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E. Artist Studio. Work space for an artist or artisan including individuals practicing one of the fine arts or performing arts, or skilled in an applied art or craft. This use may include incidental retail sales of items produced on the premises and does not include joint living and working units or uses that are generally industrial in nature (See Custom Manufacturing).
F. Automated Teller Machine (ATM). An electronic device from which a person is able to withdraw cash, make a deposit, or undertake other financial transactions.
G. Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Services. Retail or wholesale businesses that sell, rent, or repair automobiles, boats, personal watercraft, recreational vehicles, trucks, vans, trailers, scooters, and motorcycles including the following:
1. Automobile/Vehicle Rentals. Rental of automobiles or vehicles. Typical uses include car rental agencies.
2. Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Leasing. Sale or lease, retail or wholesale, of automobiles, light-duty trucks, boats, personal watercraft, motorcycles, scooters, recreational vehicles, together with associated repair services and parts sales, but excluding body repair and painting. Typical uses include automobile dealers and recreational vehicle sales agencies.
This classification does not include automobile brokerage and other establishments which solely provide services of arranging, negotiating, assisting, or effectuating the purchase of an automobile for others.
3. Car Washing Facilities. Washing, waxing, or cleaning of automobiles or similar light vehicles.
a. Automatic Car Wash. An establishment where washing, drying, and polishing of an automobile occurs in a car wash bay, in which the owner of the vehicle activates the system, and the automobile washing machine cleans the exterior of the vehicle.
b. Full Service Car Wash. An establishment where operating functions are performed entirely by the business operator with the use of washing, waxing, and drying equipment supplemented with manual detailing by the business operator. c. Self Service Car Wash. An establishment where washing, drying, polishing, or vacuuming of an automobile is done entirely by the owner or occupant of the vehicle.
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4. Fueling Station. Establishments primarily engaged in retailing automotive fuels or retailing these fuels in combination with activities, such as providing minor automobile/vehicle repair services; selling automotive oils, replacement parts, and accessories; or providing incidental food and retail services including mini-markets.
5. Service and Repair, Minor. The service and repair of automobiles, light-duty trucks, boats, personal watercraft, motorcycles and scooters, including the incidental sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts. This classification includes the replacement of small automotive parts and liquids as an accessory use to a gasoline sales station or automotive accessories and supply store, and quick-service oil, tune-up and brake and muffler shops where repairs are made or service provided in enclosed bays and no vehicles are stored overnight. This classification excludes disassembly, removal or replacement of major components such as engines, drive trains, transmissions or axles; automotive body and fender work, vehicle painting or other operations that generate excessive noise, objectionable odors or hazardous materials, and towing services. It also excludes repair of heavy trucks, or construction vehicles.
H. Banks and Financial Institutions. Financial institutions providing retail banking services.
This classification includes only those institutions serving retail banking customers or clients, including banks, savings and loan institutions, check-cashing services, and credit unions.
I. Business Services. Establishments providing goods and services to other businesses on a fee or contract basis, including printing and copying, blueprint services, advertising and mailing, equipment rental and leasing, office security, custodial services, photo finishing, model building, taxi or delivery services with three or fewer fleet vehicles on-site.
J. Cannabis Storefront-Retailer. A commercial cannabis business facility where cannabis, cannabis products, or devices for the use of cannabis or cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale to customers at a fixed location, including an establishment that also offers delivery of cannabis and cannabis products as part of a retail sale, and where the operator holds a valid commercial cannabis business permit from the City of Santa Barbara authorizing the operation of a retailer, and a valid state license as required by state law to operate a retailer.
K. Commercial Entertainment and Recreation. Provision of participant or spectator entertainment to the general public.
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1. Cinema/Theaters. Facilities for indoor display of films, motion pictures, or dramatic, musical, or live performances. This classification may include incidental food and beverage services to patrons.
2. Large-scale. This classification includes large, generally outdoor facilities such as sports stadiums and arenas, amphitheaters, drive-in theaters, driving ranges, golf courses, outdoor tennis clubs, lawn bowling, batting cages, ice or roller skating rinks, swimming or wave pools, miniature golf courses, archery, and riding stables. This classification may include restaurants, snack bars, and other incidental food and beverage services to patrons.
This classification does not include outdoor shooting ranges, gun ranges, and any similar activities involving the discharge of firearms.
3. Small-scale. This classification includes small, generally indoor facilities such as billiard parlors, card rooms, health clubs (includes facilities that offer group exercise classes such as yoga and aerobics, and personal training facilities), gymnasiums, dance halls, amusement arcades, facilities for basketball, handball, racquetball, and tennis. This classification may include restaurants, snack bars, and other incidental food and beverage services to patrons. This classification does not include shooting ranges, gun ranges, and any similar activities involving the discharge of firearms.
L. Drive-Through Facility. A motor vehicle drive-through facility which is a commercial structure or portion thereof which is designed or used to provide goods or services to the occupants of motor vehicles. It includes, but is not limited to, banks and other financial institutions, fast food establishments, and film deposit/pick-up establishments, but shall not include drive-in movies, gasoline stations, or car-wash operations.
M. Eating and Drinking Establishments. Businesses primarily engaged in serving prepared food or beverages typically for on-site consumption.
1. Bars/Night Clubs/Lounges. Businesses serving beverages, including beer, wine, and mixed drinks, for consumption on the premises as a primary use.
2. Food and Beverage Tasting. Businesses serving samples of food or beverages; typically an ancillary use associated with a production facility such as wine or beer making, or retail sales.
3. Full Service. Restaurants providing food and beverage services to patrons who order and are served while seated and pay after eating. Takeout service may be provided.
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4. Convenience. Establishments where food and beverages may be consumed on the premises, taken out, or delivered, but where food is paid for at the time it is ordered. This classification includes cafes, cafeterias, coffee shops, fast-food restaurants, carryout sandwich shops, limited service pizza parlors and delivery shops, self-service restaurants, snack bars and takeout restaurants.
N. Food Preparation. Businesses engaged in preparing or packaging fresh food for either onsite or off-site consumption. With the exception of caterers or commercial kitchens, these businesses will have a storefront retail component, but will not include wholesale, distribution, processing, or industrial manufacturing of food products. Typical uses include catering kitchens, food commissary, commercial kitchen, retail bakeries with less than 10 employees, delicatessens, meat or seafood market, or confectionary shops. (For bakeries with more than 10 employees, see Food and Beverage Manufacturing.)
O. Funeral Parlors and Interment Services. An establishment primarily engaged in providing services involving the care, preparation, or disposition of human or animal remains and conducting memorial services. Typical uses include a crematory, columbarium, mausoleum, or mortuary.
P. Hotels and Similar Uses. Establishments providing overnight accommodations to transient patrons for payment. This classification includes establishments that offer accommodations for periods of 30 consecutive calendar days or less. Establishments may provide additional services, such as conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, bars, or recreation facilities available to guests or to the general public. This use classification includes, but is not limited to, auto courts, bed and breakfast inns, hostels, inns, motels, motor lodges, timeshare projects, short-term rental or similar use of single or multi-unit residential dwellings, and tourist courts.
Q. Maintenance and Repair Services. Establishments engaged in the maintenance or repair of electronics, office machines, household appliances and equipment, furniture, and similar items.
This classification excludes maintenance and repair of vehicles or boats (see Automotive/Vehicle Sales and Services) and personal apparel (see Personal Services).
R. Market Garden. The outdoor use of land for the cultivation and retail sale of agricultural products produced on the premises. This includes the sale of food or value-added food products, such as jams and jellies, that are grown on-site, but does not include the preparation of food and beverages for on-site consumption. The food may be sold directly to consumers, restaurants, stores, or other buyers, or at Farmers Markets.
S. Medical Cannabis Dispensaries. As defined in Section 30.185.250, Medical Cannabis Dispensaries.
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T. Mobile Food Vendors. A self-contained vehicle that is readily movable without disassembling, and is used to sell or prepare and serve food and beverages.
U. Nurseries and Garden Centers. Establishments primarily engaged in retailing nursery and garden products, such as trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, and sod, which are predominantly grown elsewhere. These establishments may sell a limited amount of a product they grow themselves.
Fertilizer and soil products are stored and sold in package form only. This classification includes wholesale and retail nurseries offering plants for sale.
V. Offices. Offices of firms or organizations providing professional, executive, management, administrative or design services, such as accounting, architectural, computer software design, engineering, graphic design, interior design, investment, insurance, and legal offices, excluding banks and savings and loan associations (see Banks and Financial Institutions). This classification also includes offices where medical and dental services are provided by physicians, dentists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, optometrists, and similar medical professionals, including medical/dental laboratories within medical office buildings but excluding clinics or independent research laboratory facilities and hospitals (see Hospitals and Clinics).
1. Business and Professional. Offices of firms or organizations providing professional, executive, management, or administrative services, such as accounting, architectural, computer software design, engineering, graphic design, interior design, legal offices and tax preparations offices.
2. Medical and Dental. Office use providing consultation, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventive, or corrective personal treatment services by doctors, dentists, medical and dental laboratories, and similar practitioners of medical and healing arts for humans licensed for such practice by the sState of California. Incidental medical or dental research within the office is considered part of the office use, where it supports the on-site patient services.
W. Outdoor Sales and Display. The sales and display of merchandise outside an enclosed building as an extension of an indoor operation or establishment.
X. Outdoor Seating. An unenclosed seating area located outdoors and designated for patrons of an on-site establishment that serves or sells food or beverages. May be covered or uncovered.
Y. Parking, Public or Private. Surface lots and structures for use of occupants, employees, or patrons on the subject site or offering parking to the public with or without a fee when such use is not incidental to another on-site activity.
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Z. Personal Services. Provision of recurrently needed services of a personal nature. This classification includes health and medical spas, barber shops and beauty salons, seamstresses, tailors, tattoo parlors, dry cleaning agents (excluding large-scale bulk cleaning plants), shoe repair shops, self-service laundries, photocopying and photo finishing services, and travel agencies mainly intended for the consumer. This classification also includes massage establishments in which all persons engaged in the practice of massage are certified pursuant to the California Business and Professions Code Section 4612. (For health clubs and gymnasiums, See Commercial Entertainment and Recreation, Small-Scale.)
AA. Retail Sales.
1. Food and Beverage Sales. Retail sales of food and beverages for off-site preparation and consumption. Typical uses include food markets, groceries, and liquor stores.
2. General Retail. The retail sale or rental of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification. This classification includes retail establishments such as department stores, clothing stores, furniture stores, pet supply stores, hardware stores, and businesses retailing the following types of goods: toys, hobby materials, handcrafted items, jewelry, cameras, photographic supplies and services (including portraiture and retail photo processing), medical supplies and equipment, pharmacies, electronic equipment, sporting goods, kitchen utensils, hardware, appliances, antiques, art galleries, art supplies and services, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, office supplies, bicycles, video rental, and new automotive parts and accessories (excluding vehicle service and installation). Retail sales may be combined with other services such as office machine, computer, electronics, and similar small-item repairs.
3. Neighborhood Market. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of frequently or recurrently needed food, beverages, or small personal items for residents within a reasonable walking distance. Typical uses include neighborhood grocery stores, and convenience markets.
30.295.050 Industrial Use Classifications.
A. Automobile and Vehicle Repair, Major. Repair of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, boats and recreational vehicles, including the incidental sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts, generally on an overnight basis. This classification includes auto COUNCIL INTRODUCTION DRAFT 02/04/25
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repair shops, body and fender shops, transmission shops, wheel and brake shops, auto glass services, vehicle painting and tire sales and installation, but excludes vehicle dismantling or salvaging and tire retreading or recapping.
B. Building Materials and Services. Retail sales or rental of building supplies or equipment.
This classification includes lumber yards, tool and equipment sales or rental establishments, and establishments devoted principally to taxable retail sales to individuals for personal use. This classification does not include Construction and Material Yards.
C. Commercial Cannabis Business. Any business or operation which engages in medicinal or adult-use commercial cannabis activity (including, but not limited to, Commercial Cannabis storefront-retail, retailer-delivery, manufacturing, testing, distribution, and commercial indoor cultivation).
D. Commercial Vehicle and Equipment Sales and Rental. Sales, servicing, rental, fueling, and washing of large trucks, trailers, tractors, and other equipment used for construction, moving, agricultural, or landscape activities. Includes large vehicle operation training facilities. Sales of new or used automobiles or trucks are excluded from this classification.
E. Construction and Material Yards. Storage of construction materials or equipment on a site other than a construction site.
F. Custom Manufacturing. Establishments primarily engaged in on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing or artistic endeavor, which involves only the use of hand tools or small mechanical equipment and the incidental direct sale to consumers of only those goods produced onsite. Typical uses include ceramic studios, candle making shops, woodworking, and custom leather working and jewelry manufacturers.
G. Food and Beverage Manufacturing. Establishments engaged in the production, processing, packaging or manufacturing of food or beverage products for offsite consumption.
1. Limited/Small Scale. A small-scale food and beverage products manufacturing and distribution establishment located in facilities less than 5,000 square feet per lot. The use may include wholesale or accessory retail sales. Retail areas or eating and drinking establishments associated with the manufacturing use, exceeding the area allowed as an accessory use, shall comply with all standards and limitations for retail uses or eating and drinking establishments. Examples include small coffee roasters, micro-breweries, micro-distilleries, wine manufacturing, wholesale or retail bakeries with 10 or more employees in the bakery. (For bakeries with less than 10 employees, see Food Preparation.) COUNCIL INTRODUCTION DRAFT 02/04/25
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2. General/Large Scale. A large-scale food and beverage products wholesale manufacturing and distribution establishment located in a facility over 5,000 square feet per lot.
H. Hazardous Waste Management Facility.
1. Off-Site. A facility that accepts hazardous wastes from more than one generator, and may also be referred to as a Commercial or Specified Hazardous Waste Facility. An Off-site Hazardous Waste Management Facility shall include the following:
a. Hazardous Waste Transfer Station. A facility where hazardous waste from more than one source is collected and consolidated for shipment to a treatment, recycling or disposal facility or facilities. Transfer stations which handle only latex paint, used oil, antifreeze, spent lead acid batteries or small household batteries in accordance with provisions of California Health and Safety Code Section 25201(c) and meet all conditions for exemption outlined in California Health and Safety Code Section 25201(c), and are known as a household hazardous waste collection facility, are specifically excluded from this definition.
b. Hazardous Waste Storage Facility. A hazardous waste facility at which hazardous waste is contained for a period greater than 96 hours at an off-site facility with specified exceptions provided in the California Health and Safety Code, Section 25123.3. On-site facilities which store hazardous wastes for periods of greater than 90 days shall be considered to be an Off-site Hazardous Waste Storage Facility. c. Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility. A facility where the toxicity, chemical form or volume of a hazardous waste is altered to render the waste less toxic, less chemically active, or of a reduced volume.
d. Hazardous Waste Recycling Facility. A facility engaged in the process of reclaiming, using or reusing hazardous wastes.
e. Hazardous Waste Residuals Repository. A disposal facility for the long-term storage of the byproducts of treated hazardous waste for which there is no further means of practical treatment to render them less toxic or less chemically reactive.
2. On-Site. A facility that stores, treats, recycles or disposes of hazardous waste generated only within the facility’s boundaries.
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I. Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility. A facility run by, or under contract to, a public agency which only accepts certain types of hazardous materials and then only for transport to an authorized recycling facility or to a permitted hazardous waste collection facility. The types of wastes that can be accepted are latex paint, used oil, antifreeze, spent lead-acid batteries and small household batteries in accordance with all provisions of California Health and Safety Code Section 25201(c). The materials cannot be stored for more than 180 days. Such facilities shall be accessible to individuals, households or small businesses.
J. Industry, General. Manufacturing of products from extracted or raw materials or recycled or secondary materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. This classification includes operations such as agriculture processing, biomass energy conversion; production apparel manufacturing; photographic processing plants; leather and allied product manufacturing; wood product manufacturing; paper manufacturing; chemical manufacturing; plastics and rubber products manufacturing; nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing; primary metal manufacturing; fabricated metal product manufacturing; and automotive and heavy equipment manufacturing. This classification does not include industrial activities where the operations are obnoxious or offensive such as: iron casting, leather tanning, paint boiling, manufacturing with use of a drop hammer or punch press, slaughter house, fertilizer works, commercial dairying, pasturage agriculture, commercial animal and poultry husbandry, or operations for the reduction of animal matter.
K. Industry, Limited. Establishments engaged in light industrial activities taking place primarily within enclosed buildings and producing minimal impacts on nearby properties. This classification includes manufacturing finished parts or products primarily from previously prepared materials; commercial laundries and dry cleaning plants; mobile home manufacturing; monument works; printing, engraving and publishing; computer and electronic product manufacturing; furniture and related product manufacturing; and industrial services.
L. Recycling Collection Facility. A center for the acceptance, by donation, redemption, or purchase, of recyclable materials from the public where limited processing and storing of such items is conducted on-site.
M. Research and Development. A facility for scientific research and the design, development, and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical, pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology components and products in advance of product manufacturing. Includes assembly of related products from parts produced off-site where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research and development activities.
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N. Salvage and Wrecking. Storage and dismantling of vehicles and equipment for sale of parts, as well as their collection, storage, exchange or sale of goods including, but not limited to, any used building materials, used containers or steel drums, used tires, and similar or related articles or property.
O. Towing and Impound. Establishments primarily engaged in towing motor vehicles, both local and long distance. These establishments may provide incidental services, such as vehicle storage and emergency road repair services. (For automobile/dismantling, see Salvage and Wrecking.)
P. Warehousing and Storage. Storage and distribution facilities without sales to the public on-site or direct public access except for public storage in small individual space exclusively and directly accessible to a specific tenant.
1. Indoor Warehousing and Storage. Storage within an enclosed building of commercial goods prior to their distribution to wholesale and retail outlets and the storage of industrial equipment, products and materials, including, but not limited to, automobiles, feed, and lumber. Also includes cold storage, freight moving and storage, and warehouses.
This classification excludes the storage of hazardous chemical, mineral, and explosive materials.
2. Outdoor Storage. Storage of commercial goods in open lots.
3. Personal Storage. Facilities offering enclosed storage with individual access for personal effects and household goods including mini-warehouses and mini-storage. This use excludes workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, or commercial activity.
Q. Wholesaling and Distribution. Indoor storage and sale of goods to other firms for resale; storage of goods for transfer to retail outlets of the same firm; or storage and sale of materials and supplies used in production or operation, including janitorial and restaurant supplies. Wholesalers are primarily engaged in business-to-business sales but may sell to individual consumers through mail or internet orders. They normally operate from a warehouse or office having little or no display of merchandise and are not designed to solicit walk-in traffic. This classification does not include wholesale sale of building materials (see Building Materials and Services).
30.295.060 Transportation, Communication, and Utilities Use Classifications.
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A. Freight/Truck Terminals and Warehouses. Facilities for freight, courier, and postal services by truck or rail. This classification does not include local messenger and local delivery services (see Light Fleet-Based Services).
B. Light Fleet-Based Services. Passenger transportation services, local delivery services, medical transport, and other businesses that rely on fleets of four or more vehicles with rated capacities less than 10,000 lbs. This classification includes parking, dispatching, and offices for taxicab and limousine operations, ambulance services, non-emergency medical transport, local messenger and document delivery services, home cleaning services, and similar businesses. This classification does not include towing operations (see Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Service, Towing and Impound) or taxi or delivery services with three or fewer fleet vehicles on-site (see Business Services).
C. Telecommunication Facilities and Antennas. Broadcasting and other communication services accomplished through electronic or telephonic mechanisms, as well as structures and equipment cabinets designed to support one or more reception/transmission systems. Typical uses include antennas, wireless telecommunication towers and facilities, radio towers, television towers, telephone exchange/microwave relay towers, cellular telephone transmission/personal communications systems towers, and associated equipment cabinets and enclosures.
D. Transportation Passenger Terminals. Facilities for passenger transportation operations.
This classification includes rail stations, bus terminals, and scenic and sightseeing facilities, but does not include terminals serving airports or heliports.
E. Public Works and Utilities. Generating plants, electric substations, solid waste collection, including transfer stations and materials recovery facilities, solid waste treatment and disposal, water or wastewater treatment plants, corporation yards, equipment service centers, and similar facilities that primarily provide maintenance and repair services, storage facilities for vehicles and equipment, and similar facilities of public agencies or public utilities. This classification includes onsite or offsite ancillary offices associated with a principal use located in the same zone district.
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SECTION 9. Chapter 30.300 of Title 30 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
Chapter 30.300 Definitions
Sections:
30.300.010 “A”
30.300.020 “B”
30.300.030 “C”
30.300.040 “D”
30.300.050 “E”
30.300.060 “F”
30.300.070 “G”
30.300.080 “H”
30.300.090 “I”
30.300.100 “J”
30.300.110 “K”
30.300.120 “L”
30.300.130 “M”
30.300.140 “N”
30.300.150 “O”
30.300.160 “P”
30.300.170 “Q”
30.300.180 “R”
30.300.190 “S”
30.300.200 “T”
30.300.210 “U”
30.300.220 “V”
30.300.230 “W”
30.300.240 “X”
30.300.250 “Y”
30.300.260 “Z”
30.300.010 “A”.
Abutting. Having a common boundary, except that parcels having no common boundary other than a common corner shall not be considered abutting.
FIGURE 30.300.010: ABUTTING
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Access. See Driveway and Pathway.
Adjoining. See Abutting.
Accessory Building. See Building, Accessory.
Accessory Structure. See Structure, Accessory.
Accessory Use. See Use, Accessory.
Addition. New construction that increases the net floor area of a structure.
Adjacent. See Abutting.
Adversely Affect. To impact in a substantial, negative manner the livability of a property.
Agent. Any person, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, corporation, or any other entity or combination of entities who represent or act for or on behalf of an applicant.
Agreement of Sale. Any agreement or written instrument which provides that title to any property shall thereafter be transferred for consideration from one owner to another owner.
Alley. A public or private way that is primarily used for vehicular access to the back or side of properties. Alleys typically do not meet standard requirements for City streets, which include curbs, COUNCIL INTRODUCTION DRAFT 02/04/25
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gutters, sidewalks, or similar improvements. Typically, alleys are separated from adjacent parcels by a lot line. An alley may have an official name and may be shown on the official street map of the City of Santa Barbara.
Allowed Use. See Permitted Use.
Alteration or Remodel. Except with regard to a historic resource where “alteration” is defined in Chapter 22.22, Historic Structures of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code, An alteration may include both interior and exterior changes and rearrangement of the physical parts of a building, structure or site development that does not result in an increase of floor area. Also called a remodel or renovation.
Ancillary Structure. See Structure, Accessory.
Antenna. The same as defined by the FCC in 47 C.F.R. Section 1.6002(b), as may be amended or superseded, which defines that term as an apparatus designed for the purpose of emitting radiofrequency (RF) radiation, to be operated or operating from a fixed location pursuant to FCC authorization, for the provision of personal wireless service and any commingled information services.
Antenna, Amateur or Citizens’ Band. The same as defined by the FCC in 47 C.F.R.
Section 97.3, as may be amended or superseded, which defines the term as a station in an amateur radio service consisting of apparatus necessary for carrying on radio communication service. This term includes amateur radio antennas and related facilities used for amateur radio services.
Antenna, Base Station. The same as defined by the FCC in 47 C.F.R.
Section 1.40001(b)(1), as may be amended, which defines that term as a structure or equipment at a fixed location that enables FCC-licensed or authorized wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network. The term does not encompass a tower as defined in 47 C.F.R. Section 1.40001(b)(9) or any equipment associated with a tower.
Antenna, Collocation Facility. The same as defined by the FCC in 47 C.F.R.
Section 1.6002(g), as may be amended or superseded, which defines that term as mounting or installing an antenna facility on a pre-existing structure or modifying a structure for the purpose of mounting or installing an antenna facility on that structure. It does not include the initial installation of a telecommunications facility where previously there was none, nor the construction of an additional tower on a site with an existing tower.
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Antenna, Eligible Facilities Request. The same as defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 1455(a)(2), as may be amended or superseded, and as interpreted by the FCC in 47 C.F.R.
Section 1.6100(b)(3), as may be amended or superseded, which defines that term as a request for modification of an existing tower or base station that does not substantially change the physical dimensions of such tower or base station.
Antennas, Emergency Service. Any antenna, and associated equipment and structures, used principally for communications related to government provided emergency services, including, but not limited to, police, fire, and paramedic services.
Antenna, Height. The vertical distance from any point at the top of an antenna or ancillary wireless telecommunications structure to the finished or natural grade, whichever is more restrictive or lower, measured directly adjacent to the existing building or new structure.
Antenna, OTARD. Any “over-the-air reception device” subject to 47 C.F.R.
Section 1.4000 et seq., as may be amended or superseded, which generally includes satellite television dishes and certain fixed wireless antennas not greater than one meter in diameter.
Antenna, Small Cell. Includes a micro wireless facility. Means the same as defined by California Government Code Section 65964.2, as may be amended, which defines that term as a wireless facility that uses licensed or unlicensed spectrum and that includes, but is not limited to, the following qualifications:
1. The small cell antennas on the structure, excluding the associated equipment, total no more than six cubic feet in volume, whether an array or separate.
2. Any individual piece of associated equipment on pole structures does not exceed nine cubic feet.
3. The cumulative total of associated equipment on pole structures does not exceed 21 cubic feet.
4. The cumulative total of any ground-mounted equipment along with the associated equipment on any pole or non-pole structure does not exceed 35 cubic feet.
Antenna, Stealth. A telecommunication facility that is designed to blend into the surrounding environment. Examples of stealth facilities may include architecturally screened roof-mounted antennas, building-mounted antennas painted to match the existing structure, COUNCIL INTRODUCTION DRAFT 02/04/25
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antennas integrated into architectural elements, and antenna structures designed to look like another object, such as a light pole, clock towers, bell steeples, or a tree.
Antenna Support. Any device for supporting an antenna which is other than a tower, such as a mast, pole, or tripod.
Antenna Tower. The same as defined by the FCC in 47 C.F.R. Section 1.40001(b)(9), and includes any structure built for the sole or primary purpose of supporting any FCC-licensed or authorized antennas and their associated facilities, including structures that are constructed for wireless communications services, including, but not limited to, private, broadcast, and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services such as microwave backhaul, and the associated site.
Applicant. Any person, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, corporation, or any other entity or combination of entities, or state or local government agency applying for a permit or approval.
Application. A formal request to a local authority for permission, whether allowed as a matter of right or required by any permit or approval, to erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, repair or move any buildings or structure, use vacant land, or add a new use or change in use. A complete application means that the applicant has submitted all the required information in accordance with the Permit Streamlining Act, California Government Code § 65943.
Arbor. An unenclosed structure typically constructed of latticework or metal that often provides partial shade or support for climbing plants, sometimes referred to as a trellis or pergola. An arbor is not considered an accessory building. Also called a trellis or pergola.
Arts. Arts are a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory, or performance works, expressing the author’s imaginative or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.
As-Built Permit. A permit requested during or after the course of construction, identifying all onsite improvements as they have been constructed.
Association, Homeowner’s. The organization of persons who own a lot, parcel, area, condominium or right of exclusive occupancy in a project.
Attic. The area located between the ceiling of the top story of a building and the building's roof. See also, Subsection 30.15.090.G, Determining the Number of Stories in a Building and Story, Half.
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Attached. A structure which is structurally a part of or has a common wall or continuous roof with another structure, except where such connection is a breezeway or walkway incidental to and not a necessary part of the construction of the main building. See Section 30.140.030, Building Attachment.
Average Slope. The result of dividing the length of a slope by the difference in elevation at the top and bottom of the slope. See Section 30.15.030, Determining Slope.
Awning. An architectural projection that provides weather protection, identity, or decoration. An awning is typically constructed of canvas, metal, wood, or roofing materials on a supporting framework that projects from and is wholly supported by the exterior wall of the structure to which it is attached. See also, Canopy.
30.300.020 “B”.
Balcony. An unenclosed, unroofed cantilevered platform that projects from the wall of a building, is accessible from the building’s interior, is not accessible from the ground, and is not enclosed by walls on more than two sides. If any portion of a balcony is supported from the ground below with walls, posts, columns, or the floor below, it is considered a deck.
Base Density. See Section 30.15.025, Calculating Density.
Base Zone. One of several zones mapped on the Title 30 Zone Map. See also, Zoning District.
Basement. Any floor of a building that is partially below and partially above grade. See also, Subsection 30.15.090.E.G, Determining the Number of Stories in a Building.
Bathroom.
Full Bathroom. A room that contains all the following features: toilet, sink, and bathtub, shower, or bathtub/shower combination.
Partial Bathroom. A room with only a toilet and sink. Also called a half-bathroom.
Bay Window. A protruding window projection, cantilevered from the wall of a building, accessible from the building’s interior and completely enclosed.
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to the finished ceiling and exceeding dimensions of seven feet by 10 feet, is considered a bedroom if it is allowed by the Building Code as a sleeping room.
Bicycle Parking Space. The volume of space that is used to accommodate the storage of one locked bicycle.
Bicycle Parking, Long Term. Long-term bicycle parking is intended for use by residents, employees or students over several hours or overnight. Long-term bicycle parking should be provided either with bicycle racks within covered and secured areas with controlled access, or with secure, covered enclosures for individual bicycles, such as bicycle lockers. Long-term bicycle parking better protects bicycles from vandalism and theft attempts.
Bicycle Parking, Short-term. Short-term bicycle parking is intended for use by business patrons, visitors, and guests for a few minutes up to a couple of hours. Short-term bicycle parking should be conveniently located, highly visible, easily accessed, and may be covered or uncovered.
Block. Property bounded on all sides by streets rights-of-way.
Block Face. All properties between two intersections that front upon or abuts a street. The aggregate of all the building facades on one side of a block. The block face provides the context for establishing architectural harmony.
Building. Any enclosed structure having a roof supported by walls for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, or property of any kind. A structure consisting of one or more foundations, floors, walls, and roofs that surround an interior space, and may include exterior appurtenant structures including, but not limited to, porches and decks. A pre-manufactured or constructed shed, storage container, or similar structure is considered a building.
Building, Accessory. A subordinate building, or portion of the main building, physically detached from, and the use of which is incidental to that of the main building on the same lot. Building, or portions of buildings, used for covered parking are accessory buildings. See also, Section 30.140.020, Accessory Buildings.
Building, Main. The building in which the principal use of the lot is conducted.
Building Code. Any ordinance of the City governing the type and method of construction of buildings, signs, and sign structures and any amendments thereto and any substitute therefore including, but not limited to, the California Building Code, other sState-adopted uniform codes.
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Building Entrance. See Entry.
Building Face. See Façade.
Building Footprint. See Footprint.
Building Frontage. See Front Elevation.
Building Height. See Height.
Building Site. A lot or lots occupied or to be occupied, by main buildings and accessory buildings together with such parking and open spaces as are required by the terms of this title. See also, Site.
By-Right. As defined in Government Code §65583.2.
30.300.030 “C”.
Canopy. A roofed shelter, usually composed of fabric, projecting over a sidewalk, driveway, entry, window, or similar area that may be wholly supported by a structure or may be wholly or partially supported by columns, poles, or braces extending from the ground. See also, Awning.
Carport. A structure, or portion of a structure, accessible to vehicles, with a solid weatherproof roof that is permanently open on at least two sides, used as parking or storage of one or more motor vehicles. See also, Subsection 30.175.030.N, Covered Parking. See Parking, Covered.
Carsharing Organization. Organization that administers a carsharing service.
Carsharing Parking Space. A parking space required to be dedicated for current or future use by a carshare service.
Carsharing Program. A carsharing service operated by a carsharing organization.
Carsharing Service. A membership based short-term car rental service available to all qualified drivers who choose to become members where members are offered access to a dispersed network of shared vehicles 24 hours a day, seven days a week at unattended self-service locations.
Carshare Vehicle. A vehicle that is owned, maintained, and administered by a carsharing organization and made available to members of a carsharing service 24 hours a day, seven days a week at unattended self service locations.
Ceiling Height. The vertical height measured from finished floor to finished ceiling.
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City. City of Santa Barbara.
Cellar. See Basement.
Change in Use. A change from one Use Classification to another, as described in this title. A change from one Residential Housing Type to another Residential Housing Type is not considered a Change in Use.
Coastal Zone Related Definitions. The following terms are related to the rules and regulations applicable only within the Coastal Zone.
Access.
Lateral. An area of land providing public access along the water’s edge.
Vertical. An area of land providing a connection between the first public road or use area nearest the sea and the publicly-owned tidelands or established lateral access way.
Aggrieved Person. Any person who, in person or through a representative, appeared at a public hearing of the City in connection with the decision or action appealed, or who, by other appropriate means prior to the hearing, informed the City of the nature of their concerns or who for good cause was unable to do either.
Coastal Commission. California Coastal Commission.
Coastal Development Permit. A permit for any development within the Coastal Zone that is required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30600 of the California Public Resources Code and issued by the City in accordance with this title.
Coastal-Dependent Development or Use. Any development or use which requires a site on, or adjacent to, the sea to be able to function at all.
Coastal-Related Development or Use. Any development or use which is dependent on a coastal-dependent development or use.
Coastal Zone. That land and water area of the City of Santa Barbara extending seaward to the State’s outer limit of jurisdiction and extending inland to the boundary shown on the official Zoning Maps for the CZ Coastal Overlay Zone, as amended from time to time and adopted by the Coastal Commission.
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Development. 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, including lot splits, 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 which 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 § 4511).
Energy Facility. Any public or private processing, producing, generating, storing, transmitting or recovering facility for electricity, natural gas, petroleum, coal or other source of energy.
Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area. Any area in which plant or animal life or their habitats are either rare or especially valuable because of their special nature or role in an ecosystem and which could be easily disturbed or degraded by human activities and developments.
Fill. Earth or any other substance or material, including pilings placed for the purposes of erecting structures thereon, placed in a submerged area.
Land Use Plan. Maps and a text which indicate the kinds, location and intensity of land uses allowed in the Coastal Zone and includes resources protection and development policies related to those uses.
Local Coastal Program. The City’s land use plan, zoning ordinances, zoning maps and other implementing actions certified by the Coastal Commission as meeting the requirements of the California Coastal Act of 1976.
Major Public Works Project or Major Energy Facility. “Major public works” and “Major energy facilities” mean facilities that cost more than $100,000.00 with an automatic annual increase every year following the baseline of $100,000.00 set in 1983 in accordance with the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index, except for those facilities governed by the provisions of Public Resources Code § 30610, 30610.5, 30611 or 30624. Major public COUNCIL INTRODUCTION DRAFT 02/04/25
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works also means publicly-financed recreational facilities that serve, affect, or otherwise impact regional or statewide use of the coast by increasing or decreasing public recreational opportunities or facilities.
Natural Disaster. Any situation in which the force or forces which destroyed the structure to be replaced were beyond the control of the owner.
Other Permits and Approvals. Permits and approvals, other than a coastal development permit, required to be issued by the approving authority before a development may proceed.
Public Works Project. Any of the following development shall constitute a public works project:
• All production, storage, transmission and recovery facilities for water, sewage, telephone and other similar utilities owned or operated by any public agency or by any utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, except for energy facilities. • All public transportation facilities, including streets, roads, highways, public parking lots and structures, ports, harbors, airports, railroads, and mass transit facilities and stations, bridges, trolley wires, and other related facilities.
• All publicly-financed recreational facilities, all projects of the State Coastal Conservancy and any development by a special district.
• All community college facilities.
Sea. The Pacific Ocean and all harbors, bays, channels, estuaries, salt marshes, sloughs and other areas subject to tidal action through any connection with the Pacific Ocean, excluding non-estuarine rivers, streams, tributaries, creeks and flood control and drainage channels.
Structure. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground. “Structure” includes, but is not limited to, any building, road, pipe, flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, and electrical power transmission and distribution line.
Visitor-Serving Development or Use. Stores, shops, businesses, temporary lodging and recreational facilities (both public and private) which provide accommodations, food and services for the traveling public, including, but not limited to, hotels, motels, campgrounds, parks, nature preserves, restaurants, specialty shops, art galleries and commercial recreational development such as shopping, eating and amusement areas.
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Wetland. Lands within the Coastal Zone which may be covered periodically or permanently with shallow water and include saltwater marshes, freshwater marshes, open or closed brackish water marshes, swamps, mudflats and fens. As detailed in § 13577(b)(1) of the California Code of Regulations, wetlands shall be defined as land where the water table is at, near, or above the land surface long enough to promote the formation of hydric soils or to support the growth of hydrophytes, and shall also include those types of wetlands where vegetation is lacking and soil is poorly developed or absent as a result of frequent and drastic fluctuations of surface water levels, wave action, water flow, turbidity or high concentrations of salts or other substances in the substrate. Such wetlands can be recognized by the presence of surface water or saturated substrate at some time during each year and their location within, or adjacent to vegetated wetlands or deep-water habitats.
Working Day. Any day on which all City offices are open for business.
End Coastal Related Definitions.
Commercial. Managed on a business basis for profit derived from the promise or delivery of compensation, money, rent, or other bargained-for consideration in exchange for goods; services; rights or interests in property; or any other valuable consideration.
Common Area. The entire common interest development except the separate interests therein.
Community Apartment. As defined in § 4105 of the Civil Code.
Community Development Director. Community Development Director of the City of Santa Barbara, or designee.
Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL). The average equivalent A-weighted sound level during a 24-hour day, obtained after addition of five decibels to sound levels in the evening from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and after addition of 10 decibels to sound levels in the night from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Compaction. The act of increasing the density of fill by mechanical means.
Compatible. That structure or use which is harmonious with and will not adversely affect surrounding structures or uses, as determined by the Community Development Director.
Conditioned Space. An indoor area, room, or space normally occupied and being heated or cooled by any equipment for human habitation.
Condominium. As defined in § 783 and 1350 of the Civil Code.
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Condominium, Community Apartment. The development of land and attached structures as a condominium or community apartment project, regardless of the present or prior use of such land and structures, and regardless of whether substantial improvements have been made to such structures.
Condominium or Community Apartment Project. A plan by a developer to sell residential condominium or community apartment units in a building through conversion to condominium or community apartment status.
Condominium Unit. The elements of a condominium project which are not owned in common with the owners of other condominiums in the project.
Condominium Conversion. The conversion of an existing structure into separately owned commercial, industrial, or mixed-use units. See Chapter 30.155, Conversion of Residential Units to Condominiums, Hotels, or Similar Uses.
Congregate Dining Facility. See Kitchen, Congregate Dining Facility.
Construction. Erection, enlargement, alteration, conversion, demolition, substantial redevelopment, or movement of any building, structure, or land.
Continuation. The state of continuing in the same condition, capacity, or place without change, expansion, or interruption.
Corral. Enclosure designed for the care and keeping of livestock.
County. The County of Santa Barbara.
Courtyard. An area open to the sky that is enclosed on at least three two sides by walls or buildings,. sometimes referred to as Also called a court or atrium.
Coverage. The portion of a site, expressed as a percentage, that is covered in buildings or other structures.
Crawlspace. A shallow, unfinished, unoccupiable space beneath the floor of a building that provides access to utility, structural, and other building components not readily accessible from the occupiable portions of the building.
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Creek related definitions. The following terms are related to the rules and regulations applicable to Creeks.
Creek. A stream, creek, arroyo, gulch, wash, or swale that is tributary to any waters of the state or that conveys surface water during or after storms to the City storm drain system and the beds thereof, whether dry or containing water. Erosional features (rills), and swales and ditches that are not tributaries or wetlands and do not convey surface water off the owner's property are generally excluded from the definition of a creek. A creek includes all land within the top of either bank, including the bed and banks.
Creek Bank. The land adjoining and confining a stream channel, comprised of the sloping land from the toe of bank to the top of bank.
Generally Level Ground. Any area of land that has less than 5% average slope.
Hinge Point. A break in slope, along the bank of a creek or at the top of bank.
Toe of Bank. The break in slope (toe of slope) at the intersection of base of the creek bank and the bed of the creek channel.
Top of Bank. A point or line formed at the intersection of a creek bank and the hinge point at the upper generally level ground.
End of Creek related definitions.
30.300.040 “D”.
Days. Calendar days unless a specific chapter or section specifies otherwise.
Deck. An outdoor platform, the surface of which is greater than 10 inches above existing grade and is wholly or partially supported from the ground below. A deck may be surrounded by a railing, balustrade, or parapet, and can be freestanding or attached to another structure. A deck is differentiated from a patio when the patio is constructed with a finished surface no more than 10 inches above existing grade.
Deck, First Story. A deck the surface of which is greater than 10 inches above existing grade, but no more than 36 inches above existing grade.
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Deck, Elevated. A deck that is structurally elevated over 36 inches above grade, either on posts, or placed on top of the projecting or recessed portion of a building that is not the highest roof surface. An elevated deck is differentiated from a balcony when the balcony is cantilevered and only supported by beams. Also called an Upper Story Deck when attached to the upper story of a building.
Deck, Rooftop. A deck constructed above any the top plate of a structure that is designed to function as useable outdoor area. A rooftop deck is not a balcony. Rooftop decks are decks at the highest roof surface.
FIGURE 30.300.040: DECK
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Demolition. Removal or destruction. Whenever the term demolition is used in this title it shall also be considered a substantial redevelopment. See also, Section 30.140.200, Substantial Redevelopment.
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Density. Residential density as described in Section 30.15.025, Calculating Density.
Detached. A structure whose walls and roof are independent of any other building or structure, with space open to the sky on all sides. See also, Section 30.140.030, Building Attachment.
Development. Any building, structure, construction, renovation, mining, extraction, dredging, filling, excavation, grading, or drilling activity or operation; any material change in the use or appearance of any structure or in the land itself, including fences, agriculture, vegetation or tree removal, and landscapeing; the division of land into parcels; any change in the intensity or use of land, such as an increase in the number of dwelling units in a structure or a change to a commercial or industrial use from a less intensive use.
District. See Zoning District.
Door. An opening that allows access to a building, room, or other space and can be fully closed to provide a barrier to weather as well as to entry.
Driveway. An accessway that provides vehicular access between a street or alley and the parking or loading facilities of an adjacent property.
One-way. A vehicular access with one travel lane that accommodates both ingress and egress.
Two-way. A vehicular access with two travel lanes, one for ingress and one for egress.
Width. The horizontal measurement of an access driveway to a parking area, measured perpendicular to the direction of travel.
Driveway Gate. A barrier that is installed across the entrance to a driveway.
Dwelling Unit. See Residential Unit.
30.300.050 “E”.
Earth Material. Any rock, natural soil or fill or any combination thereof.
Easement. A portion of land created by grant or agreement for specific purpose; an easement is the right, privilege or interest that one party has in the land of another.
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Eaves. The part of a roof that overhangs the walls of a building. When a structure has a roof but no walls (such as a patio cover, carport, or trellis), the eave shall be considered the portion of the roof that overhangs beyond the vertical support posts, or if cantilevered, the outermost three feet of the roof.
Effective Date. The date on which a permit or other approval becomes enforceable or otherwise takes effect, rather than the date it was signed or circulated.
Electric Vehicle Charging Station. Any electric vehicle charging station, electric recharging point, charging point, or electric vehicle supply equipment station (EVSE) that is designed and built in compliance with Article 625 of the California Electrical Code, and delivers electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle into a plugin electric vehicle.
Emergency. A sudden unexpected occurrence demanding immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss or damage to life, health, property or essential public services.
Enclosed. A structure or portion of a structure surrounded by walls and a roof. A structure that is substantially enclosed may also be considered enclosed for the purpose of this title.
Encroachment. Any architectural feature, structure, or structural element—including, but not limited to, a porch, stoop, balcony, bay window, terrace, or deck—that breaks the plane of a vertical or horizontal regulatory limit by extending into a setback, open yard, or above a height limit. See also, Section 30.140.090, Encroachments into Setbacks and Open Yards.
Existing. The use of land, buildings, structures, or activities legally permitted and constructed on the site with a final inspection or certificate of occupancy as of the date of application submittal, that conforms to current zoning standards or is legal nonconforming as to current zoning standards.
Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area (ESHA). See Coastal Zone Related Definitions.
Erect. To alter, convert, move, build, construct, attach, hang, place, suspend or affix to or upon any surface. Such term shall also include the painting of wall signs.
Erosion. The wearing away of the ground surface as a result of the movement of wind, water or ice.
Excavation. The mechanical removal of earth material.
30.300.060 “F”.
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Façade. The general outer surface of the structure or walls of a building.
Family. See Household.
Feasible. Capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social and technological factors.
Fence. An upright structure serving as a barrier or boundary, or that visually divides or conceals a parcel, including retaining walls, usually made of masonry, plaster, posts, boards, wire, rails, or other building material. May also be referred to as Also called Wall or Screen.
Fill. A deposit of earth material placed by artificial means.
Final Approval. The development project has received all necessary planning approvals to be eligible to obtain a building permit.
Finished. Walls and ceilings shall be deemed finished only if they are covered with plaster, wallboard, or similar material; floors shall be deemed finished only if they are a solid surface such as concrete, that is generally covered with carpeting, tile, linoleum, wood or similar material. A basement, cellar, or attic area is considered finished if all of the walls, ceilings, and floors are finished.
First Floor. See First Story. See Story, First.
First Story. The first story of a building that is closest to finished grade. Also known as the First Floor. The story above is the Second Floor or Second Story.
Floor Area. The total horizontal enclosed area of all the floors below the roof and within the exterior walls of a building or enclosed structure. The floor area of an unenclosed building or structure includes all horizontal area below the roof line. See also, Section 30.15.070, Measuring Floor Area.
Floor Area, Existing. A legally permitted building constructed on the site with a final inspection or certificate of occupancy as of the date of application submittal that conforms to current zoning standards or is legal nonconforming as to current zoning standards.
Floor Area, Gross. Gross floor area is the total floor area of a building that includes the outside faces of its exterior walls.
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Floor Area, Net. See definition of Floor Area above. All references to floor area in this Title are to Net Floor Area, unless otherwise indicated.
Floor Area, Livable Floor Area. The total enclosed and usable space available within the exterior walls on all floors of a building, including interior corridors, stairs, elevators, passageways, and finished basements, cellars, and attics. Unfinished and unheated unconditioned areas including, but not limited to: basements, cellars, attics, porches, breezeways, garages, sheds, and workshops are excluded from livable floor area determinations. Basement, cellars, or attic areas are considered finished if all of the walls, ceilings, and floors are finished. Walls and ceilings shall be deemed finished only if they are covered with plaster, wallboard, or similar material; floors shall be deemed finished only if they are covered with carpeting, tile, linoleum, or similar material. The interior conditioned space of a residential unit, including finished basements and attics, but not including unfinished or unheated areas such as garages, crawlspaces, or storage areas.
Footprint. The horizontal area, as seen in plan view, of a structure, measured from the outside of exterior walls or supporting columns, and excluding eaves.
Front Elevation. Any structure elevation that faces a street. See also, Front Façade, Front.
30.300.070 “G”.
Garage. An enclosed building or portion of a building accessible to vehicles used as parking or storage of one or more motor vehicles. See also Subsection 30.175.030.N, Covered Parking. See Parking, Covered.
Gazebo. A freestanding platform, primarily open-sided, roofed, and usually raised.
General Plan. The comprehensive General Plan of the City of Santa Barbara together with all Specific Plans adopted by the City Council.
Glare. The effect produced by a light source within the visual field that is sufficiently brighter than the level to which the eyes are adapted, such as to cause annoyance, discomfort, or loss of visual performance and ability.
Government Code. The Government Code of the State of California.
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Grade, Existing. The topographic elevations representing the surface of the ground five years prior to the application date for grading, filling, or other site alterations for the project. Existing grade may also be referred to as natural grade. Also called Natural Grade.
Grade, Finished. The topographic elevations representing the ground surface upon project completion. Finished grade may also be referred to as proposed grade. Also called Proposed Grade.
Grading. Any excavating or filling or combination thereof.
Guestroom. An individual sleeping room, or any suite of rooms in which the individual rooms are configured so that they cannot be rented separately.
30.300.080 “H”.
Habitable Space. See Floor Area, Livable Floor Area.
Hardscape. Paving, decks, patios, and other hard, horizontal surfaces.
Hazardous Materials. Any material, including any substance, waste, or combination thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Hazardous Waste. A waste, or combination of wastes, which because of the quantity, concentration or physical and chemical characteristics may either (a) cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or (b) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed or otherwise managed. Hazardous waste also includes those materials described in Title 22, Division 4.5, Chapter 11, California Code of Regulations.
Hazardous Waste Management Plan. A plan prepared, adopted and amended from time to time, pursuant to § 25135 of the California Health and Safety Code by Santa Barbara County to direct the management of hazardous wastes within the boundaries of the County. It is also known as the Hazardous Waste Element of the Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan.
Heat. Thermal energy of a radioactive, conductive, or convective nature.
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Hearing. Includes any public hearing, workshop, or similar meeting, including any appeal, conducted by the city with respect to a development project.
Hedge. A row of shrubs, bushes, or any other kind of plant material that forms a boundary or substantially continuous visual barrier. May also be referred to as Screen. Also called Screen.
Height. The vertical distance from a point on the ground below a structure to a point directly above. See also, Section 30.15.090, Measuring Height and Stories.
High Fire Hazard Area. The High Fire Hazard Area includes the City’s four High Fire Hazard Zones: Coastal, Coastal Interior, Extreme Foothill, and Foothill. The Extreme Foothill and Foothill zones are also designated as the “Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone,” by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and as defined in the City’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan adopted by City Council.
Historic Resources Related Definitions. The following terms are related to the rules and regulations applicable only to historic resources.
Adobe. An unburnt, sun-dried, clay brick; or a building made of adobe bricks.
Adjacent. See Abutting, as defined in Section 30.300.010.
Archaeological site. The location of a prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing, ruined, or vanished, where the location itself possesses archaeological value regardless of the value of any existing buildings or structures. (For the protection of significant archaeological and paleontological resources within the City, please refer to Chapter 22.12, Archaeological and Paleontological Resources.) Buffer Area. An area of land, developed or undeveloped surrounding a historic resource, El Pueblo Viejo Landmark District or Historic District Overlay Zones, that serves to notice owners, planners and design review boards during the planning and design review process of the necessity to plan to mitigate any negative impacts a new project may have to the historic resource. The distance requirements of the buffer area are the following: 250 feet from the outline of the structure of an original adobe, El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park and areas inclusive of the original footprint of the Presidio, or a Landmark; 100 feet from the outline of the structure around a Structure of Merit; and at least a radius of one-half block from the boundary line surrounding El Pueblo Viejo Landmark District or a historic district and shall include properties on the opposite side of the street from the district.
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Certificate of Appropriateness. The administrative approval document issued by the City’s Architectural Historian to approve a minor alteration to a historic resource.
Character-Defining Feature or Element. A visible physical part or aspect of a structure or site that contributes to its identification, understanding or interpretation as an example of architecture or architectural style, as an artifact attributable to a particular period of historical significance, or as a unique entity.
Compatibility. Respect for distinctive character, identity and history of a streetscape and neighborhood through historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the environment.
Contributing Resource. A structure, site, or feature within the boundaries of a Historic District, or El Pueblo Viejo Landmark District, which reflects the significance of the district as a whole, either because of historic associations, historic architectural qualities, archeological features, or historic integrity, and is considered a historic resource.
Cultural. The concepts, habits, skills, arts, instruments, institutions, etc. of a given people in a given period.
Cultural Landscape. A geographic area (including both cultural and natural resources and the wildlife or domestic animals therein), associated with a historic event, activity, or person or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic values. Refer to the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Treatment of Cultural Landscapes for further definition of this term.
Cultural Resource. Districts, streetscapes, neighborhoods, sites, buildings, structures, view corridors, vistas and objects that have acquired significant associations with human activities and human events.
Demolition. Removal or destruction. Whenever the term demolition is used in this title it shall also be considered a substantial redevelopment. See also, Section 30.140.200, Substantial Redevelopment. With regard to a historic resource, the term “demolition” shall also include the removal of a significant component or a character defining element.
Demolition by Neglect. A situation in which a property owner(s) through neglect and lack of maintenance allows a historic resource or character defining feature of a historic resource to suffer severe deterioration, potentially beyond the point of repair.
Elevation. The flat scale orthographically projected architectural drawing of all exterior vertical elements of a building facade.
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Features. Natural or man-made elements on a site, examples of which include trees, fountains, walls, and designed landscapes.
Historic District. A geographically definable area in the City possessing a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of structures, sites or features united by past events or aesthetically by plan or physical development. Historic Districts consist of contributing and non-contributing properties, thematically linked by architectural style or designer, date of development, distinctive urban plan, or historic associations and may include buffer zones as authorized by the Historic Landmarks Commission. A historic district derives its importance from being a unified entity conveying a visual sense of the overall historic environment.
Historic Fabric or Material. Original and later-added historically significant construction materials, architectural finishes or elements in a particular pattern or configuration which form a qualified historical property, as determined by the Historic Landmarks Commission.
Historic Resource. A structure, site, cultural landscape or feature designated or eligible to be designated historically significant based on the criteria in Section 30.157.025. Historic resources may also include, but are not limited to:
1. City-designated Landmark or Structure of Merit;
2. California Historical Landmark;
3. National Historic Landmark;
4. Listed on the State Register of Historical Resources;
5. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places;
6. Contributing historic resources in a City-designated Historic District Overlay Zone;
7. State or National Register Historic District;
8. A resource listed in the City’s Historic Resources Inventory; or
9. A Cultural Landscape as defined herein.
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determination of what constitutes a small feature shall be made by the staff Architectural Historian.
Historical Integrity. Authenticity of a building or property’s historical identity evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that existed during the property’s historical or prehistorical period of significance.
Historic Resources Inventory. A list consisting of those structures, sites, or features identified by the Historic Landmarks Commission or City’s Architectural Historian as historically significant and eligible for formal designation as a Landmark, Structure of Merit, Historic District, or contributing historic resource to a Historic District (formerly referred to as “Potential Historic Resources List”).
Historical Significance. The degree of importance for which a property has been evaluated and found to be historical as determined by the Historic Landmarks Commission, City Council, the California Office of Historic Preservation, or Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places based on meeting specified local, state and national criteria.
Landmark. A structure, site, cultural landscape or feature having historic, architectural, archeological, cultural, or aesthetic significance and designated by City Council as a Landmark under the provisions in this chapter.
Landmark Tree. See Historic Tree in Section 15.24.010.
Major Alteration. Any physical modification or change to the exterior of a building, structure, site, object or designated interior that may have a significant effect on characterdefining features of a historic resource. A major alteration shall also include construction of additions.
Minor Alteration. Any physical modification or change to insignificant exterior features of a historic resource, including additions, windows, doors, and exterior siding material that is non-original or otherwise lacking in historic integrity.
Neighborhood. For purposes of this chapter, a neighborhood is defined as an area possessing a sense of cohesiveness due to of physical features suggesting boundaries or concentrations of shared architectural, historic, or cultural characteristics.
Nomination. The documentation by a qualified historian or architectural historian setting forth certain facts to support the designation of a historic resource as a Landmark, Structure of Merit, or HD Overlay Zone.
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Non-Contributing Resource. A structure, site or feature within the boundaries of a HD Overlay Zone that does not qualify as a historic resource, but which has been included within the Historic District boundaries because of its geographic location with the HD Overlay Zone.
Ordinary Maintenance. The maintenance, painting, landscapeing or repair of any exterior feature in or upon any historic resource that does not involve a change in design, material, or the external appearance thereof, except that the removal of trees or the change of paint color shall not be considered ordinary maintenance.
Period of Significance. The period of time when a qualified historic structure, site or feature was associated with important events, activities or persons, or attained the characteristics for its listing or registration.
Preservation. The act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity, and materials of a qualified historic resource. Preservation work, including preliminary measures to protect and stabilize the structure, site or feature, generally focuses upon the ongoing maintenance and repair of historic materials and features rather than extensive replacement and new construction. New exterior additions are specifically not within the scope of this treatment; however, the limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and other code-related work to make properties functional is deemed to be appropriate preservation work.
Qualified Professional Staff in Historic Preservation. Staff meeting the Professional Standards in Historic Preservation outlined in the Secretary of the Interior’s Guidelines and Qualifications in History, Architectural History, or Historic Architecture in education and experience required to perform the identification, evaluation, registration, and treatment of historic resources. Referred to in this chapter as Architectural Historian.
Reconstruction. The act or process of depicting, by means of new construction, the form, features and detailing of a non-surviving site, landscape, building, property or object for the purpose of replicating its appearance from a specific period of time.
Rehabilitation. The act or process of making possible a compatible use for a qualified historic resource through repair, alterations and additions while preserving those portions or features which convey its qualified historical, cultural or architectural values.
Relocation. The act or process of moving any qualified historic resource or a portion of a qualified historic resource to a new site, or a different location on the same site.
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Restoration. The act or process of accurately depicting the form, features and character of a qualified historic resource as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of features from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period. The limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and other code required work to make properties functional is appropriate within a restoration project.
Sandstone Construction. A sedimentary rock (usually consisting of quartz sand particles united by some bonding agent such as silica or calcium carbonate) hewed into building materials by a skilled mason or carver and for purposes of this chapter, incorporating traditional, stone masonry, including, but not limited to, curbs, walls, railings, bridges, gardens, buildings, steps or hitching posts using local sandstone material quarried in the Santa Barbara area.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards. The current version of the “Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring & Restructuring Historic Buildings” published by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Streetscape. The design quality of the street and its visual effect and pedestrian experience.
Structure of Merit. A historic resource designated by the Historic Landmarks Commission that deserves official recognition as having historic, architectural, archeological, cultural, or aesthetic value but does not rise to the level of Landmark status.
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Household. One or more persons living together in a single residential unit, with common access to, and common use of, all living areas and all areas and facilities for the preparation and storage of food and who maintain no more than four six separate rental agreements for the single residential unit.
Housing Development Project. See Objective Housing Development Project.
30.300.090 “I”.
Impervious. A surface which either prevents or retards the entry of water into soil, as would occur under natural conditions, or which causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow than would occur under natural conditions.
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Infill. Refers to constructing or developing a project on unused and underutilized lands surrounded by existing development patterns. Typically, but not exclusively, in urban areas.
Incompatible. That structure or use which is detrimental and may adversely affect surrounding structures or uses, as determined by the Community Development Director.
Intensity of Use. The extent to which a particular use or the use in combination with other uses affects the natural and built environment in which it is located, the demand for services, and persons who live, work, and visit the area. Measures of intensity may include, but are not limited to, requirements for water, sewer, gas, electricity, access, recreation, or other public services; number of automobile trips generated; on- and off-site parking demand; number of residents or employees; hours of operation; the amount of noise, light glare, smoke, odors, or hazardous materials generated; or the number of persons attracted to the site.
Intersection, Street. The area common to two or more intersecting streets.
30.300.100 “J”.
Reserved.
30.300.110 “K”.
Kitchen. Any room or portion of a room used or intended or designed to be used for the preparation or storage of food.
Congregate Dining Facility. A room or rooms that contain suitable space for group dining to feed all the residents of a facility in one or two sittings, accessible to and for the primary use of the residents of the facility and provides at least two meals per day seven days per week for the residents.
Efficiency Kitchen. A kitchen that includes at a minimum:
a. Appliances for cooking food and refrigeration, either built-in or countertop. b. A sink for food preparation greater than 12 inches by 12 inches, excluding the sink located in the bathroom.
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c. A food preparation counter.
30.300.120 “L”.
Landing. An unenclosed, unroofed platform, attached to a building, and serving as a required means of egress from the first floor of a building.
Landscape Area. An area of ground within the boundaries of a lot which consists of living plant material including, but not limited to, trees, shrubs, ground covers, grass, flowers, gardens and vines.
Established Landscape. The point in time at which plants have developed roots into the soil adjacent to the root ball.
Water Wise Landscape. Those plants that are evaluated as needing "low" (10-30% ETo) or "very low"(<10%vETo) amounts of irrigation water as defined and listed by Water Use Classifications of Landscape Species (WUCOLS) or other sources of water-wise plant water use classifications as verified by a licensed landscape architect. Also called a Low-Water-Use or Very-Low-Water-Use Landscape.
Landscape Plan. Design plans that include a planting plan, an irrigation plan, (if applicable) or both, and a completed Landscape Compliance Statement.
Livability. Considers a person’s quality of life as it pertains to their place of residence or employment. Desirable livability design features, including useable, functional, common and private open yards, access to light and air, peace and safety, and privacy from neighboring properties.
Living Room. The largest livable room in a residential unit accessible from the main entrance and shared as a common area.
Loading Spaces, Off-street. Permanently improved and maintained areas on the site dedicated to loading and unloading materials, equipment, and merchandise.
Lot. A parcel, tract, or area of land whose boundaries have been established by a legal instrument such as a deed or map recorded with the County of Santa Barbara, and that is recognized as a separate legal entity for purposes of transfer of title, except public easements or rights-of-way.
Projects using Title 25 of this code may interpret the following types of “Lots” to mean “Design Sites”. See also, Parcel.
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Lot, Corner. A lot surrounded on two or more contiguous sides by a street.
Lot, Flag. A lot that has access to a street by means of a narrow strip of land.
Lot, Interior. A lot other than a corner lot.
Lot, Through. A lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.
Lot Area. The area of a lot measured horizontally between bounding lot lines.
Lot Area, Gross. The total area, measured in acres, of a lot included within the lot lines.
Lot Area, Net. The area of a lot measured horizontally between bounding lot lines, subtracting the existing or proposed horizontal area within public streets and alleys on the lot any right-of-way.
Lot Frontage. See Street Frontage.
Lot Line. The boundary between a lot and other property or a public or private street. Also called a Property Line. “Lot Line” may be interpreted to mean “Design Site Line” for projects using Title 25 of this code.
Lot Line, Front. The line or lines dividing a lot from a public or private street. The line or lines that divide a lot from an alley or a driveway shall not be considered front lot lines. On lots that abut multiple streets, all lines that divide the lot from a street shall be considered front lot lines. Design Sites that do not abut a street shall designate a Front Design Site Line consistent with Section 25.02.040, Design Sites, for projects using Title 25 of this code.
Lot Line, Primary Front. Front lot line adjacent to primary front yard.
Lot Line, Secondary Front. Front lot line adjacent to secondary front yard.
Lot Line, Interior. Any lot line other than a front lot line.
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FIGURE 30.300.120: LOTS AND LOT LINES
Lot Line Adjustment. The adjustment of the boundary of existing parcels where the number of parcels existing after the adjustment is the same as the number of parcels that existed prior to the adjustment.
Low Barrier Navigation Center. A facility as defined in Government Code § 65660(a) that meets all of the requirements of Government Code § 65660 et seq. Includes a “Low Barrier” Social Service Facilities (with or without temporary living facilities), and a “Low Barrier” Emergency Shelter provided all the other requirements of Government Code § 65660 et seq. are met.
30.300.130 “M”.
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Manufacturing. The processing of raw materials or assembly of parts into finished goods through the use of tools, human labor, machinery, or chemical processing. Manufacturing is an industrial use pursuant to Section 30.295.050, Industrial Use Classifications.
Median. A planted or paved area which separates two roadways or divides a portion of a road into two or more lanes.
Mezzanine. An intermediate floor within a building interior that is no greater than one third of the total floor area of the floor below. See also Story and Subsection 30.15.090.E, Determining the Number of Stories in a Building. See Story, Mezzanine.
Microcell. A small cellular transceiver facility installed at or below ground level and comprised of a utility cabinet, one or more small antennas mounted on a steel pipe, an existing public utility pole or existing structure, and transmitters with an effective radiated power not exceeding five watts per channel and not to exceed a total of 200 watts per facility.
Mixed-Use. The combination of residential and nonresidential uses within the same building or on the same development site.
Mixed-Use Development. A development that contains both nonresidential and residential uses on the same lot, whether or not they are located within the same structure.
Mixed-Use Building. A building that contains both nonresidential and residential uses.
Mobilehome. A structure designed for human habitation and for being moved on a street or highway under permit pursuant to § 35790 of the California Vehicle Code. Mobilehome includes a manufactured home, as defined in § 18007 of the California Health and Safety Code, and a mobilehome as defined in § 18008 of the California Health and Safety Code, but does not include a recreational vehicle as defined in this title and § 18010 of the California Health and Safety Code, or a commercial coach as defined in § 18001.8 of the California Health and Safety Code. Mobilehomes are residential units, except as allowed by Section 30.185.270, Mobilehomes, Recreational Vehicles and Modular Units, Individual Use.
Mobilehome Park Space. That portion of a mobilehome park set aside and designated for the occupancy of a mobilehome, including any contiguous area designed or used for automobile parking, carport, storage, awning, cabana or other use which is clearly incidental and accessory to the primary use of the space.
30.300.140 “N”.
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New. Any purpose for which land or premises, or a building or structure thereon, is improved, occupied, utilized, built, or constructed for said purpose, which has not before existed on said land or premises.
Nonconforming. Any lawfully established use, structure, parking, or site development that is in existence on the effective date of this title, or any subsequent amendment, but does not comply with all of the standards and requirements of this title and any additions allowed pursuant to Chapter 30.165, Nonconforming Structures, Site Development, and Uses.
Nonconforming Density. A lawfully established development on a lot with more residential units or number of bedrooms than are allowed by the current ordinance in a zone that allows residential uses. Nonconforming density is not considered a nonconforming use.
Nonconforming Lot. A legal parcel of land having less area, frontage, or dimensions than required in the zoning district in which it is located.
Nonconforming Site Improvement. A site improvement (e.g., fences, landscape, parking, walls, etc.) that conformed to the standards of the previous zoning that lawfully existed before the effective date of this title and does not conform to the present standards of the zone in which it is located.
Nonconforming Structure or Building. A structure or building that lawfully existed before the effective date of this title and does not conform to the present standards of the zone in which it is located.
Nonconforming Use. A use of a building, structure, or site, or portion thereof, or a building, structure or facility itself, which was lawfully established and maintained but, because of the application of this title to it, does not conform to the present standards of the zone in which it is located.
30.300.150 “O”.
Objective. Means involving no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and being uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official.
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Occupiable Space. Enclosed, finished, and conditioned space within a building envelope designed for extended human occupancy for residential or commercial, retail, or office use, and not used for storage, utilities, parking, or similar uses. Also called Useable Space. See also, Floor Area, Livable.
Objective Design and Development Standards (ODDS). A set of objective standards used by the City to regulate new development. These standards, located in Title 25 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code, define design preferences for qualifying residential projects applying under the provisions of the Housing Accountability Act (HAA), or similar State law intended to limit discretionary review.
ODDS Zone. One of several zones established by Title 25 and mapped on the ODDS Zone Map (ODDS-ZM).
ODDS Architectural Styles. The boundaries of the allowed Architectural Styles mandated by ODDS, as shown on the ODDS Architectural Styles Map (ODDS-ASM) Objective Housing Development Project. A qualifying residential project for which the State requires review for compliance using only objective standards, including Housing Development Projects meeting the definition of Government Code §65589.5(h)(2).
On-Site. Located on the lot that is the subject of discussion.
Open Structure. See Trellis.
Owner. Any person, co-partnership, association, corporation or fiduciary having legal or equitable title or any interest in any real property.
30.300.160 “P”.
Parcel. A general term including all plots of land shown with separate identification on the latest equalized county assessment roll. Parcels may or may not be separate lots, depending upon whether or not such parcels are created as required by Title 27, Subdivisions, of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code. See also, Lot.
Parking, Offsite. The area located on a site available for parking or storage of one or more vehicles.
See also, Section 30.295.040, Parking, Public or Private.
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Parking, Covered. An accessory building, accessible to vehicles, such as a garage or carport that completely covers the parking spaces. See also, Subsection 30.175.030.N, Covered Parking.
Carport. A structure, or portion of a structure, accessible to automobiles, with a solid weatherproof roof that is permanently open on at least two sides, used as parking or storage of one or more vehicles.
Garage. An enclosed building or portion of a building accessible to automobiles, used as parking or storage of one or more vehicles.
Garage, Private. A building or portion of a building, in which only vehicles used by the tenants of the building or buildings on the premises are stored or kept.
Garage, Public. A structure or portion thereof, offering parking to the public with or without a fee.
Parking, Shared. Any parking spaces available to more than one user.
Parking, Stacked. Parking spaces arranged in a system that provides two to three spaces in the area of one space.
Parking, Street-Facing. Parking in which the entry of the structure or space is oriented to and facing a street and from which vehicles exit directly (or back out) onto the street. Non-Street-Facing Parking are spaces that include an onsite turnaround movement and do not exit directly (or back out) onto the street.
Parking, Tandem. A parking space deep enough to allow more than one car to park, one behind another.
Parking, Uncovered. One or more Pparking spaces that are completely or partially open to the sky.
Parking Lot, Public. Surface lots with more than 3 uncovered parking spaces and structures offering parking to the public with or without a fee.
Parking Lot, Private. Surface lots with more than 3 uncovered parking spaces in which only vehicles used by the tenants of the building or buildings on the premises are stored or kept.
Park and Recreation Related Definitions. The following terms are related to Chapter 30.40, Park and Recreation (P-R) Zone.
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Active Recreation. Activities such as organized sports and drop-in sports, usually team oriented, which utilize equipment and are played on a field or court. Active Recreation includes, but is not limited to, soccer, football, swimming, baseball, softball, basketball, tennis, ultimate frisbee, volleyball and wheelchair football.
Ball Fields and Courts.
Informal. Informal Ball Fields are usually open grass areas with no field or court delineation, or only bases, players’ benches and backstop. Fields are not scheduled for league or tournament play. No dugouts, bleachers or lighting are provided. May include basketball courts with pavement striping, but without lighting.
Formal. Formal Ball Fields are often lighted and may include dressed infield area, baselines, pitcher’s mound for baseball, large backstops, dugouts, players’ benches and bleachers.
Soccer fields are delineated, include players’ benches and goals and may include lighting.
Formal indoor courts for volleyball, basketball and other organized sports are also included.
Formal ball fields may also include related food concessions.
Community Garden. A Community Garden is a piece of urban land that is made available to residents of the community who may not have private yard area that is adequate to plant and maintain a private garden. This land is made available for the purpose of planting small personal gardens and usually consists of several small plots that are assigned to individuals or groups of people and which may be subject to an annual rental fee.
Concession. A Concession is a rental or lease of land or space in a building by the City to an operator of the following types of retail outlets: snack bar, restaurant, push cart and miscellaneous sundries and equipment rental that relate to the uses of the facility where the concession is located.
Community Meeting Rooms.
Small Community Meeting Room. A Small Community Meeting Room accommodates up to 75 people. Small Community Meeting Rooms may include food preparation areas and are used for meetings, seminars and small parties.
Large Community Meeting Room. A Large Community Meeting Room accommodates small or large groups of people. Large Community Meeting Rooms usually include food preparation facilities and may be used for large parties, banquets, dances and lectures.
Lighting.
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General Lighting. General Lighting is used for security, safety or decorative purposes.
Ball Field Lighting. Ball Field Lighting is used to illuminate formal ball fields and courts in order to allow evening use of such facilities.
Minor Buildings. Buildings that are not used for recreation programming or meetings.
Minor buildings include restrooms, storage buildings, equipment sheds and caretakers’ residences.
Outdoor Game Area. A delineated area designed specifically, and meeting established criteria, for a game. Outdoor Game Areas include, but are not limited to, volleyball, lawn bowling, horseshoe pitching, tether ball, hopscotch and handball.
Passive Recreation. Activities that are engaged in by individuals or small groups, usually not dependent on a delineated area designed for specific activities. Passive Recreation includes, but is not limited to, hiking, bicycling, jogging, frisbee catch, bird watching, walking, picnicking and horseback riding.
Picnic Area.
Individual Picnic Area. Picnic tables generally set a minimum of 10 feet apart and intended for use by small groups requiring the use of only one picnic table.
Small Group Picnic Area. A Small Group Picnic Area consists of picnic tables intentionally arranged to accommodate use by a group of up to 30 people. Small Group Picnic Areas often include a single barbecue sized to accommodate a group meal.
Large Group Picnic Area. A Large Group Picnic Area consists of picnic tables intentionally arranged to accommodate use by more than 30 people, which may be subject to reservation.
Large Group Picnic Areas often include one or more barbecues and food preparation tables sized to accommodate a group meal.
Playground. An area that includes, but is not limited to, swings, slides, climbing structures, sand play, spring riders and other play structures.
Trail. A passageway for hikers, equestrians or bicyclists. Uses of individual trails shall be determined by the Parks and Recreation Director.
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Parkway. An area between the curb and sidewalk in a fully improved right-of-way, typically landscaped.
Path of Travel. An identifiable accessible route within an existing site, building or facility, as defined by the Building Code.
Pathway. The means of providing internal or external pedestrian connectivity to a property or use.
Also called a walkway, accessway, passageway, pedestrian connection, thru-way, walking surface, paseo, or internal circulation network.
Patio. A hardscaped (e.g., concrete, tile, brick, stone, wood, etc.) area, constructed with a finished surface no more than 10 12 inches above grade, which may or may not be attached to another structure and intended for indoor-outdoor living and recreation. A patio may be surrounded by walls or roofed, but not both.
Patio Cover. A one story, roofed structure, used only for recreational or outdoor living purposes, that may be attached or detached as an accessory structure to the main building.
Permanent Supportive Housing. Housing as defined in Government Code §65650(a) serving the target population as defined in Government Code §65650(c) that meets all of the requirements of Government Code §65650 et seq. or successor provision.
Permit. Any Zoning Clearance, Conditional Use Permit, Performance Standard Permit, Temporary Use Permit, Building Permit, license, certificate, approval, or other entitlement for development or use of property as required by any public agency.
Permitted Use. Any use allowed in a zoning district without a requirement for approval of a Conditional Use Permit, Performance Standard Permit, or Temporary Use Permit, but subject to any standards or restrictions applicable to that zoning district. Also called Allowed Use.
Person. Any individual, organization, partnership, limited liability company, or other business association or corporation, including any utility, and any federal, state or local government, special district, or an agency thereof.
Persons with Disabilities. Persons who have a medical, physical, or mental condition, disorder or disability as defined in Government Code § 12926 or the Americans With Disabilities Act, that limits one or more major life activities.
Plot Plan. See Site Plan.
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Porch. A roofed, raised platform, sometimes partly enclosed with low walls, that extends along an outside wall of a building. A porch is usually at the primary entrance to a residential unit. A porch may also be referred to as a veranda. Also called a Veranda.
Pre-existing. In existence prior to the effective date of this title, or prior to the date of application submittal, as applicable. See also, Existing.
Private Property. Ownership of property by non-governmental legal entities.
Project. Any proposal for a new or changed use, or for new construction, demolition, substantial redevelopment, alteration, or additions to any structure, that is subject to the provisions of this title.
Proposed. The requested use of land, buildings, or structures on an application. See also, New.
Public Resources Code. The Public Resources Code of the State of California.
Public Area. Areas generally open for public use include streets, sidewalks, paseos, pathways, rightsof-way, parks, public parking lots, publicly accessible open spaces, and any public and civic building.
Public Property. Any property owned, maintained, or leased by any public agency or governmental entity.
Public Use. A use undertaken by any public agency or governmental entity.
Public Works Director. The Public Works Director of the City of Santa Barbara, or designee.
Publicly Visible. The condition when a building, structure, or land use is within the area between a front lot line and up to 35 feet behind any front lot line and is either (1) observable by the public along any abutting public area or (2) is observable by the public from a public area on the other side of an abutting street or right-of-way.
30.300.170 “Q”.
Reserved.
Quasi-Public. See Semi-Public
30.300.180 “R”.
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Rear. Opposite of front. In the event of two or more fronts, the rear shall be provided from the opposite to any of the fronts.
Recreational Vehicles.
Recreational Vehicle. A motor home, slide-in camper, travel trailer, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy.
Recreational Vehicle Space. That portion of a recreational vehicle park set aside and designated for the occupancy of one recreational vehicle, including any contiguous area designed or used for automobile parking, carport, storage, awning, cabana or other use which is clearly incidental and accessory to the primary use of the space.
Camping Trailer. A vehicular portable unit mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial sidewalls which fold for towing by another vehicle and unfold at the campsite and designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy.
Motor Home. A vehicular unit built on or permanently attached to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis, chassis cab or van, which becomes an integral part of the completed vehicle, designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy.
Slide-In Camper. A portable unit, consisting of a roof, floor and sides, designed to be loaded onto and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck, and designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy and shall include a truck camper.
Travel Trailer. A portable unit, mounted on wheels, of such a size and weight as not to require special highway movement permits when drawn by a motor vehicle and for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy.
Remodel. See Alteration.
Renovation. See Alteration.
Repair and Maintenance. The replacement of existing materials with similar materials in a similar manner. Repair and maintenance does not include: additions, alterations, or substantial redevelopment to any structure; changes in site development; a substitution of or a change to a nonconforming use; or an increase in area occupied by a nonconforming use.
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Residential. Lands, buildings, structures or portions thereof used, or designed for use, as a home or residence of one or more individuals.
Residential Lot Subdivision. The subdivision of land into individual parcels.
Residential Property. Any real property, zoned, designed or permitted to be used for any residential purpose, including any buildings or structures located on said improved real property.
Also called Residential Development.
Residential Unit. Any building or portion thereof that contains living facilities, including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation, for not more than one household. Also called Dwelling Unit. See Section 30.140.150, Residential Unit.
Review Authority. The highest decision-making body identified for any land use permit Body responsible for making decisions on zoning and related permits and approvals, including, but not limited to, the Community Development Director, Public Works Director, design review bodies, Staff Hearing Officer, Planning Commission, and City Council.
Right-of-Way (ROW). A strip of land acquired by reservation, easement, dedication, forced dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied or occupied by a street, railroad, electric transmission lines, oil or gas pipeline, water line, sanitary storm sewer or other similar use.
Roof. The top covering of a building, principally responsible for providing protection from the elements.
30.300.190 “S”.
Screen. See Hedge.
Second Floor. The floor above the first floor.
Second Story. The story above the first story.
Semi-Public Use. A facility that is open to the public and has a public purpose but is not owned or operated by a governmental entity. Also called Quasi-Public Use.
Setback. The distance by which a building, structure, use, parking area, or other site or development feature is separated from a lot line or design site line. See also, Section 30.15.060, Measuring Distances, Section 30.15.100, Measuring Setbacks and Stepbacks, and Section 30.140.090, COUNCIL INTRODUCTION DRAFT 02/04/25
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Encroachments into Setbacks and Open Yards. References to “Lot Lines” may be interpreted to mean “Design Sites Lines” for projects using Title 25 of this code.
Setback, Front. An area between the street and a line parallel to the front lot line, bounded by the interior lot lines of the lot that are roughly perpendicular to the front lot line. See also Section 30.15.060, Measuring Distances, and Section 30.15.100, Measuring Setbacks, and Section 30.140.090, Encroachments into Setbacks and Open Yards. An area extending across the full width of the lot, parallel to the front lot line, extending between the interior lot lines.
Setback, Primary Front. Setback adjacent to primary front lot line.
Setback, Secondary Front. Setback adjacent to secondary front lot line.
Setback, Interior. An area between an interior lot line and a line parallel to the interior lot line, bounded by the two lot lines adjacent to the interior lot line from which the setback is measured. See also Section 30.15.060, Measuring Distances, and Section 30.15.100, Measuring Setbacks, and Section 30.140.090, Encroachments into Setbacks and Open Yards.
Shopping Center. An integrated group of commercial establishments that are planned and managed together with a minimum of five attached businesses and shared onsite parking. Shopping Centers can include a variety of uses including, but not limited to: retail, eating and drinking establishments, small offices, and banks.
Sidewalk. A paved, surfaced, or leveled area, paralleling and usually separated from the street, used as a pedestrian pathwalkway.
Site Plan. A plan sheet that includes the basic information that will appear on all plans including, but not limited to, lot lines, natural features, roads, buildings, or other structures proposed or existing to remain on-site. Also called plot plan.
Skylight. Roof-mounted window allowing light and sometimes ventilation into the space below.
Site. A lot, or group of contiguous lots, that is proposed for development in accordance with the provisions of this title and is in a single ownership or under unified control. Also called development site, or project site. See also, Building Site.
Solar Access Height Related Definitions. The following terms are related to Section 30.140.170, Solar Access Height Limitations.
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Base Elevation Point. The elevation of the higher of either (1) the highest point of contact of a structure with existing grade or (2) the highest point of existing grade along the northerly lot line on the subject property measured at the location(s) with the shortest distance from the structure to the northerly lot line. For the purposes of this determination, all fences, covered and uncovered walkways, driveways, patio covers, and other similar elements shall be considered separate structures.
Northerly Lot Line. Any lot line, of which there may be more than one per lot, that forms a generally north facing boundary of a lot and has a bearing greater than or equal to 40 degrees from either true north or true south. For curved lot lines, the bearing of the lot line at any point shall be the bearing of the tangent to the curve at that point.
FIGURE 30.300.190: NORTHERLY LOT LINE
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Plan View. A plot plan of the parcel which shows the horizontal dimensions of a parcel and each structure on the parcel.
Shadow Plan. A plot plan which shows the extent of shading caused by a proposed structure.
Solar Access. The ability of a location to receive direct sunlight.
State. The State of California.
Stepback. The upper portion of a building that is required to be set (or stepped) further back than the minimum setback. See also, Section 30.15.100, Measuring Setbacks and Stepbacks.
Stock Cooperative. As defined in § 11003.2 of the Business and Professions Code.
Story. That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the surface of the topmost floor and the surface of the roof above. See also, Section 30.15.090.E.G, Determining the Number of Stories in a Building.
Story, First. The lowest story or the ground story of any building, that is closest to finished grade. Also called First Floor or Ground Floor.
Story, Second. The story above the First Story. Also called Second Floor.
Story, Half. A conditioned space that rests underneath the slope of the roof, usually having dormer windows. Where applicable, the half-story is identified by the "0.5" in the description of maximum height (e.g., 2.5). A half-story is not counted as a whole story when its top wall plates, on at least two opposite exterior walls, are less than four feet above the floor of such story. Also called Attic Half-Story.
Story, Mezzanine. A story which covers one-third or less of the area of the story directly underneath it. A mezzanine story shall be deemed a full story when it covers more than onethird of the area of the story directly underneath said mezzanine story.
Story, Upper. Any story above the first story.
Street. A public or private way constructed for the primary purpose of vehicular travel. An alley or a driveway is not a street. The term “street” describes the entire legal right-of-way or easement (public or private), including, but not limited to, the traffic lanes, bike lanes, curbs, gutters, sidewalk whether COUNCIL INTRODUCTION DRAFT 02/04/25
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paved or unpaved, parkways, and any other grounds found within the legal right-of-way. The name given to the right-of-way (avenue, court, road, etc.) is not determinative of whether the right-of-way is a street.
Street, Private. A street that is privately owned. Private streets do not appear on the official dedicated street map of the City of Santa Barbara. Private streets generally provide access to multiple lots or units and are usually named, unlike driveways. Private streets may be constructed to public street standards. Private streets are generally differentiated from driveways by larger widths, longer lengths, and may include public or private utilities. A private street may also be referred to as private road, lane, or drive. Also called a Private Road, Lane, or Drive.
Street, Public. Any street shown on the official dedicated street map of the City of Santa Barbara, as such map may be amended from time to time.
Street Frontage. The length of the front lot line along an adjacent street.
Structural Alteration. Any change affecting existing structural elements or requiring new structural elements for vertical or lateral support of an otherwise nonstructural alteration. Includes any physical change to the supporting members of a structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, floor joists or roof joists, including the creation, or enlargement, of doors or windows and changes to a roofline or roof shape.
Structure. Anything constructed or erected and the use of which requires more or less permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground.
Buildings are considered structures.
Structure, Accessory. A subordinate structure, physically detached from, and used only as incidental to the main structure on the same lot. See also, Building, Accessory.
Studio. A residential unit consisting of one combined living and sleeping room. The unit may have a separate kitchen and bathroom in addition to the main room. A studio may have a loft, but the loft may not be a bedroom, as defined in this title.
Substantial Redevelopment. A majority of a structure is removed, or is no longer a necessary and integral component of the overall structure. See Section 30.140.200, Substantial Redevelopment.
Swimming Pool, Public or Private. Any pool, pond, lake, or open tank located within or outside of a building and containing or normally capable of containing water to a depth at any point greater than 1.5 feet.
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30.300.200 “T”.
Time-Share Terms.
Time-share Project. A purchaser receives the right in perpetuity, for life, or for a term of years, to the recurrent, exclusive use or occupancy of a lot, parcel, unit, or segment of real property, annually or on some other periodic basis, for a period of time that has been or will be allotted from the use or occupancy periods into which the project has been divided.
Time-share Estate. A right of occupancy in a timeshare project which is coupled with an estate in the real property.
Time-share Use. A license or contractual or membership right of use in a timeshare project which is not coupled with an estate in the real property.
Trellis. A structure or frame supporting open latticework, at least 50% open to the sky with uniformly distributed openings. A trellis is sometimes referred to as a pergola or arbor. A trellis is not an accessory building. An accessory structure having a roof constructed of lattice or other roof material which allows light and air to pass through a minimum of 50 percent of the roof surface.
Additionally, the sides of an open structure consist only of support posts and decorative or functional elements including, but not limited to, braces and railings such that light and air can pass through a minimum of 75 percent of each side. Trellis includes but is not limited to pergolas, arbors, and other shade structures. Play structures do not qualify as a trellis but are regulated as accessory structures. A trellis is not an accessory building, subject to the size limitations in Section 30.140.020, Accessory Buildings.
30.300.210 “U”.
Unenclosed. A structure or portion of a structure that is either: (1) substantially unroofed or uncovered; or (2) substantially open on at least two sides.
Unit. See Residential Unit.
Upper Floor. Any floor above the first floor. See Story, Upper.
Upper Story. Any story above the first story.
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Use. The purpose for which land, buildings, structures, or site development is designed, arranged, or intended; or for which it is, or may be, occupied or maintained. May also be referred to as Land Use.
Also called Land Use.
Accessory Use. A use that is customarily associated with, and is incidental and subordinate to, the primary use and located on the same lot as the primary use. See also, Section 30.185.030, Accessory Uses.
Principal or Primary Use. A primary, principal or dominant use established, or proposed to be established, on a lot.
Temporary Use. The use of land or premises or a building thereon for a limited period of time which does not change the character of the site, premises, or uses therein. See also, Section 30.185.420, Temporary Uses.
30.300.220 “V”.
Vehicle. Any vehicle, as vehicle is defined by the California Vehicle Code, including any automobile, camper, camp trailer, trailer, trailer coach, motorcycle, house car, boat, or similar conveyance.
Vehicle, Commercial. Any truck, bus, truck-tractor, cargo trailer, or other motorized or towed vehicle which has a rated capacity of more than 15 passengers, a rated capacity of more than one ton by the manufacturer, or which exceeds a length of 20 feet or a height of 10 feet. and designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
Vehicle, Fleet. Any group of motor vehicles owned or leased by a business, government agency, or other organization rather than by an individual or household. Typical examples are vehicles operated by taxicab companies, public utilities, public bus companies, and police departments.
Vehicle, Passenger. An automobile used or maintained for the transportation of persons.
Vehicular Use Areas. All paved surfaces accessible to, connected to, or associated with an offstreet parking area including but not limited to access driveways, aisles, curbs, islands, ramps, and vehicle parking spaces.
Vertical. Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon.
Vibration. A periodic motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from the position of equilibrium.
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Visible. Capable of being seen (whether or not legible) by a person of average height and visual acuity while walking or driving on a street. See Publicly Visible.
30.300.230 “W”.
Walkway. See Pathway.
Wall.
Wall, Building. Any vertical exterior surface of a building or any part thereof, including windows and doors.
Wall, Freestanding. See Fence.
Wall, Retaining. A structure built out of rock, block, wood, or other similar material and used to either directly support retained material or to serve as a facing of a cut slope.
Wall, Wing. An extension of a ground-level exterior building wall using the same materials and colors of the other exterior building walls, which has the effect of partially or entirely “fencing” an outdoor area.
Watercourse. Any stream, creek, arroyo, gulch, wash and the beds thereof, whether dry or containing water. It shall also mean a natural swale or depression which contains and conveys surface water during or after rain storms. See also, Section 30.15.040, Determining Area of a Watercourse Creek Top of Bank.
Wetland. See Coastal Zone Related Definitions.
Window. An opening, typically glazed, in an exterior wall that allows light into the interior, but is not designed as an entry.
30.300.240 “X”.
Reserved.
30.300.250 “Y”.
Yard. A required open space on a lot or parcel of land, open, unenclosed and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this title.
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Yard, Front. An area extending across the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the nearest wall of the closest main building on the lot; includes the required front setback and the remaining front yard. See also, Section 30.15.080, Measuring Front Yards.
Yard, Primary Front.
• On a lot with one front yard, the front yard is the primary front yard. • On lots with multiple front yards, the primary front yard is designated by the property owner and approved by the Community Development Director as the primary front yard.
Yard, Remaining Front. The area of the front yard not including the required front setback.
Yard, Secondary Front. Any front yard on a lot with multiple front yards that is not designated as the primary front yard.
FIGURE 30.300.250: YARD, FRONT
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Yard, Open. A required yard, intended to provide minimum open areas within residential development.
30.300.260 “Z”.
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Zone. See Zoning District.
Zone Map. The zoning maps of the City of Santa Barbara, California, together with all amendments. See Base Zone and ODDS Zone.
Zoning District. A specifically delineated area of or district in the city within which regulations and requirements uniformly govern the use, placement, spacing, and size of land and structures. See Section 30.05.010, Zones Established (for Title 30 projects), and Section 25.01.090, Zones Established, (for Title 25 projects).
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Appendix Sectional Maps
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Map SA02
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SECTION 10 Severability and Interpretation.
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A. Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and, to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.
B. Interpretation. This Ordinance shall be construed to confer upon the City the maximum power and authority allowed by state and federal law. In the event state or federal law is found to conflict with and preempt any provision of this Ordinance, or in the event state or federal law changes to conflict with and preempt any provision of this Ordinance, the remaining and non-conflicting provisions of this Ordinance shall be interpreted and construed to give maximum effect to the remaining and non-conflicting provisions so as to effectuate, to the greatest extent possible, the purposes and restrictions expressed herein.
SECTION 11 California Environmental Quality Act
This action is exempt from further environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15305 based on the City’s adopted CEQA implementation ordinance per SBMC Section 22.100.070 (List of Ministerial Projects and Categorical Exemptions), Subsection C.5. Class 5: Minor Alternations in Land Use Limitations, Subsection c. Adoption or amendment of land use or development ordinance, regulations, standards, or guidelines that substantially maintain existing land use intensity or density. The amendments to Title 30 are administrative in nature and will not result in any increase in the intensity or density of land use above what is currently COUNCIL INTRODUCTION DRAFT 02/04/25
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allowed under the General Plan Land Use designations. There is no possibility of a significant effect on the environment from this action.