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<br />CHAPTER 7: Administration and Implementation
<br />forced to ride unsafely in the street or on the sidewalk (a g., clearly striped or Commercial recreation facility - Indoor: Establishments providing indoor
<br />protected bike lanes, good signage, bicycle - specific traffic signals, bike racks, amusement and entertainment services for a fee or admission charge,
<br />and lockable bike storage). including:
<br />Block: An area of land within a subdivision which area is entirely bounded
<br />by streets, highways or ways, excepts alley and the exterior boundary of the
<br />subdivision.
<br />Building height: The vertical extent of a building measured in stories to the
<br />eave of the highest story, not including a basement or an attic. Height limits
<br />do not apply to masts, belfries, clock towers, steeples, equipment screening,
<br />chimney flues, and similar structures. Building height shall be measured from
<br />the average grade of the fronting thoroughfare curb level.
<br />Building placemem: The maximum horizontal envelope available for placing
<br />a building an a lot.
<br />Bowling alleys
<br />u Coin - operated amusement arcades
<br />n Electronic game arcades (video games, etc.)
<br />» Pool, billiards
<br />n Skating sports (ice, roller, board)
<br />This use does not include adult businesses. Four or more electronic games
<br />or coin - operated amusements in any establishment, or a premises where
<br />50 percent or more of the floor area is occupied by amusement devices, are
<br />considered an electronic game arcade as described above; three or fewer
<br />machines are not considered a land use separate from the primary use of the
<br />sta.
<br />Building type: A structure defined by the combination of configuration and
<br />Courtyard Housing: See'Building Types
<br />placement. The building types used in this Specific Plan are listed below:
<br />Bungalow Court: A configuration of freestanding single units arranged
<br />Doctor, dentist, chiropractor office: A facility other than a hospital where
<br />around a common, shared courtyard that is wholly open to the street. The
<br />medical, dental, mental health, surgical, and/or other personal health care
<br />individual buildings are arranged next to each other to form the bungalow
<br />services are provided on an outpatient basis, and that accommodates no more
<br />court building type.
<br />than four licensed primary practitioners (for example, chiropractors, medical
<br />doctors, psychiatrists, etc., other than nursing staff) within an individual office
<br />Courtyard Housing: A building type consisting of residences that can be
<br />suite .
<br />arranged in four possible configurations: townhouses, townhouses over
<br />Duplex, Triplexand Quadplex: See'Building Types
<br />flats, flats, and flats over flats. The structures are arranged next to each
<br />other , on one or more courts that are partly or wholly open to the street.
<br />Dwelling unit types:
<br />Duplex, Triplex, and Quadplex (2- /3- /4- plex): Multiple dwelling forms
<br />that are architecturally presented as large single - family houses in their
<br />typical neighborhood setting.
<br />Flex Block: A building generally of a single massing element, designed for
<br />occupancy by retail, service, or once uses on the ground floor, with upper
<br />floors also configured for those uses or for residences.
<br />House: A detached structure occupied by a single household that also
<br />accommodates commercial and office uses as allowed.
<br />Lined Block: A building that conceals a public garage or other faceless
<br />building that is designed for occupancy by retail, service, or once used
<br />on the ground floor, with upper floors also configured for those uses or for
<br />residences.
<br />Live -Work: An integrated residence and working space, occupied and
<br />utilized by a single household in an arrangement of at least 3 such
<br />structures or I multiple structure with a least 3 units arranged side by side
<br />along the primary frontage, that has been designed or structurally modified
<br />to accommodate joint residential occupancy and work activity.
<br />Rowhouse: An individual structure on a parcel with a private rear yard
<br />and individual garage accessed from an alley. Such structure shall be
<br />developed in an arrangement of at least 3 such structures along the
<br />primary frontage. Or, a structure of at least 3 attached townhouse unit
<br />types arranged side by side with a private rear yard and individual garage
<br />accessed from an alley along the primary frontage.
<br />Stacked Dwellings: A building of single -floor or multi -floor residences of
<br />similar configuration either above or below that are stacked.
<br />Tuck - Under: An individual structure on a parcel with no rear yard, where
<br />its garage is tucked under the rear of the house and accessed from an
<br />alley.
<br />Bungalow Court: See 'Building Types'
<br />Care homes: Residential facilities providing nursing and health - related care as
<br />a primary use with in- patient beds. Examples of these uses inclutle: board and
<br />care homes; convalescent and rest homes; and skilled nursing facilities. Long-
<br />term personal care facilities that emphasize medical treatment are considered
<br />"Extended Care" facilities.
<br />Clinic, urgent care: A facility other than a hospital where medical, mental
<br />health, surgical or other personal health services are provided on an outpatient
<br />basis, including incidental metlical laboratories. Examples of these uses
<br />include:
<br />• Apartment: A multi -unit rental version of a Flat, Loft, or Townhouse
<br />• Condominium: An ownership version of a Flat, Loft or Townhouse
<br />a Flat: A single -story unit, often found in a stacked configuration
<br />n House:a single, detached unit
<br />n Loft: A double -story height unit with a mezzanine.
<br />n Townhouse: A two to three -story unit with a common wall
<br />Eating establishment: A commercial establishment whose primary use is
<br />the sale and service of meals onsite to guests and which has suitable kitchen
<br />facilities containing the necessary appliances required for cooking unpackaged
<br />foods, and which complies with all of the requirements of the local Department
<br />of health and the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for a
<br />bona fide public eating place pursuant to the Section 23038 of the California
<br />Business and Professions Code.
<br />Elevation (building): The exterior walls of a building. Also referred to as
<br />'Facade' when the elevation is along a frontage line.
<br />Entrance (main or primary): The principal point of access of pedestrians to
<br />a building. In the support of pedestrian activity, the main or primary entrance
<br />should be oriented to the frontage rather than to the parking.
<br />Facade: The exterior wall of a building that is set along a frontage line. Facades
<br />support the public realm and are subject to frontage requirements additional to
<br />those required of elevations.
<br />Flex Block: See 'Building Types'
<br />Forecourt: See'Frontage Types'
<br />Frontage Line: Those lot lines that coincide with a public street line. One
<br />shall be designated as the Principal Frontage Line. Facades along Frontage
<br />Lines define the public realm and are therefore more highly regulated than the
<br />elevations that coincide with other lot lines. Frontage lines are subject to the
<br />urban standards, architectural standards, signage standards, and subdivision
<br />stantlartls.
<br />Frontage type: The architectural element of a building between the public
<br />right -of -way and the private property associated with the building. Frontage
<br />Types combined with the public realm create the perceptible strestscape. The
<br />following frontage types used in this Specific Plan are listed below:
<br />Arcade: Afacade with as attached colonnade, that is covered by upper
<br />stories. This frontage type is ideal for retail use but only when the sidewalk
<br />is fully absorbed within the arcade so that a pedestrian cannot bypass
<br />it For Building Code considerations, this frontage type cannot cover the
<br />public right -of -way.
<br />n Medical offices with five or more licensed practitioners or medical Forecourt: A semi - public exterior space partially within the shopfront,
<br />specialties out patient care facilities gallery or arcade frontage that is partially surrounded by a building and
<br />Urgent care facilities seen opening to a thoroughfare forming a court. The court is suitable for
<br />n Counseling services by other than medical doctors or psychiatrists are gardens, outdoor dining, vehicular drop -off and utility off - loading.
<br />included under "Offices- Professianal /Administrative'
<br />Frontyard / Parch: A common frontage type associated with single family
<br />Community assembly: Group gatherings conducted indoors such as houses, where the facade is set back from the right of way with a front
<br />synagogues, mosques, temples, churches, community centers, binge halls, yard. A porch may also be appended to the facade. A fence or wall at the
<br />private clubs, fraternal, philanthropic and charitable organizations and lodges, property line may be used to define the private space of the yard, The front
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