Placer County Unincorporated

"Dairy" means a place where three or more cows or goats are maintained for the purpose of producing milk or other dairy products for sale.

"Equine pasture boarding" means any premises or facilities where horses, donkeys, and/or mules are kept, fed and cared for in open pastures or where such pasture space is provided by the property owner to other individuals to be used in the keeping, feeding, and raising of such equine animals in return for money or other valuable consideration. The viability of the pastures, upon which the animals are kept, as evidenced by the presence of sufficient residual plant/forage material, determines the total (both private and commercial) animal density. Animals are to be kept primarily in pastures. Animal enclosures and shelters used for temporary confinement, are incidental to and utilized in support of the pasture operation. Equine pasture boarding is not regulated under Section 17.56.050(F)(5) unless the density exceeds two horses* per acre. (*One horse = one adult horse, two horses one year of age or younger or one mare and unweaned foal.)

"Emergency shelter" means a facility or use, which provides temporary housing (six months or less) for homeless individuals or families and may involve supplemental services. Supplemental services may include, but are not limited to, meal preparation, an activities center, day care for homeless person's children, vocational rehabilitation and other similar activities. This definition does not include such emergency shelters as may be provided for relief following a natural disaster or during a state of emergency or those provided at a house of worship less than five days in any 30 day period (see Section 17.56.295).

"Idle" means to curtail surface mining operations for one year or more, by more than 90% of the operation's maximum annual mineral production, with the intent to resume surface mining operations at a future date.

"Landowner" means the legal or beneficial owner or owners of all of the land proposed to be included in a development project. The holder of an option or contract to purchase, a lessee having a remaining term of not less than 20 years, or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land, shall be deemed to be a landowner for the purposes of this definition.

"Live/work unit" or "live/work space" means a building or spaces within a building (e.g., studio, or one bedroom) used jointly for commercial and residential purposes where the residential use of the space is accessory to the primary use as a place of work.

"Minimum lot area" means the smallest area within which a new land use may be approved, and also the minimum lot area for new parcels to be created through subdivision pursuant to Chapter 16 of this code (see Section 17.54.040(A)). This area also includes all public road easements, private road easements, driveways, and all other easements including public utility easements.

"Minimum parcel size" means the smallest dimensions (length and width) and area allowed by this chapter for a parcel proposed in a subdivision, and for the use of an existing parcel that is the site of a proposed land use.

"Mobile home parks" (land use) means a parcel or contiguous parcels under one ownership that are planned and improved, or on which two or more mobile home lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease, to accommodate mobile homes for human habitation.

"Mobile homes" (land use) mean manufactured housing structures transportable in one or more sections, designed and equipped to contain not more than two dwelling units to be used with or without a foundation system.

"Multifamily dwellings" (land use) mean and include: (1) a building or a portion of a building used and/or designed as residences for two or more families living independently of each other; or (2) two or more detached single-family dwellings on a single lot where all of the single-family dwellings and the lot are under common ownership, provided that one of the units is not an accessory or junior accessory dwelling unit. Includes halfplex structures (a halfplex is a single dwelling unit that is half of a two-unit building where a property line separates the two units), duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes (detached buildings under one ownership with two, three or four dwelling units (respectively) in the same building) and apartments (five or more units under one ownership in a single building); attached unit projects such as condominiums and townhouses; studio and efficiency apartments; cottage housing development; cohousing; and boarding and rooming houses (see "Boarding and rooming house"). Multifamily dwellings can provide a compatible transition between lower-density residential neighborhoods and high-density urban centers.

"Hotels and motels" (land use) mean guest rooms or suites, provided with or without meals or kitchen facilities, rented to the general public for overnight or other temporary lodging (generally less than 30 days).

"Grocery and liquor stores" (land use) means stores selling food for home preparation and consumption, as well as the retail sale of packaged alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises. Includes catering services independent to on-site food sales. Includes retail bakeries. Establishments may include no more than two gas pumps as an accessory use.

"Historic building" means any structure built before 1920, or any structure which is determined to be historically or culturally significant by Placer County, and which was originally intended for residential, commercial or industrial use, or uses appurtenant to such a building.

"Infill site" means a site in an urbanized area as defined by California Public Resource Code Sections 21061.3, 21071 and 21072.

"Junkyard" means the outdoor storage of debris and/or inoperable vehicles in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter (see Section 17.56.320) and in a location not permitted by this chapter (see Section 17.56.170).

"Kennels," "catteries" and "animal boarding" (land use) mean facilities for the raising and keeping of dogs and/or cats four months of age or older.

"Kitchen," "kitchen facilities" means any appliances for the preparation or preservation of food, including, but not limited to, gas or electric ranges, ovens or stovetops, refrigerators or freezers of more than five cubic feet capacity, and cabinets designed to accommodate such appliances.

"Land conversion authorization" means any permit or approval that authorizes a ground disturbing activity, including, but not limited to, grading permits, grading plans, improvement plans, and building permits.

"Landing" means an intermediate point on a stairway where a change in the direction of the stairway occurs or where the stairway provides access to a doorway.