Commercial use types include the distribution and sale or rental of goods; and the provision of services other than those classified as civic uses. They also include certain uses accessory to the above, as specified in Chapter 20.164, Accessory Use Regulations.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Administrative and business offices" means offices of private firms or organizations which are primarily used for the provision of professional, executive, management, or administrative services. Typical uses include administrative offices, and services including real estate, insurance, property management, investment, travel, secretarial services, telephone answering, photocopy and reproduction, and other activities when the service rendered is that customarily associated with administrative office services. Excluded are banks.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Agricultural sales and services" means establishments or places of business engaged in sale from the premises of feed, grain, fertilizers, pesticides and similar goods or in the provision of agriculturally related services with incidental storage on lots other than where the services are rendered. Typical uses include nurseries, hay, feed and grain stores, crop dusting, or tree service firms.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Animal sales and services" means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in animal related sales and services. The following are animals sales and services use types:

(A)

Animal Sales and Services—Auctioning. Auctioning of livestock on a wholesale or retail basis with incidental storage of animals produced off property not exceeding seventy-two (72) hour periods. Typical uses include animal auctions or livestock auction yards.

(B)

Animal Sales and Services—Household Pets. Retail sales and grooming of dogs, cats, birds, fish and similar small animals customarily used as household pets. Typical uses include pet stores, dog bathing and clipping salons, or pet grooming shops.

(C)

Animal Sales and Services—Horse Stables. Boarding, breeding or raising of horses not owned by the occupants of the premises or riding of horses by other than the occupants of the premises or their nonpaying guests. Typical uses include boarding stables or public stables.

(D)

Animal Sales and Services—Kennels. Kennel services for dogs, cats and similar small animals. Typical uses include boarding kennels, pet motels or dog training centers.

(E)

Animal Sales and Services—Stockyards. Stockyard services involving the temporary keeping of transient livestock for slaughter, market or shipping. Typical uses include stockyards or animal sales yards.

(F)

Animal Sales and Services—Veterinary (Large Animals). Veterinary services for large animals. Typical uses include animal hospitals (large animals) and veterinary hospitals (large animals). Typical uses include clinics for the treatment of sheep, cattle, horses, goats and similar large animals.

(G)

Animal Sales and Services—Veterinary (Small Animals). Veterinary services for small animals provided that overnight care shall be within a fully enclosed building or structure. Typical uses include pet clinics, dog and cat hospitals or animal hospitals treating small animals.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Automotive and equipment" means establishment or places of business primarily engaged in automotive related or heavy equipment sales or services. The following are automotive and equipment use types:

(A)

Automotive and Equipment—Cleaning. Washing and polishing of automobiles. Typical uses include auto laundries or car washes.

(B)

Automotive and Equipment—Fleet Storage. Storage or parking of one (1) or more vehicles used regularly in business operations. Excluded from this use type are automotive and equipment—sales/rentals, and the incidental parking of vehicles as an accessory use to a permitted use on the same premises. Typical uses include taxi fleets, mobile catering truck storage or delivery truck fleets.

(C)

Automotive and Equipment—Parking. Parking of motor vehicles on a temporary basis within a public or privately owned off-street parking area with or without a fee. Typical uses include commercial parking lots or commercial garages.

(D)

Automotive and Equipment—Gasoline Sales. Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the retail sale, from the premises, of petroleum products with incidental sale of tires, batteries, and replacement items, lubricating services and minor repair services. Typical uses include automobile service stations, filling stations or truck stops.

(E)

Automotive and Equipment—Repairs, Light (Under Six Thousand (6,000) Pounds). Repairs of automobiles, pick-up trucks, recreational vehicles, farm equipment and boats (less than twenty-four (24) feet in length) and the sale, installation and servicing of automobile equipment and parts but excluding body repairs and painting. Typical uses include muffler shops, auto repair garages, auto glass shops or auto parts stores.

(F)

Automotive and Equipment—Repairs, Heavy (Six Thousand (6,000) Pounds and Over). Repair of motor vehicles such as aircraft, boats, (twenty-four (24) feet or longer) heavy construction equipment, trucks, or major truck terminals etc., as well as the sale, installation and servicing of automotive equipment and parts together with body repairs, painting and steam cleaning. Typical uses include truck transmission shops, body shops or motor freight maintenance groups.

(G)

Automotive and Equipment—Sales/Rentals. Sale, retail or wholesale and/or rental from the premises of auto, trucks, motorcycles, mobile homes, motor homes, trailers, construction equipment, farm equipment and aircraft together with incidental maintenance. Typical uses include auto dealers, car rental agencies, aircraft dealers, boat dealers, construction equipment dealers, or mobile home dealers.

(H)

Automotive and Equipment—Storage, Nonoperating Vehicles. Storage of nonoperating motor vehicles. Typical uses include storage of private parking towaways or impound yards.

(I)

Automotive and Equipment—Storage, Recreational Vehicles and Boats. Storage of recreational vehicles and boats. Typical uses include the collective storage of personal recreational vehicles or boats.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Building maintenance services" means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of maintenance and custodial services to firms rather than individuals. Typical uses include janitorial, landscape maintenance, or window cleaning services.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Business equipment sales and services" means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the sale, rental or repair of equipment and supplies used by office, professional and service establishments to the firms themselves rather than to individuals, but excludes automotive, construction and farm equipment. Typical uses include office equipment and supply firms, small business machine repair shops or hotel equipment and supply firms.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Commercial recreation" means establishments or places primarily engaged in the provision of sports, entertainment, or recreation for participants or spectators. The following are commercial recreation use types:

(A)

Indoor Sports and Recreation. Uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, billiard parlors, ice and roller skating rinks, penny arcades.

(B)

Outdoor Sports and Recreation. Uses conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include driving ranges, golf courses, swimming pools, water slides, tennis courts, racquetball courts. Shooting ranges and motorcycle parks shall require a use permit.

(C)

Outdoor Sports and Recreation—Limited. Recreational activities that are compatible with and not detrimental to the agricultural use of the property, specifically meaning the use of land by the public, with or without charge, for any of the following recreational uses: Walking, hiking, picnicking, swimming, boating, fishing, hunting, equestrian uses or other outdoor games such as golf driving ranges, tennis courts (grass only), par course (physical fitness) and athletic fields (football, soccer and batting practice range). This recreational use is limited as follows:

(1)

A duration of two (2) years, subject to renewal.

(2)

No permanent structures may be constructed to support this use.

(3)

No soil shall be moved to support this use.

(4)

Use must be in compliance with Williamson Act contract restrictions and with the use as specified in Mendocino County Code Section 22.08.071.

(D)

Indoor Entertainment. Predominantly spectator uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include motion picture theaters, meeting halls, dance halls and auditoriums.

(E)

Outdoor Entertainment. Predominantly spectator uses conducted in open facilities. Typical uses include sports arenas, racing facilities, amusement parks.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Communications services" means establishments primarily engaged in the provisions of broadcasting and other information relay services accomplished through the use of electronic mechanisms but excludes those classified as major or minor impact services and utilities. Typical uses include television studios, telecommunication service centers or telegraph service offices.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Construction sales and services" means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in construction activities and incidental storage on lots other than construction sites as well as the retail or wholesale sale, from the premises, of materials used in the construction of buildings or other structures other than retail sale of paint, fixtures and hardware; but excludes those classified as one of the automotive and heavy equipment use types. Typical uses include building materials stores, tool and equipment rental or sales, retail lumber, contractors storage yard, furniture manufacturing or cabinet shops.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Cottage industries—limited" means use types conducted in compliance with Chapter 20.160.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Cottage industries—general" means use types conducted in compliance with Chapter 20.160.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Eating and drinking establishments" means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the sale of prepared food and beverage for on-premises consumption. Typical uses include restaurants, short order eating places, bars, or tasting rooms when not associated with a Packaging and Processing—winery use type.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Financial services" means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of financial services and banking. Typical uses include banks, savings and loan institutions, loan and lending activities, and similar services.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Food and beverage retail sales" means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the retail sale of food and beverage for home consumption. Typical uses include grocery stores, liquor stores, delicatessens or retail bakeries.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Food and beverage preparation—without consumption" means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the preparation of food and beverage and which no consumption of the products occur on the premises. Typical uses include catering.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Funeral and interment services" means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of services involving the care, preparation or disposition of human dead. Typical uses include funeral homes or mortuaries.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Laundry services" means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, dry cleaning or dyeing services other than those classified as personal services. Typical uses include laundry agencies, diaper services or linen supply services.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Mail order businesses" means the storage, sale and delivery of goods and merchandise produced on or off the premises to retail or wholesale consumers by way of the mails, delivery services, or in any other manner in which visitation to the premises by the wholesale or retail consumers is strictly incidental.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Medical services" means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of personal health services ranging from prevention, diagnosis and treatment or rehabilitation services provided by physicians, dentists, nurses and other health personnel as well as the provisions of medical testing and analysis services, but excludes those classified as any civic use type. Typical uses include medical offices, dental laboratories or health maintenance organizations.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Personal services" means establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the provision of services of a personal nature. Typical uses include beauty and barber shops, seamstress, tailor, self-service laundry, photography studios, driving schools, health or physical fitness studios, reducing salons, dance studios, handicraft and hobby instruction.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Recycling centers" means places of business or public facilities for the collection or processing of recyclable materials, including but not limited to metals, glass, plastic, paper, appliances or white metals. Appliances and white metals shall be limited to twenty-five (25) percent of the floor area devoted to the storage of recyclable materials but not more than four hundred (400) square feet. Recycling centers exclude automobile wrecking yards, junk yards, and the collection of refuse or hazardous materials except recyclable batteries, or paint, oil or antifreeze limited to one thousand (1,000) gallons of each fluid. Recycling centers may process recyclable materials for efficient shipping or to an end-user's specifications by baling, bunching, crushing, smashing, separation, shredding or similar action. The recycling of materials excluded from recycling centers may be permitted as an industrial use type. See Chapter 20.164 for exemptions classified as accessory recycling.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Redemption centers" means small collection centers for the acceptance and temporary storage of redeemable recyclable materials from the public by donation, redemption or purchase. A redemption center may include reverse vending machine(s) or a mobile recycling unit. A redemption center shall not exceed three thousand (3,000) square feet, and if not contained within a permanent structure shall be contained behind a minimum six (6) foot high view-obstructing fence secure from unauthorized entry.

Processing is limited to preparing the accumulated recyclable material for efficient shipping or to an end-user's specifications, including baling, compacting, crushing, mechanical sorting, or shredding, provided that the noise level does not exceed fifty (50) dBA Leq at the property line adjacent to a residential or similar noise sensitive use or sixty (60) dBA Leq at the property line adjacent to a commercial use. All processing shall be conducted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Recycling which exceeds the limits of a redemption center may be permitted under recycling centers. See also Chapter 20.164 for accessory recycling.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Repair services, consumer" means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of repair services to individuals and households rather than firms, but excluding automotive and equipment use types. Typical uses include appliance repair shops, watch or jewelry repair, apparel repair firms or musical instrument repair firms.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Research services" means establishments primarily engaged in research of an industrial or scientific nature which is provided as a service or which is conducted by and for a private firm, but excludes medical testing and analysis and product testing. Typical uses include electronics research laboratories, space research and development firms or pharmaceutical research tabs.

"Retail sales, general" means sale or rental of commonly used goods, and merchandise for personal or household use, but excludes those classified more specifically in Sections 20.024.005 to 20.024.115 and Sections 20.024.125 to 20.024.140 (all other commercial use types) inclusive. Typical uses include department stores, apparel stores, furniture stores, or establishments providing the following products or services: household cleaning and maintenance products; drugs, cards, and stationery, notions, books, tobacco products, cosmetics, and specialty items; flowers, plants, hobby materials, toys, and handcrafted items; apparel, jewelry, fabrics, and like items; cameras, photography services, household electronic equipment, records, sporting equipment, kitchen utensils, home furnishing and appliances, art supplies and framing, arts and antiques, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, interior decorating services, office supplies; bicycles; automotive parts and accessories (excluding service and installation) or hardware stores (excluding lumber storage or sales).

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Scrap operations" means places of business primarily engaged in the storage, sale dismantling or other processing of used or waste materials which are not intended for reuse in their original form. Typical uses include automotive wrecking, and junk yards.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Swap meets" means display, exchange, barter or sale of new or used common household items or office equipment and furnishings, provided that such activity is carried on in a swap lot. Typical uses include flea markets where clothing, personal effects, household furnishings and household appliances are sold or otherwise exchanged.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Transient habitation" means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of lodging services on a less than monthly basis with incidental food, drink and other sales and services intended for the convenience of guests. The following are transient habitation use types:

(A)

Transient Habitation—Campground. Campground services involving transient habitation areas for travelers in recreational vehicles or tents. Typical uses include recreational vehicle parks or campgrounds. Uses within this use type are subject to Chapter 20.176, Recreational Vehicle Parks and Campgrounds.

(B)

Transient Habitation—Lodging (Limited). Lodging services involving the provision of room and/or board. Typical uses include hotels, motels, inns, or transient boarding houses with three (3) to six (6) rooms.

(C)

Transient Habitation—Lodging. Lodging services involving the provision of room and/or board. Typical uses include hotels, motels, inns, or transient boarding houses with seven (7) or more rooms.

(D)

Transient Habitation—Resort and Recreational Facilities. Resort services including the provision of extensive outdoor recreation and entertainment services especially for vacationers. Typical uses include resort and recreational facilities, health spas, resort hotels and motels, guest ranch, inns or organized camps.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)

"Wholesaling, storage and distribution" means establishment or places of business primarily engaged in wholesaling, storage, distribution and handling of materials and equipment other than live animals. The following are wholesaling, storage and distribution use types:

(A)

Wholesaling, Storage and Distribution—Mini-Warehouses.

Storage or warehousing service within a building(s) primarily for individuals to store personal effects and by businesses to store material for operation of an industrial or commercial enterprise located elsewhere. Incidental uses in a mini-warehouse facility function as an independent retail, wholesale, business or service use. Individual storage spaces within a mini-warehouse shall have a maximum gross floor area of four hundred (400) square feet and shall not be used for workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing or similar uses and human occupancy of said spaces shall be limited to that required to transport, arrange, and maintain stored materials. Driveways between mini-warehouse buildings on the same site shall have a minimum width of twenty-four (24) feet to accommodate the temporary parking of vehicles during loading and unloading operations.

(B)

Wholesaling, Storage and Distribution—Light. Wholesaling, storage and warehousing services within enclosed structures. Typical uses include wholesale distributor, storage warehouses or moving and storage firms.

(C)

Wholesaling, Storage and Distribution—Heavy. Open-air storage, distribution and handling of materials and equipment. Typical uses include monument or stone yards, grain elevators, propane providers, or open storage yards.

(Ord. No. 4538, § 6(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)