Dance Studio. See “Health/Fitness Facilities.”

“Day care center, adult” means a state-licensed facility designed to provide necessary care and supervision to persons 18 years of age or older on less than a 24-hour basis. “Adult day care centers” include the various types of adult day services as defined under state law that include “adult day care facilities,” “adult social day care facilities,” and “adult day health care facilities.”

“Day care center, child” means a state-licensed facility, other than a family day care home, providing nonmedical care and supervision to children under 18 years of age on less than a 24-hour basis. “Child day care centers” shall include “day care centers” as defined under state law, which include infant centers, preschools, and extended day care facilities.

“Day care home, large family” means day care facilities located in single-family dwellings where an occupant of the dwelling provides care and supervision for nine to 14 children. Children under the age of 10 years who reside in the dwelling count as children served by the day care facility. To be considered a large family child care home, such use must comply with all applicable state regulations, and specifically those set forth in the California Health and Safety Code commencing with Section 1596.70.

“Day care home, small family” means day care facilities located in single-family dwellings where an occupant of the dwelling provides care and supervision for eight or fewer children. Children under the age of 10 years who reside in the dwelling count as children served by the day care facility. To be considered a small family child care home, such use must comply with all applicable state regulations, and specifically those set forth in the California Health and Safety Code commencing with Section 1596.70.

“Deck” means an outdoor platform other than a balcony, either freestanding or attached to a building, without a roof, that is supported by pillars, posts, or walls.

“Designee” means a person who has been officially chosen to do or be something: a person who has been designated.

“Developer” means any association, corporation, firm, joint venture, partnership, person, or any entity or combination of entities which seeks city development permits or approvals.

“Director,” “director of planning,” and “planning director” refer to the director of community development or designee.

“Disability” means, as defined under the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more major life activities of a person. An individual with a disability is anyone who is regarded as having that type of impairment, or anyone who has a record of that type of impairment. The disability discrimination provisions of the Fair Housing Act do not extend to persons who claim to be disabled solely on the basis of having been adjudicated a juvenile delinquent, having a criminal record, or being a sex offender. Furthermore, the Fair Housing Act does not protect persons who currently use illegal drugs, persons who have been convicted of the manufacture or sale of illegal drugs, or persons with or without disabilities who present a direct threat to the persons or property of others.

“Drive-through establishment” means a business or institution providing services accessible to persons who remain in their motor vehicles.

“Driveway” means an appropriately paved and privately owned surface or road that provides access to off-street parking or loading facilities.

“Dwelling” means a building containing one or more dwelling units.

“Dwelling unit” means a building, or portion thereof, consisting of one or more rooms, including a kitchen, which is designed and used or available for use exclusively as a single residence and which otherwise conforms to the provisions of this zoning code. (Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).