The commercial district is intended to serve the many uses in the commercial classification. Except as specifically provided elsewhere in this title, any building or premises in the commercial district used or occupied and every building erected, constructed, or established within said commercial district shall be only in accordance with the regulations set forth in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.010, 7-20-2015)

Commercial district is intended for professional, administrative, and commercial uses. Except as specifically provided elsewhere in this title, any building or structure in the commercial district used or occupied and every building erected, constructed or established within the commercial district shall be only in accordance with the regulations set forth in this chapter.

(1)

Office and professional uses, including:

a.

Architects, engineers, draftsmen.

b.

Art galleries; exhibit halls for commercial and industrial exhibits; provided, that there shall be no sale of stock or material; and provided, that there be no warehousing or storage either within or on the premises.

c.

Attorneys at law, paralegal personnel.

d.

Biological and medical laboratories, provided the floor space does not exceed 2,000 square feet in gross floor area.

e.

Chiropractors, chiropodists, optometrists, dentists.

f.

Data retrieval firms.

g.

Insurance agencies.

h.

Medical offices, physicians, osteopaths.

i.

Opticians, optical laboratories related and incidental to a professional building and occupying no more than 1,000 square feet of floor space; provided, that no stock shall be visible from the street.

j.

Phone answering services.

k.

Photography studio and digital photography printing.

l.

Prescription pharmacies; no stock shall be visible from the street.

m.

Private security and investigative firms.

n.

Public accountants, bookkeepers.

o.

Realtors, brokers.

p.

Tattoo/body art studios within an enclosed building and subject to the requirements of section 119300 et seq. of the San Bernardino County Health and Safety Code.

q.

Travel agencies.

(2)

Commercial uses, including:

a.

Animal hospitals and animal hotels that are at least 500 feet from residential uses or zoning districts.

b.

Apparels and accessories, including, but not limited to, clothing stores, custom dressmaking and tailors, furriers, millinery shops and dry goods, bakery goods shop.

c.

Bar or tavern, excluding dancing.

d.

Barber or beauty shop.

e.

Bicycle stores.

f.

Blueprinting, photo-stating and photocopying.

g.

Bookstores and stationers.

h.

Building materials and hardware stores, including, but not limited to, glass or mirror shops, paint store, and plumbing supply stores.

i.

Cafe, restaurant, with or without on-sale liquor. Outdoor seating is permitted for up to ten percent of total indoor seating. Any additional outdoor seating above ten percent shall require additional parking.

j.

Camera and photographic supply stores.

k.

Cleaning and pressing establishment; laundry, coin-operated or self-service.

l.

Clothes cleaning pickup agencies (cleaning and pressing plant located elsewhere).

m.

Child day care centers as defined in 19.06.120.

n.

Delicatessen.

o.

Department stores.

p.

Drugstore.

q.

Feed store.

r.

Financial institutions.

s.

Florist shop.

t.

Frozen food lockers.

u.

Furniture, floor coverings, drapery, furniture upholstery stores, miscellaneous home furnishing stores, household appliance stores and equipment stores including, but not limited to, new furniture (not over 25 percent floor space used for stocking and displaying used furniture), floor coverings, and radio, television and music stores.

v.

Gift, novelty and souvenir shops.

w.

Grocery store.

x.

Jewelry stores.

y.

Laundry agency (self-service only)

z.

Liquor store (off-sale only)

aa.

Mail order house, retail.

bb.

Massage therapy conforming to the provisions set forth in section 19.06.020.

cc.

Motel and hotels.

dd.

Museums and galleries.

ee.

Nonprofit club or lodge; fraternal or religious association.

ff.

Pet shops and taxidermy.

gg.

Photographer.

hh.

Post office.

ii.

Printing, lithographing, publishing, reproduction, newspaper distributorship, including binding.

jj.

Public utility offices, fire, police.

kk.

Radio, television, and music stores.

ll.

Retail sales of parts or goods, no installation.

mm.

Secondhand, used merchandise and antique stores; no outside storage or display shall be permitted.

nn.

Sporting goods stores and bicycle shops.

oo.

Studio, music and/or dance. Studio-music, dance stores.

pp.

Supermarket and specialty markets.

qq.

Theaters, excluding drive-ins.

rr.

Ticket or travel agencies.

ss.

Tobacco stores and newsstands.

tt.

Trunk and leather goods stores.

uu.

Telephone exchanges.

vv.

Trade schools.

ww.

Video/pinball arcade not including adult arcades identified in chapter 19.26 (pertaining to sexually oriented businesses) and chapter 9.24 (Gambling) of this Code.

xx.

Veterinarians (See animal hospitals).

yy.

Wedding chapels.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.020, 7-20-2015; Ord. No. 979-2021, § 3, 11-1-2021)

In the commercial district, the following uses may be permitted, subject to chapter 19.30:

(1)

Adult bookstores, adult motion picture theaters, adult mini-motion picture theaters, and massage parlors.

(2)

Animal hospitals and animal hotels that are less than 500 feet from residential uses or zoning districts.

(3)

Reserved.

(4)

Automobile service/fueling stations conforming to provisions set forth in section 19.06.070.

(5)

Bar or tavern, dancing permitted.

(6)

Biological and medical laboratories in excess of 2,000 square feet in gross floor area.

(7)

Cannabis uses including—retail storefront (Type 10), indoor cultivation (Types 1-5, including processing, but excluding any outdoor cultivation), delivery (Type 9), distribution (Types 11 and 13), manufacturing (Types 6,7, N, P), testing (Type 12), and temporary cannabis events. All these uses shall be subject to section 19.27.080, Cannabis business location restrictions, and require approval of the following entitlements: development agreement, conditional use permit, cannabis business permit, and all applicable state cannabis licenses.

(8)

Commercial greenhouses

(9)

Commercial laundry, rug cleaning, dyeing, etc.

(10)

Commercial recreation and amusements, such as pitch and putt golf, golf courses, athletic fields, gymnasiums, commercial swimming pools, stadiums, skating rinks (ice and roller), arenas, auditoriums, public dance halls or ballrooms, amusement parks, pool halls, billiards.

(11)

Drive-in restaurant.

(12)

Equipment rental yards, outside storage of rental equipment permitted.

(13)

Furniture storage.

(14)

Heating and plumbing equipment dealers, paint, glass, wallpaper, and electrical supply store (outside storage enclosed by solid fence or wall, six feet in height)

(15)

Ice storage, retail, not more than five-ton capacity.

(16)

Lumberyards and builders' supply yard, outside storage of lumber and building materials permitted.

(17)

Mechanical auto wash.

(18)

Mini-warehouses.

(19)

Mortuaries and funeral parlors.

(20)

Public garage, auto repair shop, body shop, auto painting, providing all operations are conducted wholly within an enclosed building. If more than five vehicles are on the premises at any one time, they shall be enclosed by a six-foot fence or wall 80 percent opaque.

(21)

Residential dwelling, to be limited to lot or parcel on which permitted uses are located and used exclusively by the operator of the business when approved by site review. If a separate building is used for dwelling purposes, the setback requirement of the MDR district shall apply.

(22)

Tattoo studio conforming to the provisions set forth in Health and Safety Code § 119300 et seq.

(23)

Utility substations.

(24)

Vehicle sales, including trailers (automobile, motorcycle, farm machinery, equipment dealers, truck or semitrailer, house trailer, boat, camper or marine sales and supplies and trailer sales lot), outside display of new and used vehicles and trailers permitted.

(25)

Other uses similar to the above if it can be demonstrated that the uses are of the same general character as the above permitted uses as determined by the planning commission.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.030, 7-20-2015; Ord. No. 977-2021, § 12, 10-4-2021)

No building or part of buildings hereafter erected in this district shall be on a lot less than 8,000 square feet in area.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.040, 7-20-2015)

(a)

Buildings constructed in the commercial district shall be within the reasonable height limitations of the adjacent zoning districts in order to preserve the building scale of the adjacent structures.

(b)

Building height construction shall be as follows:

(1)

When located adjacent to single-family residential the maximum building height shall be 35 feet.

(2)

When located along a collector or arterial street, highway or interstate, or next to multiple-family residential, the maximum building height shall be 45 feet.

(3)

Shopping centers located on collector or arterial streets, highway or interstate, may step the building height provided the structures immediately adjacent single-family residential uses or zones is a maximum of 35 feet in height.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.050, 7-20-2015)

Except when Barstow Fire Protection District access is necessary, the front yard of a commercial district that abuts any residential district, there shall be a front yard of at least 15 feet that extends the full width of the lot.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.060, 7-20-2015)

Except when Barstow Fire Protection District access is necessary, the rear yard of a commercial district that abuts any residential district, there shall be a rear yard of at least 15 feet that extends the full width of the lot.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.070, 7-20-2015)

Except when Barstow Fire Protection District access is necessary, the side yard of a commercial district that abuts any residential district, there shall be a side yard of at least ten feet.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.080, 7-20-2015)

(a)

All lots in this district, in order to be used for the purpose set forth in this chapter, shall have their main buildings facing upon the street where the district classification is established.

(b)

No business or building shall be erected, constructed, or established on the same lot together with a building originally designed and used as a residence unless the residential structure is completely removed.

(c)

All stores, shops or businesses shall be operated wholly within an enclosed building with no outside storage or display except as provided for in this chapter and the supplying of petroleum products (i.e., gasoline/diesel) in service stations and electric vehicle charging stations.

(d)

Enterprises which produce or cause dust, gas, smoke, noise, fumes, odors or vibrations detrimental to the surrounding area are prohibited.

(e)

Any use servicing vehicles shall be oriented so that the vehicle service bays are not directly facing any street or residential property. Exceptions include existing buildings and corner lots.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.090, 7-20-2015)

(a)

The minimum yard size requirements as defined in sections 19.16.060, 19.16.070 and 19.16.080 shall be landscaped and continuously maintained.

(b)

An area of not less than four percent of the total lot area, in addition to landscaping as required by subsection (a) of this section, shall be landscaped and continuously maintained.

(c)

Landscaping shall comply with section 19.06.040 to maintain clear sight for intersections and property access.

(d)

Landscaping shall be installed and maintained pursuant to section 19.06.080.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.100, 7-20-2015)

For parking regulations, see section 19.06.050.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.110, 7-20-2015)

(a)

All uses authorized by this chapter shall provide loading spaces not less than ten feet in width, 20 feet in length, and 14 feet in height, as follows:

(1)

Three thousand to 20,000 square feet floor area, one loading space;

(2)

For each 20,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof, one loading space up to a maximum of six.

(b)

The loading space shall not occupy any portion of the required yard area.

(c)

Where the loading area is adjacent to a street; any required yard adjacent to the street shall not be used for loading space and there shall be no more than one entry or exit to each 60 feet of lot frontage facing a street.

(d)

When the lot upon which the loading space abuts upon an alley, loading space may adjoin and have access from the alleys. The length of the loading space may be parallel with the center line of the alley.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.120, 7-20-2015)

For sign regulations, see section 19.06.060.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.16.130, 7-20-2015)