Chapter 18.08 DEFINITIONS

B. All words in the present tense include the future tense; the plural number includes the singular, and all words in the singular include the plural unless the natural construction of the sentence indicates otherwise.

C. The word “shall” is mandatory, not directory. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.020 Alley.

“Alley” means a minor public way providing secondary access at the back or side of property. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.030 Animal care facility.

A. “Animal hospital” means any building or portion thereof designed or used for the care or treatment of cats, dogs or other animals, including overnight care.

B. “Kennel” means any lot or premises on which four or more dogs and/or cats at least four months of age are kept, boarded or trained, whether or not in specific buildings or runways.

C. “Veterinary clinic” means any building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for the medical or surgical treatment of animals, birds or pets of any kind. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.040 Automobile service station.

“Automobile service station” means an area which provides for the servicing of motor vehicles, including tube and tire repairs, battery charging, storage of merchandise and supplies related to the servicing of motor vehicles, sale of gasoline and lubricants, automobile washing (not including mechanical carwash) and grease racks, but excluding major automobile repairs. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.050 Automobile wrecking yard.

“Automobile wrecking yard” means any use of premises, excluding fully enclosed buildings, whereon two or more motor vehicles not in operating condition are standing more than thirty days, or on which used motor vehicles, or parts thereof, are dismantled or stored. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.060 Balcony.

“Balcony” means a platform, enclosed by a parapet or a railing, projecting from an exterior wall of a building and open to the sky. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.065 Bar or lounge.

“Bar” or “lounge” means a building where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises, not including restaurants where the principal business is serving food. (Ord. 1218 § 1 (part), 1996)

18.08.067 Bar or lounge, incidental.

“Incidental bar or lounge” means a building where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises, where the total floor area where alcohol is served is less than fifty percent of the total floor area of the building and clearly secondary in nature to an entertainment or recreation use on the property. Approval through a Planning Commission use permit is required, and may include restrictions on hours of operation (to evenings only) to protect existing industrial land uses in the area. (Ord. 1218 § 1 (part), 1996)

18.08.070 Building.

“Building” means any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.080 Building, accessory.

“Accessory building” means a subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building on a building site. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.090 Building, completely enclosed.

“Completely enclosed building” means a building separated on all sides from the adjacent open space, or from other buildings or other structures, by a permanent roof and by exterior walls or party walls pierced only by windows and normal entrance or exit doors. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.100 Building, main.

“Main building” means a building containing the principal use of a building site. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.110 Building setback line.

“Building setback line” means a line parallel to the street line at a distance from it, regulated by the front yard requirements established by this title. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.120 Building site.

“Building site” means a lot or parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by a main building and accessory buildings, or by a dwelling group and its accessory buildings, together with such open spaces as are required by the terms of this title and having its principal frontage on a street. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.130 Business, retail.

“Retail business” means the sale to the general public of any commodity for profit or livelihood. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.140 Business, wholesale.

“Wholesale business” means the sale primarily for resale of any commodity for profit or livelihood, but not including the processing or manufacture of any product or substance. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.150 Carport.

“Carport” means an open-sided, roofed structure without doors designed to house or protect motor vehicles which are owned or operated by the occupants of a principal structure on the lot and which is not a garage. (Ord. 1172 § 1 (part), 1995: Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.160 Combining district.

“Combining district” means any district in which the general district regulations are combined with additional special regulations, e.g., “C-2” combined with “H” (C-2-H) adds off-street parking requirements. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.165 Communications antenna support structure.

“Communications antenna support structure” means any combination of wood, metal, wire or any other substance which either alone or in combination with any supports is erected or constructed for the purpose of receiving or transmitting radio, television or any other sort of electronic or other type of signal. (Ord. 1098 § 2 (part), 1992)

18.08.170 Conditional use permit.

“Conditional use permit” means a permit issued to a landowner by the Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission or City Council allowing a particular use or activity not allowed as a matter of right within a zoning district. The purpose of the conditional use permit is to single out for special treatment those types or aspects of development which may not be totally compatible with development permitted as a matter of right by the zoning ordinance. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.175 Contract services.

Establishments primarily engaged in rendering services on a fee or contract basis, such as advertising, mailing services, building maintenance, electrical contractor, plumbing contractor, heating ventilation and air conditioning contractor, and similar services. (Ord. 1260 § 2, 1999)

18.08.180 Convalescent care facility.

See “Group residential facility.” (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.190 Court.

“Court” means an uncovered area partly or wholly enclosed by buildings or walls and used primarily for supplying access, light and air to abutting buildings. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.200 Day care facility.

“Day care facility” means an institution providing care with or without instruction for six or more children. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.205 Day care home (small family).

“Day care home (small family)” means a home which provides family day care to six or fewer children, including children under the age of ten years who reside at the home, with a State license and pursuant to State law. (Ord. 1209 § 1 (part), 1996)

18.08.207 Day care home (large family).

“Day care home (large family)” means a home which provides family day care to seven to twelve children, inclusive, including children under the age of ten years who reside at the home, with a State license and pursuant to State law. (Ord. 1209 § 1 (part), 1996)

18.08.208 Design guidelines.

“Design guidelines” refers to Section VI, pages 14-22 of the Downtown Urban Design Guidelines Study prepared by Tom Richman & Associates as may be amended from time to time through the ordinance amendment process. The design guidelines do not include the appendices within the Downtown Urban Design Guidelines Study. The appendices are intended to serve as advisory documents to approving bodies and applicants. The appendices are available in the Planning Department and on the City’s Web site and shall be available to the public. (Ord. 1297 § 1 (part), 2001)

18.08.209 Design guidelines study area.

“Design guidelines study area” refers to the 500 through 1000 blocks of El Camino Real (Holly to Brittan), the 300 block, plus or minus, (Oak Street north) through 1700 block (Eaton—south) of the railroad right-of-way, east side of El Camino, the 1100, 1200 and 1300 blocks of San Carlos Avenue (El Camino Real to Elm Street), the 600, 700, and 800 blocks of Walnut Street (San Carlos Avenue to Arroyo), and the 600 through 1000 blocks of Laurel Street (San Carlos Avenue to Brittan Avenue). (Ord. 1297 § 1 (part), 2001)

18.08.210 District.

“District” means a portion of the City within which certain uses of land and buildings are permitted or prohibited, certain yards and other open spaces are required, and certain height limits are established for buildings, all as set forth and specified in this title. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.215 Downtown retail core.

“Downtown retail core” is defined as the 600, 700 and 800 blocks of Laurel Street and the south side of the 1100 and 1200 blocks of San Carlos Avenue, per the September 12, 1994 West Side Specific Plan. (Ord. 1395 § 1 (part), 2008)

18.08.220 Drive-in establishment.

“Drive-in establishment” means an establishment, other than an automobile service station, which is designed to accommodate the motor vehicles of patrons in such manner as to permit the occupants of such vehicles, while remaining therein, to make purchases or receive services. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.230 Dwelling, single-family.

“Single-family dwelling” means a building containing only one kitchen and designed as a residence for not more than one family. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.240 Dwelling, two-family or duplex.

“Two-family dwelling” or “duplex” means a building containing two kitchens and designed as a residence for two families living independently of each other. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.250 Dwelling, multiple-family.

“Multiple-family dwelling” means a building or portion thereof used and designed as a residence for at least three families living independently of each other, and each unit containing one kitchen. Specifically excluded: Hotels, motels and other buildings designed or used for transient occupancy. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.260 Dwelling group.

“Dwelling group” means a group of two or more detached or semidetached single-family, two-family, or multiple-family dwellings occupying a parcel of land and having any yard or court in common. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.270 Dwelling unit.

“Dwelling unit” means one or more rooms designed for or used as a residence for not more than one family, including all necessary household employees of such family, and constituting a separate and independent housekeeping unit with a single kitchen permanently installed. The term does not imply or include such types of occupancy as lodginghouse or boarding-

house, club, sorority house, fraternity house or hotel. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.275 Entertainment.

“Entertainment” means any use of any premises, whether a principal or subsidiary use, which involves the presentation of music or voice by live entertainers or recorded media to a specific audience or for the incidental enjoyment of patrons. Approval through a Planning Commission use permit is required, and may include restrictions on hours of operation (to evenings only) to protect existing commercial, industrial or residential land uses in the area. (Ord. 1218 § 1 (part), 1996)

18.08.280 Family.

“Family” means one or more persons occupying a premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a hotel, club, fraternity or sorority house. A family shall be deemed to include necessary servants. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.290 Family care homes for aged.

See “Group residential facility.” (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.300 Fast-food establishment.

“Fast-food establishment” means a facility designed for drive-to or drive-through trade primarily for take-out service, and catering to patrons in autos, and providing off-street parking. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.310 Floor area, gross.

“Gross floor area” means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building, or a portion thereof, measured from the outside perimeter of the exterior walls and/or the centerline of interior walls. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.320 Floor area ratio (FAR).

“Floor area ratio (FAR)” means the gross floor area of a building or buildings on a lot or building site divided by the total (gross) lot area. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.330 Garage.

“Garage” means an accessory structure or an accessory portion of a main structure completely enclosed by three walls and a door which is designed for shelter or storage of vehicles owned or operated by the occupants of the principal building. (Ord. 1172 § 1 (part), 1995: Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.335 Garage sale.

“Garage sale” means a sale from a residence or residential property of personal property which has been owned or used previously by an individual or resident residing on the premises where the sale is conducted. A yard or patio sale shall be included within the definition of “garage sale.” The term garage sale shall not include the mere incidental sale of one or two items of personal property when such sale shall not be a part of a general sale of items of personal property. (Ord. 1179 § 2, 1995)

18.08.340 Group care facility for aged.

See “Group residential facility.” (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.350 Group residential facility.

A. Convalescent Care Facility. “Convalescent care facility” means any facility, place or building that maintains and operates twenty-four-hour skilled nursing service for the care and treatment of chronically ill or convalescent patients, including mental, emotional or behavioral problems, mental retardation or alcoholism.

B. Family Care Home for the Aged. “Family care home for the aged” means a single-family dwelling or a dwelling unit in any duplex in which room, board and care is provided for not more than six ambulatory persons, sixty years of age or older, in a manner similar to a family group, when licensed or approved by the County or the State.

C. Group Care Facility for the Aged. “Group care facility for the aged” means a residence providing room, board and care for more than six ambulatory persons sixty years of age or older, in which professional nursing care is not required, and when licensed or approved by the county or the state, but not including post-surgical care, or the care of persons with contagious, communicable or mental diseases.

D. Intermediate Care Facility. “Intermediate care facility” means a facility, or an identifiable unit or distinct part of a facility, which provides supportive, restorative and preventive health services in conjunction with a socially oriented program to its residents, and which maintains and operates twenty-four-hour services including board, room, personal care and intermittent nursing care.

E. Residential Care Facility. “Residential care facility” means a facility, place or building comprised of individual living units without kitchens and providing room, board, assistance in personal care and medication on a twenty-four-hour basis.

F. Rest Home. “Rest home” means a facility, place or building providing room and board for persons sixty or more years of age and where nursing care and/or personal assistance is provided on a twenty- four-hour basis.

G. Retirement Community. “Retirement community” means a facility, place or building which meets all of the following requirements:

1. It is licensed by the State or the County as a facility for the care of persons over fifty-five years of age;

2. It is comprised of individual living units that may or may not contain individual kitchens;

3. It contains community kitchen and dining facilities where one or more meals are prepared and served to the residents;

4. The residents are all fifty-five years of age or older.

H. Senior Housing. “Senior housing” means any housing facility permanently restricted to persons fifty-five years of age or older. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.360 Hardware assembly.

“Hardware assembly” means the manufacture or production of computer machinery, components and similar devices, including assembly, packaging and shipping. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.370 Height, building.

“Building height” shall be defined in the following two ways:

A. “Building height” shall be the vertical distance “X” from any point on existing ground or grade to the highest point of the roof directly above that point.

B. “Building height,” for single-family homes, shall be no more than twenty-eight feet measured as a vertical distance from the lowest finished grade at the building face to the top-most point of the roof for the front or rear fifteen feet of the building.

The criteria set out in subsections A and B of this section shall both be met when verifying height for single-family homes. (Amended during 4-95 supplement; Ord. 1091 § 1, 1991: Ord. 1057 § 1, 1990: Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

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18.08.380 Home occupation.

“Home occupation” means an accessory business activity, including garage sales as defined in this title, conducted within a dwelling unit solely by the occupants thereof, in a manner incidental to residential occupancy, which meets the provisions of Chapter 18.119. (Ord. 1179 § 1, 1995: Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.390 Hotel.

“Hotel” means a facility containing rooms or groups of rooms, used or intended to be used for use by temporary overnight occupants, whether on a transient or residential occupancy basis, and whether or not eating facilities are available on the premises. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.395 Instructional facility.

“Instructional facility” means a place which provides classes in dance, self-defense, or other personal enrichment. (Ord. 1218 § 1 (part), 1996)

18.08.400 Intermediate care facility.

See “Group residential facility.” (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.410 Junkyard.

“Junkyard” means an outdoor space where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged materials are stored or handled, including automobile wrecking yards, and yards for used building materials and places or yards for storage of salvaged building and structural steel materials and equipment; excluding yards or establishments for the sale, purchase or storage of used cars or machinery in operable condition, and the processing of used, discarded or salvaged materials as part of a permitted manufacturing operation on the same premises. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.420 Kennel.

See “Animal care facility.” (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.430 Kitchen.

“Kitchen” means any room or area intended or designed to be used or maintained for the cooking, storing and preparation of food. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.440 Lot or site.

“Lot” or “site” means a parcel of land consisting of a single lot of record, used or intended for use under the regulations of this title as one site for a use or group of uses. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.450 Lot area.

“Lot area” means the area of a lot measured horizontally between bounding lot lines, including any portion of a flag lot providing access to a street. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.460 Lot, corner.

“Corner lot” means a lot abutting two or more streets having an angle of intersection of one hundred thirty-five degrees or less. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.470 Lot, corner with reversed frontage.

“Corner lot with reversed frontage” means a corner lot, the rear of which abuts upon the side of another lot, whether across an alley or not. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.480 Lot coverage.

“Lot coverage” means the area of a lot occupied by the principal building or buildings and accessory buildings, including all structures exceeding eighteen inches in height. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.490 Lot depth.

“Lot depth” means the mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines of a lot, measured within the lot boundaries. In the case of flag lots, the portion providing access to the street shall not be considered in measuring lot depth. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.500 Lot, exterior line.

“Exterior lot line” means the side lot line of a corner lot facing a street and abutting the front lot line of the adjacent property. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.510 Lot, flag.

“Flag lot” means a lot having access to a street by means of a private driveway or parcel of land not otherwise meeting the requirements of this title for lot width. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.520 Lot frontage.

“Lot frontage” means that boundary of a lot along a public street. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.530 Lot, interior.

“Interior lot” means a lot other than a corner lot abutting only one street. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.540 Lot line.

“Lot line” means the boundary property line encompassing a lot. For the purposes of this title, the “front lot line” shall mean the public right-of-way line closest to the front of the property, as determined by the City Engineer; the “front lot line on a corner lot” is the narrowest frontage facing a street; and the “side line” is the longest frontage facing a street, irrespective of the direction in which the dwelling faces. The “rear lot line” is the lot line or line most nearly parallel to and most remote from the front property line. All other lot lines are side lines. An “interior lot line” is a side line in common with another lot. (Ord. 1319 § 1, 2003: Ord. 1241 § 1, 1998: Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.550 Lot, through.

“Through lot” means a lot other than a corner lot abutting more than one street. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.560 Lot width.

“Lot width” means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to a line defined as the lot depth at the front. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.565 Mast, pole or vertical antenna support structure.

“Mast, pole or vertical antenna support structure” means any single-member support structure used to support an antenna. (Ord. 1098 § 2 (part), 1992)

18.08.570 Motel.

“Motel” means a building, or group of buildings on the same lot, whether detached or in connected rows, containing sleeping or dwelling units independently accessible from the outside, with garage space or parking space located on the lot, and designed for, or occupied by travelers. The term includes, but is not limited to, any buildings or building group designated as auto courts, motor lodges, tourist courts, or by any other title or sign intended to identify them as providing lodging to motorists. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.575 Nightclub.

“Nightclub” means an establishment offering food, drink, and entertainment at night. (Ord. 1260 § 3, 1999)

18.08.580 Nonconforming structure.

“Nonconforming structure” means a structure that does not conform to the regulations of the Uniform Building Code or Zoning Ordinance. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.590 Nonconforming use.

“Nonconforming use” means a use that does not conform to the regulations for the district in which it is situated. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.600 Nursery school.

“Nursery school” means an institution providing care with instruction for more than five children of preschool age. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.610 Parking space.

“Parking space” means usable space of sufficient size and area on a building site located off-street with access for the parking of vehicles. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.615 Personal service uses.

“Personal service uses” mean those uses intended to provide a service or services to individuals, including, but not limited to, beauty shop, barber shop, nail salon, shoe repair, travel agency, laundry, dry cleaners, tailor and dressmaker. (Ord. 1155 § 4, 1994)

18.08.618 Price point retail.

“Price point retail” is defined as a retail store that sells merchandise with a preponderance of single pricing for all items in the store. Merchandise may be but is not limited to generic or private label products specially manufactured for such stores, products manufactured cheaply for a foreign market and imported, products purchased from another retailer or distributor as overstock, closeout, or seasonal merchandise at the end of the season, and promotional goods manufactured to coincide with an event that has since past. (Ord. 1395 § 1 (part), 2008)

18.08.620 Property line.

See “Lot line.” (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.625 Recreation use.

“Recreation use” means uses which involve a pastime, diversion, exercise, or other resource, affording relaxation and enjoyment such as athletic clubs, swimming, and dancing. (Ord. 1260 § 4, 1999: Ord. 1218 § 1 (part), 1996)

18.08.627 Research and development uses.

“Research and development uses” means establishments engaged in the diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject with the intent of creating a process to bring a product to market. The establishment may also engage in manufacturing and distribution of its developed products. (Ord. 1260 § 5, 1999)

18.08.630 Residential care facility.

See “Group residential facility.” (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.640 Rest home.

See “Group residential facility.” (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.650 Restaurant.

“Restaurant” means any land, building or part thereof, other than a hotel or motel, where meals are provided for compensation and includes a full service kitchen and table service within a dining area. (Ord. 1350 § 1, 2004: Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.652 Retail.

“Retail” means retail trade establishments having as the primary function, selling one or more lines of merchandise. Primary function of sales shall be determined by sales equal to eighty percent of the gross sales of the business, or where sixty percent or more of the gross square footage of the floor area is devoted to the sale of merchandise. (Ord. 1395 § 1 (part), 2008)

18.08.655 Retail food sales.

“Retail food sales” means establishments providing limited food service with at least seventy percent of the gross floor area designated for nonpublic use and up to thirty percent of the gross floor area used for public standing or seating areas and shall include such uses as cafe, deli, ice cream parlor, bakery, coffee shop, etc., which do not have a full kitchen. Food sales establishments not meeting this criteria may be otherwise classified as “retail food sales” under this title by the Zoning Administrator, so long as the public area is limited and incidental to the food preparation and service areas. (Ord. 1350 § 2, 2004: Ord. 1159 § 8, 1994)

18.08.660 Retirement community.

See “Group residential facility.” (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.670 Room.

“Room” means a habitable space containing at least seventy square feet of floor area and a ceiling height of not less than seven feet six inches, or such other minimum dimensions as may be specified in the Uniform Building Code adopted by the City exclusive of kitchens, bathrooms, halls, toilet compartments or other similar spaces. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.680 Roominghouse or boardinghouse.

“Roominghouse” or “boardinghouse” means a dwelling other than a hotel where lodging and/or meals for three or more persons are provided for compensation. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.685 Satellite signal receiving and transmitting antenna.

“Satellite signal receiving and transmitting antenna” means a signal receiving device, the purpose of which is to receive communications or other signals directly from satellites in earth orbit and from other extraterrestrial sources. (Ord. 1098 § 2 (part), 1992)

18.08.690 School.

“School” means a place or institution for teaching and learning, with a standard curriculum as approved by a governmental agency as differentiated from an institution or facility providing custodial care without instruction. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.700 Second dwelling unit.

“Second dwelling unit” means a secondary separate residential unit containing sleeping quarters, kitchen, and bathroom facilities, located on a residentially zoned lot that contains a single-family residence as a primary use, meeting the requirements of Chapter 18.114 of the San Carlos Municipal Code. Attached and detached second dwelling units/structures are as defined in San Carlos Municipal Code Section 18.116.125. (Ord. 1314 § 4, 2002: Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.710 Setback area.

“Setback area” means the space on a lot required to be left open and unoccupied by buildings or structures, either by the front, side and rear yard requirements of this title, or by delineation on a recorded subdivision map. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.720 Senior housing.

See “Group care facility,” subsection C. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.730 Software manufacturing.

“Software manufacturing” means the preparation, production or manufacture of programs for use on computers or other similar devices. This use includes, but is not limited to, the transfer of those programs to tape, discs, diskettes or other media, plus packaging and shipping of those products. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.740 Shared housing.

“Shared housing” means the sharing, renting or common use of a single-family residence by not more than two households, provided that only a single kitchen may be permanently installed. The term does not imply or include such types of occupancy as lodginghouse or boardinghouse, club, sorority house, fraternity house or hotel. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.745 Sidewalk café.

For the purposes of this title, “sidewalk café” shall mean an outdoor area set up and maintained for the purpose of selling, offering for sale, and serving food or beverages for immediate consumption on-site by an adjoining restaurant or other business which sells, offers for sale, and serves food and/or beverages for immediate consumption. (Ord. 1298 § 1 (part), 2001)

18.08.750 Street.

“Street” means a public or private thoroughfare which affords principal means of access to a block and to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, and any other thoroughfare except an alley as defined herein. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.760 Street line.

See “Lot line.” (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.770 Structure.

“Structure” means that which is built or constructed, an edifice of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.780 Structural alterations.

“Structural alterations” means any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.785 Tower or tower antenna support structure.

“Tower” or “tower antenna support structure” means any multimember support structure. (Ord. 1098 § 2 (part), 1992)

18.08.790 Use.

“Use” means the purpose for which a site or structure is arranged, designed, intended, constructed, erected, moved, altered or enlarged, or for which either a site or structure is or may be occupied or maintained. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.800 Use, accessory.

“Accessory use” means a use incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the premises, which does not alter the essential characteristics of the use considered as a whole and as related to other uses permitted in the same district. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.810 Use, principal.

“Principal use” means the main use of land or buildings, as distinguished from a subordinate or accessory use. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.820 Variance.

“Variance” means a permit issued to a landowner by the Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission or City Council to construct a structure or carry on an activity not otherwise permitted under the zoning ordinance regulations. Variances may not be granted to authorize a use or activity which is not otherwise authorized by the zoning regulations. Rather, variances sanction deviations from regulations applicable to such physical standards as lot sizes, floor area ratios for buildings, setbacks and off-street parking requirements. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.830 Vehicle sales lot.

“Vehicle sales lot” means premises on which new or used passenger automobiles, trailers, mobile homes or trucks in operating condition are displayed in the open for sale or trade, and where no repair or service work is done. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.840 Veterinary clinic.

See “Animal care facility.” (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.845 Vocational school.

“Vocational school” means a facility which provides classes for the specific training in a specific professional, manufacturing or construction trade. Training in computer use would also be included. (Ord. 1218 § 1 (part), 1996)

18.08.850 Yard.

“Yard” means an open space other than a court on the same lot with a building which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise permitted in this title. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.860 Yard, exterior side.

“Exterior side yard” means the side yard of a corner lot abutting a street. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.870 Yard, front.

“Front yard” means the yard extending across the full width of the lot adjacent to the front lot line and measured from that line to the nearest line of the building. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.880 Yard, interior side.

“Interior side yard” means a side yard that does not front on a street. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.890 Yard, rear.

“Rear yard” means a yard extending across the full width of the lot and measured between the rear line of the lot and the nearest line of the main building. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)

18.08.900 Yard, side.

“Side yard” means a yard between the side line of the lot and the nearest line of the building, and extending between the front and rear yards. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)