Rancho Cordova Municipal Code Art. III Definitions

For purposes of this code, the following words shall have the following specified meanings:

"Abandoned drive-in enterprise"

means any drive-in enterprise which has ceased providing goods and services for at least 180 days. The term "abandoned drive-in enterprise" shall not include any enterprise, all or a part of which has been lawfully converted to another use permitted by zoning regulations, and for which all necessary permits, licenses and other entitlements have been issued, so long as the premises are occupied and maintained for such use.

"Drive-in enterprise"

means any commercial enterprise such as a service station or drive-in restaurant upon which enclosed buildings occupy less than 25 percent of the lot area and where the primary method of providing goods and services to customers is by means of a drive-through service.

"Enforcement official"

means the city manager, or his or her designee.

"Junk"

means any cast-off, damaged, discarded, junked, obsolete, salvaged, scrapped, unusable, worn-out or wrecked object, thing or material composed in whole or in part of asphalt, brick, carbon, cement, plastic or other synthetic substance, fiber, glass, metal, paper, plaster, plaster of paris, rubber, terra cotta, wool, wood, cloth, canvas, organic matter or other substance, which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some use.

"Junk yard"

means any premises on which any junk is abandoned, bailed, bartered, bought, brought, bundled, deposited, disassembled, disposed of, exchanged, handled, kept, packed, processed, scattered, shipped, sold, stored or transported, regardless of whether or not such activity is done for profit.

"Owner"

means the owner of record of real property, occupant, lessee, or interested holder in same, as the case may be.

"Premises"

means any real property, or improvements thereon, as the case may be.

"Property"

means premises.

"Public right-of-way"

shall include, but not be limited to, a street, alley, lane, or sidewalk.

"Service station"

means any premises upon which the improvements are designed and built for the primary purpose of selling to or providing others with fuels for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles, whether or not providing related automotive maintenance and repair services.

(Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 50-2004 § 3)