10-2-3: DEFINITIONS:

For the purpose of this title, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:

A
10-2-3-A-1	ABUT:	Two (2) adjoining parcels of property, with a common property line, are herein considered as one parcel abutting the other, except where two (2) or more lots adjoin only at a corner or corners, they shall not be considered as abutting unless the common property line between the two (2) parcels measures not less than eight feet (8') in a single direction.
10-2-3-A-2	ACCESSORY LIVING QUARTERS:	See definition of Guest Quarters.
10-2-3-A-3	ADJACENT:	Near or close to.
10-2-3-A-4	ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW:	A review used to determine whether findings can be made that a use is in conformance with the intent and provisions of this title.
10-2-3-A-5	ADULT BOOKSTORE; ADULT NOVELTY STORE; ADULT VIDEO STORE; ADULT INTERNET WEBSITE PROVIDER:	A commercial establishment which devotes a "significant or substantial portion" of the interior floor space or advertising space of its business either to the direct, mail order or internet sale or to the rental or viewing, or internet viewing, for any form of consideration, of one or more books, magazines, periodicals or other printed or photographic images, whether still or moving, whether recorded or displayed by means of film, motion picture, videocassette, video disk, photographic slide or other photographic or computer generated means, where such still or moving images, be they printed, computer generated, electronic or photographic, are characterized by the depiction, simulation or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas"; or commercial establishment which devotes a "significant or substantial portion" of the interior floor space or advertising space of its business to the direct, mail order or internet sale of instruments, devices or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with "specified sexual activities"; provided, that while an establishment may have other principal business purposes that do not involve the offering for sale of such instruments, devices or paraphernalia or the offering for sale or rental or viewing of materials depicting or describing "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical activities", nonetheless such an establishment shall be categorized as an "adult bookstore", "adult novelty store", "adult video store" or "adult internet website provider" and such other business purposes shall not serve to exempt such establishment from being categorized as an "adult bookstore", "adult novelty store", "adult video store" or "adult internet website provider" so long as one of its principal business purposes is the offering for sale, rental or viewing, for any form of consideration, of one or more of the specified materials described herein.
10-2-3-A-6	ADULT MOVIE THEATER:	Any enclosed building or portion thereof used for the presenting of motion pictures, film, videotape, slides or any other commercially used display screen or device in which fifteen percent (15%) or more of the display time is devoted to the presentation of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" as defined in this section for customers therein.
10-2-3-A-7	AIRPORT:	Any area which is used or is intended to be used for the taking off and landing of aircraft, including helicopters and any appurtenant areas which are used or are intended to be used for airport building or facilities, including open spaces, taxiways and "tie down" areas.
10-2-3-A-8	ALCOHOL:	Beverage(s) requiring licensing for sale by the California state department of alcoholic beverage control.
10-2-3-A-9	ALLEY:	Any dedicated way intended for vehicular service to the rear or side of property served by a street. Buildings facing an alley shall not be construed as satisfying the requirements of this title related to frontage on a dedicated street.
10-2-3-A-10	ALTER:	To make any change in the floor plan, supporting or load bearing members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders or floor joists.
10-2-3-A-11	AMENDMENT:	A change in the wording, context, or substance of this title, an addition or deletion or a change in the zone district boundaries or classification upon the zoning map.
10-2-3-A-12	ANCILLARY SERVICES:	Services provided that are related and incidental to a primary use located on the same site. Can also be called "accessory services".
10-2-3-A-13	ANIMAL HOSPITAL:	A place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and are cared for during the time of such treatment. Use as a kennel shall be limited to short time boarding and shall only be incidental to such hospital use, and within an enclosed soundproof structure.
10-2-3-A-14	AUTOMOBILE SALES (NEW OR USED):	The retail sales of more than one, new or used, automobile. It shall also include other vehicles such as vans, pickup trucks and sports utility vehicles (SUVs), typically purchased for personal use and/or transportation, and shall not include commercially rated vehicles. This definition may also include as ancillary uses, automotive detailing, repair and service to vehicles for sale on the subject site, when conducted within an enclosed building.
10-2-3-A-15	AUTOMOBILE WRECKING YARD:	A site or portions of a site on which the dismantling or wrecking of used vehicles or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts are conducted. The presence on a site of three (3) or more motor vehicles which have not been capable of operating under their own power for thirty (30) days or more, or, in the case of vehicles not self-propelled, which have not been towable or from which parts have been removed for reuse or sales, shall be limited to short time boarding and shall be only incidental to prima facie evidence of a motor vehicle wrecking yard.
10-2-3-A-16	AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE STATION:	An occupancy that provides for the retail sales of motor vehicle fuel (including, but not limited to, gasoline and diesel fuel) and the servicing of motor vehicles and operations incidental thereto, limited to:
		A.Retail sale of oil, tires, batteries and new accessories;
		B.Hand washing, drying, vacuuming, waxing and polishing of automobiles, pickup trucks, and vans;
		C.Tire changing and repairing (not including tire recapping);
		D.Battery service, charging and replacement (not including repair or rebuilding);
		E.Radiator cleaning and flushing (not including repair or steam cleaning);
		F.Installation of minor accessories;
		G.In addition, the following operations are permitted if conducted within an enclosed building:
		1.Lubrication of motor vehicles;
		2.Brake adjustment, replacement of brake cylinders and brake fluid lines;
		3.The testing, adjustment and replacement of carburetors, coils, condensers, distributor caps, fan belts, filters, generators, points, rotors, spark plugs, voltage regulators, fuel pumps, water hoses, wheel balancing, or other minor tune ups;
		4.Smog testing in compliance with state of California regulations;
		H.Acceptance of used oil and oil filters from domestic users, if licensed by the state of California as a certified collection center, approved by the Reedley fire department and limited to one 55-gallon storage tank. The center must be in compliance with section 25250.11 of the state of California Health And Safety Code.
		I.A fueling station is permitted as an ancillary use to an automotive service station.
10-2-3-A-17		Reserved.
B
10-2-3-B-1	BAKERY SHOP:	Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of bakery products such as bread, cakes and pies and which produce some or all of the products on the premises.
10-2-3-B-2	BANQUET HALL:	A facility primarily engaged in providing banquet rooms, meals, and dancing for special occasions including, but not limited to, formal dinners, receptions, reunions, promotions, benefits, and club meetings. Dancing may only be provided in conjunction with, and subservient to said events as noted above.
10-2-3-B-3	BAR OR LOUNGE:	An establishment whose primary business is the sale of alcoholic beverages to customers for consumption on the premises. This does not include on site manufacturing of alcoholic beverages. Also referred to as a tavern. While a bar may have facilities for performers of the arts (music, comedy, etc.) for the entertainment of the customer, it differs from a nightclub in that customer dancing is prohibited. A bar differs from a restaurant in that it is not required to prepare and serve food, but it can be an ancillary use.
10-2-3-B-4	BARBED WIRE:	Wire for fences or barriers having sharp barbs or points of metal twisted into smooth wire at regular intervals.
10-2-3-B-5	BED AND BREAKFAST INN:	Any existing residences of historic or architectural significance used for sleeping facilities for not more than six (6) guest units available to the public for hire on an overnight or limited term basis with a thirty (30) day maximum stay and operated as an accessory use to the owner or manager's residence. Such use may also include a continental breakfast if limited to guests.
10-2-3-B-6	BILLBOARD:	See definition of Sign, Off Premises.
10-2-3-B-7	BLOCK:	All property fronting on one side of a street between intersecting and intercepting streets, or between a street and a right of way, waterway, end of a cul-de-sac, or city-county boundary. Where the city-county boundary intersects or intercepts a street in a block as described herein, the block shall be considered to end at the city-county boundary.
10-2-3-B-8	BLOCK FRONTAGE:	All property fronting on one side of a street between a street and right of way, waterway, or between intersecting or intercepting streets, the end of a dead end street, or city or county boundary measure along a street line. An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the frontage on the side of the street that it intercepts.
10-2-3-B-9	BOARDING, ANIMAL:	See definition of Animal Hospital or Kennel.
10-2-3-B-10	BOARDING OR ROOMING HOUSE:	A building where lodging and meals are provided for compensation for five (5) but not more than fifteen (15) persons, but not to include hotel, motel, emergency shelter, group housing facility or rest home.
10-2-3-B-11	BODY ART:	Body piercing, tattooing, branding, or the application of permanent cosmetics or makeup.
10-2-3-B-12	BODY ART ACTIVITY:	Any temporary or permanent application, process of application, sterilization, sanitation, cleaning, preparation, implementation, or other procedure, utilized in the conduct of body art or any associated activity, which is necessary to conduct "body art", as defined in this section.
10-2-3-B-13	BODY ART FACILITY:	The specified building, section of a building, including reception areas, the procedure area and the decontamination and sterilization area used for purpose of performing body art on clients. "Body art facility" does not include a facility that only pierces the ear, excluding the tragus, with a disposable, single use, presterilized clasp and stud or solid needle that is applied using a mechanical device to force the needle or stud through the ear, such as the type of mechanism used at a jewelry store.
10-2-3-B-14	BODY ART PRACTITIONER:	A person that has completed an approved bloodborne pathogen training course and is registered with and received a permit from the Fresno County department of public health to conduct body art activity, including permanent cosmetics or makeup.
10-2-3-B-15	BODY PIERCING:	The creation of an opening in the human body for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration. "Body piercing" includes, but is not limited to, the piercing of the ear, including the tragus, lip, tongue, navel, nose, or eyebrow. "Body piercing" does not include the piercing of the ear, except the tragus, with a disposable, single use, presterilized clasp and stud or solid needle that is applied using a mechanical device to force the needle or stud through the ear.
10-2-3-B-16	BORROW PIT:	Any place or premises where dirt, soil, sand, gravel or other materials is removed by excavation or otherwise below the grade of surrounding land for any purpose other than that necessary and incidental to grading or to building construction or operation on the premises.
10-2-3-B-17	BRANDING:	The process in which a mark or marks are burned into human skin tissue with a hot iron or other instrument with the intention of leaving a permanent scar.
10-2-3-B-18	BREEZEWAY:	A roofed passageway, open on at least two (2) sides, connecting the main structure on a site with another main structure or accessory structure or accessory use on the same site.
10-2-3-B-19	BUILDING:	A permanently located structure, having exterior walls and a roof, for the housing or enclosure of persons, chattels or property of any kind. Mobile homes, travel trailers and other vehicles, even though permanently immobilized, shall not be deemed to be buildings.
10-2-3-B-20	BUILDING, ACCESSORY:	A building or structure which is subordinate to, and the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the main building, structure or use on the same site.
		Except in the case of garden structures, if any accessory building is attached to the main building by a common wall or a connecting roof, such accessory building shall be deemed to be a part of the main building.
10-2-3-B-21	BUILDING, AREA OF:	The sum in square feet of the ground areas occupied by all buildings and structures on a lot.
10-2-3-B-22	BUILDING, HEIGHT OF:	The vertical distance measured from the adjoining curb level to the highest point of the structure, exclusive of chimneys and ventilators; provided, however, that where buildings are set back from the street line, the height shall be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building.
10-2-3-B-23	BUILDING, MAIN:	A building within which is conducted the principal use permitted on the lot or site as provided by this title.
10-2-3-B-24	BUILDING SETBACK LINE:	The minimum distance as prescribed by this title between any property line and the closest point on the foundation or any supporting wall, post, or pillar of any building or structure related thereto.
10-2-3-B-25	BUILDING SITE:	The ground area of a building together with all the open space required by this zoning ordinance.
10-2-3-B-26		Reserved.
C
10-2-3-C-1	CARPORT:	An accessory structure or portion of a main structure open on two (2) or more sides designed for the parking or storage of motor vehicles, without full enclosure.
10-2-3-C-2	CARETAKER'S RESIDENCE:	A single-family residence on the same property with, or on abutting property owned by the owner of, a commercial or light industrial use, which residence is occupied by one or more persons charged with the care or protection of facilities used in such commercial or manufacturing use, and which residence is provided to the occupant as compensation for such services and for which he does not pay money or other thing of value other than his services.
10-2-3-C-3	CAR WASH, AUTOMATED:	The following definitions of an automated car wash shall be applicable:
		A. Drive-Through: Any occupancy that provides for washing of automobiles through a low noise fully automated car wash facility, and where the customer drives the vehicle into the facility and remains in the car during the wash process.
		B. Mechanical: Any occupancy that provides for the washing of automobiles through the use of mechanical equipment such as, but not limited to, conveyor chains, blowers, steam guns, roller brushes, and high pressure vacuum units or similar equipment. The customer exits the vehicle and waits for the attendants to complete the washing, cleaning and drying of the vehicle. This car wash has a waiting area for the customer and a designated finishing and/or detailing area to complete the car care service.
10-2-3-C-4	CAR WASH, SELF- SERVICE:	Any occupancy that provides for automobile washing to be done by the customer. There are no employees other than service people who check and maintain equipment, open and close the facility, and provide general supervision of the use of the facility. Equipment shall be limited to a water softener, water heater, soap mixing tank, low pressure vacuum units, and a one horsepower electric motor and pump for each stall or similar equipment which shall produce only a low volume of sound.
10-2-3-C-5	CEMETERY:	Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead, and dedicated for such purposes, including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums and mortuaries, when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of such premises.
10-2-3-C-6	CLINIC:	A place for the provision of group medical or dental services for humans, not involving overnight housing of human patients.
10-2-3-C-7	CLUB:	An association of persons (whether or not incorporated), religious or otherwise, for a common purpose, but not including groups which are organized primarily to render a service carried on as a business for profit.
10-2-3-C-8	COLLECTION FACILITY:	A center for the acceptance by donation, redemption or purchase of recyclable materials from the public. Such a facility does not use power driven processing equipment except as indicated in subsection 10-13-6E of this title. Collection facilities may include the following:
		A.Reverse vending machines;
		B.Small collection facilities which occupy an area of not more than five hundred (500) square feet, and may include:
		1.A mobile unit;
		2.Bulk reverse vending machines or a grouping of reverse vending machines occupying more than fifty (50) square feet;
		3.Kiosk type units which may include permanent structures;
		4.Unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable materials;
		C.Large collection facilities which may occupy an area of more than five hundred (500) square feet and may include permanent structures.
10-2-3-C-9	COLLEGE:	An education institution offering advanced instruction in an academic field beyond the secondary level, but not including trade schools or business colleges.
10-2-3-C-10	COLLEGE, TRADE:	See definition of School, Trade.
10-2-3-C-11	COMMERCIAL OFFICE:	Any administrative or clerical office maintained as a business and any office established by a private service over which this title has jurisdiction.
10-2-3-C-12	COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT BUILDINGS:	A building housing electrical and mechanical equipment necessary for the conduct of a public communication business, with or without personnel.
10-2-3-C-13	COMMUNITY CARE FACILITY:	Any facility, place or building which is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical residential care, daycare or home providing agency services for children, adults, or children and adults, including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally impaired or incompetent persons, and includes the following:
		A.Adult Residential Facility: Provides twenty four (24) hour a day nonmedical care and supervision to adults who are mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped except elderly persons, who are in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual.
		B.Residential Care Facility For The Elderly: A group housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by residents who are sixty two (62) years of age and who are provided varying levels of supportive services or care, as agreed upon at the time of admission, based upon their varying needs.
		C.Rehabilitation Facility: Provides twenty four (24) hour a day nonmedical care and supervision in a group setting to adults and/or emancipated minors recovering from alcohol and/or drug misuse, who are currently or potentially capable of meeting their life support needs independently, but who temporarily need assistance, guidance or counseling.
		D. Foster Family Home: Any residential facility providing twenty four (24) hour care for foster children which is owned, leased or rented and is the residence of the foster parent or parents, including their family, in whose care the foster children have been placed. Such placement may be by a public or private child placement agency or by a court order, or by voluntary placement by a parent, parents or guardian.
10-2-3-C-14	CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT:	A permit that requires special consideration of a conditional use so that they may be located properly with respect to the objectives of this title and with respect to their effects on surrounding properties. Conditional use permits also may give the zone district use regulations of this title the additional flexibility necessary to achieve the objectives of this title. Conditional use permits are subject to the provisions of chapter 18 of this title.
10-2-3-C-15	CONTIGUOUS:	See definition of Abut.
10-2-3-C-16	CONSIGNMENT STORE:	A retail business where the owner/employees sell used merchandise on behalf of multiple people that maintain ownership of the merchandise until the sale is made.
10-2-3-C-17	CORNER CUTOFF AREA:	The triangular area of a reversed corner lot, where the rear and street side yard property lines meet. Said area is determined by measuring from that intersection along both the rear and street side property lines, a distance equal to the front yard setback distance of the abutting property, then connecting those points, thereby forming that triangle.
10-2-3-C-18	CUL-DE-SAC:	A street with only one point of access for vehicular traffic.
10-2-3-C-19		Reserved.
D
10-2-3-D-1	DAYCARE CENTER:	Any childcare facility, other than a small or large family daycare home, which provides nonmedical care and supervision to children under eighteen (18) years of age for periods of less than twenty four (24) hours per day, while the parent or guardians are away.
		Daycare centers include infant centers, preschools and extended daycare facilities.
		Daycare centers operating on the site of educational institutions and in all buildings designed for public assembly are a permitted use.
10-2-3-D-2	DAY SPA AND SALON:	Establishments engaged in the purchase, sale or transaction of personal services rendered by licensed professionals such as manicurists, aestheticians, makeup artists, hairstylists, massage therapists, and other related health and beauty professionals.
10-2-3-D-3	DENSITY:	The ratio of residential dwelling units per acre of property.
10-2-3-D-4	DENSITY BONUS:	An allowable density increase over the otherwise allowable residential land use density under the applicable zoning and general plan land use designation, on the date an application is deemed complete, pursuant to Government Code chapter 4.3, density bonuses and other incentives.
10-2-3-D-5	DEPARTMENT STORE:	A retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different product categories known as "departments".
10-2-3-D-6	DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT:	An establishment which serves food or beverages to persons while seated in or on a parked motor vehicle, and/or which serves food or beverages for consumption off the premises of the restaurant.
10-2-3-D-7	DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT:	An establishment which serves food or beverages to persons while seated in a running motor vehicle where the vehicles create a line and move in one direction to be served.
10-2-3-D-8	DUMP:	A place used for the disposal, abandonment or discarding by burial, incineration or by any other means of any garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, rubble, waste material, offal or dead animals.
10-2-3-D-9	DUPLEX:	A building designed exclusively for occupancy by, or occupied by, two (2) families, living independently of each other (i.e., two-family dwelling).
10-2-3-D-10	DWELLING:	A building or portion thereof, designed exclusively for residential purposes, including one-family and multiple-family dwellings; including mobile homes; but not including hotels, apartment hotels, boarding and rooming houses, fraternity and sorority houses, rest homes, convalescent homes and nursing homes or childcare nurseries.
10-2-3-D-11	DWELLING, MOBILE HOME:	A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which when erected on a site measures twenty (20) body feet or more in width and forty (40) body feet or more in length and designed to be used as a one-family dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities.
10-2-3-D-12	DWELLING, MULTIPLE- FAMILY:	A building designed exclusively for occupancy by four (4) or more families living independently of each other (e.g., fourplex or apartment).
10-2-3-D-13	DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY:	A detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by, or occupied by, one family for residential purposes.
10-2-3-D-14	DWELLING UNIT:	One or more rooms and a kitchen with a primary heating source (i.e., a stove or oven) designed for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes.
10-2-3-D-15		Reserved.
E
10-2-3-E-1	EASEMENT:	A space on a lot or parcel of land reserved for or used for public uses.
10-2-3-E-2	EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES:	Public or other nonprofit institutions conducting regular academic instruction at preschool, kindergarten, elementary, secondary and collegiate levels, and including graduate schools, universities, nonprofit research institutions and religious institutions. Such institutions must either: a) offer general academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the state board of education; or b) confer degrees as a college or university of undergraduate or graduate standing; or c) conduct research; or d) give religious instruction. This definition does not include schools, academies or institutes, incorporated or otherwise, which operate for a profit, nor does it include commercial or trade schools.
10-2-3-E-3	ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SUBSTATION:	An assembly of equipment which is a part of a system for the distribution of electric power where electric energy is received at a subtransmission voltage and transformed to a lower voltage for distribution for general consumer use.
10-2-3-E-4	ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION SUBSTATION:	An assembly of equipment which is part of a system for the transmission of electric power where electric energy is received at a very high voltage from its source of generation by means of a network of high voltage lines and where, by means of transformers, said high voltage is transformed to a low subtransmission voltage for purposes of supplying electric power to large individual consumers, interchange connections with other power producing agencies or electric distribution substations for transformation to still lower voltages for distribution to small individual users.
10-2-3-E-5	EMERGENCY SHELTER:	Housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons limited to occupancy of six (6) months or less. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.
10-2-3-E-6	EMPLOYEE HOUSING:	Privately owned housing which houses five (5) or more employees in living quarters and is provided in connection with any work, whether or not rent is involved. See also Farmworker Housing. Employee housing is subject to the provisions of the employee housing act.
10-2-3-E-7		Reserved.
F
10-2-3-F-1	FAMILY:	One person living alone or two (2) or more persons living together in a dwelling unit with common access to, and common use of, all living, kitchen, and eating areas within the dwelling unit.
10-2-3-F-2	FARMWORKER HOUSING:	Housing in a rural area which is provided by someone who is not an agricultural employer, and provided for agricultural workers employed by any agricultural employer, pursuant to the employee housing act.
10-2-3-F-3	FENCE:	Any structural device forming a vertical physical barrier, other than a wall (solid masonry wall) as described herein, intended to either mark the boundary of property, or act as a visual, noise, or security barrier. A fence may be made of a variety of materials including wire mesh, steel mesh, chainlink, ornamental iron, masonry, louvered glass, wood slat or stake and other similar materials, and constructed with or without openings: e.g., open framework such as wrought iron or a solid fence such as cedar or redwood planks.
10-2-3-F-4	FENCE, OPEN:	A fence, fifty percent (50%) or more of the vertical surface of which is open to the transmission of light, air and vision.
10-2-3-F-5	FENCE, SCREENED:	A fence, ninety percent (90%) or more of the vertical surface of which is closed to the transmission of light, air and vision.
10-2-3-F-6	FINAL MAP:	An official subdivision map filed for record with the county recorder pursuant to title 11 of this code and the subdivision map act, evidencing divisions of land.
10-2-3-F-7	FIXED VENDING ESTABLISHMENT:	Not less than two (2) nonfixed (mobile) vendors operating simultaneously on private property. The subject property must be located within the specified commercial or industrial zone districts, as designated by the city of Reedley, community development department.
10-2-3-F-8	FLOOR AREA:	Whenever the term "floor area" is used in this zoning ordinance as a basis for requiring off street parking for any structure, it shall be assumed that, unless otherwise stated, said floor area applies not only to the ground floor area but also to any additional stories, or basement of said structure. All horizontal dimensions shall be taken from the exterior faces of walls including enclosed porches.
10-2-3-F-9	FRONTAGE:	That portion of a parcel of property which abuts a dedicated public street or highway.
10-2-3-F-10	FRONT WALL:	The wall of a building or structure nearest the street which the building fronts, but excluding certain architectural features as cornices, canopies, eaves or embellishments.
10-2-3-F-11		Reserved.
G
10-2-3-G-1	GARAGE, PRIVATE:	A detached accessory building or a portion of a main building on the same lot as a dwelling for the housing of vehicles of the occupants of the dwelling, including carports.
10-2-3-G-2	GARAGE, REPAIR:	A building other than a private garage used for the care, repair, or equipment of automobiles, or where such vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire, or sale.
10-2-3-G-3	GARAGE, PUBLIC:	A building used by the general public for the storage and/or parking of motor vehicles.
10-2-3-G-4	GENERAL PLAN:	An integrated, internally consistent, comprehensive, and long range set of goals and policies for the general physical development of the city and any land outside the city's boundaries which bears relation to the city's planning. The general plan shall include maps that recommend the general locations and types of land uses that are consistent with the goals and policies of the plan. The general plan and its recommendations shall address physical, social, economic, environmental, design, and public service delivery system issues that have a bearing on the growth and change of the city. The general plan shall contain the mandatory elements prescribed by state planning and zoning law (title 7, division 1, commencing with section 65000, of the California Government Code), which may be combined where appropriate. The general plan may also include any other elements or address any other subjects which, in the judgment of the council, are needed for the appropriate physical development of the city. The general plan shall be adopted or amended by resolution of the council.
10-2-3-G-5	GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT:	The legislative act of changing the general plan of the city of Reedley, including, but not limited to, a change in land use designation, circulation designation, or a modification of the text itself.
10-2-3-G-6	GROUP HOUSING FACILITY:	Any building, facility, premises, house, structure, dwelling unit, multiple dwelling, apartment house, or portion thereof, at which persons reside in a group occupancy setting, but not including a hotel, motel, fraternity, sorority, rooming and/or boarding house, skilled nursing facility or emergency shelter.
		This facility is generally characterized by the provision of a prearranged or organized household structure or program. Residents of a facility may also receive medical treatment in addition to any nonmedical supportive services in a residential or congregate care setting, as opposed to a hospital.
10-2-3-G-7	GARDEN STRUCTURE:	An arbor, deck, fountain, lath cover, lath house, patio cover, pergola, raised planting bed, trellis or other similar structure intended specifically to enhance the appearance of the garden or which has a function relating to the use of outdoor space, but not including a house, garage, carport or storage building.
10-2-3-G-8	GUEST:	Any transient person who occupies a room for sleeping purposes.
10-2-3-G-9	GUEST QUARTERS:	An accessory building that provides sleeping or living accommodations located on the same premises with an existing main building, such accommodations having no kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling unit.
10-2-3-G-10	GUESTROOM:	A room which is designed to be occupied by one or more guests for sleeping purposes but without kitchen facilities, not including dormitories.
10-2-3-G-11		Reserved.
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10-2-3-H-1	HEDGE:	A series of plant material arranged in a formal pattern to create a barrier of plants which are cut, clipped, or hedged to create a living fence.
10-2-3-H-2	HOME OCCUPATION:	The conduct of an art or profession, the offering of a service or the conduct of a business, or the handicraft manufacture of products within a dwelling in a residential district, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the structure for dwelling purposes and which does not change the character thereof, in accordance with the regulations prescribed in section 10-13-1 of this title.
10-2-3-H-3	HOSPITAL:	Any building or portion thereof used by an institution to operate facilities for inpatient medical care, including X-ray, laboratory and surgery, for the diagnosis, care and treatment of human illness, injury and disease. Outpatient care may also be provided. "Hospital" shall also mean any health facility for inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care and treatment, which state law requires such facility be permitted in any area zoned for hospitals or nursing homes.
10-2-3-H-4	HOTEL:	An establishment that provides lodging, and usually food services (restaurant), entertainment and personal services to the public based on an agreed payment of a fixed amount of money in exchange for use of the guestroom for a fixed period of time, typically on a nightly or weekly basis, but not for more than twenty nine (29) consecutive days, but excluding a motel, group housing facility, emergency shelter, fraternity, sorority, rooming or boarding house, rest home or family. "Hotel" shall not be construed to include trailer court, sanatorium, hospital or other institutional building or jail or other building where persons are housed under restraint.
10-2-3-H-5		Reserved.
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10-2-3-I-1	INFILL DEVELOPMENT:	A project of less than five (5) acres in the city limits, which is consistent with general plan land use and zoning designation, is served by all required utilities and public services, and will not result in any traffic, noise, air or water quality effects related to the surrounding built environment.
10-2-3-I-2	INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY:	A health facility which provides the following basic twenty four (24) hour inpatient care to ambulatory or nonambulatory patients who have recurring need for skilled nursing supervision and need supportive care, but who do not require availability of continuous skilled nursing care and shall include the following:
		A.Intermediate/Developmentally Disabled Habilitative: A facility with a capacity of four (4) to fifteen (15) beds which provides twenty four (24) hour personal care, habilitation, developmental and supportive health services to fifteen (15) or fewer developmentally disabled persons who have intermittent recurring needs for nursing services, but have been certified by a physician as not requiring availability of continuous skilled nursing care.
		B. Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled: A facility which provides twenty four (24) hour personal care, habilitation, developmental and supportive health services to developmentally disabled clients whose primary need is for developmental services and who have a recurring but intermittent need for skilled nursing services.
		C.Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled - Nursing: A facility with a capacity of four (4) to fifteen (15) beds which provides twenty four (24) hour personal care, developmental services and nursing supervision for developmentally disabled persons who have intermittent recurring needs for skilled nursing care but have been certified by a physician as not requiring continuous skilled nursing care.
		D.Congregate Living Health Facility: A residential home with a capacity of no more than six (6) beds, which provides inpatient care to mentally alert, physically disabled residents, who may be ventilator dependent, and which provides the following basic services: medical supervision, twenty four (24) hour skilled nursing and supportive care to residents, including ventilator assisted or dependent residents, all of whom would require long term institutional care without this licensure classification and who no longer require care in an acute care facility, as determined by their physicians.
		E.Intermediate Care Facility For Chronically Or Terminally Ill Children: A facility which provides twenty four (24) hour personal care and supportive health services and daycare to children with chronic or terminal illnesses who need care and supervision and regular health services, and each client has been certified by the client's attending physician and surgeon as not requiring continuous skilled nursing care.
10-2-3-I-3		Reserved.
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10-2-3-J-1	JUNK:	Any worn out, cast off, or discarded article or material that is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some use. Any article or material that, unaltered or unchanged and without further reconditioning, can be used for its original purpose as readily as when new, shall not be considered junk.
10-2-3-J-2	JUNKYARD:	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; excepting a site on which uses are conducted within a completely enclosed structure and excepting automobile wrecking yards as defined in this section. An establishment for the sale, purchase or storage of used cars, farm equipment 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 junkyard.
10-2-3-J-3		Reserved.
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10-2-3-K-1	KENNEL:	Any lot, building, structure, enclosure or premises where any animal is boarded, trained or kept for the purpose of sale or breeding, whether in special buildings or runways or not.
10-2-3-K-2	KITCHEN:	Any room used or intended or designed to be used for cooking or the preparation of food that includes a primary heating source.
10-2-3-K-3	KITCHENETTE:	Any room used or intended or designed to be used for cooking or the preparation of food that does not include a primary heating source.
10-2-3-K-4		Reserved.
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10-2-3-L-1	LANDSCAPING:	The planting of vegetation of all types, and may also include the installation of exterior decoration, furniture, sculpture, or structures, including on premises flagpoles and monument signs as defined in chapter 14 of this title, the preservation and enhancement of landform and natural land features, the location and construction of aesthetically pleasing and functional approaches for structures, roadways, pedestrianways, and enclosures, and the enhancement of the environment for human habitation by climate control, air movement, pollution control and aesthetics.
10-2-3-L-2	LARGE FAMILY DAYCARE HOME:	A home, located in a primary residential neighborhood, that provides regular care, protection and supervision of nine (9) to fourteen (14) children, including children who reside at the home, in the provider's own home, for periods of less than twenty four (24) hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away.
		A large family daycare home shall be considered a residential use of property for purposes of compliance with city fire, building and zoning codes. A large family daycare home shall be subject to the requirements set forth in subsection 10-6B-3H of this title.
10-2-3-L-3	LEGAL NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE:	A structure which was lawfully erected prior to the adoption of this title, but which, under this title, does not conform with the standards of coverage, yard space, height of structures or distance between structures prescribed in the regulations for the district in which the structure is located. Legal nonconforming structures shall be subject to the regulations set forth in section 10-15-7 of this title.
10-2-3-L-4	LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE:	Use of a structure or land which was lawfully established and maintained prior to the adoption of this title, but which, under this title, does not conform with the use regulations for the district in which it is located. Legal nonconforming uses shall be subject to the regulations set forth in section 10-15-7 of this title.
10-2-3-L-5	LOADING:	The removal or placement of any commodity in, on, or from a vehicle of any type.
10-2-3-L-6	LOADING SPACE:	An off street space or berth on the same lot with a main building, or contiguous to a group of buildings for the temporary parking of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading, which space abuts a street, alley, or other appropriate means of ingress and egress.
10-2-3-L-7	LODGE:	An order or society of persons organized for some common nonprofit purpose, but not including groups organized primarily to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business.
10-2-3-L-8	LODGING HOUSE:	A dwelling in which lodging or lodging and meals are provided for compensation for more than five (5) but not more than fifteen (15) persons other than members of the resident family, excepting an "intermediate care facility" as defined in this section.
10-2-3-L-9	LOT:	A.A parcel of real property with a separate and distinct number of other designations shown on a plat recorded in the office of the county recorder; or
		B.A parcel of real property delineated on an approved map of survey, lot split or subparceling map as filed in the office of the county recorder or in the office of the department of planning and inspection, and abutting at least one public street or right of way; or
		C.A parcel of real property containing not less area than required by the district in which it is located, abutting at least one public street or right of way, or other access approved by the commission and held under separate ownership from abutting property.
10-2-3-L-10	LOT AREA:	The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.
10-2-3-L-11	LOT, CORNER:	A lot situated at the intersection of two (2) or more streets which have an angle of intersection of not more than one hundred thirty five degrees (135°).
10-2-3-L-12	LOT COVERAGE:	That portion of a lot or building site which is occupied by any building or structure, excepting paved areas, walks and swimming pools, regardless of whether said building or structure is intended for human occupancy.
10-2-3-L-13	LOT DEPTH:	The depth of a lot shall be the horizontal length of a straight line connecting the midpoints of the front and rear lot lines.
10-2-3-L-14	LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE:	An interior lot having frontage on and with access on two (2) streets.
10-2-3-L-15	LOT, INTERIOR:	A lot other than a corner lot or reverse corner lot.
10-2-3-L-16	LOT, KEY:	The first lot to the rear of a reversed corner lot, except where separated by an alley.
10-2-3-L-17	LOT LINE, FRONT:	A.In the case of an interior lot, a line separating the lot from the street.
		B.In the case of a corner lot, the line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street.
		C.In the case of a through lot, both lot lines separating the lot from the streets on either end of the lot shall be considered to be front lot lines.
10-2-3-L-18	LOT LINE, REAR:	A lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line, or, in the case of an irregular, triangular or gore shaped lot, a line ten feet (10') in length within the lot parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.
10-2-3-L-19	LOT LINE, SIDE:	Any lot boundary line not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
10-2-3-L-20	LOT, NONCONFORMING:	A lot having less area or dimension than that required in the district in which it is located, and which was lawfully created prior to the zoning thereof whereby the larger area or dimension requirements were established; or any lot, other than one shown on a plat recorded in the office of the county recorder, which does not abut a public road or public right of way or approved private road right of way, and which was lawfully created prior to September 2, 1980.
10-2-3-L-21	LOT, REVERSED CORNER:	A corner lot, the street side of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the key lot upon which it rears, except where separated by an alley.
10-2-3-L-22	LOT, THROUGH:	See definition of Lot, Double Frontage.
10-2-3-L-23	LOT WIDTH:	The average horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point midway between the front and rear lot lines.
10-2-3-L-24	LOUNGE:	See definition of Bar Or Lounge.
10-2-3-L-25		Reserved.
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10-2-3-M-1	MEDICAL BUILDING:	Clinics or offices for doctors, dentists, oculists, chiropractors, osteopaths, chiropodists or similar practitioners of the healing arts, including accessory laboratories and a prescription pharmacy, but not including offices for veterinarians.
10-2-3-M-2	MEZZANINE:	An intermediate floor placed in any story or room. When the total area of any such mezzanine floor exceeds thirty three and one- third percent (331/3%) of the total floor area in that room, it shall be considered as constituting an additional story. The clear height above or below the mezzanine floor construction shall be not less than seven feet (7').
10-2-3-M-3	MOBILE HOME PARKS:	Any parcel or contiguous parcels of land under single ownership, designed or intended to be used to accommodate mobile homes on a permanent or semipermanent basis, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-13-3 of this title.
10-2-3-M-4	MINOR DEVIATION:	A modification of up to ten percent (10%) of any property development standard noted in the text of the zoning ordinance, for any "zone district", as defined in this title, that is found to not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property and improvements in the area in which the property is located. Minor deviations shall be approved by the community development director or their designee, subject to conditions as may be imposed.
10-2-3-M-5	MOBILE RECYCLING UNIT:	An automobile, truck, trailer or van, licensed by the department of motor vehicles which is used for the collection of recyclable materials. A mobile recycling unit also means the bins, boxes or containers transported by trucks, vans or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials.
10-2-3-M-6	MOTEL:	An establishment that provides lodging and parking, and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area, based on an agreed payment of a fixed amount of money in exchange for use of the guestroom for a fixed period of time, typically on a nightly or weekly basis, but not for more than twenty nine (29) consecutive days, but excluding a hotel, group housing facility, emergency residential shelter, fraternity, sorority, rooming or boarding house, rest home or family. The term "motel" shall include tourist court, auto court and motor lodge.
10-2-3-M-7	MOTOR VEHICLE WRECKING YARD:	See definition of Automobile Wrecking Yard.
10-2-3-M-8		Reserved.
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10-2-3-N-1	NIGHTCLUB:	A facility that provides a dance floor and live or recorded music for customer dancing, and may or may not provide entertainment, such as live performances of the arts (music, comedy, readings, dance, plays, etc.). A nightclub differs from either a restaurant or bar in that dancing by the customer is permitted. The serving of food or alcoholic beverages is an optional ancillary use.
10-2-3-N-2		Reserved.
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10-2-3-O-1	OCCUPANCY FRONTAGE:	A single linear dimension measured horizontally along the front of a building which defines the limits of a particular occupancy at that location and which has direct pedestrian access through an exterior wall which is visible from the public right of way.
10-2-3-O-2	OFF STREET LOADING FACILITIES:	A site or a portion of a site devoted to the loading or unloading of motor vehicles or trailers, including loading berths, aisles, access drives and landscaped areas.
10-2-3-O-3	OFF STREET PARKING FACILITIES:	A site or a portion of a site devoted to the off street parking of motor vehicles including parking spaces, aisles, access drives and landscaped areas.
10-2-3-O-4		Reserved.
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10-2-3-P-1	PARCEL MAP:	The map subdivision of land involving four (4) or fewer parcels, pursuant to title 11 of this code and the subdivision map act.
10-2-3-P-2	PARKING DISTRICT:	A government parking district maintained by the federal, state, county or city government or special district.
10-2-3-P-3	PATIO:	An outdoor space that is typically paved or made of a solid base and unobstructed from the base to the sky.
10-2-3-P-4	PATIO COVER:	An outdoor space that is typically paved or made of a solid base and has a structure projecting over it.
10-2-3-P-5	PENNANT:	Lightweight plastic, fabric, or other materials, suspended from a rope, wire, or string designed to move in the wind. Pennants shall not include banners as defined in this chapter or individual flags mounted on a single pole.
10-2-3-P-6	PERMANENT COSMETICS OR MAKEUP:	Any application of pigment to or under the skin of a person for the purpose of permanently or semipermanently changing the color or appearance of the skin. This includes, but is not limited to, permanent or semipermanent eyeliner, eyebrows, or lip color. Applicators of permanent cosmetics or makeup are considered body art practitioners.
10-2-3-P-7	POPULATION DENSITY:	The number of residential dwelling units on a site. The maximum permissible density shall be the number of dwelling units on a lot or per lot area as specified for the applicable zone district, exclusive of any area utilized or required to be utilized or dedicated for public street purposes. For cluster developments, a portion of the lot area associated with each dwelling unit may be aggregated into a common area which need not be contiguous to such unit.
10-2-3-P-8	PLANNED LAND USE DESIGNATION:	The depiction of different land use categories as shown by various colors on the general plan land use map. Each designation is identified and goals and policies for each planned land use designation are listed in the general plan.
10-2-3-P-9	PROCESSING FACILITY:	A building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials. "Processing" means the preparation of material for efficient shipment or to an end user's specifications, by such means as bailing, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning and remanufacturing. Processing facilities include the following:
		A.A light processing facility occupies an area of under forty five thousand (45,000) square feet gross collection, processing and storage area and has up to an average of two (2) outbound truck shipments per day. Light processing facilities are limited to bailing, briquetting, crushing, compacting, grinding, shredding and sorting of source separated recyclable materials and repairing of reusable materials sufficient to qualify as a certified processing facility. A light processing facility shall not shred, compact or bake ferrous metals other than food and beverage containers.
		B.A heavy processing facility is any processing facility other than a light processing facility.
10-2-3-P-10	PROFESSIONAL OFFICE:	Any building or portion of a building used or intended to be used as an office for a lawyer, architect, engineer, land surveyor, optometrist, accountant and other similar professions, but shall not include, for the purposes of this zoning ordinance, the practice of any type of medicine or dentistry.
10-2-3-P-11	PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARD:	Any definitive, measurable characteristic or aspect of a development, specified by the zoning ordinance of this code, such as, but not limited to, yard setbacks, parking, building height, space between buildings, lot area and dimensions, defined linear distances such as for signs, spacing requirements, and size of districts. It does not however, apply to any standard related to the use of property such as population density nor to any standard called for in any adopted plan or approved conditional use permit.
10-2-3-P-12	PUBLIC ARTWORK:	A.For the purposes of inclusion in the development process shall be defined as follows:
		1.Sculpture: freestanding, wall supported or suspended; kinetic, electronic; in any appropriate material or combination of materials.
		2.Murals or portable paintings: in any appropriate material or variety of materials, with or without collage or the addition of nontraditional materials or means.
		3.Photography, original works of graphic art, limited edition prints, works on/off paper, original paintings on approved walls or surfaces.
		4.Earthworks, fiberworks, waterworks, neon, glass, mosaics, or any combination or forms of media including sound, literary elements, holographic images, or hybrids of media and new genres.
		5.Furnishings or fixtures, including, but not limited to, gates, railings, streetlights or seating, if created by artists as unique elements.
		6.Artistic or aesthetic elements of the overall architecture or landscape design if created by a professional artist or a design team that includes a professional visual artist.
		B.The following items shall not be eligible for inclusion as public artwork:
		1.Directional elements such as supergraphics, signage or color coding except where these elements are integral parts of an overall design created by a professional visual artist. "Art objects" which are mass produced or of standard manufacture, such as playground equipment, fountains or statuary elements, unless incorporated into an artwork by a project artist.
		2.Mass produced reproductions by mechanical or other means, of original works of art.
		3.Decorative, ornamental, architectural or functional elements which are designed by the building architect, as opposed to elements created by an artist commissioned for that purpose.
10-2-3-P-13	PUBLIC ENTRANCE:	A doorway which has been designed for the primary use of the patrons or customers of that commercial use.
10-2-3-P-14	PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE YARD:	A site or portion of a site on which a public utility company may store, house and/or service equipment such as service trucks and other trucks and trailers, pumps, spools of wire, pipe, conduit, transformers, crossarms, utility poles or any other material, tool or supply necessary for the normal maintenance of the utility facilities.
10-2-3-P-15		Reserved.
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10-2-3-Q-1	QUASI-PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS:	Any nongovernment organization that is devoted to public service and welfare.
10-2-3-Q-2		Reserved.
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10-2-3-R-1	RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY:	A strip of land of a maximum width of one hundred feet (100') only for the accommodation of main lines or branch line railroad tracks, switching equipment and signals, but not including lands on which stations, offices, storage buildings, spur tracks, sidings, section gang and other employee housing yards or other uses are located.
10-2-3-R-2	RAZOR WIRE:	A mesh of metal strips with sharp edges, usually strung along the tops of fences in three (3) parallel strips.
10-2-3-R-3	REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION:	Providing individuals with disabilities, or developers of housing for individuals with disabilities, flexibility in the application of land use, zoning and building regulations, policies, practices and procedures or waiving enforcement, if necessary, to ensure equal access to housing for individuals with disabilities in compliance with state and federal fair housing laws; provided, however, that the requested accommodation does not impose an undue financial or administrative burden on the city and does not require a fundamental alteration in the nature of any city plan, policy, rule, regulation, or code.
10-2-3-R-4	RECREATIONAL VEHICLE:	A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for recreational human habitation.
10-2-3-R-5	RECYCLABLE MATERIALS:	Include paper, plastics, glass, aluminum, corrugated cardboard and other materials which can be separated from regular garbage for reuse not including yard waste diverted from the solid waste stream.
10-2-3-R-6	RECYCLING FACILITY:	A center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials. A "certified recycling facility or certified processor" means a recycling facility certified by the California department of conservation as meeting the requirements of the California beverage container recycling and litter reduction act of 1986. A recycling facility does not include storage containers or processing activity located on the premises of a residential, commercial or manufacturing use and used solely for the recycling of material generated by that residential property, business or manufacturer.
10-2-3-R-7	RESIDENCE:	A structure containing a dwelling unit designed for occupancy or occupied by one family or more.
10-2-3-R-8	RESTAURANT:	A brick and mortar commercial establishment where, during all business hours, food is prepared for and served to the customer, for consumption on or off the premises. It shall be operated as a bona fide eating place that maintains approved and permitted suitable kitchen facilities within the establishment, thereby making actual and substantial sales of meals.
10-2-3-R-9	RETAIL STORE:	A business selling goods, wares, or merchandise directly to the ultimate consumer.
10-2-3-R-10	REVERSE VENDING MACHINE(S):	An automated mechanical device which accepts at least one or more types of empty beverage containers including, but not limited to, aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container's redemption value as determined by the State. A reverse vending machine may sort and process containers mechanically, provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine. In order to accept and temporarily store all three (3) container types in a proportion commensurate with their relative redemption rates, and to meet the requirements of certification as a recycling facility, multiple groupings of reverse vending machines may be necessary.
		A bulk reverse vending machine is a reverse vending machine that is larger than fifty (50) square feet, is designed to accept more than one container at a time, and will pay by weight instead of container.
10-2-3-R-11	ROOFLINE:	The highest point of a parapet wall of the main roof structure or a highest point of a parapet wall other than such architectural features such as cupolas, pylons, projections or minor raised portions of the roof.
10-2-3-R-12		Reserved.
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10-2-3-S-1	SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA:	An apparatus capable of receiving communications from a transmitter relay located in planetary orbit.
10-2-3-S-2	SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH OR HIGH:	Public and other nonprofit institutions conducting regular academic instruction at kindergarten, elementary and secondary levels. Such institutions shall offer general academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education.
10-2-3-S-3	SCHOOL, PRIVATE OR PAROCHIAL:	An institution conducting regular academic instruction at kindergarten, elementary or secondary levels, operated by a nongovernmental organization.
10-2-3-S-4	SCHOOL, TRADE:	Schools offering preponderant instruction in the technical, commercial or trade skills, such as real estate schools, business colleges, electronics schools, automotive and aircraft technician schools and similar commercial establishments operated by a nongovernmental organization.
10-2-3-S-5	SECONDHAND STORE:	A retail business which sells used merchandise. Also referred to as a thrift store.
10-2-3-S-6	SECOND DWELLING UNIT:	See section 10-6D-2 of this title for definition of accessory dwelling unit.
10-2-3-S-7	SIGN:	Any letter 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 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.
10-2-3-S-8	SIGN AREA:	The geometric area of a sign including all elements such as board or frames, perforated or a solid background, ornamental embellishments, arrows or other sign media.
10-2-3-S-9	SIGN, ANIMATED:	A sign with action or motion, whether by flashing lights, color changes, wind, rotation, movement of any parts of the sign or letters or parts of the sign structure, or other motion. This definition does not include signs with electronically changing messages that do not flash.
10-2-3-S-10	SIGN, BANNER:	Any cloth, bunting, plastic, paper, or similar material attached to, or appended on or from any structure, staff, pole, line, or framing upon which there is a temporary advertising message.
10-2-3-S-11	SIGN, CHANGEABLE COPY:	A sign or portion thereof with characters, letters, or illustrations that can be changed or rearranged without altering the face or the surface of the sign. A sign on which the only copy that changes is an electronic or mechanical indication of time or temperature shall be considered a "public information sign" and not a changeable copy sign for purposes of this title.
10-2-3-S-12	SIGN COPY:	Any words, letters, numbers, figures, designs, or other symbolic representations incorporated into a sign face and/or its structure with the purpose of attracting attention to the subject matter.
10-2-3-S-13	SIGN, DIRECTIONAL:	Signs giving only information and direction to the viewer and containing no advertising message.
10-2-3-S-14	SIGN, EXTERNALLY ILLUMINATED:	A sign which has light cast on its surface from an artificial exterior source installed for the purpose of illuminating the sign.
10-2-3-S-15	SIGN FACE:	The panel surface of a sign which carries the advertising or identification message.
10-2-3-S-16	SIGN, FREESTANDING:	A sign that is not attached to a building, which is supported by one or more columns, uprights, or braces in or upon the ground.
10-2-3-S-17	SIGN, GATEWAY:	A monument ground sign constructed of natural/masonry or stone, located on public or privately owned property for use in presenting public announcements, emergency and local government messages and limited controlled advertisement, in a format approved by the city of Reedley.
10-2-3-S-18	SIGN HEIGHT:	The vertical distance from the uppermost point used in measuring the area of a sign to ground level of the foundation of the sign.
10-2-3-S-19	SIGN, INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED:	Any sign whose illumination originates from within the structure of the sign and the source of which is not visible from the exterior of the sign.
10-2-3-S-20	SIGN, MONUMENT:	A freestanding sign with a solid base a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the width of the sign. Not a pole sign.
10-2-3-S-21	SIGN, OFF PREMISES:	Any sign not located on the same lot or project site as the use, product, or service it advertises. Also referred to as "billboards".
10-2-3-S-22	SIGN, PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED:	A sign which is specifically located and designed to be viewed from a pedestrian right of way.
10-2-3-S-23	SIGN, POLE:	A freestanding sign supported by one or more poles whose width is less than fifty percent (50%) of the width of the sign.
10-2-3-S-24	SIGN, POLITICAL:	A sign advertising a candidate for political office, a political party or a measure scheduled for an election.
10-2-3-S-25	SIGN, PORTABLE:	A sign which is capable of being carried or moved by manual or mechanical means from one location to another and which is not affixed to the ground, a structure, or a vehicle. Portable signs also include blimps and balloons which may or may not contain an advertising message.
10-2-3-S-26	SIGN, PROJECTING:	A sign that projects from and is supported by a wall or a facade of a building and are also referred to as marquee signs.
10-2-3-S-27	SIGN, PUBLIC INFORMATION:	Any sign intended to numerically depict time, temperature, and/or atmospheric conditions. Atmospheric conditions displays shall be limited to one color and one word at any given time. Display time shall be limited to three (3) seconds with a one second interval between displays on a stationary sign.
10-2-3-S-28	SIGN, READER BOARD:	A sign indicating the name, address and type of businesses within a building.
10-2-3-S-29	SIGN, ROOF:	A sign erected upon or above a roof or parapet of a building.
10-2-3-S-30	SIGN STRUCTURE:	Any structure which supports or is capable of supporting any sign. A sign structure may or may not be an integral part of a building. For the purpose of a freestanding sign, the sign structure shall include the aggregate area of the sign including the sign copy and all structural elements of the sign.
10-2-3-S-31	SIGN, SPECIAL EVENTS:	Any sign advertising specific temporary events, such as carnivals, festivals, exhibits, and parades, including promotional sales or grand openings.
10-2-3-S-32	SIGN, SUBDIVISION OR MULTIPLE HOUSING ENTRANCE:	A sign identifying the name of a subdivision or multiple housing project and consisting of letters or symbols attached to a wall or a fence or freestanding sign located within the boundaries of a recorded and developed subdivision or multiple housing project.
10-2-3-S-33	SIGN, TEMPORARY SUBDIVISION:	A sign erected and maintained within the boundaries of a recorded subdivision and indicating the name of the subdivision, the name of the contractor and/or subdivider, the name of the owner and/or agent, and giving information regarding directions, price or terms concerning the sale or lease of parcels within the subdivision.
10-2-3-S-34	SIGN, WALL:	A sign attached to or erected against the wall or facade of a building or structure with the exposed face of the sign in a plane parallel to the plane of the wall or facade.
10-2-3-S-35	SIGN, WIND:	Any display of streamers, pennants, whirligigs or similar devices made of flexible lightweight material, strung together or attached in such a manner as to move by wind pressure.
10-2-3-S-36	SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY (SRO):	A multiple tenant building that houses one or two (2) people in individual rooms, or to the single room dwelling itself. SRO tenants typically share amenities within the building, such as common area(s), bathroom/half-bath, kitchens and/or kitchenettes. Occupancy may be either temporary or permanent residence. Also referred to as "single resident occupancy".
10-2-3-S-37	SITE:	A parcel of land, subdivided or unsubdivided, occupied or to be occupied by a use or structure.
10-2-3-S-38	SITE AREA:	The total horizontal area included within the property lines of a site.
10-2-3-S-39	SITE DEPTH:	The horizontal distance between the front and rear property lines of a site measured along a line midway between the side property lines.
10-2-3-S-40	SITE PLAN:	A plan, prepared to scale, showing accurately all of the existing physical characteristics of the subject property, and not limited to, property lines and dimensions, phase lines, vicinity map, project site address, contact information of the property owner, applicant and design consultant, dimensioning, north arrow, title block, tables depicting development standards and uses proposed for a specific parcel of land.
10-2-3-S-41	SITE PLAN REVIEW:	The review by the director of a site plan and other studies to assist said director in a ministerial determination of general plan, zoning and other regulatory consistencies associated with the applicant's proposed use and development of the subject property.
10-2-3-S-42	SITE 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.
10-2-3-S-43	SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES:	A structure operated as a lodging house in which nursing, dietary and other personal services are rendered to convalescents, not including persons suffering from contagious diseases, and in which surgery is not performed and primary treatment, such as customarily is given in hospitals and sanatoriums, is not provided. Skilled nursing facilities can be referred to as convalescent homes and rest homes. See also Intermediate Care Facility.
10-2-3-S-44	SMALL FAMILY DAYCARE HOME:	A home located in a primary residential neighborhood, that provides regular care, protection and supervision of eight (8) or fewer children, including children who reside at the home, in the provider's own home, for periods of less than twenty four (24) hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away.
		Shall be considered a residential use of property for purposes of compliance with city fire, building and zoning codes. A small family daycare home shall be subject to the requirements set forth in subsection 10-6B-2A9 of this title.
10-2-3-S-45	SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREA:	Means and includes any one or more of the following:   A.Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus or female breast below the top of the areola; or
		B.Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
10-2-3-S-46	SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITY:	Means and includes, without limitation, of any of the following:
		A.The fondling or other intentional touching of one's own or another's human genitals, pubic region, pubic hair, perineum, anus or female breast, whether the person so touched is nude, seminude or clothed or covered, or the fondling or other intentional touching of the buttocks of any nude or seminude person; or
		B.Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, whether the actor or actors is or are nude, seminude or clothed or covered, including actual or simulated vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse, oral copulation, sodomy, oral anal copulation, bestiality, flagellation or masochism or torture in the context of a sexual act, anilingus, buggery, coprophagy, coprophilia, cunnilingus, fellatio, necrophilia, pederasty, pedophilia or sapphism; or
		C.Whether the actor is nude, seminude or clothed or covered, acts of human masturbation, actual or simulated; animal masturbation, actual or simulated; erotic or lewd touching of an animal, actual or simulated; or human or animal ejaculation, actual or simulated; or
		D.Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation, arousal or tumescence discernible to any other person, or male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered; or
		E.The display or showing of excretory, urinary or female menstrual functions or vaginal or anal irrigation as part of or in connection with any of the activities set forth in subsections A through D of this definition; or
		F.Dancing by one or more live persons in a manner that exposes to the view of any other person a "specified anatomical area" or that constitutes the public simulation by a clothed person of any "specified sexual activity".
10-2-3-S-47	STABLE:	A detached accessory structure including, but not limited to, a corral or paddock for the keeping of one or more horses owned by the occupants of the premises and which are not kept for remuneration, hire or sale.
10-2-3-S-48	STABLE, COMMERCIAL:	A structure including, but not limited to, a corral or paddock for the keeping of horses for remuneration, hire or sale.
10-2-3-S-49	STORAGE FACILITY:	A facility devoted to the storage of goods, hardware, motor vehicles, recreational vehicles, and/or other nonhazardous items owned by multiple patrons within an enclosed structure(s). Storage of vehicles may not be required to be located completely within an enclosed building, but the rental office/waiting area is required to be completely within an enclosed building.
10-2-3-S-50	STORY:	A space in a building between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above, or if there is no floor above, then the space between such floor and the ceiling of the roof above.
10-2-3-S-51	STREET:	A public or private way permanently dedicated or reserved as a primary means of access to abutting property.
10-2-3-S-52	STREET LINE:	The boundary line between street rights of way and abutting property.
10-2-3-S-53	STRUCTURAL ALTERATION:	Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as foundations, bearing walls, columns, beams, floor or roof joists, girders or rafters, or any change in the exterior dimensions of a building, excepting those changes which may result from providing minor repairs and building maintenance.
10-2-3-S-54	STRUCTURAL ALTERATION, SIGN:	Any change to the sign structure.
10-2-3-S-55	STRUCTURE:	Anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having a location on the ground, including swimming and wading pools and covered patios, excepting outdoor areas such as paved areas, walks, tennis courts, and similar recreation areas.
10-2-3-S-56	STRUCTURE, MAIN:	A structure housing the principal use of a site or functioning as the principal use.
10-2-3-S-57	STRUCTURE, NONCONFORMING:	A structure which, under this title, does not conform with the standards of coverage, yard space, height of structures or distance between structures prescribed in the regulations for the district in which the structure is located.
10-2-3-S-58	SUBDIVISION:	The division, by any subdivider, of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion thereof, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease or financing, whether immediate or future. Property shall be considered as contiguous units, even if it is separated by streets, utility easements or railroad rights of way. Any conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity, public utility or subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to that public utility for rights of way shall not be considered a division of land for purposes of computing the number of parcels. For purposes of the preceding sentence, any conveyance of land to a governmental agency shall include a fee interest, an easement or a license.
10-2-3-S-59	SUBDIVISION MAP:	A map showing the subdivision of land of five (5) or more parcels, pursuant to title 11 of this code and the subdivision map act.
10-2-3-S-60	SUBDIVISION MAP ACT:	Government Code division 2 of title 7, commencing with section 66410, as amended from time to time, involving the regulation and control of the design and improvement of subdivisions.
10-2-3-S-61	SUPPORTIVE HOUSING:	Housing, with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, linked to on site or off site services that assist 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. Supportive housing units are residential uses allowed in all zones that allow residential uses, subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone.
10-2-3-S-62		Reserved.
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10-2-3-T-1	TATTOO:	To insert pigment, ink or dye under the surface of the skin of a person by pricking with a needle or otherwise, to permanently change the color or appearance of the skin or to produce an indelible mark or figure visible through the skin. Tattooing does not include the application of permanent makeup.
10-2-3-T-2	TATTOO PARLOR:	See definition of Body Art Facility.
10-2-3-T-3	TARGET POPULATION:	Persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health condition, or individuals eligible for services provided pursuant to the Lanterman developmental disabilities services act (division 4.5 (commencing with section 4500) of the Welfare And Institutions Code) and may include, among other populations, adults, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and homeless people.
10-2-3-T-4	TENTATIVE MAP:	A map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed division of land and the existing conditions in and around it, and required to be presented to the community development department in order to officially commence the process of dividing the land in accordance with title 11 of this code and the subdivision map act.
10-2-3-T-5	TRAILER SALES LOT:	An open area where trailers are sold, leased or rented and where no repairs, repainting or remodeling are done.
10-2-3-T-6	TRAILER, UTILITY:	A vehicle without motive power, designed and constructed to travel on the public thoroughfares in accordance with the provisions of the Vehicle Code, and to be used only for carrying property.
10-2-3-T-7	TRANSIT STORAGE:	Temporary storage, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, of any building, structure, personal property, or other thing which is in the process of being transported from one site to a destination site pursuant to a contract or other legally binding commitment to deliver such thing at the destination site. While in transit storage, the object stored shall not be altered in any way, and buildings or structures shall be secured to prevent unauthorized entry and habitation.
10-2-3-T-8	TRANSITIONAL HOUSING:	Rental housing operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point which shall be no less than six (6) months. Transitional housing units are residential uses allowed in all zones that allow residential uses, subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone.
10-2-3-T-9	TRAVEL TRAILER:	A vehicle with or without motive power, designed and constructed to travel on the public thoroughfares in accordance with provisions of the Vehicle Code, designed for human habitation, with no footing or foundation other than wheels and temporary stabilizing units, with exterior dimensions less than eight feet (8') in width and less than forty feet (40') in length. The terms "camper" and "motor home" are included within the meaning of the term "travel trailer".
10-2-3-T-10	TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS:	A parcel, or contiguous parcels, of land under single ownership, designed or intended to be used to accommodate travel trailers on a transient basis (1 month continuous occupancy or less).
10-2-3-T-11	TRIPLEX:	A building designed exclusively for occupancy by, or occupied by, three (3) families, living independently of each other (i.e., 3-family dwelling).
10-2-3-T-12	TRUCK SERVICE STATION:	An occupancy which provides especially for the servicing of trucks, with incidental operations similar to those permitted for "automobile service stations".
10-2-3-T-13		Reserved.
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10-2-3-U-1	UNIFIED SHOPPING CENTER:	A unified group of two (2) or more commercial or industrial uses planned and designed to function as an integral unit on a single parcel or contiguous parcels and which utilize common off street parking and access, landscaping, loading facilities and points of ingress and egress.
10-2-3-U-2	USABLE SATELLITE SIGNAL:	Refers to quality of reception and is considered a satellite signal which, when viewed on a conventional television set, is at least equal in picture quality to that received from local commercial television stations.
10-2-3-U-3	USE:	The purpose for which a site or structure is arranged, designed, intended, constructed, moved, erected, altered or enlarged or for which either a site or structure is or may be occupied or maintained.
10-2-3-U-4	USE, ANCILLARY:	A use incidental, related, appropriate and clearly subordinate to the main use of the site or building, which ancillary use does not alter the principal use of the site. Ancillary uses shall make up less than fifty percent (50%) of a site. Also referred to as "accessory use".
10-2-3-U-5	USE, CONDITIONAL:	A use which is listed as a conditional use in any given district in this title. Conditional uses may be required to meet certain requirements as a condition precedent to the granting of a use permit which will allow the establishing of a conditional use.
10-2-3-U-6	USE, NONCONFORMING:	Use of a structure or land which, under this title, does not conform with the use regulations for the district in which it is located.
10-2-3-U-7	USE, PERMITTED:	A use which is listed as a permitted use in any given district in this title. Permitted uses need not meet special requirements as a condition precedent to be allowed to establish in a given district, except as in any given district required by the provisions of chapters 17 and 19 of this title.
10-2-3-U-8	USE, PRIMARY:	The use that makes up more than fifty percent (50%), if not all, of a site. Also referred to as "main use".
10-2-3-U-9		Reserved.
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10-2-3-V-1	VENDING UNIT:	A commercially manufactured, motorized mobile self-contained food unit in which ready to eat food is cooked, wrapped, packaged, processed, or portioned for service, sale, or distribution.
10-2-3-V-2	VENDOR:	The owner/agent/operator of the vending unit.
10-2-3-V-3	VETERINARY OFFICES/CLINIC:	A place for the provision of medical or dental services for animals.
10-2-3-V-4	VESTING TENTATIVE MAP:	A tentative subdivision map or tentative parcel map which meets the City ordinances, standards and policies in effect at the time of its approval and on its approval confers a vested right on the subdivider to proceed in substantial compliance with ordinances, policies and standards in effect at the time the City determines the application for approval of the map is complete. At the time a vesting tentative map is filed, it shall have the words "vesting tentative map" conspicuously printed on its face.
10-2-3-V-5	VISUAL OBSTRUCTION:	Any fence, hedge, tree, shrub, wall or structure exceeding three feet (3') in height, measured from the crown of intersecting or intercepting streets, alleys or driveways, which limits the visibility of persons in motor vehicles on said streets, alleys or driveways. This does not include trees kept trimmed of branches below a minimum height of seven feet (7').
10-2-3-V-6		Reserved.
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10-2-3-W-1	WAREHOUSING:	A building or buildings used for the storage of goods, of any type, when such building or buildings contain more than five hundred (500) square feet of storage space, and where no retail operation is conducted.
10-2-3-W-2	WALL OR SOLID MASONRY WALL:	Any structure or device approved by the Director designed to prevent the passage of light, air, and vision, and substantially reduce noise levels.
10-2-3-W-3	WHOLESALING:	The selling of any type of goods for the purpose of resale.
10-2-3-W-4		Reserved.
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10-2-3-X-1		Reserved.
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10-2-3-Y-1	YARD:	Any open space on the same lot with a building or a dwelling group, which open space is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward to the sky, except for the projections, accessory buildings or other structures, as defined in this section.
10-2-3-Y-2	YARD, FRONT:	A yard, the depth of which is the minimum required horizontal distance between the front lot line and the line parallel thereto on the lot, which yard extends across the full width of the lot.
10-2-3-Y-3	YARD, REAR:	A yard, the depth of which is the minimum required horizontal distance between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot, which yard extends across the full width of the lot.
10-2-3-Y-4	YARD, SIDE:	A yard, the width of which is the minimum required horizontal distance between the side lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot, not including any portion of required front yard or required rear yard.
10-2-3-Y-5		Reserved.
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10-2-3-Z-1	ZONE DISTRICT:	A zone district established by this zoning ordinance. Also referred to as zoning designation.
10-2-3-Z-2	ZONE DISTRICT, CHANGE OF:	The legislative act of removing one or more parcels of land from one zone district and placing them in another zone district.
10-2-3-Z-3		Reserved.

 

(Ord. 2015-001, 8-11-2015; amd. Ord. 2017-007, 1-23-2018)