Chapter 12-1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
12-2 — DEFINITIONS
Santa Maria Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Santa Maria
Section 12-2.01. Applicability.¶
Section 12-2.02. Access.¶
Section 12-2.03. Accessory building.¶
Section 12-2.04. Accessory use.¶
Section 12-2.04A. Agricultural use.¶
Section 12-2.05. Alley.¶
Section 12-2.06. Antenna.¶
Section 12-2.07. Antenna, satellite dish.¶
Section 12-2.08. Apartment.¶
Section 12-2.09. Apartment hotel.¶
Section 12-2.09A. Arbor.¶
Section 12-2.10. Area, gross.¶
Section 12-2.11. Area, net.¶
Section 12-2.12. Arterial.¶
Section 12-2.13. Auto repair.¶
Section 12-2.14. Auto wash, mechanical.¶
Section 12-2.15. Automobile service station.¶
Section 12-2.16. Banner, flag, or pennant.¶
Section 12-2.16A. Barbecue or street barbecue or open air barbecue facility.¶
Section 12-2.17. Barn.¶
Section 12-2.18. Baths.¶
Section 12-2.18.18A. Battery energy storage systems.¶
Section 12-2.18.1. Blimps and balloons.¶
Section 12-2.19. Boardinghouse.¶
Section 12-2.20. Buffer.¶
Section 12-2.21. Building.¶
Section 12-2.22. Building, main.¶
Section 12-2.23. Building permit.¶
Section 12-2.24. Building setback line.¶
Section 12-2.25. Building site.¶
Section 12-2.26. Business office, commercial.¶
Section 12-2.27. Business, retail.¶
Section 12-2.28. Business, wholesale.¶
Section 12-2.29. Care of nonrelated persons (seven or more persons).¶
Section 12-2.30. Care of nonrelated persons (six or less persons).¶
Section 12-2.31. Caretaker's residence.¶
Section 12-2.32. Carport.¶
Section 12-2.32A. Charitable event barbecue or sponsored event barbecue or benefit…¶
Section 12-2.33. Charitable or religious institution.¶
Section 12-2.33.1. Child day care center.¶
Section 12-2.34. Church.¶
Section 12-2.35. Code.¶
Section 12-2.36. Collector.¶
Section 12-2.37. Commercial uses.¶
Section 12-2.38. Commission.¶
Section 12-2.39. Community Development Director.¶
Section 12-2.39A. Community event.¶
Section 12-2.39B. Community event barbecue.¶
Section 12-2.40. Conditional use.¶
Section 12-2.41. Conforming structure.¶
Section 12-2.42. Conforming use.¶
Section 12-2.43. Convenience business establishments.¶
Section 12-2.44. Corner cutback.¶
Section 12-2.44.1. Cottage food operation.¶
Section 12-2.45. Country club.¶
Section 12-2.46. Curb.¶
Section 12-2.47. Day care home, large family.¶
Section 12-2.48. Day care home, small family.¶
Section 12-2.49. Dedicated street.¶
Section 12-2.50. Density.¶
Section 12-2.51. District.¶
Section 12-2.52. Drive-in restaurants or drive-in eating and drinking establishment.¶
Section 12-2.52A. Driveway.¶
Section 12-2.53. Dwelling.¶
Section 12-2.54. Dwelling, four family.¶
Section 12-2.55. Dwelling, group.¶
Section 12-2.56. Dwelling, multifamily.¶
Section 12-2.58. Dwelling, single-family.¶
Section 12-2.59. Dwelling, three family.¶
Section 12-2.60. Dwelling, two family.¶
Section 12-2.61. Dwelling unit, accessory.¶
Section 12-2.62. Entrada Plan.¶
Section 12-2.63. Expressway.¶
Section 12-2.65. Fence.¶
Section 12-2.66. Flammable gases.¶
Section 12-2.67. Flammable liquids.¶
Section 12-2.68. Floor area, gross.¶
Section 12-2.68A. Freeway tower sign.¶
Section 12-2.69. Garage.¶
Section 12-2.70. Garage, repair.¶
Section 12-2.71. Grade, finish.¶
Section 12-2.72. Guest home.¶
Section 12-2.73. Guestroom.¶
Section 12-2.74. Height of building.¶
Section 12-2.75. Height of fences, walls or hedges.¶
Section 12-2.76. Hospital.¶
Section 12-2.76A. Hotel.¶
Section 12-2.77. Household pets.¶
Section 12-2.78. Kennel.¶
Section 12-2.79. Kitchen.¶
Section 12-2.80. Landscaping.¶
Section 12-2.80A. Lattice.¶
Section 12-2.81. Less-intense use.¶
Section 12-2.82. Liquefied petroleum gas.¶
Section 12-2.83. Local street.¶
Section 12-2.84. Lodge.¶
Section 12-2.85. Lot.¶
Section 12-2.86. Lot area.¶
Section 12-2.87. Lot, corner.¶
Section 12-2.88. Lot coverage.¶
Section 12-2.89. Lot depth.¶
Section 12-2.90. Lot, interior.¶
Section 12-2.91. Lot dimensions.¶
Section 12-2.92. Lot line.¶
Section 12-2.93. Lot line, front.¶
Section 12-2.94. Lot line, rear.¶
Section 12-2.95. Lot line, side.¶
Section 12-2.96. Lot width.¶
Section 12-2.97. Mechanical riding machines.¶
Section 12-2.98. Medical, chiropractic, physical therapy or dental office.¶
Section 12-2.99. Microwave antenna.¶
Section 12-2.100. Miniwarehouse.¶
Section 12-2.101. Mobile home.¶
Section 12-2.102. Mobile home park.¶
Section 12-2.103. Mobile home site.¶
Section 12-2.103A. Motel.¶
Section 12-2.104. Neighborhood commercial (convenience) center.¶
Section 12-2.104A. Neo-traditional neighborhood.¶
Section 12-2.105. Nonconforming lot.¶
Section 12-2.106. Nonconforming structure.¶
Section 12-2.107. Nonconforming use.¶
Section 12-2.107.1. Non-taxable merchandise floor area.¶
Section 12-2.108. Non-profit or not-for-profit or qualified or sponsored.¶
Section 12-2.108A. Occasional event barbecue.¶
Section 12-2.110. Outdoor storage.¶
Section 12-2.110A. Patio cover.¶
Section 12-2.111. Parcel map.¶
Section 12-2.111A. Paving.¶
Section 12-2.112. Penny arcade.¶
Section 12-2.113. Pet shop.¶
Section 12-2.113A. Physical fitness center/health club.¶
Section 12-2.113.1. Pipeline.¶
Section 12-2.114. Plan, general.¶
Section 12-2.115. Plan, specific.¶
Section 12-2.116. Planned community.¶
Section 12-2.117. Planning Commission.¶
Section 12-2.118. Private recreation club.¶
Section 12-2.119. Property line.¶
Section 12-2.120. Public utility.¶
Section 12-2.121. Recreation area.¶
Section 12-2.122. Recreational vehicles.¶
Section 12-2.123. Residential use.¶
Section 12-2.124. Rest home.¶
Section 12-2.125. Restaurant.¶
Section 12-2.126. Restaurant, fast-food.¶
Section 12-2.127. Retail business.¶
Section 12-2.127.1. Retail floor area.¶
Section 12-2.127.2. Retail sales.¶
Section 12-2.128. Room.¶
Section 12-2.128.1. Sanitation facilities.¶
Section 12-2.129. School, elementary and high.¶
Section 12-2.130. School, private.¶
Section 12-2.131. Screening.¶
Section 12-2.132. Secretary of the Planning Commission.¶
Section 12-2.133. Setback.¶
Section 12-2.134. Shopping center.¶
Section 12-2.135. Side and front of corner lots.¶
Section 12-2.136. Signs.¶
Section 12-2.136.1. (Repealed)¶
Section 12-2.137. Street.¶
Section 12-2.138. Street plan line.¶
Section 12-2.139. Structural alterations.¶
Section 12-2.140. Structure.¶
Section 12-2.140.1. Supportive Housing.¶
Section 12-2.141. Transient.¶
Section 12-2.141.1. Temporary Retail Sales.¶
Section 12-2.141.2. Temporary Buying.¶
Section 12-2.141.3. Transitional Housing.¶
Section 12-2.141A. Trellis.¶
Section 12-2.142. Truck stop.¶
Section 12-2.143. Wall.¶
Section 12-2.144. Wholesale distributor.¶
Section 12-2.145. Yard.¶
Section 12-2.146. Yard, front.¶
Section 12-2.147. Yard, rear.¶
Section 12-2.148. Yard, side.¶
Section 12-2.149. Zone.¶
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