Definitions

"Permanent disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placement of any hazardous waste into, on, above, or below any land or water which waste is to remain or which has remained at a disposal site within the city for a continuous period of thirty days or which is not intended to be removed from such site.

"Nonconforming structure" is any principal or accessory structure, including a wall or fence, which was erected or altered in compliance with prior regulations but is not in compliance with current development provisions of this title.

"Slope" is average natural slope prior to any grading and shall be computed from either the city engineer's topographic maps or a topographic map prepared by a registered civil engineer or a licensed surveyor.

Off-street parking accessory to a single family residence or duplex existing on April 13, 1979, which does not comply with the requirements of this title as to number, location, design or development of parking spaces shall be deemed to be nonconforming parking and may be continued for that use subject to the provisions of subsection "D," Section 24.04.020 of this title.

"Off-street parking standards" means standards for design, location, development and maintenance of parking facilities and related landscaping adopted by the city council resolution.

"Parking area" means that area of the building site used for parking of any vehicle together with backup and maneuvering space.

"Front setback" is the distance measured from each boundary abutting a public street.

"Rear setback" is measured from the interior lot line opposite the lot line from which the front setback is measured.

"Reduced front setback" is the distance measured from the secondary street boundary of a corner lot located opposite the interior side lot line in the R1, R1A, R1S, R1R, and R1E zones.

"Setback" is the distance which a structure is located from a property line.

"Side setback" is measured from every property line which is not a front or rear line.

"Nonconforming use" is any principal or accessory use established in compliance with prior regulations and operated continuously since that time, but which is no longer a use allowed by provisions of this title.

"One-family dwelling" is a single, detached dwelling unit. For the purposes of this title one-family dwelling includes mobilehomes, certified under the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 on a foundation system, and homes manufactured offsite, used for permanent residence.

"Ordinary household pet" means those animals which are customarily kept for personal use or enjoyment on a residential property (and which could normally be, although not required to be, contained within a residential structure).

"Park" shall mean a city park so designated on the General Plan or zoning map of the city of La Mesa.

"Performance entertainment use" means any principal activity or establishment conducted by an individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation or other legal entity which offers its patrons entertainment, either live or recorded, which specifically involves performance. This definition shall not apply to those businesses where the area in which the performance entertainment use is offered has an occupant load of less than fifty persons as defined by the Uniform Building Code.

"Recreational vehicles" include any vehicles used for purposes other than the primary source of transportation for a household. Examples include boats, campers, tent trailers, motorized homes, travel trailers, dune buggies.

"Recyclable facility" is a center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials.

"Recyclable material" is reusable material including but not limited to metals, glass, plastic and paper, which are intended for reuse, remanufacture, or reconstitution for the purpose of using the altered form.

One-family dwelling shall also include any state authorized, certified or licensed residential facility (referred to as "residential care facility" in this title) serving six or fewer persons in such detached dwelling, as per Division 2, Chapter 3 of the Health and Safety Code, and Division 5, Part 1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

"School" shall mean any child or day care facility, or an institution of learning for minors, whether public or private, offering instruction in those courses of study required by the California Education Code and maintained pursuant to standards set by the State Board of Education.

"Shopping center" means one or more business entities having a combined gross floor area of fifty thousand or more square feet.

"Swimming pool" for the purpose of this title consists of a waterbearing vessel with a four-foot-wide walkway around the entire perimeter, and its auxiliary equipment.

"Two-unit residential development" means residential development of not more than two residential units on one legal lot in a single-family residential zone as authorized by California Government Code Section 65852.21.

"Wireless communications facility" means a physical structure supporting antennas that send and/or receive radio frequency signals.