Permitted, Conditional and Excluded Uses that may be conducted from property zoned general commercial (CG), are identified in Table 19.60.030, Permitted, Conditional and Excluded Uses in General Commercial Zoning Districts below.
Zoning Districts | CG | |
Uses | ||
Zoning Districts | CG | |
Uses | ||
1. Retail businesses, such as, but not limited to: a. food stores (excluding convenience markets), b. drugstores, c. apparel shops, d. variety stores and e. hardware stores | P | |
2. Full service restaurants (without separate bar facilities) where: a. all public entrances face away from residential zoning districts and b. where the required customer parking is located within close proximity of the entrance | P | |
3. Specialty food stores which cumulatively occupy more than fifty percent of the building floor space in a single building or shopping center | CUP - Admin. | |
4. Eating establishments a. Full-service restaurants with separate bar facilities b. Fast-food restaurants, and c. Any entertainment facilities (e.g., dancing, live music) in association with full-service or fast-food restaurant | CUP - PC | |
5. Any commercial establishments with drive-through facilities | CUP - PC | |
6. Late evening activities which occur between eleven p.m. through seven a.m. | CUP - PC | |
7. Offices such as those below, provided that such uses do not comprise more than twenty-five percent of the building space in a shopping center: a. Professional, b. General, c. Administrative, d. Business offices, e. Business services, such as: i. advertising bureaus, ii. credit reporting, iii. accounting and similar consulting agencies, iv. stenographic services, and v. communication equipment buildings | P | |
8. Commercial Office uses such as those below which directly serve the public a. Banks, b. Financial institutions, c. Insurance agencies d. Real estate agencies, e. Travel agencies, f. Photography, and g. Similar studios | P | |
9. Laundry facilities, including those below, provided that the solvents used in the cleaning process shall not be used or stored in any manner not approved by the State Fire Marshal and provided the establishment received approval from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. a. Self service operations b. Full service operations; and c. Retail dry cleaning establishments. Dry cleaning is limited to items directly delivered to the establishment by retail customers | P | |
10. Private clubs, lodges, or fraternal organizations | ||
a. Uses in (10) above as subordinate uses in buildings intended primarily for other permitted uses provided for in this section | P | |
b. Uses in (10) above as principal use buildings | CUP - PC | |
11. Fraternity and sorority houses | CUP - PC | |
12. Limited repair services, such as: a. Jewelry, b. Household appliance, c. Typewriter and d. Business machine repair shops | P | |
13. Personal service establishments such as: a. Barbershops, b. Beauty parlors, c. Massage establishments, d. Shoe repair shops, and e. Tailor shops | P | |
14. Accessory facilities and uses customarily incidental to permitted uses and otherwise conforming with provisions of Chapter 19.100 of this title | P | |
15. A maximum of four video game machines, provided these machines are incidental to the main activity of the business | P | |
16. Specialty food stores which cumulatively comprise less than fifty percent of the retail space of a single building or shopping center | P | |
17. Pet shop and pet services facilities (buildings) and bathing, clipping, trimming and similar services for pets | ||
a. Uses in (17) above which are located in a sound-proof structure and are in compliance with Santa Clara County Health Department regulations | P | |
b. Uses in (17) above which are not located in a sound-proof structure and are in compliance with Santa Clara County Health Department regulations | CUP - PC | |
18. a. Child care centers, b. Day nurseries, and c. Playgrounds | CUP - PC | |
19. Vocational and specialized schools, dance and music studios, gymnasiums and health clubs | P | |
a. When the uses in (19) above cumulatively comprise < 50% of the space in a shopping center, provide adequate parking as determined by Chapter 19.124 and meet noise requirements as determined by Chapter 10.48 | ||
b. When the uses in (19) above cumulatively comprise 50% of the space in a shopping center, provide adequate parking as determined by Chapter 19.124 and meet noise requirements as determined by Chapter 10.48 | CUP - Admin. | |
20. Retail/service kiosks that meet the following: a. Are located in an unenclosed space visible from public streets or other publicly owned space, b. Where adequate parking is provided as determined by Chapter 19.124, c. Which do not result in traffic or circulation impacts, d. Have attractive designs and landscaping, and e. Are compatible with the surrounding architecture | CUP - Admin. | |
21. Other uses which, in the opinion of the Director of Community Development, are similar to the permitted uses in the CG zoning district, and which do not create significant adverse impacts to the surrounding area due to odor, dust, smoke, glare, fumes, radiation, vibrations, noise, traffic or litter | P | |
22. Commercial parking and parking garages | CUP - PC | |
23. Convenience markets | CUP - PC | |
24. Hotels, motels, and boardinghouses | CUP - PC | |
25. Liquor stores | CUP - PC | |
26. Drinking establishments | CUP - PC | |
27. Commercial entertainment establishments, such as: a. Indoor theaters, b. Bowling alleys, c. Billiard and pool parlors, d. Dance halls, e. Skating rinks, and f. Arcades | CUP - PC | |
28. Mortuaries | CUP - PC | |
29. Automotive service stations, automobile washing facilities | CUP - PC | |
30. Automobile, trailer, tire and boat sales and rental, limited to new and used vehicles in operable condition | CUP - PC | |
31. Automobile and Tire repair shops | CUP - PC | |
32. Business activities which display merchandise or provide services in an unenclosed space visible from a public street or adjoining residential property, except activities which display merchandise as provided by Section 19.60.050 | CUP - PC | |
33. Business activities which incorporate contracting services for which a contracting license issued by the State is required | CUP - PC | |
34. Other commercial uses which are neither permitted uses nor excluded uses and which are, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, consistent with the character of a general commercial (CG) zone of the same general character listed in this section, and which do not create significant adverse impacts to the surrounding area due to odor, dust, fumes, glare, radiation, vibration, noise, traffic or litter | CUP - PC | |
35. Businesses where the primary activity is related to the on-site manufacturing, assembly or storage of building components intended for use by general contractors or wholesalers | Ex | |
36. Storage garages, and other wholesale businesses, except computer hardware and software and communications businesses for which the City may generate sales tax revenue where the primary activity is to conduct sales and services to other businesses rather than to direct retail customers | Ex | |
37. Other uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are objectionable by reason of odor, dust, smoke, glare, fumes, radiation, vibration, noise, traffic or litter shall be excluded | Ex | |
38. Warehouses | Ex | |
39. Lumberyards | Ex | |
40. Nurseries and greenhouses | Ex | |
41. Commercial excavating of building or construction materials | Ex | |
Key: P – Permitted Use - – Not Allowed CUP - Admin. – Conditional Use Permit issued by the Director of Community Development CUP - PC – Conditional Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission CUP - CC – Conditional Use Permit issued by the City Council Ex – Excluded Uses | ||
(Ord. 17-2165, § 10, 2017; Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011)