For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADVERTISING SIGN. A sign having more than one-half its area devoted to directing attention to a business, profession, commodity, or service that is not the primary business, profession, commodity, or service sold, manufactured, conducted, or offered on the site on which the sign is located.
AGGRIEVED PERSON. Any person who, in person or through a representative, appeared at a public hearing of the approving authority in connection with the decision or action appealed, or who, by other appropriate means prior to a hearing, informed the local government of the nature of his or her concerns or who for good cause was unable to do either.
ALLEY. A public way permanently reserved primarily for vehicular service access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
ALLOWABLE USE. Any use allowed by right which does not require a public hearing or any discretionary or nondiscretionary permit from the approving authority.
ALTER. To make a change in the supporting members of a structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders, which change will prolong the life of the structure.
APPEALABLE DEVELOPMENT. Any of the following:
(1) Developments approved by the city between the sea and the first public road paralleling the sea, or within 300 feet of the inland extent of any beach or of the mean high tide line of the sea where there is no beach, whichever is the greater distance, as generally indicated on the official appeals zone maps approved by the Coastal Commission.
(2) Developments approved by the city not included within subsection (1) of this definition, but located on tidelands, submerged lands, public trust lands, or within 100 feet of any wetland, estuary, or stream, or within 300 feet of the top of the seaward face of any coastal bluff, as generally indicated on the official appeals zone maps approved by the Coastal Commission.
(3) Any development which constitutes a major public works project or a major energy facility.
APPELLANT. Any person who may file an appeal, which includes an applicant, any aggrieved person, or any two members of the Coastal Commission.
APPLICANT. The person, partnership, corporation, or state or local governmental agency applying for a coastal development permit.
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The city official, Planning Commission, or Council that approves a coastal development permit.
BLOCK. The properties abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets or nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided land, watercourse, or city boundary.
BOUTIQUE. A shop that specializes in selling sophisticated or fashionable clothing and accessories, or unique or harder to find items. A BOUTIQUE is smaller and more intimate than a STORE.
BUILDING. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls for the housing or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind. For the purposes of this section, BUILDING shall mean manufactured homes and mobilehomes as hereinafter defined.
BUILDING INSPECTOR. The Chief Building Official of the city.
CATEGORICALLY EXCLUDED DEVELOPMENT. A development (upon request of the city, public agency or other person) which the Coastal Commission has determined pursuant to Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 30610(e) to have no potential for significant adverse environmental effect's and therefore has issued an exclusion from the coastal development permit requirements in accordance with the applicable regulations.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTION. A non-profit institution devoted to the housing, training, or care of children, or of aged, indigent, handicapped, or underprivileged persons, but not including lodging houses, or dormitories providing temporary quarters for transient unemployed persons, organizations devoted to collecting or salvaging new or used materials, or organizations devoted principally to distributing food, clothing or supplies on a charitable basis.
CHIEF OF POLICE. The Chief of Police of the city.
CITY ATTORNEY. The City Attorney of the city.
CITY CLERK. The City Clerk of the city.
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION and COMMISSION. The duly appointed City Planning Commission.
COASTAL COMMISSION. The California Coastal Commission.
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. A letter or certificate issued by the city in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, after the applicant has submitted all necessary supplementary documentation required to satisfy the conditions precedent in the notice to issue a coastal development permit.
COMMERCIAL USES INCIDENTAL TO THE PRIMARY COASTAL DEPENDENT INDUSTRIAL USE. Those certain commercial uses allowed within the Core Coastal-Dependent Industrial Area which are minor in significance, subordinate to, and directly related to the primary coastal-dependent industrial uses for which the area is designated. COMMERCIAL USES INCIDENTAL TO THE PRIMARY COASTAL DEPENDENT INDUSTRIAL USE include, but are not limited to, retail sales and services of goods produced or functional work provided at the site, such as fish markets or seafood restaurants at commercial fish processing facilities, and facility tour areas.
COURT. An unoccupied open space on the same site with a building, which space is bounded on three or more sides by exterior building walls.
DEPTH. The horizontal distance between the front and rear property lines of a site measured along a line midway between the side property lines.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. The Director of Public Works of the city.
DISTRICT. A portion of the city within which the use of land and structures and the location, height and bulk of structures are governed by this chapter.
DRIVE-IN. An establishment serving food or beverages to customers who remain in or leave and return to their cars for consumption and including establishments with drive-up or drive-through window services.
DELICATESSEN STORE. An establishment which primarily retails cooked meats, foods and condiments for consumption off the premises, and which does not offer the range of meats, foods and goods carried by food stores or supermarkets, but which may have accessory seating for not more than 12 persons within an enclosed structure, and on-site consumption of food outside the enclosed structure is not permitted.
DEVELOPMENT. On land, in or under water, the placement or erection of any solid material or structure; discharge or disposal of any dredged material or of any gaseous, liquid, solid, or thermal waste; grading, removing, dredging, mining, or extraction of any materials; change in the density or intensity of use of land, including but not limited to, subdivision pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (commencing with Cal. Gov't Code § 66410), and any other division of land, including lot splits, except where the land division is brought about in connection with the purchase of such land by a public agency for public recreational use; change in the intensity of use of water, or of access thereto; construction, reconstruction, demolition, or alteration of the size of any structure, including any facility of any private, public, or municipal utility; and the removal or harvesting of major vegetation other than for agricultural purposes, kelp harvesting, and timber operations which are in accordance with a timber harvesting plan submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (commencing with Section 4511). As used in this section, “structure” includes, but is not limited to, any building, road, pipe, flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, and electrical power transmission and distribution line.
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. The Director of Community Development of the city.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. The Director of Public Works of the city.
DRIVEWAY. A private road, the use of which is limited to persons residing or working on the site and their invitees, licensees, and business visitors, and which provides access to off-street parking or loading facilities.
DWELLING. A one-family dwelling or multi-family dwelling other than an automobile trailer, hotel, motel, labor camp, camp car, tent, railroad car, or temporary structure.
DWELLING UNIT. One or more rooms and a single kitchen designed for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes.
EMERGENCY. A sudden, unexpected occurrence demanding immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss or damage to life, health, property, or essential public services.
EMERGENCY SHELTER.
A facility providing housing, supervision and needed support services to homeless persons on a day to day basis, with a duration of residency not to exceed six months. Emergency shelters are intended to provide interim, temporary housing to residents for whom other housing options are not readily available or affordable, and are not intended to provide long term housing needs. Standards are included in § 156.041 of this chapter to ensure that this intent is met.
(Ord. 631-C.S., passed 9-7-99)
FAMILY. An individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or a group of not more than five persons, not including servants, who need not be related, living as a single housekeeping unit.
FLOOR AREA, BASIC. The total amount of gross floor area a building contains expressed as a percentage of the total area of the lot.
FAMILY CARE HOME. A residence wherein the owner or proprietor is certified and supervised by the Department of Mental Hygiene of the state to furnish food and lodging in a family atmosphere plus varying amounts of custodial care to one or more persons, not exceeding six persons, who have been “gravely disabled” as defined in Cal. Welf. and Inst. Code § 5008(h).
FLOOR AREA, GROSS. The sum of the gross horizontal area of the several floors of a building and its accessory buildings on the same site excluding: basement or cellar areas used only for storage; space used for off-street parking or loading; steps, patios, decks, terraces, porches, and exterior balconies, if not enclosed on more than three sides. Unless excepted above, floor area includes, but is not limited to, elevator shafts and stairwells measured at each floor (but not mechanical shafts, penthouses, enclosed porches, interior balconies, and mezzanines).
FRONTAGE. The property line of a site abutting on a street, other than the side line of a corner lot. FRONTAGE shall be measured as the shortest distance between the points at which the side property lines intersect the street property line.
GARAGE or CARPORT. An accessory structure, or a portion of a main structure, having a permanent roof and designed for the storage of motor vehicles.
GARAGE, REPAIR. A structure or part thereof where motor vehicles or parts thereof are repaired or painted.
GARAGE, PARKING. A structure or part thereof used for the storage, parking, or servicing of motor vehicles, but not for the repair thereof.
GARDEN SHOP. A shop that specializes in selling hand gardening tools, garden décor, small plants, and seeds. A GARDEN SHOP does not contain a plant nursery, large outdoor product displays, or large bags or quantities of mulch, compost, fertilizer, or soil.
HABITABLE ROOM. A room meeting the requirements of Chapter 150 of this title for sleeping, living, cooking, or, dining purposes, excluding such enclosed spaces as closets, pantries, bath or toilet rooms, service rooms, connecting corridors, laundries, unfinished attics, foyers, storage spaces, cellars, utility rooms, and similar spaces.
HOME OCCUPATION. The conduct of an art or profession, the offering of a service, the conduct of a business, or the handcraft manufacture or products in a dwelling in accordance with the provisions of § 155.215 of this title.
HOTEL. See MOTEL.
INDIRECT ILLUMINATION. Illumination of a sign by means of light cast upon it from a concealed source outside the sign itself.
INTERSECTION, STREET. The area common to two or more intersecting streets.
JUNK YARD. A site or portion of a site on which waste, discarded, or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, cleaned, packed, disassembled, or handled, including used furniture and household equipment yards, house wrecking yards, used lumber yards, and the like, except a site on which such uses are conducted within a completely enclosed structure and except SCRAP METAL YARDS as defined in this section. An establishment for the sale, purchase, or storage of used cars or salvaged machinery in operable condition and the processing of used or salvaged materials as part of a manufacturing operation shall not be deemed a junk yard. A MOTOR VEHICLE WRECKING YARD, as defined in this section, shall be deemed a junk yard.
HALFWAY HOUSE. A residence wherein food, lodging, and a certain amount of custodial and counseling care as provided to one or more persons who have recently been released from either a state penal institution or from a federal penal institution.
KENNEL. Any premises, except where accessory to an agricultural use, where four or more dogs or cats four months of age or older are kept.
LIVING ROOM. The principal room designed for general living purposes in a dwelling unit. Each dwelling unit shall have a living room.
LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM. The city's land use plan, zoning ordinance, zoning maps, and other implementing actions certified by the Coastal Commission as meeting the requirements of the California Coastal Act of 1976.
LODGING HOUSE. A dwelling in which lodging or lodging and meals are provided for compensation for more than three but not more than 15 persons other than members of the resident family, excepting a NURSING HOME as defined in this section.
LOT. See SITE.
LOT, CORNER. A site bounded by two or more adjacent street lines which have an angle of intersection of not more than 135°.
LOT, CORRIDOR. A site with access to a street by means of a corridor having not less than 20 feet of frontage and a width less than the required site width but at no point less than 20 feet. The length of a corridor shall be measured from the frontage line to the nearest point of intersection with that property line parallel most nearly parallel to the frontage line. The area of an access corridor shall not be included in determining the site area of a corridor lot.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE. An interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets. For the purpose of determining front yard requirements, both frontages shall be deemed front lot lines.
LOT, INTERIOR. A lot other than a corner lot.
LOT, KEY. The first interior lot to the rear of a reversed corner lot.
LOT, REVERSED CORNER. A corner lot, the side line of which is substantially a continuation of the front property line of the first lot to its rear.
LOT LINE, FRONT. A line separating an interior lot from a street, or a line separating either the narrower or the wider street frontage of a corner lot from a street at the option of the owner.
LOT LINE, REAR. A lot line, not a front lot line, which is parallel or approximately parallel to the front lot line. Where no lot line is within 45° of being parallel to the front lot line, a line 10 feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum possible distance from the front lot line shall be deemed the rear lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDE. Any lot line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
MANUFACTURED HOME. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body 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 definition except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification and complies with the standards established under this chapter. MANUFACTURED HOME includes a mobile home subject to 42 USC § 5401 et seq.
(Cal. Health & Safety Code § 18007)
MOBILEHOME. A structure that meets the requirements of the definition of a MANUFACTURED HOME. MOBILEHOME does not include a commercial coach, as defined Cal. Health & Safety Code § 18001.8, factory-built housing, as defined Cal. Health & Safety Code § 19971, or a recreational vehicle, as defined in Cal. Health & Safety Code § 18010.
(Cal. Health & Safety Code § 18008)
MOBILEHOME PARK. Any area or tract of land where two or more lots or spaces are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease to accommodate manufactured homes or mobilehomes used for human habitation.
MODULAR HOME. Factory-built housing certified as meeting the local or State Building Code as applicable to modular housing. Once certified by the state, modular homes shall be subject to the same standards as site-built homes.
MOTEL or HOTEL. A structure or portion thereof or a group of attached or detached structures, containing completely furnished individual guest rooms or suites, containing on a transient basis for compensation, and in which more than 60% of the individual guest rooms or suites are without kitchens or cooking facilities.
MOTOR VEHICLE WRECKING YARD. A site or portion of a site on which the dismantling or wrecking of used vehicles, whether self-propelled or not, or the storage, sale, or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts is conducted. The presence outside a fully enclosed structure of three or more used motor vehicles which are not capable of operating under their own power shall constitute prima facie evidence of a MOTOR VEHICLE WRECKING YARD. A MOTOR VEHICLE WRECKING YARD shall be deemed a junk yard.
MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING. A structure, containing more than one dwelling unit, designed for occupancy or occupied by more than one family.
NONCONFORMING SIGN. A sign, outdoor advertising structure, or display of any character which was lawfully erected or displayed, but which does not conform with standards for location, size, or illumination for the district in which it is located by reason of the adoption or amendment of this chapter, or by reason of annexation of territory to the city.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE. A structure which was lawfully erected, but which does not conform with the standards for yard spaces, height of structures, or distances between structures prescribed in the regulations for the district in which the structure is located by reason of the adoption or amendment of this chapter, or by reason of annexation of territory to the city.
NONCONFORMING USE. A use of a structure or land which was lawfully established and maintained, but which does not conform with the use regulations or required conditions for the district in which it is located by reason of the adoption or amendment of this chapter, or by reason of annexation of territory to the city.
NOTICE TO ISSUE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. A letter or certificate issued by the city in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, approving a development subject to fulfillment of conditions prior to issuance of a coastal development permit, but if such conditions are fulfilled, as being in conformance with and adequate to carry out the Local Coastal Program.
NURSERY SCHOOL. A school for five or more pre-elementary school age children, or the use of a site or portion of a site for a group day-care program for five children or more other than those resident on the site, including a day nursery, play group, or after-school group.
NURSING HOME. A structure operated as a lodging house in which nursing, dietary, and other personal services are rendered to convalescents, invalids, or aged persons, not including persons suffering from contagious or mental diseases, alcoholism, or drug addition, and in which surgery is not performed and primary treatments, such as customarily are given in hospitals or sanitariums, are not provided. A convalescent home or a rest home shall be deemed a NURSING HOME.
OFF-STREET LOADING FACILITIES. Site or portion of a site devoted to the loading or unloading of motor vehicles or trailers, including loading berths, aisles, access drives, and landscaped areas.
OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES. A site or portion of a site devoted to the off-street parking of motor vehicles, including parking spaces, aisles, access drives, and landscaped areas.
OIL AND GAS PIPELINE. Any public or private facility for transmitting hydrocarbons.
ONE-FAMILY DWELLING. A building designed for and/or occupied as a residence by one family or individual. ONE-FAMILY DWELLING shall include manufactured homes when placed on permanent foundation, converted to real property, and taxed as a site-built dwelling as provided by law.
ORIEL WINDOW. A window which projects from the main line of an enclosing wall of a building and is carried on brackets or corbels.
OTHER PERMITS AND APPROVALS. Permits and approvals, other than a coastal development permit, required to be issued by the approving authority before a development may proceed.
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURE. A structure of any kind or character, erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes, upon which any advertising sign may be placed.
PATIO, COVERED. An attached or detached structure not exceeding 14 feet in height and enclosed on not more than three sides except for posts necessary for roof support.
PERMITTED USE. Any use allowed by right which does not require a public hearing, but does require a discretionary or non-discretionary permit (such as, building permit) to be issued by the approving authority.
PRE-EXISTING. Prior to the adoption of this chapter.
PUBLIC UTILITY. An organization which provides an essential commodity or basic service to the public, such as water, energy, transportation, or telecommunications. Utilities may be publicly or privately owned.
RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY. A strip of land on which railroad tracks, switching equipment, signals and other facilities normally associated with and owned by a railroad are located. Areas of railroad rights-of-way may be used solely for the purpose of accommodating tracks, signals, and other operative devices and facilities related to and necessary for the operation of a railroad, and for public accessways at or above grade to and along the shoreline.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. A vehicle with or without motive power designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy meeting the criteria of Cal. Health and Safety Code Division 13, Part 2.11, § 18215.5. A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE shall include a motorhome, travel trailer, truck camper or camping trailer.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK.
(1) Any area or tract of land or a separate designated section within a mobilehome park, where one or more lots are rented or leased or held out for rent, or lease to owners or users of recreational vehicles or tents used for travel or recreational purposes on a transient basis.
(2) Notwithstanding division (1) above, an area or tract of land zoned for agricultural purposes where two or more lots are rented or leased, or held out for rent or lease, to owners or users of recreational vehicles or tents for the purpose of housing 12 or fewer agricultural employees, shall not be deemed a recreational vehicle park.
(Cal. Health & Safety Code § 18215)
SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY. Government and private facilities that transmit a variety of data through satellites, including photos of the earth, messages to and from public safety officials, and a variety of other information.
SCRAP METAL YARD. A site or portion of a site used for storage, sorting, collecting, or baling of previously semi-prepared scrap metal, provided that no burning shall be permitted.
SECRETARY. The Secretary of the City Planning Commission and Design Review Committee.
SERVICE STATION. A place where gasoline or any other motor fuel, lubricating oil, or grease for the operation of motor vehicles is offered for sale to the public and deliveries are made directly into the vehicle, including the sale of accessories, performance of minor repairs and lubrication, and the washing of automobiles where no chain conveyor or blower is used.
SHOP. A small, usually independent retail location that offers specialized services or products. The size of the SHOP is determined relative to other similar visitor-serving and retail businesses in the Waterfront Commercial zone district.
SIGN. Any lettering or symbol made of cloth, metal, paint, paper, wood, or other material of any kind whatsoever placed for advertising, identification, or other purposes on the ground or on any bush, tree, rock, wall, post, fence building, structure, vehicle, or on any place whatsoever. The term “placed” shall include constructing, erecting, posting, painting, printing, tacking, nailing, gluing, sticking, carving, or otherwise fastening, affixing, or making visible in any manner whatsoever beyond the boundaries of a site.
SIGN AREA. The area of a sign having an integral part of a building, awning, canopy, or marquee as its background shall be the area within the shortest line drawn to include all letters, designs, and tubing which are a part of the sign. The area of all other signs shall be the largest cross-sectional area of the sign measured to a line encompassing all portions of the sign, including background and tubing, but excluding supporting posts without attached lighting. In computing the area of a sign having more than one face, all faces of the sign shall be included.
SIGN, SUBDIVISION. Any sign located either on or off a subdivision tract, which sign indicates the direction to or advertises the location, existence, or sale of a subdivision or any part thereof.
SINGLE OWNERSHIP. Holding record title, possession under a contract to purchase, or possession under a lease by a person, firm, corporation, or partnership, individually, jointly, in common, or in any other manner whereby the property is or will be under unitary or unified control.
SITE or LOT. A parcel of land or a portion thereof, considered as a unit, devoted to or intended for a use or occupied by a structure or a group of structures that are united by a common interest or use. A SITE or LOT shall have frontage on a street.
SITE AREA. The total horizontal area included within the property lines of a site, exclusive of the area of access corridors, streets, portions of the site within future street plan lines, and portions of the site within which a square having a minimum dimension of 35 feet cannot be inscribed.
SPA. A commercial establishment offering a variety of services to improve health and beauty and provide relaxation through personal care treatments such as baths, saunas, massage, facials and the like.
STATIONERY SHOP. A shop that sells paper and other materials needed for writing. A STATIONERY SHOP is not an office supply store.
STORE. A large, often corporate-owned or mainstream retail establishment. A STORE is larger and less intimate than a SHOP or a BOUTIQUE.
STREET. A thoroughfare right-of-way, dedicated as such or acquired for public use as such, other than an alley, which affords the principal means of access to abutting land.
STRUCTURE. In the coastal zone, includes, but is not limited to any building, road, pipe, flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, electrical power transmission and distribution line, and fences and walls exceeding six feet in height. Between the first public road and the sea, however, all fences and walls shall constitute a STRUCTURE for purposes of this definition.
STRUCTURE, ACCESSORY. A subordinate structure, the use of which is appropriate, subordinate, and customarily incidental to that of the main structure or the main use of the land and which is located on the same site with the main structure or use.
STRUCTURE, MAIN. A structure housing the principal use of a site or functioning as the principal use.
SWIMMING POOL. A pool, pond, lake, or open tank capable of containing water to a depth greater than 1½ feet at any point.
THEATER, SMALL. A theater, playhouse, or music hall that has seating space for less than 300 patrons.
TOY SHOP. A small shop that specializes in selling toys and games.
TRANSMISSION LINES. Electric power lines bringing power to a receiving substation or a distribution substation.
USE. 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 a structure is or may be occupied or maintained.
USE, ACCESSORY. A use which is appropriate, subordinate, and customarily incidental to the main use of the site and which is located on the same site as the main use.
USABLE OPEN SPACE. Open space meeting the requirements of § 155.035 of this title.
VARIETY SHOP. A shop that sells a wide variety of inexpensive items for personal or household use.
WIDTH. The horizontal distance between the side property lines of a site measured at right angles to the depth at a point midway between the front and rear property lines.
WIRED TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY. Telecommunications services such as wired (land line) telephone, digital subscriber line (DSL), internet and cable TV and internet services where TV, voice, internet, data, and other content are routed over a network of wires and cables and that do not require an antenna for transmission or reception.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY. Public, commercial and private electromagnetic and photoelectric transmission, broadcast, repeater and receiving stations for radio, television, telegraph, telephone, data network, and wireless communications. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY includes the towers and other support structures, commercial satellite dishes, antennas, equipment buildings necessary for the specific facility, and facilities co-located on utility poles. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY includes “satellite telecommunication facility.” WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY does not include “wired telecommunication facility,” or private personal wireless facilities that do not require a license from the Federal Communications Commission, including direct-to-home satellite TV.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY PERMIT. An administrative permit issued by the Director of Community Development or the Planning Commission.
YARD. Open space on the same site as a structure located between a structure and the adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by structures from the ground upward or from the level of the structure requiring the yard upward except as otherwise provided in this chapter, including a front yard, side yard, or rear yard.
YARD, FRONT. A yard extending across the full width of a site, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the front property line and a line parallel thereto on the site.
YARD, REAR. A yard extending across a full width of a site, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the rear property line and a line parallel thereto on the site.
YARD, SIDE. A yard between the main building and the adjacent side line of the lot and extending entirely from the front yard to the rear yard.
(‘63 Code, § 10-5.2906) (Ord. 417-C.S., passed 12-6-84; Am. Ord. 512-C.S., passed 3-8-90; Am. Ord. 518-C.S., passed 8-26-90; Am. Ord. 519-C.S., passed 8-26-90; Am. Ord. 526-C.S., passed 6-20-91; Am. Ord. 589-C.S., passed 2-21-95; Am. Ord. 663-C.S., passed 11-19-02; Am. Ord. 722-C.S., passed 3-18-08; Am. Ord. 757-C.S., passed 10-19-10; Am. Ord. 810-C.S., passed 5-19-15)