For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT: An attached or a detached residential dwelling unit which provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family dwelling is situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following:
A. An efficiency unit, as defined in section 17958.1 of the Health and Safety Code.
B. A manufactured home, as defined in section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code.
ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY: The Director of Municipal Utilities and Engineering of the City.
DEVELOPMENT: Any use to which land is put, building or other alteration of land and construction incidental thereto.
MOBILEHOME: A vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, designed or used for human habitation, for carrying persons and property on its own structure, and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.
MOBILEHOME PARK: Any area or tract of land where one or more mobilehome lots are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease to accommodate mobilehomes used for human habitation.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT: A structure designed and used for the occupancy of two (2) or more families.
PERSON: A natural person, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns and also includes a firm, partnership or corporation, and its or their successors or assigns, or the agent of any of the aforesaid.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT: A structure or portion thereof designed exclusively for the occupancy of one family.
SOLID WASTE CAPITAL FACILITIES: The solid waste facilities identified or referred to in the "Solid Waste Rate Study - 1991" as prepared by the Public Works Department and approved by the City, which identifies facilities and improvements required to serve new development that will be required to obtain City solid waste service.
STRUCTURE: Any building or improvement artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, including, but not limited to, dwellings, commercial structures, industrial structures, schools, churches or hotels. (Ord. 2880, 2019)