A.

The several classes of general districts hereby established and to which the city is or may be divided are designated as follows:

1.

R 1, Single-Family Residential District;

2.

R-2, Single-Family/Multi-Family Residential District;

3.

R 3, Neighborhood Multi-Family Residential District;

4.

R 4, General Multi-Family Residential District;

5.

MH, Mobile Homes;

6.

C-1, Neighborhood Business District;

7.

C-2, General Business District;

8.

C-3, General Commercial District;

9.

CH, Highway Service Commercial District;

10.

M-1, Light Industrial District;

11.

M-2, General Industrial District;

12.

ML, Limited Industrial District;

13.

MF, Industrial Frontage District;

14.

P-Q, Public or Quasi-Public Use District;

15.

AV, Airport District;

16.

PD, Planned Development District;

17.

OS-1, Primary Open Space District;

18.

OS-2 Secondary Open Space District.

B.

In addition to the foregoing classes of districts, the following combining districts are established:

1.

A, Agricultural Combining District;

2.

A-2, Agricultural Districts (Exclusive);

3.

LLR, Large Lot Residential Combining District;

4.

F, Special High Frontage Combining;

5.

H, Special Height Combining District;

6.

FP, Floodplain Combining District;

7.

AH, Alternative Housing Combining District;

8.

CBZ, Corning Business Development Zone;

9.

CH, Highway Service Commercial Overlay District;

10.

SPMU, Specific Plan Mixed Use Overlay District.

(Ord. No. 694, § 1, 4-13-2021)

The classes of districts and certain combinations thereof as designated in section 17.08.010 of this chapter and the regulations pertaining thereto may be applied to land areas by amendment of the ordinance codified in this chapter to include herein the written descriptions of the designations, locations and boundaries thereof, or to add hereto sectional district maps showing such information. Such written descriptions and sectional district maps shall become parts of the ordinance codified in this chapter by their addition to this section, and the land areas designated therein shall be subject to the provisions and regulations of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 694, § 1, 4-13-2021)

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any of the districts set out in this chapter or shown on the sectional district maps, the following rules shall apply:

A.

Where such boundaries are indicated as approximately following street and alley lines, such street and alley lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

B.

Where such boundaries are indicated as approximately following lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

C.

In un-subdivided property and where a district boundary divides a lot, the location of any such boundary unless the same is indicated by dimensions shown upon sectional district maps, shall be determined by the use of location of the scale appearing on such sectional district maps. The location of a district boundary may be adjusted within a single lot by application approved by the planning department.

D.

In case further uncertainty exists, the planning commission, upon written application or upon its own motion, shall determine the location of such boundaries, preceded by a public hearing.

(Ord. No. 694, § 1, 4-13-2021)

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any district shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

A.

Where such boundaries indicated as approximately following property, street or alley lines, such lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

B.

An un-subdivided property and where a district boundary divides a lot, the location of such boundary, unless the same is indicated by dimensions, shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the zoning map.

C.

A symbol indicating the classification of property on the zoning map shall in each instance apply to the whole of the area within the district boundaries.

D. Where

a public street, alley or parcel of land is officially vacated or abandoned, the regulations applicable to abutting property shall apply equally to such vacated or abandoned street or alley.

(Ord. No. 694, § 1, 4-13-2021)

The purposes of the residential zones are to:

A.

Provide for a full range of housing types consistent with the general plan;

B.

Preserve, protect, and enhance the character of the city's different residential neighborhoods;

C.

Enhance the quality of life for residents;

D.

Ensure that the scale and design of new development and alterations to existing development are compatible with surrounding residences and appropriate to the physical and aesthetic characteristics of proposed locations; and

E.

Provide sites for public and semi-public land uses such as parks, schools, day care, and other community uses that will serve city residents and will complement surrounding residential development.

(Ord. No. 694, § 1, 4-13-2021)