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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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