Title 9 — ZONING REGULATIONS — Temple City Zoning Code

ARTICLE A. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION:

9-1A-1: Title And Authority

9-1A-2: Purpose

9-1A-3: Applicability Of The Zoning Code

9-1A-4: Minimum Requirements

9-1A-5: Conflicting Provisions Or Regulations

9-1A-6: Reference To Other Laws

9-1A-7: Effect Of Prior Permits

9-1A-8: Violations Continue

9-1A-9: Pending Proceedings 9-1A-10: Interpretation 9-1A-11: Timing

9-1A-12: Definitions

9-1A-1: TITLE AND AUTHORITY: ¶

The provisions of this chapter will be referred to and cited as the TEMPLE CITY ZONING CODE and referred to in this chapter as the "zoning code". The zoning code is adopted pursuant to the authority in section 65850 of the California Government Code. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1A-2: PURPOSE: ¶

The purpose of this chapter is to implement the city of Temple City General Plan and to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the community. This chapter is intended to:

A. Establish standards, regulations, and incentives that provide for the highest and best use of buildings, structures, and land.

B. Serve the needs of residential, commercial, and industrial developments within the city.
C. Regulate and limit the height, number of stories, size, and location of buildings and other structures, hereafter designed, erected, or altered.
D. Regulate and determine the size of yards and open spaces.
E. Regulate and limit the density of population.
F. Facilitate adequate provisions for community utilities, such as transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements.
G. Promote the public health, safety, welfare and general prosperity with the aim of preserving a wholesome, serviceable and attractive community. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1A-3: APPLICABILITY OF THE ZONING CODE: ¶

This chapter will apply to all land, uses, and structures within the City of Temple City unless specifically exempted by the terms of specific sections of this chapter or unless applicability is prohibited by law. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1A-4: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: ¶

In applying the provisions of this chapter to properties and uses, the provisions of this chapter will be deemed and construed to be the minimum requirements necessary for the promotion of the public health, safety, and welfare, unless the context of the regulation clearly otherwise provides. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1A-5: CONFLICTING PROVISIONS OR REGULATIONS: ¶

A. Provisions of This Chapter: In the case of conflict between one section of this chapter and any other section of this chapter, the more specific provision will apply, except that provisions of specific plan or overlay zone districts will prevail over other provisions of this chapter, regardless of whether they are more or less specific.

B. Municipal Ordinances or Regulations: In the case of a conflict between any part of this chapter and any other provision of the Temple City municipal code or ordinance of this city, the more specific provision will apply. C. Other Ordinances or Regulations: In the case of a conflict between any section of this chapter and any other public law, ordinance, or regulation, the sections that are more specific or that impose higher standards or requirements will govern, unless state or federal law requires a different interpretation. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1A-6: REFERENCE TO OTHER LAWS: ¶

Whenever reference is made herein, to other applicable provisions of the Temple City municipal code, state or federal law, or other regulations, the reference will be construed to be the applicable state law provisions as they may be amended from time to time. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1A-7: EFFECT OF PRIOR PERMITS: ¶

Use permits and approvals, building permits, sign permits, and variances that are valid on the effective date of this chapter will remain valid until their expiration date. Projects with valid approvals or permits will be completed pursuant to the development standards in effect at the time of approval. If the approval or permit (including any extensions of time permitted and approved under the prior zoning ordinance) expires, future development will comply with the requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1A-8: VIOLATIONS CONTINUE: ¶

Any violation of the previous zoning ordinance will continue to be a violation under this chapter and will be subject to the penalties and enforcement set forth in Article C, Administration and Enforcement. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1A-9: PENDING PROCEEDINGS: ¶

If, prior to the effective date of this chapter, legislative or administrative action is being processed, such action will be deemed to have been processed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and will be processed, insofar as possible, in accordance with the provisions hereof. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1A-10: INTERPRETATION: ¶

The director will be authorized to interpret the meaning and applicability of all provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to the location of zoning district boundary lines, unless a different city official is specifically designated in this chapter to make an interpretation. The decisions of the director are subject to appeal, pursuant to Title 9, Chapter 1, Article C. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1A-11: TIMING: ¶

If completion of a timer period, such as an appeal period, notice period, decision period and the like falls on a weekend or holiday, the appeal, notice, or decision will become effective after 5:00 p.m. on the next available business day. (Ord. 19- 1036)

9-1A-12: DEFINITIONS: ¶

For the purpose of carrying out the purpose of this zoning code the words, phrases and terms included herein will be deemed to have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:

ABUTTING/ADJOINING:	Contiguous to. Having district boundaries or lot lines in common (i.e., not separated by an alley, public or private right-of-way, or street). See also "Adjacent."
ACCESS:	The place, or way, by which pedestrians and/or vehicles will have safe, adequate and usable ingress and egress to a property.
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT:	A residential dwelling unit that may be attached to the main dwelling, located within the living area of the main dwelling, or detached from the main dwelling, which provides complete independent living facilities for one (1) or more persons. It will include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation, and be located on the same parcel as a single-family dwelling.
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, ATTACHED:	An accessory dwelling unit that shares at least one common wall with the primary dwelling and is not fully contained within the existing space of the primary dwelling or an accessory structure.
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, DETACHED:	An accessory dwelling unit that does not share a common wall or common roof with the primary dwelling on a single-family lot or primary dwellings on a multi-family lot and is not fully contained within the existing space of an accessory structure.
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, INTERNAL:	An accessory dwelling unit that is fully contained within the existing space of the primary dwelling or an accessory structure.
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, JUNIOR:	A unit that is no more than five hundred (500) square feet in size and contained entirely within a single- family residence, or a proposed single-family residence. A junior accessory dwelling unit may include an efficiency kitchen that is of reasonable size in relation to the size of the junior accessory dwelling unit. Such units may not be sold separately from the primary residence. The property having a junior accessory dwelling unit must require owner-occupancy.
ACCESSORY USE:	A use customarily incidental, related and clearly subordinate, to a permitted principal use.
ADJACENT:	The condition of being near to or close to but not necessarily having a common dividing line. Two (2) properties that are separated by an alley, public or private right-of-way, street (other than a principal arterial), public access easement, or creek, river, stream, or other natural or artificial waterway will be considered as adjoining one another. See also "Abutting/Adjoining."
ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATIONS:	A process and permit required for certain identified minor deviations from the provisions of this code.
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEFINITIONS:	The following indented terms and phrases are defined for the purposes of section 9-1C-6 of this chapter relating to density bonuses:
Concessions Or Other Incentives:	Concessions or other incentives include a reduction in a site development standard or modification of another Zoning Code requirement or design standard, but not including Building Code requirements or other health and safety standards, that results in an identifiable, financially sufficient, and actual cost reduction; or, approval of mixed use zoning in conjunction with the housing project if commercial, office, industrial, or other land uses will reduce the cost of the housing development and if the commercial, office, industrial, or other land uses are compatible with the housing project and the existing or planned development in the area where the proposed housing project will be located; or other concession or regulatory incentive that results in an identifiable, financially sufficient, and actual cost reduction, as determined by the city in its sole discretion. A concession or other incentive does not include additional density beyond that allowed in section 9-1C-6 of this chapter relating to density bonuses.
Density Bonus:	An increase in density above the otherwise maximum allowable residential density under this title and the land use element of the general plan as of the date the development application for the project is deemed complete. The amount of the density bonus to which the applicant is entitled will vary according to the amount by which the percentage of affordable dwelling units meets the percentage established in sections 9-1C-6-L of this chapter. When calculating the number of density bonus units allowed, any fraction of a residential unit will be counted as a whole unit. An applicant may elect to accept a lesser percentage of density bonus units. An applicant may not seek a density bonus greater than that provided in sections 9-1C-6-L of this chapter relating to density bonuses, or by state law.
Developer:	Any association, corporation, firm, joint venture, partnership, person, or any entity or combination of entities, which seeks city approval for all or part of a residential development project.
Development Standard:	For sections 9-1C-6-L of this chapter relating to density bonuses, a development standard includes a site or construction condition that applies to a residential development pursuant to any ordinance, General Plan element, specific plan, charter amendment, or other local condition, law, policy, resolution, or regulation. A development standard subject to waiver does not include additional density beyond that allowed in sections 9-1C-6-L of this chapter relating to density bonuses.
Low Income Households:	Households whose gross income does not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the median income for Los Angeles County as determined annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Moderate Income Households:	Households whose gross income does not exceed one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the median income for Los Angeles County as determined annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

ABUTTING/ADJOINING:	Contiguous to. Having district boundaries or lot lines in common (i.e., not separated by an alley, public or private right-of-way, or street). See also "Adjacent."
Very-Low Income Households:	Households whose gross income is equal to fifty percent (50%) or less of the median income for Los Angeles County as determined annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
ALCOHOL SALES, OFF-SITE:	Off-site Consumption: Any establishment in which alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or given away for consumption off the premises and which is applying for or has obtained any State ABC Licenses for all on-site consumption. References to the establishment will include any immediately adjacent area that is owned, leased, or rented, or controlled by the licensee.
ALCOHOL SALES, ON-SITE:	Any establishment in which alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or given away for consumption on the premises and which is applying for or has obtained any State ABC Licenses for on-site consumption. References to the establishment will include any immediately adjacent area that is owned, leased, or rented, or controlled by the licensee.
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ALLEY:	A public or private way, other than a street or highway, permanently reserved as a means of vehicular access to adjoining properties. This does not include flag lots, tiered lots, and easements.
ARCADE (ELECTRONIC GAME CENTER):	An establishment that provides more than four (4) amusement devices, whether or not the devices constitute the primary use or an accessory or incidental use of the premises. Amusement devices mean an electronic or mechanical equipment, game, or machine that is played or used for amusement, which, when so played or used involves skill and which is activated by coin, key, or token, or for which the player or user pays money for the privilege of playing or using. This use may also include internet/cyber cafes, where three (3) or more computers and/or other electronic devices, for access to that system commonly referred to as the "internet," e-mail, playing video games over the Internet or other network system, and/or access to other computer software programs, is provided to the public for compensation and/or for public access. Internet café is also synonymous with PC café, cyber café, internet gaming center, computer/internet rental and cyber centers.
APARTMENT:	The same as the definition of “dwelling, multiple.”
APPURTENANCE:	A tower, spire, cupola, chimney, penthouse, water tank, flagpole, theater scenery loft, radio or television antenna, transmission tower, fire equipment, or other similar structure that is attached to a structure and not intended for human occupancy.
ARTERIAL STREET:	A major thoroughfare or primary roadway, used primarily for through traffic rather than for access to abutting land, that is characterized by high vehicular capacity and continuity of movement. The street is either divided or undivided and its main function is to carry nonlocal traffic at medium speeds.
ASSESSOR:	The Los Angeles County Assessor.
ASSEMBLY/MEETING FACILITIES, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE:	A facility for public or private assembly and meetings, exclusive of Religious Assembly, which is defined separately.
ASSEMBLY, RELIGIOUS:	Any facility specifically designed and used to accommodate the gathering of persons for the purposes of fellowship, worship, or similar conduct of religious practices and activities. This definition includes functionally related internal facilities (i.e., kitchens, multi-purpose rooms, storage, etc.) and residences for clergy. Associated uses (i.e., day care centers or full-time or part-time schools) may be allowed as incidental uses to the primary use.
ATTIC:	The area located between the top plate and the roof or ridge of a building.
AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES (ATM):	A pedestrian-oriented machine used by bank and financial service patrons for conducting transactions including deposits, fund transfers, and withdrawals without contact with financial institution personnel. The machines may be located at or within a bank, or in other locations.
BAR OR TAVERN:	An establishment used primarily for the on premises sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages including establishments where food is sold and/or entertainment provided as incidental thereto.
BASEMENT:	That portion of a building which is totally or partly below finished grade of the lot upon which it is located.
BEDROOM:	Any space in a dwelling unit or accessory structure which is seventy (70) square feet or greater in size and which is located along an exterior wall, but not including the following: hall; bathroom; kitchen; living room (maximum of one (1) per dwelling unit); dining room
	(in proximity to kitchen, maximum of one (1) per dwelling unit); family room (maximum of one (1) per dwelling unit), laundry room, closet/dressing room opening off of a bedroom.
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BERM:	A raised earthen area.
BIOSWALES:	Landscape elements designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff water. A bioswale consists of a depressed drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost, and/or riprap, and designed to let water flow slowly. Bioswales are designed to slow down water flows after precipitation, let water soak into soil, and allow pollutants to adhere and/or degrade. Bioswales can include underdrains.
BUILDING:	Any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels of property of any kind.

ABUTTING/ADJOINING:	Contiguous to. Having district boundaries or lot lines in common (i.e., not separated by an alley, public or private right-of-way, or street). See also "Adjacent."
Building, Accessory:	A single-story detached building located on the same lot as the primary building or principal use. When an accessory building is attached to a primary building by a common wall or roof, it is considered a part of the primary building.
Building, Primary:	A building in which is conducted a principal use permitted upon the lot upon which it is situated. In a residential zone a dwelling will be deemed to be a main building.
CARPORT:	A permanently roofed structure with not more than two (2) enclosed sides, used or intended to be used for automobile shelter and storage.
CELLAR:	The same as the definition of “Basement.”
CENTERLINE:	The centerline of any street, highway or alley.
CHILDREN'S DAY CENTER (EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED):	A facility intended solely for the admission of minors with mental illness or neurological or emotional disorders, who are provided with an organized program of services. Patients are not permitted to remain overnight.
CITY:	The City of Temple City.
CITY COUNCIL:	The City Council of the City of Temple City.
CLUB, PRIVATE:	Any building or premises used by an association of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, organized for some common purpose, but not including a group organized solely or primarily to render a service customarily carried on as a commercial enterprise.
COLLECTION FACILITY:	A center to collect various items (i.e. clothes, household goods, recyclable materials) from the public either as a donation or for a redemption value.
COMMERCIAL USE:	Any business that sells goods or services to the public, either retail or wholesale, for remuneration.
COMMERCIAL RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT:	Establishments providing participant or spectator recreation or entertainment, either indoors or outdoors, for a fee or admission charge.
COMMISSION:	The planning commission of the City of Temple City.
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT BUILDINGS:	Buildings housing operating electrical and mechanical equipment utilized in conducting a public utility communications operation.
COMMUNITY CARE FACILITY/LARGE:	Any facility as defined in the Health and Safety Code section 1502(a), which provides nonmedical care on a twenty-four (24) hour a day basis to seven or more persons including, but not limited to, persons with substance abuse illnesses, physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children.
COMMUNITY CARE FACILITY/SMALL:	Any facility as defined in the Health and Safety Code section 1502(a), which provides nonmedical care on a twenty-four (24) hour a day basis to six (6) or less persons including, but not limited to, persons with substance abuse illnesses, physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children. Small community care facility will be considered a permitted use within all residential zoned districts.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT:	A discretionary permit required for certain uses specified in this Code to provide for the thorough review of such proposed uses and their associated structures and other improvements, with the intent of ensuring that if approved, such use can be operated in a manner compatible with surrounding uses.
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CONVALESCENT HOME:	The same as the definition of “Nursing and Convalescent Hospital.”
CONVENIENCE STORE:	A retail store that sells limited grocery, food, and dry goods. A convenience store may or may not include gasoline sales. Convenience stores are generally less than 3,000 square feet in floor area and function as a quick service, limited item retail outlet for convenience purposes. Convenience stores are distinct from a grocery store and are classified as "Retail sales" in the land use and permit requirement tables.
COUNCIL:	The City Council of the City of Temple City.
COURT:	An open, unoccupied space bounded on three or more sides by the walls of a building. An inner court is a court entirely enclosed within the exterior walls of a building. All other courts are outer courts.
DAY CAMP OR CHILDCARE CENTER:	A facility with an organized daytime program for the supervision and care of children.
DAY CARE, ADULT:	Establishments providing non-medical care for persons on a less than twenty-four (24)-hour basis. May provide a program of education or training, handicraft, vocational, and recreational activities. Patients are not permitted to remain overnight.
DAYCARE CENTER:	Any childcare facility other than a "Daycare home, Family", and includes infant centers, preschools, and extended daycare facilities.
DAY SPA:	A business engaged in a mixture of personal services such as haircuts, hair treatments, manicures, pedicures, facials, waxing, and skin treatments rendered by licensed professionals such as manicurists, aestheticians, makeup artists, hairstylists, and other related health and beauty professionals. Day spas differ from beauty shops and nail shops by having separate or private rooms. A day spa may offer incidental massage therapy per sections 5-2-E and 9-1T-12 of this Code.
DEMOLITION:	The destruction or removal of a building or portion of a building. For purposes of determining whether a structure has been demolished, it is the intentional destruction and removal of fifty percent (50%) or more of the enclosing exterior walls and fifty percent (50%) or more of the roof of any structure.
DIRECTOR:	The Community Development Director of Temple City or his/her designee.
DISABLED VEHICLE:	A vehicle which is not operable, by reason of the removal of or damage to, integral component parts.
DISASSEMBLE:	The same as the definition of “Dismantle.”

ABUTTING/ADJOINING:	Contiguous to. Having district boundaries or lot lines in common (i.e., not separated by an alley, public or private right-of-way, or street). See also "Adjacent."
DISCRETIONARY APPROVAL:	Any approval or entitlement granted in compliance with this Zoning Code that requires the exercise of discretion, including the ability of the review authority to impose conditions of approval.
DRIVE THROUGH:	A business where one can be served without leaving one's car and where the vehicle is customer is served by way of a window in the business, a kiosk, or similar device. This is does not include businesses that deliver items from the store to a vehicle parked in a legal parking space.
DWELLINGS, MULTIPLE:	The same as building designed or used for occupancy, as living quarters, by two (2) or more families on the same lot and containing one (1) dwelling unit for each such family.
DWELLING, NEW:	Any residential structure which is to be newly constructed or voluntarily demolished and reconstructed. A remodel or house addition shall be considered a new dwelling if the proposed project involves voluntary demolition of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
	enclosing exterior walls and fifty percent (50%) or more of the roof of any structure, including any attached garage.
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DWELLING, SINGLE OR ONE- FAMILY:	A building designed or used for occupancy, as living quarters, by one (1) family.
DWELLING, THREE-FAMILY:	A building designed or used for occupancy, as living quarters, by three (3) families and containing three (3) dwelling units.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY (DUPLEX):	A building designed or used for occupancy, as living quarters, by two (2) families and containing two (2) dwelling units.
DWELLING UNIT:	One (1) or more rooms in a building or portion thereof, designed for, and intended to be used, for occupancy by one (1) family, for living quarters. A single dwelling unit will contain a maximum of one (1) kitchen and can include no more than one (1) wok kitchen and one outdoor kitchen. All habitable rooms will be internally accessible from within the dwelling unit.
EASEMENT:	A grant of one (1) or more of the property rights by the property owner to and/or for the use by the public, a corporation, or another person or entity.
EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS:
Accessory Food Service:	An establishment that sells food and/or beverages as an accessory use in a retail, office, or institutional structure and that does not change the character of the primary use.
Bar, Lounges, Nightclubs, Taverns (Includes Independent Or Accessory Establishments):	Any establishment that sells or serves alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises and is holding or applying for a public premise license from ABC and in which persons under twenty-one (21) years of age are restricted from the premises. References to the establishment will include any immediately adjacent area that is owned, leased, or rented, or controlled by the licensee.
Fast Food:	A restaurant which supplies food and beverages primarily in disposable containers and which is characterized by high automobile accessibility, self-service and short stays by customers.
Outdoor Dining:	A dining area with seats and/or tables located outdoors of a sit-down restaurant, fast food, or other food service establishment. Outdoor dining is located entirely outside the walls of the contiguous structure or enclosed on one (1) or two (2) sides by the walls of the structure with or without a solid roof cover.
Limited:	Outdoor dining area encompassing up to eight hundred (800) square feet of area, inclusive.
General:	Outdoor dining area encompassing more than eight hundred (800) square feet of area.
Restaurant:	An establishment used primarily for the preparation and sale of food and beverages to be consumed on the premises including the sale of alcoholic beverages where incidental to the sale of food. A restaurant with a bar area exceeding five hundred (500) square feet or thirty percent (30%) of the dining area shall be classified as a bar.
Restaurant, drive-in:	A restaurant where, in whole or in part, food and beverages are served to customers, and consumed, in vehicles on the premises.
Restaurants, fast food:	A restaurant that sells prepared food either indoors or outdoors in disposable containers (e.g., paper or plastic). These uses include retail bakeries that provide on-site seating. A restaurant with a bar area exceeding five hundred (500) square feet or thirty percent (30%) of the dining area shall be classified as a bar.
Restaurant, sit-down:	An establishment engaged in the business of selling food and beverages, including alcoholic beverages, prepared on site for primarily on-site consumption. Food and beverages are served to the customer at a fixed location (i.e., booth, counter, or table). Food and beverages are ordered from individual menus. Customers typically pay for food and
	beverages after service and/or consumption. The sale or service of sandwiches, whether prepared in the kitchen or made elsewhere and heated up on the premises, or snack foods, will not constitute a sit-down restaurant. A restaurant with a bar area exceeding five hundred (500) square feet or thirty percent (30%) of the dining area shall be classified as a bar.
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ABUTTING/ADJOINING:	Contiguous to. Having district boundaries or lot lines in common (i.e., not separated by an alley, public or private right-of-way, or street). See also "Adjacent."
Take-out service:	An establishment that offers a limited variety of food or beverages. Transactions are sales for off-site consumption. Customers are served either at a counter or service window. Incidental seating (less than two hundred fifty (250) sq. ft. of seating area) may be provided for limited on-site consumption of food or beverages. Typical uses include bakeries, coffee stores, ice cream and frozen dessert stores, delivery-only pizza establishments, small delicatessens, and similar establishments.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION:	Any public, private or parochial elementary, junior high, high school, university, or other school giving general academic instruction in the several branches of learning, having five (5) or more students.
EFFICIENCY KITCHEN:	A cooking facility with appliances, a food preparation counter, storage cabinets, and is of reasonable size in relation to the size of the unit.
EFFICIENCY UNIT:	A dwelling unit that is not less than two hundred twenty (220) square feet of floor area with a kitchen sink, cooking appliance, and refrigeration facilities, each having a clear working space of not less than thirty inches (30") in front. The unit must be provided with a separate bathroom and the bedroom must have a separate closet. An additional one hundred (100) square feet of floor area must be required for each occupant of such unit in excess of two (2).
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE AND VAPING DEVICE:	An electronic and/or battery-operated device, the use of which may resemble smoking, which can be used to deliver an inhaled dose of nicotine or other tobacco derived product or cannabis product. "Electronic smoking and vaping device" includes any such electronic smoking or vaping device, whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an electronic cigarette (e-cigarette), an electronic cigar, an electronic cigarillo, an electronic pipe, an electronic hookah, personal product vaporizer (i.e., liquid, dry herb, oils, wax, etc.), electronic nicotine delivery system, e-hookah, or any other similar system. "Electronic smoking and vaping device" does not include any product specifically approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.
EMERGENCY SHELTER:	A managed housing facility with minimal supportive services for homeless persons and in which occupancy by a homeless person is limited to a term of six (6) months or less. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay. Supportive services may include, but are not limited to, meal preparation, an activities center, daycare for children of homeless persons, vocational rehabilitation and other similar activities.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:	An analysis conducted in compliance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq.
EXPLOSIVES:	Any explosive substance as defined in section 12000 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.
FACADE:	The portion of any exterior elevation of a structure from grade to the top of the roofline and the width of the structure.
FAMILY:	Two (2) or more individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit in an apartment or a dwelling unit.
FAMILY DAYCARE HOMES:	A facility that regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for 14 or fewer children, in the provider's own home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, while the parents or
	guardians are away, and is either a large family daycare home or a small family daycare home. Family daycare homes, includes both large and small family daycare homes.
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FAR:	See “Floor Area Ratio (FAR).”
FARMERS MARKET:	An outdoor market certified for direct retail sales by farms to the public by the State or County Agricultural Commission under California Code of Regulations Title 3, Chapter 3, Article 6.5. Farmers' Markets can also include limited sales of crafts and goods.
FENCE:	An artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose or screen areas of land. Fences do not include hedges or landscape materials.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS:	The total horizontal area of all the floors of a building included within the surrounding walls, exclusive of vents, shafts, courts and off-street parking facilities.

ABUTTING/ADJOINING:	Contiguous to. Having district boundaries or lot lines in common (i.e., not separated by an alley, public or private right-of-way, or street). See also "Adjacent."
FLOOR AREA RATIO:	The total gross floor area included within the surrounding exterior walls of a building(s) or portion thereof divided by the lot area, prior to any required dedications. In calculating floor area ratio (FAR), the exterior walls must be counted as gross square footage. For residential uses (not mixed use or commercial), the floor area must be counted twice for any portion of the dwelling where the distance between the floor and the ceiling directly above exceeds twelve feet (12') and the height of a single-story structure or single-story portion of a two (2)-story structure exceeds eighteen feet (18'). For single-family structures and in the R-1 Zone, the floor area ratio limitations of Section 9-1G-12 will apply to: A. The living area of any two-story dwelling or single-story dwelling in excess of eighteen feet (18') in height. B. Accessory structures including garage areas in excess of required parking, pool houses, playrooms, accessory dwelling units, and the like. C. Patios, porches, entryways, or the like (recessed or projecting) on the side or rear of structures that are more than fifty percent (50%) covered or greater than twenty percent (20%) enclosed. 1. In instances where a portion of a patio, porch, entryway, or the like is open to the sky and an adjoining area is covered, the two (2) areas shall be calculated independently, not averaged. 2. The area underneath a second floor overhang shall be counted toward floor area, when the overhang is greater than four feet (4') in depth or twenty-five (25) square feet. 3. Materials such as glass, window screen, wood, stucco, brick, or any other material that is installed in a permanent manner that provides a visual or physical separation shall be considered as providing an enclosure. Exterior grade fabric curtains and mosquito netting tied back so that it does not provide a visual or physical separation shall not be considered as providing an enclosure. In the R-2 Zone, floor area ratio limitations shall apply to all structures on a lot including enclosed garages and accessory buildings.
FRONTAGE, STREET:	The width of the front boundary line of a lot which abuts upon a street or roadway.
GAME ARCADE:	Any business enterprise or establishment having games of skill or arcade games as a principal use or more than four (4) games of skill or arcade games as an incidental use.
GARAGE:	Any building, with three (3) enclosed sides, having not less than two hundred (200) square feet of floor area, provided with a closable access door or doors, which is used or intended to be used for automobile shelter or storage.
GRADE, GROUND LEVEL:	The average level of the finished ground surface of a lot, immediately surrounding a building, measured at the center of all walls of the building.
GRADIENT:	The rate of vertical change of a ground surface expressed as a percentage figure and determined by dividing the vertical distance by the horizontal distance.
GROCERY STORE:	A self-service retailer that predominantly sells a combination of foods including, meat, produce, dairy products and household supplies. Grocery stores also typically sell baked goods, toiletries, over the counter medicines, flowers, alcoholic beverages, stationary, magazines, and pet supplies. Grocery stores also meet the performance standards found in 9-1T-19. Regardless of size, grocery stores that meet the grocery store performance standards are classified as “Retail sales, under 10,000 square feet” in the land use and permit requirement tables. Stores that predominantly sell general merchandise and have grocery sections are classified as “Retail sales, 10,000 square feet or greater”.
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GYMNASIUM:	A school, place or building used for gymnastics and athletic exercise.
HANDICRAFT INDUSTRY:	Establishments engaged in on-site production of goods by hand involving the use of hand tools and small-scale equipment (i.e., drills and saws, hammers and chisels; paint brushes and sprayers; pottery wheels and kilns; sewing machines; spinning wheels, etc.) and the incidental direct sale to consumers of only those goods produced on-site.
HARDSCAPE:	Hardscape includes driveways, pathways, and decks made of materials such as asphalt, concrete, pavers, and decomposed granite.
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL:	The manufacture and/or processing of materials and goods utilizing large quantities of raw materials, and generally requiring high capitalization and production of large quantities of output. Heavy industry often sells output to other business users rather than consumers. Characteristics of heavy industry include, but are not limited to, heavy trucking activity, noise, emissions requiring federal or state environmental permits, use of large quantities of hazardous materials as defined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and requirement for specialized permits from federal and state occupational health and safety agencies.
HEDGE:	Vegetation, shrubs and/or trees planted to create a physical and/or visual barrier.
HEIGHT, BUILDING OR STRUCTURE:	The maximum allowable height will be measured as the vertical distance from the existing grade of the site to an imaginary plane located the allowed number of feet above and parallel to the grade not including rooftop appurtenances. See Figure 1 - Building Height Measurement.

Figure 1: Building Height Measurement

HOME OCCUPATION:	An occupation, calling or profession carried on by an occupant of a dwelling unit, within that dwelling unit, located in a residential zone.
HOSPITAL:	A facility providing medical, surgical, psychiatric, or emergency medical services to sick or injured persons, primarily on an inpatient basis. This use includes incidental facilities for outpatient treatment, as well as training, research, and administrative services for patients and employees. Excludes sanitariums and residential care facilities.
HOTEL:	Any building or portion of any building with access provided through a common entrance, lobby or hallway to six (6) or more guestrooms, with or without kitchens, and which rooms are designed, intended to be used or are used, rented or hired out as temporary or overnight accommodations for guests no more than twenty-eight (28) days at a time.
HOUSEHOLD PET:	Shall mean any domesticated animal commonly maintained in residence with man, but not including any animal which is capable of and inclined to inflict harm or discomfort to or upon any persons.
JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT:	A unit that is no more than five hundred (500) square feet in size and contained entirely within a single-family residence, or a proposed single-family residence. A junior accessory dwelling unit may include an efficiency kitchen that is of reasonable size in relation to the
	size of the junior accessory dwelling unit. Such units may not be sold separately from the primary residence. The property having a junior accessory dwelling unit shall require owner-occupancy.
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KENNEL:	A place where four (4) or more adult dogs or cats or any combination thereof are kept, whether by owners of the animals or persons providing facilities and care therefor, whether or not for compensation. An adult dog or cat is one of either sex, altered or unaltered, that has reached the age of four months.
KITCHEN:	Any room or space within a building designed, intended to be used, or used for the cooking or the preparation of food. A kitchen includes a single refrigerator, stove or range top, and oven or microwave.
KITCHEN, WOK:	A kitchen that includes a sink, range top, and cabinets, but not an oven refrigerator, or dishwasher and which is located directly adjacent to the main kitchen and is no larger than fifty percent (50%) the size of the main kitchen. A wok kitchen is not a kitchen for the purposes of determining the existence of an accessory dwelling unit.
KITCHEN, OUTDOORS:	An outdoor cooking area that features almost all or any of the capabilities of an indoor kitchen, centered on the grill. A kitchen located outside a structure is not considered a kitchen for the purposes of determining the existence of an accessory dwelling unit.
LANDSCAPED AREA:	An area upon which landscaping is required to be continuously maintained.
LANDSCAPING:	The planting and maintenance of some combination of trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, flowers or lawns. In addition, the combination or design may include natural features such as rock and stone; and structural features, including, but not limited to, fountains, reflecting pools, art works, screens, walls, fences and benches.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL:	The manufacture and/or processing of consumer-oriented goods in a manner that does not produce noticeable odors, air emissions, or other environmental effects, and that has limited associated trucking activity. Light industries generally require limited amounts of raw materials to produce goods. This includes processing, fabrication, assembly and treatment, but exclude basic industrial processing from raw materials, food processing, and vehicle/equipment services.
LIGHT POLLUTION:	Light that is directed to areas where it is not needed, that interferes with some visual act or is detrimental to an abutting use or zone.
LIVE/WORK UNIT:	A unit that combines a work space and incidental residential occupancy occupied and used by a single household. Live/work units have been constructed for such use or converted from commercial or industrial use and structurally modified to accommodate residential occupancy and work activity in compliance with the California Building Code. The working space is reserved for and regularly used by one (1) or more occupants of the unit. Living space includes, but is not limited to, a sleeping area, a food preparation area with reasonable work space, and a full bathroom including bathing and sanitary facilities which satisfy the provisions of applicable codes. Live/work units can include renter-occupant and/or owner-occupant.
LONG TERM FACILITY:	An institution of one (1) patient capacity or more intended primarily for the admission of chronic mentally ill, or mentally disordered or other incompetent persons who are provided medical care, nursing services and intensive supervision.
LOT:	A portion of real property as shown as a single delineated lot with a number or other designation on a plat recorded in the office of the County Recorder.
LOT AREA:	The total area, measured in a horizontal plane, included within the lot lines of a lot. Flood control easements and driveway easements providing access to tiered or flag lots are not considered as usable lot area for purposes of determining or calculating permitted density, lot coverage, floor area ratio, permeable area, etc.
LOT COVERAGE:	The percentage of a site covered by roofs, soffits or overhangs extending more than three feet (3') from a wall, and by decks more than four feet (4') in height. Roofs with openings or perforations fifty percent (50%) or greater of their surface area, pools, or hot tubs shall not be included in lot coverage calculations.
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LOT DEPTH:	The horizontal distance measured between the midpoints of the front and rear lot lines.

HOME OCCUPATION:	An occupation, calling or profession carried on by an occupant of a dwelling unit, within that dwelling unit, located in a residential zone.
LOT LINE:	The boundary between a lot and other property or the public right-of-way.
Lot Line, Front:	A line separating an interior lot from a street; in the case of a corner lot, the lot line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street; in the case of a lot having no street frontage, the same will mean the narrowest lot line parallel and closest to the nearest street or highway, as determined by the director.
Lot Line, Rear:	A lot line which is most distant from the front lot line.
Lot Line, Side:	Any lot boundary line which is not a front or rear lot line.

Figure 2: Lot Type Diagram

Figure 2: Lot Type Diagram
LOT TYPES:	The following lot types are found in the Temple City:
Abutting Lot:	A lot or parcel of land having a common property line or separated by a public path or lane, private street, or easement to the subject lot.
Corner Lot:	A lot or parcel of land bounded on two (2) or more sides by street lines that have an angle intersection that is not more than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.
Cul-De-Sac Lot:	A lot or parcel of land located on the curving portion of a cul-de-sac street.
Flag Lot:	An irregularly shaped lot or parcel of land resembling a flag on a pole, located to the side and/or rear of another lot, with street frontage and access from the street to the main body of the lot ("flag" portion) provided by a narrow strip of land that is owned in fee ("pole" portion).
Front Lot:	A lot or parcel of land with frontage on a public street that is in front of a flag lot or tiered lot.
Interior Lot:	A lot or parcel of land bounded on one (1) side by a street line and on all other sides by lot lines between adjacent lots or that is bounded by more than one (1) street with an intersection greater than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.
Irregular Lot:	A lot or parcel of land of irregular, rather than rectangular, shape.
Key Lot:	The first interior lot to the rear of a reversed corner lot.
Reverse Corner Lot:	A corner lot, the rear of which abuts the side of another lot, whether across an alley or not.
Through Lot:	A lot or parcel of land having frontage on two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets, but not a street and an alley.
Tiered Lot:	A lot or parcel of land without frontage on a public street that receives vehicular access by way of a private driveway, access easement, or a public street that does not meet the city's minimum standards for a street.
LOT WIDTH:	The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured between two (2) points each located on the side lot lines at a distance midway between the front and rear lot lines.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING UNIT:	A dwelling unit which is either wholly or mainly manufactured at an off-site location and is assembled on site on a permanent foundation with permanent service connections. The
	definition does not include a mobile home, mobile accessory structure, or an automobile trailer or recreational vehicle.
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MARIJUANA DISPENSARY:	A facility where marijuana, cannabis products, or devices for the use of cannabis or cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including an establishment that delivers cannabis and cannabis products as part of a retail sale.
MATERIAL RECYCLING PLANT:	An industrial use which collects and processes recyclable materials and either packages them for offsite processing in a large-scale operation (such as a transfer station or materials recovery facility) or processes the materials at the same collection location.
MEDICAL AND/OR DENTAL CLINIC:	Any facility providing physical health service, or medical, surgical or dental care of the sick or injured, but will not include inpatient or overnight accommodations. Medical clinic includes health center, health clinic, doctors' and dentists' office.
MINI-MALL:	A commercial center consisting of two (2) or more commercial units or businesses on a freestanding (self-contained) development site of less than sixty-five thousand (65,000) square feet of land area with parking situated between the building or a portion of the building and the street. For purposes of defining a mini mall, a freestanding (self-contained) development will consist of any commercial center which does not have reciprocal parking and/or reciprocal vehicular access with any other abutting or adjoining site.
MINISTERIAL:	A government decision involving little or no personal judgment by the public official as to the wisdom or manner of carrying out the action, including the issuance of a permit.
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT (MIXED USE PROJECT):	An approach to land use development that involves integrating two (2) or more different types of uses on the same property as part of a unified development. Generally, Mixed Use Development consists of commercial and residential uses integrated either vertically in the same structure or group of structures, or horizontally on the same development site where parking, open spaces, and other development features are shared. However, light industrial and commercial development may also be considered as Mixed Use. In a Mixed-Use Development, both uses are considered primary uses of the land.
MOBILE FOOD VENDOR:	A person or business that operates or assists in the operation of a food vending vehicle.
MOBILE HOME:	See definition of "Recreational Vehicle".
MORTUARIES AND FUNERAL HOMES:	Establishments engaged in the provision of service involving the care, preparation, or disposition of human dead other than in cemeteries. May or may not include crematories. No internment is provided on site. May include areas for assembly services and living quarters for funeral home/mortuary manager.
MOTEL:	One (1) or more buildings containing guestrooms or dwelling units, with or without kitchen facilities, with one (1) or more such guestrooms or units each having a separate entrance leading directly from the outside of the buildings or from an inner court; which facilities are designed, used or intended to be used, rented or hired out for temporary or overnight accommodations for guests for no more than twenty-eight (28) days at a time.
NATURAL GRADE:	The grade at the time of an application being filed or the grade before being altered by artificial means such as cut, fill, landscaping, or berming.

Figure 2: Lot Type Diagram
NONCONFORMING USE, BUILDING OR STRUCTURE:	The utilization of any lot, structure, building or improvement lawfully established and in use prior to the time this chapter, becomes effective, or having had a nonconforming status under the prior zoning regulations of city, but which utilization, due to the application of this chapter, or any amendment thereto, does not comply with all of the regulations currently applicable to the zone in which the use, lot, building or structure is located.
NON-STOREFRONT, DELIVERY- ONLY, MEDICAL, CANNABIS RETAIL BUSINESSES:	A commercial operation that is closed to the public but delivers medical cannabis and, or medical cannabis products as part of retail sale transactions to customers at fixed locations in accordance with state law. No on-site sales, nor public access to commercial facilities or
	delivery vehicles, is permitted. Non-storefront, delivery-only medical cannabis retailers must be authorized to engage in the retail sale by delivery of medicinal cannabis to medicinal cannabis patients pursuant to State License: Type M-Type 9, Non-Storefront Retailer.
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NURSERY SCHOOL:	The same as the definition of "Day Camp or Childcare Center".
NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL:	Any place or institution which provides bed accommodations for one (1) or more chronic or convalescent patients, who, by reason of illness or physical infirmity, are unable to properly care for themselves. Alcoholics, drug addicts, persons with mental or communicable diseases, including contagious tuberculosis, will not be admitted or cared for in nursing and convalescent hospitals.
OATH:	Includes affirmation.
OFFICE:	An establishment offering administrative, financial, general business, non-dental, non- medical, professional, public service, and similar office uses.
OPEN SPACE:	Landscape area other than a required front yard area, driveway, swimming pool, or off- street parking facility with no building or structure located therein. Must have a minimum dimension of ten feet (10').
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES:	Signs or other advertising structure, which solicit public support or directs public attention to the sale, lease, hire, promotion or use of any objects, products, services or functions, which are not produced, sold or otherwise available on the premises where such sign or structure is located.
PARALLEL PARKING SPACE:	A parking space which is situated parallel to the direction of traffic in a driveway, off street parking facility or street.
PARK:	The standing of a motor vehicle, other than for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
PARKING, JOINT USE:	The use of a single parking facility by several related uses occupying the same or adjacent parcels. For example, the use of a single parking facility by tenants of a shopping center.
PARKING, SHARED:	The use of a single parking facility by two (2) distinctly different uses with distinctly different hours of operation such that the shared use of the facility can be accomplished without limiting the ability of one use to occupy the facility to the detriment of the other. For example, distinctly different uses could be a place of religious assembly which generally has weekend parking demands and an office development, which typically uses the parking facility during the week.
PARKING SPACE:	A readily accessible area, not including driveways, ramps, loading or work areas, maintained exclusively for the parking of one (1) automobile.
PARKWAY:	That portion of the public right-of-way between the curb and sidewalk or, where no sidewalk is provided, between the curb and adjacent private property line. A parkway generally includes landscape improvements.
PERMEABLE SURFACES:	A surface where the surfacing material itself is impermeable to the inflow of rainwater, but the surface has inlets or holes through it which water enters the soil or construction below.
PICTURE WINDOW:	A window on an elevation facing the front yard that is larger than the adjacent windows or the largest window on the front facing façade. Picture windows either have less panes of glass than the adjacent windows or do not have any muntins. Examples of a picture window include:
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT:	An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed as a unified project and single entity for a group of townhouse dwellings and/or detached dwelling units, the plan for
	which may not correspond in lot size, bulk or type of dwelling, density, lot coverage, setback or required open space to the regulations in this code.
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PLANNING COMMISSION:	The Planning Commission of the City of Temple City, also referred to as commission or Commission.
PORTE-COCHERE:	An accessory structure open on three (3) sides and attached to the side or front of a building through which cars pass and is established for the convenient loading and unloading of passengers from an automobile. A porte-cochere is not a carport or garage, nor may it be used to satisfy off-street parking requirements.
PRIMARY USE:	The principal or predominant use of any lot, building, or structure.
PROCESSING:	When used in reference to a commercial or industrial use, one (1) or more acts or operations which have the effect of changing the form of a product or material, to render the same more salable or usable.
PUBLIC FACILITY:	A site or structure owned and operated by the City of Temple City, or other public agencies, for the purpose of providing one or more services to residents of the city, and/or to support other city functions.

Figure 2: Lot Type Diagram
QUARRY:	Any place on a lot or parcel of land where dirt, soil, sand, gravel, rock or other similar material is removed by excavation or otherwise, for any purpose. Quarry will not include the excavation and removal of earth from a lot preparatory to construction of a building or structure, for which a valid building or grading permit has been issued by city; provided that such excavation will be confined to that necessary for such construction or otherwise authorized by such permit.
RECHARGING STATION:	A location that supplies electricity for the recharging of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids).
RECORDER:	The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV):	A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, camping trailer, pop-up campers, or boat or other water sport vehicle, with or without motive power, designed for recreational purposes. The definition includes any empty trailer on which an RV may be transported or stored. In no cases will a RV be classified as a mobile home or dwelling unit.
REPAIR:	The work necessary to restore to a usable condition.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:	Establishments engaged in industrial or scientific research, including product testing. Includes electronic research firms or pharmaceutical research laboratories. Excludes manufacturing, except of prototypes, or medical testing and analysis.
RESIDENCE, SINGLE-FAMILY:	A structure containing one (1) dwelling unit. "Residence, Single-Family" will also include a modular home manufactured and certified under the National Mobilehome Construction and Safety Standard Act of 1974 on a permanent foundation system approved by the County Engineer.
REST HOME:	The same as the definition of “Nursing and Convalescent Hospital.”
RETAIL:	An establishment involving retail sales of new merchandise to the general public. The establishment is not allowed to have more than twenty five percent (25%) of the total floor area to be used for manufacturing or processing.
REVERSE VENDING MACHINE:	An automated mechanical device which accepts at least one (1) or more types of empty beverage containers including aluminum cans, glass, and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container's redemption value as determined by state law. A reverse vending machine may sort and process containers mechanically provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine. To accept and temporarily store all container types in a proportion commensurate with their relative redemption rates, and to meet the requirements of certification as a recycling
	facility, multiple grouping of reverse vending machines may be necessary, in which case the machines are considered a collection facility. A reverse vending machine is considered an accessory to a primary use. Reverse vending machines are no greater than fifty (50) square feet in size and eight (8) feet in height. Larger facilities are considered a collection facility.
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RIGHT-OF-WAY:	A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied or occupied by a road, railroad, electric transmission lines, oil or gas pipeline, water line, sanitary storm sewer or other similar use.
SEASONAL SALES:	Temporary retail sale of seasonal merchandise. Examples include farm produce stands, Christmas tree sales lots, and pumpkin patches.
SETBACKS:	The distance from which a structure, parking area or other development feature will be separated from a prescribed property line, easement or other structure or development feature. All setback distances will be measured at right angles from the property line, easement or other structure or development feature, and the setback line will be drawn parallel to the designated property line, easement or other structure or development feature at the requested setback distance.
SETBACK, FRONT:	The minimum distance required between a structure and the front property line.
SETBACK, REAR:	The minimum distance required between a structure and the rear property line.
SETBACK, SIDE:	The minimum distance required between a structure and a side property line.
SHOPPING CENTER:	A group of two (2) or more contiguous or adjacent retail commercial business establishments planned, developed, owned or managed as a single unit. See definition of "Mini-Mall" for any freestanding (self-contained) development site of less than sixty-five thousand (65,000) square feet of land area.
SHORT TERM RENTAL:	A use in which a dwelling, or portion thereof, is rented or offered for rent for compensation for a period of less than twenty-eight (28) consecutive calendar days. This includes any arrangement in which the rental period is less than twenty-eight (28) consecutive days or can be reduced below twenty-eight (28) consecutive days, or in which the dwelling is rented multiple times within twenty-eight (28) consecutive days. This definition does not apply to residential care facilities or dwellings operated as a group home pursuant to the Community Care Facilities Act that are otherwise exempt from local zoning regulations. This includes the advertising of a short-term rental.
SIGN:	Any device for visual communication, including any announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration or insignia, which is used to advertise or promote the products or services of any person, business group or enterprise available on the lot where located.

Figure 2: Lot Type Diagram
SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY (SRO) BUILDING:	Any building containing five (5) or more guestrooms or units which are used, rented, or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes by residents, and which is also the primary residence of those residents. The individual units may lack either cooking facilities or a full bathroom, or both. However, for purposes of this definition, a SRO does not include residential care homes, senior housing projects, rooming and boarding houses, hotels and motels, bed and breakfast lodging, extended care facilities or hospitals.
STATE:	The State of California.
STORAGE - OUTDOOR:	The storage of various materials outside of a structure other than fencing, either as an accessory or primary use.
STORAGE - PERSONAL:	A structure containing a separate storage space that is designed to be leased or rented individually. Indoor storage will mean that access to all storage spaces will be from common interior corridors, and the facility has only shared loading areas. This use does not include outdoor storage of any kind. Further, such storage does not involve any
	manufacturing, office or business services, or human habitation in any storage space or anywhere on site. Also known as mini-storage.
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STORY:	That portion of a building including between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story will be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. "Story" includes a basement.
STREET:	A public or private way, other than a major highway, secondary highway or alley, permanently reserved as a means of vehicular access to an adjoining property.
STRUCTURE:	Anything constructed or erected, which requires a fixed location on the ground, or is attached to something having a fixed location on the ground.
STUDIO - ART AND MUSIC:	Small-scale instructional facilities or a small practice space for the individual artist, musician, or any individual practitioner of the activities defined here, typically accommodating one group of students at a time, in no more than one (1) instructional space. Examples include: individual and group instruction and training in the arts, production rehearsal, photography and the processing of photographs produced only by users of the studio facilities. Also includes production studios for individual filmmakers, musicians, painters, sculptors, photographers, and other artists. These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided. Does not include dance, yoga, gymnastics, and martial arts studios.
SUBDIVISION:	The division of a tract of land, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as continuous units, into defined lots, either improved or unimproved, which can be separately conveyed by sale, lease, or financing, and which can be altered or developed. The process often includes setting aside land for streets, sidewalks, parks, public areas, and other infrastructure needs, including the designation of the location of utilities.
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING:	Housing with no limit on the length of stay and that is occupied by persons from the target population as defined by Health and Safety Code section 50675.14(b)(2) as the same may be amended from time to time, and that provides a significant level of on site and off site services that assist the supportive housing residents in retaining the housing, improving their health status and maximizing their ability to live, and when possible, to work in the community. Supportive housing may be provided under all residential housing types. In all cases, supportive housing will be treated as a residential use under this chapter and will be subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same residential housing type located in the same zoning district.
TEMPORARY USE:	A use of land that is designed, operated, and occupies a site for a limited period.
TOWNHOME (TOWNHOUSE):	Townhomes are multi-family dwellings that are attached along common walls, where an individual unit occupies the space from the ground to the roof (units cannot be stacked).
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING:	Housing operated under program requirements that call for: a) the termination of assistance to an existing program recipient occupying a transitional housing unit and b) the subsequent reassignment of the assisting residential unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point in time that will be no less than six (6) months into the future. Transitional housing services may include, but not be limited to, meals, counseling, and other services as well as common areas for residents. Transitional housing may be provided under all residential housing types. In all cases, transitional housing will be treated as a residential use under this chapter and will be subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same residential housing type located in the same zoning district.
TRANSITIONAL HEIGHT PLANE:	A geometric plane that establishes the maximum permitted height of a building in a district that allows a greater density or height than that of an adjoining lower-density residential district.
TRIPLEX:	The same as the definition of a three (3)-family dwelling.
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UNATTENDED COLLECTION BOXES (UCBS):	Unstaffed drop-off boxes, containers, receptacles, or similar facilities that accept textiles, shoes, books, household goods, recyclable materials, and/or other salvageable personal property items. This does not include garbage bins, library book drops, postal or parcel boxes for public and private carriers, or the like.

Figure 2: Lot Type Diagram
UNIT, COMMERCIAL AND MANUFACTURING:	A space occupied by a business enterprise(s) located within a building or portion of a building with direct access from the accessway intended for use by the general public. A commercial or manufacturing unit will have the following features: a completely enclosed room or interconnecting rooms with lockable doors to common accessways or the exterior, full walls from the floor to the ceiling, independent cooling and ventilation controls, independent lighting which is controlled within the unit itself.
UNIT DEVELOPMENT:	The construction, maintenance and operation of any combination of two (2) or more permitted uses, buildings and structures, based on a comprehensive and complete design or plan treating the entire complex of land, buildings, structures and uses as a single project.
URBAN DWELLINGS:	Dwelling units established in accordance with Section 65852.21 of the Government Code and Section 9-1T-21 of the Temple City Municipal Code.
USE:	The utilization of a lot, building, structure, or any other improvement upon a lot, or any combination thereof.
UTILITY STRUCTURES AND SERVICE FACILITIES:	All lines and facilities owned and/or operated by a licensed provider and related to the provision, distribution, collection, transmission, or disposal of water, storm drainage, sanitary sewage, oil, gas, electricity, information, telecommunications, telephone cable, and similar services. Includes facilities for the generation of electricity. Does not include "Communications Facilities" or "Wireless Telecommunications Facilities."
VARIANCE:	A modification of the specific regulations of this code granted by the legislative body in accordance with the terms of this code for the purpose of assuring that no property, because of special circumstances applicable to it, will be deprived of privileges commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same vicinity and zone.
VEHICLE:	Means and includes motorcycles, motor driven cycle, motor truck, passenger vehicle, station wagon, truck tractor, trailer, and vehicle, as these phrases are defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, and all similar types of vehicles.
VEHICLE RENTALS:	Rental of automobiles, construction equipment, motorcycles, drones, mopeds, motorized scooters, recreational vehicles, trucks, and similar vehicles and equipment powered by a motor, including on-site storage and incidental maintenance that does not require pneumatic lifts.
VEHICLE REPAIR:	The repair of motor vehicles in an enclosed building, including the repair or replacement of engines and transmissions, body and fender repair, and the installation of nonfactory- installed products.
VEHICLE SALES:	Sale of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, trucks, and similar vehicles and equipment, including display, storage, maintenance, repair, and incidental rental of the vehicles and equipment. May include the sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts.
VENDING MACHINE:	An automated mechanical device which ejects consumer products including but not limited to snack food items, non-alcoholic beverages, electronic devices, and movies, and that accepts cash, debit, and/or credit.
WALL:	A physical barrier constructed largely of masonry, brick, concrete, stucco, concrete block, or any combination thereof and intended to mark a boundary.
WALL, RETAINING:	A wall not laterally supported at the top that resists lateral soil load and other imposed loads.
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WAREHOUSE OR WAREHOUSING:	An establishment engaged in providing facilities for the storage of furniture, household goods, products, or other commercial goods of any nature. Includes cold storage. Does not include personal storage facilities offered for rent or lease to the general public; or warehouse facilities in which the primary purpose of storage is for wholesaling ("Wholesaling").
WATER-EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE:	Landscaping materials that are designed and maintained to function in a healthful and visually pleasing manner with limited water use, including plants which have minimal water requirements for subsistence, plants native to hot/dry environments, and xeriscape plants.
WHOLESALING:	The sale of commercial goods at or near production cost.
YARD:	An area upon a lot or parcel of land, other than a court or open space, required as a front, side or rear yard, which will be maintained unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward; provided that encroachment will be permitted in yards only as expressly authorized by this article.
Yard, Front:	A yard extending across the front of a lot, from the front property line to the dwelling on the property. The depth of a front yard will be a specified horizontal distance measured between the front lot line and a line parallel thereto, on the lot.
Yard, Interior Side:	A yard extending along an interior side of a lot, from the front property line to the rear lot line. The depth of an interior side yard will be a specified horizontal distance measured inward from the interior side lot line.
Yard, Rear:	A yard extending across the rear of a lot for its full width between side lot lines. The depth of a rear yard will be a specified horizontal distance measured between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto, on the lot.
Yard, Street Side:	A yard extending along the street side of a corner lot from the front lot line to the rear lot line. The depth of a street side yard will be a specified horizontal distance measured inward from the street side lot line.
Yard Sales:	The temporary sale of goods, wares or merchandise from a residential property principally used as a residence.

Figure 2: Lot Type Diagram
ZONE:	Any of the residential, commercial, industrial, special-purpose, or overlay districts established in the zoning code, within which certain land uses are allowed or prohibited, and certain site planning and development standards are established. (Ord. 19-1036; amd. Ord. 20-1040U; Ord. 20-1047; Ord. 20-1048; Ord. 1055; Ord. 21-1059; Ord. 23-1069; Ord. 25-1081 U ; Ord. 25-1082, 9-2-2025)

ARTICLE B. ZONING ESTABLISHED AND ZONING MAP

SECTION:

9-1B-1: Establishment Of Zones

9-1B-2: Zoning Map Adopted By Reference

9-1B-3: Rights-Of-Way And Vacated Boundary Lines

9-1B-4: Uncertainty Of Boundaries

9-1B-5: Classification Of Annexed Lands

9-1B-1: ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES: ¶

A. General: The city is divided into various zones to allow for orderly, planned development and to implement the General Plan. Table 9-1B-1 identifies all zones. All zones will be listed and appropriately designated on the official Zoning Map.

B. Base Zone: Every parcel must have a base zone that establishes the primary type and intensity of land use permitted along with development regulations for that type and intensity of land use.

C. Special Use Zone: A special use (or overlay) zone supplements the base zone for the purpose of establishing special uses or development regulations for an area in addition to the provisions of the underlying base zone. In the event a conflict arises between the base zone regulations and the overlay zone regulations, the provisions of the overlay zone will apply.

Table 9-1B-1

C. Special Use Zone: A special use (or overlay) zone supplements the base zone for the purpose of establishing special uses or development regulations for an area in addition to the provisions of the underlying base zone. In the event a conflict arises between the base zone regulations and the overlay zone regulations, the provisions of the overlay zone will apply.	C. Special Use Zone: A special use (or overlay) zone supplements the base zone for the purpose of establishing special uses or development regulations for an area in addition to the provisions of the underlying base zone. In the event a conflict arises between the base zone regulations and the overlay zone regulations, the provisions of the overlay zone will apply.	C. Special Use Zone: A special use (or overlay) zone supplements the base zone for the purpose of establishing special uses or development regulations for an area in addition to the provisions of the underlying base zone. In the event a conflict arises between the base zone regulations and the overlay zone regulations, the provisions of the overlay zone will apply.
Table 9-1B-1
Zones Implementing the	General Plan
Zoning Map Symbol	Zone Description	Corresponding General Plan Land Use Designation
Residential Zones
R-1	Low-Density Residential	Low-Density Residential (RL)
R-2	Medium-Density Residential	Medium-Density Residential (RM)
R-3	High-Density Residential	High-Density Residential (RH)
Commercial Zones
NC	Neighborhood Commercial	Commercial (C)
DC	Downtown Commercial	Commercial (C)
LTC	Las Tunas Commercial	Commercial (C)
Mixed Use Zones
MU-L	Mixed-Use Low	Mixed-Use (MU)
MU-M	Mixed-Use Medium	Mixed-Use (MU)
Manufacturing Zone
I	Industrial	Industrial (IL)
Institutional and Open	Space Zone
I/OS	Institutional and Open Space	Institutional (I), Parks (P), Open Space (OS)
Special Use Zones
PD	Planned Development	All Residential designations, Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, Mixed-Use, Mixed-Use - Specific Plan

(Ord. 19-1036)

9-1B-2: ZONING MAP ADOPTED BY REFERENCE: ¶

This Zoning Code, together with the Zoning Map, is hereby adopted in compliance with current state planning, zoning, and development laws. Changes in the boundaries of any identified zones will be made by ordinance. The boundaries, designations, and locations of the zones established by this Zoning Code will be shown upon the map(s) entitled "Zoning Map for the City of Temple City" and referred to in this Zoning Code as the Zoning Map. (Ord. 191036)

9-1B-3: RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND VACATED BOUNDARY LINES: ¶

Where a public street or alley is officially vacated, the property areas associated with the vacated street or alley will be included within the zone or zones of the adjoining properties. If the adjoining properties are in different zones, the boundary lines will be the centerline of the former street or alley and the extension of the side yard lines of the abutting properties. In the event such street, alley, or right-of-way was a boundary between two (2) or more different zones, the new zone or zone boundary will be the property line that is created by the vacation. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1B-4: UNCERTAINTY OF BOUNDARIES: ¶

A. Determination of Boundaries: If there is uncertainty about the location of a zone boundary shown on the official Zoning Map, the director will determine the location of the boundary in the following manner:

Where a zone or area boundary approximately follows a parcel line, street line, or alley line, the parcel line, street centerline, or alley centerline will be construed as the zone boundary.
Where a zone or area boundary divides a parcel and the boundary line location is not specified by distances indicated on the subject map, the location of the boundary will be determined by using the scale appearing on the map. (Ord. 19-1036)

9-1B-5: CLASSIFICATION OF ANNEXED LANDS: ¶

A. Annexed Land Classification Requirements:

Any land annexed to the City of Temple City will be deemed to be zoned under such classification under this Zoning Code as is most nearly the equivalent zoning classification or General Plan land use designation of the City of Temple City.
Whenever it is deemed that the zoning of annexed lands is inconsistent with adopted General Plan land use policy or other city policies, the Planning Commission may recommend and the council may adopt the zone classifications which will apply to the annexed lands in the manner prescribed in Article C amending this Zoning Code. (Ord. 19-1036)