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Stockton City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 8

B-C CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

11-8-1: PURPOSE:

The B-C district is established to provide for those retail trade and service activities which serve the entire community. (Ord., 10-14-2008)

11-8-2: USES:

   A.   Permitted uses:
      Banks and other financial institutions.
      Barbershops, beauty shops, and hairdressers.
      Duplicating, blueprinting, photocopying, addressing, and mailing services.
      Indoor recreation facilities, including billiards and pool establishments, bowling alley, movie theater, fitness/exercise center, skating rinks, and similar commercial facilities.
      Indoor retail sales, including, but not limited to, food, liquor, gifts, furniture, paint, jewelry, home furnishings, and automobile accessories.
      Laundries and dry cleaning establishments, including coin operated laundries.
      Newspaper, periodical or book publishing and printing establishments.
      Offices and meeting places for social, professional, fraternal, political, religious, civic, or other nonprofit organizations.
      Offices for physician/surgeon, dentist/dental surgeon, osteopathic physician, optometrist and chiropractor.
      Photographic studios and commercial photography establishments.
      Professional services, including, but not limited to, accounting, auditing and bookkeeping firms or services; advertising agencies, consumer credit reporting, news agencies, employment agencies; computer services; engineering and architectural firms or consultants; insurance company, agent, broker, and service representative offices; law offices; real estate agents, brokers, managers and title companies.
      Public parking lots, parking garages, or parking structures.
      Radios, TV, high fidelity sound equipment, electronic amplifier, stereophonic sound system, musical instrument or other such device sales, service, repair, testing, demonstration facility.
      Residential units above the ground floor.
      Restaurants, including sit down interior service, sit down outdoor service, and walk-up carryout service.
      Retail bakers, including those that produce some or all products on the premises.
      Reupholstery and furniture repair and interior design studios.
      Scientific or educational firms or agencies, but not research laboratories or manufacturing operations.
      Tailor shops, dressmaker shops, garment and shoe repair shops.
      Taverns, bars and other drinking places.
   B.   Special uses: The following special use(s) may be permitted in said district in specific situations in accordance with the procedures outlined in this title as may be appropriate:
      Accessory buildings for the purpose of storing equipment or inventory.
      Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization.
      Attached or detached garage, not to exceed two (2) spaces for each residential unit and two (2) spaces for each business on the premises.
      Automobile washing establishments.
      Churches.
      Gasoline or similar fuel service station, provided all tanks are underground.
      Hotels, motels, and similar lodging facilities such as vacation rentals.
      Municipal facilities and uses, including recreational buildings, administration/village hall facilities and community centers.
      Parks, trails and playgrounds.
      Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning equipment dealers.
      Police, fire, and EMS stations (provided such buildings are not located less than 50 feet from any lot in a residential district).
      Rental and leasing establishments providing floor sanding and waxing machines, ladders, scaffolds, tools, chairs or other furniture, or other types of equipment or similar items.
      Residential units on the ground floor for the owner/operator of the premises as an accessory use.
      Restaurant drive-through window.
      Seasonal farm product and landscaping supply sales, including flowers, fruits and vegetables, landscaping supplies, and cut trees, within or adjacent to a permanent or temporary structure.
      Veterinarian offices and facilities. (Ord., 10-14-2008; amd. Ord. 679, 12-10-2019; Ord. 756, 12-12-2023)

11-8-3: LOT SIZE REGULATIONS:

Every lot hereafter created in this district shall conform to the following minimum requirements:
   A.   Area: Not less than three thousand six hundred (3,600) square feet.
   B.   Width: Not less than twenty five feet (25'). (Ord., 10-14-2008)

11-8-4: YARD AND SETBACK REGULATIONS:

Every building hereafter erected or enlarged in this district shall provide and maintain a setback in accordance with the following:
   A.   Principal Structure:
      1.   Street yard: No minimum setback.
      2.   Side yard: No minimum setback.
      3.   Rear yard: Not less than five feet (5').
   B.   Accessory Structures:
      1.   Street yard: No accessory structure permitted closer to a public street than the principal structure(s).
      2.   Side yard: Not less than five feet (5').
      3.   Rear yard: Not less than five feet (5'). (Ord., 10-14-2008)

11-8-5: BULK REGULATIONS:

Every building hereafter erected or enlarged in this district shall not exceed the following height and bulk limits:
   A.   Permitted Uses: Not less than eighteen feet (18') nor more than forty two feet (42') in height; not more than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in total floor area.
   B.   Special Uses: Maximum height and area limitations shall be specified with the granting of a special use permit. (Ord., 10-14-2008)

11-8-6: SIGNS:

Signs may be provided in accordance with chapter 13 of this title. (Ord., 10-14-2008)

11-8-7: OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING:

Off street parking and off street loading shall be provided as required or as permitted by chapter 15 of this title. (Ord., 10-14-2008)