[Added by Ord. #1557, § 9131.2; Ord. #1602, § 1 g; Ord. #1711, § 1; Ord. #1712,fj § 1; Ord. #1733, § 1; Ord. #1746, § 1; Ord. #1784; Ord. #1921, § 1; Ord. #2031, § 3; Ord. #2072, § 1; Ord. #2101, § 7; Ord. #2155, § 3; Ord. #2282 § 11; Ord. #2300 § 2]
a. Principal Permitted Uses. The following uses and buildings, of less than 50,000 square feet in size, shall be permitted in the Limited Commercial Zone (C-L):
1. Administrative and professional offices;
2. Ambulance services (no more than four ambulances);
2A. Amusement machines-accessory use (subject to approval by the Architectural Review Board);
5. Auto parking lots and structures;
6. Auto supply stores (new and rebuilt, packaged auto supplies only);
7. Bakeries (employing not more than five persons, excluding full-time sales personnel);
8. Banks and financial institutions;
11. Bicycle sales and repair;
14. Bus stations (no storage or repair of buses);
17. Carnivals, circuses and Christmas tree lots; temporary (subject to approval by the Council);
19. City parks, playgrounds, Police and Fire Stations;
21. Civic center buildings and uses;
22. Cleaning and dyeing agencies (including retail cleaning and dyeing using noninflammable, nonexplosive cleaning fluids);
25. Colleges, beauty, barber, and business;
30. Dressmakers (custom, retail dress-making subject to the provisions of the Division of Labor Standards);
33. Elementary junior high and high schools offering full curricula as required by State laws;
34. Electrical and electronic appliance sales and service and repair;
36. Fireworks stands (subject to approval by the Council);
42. Garden equipment sales, service, rental, and repair;
51. Ice sales and storage (no more than 10 ton capacity);
53. Jewelry sales and repairs;
58A. Major retail facilities (including the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises where such sales utilize less than 10% of the sales floor area);
59A. Massage establishments (the provisions of Section
9-15 of the Compton Municipal Code shall apply.);
61. Medical, dental and therapeutic clinics;
62. Medical, dental and X-ray laboratories;
70. Nurseries, horticultural;
74. Photo equipment and supplies;
80. Print and lithography shops (employing not more than five printers);
81. Public utility substations;
84. Radio studios (fully soundproofed);
88. Schools (art, music, dancing, drama; driving, trade, vocational, karate and other similar special-purpose schools);
90. Sewing machine sales and service;
93. Sightseeing and limousine agencies (no storage or repair of vehicles);
94. Sporting goods stores (the provisions of subsection
30-26.3 of this Chapter shall apply);
96. Swimming pools (commercial);
97. Tailors (custom, retail tailoring subject to the provisions of the Division of Labor Standards);
100. Telephone and telegraph offices and exchanges;
104. Water company wells, pumping plants, reservoirs and electrical distribution stations;
105. Uses and buildings customarily incidental to any use or building set forth in this subsection; and
106. Any use or building which the Commission finds, as evidenced by resolution in writing, is similar to any of the uses or buildings set forth in this subsection.
107. Certified small recycling collection facilities maintained as an accessory to major retail facilities (the provisions of subsection
30-12.4i of this Chapter shall apply).
108. Certified small used oil collection facilities maintained within a building as an accessory to gas stations, auto repair garages and auto parts stores (the provisions of subsection
30-12.4i of this Chapter shall apply).
109. Temporary and accessory uses for a maximum of 12 days per calendar year (the provisions of Section
30-25 of this Chapter shall apply);
110. Indoor marijuana cultivation is allowed consistent with State law which permits no more than six live marijuana plants to be planted, cultivated, harvested, dried, or processed within a single private residence or inside an accessory structure located upon the grounds of a private residence that is fully enclosed and secured as long as the marijuana cultivation activities comply with the regulations set forth in paragraph c of subsection
9-24.4.
b. Uses Permitted Subject to Conditional Use Permits. The following uses and buildings may be permitted in the Limited Commercial Zone (C-L) provided a conditional use permit has been obtained pursuant to the provisions of Section
30-26 of this Chapter.
[Amended 12-28-2021 by Ord. No. 2342]
2. Alcoholic beverage sales for consumption on the premises that are accessory to a primary restaurant or entertainment use (the provisions of Section
30-51 of this Chapter shall apply);
3. Amusement machine sales (the provisions of Subsection
7-6.9 shall apply);
4. Amusement parks, fairgrounds, private clubs and privately owned recreation centers, game rooms and domino parlors;
5. Arcades (the provisions of Subsection
7-6.9 shall apply);
7. Automobile repair garages (excluding body and fender work and painting);
8. Automobile service stations (no more than two tow trucks);
9. Automobile upholstery shops;
10. Bars, lounge and liquor stores (the provisions of Section
30-51 of this Chapter shall apply);
11. Beer and wine sales for consumption off the premises that are accessory to a convenience or small grocery store use where such sales utilize less than 10% of the sales floor area (the provisions of Section
30-51 of this Chapter shall apply).
12. Buildings in excess of 50,000 square feet in size;
14. Charitable institutions and rescue missions;
15. Children's homes, foster homes, fraternity and sorority houses, college and military housing, orphans' homes, rooming houses, boarding houses and residential care facilities;
16. Furniture upholstery shops;
18. Dog and cat hospitals, training schools and kennels;
20. Furniture upholstery shops;
21. Ice and roller skating rinks;
24. Microwave stations and telecommunications antennas;
27. Multiple and single-family residences;
28. New commercial strip centers;
29. New establishments with drive-thru facilities;
30. New take-out restaurants;
31. Planned commercial, residential and condominium developments (the provisions of Section
30-18 of this Chapter shall apply);
34. Radio and television transmission towers;
35. Rifle and pistol ranges, shooting galleries, skeet and trap shooting and archery ranges;
36. Small collection facilities (the provisions of Subsection
30-12.4i of this Chapter shall apply);
37. Swap meets, indoor swap meets, flea markets and similar multiple-vendor sales;
40. Wedding chapels, banquet halls and live entertainment;
42. Uses and buildings customarily incidental to any use or building set forth in this subsection.