A. An overlay district classification, hereinafter referred to as the Restaurant Overlay District (ROD), has been established as a tool for the City to use when implementing its redevelopment goals, objectives and programs under the provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law, Section 33000 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code.
B. The Restaurant Overlay District is intended to allow restaurants to expand and/or locate in and around the Central Business District without the need to provide on-site parking or to obtain a Conditional Use Permit as part of the City's broader effort to revitalize the downtown.
C. The Restaurant Overlay District affects only those properties depicted in Section 15.67.020, which are in and around the Central Business District and have hereby been determined by the City Council to be within a reasonable distance of the City's existing ample public parking supply.
D. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to a "restaurant" as that term is defined by Section 15.04.040 so long as the "restaurant" is located within the geographic boundaries of the Restaurant Overlay District described in Section 15.67.020 below.
E. The provisions of this chapter specifically do not apply to drive-through restaurants, restaurants with more than 200 seats, or restaurants with dance floors.
(Ord. 3022, 2002).