DEFINITIONS

Long Beach Municipal Code tit. 21, ch. 21.15

in effect

Contents

section21.15.010. Purpose.section21.15.020. Rules of Construction.section21.15.025. Terms not defined.section21.15.030. Abandoned.section21.15.040. Abut.section21.15.045. Accessory dwelling unit.section21.15.050. Accessory building, accessory structure.section21.15.055. Accessory tasting room.section21.15.060. Accessory use.section21.15.063. Accessory use, residential.section21.15.064. Acutely Hazardous Material.section21.15.064.5. Adaptive reuse.section21.15.065. Addition.section21.15.070. Adjacent.section21.15.080. Adjoining.section21.15.090. Adjusted earnings.section21.15.100. Administrative service.section21.15.110. Adult entertainment business.section21.15.113. Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensary.section21.15.114. Adult-Use Cannabis Delivery-Only Dispensary.section21.15.120. Aggrieved person.section21.15.130. Airport or aircraft landing field.section21.15.135. Alcoholic beverage manufacturing.section21.15.140. Alley.section21.15.150. Alteration.section21.15.160. Amortize, amortization.section21.15.165. Amusement/entertainment facilities.section21.15.170. Amusement machine.section21.15.180. Amusement park.section21.15.190. Amusement ride.section21.15.195. Animal boarding.section21.15.196. Animal daycare.section21.15.197. Animal lounge.section21.15.200. Antique shop.section21.15.205. Apartment.section21.15.210. Appealable area.section21.15.220. Arcade.section21.15.230. Architectural protrusion.section21.15.235. Area median income.section21.15.240. Artist studio.section21.15.245. Assembly use.section21.15.250. Attached.section21.15.260. Attic.section21.15.270. Auto detailing.section21.15.280. Auto repair, major.section21.15.290. Auto repair, minor.section21.15.300. Automobile service station.section21.15.310. Automobile wrecking.section21.15.320. Awning.section21.15.330. Balcony.section21.15.335. Bank.section21.15.340. Basement.section21.15.350. Bay window.section21.15.360. Bed and Breakfast Inn.section21.15.365. Bicycle parking space.section21.15.370. Billboard.section21.15.372. Billboard, abandoned.section21.15.374. Billboard, electronic.section21.15.380. Board and Care Home.section21.15.390. Boardinghouse.section21.15.400. Body or Hearing Body.section21.15.410. Building.section21.15.420. Building Code.section21.15.430. Building Coverage.section21.15.440. Business Support Service.section21.15.441.1. Cannabis cultivation.section21.15.441.2. Cannabis manufacturing/processing.section21.15.441.3. Cannabis distribution.section21.15.441.4. Cannabis testing.section21.15.441.5. Cannabis distributor, self-distribution.section21.15.442. Car title loans.section21.15.445. Caretaker residence.section21.15.447. Carport.section21.15.450. Categorical Exclusion.section21.15.460. Certificate of Occupancy.section21.15.470. Chattel.section21.15.475. Check cashing.section21.15.480. Child care—Large family daycare home.section21.15.490. Child care—Small family daycare home.section21.15.500. Chimney.section21.15.510. Reserved.section21.15.520. Clinic, medical.section21.15.530. Coastal zone.section21.15.540. Coastally dependent.section21.15.550. Code.section21.15.555. Collectibles.section21.15.560. Commercial.section21.15.562. Commercial loans.section21.15.565. Commercial recreation.section21.15.570. Commercial storage/self-storage.section21.15.575. Commissary.section21.15.580. Commission.section21.15.590. Communal housing.section21.15.595. Community assembly.section21.15.600. Community care facility.section21.15.602. Community correctional reentry center.section21.15.605. Community garden.section21.15.607. Computer arcade.section21.15.610. Computer program consulting service.section21.15.615. Concession (density bonus).section21.15.620. Conditional use.section21.15.630. Conditional use permit.section21.15.635. Consumer loans.section21.15.640. Convalescent hospital.section21.15.650. Conversion.section21.15.660. Corner cutoff.section21.15.670. Corner lot.section21.15.680. Corral.section21.15.690. Corrosive.section21.15.700. Courtesy parking.section21.15.705. Courtyard.section21.15.707. Cultural facility.section21.15.710. Curb level.section21.15.720. Daycare center.section21.15.730. Day nursery, preschool or nursery school.section21.15.740. Deck.section21.15.750. Demolish.section21.15.760. Density.section21.15.765. Density, Base.section21.15.770. Density Transfer.section21.15.772. Density Bonus.section21.15.774. Density bonus unit.section21.15.780. Detached building.section21.15.790. Development.section21.15.800. Development agreement.section21.15.810. Development rights.section21.15.812. Development standard.section21.15.813. Development standards waiver (density bonus).section21.15.820. Disposal.section21.15.830. Disposal site.section21.15.840. District, zoning.section21.15.850. Double-frontage lot.section21.15.860. Double zero side yard.section21.15.870. Drive-in restaurant.section21.15.875. Drive-through facilities.section21.15.880. Driveway.section21.15.890. Duplex (two-family dwelling).section21.15.900. Dwelling.section21.15.910. Dwelling unit.section21.15.915. Dwelling unit, accessory.section21.15.920. Dwelling, multiple-family.section21.15.930. Dwelling, one-family.section21.15.935. Dwelling, primary.section21.15.940. Easement.section21.15.950. Educational institution.section21.15.960. Electrical distribution substation.section21.15.962. Electrical generating station.section21.15.964. Electronic or video game.section21.15.966. Emergency shelter.section21.15.970. Entertainment service.section21.15.980. Equipment.section21.15.990. Equipment, garden.section21.15.993. Event center.section21.15.995. Exterior remodeling.section21.15.1000. Facing.section21.15.1010. Family.section21.15.1020. Fast-food restaurant.section21.15.1030. Feasible.section21.15.1040. Fence height.section21.15.1050. Financial service.section21.15.1054. Fitness Facility.section21.15.1055. Fixed bar.section21.15.1060. Flammable.section21.15.1065. Fleet service/company vehicle operations.section21.15.1070. Floor area, gross (GFA).section21.15.1090. Floor area ratio.section21.15.1100. Fortunetelling.section21.15.1110. Foster family home.section21.15.1120. Fourplex (four-family dwelling).section21.15.1130. Fraternity house or sorority house.section21.15.1140. Frontage.section21.15.1150. Front lot line.section21.15.1160. Front yard, required.section21.15.1170. Garage.section21.15.1180. General Plan.section21.15.1190. Grade.section21.15.1200. Group home.section21.15.1205. Guardrail.section21.15.1210. Guest parking.section21.15.1220. Guestroom.section21.15.1230. Halfway house.section21.15.1240. Handicapped housing.section21.15.1250. Hazardous material.section21.15.1260. Hazardous waste.section21.15.1270. Hazardous waste area.section21.15.1280. Hazardous waste facility.section21.15.1290. Hazardous waste facility, off-site.section21.15.1300. Hazardous waste facility, on-site.section21.15.1310. Hazardous waste producer.section21.15.1320. Hedge.section21.15.1330. Height of building.section21.15.1335. Height to midpoint of sloped roof.section21.15.1338. High crime.section21.15.1340. Highway.section21.15.1350. Home occupation.section21.15.1360. Horse.section21.15.1370. Hospital.section21.15.1380. Hotel.section21.15.1390. Household income levels.section21.15.1395. Household pet.section21.15.1400. Housing Authority.section21.15.1440. Illumination, indirect.section21.15.1448. Incentive (density bonus).section21.15.1450. Incentive zoning.section21.15.1452. Inclusionary housing project.section21.15.1454. Inclusionary housing unit.section21.15.1460. Industrial.section21.15.1465. Inn.section21.15.1470. Institutional use.section21.15.1475. Interim housing.section21.15.1480. Interior lot.section21.15.1490. Irritant.section21.15.1500. Junk.section21.15.1510. Junk or salvage yard.section21.15.1520. Kennel.section21.15.1530. Key lot.section21.15.1540. Kitchen.section21.15.1550. Landscaping.section21.15.1555. Landscaping plan.section21.15.1560. Laundry.section21.15.1570. Laundry, industrial.section21.15.1575. Liquor store.section21.15.1576. Live-Work unit.section21.15.1578. Loading space.section21.15.1580. Lodginghouse.section21.15.1590. Lot.section21.15.1600. Lot area.section21.15.1610. Lot, corner.section21.15.1620. Lot coverage.section21.15.1630. Lot depth.section21.15.1640. Lot, interior.section21.15.1650. Lot, key.section21.15.1660. Lot line, front.section21.15.1670. Lot line, rear.section21.15.1680. Lot line, side.section21.15.1690. Lot, reversed corner.section21.15.1700. Lot, through.section21.15.1710. Lot width.section21.15.1720. Manufactured housing.section21.15.1725. Massage establishment.section21.15.1730. Median income.section21.15.1740. Medical office.section21.15.1750. Merchandise mall.section21.15.1755. Mezzanine.section21.15.1755.5. Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO).section21.15.1756. Micro-Unit.section21.15.1760. Mixed use.section21.15.1764. Mobile food facility.section21.15.1765. Mobile Food Truck.section21.15.1770. Mobile home.section21.15.1780. Mobile home park.section21.15.1790. Modular housing.section21.15.1792. Money orders.section21.15.1793. Money transfers.section21.15.1795. Mortgage brokers.section21.15.1797. Mortuaries, Cremation and Interment Services.section21.15.1800. Motel.section21.15.1810. Motor vehicle.section21.15.1820. Motorcycle.section21.15.1830. Municipal Code.section21.15.1835. Mural.section21.15.1840. Natural grade.section21.15.1850. New Construction.section21.15.1855. Nightclub.section21.15.1859. Noise ordinance.section21.15.1860. Nonconformity.section21.15.1870. Nuisance.section21.15.1880. Nursing home.section21.15.1890. Office.section21.15.1900. Open corridor.section21.15.1910. Open space, usable.section21.15.1920. Outdoor advertising.section21.15.1930. Overlay zone.section21.15.1940. Owner of property.section21.15.1950. Owner's authorized agent.section21.15.1960. Parcel.section21.15.1970. Parking.section21.15.1980. Parking service.section21.15.1990. Parking space.section21.15.2000. Parking structure.section21.15.2005. Parsonage.section21.15.2007. Passive park.section21.15.2008. Pawn shop.section21.15.2009. Pay day loans.section21.15.2010. Permitted use.section21.15.2020. Personal service.section21.15.2030. Pet, household.section21.15.2040. Pet shop.section21.15.2050. Planning Commission.section21.15.2060. Planning Officer.section21.15.2070. Plat.section21.15.2075. Playground.section21.15.2080. Plot.section21.15.2090. Plot plan.section21.15.2100. Plumbing facilities.section21.15.2110. Police power.section21.15.2120. Poolhall.section21.15.2130. Porch.section21.15.2140. Port-related.section21.15.2150. Porte cochere.section21.15.2160. Premises.section21.15.2165. Primary dwelling.section21.15.2170. Principal use.section21.15.2180. Private club.section21.15.2190. Professional service.section21.15.2195. Public Library section21.15.2200. Public utility service yard.section21.15.2210. Public works project.section21.15.2215. Publicly accessible exterior telephones.section21.15.2220. Railroad yard.section21.15.2225. Realtor.section21.15.2230. Rear lot line.section21.15.2240. Rear yard, required.section21.15.2250. Rebuild.section21.15.2260. Recreation, commercial.section21.15.2265. Recreational park.section21.15.2270. Recreational vehicle.section21.15.2273. Religious assembly.section21.15.2275. Remodel.section21.15.2280. Residential.section21.15.2290. Residential care facility.section21.15.2300. Resource recovery.section21.15.2310. Restaurant.section21.15.2320. Restaurant, dinner.section21.15.2330. Restaurant, fast-food.section21.15.2332. Restaurant, ready-to-eat food.section21.15.2340. Retail sales.section21.15.2350. Reversed corner lot.section21.15.2360. Room.section21.15.2370. Room, primary.section21.15.2380. Room, secondary.section21.15.2382. Safe parking site.section21.15.2385. Sandwiched lot.section21.15.2390. School.section21.15.2395. School, publicly run post-secondary.section21.15.2400. Secondary housing unit.section21.15.2401. Reserved.section21.15.2410. Single-family dwelling.section21.15.2420. Secondhand store.section21.15.2430. Senior citizen housing.section21.15.2435. Senior citizen housing, active.section21.15.2440. Senior citizen housing, congregate care.section21.15.2450. Service station.section21.15.2460. Service yard.section21.15.2470. Setback line.section21.15.2475. Reserved.section21.15.2480. Shopping center.section21.15.2482. Shopping center, neighborhood.section21.15.2484. Shopping center, retail cluster.section21.15.2486. Shopping center, regional.section21.15.2487. Short-term rental.section21.15.2488. Side-by-side residential units.section21.15.2490. Side lot line.section21.15.2500. Side yard, required.section21.15.2510. Sign.section21.15.2520. Sign, abandoned.section21.15.2530. Sign area.section21.15.2540. Reserved.section21.15.2550. Sign, awning.section21.15.2560. Reserved.section21.15.2570. Sign, banner.section21.15.2570.5. Sign, building identification.section21.15.2571. Sign, changeable copy.section21.15.2573. Sign, residential neighborhood or commercial district identification.section21.15.2575. Sign, cabinet.section21.15.2577. Sign, electronic message center.section21.15.2580. Sign, freestanding.section21.15.2590. Sign, freeway-oriented.section21.15.2595. Sign, interior.section21.15.2600. Sign, marquee/canopy.section21.15.2610. Sign, menu board.section21.15.2620. Sign, monument.section21.15.2630. Sign, neighborhood marker.section21.15.2640. Reserved.section21.15.2650. Sign, off-premises.section21.15.2660. Sign, on-premises.section21.15.2665. Sign, on-site directional.section21.15.2667. Single Room Occupancy (SRO).section21.15.2670. Reserved.section21.15.2680. Reserved.section21.15.2690. Reserved.section21.15.2700. Sign, portable.section21.15.2710. Sign, projecting.section21.15.2720. Sign, promotional activity - commercial.section21.15.2721. Sign, promotional activity - noncommercial.section21.15.2723. Sign, push-through.section21.15.2725. Reserved.section21.15.2730. Sign, roof.section21.15.2740. Sign, temporary.section21.15.2743. Sign, through-the-face.section21.15.2745. Sign, traffic directional.section21.15.2750. Sign, wall.section21.15.2755. Sign, wall painted.section21.15.2760. Sign, window.section21.15.2770. Signable area.section21.15.2780. Site plan.section21.15.2790. Soaking pool.section21.15.2793. Social service facility.section21.15.2795. Social service office.section21.15.2800. Solid fence.section21.15.2810. Special group residence.section21.15.2820. Special setback line.section21.15.2830. Stable, private.section21.15.2840. Stable, commercial.section21.15.2850. Stall, box.section21.15.2860. Stall, tie.section21.15.2870. Standards or development standards.section21.15.2880. Standard State Zoning Enabling Act (SZEA).section21.15.2890. Standards variance.section21.15.2900. Street.section21.15.2910. Street furniture.section21.15.2920. Storage.section21.15.2930. Storage, hazardous waste.section21.15.2940. Story.section21.15.2950. Strong oxidizer.section21.15.2960. Strong sensitizer.section21.15.2970. Structure.section21.15.2980. Supergraphics.section21.15.2985. Supportive housing.section21.15.2987. Target population.section21.15.2990. Tattoo parlor.section21.15.3000. Tavern.section21.15.3005. Temporary activating uses.section21.15.3010. Therapy pool.section21.15.3015. Thrift shop.section21.15.3020. Through lot or double frontage lot.section21.15.3030. Tire retreading establishment.section21.15.3040. Tire store.section21.15.3050. Title.section21.15.3060. Townhouse.section21.15.3070. Toxic.section21.15.3080. Transfer of development rights (TDR).section21.15.3090. Transfer station.section21.15.3095. Transitional housing.section21.15.3100. Travel trailer.section21.15.3110. Travel trailer park.section21.15.3120. Treatment.section21.15.3130. Treatment facility.section21.15.3140. Triplex, three-family dwelling.section21.15.3150. Truck yard.section21.15.3151. Tutoring center.section21.15.3153. Unattended Donation Box.section21.15.3155. Urban agriculture use.section21.15.3160. Usable open space.section21.15.3170. Usable open space, common.section21.15.3180. Usable open space, private.section21.15.3190. Use.section21.15.3200. Variance.section21.15.3205. Vehicle.section21.15.3210. Vehicle, dismantled.section21.15.3215. Vehicle, inoperative.section21.15.3220. Vehicle, wrecked.section21.15.3225. Vending cart.section21.15.3230. Vested right.section21.15.3240. Veterinary clinic.section21.15.3250. Veterinary use.section21.15.3260. Vocational school.section21.15.3265. Waiver, development standards (density bonus).section21.15.3270. Wall return.section21.15.3280. Wetbar.section21.15.3290. Window.section21.15.3300. Wholesale, industrial.section21.15.3310. Wing wall.section21.15.3320. Yard, required front.section21.15.3330. Yard, required rear.section21.15.3340. Yard, required side.section21.15.3350. Zero bedroom unit.section21.15.3360. Zero lot line.section21.15.3370. Zone or zone district.section21.15.3380. Zoning Administrator.section21.15.3390. Zoning amendment.section21.15.3400. Zoning map.section21.15.3410. Zoning Regulations or Zoning Ordinance.

Source: City of Long Beach, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/long_beach/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT21ZO_CH21.15DEFetched: 10/28/2026