§ 19.910.050 — "D" Definitions

19.910.050 - "D" Definitions

Day care center - child means a child day care facility other than a family day care home, including infant centers, extended day care facilities and school-age child care centers. (see California Health and Safety Code Section 1596.76). Day care center - adult means a facility that provides supervision and non-medical care for more than six adults, including elderly persons, on a less than 24-hour basis. Day care home - adult means a home that provides supervision and non-medical care to six or fewer adults, including elderly persons, in the provider's own home, on a less than 24-hour basis. Department store. See "store, department." Design flood. See "flood, design." Designated floodway. See "floodway, designated." Development means as used in this title, "Development" has the meaning of Section 65927 (California Government Code or CGC) and is also any human-caused change to improved or unimproved real estate that requires a permit or approval from any agency of the City or County, including but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations and storage of materials. "Development" means, on land, in or under water, the placement or erection of any solid material or structure; discharge or disposal of any dredged material or of any gaseous, liquid, solid, or thermal waste; grading, removing, dredging, mining, or extraction of any materials; change in the density or intensity of use of land, including, but not limited to, subdivision pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (commencing with Section 66410 of the Government Code), and any other division of land except where the land division is brought about in connection with the purchase of such land by a public agency for public recreational use; change in the intensity of use of water, or of access thereto; construction, reconstruction, demolition, or alteration of the size of any structure, including any facility of any private, public, or municipal utility; and the removal or harvesting of major vegetation other than for agricultural purposes, kelp harvesting, and timber operations that are in accordance with a timber harvesting plan submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (commencing with Section 4511 of the Public Resources Code). As used in this section, "structure" includes, but is not limited to, any building, road, pipe, flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, and electrical power transmission and distribution line. "Development" does not mean a "change of organization", as defined in Section 56021 (CGC) or a "reorganization", as defined in Section 56073 (CGC). See definition in the General Plan. Development Review Committee ("DRC") means the pre-designated group of City departments or divisions involved in the process of reviewing projects involving new construction, re-construction and/or other entitlement applications, each of which shall conduct administrative functions authorized by the Zoning Code. The DRC includes any three or more of the following Divisions and Departments: Planning, Building and Safety, Public Works, Public Utilities, Parks and Recreation, Police and Fire. The DRC process shall be chaired by the Planning Division. Directional sign. See "sign, directional." Directory sign. See "sign, directory." Disabled veteran means the same as defined in Government Code Section 18541, any veteran as who is currently declared by the United States Veterans Administration to be ten percent or more disabled as a result of service in the armed forces. Proof of such disability shall be deemed conclusive if it is of record in the United States Veterans Administration. Discretionary decision means decisions that require the exercise of judgment or deliberation when the Approving Authority decides to approve or disapprove a particular activity, as distinguished from situations where the City individual, Board, Committee, Commission or Council merely has to determine whether there has been conformity with applicable statutes, ordinances or regulations. Distilled Spirits. See "brewery, distilled spirits." Distillery. See "brewery, distillery." Domestic animal. See "animal, domestic." Donation collection bin means an outdoor receptacle made of metal, steel or a similar product, designed to allow the general public to donate unwanted but reusable items for charitable purposes. Dormitory means a building intended or used principally for sleeping accommodations where such building is related to an educational or public institution, including religious institutions. Downtown Arts and Entertainment District means an area intended to serve as a major, concentrated center of cultural and entertainment uses serving the City and surrounding communities. It consists of all commercially zoned land within an area bounded by properties south of Third Street, west of State Route 91 (the Riverside Freeway), north of properties fronting both sides of Fourteenth Street and east of properties fronting both sides of Market Street. [image omitted; see the official code] Drive-thru business means a business (such as a bank or restaurant) that is designed so that customers can be served while remaining in their cars. Driveway means a private roadway providing access for vehicles to a parking space, garage, dwelling or other structure. See definition in Title 18. Driveway, Hollywood means driveway with a middle planting strip to minimize paved access. See definition in the Downtown Specific Plan. Drop-off recycling center. See "recycling center, drop-off." Drug store means a business where drugs, medicines and other sundries are dispensed and sold. Dwelling means a building or portion thereof designed for or occupied exclusively for residential purposes, including single-family and multiple family dwellings, but not including hotels, motels, boarding and lodging houses. Dwelling area means the total combined floor area of a dwelling unit intended for human habitation. Dwelling area shall not include garages, carports, patios, sheds, or other similar spaces. Dwelling unit means two or more rooms in a dwelling designed for or occupied by one family for living or sleeping purposes and having only one kitchen. See definition in the General Plan. Dwelling unit, accessory (ADU) means an attached or a detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence that shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family or multifamily dwelling is or will be situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following: A. An efficiency dwelling unit, as defined in Section 1207.4 of the California Building Code; or B. A manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code. Dwelling unit, caretaker. See "caretaker living quarters." Dwelling unit, junior accessory (JADU) means a unit contained entirely within an existing or proposed single-family structure that may include separate or shared sanitation facilities. Dwelling unit, manufactured means a manufactured house intended for occupancy by a single-family installed on a permanent foundation in conformance with applicable Zoning regulations. Dwelling unit, mobile. See "mobile home." Dwelling unit, motor home, RV, camper, trailer, etc. means a structure standing on wheels used for short term human occupation. Dwelling unit, movable accessory (MADU) means a complete independent living facility that provides for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence that shall include provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family or multifamily dwelling is or will be situated and meets the following requirements: A. Meets the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 119.5 requirements or the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1192 standards, is certified for ANSI or NFPA compliance; and is certified by a 3rd party inspection agency (Design Approval Agency/Quality Assurance Agency) that the MADU meets this requirement; B. Is licensed and registered with the California Department of Motor Vehicles; C. Cannot move under its own power; D. Is no larger than allowed by California State Law for movement on public highways; and E. Is no smaller than 150 and no larger than 430 square feet as measured within the exterior faces of the exterior walls. Dwelling unit, multi-family means a building, or portion thereof, designed for occupancy by two or more families living independently of each other and containing two or more dwelling units. See also apartment house. See definition in the Downtown Specific Plan and the General Plan. Dwelling unit, single-family means a dwelling designed for occupancy by one family and located on one lot delineated by front, side and rear lot lines. See definition in the Downtown Specific Plan. Dwelling unit, single-family, attached means two or more dwelling units, each owned in fee and located on individual lots but joined along a single lot line, each of which is totally separated from the other by an unpierced wall extending from ground to roof. See definition in the Downtown Specific Plan and the General Plan. Dwelling unit, single-family, detached means a dwelling unit owned in fee and located on an individual lot that is not attached to any other dwelling unit by any means. See definition in the General Plan.

(Ord. No. 7701, § 50, 2025; Ord. 7609 § 11, 2022; Ord. 7592 § 12(Exh. M), 2022; Ord. 7528 § 1(Exh. A), 2020; Ord. 7520 § 1(Exh. A), 2020; Ord. 7487 § 8, 11-5-2019; Ord. 7457 § 1(Exh. A), 2019; Ord. 7408 § 1, 2018; Ord. 7331 § 128, 2016; Ord. 7302 § 5, 2015; Ord. 7185 § 5, 2012; Ord. 7158 § 18, 2012; Ord. 6966 § 1, 2007)