A.

The intent of the CL district classification is to establish areas which will provide the tourist, vacationer and highway traveler with needed uses and services.

B.

Only property designated as urban in the Napa County general plan and which has frontage on a state highway, Silverado Trail, or an arterial county road or county collector road as defined in Sections 18.112.070 and 18.112.080, may be zoned to this classification. In addition, areas proposed for inclusion within the CL district shall have the following characteristics:

1.

The parcel is located at or near crossroads on relatively high traffic volume highways;

2.

Services (water and sewer) from public utilities are readily available, unless on-site water supply and sewage disposal are adequate;

3.

The development of the parcel will not create traffic hazards that cannot be mitigated;

4.

The use will not constitute or contribute to strip commercial development.

(Ord. 938 § 2, 1989: Ord. 536 § 2 (part), 1977: prior code § 12250)

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

A.

Agriculture;

B.

Minor antennas meeting the requirements of Sections 18.119.240 through 18.119.260;

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 § 20, 1996; Ord. 536 § 2 (part), 1977: prior code § 12251)

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

A.

Gasoline service stations, including minor auto repair facilities;

B.

Hotels, motels, inns and bed and breakfast establishments (defined in Section 18.08.080 and regulated by Section 18.104.050) with no more than fifty guest rooms;

C.

Restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, delicatessens, bars and taverns with no more than one hundred seats;

D.

Tourist information facility;

E.

Retail stores less than five thousand square feet in gross floor area selling groceries, candy, ice cream or alcoholic beverages; laundromat as an accessory use;

F.

Child day care centers;

G.

Wineries, located within an existing structure(s) upon an existing lot of record which is presently being commercially used for the production, processing or storage of wine and which is also located in one of those areas designated as urban on the general plan land use map;

H.

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

I.

Tourist and excursion transportation facilities as defined by Section 18.08.610;

J.

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

K.

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;

L.

Art studios and galleries; and

M.

Commercial accessory dwelling units, provided that (i) prior to 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 incomes (as defined in Section 18.82.020) 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, § 9, 6-23-2009; Ord. 1288 § 1, 2007: Ord. 1097 § 21, 1996; Ord. 938 § 3, 1989: Ord. 902 § 2, 1988; Ord. 892 § 2, 1988: Ord. 853 § 3, 1987; Ord. 816 § 8, 1986; Ord. 759 § 5, 1983; Ord. 634 § 5, 1980; Ord. 536 § 2 (part), 1977: prior code § 12252)

(Ord. No. 1456, § 7, 2-11-2020)

In the CL 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 the minimum lot area requirements.

(Ord. 938 § 4, 1989: Ord. 916 § 3, 1989; Ord. 536 § 2 (part), 1977: prior code § 12253)

(Ord. No. 1370, § 16, 3-20-2012)

In the CL district:

A.

The required setbacks shall be landscaped as follows:

1.

The required front yard, as established by Section 18.104.010, shall be permanently landscaped and shall include trees at a ratio of one per every thirty feet at parcel frontage.

2.

All required landscaping shall be irrigated and permanently maintained and shall include drought-tolerant plantings to maximum extent feasible.

B.

Parcels zoned commercial limited with rear or side yards adjoining residential uses or districts shall have setbacks equal to the setback of the adjoining district. These 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.

All outdoor storage or work areas, exterior storage areas, and/or service yards shall be screened from public streets and adjacent properties with a combination of solid fencing or walls and dense evergreen hedging or trees, a minimum of six feet in height. All screening shall be permanently maintained.

(Ord. 938 § 5, 1989: prior code § 12254)

In the CL district:

All activity under use permits shall be conducted so that noise, vibration, dust, odor 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.

(Ord. 938 § 6 (part), 1989: prior code § 12255(b))

In the CL district:

A.

All required 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.

B.

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

C.

Parking lot lighting shall be directed onto the subject property only, so that the light source is not visible from adjacent properties or streets.

(Ord. 938 § 6 (part), 1989: prior code § 12255(c)—(e))

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

(Ord. 938 § 6 (part), 1989: prior code § 12255(a))