§ 10.40.030 Definitions.

   (A)   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

      CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. A conditional use permit is a special type of land use permit required for those uses which may have the potential to impact the surrounding neighborhood. CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS are granted by the Planning Commission at a public hearing.

      SITE PLAN REVIEW. A type of land use permit review process undertaken by staff from various city departments which ensures that a proposed development is in conformance with the standards of the Zoning title and policies of the Tulare General Plan.

   (B)   Administrative approvals may be granted for those minor planning requests that involve accessory structures, classification of uses, and other minor planning requests, that can be approved by the Planning and Building Director.

Table 12-1 Commercial Zones
 Permitted/Conditional Uses

	Use	Zone
		C-1	C-2	C-3	C-4
A.	Administrative/Professional/Financial Offices/Services
1.	Commercial establishments engaged in performing a service in a professional Office, including financial, medical and professional activities.	P	P	P	P
2.	Establishments involved in financial transactions including banks, savings and loans, thrifts, etc.	P	P	P	P
B.	Automobile related uses
	Commercial establishments which provide sales and services of new and used automobiles, RV’s and trucks, repair, parts. Specific automobile related uses include:
1.	Auto parts stores (installation of parts on site)	P	-	P	P
2.	Auto parts sales (including installation of parts on site)	-	-	P	P
3.	Vehicle repair, including, body, glass & upholstery	-	-	C	P
4.	Auto, motorcycle and RV sales, including incidental repair on-site, conducted entirely within an enclosed building.	-	-	C	P
5.	Large truck sales and service	-	-	C	P
6.	Car washes	-	-	C	P
7.	Vehicle storage yards, towing services.	-	-	-	C
8.	Service stations, an accessory uses including auto repair and convenience stores*	C	-	C	C
9.	Vehicle rental/leasing agencies			C	C
10.	Tire sales and incidental repair	-	-	P	P
C.	Lodging/board/mixed use facilities
	Commercial establishments which provide lodging, boarding and mixed use facilities, including:
1.	Hotels and motels	-	-	C	C
2.	RV Parks	-	-	C	C
3.	Boarding houses	-	-	C	C
4.	Single room occupancy (SRO’s)	-	-	C	C
D.	Eating/drinking establishments
	Commercial establishments which serve establishments which serve prepared food or beverages for consumption on or off the premises, including:
1.	Delicatessens/sandwich shops/donut shops	P	P	P	P
2.	Night clubs/bars/lounges (serving of alcoholic beverages*)	-	-	C	C
3.	Restaurant without a drive-through	P	P	P	P
4.	Restaurant with a drive-through	-	-	P	P
E.	Public assembly/entertainment uses
	Commercial establishments which provide participant/spectator amusement, entertainment or sport, including:
1.	Auditoriums, convention halls and theaters	-	C	C	C
2.	Miscellaneous indoor (bowling alleys, billiard halls, dance halls, gymnasium, skating rinks, sports arenas, arcades)	-	-	C	C
3.	Miscellaneous outdoor (stadiums, amphitheaters, golf courses, driving ranges, shooting galleries, drive-in theaters and race tracts.	-	-	-	C
4.	Miniature golf courses	-	-	C	C
5.	Transient assembly/entertainment uses, including tent revivals, carnivals, circuses and similar uses	A	A	A	A
F.	Medical/care/health facilities
	Commercial establishments which provided services of a medical/care nature which are related to the health and welfare of needs of the community’s residents, including:
1.	Blood banks, health clinics/outpatient surgery	-	C	C	C
2.	Hospitals, convalescent homes	-	C	C	C
3.	Outpatient treatment programs	-	C	C	C
4.	Residential care facilities	C	C	C	C
5.	Senior/congregate care facilities	C	C	C	C
6.	Social services centers	-	P	P	P
7.	Emergency shelters	-	-	-	C
G.	Personal services
	Commercial establishments which provide services of a personal nature, including:
1.	Barber/beauty/nail shops	P	P	P	P
2.	Dance/gymnastics schools/martial arts studios	P	P	P	P
3.	Dry cleaners	P	P	P	P
4.	Health/athletic clubs	P	P	P	P
5.	Self-service laundry establishments	P	-	P	P
6.	Tailors, shoe repair and similar repair shops	P	-	P	P
7.	Licensed/certified massage therapists	P	P	P	P
8.	Gunsmith shops	-	-	P	P
9.	Travel bureau/agencies	P	P	P	P
H.	Retail
	Commercial establishments which sell general merchandise items needed by the community at large, including:
1.	General merchandise (including variety stores, supermarkets, etc.)	P	-	P	P
2.	Convenience stores	C	C	C	C
3.	Pharmacy/drug stores	P	P	P	P
4.	Flower, gift shops and art galleries	P	-	P	P
5.	Clothing and luggage stores, including apparel repair	P	-	P	P
6.	Home improvements/hardware (including outdoor display of lumber, garden and nursery items)	-	-	P	P
7.	Nurseries/garden supplies	P	-	P	P
8.	Furniture, home appliance/electronics stores	-	-	P	P
9.	Hobby and toy stores, sporting goods, pet stores	P	-	P	P
10.	Jewelry/watch/clock sales and repair	P	-	P	P
11.	Camera stores and photo studios	P	-	P	P
12.	Liquor stores (sale of alcohol*)	-	-	C	C
13.	Medical equipment and supplies	-	P	P	P
14.	Office supplies/equipment/stationery	-	P	P	P
15.	Antiques and second hand stores	-	-	P	P
16.	Pawn shops	-	-	C	C
17.	Food/meat lockers	-	-	P	P
18.	Art supply stores	P	P	P	P
19.	Candy, nut and confectionery stores	P	P	P	P
20.	Clothing and costume rental	P	P	P	P
21.	Floor covering sales	-	-	P	P
22.	Paint and wall paper stores	-	-	P	P
23.	Tobacco stores	P	-	P	P
24.	Bakeries	P	-	P	P
25.	Boat sales	-	-	P	P
26.	Monument sales	-	-	-	P
27.	Musical instrument sales and repair	P	-	P	P
I.	Service commercial
	Commercial establishments which provide a variety of services, including repair of equipment
1.	Miscellaneous repair service shops, including radio/TV repair, appliances and upholsterers	-	-	P	P
2.	Home and business servicers, including Janitorial services, carpet cleaners, exterminators, linen suppliers diaper services	-	-	-	P
3.	Equipment rental/sales yards	-	-	-	P
4.	Farm equipment sales/rental/repair	-	-	-	P
5.	Cabinet shops, welding shops, glass/window shops	-	-	-	C
6.	Catering establishments	-	-	P	P
7.	Printing/blueprinting/litho and copy shops	P	P	P	P
8.	Gunsmith shops	-	-	P	P
9.	Travel bureau/agencies	P	P	P	P
10.	Newspaper publishing	-	-	-	C
11.	Locksmiths	P	-	P	P
12.	Laboratories	-	P	P	P
13.	Kennels and small animal boarding	-	-	-	C
14.	Self-serve recycling machine	P	P	P	P
15.	Storage buildings, min-storage	-	-	-	C
16.	Off-site storage buildings located within 300 feet of a principle use	A	A	A	A
17.	Taxidermists	-	-	C	P
18.	Auction houses	-	-	P	P
19.	Sheet metal	-	-	-	C
20.	Machine shops	-	-	-	C
21.	Parcel delivery services	-	-	-	C
22.	Plumbing supply stores	-	-	P	P
23.	Refrigeration equipment and air conditioning	-	-	-	C
24.	Sign painting and manufacture shops	-	-	-	C
J.	Public/quasi-public uses
	Government uses, or other public quasi-public uses or institutional nature, including:
1.	Public or quasi-public uses of an educational or religious type, including schools and colleges, churches, parsonages, parish houses, monasteries, convents and other religious institutions	C	C	C	C
2.	Mortuaries, columbariums and crematoriums	-	-	C	C
3.	Fairgrounds, public parks, playgrounds or other public recreation facilities	C	C	C	C
4.	Public buildings and grounds	C	C	C	C
5.	Small family day care (eight or fewer children)	P	P	P	P
6.	Large family day care (nine or more children)	C	C	C	C
7.	Communications equipment buildings, public utility service yards, gas regulator stations, pumping stations, reservoirs, sumps and sinking basins, electric distribution substations and major transmission line structures.	C	C	C	C
8.	Art and craft schools and colleges	C	C	C	C
9.	Business, professional and trade schools	-	-	C	C
10.	Drainage basins authorized by the Public Works Director	P	P	P	P
11.	City water well sites	P	P	P	P
K.	Miscellaneous use
1.	Accessory uses on the site of a permitted or conditional use	A	A	A	A
2.	Parking lots	A	A	A	A
3.	Radio and television studios	-	P	P	P
4.	Veterinarians, small animal hospitals and incidental boarding	-	-	P	P
5.	Kennels	-	-	-	P
6.	Ambulance service	-	-	C	C
7.	Bus depots/transit facilities	C	C	C	C
8.	On-site accessory storage building	-	-	p	P
9.	Recycling small collection facility	P	-	P	P
10.	Recycling large collection facility	C	-	C	C
11.	Storage buildings, mini-storage	-	-	-	C
12.	Residential uses	C	C	C	C
13.	Fortune telling, hypnotists and palm reading	-	-	C	C
14.	Meeting halls	-	C	C	P
15.	Music studios	-	C	C	P
16.	Private clubs and lodges	-	-	C	C
17.	Electric distribution substations and major transmission lines	-	-	C	C
18.	Permitted uses in the M-1 zone	-	-	-	C
19.	Adult business***	-	-	-	P
20.	Roof-mounted solar array	P	P	P	P
21.	Ground-mounted solar array less than 10,000 sq. ft. accessory to a permitted principal use	-	-	-	C

 

   (C)   Similar uses which the Planning and Building Director finds that fit within the purpose of the individual zoning districts shall be permitted when in compliance with Chapter 10.136, Administrative Approval.

(1995 Code, § 10.40.030) (Ord. 19-06, passed 10-22-2019; Ord. 18-01, passed 2-6-2018; Ord. 16-04, passed 5-3-2016; Ord. 11-10, passed 1-17-2012; Ord. 00-1854, passed - -2000)