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San Jose City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 6

C BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

10-6-1: SCOPE:

The regulations set forth in this chapter, or set forth elsewhere in this title when referred to in this chapter, are the regulations of the C business and commercial district. (1982 Code § 5-5-1)

10-6-2: PERMITTED USES:

A building or premises in the commercial district may be used for the following purposes:
Bakery.
Bank.
Barbershop or beauty shop.
Business or commercial school, or dancing academy.
Catering establishment.
Class III and IV garages.
Clinics (medical-dental).
Communications towers.
Dyeing and cleaning works using a fluid which base is of a material other than petroleum or any one of its derivatives.
Electric shop.
Filling stations.
Grain elevators.
Hospitals and clinics for animals but not open kennels.
Hotel.
Laundry.
Lumberyard (with solid enclosure).
Messenger and telegraph service station.
Office.
Painting and decorating shop.
Photograph gallery.
Plumbing shop.
Recreation or amusement center.
Restaurant.
Sales or showroom.
Shoe repair shop.
Store for the collection and distribution of laundry and dry cleaning.
Store or shop for the conduct of retail business.
Tailor shop.
Theater, except open air drive-in theaters; provided, however, that no theater shall be erected or reconstructed unless there is provided on the lot, or within three hundred feet (300') thereof, parking space to accommodate one automobile for every five (5) seats in the theater.
Tinsmithing shop.
Tire repair shop.
Undertaking establishment.
Used car sales or storage lots but excluding the salvage of automobiles or of parts thereof.
Utility towers and similar structures.
Woodworking shop. (1982 Code § 5-5-2; amd. Ord. 442, 2-15-2010)

10-6-3: YARDS:

   A.   Front Yard: The front yard shall be determined by the setback which shall be thirty five feet (35') from the street to provide a parking area.
   B.   Side Yards: The side yard requirements are the same as the front yard when the building abuts a street on two (2) sides; that is, on the front and on one side, otherwise there are no side yard requirements.
   C.   Rear Yard: The rear yard will be ten feet (10') from the lot line and will be left open. (1982 Code § 5-5-5)

10-6-4: BUILDING HEIGHT:

   A.   No building shall exceed two and one-half (21/2) stories or thirty feet (30') in height, except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this section or chapter 11 of this title.
   B.   No tower located in Tower Park (as defined in this subsection) shall exceed the height of two hundred thirty feet (230'). For the purposes of this subsection, "Tower Park" is defined as the parcel of property bordered by Vine Street on the north, First Street on the east, Mulberry Street on the south and Second Street on the west. (Ord. 442, 2-15-2010)

10-6-5: PARKING REGULATIONS:

Off street parking spaces shall be provided at the rate of one space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area in the building which is used for commercial purposes. (1982 Code § 5-5-3)

10-6-6: PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

It is understood that the business establishments designated herein or any other establishments approved for commercial operation within the village limits shall in no manner be of such nature to be noxious or offensive to the residents of the adjacent areas. Complaints of such nature may be made either to the building/zoning inspector or directly to the zoning board of appeals. (1982 Code § 5-5-2; amd. 2016 Code)