 17.04.411. Junk.¶
§ 17.04.415. Kennel.¶
§ 17.04.420. Large animals.¶
§ 17.04.425. Legal.¶
§ 17.04.430. Legal lot.¶
§ 17.04.432. Live entertainment.¶
§ 17.04.433. Living unit.¶
§ 17.04.434. Lodge.¶
§ 17.04.440. Lot.¶
§ 17.04.445. Lot, corner.¶
§ 17.04.450. Lot coverage.¶
§ 17.04.455. Lot depth.¶
§ 17.04.460. Lot, flag.¶
§ 17.04.465. Lot, interior.¶
§ 17.04.470. Lot line.¶
§ 17.04.475. Lot line, front.¶
§ 17.04.480. Lot line, interior.¶
§ 17.04.485. Lot line, rear.¶
§ 17.04.490. Lot, reverse corner.¶
§ 17.04.495. Lot line, side.¶
§ 17.04.500. Lot, through.¶
§ 17.04.505. Lot width.¶
§ 17.04.510. Major review.¶
§ 17.04.513. Masonry wall.¶
§ 17.04.514. Marijuana cultivation – Marijuana delivery – Marijuana dispensaries,¶
§ 17.04.515. Minor review.¶
§ 17.04.520. Mobile home.¶
§ 17.04.525. Mobile home unit space.¶
§ 17.04.530. Motel.¶
§ 17.04.540. Net area.¶
§ 17.04.545. Nonconforming building.¶
§ 17.04.550. Nonconforming lot.¶
§ 17.04.560. Nonconforming use.¶
§ 17.04.573. Open fence.¶
§ 17.04.575. Other habitable accessory building.¶
§ 17.04.576. Outdoor display.¶
§ 17.04.577. Outdoor storage and/or sales area.¶
§ 17.04.585. Parkway.¶
§ 17.04.595. Planned residential development.¶
§ 17.04.612. Poultry.¶
§ 17.04.615. Public right-of-way.¶
§ 17.04.628. Recreational courts, public and semipublic.¶
§ 17.04.629. Recycling center.¶
§ 17.04.630. Remodel.¶
§ 17.04.631. Residence, main.¶
§ 17.04.633. Residence, main single-family.¶
§ 17.04.635. Roof.¶
§ 17.04.640. Roofline.¶
§ 17.04.648. Second dwelling unit.¶
§ 17.04.650. Service stations.¶
§ 17.04.655. Setback, front yard.¶
§ 17.04.660. Setback, rear yard or side yard.¶
§ 17.04.670. Single-family zone.¶
§ 17.04.672. Single housekeeping unit.¶
§ 17.04.673. Single room occupancy, SRO.¶
§ 17.04.675. Site plan.¶
§ 17.04.680. Small animals.¶
§ 17.04.690. Special promotional parking lot sales event.¶
§ 17.04.700. Stable.¶
§ 17.04.715. Statuary.¶
§ 17.04.720. Story.¶
§ 17.04.725. Street.¶
§ 17.04.730. Structure.¶
§ 17.04.735. Structural alteration.¶
§ 17.04.736. Supportive housing.¶
§ 17.04.740. Temporary outdoor sales.¶
§ 17.04.743. Tobacco shops.¶
§ 17.04.744. Transitional housing.¶
§ 17.04.745. Use.¶
§ 17.04.747. Use, principal.¶
§ 17.04.750. Useful life.¶
§ 17.04.765. Wholesaling.¶
§ 17.04.775. Yard.¶
§ 17.04.780. Yard, front.¶
§ 17.04.785. Yard, rear.¶
§ 17.04.790. Yard, side.¶
§ 17.04.795. Zoning development code and/or ordinance.¶
Get a plain-English answer with a citation back to this text.
Ask AI about this code