Chapter 17.154 — DEFINITIONS PURPOSE AND ORGANIZATION 17.154.002 – Purpose and…

This Article provides definitions of the technical and other terms and phrases used in Title 17 (Zoning Regulations) as a means of providing consistency in its interpretation. Where any definition in this Article may conflict with definitions in other titles of the Municipal Code, these definitions shall prevail for the purposes of this Code, except for as specified in Section 17.090.010.C (Other Definition Sections). If a word is not defined in this Chapter or in other provisions of the Municipal Code, the most common dictionary definition is presumed to be correct.

This Article is subdivided into the following Chapters.

• A. Chapter 9.02 17.156 (Land Use Definitions) applies to land uses and activities identified in Table 9 2-1 (Uses Allowed Bby Zone) of Section 17.10.020 (Use Regulations By Zone) and Table 10 (Airport Overlay Zone – Maximum Allowed Persons) of Section 17.64.030 (Allowed Uses) .

A. B. Chapter 17.60 (AOZ Land Use Defintions) applies to land uses and activities identified in Table 2-24 (Airport – Overlay Zone Maximum Allowed Persons) of Section 17.64.040 (Development Standards and Uses).

B. C. Chapter 9.04 17.158 (General Definitions) applies to all other terms used in Title 17.

In addition to the definitions provided in this Chapter, definitions are contained in the following sections of Title 17. Where any definition of this subsection may conflict with definitions in other titles of the Municipal Code, these definitions shall prevail.

A. Section 17.70.140 (Public Art Requirements for Private Development

A. B. Section 1 7.08.xxx .86.030 (Adult Business Uses)

• B. Section 17.xx (Water-Efficient Landscape Standards)

C. Section 17.xx Chapter 17.138 (Inclusionary Housing Requirements)

• D. Chapter 17.140 (Affordable Housing Incentives)

C. E. Chapter 17.142 (Downtown Housing Conversion Regulations)

Section 17.xx (Cannabis)

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- CHAPTER 17.156: LAND USE DEFINITIONS (TABLE 9 2 1 AND 10 U SES)

This Chapter provides definitions of the Land Uses and Activities identified in Table 9 2-1 (Uses Allowed by Zone) of Section 17. 01 0. 012 0 (Use Regulations by Zone) and Table 10 (Airport Overlay Zone – Maximum Allowed Persons) of Section 17.64.030 (Allowed Uses).

Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). An attached or detached dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with another primary, single-unit dwelling. An ADU includes permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation on the same lot as the primary unit. An ADU may be structured as one efficiency unit, as defined in of the Health and Safety Code Section 17958.1, and/or (2) a manufactured home, as defined in of the Health and Safety Code Section 18007, among other formats.

Accessory Dwelling Unit, Attached. An ADU that is either attached to (by a minimum of one shared wall), or completely contained within, the primary existing space of the single-unit dwelling unit or existing accessory structure.

Accessory Dwelling Unit, Detached. An ADU that provides new residential square footage not attached or sharing any walls with the primary existing single-unit dwelling.

Accessory Use. See “Use, Accessory.”

Adult Entertainment Businesses. See Section 17. 08.xxx 86.030 (Adult Business Uses).

Agricultural Accessory Structure. Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site with a permitted agricultural use including farm offices, barns, stables, coops, tank houses, storage tanks, wind machines, windmills, silos and other farm outbuildings, private garages and carports, storehouses, garden structures, greenhouses, recreation rooms, private swimming pools, and tennis courts for the use of the persons residing on the site.

Airport. An area approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the take-off and landing of aircraft, which may include appurtenant areas for airport buildings, aircraft operations, and related facilities, aprons and taxiways, control towers, hangars, safety lights, navigation, and air traffic control facilities and structures. These may also include facilities for aircraft manufacturing, maintenance, repair, and reconditioning. Where approved, an airport may also include aircraft sales and dealerships, car rental establishments, gift shops, hotels and motels, personal services, restaurants and bars, tobacco and newsstands, and other similar commercial uses serving the air-traveling public and airport employees.

Animal Care, Sales and Services.

Animal Boarding/Kennels. The commercial provision of shelter and care for dogs, cats, other household animals, and horses (where allowed), including activities associated with such shelter and care (e.g., feeding, exercising, grooming, and incidental medical care)of four or more dogs four months of age or older, or four or more cats, except for dogs or cats in pet shops.

Animal Grooming. The commercial provision of bathing and trimming services for dogs, cats, and other household animals permitted by the Municipal Code. Overnight boarding is not included with this use (see “Animal Boarding/Kennels”).

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Animal Retail Sales. The retail sales of household animals within an entirely enclosed building. These uses include grooming, if incidental to the retail use, but specifically excludes boarding of animals other than those for sale (see “Animal Boarding/Kennels”).

Veterinary Services, Large Animal. Veterinary services for livestock, farm animals, and other large animals. This classification allows 24-hour accommodation of animals receiving medical services.

Veterinary Services, Small Animal. Veterinary services for household pets. This classification allows 24-hour accommodation of animals receiving medical services, but does not include kenneling of animals not receiving medical services (see “Animal Boarding/Kennels”).

Animal Husbandry and Grazing. Raising and breeding of animals or production of animal products. Typical uses include grazing, ranching, dairy farming, poultry farming, beekeeping, and enclosed fisheries, but excludes slaughterhouses and feedlot operations. Does not include animal sales, boarding, and grooming (see “Animal Care, Sales and Services”).

Auto Repair. See “Vehicle Repair and Service.”

Auto Sales and Rental. See “Vehicle Repair and Service.”

Backlots and Soundstages. See “Media Production – Backlots and Soundstages.”

Banks and Financial Institutions.

Automated teller machines (ATMs). An unstaffed computerized, self-service machine used by banking customers for financial transactions, including deposits, withdrawals, and fund transfers. These machines may be located at or within banks, or in other locations.

Banks and Credit Unions. Financial institutions providing retail banking services. This classification includes only those institutions engaged in the on-site circulation of money, including credit unions, but does not include “Check Cashing Shops/Payday Loans.”

Check Cashing Shops/Payday Loans. A commercial land use that generally includes some or all of a variety of financial services, including cashing of checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose; deferred deposit of personal checks whereby the check casher refrains from depositing a personal check written by a customer until a specific date pursuant to a written agreement; money transfers; payday advances; issuance of money orders; making consumer or auto-title loans; and similar uses. This category does not include State or Federally chartered banks, savings associations, credit unions, or industrial loan companies. It also does not include retail sellers that are primarily engaged in the business of selling consumer goods, such as consumables to retail buyers, and that cashes checks or issues money orders as a service to its customers (for a fee not exceeding two dollars) incidental to their main purpose or business.

Bar. See “Eating and Drinking Establishments – Bars, Live Entertainment, and Taverns.”

Bed and Breakfast Establishment. See “Lodging – Bed and Breakfast Establishment.”

Boarding House. A boarding house is a residence or dwelling, other than a motel or hotel, wherein two or more rooms, with or without individual or group cooking facilities, are rented to three or more individuals under separate rental

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agreements or leases, either written or oral, whether or not an owner, agent or rental manager is in the residence. Meals may also be included. This use type includes convents, monasteries, and student dormitories, but does not include “Fraternities and Sororities,” which are separately defined, nor does it include a fraternity or sorority that is not in good standing with the California Polytechnic University. Notwithstanding this definition, no single-unit dwelling operated as a group home pursuant to the Community Care Facilities Act, which is otherwise exempt from local zoning regulations, shall be considered a boarding house.

Broadcast Studios. See “Media Production – Broadcast Studios.”

Building Materials Sales and Services. See “Retail Sales – Building Materials and Services.”

Business Services. Establishments providing goods and services to other businesses on a fee or contract basis, including printing and copying, blueprint services, advertising and mailing, equipment rental and leasing, office security, custodial services, photo finishing, model building, taxi, or delivery services with two or fewer fleet vehicles on site.

Cannabis Commercial Activity. See Chapter 17.XX (Cannabis).

Car Wash. See “Vehicle Sales and Services – Vehicle Services, Washing.”

Caretaker Quarters. “Caretaker dwelling” means a permanent residence that is secondary or accessory to the primary use of the property, and used for housing a caretaker employed on the site of any nonresidential use where needed for security purposes or to provide 24-hour care or monitoring of people, plants, animals, equipment, or other conditions on the site.

Cemetery. Establishments primarily engaged in operating sites or structures reserved for the interment of human or animal remains, including mausoleums, burial places, and memorial gardens.

Check Cashing Shops. See “Banks and Financial Institutions – Check Cashing Shops/Payday Loans.”

Commercial Mining. See “Mineral Extraction.”

Commercial Recreation. Recreational facilities where visitors are participant actors rather than spectators. Examples include outdoor facilities such as amusement and theme parks, water parks, swimming pools; driving ranges, golf courses, miniature golf courses, riding stables; and indoor facilities such as large fitness centers, gymnasiums, handball, badminton, racquetball, dance hall and tennis club facilities; ice or roller skating rinks; trampoline and bounce house establishments; bowling alleys; pool and billiards lounges; and electronic game and amusement centers. This classification may include snack bars and other incidental food and beverage services to patrons. Bars or restaurants with alcohol sales shall be treated as a separate use and shall be regulated accordingly, even when operated in conjunction with the entertainment and recreation use.

Commercial Recreation, Large-Scale. Larger recreational facilities (greater than 20,000 square feet).

Commercial Recreation, Small-Scale. Smaller and primarily indoor (although some facilities may be outdoor) facilities that are less than 20,000 square feet.

Continuing Care Community. A residential facility that combines independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care) on one development site.

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Community Garden. A site used for growing plants for food, fiber, herbs, flowers, and others which is shared and maintained by community residents, either as an accessory or principal use

Convenience Store. See “Food and Beverage Sales – Convenience Store.”

Crop Production. Commercial agricultural production field and orchard uses, including the production of the following or similar, primarily in the soil on the site and not in containers: field crops; flowers and seeds; fruits; grains; ornamental crops; tree nuts; trees and sod; vegetables; wine and table grapes. Also includes associated crop preparation services and harvesting activities, such as mechanical soil preparation, irrigation system construction, spraying, and crop processing, not including sales sheds (see “Food and Beverage Sales – Produce Stand”). Does not include greenhouses or containerized crop production (See “Greenhouse/Plant Nursery, Commercial”). Does not include noncommercial home gardening, which is considered an accessory use to an allowed residential use. Does not include cannabis, which is addressed separately.

Cultural Institutions. A nonprofit institution displaying or preserving objects of interest in one or more of the arts or sciences. This use includes libraries, museums, and art galleries. May also include accessory retail uses such as a gift/book shop, restaurant, etc.

Day Care Centers. Establishments providing non-medical care for persons on a less than 24-hour basis other than “Family Day Care.” This classification includes nursery schools, preschools, and day care facilities for children or adults, and any other day care facility licensed by the State.

Drive-Through or Drive-Up Facilities. An establishment that sells products or provides services to occupants in vehicles, including drive-in or drive-up windows and drive-through services. Examples include fast food restaurants, banks, and pharmacies. Does not include “click and collect” facilities in which an online order is picked up in a stationary retail business without use of a drive-in service (see “Retail Sales – General Retail”). Does not include drive-in theaters or “Vehicle Services - Washing.”

Eating and Drinking Establishments. Businesses primarily engaged in serving prepared food and/or beverages for consumption on or off the premises.

Bars, Live Entertainment, and Taverns. Any establishment that sells or serves alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises and is holding or applying for a public premise license from the State Department of Alcoholic Beverages and in which persons under 21 years of age are restricted from the premises. References to the establishment shall include any immediately adjacent area that is owned, leased, or rented, or controlled by the licensee. This use includes wine tasting rooms and micro-breweries where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed on-site and any food service is subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages. Does not include adult entertainment businesses.

Restaurant. Establishments where food and beverages may be consumed on the premises, taken out, or delivered.

Restaurant with late-hour alcohol service. A restaurant that provides alcohol service after 11:00 PM.

Educational Conferences Housing. Student housing complexes normally occupied for part of the year by university students used during their vacant periods for educational conferences.

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Elderly and Long-Term Care. Establishments that provide 24-hour medical, convalescent, or chronic care to individuals who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness, or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves, and is licensed as a skilled nursing facility by the State, including but not limited to rest homes and convalescent hospitals. Does not include “Residential Care Facilities,” “Hospitals,” or “Clinics.”

Extended Hour Retail. See “Retail Sales, Extended Hour Retail”.

Family Day Care. A day-care facility licensed by the State that is located in a single-unit residence or other dwelling unit where a resident of the dwelling provides care and supervision for children under the age of 18 for periods of fewer than 24 hours a day.

Small. A facility that provides care for eight or fewer children, including children who reside at the home and are under the age of 10. See Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78.

Large. A facility that provides care for nine to 14 children, including children who reside at the home and are under the age of 10. See Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78.

Farm and Feed Stores. See “Nurseries and Garden Centers.”

Food and Beverage Sales. Retail sales of food and beverages for off-site preparation and consumption.

General Market. Retail food markets of food and grocery items for off-site preparation and consumption. Typical uses include supermarkets, neighborhood grocery stores, and specialty food stores, such as retail bakeries; candy, nuts, and confectionary stores; meat or produce markets; vitamin and health food stores; cheese stores; and delicatessens. This classification may include small-scale specialty food production such as pasta shops with retail sales.

Convenience Store. A retail establishment with not more than 4,500 square feet of gross floor area, offering for-sale prepackaged food products, household items, newspapers and magazines, and sandwiches and other freshly prepared foods, such as salads, for off-site consumption. Sale of alcoholic beverages is limited to beer and wine only in conjunction with an ABC License Type 20.

Produce Stand. A temporary facility for selling seasonal goods such as fruits, vegetables and plants.

Liquor Store. Any business selling alcoholic beverages as a primary use, including beer, wine, distilled spirits, hard liquor, and/or any other alcoholic beverages. Does not include grocery stores, convenience stores, warehouse stores, or other alcohol sales authorized as part of an off-site wine tasting room or food and beverage product manufacturing.

Food Preparation. Businesses preparing and/or packaging food for off-site consumption, excluding those of an industrial character in terms of processes employed, waste produced, water used, and traffic generation. Typical uses include catering kitchens, bakeries with on-site retail sales, and small-scale specialty food production. Food Preparation may also be considered accessory to allowed restaurant uses.

Food Trucks. Any self-propelled, motorized device or vehicle by which any person or property may be propelled or moved upon a highway or street, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power, or which may be drawn or towed by a self-propelled, motorized vehicle, from which food or food products are sold, offered for sale, displayed, bartered, exchanged, or otherwise given.

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Fraternities and Sororities. Residence for college or university students who are members of a social or educational association that is affiliated and in good standing with the California Polytechnic State University and where such an association also holds meetings or gatherings.

Freight/Truck Terminals. Transportation facilities furnishing services incidental to freight, courier, and postal services by truck, airplane, or rail. This classification does not include local messenger and local delivery services (see “Light Fleet-Based Services”).

Fuel Dealer. A retail trade establishment that sells fuel oil, butane, propane, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), bottled or in bulk, to consumers, as the primary use of the site. Does not include the sale of these fuels as an accessory use to a service/fueling station or other retail establishment.

Funeral Parlors and Internment Services. An establishment primarily engaged in the provision of services involving the care, preparation, or disposition of human remains and conducting memorial services. Typical uses include crematories, columbaria, mausoleums, mortuaries, funeral chapels, and funeral homes.

General Retail. See “Retail Sales, General Retail.”

Greenhouse/Plant Nursery, Commercial. A commercial agricultural establishment engaged in the production of ornamental plants and other nursery products, grown under cover either in containers or in the soil on the site, or outdoors in containers. The outdoor production of plants in the soil on the site is instead included under “crop production.” Also includes establishments engaged in the sale of these products (wholesale) and commercial-scale greenhouses. Does not include noncommercial home gardening in greenhouses and “Nurseries and Garden Centers”.

Grocery Store. See “Food and Beverage Sales, General Market.”

Handicraft Manufacturing. Establishments primarily engaged in on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing or artistic endeavor, which involves only the use of hand tools or small mechanical equipment. Handicraft Manufacturing uses shall include the accessory direct retail sale to consumers of only those goods produced on site. Typical uses include ceramic studios, candle making shops, woodworking, and custom jewelry manufacturers. For handicraft manufacturing uses without a retail component, see “Manufacturing - Light.” For retail uses with an accessory manufacturing component, see “Retail Sales – General Retail.”

Heliport/Helipad. Any landing area used for landing or taking off private helicopters for the purpose of picking up and discharging of passengers or cargo.

High-occupancy residential use. Any dwelling in the R-1 or R-2 zones when the occupancy of the dwelling consists of six or more persons over the age of 18. Does not include “Residential Care Facilities.”

High occupancy residential use . Any dwelling in the R-1 or R-2 zones when the occupancy of the dwelling consists of six or more adults.

Home Occupation. A commercial use conducted on residential property by the inhabitants of the subject residence, which is incidental and secondary to the residential use of the property.

Homeless Shelters. See “Lodging – Homeless Shelters.”

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Homestay Rentals. An owner-occupied dwelling unit where bedrooms are provided for compensation for fewer than 30 consecutive days with a maximum of four adult overnight guests.

“ H ospice In-Patient Facility. Residential facility licensed or supervised by any Federal, State, or local health/welfare agency that provide 24-hour medical and/or nonmedical services for patients under the care of a licensed Medicare certified hospice agency.

Hospitals and Clinics. State-licensed facilities providing medical, surgical, psychiatric, or emergency medical services to sick or injured persons. This classification includes facilities for inpatient or outpatient treatment, including substanceabuse programs as well as training, research, and administrative services for patients and employees. This classification excludes veterinaries and animal hospitals (see “Animal Care, Sales, and Services”).

Clinic. A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical service for sick or injured persons exclusively on an out-patient basis, including emergency treatment, diagnostic services, administration, and related services to patients who are not lodged overnight. Services may be available without a prior appointment. This classification includes licensed facilities such as blood banks and plasma centers, and emergency medical services offered exclusively on an outpatient basis such as urgent care centers. This classification does not include private medical and dental offices that typically require appointments and are usually smaller scale, see “Medical and Dental Offices.”

lable without a prior appointment. This classification includes licensed facilities such as blood banks and plasma centers, and emergency medical services offered exclusively on an outpatient basis such as urgent care centers. This classification does not include private medical and dental offices that typically require appointments and are usually smaller scale, see “Medical and Dental Offices.”

Hospital. A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical services for sick or injured persons primarily on an in-patient basis, and including ancillary facilities for outpatient and emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, research, administration, and services to patients, employees, or visitors.

Hotels and Motels. See “Lodging – Hotels and Motels.”

Instructional Services. Commercial establishments that offer specialized programs in personal growth and development served provided on an individual or group setting. Typical uses include classes or instruction in music, fitness, art, or academics. Instructional Services also include rehearsal studios as an accessory use.

Laboratory – Medical, Analytical, Research, Testing. A facility for testing, analysis, and/or research. Examples of this use include medical labs, soils and materials testing labs, and forensic labs. This type of facility is distinguished from industrial research and development (see “Research and Development”) in its orientation more toward testing and analysis than product development or prototyping; an industrial research and development facility may typically include this type of lab. The “medical lab” subset of this land use type is oriented more toward specimen analysis and processing than direct blood drawing and specimen collection from patients (see “Hospitals” and “Clinics”), but may also include incidental specimen collection.

Light Fleet-Based Services. Passenger transportation services, local delivery services, medical transport, and other businesses that rely on fleets of three or more vehicles with rated capacities less than 10,000 pounds. This classification

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includes parking, dispatching, and offices for taxicab and limousine operations, ambulance services, non-emergency medical transport, local messenger and document delivery services, home cleaning services, and similar businesses. This classification does not include towing operations or taxi or delivery services with two or fewer fleet vehicles on-site (see “Business Services”). Does not include a dispatch office facility on a site separate from the location where the vehicles used by the business are parked or stored between calls (see “Office – Business and Professional”).

Liquor Stores. See “Food and Beverage Sales – Liquor Stores.”

Livestock Feed Lot. A type of animal feeding operation which is used in intensive animal farming for finishing livestock, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaughter.

Lodging. An establishment providing overnight accommodations to transient patrons for payment for periods of fewer than 30 consecutive calendar days.

Bed and Breakfast Establishment. A building or group of buildings providing 15 or fewer bedrooms or suites that are rented for overnight lodging, with a common eating area for guests. Does not include room rental, which is separately defined (see “Boarding House”).

Homeless Shelter. A church, public building, or quasi-public facility that provides emergency or temporary shelter for more than 31 days in any six-month period to homeless individuals and/or groups. These accommodations may include temporary lodging, meals, laundry facilities, bathing, counseling, and other basic support services.

Hostels. An establishment with guest rooms or suites that may be private or common which are rented to the general public for overnight lodging to transient patrons. Hostels cater primarily, but not exclusively, to travelers who arrive by bicycle, train, or other nonautomotive vehicles, and are generally an inexpensive form of lodging.

Hotels and Motels. An establishment with a group of guest rooms or suites, with or without kitchen facilities, rented to the general public for overnight lodging to transient patrons. These establishments may provide additional services, such as conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, bars, personal services, retail services, or recreational facilities available to guests or to the general public. This use classification does not include boarding or rooming housings (see “Boarding Houses”) or bed and breakfasts (see “Bed and Breakfast Establishment”), or hostels (see “Hostels”) which are separately defined and regulated. Any single hotel room that is not part of a group of hotel rooms is considered a “Vacation Rental.”

Recreational Vehicle (RV) Park. A form of lodging designed to specifically accommodate travelers with and temporary overnight parking for recreational vehicles (RV) and/or trailers as a primary use of the property.

Maintenance and Repair Services. Establishments engaged in the maintenance or repair of office machines, household appliances, furniture, and similar items. This classification excludes maintenance and repair of vehicles or boats (see “Vehicle Sales and Services”) and personal apparel (see “Personal Services").

Manufacturing - Heavy. Manufacturing of products from extracted or raw materials or recycled or secondary materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. This classification includes operations such as biomass energy conversion; textile mills; leather and allied product manufacturing; wood product manufacturing; paper manufacturing; chemical manufacturing; plastics and rubber products manufacturing; nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing (such as sand, gravel, or clay into products for intermediate or final consumption); primary metal manufacturing; fabricated metal product manufacturing; petroleum refining and related industries; and automotive, ship,

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aircraft, and heavy equipment manufacturing. Includes accessory office uses associated with the on-site use. This classification does not include recycling (see “Recycling”) or the processing of animals.

Manufacturing - Light. A use engaged in the manufacture, predominately from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, and treatment packaging, taking place primarily within enclosed buildings and producing minimal impacts on nearby properties. Includes accessory wholesale and/or direct retail sale to consumers of only those goods produced on-site. Includes accessory office uses associated with the on-site use. Examples of light industrial uses include but are not limited to the manufacture of electronic instruments, equipment, and appliances; brewery and alcohol production, pharmaceutical manufacturing; and production apparel manufacturing.

Market, General. “See Food and Beverage Sales – General Market.”

Media Production. Fixed-base facilities for motion picture, television, video, sound, computer, and other communications production. These facilities include the following types:

Backlots and Soundstages. Outdoor sets, backlots, and other outdoor facilities and warehouse-type facilities providing space for the construction and use of indoor sets, including supporting workshops and craft shops.

Broadcast Studios . Workplaces where movies, television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded, including administrative and technical production, administrative and production support offices, post-production facilities (editing and sound recording studios, foley stages, etc.), optical and special effects units, film processing laboratories, etc.

Medical Office. “See Office – Medical and Dental Offices.”

Mineral Extraction. The commercial surface mining or quarrying operations for aggregates (sand and gravel) or other surface or subsurface minerals and materials from the earth.

Mixed-Use Development. A development that combines both nonresidential and residential uses, where the residential component may be live/work as defined in Section 17.158.028 and is typically located above or behind the commercial. (See also Section 17. XX 70.130: Mixed-Use Development.)

Mobile Home Park. A parcel of land under one or more ownerships that has been planned and improved for the placement of two or more mobile homes, as the term “mobile home” is defined in Civil Code Section 798.3 or successor provision of the State Mobile home Residency Law, for nontransient use.

Multi-Unit Dwellings. Two or more dwelling units attached or detached on a site or lot, which does not include an Accessory Dwelling Unit. Types of multiple unit dwellings include a duplex, townhouses, common interest subdivisions, garden apartments, senior housing developments, and multistory apartment buildings. Multi-unit dwellings may also be combined with non-residential uses as part of a Mixed-Use Development.

Nightclubs. See “Eating and Drinking Establishments – Bars, Live Entertainment, and Taverns.”

Nurseries and Garden Centers. See “Retail – Nurseries and Garden Centers.”

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Offices.

Business and Professional Offices. Offices of firms or organizations providing professional, executive, management, or administrative services, such as accounting, architectural, computer software design, engineering, graphic design, interior design, legal offices, and tax preparation offices, but excluding banks and savings and loan associations (see “Banks and Financial Institutions”).

Medical and Dental Offices. Office use providing consultation, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventive, or corrective personal treatment services by doctors, dentists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, optometrists, and similar medical professionals, medical and dental laboratories within medical office buildings but excluding clinics or independent research laboratory facilities and hospitals (see “Hospitals” and “Clinics”), and similar practitioners of medical and healing arts for humans licensed for such practice by the State of California. Incidental medical and/or dental research within the office is considered part of the office use, where it supports the on-site patient services.

Temporary Offices. A mobile home, recreational vehicle or modular unit used as a temporary office facility. Temporary offices may include construction supervision offices on a construction site or off-site construction yard, a temporary on-site real estate office for a development project, or a temporary business office in advance of permanent facility construction.

Onshore Support Facilities. Any activity or land use required to support directly the exploration, development, production, storage, processing, transportation, or related aspects of offshore energy resource extraction.

Outdoor Temporary and/or Seasonal Sales. The temporary outdoor use of property for retail sales.

Parking Facility. A surface parking lot or parking structure that is a primary use of a site.

Parking Facility – Temporary. The temporary use of property for the parking of vehicles.

Park and Recreation Facilities. Parks with playgrounds and recreation facilities, all of which are noncommercial and intended for neighborhood or community use. This classification also includes noncommercial playing fields, courts, gymnasiums, public swimming pools, picnic facilities, tennis courts, and golf courses, as well as related food concessions or community centers within the facilities.

Personal Services. Provision of recurrently needed services of a personal nature. This classification includes barber shops and beauty salons, seamstresses, tailors, day spas, massage services where all persons engaged in the practice of massage are certified pursuant to the Business and Professions Code Section 4612, dry cleaning agents (excluding large-scale bulk cleaning plants), shoe repair shops, self-service laundries, tattoo and body piercing services, video rental stores, photocopying, photo finishing services, and travel agencies mainly intended for the consumer.

Primary Use . See “Use – Primary.”

Produce Stand. See “Food and Beverage Sales – Produce Stand.”

Public Assembly Facilities. A facility for public or private assembly and meetings, exclusive of “Religious Assembly Facilities,” which is defined separately. Examples of these uses include:

1. banquet rooms

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2. civic and private auditoriums

3. community centers

4. conference/convention facilities

5. meeting halls for clubs and other membership organizations

Public Assembly Facilities do not include gymnasiums or other “Sports and Entertainment Assembly” facilities, or “Day Care Centers” or “Schools,” which are all separately classified and regulated.

Public Safety Facility. A facility operated by public agencies including fire stations, other fire prevention and fire fighting facilities, police and sheriff substations and headquarters, including interim incarceration facilities.

Recycling. A facility for receiving, temporarily storing, transferring and/or processing materials for recycling, reuse, or final disposal. This use classification does not include facilities that deal with animal matter nor does it include waste transfer facilities that operate as materials recovery, recycling, and solid waste transfer operations, which are classified as utilities.

Collection Facility. A facility available for the general public for the recycling of California Redemption Value (CRV) products such as glass, aluminum cans, and plastic beverage containers as defined by the State’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Also includes reverse vending machines, where an automated mechanical device that accepts, sorts, and processes recyclable materials and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip. Processing and sorting is not conducted on site.

Processing Facility. A facility that receives, sorts, stores and/or processes recyclable materials.

Religious Assembly Facilities. Any facility specifically designed and used to accommodate the gathering of persons for the purposes of fellowship, worship, or similar conduct of religious practices and activities. This definition includes functionally related internal facilities (i.e., kitchens, multi-purpose rooms, storage, etc.) and residences for clergy. Other establishments maintained by religious organizations, including full-time educational institutions, hospitals and other related operations, are classified according to their respective activities.

Research and Development. A facility for scientific research, and the design, development and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical and computer and telecommunications components in advance of product manufacturing, and the assembly of related products from parts produced off-site, where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research and development activities. Includes pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology research and development. Does not include soils and other materials testing laboratories (see “laboratory – medical, analytical, research, testing”), or blood drawing and specimen collection from patients (see “Hospitals and Clinics – Clinic”), or testing of computer software (see “Office”). Includes assembly of related products from parts produced off-site where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research and development activities.

d other materials testing laboratories (see “laboratory – medical, analytical, research, testing”), or blood drawing and specimen collection from patients (see “Hospitals and Clinics – Clinic”), or testing of computer software (see “Office”). Includes assembly of related products from parts produced off-site where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research and development activities.

Residential Care Facilities. Facilities that are licensed by the State to provide permanent living accommodations and 24-hour primarily non-medical care and supervision for persons in need of personal services, supervision, protection, or assistance for sustaining the activities of daily living. Living accommodations are shared living quarters with or without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit. This classification includes facilities that are operated for profit as well as those operated by public or not-for-profit institutions, including hospices, nursing homes, convalescent facilities, and group homes for minors, persons with disabilities, and people in recovery from alcohol or drug addictions. This use classification excludes “Transitional Housing and Supportive Housing.”

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Restaurants. See “Eating and Drinking Establishments – Restaurants.”

Retail Sales.

Building Materials and Services. Retail sales or rental of building supplies or equipment. This classification includes lumber yards, tool and equipment sales or rental establishments, and includes establishments devoted principally to taxable retail sales to individuals for their own use. This classification includes the accessory retail sale of nursery and garden products, as defined under “Nursery and Garden Centers”.

Indoor. Storage and display of commercial goods or materials entirely within an enclosed building.

Outdoor. Storage and display of commercial goods or materials in open lots, outside of a structure other than fencing, either as an accessory or principal use.

Extended Hour Retail. A business that is open to the public between the hours of 2:00 AM. and 6:00 AM.

General Retail. The retail sale or rental of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification. This classification includes retail establishments with 60,000 square feet or less of sales area, including department stores, clothing stores, furniture stores, pet supply stores, hardware stores, and businesses retailing the following goods: toys, hobby materials, handcrafted items, jewelry, cameras, photographic supplies and services (including portraiture and retail photo processing), medical supplies and equipment, pharmacies, electronic equipment, sporting goods, kitchen utensils, hardware, appliances, antiques, art galleries, art supplies and services, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, office supplies, bicycles, and new automotive parts and accessories (excluding vehicle service and installation). Retail sales may be combined with other services such as office machine, computer, electronics, and similar small-item repairs. For facilities greater than 60,000 square feet, see “Large-Scale Retail”.

Large-Scale Retail. General retail establishments (over 60,000 square feet of sales area, but less than 140,000 square feet) that sell merchandise and bulk goods for individual consumption, including membership warehouse clubs.

Nurseries and Garden Centers. Establishments primarily engaged in retailing nursery and garden products— such as trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, and sod—that are predominantly grown elsewhere. These establishments may sell a limited amount of a product they grow themselves. Fertilizer and soil products are stored and sold in package form only. This classification includes wholesale and retail nurseries offering plants for sale. This classification also includes farm supply and feed stores.

Recreational Vehicle Park . See “Lodging – Recreational Vehicle Park.”

Safe Parking. A parking program, operated on property located outside of the public right-of-way and managed by a social service provider, that provides individuals and families with vehicles a safe place to park overnight while working towards a transition to permanent housing.

Salvage and Wrecking. Storage and dismantling of vehicles and equipment for sale of parts, as well as their collection, storage, exchange or sale of goods including, but not limited to, any used building materials, used containers or steel drums, used tires, and similar or related articles or property.

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Schools – Colleges. Institutions of higher education providing curricula of a general, religious, or professional nature, typically granting recognized degrees, including conference centers and academic retreats associated with such institutions. This classification includes universities and junior colleges, but excludes trade schools and personal instructional services such as music lessons and tutoring (see “Instructional Services”).

Schools - Primary and Secondary. Facilities for primary or secondary education, including public schools, charter schools, and private and parochial schools having curricula comparable to that required in the public schools of the State.

Schools – Trade Schools. Public or private post-secondary schools (other than a community college or four-year college) providing occupational or job skills training for specific occupations, including business and computer schools, management training, and technical training schools. Excludes personal instructional services such as music lessons and tutoring (see “Instructional Services”).

Self-Storage. See “Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution – Personal Storage.”

Single-Unit Dwelling. A dwelling unit designed for occupancy by one household which is not attached to or located on a lot with commercial uses or other dwelling units, other than an accessory dwelling unit. For the purpose of accounting for housing units pursuant to Chapter 17.14 4 XX (Residential Growth Management Regulations), a single-unit dwelling may also include, as an accessory use, one legally established Accessory Dwelling Unit. This definition also includes individual manufactured housing units installed on a foundation system pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 18551.

Social Service Provider . An agency or organization licensed or supervised by any Federal, State, or local health/welfare agency that participates in the Federal Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and has demonstrated experience with the homeless population by assisting individuals and families achieve economic selfsufficiency and self-determination through a comprehensive array of programs and actions.

Special Event. A temporary and short-term activity.

Sports and Entertainment Assembly Facility. A large-scale indoor or outdoor facility accommodating spectatororiented sports, concerts, and other entertainment activities. Examples of this land use include amphitheaters, race tracks, stadiums and coliseums, and drive-in theaters. May also include commercial facilities customarily associated with the above uses, including bars and restaurants, gift shops, video game arcades, etc.

Supportive and/or Transitional Housing. The term Supportive Housing (per Government Code Section 65582[f], as may be amended) shall mean a dwelling unit occupied by a target population, with no limit on length of stay, that is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident(s) in retaining the housing, improving their health status, and maximizing their ability to live and, when possible, work in the community. A target population means persons with low incomes having one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health conditions, or individuals eligible for services provided under the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Welfare and Institutions [W&I] Code Section 4500) and may include—among other populations—adults, emancipated youth, families, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and homeless people.

The term Transitional Housing (per Government Code Section 65582[h], as may be amended) shall mean buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirements that require the termination of assistance and recirculating of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at a predetermined future point in time that shall be no less than six months from the beginning of assistance.

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Supportive and/or transitional housing may be designed as a residential group living facility or as a regular residential use and includes both facilities that provide on-site and off-site services.

Temporary Use. A use allowed for less than one year consisting of activities that represent a variation from the normal business operations. Examples include, but are not limited to, parking lot sales, benefits, and special events.

Theaters. Facilities for indoor display of films, motion pictures, or dramatic, musical, or live performances. This classification may include incidental food and beverage services to patrons.

Transit Station or Terminal. A facility or location with the primary purpose of transfer, loading, and unloading of passengers and baggage. May include facilities for the provision of passenger services such as ticketing, restrooms, lockers, waiting areas, passenger vehicle parking and bus bays, for layover parking, and interior bus cleaning and incidental repair. Includes rail and bus terminals, but does not include terminals serving airports or heliports

Transitional Housing. See “Supportive and/or Transitional Housing.”

Use. See 17.158.04 6XX.XXX (U Definitions) under General Definitions below.

Utilities Facilities. A structure or improvement built or installed above ground for the purpose of providing utility services, communications services, and materials transfer to more than one lot. Generating plants; electric substations; solid waste collection, including transfer stations and materials recovery facilities; solid waste treatment and disposal; water or wastewater treatment plants; and similar facilities of public agencies or public utilities, including corporation and maintenance yards.

Facilities with on-site staff. Utilities facilities that include office and/or working space for employees, and/or that require employees to be located on site for general operation of the facility.

Facilities with no on-site staff (unmanned). Utilities facilities that do not include office and/or working space for employees, and where on-site staff are required intermittently only for maintenance and/or infrequent monitoring.

Transmission Lines. A specialized cable or other structure designed to conduct communications and electrical power. This definition also includes attached utility poles and substations where transmission lines are connecting with the facility.

Vacation Rentals. A dwelling or part of a dwelling where lodging is furnished for compensation for fewer than 30 consecutive days. Does not include fraternities, sororities, convents, monasteries, hostels, bed and breakfast establishments, homestay rentals, hotels, motels, or boarding/rooming houses, which are separately defined.

Vehicle Sales and Services.

Auto and Vehicle Sales and Rental. A retail establishment selling and/or renting automobiles, trucks and vans, motorcycles, and bicycles (bicycle sales are also included under “general retail”). May also include repair shops and the sales of parts and accessories, incidental to vehicle dealerships. Does not mobile home, recreational

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vehicle, or watercraft sales (see ““Large Vehicle and Heavy Equipment Sales, Services, and Rental””); tire recapping establishments (see “Vehicle Services”); businesses dealing exclusively in used parts, (see “Salvage and Wrecking”); or “Service/Fueling Stations,” which are separately defined.

Large Vehicle, Construction, and Heavy Equipment Sales, Service, and Rental. Sales, servicing, rental, fueling, and washing of large trucks, trailers, tractors, and other heavy equipment used for construction, moving, agricultural, or landscape gardening activities, as well as boats, mobile homes, and recreational vehicle/campers. Examples include cranes, earth moving equipment, tractors, combines, heavy trucks, etc. Includes large vehicle operation training facilities. Sales of new or used automobiles are excluded from this classification (see “Auto and Vehicle Sales and Rental”).

Service/Fueling Stations. An establishment engaged in the retail sale of vehicle fuels or the retail sale of these fuels in combination with activities, such as providing minor vehicle repair services; selling automotive oils, replacement parts, and accessories; and/or ancillary retail and grocery sales. Does not include body and fender work or "heavy" repair of trucks or other motor vehicles (see “Vehicle Services - Major”).

Vehicle Services. The service and repair of motor vehicles in an enclosed building, including the repair or replacement of engines and transmissions, body and fender repair, and the installation of nonfactory-installed products.

Major (Major Repair/Body Work). Major repair of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or trucks including light-duty trucks (i.e., gross vehicle weights of less than 10,000 pounds) and heavy-duty trucks (i.e., gross vehicle weights of more than 10,000 pounds). Examples of uses include full-service motor vehicle repair garages; body and fender shops; brake shops; machine shops, painting shops; towing services, and transmission shops. Does not include vehicle dismantling or salvage (see “Salvage and Wrecking”) and tire retreading or recapping.

ghts of less than 10,000 pounds) and heavy-duty trucks (i.e., gross vehicle weights of more than 10,000 pounds). Examples of uses include full-service motor vehicle repair garages; body and fender shops; brake shops; machine shops, painting shops; towing services, and transmission shops. Does not include vehicle dismantling or salvage (see “Salvage and Wrecking”) and tire retreading or recapping.

Minor (Minor Repair/Maintenance). Minor repair of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or light trucks, vans or similar size vehicles (i.e., vehicles that have gross vehicle weights less than 10,000 pounds) including installation of electronic equipment (e.g., alarms, audio equipment, etc.); servicing of cooling and air conditioning, electrical, fuel and exhaust systems; brake adjustments, relining and repairs; oil and air filter replacement; wheel alignment and balancing; tire sales, service, and installation shops; shock absorber replacement; chassis lubrication; smog checks; engine tune-ups; and installation of window film, and similar accessory equipment.

Washing. Washing, waxing, detailing, or cleaning of automobiles or similar light vehicles, including self-serve washing facilities.

Vending Machine. An automated mechanical device which ejects consumer products, including but not limited to snack food items, non-alcoholic beverages, electronic devices, and movies, and that accepts cash, debit, and/or credit.

Veterinary Services. See “Animal Care, Sales, and Services.”

Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution. Storage and distribution facilities without sales to the public on-site or direct public access except for public storage in small individual spaces exclusively and directly accessible to specific tenants.

Outdoor Storage. Storage of vehicles or commercial goods or materials in open lots, outside of a structure other than fencing, either as an accessory or principal use. Building materials stored outside and associated

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with a Building Materials and Services establishment is defined separately under “Building Materials and Services.” Garden and nursery products stored outside and associated with a “Nurseries and Garden Centers” use or as accessory to a “Building Materials and Services” use is defined separately by those respective classifications and not included in the classification “Outdoor Storage.”

Personal Storage. Facilities offering enclosed storage with individual access for personal effects and household goods including mini-warehouses and mini-storage. This use excludes workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, and commercial activity.

Warehousing and Indoor Storage. Storage within an enclosed building of commercial goods prior to their distribution to wholesale and retail outlets and the storage of industrial equipment, products and materials including, but not limited to, automobiles, feed, and lumber. Also includes cold storage, draying or freight, moving and storage, and warehouses. This classification excludes the storage of hazardous chemical, mineral, and explosive materials.

Wholesaling and Distribution. Indoor storage and sale of goods to other firms for resale, storage of goods for transfer to retail outlets of the same firm, or storage and sale of materials and supplies used in production or operation, including janitorial and restaurant supplies. Wholesalers are primarily engaged in business-tobusiness sales, but may sell to individual consumers through mail or internet orders. They normally operate from a warehouse or office having little or no display of merchandise, and are not designed to solicit walk-in traffic.

Wireless Telecommunication Facilities. Wireless telecommunication facilities consist of commercial wireless communication systems, including but not limited to cellular, PCS, paging, broadband, data transfer, and any other type of technology that fosters wireless communication through the use of portable electronic devices. A facility includes all supporting structures and associated equipment. The following are definitions used in association with the regulation of wireless telecommunications facilities.

Co-location. The practice of two or more wireless telecommunication service providers sharing one support structure or building for the location of their antennas and equipment.

Satellite dish antenna. A device incorporating a reflective surface that is solid, open mesh, or bar-configured and is in the shape of a shallow dish, cone, horn, or cornucopia, that is used to transmit and/or receive radio, microwave or other electromagnetic waves between terrestrially and/or orbitally based use.

Stealthing. Improvements or treatments added to a wireless telecommunication facility which mask or blend the proposed facility into the existing structure or visual backdrop in such a manner as to render it effectively unnoticeable to the casual observer.

Reserved.

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