“Base flood elevation (BFE)” means the elevation that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from a flood that has a one percent chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year.

“Bedroom” means a room within an existing residence that contains a minimum of 70 square feet and that meets all requirements of the California Residential Code per the California Building Standards Code, Title 24, Part 2.5 including all life safety provisions (smoke alarms, compliant method of egress, etc.).

“Best management practice (BMP)” means generally accepted grading, erosion control and other construction trade processes and procedures which have proven themselves over time for large numbers of people, and been demonstrated repeatedly to be both efficient and effective.

“Block” means that property abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets or nearest intersecting or intercepting streets and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided acreage, water course, or body of water.

“Boarder” means a person, other than a family member or guest, who pays for and eats his meals with a family other than his own.

“Building” means any structure having a permanent foundation, a roof supported by columns or walls and used for the enclosure of persons, animals or chattels, but not including a trailer, mobilehome, or tent.

“Building, accessory” means a detached subordinate building, the use of which is customarily associated with, but subordinate and incidental to, the primary use of the main building, or potential main building.

“Building, accessory, attached” means an accessory building attached to the main building by a breezeway and/or common wall. To be considered attached by a breezeway, the accessory building shall not be located more than 20 feet from the main building. The breezeway shall have a covering and be attached to a part of the accessory and main building.

“Building site” means a parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied by one main building, and buildings and uses customarily accessory or incidental thereto, including such open spaces as are provided or are intended to be used in connection therewith or are required by the regulations for the district wherein such parcel is located.

“Bulk storage” means storage in tanks or containers, each of which is larger than 200 gallons capacity.

“Business supply” means a wholesale or retail commercial enterprise whose primary activity is the stocking and supplying of materials, machines, and products which are essential to the operation of other business or service enterprises in the nearby area. (Ord. 1117, eff. 1/1/23)