Part 5D. Use Definitions

Use definitions are intended to describe and classify land uses that share a common set of key attributes, such as general function, activity, intensity, and impact for the purposes of prescribing a common permission level and a set of use standards within a Use District. The Zoning Administrator may maintain a more comprehensive list of specific uses according to their use definition classification.

Use definitions are often broad in nature and typically capture a wide variety of specific uses that share common attributes. Each definition provides a qualitative description of these attributes that is intended to guide the user toward the defined use that most closely describes the nature of the specific use in question.

Use definitions may include a numerical threshold, such as size or capacity. Numeric thresholds are established based on the scale at which a particular use may require separate consideration of potential impacts, or may be inappropriate within the particular use mix that a Use District is intended to accommodate. Uses that contain a numeric threshold may be assigned a naming modifier, such as ‘minor’ or ‘major’, ‘local’ or ‘regional’, and ‘light’ or ‘heavy’.

Use definitions may include a list of specific uses that share common attributes to support a definition's broader qualitative description. These specific uses are provided as illustrative examples to guide users in interpretation and implementation, but are not intended to represent an exhaustive list. The Zoning Administrator has the authority to establish and maintain a Specific Use List administratively as deemed necessary and appropriate for the purposes of ensuring consistent application and alignment of specific uses with the use definitioins in this code.

Residential uses are defined as uses that provide housing accommodations, residential support services, and home-based enterprise.

A dwelling is defined as a housing accommodation serving as a primary residency or having an occupancy of greater than 30 consecutive days. A dwelling includes household dwelling unit, efficiency dwelling unit, and group dwelling.

A household business is a use that combines a dwelling with productive uses and entrepreneurial activities within a unit or building.

1. Family Child Care

   Household business: family child care is defined as the provision of non-medical care and supervision for children in the provider's primary residence for periods of less than 24 hours per day. No more than 14 children shall be in care, unless Use District standards specify otherwise. Any children under the age of 10 years who reside within the dwelling unit and are in care count toward the maximum number of children in care. This use shall comply with all regulations set forth in California Health and Safety Code Sec. 1597.465 (Family Day Care Homes).

2. Home Occupation

   Household business: home occupation is defined as the incidental use of a dwelling unit for the intent of conducting a business enterprise by a primary resident of the dwelling unit. Home occupation business enterprises are limited to instructional services, personal services, office uses, and industrial homework.

3. Home-Sharing

   Household business: home-sharing is defined as the use of a primary residence for lodging for periods of 30 days consecutively or less, and no more than 120 days annually. The use of a dwelling unit for home-sharing shall be in conjunction with a dwelling use. The use of a dwelling unit for home-sharing shall meet the registration and eligibility requirements pursuant to Sec. 5C.3.2. (Home-Sharing Program).

4. Joint Living & Work Quarters

   Household business: joint living & work quarters is defined as the adaptive reuse of a building or portion of a building, which is part of an adaptive reuse project, from commercial or industrial uses to household business: live/work use.

5. Live/Work

   Household business: live/work is defined as the combination of a dwelling unit with a work space designated for productive uses and entrepreneurial activities within a single dwelling unit.

Mobile home park is defined as any lot or portion of a lot used to provide rental or lease sites for two or more individual manufactured homes, mobile homes, or park trailer used to provide housing accommodations.

Supportive housing is defined as a residential use that provides housing accommodations and support services on a voluntary basis to residents on an ongoing basis.

1. General

   Supportive housing: general is defined as a residential use with no limit on length of stay for persons with low incomes and/or who have one or more disabilities who may require support from on-site or off-site supportive services for daily living. Eligible populations may include seniors, children within the foster care system, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, individuals receiving rehabilitation or mental health support, veterans, and persons or families experiencing homelessness. The housing accommodations are linked to on-site or off-site supportive services, including, but not limited to: subsidized, permanent housing; intensive case management; medical or mental health care; substance abuse treatment; employment services; benefits advocacy; or other services or service referrals necessary to obtain and maintain housing. Any floor area used for office workspace accommodating the administration of supportive services shall be incidental to the residential use. Medical services shall not be provided on the premises, unless otherwise permitted by the applied Use District. Supportive housing: general includes a residential community care facility, residential care facility for elderly, and permanent supportive housing. Residential uses with six or fewer beds shall be classified as a dwelling rather than supportive housing: general. This use does not include non-residential community care facilities, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.10. (Social Services).

2. Medical Care

   Supportive housing: medical care is defined as a residential use of long, and short-term occupation, which may be licensed by the California Department of Health, to provide 24-hour non-acute medical services and supportive care on the premises. Supportive housing: medical care includes congregate living health facilities, skilled nursing homes, residential mental health facilities, and hospice care. Any floor area used for office workspace accommodating the administration of medical services and supportive care shall be incidental to the residential use. Supportive housing: medical care facilities may include dwelling units, common dining areas, or other community rooms.

3. Temporary

   Supportive housing: temporary is defined as a facility providing temporary housing accommodations or services, including low barrier navigation, to persons or families experiencing homelessness. Supportive housing: temporary may provide housing for persons or families experiencing homelessness for a time period not to exceed six months within a calendar year. Supportive housing: temporary shall be provided by a government agency or private non-profit organization which provides, or contracts with recognized community organizations to provide, emergency or temporary shelter or services for persons or families experiencing homelessness.

Public & institutional uses are defined as uses dedicated to serving the public through the provision of government services, utilities, healthcare, education, and culture.

A cemetery is defined by California Health and Safety Code, Sec. 7003. (Definitions). A cemetery includes columbarium, crypt, and mausoleum facilities integrated within a burial ground. This use does not include crematoriums, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.11. (Postmortem Services).

Civic facility is defined as any publicly accessible facility that provides governmental or cultural services to the general public and is operated by or in partnership with a governmental institution. A civic facility includes a post office, civic center, community center, public museum, courthouse, government office, or library.

1. Local

   A civic facility: local is defined as a civic facility that occupies no more than 50,000 square feet of total floor area. This use does not include similar uses that occupy more than 50,000 square feet of total floor area, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.2.B. (Civic Facility: Regional).

2. Regional

   A civic facility: regional is defined as a civic facility that occupies more than 50,000 square feet of total floor area. This use does not include similar uses that occupy 50,000 square feet or less of total floor area, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.2.A. (Civic Facility: Local).

Civic fleet services include maintenance, storage, and management of government or publicly operated motor vehicles, such as school buses, municipal transit vehicles, emergency response vehicles, public utility vehicles, or waste hauling vehicles, in service of any civic facility use. Where uses, such as dispatch, do not include motor vehicle maintenance or storage, they are allowed pursuant to Sec. 5D.3.2. (Civic Facility).

Detention facility is defined as any facility where persons are incarcerated, or otherwise involuntarily confined under the jurisdiction and custody of a governmental entity. Detention facilities include correctional facilities and penal institutions.

Hospital is defined as an inpatient or outpatient healthcare facility that provides direct medical treatment to patients.

1. Local

   Hospital: local is defined as an inpatient or outpatient acute or subacute care facility with a capacity of 100 or fewer beds that provides direct medical treatment to patients. This use does not include outpatient facilities not providing acute or sub-acute care, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.8. (Medical Clinic).

2. Regional

   Hospital: regional is defined as an inpatient acute care and sub-acute care facility with a capacity of more than 100 beds that provides direct medical treatment to patients. This use does not include inpatient facilities providing sub-acute care with a capacity of fewer than 100 beds, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.5.A. (Hospital: Local).

Parking is defined as a facility intended for the temporary storage of operable vehicles belonging to a site's occupants, employees, or visitors and is designed to meet the standards of Sec. 4C.4.4. (Parking Area Design). Includes parking structures and surface parking lots. This use does not include long term vehicle storage, for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.5. (Storage, Outdoor).

A public safety facility is defined as any government facility that provides public safety services. Public safety facility includes fire stations and police stations.

Community assembly is defined as any non-residential and not-for-profit facility that is oriented around an assembly space used primarily for the temporary gathering of people for a shared social purpose. Access to the general public may be limited based on association. Community assembly includes any place of worship, community meeting room, private club, event space, assembly hall, social club, or union hall.

1. Local

   Community assembly: local is defined as any community assembly use that includes an assembly space 2,000 square feet or less. This use does not include similar uses that occupy more than 2,000 square feet of total assembly space floor area, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.8.B. (Community Assembly: Regional).

2. Regional

   Community assembly: regional is defined as any community assembly use that includes an assembly space larger than 2,000 square feet. This use does not include similar uses that occupy 2,000 square feet or less of total assembly space floor area, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.8.A. (Community Assembly: Local).

School is defined as an institution of academic learning and social development that provides facilities for teaching and instruction to accommodate a student body. A school use is inclusive of preschool, K-12, post-secondary education, and associated athletic and recreational facilities. This use does not include avocational, recreational, or other educational or instruction-based uses, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.6. (Instructional Services). This use does not include a campus auditorium or stadium facilities with a seating capacity greater than 3,000 seats, for such uses see Sec. 5D.4.1. (Amphitheater or Stadium).

1. Preschool/Daycare

   School: preschool/daycare is defined as a facility providing care, supervision, and educational services to children during the day. A school: preschool/daycare includes all forms of early childhood education, daycare, and after school supervision. This use does not include in-home child care, for such uses see Sec. 5D.2.2.A. (Household Business: Family Child Care).

2. K-12

   School: K-12 is defined as an institution of learning which offers instruction in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade, and associated recreation and athletic facilities serving its students.

3. Post-Secondary

   School: post-secondary is defined as an institution offering a formal educational program beyond K-12, including programs whose intent is academic, vocational, or continuing professional education. School: post-secondary includes college, technical school, trade school, and university.

Social services are defined as publicly accessible administrative services and governmental services that support public welfare through social programs. Social services may be operated by a government entity, a non-profit or a non-governmental organization, and includes welfare service, foster family services, day treatment, adult day care, special needs care, and all other non-residential community care facilities.

Utilities use is defined as utility infrastructure as a primary use of land, necessary for the public provision of services such as water, sewer, power, or communications. For the purposes of this definition, utilities uses exclude the following off-site systems: transmission lines, pipes, or other systems for conveying and transmitting services within utility easements, as those systems are not regulated as a use of land by this Article (Use).

1. Minor

   Utilities: minor is defined as utility infrastructure that does not require significant health, safety, and environmental precautions, and do not require on-site personnel. Utilities: minor includes renewable energy generation, including wind turbines, geothermal systems, and solar photovoltaic systems serving no more than 10 different lots with supporting on-site storage, control and transmission equipment, storm water retention or detention ponds, aeration and septic systems, reservoirs, lift stations, water supply wells and water tanks or towers, telecommunications switching facilities, and electrical substations.

2. Major

   Utilities: major is defined as utility infrastructure that requires significant health, safety, and environmental precautions due to potential adverse impacts immediate surroundings, and requires on-site personnel. Utilities: major include non-solar power generation facilities, wastewater treatment, and water supply treatment.

3. Solar Energy Facility

   Utilities: solar energy facility is defined as utility infrastructure that generates energy for the general public using a solar photovoltaic system primarily for off-site use or sale serving 11 or more lots.

4. Wireless Facility, Freestanding

   Utilities: wireless facility, freestanding is defined as a freestanding device or system including a monopole, tower, or antenna for the transmitting or receiving of electromagnetic signals, including, but not limited to, radio waves and microwaves, for cellular technology, personal communications services, mobile services, paging systems and related technologies. Facilities include antennas, microwave dishes, parabolic antennas and all other types of equipment used in the transmission and reception of such signals; structures for the support of such facilities, associated buildings or cabinets to house support equipment, and other accessory structures or development. A utilities: wireless facility, freestanding is a type of telecommunications facility.

5. Wireless Facility, Rooftop

   Utilities: wireless facility, rooftop is defined as a device or system that is mounted on a building or structure rooftop for the transmitting or receiving of electromagnetic signals, including, but not limited to, radio waves and microwaves, for cellular technology, personal communications services, mobile services, private antennas, paging systems and related technologies. Facilities include antennas, microwave dishes, parabolic antennas and all other types of equipment used in the transmission and reception of such signals; structures for the support of such facilities, associated buildings or cabinets to house support equipment, and other accessory structures or development. A utilities: wireless facility, rooftop is a type of telecommunications facility.

Open space & recreational uses are defined as uses that provide opportunities for recreation, sport, and the enjoyment of open space and nature.

1. Local

   Amphitheater or stadium: local is defined as any outdoor or semi-outdoor assembly facility intended to accommodate a large number of spectators for performances or sporting events and having an associated seating capacity of less than 3,000 seats. This use does not include facilities with seating capacity of 3,000 seats or more, for such uses see Sec. 5D.4.1.B. (Amphitheater or Stadium: Regional). This use does not include an amphitheater or stadium associated with a school, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.9. (School). This use does not include a fully indoor assembly facility intended to accommodate a large number of spectators for performances or sporting events, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.4. (Entertainment Venue, Indoor).

2. Regional

   Amphitheater or stadium: regional is defined as any outdoor or semi-outdoor assembly facility intended to accommodate a large number of spectators for performances or sporting events and having an associated seating capacity of 3,000 seats or more. This use includes an amphitheater or stadium associated with a school. This use does not include facilities with seating capacity of less than 3,000 seats, for such uses see Sec. 5D.4.1.A. (Amphitheater or Stadium: Local). This use does not include fully indoor assembly facilities intended to accommodate a large number of spectators for performances or sporting events, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.4. (Entertainment Venue, Indoor).

Indoor recreation is defined as any indoor use providing sports, fitness, leisure, amusement, or recreational facilities. Indoor recreation includes the following uses when fully indoors: sports courts, health clubs, spas, fitness, martial arts, and dance studios, gymnasiums, aquatics centers, bowling alleys, billiard halls, gaming arcades, ice skating and roller rinks, skate parks, play facilities, and amusement rides.

1. Public

   Indoor recreation: public is defined as any indoor recreational use owned or operated by or in partnership with a public institution.

2. Commercial

   Indoor recreation: commercial is defined as any indoor recreational use owned or operated by a private or commercial entity. This use does not include associated spectator facilities with seating capacity greater than 500 seats, for such uses see Sec. 5D.4.1. (Amphitheater or Stadium).

A nature reserve is defined as an area managed so as to protect its flora, fauna, and physical features. Nature reserve includes ecological preserve, marine preserve, natural resource preserve, and water conservation area.

Open space, public is defined as publicly accessible, outdoor areas for passive recreation, which include spaces such as parks, plazas, walking trails, lawns, and picnic benches.

Outdoor recreation is defined as any outdoor use providing sports, fitness, leisure, amusement, or recreation facilities. Outdoor recreation includes the following uses when outdoors: sports courts and fields, aquatic centers, skate parks, play facilities, and amusement rides.

1. Public

   Outdoor recreation: public is defined as any outdoor recreational use owned or operated by or in partnership with a public institution.

2. Commercial

   Outdoor recreation: commercial is defined as any outdoor recreational use owned or operated by a private or commercial entity. This use does not include associated spectator facilities with seating capacity greater than 500 seats, for such uses see Sec. 5D.4.1. (Amphitheater or Stadium).

3. Golf Course

   Outdoor recreation: golf course is defined as an area of land designed and intended for the game of golf with a series of holes each including tee, fairway, and putting green, and often one or more natural or artificial hazards. A outdoor recreation: golf course use includes any course having a total par of 65, or greater. This use also includes a clubhouse incidental to a standard-sized golf course. This use does not include miniature golf, pitch & putt, driving range, or 3-par courses, for such uses see Sec. 5D.4.5.A. (Outdoor Recreation: Public) or Sec. 5D.4.5.B. (Outdoor Recreation: Commercial).

Transportation uses are defined as uses that facilitate major modes of transportation for the loading or unloading of passengers and freight.

An airport is defined as a runway landing area or other facility used for the landing and taking off of aircraft including all the necessary taxiways, aircraft storage and tie-down areas, hangars, passenger terminals, and warehousing facilities.

A freight railway facility is defined as any railway facility accommodating the transportation of cargo by train on a railway network. Freight railway facilities includes freight railway track networks and accompanying railway yards, stations, and maintenance facilities. This use does not include cargo transfer between vehicles; for such uses see Sec. 5D.5.3. (Freight Transfer Facility).

Freight transfer facility is defined as a facility intended for the transshipment of freight between different modes of transport, including ship transport, rail transport, and road transport, and accompanying warehousing used in connection with such activities. This use does not include the storage of empty cargo containers; for such uses; see Sec. 5D.7.5.E. (Storage, Outdoor: Cargo Container).

Heliport is defined as any public-use, special-use, or personal-use airport, as defined by the California Code of Regulations, Title 21. Sec. 3527. (Definitions), suitable only for use by helicopters.

A passenger transit facility is defined as any facility that includes a structure accommodating publicly accessible passenger transport vehicles which regularly load and unload passengers along a fixed route. A passenger transit facility include bus terminals, light rail stations and right-of-ways, subway stations and right-of-ways, and passenger train stations and right-of-ways.

General commercial uses are defined as uses that involve business activity serving the general public, including retail, professional and personal services, hospitality, and entertainment.

Animal services is defined as a use involving the provision of services related primarily to domestic animal care and keeping.

1. General

   Animal services: general is defined as animal services in which domestic dogs or cats are provided non-medical care, such as, grooming, training, supervision, or boarding. This does not include uses where the overnight boarding of dogs or cats exceeds 30 percent of the floor area of a facility, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.1.B. (Animal Services: Kennel). This use does not include medical care of animals, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.1.C. (Animal Services: Veterinary Care).

2. Kennel

   Animal services: kennel is defined as animal services in which four or more dogs or cats, at least four months of age, are sheltered for periods beyond 24 hours per day. This definition does not include retail establishments dedicated to the commercial sale of animals, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.12.H. (Retail: Pet Shop). This use does not include the breeding and raising of animals, for such uses see Sec. 5D. 10.1.G. (Animal Keeping: Small Animals).

3. Veterinary Care

   Animal services: veterinary care is defined as animal services in which animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and care. This use does not include the non-medical treatment and care of dogs and cats, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.1.A. (Animal Services: General).

A commissary kitchen is defined as a kitchen facility used for cooking and preparing food to be primarily served and consumed off-site. This definition includes multi-tenant shared kitchen facilities, order fulfillment kitchens, and catering kitchen facilities. The following uses are allowed when incidental to the kitchen facility: research and teaching facilities, commercial food processing, and order fulfillment pick-up lobbies.

Eating & drinking is defined as the sale of prepared, ready-to-consume meals or drinks for consumption by the public.

1. General

   Eating & drinking: general is defined as an eating & drinking use that involves serving and sale of prepared food and drinks for on or off-site consumption. Eating & drinking: general uses includes table service at a restaurant, counter service for off-site consumption, and self-service cafeteria dining. This use does not include the dispensing of alcoholic beverages for consumption on-site, for such uses, see Sec. 5D.6.3.B. (Eating & Drinking: Alcohol Service). This use does not include the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption, without prepared food orders, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.12.B. (Retail: Alcohol).

2. Alcohol Service

   Eating & drinking: alcohol service is defined as an eating & drinking use that involves the serving and dispensing of alcoholic beverages primarily for consumption on-site. Eating & drinking: alcohol service includes the provision of alcoholic beverages to customers in a dining setting, while gathered at a bar or tasting room, or in conjunction with another use, such as an entertainment venue, stadium, hotel, indoor recreation, brewery or distillery. This use does not include the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption, without prepared food orders, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.12.B. (Retail: Alcohol).

Entertainment venue, indoor is defined as any indoor assembly use designed or intended for entertainment, includes live music venues, performing arts theaters, movie theaters, dance clubs, comedy clubs, karaoke lounges, and banquet halls.

1. Local

   Entertainment venue, indoor: local is defined as an entertainment venue, indoor use designed for an assembly capacity of less than 3,000 persons. For entertainment venue, indoors designed for an assembly capacity of 3,000 or greater, see Sec. 5D.6.4.B. (Entertainment Venue, Indoor: Regional). This use does not include activities established in Sec. 5D.6.13. (Sexually Oriented Business). For the inclusion of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption, see Sec. 5D.6.3.B. (Eating & Drinking: Alcohol Service).

2. Regional

   Entertainment venue, indoor: regional is defined as any entertainment venue, indoor use designed for an assembly capacity of 3,000 persons or greater. For entertainment venue, indoors designed for an assembly capacity of less than 3,000 persons, see Sec. 5D.6.4.A. (Entertainment Venue, Indoor: Local). This use does not include activities established in Sec. 5D.6.13. (Sexually Oriented Business). For the inclusion of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption, see Sec. 5D.6.3.B. (Eating & Drinking: Alcohol Service).

Financial services are defined as professional services involving the investment, lending, or management of money and assets in a publicly accessible setting rather than a private office setting. This use does not include private workspace settings,for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.9. (Office).

1. General

   Financial services: general is defined as financial services uses that provide retail banking services. Financial services: general include only those institutions engaged in the transfer and circulation of money, such as banks and credit unions. This use does not include check-cashing businesses and payday lenders, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.5.B. (Financial Services: Alternative).

2. Alternative

   Financial services: alternative is defined as financial services uses involving for-profit lending facility offering small, unsecured, short-term loans, such as bail bonds, or a use that primarily consists of check cashing services for a fee, or any business where articles of personal property may be left as security in exchange for a loan of money. Financial services: alternative include pawnshops, precious metal buyback centers, short-term credit lenders, and title loan centers. This use does not include remittance services, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.5.A. (Financial Services: General).

Instructional services are defined as any establishment primarily engaged in offering avocational or recreational educational courses to adults or children for the purposes of play, amusement, or relaxation, including education offered for the intent of teaching the fundamentals, skills, or techniques of a hobby or activity. This use includes establishments offering programs in art, cooking, drama, driving, language, music, sewing, tutoring, or other similar forms of self-improvement. This use does not include vocational and other educational uses, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.9. (School).

Lodging is defined as commercial overnight accommodations for transient occupancy, often for periods of 30 consecutive days, or less. Lodging uses shall not serve as a primary residence. Lodging uses include, hotels, motels, and hostels. This use does not include uses defined in Sec. 5D.2.2.C. (Home-Sharing).This use does not include residential housing accommodations, for such uses see Div. 5D.2. (Residential Uses).

Medical clinic is defined as an outpatient healthcare facility that provides direct medical, dental, or therapeutic services to patients. This use does not include healthcare facilities providing acute, sub-acute or inpatient healthcare; for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.8.A. (Hospital: Local) and Sec. 5D.3.8.B. (Hospital: Regional).

Office is defined as any workspace accommodating administrative, creative and business services. Office uses may be operated independently or combined with other uses, provided each of the other uses is permitted and meets the applicable standards. An office use includes workspace accommodating the following activities: administrative, clerical, legal, accounting, design, consulting, graphics and sound editing, and dry lab research.

Personal services are defined as any commercial use providing an in-person service directly to individuals seeking cosmetic services, counseling services, document services, or servicing of consumer goods. Personal services include: cosmetic services such as hair cutting and styling, nail salon, day spas, licensed massage therapy, tattooing and piercing; counseling services, such as non-medical counseling, legal counseling, financial counseling, and psychic counseling; document services, such as printing, form and application assistance, notary services, photo developing, visa and passport services; garment services, such as garment tailoring and alterations, laundromat, dry-cleaning; and consumer goods repair services when occupying less than 3,000 square feet in area, such as electronics repair, jewelry repair, shoe repair, appliance repair, furniture restoration, and bicycle repair. This use does not include consumer goods repair services when occupying 3,000 square feet in area, or greater, for such uses see Sec. 5D.8.1. (Machine Shop). This use does not include maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.1. (Motor Vehicle Services).

Postmortem services are defined as any establishment engaged in the provision of services involving the care, preparation, or arrangement of human or animal remains, and conducting memorial services. Postmortem service establishments include crematoriums, funeral homes, mortuaries, and pet crematoriums. This use does not include a cemetery, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.1. (Cemetery).

Retail is defined as a commercial use involved in the sale or dispensing of consumer goods to the general public, including any associated indoor or outdoor display and point of sales.

1. General

   Retail: general is defined as any retail use primarily involved in the sale or rental of new or used consumer goods to the general public. Retail: general includes but is not limited to, the sale or rental of household goods, clothing, books, toys, art supplies, pet supplies, house plants, medicine, consumer electronics, appliances, hardware, building supplies, mattresses, and furniture. This use does not include the sale or rental of motor vehicles, for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.3. (Motor Vehicle Sales & Rental).

2. Alcohol

   Retail: alcohol is defined as a retail use involving the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption and are licensed or seeking a license to sell or otherwise dispense alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption, as defined by the California State Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (ABC). This use does not include the on-site consumption of alcoholic beverages, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.3.B. (Eating & Drinking: Alcohol Service).

3. Farmers' Market, Certified

   Retail: farmers' market, certified is defined as a retail use involved in the sale or dispensing of agricultural products by producers or certified producers directly to consumers or to individuals, organizations, or entities that subsequently sell or distribute the products directly to end users and is certified by the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner.

4. Firearms

   Retail: firearms is defined as a retail use where firearms, ammunition, or related accessories are sold.

5. Food & Beverage

   Retail: food & beverage is defined as a retail use primarily involved in the retail sale of food and beverages for off-site consumption. Retail: food & beverage includes grocery stores, produce markets, seafood and meat markets, bakeries, delis, and on-site seating areas for dining accessory to the primary retail use. This use does not include alcoholic beverage sales; for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.12.B. (Retail: Alcohol).

6. Large Format

   Retail: large format is defined as any retail use with a non-residential tenant size of 100,000 square feet or greater. This use may include but is not limited to any of the following types of retail when occupying a non-residential tenant size of 100,000 square feet or greater: superstore, department store, wholesale club, furniture store, and home improvement store. This use does not include any retail use with a non-residential tenant size of less than 100,000 square feet, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.12.A. (Retail: General).

7. Merchant Market

   Retail: merchant market is defined as a retail use that includes ten or more tenants or vendors within a shared facility with common entrances and walkways, where goods, products, groceries, and prepared food are offered or displayed for sale or exchange, and may include on-site seating areas for dining as incidental to the market use.

8. Pet Shop

   Retail: pet shop is defined as a retail use possessing a pet shop permit issued by the Department of Animal Services where domestic animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, rodents, birds, fish, amphibians, and small reptiles are kept and offered for commercial sale, for hire, or adoption. This use does not include uses where the overnight keeping of dogs or cats exceeds 30 percent of the floor area of a facility, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.1.B. (Animal Services: Kennel). This use does not include the breeding and raising of animals, for such uses see Sec. 5D.10.1.G. (Animal Keeping: Small Animals).

9. Seasonal Market

   Retail: seasonal market is defined as a retail use involving the seasonal outdoor retail sale of ornamental holiday decor, primarily ornamental pumpkins and Christmas trees.

10. Smoke & Vape Shop

    Retail: smoke & vape shop is defined as a retail use primarily involving the sale of tobacco products, substances intended for smoking, or smoking accessories, including but not limited to cigars, pipes, vaporizing devices, or other smoking paraphernalia. The use may include an enclosed smokers’ lounge that is solely dedicated to smoking tobacco products. This use does not include medicinal or recreational cannabis establishments, for such uses see the Department of Cannabis Regulation.

A sexually oriented business is defined as any commercial use involving the retail sale, rental or exhibition, of any goods or services that are characterized by an emphasis on the exposure or display of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical parts. Each sexually oriented business use shall constitute a separate sexually oriented business, even if operated in conjunction with another sexually oriented business at the same establishment, for the intent of meeting applicable use standards. For the purposes of regulating the distance between each specific sexually oriented business, (such as adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult theaters, striptease venue, or sexual encounter accommodations) each specific use shall constitute a separate sexually oriented business.

1. General

   Sexually oriented business: general is defined as any sexually oriented business use, other than a sexually oriented business: sexual encounter establishment. This use includes but is not limited to adult arcades, adult bookstores, adult cabaret theaters, adult motion picture theaters, or striptease venues.

2. Sexual Encounter

   Sexually oriented business: sexual encounter is defined as any sexually oriented business use, other than lodging offering public accommodations, which, for any form of consideration, provides a place where two or more persons may congregate, associate or consort in connection with specified sexual activities or the exposure of specified anatomical parts. This use does not include a use where a medical practitioner, psychologist, psychiatrist, or similar professional licensed by the State of California engages in sexual therapy, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.8. (Medical Clinic).

Heavy commercial uses are defined as uses that involve the servicing and sale of motor vehicles, and businesses dedicated primarily to storage.

Motor vehicle services are defined as a use involving the diagnosing of malfunctions, repair, or maintenance of motor vehicles.

1. Light

   Motor vehicle services: light is defined as any motor vehicle services use involving the mechanical or electrical repair, diagnosis, maintenance or servicing of standard motor vehicles. This use includes automotive emissions testing; electrical diagnostic, battery testing, and charging; tire removal, replacement, and repair; mechanical adjustment; oil change; lubrication; sound system or alarm service and installation; and window repair. This use does not include uses defined in the following Sections: Sec. 5D.7.1.B. (Motor Vehicle Services: Heavy), Sec. 5D.7.1.C. (Motor Vehicle Services: Large Vehicle), or Sec. 5D.7.1.D. (Motor Vehicle Services: Car Wash).

2. Heavy

   Motor vehicle services: heavy is defined as any motor vehicle services use involving auto body repair or rebuilding, painting, or servicing of standard motor vehicles. This use includes the repair or rebuilding of a vehicle’s frame, roof, doors, fenders, bumpers, hood, trunk, automobile painting, and electric vehicle battery reconditioning and replacement.

3. Large Vehicle

   Motor vehicle services: large vehicle is defined as any motor vehicle services use performed for large vehicles, classified for this purpose as a vehicle having three or more axles, such as trailer trucks, construction vehicles, motor homes, and recreational vehicles.

4. Car Wash

   Motor vehicle services: car wash is defined as any motor vehicle services use engaged in cleaning, washing, or waxing of motor vehicles, such as passenger cars, trucks, vans, and trailers. This use does not include wash facilities for large vehicles, for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.1.C. (Motor Vehicle Services: Large Vehicle).

A fueling station is defined as any use dedicated to the sale and dispensing of vehicle fuel.

1. Standard Vehicle

   Fueling station: standard vehicle is defined as any fueling station dedicated to dispensing fuel for standard vehicles. Standard vehicles include vehicles possessing two or fewer axles, such as cars, motorcycles, sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and vans.

2. Large Vehicle

   Fueling station: large vehicle is defined as any fueling station dedicated to dispensing fuel for large vehicles. Large vehicles include vehicles possessing three or more axles, such as trailer trucks, construction vehicles, motor homes, and recreational vehicles.

Motor vehicle sales & rental is defined as any heavy commercial use that sells, rents, or leases motor vehicles.

1. Standard Vehicle

   Motor vehicle sales & rental: standard vehicle is defined as any motor vehicle sales & rental use involving indoor or outdoor display of three or more new or used standard vehicles for sale, rental, or lease. Standard vehicles include vehicles possessing two or fewer axles, such as cars, motorcycles, sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and vans. This use does not include the outdoor storage of vehicles that do not comprise an establishment's sale or rental inventory, for such uses see, Sec. 5D.7.5.B. (Storage, Outdoor: Standard Vehicle).

2. Large Vehicle

   Motor vehicle sales & rental: large vehicle is defined as any motor vehicle sales & rental use involving indoor or outdoor display of three or more new or used large vehicles for sale, rental, or lease. Large vehicles include vehicles possessing three or more axles, such as trailer trucks, construction vehicles, motor homes, and recreational vehicles, in addition to recreational boats and watercraft. This use does not include the outdoor storage of vehicles that do not comprise an establishment's sale or rental inventory, for such uses see, Sec. 5D.7.5.C. (Storage, Outdoor: Large Vehicle).

3. Household Moving Truck Rental

   Motor vehicle sales & rental: household moving truck rental is defined as any motor vehicle sales & rental use involving the rental of household moving rental trucks or utility trailers. This use does not include the outdoor storage of vehicles that do not comprise an establishment's rental inventory, for such uses see, Sec. 5D.7.5.C. (Storage, Outdoor: Large Vehicle).

Storage, indoor is defined as the indoor holding of goods, merchandise, supplies, material, machinery, equipment, or other items for future use.

1. General

   Storage, indoor: general is defined as any storage, indoor use that is incidental to another use. This use does not include storage, indoor: self-service for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.4.B. (Storage, Indoor: Self-Service). This use does not include indoor storage that functions as the primary use on a lot and is not incidental to another use, for such uses see Sec. 5D.8.6. (Wholesale Trade & Warehousing).

2. Self-Service

   Storage, indoor: self-service is defined as any storage, indoor use that offers secure self-storage for household goods in individual rooms, compartments, lockers, or containers, to which clients bring goods for storage and retrieve them at any time during normal business hours.

Storage, outdoor is defined as the outdoor holding of goods, merchandise, supplies, material, machinery, equipment, vehicles, or other items for future use. Includes contractors' equipment storage yards and lumber yards.

1. General

   Storage, outdoor: general is defined as any storage, outdoor use that is in conjunction with another use. This use does not include the keeping of empty cargo containers, for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.5.E. (Storage, Outdoor: Cargo Container). This use does not include inactive large vehicles, for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.5.C. (Storage, Outdoor: Large Vehicle). This use does not include towing and storage for official motor vehicle impound, for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.5.F. (Storage, Outdoor: Official Motor Vehicle Impound). This use does not include inactive standard vehicles, for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.5.B. (Storage, Outdoor: Standard Vehicle).

2. Standard Vehicle

   Storage, outdoor: standard vehicle is defined as the outdoor storage of standard vehicles that are not actively used by the site's occupants, employees, or visitors. Standard vehicles include vehicles possessing two or fewer axles, such as cars, motorcycles, sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and vans. Includes storage of inoperable vehicles. This use does not include uses where vehicles are actively used by the site's occupants, employees, or visitors; for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.6. (Parking).

3. Large Vehicle

   Storage, outdoor: large vehicle is defined as the outdoor storage of large vehicles that are not actively used by the site's occupants, employees, or visitors. Large vehicles include vehicles possessing three or more axles, such as trailer trucks, construction vehicles, motor homes, and recreational vehicles as well as recreational boats and watercraft. This use includes storage of inoperable vehicles. This use does not include uses where vehicles are actively used by the site's occupants, employees, or visitors; for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.6. (Parking).

4. Donation Bin

   Storage, outdoor: donation bin is defined as any storage, outdoor use involving a box, canister, receptacle, or other container that can be opened and closed, and is used for collecting salvageable personal property, including, but not limited to, clothing, shoes, books, and household items for periodic off-site processing or redistribution. For purposes of this definition, salvageable personal property shall not include recyclable materials not intended for re-use, including, but not limited to, newspapers, plastic, glass, aluminum, electronics, toxic or hazardous materials, and solid waste. For purposes of this definition, donation bins are limited dimensionally to 82-inches in height, 50-inches in depth, and 60-inches in width. For bins that are larger in size, see Sec. 5D.9.4.A. (Recycling Facility: Collection).

5. Cargo Container

   Storage, outdoor: cargo container is defined as any storage, outdoor use involving the keeping of empty cargo containers. Storage, outdoor: cargo container may include storage of container chassis and commercial truck cabs, repair facilities, warehouses, and offices, incidental to the movement or storage of cargo containers. This use does not include the storage of cargo containers that are not empty, or uses which are part of any freight transfer, for such uses see Sec. 5D.5.3. (Freight Transfer Facility).

6. Official Motor Vehicle Impound

   Storage, outdoor: official motor vehicle impound is defined as any vehicle towing and storage service that involves City-approved vendors that support the public safety mission of the Los Angeles Police Department and Department of Transportation.

Light industrial uses are defined as uses involving the production, warehousing, or manufacturing of goods, materials, and products in an intensive manner that require a significant separation from residential and commercial districts.

A machine shop is defined as any facility engaged in the maintenance, repair, custom fabrication and finishing of products, parts, props, equipment, or machinery primarily using metal and woodworking machinery and tools. This use does not include the servicing of consumer goods when occupying less than 3,000 square feet in area; for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.10. (Personal Services). This use does not include motor vehicle repair and maintenance; for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.1. (Motor Vehicle Services). This use does not include the fabrication of heavy machinery used for manufacturing, motor vehicles, aircraft or watercraft; for such uses see Sec. 5D.9.2.A (Manufacturing, Heavy: General).

Manufacturing, light is defined as any light industrial use involving the making or processing of materials or components into new products.

1. General

   Manufacturing, light: general is defined as the manufacturing of finished goods intended to be sold as consumer goods to the general public, including devices and instruments used in a workplace. This use includes, but is not limited to, the manufacturing and assembly of the following: medical equipment and supplies; semiconductors and electronic instruments; signs and printed material; musical instruments; jewelry; toys; furniture; crates; boxes; and barrels. This use does not include those uses defined in Sec. 5D.9.2.A. (Manufacturing, Heavy: General).

2. Alcoholic Beverage

   Manufacturing, light: alcoholic beverage is defined as any manufacturing, light use where beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverages are fermented, distilled, and/or processed for distribution and sale on a wholesale basis. For retail sale of any alcoholic beverage, see Sec. 5D.6.12.B. (Retail: Alcohol).

3. Artistic & Artisanal

   Manufacturing, light: artistic & artisanal is defined as a small-scale manufacturing, light use where skilled craftspersons are integral to the creation of each product, materials, substances, or components, and may include, but are not limited to the use of hand tools or light mechanical equipment such as commercial mixers, sewing machines, wax melters, bottle sealers, paste filling machines, and button press machines. Manufacturing, light: artistic & artisanal uses are less than 5,000 square feet in area, for such uses larger than 5,000 square feet in area see Sec. 5D.8.2. (Manufacturing, Light: General).

4. Cosmetic & Pharmaceutical

   Manufacturing, light: cosmetic & pharmaceutical is defined as any manufacturing, light use where cosmetics, soaps, or pharmaceutical drugs are produced. This use includes, but is not limited to, manufacturing of makeup products, deodorants, shampoos, hair dyes, perfumes, skin moisturizers, medications, or supplements.

5. Electronics

   Manufacturing, light: electronics is defined as any manufacturing, light use involved in the manufacturing or assembly of computer or electronic products, electrical equipment, appliances, fixtures, or electronic product components. This use includes testing and repair incidental to the product or component assembly.

6. Food & Drink

   Manufacturing, light: food & drink is defined as any manufacturing, light use where food or drink products are processed or manufactured. The food and beverage products manufactured in these facilities are typically sold to wholesalers or retailers for distribution to consumers. This use includes, but is not limited to, the processing and packaging of the following: sodas & juices, coffee & tea, ice, dairy products, fruit, nut, & vegetable products, grain & oilseeds, baked or fried goods, sugar and confectionery products, animal food, and tobacco products. This use includes food & drink products composed of previously rendered animal products. This use does not include meat processing, the rendering of animal products, or animal slaughtering, for such uses see Sec. 5D.9.1. (Animal Products Processing). This use does not include breweries, distilleries, and wineries, for such uses see Sec. 5D.8.2.B. (Manufacturing, Light: Alcoholic Beverage).

7. Garment & Accessory

   Manufacturing, light: garment & accessory is defined as any manufacturing, light use involving the cutting, stitching or assembly of materials to produce finished clothing, footwear, and accessories. Specific activities include, but are not limited to, sewing of finished textiles, printing or stenciling of designs on garments, assembly of accessories or footwear, or the knitting of finished garments. This use does not include those uses defined in Sec. 5D.8.2.H. (Manufacturing, Light: Textile).

8. Textile

   Manufacturing, light: textile is defined as any manufacturing, light use involving mechanized production of fibers and fabrics used to create materials for the production of garments and accessories. Specific activities include, but are not limited to, textile spinning, weaving, dying, printing, or finishing. This use does not include those uses defined in Sec. 5D.8.2.G. (Manufacturing, light: Garment & Accessory).

Research & development is defined as any light industrial use requiring a wet laboratory where chemicals, drugs, or other material or biological matter are handled in liquid solutions or volatile phases, requiring direct ventilation, or specialized piped utilities. Research & development does not include uses requiring a dry laboratory, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.9. (Office).

Soundstages & backlots are defined as any light industrial use providing facilities for the construction and use of indoor or outdoor filming sets and adjoining backlot facilities, including supporting office workspace, machine shops, and warehousing related to filming or film production.

Wholesale & warehousing is defined as any light industrial use facility primarily used for the high volume storage of goods for sale in large quantities primarily to businesses, or the storage of products intended for consolidation and distribution to manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, or end users. This use includes seasonal inventory storage, distribution centers, fulfillment centers, cold storage facilities, and facilities housing goods for sale in bulk to businesses or institutions. This use does not include the sale of goods directly to consumers; for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.12. (Retail). This use does not include the transshipment of freight between different modes of transport, such as rail to trucking transport; for such uses see Sec. 5D.5.3. (Freight Transfer Facility).

Heavy industrial uses are defined as uses involving manufacturing, processing of animal products, waste, or extraction activities, which requires siting away from the general public due to potentially adverse impacts on the immediate surroundings.

Animal products processing is defined as a heavy industrial use involving one or more of the following: preparing and processing of meat, poultry, or seafood and their byproducts; refining or rendering animal fat, bones, and meat scraps; preparing, tanning, and finishing hides and skins; dressing or dyeing furs; and animal slaughtering.

Manufacturing, heavy is defined as any heavy industrial use involving the making or processing of materials or components into finished products.

1. General

   Manufacturing, heavy: general is defined as manufacturing that requires significant health, safety, or environmental precautions due to potential adverse impacts from the manufacturing process on immediate surroundings. This use includes, but is not limited to, the manufacturing of heavy machinery, motor vehicles, aircraft and watercraft, primary metal products, wood or paper products, metal fabrication, or manufacturing involving the processing, mixing, or refinement of inorganic raw materials. This use does not include those uses defined in Sec. 5D.9.2.B. (Manufacturing, Heavy: Chemical Products). This use does not include those uses defined in Sec. 5D.9.2.C. (Manufacturing, Heavy: Petroleum & Coal Products).

2. Chemical Products

   Manufacturing, heavy: chemical products is defined as any manufacturing, heavy use producing basic chemicals or manufacturing products by predominantly chemical processes. Includes, but is not limited to, production of acid, alkali, organic chemical, salt, dry color, pigment, synthetic fiber, fertilizer, explosives, or paint. This use does not include those uses defined in Sec. 5D.9.2.C. (Manufacturing, Heavy: Petroleum & Coal Products).

3. Petroleum & Coal Products

   Manufacturing, heavy: petroleum & coal products is defined as any manufacturing, heavy use that processes petroleum, coal, plastic, or rubber materials into products, including the refining of petroleum, gas, or other hydrocarbons.

Salvage yard is defined as any heavy industrial use having any portion of the use located outdoors where a junk dealer or automobile dismantler operates, or where partially dismantled, obsolete, or wrecked automobiles are stored. This use does not include motor vehicle storage, for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.5. (Storage, Outdoor).

Recycling facility is defined as any use that includes the recovery and processing of recyclable or reusable materials.

1. Collection

   Recycling facility: collection is defined as any recycling facility use where recyclable materials including, but not limited to, paper, plastic, glass, metal, newspaper, or cardboard, are deposited or redeemed for monetary value. This use includes baling or crushing operations for the purposes of efficient storage and transfer, but shall not include sorting or processing activities other than for temporary storage purposes. This use includes reverse vending machines and buyback centers.

2. Sorting & Processing

   Recycling facility: sorting & processing is defined as any recycling facility use that accepts recyclable materials for on-site sorting or processing. For the purpose of this definition, processing shall mean the process of changing the physical characteristics of a recyclable material, including the shredding, smelting, grinding and crushing of cans, bottles, and other materials, other than for temporary storage purposes. This use includes the transfer and processing of scrap metals.

Waste facility is defined as any heavy industrial use involving the receipt, storage, separation, conversion, combustion, processing of solid waste, transfer of waste directly from small to larger vehicles for transport, or operation as a landfill. This use includes facilities involved in the transfer, processing, and transformation of organic waste, construction and demolition debris, inert material, solid waste.

1. Organic Waste

   Waste facility: organic waste is defined as any waste facility use that receives any material that comes from a plant or animal and is biodegradable, for chipping and grinding, composting, curing, mulching or similar processing methods. This use does not include any chipping and grinding, composting, curing, or mulching conducted as part of the maintenance of landscaped areas associated with any public & institutional uses or open space & recreation uses.

2. Hazardous Waste

   Waste facility: hazardous waste is defined as any waste facility use involving the storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous waste, as defined in the California Health and Safety Code, Sec. 25117.1. (Definitions).

3. Solid Waste

   Waste facility: solid waste is defined as any waste facility use that does not involve any storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous waste, or that does not exclusively receive organic waste. For such uses, see Sec. 5D.9.5.B. (Waste Facility: Hazardous Waste) and Sec. 5D.9.5.A. (Waste Facility: Organic Waste).

Mineral & ore extraction is defined as any use engaged in the extraction of metallic minerals, non-metallic minerals, or other natural compounds. This use includes the exploration or development of any lot for such purposes, and any preparation of those resources until the point of shipment from the producing property. This use includes metal ore mining, nonmetallic mineral mining, and quarrying. This use does not include extraction, recovery, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other hydrocarbon materials, for these activities see Sec. 5D.9.7. (Oil, Gas, or Hydrocarbon Well).

Any well or hole already drilled, being drilled or to be drilled into the surface of the earth which is used or intended to be used in connection with coring or the drilling for prospecting for or producing petroleum, natural gas or other hydrocarbon substances, or is used or intended to be used for the subsurface injection into the earth of oil field waste, gases, water or liquid substances, including any such existing hole, well or casing which has not been abandoned in accordance with the requirements of Chapter V. (Public Safety and Protection), Sec. 57.5706.3.16. (Abandonment of Oil Wells) and the mitigation monitoring program and well plugging and abandonment mitigation measures adopted with Ordinance No. 187,709 (Oil and Gas Drilling Ordinance). This use does not include any well operated by a public utility regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission.

Agricultural uses are defined as uses dedicated to the cultivation of plants or the keeping of animals.

Animal keeping is defined as any agricultural use that includes the breeding, boarding, training, or raising of animals.

1. Bees

   Animal keeping: bees is defined as any animal keeping use that includes the keeping of bees.

2. Dairy

   Animal keeping: dairy is defined as an animal keeping use that includes the storage, processing, or distribution of milk or milk products.

3. Equine, Commercial

   Animal keeping: equine, commercial is defined as the keeping, breeding, raising, training, or boarding of more than two equines not owned by and registered to residents on the same lot as the equine use. Equine includes mules and donkeys.

4. Equine, Non-Commercial

   Animal keeping: equine, non-commercial is defined as the keeping, breeding, raising, training, or boarding of equines owned by and registered to residents on the same lot as the equine use. No more than two equines owned by or registered to persons not residing on the same lot shall be allowed. Equine includes mules and donkeys.

5. Livestock

   Animal keeping: livestock is defined as any animal keeping use that includes the breeding, raising, training, boarding, or keeping of animals such as alpacas, cattle, donkeys, goats, mules, sheep, swine, or similar livestock, typically for fiber, meat, milk, or other products. This use includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, raising, and selling of livestock.

6. Pets

   Animal keeping: pets is defined as any animal keeping use that includes the keeping of domestic pets that are readily classifiable as being incidental to another use such as dogs, cats, rabbits, rodents, birds, poultry, fish, amphibians, and small reptiles. This use does not include those uses defined in Sec. 5D.10.1.G. (Animal Keeping: Small Animals), Sec. 5D.10.1.G. (Animal Keeping: Wild Animals) or Sec. 5D.6.1.B. (Animal Services: Kennel).

7. Small Animals

   Animal keeping: small animals is defined as any animal keeping use licensed by the Department of Animal Services for the breeding, raising, training, or boarding of small domestic animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, rodents, birds, poultry fish, amphibians, and reptiles. This use does not include the uses defined in Sec. 5D.10.1.G. (Animal Keeping: Wild Animals).

8. Wild Animals

   Animal keeping: wild animals is defined as any animal keeping use licensed by the Department of Animal Services pursuant to Chapter V. (Public Safety and Protection), Sec. 53.38. (Wild Animals - Keeping - Permit) for the keeping of wild, exotic, dangerous, or non-domestic animals.

Plant cultivation is defined as any agricultural use that includes the growing of plants.

1. Community Garden

   Plant cultivation: community garden is defined as a plant cultivation use designed and intended for multiple households or organizations to cultivate plants for domestic use. This use may include shared facilities for storage and maintenance or services incidental to the agricultural use such as an educational space.

2. Farming

   Plant cultivation: farming is defined as the cultivation of produce, ornamental plants, herbs, seeds, or fungi, for off-site sale or distribution. This use includes, but is not limited to, truck gardening, indoor farming, or vertical farming. For the sale of produce on-site beyond a farm stand pursuant to Sec. 5C.2.8.G.1. (Supplemental Standards), see Sec. 5D.6.12.E. (Retail: Food & Beverage).