Salvage - The recovery of waste materials.
Salvaged/Harvested Water - Storm water collected for landscape use. (Ord. 410, 2003)
Satellite Antenna - Any antenna used to receive and/or transmit radio or television signals from orbiting communication satellites.
Scenic Highway - A highway, road, drive, or street which, in addition to its transportation function, provides opportunities for the enjoyment of natural and man-made scenic resources and access to, or direct views to, areas or scenes of exceptional beauty or historic or cultural interest. The aesthetic values of scenic routes often are protected and enhanced by regulations governing the development of property or the placement of outdoor advertising.
Screening - A method of visually shielding or obscuring one abutting or nearby structure or use from another by fencing, walls, berms, or densely planted vegetation.
Secondhand Store - Any premises used for the sale or handling of used goods. A secondhand store includes an establishment for the sale or trade of used clothing, furniture, and appliances. A secondhand store does not include an establishment selling primarily used jewelry, old coins, or old stamps.
Service Station - A retail place of business engaged primarily in the sale of petroleum products, and goods and services required in the operation and maintenance of motor vehicles under one-and-one-half (1.5) ton capacity as the same is defined by the State Motor Vehicle Code and in which maintenance, minor repairs, washing, and lubrication services are conducted wholly within the service station building.
Setback - The distance from a defined point or line governing the placement of buildings, structures, parking, or uses on a lot.
Setback Line - A line within a lot, parallel to and measured from a corresponding lot line, forming the boundary of a required yard and governing the placement of buildings, structures, parking, or uses on a lot.
Shopping Center - A group of three (3) or more commercial establishments planned, constructed, and managed as a total entity including: customer and employee parking provided on site; provision for goods delivery separated from customer access; aesthetic design considerations; and protection from the elements.
Side Yard - See "Yard, Side."
Sidewalk - A paved surface or leveled area used as a pedestrian walkway which parallels and is usually separated from the street.
Sign - Signs are defined as established in Chapter 17.70 of this Zoning Code.
Sign, Non-Commercial - Any sign which does not advertise a commercial enterprise. This shall include signs advertising political parties or candidates, ballot measures, or expressions of opinion.
Sign, Temporary - Any sign designed and/or manufactured to be displayed for a period of one year or less. These signs will typically be made of fabric or canvas, or of wood or a similar material.
Single Family - Where used in this Code to determine appropriate development standards and requirements, "single family" shall refer only to development in the R1, R1-.5, DL-2.5, DL-5 and DL-9 Zone Districts.
Site - Any lot or parcel of land, or combination of contiguous lots or parcels of land, used or intended for a particular use or group of uses.
Site Coverage - The amount of a lot or lots covered by buildings, pavement, and other impervious surfaces.
Site Plan - A plan drawn to scale, showing uses and structures proposed for a property as required by the applicable regulations, including lot lines, streets, grades, building sites, reserved open space, and other specific development proposals.
Skilled Nursing Facility - A health facility that provides skilled nursing care and supportive care to patients whose primary need is for availability of skilled nursing care on an extended basis.
Slope - The degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed in percent or degrees.
Solid Fence - A wooden fence or wall with no openings.
South of Holly Road - Includes all land uses south of Holly Road for the purposes of the Adelanto North 2035 Comprehensive Sustainable Plan.
Specific Plan - Under Article 8 of the Government Code (Section 65450 et seq.), a legal tool for detailed design and implementation of a defined portion of the area covered by a general plan. A specific plan may include all detailed regulations, conditions, programs, and/or proposed legislation which may be necessary or convenient for the systematic implementation of any general plan element(s).
Stable, Private - A building or portion of a building used to shelter and feed horses or ponies which are used exclusively by the occupants of the property on which the stable is situated.
Stable, Public - A stable other than a private stable.
Standards, Development - Requirements in this Zoning Code that govern building and development, including, but not limited to, lot area, height limits, frontage, landscaping, and floor area ratio.
Stock Cooperative - A corporation that holds title to improved real property, either in fee simple or for a term of years. All or substantially all of the shareholders have a right of exclusive occupancy in a portion of the property, and the right of occupancy is transferable only concurrently with the transfer of the corporate stock.
Story - Story and all related terms shall be defined according to the definition contained in the Uniform Building Code.
Stove - This includes any type of built-in or installed appliance utilizing gas or electric heat for the external heating and cooking of food. A stove may include a range top and an oven in a single unit or in separate units; the presence of either a built-in or installed range top or oven shall qualify as a stove. For the purposes of this definition, the following are not considered to be stoves: (a) microwave ovens and (b) hot plates, toaster ovens, or other countertop devices utilizing 120-volt current. (See also "Dwelling Unit" and "Kitchen" as defined in this Zoning Code.)
Street - A publicly accessible vehicular right-of-way, other than an alley, which affords a primary means of access to abutting property.
Streetscape - That portion of a lot's net area and improvements which is exposed to view from the street.
Structure - A combination of materials which is assembled for use, occupancy, or ornamentation, whether installed on, above, or below the surface of land or water. Includes, but is not limited to, any building, road, pipe, flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, or electrical power transmission and distribution area.
Subdivision - The division of a tract of land into defined lots, either improved or unimproved, which can be separately conveyed by sale or lease, and which can be altered or developed. "Subdivision" includes a condominium project as defined in Section 1350 of the California Civil Code and a community apartment project as defined in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code.
Supermarket - A retail store of at least 15,000 square feet in size selling a full range of food products for household use, including groceries, produce, dairy products, meats, and related items. The sale of food products shall be the primary use, in terms of floor area devoted to display space; the sale of alcoholic beverages (for off-site consumption only) is permitted, so long as it is incidental to the sale of groceries and food.
Supporting Uses - Uses of land or buildings which are important, but not necessarily essential, to the primary use.
Supportive Housing - Housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to an onsite or offsite service that assists the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.
Surface, Impervious - See "Impervious Surface."
Surface, Pervious - See "Pervious Surface."
Swap Meet - A business or businesses conducted for the purpose of selling new or used merchandise in a parking lot, drive-in theater, or common room(s) where two (2) or more individual sellers rent, lease, or otherwise purchase the right to sell their products at the location. A flea market (open-air sale of used goods) is considered a swap meet.
Swimming Pool, Private - A water-filled enclosure, permanently constructed or portable, having a depth of more than twenty four inches (24") below the level of the surrounding land, or an above-surface pool, having a depth of more than twenty four inches (24"), designed, used, and maintained as an accessory use for swimming and bathing by not more than three (3) owner families and their guests and intended for non-commercial use.
Swimming Pool, Public - Any swimming pool other than a private pool.
[Ord. No. 528, Exhibit R, 9/10/14; Ord. No. 535, Exhibit D, 5/27/15.]