“Main building” means a building that is designed and used, or intended to be used, to accommodate the principal use on the lot. In residential zones, any dwelling shall be considered the main building on the lot.

“Manufactured housing” means a mobile home, or manufactured housing unit, as defined by and installed in accordance with California Health and Safety Code Sections 18008 and 18551, respectively, and factory-built housing as defined by California Health and Safety Code Section 19971.

“Market-rate unit” means dwelling units in a residential or mixed-use project that are not units identified as affordable units in CMC 20.88.020.

“Medical and dental offices” means a use where medical and/or dental services are provided. Includes facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of human patients and laboratories incidental to the office use.

“Medical clinic” means any facility providing physical or mental health service, and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured, but shall not include in-patient or overnight accommodations. Activities included within this definition are health centers and health clinics.

“Mobile home” means a transportable structure that is built on a permanent chassis and designed to function as a dwelling when connected to the required utilities, including plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems (pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Sections 18007 and 18008). Consistent with the California Health and Safety Code definitions, a mobile home is included in the definition of manufactured home.

“Mobile home park” means any area or tract of land where two or more lots are rented or leased, held out (or were formerly held out) for rent or lease to accommodate manufactured homes or mobile homes used for human habitation (pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 18214). A mobile home park provides utility services and other facilities either separately or in common to mobile home spaces therein.

“Moderate-income household” is a household as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50093 and its implementing regulations.

“Mortuary” means an establishment providing services such as preparing the deceased for burial, and arranging and managing funerals and related services, and may include limited caretaker facilities. This classification excludes cemeteries, crematoriums, and columbariums.

Motel. See “Hotel or Motel.”

“Mural” means an artistic image or design painted or affixed to the exterior surface of a wall that does not contain any commercial text or message nor relates to the business upon whose premises it is painted. (Ord. 720 § 10 (Att. 3), 2022; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).