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Lathrop City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

58 LATHROP GATEWAY BUSINESS PARK ZONING DISTRICTS

§ 17.58.010 Lathrop Gateway zoning districts, purposes and application.

The zoning districts in this chapter are designed to provide the opportunity for a wide variety of office, commercial and industrial uses that are compatible with the Lathrop Gateway Business Park Specific Plan. The following regulations are supplemented by the entire text of the LGBPSP and are always combined with the LG (Lathrop Gateway) combining zone. These zoning districts, ending in "-LG," are limited to the Lathrop Gateway Business Park Specific Plan area.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4; Ord. 23-449, 11/13/2023)

§ 17.58.020 Purposes and application.

The CO-LG zoning district provides a range of large and small scale commercial development opportunities for the location of professional and commercial offices; retail; financial; governmental; professional, business services and entertainment activities; clean light industrial uses; and other uses to serve the local and regional community. Land requirements for most commercial office uses generally dictate their application along main roads of the city which generally have convenient access and/or high visibility.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.021 Permitted uses.

A. 
Off-street parking lots improved in conformity with Chapter 17.76 shall be permitted.
B. 
Retail sales uses including, but not limited to:
1. 
Antique/collector shop;
2. 
Appliance store, new and used;
3. 
Automobile, truck and tractor parts;
4. 
Automobile and truck sales, service and repair, new and used;
5. 
Bakeries, retail and wholesale;
6. 
Bicycle shops;
7. 
Boat sales, service and repair, new and used;
8. 
Book store;
9. 
Boutique/gift store;
10. 
Bridal shop;
11. 
Children's/teen's store;
12. 
Clothing store;
13. 
Convenience-oriented food store;
14. 
Department store/general merchandise store;
15. 
Diaper supply;
16. 
Dry goods;
17. 
Electronics/audio/video/computer/software store;
18. 
Feed and seed;
19. 
Furniture stores, new and used;
20. 
Hardware/home improvement/building materials;
21. 
Hat store/millinery;
22. 
Housewares/tableware/linen stores;
23. 
Ice sales and storage;
24. 
Jewelry store;
25. 
Leather goods and luggage;
26. 
Lighting store;
27. 
Lumber yards, when accessory to retail establishment, in an enclosed building;
28. 
Machinery/equipment, including farm equipment sales, service, and rental, in an enclosed building;
29. 
Medical and orthopedic appliance store;
30. 
Nursery/garden supply store/landscape materials;
31. 
Office and business supplies;
32. 
Party supplies;
33. 
Scientific instrument store;
34. 
Stamps, coins and collectables;
35. 
Thrift shop and secondhand store;
36. 
Tobacconist/cigarette sales;
37. 
Toy store;
38. 
Wholesale business and sales.
C. 
Regionally oriented, high volume retail uses, including, but not limited to:
1. 
Auto malls;
2. 
Design/contractors centers;
3. 
Discount/off price/factory outlet stores and centers;
4. 
Entertainment/lifestyle centers;
5. 
Furniture outlets;
6. 
Malls;
7. 
Power centers;
8. 
Promotional centers.
D. 
Service retail uses including, but not limited to:
1. 
Appliance repair shops, large and small;
2. 
Automobile and truck upholstery and top shops;
3. 
Automobile, truck and trailer rental and service, including incidental sales;
4. 
Automobile and truck washing, either self-service or involving the use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steam cleaning;
5. 
Banks/credit unions/savings and loans/financial institutions;
6. 
Boat/recreational vehicle storage and parking;
7. 
Bus depots and transit stations;
8. 
Cafeterias;
9. 
Catering;
10. 
Cleaning, pressing and dyeing establishments, using noninflammable and nonexplosive cleaning fluid;
11. 
Day care centers;
12. 
Medical and dental clinics, and prescribing pharmacies within;
13. 
Electronics repair;
14. 
Employment agency;
15. 
Exterminators;
16. 
Facial/massage/day spa;
17. 
Heating, ventilating and air conditioning shops, including incidental sheet metal;
18. 
Hotel/motel/extended-stay hotels;
19. 
Interior decorating and window coverings;
20. 
Laundromats;
21. 
Linen supply service;
22. 
Lube/oil change shops;
23. 
Mattress repair;
24. 
Mortuary;
25. 
Motorcycle and motorsports sales, service and repair, new and used;
26. 
Musical instrument repair and sales;
27. 
Outdoor dining;
28. 
Parking lots and structures, improved, off-street and in conformity with Chapter 17.76;
29. 
Plumbing and sheet metal;
30. 
Real estate/title office;
31. 
Restaurants;
32. 
Rug and carpet cleaning and dyeing;
33. 
Secretarial services;
34. 
Sign painting shop;
35. 
Storage building, incidental to a permitted use;
36. 
Storage, garages and buildings, including mini-storage facility;
37. 
Taxidermists;
38. 
Tire sales, services, retreading and recapping, automobile and truck;
39. 
Tool or cutlery sharpening or grinding;
40. 
Vending machines, within enclosed areas;
41. 
Veterinarian services and offices, including small animal hospitals or clinics, short-term boarding of animals and incidental care such as bathing and trimming; provided that all operations are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure which complies with specifications of soundproof construction as prescribed by the building official.
E. 
Educational and recreational uses including, but not limited to:
1. 
Auditoriums/concert hall;
2. 
Banquet facility;
3. 
Billiards/pool hall;
4. 
Bowling alley;
5. 
Community/civic center;
6. 
Dance hall/studio;
7. 
Health clubs/fitness centers/physical therapy/gymnasium;
8. 
Instruction and training in gymnastics, martial arts, aerobics, yoga;
9. 
Meeting hall;
10. 
Music/audio recording studio;
11. 
Professional and trade schools and colleges;
12. 
Theater (dinner, movie, live, etc.).
F. 
Office uses including, but not limited to:
1. 
Administrative headquarters;
2. 
Administrative offices—City, county, state, and federal;
3. 
Business, consulting, commercial, professional, and administrative services and offices;
4. 
Business park or regional office centers;
5. 
Courier offices;
6. 
Laboratories, research and development services;
7. 
Medical and dental offices, laboratories and clinics, and prescription pharmacies in conjunction therewith or with a hospital;
8. 
Offices incidental to another permitted use;
9. 
Public and private nonprofit charitable institutions;
10. 
Radio and television broadcasting;
11. 
Stock brokerage offices.
G. 
Open space.
H. 
Incidental and accessory structures and uses on the same site as a permitted use.
I. 
Electrical transmission and distribution substation, gas regulator station, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks.
J. 
Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Section 17.16.020.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.022 Permitted uses-Administrative approval required.

The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.108:
A. 
Retail sales uses including, but not limited to:
1. 
Convention center;
2. 
Farmer's markets, including indoor and outdoor facilities;
3. 
Hospital/medical center;
4. 
Machinery/equipment sales, services, and rentals, unenclosed;
5. 
Newspaper publishing;
6. 
Park and ride facilities;
7. 
Public utility service yards;
8. 
Storage yards for commercial vehicles, unenclosed;
9. 
Temporary Christmas tree lot;
10. 
Temporary pumpkin patch.
B. 
Eating, drinking and entertainment establishments, including, but not limited to:
1. 
Amusement arcade;
2. 
Fast food drive-through/drive-in facility;
3. 
Private clubs;
4. 
Skating rinks, game arcades and other similar commercial recreation facilities, in an enclosed building.
C. 
Other, including, but not limited to:
1. 
Communication buildings, sites and facilities, including communication towers;
2. 
Recycled water storage ponds and sprayfields, not previously identified in previous approvals;
3. 
Storm drain detention and retention ponds not previously identified in previous approvals.
D. 
Other uses added to this list by the planning commission according to the procedures in Section 17.16.020 of the Lathrop Municipal Code.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.023 Conditional uses-Commission approval required.

A. 
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.112:
1. 
Ambulance stations;
2. 
Bars, cocktail lounges, and nightclubs;
3. 
Church/religious facility;
4. 
Communication buildings, sites and facilities, including communication towers;
5. 
Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined by Section 17.04.080 of the Lathrop Zoning Ordinance;
6. 
Gas/service station/convenience store, automobile and truck;
7. 
Gunsmiths/gun shop;
8. 
Incidental and accessory structures and uses, as defined in Section 17.04.080, located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use;
9. 
Liquor store or sales, on/off-premises;
10. 
Lumber yards, not including planing mills or saw mills, unenclosed;
11. 
Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, up to 50% or less of the value of the structure, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than $200, and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges;
12. 
Pawnshops;
13. 
Unenclosed commercial recreation facilities including amusement or theme parks, drive-in theaters, golf driving ranges, pony ride rings, race tracks, riding stables, skating rinks, sports arenas and sports stadiums;
14. 
Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Section 17.16.020.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.024 Required conditions.

A. 
No use shall be permitted, and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are found by the planning commission to be objectionable to persons living or working in the vicinity by reasons of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibration, illumination, glare or unsightliness or to involve any hazard of fire, explosion or toxic chemicals.
B. 
Temporary sidewalk sales and use of the public right-of-way for the display and sales merchandise shall require approval by the city council. Permanent use for such purposes is strictly prohibited.
C. 
The visual interface between commercial and residential areas shall he designed and developed so as to avoid obtrusive visual impacts of commercial activities on nearby residential areas.
D. 
Street trees and frontage landscaping with automatic irrigation shall be provided for all commercial sites. Parking area landscaping may also be required under site plan review.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.025 Property development standards.

All uses shall be consistent with Article 56, Development Standards, in this Zoning Ordinance. Where development standards are not specifically identified in this document, reference the city of Lathrop Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4; Ord. 25-462, 2/10/2025)

§ 17.58.026 Site plan and architectural design review.

No use shall be established on any lot or site in any CO district until a site plan and architectural plans shall have been submitted to and approved by the city pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.100 and 17.104 of the Lathrop Municipal Code, and such lot or site has been fully developed with the improvements required by the city. Design review is required for all proposed structures, whether residential or nonresidential, together with related site plans, landscaping, and public improvements associated with new development within the Lathrop Gateway Business Park Specific Plan area.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4; Ord. 25-462, 2/10/2025)

§ 17.58.027 General provisions and exceptions.

All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter 17.16 of the Lathrop Municipal Code.
The community development director may approve use interpretations and minor deviations related to the zoning herein.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.030 Purposes and application.

The CS-LG district is intended primarily for establishments engaged in servicing equipment, materials and products, but which do not require the manufacturing, assembly, packaging or processing of articles or merchandise for distribution and retail sale. Land requirements for most service commercial uses generally dictate their application along arterial and collector streets of the city which generally lie close to central commercial, highway commercial and industrial districts, in accordance with the general plan.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.031 Permitted uses.

A. 
Off-street parking lots improved in conformity with Chapter 17.76 shall be permitted.
B. 
Service commercial establishments, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. 
Addressograph services;
2. 
Automobile and truck sales, service and repair, new and used;
3. 
Automobile, truck and trailer rental and service, including incidental sales;
4. 
Automobile, truck and trailer repairing, overhauling, rebuilding and painting;
5. 
Automobile, truck and trailer parts;
6. 
Automobile and truck upholstery and top shops;
7. 
Automobile and truck washing, either self-service or involving the use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steam cleaning;
8. 
Automobile, truck and trailer parking;
9. 
Bakeries, retail and wholesale;
10. 
Bicycle shops;
11. 
Blacksmith shops;
12. 
Blueprint and photocopy;
13. 
Boat sales, service and repair, new and used;
14. 
Book binding;
15. 
Bottling works;
16. 
Breweries;
17. 
Bus depots and transit stations, including storage and repair;
18. 
Business, professional and trade schools and colleges;
19. 
Carpenters' shops;
20. 
Carpeting and flooring;
21. 
Catering;
22. 
Ceramic and pottery works;
23. 
Cleaning, pressing and dyeing establishments, using noninflammable and nonexplosive cleaning fluid;
24. 
Cold storage;
25. 
Columbariums and crematoriums;
26. 
Contractors' storage yards;
27. 
Convenience-oriented food stores;
28. 
Dairy products plants;
29. 
Diaper supply;
30. 
Electronics repair;
31. 
Exterminators;
32. 
Feed and seed;
33. 
Food lockers;
34. 
Freight forwarding terminals;
35. 
Furniture stores, new and used;
36. 
Furniture warehouses and van services;
37. 
Gas/service station/convenience store, automobile and truck;
38. 
Glass installation;
39. 
Hardware/home improvement/building materials;
40. 
Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning shops, including incidental sheet metal;
41. 
Ice sale and storage;
42. 
Interior decorating and window coverings;
43. 
Kennels and small breeding facilities, located not closer than 500 feet to an R, RM, CN, CC or CR district;
44. 
Laboratories, research and development services;
45. 
Laundromats;
46. 
Linen supply services;
47. 
Locksmith;
48. 
Lumber yards, not including planing mills or saw mills;
49. 
Machinery/equipment, including farm equipment, sales, services, and rental, in an enclosed building;
50. 
Mattress repair;
51. 
Mortuaries;
52. 
Motorcycle and motorsports sales, service and repair, new and used;
53. 
Musical instrument repair and sales;
54. 
Nursery/garden supply stores/landscape materials;
55. 
Office and business supplies;
56. 
Offices, administrative and professional services;
57. 
Packing and crating;
58. 
Paint and wallpaper;
59. 
Parcel delivery;
60. 
Picture framing;
61. 
Plumbing and sheet metal;
62. 
Pool halls;
63. 
Pressing of wearing apparel;
64. 
Printing, lithographing and engraving;
65. 
Public buildings and grounds;
66. 
Public utility service yards;
67. 
Restaurants;
68. 
Rug and carpet cleaning and dyeing;
69. 
Safe and vault repairing;
70. 
Sheet metal shops;
71. 
Shoe repair shops;
72. 
Sign painting shops;
73. 
Stone and monument yards or mills;
74. 
Storage, garages and buildings, including mini-storage facility;
75. 
Storage yards for commercial vehicles, including trucks and trailers;
76. 
Taxidermists;
77. 
Thrift shops and secondhand stores;
78. 
Tire sales, services, retreading and recapping, automobiles and trucks;
79. 
Tool or cutlery sharpening or grinding;
80. 
Transit terminals;
81. 
Trucking terminals;
82. 
Typewriter repair shops;
83. 
Upholstery shops;
84. 
Veterinarian services and offices, including small animal hospitals or clinics, short-term boarding of animals and incidental care such as bathing and trimming; provided that all operations are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure which complies with specifications of soundproof construction as prescribed by the building official;
85. 
Warehouses, except for the storage of fuel oil or flammable liquids and explosives;
86. 
Welding and blacksmithing, excepting drop hammer;
87. 
Wineries and wine cellars, small, medium and large;
88. 
Wholesale business and sales;
89. 
Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Section 17.16.020.
C. 
Open space.
D. 
Offices and retail stores incidental to and on the same site with a service commercial establishment.
E. 
Incidental and accessory uses and structures located on the same site as a permitted use.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4; Ord. 23-449, 11/13/2023)

§ 17.58.032 Permitted uses-Administrative approval required.

A. 
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.108:
1. 
Eating establishments, drive-through/drive-in facility and alcohol serving;
2. 
Electrical transmission and distribution substations, gas regulator stations, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks, including gas and electrical transmission lines, in accordance with Section 17.108.080;
3. 
Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use;
4. 
Hospital/medical center;
5. 
Temporary uses such as a circus, carnival, religious revival, Christmas tree lot, promotion and sale in trucks or trailers, animal show or display, and pumpkin patch pursuant to Section 17.108.080;
6. 
Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Section 17.16.020.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.033 Conditional uses-Commission approval required.

A. 
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.112:
1. 
Any use listed as a permitted use in the IL, limited industrial district;
2. 
Bars, cocktail lounges and nightclubs;
3. 
Communication buildings, sites and facilities, including communication towers;
4. 
Electroplating shops;
5. 
Energy production, biomass and steam/electric;
6. 
Excavations according to the requirements of Chapter 17.88;
7. 
Expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, up to 50% or less of the value of the structure, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than $200, and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges;
8. 
Expansion, remodeling or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use;
9. 
Gunsmith/gun shop;
10. 
Liquor stores or sales, on/off-premises;
11. 
Railroad freight and passenger stations;
12. 
Recreation facility, indoor and outdoor, including, but not limited to, golf driving ranges, pony riding rings, race tracks, riding stables, skating rinks, sports arenas and sports stadiums, and other similar open, unenclosed commercial recreation facilities;
13. 
Recycling services, consumer and scrap operations;
14. 
Recycled water storage ponds and sprayfields;
15. 
Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Section 17.16.020.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.034 Required conditions.

A. 
No use shall be permitted, and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are found by the planning commission to be objectionable to persons living or working in the vicinity by reasons of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibration, illumination, glare or unsightliness or to involve any hazard of fire, explosion or toxic chemicals.
B. 
Temporary sidewalk sales and use of the public right-of-way for the display and sales of merchandise shall require approval by the city council. Permanent use for such purposes is strictly prohibited.
C. 
The visual interface between commercial and residential areas shall be designed and developed so as to avoid obtrusive visual impacts of commercial activities on nearby residential areas.
D. 
Street trees and frontage landscaping with automatic irrigation shall be provided for all commercial sites. Parking area landscaping may also be required under site plan review.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.035 Property development standards.

All uses shall be consistent with Article 5, Development Standards, in this Zoning Ordinance. Where development standards are not specifically identified in this document, reference the city of Lathrop Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4; Ord. 25-462, 2/10/2025)

§ 17.58.036 Site plan and architectural design review.

No use shall be established on any lot or site in any CS district until a site plan and architectural plans shall have been submitted to and approved by the city pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.100 and 17.104 of the Lathrop Municipal Code, and such lot or site has been fully developed with the improvements required by the city. Design review is required for all proposed structures, whether residential or nonresidential, together with related site plans, landscaping, and public improvements associated with new development within the Lathrop Gateway Business Park Specific Plan area.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4; Ord. 25-462, 2/10/2025)

§ 17.58.037 General provisions and exceptions.

All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions in Chapter 17.16 of the Lathrop Municipal Code.
The community development director may approve use interpretations and minor deviations related to the zoning herein.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.040 Purposes and application.

The IL-LG district is intended to provide opportunities for certain types of limited industrial uses to concentrate in mutually beneficial relationships to each other; to provide adequate space to meet the needs of modern industrial development, including off-street parking and truck loading areas; and to provide industrial employment opportunities for residents of the city and region. The IL district is intended to protect areas appropriate for industrial use from intrusion by residences and other inharmonious uses; to protect residential, commercial and nuisance-free, nonhazardous industrial uses from noise, odor, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare, fire, explosion, noxious fumes, radiation, hazardous chemicals and other hazardous and objectionable influences incidental to certain industrial uses; and to reserve appropriately located areas for various types of industrial plants and related activities. Land requirements for most limited industrial uses generally dictate a location with close access to major transit corridors and highways without the need for high visibility.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.041 Permitted uses.

A. 
Off-street parking lots improved in conformity with Chapter 17.76 shall be permitted.
B. 
Any use listed as a permitted use in the CS, service commercial district.
C. 
Light industrial and related uses, including, but not limited to:
1. 
Assembly of small electric appliances, such as lighting fixtures, irons, fans, toasters and electric toys, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, dishwashers and similar home appliances;
2. 
Assembly of small electrical equipment, such as home motion picture equipment, stereos, video cameras and radio and television receivers, but not including electrical machinery;
3. 
Manufacture of scientific, medical, dental and drafting instruments, orthopedic and medical appliances, cameras and photographic equipment, except film, electronic equipment, musical instruments, precision instruments, optical goods, watches and clocks;
4. 
Manufacture of ceramic products, such as pottery, figurines and small glazed tile;
5. 
Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, packaging and processing of cosmetics, drugs, pharmaceuticals, toilet soap (not including refining or rendering of fats or oils) and toiletries;
6. 
Manufacture and assembly of electrical supplies, such as coils, condensers, crystal holders, insulation, lamps, switches and wire and cable assembly, provided no noxious or offensive fumes or odors are produced;
7. 
Manufacture of cutlery, hardware, hand tools and furniture, dye and pattern making, metal stamping and extrusion of small products, such as costume jewelry, pins and needles, razor blades, bottle caps, buttons and kitchen utensils;
8. 
Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, packaging, crating and processing of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, canvas, cellophane, cellulose, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber and synthetic fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paint (not employing a boiling process), paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, rubber and synthetic rubber, shell, straw, textiles, tobacco and wood;
9. 
Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, dairy products, food products, including fruits and vegetables, but not including fish and meat products, pickles, sauerkraut, vinegar or yeast, or refining or rendering of fats and oils;
10. 
Blacksmith shops, boat building, electric motor rebuilding, machine shops and paint shops;
11. 
Food lockers and accessory sales;
12. 
Gasoline service stations, including dispensing of diesel and liquid petroleum gas fuels and complete truck service;
13. 
Lumber yards, including planing mills and saw mills; mattress manufacture; storage yards for commercial vehicles or feed; flour, feed and grain mills; grain elevators;
14. 
Manufacture and maintenance of electric and neon signs, billboards and commercial advertising structures;
15. 
Offices, retail stores and watchpersons' living quarters incidental to and on the same site with an industrial use;
16. 
Public buildings and grounds;
17. 
Public utility and public service structures and facilities, such as communications equipment buildings, electric distribution substations, electric transmission substations, gas regulator stations, pumping stations, public utility service yards, corporation yards, railroad rights-of-way and stations, reservoirs and storage tanks;
18. 
Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use;
19. 
Wineries and wine cellars, small, medium and large;
20. 
Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Section 17.16.020.
D. 
Open space.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.042 Permitted uses-Administrative approval required.

A. 
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.108:
1. 
Gas and electric transmission lines in accordance with Section 17.108.080;
2. 
Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use;
3. 
Mobile or modular offices in accordance with the requirements of mobile or modular offices;
4. 
Other uses which have been added to this list according to the procedure in Section 17.16.020;
5. 
Temporary uses such as a circus, carnival, religious revival, Christmas tree lot, promotion and sale in trucks or trailers, animal show or display, and pumpkin patch pursuant to Section 17.108.080.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.043 Conditional uses-Commission approval required.

A. 
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.112:
1. 
Any of the uses listed in Section 17.48.030(B); provided, that on the basis of the use permit application and the evidence submitted, the planning commission makes the following findings in addition to the findings prescribed in Chapter 17.112:
a. 
That consideration of all the determinable characteristics of the use which is the subject of the application indicates that the use has the same essential characteristics as the uses listed in Section 17.48.030(B), with respect to methods of operation, type of process, materials, equipment, structures, storage and appearances,
b. 
If the use involves nuisance or hazardous characteristics, that the application include sufficient evidence to indicate that special devices, construction or site design are planned to eliminate the nuisance or hazardous characteristics normally attendant to operation of the use,
c. 
That the use reasonably can be expected to conform with the required conditions prescribed for the district in Section 17.48.060;
2. 
Bulk storage and delivery of liquefied petroleum gas;
3. 
Excavations according to the requirements of Chapter 17.88;
4. 
Expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, up to 50% or less of the value of the structure, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than $100, and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges;
5. 
Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Section 17.04.080;
6. 
Outdoor vending stalls for the sale or trade of new and used articles at specified times of the day and week as either a temporary or permanent use of land;
7. 
Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Section 17.16.020;
8. 
Recycled water storage ponds and sprayfields.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.044 Required conditions.

A. 
In the IL districts, all open and unlandscaped portions of any lot shall be maintained in good condition free from weeds, dust, trash and debris.
B. 
No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or material shall be employed which is found by the commission to be injurious to persons residing or working in the vicinity by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, noise, vibrations, illumination, glare or heavy truck traffic, or to involve any hazard of fire, explosion or radio activity, or to emit electrical disturbances which adversely affect commercial or electronic equipment outside the boundaries of the site.
C. 
No solid or liquid wastes shall be discharged into a natural watercourse, nor into a public or private sewage disposal system except in compliance with applicable regulations of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.
D. 
In an IL district, no use shall emit particulate matter or other air pollutants in excess of the applicable air pollution emission standards of the County Air Pollution Control District, the state or of the federal government.
E. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection D of this section, no industrial use shall be permitted to utilize coal in any form as a source of fuel for the conduct of any industrial operations within the city.
F. 
Street trees and frontage landscaping with automatic irrigation shall be provided for all limited industrial sites. Parking area landscaping may also be required under site plan review.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)

§ 17.58.045 Property development standards.

All uses shall be consistent with Article 5, Development Standards, in this Zoning Ordinance. Where development standards are not specifically identified in this document, reference the city of Lathrop Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4; Ord. 25-462, 2/10/2025)

§ 17.58.046 Site plan and architectural design review.

No use shall be established on any lot or site in any IL district until a site plan and architectural plans shall have been submitted to and approved by the city pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.100 and 17.104 of the Lathrop Municipal Code, and such lot or site has been fully developed with the improvements required by the city. Design review is required for all proposed structures, whether residential or nonresidential, together with related site plans, landscaping, and public improvements associated with new development within the Lathrop Gateway Business Park Specific Plan area.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4; Ord. 25-462, 2/10/2025)

§ 17.58.047 General provisions and exceptions.

All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions in Chapter 17.16 of the Lathrop Municipal Code.
The community development director may approve use interpretations and minor deviations related to the zoning herein.
(Ord. 11-307 § 4)