The purpose of the LB zone is to provide a neighborhood shopping zone where retail business or service establishments supply commodities or perform services to the daily needs of the residential neighborhoods or to meet the unique commercial demands placed upon Nevada City. This district is intended to allow most uses which are primarily involved in conducting retail sales and can accommodate mixed use residential uses. The inclusion of mixed use residential land uses in commercial areas is encouraged to increase the area's population and pedestrian activity while reducing air pollution, energy consumption and transportation costs. This district is consistent with the Service Commercial General Plan designation.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.06-01, 1987; Ord. No. 2009-06, § 2(Exh. A-10), 9-9-2009)

A.

All residential uses as permitted in R1 and R2 zones;

B.

Any local retail business or service establishment, such as a grocery, fruit or vegetable store, drug store, barber and beauty shops, florists, laundromats, clothes cleaning and laundry pickup station, variety store, hardware store, or any combination thereof in one unit, antique shops, banks, gift shops, bicycle shops, dance and music studios, and similar uses, as determined by the commission, supplying commodities or performing services for the residents and visitors to the neighborhood;

C.

Principal permitted uses as allowed in the OP zone;

D.

Restaurants, except drive-in restaurants;

E.

Electrical and plumbing supply stores;

F.

Printing, publishing, letter shops and stationery stores;

G.

Mixed residential uses at a maximum density of 4 (four) units per acre may be included within any building devoted to a nonresidential use or uses permitted in the LB zone, provided that irrespective of lot size, a minimum of one residential unit is permitted.

H.

Art galleries.

I.

Cannabis Dispensaries pursuant to the provisions outlined in Chapter 17.142.

J.

Transitional and Supportive housing subject only to those restrictions that apply to other types of residential development in the same zone.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.06-02; Ord. No. 2009-06, § 2(Exh. A-10), 9-9-2009; Ord. No. 2017-06, § 3, 4-12-2017; Ord. No. 2018-10, § III, 12-12-2018; Ord. No. 2023-07, § 6, 8-9-2023)

Accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, such as incidental storage facilities.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.06-03, 1987)

A.

Auto service stations, or other vehicle service uses requiring automotive or equipment bays;

B.

Social halls, lodges, fraternal organizations and clubs;

C.

Public and quasipublic uses;

D.

One dwelling unit (in addition to the unit permitted by subsection E of Section 8.10) located in any building devoted to a nonresidential use or uses permitted in the LB zone;

E.

Nursing homes, rest homes, or convalescent homes;

F.

Child care facilities, not exceeding thirty-five children;

G.

Health clubs;

H.

Uses involving outside storage or work areas;

I.

Used car sales, new car dealers, automobile and truck service stations, garages for automotive repairs and car washes;

J.

Carpenter shops, electrical, plumbing and heating shops, furniture and upholstering shops;

K.

Tire repair shops;

L.

Principal permitted uses of the GB general business district.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.06-04, 1987)

In the LB zone, the height limit is thirty-five (35) feet.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.06-05, 1987)

In the LB zone, the following minimum requirements shall be observed, except where increased for conditional uses or when abutting a residential use, in which case the bufferyard standards of Section 17.80.090 of this title shall apply.

A.

Lot area for single-family dwellings and multiple dwellings, same as in the R2 zone;

B.

Lot width, sixty feet, except that for single-family and multiple dwellings the width shall be the same as required in R2 zone;

C.

Front yards, twenty-five feet, except that where the frontage between two intersecting streets is located partly in this zone and partly in an R1 zone, the front yard requirement of the R1 zone shall apply to this zone.

D.

Side Yards.

1.

Interior, nine feet, except for unattached accessory uses, unless there is a party wall, which shall be five feet;

2.

Street side of corner lot, ten feet.

E.

Rear yards, ten feet, except for unattached accessory uses, unless there is a party wall, which shall be five feet.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.06-06, 1987)

A.

All uses are subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.80 of this title.

B.

All uses shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, except for service stations, off-street parking, loading facilities, outdoor restaurants, or as otherwise approved by a conditional use permit, or commercial site plan.

(Ord. 94-01 Exh. B, 1994; Ord. 87-2 § 4.06-07, 1987)