DANCE STUDIO - Any facility in which classes are offered and held on a regular basis that teach the techniques of any dance, aerobic routine, martial art, or other similar activity for compensation. Such use
may include facilities for the occasional recital performance of such classes for persons enrolled in the class.
DAY CARE CENTER, CHILD - Any child day care facility other than a family day care home. DAY CARE CENTERS include infant centers, nursery schools, day nurseries, preschools, extended day care facilities, schoolage child care centers and employer-sponsored child day care centers.
(Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1596.76)
DAY CARE CENTER, EMPLOYER- SPONSORED CHILD - Any child day care facility at the employer's site of business operated directly or through a provider contract by any person or entity having one or more employees, and available exclusively for the care of children of that employer, and of the officers, managers, and employees of that employer.
(Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1596.771)
DAY CARE FACILITY, CHILD - A facility that provides non-medical care to children under 18 years of age in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on less than a 24-hour basis. CHILD DAY CARE FACILITY includes day care centers, employer-sponsored child day care centers, and family day care homes.
(Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1596.750)
DAY CARE HOME, LARGE FAMILY - A private home that is licensed by the State of California as a large family day care home to provide family day care, in the provider's own home, of up to 14 children, including children under the age of 10 years who reside at the home.
(Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1597.46)
DAY CARE HOME, SMALL FAMILY - A private home that is licensed by the State of California to provide family day care, in the provider's home, of up to eight children, including children under the age of ten years who reside at the home. See Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1597.45 .
DECK - A flat floored platform, can be at different levels, covered by building code if 30 inches above adjacent grade.
DEFENSIBLE SPACE - DEFENSIBLE SPACE is a design concept that promotes site planning and building design features aimed toward preventing safety and security problems.
DENSITY - The total number of permanent residential dwelling units per acre of land, exclusive of all existing public streets and rights-of-way.
DENSITY BONUS - Definitions relating to density bonus provisions are contained in Chapter 16.13.
DEPARTMENT STORE - A retail facility that sells clothing, jewelry, accessories, furniture, or other household items through a variety of separate departments, owned by a single corporate entity and operated entirely within one building or structure as one commercial use.
DEPENDENT HOUSING - See "Second Dwelling Unit."
DESIGN ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE - A five-person committee that is advisory to the Historic Preservation Commission.
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE - The committee comprised of the Planning Director, the Building and Safety Director, the City Engineer, the Public Works Director, the Police Chief, and the Fire Chief, or their designees, established for the purpose of reviewing development applications for compliance with the provisions of this Development Code, as set forth in Chapter 16.226 (Design Review).
DETACHED BUILDING - Any building that is not physically joined to another building by a common wall.
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT consists of one or more of the following:
(1) A project for which a building permit is required for a commercial, industrial, or institutional structure.
(2) A project for which a building permit is required for residential structures. For the purposes of requiring common areas for solid waste collection, a residential development project will be a structure containing four or more dwelling units.
DEVELOPMENT SITE - See "Building Site."
DIRECTOR - The Planning Director of the City of Santa Paula.
DORMITORY - A building used partially for sleeping and eating accommodations and where such facilities are related to educational or public institution including religious institutions, fraternities or sororities.
DRIVEWAY - A private roadway or access way providing vehicular access to a parking space, parking lot, garage, dwelling, or other structure.
DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANT MATERIAL - Those plants that tolerate heavy clay to sandy soil with the use of limited supplemental water. Said plants are able to thrive with deep, infrequent watering once their root systems are established (3 to 12 month average time period). Plants include those that naturally grow in areas of limited natural water supply (native and non-native plant species) and are adaptable to weather and soil conditions prevalent in the City of Santa Paula.
DRUG STORE - A store where the primary business is the filling of medical prescriptions and the sale of drugs, medical devices and supplies, and non- prescription medicines, but where non-medical products such as cards, candy, and cosmetics are also sold.
DRY CLEANING PLANT - A facility where dry cleaning is performed on the premises. A DRY CLEANING PLANT may also contain retail laundry service.
DRY CLEANING SERVICE - A business which offers retail laundry service, but at which no dry cleaning services are performed on the premises.
DWELLING GROUP - Two or more dwellings, boarding or rooming houses, or any combination thereof, located on one lot.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY - A building containing two or more dwelling units. More than one dwelling on a parcel will be considered a multi-family use.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED - A dwelling unit occupied or intended for occupancy by only one family that is structurally connected with at least one other such dwelling unit. See definition of townhouse.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED - A detached building containing no more than one dwelling unit occupied or intended for occupancy by only one family, provided only one such dwelling unit is located on a lot.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY OR DUPLEX - A building containing no more than two dwelling units.
DWELLING UNIT or DWELLING - Any building or mobile home or portion thereof, including a manufactured home or portion thereof, which contains the following: sleeping and eating areas, sanitation as required by City Code, and one kitchen area.
(Ord. 1100, passed 7-6-04; Am. Ord. 1159, passed 6-19-06)