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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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