Sec. 90-51. - Definitions: Sorority—Street. — Sanger Zoning Code

Sorority shall mean a building or structure housing a group of women associated for their common interest. Such group may eat, sleep, and otherwise use such facilities as are provided on the premises.

Stable, private, shall mean a detached accessory building for the keeping of horses owned by the occupants of the premises, and not kept for remuneration, hire or sale.

Stable, public, shall mean a stable other than a private stable.

Story shall mean a space in a building between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above, or if there is no floor above, then the space between such floor and the ceiling or roof above.

Street shall mean a public thoroughfare or right-of-way dedicated, deeded or condemned for use as such, other than an alley, which affords the principal means of access to abutting property including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road, and any other thoroughfare except as excluded in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 807, § 8, 4-19-88)

Sec. 90-52. - Definitions: Street, centerline—Structure, accessory.

Street, centerline, shall mean the centerline of a street right-of-way as established by official surveys.

Street line shall mean the boundary line between the street right-of-way and abutting property.

Street, side, shall mean that street bounding a corner or reversed corner lot and which extends in the same general direction as the line determining the depth of the lot.

Structure shall mean anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having a location on the ground, including swimming and wading pools and covered patios, excepting outdoor areas such as paved areas, walks, tennis courts, and similar recreation areas.

Structure, accessory, shall mean a detached subordinate structure located on the same site with the main structure or the main use of the land; attached structures open on three sides or more.

(Ord. No. 807, § 8, 4-19-88)

Sec. 90-53. - Definitions: Structural alteration—Swimming pool.

Structural alteration shall mean any change in the supporting members of a building, such as in a bearing wall, column, beam or girder, floor or ceiling joists, roof rafters, roof diaphragms, foundations, piles or retaining walls, or similar components.

Structure, temporary, shall mean a structure which is readily movable and used or intended to be used for a period not to exceed 90 consecutive days.

Supermarket shall mean a market having 10,000 or more square feet of floor area devoted principally to the sale of food.

Supportive housing shall mean housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population and that is linked to onsite or offsite services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.

Swimming pool shall mean any permanent structure containing a body of water intended for recreation uses, and shall include wading pools.

(Ord. No. 807, § 8, 4-19-88; Ord. No. 1092, Exh. A, 7-19-07; Ord. No. 1169, § 1, 2-18-16) Sec. 90-54. - Definitions: Target population—Truck service station.

Target population for the purposes of supportive housing shall mean persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health condition, or individuals eligible for services provided pursuant to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and may include, among other populations, adults, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and homeless people.

Toe of slope shall mean that point or line of initial break where the terrain changes to an upward direction.

Top of slope shall mean that point or line of initial break where the terrain changes to a downward direction.

Trailer, travel, shall mean a vehicle other than a motor vehicle which is designed or used for human habitation and which may be moved upon a public highway without a special permit or chauffeur's license or both, without violating any provision of the state vehicle code.

Transient shall mean a person who is receiving accommodations for a price, with or without meals, for a period of not more than 180 continuous days in any one year.

Transitional housing 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 the assistance.

Truck service station shall mean an occupancy which provides especially for the servicing of trucks, with incidental operations similar to those permitted for automobile service station.

(Ord. No. 807, § 8, 4-19-88; Ord. No. 1169, §§ 2, 3, 2-18-16; Ord. No. 2025-04, § 4(Exh. A, § 2), 5-15-25)

Sec. 90-55. - Definitions: Used—Wall, solid.

Unlicensed residential care facility shall mean any family home, group home, group care facility, or similar facility, not required to be licensed by the state and operated as a single housekeeping unit, maintained and operated to provide twenty-four-hour nonmedical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily life or for the protection of the individual.

Used includes the words "arranged for, designed for, occupied or intended to be occupied for."

Utility easement shall mean the same as easement.

Visual obstruction shall mean a fence, hedge, tree, shrub, wall or structure exceeding three feet in height, measured from the crown of intersecting or intercepting streets, alleys, or driveways, which limit the visibility of persons in motor vehicles on said streets, alleys, or driveways. This does not include trees kept trimmed of branches below a minimum height of seven feet.

Wading pool shall mean the same as swimming pool.

Wall shall mean any structure or device forming a physical barrier, which is so constructed that 50 percent or more of the vertical surface is closed and prevents the passage of light, air, and vision through said surface in a horizontal plane. The special standards of subsection 90-883(1) shall apply.

Wall, solid, shall mean any structure or device forming a physical barrier, which is so constructed that not less than 90 percent of the vertical surface is closed and prevents the passage of light, air, and vision through said surface in a horizontal plane. The special standards of subsection 90-883(1) shall apply.

(Ord. No. 807, § 8, 4-19-88; Ord. No. 2025-04, § 4(Exh. A, § 2), 5-15-25)

Sec. 90-56. - Definitions: Wholesaling—Yard, side.

Wholesaling shall mean the selling of any type of goods for the purpose of resale.

Yard shall mean any open space on the same lot with a building or a dwelling group, which open space is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward to the sky, except for the projections or accessory buildings or structures permitted by this chapter.

Yard, front, shall mean a space between the front yard setback line and the front lot line or highway setback line, and extending the full width of the lot.

Yard (garage) sale shall mean the sale of used household goods by the occupant of a residential property, whereby the items for sale are displayed in a garage or yard area. Garage/yard sales may be conducted for a period of not more than two consecutive days.

Yard, rear, shall mean a space between the rear yard setback line and the rear lot line, extending the full width of the lot.

Yard, side, shall mean a space extending from the front yard, or from the front lot line where no front yard is required by this chapter, to the rear yard, or rear lot line where no rear yard is required by this chapter, between a side lot line and the side yard setback line.

(Ord. No. 807, § 8, 4-19-88)

Sec. 90-57. - Definitions: Zone—Zoning ordinance.

Zone shall mean the same as District.

Zoning board of adjustment shall mean the city planning commission.

Zoning board of appeals shall mean the city council.

Zoning district shall mean the same as District.

Zoning district, change of, shall mean the legislative act of removing one or more parcels of land from one zoning district and placing them in another zoning district on the official zone map of the city.

Zone map shall mean the official zone map of the city which is a part of the zoning ordinance of the city.

Zoning ordinance or ordinance shall mean the zoning ordinance of the city.

(Ord. No. 807, § 8, 4-19-88)

Sec. 90-58. - Costs of city's action to enforce zoning ordinance.

In any action brought by the city to enforce the provisions of the zoning ordinance the court may award the city to be paid by the defendant, in addition to any other relief, all reasonable costs incurred by the city to bring the action including attorney's fees, expert witness fees and other expenses.

Secs. 90-59—90-90. - Reserved.

ARTICLE II. - ZONING DISTRICTS AND APPLICABLE REGULATIONS

Sec. 90-91. - Establishment of zoning districts.

The zoning districts established by this zoning ordinance are as follows:

U-R	Urban reserve
RSC	Recreation, school and conservation
R-A	Single-family residential agriculture
R-1-10	Single-family residential
R-1-7.5	Single-family residential
R-1-6	Single-family residential
RM-2.5	Low density multifamily residential
RM-2.5(s)	Low density multifamily residential, one story
RM-1.5	Medium density multifamily residential
RM-1.5(s)	Medium density multifamily residential, one story
RM-1	High density multifamily residential
T-P	Trailer park

C-P	Administrative and professional ofce
C-1	Neighborhood commercial
C-2	Community commercial
C-3	Central commercial
C-4	General commercial
C-M	Commercial and light manufacturing
M-L	Light manufacturing
M-H	Heavy manufacturing
RMU	Retail mixed use
C-5	Highway commercial

(Ord. No. 2021-05, § 2, 6-17-21)

Sec. 90-92. - Determination of district boundaries.

Whenever any uncertainty exists as to the boundary of a district as shown on the official zone map, the following regulations shall apply:

(1)

Where a boundary is indicated as a street, alley, railroad right-of-way, canal, or other watercourse, the centerline of such shall be considered to be the boundary line. In the event of abandonment, the property shall immediately become classified in the same district as the property adjoining the former street, alley, railroad right-of-way, canal, or watercourse.

(2)

Where a boundary line is indicated as following a lot or property line, it shall be construed as coinciding with the property ownership line.

(3)

Where neither subsection (1) nor (2) apply, the boundary line shall be determined by the use of the scale designated on the official zone map.

(4)

If further uncertainty exists, the planning commission, following the procedure specified in sections 90-991 through 90-993, shall determine the location of the boundary in question.

Sec. 90-93. - Changes of district boundaries due to annexation.

(a)

Where property annexed to the city has been classified by the city pursuant to prezoning provisions, such prezoning classification shall become the effective zoning of the property at the same time that the annexation becomes effective. The method of accomplishing prezoning, determining the zoning district that will apply to such property in the event of subsequent annexation to the city, shall be the same as that specified for change of zoning district amendments in sections 90-994 through 90-997. Prezoning shall be recorded on the official zone map in the same manner as change of zoning district amendments, but shall be identified by the use of parentheses enclosing the district symbols.

(b)

Where property annexed to the city was not prezoned by the city, it shall be classified in the U-R district upon annexation.

(Ord. No. 950, § 1, 5-16-96)

Sec. 90-94. - Uses relating to marijuana.

Chapter 90, article XXVII of this Code shall apply in all zoning districts in the city notwithstanding any provision in chapter 90 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2017-01, § 1, 4-20-17)

Secs. 90-95—90-120. - Reserved.

ARTICLE III. - U-R URBAN RESERVE DISTRICT

Sec. 90-121. - Purpose.

The U-R district is intended to be utilized to reserve in a substantially undeveloped state areas planned for future urban use where, because the areas lack public facilities or services, or because the need for urban expansion within them is not immediate, it is necessary to prevent the development of uses or structures which might be premature or conflict with the future planned urban use of the areas.