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Chowchilla City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 18

08 - LAND USE TABLES

18.08.010 - Land use restriction.

No structure, or any part thereof, shall be erected, enlarged, or reduced, nor shall any site or structure be used, designated, or intended to be used for any purpose or in any manner other than is included among the uses listed in the land use tables in this chapter as permitted, administratively permitted, or conditionally permitted in the zone district in which such structure, land, or site is located, except as otherwise authorized by this title.

(Ord. No. 491-18, § 2(Exh. A), 10-9-2018)

18.08.020 - Residential land use table.

A.

The following table identifies which land uses are permitted by right, require a use permit, or are not allowed in the R-L, R-M, R-MH, and R-H zones.

B.

A "P" means that the use is permitted by right in that zone. A "C" means the use requires a conditional use permit in that zone. An "A" means the use requires an administrative use permit in that zone. A "T" means the use requires a temporary use permit in that zone. A blank box means the use is not allowed in that zone.

C.

Land uses are grouped generally by type of use, and then listed alphabetically. The land use groups are accessory and support uses; residential uses; and other uses. Use of the word "or" can mean either or both uses.

D.

Land uses with specific land use standards shall meet the requirements found in the identified section in the last column of the table.

E.

If two or more land uses are permitted in the same zone, those land uses may coexist on the same site.

Table 18.08.020
Residential Zone Use Table


P = Use is Permitted by Right  C = Use Requires Conditional Use Permit
A = Use Requires Administrative Use Permit  T = Use Requires Temporary Use Permit
Blank = Use is Not Allowed
Single-Family
Residential Zones
Multi-Family
Residential Zones
Specific Land Use Standards
(See identified Section)
Land UsesR-LR-M-5
R-M-6
R-MHR-H
Residential Uses
1 Assisted living, skilled nursing, or hospice facility C C C C
2 Bed and breakfast inn C 18.60.050
3 Boarding house or rooming house P P P
4 Emergency shelter P P
5 Employee housing for six (6) or fewer employees P P P P
6 Employee housing for six (6) or more employees C 18.60.220
7 Hotel or motel
8 Manufactured home on permanent foundation P P 18.60.100
9 Mobilehome, not within a mobilehome park P C 18.60.100
10 Mobilehome park C 18.60.130
11 Multi-family dwelling, two (2) units per building (duplex) C P P P
12 Multi-family dwelling, three (3) or four (4) units per building (triplex or fourplex) C P P
13 Multi-family dwelling, five (5) or more units per building P P
14 Recreational vehicle park C C
15 Residential care facility, up to six (6) persons P P P P
16 Residential care facility, seven (7) or more persons P P
17 Single-family dwelling, attached P P P
18 Single-family dwelling, detached P P P
19 Single-room occupancy (SRO) C
20 Supportive housing P P P P 18.60.240
21 Transitional housing P P P P
Residential Accessory and Support Uses
30 Accessory dwelling unit A A A A 18.60.030
31 Building ancillary to the main residential use P P P P
32 Cottage food operation A A A A 18.60.060
33 Expansion of existing nonconforming residential use C C C C
34 Guest house P P
35 Home occupation P P P P Chapter 18.78
36 Keeping of household pets P P P P Chapter 6.04
37 Raising of fruit, vegetables, and horticultural specialties for personal use P P P P
38 Temporary caretaker's dwelling T T T T
39 Temporary materials storage yard T T T T
40 Temporary residential sales office T T T T
41 Other accessory or ancillary use or structure that the director determines is customarily associated with, and subordinate to, a primary permitted use. P P P P
Other Uses
50 Cannabis cultivation (indoor) A A A A 9.11.050
51 Cannabis Cultivation (outdoor) 9.11.040
52 Cannabis delivery 9.11.070
53 Cannabis distribution 9.11.070
54 Cannabis laboratory testing 9.11.070
55 Cannabis manufacturing 9.11.070
56 Cannabis processing 9.11.070
57 Cannabis product labeling 9.11.070
58 Cannabis retail dispensing 9.11.070
59 Cannabis storing 9.11.070
60 Cannabis transporting 9.11.070
61 Community center or facility C C C C
62 Daycare, adult small family P P P P 18.60.070
63 Daycare, adult large family A A A A 18.60.070
64 Daycare, small family P P P P 18.60.070
65 Daycare, large family A A A A 18.60.070
66 Daycare center C C C C 18.60.070
67 Gas and electric transmission lines, electrical transmission and distribution substation, gas regulator station, communications equipment building, public service pumping station or elevated pressure tank C C C C
68 Outdoor storage that is visible from a public right-of-way
69 Park or playground P P P P
70 Religious institution or facility C C
71 Self-storage facility or mini-warehouse C
72 School, private (kindergarten to 12th grade) C C
73 School, public (kindergarten to 12th grade) P P P P
74 Storm drainage basin, with or without a park P P P P
75 Land uses listed in the commercial, office, and industrial zone use table (Section 18.10.040) that are not listed in this residential zone use table

 

(Ord. No. 491-18, § 2(Exh. A), 10-9-2018; Ord. No. 503-20, § 2(Atts. 2, 4), 10-27-2020; Ord. No. 529-25, § 1(Exh. A), 6-24-2025)

18.08.030 - Commercial, office, and industrial land use table.

A.

The following table identifies which land uses are permitted by right, require a use permit, or are not allowed in the C-N, C-S, C-H, MX-D, MX, O, I-L, I-H, PF, and OS zones.

B.

A "P" means that the use is permitted by right in that zone. A "C" means the use requires a conditional use permit in that zone. An "A" means the use requires an administrative use permit in that zone. A "T" means the use requires a temporary use permit in that zone. A blank box means the use is not allowed in that zone.

C.

Land uses are grouped generally by type of use, and then listed alphabetically. The land use groups are Accessory and Support Uses; Eating and Drinking Establishment Uses; Education, Religious, and Assembly Uses; Manufacturing and Processing Uses; Office and Medical Uses; Public and Quasi-Public Uses; Recreation Uses; Residential Uses; Retail Uses; Service Uses; Transportation and Storage Uses; and Other Uses.

D.

Land uses with specific land use standards shall meet the requirements found in the identified Section in the last column of the table.

E.

If two or more land uses are permitted in the same zone, those land uses may coexist on the same site.

Table 18.08.030
Commercial, Office, and Industrial Use Table


P = Use is Permitted by Right  C = Use Requires Conditional Use Permit
A = Use Requires Administrative Use Permit  T = Use Requires Temporary Use Permit
Blank = Use is Not Allowed
Commercial and Mixed Use ZonesOffice and Industrial ZonesOther
Zones
Specific Land Use Standards (See identified Section)
Land UsesC-NC-SC-HMX-DMXOI-LI-HPFOS
Accessory and Support Uses
A1 Automated teller machine (ATM) P P P P P P P P P
A2 Caretaker residence or quarters C C C C
A3 Cottage food operation A A 18.60.060
A4 Daycare primarily for children of employees on the same site as a permitted use P P P P P P P P P 18.60.070
A5 Drive-thru pick-up window meeting all standards of 18.60.070 P P P C C 18.60.080
A6 Drive-thru pick-up window not meeting all standards of 18.60.070 C C C C C 18.60.070
A7 Electric vehicle recharging facility P P P P P P P P P P
A8 Food service primarily for employees on the same site as a permitted use P P P P P P P P P P
A9 Games of skill or amusement, eight (8) or less P P P P P P P
A10 Games of skill or amusement, more than eight (8) C C C C C C C
A11 Home occupation A A Chapter 18.78
A12 Keeping of household pets P P Chapter 6.04
A13 Mobile food vendor A / T A / T A / T A / T A / T A / T A / T A / T A / T 18.60.120
A14 Outdoor advertising structure
A15 Outdoor storage ancillary to and on the same site as a permitted use P P P P P P 18.60.150
18.60.180
A16 Temporary materials and/or equipment storage yard T T T T T T T T P
A17 Temporary sales office (including parking lot) T T
A18 Vending machines P P P P P P P P P 18.60.190
Eating and Drinking Establishment Uses
B1 Artisan food and beverage production and sales P P P P P P
B2 Bar, nightclub, or lounge C C C C
B3 Brewpub C P C P P
B4 Microbrewery P C P C C
B5 Restaurant, full service (with no on-site alcoholic sales) P P P P P
B6 Restaurant, full service (with ABC Type 41 License) A A A A A
B7 Restaurant, full service (with ABC Type 47 License) C C C C C
B8 Restaurant, limited service with drive-thru pickup window meeting all standards of [Section] 18.60.080 P P P C P 18.60.080
B9 Restaurant, limited service with drive-thru pickup window not meeting all standards of [Section] 18.60.080 C C C C C 18.60.080
B10 Restaurant, limited service without drive-thru pickup window P P P P P
Education, Religious and Assembly
C1 Auditorium P P P
C2 Card room C
C3 Club, lodge, or private meeting hall P P P
C4 Carnival or circus T T T T
C5 College or university, public or private C C C P
C6 Convention or conference center P P P
C7 Funeral home or mortuary C C
C8 Library, museum, or cultural facility P P
C9 Pool hall or billiard parlor C C
C10 Religious institution or facility P C P C C
C11 School, private (kindergarten to 12th grade) C
C12 School, public (kindergarten to 12th grade) P
C13 School; charter, trade, vocational, art, business, or professional P C C C C P
C14 Studio for martial arts, music, dance, yoga, exercise, gymnastics or similar P P P P P P C
C15 Theater, live or movie C C P P
Manufacturing and Processing Uses
D1 Agricultural crop production C P P P
D2 Agricultural products packing, packaging, preparing or processing C P
D3 Animal raising
D4 Brewery, winery, or distillery C C C
D5 Hazardous waste facility C
D6 Industrial or manufacturing facility, heavy P
D7 Industrial or manufacturing facility, light P P
D8 Meat packing or slaughterhouse C
D9 Mining, quarry, or sand and gravel excavation C
D10 Research and development facility P C P P C
Office and Medical Uses
E1 Business support service P P P P
E2 Call center C C
E3 Communications broadcasting or media studio P P C P C
E4 Laboratory; general, medical or dental P C C P P C
E5 Hospital, general or psychiatric P P
E6 Office; medical, dental, or optometry P P P P P
E7 Office; professional or commercial P P P P P
E8 Pharmacy P P P P P
E9 Urgent care center or other walk-in clinic P P P P P
Public and Quasi-Public Uses
F1 Cemetery P
F2 Community center or facility P C P
F3 Community garden P P P P P P
F4 Electrical distribution and transmission and substation, gas regulator station, communications equipment building, public service pumping station or elevated pressure tank C C C C C C C C C C
F5 Fairgrounds P
F6 Government office; local, state, or federal C P P P P P
F7 Post office P P P P
F8 Public corporation yard, utility yard, or vehicle and heavy equipment maintenance and storage yard P P
F9 Public safety facility or station P P P P P P
F10 Social service office, assistance center, or guidance center C C P P
F11 Storm drainage basin, with or without a park P P P P P P P P P
F12 Wireless communication facility (WCF) P P C C C P P P Chapter 18.68
Recreation Uses
G1 Athletic complex or ball field P
G2 Commercial recreation facility, indoor C P P C P C
G3 Commercial recreation facility, outdoor C C C C
G4 Golf course or country club C
G5 Health or fitness facility, large P C P P C
G6 Health or fitness facility, small P P P P P P C
G7 Park or playground C P P C
Residential Uses
H1 Assisted living, skilled nursing, or hospice facility C C C
H2 Bed and breakfast inn C C C 18.60.040
H3 Boarding or rooming house C C C C C
H4 Emergency shelter P P
H5 Employee housing for six (6) or fewer employees P P
H5 Employee housing for six (6) or more employees C P P P 18.60.220
H6 Hotel or motel P P P P
H7 Live/work facility P P P C
H8 Mobile home park 18.60.100
H9 Multi-family dwelling, two (2) units per building (duplex) P P P
H10 Multi-family dwelling, three (3) or four (4) units per building (triplex or fourplex) P P P
H11 Multi-family dwelling, five (5) or more units per building P P P
H12 Recreational vehicle park C C
H13 Residential care facility, up to six (6) persons P P P P
H14 Residential care facility, seven (7) or more persons P P P P
H15 Residential dwelling located in same building with office or commercial use C P P
H16 Single-family dwelling, attached P P P
H17 Single-family dwelling, detached P P P
H18 Single-room occupancy (SRO) P P
H19 Supportive housing P P P P P 18.60.240
H20 Transitional housing P P P P P
H21 Low Barrier Navigation Center P P P
8 Manufactured home on a permanent foundation P P P 18.60.100
Retail Uses
I1 Adult entertainment establishment C C C 18.62
I2 Auction or sales house P P P
I3 Auction or sales yard C
I4 Vehicle sales, new and used P P 18.60.150
I5 Vehicle sales, used only P P 18.60.150
I6 Boat, recreational vehicle (RV), and truck sales P P
I7 Building materials and supply or home improvement store P P P C
I8 Convenience store, with or without fuel sales P P P P P C
I9 Farm or construction equipment sales or service P C
I10 Farmers market A A A A
I11 Feed and seed store P P P
I12 Food market P P P P P
I13 Food produce stand A A A A A A A A
I14 Fuel sales, fleet or cardlock P P P P P
I15 Fuel sales, retail P P P P P C
I16 Garden shop P P P
I17 Landscape nursery P C C C
I18 Liquor store P P P P P
I19 Manufactured home sales yard C
I20 News, magazine or flower stand, outdoor C C
I21 Pawn shop P P
I22 Pet store P P P P
I23 Retail sales store P P P P P
I24 Retail sales solely via internet, direct mail, or telephone P C P P
I25 Secondhand or thrift store P P
I26 Swap meet or flea market C C C C
I27 Tobacco, smoke, or vape shop C C C C
Service Uses
J1 Ambulance service P P C
J2 Bank or credit union P P P P P P
J3 Barber shop, hair salon, nail care, massage therapy, or day spa P P P P P C C
J4 Car wash, automatic or full service C P P C P
J5 Car wash, self-service C C C
J6 Carpet cleaning and dyeing P C P
J7 Construction materials recycling C P
J8 Copy, printing, or mailing service P P P P P P P
J9 Crematorium C C
J10 Dry cleaning or laundromat P P P P P
J11 Equipment rental yard P P
J12 Exterminator or pest control service P C P P P
J13 Food catering P P P
J14 Fortunetelling P P
J15 Fuel distributing P P P
J16 Kennel or animal boarding P P C C
J17 Linen, diaper, or uniform supply service P P P
J18 Motor vehicle repair or service, major P P C P P
J19 Motor vehicle repair or service, minor P P C P P
J20 Payday lenders or check cashing establishment C C C
J21 Pet grooming C P C P
J22 Photography studio P P P P P P
J23 Recycling, small collection facility (CRV only) P P P P P P P 18.60.160
J24 Recycling, large collection facility P P P 18.60.160
J25 Recycling, processing or sorting facility C C
J26 Repair shop, large appliance or equipment P C P
J27 Repair shop, small appliance or equipment C P P P
J28 Shooting range, indoor C C C
J29 Shooting range, outdoor
J30 Specialty construction or trade service P P P
J31 Tailoring or clothing alterations P P P P P
J32 Tattooing or body art C C C C
J33 Veterinary clinic or office P C P
J34 Veterinary hospital C
Transportation and Storage Uses
K1 Airport or heliport P
K2 Bus, transit, or train station P P P P P P
K3 Cold storage or ice house C P P
K4 Food locker P P P
K5 Junk yard, wrecking yard, or salvage facility C
K6 Mini-warehouse or self-storage facility P C C C
K7 Parking facility, off-site C C C C
K8 Truck stop or travel center C
K9 Trucking or transportation terminal C P
K10 Vehicle impound yard C P P
K11 Warehouse or distribution center P P
Other Uses
L1 Cannabis cultivation (indoor) A A A 9.11.050
L2 Cannabis cultivation (outdoor) 9.11.040
L3 Cannabis delivery 9.11.070
L4 Cannabis distribution 9.11.070
L5 Cannabis laboratory testing 9.11.070
L6 Cannabis manufacturing 9.11.070
L7 Cannabis processing 9.11.070
L8 Cannabis product labeling 9.11.070
L9 Cannabis retail dispensing 9.11.070
L10 Cannabis storing 9.11.070
L11 Cannabis transporting 9.11.070
L12 Daycare, adult small family P P P 18.60.070
L13 Daycare, adult large family A A A 18.60.070
L14 Daycare, small family P P P 18.60.070
L15 Daycare, large family A A A 18.60.070
L16 Daycare center C C C C C C 18.60.070
L17 Other uses not listed that are determined by the director to be similar in nature to a listed use that is permitted in the same zone P P P P P P P P P P
L18 Other uses not listed that are determined by the director to be similar in nature to a listed use that requires an administrative use permit in the same zone A A A A A A A A A A
L19 Other uses not listed that are determined by the director to be similar in nature to a listed use that requires a conditional use permit in the same zone C C C C C C C C C C

 

(Ord. No. 491-18, § 2(Exh. A), 10-9-2018; Ord. No. 503-20, § 2(Atts. 2, 4), 10-27-2020; Ord. No. 519-24, § 5(Exh. A), 2-13-2024; Ord. No. 529-25, § 1(Exh. A), 6-24-2025)

18.08.040 - Addition of a use to land use tables.

Upon an application or on its own initiative and pursuant to Chapter 18.86, the city council may add a use to the land use tables established in this chapter if the council makes all of the following findings:

A.

That the addition of the use to the land use table will be in accordance with the purposes of this title and of the zone district or districts in which the use will be permitted;

B.

That the zone district or districts in which the use is to be permitted has similar basic characteristics as the present uses allowed in the district or districts;

C.

That the use will not generate a noticeably greater amount of odor, dirt, smoke, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness or any other objectionable influence or hazard than the amount normally created by any of the other uses permitted in the district or districts in which the use will be permitted;

D.

That the establishment of the use in the zone district or districts in which it will be permitted will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare.

(Ord. No. 491-18, § 2(Exh. A), 10-9-2018)