Article II — Definitions
Shasta County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Shasta County
17.02.040 - Generally.¶
17.02.045 - Acreage, gross.¶
17.02.050 - Acreage, net.¶
17.02.055 - Agriculture.¶
17.02.056. - Agricultural worker housing.¶
17.02.057 - Agricultural processing.¶
17.02.059 - Aircraft.¶
17.02.060 - Airport.¶
17.02.065 - Alley.¶
17.02.066 - Alteration of a watercourse.¶
17.02.067 - Approving authority.¶
17.02.068 - Area of shallow flooding.¶
17.02.067 which pertained to area of shallow flooding as § 17.02.068.¶
17.02.070 - Automobile wrecking yards.¶
17.02.075 - Barn.¶
17.02.080 - Base flood.¶
17.02.081 - Base flood elevation (BFE).¶
17.02.084 - Basement.¶
17.02.085 - Bed and breakfast guest facility.¶
17.02.090 - Boarding house.¶
17.02.095 - Board of supervisors.¶
17.02.100 - Building.¶
17.02.101 - Building official.¶
17.02.105 - Building, agricultural accessory.¶
17.02.110 - Building frontage.¶
17.02.115 - Building height.¶
17.02.120 - Building, main.¶
17.02.125 - Building, residential accessory.¶
17.02.130 - Building site.¶
17.02.135 - Campgrounds.¶
17.02.140 - Caretaker's or night watchman's quarters.¶
17.02.142 - Cemetery.¶
17.02.145 - Church.¶
17.02.150 - Condominium.¶
17.02.152 - Contractor's equipment storage yard.¶
17.02.153 - Convalescent hospital.¶
17.02.155 - County.¶
17.02.160 - County boundary.¶
17.02.165 - Day care facility.¶
17.02.170 - Reserved.¶
17.02.175 - Reserved.¶
17.02.178 - Density.¶
17.02.179 - Density bonus.¶
17.02.180 - Reserved.¶
17.02.181 - Department.¶
17.02.183 - Director.¶
17.02.185 - Designated floodway - Regulatory floodway.¶
17.02.186 - Development.¶
17.02.188 - Dog kennel.¶
17.02.190 - Duplex.¶
17.02.192 - Dwelling, accessory.¶
17.02.195 - Dwelling, multiple.¶
17.02.200 - Dwelling, one-family.¶
17.02.205 - Dwelling unit.¶
17.02.209 - Easement.¶
17.02.210 - Electric vehicle charging station.¶
17.02.211 - Emergency shelter.¶
17.02.212 - Employee housing.¶
17.02.213 - Encroachment.¶
17.02.214 - Exploration work for minerals.¶
17.02.215 - Family.¶
17.02.220 - Fence.¶
17.02.222 - Flood or flooding.¶
17.02.223 - Floodplain.¶
17.02.224 - Floodplain administrator.¶
17.02.225 - Floodplain management.¶
17.02.226 - Floodproof.¶
17.02.226 which pertained to floodway as § 17.02.227.¶
17.02.227. - Floodway.¶
17.02.227 which pertained to floodway fringe as § 17.02.228.¶
17.02.228 - Floodway fringe.¶
17.02.228 which pertained to Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) as § 17.02.229.¶
17.02.229 - Flood insurance rate map (FIRM).¶
17.02.229 which pertained to flood insurance study as § 17.02.230.¶
17.02.230 - Flood insurance study.¶
17.02.230 which pertained to forest management as § 17.02.231.¶
17.02.231 - Forest management.¶
17.02.235 - Garage or carport, private.¶
17.02.240 - Group foster home.¶
17.02.245 - Guest house.¶
17.02.250 - Height.¶
17.02.251 - High voltage electrical transmission and distribution project.¶
17.02.253 - Historic structure.¶
17.02.255 - Home occupation.¶
17.02.260 - Hotel.¶
17.02.265 - Hydropower facility, small.¶
17.02.267 - Intermodal shipping container.¶
17.02.270 - Junk.¶
17.02.275 - Junk yard—Wrecking yard.¶
17.02.280 - Junk yard or wrecking yard, screened.¶
17.02.285 - Kitchen.¶
17.02.290 - Living space.¶
17.02.292 - Logging contractor's yard.¶
17.02.295 - Lot.¶
17.02.300 - Lot, corner.¶
17.02.305 - Lot depth.¶
17.02.315 - Lot, interior.¶
17.02.320 - Lot, key.¶
17.02.325 - Lot line, front.¶
17.02.330 - Lot line, rear.¶
17.02.335 - Lot line, side.¶
17.02.340 - Lot, through.¶
17.02.345 - Lot width.¶
17.02.350 - Lowest floor.¶
17.02.355 - Manufactured home.¶
17.02.356 - Market value.¶
17.02.357 - Mining.¶
17.02.360 - Ministorage.¶
17.02.365 - Mobile home.¶
17.02.370 - Reserved.¶
17.02.375 - Mobile or manufactured home park.¶
17.02.377 - Manufactured home, multifamily.¶
17.02.380 - Motel.¶
17.02.385 - National Recreation Area.¶
17.02.387 - New construction.¶
17.02.390 - Night watchman's quarters.¶
17.02.395 - Nonconforming buildings and uses.¶
17.02.397 - Nursery, retail.¶
17.02.398 - Nursery, wholesale.¶
17.02.400 - Parcel.¶
17.02.405 - Parking space.¶
17.02.408 - Place of worship.¶
17.02.410 - Planning commission.¶
17.02.415 - Private energy producer.¶
17.02.420 - Private energy production.¶
17.02.425 - Public use.¶
17.02.430 - Public utility.¶
17.02.435 - Recreational vehicle.¶
17.02.440 - Recreational vehicle park.¶
17.02.441 - Regional Housing Needs Allocation.¶
17.02.442 - Regulatory floodway.¶
17.02.443 - Residence, family care.¶
17.02.445 - Residence, multifamily.¶
17.02.450 - Residence, one-family.¶
17.02.455 - Reserved.¶
17.02.460 - Residence, two-family.¶
17.02.465 - Residential care facility.¶
17.02.470 - Residential care facility for the elderly.¶
17.02.475 - Restaurant, fast food.¶
17.02.480 - Restaurant, standard.¶
17.02.485 - Restrictive flood district (also, special flood hazard area).¶
17.02.490 - Retail sales.¶
17.02.495 - Reserved.¶
17.02.500 - School.¶
17.02.505 - Screened junk yard or wrecking yard.¶
17.02.510 - Second residence.¶
17.02.515 - Shopping center.¶
17.02.518 - Short term rental.¶
17.02.520 - Sign.¶
17.02.525 - Sign, appurtenant.¶
17.02.530 - Sign, building.¶
17.02.535 - Sign, freestanding.¶
17.02.540 - Sign, ground.¶
17.02.545 - Sign, outdoor advertising.¶
17.02.550 - Sign, roof.¶
17.02.555 - Skilled nursing/ intermediate care facility.¶
17.02.560 - Reserved.¶
17.02.563 - Start of construction.¶
17.02.565 - Story.¶
17.02.570 - Street frontage.¶
17.02.575 - Structural alterations.¶
17.02.580 - Structural height.¶
17.02.585 - Structure.¶
17.02.589 - Substantial damage.¶
17.02.590 - Substantial improvement.¶
17.02.591 - Supportive housing.¶
17.02.592 - Target population.¶
17.02.593 - Tasting room.¶
17.02.595 - Townhouse.¶
17.02.600 - Trailer.¶
17.02.603 - Transitional housing.¶
17.02.605 - Truck terminal.¶
17.02.610 - Truck yard.¶
17.02.615 - Use.¶
17.02.620 - Use, accessory.¶
17.02.625 - Vehicle trip.¶
17.02.630 - Watercourse.¶
17.02.635 - Wet bar.¶
17.02.636 - Winery.¶
17.02.638 - Wireless telecommunication services.¶
17.02.640 - Yard.¶
17.02.645 - Yard, front.¶
17.02.650 - Yard, rear.¶
17.02.655 - Yard, interior side.¶
17.02.660 - Yard, street side.¶
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