17.156.036 R definitions.
Recycling. A facility for receiving, temporarily storing, transferring and/or processing materials for recycling, reuse, or final disposal. This use classification does not include facilities that deal with animal matter nor does it include waste transfer facilities that operate as materials recovery, recycling, and solid waste transfer operations, which are classified as utilities.
Collection Facility. A facility available for the general public for the recycling of California Redemption Value (CRV) products such as glass, aluminum cans, and plastic beverage containers as defined by the state’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Also includes reverse vending machines, where an automated mechanical device accepts, sorts, and processes recyclable materials and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip. Processing and sorting is not conducted on site.
Processing Facility. A facility that receives, sorts, stores and/or processes recyclable materials.
Religious Assembly Facilities. Any facility specifically designed and used to accommodate the gathering of persons for the purposes of fellowship, worship, or similar conduct of religious practices and activities. This definition includes functionally related internal facilities (i.e., kitchens, multi-purpose rooms, storage, etc.) and residences for clergy. Other establishments maintained by religious organizations, including full-time educational institutions, hospitals and other related operations, are classified according to their respective activities.
Research and Development. A facility for scientific research, and the design, development and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical and computer and telecommunications components in advance of product manufacturing, and the assembly of related products from parts produced off site, where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research and development activities. Includes pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology research and development. Does not include soils and other materials testing laboratories (see “Laboratory—Medical, Analytical, Research, Testing”), or blood drawing and specimen collection from patients (see “Hospitals and Clinics—Clinic”), or testing of computer software (see “Office”). Includes assembly of related products from parts produced off site where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research and development activities.
Residential Care Facilities. Facilities that are licensed by the state to provide permanent living accommodations and twenty-four-hour primarily nonmedical care and supervision for persons in need of personal services, supervision, protection, or assistance for sustaining the activities of daily living. Living accommodations are shared living quarters with or without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit. This classification includes facilities that are operated for profit as well as those operated by public or not-for-profit institutions, including hospices, nursing homes, convalescent facilities, and group homes for minors, persons with disabilities, and people in recovery from alcohol or drug addictions. This use classification excludes “Transitional Housing and Supportive Housing.”
Restaurants. See “Eating and Drinking Establishments—Restaurants.”
Retail (Cannabis). Includes storefront and non-storefront (delivery) sale of cannabis and cannabis products.
Retail Sales.
Building Materials and Services. Retail sales or rental of building supplies or equipment. This classification includes lumber yards, tool and equipment sales or rental establishments, and includes establishments devoted principally to taxable retail sales to individuals for their own use. This classification includes the accessory retail sale of nursery and garden products, as defined under “Nursery and Garden Centers.”
Extended-Hour Retail. A business that is open to the public between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m.
General Retail. The retail sale or rental of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification. This classification includes retail establishments with sixty thousand square feet or less of sales area, including department stores, clothing stores, furniture stores, pet supply stores, hardware stores, and businesses retailing the following goods: toys, hobby materials, handcrafted items, jewelry, cameras, photographic supplies and services (including portraiture and retail photo processing), medical supplies and equipment, pharmacies, electronic equipment, sporting goods, kitchen utensils, hardware, appliances, antiques, art galleries, art supplies and services, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, office supplies, bicycles, and new automotive parts and accessories (excluding vehicle service and installation). Retail sales may be combined with other services such as office machine, computer, electronics, and similar small-item repairs. For facilities greater than sixty thousand square feet, see “Large-Scale Retail.”
Indoor. Storage and display of commercial goods or materials entirely within an enclosed building.
Large-Scale Retail. General retail establishments (over sixty thousand square feet of sales area, but less than one hundred forty thousand square feet) that sell merchandise and bulk goods for individual consumption, including membership warehouse clubs.
Nurseries and Garden Centers. Establishments primarily engaged in retailing nursery and garden products—such as trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, and sod—that are predominantly grown elsewhere. These establishments may sell a limited amount of a product they grow themselves. Fertilizer and soil products are stored and sold in package form only. This classification includes wholesale and retail nurseries offering plants for sale. This classification also includes farm supply and feed stores.
Outdoor. Storage and display of commercial goods or materials in open lots, outside of a structure other than fencing, either as an accessory or primary use.
Recreational Vehicle Park. See “Lodging—Recreational Vehicle (RV) Park.” (Ord. 1650 § 3 (Exh. B), 2018: Ord. 1647 § 7 (Exh. D (part)), 2018)