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15.08.020. Zone classifications and degree of restrictiveness.
   A.   In order to accomplish the purpose of this chapter, 26 use classifications are established in each of which regulations are prescribed concerning the permissible uses, the height and bulk of buildings, the area of yards and other open spaces about buildings, and density of population. Such classifications are known as follows:
RESIDENTIAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS
   R-1      One-Family Residential
   R-1P      One-Family Residential Preservation
   PRD      Planned Residential Development
   PRD-I      Planned Residential Development Infill
   R-2      Two-Family Residential
   R-2P      Two-Family Residential Preservation
   R-G      Garden-Type Multiple Residential
   R-3R      Restricted (single story) Multiple Residential
   R-3P      Limited Density, Multiple Residential Preservation
   R-3      Limited Density, Multiple Residential
   R-4      Medium Density, Multiple Residential
   R-5      Maximum Density, Multiple Residential
   R-MH      Mobile Home Park
COMMERCIAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS
   O-P      Office Professional
   C-G      Commercial Greenbelt
   C-3      Central Business District Commercial
   C-M      Commercial, Manufacturing
   G-C      General Commercial
INDUSTRIAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS
   M-P      Manufacturing Park
   M-G      Manufacturing, General
SPECIAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS
   ES      Emergency Shelter Overlay Zone
   LCO      Life Care Overlay
   O-      Oil Overlay
   O-G      Oil Gas
   O-S      Open Space
   P      Residential Preservation Zone
   P-L      Public Land
   ROD      Restaurant Overlay District
   RS-PC      Rural Street Overlay Zone – Pico-Carhart
   SPD      Specific Plan District
   B.   "More restrictive uses" as employed in this chapter means the following:
      1.   The uses first permitted in the R-1 and R-1P zones are the most restrictive.
      2.   All other uses are less restrictive in the order they are first permitted in the zones in the following sequence: PRD, R-2P, R-2, R-G, R-3R, R-3P, R-3, R-4, R-5, O-P, C-G, C-3, C-M, M-P, and M-G.
   C.   Except as provided in this title, no building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered, nor shall any building or land be used for any purpose except as hereinafter specifically provided and allowed in the same zone in which such building, land or use is located or proposed to be located.
(Ord. 3232 (part), 2016; Ord. 3229 (part), 2016; Ord. 3222 § 3, 2015; Ord. 2982, 2001).