Placer County Unincorporated

"Laundries" and "dry cleaning plants" (land use) mean service establishments primarily engaged in high volume laundry and garment services, including: power laundries (family and commercial); garment pressing and dry cleaning; linen supply; diaper service; industrial laundries; carpet and upholstery cleaners.

"Libraries" and "museums" (land use) mean permanent public or quasi-public facilities generally of a noncommercial nature which are intended to provide historical, cultural, literary, artistic and/or educational displays and information.

"Lot or parcel." "Lot" or "parcel" means: 1. A parcel of real property shown on a subdivision or plat map, required by the Subdivision Map Act (or local ordinance adopted pursuant thereto) to be recorded before sale of parcels shown on the map or plat, at the time the map was recorded; 2. A parcel of real property that has been issued a certificate of compliance pursuant to California Government Code Section 66499.35; 3. A parcel of real property not described in subsection (1) or (2) of this definition; provided, the parcel resulted from a separate conveyance or from a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction that was either recorded before the requirement of the filing of a subdivision map by the Subdivision Map Act or a local ordinance adopted pursuant thereto or was exempt therefrom; 4. When referring to a lot in a mobile home park or recreational vehicle park, any area designated or used for the occupancy of one mobile home, travel trailer, recreation vehicle, or camping party.

"Lumber" and "wood products" (land use) means manufacturing and processing uses including; merchant sawmills, lath mills, shingle mills, cooperage stock mills, planing mills, plywood and veneer mills engaged in producing lumber and basic wood products; together with the wholesale sale of such products; and establishments engaged in manufacturing finished articles made entirely or mainly of wood.

"Machinery manufacturing" (land use) means the manufacturing of machinery and equipment such as: engines and turbines; farm and garden machinery and equipment (except for secondary assembly of such products which is included under "Farm equipment and supplies"); construction, mining and materials handling machinery and equipment such as bulldozers, cranes, dredging machinery, mining equipment, oil field equipment, passenger and freight elevators, conveyors, industrial trucks and tractors; machine tools such as gear cutting machines, die casting machines, dies, jigs, industrial molds, power driven hand tools; machinery for use in the food products, textile, woodworking, paper or printing industries; general machinery and equipment such as pumps, roller bearings, industrial furnaces and ovens; office, computing and accounting machines such as typewriters, computers, dictating machines; machinery for refrigeration and service industries such as commercial laundry and dry cleaning equipment, heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment, commercial cooking and food warming equipment; miscellaneous machinery such as carburetors, pistons and valves.

"Mail order" and "vending" (land use) means the retail sale of products by catalog and mail order. Also includes vending machine distributorships and suppliers.

"Maximum coverage" means the maximum area of a site allowed to be covered by buildings. For the purposes of this definition, "buildings" include all land covered by primary/principal/main buildings, garages and carports, accessory buildings, covered decks, and other enclosed and covered areas, but not paved areas such as walkways, driveways, patios, uncovered parking areas or roads. All areas of coverage are computed at ground level. The purpose of limiting coverage is to minimize the visual impact of the structures proposed on any lot by establishing a proportional relationship between the area of the lot and the area covered by buildings. In the areas of the county proximate to Lake Tahoe which are also within the jurisdiction of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), coverage is defined differently and is determined according to regulations adopted by the TRPA.

"Medical marijuana collective, cooperative or dispensary" means any location, interior or exterior, structure, facility or vehicle, whether fixed or mobile, utilized in full or in part, as a place at or in which marijuana for medical purposes, as such is identified in Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5(b)(1)(A), is located, stored, placed, cultivated, processed, distributed, made available, sold, traded, exchanged or bartered for in any way, with or without consideration.

"Medical services"—"clinics" and "laboratories" (land use) means service establishments primarily engaged in furnishing outpatient medical, mental health, surgical and other personal health services including: medical, dental and psychiatric offices (mental health-related services including various types of counseling practiced by licensed individuals other than medical doctors or psychiatrists, or unlicensed individuals, are included under Offices); medical and dental laboratories; out-patient care facilities; and allied health services.

"Medical services"—"hospitals" and "extended care" (land use) means hospitals and similar establishments primarily engaged in providing diagnostic services, extensive medical treatment including surgical and other hospital services; such establishments have an organized medical staff, inpatient beds, and equipment and facilities to provide complete health care.

"Medical services"—"veterinary clinics" and "hospitals" (land use) means office and medical treatment facilities used by veterinarians, including large and small animal veterinary clinics, and animal hospitals.

"Membership organization facilities" (land use) means permanent, headquarters-type and meeting facilities for organizations operating on a membership basis for the promotion of the interests of the members, including facilities for: business associations; professional membership organizations; labor unions and similar organizations; grange and farm centers (not including sales activities, which are included under "Farm equipment and supplies"); civic, social and fraternal organizations (not including lodging, which is under "Organizational houses"); political organizations, country clubs (golf courses are under "Parks and playgrounds") and other membership organizations.

"Metal products fabrication" (land use) means the assembly of metal parts, including blacksmith and welding shops, sheet metal shops, machine shops and boiler shops, that produce metal duct work, tanks, towers, cabinets and enclosures, metal doors and gates, and similar products.

"Metal manufacturing industries" (land use) means manufacturing establishments engaged in the smelting and refining of ferrous and nonferrous metals from ore, pig, or scrap; in the rolling, drawing, and alloying of ferrous and nonferrous metals; in the manufacture of castings, forgings, stampings, extrusions and other basic products of ferrous and nonferrous metals; and in the manufacture of nails, spikes, and insulated wire and cable.

"Mined lands" mean and include the surface, subsurface, and groundwater of areas in which surface mining operations will be, are being, or have been conducted including private ways and roads appurtenant to any such area, land excavations, workings, mining waste, and areas in which structures, facilities, equipment, machines, tools all other materials or property which result from, or are used in, surface mining operations are located.

"Mine operator" means any person who is engaged in surface mining operations, who permits others to conduct surface mining operations on his or her property and who receives a financial benefit therefrom, or who contracts with others to conduct operations on his or her behalf, except a person who is engaged in surface mining operations as an employee with wages as his or her sole compensation.

"Minerals" mean any naturally occurring chemical elements or compounds, or groups of elements and compounds formed from inorganic processes or organic substances, including, but not limited to, coal, granite, limestone, metals, peat, sand and gravel, but excluding geothermal resources, natural gas, and petroleum.

"Mining, surface and subsurface (land use)." "Surface mining" and "subsurface mining" means mining, developing mines or exploring for metallic minerals (ores), coal and nonmetallic minerals (except fuels), or surface mines extracting crushed and broken stone, dimension stone or sand and gravel.

"Ministerial permit." A ministerial decision involves only the evaluation of a proposal with respect to fixed standards or objective measurements, and not its merits or consequences. A zoning clearance (Section 17.06.040) is a ministerial permit established by this chapter.

"Mini-storage facilities." See "Storage, mini-storage facilities." (See Section 17.56.260.)