Chapter 17.12 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this title, the following rules of construction shall apply unless inconsistent with the plain meaning of the context of the provisions of this title:

A. Words used in the present tense include the future tense.

B. Words used in the singular include the plural, and words used in the plural include the singular.

C. The word “shall” is mandatory; the word “may” is permissive.

D. The word “used” includes the words “arranged for,” “designed for,” “occupied or intended to be occupied for.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.020 Definitions generally.

For the purposes of this title, certain terms and words are herewith defined to clarify their use. Where a definition is not given or where a question of interpretation is raised, the definition shall be the normal meaning of the word within the context of its use, or as classified by the commission. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.030 Abut.

Two adjoining parcels of property, with a common property line, are considered in this title as one parcel “abutting” the other, except where two or more lots adjoin only at a corner or corners, then they shall not be considered abutting unless the common property line between the two parcels measures eight feet or more in a single direction. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.035 Access or accessway.

“Access” or “accessway” means the place, means or way by which pedestrians and vehicles shall have safe, adequate and usable ingress to and egress from a property or use as required by this title. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.040 Accessory building.

“Accessory building” means a detached building located on the same lot with the principal (main) building, the use of which is normally incidental and entirely secondary to that of the principal (main) building. A detached building shall be one that does not have a common wall with the principal (main) building on the same lot. An attached building is one which has a common wall with the principal (main) building. “Common wall” means a single wall which serves simultaneously as a wall for the principal (main) building and the attached building. “Wall” means one of the sides of a building connecting floor and ceiling, or foundation and roof. (Ord. 05-03 § 1, 2005; Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.045 Accessory use.

“Accessory use” means a use incidental, related, appropriate and clearly subordinate to the main use of the lot or building, which accessory use does not alter the principal use of the subject lot. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.050 Adjacent.

“Adjacent” means near, close, or abutting. For example, an industrial district across the street or highway from a residential district shall be considered as “adjacent.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.055 Agent of owner.

“Agent of owner” means any person who can show written proof that he is acting for the property owner. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.060 Agricultural structure.

“Agricultural structure.” See “structure.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.065 Agricultural use.

“Agricultural use” means the tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, viticulture, small livestock farming, excluding swine and turkeys, dairying, and animal husbandry, including all uses customarily incidental thereto, but not including slaughterhouses, fertilizer yards, bone yards or plants for the reduction of animal matter or any other industrial use which is similarly objectionable because of noise, odor, smoke, dust or fumes. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.070 Alley.

“Alley” means a public or private thoroughfare generally less than 30 feet in width, which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.075 Amendment.

“Amendment” means a change in the wording, context or substance of any provision in this title, an addition or deletion or a change in the zone district boundaries or classification upon the zoning map. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.080 Apartment.

“Apartment.” See “dwelling unit.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.085 Apartment house.

“Apartment house.” See “dwelling, multiple-family.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.090 Appeal board.

The city council shall be the “appeal board” for appeals from the decisions of the commission. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.095 Auto dismantling and wrecking establishments.

“Auto dismantling and wrecking establishments” means the business of dismantling or wrecking of used motor vehicles or trailers and sale of parts. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.100 Basement.

“Basement” means a story partly or wholly underground. See also “story.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.105 Boarding or rooming house.

“Boarding or rooming house” means a dwelling where rooms are rented to paying guests, who may be provided with meals. The term “boardinghouse” includes “roominghouse.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.110 Building.

“Building” means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls for the housing or enclosure of persons, animals or property. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.115 Building division.

“Building division” means that agency or department designated by the building inspector to process building permits. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.120 Building, height of.

“Height of building” means the vertical distance measured from the average curb level to the highest point of the structure, exclusive of chimneys and ventilators; provided, however, that where buildings are set back from the street line, the height shall be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.125 Building inspector.

“Building inspector” means the director of public works for the city, or his designee. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.130 City.

“City” means the city of Hughson. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.135 City council.

“City council” means the city council of the city of Hughson. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.140 Commission.

“Commission” means the planning commission of the city of Hughson. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.145 Condominium.

“Condominium” means real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property together with a separate interest in space in a residential, industrial, or commercial building on the real property. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.150 Construction office (job shack).

“Construction office (job shack)” means a temporary structure or trailer placed on or adjacent to a project site for the duration of construction. It may include a construction materials yard. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.155 Court.

“Court” means an open unoccupied space, on the same lot with a building or buildings and bounded on two or more sides by such building or buildings. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.160 Day care center.

“Day care center” means a facility licensed to regularly provide care, protection and supervision in a facility which is not the provider’s home. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.165 Density.

“Density” means the ratio between dwelling units and land, expressed as the number of dwelling units per acre, or as square feet of land required per dwelling unit. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.170 Density bonus.

“Density bonus” means a density increase of at least 25 percent over the otherwise allowable residential density in that zone. See HMC 17.64.030. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.175 District.

“District.” See “zone.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.180 Dwelling.

“Dwelling” means any building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for residential occupancy. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.185 Dwelling, duplex.

“Duplex dwelling” means a building on a single parcel of land designed for occupancy by, or occupied by, two families living independently of each other, and having separate kitchen and toilet facilities for each family. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.190 Dwelling, multiple-family.

“Multiple-family dwelling” means a building or portion thereof on a single parcel of land designed for occupancy by, or occupied by, three or more families living independently of each other, and having separate kitchen and toilet facilities for each family. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.195 Dwelling, single-family detached.

“Single-family detached dwelling” means a detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.200 Dwelling unit.

“Dwelling unit” means one or more rooms and a single kitchen area designed for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.201 Emergency shelter.

“Emergency shelter” means housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person and that is not withheld due to a client’s inability to pay. (Ord. 05-15 § 2, 2005)

17.12.205 Factory-built home.

“Factory-built home” means a residential building constructed in conformance with the State of California Factory-Built Housing Code. A “factory-built home” shall not include a mobile home or manufactured home as defined in this chapter. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.210 Family.

“Family” means one or more persons occupying a premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a boardinghouse, lodginghouse, or hotel, as defined in this chapter. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.215 Family day care home.

“Family day care home” means a facility licensed to regularly provide care, protection and supervision in the principal residence of the care provider for children for periods of less than 24 hours per day. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.220 Floor area, gross.

“Gross floor area” means the total interior floor area of all stories of a building or structure, including basements, as well as aboveground stories, interior balconies and mezzanines. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.225 Floor area, net.

“Net floor area” means the total interior floor area of all stories of a building or structure, excluding corridors, hallways, stairways, balconies, breezeways, elevators, restrooms, closets, vaults, garages, carports, and other similar space used by all occupants of a building rather than by an individual occupant. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.230 Foster home.

“Foster home” means a facility licensed to regularly provide care, protection and supervision to children in the licensee’s home on a 24-hour basis for varying periods of time. See also “residential care home.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.235 Frontage.

“Frontage” means the property line of a site abutting on a street. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.240 Garage, patio or yard sale.

“Garage, patio or yard sale” means a sale licensed to be conducted from any location on the premises of a residence in any kind of residential zone for the purpose of permitting occupants of that residence to dispose of their personal property accumulated during the course of ordinary residential living. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.245 Garage, repair.

“Repair garage” means a building, or portion thereof, used for the commercial repair, maintenance or painting of motor vehicles. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.250 Gross acreage.

“Gross acreage” means the gross area of a parcel of land measured to the centerlines of abutting streets or alleys. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.255 Guest house.

“Guest house” means living quarters within an accessory building for use by temporary guests of the occupants of the premises. It shall have no kitchen or cooking facilities and shall not be rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.260 Home occupation.

“Home occupation” means any occupation conducted entirely within a dwelling, accessory building or swimming pool, and carried on by the inhabitants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes, and does not change the character thereof or adversely affect the uses permitted in the residential zone of which it is part. See also HMC 17.64.070. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.265 Hospital.

“Hospital” means a facility staffed and equipped to provide various types of hospital care, which is licensed under the provisions of Sections 237 or 238 respectively of Title 17 of the California Administrative Code, or amendments thereto. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.270 Hotel or motel.

“Hotel” or “motel” means a building or portion thereof or a group of attached or detached buildings containing individual guest rooms or suites where lodging is provided for transients for compensation. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.275 Junk or salvage yard.

“Junk or salvage yard” means a site or portion of a site on which waste, discarded or salvaged materials are brought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, cleaned, packed, disassembled or handled, excepting an auto dismantling and wrecking establishment as defined in this chapter. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.280 Landscaping.

“Landscaping” means plantings, including trees, shrubs, lawn, flowers and groundcovers, suitably designed, selected, installed and maintained. “Landscaping” may include rock, fountains, pools, screens, walls, fences, benches, walkways and concrete plazas. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.285 Loading space.

“Loading space” means an off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials, and which abuts upon a street, alley or other appropriate means of access. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.290 Lot.

“Lot” means a parcel of land shown on a subdivision map, parcel map or record of survey map or described by metes and bounds and recorded in the office of the county recorder of Stanislaus County, and/or a building site in one ownership having an area for a building or buildings, together with such yards, open spaces, lot width, and lot areas as are required by this title and having frontage upon a public street, road or highway (other than an alley), unless otherwise approved. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.295 Lot area.

“Lot area” means the total horizontal net area within the lot lines of a lot or parcel exclusive of streets, highways, roads and alleys. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.300 Lot, corner.

“Corner lot” means a lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets having an angle of intersection of not more than 135 degrees. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.305 Lot coverage.

“Lot coverage” means that portion of a lot occupied by any building or structure, excepting paved areas, walks and swimming pools. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.310 Lot depth.

“Lot depth” means the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured on the longitudinal centerline. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.315 Lot, flag.

“Flag lot” means a lot so shaped and designed that the main building site area does not have street frontage, but is connected to the street by a strip of land which is used for access purposes. Access must be not less than 10 feet in width for single-family residential lots and 20 feet in width for all other types of lots. Flag lots are to be discouraged. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.320 Lot, interior.

“Interior lot” means a lot other than a corner lot. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.325 Lot, key.

“Key lot” means the first interior lot to the rear of a reversed corner lot. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.330 Lot line.

“Lot line” means any line bounding a lot as defined in this chapter. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.335 Lot line, front.

“Front lot line” means, in the case of an interior lot, the street line separating the lot from the street. In the case of a corner lot, the owner may designate on which street the lot fronts. If such designation is made, then the line is the street line separating the designated street from the lot. If no such designation is made, then the line is the street line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street. Once the choice of frontage has been made, it cannot be changed unless all requirements for yard space are complied with. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.340 Lot line, rear.

“Rear lot line” means a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line or, in the case of an irregular or triangular lot, a line 10 feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.345 Lot line, side.

“Side lot line” means any lot boundary line not a front lot line or a rear lot line. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.350 Lot, reversed corner.

“Reversed corner lot” means a corner lot, the side street line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the first lot to its rear. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.355 Lot, through.

“Through lot” means a lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.360 Lot width.

“Lot width” means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point midway between the front and rear property lines. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.365 Manufactured home.

For the purposes of this title, a “manufactured home” is the same as a mobile home as defined in this chapter. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.370 Mini-storage/warehouse facility.

“Mini-storage/warehouse facility” means a building or group of buildings in a controlled-access and fenced compound that contains varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized, and controlled-access stalls or lockers for the dead storage of customer’s goods or wares. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.375 Mobile home.

“Mobile home” means a transportable structure built on a chassis for future movement, and designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and intended for occupancy by one family. No such structure shall be deemed to be a mobile home if it is less than eight feet in width, and less than 32 feet in length, when assembled for use as a dwelling. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.380 Mobile home park.

“Mobile home park” means a facility designed and equipped in accordance with the requirements of HMC 17.64.080 and applicable state laws for the accommodation of occupied mobile homes. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.385 Mobile home supplemental housing.

“Mobile home supplemental housing” means a mobile home used to provide supplemental housing for the care of the ill or the infirm. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.390 Nonconforming building.

“Nonconforming building” means a building or structure or portion thereof lawfully existing at the time of the adoption of this title, and which does not conform to the applicable regulations of this title. “Nonconforming building” includes any building or structure or portion thereof lawfully existing in an area annexed to the city at the time of such annexation, and which does not conform to the applicable regulations of this title. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.395 Nonconforming use.

“Nonconforming use” means a use which lawfully occupies a building or land at the time of the adoption of this title, and which does not conform to the applicable regulations of this title. “Nonconforming use” includes any use which lawfully occupies any building or land in an area annexed to the city at the time of such annexation, and which does not conform to the applicable regulations of this title. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.400 Nursing and convalescent home.

“Nursing and convalescent home” means a facility providing bed care, or chronic or convalescent care for persons who by reason of illness, physical infirmity, or age are unable to properly care for themselves. A facility shall be deemed to be a “nursing and convalescent home” for the purpose of this title, notwithstanding the designation applied to the facility by the operator, or any federal, state or local regulatory agency, such as “hospital” or “rest home,” so long as the facility provides care as described in this section, and does not qualify as a “hospital” as defined in this chapter. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.405 Occupant load.

“Occupant load” shall be as defined and determined in Chapter 33 of the Uniform Building Code. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.410 Outdoor advertising sign.

“Outdoor advertising sign” means any card, cloth, paper, metal, painted glass, wooden, plaster, stone, or other sign of any kind or character whatsoever placed for outdoor advertising purposes on the ground or on any tree, wall, bush, rock, post, fence, building, structure or thing whatsoever. The term “placed” as used in the definitions of “outdoor advertising sign” and “outdoor advertising structure” includes erecting, constructing, posting, painting, printing, tacking, mailing, gluing, sticking, carving, or otherwise fastening, affixing or making visible in any manner whatsoever. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.415 Outdoor advertising structure.

“Outdoor advertising structure” means any structure of any kind or character erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes, upon which any outdoor advertising sign may be placed, including also outdoor advertising statuary. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.420 Parking area.

“Parking area” means a permanently surfaced open area, other than a street or alley, used for the parking of motor vehicles, either free, for compensation, or as an accommodation for residents, clients or customers. See Chapter 17.72 HMC. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.425 Parking space.

“Parking space” means a permanently surfaced space, directly accessible to a driveway, street or alley, exclusive of access, driveways, ramps or maneuvering areas, designed or used for the parking of one motor vehicle. See Chapter 17.72 HMC. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.430 Permitted uses.

“Permitted uses” includes principal, conditional and accessory uses. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.435 Plan lines.

“Plan lines” means officially established right-of-way lines for future streets or for the extension or widening of existing streets within which the construction of structures is prohibited. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.440 Planned unit development.

“Planned unit development” means an integrated development consisting of a building or group of buildings situated on a site in such a manner that each unit may be sold separately from all other units, and where all owners of units may also own an interest in recreation facilities, parking facilities, open space, or any combination thereof along with appurtenant facilities. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.442 Planning officer.

“Planning officer” means that officer of the city designated from time to time to perform the duties of review set forth in this title. (Ord. 84-08 § 3, 1984)

17.12.445 Primary residential unit.

“Primary residential unit.” See “dwelling, single-family detached.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.450 Property line.

“Property line.” See “lot line.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.455 Public and quasi-public uses.

“Public and quasi-public uses” include such uses as cemeteries, churches, corporation yards, fire stations, hospitals, parks, public utility distribution substations, schools, communication equipment buildings, etc. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.460 Recreational vehicle.

“Recreational vehicle” means a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy, with a living area of less than 220 square feet excluding built-in equipment. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.465 Residential care home.

“Residential care home” means a state authorized, certified or licensed family care home, foster home, or group home serving six or fewer mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons or dependent and neglected children on a 24-hour basis. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.470 Roadside stand.

“Roadside stand” means a temporary structure designed or used for the display or sale of agricultural products. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.475 Second residential unit.

“Second residential unit” means an attached or detached dwelling unit which provides complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel or parcels as the primary residential unit. It shall not be sold, but may be rented. It shall contain no more than 640 square feet of floor area, if the unit is detached, or if it is attached, any increase in the floor area shall not exceed 15 percent of the existing living area of the primary unit. It shall not exceed one story or 16 feet in height, whichever is less. The commission may require any other reasonable conditions. The unit may not be a mobile home. Detached structures are not preferred and will be permitted only when the commission finds conditions of hardship. Hardship may include such items as lack of room to meet setback requirements, unusually expensive construction costs or similar difficulties. (Ord. 90-11 § 7, 1990; Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.480 Shelter, fallout.

“Fallout shelter” means a structure or portion of a structure intended to provide protection to human life during periods of danger to human life from nuclear fallout, air raids, storms, or other emergencies. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.485 Stable.

“Stable” means a detached accessory building for the shelter of horses or other hoofed animals. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.490 Story.

“Story” means that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above, or if there is no floor above, the ceiling or roof above it. If the finished floor level directly above a basement or cellar is more than six feet above grade, such basement or cellar shall be considered a story. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.495 Street.

“Street” means a public or private thoroughfare 30 feet or more in width, other than an alley, which affords the principal means of access to abutting property. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.500 Street line.

“Street line” means the boundary line between the right-of-way or easement for a street, and the abutting property. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.505 Structural alterations.

“Structural alterations” means any change in the supporting members of a building or structure such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders or rafters. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.510 Structure.

“Structure” means anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or attached to something having location on the ground, including swimming pools, but not including fences or walls used as fences 72 inches in height or lower. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.515 Temporary tract office.

“Temporary tract office” means a temporary sales office located on the site of a new development, usually in a model home, and operated until sales are completed. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.516 Transitional housing.

“Transitional housing” means housing with supportive services that is limited to occupancy of up to 24 months that is exclusively designated and targeted for recently homeless persons. Transitional housing includes self-sufficiency development services, with the ultimate goals of moving recently homeless persons to permanent housing as quickly as possible, and limits rents and service fees to an ability-to-pay formula reasonably consistent with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s requirements for subsidized housing for low-income persons. (Ord. 05-15 § 2, 2005)

17.12.520 Travel trailer.

“Travel trailer.” See “recreational vehicle.” (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.525 Travel trailer park.

“Travel trailer park” means a facility designed and equipped in accordance with the requirements of HMC 17.64.080 and applicable state laws, for the accommodation of travel trailers, motor homes and recreational vehicles on a temporary basis. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.530 Truck terminal.

“Truck terminal” means a facility for the loading and/or unloading of fuel, food products, materials or merchandise, including the fueling, repair, service and temporary storage of trucks and trailers. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.535 Use.

“Use” means the purpose for which a lot or structure is or may be leased, occupied, maintained, arranged, designed, intended, constructed, erected, moved, altered or enlarged. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.540 Use, accessory.

“Accessory use” means a use incidental and accessory to the principal use of a lot or building located on the same lot. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.545 Use, conditional.

“Conditional use” means a use which may be suitable only in specific locations in a zoning district or only if such use is designed or laid out on the site in a particular manner. A conditional use requires a use permit. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.550 Use permit.

“Use permit” means a permit approved by the commission for any use listed as a conditional use in that zone. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.555 Use, principal permitted.

“Principal permitted use” means a permitted use not requiring a conditional use permit in that zone. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.560 Yard.

“Yard” means an open space other than a court on the same lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this title. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.565 Yard, front.

“Front yard” means a yard extending across the full width of the lot measured between the front property line and the nearest vertical support or wall of the main building. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.570 Yard, rear.

“Rear yard” means a yard extending across the full width of the lot measured between the rear property line and the nearest vertical support or wall of the main building. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.575 Yard, side.

“Side yard” means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard measured between the side lot line and the nearest vertical support or wall of the main building. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)

17.12.580 Zone.

“Zone” means a portion of the territory of the city within which certain uniform regulations and requirements, or various combinations thereof apply, pursuant to the provisions of this title. (Ord. 83-05 § 5, 1983)