Sections:
18.16.010 Purposes
18.16.020 Applicable Regulations
18.16.030 Definitions
18.16.040 Land Uses
18.16.050 Office Use Restrictions
18.16.060 Development Standards
18.16.070 Parking and Loading
18.16.080 Performance Standards
18.16.090 Context-Based Design Criteria and Objective Design Standards
18.16.100 Grandfathered Uses
The commercial zoning districts are intended to create and maintain sites for retail, personal services, eating and drinking establishments, hotels and other business uses in a manner that balances the needs of those uses with the need to minimize impacts to surrounding neighborhoods.
(a) Neighborhood Commercial [CN]
The CN neighborhood commercial district is intended to create and maintain neighborhood shopping areas primarily accommodating retail sales, personal service, eating and drinking, and office uses of moderate size serving the immediate neighborhood, under regulations that will assure maximum compatibility with surrounding residential areas.
(b) Community Commercial [CC]
The CC community commercial district is intended to create and maintain major commercial centers accommodating a broad range of office, retail sales, and other commercial activities of community-wide or regional significance. The CC community commercial district is intended to be applied to regional/community commercial centers identified by the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan.
(c) Community Commercial (2) Subdistrict [CC(2)]
The community commercial (2) (CC(2)) subdistrict is intended to modify the site development regulations of the CC community commercial district, where applied in combination with such district, to allow site specific variations to the community commercial uses and development requirements in the CC district.
(d) Service Commercial [CS]
The CS service commercial district is intended to create and maintain areas accommodating citywide and regional services that may be inappropriate in neighborhood or pedestrian-oriented shopping areas, and which generally require automotive access for customer convenience, servicing of vehicles or equipment, loading or unloading, or parking of commercial service vehicles.
(Ord. 4923 § 3 (part), 2006: Ord. 4925 § 3 (part), 2006)
(a) Applicable Chapters
The specific regulations of this chapter and the additional regulations and procedures established by other relevant chapters of the Zoning Code shall apply to the CN, CS, and CC districts, and the subdistrict designated as CC(2), as shown on the city's Zoning Map. The term "abutting residential zones," where used in this Chapter, includes the R1, R-2, RMD, RM-20, RM-30, RM-40, or residential Planned Community (PC) districts, unless otherwise specifically noted.
(b) Applicable Combining Districts
The combining districts applicable to the CN, CS, CC and CC(2) districts shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following districts:
(1) The retail shopping (R) combining district regulations, as specified in Chapter 18.30(A), shall apply to the area of the CN, CS, and CC districts designated as "R" combining district as shown on the city's Zoning Map.
(2) The pedestrian shopping (P) combining district regulations, as specified in Chapter 18.30(B), shall apply to the area of the CN, CS, CC and CC(2) districts designated "P" combining district as shown on the city's Zoning Map.
(Ord. 5460 § 15, 2019: Ord. 4923 § 3 (part), 2006: Ord. 4925 § 3 (part), 2006)
For the purposes of this section, the following terms are defined:
(a) "Charleston Shopping Center" is defined as all properties zoned CN and bounded by East Charleston Road, Middlefield Road, and Cubberley Community Center.
(b) "Midtown Shopping District" is defined as all properties zoned CN in the vicinity of the intersection of Colorado Avenue and Middlefield Road which border Moreno Avenue, Bryson Avenue, Colorado Avenue, and San Carlos Court, or which border Middlefield Road in the area extending from Moreno Avenue to San Carlos Court.
(c) "Town and Country Village Shopping Center" is defined as all properties zoned CC and bounded by El Camino Real, Embarcadero Road, Encina Avenue, and the Southern Pacific right-of-way.
(d) "Stanford Shopping Center" is defined as all properties zoned CC and bounded by El Camino Real, Sand Hill Road, Quarry Road, and Vineyard Lane.
(e) "Neighborhood-serving offices" are medical offices, professional offices, travel agencies, and insurance agencies that fit the definition of a neighborhood-serving use.
(f) A "Neighborhood Serving Use" is a use that primarily serves individual consumers and households, not businesses, is generally pedestrian oriented in design, and does not generate noise, fumes or truck traffic greater than that typically expected for uses with a local customer base. A neighborhood-serving use is also one to which a significant number of customers and clients travel, rather than the provider of the goods or services traveling off-site.
(g) "Ground Floor" shall mean the first floor that is above grade.
(h) "Mixed Use Development" shall mean a combination of nonresidential and residential uses arranged on a site. The uses may be combined in a vertical configuration (within a building) or in a horizontal configuration (separate buildings).
(Ord. 4923 § 3 (part), 2006: Ord. 4925 § 3 (part), 2006)
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