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SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE
PREFACE
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 (Reserved)
Title 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 (Reserved)
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 (Reserved)
Title 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 13 PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 14 (Reserved)
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Title 16 OIL AND GAS CODE*
Title 17 TRAILER PARKS
Title 18 SUBDIVISIONS*
Title 19 (Reserved)
Title 20 ZONING
Chapter 20.02 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 20.04 DEFINITIONS
20.04.001 Generally.
20.04.002 Aboveground deck.
20.04.003 Abut or abutting.
20.04.006 Accessory living quarters.
20.04.009 Acre.
20.04.012 Adjacent.
20.04.015 Adjoin.
20.04.018 Adult oriented businesses.
20.04.021 Advertising structure.
20.04.024 Advisory agency.
20.04.027 Aircraft.
20.04.030 Airport.
20.04.031 Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturing.
20.04.032 Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturing (ABM) Tasting Room.
20.04.033 Alley.
20.04.036 Altered.
20.04.039 Ambulatory persons.
20.04.042 Amendment.
20.04.045 Animal hospital.
20.04.048 Apartment.
20.04.051 Apartment hotel.
20.04.054 Apartment house.
20.04.057 Assessor.
20.04.058 Auto center accessory use.
20.04.060 Auto court.
20.04.063 Automobile and trailer sales lot.
20.04.066 Automobile wrecking yard.
20.04.069 Automotive service station.
20.04.070 Balcony.
20.04.072 Basement.
20.04.075 Billboard.
20.04.078 Block frontage.
20.04.081 Boardinghouse or roominghouse.
20.04.084 Borrow pit.
20.04.087 Breezeway.
20.04.090 Building.
20.04.093 Building, accessory.
20.04.096 Building, area of.
20.04.099 Building envelope.
20.04.102 Building height.
20.04.105 Building, main.
20.04.108 Building setback line.
20.04.111 Building site.
20.04.114 Building, temporary.
20.04.117 Building unit group.
20.04.120 Bungalow court.
20.04.123 Business.
20.04.126 Cabana.
20.04.128 Caretaker's residence.
20.04.129 Carport.
20.04.132 Cellar.
20.04.135 Cemetery.
20.04.138 Centerline.
20.04.141 Child care nursery.
20.04.142 Chiropractic college.
20.04.144 Church.
20.04.147 Cleaning service, coin-operated.
20.04.150 Clinic.
20.04.153 Club.
20.04.155 Cluster.
20.04.156 College.
20.04.159 College, trade.
20.04.162 Commerce.
20.04.165 Commercial classifications.
20.04.166 Commercial marijuana activity.
20.04.168 Commercial office.
20.04.171 Commission.
20.04.172 Community garden.
20.04.174 Condominium.
20.04.177 Condominium conversion.
20.04.180 Condominium units.
20.04.183 Contiguous.
20.04.186 Convalescent home.
20.04.189 Corner cutoff.
20.04.192 County recorder.
20.04.195 Court.
20.04.198 Court, apartment.
20.04.201 Court, enclosed.
20.04.204 Court, inner.
20.04.207 Court, outer.
20.04.210 Coverage.
20.04.213 Cul-de-sac.
20.04.216 Curve lot.
20.04.219 Dairy, drive-in.
20.04.222 Dairy farm.
20.04.225 Datum line.
20.04.228 Day nursery or child care nursery.
20.04.229 Density, dwelling unit.
20.04.231 Director of finance.
20.04.234 District.
20.04.237 Dormitory.
20.04.240 Drainage channel.
20.04.243 Driveway.
20.04.246 Dump.
20.04.249 Duplex.
20.04.252 Dwelling.
20.04.255 Dwelling group.
20.04.258 Dwelling, multiple.
20.04.261 Dwelling, one-family.
20.04.263 Dwelling, townhouse.
20.04.264 Dwelling, two-family.
20.04.267 Dwelling unit.
20.04.270 Easement.
20.04.273 Educational institutions.
20.04.275 Emergency shelter.
20.04.276 Engineer.
20.04.279 Explosives.
20.04.282 Family.
20.04.285 Feedlot or feed yard.
20.04.288 Federal.
20.04.291 Fence.
20.04.294 Filling station.
20.04.297 Flood-control channel.
20.04.300 Floor area.
20.04.301 Reserved.
20.04.302 Fortunetelling business.
20.04.303 Foster home.
20.04.306 Freeway.
20.04.307 Freight terminal.
20.04.309 Frontage.
20.04.312 Frontage street, service road, or outer highway.
20.04.315 Garage, common.
20.04.318 Garage, private.
20.04.321 Garage, public.
20.04.324 Garage, repair.
20.04.327 Garage, storage.
20.04.330 Garbage.
20.04.333 Golf course.
20.04.336 Grade.
20.04.339 Grade, finished.
20.04.342 Grade, natural.
20.04.345 Greenhouse.
20.04.346 Grocery store.
20.04.348 Group houses.
20.04.351 Guest.
20.04.354 Guest home.
20.04.357 Guesthouse.
20.04.360 Guest room.
20.04.361 Gymnastics academy.
20.04.363 Half story.
20.04.364 Hardscape.
20.04.365 Health club.
20.04.366 Hedge.
20.04.369 Height of building.
20.04.372 Heliport.
20.04.375 Highway setback line.
20.04.378 Hog ranch.
20.04.381 Home for the aged.
20.04.384 Home occupation.
20.04.387 Hospital.
20.04.390 Hospital, animal.
20.04.393 Hotel.
20.04.396 House court.
20.04.399 Household pet.
20.04.402 House trailer.
20.04.405 Industrial classifications.
20.04.408 Industry.
20.04.411 Intent and purpose.
20.04.414 Junk.
20.04.417 Junkyard.
20.04.420 Kennel.
20.04.423 Kitchen.
20.04.426 Landscaping and landscape materials.
20.04.427 Licensed group home.
20.04.429 Loading.
20.04.432 Loading space.
20.04.435 Local street or local highway.
20.04.438 Lodginghouse.
20.04.441 Lot.
20.04.444 Lot area.
20.04.447 Lot, corner.
20.04.450 Lot coverage.
20.04.453 Lot, cul-de-sac.
20.04.456 Lot, curve.
20.04.459 Lot depth.
20.04.462 Lot, flat.
20.04.465 Lot, interior.
20.04.468 Lot, key.
20.04.471 Lot line.
20.04.474 Lot line, front.
20.04.477 Lot line, rear.
20.04.480 Lot line, side.
20.04.483 Lot, nonconforming.
20.04.486 Lot of record.
20.04.489 Lot, reversed corner.
20.04.492 Lot, sloped.
20.04.495 Lot, through.
20.04.498 Lot width.
20.04.501 Major street or major highway.
Section 20.04.502 Marijuana.
20.04.504 Marquee.
20.04.507 Medical office.
20.04.510 Medical or dental clinic.
20.04.513 Mental health facility.
20.04.516 Mobile home.
20.04.517 Model home.
20.04.519 Model studio.
20.04.522 Movie, drive-in.
20.04.525 Motel.
20.04.528 Nonconforming lot.
20.04.529 Nonconforming sign.
20.04.530 Nonconforming structure.
20.04.531 Nonconforming use.
20.04.534 Nursery school.
20.04.537 Nursing home.
20.04.540 Official plan lines.
20.04.543 Oil production.
20.04.546 Ordinance.
20.04.549 Outdoor advertising.
20.04.552 Parcel of land.
20.04.555 Parking area, private.
20.04.558 Parking area, public.
20.04.561 Parking area, residential.
20.04.564 Parking district.
20.04.567 Parking space, automobile.
20.04.570 Parking space, tandem.
20.04.572 Pay phones.
20.04.573 Patio covers.
20.04.574 Patio covers - Open trellis.
20.04.576 Petroleum bulk plant.
20.04.579 Pharmacy or prescription pharmacy.
20.04.582 Planned unit development.
20.04.585 Porte cochere.
20.04.588 Professional office.
20.04.591 Property line.
20.04.594 Provisions.
20.04.597 Quarry.
20.04.600 Quasi-public organizations.
20.04.603 Ramada.
20.04.606 Residence.
20.04.609 Restaurant.
20.04.612 Restaurant, drive-in.
20.04.615 Rest home or home for the aged.
20.04.618 Retail store.
20.04.621 Rezoning.
20.04.624 Road.
20.04.627 Room.
20.04.630 Roominghouse.
20.04.633 Sanitarium.
20.04.636 School, elementary, junior high, or high.
20.04.639 School, private.
20.04.642 School, trade.
20.04.645 Servants' quarters, separate.
20.04.648 Service station.
20.04.651 Setback line, front yard.
20.04.654 Setback line, highway.
20.04.657 Setback line, rear yard or side yard.
20.04.660 Sexual conduct.
20.04.663 Sign.
20.04.664 Single housekeeping unit.
20.04.665 Single room occupancy.
20.04.666 Site plan.
20.04.669 Site plan review.
20.04.672 Slope or sloping terrain.
20.04.675 Specified anatomical areas.
20.04.678 Stable.
20.04.681 Stand, temporary.
20.04.683 Reserved.
20.04.684 Story.
20.04.687 Story, one-half.
20.04.690 Street.
20.04.693 Street centerline.
20.04.696 Street line.
20.04.699 Street, local.
20.04.702 Street, side.
20.04.705 Structural alteration.
20.04.708 Structure.
20.04.711 Structure, advertising.
20.04.714 Structure, temporary.
20.04.716 Suites lodging facility.
20.04.716.5 Supportive housing.
20.04.717 Swimming pool.
20.04.720 Tandem parking access.
20.04.721 Tattoo and/or body piercing studio.
20.04.723 Toe of slope.
20.04.726 Top of slope.
20.04.729 Tourist court.
20.04.732 Trading area.
20.04.741 Trailer court or trailer park.
20.04.744 Transitional housing.
20.04.750 Truck and trailer sales lot.
20.04.751 Trucking yard.
20.04.753 Urban lot.
20.04.756 Use.
20.04.759 Used.
20.04.762 Utility easement.
20.04.764 Vending machine.
20.04.765 Visual obstruction.
20.04.768 Wading pools.
20.04.771 Wall.
20.04.774 Wall, front.
20.04.777 Warehouse.
20.04.780 Wholesaling.
20.04.783 Yard.
20.04.786 Yard, front.
20.04.789 Yard, rear.
20.04.792 Yard, side.
20.04.795 Zone.
20.04.798 Zone map or zone plan.
20.04.801 Zoning district.
20.04.804 Zoning district, change of.
20.04.807 Zoning ordinance.
Chapter 20.06 ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAP
Chapter 20.08 GENERAL CONDITIONS
Chapter 20.09 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AUTHORIZATION
Chapter 20.10 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS*
Chapter 20.14 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT
Chapter 20.16 PD-2 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
Chapter 20.18 OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
Chapter 20.20 COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
Chapter 20.21 ORANGE AVENUE OVERLAY DISTRICT
Chapter 20.22 STORAGE YARDS AND OUTDOOR STORAGE AREAS
Chapter 20.23 TRUCKING YARD PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Chapter 20.24 AUTO CENTER ACCESSORY USES
CHAPTER 20.25 SP-25 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ACADEMY (AUHS/AURA) SPECIFIC PLAN
CHAPTER 20.26 SP-23 HERITAGE SQUARE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.27 SP-22 SUMMERLAND RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.29 SP-20 FREEMAN HEIGHTS RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.30 SP-10 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.31 SP-11 CRESCENT HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.32 SP-12 GATEWAY CENTER NORTH SPECIFIC PLAN
CHAPTER 20.33 SP-13 CHERRY AVENUE CORRIDOR RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN
CHAPTER 20.34 SP-14 HATHAWAY RIDGE RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN
CHAPTER 20.35 SP-15 CITYVIEW RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN
CHAPTER 20.36 SP-16 VILLAGIO RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.37 SP-17 CRESCENT SQUARE RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN
CHAPTER 20.38 SP-18 PACIFICWALK RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN
CHAPTER 20.39 SP-19 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.40 SP-1 TOWN CENTER EAST SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.41 SP-7 SPECIAL PURPOSE HOUSING SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.42 SP-2 HILLTOP SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICT
Chapter 20.43 SP-8 SIGNAL HILL VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.44 SP-9 BIXBY RIDGE SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICT
Chapter 20.45 SP-3 TOWN CENTER WEST SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICT
Chapter 20.46 SP-24 TOWN CENTER NORTHWEST SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.47 SP-4 AUTO CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.48 SP-5 CALIFORNIA CROWN SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.49 SP-6 COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN
Chapter 20.50 CONDOMINIUMS
Chapter 20.51 TENNIS COURT AND SIMILAR RECREATIONAL COURT REGULATIONS
Chapter 20.52 SITE PLAN AND DESIGN REVIEW*
Chapter 20.56 RECYCLING FACILITIES
Chapter 20.57 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
Chapter 20.58 SIGNS*
Chapter 20.64 USES SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
Chapter 20.65 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION PROCEDURE
Chapter 20.66 PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Chapter 20.70 OFF-STREET PARKING*
Chapter 20.72 OFFICIAL PLAN LINES*
Chapter 20.80 CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY
Chapter 20.82 NONCONFORMING LOTS, BUILDINGS, AND USES*
Chapter 20.84 VARIANCES
Chapter 20.86 AMENDMENTS
Chapter 20.88 FILING FEES
Chapter 20.98 PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS
Title 21 PUBLIC DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT FEES TO BE PAID BY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES
PRIOR CODE CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
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20.04.303   Foster home.
   "Foster home" means any building or facility which provides care for children or ambulatory, aged persons and includes child care nurseries, day nurseries, nursery schools, rest homes, homes for the aged or infirm, and any other uses similar thereto. The special standards of Section 20.68.050 shall apply.
(Ord. 68-10-629 § 2: prior code § 19.08.473)
20.04.306   Freeway.
   "Freeway" means a highway, including ingress and egress ramps and roadways, in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of access to or from their abutting lands or in respect to which such owners have only limited or restricted right or easement of access, and which is declared to be a freeway in compliance with the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, or is officially declared to be such by the city.
(Prior code § 19.08.475 (Ord. 557 § 105(F) (part), 1964))
20.04.307   Freight terminal.
   See "Trucking yard."
(Ord. 2006-05-1359 § 3)
20.04.309   Frontage.
   "Frontage" means that portion of a parcel of property which abuts a dedicated public street or highway.
(Prior code § 19.08.478 (Ord. 557 § 105(F) (part), 1964))
20.04.312   Frontage street, service road, or outer highway.
   "Frontage street," "service road," or "outer highway" means those roads which parallel freeways, expressways, or important highways and providing for access to abutting property or for circulation, and being separated from the highway by a dividing strip.
(Prior code § 19.08.480 (Ord. 557 § 105(F) (part), 1964))
20.04.315   Garage, common.
   "Common garage," when utilized in relation to the regulation for tandem parking, means a detached accessory building or a portion of a main building on the same lot for the parking or temporary storage of vehicles. A common garage shall enclose the parking spaces required for more than one dwelling unit, but shall not include any interior partitions separating the parking spaces for individual dwelling units.
(Ord. 78-4-790 § 2: prior code § 19.08.484)
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