SCHOOL, COMMERCIAL - A school providing training or personal improvement (beauty college, dance school, business school, gymnasium, and the like).
SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY or HIGH - An institution of learning which offers instruction in the several branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools by the California Educational Code. HIGH SCHOOLS include junior and senior high schools.
SCHOOL, PRIVATE - An accredited private school or college, providing academic or trade education.
SCREENING - A method of visually shielding or obscuring one abutting or nearby structure or use from another by fencing, walls, berms, or densely planted vegetation.
SECOND DWELLING UNIT - An attached or a detached residential dwelling unit, accessory to the primary unit, which provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons. SECOND DWELLING UNITS will include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family dwelling. Either a new dwelling or an existing dwelling may be a second unit.
SECONDHAND STORE or SALES - A store or business engaged in the sale of previously used merchandise such as clothes, furniture, appliances, and/or sports equipment, and which is not classified as an antique store or shop per § 16.05.020 of this chapter. This definition specifically excludes the sale of used motor vehicles, auto wrecking business or pawnshops.
SECRETARY - The secretary of the Planning Commission.
SENIOR or SENIOR CITIZEN - A person 62 years of age or older or 55 years of age or older in a
senior citizen housing development of at least 150 senior dwelling units, or a qualified permanent resident as defined in Cal. Civ. Code §§ 51.2 and 51.3. All qualifying senior projects must have significant facilities and services for seniors as defined in 42 USC 3607(b)(2).
SENIOR DAY SUPPORT CENTER - A facility, place or building which is maintained and operated to provide non-medical care for seniors over age 60 who are either mildly dependent and cannot be left alone for long periods of time, or are isolated from social contacts and activities. The center provides respite services for caregivers for less than 24 hours.
SERVICE STATION - See "automobile service station."
SETBACK - The distance from a defined point or line governing the placement of buildings, structures, parking, or uses on a lot.
SETBACK LINE - A line within a lot, parallel to and measured from a corresponding lot line, forming the boundary of a required yard and governing the placement of buildings, structures, parking, or uses on a lot.
SHARED PARKING - The provision of parking spaces to meet the combined peak parking needs of more than one use on a lot or abutting lots.
SHOPPING CENTER - A group of businesses which comprise at least four stores functioning as a unit, with common off-street parking provided on the property as an integral part of the unit, and having more than 10,000 square feet of gross parcel area in the development.
SIGN - Any writing (including letters, words or numerals), pictorial presentation (including illustration or decoration) or emblem (including device, symbol or trademark), visible from any public or private street or means of access thereto, used to advertise or direct attention to an activity, product, place, person, organization, business or enterprise.
SIGN AREA - This is computed as including the entire area within a regular geometric form or combination of regular geometric forms comprising all the display area of the sign. Frames and structural members not bearing advertising matter are not included in the computation of area. One face of a double-faced sign will be considered in determining the sign area, provided both faces are parallel or the angle between the faces does not exceed 30°.
SIGN, OFF-SITE - A sign other than an on-site sign. See also Chapter 16.48.
SIGN, ON-SITE - A sign relating in its subject matter to the premises on which it is located, or to products, accommodations, services or activities sold, rendered or conducted on the premises. See also Chapter 16.48.
SINGLE-HOUSEKEEPING UNIT - The functional equivalent of a traditional family; whose members are a non-transient interactive group of persons jointly occupying a single dwelling unit, including the joint use of common areas and sharing household activities such as meals, chores, and expenses.
SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY - A type of group quarters generally intended or designed to be used, rented, or occupied for sleeping or living purposes by guests, which is also the primary residence of those guests. This type of use commonly contains five or more guestrooms or efficiency units. Generally, each single room occupancy (SRO) unit contains a living area, kitchen sink, cooking appliances and refrigeration facilities and a separate bathroom. A SRO hotel with more than 12 units generally contains an on-site manager's office.
SITE - Any lot or parcel of land, or combination of contiguous lots or parcels of land, used or intended for a particular use or group of uses.
SITE PLAN - A plan drawn to scale, showing existing and proposed uses for a property as required by the applicable regulations, including lot lines,
streets, grades, building sites, reserved open space, and other specific development proposals.
SOLID WASTE - Solid waste will be defined as set forth in Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 40191.
SPA - A structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing that is designed to contain water to a depth of 18 inches or deeper, with exterior dimensions not exceeding 160 square feet.
SPECIFIC PLAN - Under Article 8 of the Cal. Gov’t Code 9 §§ 65450 et seq.), a legal tool for detailed design and implementation of a defined portion of the area covered by a General Plan. A SPECIFIC PLAN may include all detailed regulations, conditions, programs, and/or proposed legislation which may be necessary or convenient for the systematic implementation of any General Plan element(s).
STABLE, COMMERCIAL - A building or portion of a building used to shelter and feed horses, mules, or ponies which are rented, used, or boarded on a commercial basis for compensation.
STABLE, PRIVATE - A building or portion of a building used to shelter and feed horses, mules, or ponies which are used exclusively by the occupants of the property on which the stable is situated.
STANDARDS, DEVELOPMENT - Requirements in this Development Code that govern building and development, including, but not limited to, lot area, height limits, frontage, landscaping, and floor area ratio.
STANDARDS, PERFORMANCE - Requirements in this Development Code that govern the operation and maintenance of uses in a particular zone.
STOCK COOPERATIVE PROJECT - Has the same meaning as set forth in Cal. Civil Code § 1351(m) and any subsequent amendment or regulation.
STORY - Any portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story will be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost
floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a basement, cellar or unused underfloor space is more than six feet above grade as defined in this section for more than 50% of the total perimeter, or is more than 12 feet above grade as defined in this section at any point, such basement, cellar or unused underfloor space will be considered as a
STORY.
STREET - A county road, state highway, public road, street or alley, or private thoroughfare not less than ten feet in width connecting with a county road, state highway, public road, street or alley which affords primary access to an abutting lot.
STREET, PRIVATE - A privately-owned vehicular right-of-way used as access by two or more lots which do not have frontages on a public street.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS - Any change to a bearing wall, column, beam, joist, roof, rafter or other supporting member of a building or structure.
STRUCTURE - Anything constructed or erected which requires a location in or on the ground, or which is attached to something having a location on or in the ground, such as signs, flagpoles, or similar appurtenances, including a building or a building's architectural features and roof appurtenances required to operate and maintain the building, but not including fences, or walls used as fences, less than six feet in height.
STRUCTURE, PRINCIPAL - (See also "Use, principal").
SUBDIVISION - A process (and the result) of dividing a parcel of raw land into smaller buildable sites, blocks, streets, open space, and public areas, and the designation of the location of utilities and other improvements.
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING - Means housing, configured as rental housing developments, with no limit on length of stay, that is linked to onsite or offsite 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 is a residential use permitted subject to the same standards and procedures as apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone.
SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS - All, or any part of, the process involved in the mining of minerals on mined lands by removing overburden and mining directly from the mineral deposits, open-pit mining of minerals naturally exposed, mining by the
auger method, dredging and quarrying, or surface work incident to an underground mine.
SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS include, but are not limited to:
(1) In-place distillation, retorting or leaching;
(2) The production and disposal of mining waste;
(3) Prospecting and exploratory activities.
SWIMMING POOL - A tank or pool created by artificial means designed for the purpose of containing a body of water at a depth of 18 inches or deeper, and offering the possibility of use for swimming, bathing, and/or bodily immersion by any person. This includes indoor, outdoor, in-ground, above-ground, and on-ground swimming pools; fixed-in wading pools; but excludes spas.
SWIMMING POOL, INDOOR - A swimming pool which is totally contained within a structure and surrounded on all sides, including the top, by said structure.
SWIMMING POOL, OUTDOOR - Any swimming pool which is not an indoor swimming pool.
(Ord. 1100, passed 7-6-04; Am. Ord. 1169, passed 2-5-07; Am. Ord. 1249, passed 5-6-13)