“Gambling establishment” means a casino or other facility in which are included facilities for roulette, dice, various card games, slot machines and/or other games of chance.

“Game, video arcade” means a venue where people play indoor table games and/or arcade video games.

“Garage” means a building or portion thereof other than a private or storage garage, designed or used for equipping, servicing, repairing, or storing motor vehicles internally and enclosed within the building.

Garage, Parking. See “Parking garage.”

“Garage, parking, public” means a building designed and used for compensation for the storage and parking of motor vehicles or boats as a business.

Garage, Private. See “Private garage.”

“Gardening” means to lay out, cultivate or tend to a plat of ground where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, or fruits are grown by individuals, groups or organizations for private use. This term does not allow growing of marijuana in any form.

“Geologically hazardous areas” means areas susceptible to erosion, sliding, earthquake, or other geological events. They pose a threat to the health and safety of citizens when incompatible development is sited in areas of significant hazard.

“Geotechnical report or geotechnical analysis” (SMP) means a scientific study or evaluation conducted by a qualified expert that includes a description of the ground and surface hydrology and geology, estimates of susceptibility to erosion, sliding, earthquake, or other geological events, and the extent of risk to the health and safety of persons and property. Such a report shall include conclusions and recommendations regarding the effect of the proposed development on geologic conditions, the adequacy of the site to be developed, the impacts of the proposed development, alternative approaches to the proposed development, and measures to mitigate potential site-specific and cumulative geological and hydrological impacts of the proposed development, including the potential adverse impacts to adjacent and down-current properties. Geotechnical reports shall conform to accepted technical standards and must be prepared by qualified professional engineers or geologists who have professional expertise about the regional and local geology and processes.

“Gift shop” means a shop that sells souvenirs, handicrafts, knickknacks, household goods and other miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts.

“Go-kart tracks” means tracks used for go-kart racing or karting, which is a variant of open-wheel motor sport with small, open, four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits.

“Golf course” means a tract of land for the playing of the game of golf, with tees, greens, fairways, hazards, etc. A golf course may be nine or 18 holes in length.

“Governmental use” means public land areas and facilities that are utilized for daily administration and operation of government business which house personnel, records, equipment and the like, belonging to or leased by the city, state, or federal government, special district, or agency. This use may include City Hall, city offices, libraries, and other similar facilities.

“Grade” means the established grade of the street or sidewalk as prescribed by the department of public works. Where no such grade has been established, the grade shall be the average computed by a licensed land surveyor at the sidewalk at the property line. Where no sidewalk exists, the grade shall be established in the same manner on the street adjacent to the property line.

“Gradient terrace” means an earth embankment or a ridge-and-channel constructed with suitable spacing and an acceptable grade to reduce erosion damage by intercepting surface runoff and conducting it to a stable outlet at a stable nonerosive velocity.

“Grading” (SMP) means the movement or redistribution of the soil, sand, rock, gravel, sediment, or other material on a site in a manner that alters the natural contour of the land.

“Grandfathered use or structure” means an exemption from the zoning standards that allows persons or entities to continue with activities or operations that were legally established and have continuously existed before the implementation of new rules, regulations, or laws. Grandfathered uses, structures or lots are considered nonconforming and shall comply with the city’s nonconforming definitions and regulations.

“Greenbelt” means a strip of land for the planting, growing, and maintaining of a sight-obscuring screen of healthy trees and shrubs to attain an ultimate height of not less than eight feet.

“Greenhouse” means an enclosed building, permanent or portable, that is used for the growth of plants.

“Grocery, convenience store” means a retail establishment that is usually open for extended daily hours of business (12 to 24 hours), normally located as a single entity or in a strip building configuration along major roadways, is typically a self-service facility not dependent upon comparison shopping, and by its manner of display and merchandising usually sells a limited selection of items and brands of prepackaged or prepared foods, ready-to-eat foods, snacks, gum, candy, beverages, which may include beer or wine, dairy products, or sundries, all of which are frequently purchased for immediate use. It may be developed with facilities for the dispensing and sales of vehicular fuels, but with no sale or installation of tires, batteries or similar accessories. If such establishment is combined with said fuel sales and dispensing, it shall be regulated as accessory to an automobile service station use and there shall be limitations and controls placed upon the nature, size, delivery, storage, location and type of said fuel sales or dispensing facilities to provide maximum possible protection to adjacent properties, and it must meet the specific requirements of an automobile service station. Additionally, any retail establishment that sells a substantial portion of its merchandise (more than 20 percent of its sales) described in the definition of an “adult entertainment facility” shall not be deemed to be a convenience store.

“Grocery, specialty” means a food store primarily engaged in selling foodstuffs associated with a particular nationality, religious observance, dietary practice, or cuisine.

“Grocery, supermarket” means a retail store which may be freestanding or part of a larger development selling food, food preparation materials, household goods and household cleaning and servicing items. This use may include a pharmacy.

“Gross acre” means a tract of land consisting of 43,560 square feet.

“Gross density” means the number of units that are permitted per gross acre of land proposed for development.

“Gross leasable area (GLA)” means the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines, and upper floors, if any, expressed in square feet and measured from the centerline of joint partitions and from outside wall faces. GLA is that area on which the tenants pay rent; it is the area producing income to the landlord, and is the square footage amount used for determining required parking area. GLA includes all areas except common areas.

“Ground floor area” means the square footage area of a building within its largest outside dimensions, exclusive of open porches, breezeways, terraces, patios, swimming pools, parking areas, driveways, garages, exterior stairways, secondary stairways, and drive-through teller lanes or walk-up windows of financial institutions only. Ground floor area is the total building area used in determining the percentage of lot coverage.

“Groundwater” means the portion of water contained in interconnected pores or fractures in a saturated zone or stratum located beneath the surface of the earth or below a surface water body.

“Groundwater management” means the management and coordination of groundwater regulations, strategies, policies, and technical information for the protection and use of groundwater resources.

“Group care facility” means shared living quarters (without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit) for seven or more persons with physical or mental impairments that substantially limit one or more of such persons’ major life activities when such persons are not living together as a single household unit.

“Group home” means a facility licensed by the state to provide, on a 24-hour basis, training, care, custody, correction or control, or any combination of those functions, to one or more persons who may be children, the aged, disabled, underprivileged, indigent, handicapped or other special class of persons, either by governmental unit or agency or by a person or organization devoted to such functions. This term shall not include schools, hospitals, prisons or other social service facilities.

“Guest house” means a building used for guests, especially a house or hostel run as a boarding house or bed and breakfast.

“Gutter” means a constructed waterway, usually along a street curb, installed to collect and conduct street surface water. (Ord. 1499 § 1 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 1376 § 3, 2014; Ord. 1373 § 9, 2014; Ord. 1308 § 4, 2012; Ord. 1294 §§ 5, 6, 2011; Ord. 1164 § 4, 2004; Ord. 1133 § 2, 2003; Ord. 1110 § 3, 2002; Ord. 929 Ch. 5, 1995).