"Major medical facility" means an institution that provides intensive supervision or medically supervised treatment to patients who are generally non-ambulatory. This category shall include general and special hospitals, children's treatment centers, extended care facilities for treatment and convalescence, and nursing homes as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 129435. Ancillary retail uses, such as gift shops, restaurants or cafeterias, pharmacies, food carts, produce sales/stands, are permitted.
"Major recycling facility." See "Recycling facility" and related definitions.
"Major transit station" means a rail stop or bus corridor that provides at least 15-minute frequency service during peak hours.
"Manufactured home" means factory-built, single-unit dwelling or multi-unit dwelling structure designed to be used with a foundation. A manufactured home is treated in the same manner as "dwelling" in the individual zone chapters.
"Manufacturing, service, and repair" means the compounding, processing, reprocessing, assembly, packaging, maintenance, or repair of goods. Regulation of this use varies, depending on size of building.
"Market garden" means the use of a site for cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fiber, nuts, seeds, or culinary herbs for sale or donation of its produce to the public which is in a zone other than an A or A-OS.
"Master plan" means an overall plan for development, consistent with the goals and policies of the general plan and applicable community plan, specific plan, or area plan. A master plan shall include, but may not be limited to, an overall schematic plan designating acreage proposed for each parcel, location of proposed land uses, general description of the types and intensities of uses, building elevations, heights, square footage, parking, open space, and the proposed pedestrian, bicycle, and traffic circulation system.
"Medical clinic or office" means a facility in which substantially all of the services provided constitute the practice of medicine, surgery, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, chiropractic, acupuncture, acupressure, psychology, psychiatry, counseling, medical-related laboratory services, or similar health services; are provided by state licensed health professionals; and are rendered on a one-to-one patient to health professional ratio, on an out-patient or less than 24 hour a day basis.
"Merger" means the joining of two or more contiguous parcels of land under common ownership into one parcel.
"Mills Act." See "Historic preservation" related definitions.
"Mined lands." See "Surface mining operation" and related definitions.
"Minerals." See "Surface mining operation" and related definitions.
"Mini storage; locker building" means a facility that offers individually secured units or surface space for the storage of goods, other than hazardous materials, for rental to the public, each of which is accessible only by the renter of the individual unit or space. Regulation of this use varies, depending on distance from a light rail station.
"Minor recycling facility." See "Recycling facility" and related definitions.
"Mobilehome" means a dwelling transportable in one or more sections, designed and equipped for human habitation and to be used with or without a foundation system. Mobilehome does not include a recreational vehicle.
"Mobilehome park" means any lot or parcel where one or more mobilehome spaces are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease to accommodate mobilehomes used for human habitation.
"Mobilehome-sales, storage" means an establishment where mobilehomes are sold or stored.
"Model home temporary sales office" means a dwelling temporarily used as an on-site sales office for a residential development under construction.
"Monopole." See "Antenna; telecommunications facility" and related definitions.
"Mortuary; crematory" means an establishment that prepares the human dead for burial, cremates human remains, or arranges and manages funerals. A funeral chapel may be included as part of this use.
"Museum" means a building, place, or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural, or artistic value. (Ord. 2017-0061 § 7; Ord. 2017-0059 § 3; Ord. 2017-0056 § 3; Ord. 2017-0009 § 6; Ord. 2016-0050 § 3; Ord. 2015-0005 § 6; Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)