(A) Residential uses.
(1) Accessory dwelling unit (ADU). An attached or detached residential dwelling unit with complete independent living facilities for one or more persons. An ADU includes permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as an existing or proposed single-family residence or an existing multi-family residence and meets the standards of § 155.316 (Accessory Dwelling Units). An accessory dwelling unit also includes:
(a) An efficiency unit, as defined in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 17958.1;
(b) Junior accessory dwelling unit as defined in Cal. Gov’t Code § 65852.22;
(c) A tiny house on wheels permitted in a residential zone district pursuant to § 155.304.130 (Tiny Houses on Wheels); and
(d) A manufactured home, as defined in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 18007.
(2) Bed and breakfast. See Vacation Rental.
(3) Farmworker housing. Housing for transient labor, such as labor cabins or camps, incidental to a permitted agricultural use.
(4) Hospice. See Medical Care Housing.
(5) Hostel. See Commercial Lodging.
(6) Medical care housing. A residential facility, licensed as a skilled nursing facility by the State of California, that provides 24-hour medical, convalescent or chronic care to individuals who are unable to care for themselves by reason of advanced age, chronic illness, or infirmity. Excludes facilities providing non-medical social and personal care to residents (see "Non-medical Care Housing").
(7) Micro/shared housing. Shared living quarters without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit, offered for rent to permanent or semi-transient residents for long-term occupancy (30 days or more). Includes rooming and boarding houses, single-room occupancy housing, dormitories, convents and monasteries, and other types of organizational housing. Excludes hotels, motels, bed and breakfast inns, and vacation rentals (see "Commercial Lodging" and "Vacation Rental") and state-licensed facilities providing social and personal care to residents (see "Non-medical Care Housing").
(8) Mobile home park. An area of land where two or more mobile home spaces are rented, or held out for rent, to accommodate mobile homes for more than 30 consecutive calendar days.
(9) Multi-family dwellings. Two or more residential units located on a single lot. Includes units side-by-side, units stacked vertically, and one or more units occupying the same site as a non-residential use (mixed-use development). Excludes detached single-family homes with an accessory dwelling unit in compliance with § 155.316 (see "Accessory Dwelling Units").
(10) Non-medical care housing. A state-licensed residential facility that provides non-medical social and personal care for residents. Includes community care facilities as defined in Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 1500 et seq., residential care facilities for the elderly (Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 1569 et seq.), facilities for the mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped (Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code §§ 5000 et seq.), alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities (Cal. Health and Safety Code § 11834.02), supportive housing (Cal. Gov’t Code § 65582), transitional housing (Cal. Gov’t Code § 65582), and other similar facilities.
(a) Non-medical care housing, large. A non-medical care facility for seven or more persons.
(b) Non-medical care housing, small. A non-medical care facility for six or fewer persons.
(11) Nursing home. See Medical Care Housing.
(12) Single-family home. A residential structure designed for occupancy by one household. A single-family dwelling provides complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.
(a) Single-family attached home (townhome). Two or more single-family dwelling units connected by common walls along the side property lines, sometimes called a townhouse or row house.
(b) Single-family detached home. A detached building that contains one single-family dwelling. Includes individual mobile homes and manufactured housing units installed on a foundation system pursuant to Cal. Health and Safety Code § 18551 and meeting the standards of § 155.304.080 (Manufactured Housing). A detached single family home with an attached ADU remains a single-family home and is not considered a multi-family dwelling.
(13) Single room occupancy (SRO). See Micro/Shared Housing.
(14) Supportive housing. See Non-Medical Care Housing.
(15) Transitional housing. See Non-Medical Care Housing.
(B) Commercial - sales.
(1) Automobile sales/repair. See “Vehicle Sales and Rentals (Indoor)”, “General Retail - Outdoor”, “Vehicle Cleaning and Repair”, or “Heavy Equipment Sales and Service”.
(2) Bars. Businesses devoted to serving alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises and in which the serving of food and/or recreation, amusement, and entertainment services are only incidental to the consumption of such beverages. Includes cocktail lounges, taverns, and other similar uses. Excludes tasting rooms ancillary to breweries, wineries, and other alcoholic beverage production uses.
(3) Drive-thru facility. A facility where motorists may purchase products or obtain services without leaving their vehicles. Drive-thru facilities are a secondary use that must be associated with a primary use. Excludes vehicle fueling stations (see "Fuel and Service Stations").
(a) Food-serving drive-thru facility. A drive-thru facility associated with a "restaurants, cafes, and beverage sales" use.
(b) Non-food serving drive thru facility. A drive-thru facility associated with another use (such as “General Retail - Indoor”) that is not a "Food-Serving Drive-Thru Facility."
(4) Car dealership. See "Vehicle Sales and Rental (Indoor)" and “General Retail - Outdoor”.
(5) Food truck. See “Mobile Vendor”.
(6) Fuel and service stations. A retail business supplying fuels, oil, and minor accessories for vehicles. Includes establishments supplying gasoline, hydrogen, and electric vehicle charging as a primary land use. Includes incidental food and beverage sales (maximum 3,500 square feet of convenience market), car wash facilities, and minor automotive repair and service. Excludes towing service (see "Vehicle Towing and Impound"), body and fender work, painting, and other major automotive repairs or cleaning and detailing as a primary use (see "Vehicle Cleaning and Repair"). Excludes electric vehicle charging stations installed in parking spaces and/or parking lots.
(7) Gas station. See “Fuel and Service Station”.
(8) General retail. Stores and shops selling merchandise to the general public, and which may include related services. Includes antique shops, art galleries, automotive supply stories, book stores, clothing stores, convenience markets, gift shops, furniture stores, drug stores, florists, liquor stores, pet shops, retail bakeries, supermarkets, garden supply stores, lumber yards, and other similar retail-based establishments.
(a) General retail - indoor. A general retail establishment where merchandise is stored and displayed indoors. Includes the temporary outdoor display of merchandise under covered-entryways, such as produce at grocery stores. Also includes temporary sidewalk displays of merchandise (which may require an encroachment permit and other permits). Excludes the prominent display/storage of merchandise in an outdoor setting as a part of regular business operations, which is a secondary use subject to separate limitations (see "General Retail - Outdoor"). “General Retail - Indoor” falls into three categories:
1. Very large general retail - indoor. A general retail indoor facility that is larger than 50,000 square feet in total floor area.
2. Large general retail - indoor. A general retail indoor facility that is between 20,000 square feet and 50,000 square feet.
3. Small general retail - indoor. A general retail indoor facility that is less than 20,000 square feet in total floor area.
(b) General retail - outdoor. A supplemental outdoor area associated with a primary use (such as “General Retail - Indoor”) where merchandise is prominently stored and/or displayed for sale outdoors in a designated outdoor area as a regular part of business operations. General retail - outdoor is a secondary use that must be combined with another use (such as “General Retail - Indoor” or “Heavy Equipment Sales and Service”) and must include a building on-site that hosts the primary use, such as "Business Services and Heavy Commercial" or "General Retail - Indoor." General retail - outdoor includes boat/trailer sales, plant nurseries, garden supplies, lumberyards, statuary stores, headstone sales, and other similar establishments. Includes the outdoor sales of automobiles and large vehicle sales. Excludes purely indoor car dealerships (see "Vehicle Sales and Rental (Indoor)") and purely indoor large vehicle sales (see "Heavy Equipment Sales and Services"). A car sales business with both indoor sales rooms and outdoor sales lots requires approval of both uses ("Vehicle Sales and Rental (Indoor)" and "General Retail - Outdoor") and is subject to the regulations that apply to both uses. Excludes the temporary outdoor display of merchandise under covered-entryways, such as produce at grocery stores. Excludes the temporary sidewalk displays of merchandise (which may require an encroachment permit or other permits).
(9) Heavy equipment sales and service. Indoor retail establishments selling or renting industrial, construction, farm, or other heavy equipment for commercial use, including cranes, earth moving equipment, tractors, tractor trailers, combines, and heavy trucks. Outdoor display, storage, and sales is a secondary use subject to separate regulations and restrictions (see "General Retail - Outdoor").
(10) Mobile vendor. Any vehicle from which a product is made, sold, or distributed at retail.
(11) Restaurants, cafes, and beverage sales. A business selling prepared food and/or beverages for on- or off-premise consumption. Includes full service, fast-food and carry-out restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, juice/smoothie bars, retail bakeries, and other similar eating and drinking establishments. Includes outdoor seating/service areas which are permitted by right. Excludes businesses primarily selling alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption (see "Bars"). Excludes grocery stores and alcohol sales for off-site consumption (see "General Retail - Indoor").
(12) Vehicle sales and rental (indoor). The indoor sale or rental of new or used automobiles, motorcycles, light trucks, recreational vehicles, boats, and other similar vehicles. Includes the sale of vehicle parts and vehicle cleaning and repair, provided that these activities are incidental to the sale of vehicles. Excludes the sale and rental of tractor trailers and construction equipment (see "Heavy Equipment Sales and Service") and vehicle salvage and wrecking (see "Recycling Processing Facilities"). Outdoor display, storage, and sales is a secondary use subject to separate regulations and restrictions (see "General Retail - Outdoor").
(C) Commercial - service and office.
(2) Business services and heavy commercial. Indoor commercial establishments providing goods and services to other businesses and/or engaged in heavy commercial activities that could impact neighboring properties. Includes contractor supply businesses, building contractors, large equipment repair, pipe yards, commercial dry-cleaning/laundry services, security services, custodial services, business-serving printers, taxi and delivery services, private ambulance dispatch services, property maintenance contractors, plumbing supply stores, and other similar businesses. Products and services may be provided to the general public only on a limited, secondary basis. Outdoor display, storage, and sales is a secondary use and is subject to separate regulations and restrictions (see “General Retail - Outdoor”).
(3) Car share facility. A formal or informal membership organization that owns motor vehicles that are parked on-site or in off-site areas. Members use the motor vehicles under the terms of their membership.
(4) Check cashing. A retail business owned or operated by a "check casher" as that term is defined in Cal. Civil Code § 1789.31.
(5) Commercial lodging. A commercial establishment in a non-residential zoning district providing overnight accommodations to guests for 30 consecutive calendar days or less. Commercial lodging establishments may provide additional services, such as conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, bars, or recreation facilities available to guests and the general public. Includes hotels, motels, hostels, and other similar commercial establishments. Also includes dwelling units or portions thereof located in a non-residential zoning district rented to guests for 30 consecutive calendar days or less.
(6) Day care facility. A facility that provides nonmedical care and supervision of children or adults for periods of less than 24 hours. Includes nursery schools, day nurseries, child care centers, infant day care centers, cooperative day care centers, adult day programs, and similar uses. Day care facilities may be operated in conjunction with a school or church facility, or as an independent land use.
(7) Family day care home. A state-licensed facility that regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for children, in the provider's own home, for periods less than 24 hours per day, while the children's parents or guardians are away. Family day care homes are a secondary use that must be associated with a primary use.
(a) Large family day care home. A home that provides family day care for 9 to 14 children as defined in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 1597.465.
(b) Small family day care home. A home that provides family day care for up to eight children as defined in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 1597.44.
(8) Fitness, dance, or health facility. An indoor fitness center, gymnasium, athletic club, dance studio, yoga studio, or other similar use.
(a) Large fitness, dance, or health facility. A facility with a floor area of 8,000 square feet or more.
(b) Small fitness, dance, or health facility. A facility with a floor area of less than 8,000 square feet.
(9) General services. An indoor commercial establishment that provides services to the general public, involves frequent visits by customers, and which may involve limited product sales related to the service provided. Includes banks, funeral parlors, laundromats, photocopy stores, customer-serving dry cleaners, household item repairs, veterinary clinics, tattoo/piercing parlors, customer-serving printers, animal grooming with no overnight boarding, recording studios, and other similar uses that provide on-site services to customers. Excludes places of employment that do not provide on-site services directly to customers (see "offices") and facilities that provide medical services (see "Medical Care Services"). Excludes establishments that provide body-care related services (see "Personal Services") and fitness-related establishments (see "Fitness, Dance, or Health Facility"). Excludes indoor commercial establishments that primarily provide recreation, amusement, and entertainment services (see "Indoor Commercial Recreation"), primarily serve alcoholic beverages (see "Bars"), or primarily sell prepared food and/or beverages (see "Restaurants, Cafes, and Beverage Sales").
(10) Hospital. Facilities providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical services for sick or injured persons primarily on an in-patient basis, and including ancillary facilities for outpatient and emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, research, administration, and services to patients, employees, or visitors. May include facilities for the takeoff and landing of helicopters.
(11) Hotel. See “Commercial Lodging”.
(12) Indoor commercial recreation. A privately-owned commercial facility providing indoor recreation, amusement, and entertainment services. Includes video arcades, movie theaters, bowling alleys, indoor mini-golf, indoor batting cages, and other similar uses. Excludes businesses primarily devoted to serving alcoholic beverages (see "Bars") or primarily devoted to selling prepared food and/or beverages (see "Restaurants, Cafes, and Beverage Sales) for consumption by guests on the premises. Excludes establishments that provide body-care related services (see "Personal Services") and fitness-related establishments (see "Fitness, Dance, or Health Facility").
(13) Kennel-animal boarding. A commercial facility for the keeping, boarding, training, breeding or maintaining of four or more dogs (four months of age or older), cats, or other household pet not owned by the facility owner or operator. Includes kennels, pet day care, and animal shelters. Excludes household pets for sale in pet shops (see "General Retail") and veterinary clinics (see "General Services").
(14) Medical offices and clinics. Facilities where medical, mental, dental, vision, or other personal health services are provided on an outpatient basis using specialized equipment. Includes offices for physicians, dentists, physical therapists, optometrists, diagnostic centers, blood banks and plasma centers, and emergency medical clinics offered exclusively on an out-patient basis. Includes mental health services such as marriage/family therapists, counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other similar uses. Also includes alternative medicine facilities such as acupuncture, chiropractors, state-licensed therapeutic massage, nutritional consultation, herbalists, and other similar facilities. May include educational aspects such as medical instruction and/or training as well as house a laboratory, radiology/imaging, pharmacy, rehabilitation and other similar services as accessory uses.
(15) Motel. See “Commercial Lodging”.
(16) Offices. A place of employment occupied by businesses providing professional services. Includes offices for accountants, architects, insurance agents, attorneys, engineers, real estate agents, travel agents, artist studios, and other similar professions. Excludes businesses that provide regular service to frequent walk-in customers (see "General Services"), medical offices (see "Medical Offices and Clinics"), governmental offices (see "Governmental Facility"), and art galleries that are primarily intended to display saleable art and attract retail sales (see "General Retail - Indoor"). Internal office space that is incidental to a different primary use is not considered an "office" use. For example, a manager's office at a manufacturing facility and the office of an inventory specialist at a grocery store are not considered separate or stand-alone office uses.
(17) Outdoor commercial recreation. A privately-owned commercial facility providing outdoor recreation, amusement, and entertainment services. Includes commercial batting cages, outdoor swimming pools, go-cart tracks, driving ranges, tennis courts, golf courses, miniature golf, and other similar uses. Excludes municipal parks and non-commercial recreational facilities (see "Parks and Playgrounds").
(18) Parking lots and structures. Surface lots and structures for use of occupants, employees, or patrons on the subject site or offering parking to the public for a fee when such use is the primary use on the lot and not incidental to another on-site activity.
(19) Personal services. An indoor commercial establishment that typically provides one-on-one body-care related services that involve frequent visits by customers and that are typically scheduled on an appointment-basis. May involve limited product sales related to the service provided. Includes hair salons, nail salons, make-up application studios, skincare treatment salons, non-therapeutic massage, health spas, and other similar non-medical personal service uses. For therapeutic message and other clinical-health-related uses, see "Medical Offices and Clinics."
(20) Vacation rental. A dwelling unit or portions thereof located in a residential zoning district that is rented to guests for 30 consecutive calendar days or less. Includes two types of vacation rental, with the proprietor on site and without the proprietor on-site as defined in § 155.304.150 (Vacation Rental).
(21) Vehicle cleaning and repair. An establishment for the cleaning, detailing, repair, alteration, restoration, or finishing of any vehicle, including, but not limited to, car wash and vehicle cleaning and detailing facilities, body repair, collision repair, painting, tire and battery sales and installation, motor rebuilding, tire recapping and retreading, and towing. Excludes cleaning and/or repair shops that are incidental to a vehicle sales or rental establishment on the same site (see "Vehicle Sales and Rentals (Indoor)" and "General Retail - Outdoor"). Excludes cleaning and/or repair shops that are incidental to a fuel or service station (see "Fuel and Service Stations").
(22) Vehicle towing and impound. Establishments primarily engaged in towing light or heavy motor vehicles, both local and long distance, and the on-site storage of towed vehicle. May provide incidental services, such as vehicle storage and emergency road repair services.
(D) Industrial and storage.
(1) Manufacturing, artisan. Artistic, artisan, craft-oriented, and small-scale manufacturing businesses engaged in the on-site assembly of individually fabricated parts or the fabrication of custom/craft goods, and the incidental direct sale to consumers of primarily those goods produced on site. The facilities are compatible with a general retail and mixed-use setting. Goods are predominantly manufactured and fabricated involving the use of hand tools or small-scaled mechanical equipment and kilns that do not generate noise, odors, or vibration detectable beyond the interior walls of the facility. Typical uses include craft food and beverage, including alcoholic beverage production, ceramic studios, fabrics, inlays, tile work, weaving, leather work, limited woodwork, limited metal or glass work, candle making, custom tailors, custom wedding dress production, custom jewelry, and other similar uses. May include limited tasting-rooms ancillary to the craft production of alcoholic beverage production uses.
(2) Manufacturing, light. The manufacture of products in a manner that produces little or no noise, odor, fumes, dust, smoke, dirt, refuse, vibration, glare, and/or air or water pollution detectable beyond the interior walls of the facility and is unlikely to cause significant impacts on surrounding land uses. Products are commonly produced from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging of such products. Does not produce or utilize toxic, hazardous, or explosive materials as an integral part of the manufacturing process. Includes the manufacture and production of clothing; mass-produced food and beverage products, including alcoholic beverage production; electronic, optical, and instrumentation products; electronic equipment and appliances; ice. Excludes the processing of harvested crops (see "Agricultural Processing"). May include tasting rooms ancillary to the craft production of alcoholic beverage production uses.
(3) Manufacturing, heavy. A facility accommodating manufacturing processes that involve or produce basic metals, building materials, chemicals, fabricated metals, paper products, machinery, textiles, or transportation equipment, and where the use may cause significant impacts on surrounding land uses. Includes manufacturing of chemical products; concrete, gypsum, and plaster products; paving and roofing materials; plastics and other synthetics, and rubber products; lumber and other wood products; tires; mass-produced food and beverage products, including alcoholic beverage products, paving and petroleum-based roofing materials; lime products; glass products. Also includes petroleum refining and related industries, oil and gas processing facilities, and ready-mix concrete batch plants. Excludes sales of ready-mix concrete incidental retail establishment (see "General Retail, Outdoor"), artisan and craftsman type operations (see "Manufacturing, Artisan"), and recapping and retreading of automobile tires (see "Vehicle Cleaning and Repair"). May involve the use of toxic, hazardous, or explosive materials. May include limited tasting rooms ancillary to the craft production of alcoholic beverage production uses.
(4) Mini-storage. One or more buildings in a controlled access and fully enclosed compound that contains separate self-storage spaces of varying size for the storage of customers' goods and possessions.
(5) Outdoor storage, non-retail. Non-retail storage of commercial goods in open lots as either a primary or secondary use. Excludes storage of merchandise for sale as part of a retail establishment (see "General Retail, Outdoor").
(6) Warehousing, wholesale, and distribution. A use engaged in storage, wholesale and distribution of manufactured products, supplies, and equipment to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, or professional business users; or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to such persons or companies. Includes merchant wholesalers; agents, merchandise or commodity brokers, and commission merchants; assemblers, buyers and associations engaged in the cooperative marketing of farm products.
(E) Agricultural and natural resources.
(1) Agricultural processing. The processing of harvested crops to prepare them for onsite marketing, off-site sale, or processing and packaging elsewhere. Includes alfalfa cubing; corn shelling; grist mills; milling of flour, feed and grain; grain cleaning and grinding; hay baling and cubing; pre-cooling and packaging of fresh or dried fruits or vegetables; tree nut hulling and shelling; farm product warehousing and storage; drying of corn, rice, hay; and sorting, grading and packing fruits and vegetables. Includes the processing of crops grown off-site. Excludes manufacturing of food and products ready for sale to consumers (see "Manufacturing, Artisan" and Manufacturing, Light").
(2) Agriculture. The use of the land for commercial farming, crop production, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, and animal raising and production, including dairies. May include accessory uses for packing, processing, treating, and storing crops grown on site provided such accessory uses are secondary to crop production activities. Excludes the processing and packaging of agricultural products (see "Agricultural Processing"), slaughterhouses and animal product processing uses (see Animal Processing"), cannabis cultivation (see Municipal Code Chapter 158), community gardens (see "Parks and Playgrounds"), and the harvesting of plants and animals in an aquatic environment (see "Aquaculture").
(3) Aquaculture. Facilities or areas for the cultivation of marine or freshwater fish, shellfish, or plants under controlled conditions. Includes aquaponics that integrates aquaculture with hydroponics by recycling the waste products from fish to fertilize hydroponically growing plants. Includes cultured oyster beds and similar uses.
(4) Animal processing. A facility where the slaughtering and/or processing of animals raised off-site takes place, including rendering plants and meat cutting and packing uses. Excludes manufacturing of consumer foods from animal products (see "Manufacturing, Heavy").
(5) Commercial fishing. The activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries. Includes ancillary fish and seafood processing; fish and seafood storage and distribution; and fish and seafood sales. Excludes cultivation of fish and seafood under controlled conditions (see "Aquaculture").
(6) Resource protection and restoration. Lands and management activities dedicated to the protection and conservation of natural resources, such as aquatic environments, wetland and sensitive riparian habitat, water recharge areas, and rare or endangered plant or animal habitat.
(7) Timber production and harvesting. The cutting and removal of timber or other solid wood forest products for commercial purposes together with all of the work incidental to the harvest including construction and maintenance of roads, fuel breaks, fire breaks, stream crossings, landings, skid trails, beds for the falling of trees, and fire hazard abatement. Excludes cutting or removal of timber for creating building pads and access to a legal building site when such cutting or removal is approved as a part of the building and/or encroachment permit. Also excludes removal of up to five commercial tree species in residential zoning districts in conformance with § 155.304.140 (Tree Removal).
(F) Civic and recreation.
(1) Civic institution. Public or non-profit institutions that support and contribute to the cultural development of the community and provide community-serving programs and services on-site. Includes libraries, museums, performing art centers (primarily non-retail), aquariums, zoos, environmental education centers, non-profit art centers and galleries, botanical gardens, and other similar uses. Excludes public and private schools, colleges and trade schools, and other similar educational facilities (see "Instructional Services" or "Schools, Public and Private").
(2) Colleges and trade schools. Institutions of higher education providing curricula of a general, religious or professional nature, typically granting recognized degrees or certificates. Includes junior colleges, business and computer schools, management training, vocational education, and technical and trade schools.
(3) Government facilities. A facility operated by a governmental agency providing services to the general public. Includes governmental offices, public recreational facilities, community centers, public meeting spaces, civic auditoriums, fire stations, police stations, dispatch facilities, vehicle storage, and other similar facilities. Excludes schools (see "Schools, Public and Private"), facilities that primarily provide maintenance and repair services and storage facilities for vehicles and equipment (see "Public Agency Corporation Yard"), parks and playgrounds (see "Parks and Playgrounds"), public utilities (see "Public Utility"), facilities providing group-services to persons in need (see "Social Services") and homeless shelters (see "Emergency Shelters").
(4) Emergency shelters. Housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of one year or less. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay. Includes drop-in centers that provide food, showers, and laundry facilities, and other services to the homeless.
(5) Instructional services. Establishments that offer specialized programs in personal growth and development. Includes music studios/schools, drama schools, dance academies dedicated primarily to instruction, art schools, tutoring schools, and instruction in other cultural and academic pursuits.
(6) Non-commercial places of assembly. Facilities that provide space for public or private meetings or gatherings. Includes places of worship, fraternal lodges, meeting space for clubs and other membership organizations, social halls, union halls, non-profit banquet centers, and other similar facilities.
(7) Parks and playgrounds. Parks and playgrounds as the primary use on the site that provides open space and/or outdoor recreational opportunities to the public. Includes athletic fields, picnic areas, tennis courts, tot lots, community gardens, cemeteries, and other similar outdoor facilities. Excludes indoor recreation centers (see "Government Facilities").
(8) Recreational vehicle parks. An establishment designed, established, or used for exclusive occupancy by two or more recreational vehicles. Recreational vehicle parks are owned by a single owner or organizations where RV spaces are temporarily rented or leased to a person occupying a recreational vehicle.
(9) Schools, public and private. Educational institutions providing instruction to minors as required by the California Education Code. Includes public and private elementary, junior high, and high schools.
(10) Social services. Establishments providing group outpatient assistance and aid to those persons requiring counseling, services, activities, and/or treatment for psychological problems, addictions, learning disabilities, elderly, and physical disabilities. Includes welfare offices, child/adult protective services, service centers for disabled individuals, counseling centers for individuals with substance abuse disorder, and veteran services. Excludes homeless shelters (see "Emergency Shelters"), transitional and supportive housing (see "Non-medical Care Housing"), establishments providing individual (non-group) services (see "Medical Office"), after-school programs (see "Non-Commercial Places of Assembly") and adult day care centers (see "Day Care Facility").
(G) Infrastructure and utilities.
(1) Airport. Facilities for the takeoff and landing of airplanes, including runways, aircraft storage buildings, public terminal building and parking, air freight terminal, baggage handling facilities, aircraft hangars, and related support activities.
(2) Freight terminals and transfer. Facilities for transfer and movement of freight, courier, and postal services by truck, rail, or sea.
(3) Public agency corporation yard. Governmental facilities that primarily provide storage, maintenance and repair of vehicles, equipment, and supplies.
(4) Public utility. A permanent structure or facility providing a utility service to the general public. Includes generating plants, electric substations, solid waste collection, solid waste treatment and disposal, water or wastewater treatment plants, and similar facilities. Excludes electrical distribution lines, underground water/sewer lines, and similar utilities.
(5) Recycling collection facility. An incidental use that serves as a drop-off point for the temporary storage of recyclable materials but where the processing and sorting of such items is not conducted on site.
(6) Recycling processing facility. A facility that receives and processes recyclable materials. Processing means preparation of material for efficient shipment, or to an end-user's specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning, and remanufacturing. Includes salvage yards, upcycling, and vehicle salvage and wrecking.
(H) Other uses.
(1) Accessory use. A land use that is incidental and subordinate to a primary land use located on the same lot.
(2) Animal keeping. The keeping of animals for personal use as provided in Municipal Code Chapter 91 (Animal Keeping).
(3) Cannabis uses. See Municipal Code Chapter 158 (Medical Cannabis: Cultivation, Processing and Distribution).
(4) Home occupation. A business within a dwelling unit or residential site, with the business activity being subordinate to the residential use of the property.
(5) Neighborhood-serving retail and service. Retail and service establishments that primarily serve residents and employees within the immediate neighborhood. See § 155.224.030 (Neighborhood Market Overlay).
(6) Tree removal in residential zones. The cutting and removal of timber or other solid wood forest products for commercial purposes in conformance with § 155.304.140 (Tree Removal).
(Ord. 902-C.S., passed 8-18-20; Am. Ord. 916-C.S., passed 7-6-21; Am. Ord. 931-C.S., passed 2-15-22; Am. Ord. 938-C.S., passed 11-1-22; Am. Ord. 951-C.S., passed 10-17-23)