Rancho Palos Verdes

"Restaurant with limited live entertainment" means a restaurant that provides accessory live entertainment, where the performance area does not exceed 75 square feet or 20 percent of the restaurant's square footage that is available for customer seating, whichever is less.

"Qualifying senior resident" means a resident meeting the definition of Civil Code § 51.3, specifically, an individual at least 62 years of age or an individual at least 55 years of age residing in a senior citizen housing development of at least 35 dwelling units.

"Short-term rental" means a rental, for compensation, of all or any part of any lot or dwelling unit to visitors for: (a) Any event or gathering, including, but not limited to, weddings, banquets, and parties; or (b) Lodging for a period of less than 30 days, in either case except as allowed by section 17.76.140 (Bed and breakfast inns), or as may be expressly permitted by the city.

"Temporary sign" means a sign constructed of paper, cloth, canvas or other similar lightweight material, with or without frames, and including painted windows, intended to be displayed for a period not to exceed 60 days.

"Temporary banner sign" means a sign generally made of flexible material, usually cloth, paper or plastic intended to be displayed for a period not to exceed 60 days.

"Temporary promotional sign" means a sign intended to direct attention to a special event or product; and which is intended to be displayed for a period not to exceed 60 days.

"Accessory structure" means a structure or part of a structure not exceeding 12 feet in height, which is physically detached from the main building on the lot and the use of which is incidental to that of the main building or use on the same lot.

"Affordable unit" means a rental unit which does not exceed 30 percent of the renter's household income or a sale unit in which the sales price of the unit does not exceed four times the purchaser's annual household income.

"Very high fire hazard severity zone" means a zone as defined by Government Code § 51177 and designated by section 8.08.060 (Very high fire hazard severity zone map).

"Wall" means any structure or device, which is not part of a building, forming a physical barrier, which is so constructed that 20 percent or more of the vertical surface is closed and prevents the passage of light, air or vision through said surface in a horizontal plane.

Basement means a space partly underground with windows to the outside, with no doors or other access, except for crawl doors, which open to the outside adjacent grade, and having more than one-half of its height, measured from its floor to its ceiling, below the average adjoining finished grade; if the finished floor level, directly above a basement, is more than six feet above the finished grade at any point, such basements shall be considered a story.

"Common wall" means any structure or device forming a physical barrier between two or more dwelling units or between a dwelling unit and a public or quasi-public space (laundry rooms, recreation rooms, garages, etc.). Construction of a common wall shall be one of the following types: A. "Cavity wall." Two standard construction, parallel walls separated by a two-inch air space, as per the current California Building Code; B. "Staggered stud." A wall in which studs are staggered, so that each stud makes contact with only one wall surface, as per the current California Building Code.

"Garden wall" means a wall which retains less than three feet of earth.

"Retaining wall" means a wall which retains three feet or more of earth and which must be constructed to the city's California Building Code standards.

a rated capacity of not more than fifty kilowatts

"Garden window" means a window that projects a minimum of six inches beyond the exterior wall of a building and has no foundation.

do not occupy the premises for more than 21 days out of any 12 month period

Bed and breakfast inn means any building or portion thereof containing one or more guest rooms, which is designed, intended or used primarily for the accommodation of transient travelers for overnight stays, which do not occupy the premises for more than 21 days out of any 12 month period

any portion of a lot with a slope of five percent or less

Building pad means any portion of a lot with a slope of five percent or less that exists naturally or has been graded to form a contiguous level area to accommodate a main building.