Los Banos, CA Zoning Ordinance

The purpose of the Highway Commercial District is to provide a district for commercial uses which do not specialize in serving the pedestrian shopper but rather, because of their character, are more appropriately located along a highway or major street and where drive-in operations are more feasible.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 88, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010)

The following uses shall be permitted in the Highway Commercial District:

(a)

Retail stores, including department stores;

(b)

Beauty shops;

(c)

Barber shops;

(d)

Print shops and other reproduction services;

(e)

Food stores;

(f)

Repair shops within buildings;

(g)

Offices;

(h)

Services;

(i)

Auto sales and service and automotive parts;

(j)

Building supplies and lumber yards;

(k)

Bus passenger terminals;

(l)

Commercial repair garages;

(m)

Gasoline service stations; provided all operations, except the servicing of gasoline, oil, air, and water, be carried on within a building;

(n)

Public utility uses but not including storage or corporation yards;

(o)

Coin-operated laundries and cleaning;

(p)

Pressing shops and laundry and dry cleaning agencies;

(q)

Used car lots; provided no repair facilities are permitted except within a building;

(r)

Business and professional offices;

Lodge halls;

Clubs;

Churches;

Community centers;

Veterinary clinics and hospitals when completely enclosed within a building;

(x)

Schools and public and private recreational facilities;

(y)

Unfenced public places;

(z)

Delicatessen and specialized food stores and catering services;

(aa)

Real estate, insurance, bookkeeping, and business offices;

(bb)

Commercial trade schools;

(cc)

Hotels, motels, and restaurants;

(dd)

Refreshment stands;

(ee)

Curio shops;

(ff)

Plant and tree nurseries;

(gg)

Public premises;

(hh)

Studios for arts, crafts, exercise, photography, music, and dance;

(ii)

Tow truck yards with screening;

(jj)

Incidental storage and accessory uses provided such uses are clearly incidental to the permitted use;

(kk)

Incidental storage and accessory uses provided such uses are incidental to the permitted use;

(ll)

Public utility distribution and transmission line towers and poles and underground facilities for the distribution of gas, water, communications, and electricity;

(mm)

Miniature golf courses, water parks or other similar outdoor recreational activities;

(nn)

Taverns, lounges and card rooms; and

(oo)

Any use permitted by right in the General Commercial (C-1) District.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 4, Ord. 733, eff. June 14, 1985; § 20, Ord. 917, eff. June 6, 1997; and § 89, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010)

The following uses shall be permitted in the Highway Commercial District subject to securing a use permit:

(a)

Non-appurtenant outdoor advertising signs;

(b)

Truck terminals with screening;

(c)

Off-sale and on-sale alcoholic beverages, either separately or in conjunction with a use permitted in the district;

(d)

Day care centers;

(e)

Small collection recycling facilities; and

(f)

All other uses as deemed appropriate by the Planning Commission.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 2, Ord. 417; § 1, Ord. 429; § 4, Ord. 733, eff. June 14, 1985; § 21, Ord. 917, eff. June 6, 1997; § 90, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010; § 11, Ord. 1174, eff. September 20, 2019; and § 15, Ord. 1189, eff. December 2, 2020)

The maximum height of buildings in the Highway Commercial District shall be fifty (50′) feet.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 92, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010)

Building sites in the Highway Commercial District shall be a minimum of 1,000 square feet.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 93, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010)

Where yards border on a major or collector street, the requirements for yards in the Highway Commercial District shall be as set forth in Article 19 of this chapter; otherwise none shall be required.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 94, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010)