A.

The intent of this classification is to provide zoning districts consistent with the general plan where residents of the unincorporated area of the county may obtain commercial services for day-to-day needs in the immediate neighborhood in a setting compatible with surrounding land uses. The area and location of such zoning district shall be determined largely by the urban nature and extent of the local trade area to be served. Other criteria which will figure significantly in the choice of parcels deemed suitable for classification include availability of public service, public utilities, traffic safety, character of the site and surrounding area. The central business district of each incorporated city shall be recognized as the dominant commercial and financial center for the surrounding unincorporated area of the county.

B.

Those areas adjacent to Lake Berryessa, in Angwin, and in the Capell Valley are significantly removed from developed or developing urban areas, but have a population which requires, because of that very isolation, certain commercial uses and services beyond the day-to-day needs which would be allowed in the neighborhood commercial district, albeit on a smaller scale than that required in an urban area.

C.

For this reason, commercial uses as included herein are found to be consistent with the intent of the CN district within the areas adjacent to Lake Berryessa, in Angwin, and in the Capell Valley.

(Ord. 1080 § 2, 1995; Ord. 1041 § 3(1st), 1993: Ord. 536 § 3 (part), 1977: prior code § 12260)

(Ord. No. 1370, § 17, 3-20-2012)

The following uses shall be allowed in all CN districts without a use permit:

A.

Agriculture;

B.

Minor antennas meeting the requirements of Sections 18.119.240 through 18.119.260; and

C.

Telecommunication facilities, other than satellite earth stations, that meet the performance standards specified in Section 18.119.200, provided that prior to issuance of any building permit, or the commencement of the use if no building permit is required, the director or his/her designee has issued a site plan approval pursuant to Chapter 18.140.

(Ord. 1097 § 22, 1996; Ord. 536 § 3 (part), 1977: prior code § 12261)

A.

The following uses may be permitted in all CN districts upon grant of a use permit pursuant to Section 18.124.010:

1.

Retail business including: candy, ice cream shops and retail bakeries; health food stores; ice sales (not to include ice plants); dry goods and variety stores; gift and novelty shops; hardware stores; liquor stores; tobacco shops; newsstands and bookstores. Each of these uses are limited to a maximum floor area of two thousand five hundred square feet;

2.

Food/meat markets, not including slaughtering (less than twenty-eight thousand square feet in floor area); buyback recycling centers as an accessory use;

3.

Service businesses including barber and beauty shops; shoe repair; laundry or self-service laundromat; dry cleaning agency (no on-site processing), repair of personal or household items;

4.

Child day care centers;

5.

Medical, optical and dental offices, and related laboratory facilities as an accessory;

6.

Branch post offices;

7.

Swimming pool;

8.

Gasoline service stations, including incidental repair;

9.

Video rentals;

10.

Private schools (institutional) subject to compliance with criteria specified in Section 18.104.160;

11.

Nurseries and garden stores, including outdoor storage of plant materials;

12.

Small financial services such as branch banks and automatic teller machines, but not including drive-through banking; and

13.

Professional, administrative, executive, financial, real estate, insurance and other general business offices.

B.

In the Lake Berryessa and Capell Valley areas, the following additional uses may also be permitted in the CN district upon grant of a use permit pursuant to Section 18.124.010:

1.

Auto supply stores;

2.

Small contractor's offices and equipment, boat and material storage yards where all outdoor storage areas shall be screened from public streets and adjacent properties;

3.

Restaurants, coffee shops, pizza parlors and cafes, not including drive-through eating places, with no more than fifty seats on the parcel containing the use; and

4.

Storage and sales yards associated with hardware stores, and building materials yards, including small ready-mix concrete batching operations, with concrete production that does not exceed three thousand five hundred cubic yards per year, that provide delivery service, and where all outdoor storage areas are screened from public streets and adjacent properties.

C.

In the Angwin urban residential area, the following additional uses may be permitted in the CN district upon grant of a use permit pursuant to Section 18.124.010:

1.

Auto supply, service, repair, and detail shops;

2.

Awning, cover, upholstery, framing, custom cabinet, and other similar shops when less than two thousand five hundred square feet in size;

3.

Service businesses such as house cleaners, exterminators, plumbing and floor covering installers, septic tank cleaners, and landscape maintenance businesses; and

4.

Contractor's offices with incidental outdoor storage.

D.

Outdoor display and storage of materials and equipment shall be allowed upon grant of a use permit when incidental to the commercial use of a lot in the CN zone provided that such storage is confined to an area not exceeding three thousand square feet and is situated on the rear half of the lot. The latter limitation shall not apply to the outdoor storage of plant materials at retail nurseries.

E.

Telecommunication facilities, other than satellite earth stations, that do not meet one or more of the performance standards specified in Section 18.119.200.

F.

Satellite earth stations that cannot, for demonstrated technical reasons acceptable to the director, be located in an Industrial (I), Industrial Park (IP), or General Industrial (GI) zoning district.

G.

Commercial accessory dwelling units, provided that (i) prior to the issuance of a building permit to commence construction of the dwelling units, the permittee shall record a deed restriction, in a form acceptable to county counsel, limiting in perpetuity the use of the dwelling units to occupancy by households with moderate income and below, (ii) the dwelling units are compatible with neighboring land uses, and (iii) water, wastewater treatment, and parking is available to support the dwelling units.

(Ord. No. 1323, § 10, 6-23-2009; Ord. 1181 § 1, 2001: Ord. 1097 § 23, 1996; Ord. 1080 §§ 3, 4, 1995; Ord. 1041 § 4(1st), 1993: Ord. 1004 § 2, 1992: Ord. 892 § 9, 1988: Ord. 816 § 9, 1986; Ord. 536 § 3 (part), 1977: prior code § 12262)

(Ord. No. 1456, § 8, 2-11-2020)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1370, § 18, adopted March 20, 2012, repealed § 18.32.040, which pertained to development plan and derived from Prior Code, § 12263; Ord. No. 536, § 3 (part), adopted 1977; Ord. No. 1004, § 4(1st), adopted 1992; Ord. No. 1041, § 3(2nd), adopted 1993 and Ord. No. 1080, § 5 (part), adopted 1995.

In the CN district:

Minimum lot area shall be one-half acre if both public water supply and public sewage facilities are available, and one acre in all other circumstances. Commercial airspace condominiums shall not be deemed to create new lots subject to minimum lot area requirements.

(Ord. 1080 § 5 (part), 1995)

(Ord. No. 1370, § 19, 3-20-2012)

In the CN district:

A.

Parcels with rear or side yards adjoining residential uses or districts shall have setbacks at least equal to the setback of the adjoining district or adequate to provide a reasonable buffer.

B.

All such setback areas shall be landscaped with a combination of solid fencing or walls and dense evergreen hedging or trees, a minimum of six feet in height.

C.

A minimum of ten feet of unpaved development area between a curb line and the front and side walls of a building or side yard enclosure shall be permanently landscaped. This landscaping shall include trees at a ratio of one per every thirty feet of parcel frontage.

D.

All required landscaping shall be irrigated and permanently maintained by the owner, lessee or occupant and shall include drought-tolerant plantings to the maximum extent feasible.

E.

All outdoor storage areas, exterior sales areas, and service yards shall be screened from the public streets and adjacent properties by a combination of solid fencing or walls and dense evergreen hedging or trees not exceeding fifteen feet in height. All stored/displayed material excluding boat masts or antennas shall be kept at least two feet below the top of such screen, which shall be permanently maintained.

F.

All repair and detailing operations and commercial activities except outdoor display/storage authorized by Section 18.030.130D shall take place within a completely enclosed building. No outdoor work of any kind shall be permitted.

(Ord. 1080 § 5 (part), 1995)

In the CN district:

A.

All uses shall provide adequate off-street parking. A minimum of one off-street space per five hundred square feet of building floor area, plus one off-street parking space per employee shall be provided.

B.

All parking shall be located and designed to minimize the view of parked vehicles from public streets and adjacent residential uses. Parking lots shall be landscaped at a minimum ratio of one tree per six parking spaces for double-loaded stalls and one tree per three spaces for single-loaded stalls. Parking areas shall not be located within any required setback area.

C.

All parking lots on adjacent commercially-zoned parcels shall be connected, whenever possible, to minimize the number of entryways onto public streets and highways.

(Ord. 1080 § 5 (part), 1995)

In the CN district:

A.

The regulations shown for CN districts in the Schedule of Zoning District Regulations, Section 18.104.010, shall apply to each structure and to each use of land with the CN district.

B.

All activities shall be conducted so that noise, vibration, dust, odor, light, and all other objectionable factors shall be confined or reduced to the extent that no unreasonable annoyance or injury will result to persons residing in the vicinity.

C.

All parking lots, outdoor sales/storage areas, and on-site travelways shall have a dust-free surface.

D.

All outdoor lighting shall be shielded and directed onto the subject property only, so that the light source is not visible from adjacent properties or streets.

E.

All new roadways, parking lots, outdoor display/material storage areas, and buildings or expansion of existing buildings shall be set back a minimum of fifty feet from the top of the bank of any stream, as that term is defined in Section 18.108.030.

(Ord. 1080 § 5 (part), 1995)