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CHAPTER 18.220 - DEFINITIONS, GLOSSARY
18.220.010 - Purpose of Chapter
This Chapter provides definitions of terms and phrases used in this Development Code that are
technical or specialized, or that may not reflect common usage. If any of the definitions in this Chapter
conflict with definitions in other provisions of the Municipal Code, these definitions shall control for
the purposes of this Development Code. If a word is not defined in this Chapter, or other provisions
of the Municipal Code, the most common dictionary definition is presumed to be correct.
18.220.020 - Definitions of Specialized Terms and Phrases
As used in this Development Code, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this Section, unless the context in which they are used clearly requires otherwise. The
following definitions are in alphabetical order.
A. Definitions, "A."
'A' weighted sound level. The total sound level in decibels of all sound as measured with a
sound level meter with a reference pressure of 20 micropascals using the 'A' weighted network
(scale) at slow response. The unit of measurement shall be defined as dB(A).
Abandoned. In addition to those definitions provided by State law, Municipal Code and case
law, the term abandoned means and refers to any item which has ceased to be used for its
designed and intended purpose. The factors used in determining whether or not an item has been
abandoned, include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Present operability and functional utility of the item;
2. The date of last effective use of the item;
3. The condition of disrepair or damage;
4. The last time an effort was made to repair or rehabilitate the item;
5. The status of registration or licensing of the item;
6. The age and degree of obsolescence;
7. The cost of rehabilitation or repair of the item when compared to its market value; and/or
8. The nature of the area and location of the item.
Abandoned Sign. A sign that no longer advertises a business, lessor, owner, product, service
or activity on the premises where the sign is displayed.
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Accessory Retail Uses. The retail sales of various products (including food) in a store or similar
facility that is located within a health care, hotel, office, or industrial complex for the purpose
of serving employees or customers, and is not visible from public streets. These uses include
pharmacies, gift shops, and food service establishments within hospitals; convenience stores and
food service establishments within hotel, office and industrial complexes.
Accessory Structure. A structure that is physically detached from, secondary and incidental to,
and commonly associated with the primary structure. For the purposes of this Development
Code, accessory structures and uses include: detached garages, greenhouses, artist's studios, and
workshops; hot tubs, jacuzzis, spas, and swimming pools, together with any enclosures; and any
other open air enclosures, including gazebos and detached patio covers.
Accessory use. A use that is conducted on the same parcel as the principal use or structure to
which it is related, and which is clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with
the principal use.
Adult arcade. An establishment where, for any form of consideration, one or more motion
picture projectors, slide projectors or similar machines, for viewing by five or fewer persons
each, are used to show films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other photographic
reproductions which are characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of
"specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas;"
Adult book/video store. An establishment which has as a substantial portion (25 percent or
more of gross floor area) of its stock-in-trade and offers for sale for any form of consideration
any one or more of the following:
Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or films, motion pictures,
photographs, slides, video cassettes or other visual representations which are characterized
by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or
"specified anatomical areas"; or
2. Devices, instruments or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with
"specified sexual activities."
Adult cabaret. Nightclub, restaurant or similar establishment which regularly features live
performances which are characterized by the exposure of "specified anatomical areas" or by
"specified sexual activities," or films, motion pictures, photographs, slides, video cassettes or
other photographic reproductions which are characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or
description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas;"
Adult Entertainment Business. Any adult bookstore, adult hotel or motel, adult motion picture
arcade, adult motion picture theater, cabaret, sexual encounter center, or any other business or
establishment that offers its patrons services or entertainment characterized by an emphasis on
matter depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical
areas," but not including those uses or activities, the regulation of which is preempted by state
law.
Adult motel. A motel or similar establishment offering public accommodations for any form
of consideration which provides patrons with closed-circuit television transmissions, films,
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motion pictures, photographs, slides, video cassettes or other photographic reproductions which
are characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of "specified sexual
activities" or "specified anatomical areas;"
Adult motion picture theater. An establishment where, for any form of consideration, films,
motion pictures, slides, video cassettes or similar photographic reproductions are shown, and in
which a substantial portion (25 percent or more) of the total presentation time is devoted to the
showing of material which is characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of
"specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas;"
Adult theater. An auditorium, concert hall, theater or similar establishment which, for any form
of consideration, regularly features live performances which are characterized by the exposure
of "specified anatomical areas" or by "specified sexual activities;"
Agent. A person authorized in writing by the property owner to represent and act for a property
owner in contacts with Town employees, committees, Commissions, and the Council, regarding
matters regulated by this Development Code.
Aggregate processing and batch plants. Manufacturing facilities for the sorting, grading, and
storage of aggregates as construction materials; includes concrete batch plants. A retail
ready-mix concrete operation as an incidental use in conjunction with a building ~naterials outlet
is defined under "Building Material Stores."
Agricultural Accessory Structures. An uninhabited structure for the storage of farm animals,
implements, supplies or products, that contains no residential use and is not open to the public.
Includes: barns; grain elevators; silos, and other similar structures, but not commercial
greenhouses (which are under "Plant Nurseries and Garden Supply Stores") or structures for
agricultural processing activities (which are under "Agricultural Processing). Also may include:
coops, corrals, pens, stables, etc., and wind machines for water pumping or other conversion of
wind energy to mechanical or thermal power.
Agricultural Processing. The processing of crops after harvest, to prepare them for on-site
marketing or processing and packaging elsewhere. Includes the following:
alfalfa cubing
corn shelling
co,on ginning
custom grist mills
custom milling of flour, feed and grain
dairies (but not feedlots, see instead "Animal Sales Yards, Feedlots, Stockyards")
drying of corn, rice, hay, fruits and vegetables
grain cleaning and custom grinding
hay baling and cubing
pre-cooling and packaging of fresh or farm-dried fruils and vegetables
sorting, grading and packing of fruils and vegetables
tree nut hulling and shelling
Any of the above activities performed in the field with mobile equipment not involving
permanent structures are included under the definition of "Crop Production."
Alcoholic Beverage Sales. The retail sale of beer, wine, and/or other alcoholic beverages for
on- or off-premise consumption.
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Alley. A public or private roadway, generally not more than 30 feet wide that provides vehicle
access to the rear or side of parcels having other public street frontage, that is not intended for
general traffic circulation.
Allowed use. A use of land identified by Article II (Zoning Districts and Allowable Land uses)
as a permitted or conditional use that may be established with land use permit and, where
applicable, Design Review and/or Building Permit approval, subject to compliance with all
applicable provisions of this Development Code.
Alteration. Any construction or physical change in the internal arrangement of rooms or the
supporting members of a structure, or a change in the external appearance of any structure, not
including painting.
Ambient noise level. An all encompassing noise level associated with a given environment.
A composite of sounds from all sources, excluding the noise in question, at the location and
approximate time at which a comparison with the noise in question is to be made.
Animal Raising and Keeping. The keeping/raising of farm animals, including cattle, goats,
horses, sheep, swine (including pot bellied pigs), fowl, poultry, and other animals determined
by the Director to not be common household pets. Does not include: birds, cats, dogs, and other
household pets or exotic animals, which are separately defined.
Animal unit. An animal unit is equal to one livestock animal or 10 fowl.
Antenna. A device used in communications which transmits or receives radio signals.
Antenna, dish. A dish-like antenna used to link communications sites together by wireless
transmission of voice or data. Also called microwave antenna or microwave dish antenna.
Antenna, panel. An antenna or array of antennae that am flat and rectangular and designed to
concentrate a radio signal in a particular area. Also referred to as directional antennae.
Antenna, whip. An antenna that transmits signals in 360 degrees. They are typically cylindrical
in shape and are less than six inches in diameter and measure up to 18 feet in height. Also called
omnidirectional, pipe or stick antennae.
Approval. Includes both approval and approval with conditions.
Area of a Sign. See "Sign Area."
Area of regional significance. An area designated by the State Mining and Geology Board
which is known to contain a deposit of minerals, the extraction of which is judged to be of prime
importance in meeting future needs for minerals in a particular region of the State within which
the minerals are located and which, if prematurely developed for alternate incompatible land
uses, could result in the premature loss of minerals that are of more than local significance.
Area of Special Flood Hazard. See Special Flood Hazard Area.
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Area of statewide significance. An area designated by the State Mining and Geology Board
which is known to contain a deposit of minerals, the extraction of which is judged to be of prime
importance in meeting future needs for minerals in the State and which, if prematurely developed
for alternate incompatible land uses, could result in the permanent loss of minerals that are of
more than local or regional significance.
Attractive nuisance. Any condition, instrument or machine which is unsafe and unprotected
and therefor dangerous to young children by reason of their inability to appreciate the inherent
peril, and which may be reasonably expected to attract children to a property and therefor risk
injury by playing with, in or on it.
Auto, Mobile Home, and Vehicle Sales. Retail establishments selling and/or renting the
following (vehicles may be new or used):
automobiles
boats
campers
golf carts
jet skis
mobile homes
motorcycles
motorized farm equipment
recreational and utility trailers
repair shops with new car dealerships
snowmobiles
tires
trucks
vans
Does not include: auto parts/accessory sales separate from a vehicle dealership (see "Auto Parts
Sales"); bicycle and moped sales (see "Retail Stores, General Merchandise"); tire recapping
establishments (see "Repair and Maintenance - Vehicle"); businesses dealing exclusively in used
paris, (see "Recycling, Scrap and Dismantling Yards"); or "Service Stations," which are
separately defined.
Auto Parts Sales. Stores that sell new automobile parts, tires, and accessories. May also
include minor parts installation (see "Repair and Maintenance - Vehicle"). Does not include tire
recapping establishments, which are found under "Repair and Maintenance - Vehicle," or
businesses dealing exclusively in used parts, which are included under "Recycling Facilities -
Scrap and Dismantling Yards."
Automated Teller Machine (ATM). Machines used by bank and financial service patrons for
conducting transactions including deposits, withdrawals and fund transfers, without contact with
financial institution personnel. The machines may be located at or within banks, or in other
locations, in compliance with this Development Code.
Automobile repair. See "Repair and Maintenance, Vehicle."
Automobile dismantling yard. See "Recycling, Scrap, and Dismantling Yards."
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B. Definitions, "B."
Banks and Financial Services. Financial institutions including:
banks and trust companies
credit agencies
holding (but not primarily operating) companies
lending and thrift institutions
other investment companies
securities/commodity contract brokers and dealers
security and commodity exchanges
vehicle finance (equity) leasing agencies
This definition does not include escrow companies and title insurance companies which come
under the definition "Offices, Business and Professional". See also, "Automatic Teller
Machine," above.
Bars and Drinking Places. Businesses where alcoholic beverages are sold for on-site
consumption, which am not part of a larger restaurant. Includes bars, taverns, pubs, and similar
establishments where any food service is subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages. May
include entertainment (e:g., live music and/or dancing). May also include beer brewing as part
of a microbrewery, and other beverage tasting facilities.
Base flood. A flood having a one percent probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given
year (also called the 100-year flood).
Bed and Breakfast Inns. Residential structures with one family in permanent residence with
up to five bedrooms rented for overnight lodging, where meals may be provided subject to
Section 18.58.070 (Bed and Breakfast Inns), and applicable Health Department regulations. A
Bed and Breakfast Inn with more than five guest rooms is considered a hotel or motel, and is
included under the definition of "Hotels and Motels." Does not include room rental in a
"boarding house" situation; see "Rooming and Boarding Houses."
Beverage Production. Manufacturing facilities including bottling plants, breweries, coffee
roasting, soft drink production, and wineries. Does not include milk processing; see "Food
Products." May include tasting and accessory retail sales of beverages produced on site. A
tasting facility separate from the manufacturing facility is included under the definition of "Bars
and Drinking Places" if alcoholic beverages are tasted, and under "Restaurant" if beverages are
non-alcoholic.
Borrow pits. Excavations created by the surface mining of rock, unconsolidated geologic
deposits, or soil to provide material (borrow) for fill elsewhere.
Breakaway wall. Any type of wall, whether solid or lattice, and whether constructed of
concrete, masonry, wood, metal, plastic or other building material that is not part of the structural
support of the building and which is designed to break away under abnormally high tides or
wave action without causing damage to the structural integrity of the building on which they are
used or buildings to which they might be carried by flood waters. A breakaway wall shall have
a design load resistance of not less than 10 and not more than 20 pounds per square foot. Use
of breakaway walls shall be certified by a registered engineer or architect and shall meet the
following conditions:
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1. Breakaway wall collapse shall result from a water load less than that which would occur
during the base flood; and
2. The elevated portion of the building shall not incur any structural damage due to the effects
of wind and water loads acting simultaneously in the event of the base flood.
Broadcasting Studios. Commercial and public communications uses including radio and
television broadcasting and receiving stations and studios, with facilities entirely within
buildings. Transmission and receiving apparatus, including antennas and towers, are included
under the definition of "Telecommunications Facilities."
Building. See "Structure."
Building MaterialStores. Retail establishments selling lumber and other large building
materials, where most display and sales occur indoors. Includes paint, wallpaper, glass, fixtures,
nursery stock, lawn and garden supplies. Includes all these stores selling to the general public,
even if contractor sales account for a major proportion of total sales. Includes incidental retail
ready-mix concrete operations, except where excluded by a specific zoning district.
Establishments primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating, and air conditioning equipment
and supplies are classified in "Wholesaling and Distribution." Hardware stores are listed in the
definition of "Retail Stores, General Merchandise," even if they sell some building materials.
Building/Structure Frontage. The building elevation which fronts on a public street, pubic
parking lot, private parking lot available to the general public, or pedestrian walk where
customer access to a structure is available.
Business frontage. That portion of a building frontage occupied by a single business tenant
having a public entrance within the building frontage.
Business Support Services. Establishments primarily within buildings, providing other
businesses with services including maintenance, repair and service, testing, rental, etc., also
includes:
blueprinting
business equipment repair services (excepl vehicle repair, see "Repair and Maintenance - Vehicle")
commercial art and design (production)
computer-related services (rental, repair)
copying, quick printing, and blueprinting services
equipmenl rental businesses within buildings (rental yards are "Storage Yards and Sales Lots")
film processing laboratories
heavy equipment repair services where repair occurs on the client site
janitorial services
mail advertising services (reproduction and shipping)
other "heavy service" business services
outdoor advertising services
photo(::opying
photofinishing
protective services (other than office related)
soils and materials testing laboratories
window cleaning
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C. Definitions, "C."
Cabinet shop. See "Furniture and Fixtures".
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). State law (California Public Resources Code
Sections 21000 et seq.) requiring public agencies to document and consider the environmental
effects of a proposed action, prior to allowing the action to occur.
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The governmental agency which regulates
the terms and conditions of public utilities in the State.
Campground. Commercial facilities where sites are provided for overnight outdoor camping
with tents. See also "Recreational Vehicle Parks."
Cardlock Fueling Facility. An automated vehicle fuel sales facility without an attendant.
Caretaker and Employee Housing. A temporary or permanent residence that is accessory to
a nonresidential primary use of the site, where needed for security, or 24-hour care or
supervision. Does not include living quarters within a single-family dwelling for domestic staff,
which are included under the definition of "Single-Family Dwelling."
Car wash. Permanent, self-service and attended car washing establishments, including fully
mechanized and automatic (drive-through) facilities. Temporary car washes are fund-raising
activities, typically conducted at a service station or other automotive-related business, where
volunteers wash vehicles by hand, and the duration of the event is limited to one day.
Cell site. A geographical area with a radius of two to eight miles that contains both transmitting
and receiving antennae.
Cellular. An analog or digital wireless communication technology that is based on a system of
interconnected neighboring cell sites, each of which contains antennae.
Cemeteries and Columbariums. Internment establishments engaged in subdividing property
into cemetery lots and offering burial plots or air space for sale. Includes animal cemeteries;
cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium and columbarium operations, and full-service funeral parlors
accessory to a cemetery or columbarium.
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. A certificate issued by the California Public
Utilities Commission (CPUC).
Channel letters. Three dimensional individually cut letters or figures, illuminated or
unilluminated, affixed to a structure.
Chemical Products. Manufacturing facilities that produce or use basic chemicals, and other
establishments creating products predominantly by chemical processes. Facilities included in
this definition manufacture three general classes of products: (1) basic chemicals, such as acids,
alkalies, salts, and organic chemicals; (2) chemical products to be used in further manufacture,
such as synthetic fibers, plastic materials, dry colors, and pigments; and (3) finished chemical
products to be used for ultimate consumption, such as drugs, cosmetics, and soaps; or to be used
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as materials or supplies in other industries such as paints, fertilizers, and explosives. Also
includes sales and transportation establishments handling the chemicals described above in other
than one of the uses included in the Retail Trade group in the land use and permit tables.
Child Day Care Facilities. Facilities that provide nonmedical care and supervision of minor
children for periods of less than 24 hours. These facilities include the following, all of which
are required to be licensed by the California State Department of Social Services:
Child day care centers (13 or more children). Allowed in the zoning districts as
determined by Article II (Zoning Districts and Allowable Land Uses) and the standards in
Section 18.58.080 (Child Day Care Facilities).
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Large family day care homes (seven to twelve children). Allowed within any single-
family residence located in a residential zoning district, in compliance with the standards
in Section 18.60.060(A) (Standards for large family day care homes). A large family day
care home may provide care for two additional children up to 14 children in compliance
with Section 1597.46 of the Health and Safety Code; and
Small family day care homes (six or fewer children). Allowed within any single-family
residence located in a residential zoning district. A small day care home may provide care
for two additional children up to eight children in compliance with Section 1597.44 of the
Health and Safety Code;
Churches/Places of Worship. Religious facilities operated by organizations for worship, or the
promotion of religious activities, including churches, synagogues, mosques, etc., and religious
schools; and accessory uses on the same site, such as living quarters for ministers and staff, and
child day care facilities where authorized by the same type of land use permit required for the
church itself. Other establishments maintained by religious organizations, such as full-time
educational institutions, hospitals and other potentially related operations (such as a recreational
camp) are classified according to their respective activities.
Clothing Products. Manufacturing establishments producing clothing, and fabricating products
by cutting and sewing purchased textile fabrics, and related materials such as leather, rubberized
fabrics, plastics and furs. Custom tailors and dressmakers not operating as a factory and not
located on the site of a clothing store ("General Merchandise Stores") are instead included under
"Personal Services." See also, "Textile and Leather Products."
Co-location. The locating of wireless communications equipment from more than one provider
on a single ground-mounted, roof-mounted or structure-mounted facility.
Code Enforcement Director. A Town officer or employee, as may be designated by the Town
Manager, to enforce property maintenance, zoning and other Town violations.
Commercial Parking and Vehicle Storage. Service establishments in the business of storing
operative cars, buses, recreational vehicles, and other motor vehicles for clients. Includes both
day use and long-term public and commercial garages, parking lots and structures, except when
accessory to a principal use. Includes sites where vehicles are stored for rental or leasing. All
principal uses are considered to include any customer or public use off-street parking required
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by this Development Code. Does not include dismantling yards; see "Recycling, Scrap and
Dismantling Yards".
Commercial properties. Any structure, premises or portion thereof used for wholesale or retail
purposes on which the property user or employees are engaged in work for which it is intended
that compensation be received for goods or services.
Commission. See "Planning Commission."
Common Interest Development. A common interest development includes a community
apartment project, a condominium project, a planned development, or a stock cooperative.
Community Centers. Multi-purpose meeting and recreational facilities typically consisting of
one or more meeting or multi-purpose rooms, kitchen and/or outdoor barbecue facilities, that are
available for use by various groups for such activities as meetings, parties, receptions, dances,
etc.
Community event. An event determined by the Town Council ~o be of community importance.
Community information/directory sign. A sign which provides information about the
community and civic groups, typically located near the municipal boundary.
Compatible land uses, mining. Land uses inherently compatible with mining and/or that
require a minimum public or private investment in structures, land improvements, and which
may allow mining because of the relative economic value of the land and its improvements.
Examples of the uses may include very low density residential, geographically extensive but Iow
impact industrial, recreational, agricultural, silvicultural, grazing, and open space.
Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster Products. Manufacturing establishments producing bulk
concrete, concrete building block, brick and all types of precast and prefab concrete products.
Also includes ready-mix concrete batch plants, lime manufacluring, and the manufacture of
gypsum products, such as plasterboard. A retail ready-mix concrete operation as an incidental
use in conjunction with a building materials outlet is defined under "Building Material Stores."
Condominium. A structure containing two or more dwelling units, where the interiors of each
unit are individually owned, and the balance of the property including both land and structures
is owned in common by the owners of the individual units. The balance of the property is called
the common area. The term "condominium" is also defined by California Civil Code Section
1351.
Conservation Easement. An easement whose purpose is to re, tain land predominantly in its
natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, forested, or open space condition.
Construction Contractors Yard. Storage yards operated by, or on behalf of a contractor for
storage of large equipment, vehicles, or other materials commonly used in the individual
contractor's type of business; storage of scrap materials used l'or repair and maintenance of
contractor's own equipment; and buildings or structures for uses such as offices and repair
facilities.
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Construction and Heavy Equipment Sales. Retail establishments selling or renting heavy
construction equipment, including cranes, earth moving equipment, heavy trucks, etc.
Convenience Store. Retail stores typically less than 15,000 square feet in gross floor area that
carry a range of merchandise oriented to convenience and travelers' shopping needs. These
stores may be part of a service station or an independent facility.
Corral. A fenced area typically for confining horses or other hoofed animals.
Cost effective. Capable of achieving results which would justify the required costs.
Covenant of Easement. An easement granted in favor of the Town restricting or limiting the
use of land for air or light access, emergency access, avigation, landscaping, parking access,
open space, or similar purposes.
Crop Production. Commercial agricultural field and orchard uses including production of:
field crops
flowers and seeds
fruits
grains
melons
ornamental crops
tree nuts
trees and sod
vegetables
Also includes associated crop preparation services and harvesting activities, such as mechanical
soil preparation, irrigation system construction, spraying, crop processing and sales in the field
not involving a permanent structure.
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D. Definitions, "D."
Decibel (dB). A unit for measuring the amplitude of sounds, equal to 20 times the logarithm to
the base 10 of the ratio of the pressure of the sound measured to the reference pressure, of 20
micropascals.
Density. The number of housing units per net acre, unless otherwise stated, for residential uses.
Department. The Town of Truckee Community Development Department, referred to in this
Development Code as "Department."
Detached. Any structure that does not have a wall or roof in common with another structure.
Detached living area. A detached living area is an accessory structure within a residential
zoning district, is not a required element of the main dwelling and is designed for human
occupancy. It is intended to provide living quarter(s) within a detached residential accessory
structure, located on the same premises with the main dwelling, for use by members of the
family occupying the main dwelling and their non-paying guests.
Development. Any construction activity or alteration of the landscape, its terrain contour or
vegetation, including the erection or alteration of structures. New development is any
construction, or alteration of an existing structure or land use, or establishment of a land use,
after the effective date of this Development Code.
Development Agreement. A contract between the Town and an applicant for a development
project, in compliance with Chapter 18.150 (Development Agreements) of this Development
Code and Government Code Sections 65864 et seq. A development agreement is intended to
provide assurance to the applicant that an approved project may proceed subject to the policies,
rules, regulations, and conditions of approval applicable to the project at the time of approval,
regardless of any changes to Town policies, rules, and regulations after project approval. In
return, the Town may be assured that the approved project will contain elements and components
that are in the best interests of the Town and will promote the public interest and welfare of the
Town.
Development Code. The Town of Truckee Development Code, Title 18 of the Truckee
Municipal Code, referred to herein as "this Development Code."
Director. The Town of Truckee Community Development Director, referred to throughout this
Development Code as "Director."
Dismantled. From which essential equipment, parts or contents have been removed or stripped
and the outward appearance verifies the removal.
District. See "Zoning District."
Docks and Piers, Commercial. Commercial waterfront facilities providing fuel for boats and
other watercraft, and mooring facilities.
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Drive-in and Drive-thru Sales. Facilities where food or other products may be purchased by
motorists without leaving their vehicles. These facilities include fast-food restaurants, drive-
through photo, coffee, and dairy product stores, etc.
Drive-in and Drive-thru Services. Facilities where services may be obtained by motorists
without leaving their vehicles. These facilities include drive-up bank teller windows, dry
cleaners, etc. Does not include: walk-up automatic teller machines (ATMs) or automobile
service stations, which are separately defined; or car washes (see "Repair and Maintenance -
Vehicle").
Duplex. A detached residential structure under single ownership containing two dwellings.
Dwelling. One or more habitable rooms, that are designed, used, and/or intended to be used as
an independent living space with cooking, sleeping, and sanitary facilities provided within the
dwelling unit for the exclusive use of one or more people maintaining a household. A dwelling
shall have no more than one kitchen, room, or other area with cooking facilities. All habitable
areas for the dwelling unit shall have interior access to and from each other from within the
building except for detached living areas and habitable areas above or below attached garages.
Dwelling, Multi-Family. A building or a portion of a building used and/or designed as
residences for three or more families living independently of each other. Includes: triplexes,
fourplexes (buildings under one ownership with three or four dwelling units, respectively, in the
same structure) and apartments (five or more units under one ownership in a single building);
townhouse development (three or more attached single-family dwellings where no unit is located
over another unit); senior citizen multi-family housing; apartments above commercial space in
commercial zoning districts; and common ownership, attached unit projects such as
condominiums.
Dwelling, Single Family. A building designed for and/or occupied by one family. Also
includes factory-built, modular housing units, constructed in compliance with the Uniform
Building Code (UBC), and mobile homes/manufactured housing on permanent foundations.
May include the rental of rooms within a dwelling also occupied by the property owner or a
primary tenant.
Dwelling, Two Family. See "Duplex."
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E. Definitions, "E."
Easement, Covenant of. See "Covenant of Easement".
Easement, Public Service. See "Public Service Easement".
Eave. The overhanging lower edge of a roof.
Edge of roof. On a pitched roof, the lowest portion of the fascia board covering the roof rafters,
or if no fascia board exists, the lowest point of the roof rafters. On a fiat roof, the top of the
parapet wall.
Electric Utility Facilities. Facilities for production or generation of electrical energy, electrical
substations in an electrical transmission system which receives electricity at 100,000 volts or
greater, and electrical transmission lines of t00,000 volts or greater, consistent with Government
Code Sections 53091 and 53096 and Public Resources Code Section 12808.5.
Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Instruments. Establishments engaged in manufacturing
machinery, apparatus, and supplies for the generation, storage, transmission, transformation and
use of electrical energy, including:
appliances such as stoves/ovens, refrigerators, freezers, laundry equipment, fans, vacuum cleaners, sewing
machines
aviation instruments
electrical transmission and distribution equipment
electronic components and accessories, and semiconductors, integrated circuits, related devices
electronic instruments, components and equipment such as calculators and computers
electrical welding apparatus
lighting and wiring equipment such as lamps and fixtures, wiring devices, vehicle lighting
industrial apparatus
industrial controls
instruments for measurement, testing, analysis and control, associated sensors and accessories
miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment and supplies such as batteries, X-ray apparatus and tubes,
electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus, electrical equipment for intemal combustion
engines
motors and generators
optical instruments and lenses
photographic equipment and supplies
pre-recorded magnetic tape
radio and television receiving equipment such as television and radio sets, phonograph records and
surgical, medical and dental instruments, equipment, and supplies
surveying and drafting instruments
telephone and telegraph apparatus
transformers, switch gear and switchboards
watches and clocks
Does not include testing laboratories (soils, materials testing, etc.) (see "Business Support
Services"), or research and development facilities separate from manufacturing (see "Research
and Development").
Electrical transmission lines. Overhead utility lines for the transmission of electricity at
100,000 volts or more, between generation and/or switching facilities, and local distribution
systems.
Electromagnetic field. The local electric and magnetic fields caused by voltage and the flow
of electricity that envelop the space surrounding an electrical conductor.
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Emergency Shelter. A facility for the temporary shelter and feeding of indigents or disaster
victims, operated by a public or non-profit agency.
Emergency work. The use of any equipment, machinery, vehicle or other activity in a short
term effort to protect or restore safe conditions in the Town, or work by private or public utilities
when restoring utility service.
Enhanced specialized mobile radio. A digital wireless communication technology that
specializes in providing dispatching services.
Environmental Impact Report (EIR). An informational document used to assess the physical
characteristics of an area and to determine what effects will result if the area is altered by a
proposed action, prepared in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA).
Equestrian Facilities. Commercial horse, donkey, and mule facilities including:
horse ranches
boarding stables
riding schools and academies
horse exhibition facilities
pack stations
This land use includes barns, stables, corrals, and paddocks accessory and incidental to the above
uses. Noncommercial facilities of this type are included in the definition of "Agricultural
Accessory Structures."
Establishment of an adult entertainment establishment. Includes any of the following:
1. The opening or commencement of an adult entertainment establishment as a new business;
2. The conversion of an existing establishment, whether or not an adult entertainment
establishment, to any of the adult entertainment establishments defined in this Subsection;
3. The addition of any of the adult entertainment establishments defined in this Subsection to
any other existing adult entertainment establishment; or
4. The relocation of any adult entertainment establishment.
Exploration or prospecting. The search for minerals by geochemical, geological, geophysical
or other techniques, including, but not limited to, assaying, drilling, sampling or any surface or
underground work needed to determine the extent, quantity or type of minerals present.
Exotic animal. Non-domesticated animals that require a permit from the California Department
of Fish and Game or the United States Department of Agriculture for the raising and keeping of
such animal.
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F. Definitions, "F."
Farmer's Markets. Temporary and/or occasional outdoor retail sales of farm produce from
vehicles or temporary stands, located within a parking lot, or a public right-of-way (where
authorized by encroachment permit).
Feasible. Capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of
time, taking into account economic, environmental, social and technological factors.
Fisheries and Game Reserves. Commercial fish hatcheries, rearing ponds, fish and game
preserves, and game propagation.
Flood or Flooding. A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of
normally dry land areas from:
1. The overflow of flood waters;
2. The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source; and/or
The collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or other body of water as a
result of erosion or undermining caused by waves or currents of water exceeding
anticipated cyclical levels or suddenly caused by an unusually high water level in a natural
body of water, accompanied by a severe storm, or by an unanticipated force of nature, or
by some similarly unusual and unforeseeable event which results in flooding.
Flood Boundary and Floodway Map. The official map on which the Federal Emergency
Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of flood
hazard and the floodway.
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The official map on which the Federal Emergency
Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of
special flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to Nevada County.
Flood Insurance Study. The official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration
that includes flood profiles, the FIRM, the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map, and the water
surface elevation of the base flood.
Floodplain management. The operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive
measures for reducing flood damage, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans,
flood control works, floodplain management regulations, and open space lands.
Floodplain, 100-year. See "One hundred year floodplain".
Flood proofing. A combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes, or
adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real
property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.
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Floodway. The channel of a river or other water course and the adjacent land areas that shall
be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water
surface elevation more than one foot. Also referred to as "Regulatory floodway".
Floor Area Ratio (FAR). The Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is the ratio of floor ama to total lot area.
FAR restrictions am used to limit the maximum floor area allowed on a site (including all
structures on the site). The maximum floor area of all structures (measured from exterior wall
to exterior wall) permitted on a site (including carports) shall be determined by multiplying the
Floor Area Ratio (FAR) by the total net area of the site (FAR x Net Site Area = Maximum
Allowable Floor Area).
Possible Building Configurations for 0.25 FAR
25% Lot
Coverage
~----~._1 ~'1ooL
Lot V~h - " ~' ~
o
6.2fi% Lot Lot Width -
Co~erage~
4 F~ors
1 2,5% Lot
Coverage
i2 Floors
In a zone district with a
maximum FAR of 0.25
the maximum allowable
floor area of a building
on a 40.000 sq. ft. lot
would be 10,000 sq. ft.
( 10,000sq. fl. divided by
4,0.000 sq. ft. equals .25).
NOTE: Variations may occur if tJppar floors are stepped back
from ground level Ioi coverage.
FloorArea Ratio (FAR) = Gross BuildingLot AreaArea (All Floors)
FIGURE 7-1
FLOOR AREA RATIO
Flower tower. A structure that integrates a monopole into a light pole or other utility pole.
Food and Beverage Distribution. A use engatged primarily in wholesale storage and
distribution of food and/or beverage manufactured products, supplies, and equipment, including
incidential storage and sales activities.
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Food Production. Manufacturing establishments producing or processing foods for human
consumption and certain related products. Includes:
bakery products
candy, sugar and confectionery products
catering services separate from stores or restaurants
dairy products
fats and oil products
fruit and vegetable canning, preserving, related processing
grain mill products and by-products
meat, poultry, and seafood canning, curing, byproduct processing
miscellaneous food item preparation from raw products
Does not include: bakeries which sell all products on-site (see "Retail Stores, General
Merchandise"); beer brewing as part of a brew pub, bar or restaurant (see "Bars and Drinking
Places"); beverage production other than dairy products (see "Beverage Production");
slaughterhouses and rendering plants (see "Slaughterhouses and Rendering Plants"); or operations
on crops after harvest (see "Agricultural Processing Uses").
Furniture and Fixtures Manufacturing. Manufacturers which produce wood and metal
household furniture, appliances; bedsprings and mattresses; all types of office furniture, and
partitions, shelving, lockers and store furniture; and miscellaneous drapery hardware, window
blinds and shades. Includes wood and cabinet shops, but not sawmills or planing mills, which
are instead included under "Lumber and Wood Products."
Furniture, Furnishings and Equipment Stores. Stores engaged primarily in selling:
draperies
floor coverings
furniture
glass and chinaware
home furnishings
home sound systems
large musical instruments
lawn furniture
movable spas and hot tubs
office furniture
other household electrical and gas appliances
outdoor furniture
refrigerators
stoves
televisions
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G. Definitions, "G."
General Plan. The Town of Truckee General Plan, including all elements thereof and all
amendments thereto, as adopted by the Town Council under the provisions of Government Code
Sections 65300 et seq., and referred to in this Development Code as the "General Plan."
Glass Products. Manufacturing establishments producing flat glass and other glass products
which are pressed, blown, or shaped from glass produced in the same establishment. Does not
include artisan and craftsman type operations of a larger scale than home occupations; see
"Handcraft Industries and Small Scale Manufacturing."
Golf Courses/Country Clubs. Golf courses, and accessory facilities and uses including:
clubhouses with bar and restaurant, locker and shower facilities; driving ranges; "pro shops" for
on-site sales of golfing equipment; and golf cart storage and sales facilities.
Golf Driving Ranges. Commercial recreation facilities independent from golf courses where
patrons practice drives.
Grade, Finished. The final elevation of the land surface of a site after completion of
development.
Grade, Natural. The elevation of the ground surface in its natural state, before construction,
filling, and/or excavation.
Graffiti. Unauthorized inscribing, spraying of paint or making of symbols using chalk, dye, ink,
paint, spray paint or similar materials on public or private places, structures or other surfaces.
Grocery Stores. Stores where most of the floor area is devoted to the sale of food products for
home preparation and consumption, which typically also offer other home care and personal care
products, and which are substantially larger and carry a broader range of merchandise than
"Convenience Stores."
Gross floor area. The area in square feet of all floors within a building, measured from the
intehor surfaces of the exterior walls.
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H. Definitions, "H."
Half-story. See "Story, Half-Story."
Handcraft Industries, Small-Scale Manufacturing. Manufacturing establishments not
classified in another major manufacturing group, including: jewelry; musical instruments; toys;
sporting and athletic goods; pens, pencils, and other office and artists' materials; buttons,
costume novelties, miscellaneous notions; brooms and brushes; and other miscellaneous
manufacturing industries.
Haul road. A road along which material is transported from the area of excavation to the
processing plant or stock pile area of the surface mining operation.
Health/Fitness Facilities. Fitness centers, gymnasiums, health and athletic clubs including
indoor sauna, spa or hot tub facilities; indoor tennis, handball, racquetball, archery and shooting
ranges and other indoor sports activities.
Historic resource. All improvements, natural features, and sites identified in the Town of
Truckee Historic Resources Inventory prepared and accepted by the Nevada County Board of
Supervisors in 1981 and all structures in the -HP District constructed prior to 1940. This
definition is an interim definition until the Historic Resources Inventory is updated.
Home Occupation. The conduct of a business within a dwelling unit or residential site,
employing occupants of the dwelling, with the business activity being subordinate to the
residential use of the property.
Hotel or Motel. Facilities with six or more guest rooms or suites, provided with or without
meals or kitchen facilities, rented to the general public for overnight or other temporary lodging
(less than 30 days). Hotels provide access to most guest rooms from an interior walkway.
Motels provide access to most guest rooms from an exterior walkway. Also includes lodging
units for recreational developments in the Recreation zoning district; ownership of such lodging
units may include timeshares and undivided interest units. Also includes accessory guest
facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, indoor athletic facilities, accessory retail uses,
etc.
Household Pets. The keeping/raising of birds, cats, dogs, or other common household pets, as
determined by the Director, accessory to a residential use.
Housing unit. Any structure designed or used for the shelter or housing of one or more persons.
Hunting and Fishing Clubs. Areas reserved for public or private hunting of wildlife, fishing,
and accessory structures in support of those activities.
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Ice Skating Rink. An outdoor facility for ice skating.
Idle. Surface mining operations curtailed for a period of one year or more, by more than 90
percent of the operation's previous maximum annual mineral production, with the intent to
resume those surface mining operations at a future date.
Impulsive noise. A noise of short duration, usually less than one second and of high intensity,
with an abrupt onset and rapid conclusion.
Incompatible land uses. With respect to surface mining operations, land uses inherently
incompatible with mining and/or that require public or private investment in structures, land
improvements, and landscaping and that may prevent mining because of the greater economic
value of the land and its improvements. Examples of the uses may include high density
residential, low density residential with high unit value, public facilities, geographically limited
but impact intensive industrial, and commercial.
Indoor Recreation Centers. Establishments providing indoor amusement/entertainment
services for a fee or admission charge, including:
bowling alleys
card rooms
coin-operated amusement arcades
dance halls, clubs and ballrooms
electronic game arcades
ice skating and roller skating
pool and billiard rooms as principal uses
Ten or more electronic games or coin-operated amusements in any establishment is considered
an arcade as described above, four or less machines are not considered a land use separate from
the primary use of the site.
Inoperative. Incapable of functioning or producing activity for mechanical or other reasons.
Intensification of use. A change in the use of a site or structure where the new or modified use
is required by Chapter 18.48 (Parking and Loading) to provide more off-street parking spaces
than the former use or the owner/operator implements a change in the operational characteristics
of the use (e.g. increase in the number of days and/or hours of operation) which have the ability
to generate more activity on the site.
Intruding noise level. The total sound level in decibels caused, created, maintained or
originating from the source of the noise in question, at a specified location, while the source of
the noise in question is in operation.
J. Definitions, "J." No technical terms beginning with the letter "J" are used at this time.
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K. Definitions, "K."
Kennel, Commercial. Commercial facilities for the boarding of five or more dogs (four months
of age or older), or five or more cats for commercial purposes, except for dogs or cats for sale
in pet shops, or patients in animal hospitals.
Kennel, Private. The non-commercial keeping of five or more dogs (four months of age or
older), or five or more cats.
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L. Definitions, "L."
Land use permit. Authority granted by the Town to use a specified site for a particular purpose,
including Conditional Use Permits and Minor Conditional Use Permits, Development Plans and
Minor Development Plans, Planned Development Permits, Temporary Use Permits, Variances
and Minor Variances, and Zoning Clearances, as established by Article IV (Land Use and
Development Permit Procedures) of this Development Code.
Large Family Day Care Home. See "Child Day Care Facilities."
Lattice tower. A structure with three or four steel support legs that supports a variety of
antennae. These towers generally range in height from 60 to 200 feet and are constructed in
areas where increased height is needed, microwave antennas are required or where the weather
demands a more structurally-sound design.
Laundries and Dry Cleaning Plants. Service establishments engaged primarily in high volume
laundry and garment services, including: power laundries (family and commercial); garment
pressing and dry cleaning; linen supply; diaper service; industrial laundries; carpet and
upholstery cleaners. Does not include coin-operated laundries or dry cleaning pick-up stores
without dry cleaning equipment; see "Personal Services."
Laundromat. Service establishments providing washing and/or drying machines on the
premises for rental use to the general public.
Libraries and Museums. Public or quasi-public facilities including aquariums, arboretums, art
exhibitions, botanical gardens, historic sites and exhibits, libraries, museums, and planetariums,
which are generally non-commercial in nature.
Live/Work Quarters (Loft). Buildings or spaces within building that are jointly used for
commercial/industrial and residential purposes where the residential use of the space is clearly
secondary or accessory to the primary use as a place of work.
Lot or parcel~ A recorded lot or parcel of real property under single ownership, lawfully created
as required by the Subdivision Map Act and Town ordinances, including this Development
Code. Types of lots include the following. See Figure 7-2 (Lot Types).
Corner lot. A lot located at the intersection of two or more streets, where they intersect
at an interior angle of not more than 135 degrees. If the intersection angle is more than 135
degrees, the lot is considered an interior lot.
2. Flag lot. A lot having access from the building site to a public street by means of private
fight-of-way strip that is owned in fee.
3. Interior lot. A lot abutting only one street.
4. Key lot. An interior lot, the side of which adjoins the rear property line of a reverse comer
lot.
5. Reverse corner lot. A comer lot, the rear of which abuts a key lot.
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6. Through lot. A lot with frontage on two generally parallel streets.
Lot area. Gross lot area is the total area included within the lot lines of a lot, exclusive of
adjacent dedicated street rights of way. Net lot area is exclusive of vehicular access easements
which limit the use of the lot.
Lot coverage. See "Site Coverage."
Lot depth. The average linear distance between the front and the rear lot lines or the intersection
of the two side lot lines if there is no rear line. See Figure 7-3 (Lot Features). The Director shall
determine lot depth for parcels of irregular configuration.
Lot frontage. The boundary of a lot adjacent to a public street fight-of-way.
' i
~ - . Cul-de-Sac
Interior Lot I
Through Lot
]
; Comer Lot
Lot
Interior
Lot
Key Lot Reverse
Comer Lot
FIGURE 7-2
LOT TYPES
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· R('~*r Lot~l~
[', q, /D,,i,,,,
Fronl
FIGURE 7-3
LOT FEATURES
Lot line or property line. Any recorded boundary of a lot. Types of lot lines are as follows
(see Figure %3 (Lot Features)):
Front lot line. On an interior lot, the property line separating the parcel from the street.
The front lot line on a comer lot is the line with the shortest frontage. (If the lot lines of
a comer lot are equal in length, the front lot line shall be determined by the Director.) On
a through lot, both lot lines are front lot lines and the lot is considered to have no rear lot
line.
2. Interior lot line. Any lot line not abutting a street·
3. Rear lot line. A property line that does not intersect the front lot line, which is most distant
from and most closely parallel to the front lot line.
4. Side lot line. Any lot line that is not a front or rear lot line.
Lot width. The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the
lot depth at a point midway between the front and rear lot lines. See Figure 7-3 (Lot Features).
The Director shall determine lot width for parcels of irregular shape.
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Lumber and Wood Products. Manufacturing, processing, and sales uses involving the milling
of forest products to produce rough and finished lumber and other wood materials for use in
other manufacturing, craft, or construction processes. Includes the following processes and
products:
containers, pallets and skids
firewood
milling operations
trusses and structural beams
turning and shaping of wood products
wholesaling of basic wood products
wood product assembly
Craft-type shops are included in "Handcraft Industries and Small-Scale Manufacturing." Other
wood and cabinet shops are included under "Furniture and Fixture Manufacturing." The indoor
retail sale of building materials, construction tools and equipment is included under "Building
Material Stores."
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M. Definitions, "M."
Machinery Manufacturing. The manufacturing of machinery and equipment for purposes and
products including the following:
boats
bulldozers
carburetors
construclion
conveyors
cranes
die casting
dies
dredging
engines and turbines
farm and garden
food products manufacturing
gear cutting
heating, ventilation, air conditioning
industrial trucks and tractors
industrial furnaces and ovens
industrial molds
laundry and dry cleaning
materials handling
mining
oil field equipment
paper manufacturing
passenger and freight elevators
pistons
printing
pumps
refrigeration equipment
textile manufacturing
Major wireless communication facility. A wireless communication facility that:
1. Is ground-mounted on property not within the public right-of-way;
2. Is ground-mounted within the public right-of-way, but does not qualify as a microcell
facility; or
3. Is roof- or structure-mounted and exceeds 10 feet in height and/or exceeds the maximum
height allowed in the zoning district in which the facility is located.
Map Act. See "Subdivision Map Act."
Marinas. Recreationally-oriented commercial or public small craft harbors that may include
mooring and launching facilities and accessory facilities for boat servicing and the rental of
watercraft.
Massage parlor. An establishment where, for any form of consideration, alcohol rub, electric
or magnetic treatment, fomentation, massage or similar treatment or manipulation of the human
body is administered unless the treatment or manipulation is administered by a acupuncturist,
chiropractor, massage therapist, medical practitioner, physical therapist or similar professional
person licensed by the State.
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This definition does not include an athletic club, gymnasium, health club, reducing salon, school,
spa or similar establishment where massage therapy or similar manipulation of the human body
is offered as an incidental or accessory service.
Mean sea level. The National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum, to
which base flood elevations shown on a Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.
Medical Services - Clinics and Laboratories. Facilities primarily engaged in furnishing
outpatient medical, mental health, surgical and other personal health services, but which are
separate from hospitals, including:
health management organizations (HMOs)
medical and dental laboratories
medical, dental and psychiatric offices
out-patient care facilities
other allied health services
Counseling services by other than medical doctors or psychiatrists are included under "Offices."
Medical Services - Extended Care. Residential facilities providing nursing and health-related
care as a principal use with in-patient beds, such as: board and care homes; convalescent and
rest homes; extended care facilities; skilled nursing facilities. Long-term personal care facilities
that do not emphasize medical treatment am included under "Residential Care Homes."
Medical Services - Hospitals. Hospitals and similar facilities engaged primarily in providing
diagnostic services, and extensive medical treatment, including surgical and other hospital
services. These establishments have an organized medical staff, inpatient beds, and equipment
and facilities to provide complete health care. May include on-site accessory clinics and
laboratories, accessory retail uses and emergency heliports (see the separate definition of
"Accessory Retail Uses").
Membership Organization Facilities. Permanent, headquarters-type and meeting facilities for
organizations operating on a membership basis for the promotion of the interests of the members,
including facilities for:
business associations
civic, social and fraternal organizations
country clubs (golf courses separately defined)
labor unions and similar organizations
political organizations
professional membership organizations
other membership organizations
Metal Fabrication, Machine and Welding Shops. Establishments engaged primarily in the
assembly of metal parts, including the following uses that produce metal duct work, tanks,
towers, cabinets and enclosures, metal doors and gates, and similar products.
blacksmith and welding shops
sheet metal shops
machine shops and boiler shops
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Microcell. A wireless communication facility that:
Contains a maximum of four whip or panel antennae. Each whip antenna does not exceed
four inches in diameter and four feet in length. Each panel antenna does not exceed two
square feet in surface area;
2. Contains a maximum of one microwave antenna no larger than 10 square feet in surface
area;
3. Has an array of antennae less than 10 feet in height;
Is roof- or structure-mounted or, if within the public right-of-way, is located on top of a
light pole or telephone pole or a metal or precast concrete monopole (similar in design to
a street light pole or street tree); and
5. Has a total height, if roof- or structure-mounted, that does not exceed the maximum height
allowed in the applicable zoning district in which the facility is located.
Mined lands. The surface, subsurface, and ground water of an area in which surface mining
operations will be, are being, or have been conducted, including private ways and roads
appurtenant to any area, land excavations, workings, mining waste, and areas in which structures,
facilities, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property which result from, or are
used in, surface mining operations are located.
Minerals. Any naturally occurring chemical element or compound, or groups of elements and
compounds, formed from inorganic processes and organic substances, including, but not limited
to, coal, peat, and bituminous rock, but excluding geothermal resources, natural gas, and
petroleum.
Mining waste. Includes the residual of equipment, liquid, machines, mineral, rock, soil, tools,
vegetation or other materials or property directly resulting from, or displaced by, surface mining
operations.
Mining and Quarrying. Surface mining operations for aggregates (sand and gravel), and/or
other surface or subsurface mineral extraction operations.
Minor wireless communication facility. A wireless communication facility that:
1. Consists of a microcell; and
2. Is roof- or structure-mounted and is less than 10 feet in height and does not exceed the
maximum height permitted in the zoning district in which the facility is located.
Mixed Use. Properties on which various uses, such as office, commercial, institutional, and
residential, are combined in a single building or a single site in an integrated development project
with significant functional inter-relationships and a coherent physical design. A "single site"
may include contiguous properties.
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Mobile Home. A trailer, transportable in one or more sections, that is certified under the
National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which is over
eight feet in width and 40 feet in length, with or without a permanent foundation and not
including recreational vehicle, commercial coach or factory-built housing. A mobile home on
a permanent foundation is included under the definition of "Single-Family Dwellings."
Mobile Home Park. Any site that is planned and improved to accommodate two or more
mobile homes used for residential purposes, or on which two or more mobile home lots are
rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later
converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership, to
accommodate mobile homes used for residential purposes.
Monopole. A structure composed of a single spire used to support antennae and related
equipment.
Mortuaries. Funeral homes and parlors, where deceased am prepared for burial or cremation,
and funeral services may be conducted.
Motor Vehicles and Transportation Equipment. Manufacturers of equipment for transporting
passengers and cargo by land, air and water, including motor vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, ships,
boats, railroad and other vehicles such as motorcycles, bicycles and snowmobiles. Includes
manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories; trailers and campers for attachment to other
vehicles; self-contained motor homes; and van conversions.
Mounted. Attached or supported.
Multi-Family Dwellings. See "Dwelling, Multi-Family."
Multiple Tenant Site/Center. A coinmercial or industrial development consisting of two or
more separate businesses that share either the same parcel or structure and use common access
and parking facilities.
Municipal Code. The Town of Truckee Municipal Code, as it may be amended from time to
time by the Council.
Museum. An institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of
lasting interest or value.
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Nature reserves. Sites with environmental resources intended to be preserved in their natural
state.
Negative Declaration. A statement describing the reasoning that a proposed action will not
have a significant adverse effect on the environment, in compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Noise disturbance. Any sound which endangers or injures the safety or health of human beings
or annoys or is objectionable to a reasonable person of normal sensitivity.
Noise in question. Noise suspected of exceeding the standards of this Section.
Noise source. The activity responsible for the noise in question or noise which in fact exceeds
the standards of this Section.
Nonconforming Use, Structure, or Parcel. See Chapter 18.130 (Nonconforming Uses,
Structures, and Parcels.
Non-shedding Roof. A roof with materials that allow snow to be retained on the roof and to
melt off, as opposed to a roof that does not retain snow and allows snow to slide off.
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Definitions, "O."
Occupancy. All or a portion of a structure occupied by one tenant.
Offices, Accessory to Prhnary Use. Incidental offices that are customarily accessory to another
use and are allowed as part of an approved principal use.
Offices, Business. Establishments providing direct services to consumers, such as insurance
agencies; title insurance companies; real estate offices; post offices (e.g. MailBox Etc., American
Mailboxes), but not including bulk mailing distribution centers, which are included under
"Vehicle and Freight Terminals".
Does not include: medical offices (see "Medical Services - Clinics and Laboratories"); or offices
that are incidental and accessory to another business or sales activity that is the principal use.
Offices, Professional. Professional or government offices including:
accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services
advertising agencies
architectural, engineering, planning and surveying services
attorneys
counseling services
court reporting services
data processing and computer services
detective agencies and similar services
educational, scientific and research organizations
employment, stenographic, secretarial and word processing services
government offices including agency and administrative office facilities
management, public relations and consulting services
photography and commercial art studios
writers and artists offices outside the home
Does not include: medical offices (see "Medical Services - Clinics and Laboratories") or offices
that are incidental and accessory to another business or sales activity that is the principal use.
Incidental offices that are customarily accessory to another use are allowed as part of an
approved principal use.
Offices, Temporary. A mobile home, recreational vehicle or modular unit, or space within a
permanent structure used as a temporary office facility. Purposes for temporary offices may
include: construction supervision offices on a construction site or off-site construction yard; a
temporary on-site real estate office for a development project; or a temporary business office in
advance of permanent facility construction.
Offices, Temporary Real Estate. The temporary use of a dwelling unit within a residential
development project as a sales or rental office for the units on the same site, which is converted
to residential use at the conclusion of its office use.
One hundred year flood. A flood that has a one percent probability of being equaled or
exceeded in any given year. It is identical to the base flood.
One hundred year floodplain. The area subject to innundation by a 100-year flood.
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Open space. Land that is maintained in a primarily natural state, and/or primarily without
structures other than facilities in support of outdoor recreation.
Operator. Any person who is engaged in surface mining operations, or who contracts with
others to conduct operations on their behalf, except a person who is engaged in surface mining
operations as an employee with wages as the sole compensation.
Outdoor Commercial Recreation. Facilities for various outdoor participant sports and types
of recreation where a fee is charged for use, including:
amusement and theme parks
drive-in theaters
go-cad: and miniature auto race tracks
health and athletic club outdoor facilities
miniature golf courses
skateboard parks
swim and tennis clubs
tennis courts
water slides
zoos
May also include commercial facilities customarily associated with the above outdoor
commercial recreational uses, including bars and restaurants, fast-food restaurants, video game
arcades, etc. Spectator facilities are included in the definition of "Sport Facilities and Outdoor
Public Assembly."
Outdoor Retail Sales and Activities. Permanent outdoor sales and rental establishments
including autos, lumber, other vehicles and equipment, and other uses where the business is not
conducted entirely within a structure.
Overburden. Rock, soil or other materials that lie above a natural mineral deposit or in between
deposits, before or after their removal, by surface mining operations.
Owner. In addition to those definitions provided by State law, Municipal Code and case law,
the registered owner which includes, but shall not be limited to, the property owner, renter, lessor
and/or other residents or guests residing permanently or temporarily on a residential property.
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Paper Products. The manufacture of paper and paperboard, from both raw and recycled
materials, and their conversion into products such as paper bags, boxes, envelopes, wallpaper,
etc.
Parcel. See "Lot, or Parcel."
Parking Pad. A platform for vehicle parking, constructed on a residential parcel which slopes
downward from a street.
Parks and Playgrounds. Public parks, play lots, playgrounds, and athletic fields for non-
commercial neighborhood or community use, including tennis courts. If privately-owned, the
same facilities are included under the definition of "Outdoor Recreation Facilities." See also
"Golf Courses/Country Clubs," "Outdoor Commercial Recreation," and "Sport Facilities and
Outdoor Public Assembly."
Paving and Roofing Materials. The manufacture of various common paving and petroleum-
based roofing materials, including bulk asphalt, paving blocks made of asphalt, creosote wood
and various compositions of asphalt and tar. The manufacture of wood roofing materials
(shingles, shakes, etc.) is included under "Lumber and Wood Products."
Person. Any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock
association; city, county, state, or district; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other
similar representative thereof.
Personal communication services. A digital wireless communication technology that has the
capacity for multiple communication services and provides a system in which calls are routed
to individuals rather than places, regardless of location.
Personal Services. Establishments providing non-medically related services, including beauty
and barber shops; clothing rental; dry cleaning pick-up stores; laundromats (self-service
laundries); psychic readers; shoe repair shops; tanning salons. These uses may also include
accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided.
Pet Shop. A retail store selling live household pets and related supplies. Does not include
overnight boarding services or facilities for animals other than those for sale on the site.
Pipelines. Transportation facilities for the conveyance of: crude petroleum; refined petroleum
products such as gasoline and fuel oils; natural gas; mixed, manufactured or liquified petroleum
gas; or the pipeline transmission of other commodities. Also includes pipeline surface and
terminal facilities, including pump stations, bulk stations, surge and storage tanks.
Planning Commission. The Planning Commission of the Town of Truckee, appointed by the
Truckee Town Council as provided by Government Code Section 65101, referred to throughout
this Development Code as the "Commission."
Plant Nurseries and Garden Supply Stores. Commercial agricultural establishments engaged
in the production of ornamental plants and other nursery products, grown under cover or
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outdoors. Includes stores selling these products, and commercial scale greenhouses. The sale
of house plants or other nursery products entirely within a building is also included under "Retail
Stores, General Merchandise." Home greenhouses are included under "Residential Accessory
Uses and Structures."
Plastics and Rubber Products. The manufacture of robber products such as: tires; robber
footwear; mechanical robber goods; heels and soles; flooring; and other rubber products from
natural, synthetic or reclaimed rubber. Also includes establishments engaged primarily in
manufacturing tires. Also includes: establishments engaged in molding primary plastics for
other manufacturers, and manufacturing miscellaneous finished plastics products; fiberglass
manufacturing, and fiberglass application services. Establishments engaged primarily in
recapping and retreading automobile tires are classified in "Repair and Maintenance - Vehicle."
Premises. Any structure, parcel, real estate or land or portion of land whether improved or
unimproved, including adjacent parkways, parking strip, sidewalks and streets.
Primary structure. A structure that accommodates the primary use of the site.
Primary use. The main purpose for which a site is developed, including the activities that are
conducted on the site a majority of the hours during which activities occur.
Principal use. The primary or predominant allowed use of any site or structure.
Printing and Publishing. Establishments engaged in printing by letterpress, lithography,
gravure, screen, offset, or electrostatic (xerographic) copying, and other "quick printing"
services; and other establishments serving the printing trade such as bookbinding, typesetting,
engraving, photoengraving and electrotyping. This use also includes establishments that publish
newspapers, books and periodicals; and establishments manufacturing business forms and
binding devices.
Private Residential Recreation Facilities. Privately-owned, non-commercial outdoor
recreation facilities provided for members or project/neighborhood residents, including swim and
tennis clubs, park and sport court facilities. Does not include golf courses/country clubs, which
are separately defined.
Private wireless communication facility. A wireless communication facility that has not been
granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity by the California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC).
Professional center. An integrated building or site for two or more separate, commercial
businesses or tenants. Separate businesses or tenants shall be evident by such factors as separate
ownership interests, separate leases, and separate ingress/egress.
Property. Any parcel of land and shall include any alley, parkway, sidewalk or unimproved
public easement abutting the parcel.
Property frontage. The front or frontage is that side of a parcel or development site abutting
on a public street.
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Property owner. The person(s) or entity to whom property tax is assessed, as shown on the
latest equalized assessment roll of the County.
Public Improvements and Engineering Standards. The Town of Truckee Public
Improvements and Engineering Standards, as adopted by the Council.
Public Buildings and Structures. Public agency (including special district) facilities other than
public safety and utility facilities as defined below.
Public Safety Facilities. Facilities operated by public agencies including fire stations, other fire
prevention and fire fighting facilities, police and sheriff substations and headquarters, including
interim incarceration facilities.
Public Service Easement. A fight-of-way, easement, or use restriction acquired for public use
for sewers, pipelines, polelines, electrical transmission and communication lines, pathways,
storm drains, drainage, water transmission lines, and similar purposes.
Public Utility Facilities. Fixed-base structures and facilities serving as junction points for
transferring utility services from one transmission voltage to another or to local distribution and
service voltages. These uses include any of the following facilities that are not exempted from
land use permit requirements by Government Code Section 53091:
corporation and maintenance yards.
electrical substations and switching stations
natural gas regulating and distribution facilities
public water system wells, treatment plants and storage
telephone switching facilities
wastewater treatment plants, settling ponds and disposal fields
These uses do not include office or customer service centers (classified in "Offices"); equipment
and material storage yards; or public, commercial, and private electromagnetic and
photoelectrical transmission, broadcast, repeater and receiving stations for radio, television,
telegraph, telephone, cellular or wireless telephone, and data network communications (classified
as "Telecommunications Facilities").
Public wireless communication facility. A wireless communication facility that has been
granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity by the California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC).
Q. Definitions, "Q." No technical terms beginning with the letter "Q" are used at this time.
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Radio frequency radiation. Electromagnetic radiation in the portion of the spectrum from three
kilohertz to 300 gigahertz.
Reclamation. The combined process of land treatment that minimizes water degradation, air
pollution, damage to aquatic or wildlife habitat, flooding, erosion, and other adverse effects from
surface mining operations, including adverse surface effects incidental to underground mines,
so that mined lands are reclaimed to a usable condition which is readily adaptable for alternate
land uses and create no danger to public health or safety. The process may extend to affected
lands surrounding mined lands, and may require backfilling, grading, resoiling, revegetation, soil
compaction, stabilization, or other measures.
Recreational vehicle (RV). A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with
or without motive power, originally designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency,
or other occupancy, which meets all of the following criteria:
It contains less than 320 square feet of internal living room area, excluding built-in
equipment, including wardrobe, closets, cabinets, kitchen units or fixtures, and bath or
toilet rooms;
2. It contains 400 square feet or less of gross area measured at maximum horizontal
projections;
3. It is built on a single chassis; and
4. It is either self-propelled, track-mounted, or permanently towable on the highways without
a towing permit.
Recreational Vehicle Park. A site where one or more lots are used, or are intended to be used,
by campers with recreational vehicles or tents. Recreational vehicle parks may include public
restrooms, water, sewer, and electric hookups to each lot and are intended as a higher density,
more intensively developed use than campgrounds. May include accessory retail uses where
they are clearly incidental and intended to serve RV park patrons only.
Recycling Facilities. This land use type includes a variety of facilities involved with the
collection, sorting and processing of recyclable materials.
1. Collection facility. A center where the public may donate, redeem or sell recyclable
materials, which may include the following:
a. Reverse vending machine(s);
b. Small collection facilities which occupy an area of 350 square feet or less and may
include:
(1) A mobile unit;
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(2) Bulk reverse vending machines or a grouping of reverse vending machines
occupying more than 50 square feet; and
(3) Kiosk-type units which may include permanent structures.
c. Large collection facilities which occupy an area of more than 350 square feet and]or
include permanent structures.
Mobile recycling unit. An automobile, track, trailer, or van used for the collection of
recyclable materials, carrying bins, boxes, or other containers.
Processing facility. A structure or enclosed space used for the collection and processing
of recyclable materials for shipment, or to an end-user's specifications, by such means as
baling, briquetting, cleaning, compacting, crushing, flattening, grinding, mechanical
sorting, remanufacturing and shredding. Processing facilities include the following types,
both of which are included under the definition of "Scrap and Dismantling Yards:"
Light processing facility occupies an area of under 45,000 square feet of collection,
processing and storage area, and averages two outbound truck shipments each day.
Light processing facilities are limited to baling, briquetting, compacting, crushing,
grinding, shredding and sorting of source separated recyclable materials sufficient to
qualify as a certified processing facility. A light processing facility shall not shred,
compact, or bale ferrous metals other than food and beverage containers; and
b. A heavy processing facility is any processing facility other than a light processing
facility.
Recycling facility. A center for the collection and]or processing of recyclable materials.
A "certified" recycling or processing facility is certified by the California Department of
Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage Container Recycling
and Litter Reduction Act of 1986. A recycling facility does not include storage containers
located on a residentially, commercially or industrially designated site used solely for the
recycling of material generated on the site. See "Collection Facility" above.
Recycling or recyclable material. Reusable domestic containers and other materials
which can be reconstituted, remanufactured, or reused in an altered form, including glass,
metals, paper and plastic. Recyclable material does not include refuse or hazardous
materials.
Reverse vending machine. An automated mechanical device which accepts one or more
types of empty beverage containers and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip
with a value not less than the container's redemption value, as determined by State law.
These vending machines may accept aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, and other
containers.
A bulk reverse vending machine is a reverse vending machine that is larger than 50 square
feet, is designed to accept more than one container at a time, and issues a cash refund based
on total weight instead of by container.
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Scrap and dismantling yards. Outdoor establishments primarily engaged in assembling,
breaking up, sorting, and the temporary storage and distribution of recyclable or reusable
scrap and waste materials, including auto wreckers engaged in dismantling automobiles for
scrap, and the incidental wholesale or retail sales of parts from those vehicles. Includes
light and heavy processing facilities for recycling (see the definitions above). Does not
include: places where these activities are conducted entirely within buildings; pawn shops,
and other secondhand stores; the sale of operative used cars; or landfills or other waste
disposal sites.
Religious Retreats and Organizational Camps. Lodging facilities operated by religious or
secular organizations for their members and not open to the general public. Includes convents
and monasteries.
Removal of clothing. Striptease, or the removal of clothing, or the wearing of transparent or
diaphanous clothing, including models appearing in lingerie, to the point where "specified
anatomical areas" are exposed.
Repair and Maintenance - Vehicle. The repair, alteration, restoration, painting, or finishing
of automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, boats and other vehicles as a principal use,
including the incidental wholesale and retail sale of vehicle parts as an accessory use. This use
includes major and minor categories. Major vehicle repair facilities deal with entire vehicles.
Minor facilities specialize in limited aspects of repair and maintenance (i.e., muffler and radiator
shops, quick-lube, etc.).
Includes tire recapping establishments. Does not include automobile parking (see "Commercial
Parking and Vehicle Storage"), repair shops that are part of a vehicle dealership on the same site
(see "Auto, Mobile home, Vehicle and Parts Sales"); automobile service stations, which are
separately defined; or automobile dismantling yards, which are included under "Recycling, Scrap
and Dismantling Yards."
Repair and Maintenance - Consumer Products. Service establishments in which the repair
of consumer products is the principal business activity, including: electrical repair shops;
television and radio and other appliance repair; watch, clock and jewelry repair; re-upholstery
and furniture repair. Does not include shoe repair (see "Personal Services"), or businesses
serving the repair needs of heavy equipment (see "Business Support Services").
Research and Development. Indoor facilities for scientific research, and the design,
development and testing of computer software, and electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical and
mechanical components in advance of product manufacturing, that are not associated with a
manufacturing facility on the same site. Includes chemical and biotechnology research and
development. Does not include soils and other materials testing laboratories (see "Business
Support Services"), or medical laboratories (see "Medical Services - Clinics and Labs").
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Residential Accessory Uses and Structures. Any use and/or structure that is customarily a part
of, and clearly incidental and secondary to, a residence and does not change the character of the
residential use. These uses include the following detached accessory structures, and other similar
structures normally associated with a residential use of property:
docks and piers
garages
gazebos
greenhouses
spas and hot tubs
storage sheds
studios
swimming pools
tennis and other on-site sport courts
workshops
Also includes the indoor storage of automobiles (including their incidental restoration and
repair), personal recreational vehicles and other personal property, accessory to a residential use.
Does not include home satellite dish and other receiving antennas for earth-based TV and radio
broadcasts; see "Telecommunications Facilities."
Residential Care Home. This land use consists of a dwelling unit licensed or supervised by any
Federal, State, or local health/welfare agency which provides 24-hour nonmedical care of
unrelated persons who are handicapped and need of personal services, supervision, or assistance
essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual in a
family-like environment, including but not limited to residential care facilities for the elderly and
persons with chronic life-threatening illness, foster care homes, alcoholism or drag abuse
recovery or treatment facilities, pediatric day health and respite care facilities, intermediate care
facilities for the development disabled, and congregate living health facilities. For the purposes
of this definition, a "family dwelling unit" includes a single-family dwelling, a unit in a multi-
family dwelling, including a unit in a duplex and a unit in an apartment building, a mobile home,
including a mobile home located in a mobile home park, a unit in a cooperative, a unit in a
condominium development, a unit in a townhouse development, and a unit in a planned
development.
Residential district or zone. Any of the residential zoning districts established by Section
18.06.020 (Zoning Districts Established).
Restaurant, Counter Service. A retail business where customers are served prepared food from
a walk-up ordering counter for either on- or off-premise consumption. A restaurant with drive-
up or drive-through service is instead included under the definition of "Drive-in and Drive-Thm
Sales."
Restaurant, Table Service. A retail business selling food and beverages prepared on the site,
where most customers are served food at tables for on-premise consumption. These restaurants
may also provide food on a take-out basis where take-out is clearly secondary to table service.
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Retail Stores, General Merchandise. Stores and shops selling many lines of merchandise.
Such types of stores and lines of merchandise include:
antique shop
artists' supplies
auto parts (not repair or machine shops)
bakeries (retail only)
bicycles
books
cameras and photographic supplies
clothing and accessories
department stores
drug and discount stores
drygoods
fabrics and sewing suppries
florists and houseplant stores (indoor sales only---outdoor sales are "Plant Nurseries")
general stores
hardware
hardware
hobby materials
jewelry
luggage and leather goods
musical instruments, pads and accessories
newsstands
orthopedic supplies
pet stores
religious goods
small wares
specialty shops
sporting goods and equipment
stationery
toys and games
variety steres
Review authority. The individual or official Town body (the Director, Planning Commission,
or Town Council) identified by this Development Code as having the responsibility and
authority to review, and approve or disapprove the permit applications described in Article IV
(Land Use and Development Permit Procedures).
Rezoning. An amendment to the Zoning Map which changes the zoning district applied to a site
or area to another zoning district.
Roof-mounted. Mounted above the eave line of a structure.
Rooming and Boarding Houses. The renting of individual bedrooms within a dwelling to three
or more people, whether or not meals are provided.
Rural Recreation. Facilities for outdoor recreational activities including: outdoor archery,
pistol, rifle, and skeet clubs; rodeo facilities; guest ranches; health resorts including outdoor hot
springs or hot tub facilities. Hunting and fishing clubs are separately defined.
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Schools. Public and private educational institutions, including:
boarding schools
business, secretarial, and vocational schools
community colleges, colleges and universities
elementary, middle, and junior high schools
establishments providing courses by mail
high schools
military academies
professional schools (law, medicine, etc.)
seminaries/religious ministry training facilities
Also includes specialized non-degree granting schools offering instruction in:
art
ballet and other dance
computers and electronics
drama
driver education
language
music
Also includes facilities, institutions and conference centers that offer specialized programs in
personal growth and development, such as fitness, environmental awareness, arts,
communications, and management. Does not include pre-schools and child day care facilities
(see "Child Day Care Facilities").
Second Hand Stores. Indoor retail establishments that buy and sell used products, including
books, clothing, furniture and household goods. The sale of antiques is included under "Retail
Stores, General Merchandise." The sale of cars and other used vehicles is included under "Auto,
Mobile Home, Vehicle and Parts Sales."
Secondary Housing Unit. A second permanent dwelling that is accessory to a primary dwelling
on the same site. A residential second unit provides complete, independent living facilities for
one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking,
sanitation, and parking.
Senior Citizen/Disabled Congregate Care Housing. Multi-family residential projects where
occupancy is limited to people of 55 years or older and/or people with physical or mental
disabilities, and no persons under 18 years of age are permitted as residents. These facilities may
include individual apartment units, community dining centers, common recreation areas, and
medical facilities.
Service Station. A retail business selling gasoline or other motor vehicle fuels, which may also
provide services which are incidental to fuel services. These secondary services may include
vehicle engine maintenance and repair, towing and trailer rental services. Does not include the
storage or repair of wrecked or abandoned vehicles, vehicle painting, body or fender work, or
the rental of vehicle storage or parking spaces.
Setback. The distance by which a structure, parking area or other development feature must be
separated from a lot line, other structure or development feature, or street centerline. Setbacks
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from private streets are measured from the edge of the easement. See also "Yard." Figure 7-4
(Setbacks) shows the location of front, side, street side, rear, and interior setbacks.
Street side
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Sexual encounter establishment. An establishment, other than a hotel, motel or similar
establishment offering public accommodations, which, for any form of consideration, provides
a place where two or more persons may associate, congregate or consort in connection with
"specified sexual activities" or the exposure of "specified anatomical areas."
This definition does not include an establishment where a medical practitioner, psychologist,
psychiatrist or similar professional person licensed by the State engages in sexual therapy.
Shopping Center. Primarily retail commercial sites with at least five separate tenants whose
combined gross floor area totals at least 10,000 square feet, and where any underlying separate
lots comprising the site are tied together by a binding legal agreement providing rights of
reciprocal parking and access.
Sign. A structure, device, figure, display, message placard, or other contrivance, or any part
thereof, situated outdoors or indoors, which is designed, constructed, intended, or used to
advertise, or to provide information in the nature of advertising, to direct or attract attention to
an object, person, institution, business, product, service, event, or location by any means,
including words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination, or projected
images. Does not include murals, paintings and other works of art that are not intended to
advertise or identify any business or product. Does not include product displays immediately
behind windows that provide no other advertising of the product (i.e., with prices or other signs
or information). Types of signs include the following.
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Abandoned Sign. A sign that no longer advertises a business, lessor, owner, product,
service or activity on the premises where the sign is displayed.
Animated or Moving Sign. A sign which uses movement, lighting, or special materials
to depict action or create a special effect to imitate movement.
Awning Sign. A sign copy or logo attached to or painted on an awning.
Banner, Flag, or Pennant. Cloth, bunting, plastic, paper, or similar non-rigid material
used for advertising purposes attached to a structure, staff, pole, line, framing, or vehicle,
not including official flags of the United States, the State of California, and other states of
the nation, counties, municipalities, official flags of foreign nations and nationally or
internationally recognized organizations.
Bench Sign. Copy painted on a portion of a bench.
Business Identification Sign. A sign which serves to identify only the name, address, and
lawful use of the premises upon which it is located and provides no other advertisements
or product identification.
Cabinet Sign (Can Sign). A sign which contains all the text and/or logo symbols within
a single enclosed cabinet and may or may not be internally illuminated.
Changeable Copy Sign. A sign designed to allow the changing of copy through manual,
mechanical, or electrical means including time and temperature.
Civic Event Sign. A temporary sign, other than a commercial sign, posted to advertise a
civic event sponsored by a public agency, school, church, civic-fraternal organization, or
similar noncommercial organization.
Contractor or Construction Sign. A sign which states the name of the developer and
contractor(s) working on the site and related engineering, architectural or financial firms
involved with the project.
Directional Sign. An on-site sign which is designed and erected solely for the purposes
of directing vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic within a project.
Directory Sign. A sign for listing the tenants and their suite numbers of a multiple tenant
structure or center.
Double-Faced Sign. A sign constructed to display its message on the outer surfaces of two
identical and/or opposite parallel planes.
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Canopy
Wall
Under Marquee
Monument
Roof
Multi-Tenant
Projecting
Pole/Pylon
Window
FIGURE 7-5
EXAMPLES OF SIGN TYPES
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14. Electronic Reader Board Sign. A sign with a fixed or changing display composed of a
series of lights, but not including time and temperature displays.
15. Flashing Sign. A sign that contains an intermittent or sequential flashing light source.
16. Future Tenant Identification Sign. A temporary sign that identifies the names of future
businesses that will occupy a site or structure.
17. Garage Sale Sign. A sign with a message advertising the resale of personal property that
has been used by the resident.
18. Grand Opening. A promotional activity not exceeding 30 calendar days used by newly
established businesses, within two months after initial occupancy, to inform the public of
their location and services available to the community. "Grand Opening" does not mean
an annual or occasional promotion of retail sales by a business.
19. Ground Mounted Sign. A sign fixed in an upright position on the ground not attached
to a structure other than a framework, pole or device, erected primarily to support the sign.
Includes monument signs and pole signs.
20. Holiday Decoration Sign. Temporary seasonal signs, in the nature of decorations, clearly
incidental to and customarily associated with nationally recognized holidays and which
contain no advertising message.
21. Illegal Sign. A sign which includes any of the following:
a. A sign erected without fin'st complying with all regulations in effect at the time of its
construction or use;
b. A sign that was legally erected, but whose use has ceased, the structure upon which
the display is placed has been abandoned by its owner, or the sign is not being used
to identify or advertise an ongoing business for a period of not less than 90 days;
c. A sign that was legally erected which later became nonconforming as a result of the
adoption of an ordinance, the amortization period for the display provided by the
ordinance rending the display conforming has expired, and conformance has not been
accomplished;
d. A sign that was legally erected which later became nonconforming and then was
damaged to the extent of 50 percent or more of its current replacement value;
e. A sign which is a danger to the public or is unsafe;
f. A sign which is a traffic hazard not created by relocation of streets or highways or by
acts of the Town; or
g. A sign that pertains to a specific event, and five days have elapsed since the occurrence
of the event.
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22. Indirectly Illuminated Sign. A sign whose light source is external to the sign and which
casts its light onto the sign from some distance.
23. Internally Illuminated Sign. A sign whose light source is located in the interior of the
sign so that the rays go through the face of the sign, or light source which is attached to the
face of the sign and is perceived as a design element of the sign.
24. Marquee (Canopy) Sign. A sign which is attached to or otherwise made a part of a
permanent roof-like structure which projects beyond the building wall in the form of a large
canopy to provide protection from the weather.
25. Monument Sign. An independent, freestanding structure supported on the ground having
a solid base as opposed to being supported by poles or open braces.
26. Multi-Tenant Sign. An identification sign for a commercial site with multiple tenants,
displaying the names of each tenant on the site.
27. Nonconforming Sign. An advertising structure or sign which was lawfully erected and
maintained prior to the adoption of this Development Code, but does not now completely
comply with current regulations.
28. Off-Site Directional Sign. A sign identifying a publicly owned facility, emergency
facility, or a temporary subdivision sign, but excluding real estate signs.
29. Off-Site Sign. A sign identifying a use, facility, service, or product which is not located,
sold, or manufactured on the same premise as the sign or which identifies a use, service,
or product by a brand name which, although sold or manufactured on the promise, does not
constitute the principal item for sale or manufactured on the premise.
30. Pedestrian oriented sign. A sign near street or sidewalk level, oriented and scaled to the
pedestrian rather than the motorist.
31. Permanent Sign. A sign constructed of durable materials and intended to exist for the
duration of time that the use or occupant is located on the premises.
32. Political Sign. A sign designed for the purpose of advertising support of or opposition to
a candidate or proposition for a public election.
33. Pole/Pylon Sign. An elevated freestanding sign, typically supported by one or two poles
or columns.
34. Portable Sign. A sign that is not permanently affixed to a structure or the ground.
35. Projecting Sign. A sign other than a wall sign suspending from, or supported by, a
structure and projecting outward.
36. Promotional Sign. A sign erected on a temporary basis to promote the sale of new
products, new management, new hours of operation, a new service, or to promote a special
sale.
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37.
Real Estate Sign. A sign indicating that a property or any portion thereof is available for
inspection, sale, lease, rent, or directing people to a property, but not including temporary
subdivision signs.
38. Roof Sign. A sign constructed upon or over a roof, or placed so as to extend above the
edge of the roof.
39.
Special Event Sign/Banner. A temporary sign or banner that is intended to inform the
public of a unique happening, action, purpose, or occasion (i.e., grand opening or
community event).
40. Temporary Sign. A sign intended to be displayed for a limited period of time and capable
of being viewed from a public right-of-way, parking area or neighboring property.
41. Under Marquee Sign. A sign suspended from a marquee or canopy.
42.
Vehicle Sign. A sign which is attached to or painted on a vehicle which is parked on or
adjacent to any property, the principal purpose of which is to attract attention to a product
sold or business located on the property.
43. Wall Sign. A sign which is attached to or painted on the exterior wall of a structure with
the display surface of the sign approximately parallel to the building wall.
44.
Window Sign. A sign posted, painted, placed, or affixed in or on a window exposed to
public view. An interior sign which faces a window exposed to public view and is located
within three feet of the window.
Sign Area. The entire area within a perimeter defined by a continuous line composed of right
angles using no more than four lines which enclose the extreme limits of lettering, logo,
trademark, or other graphic representation.
Sign Height. The vertical distance from the uppermost point used in measuring the area of a
sign to the average grade immediately below the sign, including its base or the top of the nearest
curb of the street on which the sign fronts, whichever measurement is the greatest.
Sign Lighting, Direct. The method of sign illumination using individual bulbs or other lighting
elements to form the alphabetic or numeric characters or graphic elements of the sign, or where
the sign face or individual letters or numbers are of translucent material through which light from
lighting fixtures inside the sign is transmitted.
Sign Lighting, Indirect. The illumination of a sign by a light fixture separate from the sign that
shines light on the sign.
Significant noise. Annoying or disturbing to more than a small percentage of the people within
the area impacted by the noise in question.
Simple tone noise. A noise characterized by a predominant frequency(ies) so that other
frequencies cannot be readily distinguished. If measured, simple tone noise shall exist if the one
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third octave band sound pressure level in the band with the tone exceeds the arithmetic average
of the sound pressure levels of the contiguous one third octave bands in the following manner:
1. By five dB for frequencies of 500 Hertz and above;
2. By eight dB for frequencies between 160 Hertz and 499 Hertz; or
3. By 15 dB for frequencies less than or equal to 159 Hertz.
Single-Family Dwellings. See "Dwelling, Single Family."
Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) Housing. A compact dwelling unit with limited cooking and
living facilities designed primarily for one individual, within a multiple-unit structure.
Site. A parcel or adjoining parcels under single ownership or single control, considered a unit
for the purposes of development or other use.
Site coverage. The percentage of total site area occupied by structures, paving for vehicle use,
and all other impervious surfaces. Structure/building coverage includes the primary structure,
all accessory structures (e.g., carports, garages, patio covers, storage sheds, trash dumpster
enclosures, etc.) and architectural features (e.g., chimneys, balconies, decks, porches, stairs, etc.).
Structure/building coverage does not include eave overhangs, second-story balconies, and decks
that allow for the drainage of water through the deck surface and are a minimum of ten feet
above the finished grade at all points. 'Structure/building coverage is measured from exterior
wall to exterior wall. Pavement coverage includes areas necessary for the ingress, egress,
outdoor parking, and circulation of motor vehicles. See Figure 7-6 (Site Coverage).
Building
FIGURE 7-6
SITE COVERAGE
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Ski Lift Facilities and Ski Runs. Commercial establishments charging admission or user fees
to the public for the use of ski lifts, ski runs, and trails. Ski lift facilities include powered
conveyors for transporting skiers or sightseers up a mountainside. Ski lifts can be chair lifts,
surface lifts, gondolas, or cable cars. Ski runs include slopes intended for downhill skiing, paths
or trails for cross-country or Nordic skiing, and helicopter ski runs. Ski facilities also include
snow making, helicopter skiing facilities, and related commercial facilities including equipment
rental, storage lockers, warming huts, restaurants and bars, and overnight lodging
accommodations.
Slope, Complex. The rate of rise or fall of the natural terrain, expressed as a percentage, of an
area with two or more directions of slope. Complex slope is measured by the following formula:
Complex Slope = (0.00229 * I * L) / A
0.00229
I
L
A
= Conversion factor for square feet
= Contour interval in feet
= Sum of the length of contour lines in feet
= Size of the ama in acres
Slope, Simple. The rate of rise or fall of the natural terrain, expressed as a percentage, of an area
with a single direction of slope. Simple slope is measured by the following formula:
Simple Slope = (V / H) * 100
V = Vertical distance between the highest elevation and lowest elevation of a straight line
drawn perpindicular to the sloping surface
H = Horizontal distance of a straight line drawn perpindicular to the sloping surface
Small Family Day Care Homes. See "Child Day Care Facilities."
Snow Removal Business. A seasonal commercial service which removes accumulated snow
from vehicle and pedestrian areas for a fee.
Sound level meter. An instrument used for measurement of sound levels, which meets the
American National Standard Institute's Standard SI.4-1971 or most recent revision for Type 1
or Type 2 sound level meters, or an instrument and the associated recording and analyzing
equipment that provides equivalent data.
Sound pressure level. A sound, in decibels, 20 times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio
of the pressure of the sound to a reference pressure of 20 micropascals.
Special flood hazard area (SFHA). An area having special flood or flood-related erosion
hazards, and shown on an FHBM or FIRM as Zone A, Al-30 or AE.
Specified anatomical areas. Less than completely and opaquely covered anal region, buttock,
female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areole, human genitals, pubic
region, or human male genitals in a discernible turgid state, even if completely and opaquely
covered.
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Specified sexual activities. Includes any of the following:
1. The fondling or other erotic touching of the anus, buttocks, female breasts, human genitals
or pubic region;
2. All sex acts, actual or simulated (e.g., intercourse, oral copulation or sodomy);
3. Masturbation, actual or simulated; or
Excretory functions (e.g., human excretion, menstruation, urination, vaginal or anal
irrigation, etc.) alone or as part of or in connection with any of the activities described
above.
Sport Facilities and Outdoor Public Assembly. Indoor and outdoor facilities for spectator-
oriented sports and other outdoor public assembly facilities for such activities as outdoor theater
productions and concerts. These facilities include: amphitheaters; stadiums and coliseums;
arenas and field houses; race tracks; motorcycle racing and drag strips; and other sports that are
considered commercial.
State Board. State Mining and Geology Board, in the Department of Conservation, State of
California.
State Geologist. An individual holding office in compliance with State law(Public Resources
Code, Article 3, Chapter 2 of Division 1, Section 677).
Stealth facility. A communications facility which is designed to blend into the surrounding
environment, typically one that is architecturally integrated into a structure. Also referred to as
concealed antenna.
Stone and Cut Stone Products. Manufacturing establishments engaged primarily in cutting,
shaping, and f'mishing marble, granite, slate, and other stone for building and miscellaneous uses.
Also includes establishments engaged primarily in buying or selling partly finished monuments
and tombstones.
Storage, Accessory to Residential Project. Common storage facilities shared by residents of
a multi-family housing project or mobile home park.
Storage, Personal Storage Facility. A structure or group of structures containing generally
small, individual, compartmentalized stalls or lockers rented as individual storage spaces and
characterized by low parking demand.
Story, Half Story. See Figures 7-7 and 7-8.
Story. The portion ora building included between the surface of any floor and the surface
of the next floor above it, or if there is no floor above, the space between the floor and the
ceiling above.
2. Half-story. A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the top plates of which are no more
than two feet above the floor of the story. See Figure 5-2.
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2 Story
I Story
FIGURE 7-7
STORY
; HMl'-sh,ry
FIGURE7-8
HALF-STORY
Stream bed skimming. Excavation of sand and gravel from stream bed deposits above the
mean summer water level or stream bottom, whichever is higher.
Street. A public thoroughfare which affords principal means of access to abutting property,
including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road, and any other thoroughfare
except an alley as defined in this Subsection, or a private thoroughfare which affords or has the
potential to afford principal means of access to five or more parcels. Does not include driveway
easements on parcels in the Tahoe Donner Subdivision that front a Town street.
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Street line. The boundary between a street right-of-way and property.
Structural Clay and Pottery Products. Manufacturing establishments engaged primarily in
producing brick and structural clay products, including pipe, china plumbing fixtures, and
vitreous china articles, fine earthenware and porcelain products. Artist/craftsman uses are
included in "Cottage Industries," "Handcraft Industries and Small Scale Manufacturing," "Home
Occupations."
Structure. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires attachment to the ground
or attachment to something located on the ground. For the purposes of this Development Code,
the term "structure" includes "buildings."
Structure-mounted. Mounted to the side of a structure (e.g., a billboard, church steeple,
freestanding sign, water tank, etc.).
Structure, primary. See "Primary Structure."
Studios for Art, Dance, Music, Photography, etc.. Facilities for: individual and group
instruction and training in the arts; production rehearsal; photography, and the processing of
photographs produced only by users of the studio facilities; and martial arts training studios.
Subdivision. The division, by any subdivider, of any unit or portion of land shown on the latest
equalized Nevada County assessment roll as a unit or contiguous units, for the purpose of sale,
lease or financing, whether immediate or future. Property shall be considered as contiguous
units, even if it is separated by roads, streets, utility easement or railroad rights-of-way.
Subdivision includes a condominium project, as defined in Section 950 of the Civil Code, a
community apartment project, as defined in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code,
or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, as defined in
Section 11003.2 of the Business and Professions Code.
Subdivision Map Act, or Map Act. Division 2, Title 7 of the California Government Code,
com~nencing with Section 66410 as presently constituted, and any amendments to those
provisions.
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 ininerals naturally exposed, mining by the auger method, dredging and quarrying, or
surface work incident to an underground mine. Surface mining operations include inplace
distillation or retorting or leaching, the production and disposal of mining waste, prospecting and
exploratory activities, borrow pitting, streambed skimming, and segregation and stockpiling of
mined materials (and recovery of same).
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T. Definitions, "T."
Telecommunications Facilities. Public, commercial and private electromagnetic and
photoelectrical transmission, broadcast, repeater and receiving stations for radio, television,
telegraph, telephone, cellular or wireless telephone, and data network communications; including
commercial earth stations for satellite-based communications. Includes antennas, towers,
commercial satellite dish antennas, and equipment buildings. Does not include telephone,
telegraph and cable television transmission facilities utilizing hard-wired or direct cable
connections (see "Pipelines and Utility Lines").
Textile and Leather Products. Manufacturing establishments engaged in performing any of
the following operations:
coating, waterproofing, or otherwise treating fabric
dying and finishing fiber, yarn, fabdc, and knit apparel
manufacture of knit apparel and other finished products from yarn
manufacture of felt goods, lace goods, non-woven fabrics and miscellaneous textiles
manufacturing of woven fabric, carpets and rugs from yarn
preparation of fiber and subsequent manufacturing of yarn, threads, braids, twine cordage
upholstery manufacturing
Theaters and Meeting Halls. Indoor facilities for public assembly and group entertainment,
other than sporting events, including:
civic theaters, meeting halls and facilities for "live" theater and concerts
exhibition and convention halls
meeting halls for rent
motion picture theaters
public and semi-public auditoriums
similar public assembly uses
Does not include outdoor theaters, concert and similar entertainment facilities, and indoor and
outdoor facilities for sporting events; see "Sport Facilities and Outdoor Public Assembly."
Tow Yard. An outdoor storage facility for the temporary storage of towed vehicles.
Town. The Town of Truckee, State of California, referred to in this Development Code as the
"Town."
Town Council. The Town Council of the Town of Truckee, State of California, referred to in
this Development Code as the "Council."
Townhonse. Three or more attached dwelling units, each typically of two stories, where no unit
is located over another unit.
Traffic safety visibility area. A triangular-shaped portion of land established at street
intersections to preserve the sight distance of motorists entering or leaving the intersection. The
dimensions of the visibility area (described as the sight distance area in the figure) is shown in
Figure 3-1 (Fence and Wall Standards).
Transient Rental. The rental of single-family or individual multi-family dwellings for
overnight or vacation lodging.
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Transit Stations and Terminals. Passenger stations for vehicular, ferry, and rail mass transit
systems; also terminal facilities providing maintenance and service for the vehicles operated in
the transit system. Includes buses, taxis, railway, etc.
Transit Stop Shelter. A small-scale covered waiting area for busses, taxis, and rail/mass transit
stops.
Transitional Living Center. Shelter provided to the homeless for an extended period, often as
long as 18 months, and generally integrated with other social services and counseling programs
to assist in the transition to self-sufficiency through the acquisition of a stable income and
permanent housing.
Translucent. Surface that allows light to shine through, but is diffused to the extent that distinct
images cannot be perceived.
U. Definitions, "U."
Unit. See "Housing Unit."
Use. The purpose for which land or a structure is designed, arranged, intended, occupied, or
maintained.
Utility Lines. Transportation facilities for the conveyance of water or commodities other than
petroleum. Also includes pipeline surface and terminal facilities, including pump stations, bulk
stations, surge and storage tanks. Utility lines include facilities for the transmission of electrical
energy for sale, including transmission lines for a public utility company. Also includes
telephone, telegraph, cable television and other communications transmission facilities utilizing
direct physical conduits. Does not include offices or service centers (see "Offices"), or
distribution substations (see "Public Safety and Utility Facilities").
V. Definitions, "V."
Vacation. Also known as a summary abandonment, the complete or partial abandonment or
termination of the public right to use a street, highway, or public service easement.
Variance. A discretionary entitlement that may waive or relax the development standards of this
Development Code, in compliance with 18.82 (Variances).
Vehicle and Freight Terminals. This land use consists of transportation establishments
furnishing services incidental to air, motor freight, and rail transportation including:
freight forwarding services
freight terminal facilities
joint terminal and service facilities
packing, crating, inspection and weighing services
postal service bulk mailing distribution centers
transportation arrangement services
trucking facilities, including transfer and storage
Veterinary Clinics, Animal Hospitals, Kennels, Boarding. Office and indoor medical
treatment facilities used by veterinarians, including large and small animal veterinary clinics, and
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animal hospitals. Also includes commercial facilities for the keeping, grooming, boarding or
maintaining of four or more dogs four months of age or older, or four or more cats for
commercial purposes, except for dogs or cats in pet shops.
Visitor Center. A use devoted to the distribution and sale of information for visitors and other
travelers.
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W. Definitions, "W."
Warehouse Retail Stores. Retail stores that emphasize the packaging and sale of products in
large quantities or volumes, some at discounted prices, where products are typically displayed
in their original shipping containers. Sites and buildings are usually large and industrial in
character. Patrons may or may not be required to pay membership fees.
Warehousing. Facilities for the storage of furm products, furniture, household goods, or other
commemial goods of any nature. Includes cold storage. Does not include: warehouse, storage
or mini-storage facilities offered for rent or lease to the general public (see "Storage, Personal
Storage Facilities"); warehouse facilities in which the primary purpose of storage is for
wholesaling and distribution (see "Wholesaling and Distribution"); or terminal facilities for
handling freight (see "Vehicle and Freight Terminals").
Wholesaling and Distribution. Establishments engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to
industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, or professional business users; or to other wholesalers;
or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to such persons
or companies. Includes such establishments as:
agents, merchandise or commodity brokers, and commission merchants
assemblers, buyers and associations engaged in the cooperative marketing of farm products
merchant wholesalers
stores primarily selling electdcal~ plumbing, heating and air conditioning supplies and equipment.
Wireless communication facility. Any public or private structure that supports antennae,
microwave dishes and other related equipment that sends and/or receives radiofrequency signals.
Wrecked. Having an outward appearance of damage to parts and contents which is essential to
the operation of the item.
Definitions~ "X." No technical terms beginning with the letter "X" are used at this time.
Definitions, "Y."
Yard. An area between a lot line and a setback, unobstructed and unoccupied from the ground
upward, except for projections permitted by this Development Code. See Section 18.30.120
(Setback Measurement and Exceptions) and Figure 7-4 (Setbacks).
1. Front yard. An area extending across the full ~vidth of the lot between the front lot line
and the required setback.
2. Rear yard. An area extending the full width of the lot between a rear lot line and the
required setback.
3. Side yard. An area extending frotn the front yard to the rear yard between the nearest side
lot line and the required setback.
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Z. Definitions, "Z."
Zoning district. Any of the residential, commercial, industrial, special-purpose, or combining
districts established by Article II of this Development Code (Zoning Districts and Allowable
Land Uses), within which certain land uses are allowed or prohibited, and certain site planning
and development standards are established (e.g., setbacks, height limits, site coverage
requirements, etc.).
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