Placer County Unincorporated

"Mixed use development" (land use) means a development that allows for the combination of residential, commercial, office and/or recreational land uses. The uses are physically and functionally integrated and provide pedestrian connections. The form of mixed use can encompass a single building or neighborhood. Mixed use development may be horizontal or vertical in design (see Section 17.56.135).

"Mobile home subdivision" means the subdivision of an existing parcel, or contiguous parcels, of land for the purpose of separate sale, lease or financing to allow for the installation of mobile homes on separately-owned lots (as contrasted to a mobile home park where the property is owned by a single individual or company which, in turn, rents space to a mobile home owner on which to install a mobile home).

"Mobile recycling unit." A "mobile recycling unit" means an automobile, truck, trailer or van, licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles which is used for the collection of recyclable materials. A mobile recycling unit also means the bins, boxes or containers transported by trucks, vans, or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials.

"Motor vehicles" and "transportation equipment" (land use) means manufacturers of equipment for transporting passengers and cargo by land, air and water, including motor vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, ships, boats, railroad and other vehicles such as motorcycles, bicycles and snowmobiles.

"Moveable tiny house" or "moveable tiny houses" means a separate, independent living quarters that is no larger than 400 square feet; includes basic functional areas that support normal daily routines, including a bathroom, a kitchen, and a sleeping area; is mounted on a wheeled trailer chassis; is designed and built to look like a conventional residential structure, using conventional building materials, and is thus architecturally distinct from traditional mobile homes and recreational vehicles; and is titled and registered to tow legally under the California Department of Motor Vehicles (See Section 17.56.400 for specific use requirements applicable to moveable tiny houses).

"Moveable tiny house community." See "Cluster lot development."

"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.

Setback means the required distance from the property line where no buildings, structures, or additions to them may be located...

Definitions for terms used in this chapter, including numeric standards for various uses.

Street-side setback applies only to parcels zoned 100,000 square feet or less.

Monument sign means a self-supported sign with its base on the ground, not exceeding six feet in height.

Wall sign means a single-faced sign painted on or attached to a building or wall, no part of which extends out from or above a wall more than 12 inches.

The stream system includes the area within 50 feet of streams, as measured from the OHWM

Residential care home serving six or fewer persons shall be considered a single-family dwelling for all zoning purposes.

Single-family dwelling includes factory-built housing, manufactured housing, moveable tiny houses, and rental of bedrooms to no more than four boarders.

Senior housing projects means multifamily residential projects where occupancy is limited to people of 55 years or older ... and no persons under 18 years of age are permitted as residents.

Snow removal equipment vehicle—residential means four-wheel or tracked vehicles with motors in excess of 20 horsepower that are not human powered stored seasonally on residential property above 5000 feet in elevation

Recreational vehicle means a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer ... with a living area of 320 square feet or less

Streams will be truncated at the point where the watershed falls below 40 acres in extent

Agricultural exclusive (AE) zone district established.