Riparian.
San José Municipal Code § 20.200.1052
in effect"Riparian" means pertaining to the bank and other adjacent terrestrial (as opposed to aquatic) environs or freshwater bodies, watercourses, estuaries, and surface-emergent aquifers (springs, seeps, oases), whose transported freshwaters provide soil moisture sufficiently in excess of that otherwise available through local precipitation to potentially support growth of mesic vegetation. (Ord. 29785.)
Source: San José Municipal Code (Municode library)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinancesFetched: 7/25/2026