Chapter 12.78 — ZONING ADMINISTRATION
12.80 — DEFINITIONS
San Bruno Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · San Bruno
§ 12.80.005. Scope.¶
§ 12.80.007. Uniform Building Code (UBC).¶
§ 12.80.010. Accessory dwelling unit.¶
§ 12.80.012. Accessory structure.¶
§ 12.80.015. Accessory use.¶
§ 12.80.020. Adult business.¶
§ 12.80.035. Advertising display.¶
§ 12.80.040. Advertising structure.¶
§ 12.80.045. Alley.¶
§ 12.80.048. Alternative energy structure.¶
§ 12.80.050. Amusement game center.¶
§ 12.80.060. Arcade.¶
§ 12.80.070. Banks and other financial.¶
§ 12.80.075. Bars, nightclubs, and lounges.¶
§ 12.80.085. Boardinghouse.¶
§ 12.80.090. Building.¶
§ 12.80.095. Building coverage.¶
§ 12.80.100. Building, main.¶
§ 12.80.105. Building site.¶
§ 12.80.110. Business services.¶
§ 12.80.113. Car-share service.¶
§ 12.80.116. Cemetery.¶
§ 12.80.120. CEQA.¶
§ 12.80.125. Check cashing establishment.¶
§ 12.80.127. Chief financial officer.¶
§ 12.80.130. Child nursery.¶
§ 12.80.135. College and university.¶
§ 12.80.140. Commercial recreation and entertainment.¶
§ 12.80.145. Community apartment.¶
§ 12.80.146. Community development director; director.¶
§ 12.80.147. Community facility.¶
§ 12.80.150. Conditional use.¶
§ 12.80.155. Condominium.¶
§ 12.80.160. Condominium project.¶
§ 12.80.165. Construction, maintenance, and repair services.¶
§ 12.80.170. Conversion.¶
§ 12.80.175. Council.¶
§ 12.80.181. Day care center.¶
§ 12.80.182. Demolition.¶
§ 12.80.183. Development standards.¶
§ 12.80.184. Discretionary action or permit.¶
§ 12.80.185. Disabled person.¶
§ 12.80.190. Drive-through facility.¶
§ 12.80.195. Duplex home.¶
§ 12.80.200. Dwelling unit.¶
§ 12.80.212. Emergency shelter.¶
§ 12.80.213. Employee housing.¶
§ 12.80.215. Excess housekeeping unit.¶
§ 12.80.220. Floor area.¶
§ 12.80.224. Floor area ratio (FAR).¶
§ 12.80.225. Freeway.¶
§ 12.80.226. Firearm dealers.¶
§ 12.80.227. Gambling club.¶
§ 12.80.230. Garage or carport.¶
§ 12.80.235. Garage apron or driveway.¶
§ 12.80.240. Garage, subterranean.¶
§ 12.80.241. Gas and service stations.¶
§ 12.80.242. Ground transportation provider.¶
§ 12.80.243. Habitable space.¶
§ 12.80.244. Health and exercise clubs.¶
§ 12.80.245. Heavy equipment sales and rental.¶
§ 12.80.246. Height of buildings.¶
§ 12.80.248. Home day care.¶
§ 12.80.250. Home occupation.¶
§ 12.80.255. Hospital.¶
§ 12.80.260. Hotel and motel.¶
§ 12.80.265. Housekeeping unit.¶
§ 12.80.267. Impervious surface.¶
§ 12.80.270. Interested party or interested person.¶
§ 12.80.273. Junior accessory dwelling unit (JADU).¶
§ 12.80.275. Junkyard.¶
§ 12.80.277. Land use.¶
§ 12.80.280. Landscaped freeway.¶
§ 12.80.285. Landscaping.¶
§ 12.80.286. Live/work.¶
§ 12.80.287. Loft floor.¶
§ 12.80.290. Lot.¶
§ 12.80.295. Lot area.¶
§ 12.80.297. Lot coverage.¶
§ 12.80.300. Lot depth.¶
§ 12.80.305. Lot line.¶
§ 12.80.310. Lot width.¶
§ 12.80.312. Low barrier navigation center.¶
§ 12.80.313. Lumber yards.¶
§ 12.80.315. Major repair or renovation.¶
§ 12.80.316. Manufacturing and processing, general.¶
§ 12.80.318. Manufacturing and processing, light.¶
§ 12.80.320. Massage establishment.¶
§ 12.80.332. Mixed use.¶
§ 12.80.335. Mobile home park.¶
§ 12.80.337. Multifamily home.¶
§ 12.80.340. Nonconforming building/structure.¶
§ 12.80.345. Nonconforming sign.¶
§ 12.80.350. Nonconforming use.¶
§ 12.80.353. Nursing and convalescence homes.¶
§ 12.80.355. Off-site.¶
§ 12.80.356. Off-site construction staging area.¶
§ 12.80.360. Off-street parking facilities.¶
§ 12.80.363. Office.¶
§ 12.80.365. Open space.¶
§ 12.80.367. Operable motor vehicle or trailer.¶
§ 12.80.369. Outdoor dining.¶
§ 12.80.370. Overlay.¶
§ 12.80.375. Parking space, off-street.¶
§ 12.80.376. Parking structures, commercial.¶
§ 12.80.378. Parks and recreational facilities.¶
§ 12.80.380. Permitted use.¶
§ 12.80.381. Personal services.¶
§ 12.80.382. Personal storage.¶
§ 12.80.383. Pet boarding.¶
§ 12.80.384. Phased development project.¶
§ 12.80.385. Place; to place (in relation to a sign).¶
§ 12.80.386. Place of worship.¶
§ 12.80.392. Primary structure.¶
§ 12.80.394. Primary use.¶
§ 12.80.400. Public dance/public entertainment event.¶
§ 12.80.401. Public floor area.¶
§ 12.80.402. Public maintenance facilities.¶
§ 12.80.403. Public safety facility.¶
§ 12.80.404. Recycling collection facility.¶
§ 12.80.405. Recycling processing facility.¶
§ 12.80.406. Research and development.¶
§ 12.80.407. Residential care facility.¶
§ 12.80.408. Restaurant and food services.¶
§ 12.80.409. Retail sales and service.¶
§ 12.80.410. School.¶
§ 12.80.411. Senior citizen.¶
§ 12.80.415. Setback, front.¶
§ 12.80.420. Setback, rear.¶
§ 12.80.425. Setback, side.¶
§ 12.80.430. Short-term residential rental.¶
§ 12.80.433. Side and front of corner lots.¶
§ 12.80.435. Sign.¶
§ 12.80.440. Sign area.¶
§ 12.80.443. Single-family home.¶
§ 12.80.444. Single room occupancy (SRO).¶
§ 12.80.447. Social services and charitable institution.¶
§ 12.80.460. Standard Industrial Classification Manual (SIC).¶
§ 12.80.465. Street.¶
§ 12.80.470. Street line.¶
§ 12.80.475. Structure.¶
§ 12.80.480. Structural alterations.¶
§ 12.80.481. Supportive housing.¶
§ 12.80.482. Telecommunication facility.¶
§ 12.80.483. Temporary use.¶
§ 12.80.485. This article.¶
§ 12.80.487. Trade and vocational schools.¶
§ 12.80.488. Transitional housing.¶
§ 12.80.489. Transportation terminals.¶
§ 12.80.490. Use.¶
§ 12.80.492. Utility, major.¶
§ 12.80.493. Utility, minor.¶
§ 12.80.500. Valet parking.¶
§ 12.80.502. Vehicle repair and maintenance.¶
§ 12.80.504. Vehicle sales and rental.¶
§ 12.80.506. Veterinarian.¶
§ 12.80.508. Warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution.¶
§ 12.80.510. Yard.¶
§ 12.80.520. Zoning district.¶
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