The purpose of this chapter is to define use classifications listed in Chapter 17.20 (Allowed Land Uses and Required entitlements) and throughout this title. Use classifications are land uses that have been grouped into general categories on the basis of common function, product, or compatibility characteristics. This chapter should be used as a reference to Additional definitions for specialized terms used in the Zoning Code can be found in Article VI (Glossary). (Ord. 2010-02 § 1 (part), 2010)
A. The following list represents the complete list of allowed uses and corresponding definitions as used in Table 17.20.030-1 and throughout this title. Individual use classifications describe one (1) or more uses having similar characteristics, but do not list every use or activity that may appropriately be within the classification. Additional definitions are found in Article VI (Glossary). Allowed uses are organized into the following seven (7) use categories as follows:
1. Residential uses.
2. Agriculture, resource, and open space uses.
3. Recreation, education, and public assembly uses.
4. Utility, transportation, and communication uses.
5. Retail, service, and office uses.
6. Automobile and vehicle uses.
7. Industrial, manufacturing, and processing uses.
B. Residential Uses.
1. ADULT DAY CARE HOME. Defined by state law as the provision of non-medical care to six (6) or fewer adults, including seniors, in the provider's own home, for a period of less than twenty-four (24) hours at a time. Homes serving more than six (6) adults are included in “Adult Day Care Facility.”
2. CARETAKER HOUSING. A residence that is accessory to a site with a non-residential primary use and that is needed for security, twenty-four (24)-hour care or supervision, or monitoring of facilities, equipment, or other conditions on the site.
3. DWELLING, ACCESSORY/JUNIOR ACCESSORY.
a. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. An attached or a detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family or multi-family dwelling is or will be situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following:
i. An efficiency unit.
ii. A manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code.
b. JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. A unit that is no more than five hundred (500) square feet in size and contained entirely within a single-family residence. A junior accessory dwelling unit may include separate sanitation facilities, or may share sanitation facilities with the existing structure.
4. DWELLING, MULTI-FAMILY. A building designed and intended for occupancy by three (3) or more households living independently of each other, each in a separate dwelling unit, which may be owned individually or by a single landlord (e.g., apartment, apartment house, townhouse, condominium).
5. DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY. A building designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1) household on a single lot. This classification includes manufactured homes (defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 18007) and model homes for the first sale of homes within the subdivision.
6. DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. An attached building (e.g., duplex) designed for occupancy by two (2) households living independently of each other, where both dwellings are located on a single lot. For the purposes of this title, this definition also includes half-plexes (two (2) attached units, each with a separate lot). Does not include accessory dwelling units (see “Dwelling, Accessory/Junior Accessory”).
7. DWELLING, THREE (3) - AND FOUR (4) -FAMILY. An attached building (e.g., triplex) designed for occupancy by three (3) or four (4) households living independently of each other, where each dwelling is located on a single lot. Does not include accessory dwelling units (see “Dwelling, Accessory/Junior Accessory”).
8. EMERGENCY SHELTER. Housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person, as defined by § 50801(e) of the California Health and Safety Code. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.
9. EMPLOYEE HOUSING. As described in Section 17021.5 of the Health and Safety Code, employee housing means housing providing accommodations for six or fewer employees. Employee housing shall not be included within the definition of a boarding house, rooming house, hotel, dormitory, or other similar term that implies that the employee housing is a business run for profit or differs in any other way from a family dwelling. Housing meeting these conditions shall be deemed a single-family structure and no conditional use permit, zoning variance, or other zoning clearance shall be required of employee housing that is not required of a family dwelling of the same type in the same zone.
10. FAMILY DAY CARE HOME. Facilities that provide care, protection, and supervision of children, in the caregiver's home, for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours per day, while the parents or authorized representatives are away. Family day care homes are required to be licensed by the State of California Department of Social Services. As defined in Section 1597.45(f) of the California Health and Safety Code, family day care homes include a detached single-family dwelling, a townhouse, a dwelling unit within a dwelling, or a dwelling unit within a covered multifamily dwelling in which the underlying zoning allows for residential uses. A family day care home is where the family day care provider resides, and includes a dwelling or dwelling unit that is rented, leased, or owned. The use of a home as a family day care home is considered a residential use of property and does not constitute a change of occupancy for purposes of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13 (State Housing Law) or for purposes of local building codes. Family day care homes are categorized as small family day care homes, providing child care for up to eight (8) children, and large family day care homes, providing child care for nine (9) to fourteen (14) children.
11. GROUP RESIDENTIAL HOME. Group residential or group home, refers to various types of housing for populations covered by state and federal regulatory procedures and laws, which typically consist of residences that are shared by unrelated persons twenty-four (24) hours a day and include supervision, care, or services provided for the residents as required by state and federal regulations. Group residential or group homes may include, but are not limited to:
a. Shared living residences. Housing shared by unrelated persons such as recovery residences, boarding houses, dormitories, etc.
b. Group homes for persons with disabilities. Housing shared by unrelated persons with disabilities that provide peer and other support for their residents' disability-related needs and in which residents share cooking, dining, and living areas.
c. Licensed group homes. Group homes that provide services requiring licenses under state law.
d. Unlicensed group homes. Group homes that may provide some supportive services for their residents but not services that require licenses under state law.
e. Recovery residences and sober living homes. Group homes for persons recovering from alcoholism or drug addiction in which the residents mutually support each other's recovery and sobriety and that do not require licenses from California Department of Health Care Services because they do not provide alcoholism or drug addiction recovery and treatment services.
f. Alcohol or other drug (AOD) facilities. Residential facilities licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services to provide addiction recovery and treatment services.
g. Community care facilities. Facilities licensed by the Community Care Licensing Division of the State Department of Social Services to provide twenty-four (24) hour non-medical residential care to children and adults with developmental disabilities who are in need of personal services, supervision, and/or assistance essential for self-protection or sustaining the activities of daily living.
h. Group homes for children. As defined in California Code of Regulations Title 22, Section 84001, Subdivision (g)(3), a facility which provides twenty-four (24) hour care and supervision to children, provides services specified in this chapter to a specific client group, and maintains a structured environment, with such services provided at least in part by staff employed by the licensee. The care and supervision provided by a group home shall be nonmedical except as permitted by Welfare and Institutions Code Section 17736(b). Since small family and foster family homes, by definition, care for six (6) or fewer children only, any facility providing twenty-four (24) hour care for seven or more children must be licensed as a group home.
For the purposes of determining allowed land uses and required entitlements under Title 17, the use does not include "residential care facilities", "supportive housing", and "transitional housing", which are defined separately.
12. HOME OCCUPATION. The conduct of a business within a dwelling unit or residential site, employing occupants of the dwelling, with the business activity being subordinate to the residential use of the property. Examples include, but are not limited to, accountants and financial advisors, architects, artists, attorneys, offices for construction businesses (no equipment or material storage), and real estate sales.
13. LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTER. Consistent with California Government Code Section 65660, Low barrier navigation center means a housing first, low-barrier, service-enriched shelter focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services. shelter, and housing. "Low barrier" means best practices to reduce barriers to entry, and may include, but is not limited to, the following:
a. The presence of partners if it is not a population-specific site, such as for survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault, women, or youth.
b. Pets.
c. The storage of possessions.
d. Privacy, such as partitions around beds in a dormitory setting or in larger rooms containing more than two (2) beds, or private rooms.
14. MANUFACTURED HOME. The California Health and Safety Code, Section 18007, defines a manufactured home as a structure that meets the following criteria:
a. Transportable in one (1) or more sections;
b. When in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width, or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site, is three hundred and twenty (320) or more square feet;
c. Built on a permanent chassis;
d. Designed to be used as a residential dwelling;
e. Erected with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities;
f. Includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein.
g. This term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements so long as the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification and complies with the standards established under this part. Manufactured home includes a mobile home subject to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C., Sec. 5401 et seq.).
15. MOBILE HOME PARK. Consistent with definitions of state law (Welfare and Institution Code Section 18214), a mobile home park is any site that is planned and improved to accommodate two (2) or more mobile homes used for residential purposes, or on which two (2) or more mobile home lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership, to accommodate mobile homes used for residential purposes.
16. RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES. Residential facilities consistent with the definitions of state law that provide assistance with living and include:
a. Residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFE). Per California Code of Regulations Title 22, Division 6, a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by the resident, the resident's guardian, conservator or other responsible person; where seventy-five percent (75%) of the residents are sixty (60) years of age or older and where varying levels of care and supervision are provided, as agreed to at time of admission or as determined necessary at subsequent times of reappraisal. Any younger residents must have needs compatible with other residents. Convalescent homes, nursing homes, and similar facilities providing medical care are included under the definition of "Medical Services, Extended Care."
b. Residential care facilities for the chronically ill. Per California Code of Regulations Title 22, Division 6, any place, building, or housing arrangement which is maintained and operated to provide care and supervision to all or any of the following: 1) Adults with HIV disease or AIDS; 2) Emancipated minors with HIV disease or AIDS; or 3) Family units as defined in Section 87801(f)(1) with adults or children or both with HIV disease or AIDS.
c. Adult residential facilities (ARF). Facilities that provide assistance with living as defined and regulated by the California Department of Health Care Services and California Department of Social Services.
d. Other similar facilities not listed defined as residential care facilities by the State of California.
17. SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY (SRO) FACILITIES. Multi-unit housing for very low-income persons that typically consists of a single room and shared bath and also may include a shared common kitchen and common activity area. SROs may be restricted to seniors or be available to persons of all ages. Subsidized versions may be supervised by a government housing agency.
18. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. Supportive housing is consistent with the definition in California Government Code Section 65582(g), which is defined as housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to onsite or offsite service that assists the
supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community. Consistent with Section 65583(c)(3) of the California Government Code, supportive housing shall be considered a residential use of property and shall be subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zone.
19. TARGET POPULATION. Target population is consistent with the definition in California Government Code Section 65582(i), which is defined as persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health condition, or individual eligible for services provided pursuant to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and may include, among other populations, adults, emancipate minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and homeless people.
20. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. Buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirements that require the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point in time that shall be no less than six (6) months from the beginning of the assistance. Consistent with Section 65583(c)(3) of the California Government Code, transitional housing shall be considered a residential use of property and shall be subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zone.
C. Agriculture, Resource, and Open Space Uses.
C. Agriculture, Resource, and Open Space Uses.
1. ANIMAL KEEPING. Care and maintenance of animals on private property. The listing below provides a distinction between various types of animals related to allowed use provisions in Article II. (Zoning Districts, Allowed Uses, and Development Standards). This classification is distinct from “Animal Sales and Grooming,” and “Equestrian Facility” (commercial or hobby). Also see “Kennels, Commercial,” which provides for the boarding of animals (e.g., “doggie day-care”).
a. DOMESTIC PETS. Small animals (no larger than the largest breed of dogs) customarily kept as pets within a dwelling unit. This classification includes dogs, cats, fish, and birds (excluding large tropical birds and poultry).
b. EXOTIC ANIMALS. Wild animals not customarily confined or cultivated by man for domestic or commercial purposes, but kept as a pet or for display, including potbelly pigs, snakes, reptiles, and large tropical birds (including peacocks).
c. LIVESTOCK ANIMALS. Domesticated animals that may be kept or raised in pens, barns, houses, and pastures whether for commercial or private use. Livestock includes, but is not limited to, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, equine, and fowl.
d. POULTRY. Domesticated birds (fowl) customarily kept for eggs or meat. This classification includes chickens, roosters, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, and Cornish game hens.
2. EQUESTRIAN FACILITY, COMMERCIAL. Commercial horse, donkey, and mule facilities including horse ranches, boarding stables, riding schools and academies, horse exhibition facilities (for shows or other competitive events), pack stations, and barns, stables, corrals, and paddocks accessory and incidental to these uses.
3. EQUESTRIAN FACILITY, HOBBY. Stables, corrals, and paddocks used by the individual homeowners of corresponding property and their animals.
4. KENNELS, HOBBY. Facility for the keeping, boarding, or maintaining of five (5) or more dogs (four (4) months of age or older) or five (5) or more cats. Excludes dogs or cats for sale in pet shops or patients in animal hospitals. Includes a kennel where the animals are owned or kept by the owner or occupant for personal, non-commercial purposes, including hunting, tracking, exhibiting at shows, exhibitions, field trials or other competitions, or for enhancing or perpetuating a given breed, other than dogs or cats used in conjunction with an agricultural operation on the lot or premises.
5. RESOURCE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION. Activities and management of an area to preserve, recreate, and enhance natural resource values such as fish and wildlife habitat, rare and endangered plants, vernal pools, erosion control, and floodwater conveyance.
6. RESOURCE-RELATED RECREATION. Facility related to passive recreation in open space areas including bicycle and pedestrian trails, picnic areas, parking areas, and interpretive centers.
D. Recreation, Education, and Public Assembly Uses.
1. CEMETERY, MAUSOLEUM. Land used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including crematories, columbarium's, and mausoleums. Also see “Mortuaries and Funeral Homes.”
2. CLUBS, LODGES, AND PRIVATE MEETING HALLS. Permanent, headquarters-type, and meeting facilities for organizations operating on a membership basis for the promotion of the interests of the members, including facilities for business associations; civic, social and fraternal organizations; labor unions and similar organizations; political organizations; professional membership organizations; and other membership organizations.
3. COMMUNITY CENTERS/CIVIC USES. Multipurpose meeting and recreational facilities typically consisting of one (1) or more meeting or multipurpose rooms, kitchen, and/or outdoor barbecue facilities that are available for use by various groups for such activities as meetings, parties, receptions, dances, etc.
4. COMMUNITY GARDEN. A site used for growing plants for food, fiber, herbs, or flowers, which is shared and maintained by city residents.
5. INDOOR AMUSEMENT/ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY. Establishment providing indoor amusement and entertainment services for a fee or admission charge, including dance halls and ballrooms and electronic game arcades, as primary uses. Four (4) or more electronic games or coin-operated amusements in any establishment, or premises where fifty percent (50%) or more of the floor area is occupied by amusement devices, are considered an amusement device arcade as described above; three (3) or less machines are not considered a land use separate from the primary use of the site.
6. INDOOR FITNESS AND SPORTS FACILITIES. Predominantly participant sports and health activities conducted entirely within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, billiard parlors, ice/roller skating rinks, indoor racquetball courts, indoor climbing facilities, soccer areas, athletic clubs, and health clubs. This use does not include special studios not a part of an athletic or health club (e.g., karate studio, dance studio, etc.). Also see “Schools, Private and Special/Studio.”
7. LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS. Public or quasi-public facilities including aquariums, arboretums, art exhibitions, botanical gardens, historic sites and exhibits, libraries, museums, and planetariums, which are generally non-commercial in nature.
8. OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL RECREATION. Facility for various outdoor participant sports and types of recreation where a fee is charged for use (e.g., amphitheaters, amusement and theme parks, golf driving ranges, health and athletic club with outdoor facilities, miniature golf courses, skateboard parks, stadiums and coliseums, swim and tennis clubs, water slides, zoos).
9. PARKS AND PUBLIC PLAZAS. Public parks include playgrounds and athletic fields/courts and public plazas and outdoor gathering places for community use. If privately owned and restricted to the public (e.g., require payment of fee), the same facilities are included under the definition of “Outdoor Commercial Recreation.”
10. PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY. Facility operated by public agencies including fire stations, other fire prevention and firefighting facilities, and police and sheriff substations and headquarters, including interim incarceration facilities.
11. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK. A site where one (1) or more lots are used, or are intended to be used, by campers with recreational vehicles or tents. Recreational vehicle parks may include public restrooms, water, sewer, and electric hookups to each lot and are intended as a higher density, more intensively developed use than campgrounds. May include accessory retail uses where they are clearly incidental and intended to serve RV park patrons only.
12. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION. A building or space primarily used for an assembly of persons to conduct worship or other religious ceremonies, including, but not limited to, churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, or shrines.
13. SCHOOLS, PRIVATE AND SPECIAL/STUDIO. Private educational institutions (e.g., boarding schools, business, secretarial and vocational schools, colleges and universities, establishments providing for courses by mail or on-line) and special schools/studios (e.g., art, ballet and other dance, computers and electronics, drama, driver education, language, music, photography). Also includes facilities, institutions, and conference centers that offer specialized programs in personal growth and development (e.g., fitness training studios, gymnastics instruction, and aerobics and gymnastics studios, environmental awareness, arts, communications, and management). Also see “Indoor Fitness and Sports Facilities.”
14. SCHOOLS, PUBLIC. Public educational institutions such as community colleges, universities, elementary, middle/junior high schools, and high schools.
15. THEATERS AND AUDITORIUMS. Indoor facilities for public assembly and group entertainment, other than sporting events (e.g., civic theaters, facilities for “live” theater and concerts, exhibition and convention halls, motion picture theaters, auditoriums). Does not include outdoor theaters, concert and similar entertainment facilities, and indoor and outdoor facilities for sporting events; see “Outdoor Commercial Recreation.”
E. Utility, Transportation, and Communication Uses.
1. BROADCASTING AND RECORDING STUDIO. Commercial and public communications uses including radio and television broadcasting and receiving stations and studios, with facilities entirely within buildings. Does not include transmission and receiving apparatus such as antennas and towers, which are under the definition of “Telecommunication Facility.”
2. BUS AND TRANSIT SHELTER. A small structure designed for the protection and convenience of waiting transit passengers and that has a roof and usually two (2) or three (3) sides.
3. HELIPORT. A designated, marked area on the ground or the top of a structure where helicopters may land at any time.
4. PARK AND RIDE FACILITY. A designated area where a vehicle may be left in order for the driver to carpool with other commuters or to ride public transit.
5. PARKING FACILITY. A parking lot or parking structure used for parking motor vehicles where the facility is the primary use of the site. Parking structures and lots that are developed in conjunction with another primary use of the site to satisfy the on-site parking requirements for the development are not included in this definition.
6. TRANSIT FACILITIES. Maintenance and service centers for the vehicles operated in a mass transportation system. Includes buses, taxis, railways, monorail, etc.
7. UTILITY FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. Includes the following:
a. Fixed-base structures and facilities serving as junction points for transferring utility services from one (1) transmission voltage to another or to local distribution and service voltages. These uses include any of the following facilities that are not exempted from land use entitlements by Government Code Section 53091:
i. Electrical substations and switching stations;
ii. Natural gas regulating and distribution facilities;
iii. Public water system wells, treatment plants and storage;
iv. Telephone switching facilities;
v. Wastewater treatment plants;
vi. Settling ponds; and
vii. Disposal fields.
vii. These uses do not include office or customer service centers (classified in “Offices”) or equipment and material storage yards.
b. Pipelines for potable water, reclaimed water, natural gas, and sewage collection and disposal, and facilities for the transmission of electrical energy for sale, including transmission lines for a public utility company. Also includes telephone, telegraph, cable television, and other communications transmission facilities utilizing direct physical conduits.
8. WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY. Facility designed and/or used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving, or relaying voice and/or data signals from various wireless communication devices, including transmission tower, antenna, and/or other facility designed or used for that purpose. Amateur radio transmission facilities, facilities operated exclusively as part of a public safety network, and facilities used exclusively for the transmission of television and/or radio broadcasts are not telecommunication facilities.
F. Retail, Service, and Office Uses.
1. ADULT DAY CARE FACILITY. State-licensed facility that provides non-medical care and supervision for more than six (6) adults for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours, with no overnight stays.
2. ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESS. Those businesses defined as follows:
a. ADULT BOOKSTORE OR ADULT VIDEO STORE. A commercial establishment which has as a significant or substantial portion of its stock-in-trade or derives a significant or substantial portion of its revenues or devotes a significant or substantial portion of its interior business or advertising to the sale, rental for any form of consideration, of any one (1) or more of the following:
i. Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassette tapes, slides, tapes, records or other forms of visual or audio representations which are characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas;
ii. Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use or marketed primarily for stimulation of human genital organs or for sadomasochistic use or abuse of themselves or others.
b. ADULT CABARET. A nightclub, theater, concert hall, auditorium, bar or other similar establishment which regularly features live or media presentations of performances by topless or bottomless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, or similar entertainers where such performances are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
c. ADULT MOTEL. A motel, hotel or similar commercial establishment which:
i. Offers public accommodations, for any form of consideration, which provides patrons with closed-circuit television transmissions, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas and which advertises the availability of this sexually oriented type of material by means of a sign visible from the public right-of-way, or by means of any off-premises advertising including but not limited to, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets or leaflets, radio or television;
ii. Offers a sleeping room for rent for a period of time less than ten (10) hours; or
iii. Allows a tenant or occupant to sub rent the sleeping room for a time period of less than ten (10) hours.
d. ADULT THEATER. An enclosed or unenclosed building, to which the public is permitted or invited, used for presenting any form of audio or visual material, and in which a substantial portion of the total presentation time is devoted to the showing of material which is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
e. ADULT NEWS RACK. Any coin-operated machine or device which dispenses material substantially devoted to the depiction of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
f. ADULT VIEWING AREA. An area in any adult book and/or novelty store, cabaret, theater, motion picture arcade or other adult entertainment business, where a patron or customer would ordinarily be positioned for the purpose of viewing or watching a performance, picture show or film.
g. BATHHOUSE. An establishment or business which provides the services of baths of all kinds, including all forms and methods of hydrotherapy during which specified anatomical areas are displayed or specified sexual activity occurs.
3. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES. The retail sale of beverages containing alcohol for off-site consumption subject to regulation by the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) as an off-sale establishment.
4. AMBULANCE SERVICE. Emergency medical care and transportation, including incidental storage and maintenance of vehicles.
5. ANIMAL SALES AND GROOMING. Retail sales of domestic and exotic animals, bathing and trimming services, and boarding of said animals for a maximum period of seventy-two (72) hours conducted entirely within an enclosed building with no outdoor use.
6. ART, ANTIQUE, COLLECTABLE. Retail sales uses including antique shops, art galleries, curio, gift, and souvenir shops, and the sales of collectible items including sports cards and comic books. Stores selling handcrafted items that are produced on the site are defined separately as “Artisan Shops.”
7. ARTISAN SHOP. A retail store selling art glass, ceramics, jewelry, and other handcrafted items, where the facility includes an area for the crafting of the items being sold.
8. ARTIST STUDIO. A detached accessory building, used by residents of a main dwelling unit on the same lot, to create original works of art and crafts products, but not for living quarters or sleeping purposes.
9. BANKS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. Financial institutions such as banks and trust companies, credit agencies, holding (but not primarily operating) companies, lending and thrift institutions, and investment companies. Does not include exterior automated teller machines (ATM).
10. BAR AND NIGHTCLUB. Any bar, cocktail lounge, discotheque, or similar establishment, which may also provide live entertainment (e.g., music and/or dancing, comedy) in conjunction with alcoholic beverage sales. These facilities do not include bars that are part of
a larger restaurant. Includes bars, taverns, pubs, and similar establishments where any food service is subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages. May also include the brewing of beer as part of a brew pub or microbrewery. Bars and nightclubs may include outdoor food and beverage areas.
11. BED AND BREAKFAST INN. A residential structure with one (1) family in permanent residence with up to five (5) bedrooms rented for overnight lodging, where meals may be provided subject to applicable Health Department regulations. A bed and breakfast inn with more than five (5) guest rooms is considered a hotel or motel and is included under the definition of “Hotels and Motels.”
12. BUILDING MATERIALS STORE AND YARD. A retail establishment selling lumber and other large building materials, where most display and sales occur indoors. Includes stores selling to the general public, even if contractor sales account for a major proportion of total sales. Includes incidental retail ready-mix concrete operations, except where excluded by a specific zoning district. Establishments primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating, and air conditioning equipment and supplies are classified in “Wholesaling and Distribution.” Hardware stores are listed in the definition of “Retail, General,” even if they sell some building materials. Also see “Home Improvement Supplies” for smaller specialty stores.
13. BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES. Establishments primarily within buildings, providing other businesses with services such as maintenance, repair and service, testing, rental, etc. Support services include, but are not limited to:
a. Equipment repair services (except vehicle repair, see “Vehicle Services”);
b. Commercial art and design (production);
c. Computer-related services (rental, repair);
d. Copying, quick printing, and blueprinting services (other than those defined as “Printing and Publishing”);
e. Equipment rental businesses within buildings (rental yards are “Storage Yards”);
f. Film processing laboratories;
g. Heavy equipment repair services where repair occurs on the client site;
h. Janitorial services;
i. Mail advertising services (reproduction and shipping);
j. Mail box services and other “heavy service” business services;
k. Outdoor advertising services; and
l. Photocopying and photofinishing.
14. CALL CENTER. An office equipped to handle a large volume of calls, especially for taking orders or servicing customers.
15. CARD ROOM. A gambling establishment that offers card games for play by the public.
16. CHECK CASHING BUSINESS. An establishment that, for compensation, engages in the business of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving a similar purpose. Also includes establishments primarily engaged in cashing
payroll or personal checks for a fee or advancing funds on future checks. This classification does not include a state or federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union, or similar financial institution (see “Banks and Financial Services”).
17. CHILD CARE FACILITY. A facility installed, operated, and maintained for the nonresidential care of children as defined under applicable state licensing requirements for the facility. Such facilities include, but are not limited to, infant centers, preschools, extended day care facilities, or school-age child care centers as defined in this title.
18. CONVENIENCE STORE. An easy access retail store of 5,000 square feet or less in gross floor area, which carry a range of merchandise oriented to convenience and travelers' shopping needs. These stores may be part of a service station or an independent facility. Also see “Neighborhood Market” and “Grocery Store/Supermarket” for larger stores or stores oriented toward the daily shopping needs of residents.
19. DRIVE-IN/DRIVE-THROUGH USE. A use where a customer is permitted or encouraged, either by the design of physical facilities or by the service and/or packaging procedures offered, to be served while remaining seated within an automobile including, but not limited to, drive-through food, financial services, and automatic car washes.
20. EQUIPMENT SALES AND RENTAL. Service establishments with outdoor storage/rental yards, which may offer a wide variety of materials and equipment for rental (e.g., construction equipment).
21. FIREARM. Any device, designed to be used as a weapon, including the frame or receiver of any such weapon, from which is expelled through a barrel a projectile by the force of any explosion or other form of combustion, as defined in Penal Code Section 16520, as may be amended from time to time. Firearm includes any rocket, rocket propelled projectile launcher, or other similar device containing any explosive or incendiary material whether or not the device is designed for emergency or distress signaling purposes.
22. FIREARM AMMUNITION. A bullet, missile, or component, including any cartridge or encasement, bullet or projectile, primer or propellant or explosive material used in the manufacture of ammunition.
23. FIREARM SALES. The sale, transfer, lease, offer or advertising for sale, transfer or lease of a firearm as defined within this Chapter under "firearm" or "firearm ammunition" or firearm ammunition component, including any cartridge or encasement, bullet or projectile, primer or propellant or explosive material used in the manufacture of ammunition.
24. FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS, AND APPLIANCE STORES. Stores engaged primarily in selling the following products and related services, including incidental repair services: draperies, floor coverings, furniture, glass and chinaware, home appliances, home furnishings, home sound systems, interior decorating materials and services, large musical instruments, lawn furniture, movable spas and hot tubs, office furniture, other household electrical and gas appliances, outdoor furniture, refrigerators, stoves, and televisions.
25. GARDEN CENTER/PLANT NURSERY. Establishments providing for the cultivation and sale of ornamental trees, shrubs, and plants, including the sale of garden and landscape materials (packaged and/or bulk sale of unpackaged materials) and equipment.
26. GROCERY STORE/SUPERMARKET. A retail business where the majority of the floor area open to the public is occupied by food products packaged for preparation and consumption away from the site of the store. These full-service businesses do not typically have limited hours of operation. See separate but related listings for “Neighborhood Market” and “Convenience Store.”
27. HOME IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES. Establishments (retail or wholesale) that sell kitchen, bath, furnishings, carpeting, and other home-oriented supplies. Other retail uses are permitted if accessory to the primary use. These uses may include an expansive showroom. This category does not include the sale of lumber and does not permit the outdoor display of merchandise. This use classification is a subcategory of the larger building materials stores and yards use classification and may be combined with or separate from such uses.
28. HOTELS AND MOTELS. Facilities with guest rooms or suites, provided without kitchen facilities, rented to the general public for transient lodging (less than thirty (30) days). Hotels provide access to most guest rooms from an interior walkway and typically include a variety of services in addition to lodging, for example, restaurants, meeting facilities, personal services, etc. Motels provide access to most guest rooms from an exterior walkway. Also includes accessory guest facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, indoor athletic facilities, accessory retail use, etc.
29. HOTELS AND MOTELS, EXTENDED STAY. Facilities with guest rooms or suites, provided with kitchen facilities, rented to the general public for transient lodging (less than 30 days) or for longer periods of time. Hotels provide access to most guest rooms from an interior walkway and typically include a variety of services in addition to lodging, for example, restaurants, meeting facilities, personal services, etc. Motels provide access to most guest rooms from an exterior walkway. Also includes accessory guest facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, indoor athletic facilities, accessory retail uses, etc.
30. KENNELS, COMMERCIAL. These facilities provide boarding of animals as the primary use of the facility. May also include day-time boarding and activity for animals (e.g., “doggie day-care”) and ancillary grooming facilities. Also see “Animal Sales and Grooming.”
31. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, SMALL EQUIPMENT. Establishments providing on-site repair and accessory sales of supplies for appliances, office machines, home electronic/mechanical equipment, bicycles, tools, or garden equipment, conducted entirely within an enclosed building. Does not include maintenance and repair of vehicles.
32. MASSAGE PARLOR. Establishment where customers can receive a massage either as a primary or secondary function.
33. MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENT. A state certified massage establishment where each owner and each employee that provides massage is a certified massage practitioner.
34. MEDICAL SERVICES, EXTENDED CARE. Residential facilities providing nursing and health-related care as a primary use with inpatient beds, such as board and care homes, convalescent and rest homes, extended care facilities, and skilled nursing facilities. Long-term personal care facilities that do not emphasize medical treatment are included under “Residential Care Home.”
35. MEDICAL SERVICES, GENERAL. Facility primarily engaged in providing outpatient medical, mental health, surgical, and other personal health services, but which is separate from hospitals, including medical and dental laboratories, medical, dental and psychiatric offices, outpatient care facilities, and other allied health services. Counseling services by other than medical doctors or psychiatrists are included under “Offices, Business and Professional.”
36. MEDICAL SERVICES, HOSPITALS. Hospitals and similar facilities engaged primarily in providing diagnostic services and extensive medical treatment, including surgical and other hospital services. These establishments have an organized medical staff, inpatient beds, and equipment and facilities to provide complete health care. May include on-site accessory clinics and laboratories, accessory retail uses (see the separate definition of “Retail, Accessory”), and emergency heliports.
37. MORTUARIES AND FUNERAL HOMES. Funeral homes and parlors, where the deceased are prepared for burial or cremation and funeral services may be conducted.
38. NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET. A pedestrian-oriented grocery/specialty market store offering food products packaged for preparation and consumption away from the site of the store and oriented to the daily shopping needs of surrounding residential areas. Neighborhood markets are less than 15,000 square feet in size and operate less than eighteen (18) hours per day. For larger stores, see “Grocery Store/Supermarket.” Neighborhood markets may include deli or beverage tasting facilities that are ancillary to the market/grocery portion of the use.
39. OFFICES, ACCESSORY. Offices that are incidental and accessory to another business or sales activity that is the primary use (part of the same tenant space or integrated development). The qualification criteria for this definition is that the floor area of the accessory office use shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total net habitable or leasable floor area of the tenant space for a single use development or the combined floor area of an integrated development for a mixed-use project.
40. OFFICES, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL. This use listing includes offices of administrative businesses providing direct services to consumers (e.g., insurance companies, utility companies, management consulting), government agency and service facilities
(e.g., post office, civic center), professional offices (e.g., accounting, attorneys, employment, public relations), and offices engaged in the production of intellectual property (e.g., advertising, architectural, computer programming, photography studios). This use does not include medical offices (see “Medical Services, General”); temporary offices, or offices that are incidental and accessory to another business or sales activity that is the primary use (see “Offices, Accessory”). Outdoor storage of materials is prohibited.
41. PAWN SHOP. Any room, store, building, or other place in which the business of pawn brokering, or the business of lending money upon personal property, pawns or pledges, or the business of purchasing articles from vendors or their assignees at prices agreed upon at or before the time of such purchase, is engaged in, carried on, or conducted.
42. PERSONAL SERVICES. Establishments providing non-medical services as a primary use, including, but not limited to, barber and beauty shops, clothing rental, dry cleaning pickup stores with limited equipment, home electronics and small appliance repair, Laundromats (self-service laundries), shoe repair shops, and tailors. These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided, spas and hot tubs for rent, and tanning salons.
43. RESTAURANT. A retail business selling food and beverages prepared and/or served on the site, for on- or off-premise consumption. Includes eating establishments where customers are served from a walk-up ordering counter for either on- or off-premise consumption and establishments where most customers are served food at tables for on-premise consumption, but may include providing food for take-out. Also includes coffee houses and accessory cafeterias as part of office and industrial uses.
44. RETAIL, ACCESSORY. The retail sales of various products (including food service) in a store or similar facility that is located within recreational service use, a health care, hotel, office, or industrial complex. These uses include but are not limited to pharmacies, gift shops, and food service establishments within hospitals, and convenience stores and food service establishments within hotel, office, and industrial complexes. This use category also includes retail associated with industrial uses for the products sold, distributed, or manufactured on-site. Such retail area shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total square footage of the tenant space of a single use development or the combined floor area of an integrated development in a mixed-use project.
45. RETAIL, GENERAL. Stores and shops selling multiple lines of merchandise. These stores and lines of merchandise include, but are not limited to, art galleries, bakeries (all production in support of on-site sales), clothing and accessories, collectibles, department stores, drug and discount stores, dry goods, fabrics and sewing supplies, florists and houseplant stores (indoor sales, only; outdoor sales are plant nurseries and included in the definition of “Garden Center/Plant Nursery”), furniture, home furnishings and equipment, general stores, gift shops, hardware, hobby materials, musical instruments, parts and accessories, newsstands, pet supplies specialty shops, sporting goods and equipment, stationery, and variety stores.
46. RETAIL, WAREHOUSE CLUB. Retail stores that emphasize the packaging and sale of products in large quantities or volumes, some at discounted prices. Sites and buildings are usually large and industrial in character. Patrons may be required to pay membership fees.
47. SMOKE SHOP. An establishment that either devotes more than fifteen percent (15%) of its total floor area to smoking, drug, and/or tobacco paraphernalia or devotes more than a two (2) foot by four (4) foot (two (2) feet in depth maximum) section of shelf space for display for sale of smoking, drug, and/or tobacco paraphernalia.
48. TEMPORARY REAL ESTATE. The temporary use of a dwelling unit within a residential development project as a sales office for the units on the same site, which is converted to residential use at the conclusion of its office use.
49. THRIFT STORE. A retail establishment selling secondhand goods donated by members of the public.
50. VETERINARY FACILITY. Veterinary facility that is primarily enclosed, containing only enough cage arrangements as necessary to provide services for domestic and exotic animals requiring acute medical or surgical care with accessory outdoor use that provides long-term medical care. Grooming and boarding of animals is allowed only if accessory to the facility use.
G. Automobile and Vehicle uses.
1. AUTO AND VEHICLE SALES AND RENTAL. Retail establishments selling and/or renting automobiles, trucks, and vans. Includes the sales and rental of mobile homes, recreation vehicles, and boats. May also include repair shops and the sales of parts and accessories, incidental to vehicle dealerships. Does not include the sale of auto parts/accessories separate from a vehicle dealership (see “Auto Parts Sales”), bicycle and moped sales (see “Retail, General”), tire recapping establishments (see “Vehicle Services - Major”), businesses dealing exclusively in used parts (see “Recycling Facility - Scrap and Dismantling”), or “Service Station,” all of which are separately defined.
2. AUTO AND VEHICLE SALES, WHOLESALE. Wholesale establishments selling new and used vehicles and used vehicle parts. This use is normally developed as part of an auto wrecking, junkyard, or salvage yard. Conventional automobile dealerships are listed under “Auto and Vehicle Sales and Rental.”
3. AUTO AND VEHICLE STORAGE. Facilities for the storage of operative and inoperative vehicles for limited periods of time. Includes, but is not limited to, storage of parking tow-aways, impound yards, and storage lots for automobiles, trucks, buses, and recreation vehicles. Does not include retail sales (see “Auto and Vehicle Sales, Wholesale”).
4. AUTO PARTS SALES. Stores that sell new automobile parts, tires, and accessories. May also include minor parts installation (see “Vehicle Services”). Does not include tire recapping establishments, which are found under “Vehicle Services - Major” or businesses dealing exclusively in used parts, which are included under “Auto and Vehicle Sales, Wholesale.”
5. CAR WASHING AND DETAILING. Permanent, drive-through, self-service, and/or attended car washing establishments, including fully mechanized facilities. May include detailing services. Temporary car washes (e.g., fundraising activities generally conducted at a service station or other automotive-related business, where volunteers wash vehicles by hand, and the duration of the event is limited to one (1) day) are not part of this use classification.
6. SERVICE STATION. A retail business selling gasoline or other motor vehicle fuels. Vehicle services which are incidental to fuel services are included under “Vehicle Services - Minor.”
7. VEHICLE SERVICES - MAJOR. The repair, alteration, restoration, towing, painting, cleaning (e.g., self-service and attended car washes), or finishing of automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, boats, and other vehicles as a primary use, including the incidental wholesale and retail sale of vehicle parts as an accessory use. This use includes major repair and body work-repair facilities dealing with entire vehicles; such establishments typically provide towing, collision repair, other body work, and painting services and may also include tire recapping establishments.
8. VEHICLE SERVICES - MINOR. Minor facilities specialize in limited aspects of repair and maintenance (e.g., muffler and radiator shops, quick-lube, and smog check). Does not include repair shops that are part of a vehicle dealership on the same site (see “Auto and Vehicle Sales”) or automobile dismantling yards, which are included under “Recycling Facility - Scrap and Dismantling.”
H. Industrial, Manufacturing, and Processing Uses.
1. MANUFACTURING, MAJOR. Manufacturing, fabrication, processing, and assembly of materials in a raw form. Uses in this category typically create greater than usual amounts of smoke, gas, odor, dust, sound, or other objectionable influences that might be obnoxious to persons conducting business on-site or on an adjacent site. Uses include, but are not limited to, batch plants, rendering plants, aggregate processing facilities, and plastics and rubber products manufacturing. Also see “Manufacturing, Minor” and “Manufacturing, Small Scale.”
2. MANUFACTURING, MINOR. Manufacturing, fabrication, processing, and assembly of materials from parts that are already in processed form and that, in their maintenance, assembly, manufacture, or plant operation, do not create excessive amounts of smoke, gas, odor, dust, sound, or other objectionable influences that might be obnoxious to persons conducting business on-site or on an adjacent site. Uses include, but are not limited to, furniture manufacturing and cabinet shops, laundry and dry cleaning plants, metal products
fabrication, and food and beverage manufacturing. Also see “Manufacturing, Major” and “Manufacturing, Small Scale.”
3. MANUFACTURING, SMALL SCALE. Establishments manufacturing and/or assembling small products primarily by hand, including, but not limited to, jewelry, pottery and other ceramics, as well as small glass and metal art and craft products. Also see “Manufacturing, Major” and “Manufacturing, Minor.”
4. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING. Establishments engaged in printing by letterpress, lithography, gravure, screen, offset, or electrostatic (xerographic) copying, and other establishments serving the printing trade including bookbinding, typesetting, engraving, photoengraving, and electrotyping. This use also includes establishments that publish newspapers, books, and periodicals, and establishments manufacturing business forms and binding devices. Does not include “quick printing” services or desktop publishing which are included in “Business Support Services.”
5. RECYCLING FACILITY - COLLECTION. A recycling facility used for the acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase of recyclable materials from the public that does not occupy more than five hundred (500) square feet. This classification may include a mobile unit, kiosk-type units that may include permanent structures and unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable materials. Also includes so-called “reverse vending machines,” an automated mechanical device that accepts one (1) or more types of empty beverage containers including, but not limited to, aluminum cans, glass bottles and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with value of not less than the container's redemption value as determined by the state.
6. RECYCLING FACILITY - PROCESSING. A recycling facility located in a building or enclosed space and used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials. Processing means the 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. Collection of recycling materials as the sole activity is included in the definition of “Recycling Facility - Collection.”
7. RECYCLING FACILITY - SCRAP AND DISMANTLING. Uses engaged in the assembling, breaking up, sorting, temporary storage, and distribution of recyclable or reusable scrap and waste materials. This use does not include landfills or other terminal waste disposal sites. Also see “Auto Vehicle Dismantling” for related use for automobiles. Collection of recycling materials as the sole activity is included in the definition of “Recycling Facility - Collection.”
8. RECYCLING REDEMPTION CENTER. A facility, use, or structure for the collection of recyclable goods, including, but not limited to, beverage containers and newspapers.
9. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Indoor facilities for scientific research, and the design, development, and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical, and
mechanical components in advance of product manufacturing, that is not associated with a manufacturing facility on the same site. Includes, but is not limited to, chemical and biotechnology research and development. Does not include computer software companies (see “Offices, Business and Professional”), soils and other materials testing laboratories (see “Business Support Services”), or medical laboratories (see “Medical Services, General”).
10. STORAGE, PERSONAL STORAGE FACILITY. A structure or group of structures containing generally small, individual, compartmentalized stalls or lockers rented as individual storage spaces and characterized by low parking demand.
11. STORAGE, WAREHOUSE. Facility for the storage of furniture, household goods, or other commercial goods of any nature. Includes cold storage. Does not include warehouse, storage, or mini-storage facilities offered for rent or lease to the general public (see “Storage, Personal Storage Facility”) or warehouse facilities in which the primary purpose of storage is for wholesaling and distribution (see “Wholesaling and Distribution”).
12. STORAGE, YARDS. The storage of various materials outside of a structure other than fencing, either as an accessory or principal use.
13. WHOLESALING AND DISTRIBUTION. Establishments engaged in selling merchandise 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 such establishments as agents, merchandise or commodity brokers, and commission merchants, assemblers, buyers and associations engaged in the cooperative marketing of farm products, merchant wholesalers, and stores primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning supplies and equipment.
(Ord. 2024-09 § 2, 2024; Ord. 2020-04 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2017-08 § 2 (part), 2017; Ord. 2016-04 §§ 4-5, 2016: Ord. 2012-05 § 3, 2012: Ord. 2010-02 § 1 (part), 2010)