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Title 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS›Chapter 1.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
Tehama County Municipal Code Art. II Definitions
Tehama County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Tehama County
Cite as: Tehama County Municipal Code Article II · Text as of 2026-10-04
1.04.045 - Generally.¶
The words and phrases set out in this article, whenever used in this Code shall be construed as defined in this section unless from the context a different meaning is intended or unless a different meaning is specifically defined and, more particularly, directed to the use of such words and phrases.
(Ord. 1267 §1(part), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.050 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.050, which pertained to agricultural family member housing and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(B), adopted 1984.
1.04.055 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.055, which pertained to agricultural laborer housing and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(C), adopted 1984.
1.04.060 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.060, which pertained to agricultural operation, fulltime and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(D), adopted 1984.
1.04.065 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.065, which pertained to alley and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(A), adopted 1984.
1.04.070 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.070, which pertained to apartment house and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(E), adopted 1984.
1.04.075 - Basement.¶
"Basement" shall mean a space partly or wholly underground and having more than onehalf its height, measured from its floor to its finished ceiling, below the average adjoining grade. If the finished floor level directly above a basement is more than six feet above grade, at any point, such basement shall be considered a story.
(Ord. 1267 §1(F), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.080 - Board.¶
"Board" shall mean the board of supervisors of the County of Tehama, State of California.
(Ord. 1267 §1(G), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.085 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.085, which pertained to boardinghouse and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(H), adopted 1984.
1.04.090 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.090, which pertained to building coverage and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(I), adopted 1984.
1.04.095 - Building department, electrical department or plumbing department.¶
"Building department, electrical department or plumbing department" shall mean the department of building and safety.
(Ord. 1267 §1(J), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.100 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.100, which pertained to building height and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(K), adopted 1984.
1.04.105 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.105, which pertained to building line and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(L), adopted 1984.
1.04.110 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.110, which pertained to building site and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(M), adopted 1984.
1.04.115 - Civil defense.¶
"Civil defense" shall mean the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which military forces are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize, and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters.
(Ord. 1267 §1(N), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.120 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 2144, § 3, adopted Dec. 17, 2024, repealed § 1.04.120, which pertained to commercial kennel and derived from Ord. 1474, § 1 adopted 1990; Ord. 1267 § 1(O), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1265 § 1 (part), adopted 1984.
1.04.125 - Community wastewater treatment system.¶
"Community wastewater treatment system" shall mean a sewage effluent collection network, treatment and disposal facilities, provided within a prescribed service boundary, which results in the primary, secondary or tertiary treatment of such effluent.
(Ord. 1267 §1(P), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.130 - Community water system.¶
"Community water system" shall mean a water storage and distribution network for the provision of potable water to the public for human consumption, within a prescribed service boundary, operated and maintained by a public agency or private company approved by the board of supervisors. The system must comply with the provisions of the California Safe Drinking Water Act and all applicable laws and standards relating to domestic water supply.
(Ord. 1267 §1(Q), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2 (part), 1984)
1.04.135 - County.¶
"County" shall mean the County of Tehama, State of California.
(Ord. 1267 §1(R), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.140 - County boundary.¶
"County boundary" shall mean the boundary of the County of Tehama, State of California, and/or the boundary of any incorporated municipality within said county.
(Ord. 1267 §1(S), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2 (part), 1984)
1.04.145 - Department head.¶
"Department head" shall mean an elected official or an official appointed by the board or other authority who is in charge of a department.
(Ord. 1267 §1(T), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.150 - Director of animal control.¶
"Director of animal control" shall mean a designated representative of the board for the purpose of carrying out and enforcing the applicable provisions of this Code.
(Ord. 1267 §1(U), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.155 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 2144, § 4, adopted Dec. 17, 2024, repealed § 1.04.150, which pertained to dog fanciers kennel and derived from Ord. 1267 § 1(V), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1255 § 2(part), adopted 1984.
1.04.160 - Dwelling group.¶
"Dwelling group" shall mean two or more detached one-family or two-family dwellings, other than a commercial tourist or motor court, located upon a building site, together with all open spaces as required by this chapter.
(Ord. 1267 §1(W), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2 (part), 1984)
1.04.165 - Dwelling, multiplefamily.¶
"Multiplefamily dwelling" shall mean a building designed and/or used to house three or more families, living independently of each other, including all necessary employees of each such family.
(Ord. 1267 §1(X), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.170 - Dwelling, one-family.¶
"One-family dwelling" shall mean a building containing but one kitchen designed and/or used to house not more than one family, but including all necessary employees of such family.
"One-family dwelling" shall also mean a mobile home or manufactured home meeting all of the following criteria:
A. Mobile home to be manufactured within ten years of date of permit application.
B. The unit is to be placed on a perimetertype permanent foundation. Perimeter is to be of concrete, masonry or other Uniform Building Code approved materials.
C. Roof. Roofing shall be composite shingle, wood shake, terra cotta tile or other Uniform Building Code approved material, except metal.
D. Siding material to be of plywood, wood, stucco, or other Uniform Building Code approved material.
(Ord. 1446 §2, 1989)
1.04.175 - Dwelling, two-family.¶
"Two-family dwelling" shall mean a building containing not more than two kitchens designed and/or used to house not more than two families, living independently of each other, including all necessary employees of each such family.
(Ord. 1267 §1(Z), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.180 - Dwelling unit.¶
"Dwelling unit" shall mean one or more habitable rooms which are occupied or which are intended or designed to be occupied on a fulltime basis with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AA), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.185 - Elected officer.¶
"Elected official" shall mean a person elected by the people of the county or a judicial district in the county.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AB), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.188 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.188, which pertained to emergency shelter and derived from Ord. No. 1951, § 21, adopted Oct. 19, 2010.
1.04.190 - Employee.¶
"Employee" shall mean a person hired to serve the county, except elected officers.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AC), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.195 - Engineer.¶
"Engineer" shall mean a civil engineer competent to practice civil engineering as defined in Section 6731 and registered under the provisions of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California, retained by the subdivider, owner, developer or contractor to provide civil engineering services.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AD), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.200 - Extra help employee.¶
"Extra help employee" shall mean a person employed in a position established on less than a year round basis to cover seasonal peak workloads, emergency extra workloads of limited duration, necessary vacation relief, and other situations involving a fluctuating staff.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AE), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2 (part), 1984)
1.04.205 - Family.¶
"Family" shall mean any of the following:
A. An individual;
B. Two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit;
C. A group of not more than five persons, excluding servants, who are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together in a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit; or
D. The occupants of a stateauthorized, certified, or licensed family care home, foster home, or group home serving on a twenty-four-hour-a-day basis six or fewer mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons or dependent or neglected children.
E. The residents and operators of an "intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative" which serves six or fewer persons, or an "intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled—nursing" which serves six or fewer persons, or a "congregate living health facility," or a "residential facility" that serves six or fewer persons, all as defined in division 2 (commencing with Section 1200) of the Health and Safety Code.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AF), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2 (part), 1984)
(Ord. No. 1951, § 40, 10-19-2010)
1.04.210 - Fire chief or fire official or fire warden.¶
"Fire chief' or "fire official" or "fire warden" shall mean the person appointed as the county fire chief by the Board of Supervisors.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AG), 1994: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
(Ord. No. 1994, §§ 1, 2, 9-9-2014)
1.04.215 - Franchise holder.¶
"Franchise holder" shall mean the person or corporation to whom or which a franchise under this Code is granted by the board and the lawful successory or assignee of said person or corporation.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AH), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.220 - Fulltime employee.¶
"Fulltime employee" shall mean a person employed in a position established on a permanent year round basis and requiring work on a regular schedule of at least forty hours per week, excluding holidays, compensated vacation leave, compensated sick leave, and compensated time off for overtime.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AI), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.225 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.225, which pertained to garage, commercial and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(AJ), adopted 1984.
1.04.230 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.230, which pertained to garage, parking and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(AK), adopted 1984.
1.04.235 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.235, which pertained to garage, private and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(AL), adopted 1984.
1.04.240 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.240, which pertained to guest cottage and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(AM), adopted 1984.
1.04.245 - Health officer.¶
"Health officer" shall mean the health officer of the county and any health department employee or other person duly authorized by the health officer to act in his behalf.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AN), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.250 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.250, which pertained to helicopter port and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(AO), adopted 1984.
1.04.255 - Hiring authority.¶
In the case of employees hired in a county department, "hiring authority" shall mean the department head of such department and, in the case of employees hired directly by the board, "hiring authority" shall mean the board of supervisors.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AP), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.260 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.260, which pertained to home occupation and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(AQ), adopted 1984.
1.04.265 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.265, which pertained to hospital and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(AR), adopted 1984.
1.04.270 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.270, which pertained to hotel and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(AS), adopted 1984.
1.04.272 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.272, which pertained to intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative and derived from Ord. No. 1951, § 38, adopted Oct. 19, 2010.
1.04.273 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.273, which pertained to intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled—nursing and derived from Ord. No. 1951, § 39, adopted Oct. 19, 2010.
1.04.275 - Junkyard.¶
"Junkyard" shall mean an area of four hundred square feet or more on which imported waste, junk or salvaged items such as lumber, vehicles, machinery and mechanical equipment, and other such materials are disassembled, handled, baled, packed, processed or stored, but not including farm materials, machinery or equipment stored on operating farm properties.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AT), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.280 - Kennel.¶
"Kennel" shall mean any lot, building, structure, enclosure or premises on which six or more dogs are kept or maintained by the owner or occupant.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AU), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
(Ord. No. 2144, §§ 5, 6, 12-17-2024)
1.04.285 - Law.¶
"Law" shall mean applicable federal law, the Constitution and statutes of the state, the ordinances of the county, and, when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations which may be promulgated thereunder.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AV), 1984)
1.04.290 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.290, which pertained to lodginghouse and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; Ord. 1267 § 1(AW), adopted 1984; and Ord. No. 1951, §§ 22, 23, adopted Oct. 19, 2010.
1.04.295 - Lot.¶
"Lot" shall mean a parcel of land, on record in the county under one ownership used or capable of being used under the regulations of this Code, and including both the building site and all required yards and other open spaces as defined in this chapter, and having a frontage of not less than forty feet on a street.
(Ord. 1267 §1(AX), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.300 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.300, which pertained to lot, corner and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(AY), adopted 1984.
1.04.305 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.305, which pertained to lot width and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(AZ), adopted 1984.
1.04.310 - May.¶
"May" shall mean permissive.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BA), 1984)
1.04.315 - Month.¶
"Month" shall mean calendar month.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BB), 1984)
1.04.320 - Must and shall.¶
"Must" and "shall" are each mandatory.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BC), 1984)
1.04.325 - Night shift.¶
"Night shift" shall mean any shift involving night duty.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BD), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.330 - Oath.¶
"Oath" shall mean an affirmation or declaration in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed."
(Ord. 1267 §1(BE), 1984)
1.04.335 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.335, which pertained to outdoor festivals and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(BF), adopted 1984.
1.04.340 - Owner.¶
"Owner" applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, tenant by the entirety, of the whole or a part of such building or land; any person who owns, controls, harbors or maintains any object.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BG), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2 (part), 1984)
1.04.345 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.345, which pertained to parking lot and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(BH), adopted 1984.
1.04.350 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.350, which pertained to parking space and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(BI), adopted 1984.
1.04.355 - Parttime employee.¶
"Parttime employee" shall mean a person employed in a position established on a permanent year round basis and requiring work on a regular schedule of less than forty hours a week, excluding holidays, compensated vacation leave, compensated sick leave, and compensated time off for overtime, and being compensated at a monthly rate.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BJ), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2 (part), 1984)
1.04.360 - Permanent status.¶
"Permanent status" shall mean continuous employment in the service of the county for a period of at least one year as a fulltime employee or as a parttime employee.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BK), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.365 - Person.¶
"Person" shall include the singular and plural and shall mean and shall include any person, firm, corporation, association, club, partnership, society or any other form of association or organization.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BL), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.370 - Personal property.¶
"Personal property" shall include money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BM), 1984)
1.04.375 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.375, which pertained to planning commission and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(BN), adopted 1984.
1.04.380 - Poster.¶
"Poster" shall mean any written, painted, or printed matter of any kind or form or reproduction thereof which contains a message or information of any kind which is attached to any fence, post, pole, tree, bridge or any other structure.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BO), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.385 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1972, § 39, adopted Oct. 23, 2012, repealed § 1.04.385, which pertained to pound and derived from Ord. 1255 § 2 (part), adopted 1984; and Ord. 1267 § 1(BP), adopted 1984.
1.04.390 - Preceding and following.¶
"Preceding" and "following" shall mean next before and next after, respectively.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BQ), 1984)
1.04.395 - Private road.¶
"Private road" shall mean a way for vehicular traffic, however designated, which is not designed or intended to be accepted by the county and for which any offer or dedication or other offer for acceptance by the county shall be rejected until such time as specified conditions for future acceptance have been fully complied with.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BR), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.400 - Property.¶
"Property" shall include real and personal property.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BS), 1984)
1.04.405 - Public dance.¶
"Public dance" shall mean any dance to which the general public is invited and an admission fee or donation is charged or requested.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BT), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.410 - Public dancehall.¶
"Public dancehall" shall mean any building, room, platform, tent, or place where any dance is held to which the general public is invited and an admission fee or donation is charged or requested.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BU), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.415 - Public road.¶
"Public road" shall mean the public highways, streets, roads, ways and places as the same now or may hereafter exist within the county, including state highways and/or freeways now or hereafter established within said county.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BV), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2 (part), 1984)
1.04.420 - Real property.¶
"Real property" shall mean lands, tenements and hereditaments.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BW), 1984: Ord. 1267 §1(BW), 1984)
1.04.425 - Road.¶
"Road" shall mean a way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, road, avenue, boulevard, land, place, court, circle, drive or way which has been dedicated for public use and accepted by the county, or has been laid out and constructed as a county road by the county, or has been made a public road pursuant to law. It shall include public roads constructed by federal and state agencies, but not private roads or private alleys.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BX), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.427 - Rodeo.¶
"Rodeo" shall mean a public event or competition of the skills of cowboys or cowgirls, including but not limited to such events as: bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, team roping, steer roping and barrel racing. Also included are rodeos known as charreadas.
(Ord. 1627 §1, 1994)
1.04.430 - Service station.¶
"Service station" shall mean a retail business establishment supplying gasoline and oil and minor accessories and services for automobiles.
(Ord. 1267 §1(BY), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.435 - Sidewalk.¶
"Sidewalk" shall mean that portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
(Ord. 1267 §1 (BZ), 1984)
1.04.440 - Slope, average.¶
"Average slope" shall mean the characteristic slope over an area of land, expressed in percent as the ratio of vertical rise to horizontal distance. In any clustered development or where the average size of proposed new parcels exceeds ten acres, average slope is to be determined for the entire site and does not need to be determined for each proposed new parcel. In all other cases, average slope is to be determined based on the most accurate available topographic information for each proposed new lot. One of the following methods for determining average slope is to be used:
A. Basic Method. Where a line drawn between highest and lowest points on a parcel is adequate to represent direction and extent of slope for the entire parcel, the difference in elevation between the high and low points, divided by the distance between the points, will determine the average slope.
B. Sectional Method. Where the parcel contains distinct sections of differing slope, the average slope of each section may be determined according to either the basic method in subsection A of this section or the contour measure method in subsection C of this section. The average slope of each section is then used in proportion of the section's area to the total area to determine the average slope of the entire parcel.
C. Contour Measurement Method. Where precise measurement of the average slope is required due to varied slope conditions or complex topography, the following formula will be used:
| S = (2.29 × 10-3) lL |
|---|
| A |
Where: S = Average slope of parcel in percent A = Total number of acres in the parcel (or section of parcel) L = Length of contour lines in scaled feet l = Vertical distance of contour interval infeet
(Ord. 1267 §1(CA), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.445 - Soil engineer.¶
"Soil engineer" shall mean a civil engineer registered in the state with a specialty and experience in the investigation and analysis of soils.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CB), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.450 - Sound-amplifying equipment.¶
"Sound-amplifying equipment" shall mean any machine or device for the amplification of the human voice, music or any other sound. Sound-amplifying equipment shall not be construed as including standard automobile radios when used and heard only by occupants of the vehicle or horns or other warning devices on other vehicles used only for traffic safety purposes.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CC), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.455 - Sound truck.¶
"Sound truck" shall mean any motor vehicle, or horsedrawn vehicle, having mounted thereon or attached thereto, any sound-amplifying equipment.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CD), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.460 - State.¶
"State" shall mean the State of California.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CE), 1984)
1.04.465 - Street.¶
"Street" shall mean a public or permanent private way forty feet or more in width which affords a primary means of access to property.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CF), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.470 - Surveyor.¶
"Surveyor" shall mean a land surveyor licensed under the Land Surveyor's Act of the state or civil engineer registered in the state retained by the subdivider, owner, developer or contractor to provide land surveying services.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CG), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.475 - Tenant and occupant.¶
"Tenant" and "occupant" applied to a building or land, shall include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CJ), 1984)
1.04.480 - Unclaimed personal property.¶
"Unclaimed personal property" shall mean any personal property for which the owner or owners are unknown or where the owner's or owners' identity cannot be reasonably ascertained, and there is no known voluntary abandonment of said property. Unclaimed personal property shall not include lawful United States money or bank accounts or other property for which the laws of the state now provide, or may hereafter provide a different procedure for disposition, than is provided in the Civil Code, Section 1873.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CK), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.485 - Vehicle.¶
"Vehicle" shall mean any vehicle required to be registered under the laws of the state and shall include trucks or any combination of truck and trailer or tractor and trailer.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CL), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.490 - Veterinarian.¶
"Veterinarian" shall mean a doctor of veterinary medicine duly licensed to practice under the laws of the state.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CM), 1984: Ord. 1255 §2(part), 1984)
1.04.495 - Working dog.¶
A working dog shall be defined as a dog which is kept for the purpose of working livestock or poultry.
(Ord. 1495 §2, 1990)
1.04.497 - Working dog license.¶
A working dog license is one issued to any owner or possessor of three or more working dogs, as defined in Section 1.04.495.
(Ord. 1495 §3, 1990)
1.04.500 - Written.¶
"Written" shall mean printed, typewritten, mimeographed, multigraphed, or otherwise reproduced in permanent visible form.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CO), 1984)
1.04.505 - Year.¶
"Year" shall mean a calendar year.
(Ord. 1267 §1(CP), 1984)
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