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Cupertino City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 19

64: PERMITTED, CONDITIONAL AND EXCLUDED USES IN OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS

19.64.010 Applicability of Regulations.

No building or structure or land shall be used in an OA, OP, MP, ML or ML-rc zoning district, otherwise than in conformance with the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011)


19.64.020 Permitted, Conditional and Excluded Uses in Office and Industrial Zones.

Table 19.64.020 sets forth the Permitted, Conditional and Excluded Uses in Office and Industrial zones.

Table 19.64.020: Permitted, Conditional and Excluded Uses in Office and Industrial Zones

UsesZoning Districts
OAOPMPMLML- rc
1. Administrative and Executive OfficesPPP-P
2. Professional OfficesPPP-P
3. Printing and Publishing----P
4. Caterers---CUP - PC-
5. The following commercial uses are permitted as independent operations:

a. Stenographic or duplicating services

---PP

b. Messenger or telegraph offices

---P-

c. Delivery services

---PP

d. Janitorial services;

---P-
6. Office Supplies and Equipment Sales and Services----P
7. Dry cleaning plants and similar establishments, provided that the solvent used in the cleaning process shall be used or stored in a manner approved by the State Fire Marshal;---PP
8. Accessory facilities and uses customarily incidental to permitted uses and otherwise conforming with provisions of Chapter 19.100 of this title.P----
9. Animal clinics and hospitals, facilities for bathing, clipping, trimming, and similar services for pets; kennels; taxidermists;P
10. Gymnasium, Health Club----P
11. Swim clubs, swim schools, and commercial swimming pools---CUP - PC-
12. Commercial parking and parking garages---P-
13. Commercial entertainment establishments operated wholly or partly in the open (e.g., drive-in theaters, golf driving ranges, and miniature golf courses),---CUP - PC-
14. Automotive service stations, automobile washing facilities;---CUP - PC-
15. Gasoline and diesel fuel pumps, whether utilized as a principal use or as an accessory use---CUP - PC-
16. Automobile, trailer, tire and boat sales, rentals, service, repair and storage, including body and upholstery shops, but limited to new and used vehicles in operable condition and new, reconditioned and used parts, if stored inside a building---P-
17. Manufacturing, processing, assembly, research and development factories, laboratories, shops, and other uses which, in the opinion of the Director of Community Development are similar to uses permitted in the ML zoning district, and which do not create undue adverse impacts due to the effects of glare, noise, dust, or any other emission within the premises as provided in Section 19.72.050 of this Title.---P-
18. Light Manufacturing, processing, assembly, and storage of products and materials which do not create undue adverse impacts due to the effects of glare, noise, dust, or any other emission within the premises as provided in Section 19.72.050 of this Title.--P--
19. Medical and Allied Laboratories-PP--
20. Laboratories----P
21. Warehouses;---P-
22. Enclosed Warehousing---PP
23. Wholesaler Showrooms----P
24. Wholesale and storage activities within completely enclosed buildings;---P-
25. Wholesale and storage within completely enclosed buildings, excluding petroleum products;----P
26. Cold Storage Facilities and Frozen Food Lockers---PP
27. Packing and crating establishments;---P-
28. Auction houses, used furniture sales, feed sales;---P-
29. Home, garden and farm equipment and appliance sales and rentals;---P-
30. Machinery sales and rentals, including heavy construction equipment;---P-
31. Repair and service shops for light machinery, household appliances and apparel;---P-
32. Light Machinery, Tools and Equipment Sales and Services---PP
33. Lumberyards,---P-
34. Building material sales, ice, coal and wood sales, carpenter and cabinet shops;---P-
35. Nurseries and greenhouses;---P-
36. Television, radio and motion picture studios and stations;---PP
37. Film Processing----P
38. Commercial Photography----P
39. Public utility facilities and service yards, and associated buildings, communications and equipment buildings, corporation yards, contractors' and plumbers' shops, and storage yards;---PP
40. Municipal and Governmental Facilities----P
41. All uses permitted in a general commercial (CG) zone as provided in Chapter 19.60, provided that:

a. They are auxiliary or subsidiary to or an essential part of an established operation or use permitted by this chapter including, but not limited to, personal services, retail establishments, and recreation facilities located on the same lot as the principal use, and

--PPP

b. Which exist solely for the convenience of persons employed in or customers of the principal use;

42. Residential dwellings for caretakers or watchmen employed for the protection of the principal permitted use, provided they are located on the same lot as the principal permitted use.---P-
43. For any ordinarily permitted industrial use where the number of parking spaces exceeds one per five hundred feet of net lot area, upon a determination that the use will not have an adverse impact upon the City's street and circulation system, and is consistent with the City's noise ordinance.---CUP - Admin.-
44. Retail sales of mixed concrete sold in batches not exceeding one cubic yard---CUP - PC-
45. Stone cutting, monument manufacture---CUP - PC-
46. Mortuaries---CUP - PC-
47. Heliports as accessory uses,---CUP - PC-
48. Manufacture of radioactive material, provided that emissions do not exceed permissible levels established by Federal or State standards---CUP - PC-
49. Other uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are consistent with the character of an ML zone, and do not exceed the levels of odor, noise, dust, smoke, glare, fumes, radiation or vibration described in Section 19.72.050 of this Title---CUP - PC-
50. Existing churches approved by the City with a Conditional Use Permit, in existence prior to the adoption of Ordinance 11-2084----CUP - PC
51. Technical Colleges - With classroom schedules which do not exceed traffic generation rates normally experienced by a Light Industrial/Administrative Office development between 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The on-site enrollment shall not exceed two students for each parking space during the day program from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and the evening program from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.----CUP - PC
52. Bag cleaning,---ExEx
53. Blast furnace,---ExEx
54. Boiler or Tank Works---ExEx
55. Boiler or Tank Works---ExEx
56. Candle Factory---ExEx
57. Cannery---ExEx
58. Central Mixing Plant for Cement---ExEx
59. Mortar---ExEx
60. Plaster or Paving Materials---ExEx
61. Coke Oven---ExEx
62. Curing---ExEx
63. Tanning or Storage of Raw Hides or Skins---ExEx
64. Distillation of Bones, Coal or Wood---ExEx
65. Distillation of Tar---ExEx
66. Drilling for Oil, Gas or Other Hydrocarbon Substances---ExEx
67. Dumping, Disposal, Incineration or Reduction of Garbage, Sewage, Offal, Dead Animals or Refuse---ExEx
68. Fat Rendering---ExEx
69. Forge plant---ExEx
70. Foundry or Metal Fabrication Plant---ExEx
71. Hog Farms---ExEx
72. Junk Yards---ExEx
73. Baling of Rags or Junk---ExEx
74. Pumping, Refining or Wholesale Storage of Crude Petroleum---ExEx
75. Slaughtering of Animals---ExEx
76. Smelting of Copper, Iron, Tin, Zinc or other Ores---ExEx
77. Steam Power Plant---ExEx
78. Stockyard---ExEx
79. Stone Mill or Quarry---ExEx
80. Sugar Refining---ExEx
81. Wool Pulling or Scouring---ExEx
82. Manufacture of:

a. Acetylene,

---ExEx

b. Acid

---ExEx

c. Alcohol

---ExEx

d. Alcoholic Beverages

---ExEx

e. Ammonia

---ExEx

f. Bleaching Powder

---ExEx

g. Chlorine

---ExEx

h. Chemicals

---ExEx

i. Soda or Soda Compounds

---ExEx

j. Brick Pottery

---ExEx

k. Terra Cotta or Tile (except handcraft products only)

---ExEx

l. Candles

---ExEx

m. Celluloid or pyroxlin (treatment of same)

---Ex

n. Cement

---ExEx

o. Gypsum

---ExEx

p. Lime or Plaster of Paris

---ExEx

q. Chewing Tobacco (or treatment of same)

---ExEx

r. Disinfectants

---ExEx

s. Dyestuffs

---ExEx

t. Emery Cloth or Sandpaper

---ExEx

u. Explosives

---ExEx

v. Fireworks or Gunpowder (or storage of same)

---ExEx

w. Fertilizer

---ExEx

x. Glass

---ExEx

y. Glue

---ExEx

z. Gelatin

---ExEx

aa. Grease

---ExEx

bb. Lard or Tallow (manufactured or refined from or of animal fat)

---ExEx

cc. Illumination of Heating Gas (or Storage of Same)

---ExEx

dd. Insecticides

---ExEx

ee. Lampblack

---ExEx

ff. Linoleum

---ExEx

gg. Oilcloth or oiled products

---ExEx

hh. Linseed Oil

---ExEx

ii. Paint

---ExEx

jj. Oil

---ExEx

kk. Shellac

---ExEx

ll. Turpentine or Varnish (except mixing)

---ExEx

mm. Matches

---ExEx

nn. Paper or Pulp

---ExEx

oo. Pickles

---ExEx

pp. Sauerkraut or Vinegar

---ExEx

qq. Potash Products

---ExEx

rr. Rubber or Gutta Percha Products (or treatment of same)

---ExEx

ss. Shoe Polish

---ExEx

tt. Soap (other than liquid soap)

---ExEx

uu. Starch, Glucose or Dectrin

---ExEx

vv. Stove Polish

---ExEx

ww. Tar Roofing or Waterproofing or other Tar Products

---ExEx

xx. Yeast

---ExEx
83. Schools (preschool, kindergarten through grade 12(K-12))---ExEx
84. Specialized Schools---ExEx
85. General Acute Care Hospital (e.g., any nursing facility, intermediate care facility, congregate living health facility)---ExEx
86. Long-term health care facility---ExEx
87. Child Day Care Facility (including day care centers, employer-sponsored child care centers, adult day care and family day care homes)---ExEx
88. Uses or facilities defined in Health and Safety Code Sections 1250 or 1418 or 1596.750 and Education Code Section 17323(c) which may be utilized by sensitive receptors as defined by Public Resources Code Section 42100(c)---ExEx

Key:

P – Permitted Use
- – Not Allowed
CUP - Admin. – Conditional Use Permit issued by the Director of Community Development
CUP - PC – Conditional Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission
CUP - CC – Conditional Use Permit issued by the City Council
Ex – Excluded Uses

(Ord. 17-2165, § 11, 2017; Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011)