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Ontario City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 10A

31 - C-2-H, HEAVY GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE

10A-31-01 - PURPOSE.

To provide a zone to accommodate a wide range of retail, service and wholesale activities short of industrial usage.

10A-31-05 - PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES.

The following principal uses are permitted as of right in the C-2-H Zone:

1.

All principal uses allowed in the C-1 and C-2 commercial zones, except for dwellings. Unless approved as a conditional use, existing dwellings shall be treated as nonconforming uses subject to provisions contained within these standards for nonconforming uses.

2.

Rental of large tools or construction equipment, trucks or trailers or other equipment requiring outdoor storage;

3.

Wholesale stores with stock;

4.

Body, fender and paint shops, major automotive repair and automotive dismantling where all work is performed within a building, where all refuse and scrap parts are stored in closed containers, when possible, and screened from view at all points on any public or private property or street, and where all extended storage of wrecked vehicles or other equipment is screened from view from adjacent property and public streets;

5.

Farm store, farm equipment dealer;

6.

Truck stop with transient motel;

7.

Printing and publishing;

8.

Petroleum bulk plant with no more than 150,000 gallons of above ground storage and with no more than 25,000 gallons in any one above ground tank; and

9.

Mini-warehouses.

(Ord. No. 2787-2021, § 2(Exh. C), 4-20-2021)

10A-31-10 - CONDITIONAL USES.

The following uses are permitted conditionally in the C-2-H Zone:

1.

Utility facilities, other than distribution lines, necessary for the functioning of that utility;

2.

Accessory uses and structures common to all zones as listed in Chapter 10A-53;

3.

Marijuana retailer as provided in Chapter 10A-59;

4.

Marijuana laboratory as provided in Chapter 10A-59;

5.

Marijuana wholesaler as provided in Chapter 10A-59; and

6.

Marijuana processor non-flammable as provided in Chapter 10A-59; and

7.

Marijuana grow site medical as provided by State regulations and as provided in Chapter 10A-59.

8.

Multi-family dwellings and dwellings above ground-floor of non-residential uses ("vertical mixed use") and on the bottom floor of any structure ("live/work units") subject to Section 10A-31-30.

(Ord. No. 2701-2015, § 3, 5-18-2015; Ord. No. 2748-2018, § 4, 10-23-2018; Ord. No. 2787-2021, § 2(Exh. C), 4-20-2021)

10A-31-15 - ACCESSORY USES.

Accessory uses and structures common to all zones as listed in Chapter 10A-53 are allowed in the C-2-H Zone.

10A-31-20 - SPACE LIMITS.

The building, development site, open space and yard dimensions applicable to the C-2-H Zone are found on the Commercial Space Limits Table, Chapter 10A-35.

10A-31-25 - GENERAL PROVISIONS.

The provisions of Chapter 10A-57, Miscellaneous Provisions, apply to the C-2-H Zone.

10A-31-30 - RESIDENTIAL SPECIAL USE LIMITATIONS.

The following special use standards shall apply to residential buildings in the C-2-H Zone in addition to any conditions or limitations that may be required by this Code or or applied through the conditional use process.

1.

All apartments and mixed use buildings that allow ground floor residential uses shall have at least 10 dwelling units.

2.

All residential and mixed use buildings shall provide an accessible front entrance on the street-facing ground floor façade.

3.

As shown on Figure 10A-33.07a, buildings with commercial uses on the ground floor—and residential uses above or behind the ground floor commercial use—shall provide transparent window and door glazing on that together cover a minimum of:

a.

Half the length of the ground-level street-facing façade; and

b.

Half the wall area of the ground-level street-facing façade.

(Ord. No. 2787-2021, § 2(Exh. C), 4-20-2021)