Chapter 19.96 — DEFINITIONS — Chico Zoning Code

19.96.010 Purpose. ¶

This chapter provides definitions of terms and phrases used in this Division that are technical or specialized and that are not already defined in chapter 19.04. If a definition in this chapter or Chapter 19.04 conflicts with a definition in another Title of this code, the definition in this title shall control for the purposes of this title. If a word or phrase used in this division is not defined in this chapter, chapter 19.04 or elsewhere in this code, the most common dictionary meaning shall be assumed to be correct.

(Ord. 2358 §22)

19.96.020 Definitions of Specialized Terms and Phrases. ¶

Build-to-line: A line parallel to a property line where a primary structure façade is required to be located. Façade: The exterior wall of a building that is set along a Frontage Line (see Frontage Line).

Frontage Line: Those lot lines that coincide with the edge of a public frontage.

Mixed-Use Building: A building type that allows for commercial or retail on the ground floor and residential on upper floors.

Streetscreen or streetwall: a freestanding wall built along the frontage line, or coplanar with the facade for the purpose of masking a parking lot from street.

Studio - Art, Dance, Martial Arts, Music, etc.: Small scale facilities, typically accommodating no more than two groups of students at a time, in no more than two instructional spaces. (Larger facilities are included under the definition of "Schools - Specialized Education and Training.") Examples of these facilities include: individual and group instruction and training in the arts; production rehearsal; photography, and the processing of photographs produced only by users of the studio facilities; martial arts training studios; gymnastics instruction, and aerobics and gymnastics studios with no other fitness facilities or equipment. Also includes production studios for individual musicians, painters, sculptors, photographers, and other artists.

Townhouse: A building with two or more two- or three-story dwellings having multiple common vertical walls on one or more of the units.

Traditional Neighborhood Development: A compact, mixed-use neighborhood in which residential, commercial and civil buildings are within close proximity to each other.

Transect: A range of population and building densities from more rural to more urban physical conditions. (Ord. 2358 §22)