§ 18.160.190 — "S" Definitions

Satellite Dish Antenna. An apparatus capable of receiving or transmitting communications from a satellite. Secretary of the Interior’s Treatment Standards. The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings, published by the National Park Service, as may be amended. School. Educational institution, whether public or private including elementary, middle, junior high, and high schools, serving transitional kindergarten through 12th grade students, offering general academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education, and including denominational and sectarian, boarding schools, charter schools, and military academies. Also includes community colleges, public or private colleges, universities, and professional schools granting associate arts degrees, certificates, undergraduate and graduate degrees, and requiring for admission at least a high school diploma or equivalent general academic training. School, Charter. Schools which offer alternative educational opportunities separate from traditional public or private schools and are formed and publicly funded by teachers, parents, or community groups under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority. School, Private. Any privately owned and operated elementary school, middle school, secondary school, high school, or other institution providing academic instruction for students from kindergarten through 12th grade pursuant to the California Education Code. School, Public. Public elementary schools, middle schools, secondary schools, high schools, and any other public school providing academic instruction for students from kindergarten through 12th grade pursuant to the California Education Code. School, Private/Public Colleges and Universities. A post-secondary institution for higher learning that grants associate or bachelor’s degrees and may also have research facilities and/or professional schools that grant master and doctoral degrees. This may also include community colleges that grant associate or bachelor’s degrees or certificates of completion in business or technical fields. These institutions require at least a high school diploma or equivalent general academic training for admission. Includes community colleges, public or private colleges and universities, and technical schools. Screening. The use of fences, walls, hedges, berms, or other features to shield, conceal, separate, or hide from view adjacent land uses. Service-based Senior Living. Senior housing with services, which typically includes a commercial kitchen and the provision of meals. Residents are typically able to perform all Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). Not licensed by the State. Setback. The distance a structure, parking area, or other development feature must be separated from a parcel line, other structure, development feature, or street centerline. See illustration below. Setback, Front. The line which defines the depth of the required front yard. Setback, Rear or Side. The line which defines the width or depth of the required rear or side yard. Setback, Side Corner. The line which extends between the rear property line and the front setback area on a corner parcel. Shared housing building. Means a residential or mixed-use structure, with five or more shared housing units and one or more common kitchens and dining areas designed for permanent residence of more than 30 days by its tenants. The kitchens and dining areas within the shared housing building shall be able to adequately accommodate all residents. If a local ordinance further restricts the attributes of a shared housing building beyond the requirements established in this section, the local definition shall apply to the extent that it does not conflict with the requirements of this section. A “shared housing building” may include other dwelling units that are not shared housing units, provided that those dwelling units do not occupy more than 25 percent of the floor area of the shared housing building. A shared housing building may include 100 percent shared housing units. A “shared housing building” may include incidental commercial uses, provided that those commercial uses are otherwise allowable and are located only on the ground floor or the level of the shared housing building closest to the street or sidewalk of the shared housing building. Shared housing unit. Means one or more habitable rooms, not within another dwelling unit, that includes a bathroom, sink, refrigerator, and microwave, is used for permanent residence, that meets the “minimum room area” specified in Section R304 of the California Residential Code (Part 2.5 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), and complies with the definition of “guestroom” in Section R202 of the California Residential Code. If a local ordinance further restricts the attributes of a shared housing building beyond the requirements established in this section, the local definition shall apply to the extent that it does not conflict with the requirements of this section. For purposes of calculating a density bonus granted for a shared housing building, “unit” means one shared housing unit and its pro rata share of associated common area facilities. Sign. Structures or other visual devices designed, constructed, and used for the purpose of communicating a message or identifying or attracting attention to a parcel, product, service, person, cause or event. (See Chapter 18.42 Sign Standards). Single Development Proposal. An application for an entitlement affecting multiple contiguous parcels and authorized by the owners of all of the affected properties, including but not limited to an application for a building permit, architectural review, rezone, general plan amendment, or subdivision. Single Housekeeping Unit. An individual or group of persons in a common living arrangement occupying a dwelling. Evidence of a common living arrangement may include some or all of the following: sharing living expenses such as rent or mortgage payments, food and utility costs, a shared lease or shared chores. Single Room Occupancy (SRO). Any residential structure containing more than five units intended or designed to be used, rented, or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes, generally for one person per unit. Individual units typically share communal features, (e.g., kitchen, bathroom, or entertainment area). Site. As applied in the context of this City Code, means the location of a significant historical event, a prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, building or structure, whether standing, ruined or vanished, where the location itself maintains historical or archaeological value regardless of the value of any existing buildings, structures or objects. Examples of a site are a battlefield, designed landscape, trail, or industrial site. Small Projects. Alterations to any historic resource as defined herein, involving negligible visible changes. Alterations shall not qualify as small projects if they involve the removal or destruction of any exterior character-defining feature or historic fabric, including, but not limited to, original windows, or similarly protected interior features, unless an acceptable replacement is made with like materials and finishes, as determined by the Community Development Director. Smoke Shop: Any premises dedicated to the display, sale, distribution, delivery, offering, furnishing, or marketing of tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco, vaping, compressed gas (i.e. nitrous oxide), or cannabis paraphernalia. Any grocery store, supermarket, convenience store or similar retail use that only sells conventional cigars, cigarettes or tobacco as an ancillary sale shall not be defined as a “smoke shop”” and is not subject to the restrictions in this chapter. Specialized Education and Training/Studio. School offering specialized education and training that typically offer certifications rather than academic degrees (e.g., dance, judo, painting). Storage, Personal Facility. Facility with structures containing generally small individual compartmentalized areas or lockers rented as individual storage spaces and characterized by low parking demand. Ancillary outdoor storage for RVs’ and water vessels is also allowed. (Also, commonly referred to as “Mini Storage” or “Self-Storage” facilities.) Storage, Warehouse. Commercial establishments offering the storage of furniture, household, office, or other commercial goods of any nature. Includes cold storage. Does not include: storage yards or personal storage facilities offered for rent or lease to the public (see “Storage, Personal Facilities”; or warehouse facilities in which the primary purpose of storage is for wholesaling and distribution (see “Wholesaling and Distribution Facilities”). Story, Half. A half-story is a story under a gable, hip, or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than four feet above the floor of each story. Structure. Anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having a location on the ground, including swimming and wading pools and covered patios, excepting outdoor areas (e.g., paved areas, walks, tennis courts), and similar recreation areas. Structure, Historic Preservation means anything constructed or erected, except fences not exceeding six feet in height, the use of which requires location on or under the ground, or attachment to something having location on the ground. Structure Coverage. A portion of a parcel which is covered by a structure(s) excepting structure overhangs, paved areas, walks, and swimming pools, regardless of whether or not the structure(s) is intended for human occupancy. Structure, Primary. A structure in which the principal use is conducted. Student Housing Development. Means a development that contains bedrooms containing two or more bedspaces that have a shared or private bathroom, access to a shared or private living room and laundry facilities, and access to a shared or private kitchen. Subdivision Sales Office. See “Temporary Uses”. Supportive Housing. Housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population and that is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live, and when possible, work in the community. Supportive housing units are residential uses allowed in any zone allowing residential uses, subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone.