To designate and promote the orderly development of the downtown business district as a central shopping facility for the whole city and surrounding area.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

The following uses are permitted in the CB District if conducted entirely within a building:

A.

Retail stores and shops including the incidental sale of beer and wine, retail bakeries, drug, variety, ice cream, hardware, or book stores, but not including liquor stores;

B.

Personal service shops, including beauty, barber, shoe repair, or watch repair shops;

C.

Financial services, title companies, stock exchange, professional, or administrative offices;

D.

Theaters but not including live entertainment or dancing; and indoor commercial recreation uses;

E.

Restaurants and cafes, including the sale of beer and wine, for consumption on the premises, but not including liquor;

F.

Printing, publishing, lithography, photography, blueprinting, or engraving shops and services;

G.

Family child care homes, within residential structures, in accordance with the provisions of Section 39.3;

H.

Residential uses, either condominiums or rental units; provided that there shall be a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet of open space per unit. Open space shall be calculated pursuant to Section 32.9, except that private open space shall be considered on a one to one (1:1) basis with common open space;

I.

Medical offices or medical clinics with a gross floor area of less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet;

J.

Low-barrier navigation centers;

K.

Child care centers of up to sixty (60) children; ¹

L.

Any use not explicitly listed in this Section is prohibited, except that the Zoning Administrator may permit any use not listed herein if the use is determined to be a similar and/or compatible use to any use herein and meets the purpose and intent of the Zoning District.

Footnotes:

 1. In accordance with applicable San Carlos ALUCP Safety Compatibility policies and State law.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64: Ord. 1130.241, eff. 7-17-85: Ord. 1130.276, eff. 2-27-91: Ord. 1130.310 § 27, eff. 4-12-01: Ord. 1130.320, eff. 8-13-03: Ord. 1130.321, eff. 8-13-03: Ord. 1130.327 § 8, eff. 12-1-03)

(Ord. No. 1130-383, § 4(Exh. A), 4-12-21; Ord. No. 1130-384, § 4(Exh. A), 4-12-21; Ord. No. 1130-890, § 4(Exh. A), 8-26-24)

The following structures and uses are permitted in the CB District when accessory to a use permitted under Sections 14.2 and 14.4:

A.

Incidental storage, repair, or service facilities;

B.

Other accessory uses and structures customarily appurtenant to a permitted use;

C.

Child care centers if the facilities are in conjunction with adjoining businesses.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64: Ord. 1130.275, eff. 2-27-91: Ord. 1130.327 § 13, eff. 12-1-03)

(Ord. No. 1130-383, § 4(Exh. A), 4-12-21)

The following uses are permitted in the CB District subject to first securing a Use Permit:

A.

Automobile service stations;

B.

Hotels, motels, social halls, clubs and lodges;

C.

Bus, taxi, train, and other transportation terminal facilities;

D.

Night clubs and indoor commercial recreational uses;

E.

Restaurants, cafes, bars, cocktail lounges, and nightclubs, including the sale of liquor or other alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises;

F.

Retail sales of liquor;

G.

Schools and studios for arts, trades, and professions not including industrial machinery and processes;

H.

Operation of amusement games at a place of business that operates five (5) or more such games, the operation of which is the primary source of revenue for such business;

I.

Parking lots and garages as defined in Article 2;

J.

Any permitted or conditionally permitted use when conducted primarily outside a building;

K.

Child care centers of more than sixty (60) children; ¹

L.

Any other use not otherwise listed in this Section, which is determined by the Zoning Administrator, after a public hearing, to be a similar and/or compatible use to any conditionally permitted uses in this Section, and is consistent with the purpose and intent of this Article;

M.

Medical offices of medical clinics with a gross floor area of two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet or more.

Footnotes:

 1. In accordance with applicable San Carlos ALUCP Safety Compatibility policies and State law.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64: Ord. 1130.28, eff. 8-23-65: Ord. 1130.186, eff. 12-6-78: Ord. 1130.189, eff. 2-21-79: Ord. 1130.212, eff. 7-8-81: Ord. 1130.241, eff. 7-17-85: Ord. 1130.275, eff. 2-27-91: Ord. 1130.276, eff. 2-27-91: Ord. 1130.320, eff. 8-13-03: Ord. 1130.321, eff. 8-13-03: Ord. 1130.327 § 14, eff. 12-1-03)

(Ord. No. 1130-353, § 1(Exh. F), 6-27-11; Ord. No. 1130-383, § 4(Exh. A), 4-12-21; Ord. No. 1130-384, § 4(Exh. A), 4-12-21; Ord. No. 1130-890, § 4(Exh. A), 8-26-24)

No structure shall exceed one hundred (100) feet in height.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

The minimum building site area shall be two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet. Additional minimum building site area requirements greater than those specified in this section shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 32.2 "Supplementary Lot Area Requirements for Sloping Sites," under the conditions therein specified.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64: Ord. 1130.130, eff. 5-26-71)

The minimum average lot width shall be twenty-five (25) feet.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

No limitations.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

None required, provided that a minimum building setback of five (5) feet, containing permanently maintained landscaping, shall be required for properties abutting El Camino Real.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64: Ord. 1130.192, eff. 10-17-79)

All development is subject to the requirements of Section 32.12 (Stormwater Treatment) of the Zoning Ordinance and Chapter 27A (Stormwater Treatment Measures and Maintenance Program) of the Municipal Code, as that Section and Chapter, respectively, may be amended from time to time. Stormwater treatment, unless the site or project is exempt from those requirements, shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Zoning Administrator and the Engineering and Construction Division, based on the criteria set forth in Chapter 27A.

(Ord. 1130.336 § 11, eff. 1-5-06)