§ 18.24.090 — Definitions
Santa Clara City Code (Title 18, Zoning, July 2025 edition; partial) · Santa Clara City Code § 18.24.090
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A. For purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply: 1. “Acted in concert” means that the owner, or a person acting as an agent or representative of the owner, knowingly participated with another person in joint activity or parallel action toward a common goal of subdividing the adjacent parcel. 2. “Car share facility” means one or more parking spaces that have been designated permanently for car share vehicles, where the vehicles are leased for short periods of time, often by the hour. 3. “Demolish or alter” means removal of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of exterior walls on a building even if the rental unit itself is not altered. 4. “Egress window” means a window with minimum net clear opening dimensions of at least twenty (20) inches in width and twenty-four (24) inches in height. 5. “Flag lot” means a parcel with access provided to the bulk of the lot by means of a corridor between twelve (12) and fifteen (15) feet in width, inclusive. 6. “Half story” means a habitable living space with a sloping roof, which may have dormer windows. 7. “R-1 building envelope” means an area defined by the minimum setback and maximum lot coverage requirements of the R1-6L and R1-8L districts in Chapter 18.10, whichever is applicable. 8. “Solar collector” means a fixed device, structure, or part of a device or structure, on the roof of a building, comprising photovoltaic panels, that is used primarily to transform solar energy into electrical energy. 9. “Urban lot split” means a subdivision of a residential lot located in either the R1-6L or R1-8L zone into two lots subject to the requirements of this chapter. -This page intentionally left blank-
