Chapter 17.96 — DEFINITIONS
Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-29 · Rancho Palos Verdes
17.96.010. - Purpose and applicability.¶
17.96.020. - Access.¶
17.96.022. - Accessory dwelling unit.¶
17.96.023. - Administrative and professional office.¶
17.96.024. - Alcoholic beverage tasting rooms.¶
17.96.025. - Advertisement.¶
17.96.030. - Advisory agency.¶
17.96.031. - Alcoholic beverage retail sales.¶
17.96.040. - Alley.¶
17.96.045. - Amateur repeater.¶
17.96.050. - Amusement park.¶
17.96.060. - Amusement ride.¶
17.96.070. - Animal clinic.¶
17.96.080. - Animals, large domestic.¶
17.96.085. - Antenna.¶
17.96.087. - Antenna assembly.¶
17.96.090. - Antenna, commercial.¶
17.96.100. - Antenna, noncommercial amateur radio.¶
17.96.110. - Antenna, satellite dish.¶
17.96.120. - Antenna support structure.¶
17.96.130. - Antenna, television.¶
17.96.140. - Apartment.¶
17.96.150. - Apartments, community.¶
17.96.160. - Arcade, video game.¶
17.96.170. - Area, buildable.¶
17.96.180. - Area, gross floor.¶
17.96.190. - Area, gross lot.¶
17.96.200. - Area, net lot.¶
17.96.205. - Assembly uses, private.¶
17.96.210. - Automobile service and repair.¶
17.96.220. - Automobile service station.¶
17.96.230. - Basement.¶
17.96.240. - Bed and breakfast inn.¶
17.96.250. - Bedroom.¶
17.96.260. - Beehive.¶
17.96.270. - Building.¶
17.96.280. - Building frontage.¶
17.96.290. - Building height.¶
17.96.300. - Building, maintenance.¶
17.96.310. - Building official.¶
17.96.320. - Building pad.¶
17.96.321. - Business support services.¶
17.96.330. - Caisson foundation.¶
17.96.340. - Canopy.¶
17.96.345. - Cargo containers.¶
17.96.350. - Carport.¶
17.96.360. - Cellar.¶
17.96.365. - Childcare facility.¶
17.96.370. - City.¶
17.96.380. - City council.¶
17.96.390. - City engineer.¶
17.96.394. - City projects.¶
17.96.400. - Cleared areas.¶
17.96.410. - Coastal appealable development.¶
17.96.420. - Coastal excluded development.¶
17.96.430. - Coastal non-appealable development.¶
17.96.440. - Coastal risk of adverse environmental effect.¶
17.96.445. - Commercial marijuana activities.¶
17.96.446. - Commercial recreation.¶
17.96.450. - Commercial vehicle.¶
17.96.451. - Common open space.¶
17.96.460. - Condominium.¶
17.96.470. - Convenience store.¶
17.96.480. - Conversion.¶
17.96.490. - Cut.¶
17.96.500. - Day care, large family.¶
17.96.510. - Day care, small family.¶
17.96.520. - Day nursery or day care center.¶
17.96.525. - Deck.¶
17.96.530. - Dedicated land.¶
17.96.540. - Density.¶
17.96.550. - Density bonus.¶
17.96.555. - Density, maximum allowable residential.¶
17.96.560. - Development.¶
17.96.570. - Development, cluster.¶
17.96.575. - Development, housing.¶
17.96.578. - Development, two-unit.¶
17.96.580. - Development site.¶
17.96.585. - Development standard.¶
17.96.590. - Director.¶
17.96.600. - Driveway.¶
17.96.605. - Driveway, direct access.¶
17.96.610. - Dwelling unit.¶
17.96.620. - Educational institution.¶
17.96.625. - Emergency shelters.¶
17.96.630. - Emergency work.¶
17.96.640. - Employee, home occupation.¶
17.96.641. - Employee housing.¶
17.96.650. - Excavation.¶
17.96.660. - Export.¶
17.96.670. - Extreme slope.¶
17.96.672. - Facility.¶
17.96.680. - Family.¶
17.96.681. - Farmer's market.¶
17.96.690. - Feasible.¶
17.96.700. - Fence.¶
17.96.710. - Fence, temporary construction.¶
17.96.720. - Fill.¶
17.96.730. - Flags and pennants.¶
17.96.740. - Foliage.¶
17.96.741. - Food hall.¶
17.96.750. - Frontage.¶
17.96.760. - Garage, private or public.¶
17.96.765. - Garage sale.¶
17.96.770. - General plan.¶
17.96.780. - Geologist, engineering.¶
17.96.788. - Governmental facility.¶
17.96.790. - Grade, finished.¶
17.96.800. - Grade, natural.¶
17.96.810. - Grade, preconstruction.¶
17.96.820. - Grading.¶
17.96.830. - Grading, balanced.¶
17.96.840. - Grading contractor.¶
17.96.850. - Grading plan.¶
17.96.860. - Grading, remedial.¶
17.96.870. - Grading, supervised.¶
17.96.880. - Guest house.¶
17.96.890. - Hearings officer.¶
17.96.900. - Hedge.¶
17.96.910. - Helistop.¶
17.96.920. - Holiday, legal.¶
17.96.921. - Home occupations.¶
17.96.930. - Hotel.¶
17.96.940. - Household.¶
17.96.945. - Household pet.¶
17.96.950. - Income, household.¶
17.96.960. - Income, low.¶
17.96.970. - Income, moderate.¶
17.96.980. - Income, very low.¶
17.96.990. - Interested person.¶
17.96.995. - Junior accessory dwelling unit.¶
17.96.1000. - Kitchen.¶
17.96.1010. - Land coverage.¶
17.96.1020. - Landscaping.¶
17.96.1030. - Loading space.¶
17.96.1040. - Lot.¶
17.96.1050. - Lot area or size.¶
17.96.1060. - Lot, corner.¶
17.96.1070. - Lot coverage.¶
17.96.1080. - Lot depth.¶
17.96.1090. - Lot, downslope.¶
17.96.1100. - Lot, flag.¶
17.96.1110. - Lot, interior.¶
17.96.1120. - Lot, pad.¶
17.96.1130. - Lot, through.¶
17.96.1140. - Lot, upslope.¶
17.96.1150. - Lot width.¶
17.96.1151. - Low barrier navigation center.¶
17.96.1154. - Lumen.¶
17.96.1160. - Main building.¶
17.96.1170. - Map, final.¶
17.96.1180. - Map, parcel.¶
17.96.1190. - Map, tentative.¶
17.96.1195. - Marijuana.¶
17.96.1200. - Market rate.¶
17.96.1210. - Mechanical equipment.¶
17.96.1220. - Microwave.¶
17.96.1221. - Mixed-use development.¶
17.96.1230. - Mobilehome.¶
17.96.1240. - Mobilehome park.¶
17.96.1250. - Motel.¶
17.96.1251. - Multi-family housing.¶
17.96.1260. - Neighborhood character.¶
17.96.1270. - Neighborhood compatibility.¶
17.96.1280. - Nonconforming.¶
17.96.1290. - Nursery school.¶
17.96.1300. - Off-sale.¶
17.96.1310. - Off-site improvements.¶
17.96.1320. - Reserved.¶
17.96.1330. - Owner.¶
17.96.1340. - Parcel.¶
17.96.1350. - Parcel, existing.¶
17.96.1360. - Parcel of record.¶
17.96.1370. - Parcels, abutting.¶
17.96.1380. - Parcels, adjacent.¶
17.96.1390. - Parcels, contiguous.¶
17.96.1400. - Parking area, private or public.¶
17.96.1410. - Parking space.¶
17.96.1415. - Parking, tandem.¶
17.96.1420. - Person.¶
17.96.1421. - Personal improvement services.¶
17.96.1422. - Personal services.¶
17.96.1430. - Pervious surface.¶
17.96.1440. - Placed or displayed.¶
17.96.1450. - Planning commission.¶
17.96.1460. - Pool, swimming or ornamental.¶
17.96.1470. - Privacy.¶
17.96.1471. - Private open space.¶
17.96.1480. - Promontory.¶
17.96.1490. - Public right-of-way.¶
17.96.1495. - Public transit.¶
17.96.1500. - Public works projects.¶
17.96.1510. - Recreation, active.¶
17.96.1520. - Recreation, passive.¶
17.96.1530. - Recycling center.¶
17.96.1540. - Recycling drop-off or collection facility.¶
17.96.1550. - Recycling program, community service.¶
17.96.1560. - Recycling single-feed reverse vending machine.¶
17.96.1570. - Recycling unit, mobile.¶
17.96.1580. - Relay tower.¶
17.96.1590. - Residence.¶
17.96.1591. - Residential care facility, small.¶
17.96.1592. - Residential care facility, large.¶
17.96.1593. - Responsible party.¶
17.96.1595. - Restaurant.¶
17.96.1596. - Restaurant with limited live entertainment.¶
17.96.1600. - Retail store.¶
17.96.1610. - Ridge.¶
17.96.1620. - Ridgeline, structure.¶
17.96.1630. - Room.¶
17.96.1640. - Row house.¶
17.96.1650. - Scale.¶
17.96.1660. - Senior resident, qualifying.¶
17.96.1670. - Service station.¶
17.96.1680. - Setback.¶
17.96.1690. - Shopping center.¶
17.96.1700. - Shopping district.¶
17.96.1705. - Short-term rental.¶
17.96.1710. - Sign.¶
17.96.1720. - Sign, announcement.¶
17.96.1730. - Sign area.¶
17.96.1740. - Sign, billboard and outdoor advertising.¶
17.96.1750. - Sign, contractor.¶
17.96.1760. - Sign, directional.¶
17.96.1770. - Sign, flashing.¶
17.96.1780. - Sign, freestanding.¶
17.96.1790. - Sign height.¶
17.96.1800. - Sign, illuminated.¶
17.96.1810. - Sign, moving or rotating.¶
17.96.1820. - Sign, off-premises.¶
17.96.1830. - Sign, on-premises.¶
17.96.1840. - Sign, permanent identification.¶
17.96.1850. - Sign, product advertising.¶
17.96.1860. - Sign structure.¶
17.96.1870. - Sign, temporary.¶
17.96.1880. - Sign, temporary banner.¶
17.96.1890. - Sign, temporary promotional.¶
17.96.1900. - Sign, under-canopy.¶
17.96.1910. - Sign, window.¶
17.96.1920. - Site.¶
17.96.1930. - Site plan.¶
17.96.1940. - Slope drain.¶
17.96.1950. - Slope, manmade.¶
17.96.1960. - Soils engineer.¶
17.96.1970. - Stock cooperative.¶
17.96.1980. - Stockpile.¶
17.96.1990. - Story.¶
17.96.2000. - Street.¶
17.96.2010. - Street side.¶
17.96.2020. - Street, private.¶
17.96.2030. - Structural alteration.¶
17.96.2040. - Structure.¶
17.96.2050. - Structure, accessory.¶
17.96.2060. - Structure, advertising.¶
17.96.2070. - Style.¶
17.96.2080. - Subdivision.¶
17.96.2090. - Subdivision design.¶
17.96.2095. - Supportive housing.¶
17.96.2100. - Temporary.¶
17.96.2105. - Tower height, small wind energy system.¶
17.96.2110. - Trailer.¶
17.96.2115. - Transitional housing.¶
17.96.2120. - Unit, affordable.¶
17.96.2125. - Units, affordable housing.¶
17.96.2128. - Reserved.¶
17.96.2130. - Unit, dwelling.¶
17.96.2140. - Reserved.¶
17.96.2150. - Unit, primary dwelling.¶
17.96.2155. - Unit, second.¶
17.96.2160. - Reserved.¶
17.96.2170. - Urban lot split.¶
17.96.2180. - Use.¶
17.96.2190. - Use, ancillary.¶
17.96.2200. - Use development or alteration.¶
17.96.2210. - Use, primary.¶
17.96.2220. - Vegetation.¶
17.96.2225. - Very high fire hazard severity zone.¶
17.96.2230. - Veterinary clinic.¶
17.96.2240. - Video game.¶
17.96.2250. - View.¶
17.96.2260. - Viewing area.¶
17.96.2270. - View restoration commission.¶
17.96.2280. - Visitor-serving use.¶
17.96.2290. - Wall.¶
17.96.2300. - Wall, common.¶
17.96.2310. - Wall, downslope retaining.¶
17.96.2320. - Wall, garden.¶
17.96.2330. - Wall, retaining.¶
17.96.2340. - Wall, side yard retaining.¶
17.96.2350. - Wall, upslope retaining.¶
17.96.2355. - Wind energy system, small.¶
17.96.2360. - Window, bay.¶
17.96.2370. - Window, garden.¶
17.96.2380. - Windscreen.¶
17.96.2390. - Yard.¶
17.96.2400. - Yard, front.¶
17.96.2410. - Yard, rear.¶
17.96.2420. - Yard, side.¶
17.96.2430. - Zoning district, base.¶
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