County (unincorporated) · California

Napa County Unincorporated

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General provisions

377 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

18.08.2701 standards

"Environmentally sensitive area" means those floodways, active fault zones, landslide areas, extended clear zones for heliports and airports, archaeologically sensitive areas, and rare and endangered plant and animal habitat areas as delineated on the Napa County environmental sensitivity maps on file in the planning department.

18.08.2801 standards

"Family" means one or more persons living together under a single management conducted by one or more of the persons in the group.

18.08.2902 standards

"Family day care home" means a home whose regular and permanent occupant provides, on a regular basis, care, protection and supervision of twelve or fewer children under eighteen years of age, in the provider's home, for periods of less than twenty-four hours per day.

18.08.2931 standards

A farmworker center consists of: A. Permanent or seasonal farmworker housing as defined by this code, which is either contained in two or more units, or provides beds for at least five farmworkers; and B. Is regulated by the State Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to Title 25 Farmworker Housing Regulations; and C. Contains no structures or uses except as may be specifically identified in use permit for the farmworker center, unless exempt from a use permit requirement under Section 18.104.295.

18.08.2941 standards

"Farmworker housing" consists of permanent or seasonal accommodations for persons other than the owner or owner's family who are employed principally in agriculture (i.e., "qualified farmworker occupants" as used in this code) in any of the following locations: A. On the site of the housing; or B. On lands zoned AP or AW owned or controlled by the owner of the site containing the housing unless otherwise provided by state law; or C. On lands zoned AP or AW within fifteen miles of the site if the housing or the site on which the housing is located is owned or managed by a public agency.

18.08.2971 standards

"Fence" means a continuous structural barrier at least ten feet in length generally parallel to the perimeter of a property boundary or use area. Fences may be solid, transparent, or both (e.g., slatted) and of wood, wire, stone, concrete, glass block, or other construction. Fences include "walls," as commonly defined, but do not include "entry structures" as defined by this code.

18.08.2971 standards

"Fence" means a continuous structural barrier at least ten feet in length generally parallel to the perimeter of a property boundary or use area.

18.08.3003 standards

"Guest cottage" means a structure not containing kitchen facilities accessory to a single-family residence and designed and used primarily for sleeping accommodations by members of the same family which occupy the residence or their nonpaying guests. A guest cottage may include bar facilities including a bar sink with no dimension larger than twelve inches and a refrigerator not exceeding six cubic feet in capacity.

18.08.3003 standards

"Guest cottage" means a structure not containing kitchen facilities accessory to a single-family residence and designed and used primarily for sleeping accommodations by members of the same family which occupy the residence or their nonpaying guests.

18.08.3101 standards

"Home occupation" means an occupation conducted in a dwelling unit by members of the family residing on the premises which is incidental to and subordinate to the use of the dwelling unit as a residence.

18.08.3183 standards

"Hunting club" means a private association organized to participate in wildlife hunting activities on private property for which the property owner is compensated for the use of his property.

18.08.3182 standards

Sleeping structures in a hunting club (small) established after February 7, 1996 are limited in size and number in the following ways: ... Any sleeping structure with a roof area greater than one hundred twenty square feet has obtained a building permit.

18.08.3321 standards

The term "junior accessory dwelling unit" means a unit as set forth in Government Code section 66313(d) or successor provision and means a unit that is no more than five hundred square feet in size and contained entirely within a single-family residence. A junior accessory dwelling unit may include separate sanitation facilities or may share sanitation facilities with the existing structure.

18.08.3321 standards

"Junior accessory dwelling unit" means a unit as set forth in Government Code section 66313(d) or successor provision and means a unit that is no more than five hundred square feet in size and contained entirely within a single-family residence.

18.08.3351 standards

A "kitchen" means an area within any structure including, but not limited to, dwelling units containing one or more of the following facilities that are capable of being used for the preparation or cooking of food: A. Ovens or microwave ovens; B. Stoves or hot plates; C. Refrigerators exceeding six cubic feet; D. Dishwashers; E. Garbage disposals; F. Sinks having a drain outlet of larger than one and one-half inches in diameter; or G. Space, including any cabinets, for the storing of food.

18.08.3352 standards

A "kitchen" means an area within any structure including, but not limited to, dwelling units containing one or more of the following facilities that are capable of being used for the preparation or cooking of food: ... Sinks having a drain outlet of larger than one and one-half inches in diameter

18.08.3501 standards

"Living area" means the interior inhabitable area of a dwelling unit including basements and attics but shall not include a garage or any accessory structure.

18.08.3531 standards

"Low barrier navigation center" means a facility as defined in Government Code Section 65660(a) that meets all of the requirements of Government Code Sections 65660 et seq.

18.08.3551 standards

"Major skyline" means the top (crest) of the ridges bordering the Napa, Wooden, Capell, Chiles, Pope, and Berryessa Valleys.

18.08.3601 standards

"Manufactured home" means a structure as defined by Sections 18007 and 18210.5 of the California Health and Safety Code, and Section 5402(6) of Title 42 of the United States Code.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.