Listing of use groups.
The following use groups are hereby established:
Group 2 Residential.
2a. Single-family Residences. Nontransient residential occupancy of a single-family living unit.
Examples: Single-family house; Single-family manufactured house on permanent foundation.
2b. Two-family Residences. Nontransient residential occupancy of a building or structure containing two single-family dwelling units.
Examples: Duplex.
2c. Group Residential. Nontransient residential occupancy of three or more dwelling units.
Examples: Triplex;
Fourplex;
Apartment house;
Rooming or boardinghouse;
Fraternity or sorority house;
Dormitory;
Residence club;
Housing cooperative.
2d. Mobile Home Parks. Nontransient residential occupancy of two or more mobile homes within a mobile home park.
2e. Residential above ground floor commercial.
2f. Supportive Housing.
2g. Transitional Housing.
2h. Emergency Shelter.
2i. Single-Room Occupancy Units.
2j. Farm Worker Housing(six or fewer persons).
2k. Farm worker housing, consisting of no more than thirty-six beds in group quarters or twelve units or spaces, each designed for use by a single family or household;
2l. Residential care home (six or fewer persons).
2m. Residential care home (seven or more persons).
Group 4 Visitor Accommodation.
4a Campgrounds. Establishments primarily engaged in providing overnight, transient or short-term sites for trailers, campers or tents.
Examples: Campground;
Campsite;
Trailer park;
Recreational vehicle park.
4b Tourist Accommodations. Establishments primarily engaged in providing overnight, transient or short-term lodging for tourists and travelers.
Examples: Motel;
Hotel;
Inn;
Auto court;
Tourist cabin or court.
4c Bed and Breakfast Facilities.
Examples: Bed and breakfast facility serving tourists and visitors may be provided in existing residential structures of historical or architectural significance.
Group 6 Business and Professional Offices.
6a Administrative and Professional Offices. Offices of firms or organizations which provide professional, administrative, executive or management services.
Examples: Law office;
Accountant's office;
Engineering office;
Architect's office.
6b Business Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of services of a clerical, employment, protective, or minor processing nature.
Examples: Blueprint services;
Bookkeeping services;
Computer services;
Employment agencies;
Job counseling services;
Secretarial services;
Telephone answering services;
Travel agencies.
6c Financial, Insurance and Real Estate Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of services of financial, insurance, real estate, or securities brokerage services.
Examples: Bank;
Insurance office;
Real estate office;
Stockbroker's office;
Savings and loan office;
Title insurance company.
6d Medical Offices. Establishments providing licensed health care services, but not including hospitals or residential health care facilities.
Examples: Doctor's office;
Physical therapist's office;
Dentist's office;
Medical laboratory;
Radiologist's office;
Chiropractor's office;
Podiatrist's office.
Group 8 Business Support Services.
8a Building Maintenance Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of maintenance and custodial services.
Examples: Janitorial service;
Window cleaning service;
Landscape maintenance service.
8b Business Equipment Sales and Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the sale, rental, or repair of equipment or supplies used by business and professional offices.
Examples: Business machine repair shop;
Hotel equipment and supply firm;
Office equipment and supply firm.
Group 10 General Consumer Services.
10a Cosmetic Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of grooming and cosmetic services to humans.
Examples: Barber shop;
Beauty shop;
Manicurist.
10b Light Commercial Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of light commercial services.
Examples: Photographic studio;
Costume rental shop;
Music lesson studio;
Florist's shop;
Boutique.
10c Consumer Repair Services. Establishments primarily engaged in repairing consumer goods.
Examples: Tailor's shop;
Apparel pressing, repair and alteration services;
Gunsmith's shop;
Locksmith's shop;
Radio/television repair shop;
Shoe repair shop;
Watch, clock and jewelry repair services.
Not included: Automotive repair services.
Group 12 Retail Trade.
12a General Retail Trade. Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of commonly needed consumer goods, entirely within enclosed buildings of no more than twenty thousand square feet.
Examples: Auto parts shop selling new or reconditioned goods;
Grocery store;
Drug store;
Clothing or drygoods store;
Bookstore or newsstand;
Hardware store;
Home supply store;
Heating, plumbing or electrical supply shop.
Not included: Auto sales;
Adult book shop;
Wholesale or nonretail sales;
Outdoor storage of goods;
Auto wrecking or dismantling;
Heavy or industrial equipment sales.
12b Retail Trade Within Large Enclosures. Establishments engaged in the retail sale of commonly needed consumer goods, within enclosed buildings of more than twenty thousand square feet.
Examples: As listed under Group 12a.
Not included: As listed under Group 12a.
12c Shopping Center. A group of three or more commercial shops or establishments on the same premises contained within one or more buildings having an aggregate of forty thousand square feet or more of interior space, planned, developed and managed as a unit.
Example: Shopping center containing large grocery, drug or discount stores.
Not included: As listed under Group 12a.
12d Construction Yard Sales. Establishments primarily engaged in outdoor retail sale of home improvement and building materials.
Examples: Retail lumberyard;
Building supply yard.
Not included: Contractor's storage yard;
Storage or sale of nonretail goods;
Industrial uses.
Group 14 Eating and Drinking Places.
14a Eating Places. Establishments primarily engaged in retail sale of prepared food and drink, including the incidental sale of alcoholic beverages.
Examples: Restaurant or dinner house;
Cafeteria or lunch counter;
Delicatessen;
Drive-in restaurant;
Diner;
Soda fountain;
Cafe;
Greasy-spoon;
Fast food restaurants.
Not included: Bars and places primarily engaged in sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink.
14b Drinking Places. Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of alcoholic drinks, including liquor, spirits, beer and wine, for consumption on the premises, including the incidental sale of prepared foods.
Examples: Bar;
Saloon;
Cocktail lounge;
Cabaret or
discotheque;
Nightclub;
Tap room or beer garden;
Tavern;
Roadhouse.
14c Drive-In Restaurants. Establishments engaged in the retail sale of food and drink where automobile drive-in or drive-through facilities (other than parking lots) are provided.
Examples: Drive-in restaurant;
Drive-through restaurant;
Fast-food restaurant with automobile window service.
Group 16 Adult Entertainment. Businesses engaged in providing "adult entertainment," as defined in Chapter 17.68.
Group 18 Social Services.
18a Individual and Family Services. Establishments primarily engaged in providing social services (including counseling, welfare, referral, refugee, disaster, and temporary relief services) to families and individuals.
Examples: Senior citizens' center;
Youth center;
Welfare office
Community service bureau or league;
Community center;
Counseling center
Adult day care center.
18b Vocational Services. Establishments primarily engaged in job training and vocational rehabilitation of unemployed, handicapped and disadvantaged persons.
Examples: Job Corps center;
Sheltered workshop;
Goodwill workshop;
Vocational rehabilitation center;
Job training facility.
18c Child Day Care Services. Establishments primarily engaged in providing day care for infants, children and minors, or in providing prekindergarten education, where medical care or delinquency correction is not a substantial element of the use.
Examples: Child or day care center;
Nursery school;
Preschool center.
Group 20 Private Institutions.
20a Private Educational or Religious Institutions. Institutions providing educational or religious facilities or services which are not owned or operated by a governmental entity.
Examples: Church or synagogue;
Religious center;
Nursery school;
Elementary school;
High school or junior high school;
College;
University.
20b Cultural or Social Institutions. Institutions providing cultural or social facilities or services.
Examples: Theater;
Ampitheater;
Art gallery;
Botanical garden;
Meeting hall;
Fraternal or lodge hall;
Museum.
20c Health Care Institutions. Hospitals and similar licensed health care institutions providing inpatient facilities or treatment.
Examples: Hospital;
Sanitarium;
Nursing home;
Convalescent home or hospital.
Group 22 Sports and Recreational Facilities.
22a Indoor Sports and Recreation Facilities. Commercial sports and recreational uses conducted within an enclosed building.
Examples: Bowling alley;
Billiard parlor;
Electronic amusement center;
Health club;
Judo or karate studio;
Swimming pool;
Tennis, handball or racquetball court;
Pool parlor;
Dancehall, studio or school;
Movie theater;
Skating or roller rink.
22b Outdoor Sports or Recreational facilities. Commercial sports or recreational uses conducted in outdoor or open facilities.
Examples: Ball park;
Drive-in theater;
Golf course or driving range;
Tennis court;
Shooting range;
Rod and gun club;
Archery range;
Riding academy or stable;
Miniature golf course;
Swimming pool;
Sport fishing farm or pool.
Group 24 Automotive.
24a Light Automotive Repair. Establishments engaged in repair of automobiles, and the incidental sale, installation or repair of automotive equipment or parts, with use of no more than two bays.
Examples: Small auto repair shop;
Auto glass, muffler or brake shop;
Battery or tire installation.
Not included: Body and fender shop;
Auto painting;
Auto wrecking or dismantling;
Tire recapping.
24b Major Auto Repair. General repair and maintenance of automobiles and trucks, and the incidental sale, installation or repair of automotive equipment or parts, with use of more than two bays.
Examples: Garage;
Engine removal or rebuilding;
Automotive machine shop;
Body and fender shop;
Auto painting.
24c Auto Sale and Rental. Retail or wholesale or rental of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, pickup trucks, and noncommercial trucks, with incidental repair or maintenance.
Examples: Automotive dealership;
Car rental agency;
Recreational vehicle dealership.
24d Car Washes. Washing and polishing of autos.
Examples: Auto laundries;
Car wash.
Group 26 Vehicular Storage.
26a Impound Storage. Storage of impounded or towed motor vehicles.
Examples: Impound yard;
Repossessor's yard;
Towaway storage.
Not included: Wrecking or dismantling yard.
26b Recreational Vehicle Storage. Storage of recreational vehicles and boats.
26c Fleet Storage. Storage or parking of vehicles primarily used for commercial or business purposes, except as otherwise permitted as an accessory use.
Examples: Fleet storage yard;
Bus or taxi yard;
Truck parking or storage yard.
Not included: Retail sales;
Wrecking or dismantling yard.
26d General Parking. Parking of motor vehicles on a temporary basis within a privately owned off-street parking area, with or without a fee, except as otherwise permitted as an accessory use.
Examples: Commercial parking lot;
Parking garage;
Underground parking lot.
Group 28 Vehicle Fuel Sales.
28a Retail Gasoline Sales. Retail sale, on the premises, of gasoline or other vehicular fuel, together with incidental sale of tires, batteries, small parts, and the provision of minor repair services and lubrication.
Examples: Auto filling station;
Service station.
28b Truck Stops. Establishments primarily engaged in the roadside service of the trucking industry, including truck cleaning facilities, minor repair services, shower facilities, and incidental eating facilities and retail sales.
Group 30 Light Equipment Repair and Sale.
30a Light Equipment Repair. Repair and servicing of light mechanical equipment such as lawnmowers, chainsaws and garden tractors, where conducted entirely within an enclosed, sound-insulated structure.
30b Light Equipment Sale. Retail or wholesale sale or rental, from the premises, of light mechanical equipment, where all equipment is stored indoors or behind a view-obscuring fence, together with incidental repair and servicing.
Group 32 Heavy Equipment Repair and Sale.
32a Heavy Equipment Repair. Repair and servicing of heavy equipment, such as farm and construction equipment, and trucks, including body repair, painting and steam-cleaning.
32b Heavy Equipment Sale. Retail or wholesale sale or rental, from the premises, of heavy equipment, including construction equipment, trucks, and farm equipment, together with incidental maintenance of rental equipment.
Group 34 Wholesaling, Storage and Distribution.
34a Indoor Wholesaling and Storage, Storage, wholesaling, warehousing and distribution of goods and products within an enclosed building.
Examples: Mini-warehouse;
Moving and storage firm;
Warehouse;
Wholesale distributor;
34b Outdoor Wholesaling and Storage. Storage, wholesaling, distribution and handling of goods, materials and equipment outdoors.
Examples: Grain elevator;
Monument or stone yard;
Open storage yard.
34c Fuel Jobbing. Storage of fuels primarily for distribution to retail outlets or for bulk sale.
34d Construction Yards. Storage of construction materials and equipment, not including retail sales, together with incidental office uses.
Group 36 Public Services.
36a Minor Transportation. Use of land for transportation of goods and services, including appurtenances such as signs, signals, poles and power lines, but not including streets or highways.
Examples: Railroad line.
Not included: Railroad yards, switching facilities, sidings.
36b Public Service Facilities. Use of land for public utility distribution centers.
Examples: Electrical substation;
Electrical transmission line;
Gas metering station;
Water or sewer pumping station;
Telephone exchange;
Transmission tower for radio or television;
Reservoir;
Water storage tank or tower.
36c Major Transportation. Major public transportation facilities.
Examples: Airport or flight strip;
Railroad terminal or depot;
Railroad yard or switching area;
Heliport.
Group 38 Public Facilities. Provision of public services and facilities by governmental entities.
Examples: City hall;
Public college or university;
Public school (elementary, junior high, and high);
Community center;
Courthouse;
Fire or police station;
Historical landmark or building;
Library;
Maintenance yard;
Museum;
Park or playground;
Public recreation center.
38a Governmental institutions, provisions of public services and facilities by government entities.
Not included: Public utility uses for local services.
38b Public utility institutions, provisions of public services and facilities by public utility entities.
Examples: Public utility uses for local services.
Group 40 Festival Activities. Festivals, carnivals and similar activities conducted outdoors or in temporary tents or structures, involving concentrations of people.
Examples: Carnival;
Circus;
Fair;
Rodeo;
Flea market.
Group 42 Agriculture.
42a General Agriculture. Agricultural uses under this group shall be limited to the following:
1. Small-scale hatching, raising, breeding, butchering and marketing of small farm animals such as chickens, turkeys, poultry and eggs, rabbits, fish, frogs, mink and chinchilla; provided that not more than one hundred mature animals of all species combined may be kept, fed or maintained on parcels of less than five acres;
2. Commercial grazing of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, hogs and other farm stock; provided, that on parcels of less than five acres not more than two such animals per acre shall be kept or maintained; and provided further, that there shall be no limit on the number per acre of sheep grazed on fields for the purpose of cleaning up unharvested crops where such grazing is not continued for more than four weeks in any six-month period;
3. Selective or experimental breeding, and raising and training, of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, hogs and other farm stock, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection 2 above;
4. Crop, truck and tree farming;
5. Propagation and raising of plants and nursery stock in greenhouses;
6. Stands for the display and sale of produce grown on the premises where the stand is located;
7. Wholesale and retail sale of nursery products.
Not included: Uses described under Groups 42b and c.
42b Concentrated Stock Operations. Concentrated feeding, breeding, boarding and handling of farm and domestic animals.
Examples: Feed lot;
Auction or sales yard;
Riding academy;
Hog ranch;
Menagerie;
Animal hospital;
Dog kennel or breeding facility;
Dairy.
42c Heavy agriculture. Processing of agricultural products for wholesale or retail sale.
Examples: Packing shed;
Processing operation, including canning, freezing or dehydrating;
Slaughterhouse;
Meat packing plant.
Not included: Small scale animal processing operations incidental to uses permitted under Group 42b.
Group 44 Reserved.
Group 46 Interment Services.
46a Cremation. Cremation of human remains.
Examples: Crematorium.
46b Interment. Interment of human remains.
Examples: Cemetery;
Mausoleum;
Columbarium;
Cinerarium.
46c Undertaking. Undertaking services for dead human bodies, including operation of funeral homes or other disposal.
Examples: Mortuary;
Funeral home;
Embalming.
Group 47 Custom Printing. Establishment primarily engaged in the provision of services of a major processing nature, including web presses and multicolor presses, where conducted entirely within an enclosed, sound-insulated structure.
Examples: Newspapers;
Circulars;
Pamphlets;
Booklets;
Books;
Bookbinding;
Die-cutting;
Engraving.
Group 48 Custom Manufacturing. Small shops engaged in the custom manufacturing of goods by hand, having facilities for no more than three workers, and using machines of no more than 7.5 horsepower.
Examples: Cabinet shop;
Candle-making shop;
Ceramic studio;
Custom furniture shop;
Custom metal working shop;
Stained glass studio;
Custom woodworking shop.
Group 49 Research and Development Laboratories. Establishments primarily engaged in laboratory or other physical research and development.
Examples: Chemical laboratories;
Development of computer and related technology;
Engineering laboratories;
Food research;
Industrial laboratories.
Group 50 Industrial.
50a General Industrial. Industrial plants and facilities used primarily for the manufacturing compounding, processing, assembling, packaging, treatment or fabrication of goods, materials and products.
Examples: Facility to assemble electronic appliances, instruments and devices (e.g.,
radios, computers, calculators, phonographs, coils, condensers, transformers, crystal
holders, and other similar items);
Bakery;
Dairy;
Laboratory (e.g., experimental, photo or motion picture, research or testing);
Facility to manufacture, compound, process, package or treat such products as the
following:
Candy;
Cosmetics or perfumes;
Drugs or pharmaceuticals;
Perfumed toilet soap;
Soft drinks.
Facility to manufacture, compound, assemble, package or treat articles or merchandise
from previously prepared materials such as the following:
Cellophane;
Canvas;
Cloth;
Cork;
Feathers;
Felt;
Fibre;
Fur;
Glass;
Hair;
Horn;
Leather;
Paper;
Plastic;
Wax;
Precious or semi-precious metals or stones;
Shell;
Textiles;
Tobacco;
Wire;
Yarns;
Paint;
Previously pulverized clay.;b2;
Excluding: Rendering of fats and oils;
Manufacture of paint employing a boiling process.
50b Intermediate Industrial. Any production, processing, cleaning, service, testing, repair, or storage of materials other than those listed under Use Group 50a of this chapter.
Examples: Cabinet shop;
Furniture shop;
Machine shop;
Sheet metal shop;
Winery.
50c Heavy Industrial. Uses which involve inherently dangerous or objectionable elements difficult to control.
Examples: Acetylene gas manufacture or storage;
Acid manufacture and reclaiming;
Aircraft factory;
Alcohol distillation;
Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacture;
Asphalt manufacture and refining;
Automobile assembly plant;
Boiler works;
Brick, tile, cement block or terracotta;
Concrete products manufacture;
Cotton gin or oil mill;
Freight classification yard;
Gas, processing and manufacturing;
Iron, steel, brass or copper foundry or fabrication plant;
Lampblack manufacture;
Manufacture, including heavy tile products;
Natural gas, processing and absorption plants;
Oilcloth or linoleum manufacture;
Oil, extracting and dehydration facilities or reduction;
Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine or varnish manufacture;
Paper pulp manufacture;
Petroleum refinery, together with all plants and facilities incidental to the operation
thereof in connection with the manufacture of all present and future byproducts of
oil, petroleum, gas, gasoline and other hydrocarbon substances;
Petroleum: storage, processing, transportation and distribution of oil, petroleum,
gas, gasoline and other hydrocarbon substances;
Plastic, manufacture of;
Potash works;
Railroad repair shop;
Roofing manufacture;
Salt works;
Soap manufacture;
Soda and compound manufacture;
Stone mill;
Stove and shoe polish manufacture;
Tar distillation or tar products manufacture;
Taxidermy;
Wool pullings, scoring.
50d Very Heavy Industrial. Uses which involve processes prone to excessive noise or other nuisance.
Examples: Blast furnace or coke over;
Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris, manufacture;
Distillation of bones;
Drop forge industry;
Explosives, manufacture or storage;
Fat rendering;
Fertilizer manufacture;
Garbage, offal or dead animal reduction or dumping;
Oil extraction plants, other than petroleum products;
Rubber, reclaiming, or the manufacture of synthetic rubber or its constituents;
Rock crusher;
Smelting of tin, copper, zinc, nickel, iron ores;
Storage or bailing of rags, paper, iron or junk;
Tannery or the curing or storing of raw hides;
Lumber and planing mill.
Group 52 Semi-conductor Manufacturing. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing semi-conductor and related solid state devices.
Examples: Circuit boards;
Electronic devices;
Fuel cells;
Hybrid integrated circuits;
Infra-sensors;
Light sensitive devices;
Micro circuits;
Microwave components;
Monolithic integrated circuits;
Printed circuits;
Quartz crystals;
Semi-conductor circuit networks;
Semi-conductors;
Solar cells;
Solid state electronic devices;
Transistors;
Ultra-violet sensors.
Group 54 Extractive. Operation of equipment for the removal of deposits of natural minerals, fossil fuels and diatomaceous earth, including necessary exploration activities.
Examples: Gas and oil;
Metallic and nonmetallic mineral removal;
Diatomaceous earth removal;
Pit operations;
Quarries;
Sand and gravel removal.
Group 56 Scrap Operations. Places of business primarily engaged in the storage, sale, dismantling or other processing of waste materials which are not intended for refuse in their original form.
Examples: Automotive wrecking yards;
Junkyards;
Paper salvage yards;
Recycle centers.
Group 57 Medical and Adult Use Cannabis Activities, and Industrial Hemp Activities. Establishments primarily engaged in the planting, cultivation, harvesting, transporting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, processing, preparing, storing, packaging, distributing, researching, testing, providing, or selling wholesale and/or retail sales of cannabis and the processing, testing, research and manufacturing of industrial hemp products for purposes of CDB extract or oil production.
57a Indoor cannabis cultivation includes any activity within a fully enclosed and secure structure involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis. Nurseries are included in this use group. To safeguard against the potential of cross-pollination of cannabis and hemp plants the cultivation of industrial hemp is excluded in all zones of the city.
57b Cannabis and industrial hemp manufacturing means a facility engaged in either the compounding, blending, extracting, infusing, or otherwise making or preparing a cannabis or an industrial hemp product.
57c Cannabis dispensary includes any facility where cannabis or cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale to either adults over twenty-one years of age, qualified patients or primary caregivers, in strict accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5.
57d Cannabis and industrial hemp laboratories and research includes a laboratory or entity that offers or performs tests or testing of cannabis or cannabis products including industrial hemp products.
57e Cannabis distribution means any facility engaged in the procurement, temporary storage, non-retail sales, and transport of cannabis or cannabis products between state-licensed cannabis businesses, including warehouses and similar structures.
57f Cannabis packaging and processing means a facility engaged in the drying, curing, grading, trimming, storing, packaging, and labeling of non-manufactured cannabis and cannabis products.
57g Cannabis infusion means any facility that produces edible products or topical products using infusion processes, or other types of cannabis products other than extracts or concentrates, and that do not conduct extractions.
(Ord. No. 2019-01, 9-25-20; Ord. No. 18-03, 9-26-18; Ord. No. 17-01, 9-27-17; Ord. 92-8 §2; Ord. 89-14 §2; Ord. 88-6 §2; Ord. 86-4 §2(part); Ord. 85-2 §2(part); Ord. 82-4 §3(part)).
Listing of use groups.
The following use groups are hereby established:
Group 2 Residential.
2a. Single-family Residences. Nontransient residential occupancy of a single-family living unit.
Examples: Single-family house; Single-family manufactured house on permanent foundation.
2b. Two-family Residences. Nontransient residential occupancy of a building or structure containing two single-family dwelling units.
Examples: Duplex.
2c. Group Residential. Nontransient residential occupancy of three or more dwelling units.
Examples: Triplex;
Fourplex;
Apartment house;
Rooming or boardinghouse;
Fraternity or sorority house;
Dormitory;
Residence club;
Housing cooperative.
2d. Mobile Home Parks. Nontransient residential occupancy of two or more mobile homes within a mobile home park.
2e. Residential above ground floor commercial.
2f. Supportive Housing.
2g. Transitional Housing.
2h. Emergency Shelter.
2i. Single-Room Occupancy Units.
2j. Farm Worker Housing(six or fewer persons).
2k. Farm worker housing, consisting of no more than thirty-six beds in group quarters or twelve units or spaces, each designed for use by a single family or household;
2l. Residential care home (six or fewer persons).
2m. Residential care home (seven or more persons).
Group 4 Visitor Accommodation.
4a Campgrounds. Establishments primarily engaged in providing overnight, transient or short-term sites for trailers, campers or tents.
Examples: Campground;
Campsite;
Trailer park;
Recreational vehicle park.
4b Tourist Accommodations. Establishments primarily engaged in providing overnight, transient or short-term lodging for tourists and travelers.
Examples: Motel;
Hotel;
Inn;
Auto court;
Tourist cabin or court.
4c Bed and Breakfast Facilities.
Examples: Bed and breakfast facility serving tourists and visitors may be provided in existing residential structures of historical or architectural significance.
Group 6 Business and Professional Offices.
6a Administrative and Professional Offices. Offices of firms or organizations which provide professional, administrative, executive or management services.
Examples: Law office;
Accountant's office;
Engineering office;
Architect's office.
6b Business Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of services of a clerical, employment, protective, or minor processing nature.
Examples: Blueprint services;
Bookkeeping services;
Computer services;
Employment agencies;
Job counseling services;
Secretarial services;
Telephone answering services;
Travel agencies.
6c Financial, Insurance and Real Estate Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of services of financial, insurance, real estate, or securities brokerage services.
Examples: Bank;
Insurance office;
Real estate office;
Stockbroker's office;
Savings and loan office;
Title insurance company.
6d Medical Offices. Establishments providing licensed health care services, but not including hospitals or residential health care facilities.
Examples: Doctor's office;
Physical therapist's office;
Dentist's office;
Medical laboratory;
Radiologist's office;
Chiropractor's office;
Podiatrist's office.
Group 8 Business Support Services.
8a Building Maintenance Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of maintenance and custodial services.
Examples: Janitorial service;
Window cleaning service;
Landscape maintenance service.
8b Business Equipment Sales and Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the sale, rental, or repair of equipment or supplies used by business and professional offices.
Examples: Business machine repair shop;
Hotel equipment and supply firm;
Office equipment and supply firm.
Group 10 General Consumer Services.
10a Cosmetic Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of grooming and cosmetic services to humans.
Examples: Barber shop;
Beauty shop;
Manicurist.
10b Light Commercial Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of light commercial services.
Examples: Photographic studio;
Costume rental shop;
Music lesson studio;
Florist's shop;
Boutique.
10c Consumer Repair Services. Establishments primarily engaged in repairing consumer goods.
Examples: Tailor's shop;
Apparel pressing, repair and alteration services;
Gunsmith's shop;
Locksmith's shop;
Radio/television repair shop;
Shoe repair shop;
Watch, clock and jewelry repair services.
Not included: Automotive repair services.
Group 12 Retail Trade.
12a General Retail Trade. Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of commonly needed consumer goods, entirely within enclosed buildings of no more than twenty thousand square feet.
Examples: Auto parts shop selling new or reconditioned goods;
Grocery store;
Drug store;
Clothing or drygoods store;
Bookstore or newsstand;
Hardware store;
Home supply store;
Heating, plumbing or electrical supply shop.
Not included: Auto sales;
Adult book shop;
Wholesale or nonretail sales;
Outdoor storage of goods;
Auto wrecking or dismantling;
Heavy or industrial equipment sales.
12b Retail Trade Within Large Enclosures. Establishments engaged in the retail sale of commonly needed consumer goods, within enclosed buildings of more than twenty thousand square feet.
Examples: As listed under Group 12a.
Not included: As listed under Group 12a.
12c Shopping Center. A group of three or more commercial shops or establishments on the same premises contained within one or more buildings having an aggregate of forty thousand square feet or more of interior space, planned, developed and managed as a unit.
Example: Shopping center containing large grocery, drug or discount stores.
Not included: As listed under Group 12a.
12d Construction Yard Sales. Establishments primarily engaged in outdoor retail sale of home improvement and building materials.
Examples: Retail lumberyard;
Building supply yard.
Not included: Contractor's storage yard;
Storage or sale of nonretail goods;
Industrial uses.
Group 14 Eating and Drinking Places.
14a Eating Places. Establishments primarily engaged in retail sale of prepared food and drink, including the incidental sale of alcoholic beverages.
Examples: Restaurant or dinner house;
Cafeteria or lunch counter;
Delicatessen;
Drive-in restaurant;
Diner;
Soda fountain;
Cafe;
Greasy-spoon;
Fast food restaurants.
Not included: Bars and places primarily engaged in sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink.
14b Drinking Places. Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of alcoholic drinks, including liquor, spirits, beer and wine, for consumption on the premises, including the incidental sale of prepared foods.
Examples: Bar;
Saloon;
Cocktail lounge;
Cabaret or
discotheque;
Nightclub;
Tap room or beer garden;
Tavern;
Roadhouse.
14c Drive-In Restaurants. Establishments engaged in the retail sale of food and drink where automobile drive-in or drive-through facilities (other than parking lots) are provided.
Examples: Drive-in restaurant;
Drive-through restaurant;
Fast-food restaurant with automobile window service.
Group 16 Adult Entertainment. Businesses engaged in providing "adult entertainment," as defined in Chapter 17.68.
Group 18 Social Services.
18a Individual and Family Services. Establishments primarily engaged in providing social services (including counseling, welfare, referral, refugee, disaster, and temporary relief services) to families and individuals.
Examples: Senior citizens' center;
Youth center;
Welfare office
Community service bureau or league;
Community center;
Counseling center
Adult day care center.
18b Vocational Services. Establishments primarily engaged in job training and vocational rehabilitation of unemployed, handicapped and disadvantaged persons.
Examples: Job Corps center;
Sheltered workshop;
Goodwill workshop;
Vocational rehabilitation center;
Job training facility.
18c Child Day Care Services. Establishments primarily engaged in providing day care for infants, children and minors, or in providing prekindergarten education, where medical care or delinquency correction is not a substantial element of the use.
Examples: Child or day care center;
Nursery school;
Preschool center.
Group 20 Private Institutions.
20a Private Educational or Religious Institutions. Institutions providing educational or religious facilities or services which are not owned or operated by a governmental entity.
Examples: Church or synagogue;
Religious center;
Nursery school;
Elementary school;
High school or junior high school;
College;
University.
20b Cultural or Social Institutions. Institutions providing cultural or social facilities or services.
Examples: Theater;
Ampitheater;
Art gallery;
Botanical garden;
Meeting hall;
Fraternal or lodge hall;
Museum.
20c Health Care Institutions. Hospitals and similar licensed health care institutions providing inpatient facilities or treatment.
Examples: Hospital;
Sanitarium;
Nursing home;
Convalescent home or hospital.
Group 22 Sports and Recreational Facilities.
22a Indoor Sports and Recreation Facilities. Commercial sports and recreational uses conducted within an enclosed building.
Examples: Bowling alley;
Billiard parlor;
Electronic amusement center;
Health club;
Judo or karate studio;
Swimming pool;
Tennis, handball or racquetball court;
Pool parlor;
Dancehall, studio or school;
Movie theater;
Skating or roller rink.
22b Outdoor Sports or Recreational facilities. Commercial sports or recreational uses conducted in outdoor or open facilities.
Examples: Ball park;
Drive-in theater;
Golf course or driving range;
Tennis court;
Shooting range;
Rod and gun club;
Archery range;
Riding academy or stable;
Miniature golf course;
Swimming pool;
Sport fishing farm or pool.
Group 24 Automotive.
24a Light Automotive Repair. Establishments engaged in repair of automobiles, and the incidental sale, installation or repair of automotive equipment or parts, with use of no more than two bays.
Examples: Small auto repair shop;
Auto glass, muffler or brake shop;
Battery or tire installation.
Not included: Body and fender shop;
Auto painting;
Auto wrecking or dismantling;
Tire recapping.
24b Major Auto Repair. General repair and maintenance of automobiles and trucks, and the incidental sale, installation or repair of automotive equipment or parts, with use of more than two bays.
Examples: Garage;
Engine removal or rebuilding;
Automotive machine shop;
Body and fender shop;
Auto painting.
24c Auto Sale and Rental. Retail or wholesale or rental of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, pickup trucks, and noncommercial trucks, with incidental repair or maintenance.
Examples: Automotive dealership;
Car rental agency;
Recreational vehicle dealership.
24d Car Washes. Washing and polishing of autos.
Examples: Auto laundries;
Car wash.
Group 26 Vehicular Storage.
26a Impound Storage. Storage of impounded or towed motor vehicles.
Examples: Impound yard;
Repossessor's yard;
Towaway storage.
Not included: Wrecking or dismantling yard.
26b Recreational Vehicle Storage. Storage of recreational vehicles and boats.
26c Fleet Storage. Storage or parking of vehicles primarily used for commercial or business purposes, except as otherwise permitted as an accessory use.
Examples: Fleet storage yard;
Bus or taxi yard;
Truck parking or storage yard.
Not included: Retail sales;
Wrecking or dismantling yard.
26d General Parking. Parking of motor vehicles on a temporary basis within a privately owned off-street parking area, with or without a fee, except as otherwise permitted as an accessory use.
Examples: Commercial parking lot;
Parking garage;
Underground parking lot.
Group 28 Vehicle Fuel Sales.
28a Retail Gasoline Sales. Retail sale, on the premises, of gasoline or other vehicular fuel, together with incidental sale of tires, batteries, small parts, and the provision of minor repair services and lubrication.
Examples: Auto filling station;
Service station.
28b Truck Stops. Establishments primarily engaged in the roadside service of the trucking industry, including truck cleaning facilities, minor repair services, shower facilities, and incidental eating facilities and retail sales.
Group 30 Light Equipment Repair and Sale.
30a Light Equipment Repair. Repair and servicing of light mechanical equipment such as lawnmowers, chainsaws and garden tractors, where conducted entirely within an enclosed, sound-insulated structure.
30b Light Equipment Sale. Retail or wholesale sale or rental, from the premises, of light mechanical equipment, where all equipment is stored indoors or behind a view-obscuring fence, together with incidental repair and servicing.
Group 32 Heavy Equipment Repair and Sale.
32a Heavy Equipment Repair. Repair and servicing of heavy equipment, such as farm and construction equipment, and trucks, including body repair, painting and steam-cleaning.
32b Heavy Equipment Sale. Retail or wholesale sale or rental, from the premises, of heavy equipment, including construction equipment, trucks, and farm equipment, together with incidental maintenance of rental equipment.
Group 34 Wholesaling, Storage and Distribution.
34a Indoor Wholesaling and Storage, Storage, wholesaling, warehousing and distribution of goods and products within an enclosed building.
Examples: Mini-warehouse;
Moving and storage firm;
Warehouse;
Wholesale distributor;
34b Outdoor Wholesaling and Storage. Storage, wholesaling, distribution and handling of goods, materials and equipment outdoors.
Examples: Grain elevator;
Monument or stone yard;
Open storage yard.
34c Fuel Jobbing. Storage of fuels primarily for distribution to retail outlets or for bulk sale.
34d Construction Yards. Storage of construction materials and equipment, not including retail sales, together with incidental office uses.
Group 36 Public Services.
36a Minor Transportation. Use of land for transportation of goods and services, including appurtenances such as signs, signals, poles and power lines, but not including streets or highways.
Examples: Railroad line.
Not included: Railroad yards, switching facilities, sidings.
36b Public Service Facilities. Use of land for public utility distribution centers.
Examples: Electrical substation;
Electrical transmission line;
Gas metering station;
Water or sewer pumping station;
Telephone exchange;
Transmission tower for radio or television;
Reservoir;
Water storage tank or tower.
36c Major Transportation. Major public transportation facilities.
Examples: Airport or flight strip;
Railroad terminal or depot;
Railroad yard or switching area;
Heliport.
Group 38 Public Facilities. Provision of public services and facilities by governmental entities.
Examples: City hall;
Public college or university;
Public school (elementary, junior high, and high);
Community center;
Courthouse;
Fire or police station;
Historical landmark or building;
Library;
Maintenance yard;
Museum;
Park or playground;
Public recreation center.
38a Governmental institutions, provisions of public services and facilities by government entities.
Not included: Public utility uses for local services.
38b Public utility institutions, provisions of public services and facilities by public utility entities.
Examples: Public utility uses for local services.
Group 40 Festival Activities. Festivals, carnivals and similar activities conducted outdoors or in temporary tents or structures, involving concentrations of people.
Examples: Carnival;
Circus;
Fair;
Rodeo;
Flea market.
Group 42 Agriculture.
42a General Agriculture. Agricultural uses under this group shall be limited to the following:
1. Small-scale hatching, raising, breeding, butchering and marketing of small farm animals such as chickens, turkeys, poultry and eggs, rabbits, fish, frogs, mink and chinchilla; provided that not more than one hundred mature animals of all species combined may be kept, fed or maintained on parcels of less than five acres;
2. Commercial grazing of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, hogs and other farm stock; provided, that on parcels of less than five acres not more than two such animals per acre shall be kept or maintained; and provided further, that there shall be no limit on the number per acre of sheep grazed on fields for the purpose of cleaning up unharvested crops where such grazing is not continued for more than four weeks in any six-month period;
3. Selective or experimental breeding, and raising and training, of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, hogs and other farm stock, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection 2 above;
4. Crop, truck and tree farming;
5. Propagation and raising of plants and nursery stock in greenhouses;
6. Stands for the display and sale of produce grown on the premises where the stand is located;
7. Wholesale and retail sale of nursery products.
Not included: Uses described under Groups 42b and c.
42b Concentrated Stock Operations. Concentrated feeding, breeding, boarding and handling of farm and domestic animals.
Examples: Feed lot;
Auction or sales yard;
Riding academy;
Hog ranch;
Menagerie;
Animal hospital;
Dog kennel or breeding facility;
Dairy.
42c Heavy agriculture. Processing of agricultural products for wholesale or retail sale.
Examples: Packing shed;
Processing operation, including canning, freezing or dehydrating;
Slaughterhouse;
Meat packing plant.
Not included: Small scale animal processing operations incidental to uses permitted under Group 42b.
Group 44 Reserved.
Group 46 Interment Services.
46a Cremation. Cremation of human remains.
Examples: Crematorium.
46b Interment. Interment of human remains.
Examples: Cemetery;
Mausoleum;
Columbarium;
Cinerarium.
46c Undertaking. Undertaking services for dead human bodies, including operation of funeral homes or other disposal.
Examples: Mortuary;
Funeral home;
Embalming.
Group 47 Custom Printing. Establishment primarily engaged in the provision of services of a major processing nature, including web presses and multicolor presses, where conducted entirely within an enclosed, sound-insulated structure.
Examples: Newspapers;
Circulars;
Pamphlets;
Booklets;
Books;
Bookbinding;
Die-cutting;
Engraving.
Group 48 Custom Manufacturing. Small shops engaged in the custom manufacturing of goods by hand, having facilities for no more than three workers, and using machines of no more than 7.5 horsepower.
Examples: Cabinet shop;
Candle-making shop;
Ceramic studio;
Custom furniture shop;
Custom metal working shop;
Stained glass studio;
Custom woodworking shop.
Group 49 Research and Development Laboratories. Establishments primarily engaged in laboratory or other physical research and development.
Examples: Chemical laboratories;
Development of computer and related technology;
Engineering laboratories;
Food research;
Industrial laboratories.
Group 50 Industrial.
50a General Industrial. Industrial plants and facilities used primarily for the manufacturing compounding, processing, assembling, packaging, treatment or fabrication of goods, materials and products.
Examples: Facility to assemble electronic appliances, instruments and devices (e.g.,
radios, computers, calculators, phonographs, coils, condensers, transformers, crystal
holders, and other similar items);
Bakery;
Dairy;
Laboratory (e.g., experimental, photo or motion picture, research or testing);
Facility to manufacture, compound, process, package or treat such products as the
following:
Candy;
Cosmetics or perfumes;
Drugs or pharmaceuticals;
Perfumed toilet soap;
Soft drinks.
Facility to manufacture, compound, assemble, package or treat articles or merchandise
from previously prepared materials such as the following:
Cellophane;
Canvas;
Cloth;
Cork;
Feathers;
Felt;
Fibre;
Fur;
Glass;
Hair;
Horn;
Leather;
Paper;
Plastic;
Wax;
Precious or semi-precious metals or stones;
Shell;
Textiles;
Tobacco;
Wire;
Yarns;
Paint;
Previously pulverized clay.;b2;
Excluding: Rendering of fats and oils;
Manufacture of paint employing a boiling process.
50b Intermediate Industrial. Any production, processing, cleaning, service, testing, repair, or storage of materials other than those listed under Use Group 50a of this chapter.
Examples: Cabinet shop;
Furniture shop;
Machine shop;
Sheet metal shop;
Winery.
50c Heavy Industrial. Uses which involve inherently dangerous or objectionable elements difficult to control.
Examples: Acetylene gas manufacture or storage;
Acid manufacture and reclaiming;
Aircraft factory;
Alcohol distillation;
Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacture;
Asphalt manufacture and refining;
Automobile assembly plant;
Boiler works;
Brick, tile, cement block or terracotta;
Concrete products manufacture;
Cotton gin or oil mill;
Freight classification yard;
Gas, processing and manufacturing;
Iron, steel, brass or copper foundry or fabrication plant;
Lampblack manufacture;
Manufacture, including heavy tile products;
Natural gas, processing and absorption plants;
Oilcloth or linoleum manufacture;
Oil, extracting and dehydration facilities or reduction;
Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine or varnish manufacture;
Paper pulp manufacture;
Petroleum refinery, together with all plants and facilities incidental to the operation
thereof in connection with the manufacture of all present and future byproducts of
oil, petroleum, gas, gasoline and other hydrocarbon substances;
Petroleum: storage, processing, transportation and distribution of oil, petroleum,
gas, gasoline and other hydrocarbon substances;
Plastic, manufacture of;
Potash works;
Railroad repair shop;
Roofing manufacture;
Salt works;
Soap manufacture;
Soda and compound manufacture;
Stone mill;
Stove and shoe polish manufacture;
Tar distillation or tar products manufacture;
Taxidermy;
Wool pullings, scoring.
50d Very Heavy Industrial. Uses which involve processes prone to excessive noise or other nuisance.
Examples: Blast furnace or coke over;
Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris, manufacture;
Distillation of bones;
Drop forge industry;
Explosives, manufacture or storage;
Fat rendering;
Fertilizer manufacture;
Garbage, offal or dead animal reduction or dumping;
Oil extraction plants, other than petroleum products;
Rubber, reclaiming, or the manufacture of synthetic rubber or its constituents;
Rock crusher;
Smelting of tin, copper, zinc, nickel, iron ores;
Storage or bailing of rags, paper, iron or junk;
Tannery or the curing or storing of raw hides;
Lumber and planing mill.
Group 52 Semi-conductor Manufacturing. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing semi-conductor and related solid state devices.
Examples: Circuit boards;
Electronic devices;
Fuel cells;
Hybrid integrated circuits;
Infra-sensors;
Light sensitive devices;
Micro circuits;
Microwave components;
Monolithic integrated circuits;
Printed circuits;
Quartz crystals;
Semi-conductor circuit networks;
Semi-conductors;
Solar cells;
Solid state electronic devices;
Transistors;
Ultra-violet sensors.
Group 54 Extractive. Operation of equipment for the removal of deposits of natural minerals, fossil fuels and diatomaceous earth, including necessary exploration activities.
Examples: Gas and oil;
Metallic and nonmetallic mineral removal;
Diatomaceous earth removal;
Pit operations;
Quarries;
Sand and gravel removal.
Group 56 Scrap Operations. Places of business primarily engaged in the storage, sale, dismantling or other processing of waste materials which are not intended for refuse in their original form.
Examples: Automotive wrecking yards;
Junkyards;
Paper salvage yards;
Recycle centers.
Group 57 Medical and Adult Use Cannabis Activities, and Industrial Hemp Activities. Establishments primarily engaged in the planting, cultivation, harvesting, transporting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, processing, preparing, storing, packaging, distributing, researching, testing, providing, or selling wholesale and/or retail sales of cannabis and the processing, testing, research and manufacturing of industrial hemp products for purposes of CDB extract or oil production.
57a Indoor cannabis cultivation includes any activity within a fully enclosed and secure structure involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis. Nurseries are included in this use group. To safeguard against the potential of cross-pollination of cannabis and hemp plants the cultivation of industrial hemp is excluded in all zones of the city.
57b Cannabis and industrial hemp manufacturing means a facility engaged in either the compounding, blending, extracting, infusing, or otherwise making or preparing a cannabis or an industrial hemp product.
57c Cannabis dispensary includes any facility where cannabis or cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale to either adults over twenty-one years of age, qualified patients or primary caregivers, in strict accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5.
57d Cannabis and industrial hemp laboratories and research includes a laboratory or entity that offers or performs tests or testing of cannabis or cannabis products including industrial hemp products.
57e Cannabis distribution means any facility engaged in the procurement, temporary storage, non-retail sales, and transport of cannabis or cannabis products between state-licensed cannabis businesses, including warehouses and similar structures.
57f Cannabis packaging and processing means a facility engaged in the drying, curing, grading, trimming, storing, packaging, and labeling of non-manufactured cannabis and cannabis products.
57g Cannabis infusion means any facility that produces edible products or topical products using infusion processes, or other types of cannabis products other than extracts or concentrates, and that do not conduct extractions.
(Ord. No. 2019-01, 9-25-20; Ord. No. 18-03, 9-26-18; Ord. No. 17-01, 9-27-17; Ord. 92-8 §2; Ord. 89-14 §2; Ord. 88-6 §2; Ord. 86-4 §2(part); Ord. 85-2 §2(part); Ord. 82-4 §3(part)).