"California Environmental Quality Act" or "CEQA" means California Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq.
"California Register." See "Historic preservation" related definitions.
"California Register resource." See "Historic preservation" related definitions.
"California Historical Building Code." See "Historic preservation" related definitions.
"Cannabis" has the same meaning as in California Business and Professions Code section 26001.
"Cannabis cultivation" means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis.
"Cannabis dispensary" means and includes both storefront cannabis dispensary and delivery-only cannabis dispensary, as defined in chapter 5.150.
"Cannabis distribution" means the procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and cannabis products between cannabis businesses.
"Cannabis manufacturing" means the production, preparation, propagation, and compounding of cannabis and cannabis products. Cannabis manufacturing includes the extraction process, the infusion or mixture of cannabis into another substance, the preparation of an edible item that contains cannabis, and the packaging and labeling of cannabis or cannabis products.
"Cannabis product" has the same meaning as in California Health and Safety Code section 11018.1.
"Cannabis testing" means performing scientific analysis of cannabis or cannabis products to determine its chemical profile, the presence of contaminants, or other similar data.
"Card room" means any place that meets the requirements set forth in section 5.32.010. See "Amusement center, indoor."
"Carport" means any covered structure or portion of a building or structure, other than an attached or detached garage, used to shelter vehicles.
"Cemetery" means land and structures principally dedicated to the burial of the dead, including mausoleums, columbariums, and related administrative and maintenance facilities.
"Central city" means that area of the City of Sacramento lying between the American River on the north, Broadway on the south, the Sacramento River on the west, and Alhambra Boulevard on the east. The properties fronting upon the eastern side of Alhambra and the southern side of Broadway are within the central city.
"Certified local government (CLG)." See "Historic preservation" related definitions.
"Check-cashing center" means one or both of the following:
1. An establishment that, for compensation, engages in the business of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving a similar purpose, and includes an establishment primarily engaged in cashing payroll or personal checks for a fee or advancing funds on future checks.
2. An establishment that offers, originates, or makes a deferred deposit transaction, also known as a payday lender business. A "deferred deposit transaction" is a transaction whereby a person defers depositing a customer's personal check until a specific date, pursuant to a written agreement.
A check-cashing center does not include a state or federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union, or similar financial institution, or retail stores or other establishments selling consumer goods, including consumables, that incidentally charge a fee not exceeding two dollars to cash checks or money orders as a service to customers.
"Childcare center" means a center that provides primarily nonmedical supervision to 15 or more children on a less than 24 hour a day basis. See "Childcare, in-home (family day care home)" for 14 or fewer children.
"Childcare, in-home (family day care home)" means the provision of care, protection, and supervision of 14 or fewer children, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, in the provider's own home, while the children's parents or guardians are away. Children under the age of 10 years who reside at the home shall be counted in determining the number of children being served (California Health and Safety Code section 1596.78). See "Childcare center" for 15 or more children.
"Church or faith congregation" means a structure or place used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities. See also "Assembly-cultural, religious, social."
"Cinema" means a specialized theatre for showing movies or motion pictures that contains audience seating and one or more screens and auditoriums.
"Class III landfill" means a "classified waste management unit," as defined by 27 California Code of Regulations section 20164, that has been classified by a regional water control board as a Class III landfill pursuant to the provisions of the California Code of Regulations.
"Cleaning plant, commercial" means a service establishment primarily engaged in high-volume laundry and garment services, including power laundries (family and commercial); garment pressing and dry cleaning; linen supply; diaper service; industrial laundries; and carpet and upholstery cleaners. "Cleaning plant, commercial" does not include coin-operated laundries or dry cleaning drop-off and pick-up stores without dry cleaning equipment.
"College campus" means a major educational institution in a campus setting offering a wide range of services, including classes, laboratories, research, commercial services, on-site housing, and administration.
"College extension" means a college, usually part of a major educational institution, that is located in one building to serve primarily the continuing educational needs of working adults. A private college or university that locates in an office park is a college extension.
"Commercial driveway" means a driveway that serves three or more single unit dwellings; two or more duplex dwellings; multi-unit dwellings; or commercial or office uses including shopping centers, gas stations, and offices.
"Commercial service" means an establishment that primarily renders services rather than goods to the general public.
"Common area" means the entirety of a common interest development, as defined in California Civil Code section 1351, excepting the separate interests, or any area defined as a "common area" within a homeowners association's declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions.
"Common skeletal antenna." See "Accessory antenna" and related definitions.
"Community garden, private" means an otherwise undeveloped lot divided into multiple plots for the growing and harvesting of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fiber, nuts, seeds, and culinary herbs primarily for the personal use of the growers, and that is established, operated, and maintained by a group of persons, other than the city. A community garden does not include a private garden or edible landscaping that is incidental to the primary use of the lot, including a private garden or edible landscaping: (1) on a lot developed with one or more residences and devoted to the personal use of the occupants of the residences; or (2) on a lot developed with a nonresidential use. Regulation of this use varies, depending on the size of the garden.
"Community garden, public" means public land divided into multiple plots that are available to the public for growing and harvesting of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fiber, nuts, seeds, or culinary herbs primarily for the personal use of the growers, and that is established, operated, and maintained by the city.
"Community market" means a temporary outdoor market, covering an area 500 square feet or less, that sells agricultural products, including flowers.
"Conditional use permit" means a zoning instrument used primarily to review the location and conduct of certain land uses that are known to have a distinct impact on the area in which they are located, or are capable of creating special problems for bordering properties, unless given special attention. A conditional use permit is a discretionary permit and is not the automatic right of an applicant.
"Contractor storage yard" means a lot used for the storage of large equipment, vehicles, or other materials commonly used in the contractor's type of business; storage of scrap materials used for repair and maintenance of contractor's own equipment; and buildings or structures used for related offices and repair facilities.
"Contributing resource." See "Historic preservation" related definitions.
"Corner lot." See "Lot."
"Correctional facility" means any of the following:
1. A place in which people are physically confined and deprived of a range of personal freedoms as a legal penalty for the commission of a crime, such as a jail, prison, prison camp, correctional institution, and penitentiary.
2. Any place that a parolee or probationer is required to visit, as a condition of parole or probation, such as a day reporting center, community correctional center, work furlough program site, restitution center, or substance abuse community correctional center, except places used solely for drug and alcohol testing.
"Covered deck or patio." See "Patio cover."
"Crematory." See "Mortuary; crematory." (Ord. 2021-0024 § 3; Ord. 2020-0012 § 4; Ord. 2017-0061 § 5; Ord. 2017-0059 § 2; Ord. 2017-0056 § 2; Ord. 2017-0009 § 6; Ord. 2016-0050 § 2; Ord. 2016-0006 § 2; Ord. 2015-0005 § 4; Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)