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Compton City Zoning Code

§ 30-13.2

Uses C-M.

[Added by Ord. #1557, § 9132.2; Ord. #1713, § 1; Ord. #1733, § 1; Ord. #1746, § 1; Ord. #1784; Ord. #1921, § 1; Ord. #2101, § 8; Ord. #2155, § 3; Ord. #2282 § 13; Ord. #2300 § 3]
a. 
Principal Permitted Uses. The following uses and buildings, of less than 50,000 square feet in size, shall be permitted in the Commercial Manufacturing Zone (C-M):
[Amended 12-28-2021 by Ord. No. 2342]
1. 
Any use permitted in the Limited Commercial Zone (C-L), except those uses which require a conditional use permit;
2. 
Auction houses;
3. 
Automobile and bus sight-seeing agencies (no storage of vehicles);
4. 
Automobile engine cleaning;
5. 
Automobile detailing;
6. 
Automobile repair garages (excluding body and fender work and painting);
7. 
Automobile service stations (no more than two tow-trucks);
8. 
Automobile upholstery shops;
9. 
Building materials sales;
10. 
Candy making;
11. 
Catering establishments;
12. 
Clothing and apparel manufacturing (excluding shoe manufacturing);
13. 
Cold storage;
14. 
Dairy products manufacturing;
15. 
Egg candling;
16. 
Electrical appliance assembly;
17. 
Electronic instrument assembly;
18. 
Engraving, mechanical;
19. 
Film laboratories;
20. 
Furniture upholstery shops;
21. 
Monument and tombstone sales;
22. 
Motorcycle sales and services;
23. 
Paint mixing (no boiling);
24. 
Potato chip manufacturing;
25. 
Precision instrument assembly;
26. 
Research and testing laboratories;
27. 
Soft drink bottling;
28. 
Spaghetti and macaroni manufacturing;
29. 
Tamale and tortilla manufacturing;
30. 
Taxicab companies (no more than four taxicabs);
31. 
Warehouses;
32. 
Wholesale businesses;
33. 
Wrought iron sales and assembly; and
34. 
Uses and buildings customarily incidental to any use or building set forth in this subsection;
35. 
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 Commercial Manufacturing Zone (C-M) provided a conditional use permit has been obtained pursuant to the provisions of Section 30-26 of this Chapter.
1. 
Advertising statuary;
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);
6. 
Auctions (open air);
7. 
Automobile body and fender shops;
8. 
Automobile paint shops;
9. 
Automobile sales and rental;
10. 
Automobile tire sales and service;
11. 
Bars, lounge and liquor stores (the provisions of Section 30-51 of this Chapter shall apply);
12. 
Beer and wine sales for consumption off the premises that are accessory to a primary 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);
13. 
Buildings in excess of 50,000 square feet in size;
14. 
Bowling alleys;
15. 
Charitable institutions and rescue missions;
16. 
Dance halls;
17. 
Dog and cat hospitals, training schools and kennels;
18. 
Firearm sales;
19. 
Ice and roller skating rinks;
20. 
Jail farms;
21. 
Live work units;
22. 
Microwave stations and telecommunications antennas;
23. 
Motels and hotels;
24. 
Mortuaries;
25. 
New buildings, including additions and substantial modifications, that are designed for occupancy by manufacturing uses on lots located within 200 feet of a residentially zoned property within the City of Compton;
26. 
New commercial strip centers;
27. 
New establishments with drive-thru facilities;
28. 
New take-out restaurants;
29. 
Planned commercial developments (the provisions of Section 30-18 of this Chapter shall apply);
30. 
Pool halls;
31. 
Race tracks;
32. 
Radio and television transmission towers;
33. 
Rifle and pistol ranges, shooting galleries, skeet and trap shooting and archery ranges;
34. 
Small collection facilities (the provisions of subsection 30-12.4i of this Chapter shall apply);
35. 
Swap meets, indoor swap meets, flea markets and similar multiple-vendor sales;
36. 
Trailer parks;
37. 
Wedding chapels, banquet halls and live entertainment;
38. 
Zoos and menageries; and
39. 
Uses and buildings customarily incidental to any use or building set forth in this subsection.