Mill Valley City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 20
36 C-L DISTRICTS-LIMITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
§ 20.36.010 Purpose and intent.
The Limited Commercial districts serve as a transition between commercial and residential districts and uses. The Near East Blithedale limited commercial district serves as a transition from the higher density downtown commercial/mixed-use and downtown residential zones.
The Limited Commercial (C-L) districts can accommodate residential and mixed-use land uses at densities in accordance with the adopted Land Use Map, and accommodate mixed-use with offices or commercial and small-scale multi-family residential developments.
(Ord. 1278 § 12, July 18, 2016)
§ 20.36.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted:
A.
Administrative and professional offices;
B.
Research laboratories;
C.
Banks;
D.
Title offices;
E.
Insurance offices and real estate offices;
F.
Mixed-use, where all floor area that directly abuts Throckmorton Avenue, Camino Alto or East Blithedale shall consist of nonresidential uses permitted by this chapter, or entryways (for businesses and/or residences). Ground floor space that abuts a rear yard may be used for commercial space, shared space (such as restrooms, mail rooms, courtyards or storage) or residential use;
G.
Accessory structures;
I.
Multi-family residential in the following situations only:
2.
As a conversion back to residential use in a building that was originally constructed and permitted for residential use (as verified through prior permitted construction based on the submittal of planning records, approved building permits, and/or tax assessment records) wherein the existing building footprint is not expanded more than 1,000 square feet; or
3.
Residential facilities (small and large), transitional housing, supportive housing, and single room occupancy dwellings; or
4.
Deed-restricted affordable housing projects meeting the requirements of Government Code Section 65915(b)(1)(G).
(Ord. 975 § 2, April 20, 1981; Ord. 1278 § 12, July 18, 2016)
§ 20.36.030 Conditional uses.
The following uses are permitted subject to the securing of a conditional use permit:
A.
Public utility structures;
B.
Other business uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are of the same general character as the permitted uses;
C.
Live work units, with work space on the ground floor;
(Ord. 867 § 2, May 17, 1976; Ord. 1278 § 12, July 18, 2016; Ord. 1304 § 1, September 6, 2018; Ord. 1351, 5/6/2024)
§ 20.36.040 Development standards.
A.
Development standards for nonresidential development are as follows:
1.
Building Height. The maximum height shall be 35 feet.
2.
Yard, Exterior. There shall be no exterior yard required, except where the frontage in the block is partially in an R district or the property is subject to an established official plan line, then the exterior yard of the R district or the official plan line, whichever is more restrictive, shall apply.
3.
Yard, Interior. There shall be no interior yards required except that where the boundary of a commercially-zoned lot abuts on any R district, that yard shall be not less than as required in such R district.