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Chico, CA Code of Ordinances
CHICO MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHICO
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 (RESERVED)
Title 5 BUSINESS REGULATIONS1
Title 6 (RESERVED)
Title 7 ANIMALS
Title 8 HEALTH AND SANITATION1
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 AIRPORT1
Title 12 PARKS
Title 13 (RESERVED)
Title 14 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Title 15 UTILITY SERVICES
Title 16 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION1
Title 17 (RESERVED)
Title 18 SUBDIVISIONS
Title 19 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS1
Title 2R ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS RULES
Title 3R REVENUE AND FINANCE RULES AND PROCEDURES
Title 5R BUSINESS RULES AND REGULATIONS
Title 8R SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RULES
Title 10R VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC RULES AND PROCEDURES
Title 11R CHICO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS1
Title 12R RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BIDWELL PARK AND OTHER PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS1
Title 14R BUILDING IN STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 15R WATER AND SEWERS
Title 16R BUILDING STANDARDS
Title 18R DESIGN CRITERIA AND IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS1
TABLES
Chico, CA Comprehensive Ordinance Table
Chapter 19.96
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
19.96.010   Purpose
19.96.020   Definitions of Specialized Terms and Phrases
19.96.010   Purpose.
   This chapter provides definitions of terms and phrases used in this Division that are technical or specialized and that are not already defined in chapter 19.04. If a definition in this chapter or Chapter 19.04 conflicts with a definition in another Title of this code, the definition in this title shall control for the purposes of this title. If a word or phrase used in this division is not defined in this chapter, chapter 19.04 or elsewhere in this code, the most common dictionary meaning shall be assumed to be correct.
(Ord. 2358 §22)
19.96.020   Definitions of Specialized Terms and Phrases.
   Build-to-line: A line parallel to a property line where a primary structure façade is required to be located.
   Façade: The exterior wall of a building that is set along a Frontage Line (see Frontage Line).
   Frontage Line: Those lot lines that coincide with the edge of a public frontage.
   Mixed-Use Building: A building type that allows for commercial or retail on the ground floor and residential on upper floors.
   Mixed-Use Building: A building type that allows for commercial or retail on the ground floor and residential on upper floors.
   Streetscreen or streetwall: a freestanding wall built along the frontage line, or coplanar with the facade for the purpose of masking a parking lot from street.
   Studio - Art, Dance, Martial Arts, Music, etc.: Small scale facilities, typically accommodating no more than two groups of students at a time, in no more than two instructional spaces. (Larger facilities are included under the definition of "Schools - Specialized Education and Training.") Examples of these facilities include: individual and group instruction and training in the arts; production rehearsal; photography, and the processing of photographs produced only by users of the studio facilities; martial arts training studios; gymnastics instruction, and aerobics and gymnastics studios with no other fitness facilities or equipment. Also includes production studios for individual musicians, painters, sculptors, photographers, and other artists.
   Townhouse: A building with two or more two- or three-story dwellings having multiple common vertical walls on one or more of the units.
   Traditional Neighborhood Development: A compact, mixed-use neighborhood in which residential, commercial and civil buildings are within close proximity to each other.
   Transect: A range of population and building densities from more rural to more urban physical conditions.
(Ord. 2358 §22)