Chapter 14-18 — DEFINITIONS
Watsonville Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Watsonville
14-18.010 General.¶
14-18.014 Accessory use or structure.¶
14-18.015 Adult bookstore.¶
14-18.016 Adult motion picture theater.¶
14-18.018 Aged guest, ambulatory.¶
14-18.022 Aged guest, non-ambulatory.¶
14-18.026 Agent of owner.¶
14-18.030 Agriculture.¶
14-18.034 Alley.¶
14-18.035 Alcohol-related problems.¶
14-18.036 Alcohol-sales establishment: on-sale and off-sale.¶
14-18.038 Alteration.¶
14-18.042 Amendment.¶
14-18.046 Animal.¶
14-18.050 Animal, domestic.¶
14-18.054 Animal farm.¶
14-18.058 Animal shelter, private.¶
14-18.062 Animal shelter, public.¶
14-18.064 Antenna.¶
14-18.066 Apartment.¶
14-18.070 Apartment, efficiency.¶
14-18.074 Apartment hotel.¶
14-18.078 Apartment house.¶
14-18.082 Apartment motel.¶
14-18.086 Art, public.¶
14-18.090 Auto court.¶
14-18.094 Automatic car wash.¶
14-18.098 Automobile repair, major.¶
14-18.102 Automobile repair, minor.¶
14-18.106 Automobile, or boat, or trailer sales area.¶
14-18.110 Automobile wrecking yard.¶
14-18.112 Bar (DLU 582).¶
14-18.113 Bar area.¶
14-18.114 Basement.¶
14-18.116 Bed and Breakfast Inn.¶
14-18.117 Bedroom.¶
14-18.118 Beginning of construction.¶
14-18.122 Bench.¶
14-18.126 Block.¶
14-18.130 Boarding home for the aged.¶
14-18.138 Borrow pit.¶
14-18.142 Branch bank.¶
14-18.144 Brewpub.¶
14-18.146 Building.¶
14-18.150 Building face.¶
14-18.154 Building, height of.¶
14-18.158 Building, main.¶
14-18.162 Building Official.¶
14-18.166 Building setback base line.¶
14-18.170 Building site.¶
14-18.174 Bulkhead.¶
14-18.178 Canopy.¶
14-18.182 Carport.¶
14-18.186 Caretaker residence.¶
14-18.190 Cellar.¶
14-18.194 Center line.¶
14-18.198 City.¶
14-18.202 Clear corner triangle.¶
14-18.206 Clear vision area.¶
14-18.210 Club, private.¶
14-18.212 Collocated site or collocated facility.¶
14-18.214 Commercial or C-District.¶
14-18.218 Commission.¶
14-18.222 Communication equipment building.¶
14-18.226 Community housing project.¶
14-18.230 Conditional use permit, administrative.¶
14-18.234 Conditional use permit, special.¶
14-18.238 Convalescent hospital.¶
14-18.240 Convenience store (DLU 541).¶
14-18.241 Convenience store with beer and wine sales (DLU 541).¶
14-18.241.1 Convenience store with liquor sales (DLU 541).¶
14-18.242 Council.¶
14-18.246 Court.¶
14-18.250 Coverage.¶
14-18.254 Crop and tree farming.¶
14-18.258 Reserved.¶
14-18.259 Child care homes.¶
14-18.260 Reserved.¶
14-18.262 Child care nursery.¶
14-18.264 Day care center.¶
14-18.265 Dimension.¶
14-18.266 Distance between buildings.¶
14-18.270 District.¶
14-18.274 Dormitory.¶
14-18.278 Drive-in refreshment stand or eating place.¶
14-18.279 Drive-Through Facility.¶
14-18.282 Driveway.¶
14-18.286 Duplex.¶
14-18.294 Dwelling group.¶
14-18.298 Dwelling, multi-family.¶
14-18.302 Dwelling, single-family.¶
14-18.310 Dwelling, townhouse.¶
14-18.314 Dwelling, townhouse group.¶
14-18.322 Dwelling unit.¶
14-18.324 Dwelling unit, accessory.¶
14-18.325 Dwelling unit, junior accessory.¶
14-18.326 Dwelling unit, efficiency.¶
14-18.327 Dwelling unit, nonexempt accessory.¶
14-18.328 Dwelling unit, primary.¶
14-18.329 Dwelling unit, State-exempt accessory.¶
14-18.330 Easement.¶
14-18.331 Emergency shelter.¶
14-18.332 Equipment building, shelter or cabinet.¶
14-18.333 Employee housing.¶
14-18.334 Erect.¶
14-18.338 Essential services.¶
14-18.342 Factory-built housing.¶
14-18.343 Family.¶
14-18.344 Farmworker dwelling unit.¶
14-18.346 Farmworker housing.¶
14-18.348 Federal Communications Commission (FCC).¶
14-18.350 Filling station.¶
14-18.354 Fire escape.¶
14-18.358 Floor area.¶
14-18.362 Floor area ratio.¶
14-18.364 Fortified wine.¶
14-18.366 Foster family home.¶
14-18.370 Foster home for children.¶
14-18.374 Fourplex.¶
14-18.378 Freeway.¶
14-18.382 Frontage.¶
14-18.386 Garage, private.¶
14-18.390 Garage, public.¶
14-18.394 General Plan.¶
14-18.398 Grade (ground level).¶
14-18.399 Grocery store (DLU 541).¶
14-18.400 Grocery store with beer and wine sales (DLU 541).¶
14-18.401 Grocery store with liquor sales (DLU 541).¶
14-18.402 Group care home.¶
14-18.406 Group dwelling.¶
14-18.414 Guest ranch.¶
14-18.418 Guest room.¶
14-18.422 Helipad.¶
14-18.426 Heliport.¶
14-18.427 High-quality transit corridor.¶
14-18.430 Home occupation.¶
14-18.434 Hospital.¶
14-18.438 Hotel.¶
14-18.441 Housekeeping unit.¶
14-18.442 House pet.¶
14-18.446 Industrial or I-District.¶
14-18.450 Institution for the aged.¶
14-18.454 Institution for children.¶
14-18.458 Junk yard.¶
14-18.462 Kennel.¶
14-18.470 Land use classification.¶
14-18.474 Land Use Classification Code.¶
14-18.478 Land Use Classification Manual.¶
14-18.482 Land Use Coding System.¶
14-18.486 Landscaping.¶
14-18.487 Lattice tower.¶
14-18.488 Liquor store (DLU 592).¶
14-18.490 Living area.¶
14-18.494 Lot.¶
14-18.498 Lot area.¶
14-18.500 Lot coverage.¶
14-18.502 Lot, exterior.¶
14-18.506 Lot depth.¶
14-18.510 Lot, interior.¶
14-18.514 Lot line.¶
14-18.518 Lot of record.¶
14-18.522 Lot, through.¶
14-18.526 Lot width.¶
14-18.527 Low barrier navigation center.¶
14-18.528 Major transit stop.¶
14-18.530 Major utility facility.¶
14-18.532 Malt beverage.¶
14-18.534 Marquee.¶
14-18.538 Medical clinic.¶
14-18.540 Mini warehouse.¶
14-18.542 Mobile home.¶
14-18.546 Mobile home park.¶
14-18.547 Monitoring protocol.¶
14-18.548 Monopole.¶
14-18.550 Motel.¶
14-18.554 Motor court, motor hotel.¶
14-18.558 Multiple dwelling.¶
14-18.560 Nonconforming lot.¶
14-18.562 Nonconforming structure.¶
14-18.566 Nonconforming use.¶
14-18.567 Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation (NEIR).¶
14-18.570 Nursing home.¶
14-18.574 Occupancy.¶
14-18.575 Occupant.¶
14-18.578 Offshore.¶
14-18.582 Onshore.¶
14-18.586 Open space, usable.¶
14-18.587 Outdoor motor picture theater.¶
14-18.590 Parking area, private.¶
14-18.594 Parking facility, off-street.¶
14-18.598 Parking facility, off-street, temporary.¶
14-18.602 Parking space, off-street.¶
14-18.606 Patio shelter.¶
14-18.610 Performance standards.¶
14-18.612 Permanent supportive housing.¶
14-18.614 Permitted use.¶
14-18.618 Private open space.¶
14-18.622 Public.¶
14-18.626 Publicly owned.¶
14-18.628 Qualified buyer.¶
14-18.629 Qualified nonprofit corporation.¶
14-18.630 Quasi-public.¶
14-18.632 Reasonable accommodations.¶
14-18.634 Recreation facility, commercial.¶
14-18.638 Recreation facility, private.¶
14-18.642 Recreation facility, public.¶
14-18.643 Recreation vehicle.¶
14-18.644 Rehabilitation facility.¶
14-18.645 Residential care facility.¶
14-18.650 Residential density.¶
14-18.654 Residential or R-District.¶
14-18.658 Rest home.¶
14-18.659 Restaurant (DLU 5811).¶
14-18.660 Restaurant with beer and wine sales (DLU 5811).¶
14-18.661 Restaurant with liquor sales (DLU 5811).¶
14-18.661.1 Restaurant with bar (DLU 5811).¶
14-18.662 Retirement home or center.¶
14-18.666 Rezoning or reclassification.¶
14-18.670 Right-of-way.¶
14-18.678 Salvage yard.¶
14-18.680 Sensitive use.¶
14-18.681 Separation requirement.¶
14-18.682 Service station.¶
14-18.686 Service station, accessory.¶
14-18.690 Service station, pump island.¶
14-18.694 Setback.¶
14-18.696 Shipping container.¶
14-18.698 Shopping center.¶
14-18.702 Shore line.¶
14-18.706 Sign.¶
14-18.708 Single room occupancy unit.¶
14-18.710 Slope.¶
14-18.711 Specified anatomical area.¶
14-18.714 Specific plan.¶
14-18.718 Specific Plan Line Map.¶
14-18.722 Specific Plan of Streets and Highways.¶
14-18.726 Specific Plan of Streets and Highway, unit.¶
14-18.727 Specified sexual activity.¶
14-18.730 Stable, private.¶
14-18.734 Stable, public or riding.¶
14-18.736 Stealth technology/stealth technique.¶
14-18.738 Story.¶
14-18.742 Story, half.¶
14-18.746 Story, first.¶
14-18.750 Story, mezzanine.¶
14-18.754 Street.¶
14-18.758 Street, center line of.¶
14-18.762 Street, collector.¶
14-18.766 Street, industrial.¶
14-18.770 Street, local.¶
14-18.774 Street, major arterial.¶
14-18.778 Street, major divided.¶
14-18.782 Street, private.¶
14-18.786 Street, public.¶
14-18.790 Structure.¶
14-18.794 Structure, temporary.¶
14-18.795 Supportive housing.¶
14-18.798 Swimming pool.¶
14-18.802 Swimming pool, outdoor.¶
14-18.802.1 Target population.¶
14-18.803 Telecommunications facility.¶
14-18.804 Telecommunications site.¶
14-18.805 Telecommunications tower.¶
14-18.806 Tideland.¶
14-18.810 Title.¶
14-18.814 Townhouse.¶
14-18.818 Townhouse group.¶
14-18.822 Trailer.¶
14-18.826 Trailer camp, trailer park.¶
14-18.828 Transitional housing.¶
14-18.830 Triplex.¶
14-18.831 Two (2) unit development.¶
14-18.832 Unbuildable land area.¶
14-18.834 Underwater land.¶
14-18.835 Urban lot split.¶
14-18.838 Use, accessory.¶
14-18.842 Use, conditional.¶
14-18.846 Use, permitted.¶
14-18.850 Variance.¶
14-18.854 Veterinary clinic.¶
14-18.858 Veterinary hospital.¶
14-18.862 Waterfront land.¶
14-18.866 Wrecking yard.¶
14-18.870 Yard.¶
14-18.874 Yard, front.¶
14-18.878 Yard, rear.¶
14-18.882 Yard, side.¶
14-18.886 Yard, exterior side.¶
14-18.890 Young farmer project.¶
14-18.894 Zone of interest.¶
14-18.898 Zoning Map.¶
14-18.902 Zoning Ordinance.¶
14-18.906 Zoning classification, more restrictive.¶
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