For the purpose of this chapter, the words set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
(a) ”Accessory Dwelling Unit” or “ADU” shall mean a small permanent Dwelling Unit that may be established in addition to the primary dwelling on a parcel zoned for residential use. ADUs may be attached or detached from the primary dwelling and comply with Government Code 65852.2 requirements.
(b) “Agricultural Building” shall mean a structure designed and constructed to house farm implements, hay, grain, poultry, livestock or other horticultural products. This structure shall not be a place of human habitation or a place of employment where agricultural products are processed, treated or packaged, nor shall it be a place used by the public.
(c) “Category” or “categories” shall mean one or more of the following: probation youth; probation adult; social services; health services; libraries; sheriff administration & detention; sheriff law enforcement; district attorney and public defender; general administration; facility planning; and interim restricted cash.
(d) “Commercial” shall mean sale or rental of merchandise (other than automobiles, vehicles, trucks, trailers and related implements for agricultural use), food or beverages for personal or household consumption, services rendered in connection with such sales or rentals, and all uses not otherwise classified under this chapter which have Standard Industrial Classification codes with employment densities similar to those for uses listed in this section.
(e) “Commercial improvement” shall mean new construction or alteration of, or an addition to, a structure which occurs after the effective date of Yolo County Ordinance No. 1119 and which results in a net increase of five hundred (500) or more gross square feet (taking into account square footage which is lost, including demolition under Section 3-142.04(d) of enclosed space suitable and intended for office/service, retail, wholesale or manufacturing use.
(f) “County Facilities Fee” shall mean the fee imposed under this Chapter.
(g) “Dwelling” shall mean a building that contains one or more dwelling units used, intended or designed to be used, rented, leased, let, or hired out to be occupied for living purposes.
(h) “Dwelling Unit” shall mean a single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.
(i) “Impacting development” shall mean any commercial improvement or residential project, except to the extent that the improvement or project is constructed pursuant to a building permit issued upon an application filed before August 1, 1991 and determined or deemed to be complete before September 1, 1991.
(j) ”Industrial” shall mean (1) a use which mechanically or chemically transforms materials or substances into, or fabricates, new products; (2) agriculture, forestry or fishing; (3) mining; (4) construction; (5) transportation; (6) public utility use; and (7) all uses not otherwise classified under the ordinance codified in this chapter which have Standard Industrial classification codes (These classification codes are found at: https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sic_manual.html) with employment densities similar to those for the uses listed in this section.
(k) “Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit” or “JADUs” shall mean a very small Dwelling Unit created out of a bedroom within an existing single family home. JADUs must comply with Government Code Section 65852.22.
(l) “Office” shall mean use or occupancy by: (1) persons or entities performing or providing finance, insurance, real estate, professional, technical, health, design, repair, personal or other services, other than retail uses; (2) hotel use; (3) entertainment and public assembly uses; and (4) all uses not otherwise classified under this chapter which have Standard Industrial Classification codes with employment densities similar to those for uses listed in this section.
(m) “Residential project” shall mean construction of one or more dwelling units (including mobile homes) and alteration or addition of an existing unit or units which creates one or more net additional units.
(n) “Security contract" shall mean a contract in recordable form which constitutes a lien for payment of the fee due under this chapter, against the present and future owners of the property in question, securing payment of the fee in full upon the first dwelling or improvements in the project receiving final inspection or a certificate of occupancy (or at such later time as this chapter specifically provides in a particular case).
(o) “Warehouse” shall mean: (1) storage or transfer of goods primarily to or for industrial, Commercial, institutional, farm, construction or professional business users; (2) storage or transfer of automobile, trucks, trailers and vehicles and related implements for agricultural use; and (3) all uses not otherwise classified under this chapter which have Standard Industrial Classification costs with employment densities similar to those for uses listed in this section.
(§ 1, Ord. 1119, eff. May 30, 1991, as amended by §§ 2-5, Ord. 1150, eff. December 26,1992, §§ 2, 4-6, Ord. 1179, eff. June 17, 1995;§ 3, Ord. 1301, eff. June 19, 2003; and § 2, Ord. 1533, eff. February 11, 2021)