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Chapter 17.02 — GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

Rolling Hills Estates Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Rolling Hills Estates

17.02.005 - Short title.

17.02.010 - Intent and purpose.

17.02.015 - Rules of construction.

17.02.020 - Generally.

17.02.025 - Advertising structure.

17.02.030 - Advisory agency.

17.02.035 - Airport.

17.02.040 - Alley.

17.02.045 - Amusement arcade.

17.02.050 - Animal hospital.

17.02.055 - Apartment.

17.02.060 - Assessor.

17.02.065 - Automobile service station.

17.02.070 - Bathroom.

17.02.075 - Block.

17.02.080 - Breezeway.

17.02.085 - Building.

17.02.090 - Building area.

17.02.095 - Building, height of.

17.02.100 - Building, main.

17.02.105 - Building setback line.

17.02.110 - Building site.

17.02.115 - Building unit group.

17.02.120 - Carport.

17.02.122 - Caretaker's unit.

17.02.125 - Carwash.

17.02.130 - City.

17.02.135 - City council.

17.02.140 - Clinic.

17.02.145 - County.

17.02.150 - County recorder.

17.02.155 - Court.

17.02.160 - Day nursery.

17.02.165 - Delicatessen.

17.02.170 - Developable area.

17.02.175 - Discotheque.

17.02.180 - District.

17.02.185 - Drive-in/Drive-through food facility.

17.02.190 - Driveway.

17.02.195 - Dump.

17.02.200 - Dwelling, one-family.

17.02.205 - Dwelling unit.

17.02.210 - Easement.

17.02.215 - Educational institutions.

17.02.217 - Emergency shelter.

17.02.220 - Family.

17.02.225 - Federal government.

17.02.230 - Fence.

17.02.235 - Fence, three-rail.

17.02.240 - Front wall.

17.02.245 - Frontage.

17.02.250 - Games of skill and science.

17.02.255 - Garage, private.

17.02.260 - Garage, public.

17.02.265 - Garage, storage.

17.02.267 - General residential care facility.

17.02.270 - Greenhouses.

17.02.275 - Guesthouse (accessory living quarters).

17.02.280 - Half story.

17.02.285 - Hedge.

17.02.290 - Height of building.

17.02.295 - Home occupation.

17.02.300 - Hospital.

17.02.305 - Hotel.

17.02.310 - Industry.

17.02.315 - Kennel.

17.02.320 - Kitchen.

17.02.322 - Limited residential care facility.

17.02.325 - Loading space.

17.02.330 - Lot.

17.02.335 - Lot, corner.

17.02.345 - Lot, corner, reversed.

17.02.350 - Lot coverage.

17.02.355 - Lot depth.

17.02.360 - Lot, interior.

17.02.365 - Lot, key.

17.02.370 - Lot line.

17.02.375 - Lot line, front.

17.02.380 - Lot line, rear.

17.02.385 - Lot line, side.

17.02.390 - Lot of record.

17.02.395 - Lot, through.

17.02.400 - Lot width.

17.02.405 - Manufactured home.

17.02.406 - Reserved.

17.02.410 - Motel.

17.02.415 - Multiple-family private dwelling.

17.02.420 - Nonconforming building/structure, legal.

17.02.425 - Nonconforming use.

17.02.430 - Nursing home.

17.02.435 - Outdoor advertising.

17.02.440 - Parking area, private.

17.02.445 - Parking area, public.

17.02.450 - Parking space, automobile.

17.02.455 - Parking structure.

17.02.460 - Person.

17.02.465 - Place.

17.02.470 - Planning commission.

17.02.475 - Plan review.

17.02.480 - Porte cochere.

17.02.485 - Property.

17.02.488 - Residential care facility.

17.02.489 - Residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE).

17.02.490 - Restaurant.

17.02.495 - Rest home.

17.02.500 - Retail store.

17.02.505 - Retaining wall.

17.02.510 - Room.

17.02.515 - Sanitarium.

17.02.520 - Satellite antenna.

17.02.525 - Schools, elementary and high.

17.02.527 - Senior independent living facility.

17.02.530 - Sign.

17.02.532 - Single room occupancy (SRO) facility.

17.02.533 - Skilled nursing facility.

17.02.535 - Stable, private.

17.02.540 - Stable, public.

17.02.545 - State.

17.02.550 - Story.

17.02.555 - Street.

17.02.560 - Street centerline.

17.02.565 - Street line.

17.02.570 - Street, local.

17.02.575 - Street, side.

17.02.580 - Structure.

17.02.585 - Structure, accessory.

17.02.590 - Structure, ground.

17.02.595 - Structural alterations.

17.02.600 - Supermarket.

17.02.602 - Supportive housing.

17.02.605 - Trailer, automobile.

17.02.607 - Transitional housing.

17.02.610 - Truck and trailer sales lot.

17.02.615 - Unit, secondary.

17.02.620 - Use.

17.02.625 - Use, accessory.

17.02.630 - Use, compatible.

17.02.635 - Used.

17.02.640 - Visual obstruction.

17.02.645 - Wall.

17.02.650 - Yard.

17.02.655 - Yard, front.

17.02.660 - Yard, rear.

17.02.665 - Yard, required.

17.02.670 - Yard, side.

17.02.675 - Yard, side street facing.

17.02.680 - Zone.

17.02.685 - Zoning district.

17.02.690 - Zoning review.

17.02.695 - Zoning district, change of.

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