O-P (Office Professional) Zone. The O-P zone is intended to provide for professional and administrative office uses and certain limited retail uses normally associated with office uses. The O-P zone encourages the grouping of office uses and makes office development compatible with adjacent residentially zoned areas. The O-P zone is consistent with the "office/non-retail" and "neighborhood retail commercial" designations of the general plan.

C-N (Neighborhood Commercial) Zone. The C-N zone is intended to provide shopping areas for daily convenience goods that are in close proximity to the residential areas they serve. A neighborhood commercial area may be a shopping center but it may also be an individual lot and building. Due to its proximity to residential areas, a C-N zoned area is designed to protect the nearby residential environment, insure safe traffic circulation and encourage pedestrian access. The C-N zone is consistent with the "neighborhood retail commercial" designation of the general plan.

C-G (General Commercial) Zone. The C-G zone is intended to provide a full range of general commercial uses ranging from offices to retail to automotive services to tourist facilities. A general commercial area may be developed as a shopping center or as an individual lot and building or as a "strip commercial" development. A C-G zoned area may occur in close proximity to residential areas. Therefore, the compatibility of uses must be carefully considered, and reflected in site design and in some cases through the use of conditional use permits. In addition, safe traffic circulation and sufficient parking areas must be provided. The C-G zone is consistent with the "general retail commercial" designation and may be found consistent with the "neighborhood retail commercial" designation of the general plan.

C-R (Regional Commercial) Zone. The C-R zone is intended to accommodate community and regional commercial centers and governmental facilities, which typically serve large areas of the city and surrounding community. In view of the extensive service areas of such developments, as well as their potentially significant impact on adjacent land uses and traffic circulation patterns, the C-R zone is limited to the downtown area and the area including and around the regional shopping mall that is regulated by Specific Plan No. 19. The development standards of the C-R zone seek to minimize any adverse effects of the developments on adjacent property and to encourage common access and parking. Jointuse developments of retail, office and residential uses are also encouraged in the downtown area. The C-R zone is consistent with the "regional retail commercial" designation of the general plan.

C-M (Heavy Commercial—Light Manufacturing) Zone. The C-M zone is both a commercial zone and an industrial zone. It is intended to provide for light manufacturing and industrial uses with relatively minor impacts on the surrounding area, which are contained in buildings and consist of: light manufacturing, wholesale trade, processing, servicing, assembly and distribution. The C-M zone is also intended to provide for commercial trade uses consisting of wholesale and specific, listed retail uses, which combine aspects of commercial trade with light industrial operations, such that the retail commercial trade aspects occupy no more than 50 percent of the gross floor area of the building or buildings which make up the business on the same site. The commercial trade may be retail or wholesale or a combination of the two. The C-M zone is also intended to provide for commercial trade uses which are limited to the sale and/or distribution of "large box" items such as furniture, appliances, carpeting, etc. and the incidental sales of items accessory to the "large box" items as long as the incidental sales do not exceed 15 percent of the total sales area.