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SUBJECT: Code Amend-
ment No.86-9
LOCATION:City-wide
PROPOSAL:To repeal ex-
isting Articles 970 and add
April. 10. 98 6 new Article 908 related to
Defintions governing
Division 9 of the Huntington
Beach Ordinance Code.
198 ENVIRONMENTAL
STATUS:The proposed pro-
Ject is categorically exempt
from provisions of the Cali-
198 PUBLIC NOTICE fornia Environmental Quality
Act.
NOTICE OF ON FILE: A copy of the
PUBLIC HEARING proposed ordinance is on
CODE AMENDMENT file in the Department of De-
198 I No.86-9 velopment Services.
DEFINITIONS- ALL INTERESTED PER-
DIVISION 9- SONS are invited to attend
HUNTINGTON BEACH said hearing and express
198 ORDINANCE CODE opinions or submit evidence
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REQUES' s FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Date April 21 , 1986
Submitted to: Honorable Mayor and City Council
Submitted by: Charles W. Thompson, City Administrat r
Prepared by: James W. Palin, Director, Development Services o
Subject: CODE AMENDMENT NO. 86-9 - DEFINITIONS FOR DIVIS ON 9
Consistent with Council Policy? Yes [ ] New Policy or Exception )� v
Statement of Issue, Recommendation,Analysis, Funding Source,Alternative Actions,Attachments:
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
As part of the reorganization of Division 9 , staff is recommending a
change in format and a change in location for the Definitions
section . Since the definitions apply generally to all of Division
9, their adoption as Article 908 at the beginning of the code with
the introductory articles is appropriate .
The format change concerns numbering. Previously, every time the
Planning Commission or City Council has wanted to modify a
definition, several pages of text would have to be printed; each
section number covered one letter of the alphabet . Proposed Code
Amendment No. 86-9 assigns a different section number to every
definition . In this way, individual definitions can be changed
easily . In addition, the numbering is set up so that there is room
to add up to nine new definitions between each existing definition.
RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission action and recommendation on March 18 , 1986 :
ON MOTION BY LIVENGOOD AND SECOND BY PORTER, THE PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF CODE AMENDMENT NO. 86-9 AND ADOPTION BY THE
CITY COUNCIL BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: Rowe, Winchell , Schumacher , Livengood, Erskine, Porter ,
Mirjahangir
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Staff recommendation is identical to that of the Planning Commission.
ANALYSIS•
Many of the changes made do not alter the content of the
Definitions. Definitions for archaic terms no longer used in
Division 9 were dropped , i .e . "bungalow court . " Standard
definitions used in other cities were incorporated in other cases .
Most definitions were not changed, but simply streamlined .
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Definitions that were changed or added:
1 . Antenna, satellite dish (as approved by the Planning Commission
on 3/4/86 )
2. Compensation (not previously addressed )
3 . Lot Frontage (previously appeared in each article including Rl ,
R2, R3, R4 )
4. Front , side, rear lot lines (Added for clarification. Code
does not currently define these . )
5. Nontransferable conditional use permit (added in concert with
Commercial Districts, Article 922 approved by Planning
Commission on 3/4/86, which lists adult businesses,
dancing/live entertainment and fortune-telling, as
non-transferable )
6 . Setback ; front, side, rear (Added for clarification. Code does
not currently define these. )
7 . Story (added in concert with Rl District, Article 911 which
lists a maximum of two stories permitted )
8 . Yard; front , rear , side (no significant change, only
streamlined )
ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS:
The proposed- project is categorically exempt from the provisions of
the California Environmental Quality Act .
FUNDING SOURCE:
Not applicable .
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
Modify ordinance as desired .
ATTACHMENTS:
1 . Ordinance
2. Existing Article 970
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April 10, 1>a6
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CODE AMENDMENT NO. 86-9
DEFINITIONS - DIVISION 9 - HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Huntington Beach City Council will hold a
public hearing in the Council Chamber at the Huntington Beach Civic
Center, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California, on the date and
at the time indicated below to receive and consider the statements of all
persons who wish to be heard relative to the application described below.
DATE: Monday, April 21, 1986
TIME: 7:30 P. M.
SUBJECT: Code Amendment 86-9
LOCATION: City-wide
PROPOSAL: To repeal existing Article 970 and add new Article 908
related to Definitions governing Division 9 of. the
Huntington Beach Ordinance Code.
ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The proposed project is categorically exempt
from the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act.
ON FILE: A copy of the proposed ordinance is on file in the
Department of Development Services.
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are invited to attend said hearing and express
opinions or submit evidence for or against the application as outlined
above. All applications, exhibits, and descriptions of this proposal are
on file with the Office of the City Clerk, 2000 Main Street, Huntington
Beach, California, for inspection by the public.
HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY COUNCIL
By: Alicia M. Wentworth
City Clerk
Phone (714) 536-5405
Dated 4/7/86
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CODE AMENDMENT NO. 86_9`
DEFINITIONS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Huntington Beach Planning Commission
will hold a public hearing in the Council Chamber at the Huntington
Beach Civic Center , 2000 Main Street , Huntington Beach , California ,
on the date and at the time indicated below to receive and consider
the statements of all persons who wish to. be heard relative to the
application described below.
DATE/TIME: March 4 , 1986 - 7: 00 PM
APPLICATION NUMBER: Code Amendment No. 86-9
APPLICANT: City of Huntington Beach
REQUEST: To repeal existing Article 970 and add new Article 908
related to Definitions governing Division 9 of the
Huntington Beach Ordinance Code
ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The proposed project is categorically exempt
from the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act .
ON FILE: A copy of the proposed ordinance is on file in the
Department of Development Services , 2000 Main Street ,
Huntington Beach, California 92648 , for inspection by
the public.
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are invited to attend said hearing and
express opinions or submit evidence for or against the application
as outlined above. If there are any further questions please call
Jeff Abramowitz , Assistant Planner at 536-5271 .
James W. Palin , Secretary
Huntington Beach Planning Commission
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PLANNING JENERAL PROVISIONS S. 9700'
CHAPTER 97
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
ARTICLE 970. DEFINITIONS
971.. NON-CONFORMING USES AND BUILDING
972. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS
973. MISCELLANEOUS
974. PARK & RECREATIONAL FACILITIES,
975. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES
976. SIGN CODE
977. YARDS
978, SETBACK
979. OFF-STREET PARKING
ARTICLE 970
(495, 556, 596, 1103, 1261, 1366, 1469, 1673, 1752, 1753, 1769, 1799,
1853, 1928, 1952, 2115, 2127, 2221, 2222, 2441, 2487, 2588, 2632, Urg.
2693, 2691, 2735, 2772, 2773, 2780)
1 S�,IV�����DEFINITIONS
S. 9700 DEFINITIONS. Words and phrases whenever used in this
division shall be construed as defined in this article
unless from the context a different meaning is intended and more particularly
directed to the use of such words and phrases.
S. 9700.1 Words beginning with the letter "A" shall have the
following definitions:
(1) Accessory. A detached structure, building, or portion of either, the
use and maintenance of which is subordinate and purely incidental to
that of the main building or main use of the land and which is located
on the same therewith. (495, 556, 1366)
(2) Apartment. A room or suite of two or more rooms. which is designed or
intended for use and/or occupancy by only one family which may ,do its
own cooking in said room or suite.
(3) Arterial. Any street, highway or road having been designated as an
arterial on the circulation element of the General Plan. (2221-9/77)
(4) Automobile Accessory Dealer. An automotive dealer of a specialized
nature who operates on a one-day, turn-around basis. The intent of
this definition is to include a specialty shop such as a muffler shop,
a transmission shop, and so forth. This definition is not to be
confused with the definition of minor automobile repair. (1673=11/71)
(5) Automobile Parking Space, Automobile Storage Space, or Garage Space. A
permanently maintained, privately-owned space of not less than 144
square feet in area, accessible to and usable by, an average size
automobile under its own power for .temporary, off-street parking or
storage thereof.
Said automobile storage space, whether or not located within a building, shall
be exclusive of driveways, walks, ramps, columns, and areas devoted to other
purposes than the storage or parking of automobiles. (495, 556, 1366)
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PLANNING GENERAL PROVISIONS S. 9700.1(6)
(6) Automobile Repair shall mean and include the following: (1675-11/71)
(a) Minor Repairs shall mean tire changing and repairing (excluding
recapping and retreading); battery charging and replacement;
radiator cleaning and flushing (excluding steam cleaning);
lubricating; servicing and replacing of brake cylinders and brake
shoes; wheel balancing; testing, adjusting and installing
carburetors, coils, condensers, fan belts, distributor caps, smog
control devices, filters, generators, points, . rotors, spark
plugs, voltage regulators, water and fuel pumps, water hoses and
wiring; and similar minor repairs.
(b) Major Repairs shall mean painting, body and fender work, steam
cleaning, welding, tire recapping, radiator repair and
rebuilding, turning brake drums, battery repairing and
rebuilding; engine repairing, overhauling and replacing,
transmission and differential repairs or replacing, and other
similar major automobile repairs.
S. 9706.2 Words beginning with the letter "B" shall have the
following definitions: (27809/85)
(a) Bedroom. Any room which meets the minimum requirements of the building
code for a habitable room, which is _ constructed in such manner that
less than 50 percent of one wall is open to an adjacent room or
hallway, and which can be readily used for private sleeping purposes
shall be counted as a bedroom in order to determine the parking areas
or other requirements. Exceptions to this definition shall be those
rooms which regularly make up a standard dwelling unit such as one
kitchen, living, family or recreation and dining room, and the
customary sanitary facilities.
(b) Block. All the real property abutting one side of a street between the
end of said street of a city limit line and the nearest cross street,
or between two consecutive cross streets.
(c) Building. A structure, having a roof supported by columns or walls for
the support housing, shelter and/or enclosure of. any person, animal, or
chattel; and when any portion thereof is separated from every other
portion thereof by a masonry wall without openings, extending from the
ground to the upper surface of. the roof, then such portion may be
deemed a separate building.
(d) Building Height. The vertical distance from the lowest elevation of
the ground immediately adjacent to the building to the highest point of
the roof.
(e) Building Site. The ground area occupied by a building or buildings
together with all the yards and open spaces required by applicable
provisions of Division 9.
(f) Bungalow Court. A group of three or. more detached or semidetached
one-family or two-family dwellings located upon a single lot having a
common court or yard and a separate entrance on the ground floor for
each apartment or dwelling, including dwelling groups and house courts
but not automobile courts.
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P NIPIING _ GENERAL PROVISIONS S. 9700.3
S. 9700.3 Words beginning with the letter "C shall have the
following definitions:
(a) Camp Car, Motor Home, Camper or Tent Trailer. A vehicle with or
without motive power, which is designed or used for temporary
recreational human habitation.
(b) Commission. The Planning Commission of this city
(c) Colt shall mean a male horse up to the age of two (2) calendar years.
(d) Commercial Horse Stable shall mean the entire parcel of land upon which
equines are boarded, maintained, kept, housed, lodged, fed, trained,
sold, bred, or where instruction is offered as a commercial activity.
A commercial horse stable shall also mean any parcel on which five (5)
or more equines are maintained.
(e) Corral shall mean an enclosure for holding one or more equines.
(f) Commercial Recreation Use and/or Center shall mean recreation
facilities operated as a business and open to the general public for a
fee.
(g) Commercial Vehicle. A commercial vehicle is any vehicle, motorized or
nonmotorized, that is used or maintained for the transportation of
persons for hire, compensation, or profit; or designed, used or
maintained for the transportation of property.
(h) Community apartment project shall mean a project in which an undivided
interest in the land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy
of any apartment located thereon.
(i) Condominium shall mean an estate in 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 such real property, such as an apartment,.
office or store. A condominium may include in addition a separate
interest in other portions of such real property. Such estate may,
with respect to the duration of its enjoyment, be either (a) an estate
of inheritance or perpetual estate, (b) an estate for life, or (c) an
estate for years, such as a leasehold or a subleasehold. (2429-6/80)
S. 9700.4 Words beginning with the letter. "D" shall have the
following definitions: (2780-9/85)
(a) Director shall mean the Director of Development Services or his duly
authorized representative except where specifically provided otherwise.
(b) District. Any area, or areas, similarly classified whether contiguous
or not, and shown by specific and similar designations on the maps
which are a part of Division 9.
(c) Dwelling. A building or portion thereof, designed and occupied
exclusively for residential purposes including single-unit and
multiple-unit dwellings,' but not including hotels or boarding houses.
An individual dwelling unit shall contain only one kitchen and be
designed for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes.
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S. 9700.4(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS PLANNING
(d) Dwelling, Multiple Unit. A building or buildings designed for and
occupied by two or more families, all living independently of each
other and having separate kitchen and toilet facilities for each family.
(e) Dwelling, Single-unit (Family) . A detached building designed primarily
for the use of a single family, no portion of which is rented as a
separate unit.
S. 9700.5 Words beginning with the letter "E" shall have the
following definitions:
(a) Equestrian shall mean that which. pertains to horses or horsemanship, or
to one who rides on horseback.
(b) Equine shall mean a horse, mule, burro, pony, .. jack (jinny or jenny) ,
and includes quadrupeds of the genus equus.. (1769-8/72).
S. 9700.6 Words beginning with the letter "F" shall have the
following definitions:
(a) Family. A family is defined as two or more persons living together in
a dwelling unit, sharing common cooking facilities, and possessing the
character of a relatively permanent single bona fide housekeeping unit
in a domestic relationship based upon birth, marriage, or other
domestic bond of social, economic and psychological commitment to each
other, as distinguished from a group occupying a boardinghouse, club,
dormitory, , fraternity, hotel, lodging house, motel, rehabilitation
center, rest home or sorority. (2273-5/78, 2773-7/85)
(b) Filly shall mean a female horse up to the age of four (4) calendar
years. (2273-5/78, 2773-7/85)
(c) Final Environmental Evaluation means that point in time prior to
rendering a decision for entitlement of a project in which the .
environmental effects of the project have been assessed for recommended
action to the discretionary body. Final environmental evaluation dates
are established as follows: (2773-7/85)
(i) Exempt Projects: date of application acceptance; (2773-7/85)
(ii) Negative Declarations: date of expiration of the posting
period as required by law; (2773-7/85)
(iii) Environmental Impact Reports: the date when public hearings
conducted by the Environmental Review Committee have been
concluded. (2273-5/78, 2773-7/85)
(d) Foal shall mean a colt, gelding, or filly up to the age of twelve (12)
calendar months. (2273-5/78, 2773-7/85)
(e) Fortunetelling, as used in this code, shall include astrology,
palmistry, phrenology, lifereading, fortunetelling, cartomancy,
clairvoyance, clair audience, crystal gazing, mediumship, spirit
photography, spirit writing, spirit voices, spirit materialization,
etheralization, prophecy, augury, divination, magic, necromancy,
fortunetelling by handwriting analysis, or other similar business act.
(2773-7/85)
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PLANNING ,:: ,ENER.AL PROVISIONS S. 9700.7
S. 9700.7 Words beginning with the letter "G" shall have the .
following definitions:
(a) Game arcade shall mean any place of business where more than four (4)
commercially-operated amusement devices are available for public use.
(b) Garage, Private. An accessory to, or a portion of a main building,
used or designed for use only for the shelter and/or storage of
passenger vehicles, or trucks of not more than one-ton rated capacity,
owned or operated by occupants of the .main building and including
usable space and .convenient ingress and egress thereto.
(c) Gross Acreage. The area computed by including all property within
property lines of a proposed development, except when such property
lines abut a street in which case such area shall be computed from the
center line of such street.
(d) Gross area shall mean the total of an area, computed within the
boundary .lines of an area of land before deduction of public streets,
easements, or other areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use.
(2539-2/82)
S. 9700.8 Words beginning with the letter "H" shall have the
following definitions:
(1) Health Centers and Health Clubs (under 2500 Square Feet). A health
center or health club shall mean a commercial or private establishment
for the purpose of recreation and/or physical fitness activities such
as handball, racquet , or tennis courts, or exercise/conditioning
facilities including weight training, dance exercises, or other such
uses.
(2) Horticulture shall mean the science and art of growing for wholesale
purposes fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants, and may
include tree, vine or field crops, flower or vegetable gardening,
nurseries or greenhouses, (1853-6/73)
(3) Hotel. A building or portion thereof, containing six (6) or more guest
rooms designed, arranged, intended to be used, let or hired out to be
occupied, whether the compensation for hire be paid directly or
indirectly in money, goods, wares, merchandise, labor or otherwise, and
in which no provision is made for cooking in any individual guest room
or suite, but is used as the more or less temporary abode of
individuals. r.
S. 9700.9 Words beginning with the letter "I" shall have the
following definitions:
(1) Idle Service Station .shall mean any service station which has not been
open for business for at least sixty (60), eight (8) hour days as a
service station, as defined in Section 9700.17 (1) of this article, out
of any 180 consecutive days. (1799-12/72)
S. 9700.10 Words beginning with the letter "J" shall have the
following definitions:
(1) Junk Yard. A junkyard shall mean the use of any lot or any portion of
a lot for the storage or keeping of junk, including scrap metal or
other scrap materials. Said yard may include all uses permitted in a
motor vehicle dismantling or wrecking yard. (1241)
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S. 9700.11 _ GENERAL PROVISIONS _ _ PLANNING
S. 9700.11 Words beginning with the letter "K" shall have the
following definition: (278.0-9/85)
Kitchen shall mean any room or portion thereof containing facilities
designed or used for the preparation of food including a sink and
stove, oven, range and/or hot plate. Kitchen shall not include a wet
bar.
S. 9700.12 Words beginning with the letter "L" shall have the
following definitions:
(1) Landscaping. Landscaping shall include . the planting and continued
maintenance of vegetation. Said vegetation shall be limited to ferns,
flowers, grasses, mosses, shrubs, trees and vines. (1261)
(2) Local Street shall mean a public roadway having two (2) or more divided
lanes. (2221-9/77)
(3) Lot. A parcel of real property shown on a map recorded in the office
of the County Recorder of either Los Angeles County or Orange County,
California, designated on such map by a separate number or other
character which applies only to the parcel so marked, or any area of
land under one ownership abutting upon at least one street, alley or
recorded easement.
S. 9700.13 Words beginning with the letter "M" shall have the
following definitions:
(a) Mobilehome/Manufactured Home means a structure, transportable in one or
more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight feet or more in
width, or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is
320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and
designed to be used as . a dwelling with or without a permanent
foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the
plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained
therein; except that such term shall include any structure which meets
all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and
with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a
certification and complies with the standards established by this
.article. "Manufactured home" includes a mobilehome subject to the
National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. , Sec. 5401,. et seq. ) . (1673-11/71, 2735-1/85)
(b) Mobilehome Accessory Building or Structure. A subordinate building or
structure located on a mobilehome space or lot, the use of which is
customarily incidental to that of the main mobilehome. (1673-11/71,
2735-1/85)
(c) Mobilehome or Travel Trailer Lot or Space. An improved plot within a
mobilehome park or travel trailer park which is designated or used for
the occupancy of a mobilehome or travel trailer. (1673-11/71,
2735-1/85)
f (d) Mobilehome Park. An improved area or tract of land where mobilehome
spaces or lots are rented or leased or held out for rent- or lease to
accommodate mobilehomes used for one stopover exceeding thirty (30)
consecutive days. (1673-11/71, 2735-1/85)
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GENERAL PROVISIONS _ _ ' S. 9700.13(e)
(e) Motel. A building or group of buildings designed. for the accommodation
of transient automobile travelers in sleeping units which .have a direct
outside entrance and conveniently-located parking spaces on the same
lot. Said sleeping units may have kitchens or kitchenettes, up to a
maximum of 25 percent of the total number of sleeping units. (1366,
1673-11/71, 2735-1/85)
(f) Motor Vehicle Dismantling or Wrecking Yard. A motor vehicle
dismantling or wrec ing yard shall mean ' the use of any lot or any
portion of a lot for dismantling, disassembly, or demolishing motor
vehicles., This definition shall not be construed to allow storage of
motor vehicles, whether impounded or not, nor as a yard for the storage
of scrap metals, scrap materials or junk. (2735-1/85)
(g) Motor Vehicle Storage Yard. A motor vehicle storage yard shall mean
the use of any lot or any portion of a lot for the storage . of motor
vehicles, whether impounded or not. This definition shall not be
.construed to include dismantling, wrecking, repairing or altering of
any vehicle. (2735-1/85)
(h) Mare shall mean a female equine which has attained the age of four (4)
calendar years. (1769-8/72, 2735-1/85)
(i) Maximum Wind Energy Conversion System Height shall mean the height of
the tower and the furthest vertical extension of the rotor measured
from grade. (2632-8/83, 2735-1/85)
. S. 9700.14 Words beginning with the letter "N" shall have the
following definitions:
(a) Nonconforming Building. Any building or structure or portion thereof
which does not conform to the provisions of the Huntington Beach
Ordinance Code and which lawfully existed at the time the provisions
with which it does not conform became effective. (495, 556, .1566-4/70)
(b) Nonconforming Lot or Parcel. Any lot or parcel whose area, width or
other dimensions do not conform to the provisions of the Huntington
Beach Ordinance Code and which lawfully existed at the time the
provisions with which it does not conform became effective. (1566-4/70)
(c) Nonconforming Use. Any use of land, buildings, structures or portions
thereof which does not conform to the provisions of Huntington Beach
Ordinance Code and which lawfully existed at the time the provisions.
with which it does not .conform became effective. (495, 1566-4/70)
(d) Noncommercial Horse Stable shall mean the entire parcel of land upon
which an equine or equines are maintained. It is the intent of this
definition that such equines be owned by the resident and are
maintained for private use.
A noncommercial horse stable shall be any parcel on which four (4) or fewer
equines are maintained: except that more than (4) equines may be .kept on a
site where such equines are owned by the persons residing on such site
(1769-8/72)
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S. 9700.14(e) GENERAL PROVISIONS _ PLANNING '
(e) Net Site .Area shall mean the total of an area of a legally-created-
parcel of land, computed within the parcel boundary lines exclusive of
the following: all public and private streets, roads, accessways or
easements which provide access over, across, and upon such property
that physically prohibit the surface use for other than vehicular
ingress and egress. (2340-2/79)
S. 9700.15 Words beginning with the letter "0" shall have the
following definitions: (2780-9/85)
(a) Open or Public Land. Open or public land shall include parks dedicated
or proposed to be dedicated for public use, school sites, easements or
rights-of-way for electrical transmission lines, or areas set aside for
public water uses or flood control channels.
(b) Open Space shall mean any part of a lot or parcel unobstructed from the
ground upward, excepting architectural features extending no more than
thirty (30) inches from the structure and excluding any area of the
site devoted to driveways and other parking areas.
(c) Open Space, Common shall mean belonging to, shared by, or having an
undivided interest in the use of real property by all members,
individuals or residents of a particular real property development.
(d) Open Space, Private shall mean belonging to, or restricted to the use
and enjoyment of the occupant of a particular unit.
(e) Overspeed Control. A mechanism used to limit the speed of blade
rotation to within the design limits of the wind energy conversion
system.
S. 9700.15.1 Oversize Vehicles. An oversize vehicle is any vehicle,
motorized or non-motorized, that exceeds twenty-five (25).
feet in length, or exceeds seven (7) feet in width, and/or exceeds 'seven (7)
feet in height. Oversize vehicles shall include all buses, truck tractors,
semi-trailers, motor trucks, trailers, campers, camp trailers, house cars,
trailer coaches and other equipment or machinery regardless of width, length
or height. (2115-11/76)
(a) Buses. A "bus" is any motor vehicle, other than a motor truck or truck
tractor, designed for carrying more than ten (10) persons, including
the driver, and used or maintained for the transportation of passengers.
(b) Camp Trailer. A vehicle designed to be used on a highway, capable of
human habitation for camping or recreational purposes, that does not
exceed sixteen (16) feet in overall length from the foremost point of
the trailer hitch to the rear extremity of the trailer body and does
not exceed ninety-six inches (96") in width and includes any trailer
coach.
(c) Campers. A camper is a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor
vehicle and to provide facilities for human habitation or camping
purposes. A camper having one axle shall not be considered a vehicle.
(d) House Car. A house car is a motor vehicle originally designed, or
permanently altered, and equipped for human habitation or to which a
camper has been permanently attached.
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(e) Motor Truck. A motor truck is a motor vehicle designed, used, or
maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
(f) Semi-trailer. A semi-trailer is a vehicle designed for carrying
persons or property, used in connection with a motor vehicle, and so
constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rest
upon, or is carried by, another vehicle.
(g) Trailer. A trailer is a vehicle designed for carrying persons or
property of its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle
and so constructed that no part of its weight and that of its load rest
upon, or is carried by, another vehicle.
(h) Trailer Coach. A trailer coach is a vehicle, other than a motor
vehicle, designed for human habitation, or human occupancy for
industrial, professional, or commercial purposes for carrying property
on its own structure, and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.
(i) Truck . Tractor. A truck tractor is. a motor vehicle designed and used
primarily for drawing "other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry
a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicles and load so
drawn.
S. 9700.16 Words beginning with the letters "P" and "Q" shall have the
following definitions:
(a) Parallel Parking. . Parking which is immediately adjacent to and
parallel to the edge of a private or public roadway or driveway.
(1563-3/70)
(b) Planned Residential Development. A land development designed and
developed as a unit for individual ownership of dwelling units or. sites
or air space rights in the area occupied by said dwelling units, with
normal accessory residential uses, and permanently maintained common
property with each resident having an undivided interest in the common
area for use as parks, waterways, golf courses, or other recreation
areas that are integrated with the dwelling units for the sole
enjoyment of residents within the development. (1.563-3/70)
(c) Private club or lodge shall mean any facility or meeting place of an
organization requiring bona fide membership. (1853-6/73) .
(d) Private street or roadway shall mean privately owned and maintained
roadway exceeding twenty-five (25) feet in width, which is primarily
used to provide vehicle access from a public street or highway to the
front, side or rear of two or more abutting private . properties.
(2487-6/81)
S. 9700.17 Words beginning with the letter "S" shall have ' the
following definitions:
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(a) Service Station shall mean any retail business which offers for sale
petroleum products, automobile accessories and replacement parts; and includes
among its services automobile washing by hand, waxing and polishing.
(b) Site shall mean the legally created parcel of land bounded by property
lines after dedication.
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(c) Site Coverage shall mean the building area of all structures on a site
as measure from all exterior .building surfaces, including any patio
covers, and any balconies and stairways with or without support posts.
Architectural features such as bay windows, eaves and fireplaces that
do not project more than thirty (30) inches, and decks that do not
exceed more than. forty-two (42) inches in height are excluded.
(d) Repealed - (Ord 2588-1/83)
(e) Stall shall mean a compartment for one equine in a stable.
(f) Stallion shall mean a male horse attaining the age of two (2) calendar
years.
(g) Stock cooperative shall mean a corporation which is formed or availed
of primarily for the purpose of holding title to, either in fee simple
or for a term of years, approved real property, if all or substantially
all of the shareholders of such corporation received a right of
exclusive occupancy in a portion of the 'real property title to which is
held by the corporation, which right of occupancy is transferable only
concurrently with the transfer of the share or shares of stock in the
corporation held by the person having such right of occupancy.
(h) Structure. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
more or less permanent location on the ground, or attached to the
ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground.
S. 9700.18 Words beginning with the letter "T" shall have the
following definitions:
(a) Trailer Court. ' Any area of land, improved or unimproved, which is
designed to accommodate two or more trailers, house trailers, movable
dwellings,. tents, sleeping quarters or outfits, or which is used, let
or held out for rent to campers, tenants or guests furnishing their own
equipment and paying directly for said space or indirectly through
trade or labor. This definition shall also apply to "trailer park,"
"trailer camp," and to similar uses known by various designations.
(b) Travel Trailers. A vehicle other than a motor vehicle which is
designed or used for temporary human habitation and for travel or
recreational purposes, which does not at any time .exceed eight (8) feet
in width and forty (40) feet fn length.
(c) Travel Trailer Park. An improved camping or vacationing area or tract
of land where one or more spaces or lots are rented or held out for
rent to accommodate travel trailers, campers, camp cars or motor homes
for one stopover not to exceed thirty (30) consecutive days, and are
then removed.
(d) Townlot Area shall mean the area and parcels within the area bounded by
Pacific Coast Highway on the southwest, Goldenwest Street on the
northwest, Palm Avenue on the north and northeast, and Lake Street on
the east and southeast.
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