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Hanford City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

08 LAND USE TABLES

§ 17.08.010 Land use restriction.

No structure, or any part thereof, shall be erected, enlarged, or reduced, nor shall any site or structure be used, designated, or intended to be used for any purpose or in any manner other than as included among the uses listed in the land use tables in this chapter as permitted, administratively permitted, or conditionally permitted in the zone district in which such structure, land, or site is located, except as otherwise authorized by this title.
(Ord. 17-04, 2017; Ord. 19-07 § 5, 2019; Ord. 24-11, 12/3/2024)

§ 17.08.020 Residential land use table.

A. 
The following table identifies which land uses are permitted by right, require a use permit, or are not allowed in the R-L-12, R-L-8, R-L-5, R-M, and R-H zones.
B. 
A "P" means that the use is permitted by right in that zone. A "C" means the use requires a conditional use permit in that zone. An "A" means the use requires an administrative use permit in that zone. A "T" means the use requires a temporary use permit in that zone. A blank box means the use is not allowed in that zone. Site plan review may be required, subject to the applicability provisions set forth in Section 17.72.020.
C. 
Land uses are grouped generally by type of use, and then listed alphabetically. The land use groups are Accessory and Support Uses; Residential Uses; and Other Uses. Use of the word "or" can mean either or both uses.
D. 
Land uses with specific land use standards shall meet the requirements found in the identified section in the last column of the table.
E. 
Land within the Airport Protection Zone District shall also be subject to the standards found in the Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan.
Table 17.08.020
Residential Zone Use Table
P = Use is Permitted by Right; C = Use Requires Conditional Use Permit
A = Use Requires Administrative Use Permit; T = Use Requires Temporary Use Permit
Blank = Use Is Not Allowed
Land Uses
Single-family
Residential Zones
Multifamily Residential Zones
Specific Land Use Standards
(See identified Section)
R-L-12
R-L-8
R-L-5
R-M
R-H
Residential Uses
1
Assisted living, skilled nursing, or hospice facility
C
C
C
C
C
2
Bed and breakfast inn
C
17.60.040
3
Boarding house or rooming house
C
C
C
4
Emergency shelter
C
C
5
Employee housing for 6 or fewer employees
P
P
P
P
P
Health and Safety Code Section 17021.5
6
Hotel or motel
7
Manufactured home on permanent foundation
A
A
A
A
A
17.60.090
8
Mobilehome, not within a mobilehome park
17.60.090
9
Mobilehome park (2 or more mobilehomes or manufactured dwellings on a site; 5 acre minimum)
C
17.60.100
10
Multifamily dwelling, 2 units per site (duplex)
P
P
P
P
P
17.10.020 - only permitted in single-family zone districts if the requirements of Government Code Section 65852.21 are satisfied
11
Multifamily dwelling, 3 or 4 units per site (triplex or fourplex)
C
P
P
17.10.020 - only permitted on corner lots in R-L-5 with CUP
12
Multifamily dwelling, 5 or more units per site
P
P
13
Recreational vehicle park
C
C
14
Residential care facility, up to 6 persons
P
P
P
P
P
15
Residential care facility, 7 or more persons
C
C
C
C
C
16
Single-family dwelling, attached
P
P
P
17
Single-family dwelling, detached
P
P
P
P
P
18
Single-room occupancy (SRO)
C
19
Supportive housing
P
P
P
P
P
Section 50675.14 of the Health & Safety Code
20
Transitional housing
P
P
P
P
P
Residential Accessory and Support Uses
21
Accessory dwelling unit
P
P
P
P
P
17.60.030, subject to State Law regulations
22
Building ancillary to the main residential use
P
P
P
P
P
23
Cottage food operation
P
P
P
P
P
17.60.050 - Home Occupation Permit Required
24
Expansion of existing nonconforming residential use
C
C
C
C
C
17.90.070
25
Guest house
P
P
P
Without a kitchen
26
Home occupation
P
P
P
P
P
Chapter 17.78 - Home Occupation Permit Required
27
Keeping of household pets
P
P
P
P
P
6.12.010 limits the number of pets a household may maintain
28
Raising of fruit, vegetables, and horticultural specialties for personal use
P
P
P
P
P
29
Temporary caretaker's dwelling
T
T
T
T
T
30
Temporary materials storage yard
T
T
T
T
T
31
Temporary residential sales office
T
T
T
T
T
32
Temporary construction living quarters
A
A
A
A
A
must be manufactured dwelling unit on permanent foundation; 6 month limit
33
Other accessory or ancillary use or structure that the Community Development Director determines is customarily associated with, and subordinate to, a primary permitted use.
P
P
P
P
P
Other Uses
34
Community center or facility
C
C
C
C
C
35
Day care, up to 8 children
P
P
P
P
P
17.60.060
36
Day care, 9 to 14 children
P
P
P
P
P
17.60.060; SB 234
37
Day care, over 14 children
C
C
C
C
C
17.60.060
38
Electrical distribution and transmission substation, gas regulator station, communications equipment building, public service pumping station, or elevated pressure tank
A
A
A
A
A
39
Golf course or country club
C
C
C
40
Mini-warehouse or self-storage facility
C
17.60.095 on a parcel which has frontage on and adequate main access to an arterial or collector street
41
Park or playground
P
P
P
P
P
42
Religious institution or facility
C
C
C
C
C
43
School, private (kindergarten to 12th grade)
C
C
C
44
School, public (kindergarten to 12th grade)
P
P
P
45
Storm drainage basin, with or without a park
P
P
P
P
P
46
Land uses listed in the Commercial, Office, and Industrial Zone Use Table (Section 17.08.030) that are not listed in this Residential Zone Use Table
(Ord. 17-04, 2017; Ord. 19-07 § 5, 2019; Ord. 24-11, 12/3/2024)

§ 17.08.030 Commercial, office, and industrial zone use table.

A. 
The following table identifies which land uses are permitted by right, require a use permit, or are not allowed in the C-N, C-R, C-S, C-H, MX-N, MX-C, MX-D, O-R, O, I-L, I-H, AP, PF, and CO zones.
B. 
A "P" means that the use is permitted by right in that zone. A "C" means the use requires a conditional use permit in that zone. An "A" means the use requires an administrative use permit in that zone. A "T" means the use requires a temporary use permit in that zone. A blank box means the use is not allowed in that zone. Site plan review may be required, subject to the applicability provisions set forth in Section 17.72.020.
C. 
Land uses are grouped generally by type of use, and then listed alphabetically. The land use groups are Accessory and Support Uses; Eating and Drinking Establishment Uses; Education, Religious, and Assembly Uses; Manufacturing and Processing Uses; Office and Medical Uses; Public and Quasi-Public Uses; Recreation Uses; Residential Uses; Retail Uses; Service Uses; Transportation and Storage Uses; and Other Uses.
D. 
Land uses with specific land use standards shall meet the requirements found in the identified section in the last column of the table.
E. 
Land within the Airport Protection Zone District shall also be subject to the standards found in the Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan.
Table 17.08.030
Commercial, Office, and Industrial Use Table
P = Use is Permitted by Right; C = Use Requires Conditional Use Permit
A = Use Requires Administrative Use Permit; T = Use Requires Temporary Use Permit
Blank = Use Is Not Allowed
Land Uses
Commercial Zones
Mixed Use Zones
Industrial and Office Zones
Other Zones
Specific Land Use Standards (See identified Section)
C-N
C-R
C-S
C-H
MX-N
MX-C
MX-D
O-R
O
I-L
I-H
AP
PF
CO
Accessory and Support Uses
A1
Automated teller machine (ATM)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
A2
Caretaker residence or quarters
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A3
Cottage food operation
P
P
P
P
17.60.050 - Home Occupation Permit Required
A4
Day care primarily for children of employees on the same site as a permitted use
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
17.60.060
A5
Drive-thru pick-up window, not in conjunction with a restaurant
P
P
P
P
P
P
C
17.60.070
A6
Electric vehicle charging station
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
AB 1236
A7
Food service primarily for employees on the same site as a permitted use
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
A8
Games of skill or amusement, 8 or less
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
A9
Games of skill or amusement, more than 8
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
A10
Home occupation
P
P
P
P
P
Chapter 17.78 - Home Occupation Permit Required
A11
Keeping of household pets
P
P
P
P
P
Title 6
A12
Keeping of large animals as pets
P
Title 6
A13
Mobile vending or food truck
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
See Chapter 5.64; CUP required for placement exceeding 6 months
A14
Billboard
Not permitted
A15
Outdoor storage ancillary to and on the same site as a permitted use
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
17.60.120
A16
Temporary materials and/or equipment storage yard
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
P
A17
Temporary sales office (including parking lot)
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
A18
Vending machines
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
17.60.150
A19
Other accessory or ancillary use or structure that the Community Development Director determines is customarily associated with, and subordinate to, a primary permitted use.
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Eating and Drinking Establishment Uses
B1
Artisan food and beverage production and sales
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
B2
Bar, nightclub, or lounge
C
C
C
C
C
B3
Brewpub
C
P
P
C
C
P
P
B4
Microbrewery
C
P
C
C
C
B5
Restaurant, full service
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
B6
Restaurant, limited service with drive-thru pickup window
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
17.60.070
B7
Restaurant, limited service without drive-thru pickup window
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Education, Religious and Assembly Uses
C1
Auditorium
P
P
P
P
C2
Card room
C
C3
Club, lodge, event space, or private meeting hall
P
P
P
C4
Carnival or circus
T
T
T
T
T
C5
College or university, public or private
C
C
C
C
P
C6
Convention or conference center
P
P
P
P
C7
Funeral home or mortuary
P
C
P
C
C8
Library, museum, or cultural facility
P
P
P
C9
Pool hall or billiard parlor
C
C
C10
Religious institution or facility
P
C
C
C
C
C11
School, private (kindergarten to 12th grade)
C
C12
School, public (kindergarten to 12th grade)
P
C13
School; charter, trade, vocational, art, business, or professional
C
P
C
C
C
C
C
P
C14
Studio for martial arts, music, dance, yoga, exercise, gymnastics or similar
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
C15
Theater, live or movie
P
P
C16
Theater, live or movie with incidental alcohol sales
C
C
ABC Type 41 or 47 required
Manufacturing and Processing Uses
D1
Agricultural crop production
P
P
P
P
D2
Agricultural products packing, packaging, preparing or processing
C
P
C
D3
Agricultural technology
P
P
P
D4
Animal raising
P
D5
Beverage Production
P
P
P
D6
Blacksmiths or metal products manufacturing
C
P
P
D7
Boat building and repair
P
P
P
D8
Cannabis cultivation
C
See Chapters 5.56 and 17.69
D9
Cannabis distribution
C
C
See Chapters 5.56 and 17.69
D10
Cannabis manufacturing
C
See Chapters 5.56 and 17.69
D11
Cannabis testing
C
C
See Chapters 5.56 and 17.69
D12
Chemical products manufacturing
C
D13
Clothing production
C
P
P
D14
Commercial hemp business (e.g., cultivation, manufacture, distribution, transportation, and lab testing)
C
C
See Chapters 5.68 and 17.67
D15
Concrete and cement production
C
D16
Electrical equipment or component manufacturing
C
P
P
D17
Fabric product manufacturing
C
P
P
D18
Food and beverage manufacturing (large scale)
P
P
D19
Furniture and cabinet shops
C
P
P
D20
Glass production
C
P
P
D21
Hazardous waste facility
C
D22
Industrial or manufacturing facility, general
P
D23
Industrial or manufacturing, intensive
C
D24
Industrial or manufacturing facility, limited
P
P
D25
Jewelry manufacturing
P
P
P
D26
Lumber and wood product manufacturing
C
P
P
D27
Machinery manufacturing, no punch presses or drop hammers over 20 tons
C
P
P
D28
Machinery manufacturing, with punch presses or drop hammers over 20 tons
C
C
D29
Cannabis manufacture transportation, distribution or lab testing
C
See Chapters 5.56 and 17.69
D30
Meat packing without slaughterhouse
C
D31
Mining, quarry, or sand and gravel excavation
C
C
D32
Monument and tombstone works
C
P
P
D33
Motor vehicle manufacturing
P
P
D34
Paint manufacturing
C
D35
Pharmaceutical manufacturing
P
P
D36
Plastics and rubber products
P
P
D37
Printing and publishing (large-scale)
P
P
P
D38
Research and development facility
P
C
P
P
C
D39
Structural clay and pottery production
C
P
P
D40
Surgical and medical instrument manufacturing
C
P
P
D41
Telecommunication component manufacturing
C
P
P
D42
Tire recapping retreading, and rebuilding
C
P
Office and Medical Uses
E1
Business support service
P
P
P
P
P
P
E2
Call center
C
C
C
E3
Communications broadcasting or media studio
P
C
P
P
C
E4
Laboratory; general, medical or dental
P
C
P
C
P
C
E5
Hospital, general or psychiatric
P
P
E6
Office; medical, dental, or optometry
Under 2,000 sq. ft.
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
2,000 - 6,000 sq. ft
P
C
P
P
P
P
P
P
Over 6,000 sq. ft.
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
E7
Office; professional or commercial
Under 2,000 sq. ft.
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
2,000 - 6,000 sq. ft.
P
C
P
P
P
P
P
P
Over 6,000 sq. ft.
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
E8
Pharmacy
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
E9
Urgent care center or other walk-in clinic
P
C
C
P
P
P
P
Public and Quasi-Public Uses
F1
Cemetery
P
F2
Community center or facility
P
P
P
P
P
F3
Community garden
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
F4
Day care, up to 8 persons
P
P
P
P
17.60.060
F5
Day care, 9 to 14 persons
C
P
P
P
P
17.60.060
F6
Day care, over 14 persons
C
C
C
C
C
17.60.060
F7
Electrical distribution and transmission and substation, gas regulator station, communications equipment building, public service pumping station or elevated pressure tank
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
F8
Fairgrounds
P
F9
Government office; local, state, or federal
C
P
P
P
Federal and State agencies exempt from zoning
F10
Post office
P
P
P
P
F11
Public corporation yard, utility yard, or vehicle and heavy equipment maintenance and storage yard
C
P
P
P
F12
Public safety facility or station
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
F13
Social service office, assistance center, or guidance center
P
C
F14
Storm drainage basin, with or without a park
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
F15
Wireless communication facility (WCF)
C
P
P
C
C
C
P
P
P
Chapter 17.68, CUP may be required
Recreation Uses
G1
Athletic complex or ball field
P
G2
Commercial recreation facility, indoor
C
C
P
P
C
P
C
C
G3
Commercial recreation facility, outdoor
C
C
C
C
C
G4
Golf course or country club
C
C
G5
Health or fitness facility, large
C
P
C
P
P
C
G6
Health or fitness facility, small
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
C
G7
Park or playground
P
P
P
Residential Uses
H1
Assisted living, skilled nursing, or hospice facility
C
C
C
C
H2
Bed and breakfast inn
C
C
C
C
17.60.040
H3
Boarding or rooming house
C
C
P
P
H4
Emergency shelter
P
P
H5
Employee housing for 6 or fewer employees
P
P
P
P
Health and Safety Code Section 17021.5
H6
Hotel or motel
C
C
P
P
P
H7
Manufactured home on permanent foundation
A
A
A
A
A
H8
Mobilehome park (2 or more mobilehomes or manufactured dwellings on a site; 5 acre minimum)
17.60.100
H9
Multifamily dwelling, 2 units per site (duplex)
P
P
P
P
Permitted at a ratio of one unit per 1,500 sq. ft. of site area
H10
Multifamily dwelling, 3 or 4 units per site (triplex or fourplex)
P
P
P
C
Permitted at a ratio of one unit per 1,500 sq. ft. of site area
H11
Multifamily dwelling, 5 or more units per site
P
P
P
Permitted at a ratio of one unit per 1,500 sq. ft. of site area
H12
Recreational vehicle park
C
C
H13
Residential care facility
P
P
P
P
H14
Single-family dwelling, attached
P
P
P
H15
Single-family dwelling, detached
P
P
P
P
P
H16
Single-room occupancy (SRO)
P
P
P
H17
Supportive housing
P
P
P
P
P
Section 50675.14 of the Health & Safety Code
H18
Transitional housing
P
P
P
P
P
Retail Uses
I1
Adult entertainment establishment
C
C
C
Chapter 17.62
I2
Auction or sales house
P
P
P
I3
Auction or sales yard
C
C
I4
Automobile and pick-up sales, new and used
P
P
P
17.60.140
I5
Automobile and pick-up sales, used only
P
P
17.60.140
I6
Automobile and/or motorcycle parts (retail), no installation
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
I7
Boat, recreational vehicle (RV), and truck sales
P
C
I8
Building materials and supply or home improvement store
P
P
P
P
C
I9
Cannabis storefront dispensary or sales
C
See Chapter 5.56 and 17.69
I10
Convenience store, with or without fuel sales
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
C
I11
Farm or construction equipment sales or service
P
C
I12
Farmers market
T
T
T
T
I13
Feed and seed store
P
P
I14
Food market
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
I15
Food produce stand
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Limited to produce grown on the site
I16
Fuel sales, fleet or cardlock
P
P
P
P
P
I17
Fuel sales, retail
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
C
I18
Furniture store
P
P
P
I19
Garden shop
P
P
P
P
I20
Landscape nursery
P
C
C
C
C
I21
Liquor store
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
I22
Manufactured home sales yard
C
C
I23
News, magazine or flower stand, outdoor
C
P
I24
Optical retailers
P
P
P
I25
Pawn shop
P
P
I26
Pet store
P
P
P
P
P
P
I27
Retail sales store
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
I28
Retail sales solely via internet, direct mail, or telephone
P
P
P
P
P
P
Chapter 17.78 Home Occupation Permit Required in conjunction with residential use
I29
Secondhand or thrift store
P
P
I30
Swap meet or flea market
C
C
C
C
I31
Tobacco or smoke shop
C
P
P
C
Regulations: Chapter 17.60 distances from schools and sensitive uses 600 ft.; 600 ft. from other smoke shops
Service Uses
J1
Ambulance service
P
P
C
J2
Bank or credit union, main branch
P
J3
Bank or credit union, secondary branch
P
P
P
P
J4
Barber shop, hair salon, nail care, massage therapy establishment, or day spa
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
C
C
C
J5
Car wash, automatic or full service
C
C
P
P
C
P
J6
Car wash, self-service
C
C
C
J7
Carpet cleaning and dyeing
P
C
P
J8
Construction materials recycling
C
P
J9
Copy, printing, or mailing service
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
J10
Crematorium or columbarium
C
C
C
J11
Dry cleaning or laundromat
P
P
P
P
P
P
J12
Equipment rental yard
P
P
J13
Exterminator or pest control service
P
P
C
P
P
J14
Food catering
P
P
P
C
J15
Fortunetelling
P
P
J16
Fuel distributing
P
P
P
J17
Kennel or animal boarding
P
P
C
C
J18
Linen, diaper, or uniform supply service
P
P
P
J19
Medical Spa
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
J20
Motor vehicle repair or service, major
P
P
C
P
P
J21
Motor vehicle repair or service, minor
C
P
P
P
C
P
J22
Motor vehicle window tinting
P
P
C
P
P
J23
Payday lenders or check cashing establishment
C
C
C
J24
Pet grooming
C
C
P
C
P
C
J25
Photography studio
P
P
P
P
P
P
C
P
J26
Recycling, small collection facility (CRV only)
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
J27
Recycling, large collection facility
C
P
P
P
J28
Recycling, processing or sorting facility
C
C
J29
Repair shop, large appliance or equipment
P
P
C
J30
Repair shop, small appliance or equipment
C
P
C
P
P
C
J31
Shooting range, indoor
C
C
C
C
J32
Shooting range, outdoor
J33
Specialty construction or trade service
P
P
P
J34
Tailoring or clothing alterations
P
P
P
P
P
P
J35
Tattooing or body art
C
C
P
J36
Veterinary clinic or office
C
P
C
P
J37
Veterinary hospital
C
C
Transportation and Storage Uses
K1
Airport or heliport
P
P
K2
Bus, transit, or train station
P
P
K3
Cold storage or ice house
C
P
P
P
K4
Food locker
P
P
P
P
K5
Junk yard, wrecking yard, or salvage facility
C
K6
Mini-warehouse or self-storage facility
P
C
C
C
K7
Parking facility, off-site
C
C
C
C
K8
Truck stop or travel center
C
K9
Trucking or transportation terminal
P
K10
Vehicle impound yard
C
P
P
K11
Warehouse or distribution center
P
P
Other Uses
L1
Other uses not listed that are determined by the Community Development Director to be similar in nature to a listed use that is permitted in the same zone
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
L2
Other uses not listed that are determined by the Community Development Director to be similar in nature to a listed use that requires an administrative use permit in the same zone
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
L3
Other uses not listed that are determined by the Community Development Director to be similar in nature to a listed use that requires a conditional use permit in the same zone
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Upon an application or on its own initiative and pursuant to Chapter 17.86, the City Council may add a use to the land use tables established in this chapter if the Council makes all of the following findings:
F. 
That the addition of the use to the land use table will be consistent with the purposes of this title and of the zone district or districts in which the use will be permitted;
G. 
That the use has similar basic characteristics as the present uses allowed in the district;
H. 
That the use will not generate a noticeably greater amount of odor, dirt, smoke, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness or any other objectionable influence or hazard than the amount normally created by any of the other uses permitted in the district or districts in which the use will be permitted;
I. 
That the establishment of the use in the zone district or districts in which it will be permitted will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare.
(Ord. 17-04, 2017; Ord. 17-08 § 3, 2017; Ord. 19-06 § 4, 2019; Ord. 19-07 § 5, 2019; Ord. 20-12 § 5, 2020; Ord. 21-03 § 3, 2021; Ord. 21-14 § 5, 2021; Ord. 24-11, 12/3/2024)

§ 17.08.040 Addition of a use to land use tables.

Upon an application or on its own initiative and pursuant to Chapter 17.86, the City Council may add a use to the land use tables established in this chapter if the Council makes all of the following findings:
A. 
That the addition of the use to the land use table will be in accordance with the purposes of this title and of the zone district or districts in which the use will be permitted;
B. 
That the use has similar basic characteristics as the present uses allowed in the district;
C. 
That the use will not generate a noticeably greater amount of odor, dirt, smoke, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness or any other objectionable influence or hazard than the amount normally created by any of the other uses permitted in the district or districts in which the use will be permitted;
D. 
That the establishment of the use in the zone district or districts in which it will be permitted will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare.
(Ord. 17-04, 2017; Ord. 19-07 § 5, 2019; Ord. 24-11, 12/3/2024)