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Parcel: (See, Lot.) (See also, Density, Minimum Parcel Size)

Parking Area: An open area, other than a street or alley, that contains parking spaces. (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

Parking Space: An unobstructed space or area other than a street or alley which is permanently reserved and maintained for the parking of one motor vehicle. (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

Parkland Dedication: (See Section 313-110.1, Parkland Dedication.)

Path: A dedicated public way intended for pedestrian movement. (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

Permit: Any license, certificate, approval, or other entitlement for use granted or denied by any public agency. (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

Permit, Coastal Development: A permit for any development within the Coastal Zone that is required under Public Resources Code Section 30600(a) and issued pursuant to Chapter 2 of these regulations. (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

Permitted: A use, facility or activity which is allowed, subject to applicable permit requirements and all other applicable regulations. (Former Section CZ#A312-2)

Person: Any individual, organization, partnership, corporation, city, county, district, or the state or any department or agency thereof. (See, Public Resources Code Section 4525). (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

Piling Fence: A wooden barrier, such as a groin or revetment, designed to prevent erosion of a river bank. Piling fences typically consist of vertical piles placed within and adjacent to the channel with horizontal or diagonal crossties of cable or wood. (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

Plan, Timber Management: (See, Timber Management Plan)

Planned Unit Development: An integrated development located on a single building site, or on two or more building sites which may be separated only by a street or other right-of-way. This development technique permits variable parcel sizes but limits the overall density so it is consistent with the gross densities permitted in the zone. The purpose of Planned Unit Developments is to provide development compatible with environmental, geologic or topographic features of a parcel. Such developments shall be carried out in accordance with a detailed, comprehensive plan encompassing such elements as the location of structures, the circulation pattern, parking facilities, open space, and utilities. The comprehensive plan shall further provide a program for provision, operation and maintenance of all areas, improvements, facilities and services provided for the common use of the persons occupying or utilizing the property. Planned Unit Developments are subject to the Planned Unit Development Regulations and the Planned Unit Development Permit Procedure. (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

Planning Commission: The Planning Commission of Humboldt County as established by the Board of Supervisors. (Former Section CZ#A312-2)

Plant:

a.Hydrophytic: Any plant growing in water or on a substrate that is at least periodically deficient in oxygen as a result of excessive water content (i.e., plants typically found in wet habitats). (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

b.Mesophytic: Any plant growing where moisture and aeration conditions lie between extremes (i.e., plants typically found in habitats with average moisture conditions, not usually dry or wet.) (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

c.Xerophytic: Any plant growing in a habitat in which an appreciable portion of the rooting medium dries to the wilting coefficient at frequent intervals (i.e., plants typically found in very dry habitats). (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

Pool, Swimming: (See, Swimming Pool)

Prime Agricultural Land: (See, Agricultural Land, Prime)

Principal Permitted Use: (See, Use, Principal Permitted)

Private Garage: (See, Garage, Private)

Private Institution Use Type: (See, Commercial Use Types, Private Institution, in Section D: Use Types.)

Private Recreation Use Type: (See, Commercial Use Types in Section D: Use Types.)

Processing, Animal and Fish Products: (See, Animal and Fish Product Processing)

Processing, Animal and Fish Waste Products: (See, Animal and Fish Waste Product Processing)

Processing, Timber Products: (See, Industrial Use Types, Timber Products Processing, in Section D: Use Types.)

Project: (See, Development)

Psychiatric Facility: An institution in which care or treatment is given to persons suffering from mental illness, disease, disorder or ailment. Such facilities include, but are not limited to, psychiatric hospitals, day treatment hospitals, long-term care facilities, residential treatment centers, family homes (for the mentally ill), alcoholism hospitals, and facilities for admission of drug addicts all as defined in Article 2 of Subchapter 1 of Title 9 of the California Code of Regulations, or any successor provision thereto. (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

Public Coastal Access Facilities: (See, Natural Resource Use Types, Public Coastal Access Facilities, in Section D: Use Types.)

Public Garage: (See, Garage, Public)

Public Road: (See, Street, Public)

Public Stables: (See, Stables, Public)

Public Use: A use operated exclusively by a governmental agency or public agency which has the purpose of serving the public health, safety, convenience or general welfare, and including but not limited to such uses as schools, parks, playgrounds, educational, recreational and social facilities, libraries, museums, firehouses, courthouses, hospitals and administrative service facilities. Public use shall also include the operation of any foster home or shelter care home licensed by the County Department of Social Services or designated by the County Probation Department or any court. (See also, Civic Use Types in Listing of Use Type Classifications in Section D: Use Types.) (From Section INL#312-58; Ord. 519, Sec. 254, 5/11/65)

Public Utility: A company or corporation regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

Public Works: All production, storage, transmission, and recovery facilities for water, sewage, telephone, and other similar utilities owned or operated by any public agency or by any utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, except for energy facilities. Public Works shall further include: (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

a.All public transportation facilities, including streets, roads, highways, public parking lots and structures, ports, harbors, airports, railroads, and mass transit facilities and stations, bridges, trolley wires, and other related facilities. (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

b.All publicly financed recreational facilities, all projects of the State Coastal Conservancy, and any development by a special district; (Former Section CZ#A312-18)

c.All community college facilities. (Reference: Public Resources Code Section 30114.) (Former Section CZ#A312-18)