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Woodlake City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

08 - LAND USE TABLES

17.08.010 - Land use restriction.

No structure, or any part thereof, shall be erected or enlarged, nor shall any site or structure be used, designated, or intended to be used for any purpose or in any manner other than is included among the uses listed in the land use tables in this chapter as permitted, administratively permitted, or conditionally permitted in the zone district in which such structure, land, or site is located, except as otherwise authorized by this title.

(Ord. No. 650, ยง 3, 4-28-2025)

17.08.020 - Residential land use table.

A.

The following table identifies which land uses are permitted by right, require a use permit, or are not allowed in the R-VL, R-L, R-M, and R-H zones.

B.

A "P" means that the use is permitted by right in that zone. A "C" means the use requires a conditional use permit in that zone. An "A" means the use requires an administrative use permit in that zone. A "T" means the use requires a temporary use permit in that zone. A blank box means the use is not allowed in that zone.

C.

Land uses are grouped generally by type of use, and then listed alphabetically. The land use groups are Accessory and Support Uses; Residential Uses; and Other Uses. Use of the word "or" can mean either or both uses.

D.

Land uses with specific land use standards shall meet the requirements found in the identified section in the last column of the table.

E.

If two or more land uses are permitted in the same zone, those land uses may coexist on the same site.

Table 17.08.020-1
Residential Zone Use Table

P = Use is Permitted by Right
C = Use Requires Conditional Use Permit
A = Use Requires Administrative Use Permit
T = Use Requires Temporary Use Permit
Blank = Use is Not Allowed
Land UsesResidential ZonesSpecific Land Use Standards (See identified Section)
R-VLR-LR-MR-H
Residential Uses
1 Assisted living, skilled nursing, or hospice facility C C A A
2 Bed and breakfast inn C C C C 17.60.050
3 Boarding house or rooming house P
4 Emergency shelter C C P P 17.60.230
5 Employee housing, small (6 or fewer employees) P P P P
6 Employee housing, large (more than 6 employees) C C C C
7 Hotel or motel
8 Manufactured home not within a mobile home park, more than 10 years old P P P 17.60.100
9 Manufactured home not within a mobile home park, less than 10 years old P P P 17.60.100
10 Mobile home or Manufactured home park P P P 17.60.130
11 Multi-family dwelling, two (2) units per building (duplex) C C P P
12 Multi-family dwelling, three (3) or four (4) units per building (triplex or fourplex) C C P P
13 Multi-family dwelling, five (5) or more units per building P P
14 Recreational vehicle park C C
15 Residential care facility, up to six (6) persons P P P P
16 Residential care facility, seven (7) or more persons P P P P
17 Single-family dwelling, attached P P P
18 Single-family dwelling, detached P P C
19 Single-room occupancy (SRO) C
20 Supportive housing P P P P 17.60.240
21 Transitional housing P P P P 17.60.240
Residential Accessory and Support Uses
30 Accessory dwelling unit P P P P 17.60.030
31 Junior accessory dwelling unit P P P P 17.60.040
32 Building ancillary to the main residential use P P P P
33 Cottage food operation A A A A 17.60.060
34 Expansion of existing nonconforming residential use C C C C
35 Guest house P P P P
36 Home occupation A A A A 17.78
37 Keeping of household pets P P P P Title 6
38 Raising of fruit, vegetables, and horticultural specialties for personal use P P P P
39 Temporary caretaker's dwelling T T T T
40 Temporary materials storage yard T T T T
41 Temporary residential sales office T T T T
42 Other accessory or ancillary use or structure that the Director determines is customarily associated with, and subordinate to, a primary permitted use. P P P P
Other Uses
50 Assembly facility (e.g. meeting facilities, churches, community centers) C C C
51 Cannabis Cultivation for Personal Use per Proposition 64 Guidelines (Indoor) P P P P 5.48
52 Cannabis Cultivation for Personal Use per Proposition 64 Guidelines (Outdoor) P P P P 5.48
53 Receiving cannabis deliveries P P P P 5.48
54 Cannabis distribution 5.48
55 Cannabis laboratory testing 5.48
56 Cannabis manufacturing 5.48
57 Cannabis processing 5.48
58 Cannabis product labeling 5.48
59 Cannabis dispensary 5.48
60 Cannabis storing 5.48
61 Cannabis transporting 5.48
62 Community center or facility C C C C
63 Daycare, adult small family P P P P 17.60.070
64 Daycare, adult large family A A A A 17.60.070
65 Daycare, small family P P P P 17.60.070
66 Daycare, large family A A A A 17.60.070
67 Daycare center C C C C 17.60.070
68 Electrical transmission and distribution substation, gas regulator station, communications equipment building, public service pumping station or elevated pressure tank C C C C
69 Mobile vendor or food truck A A A A 17.60.120
70 Outdoor storage that is visible from a public right of way
71 Park or playground P P P P
72 School, private (kindergarten to 12 th grade) C C C C
73 School, public (kindergarten to 12 th grade) P P P P
74 School; charter, trade, vocational, art, business, or professional C C C C
75 Self-storage facility or mini-warehouse C 17.60.110
76 Storm drainage basin, with or without a park P P P P
77 Land uses listed in the Commercial, Office, and Industrial Zone Use Table (Section 17.08.030) that are not listed in this Residential Zone Use Table

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(Ord. No. 650, ยง 3, 4-28-2025)

17.08.030 - Commercial, office, and industrial land use table.

A.

The following table identifies which land uses are permitted by right, require a use permit, or are not allowed in the C-N, C-S, MU, PO, I, PF, and OS zones.

B.

A "P" means that the use is permitted by right in that zone. A "C" means the use requires a conditional use permit in that zone. An "A" means the use requires an administrative use permit in that zone. A "T" means the use requires a temporary use permit in that zone. A blank box means the use is not allowed in that zone.

C.

Land uses are grouped generally by type of use, and then listed alphabetically. The land use groups are Accessory and Support Uses; Eating and Drinking Establishment Uses; Education, Assembly Uses; Manufacturing and Processing Uses; Office and Medical Uses; Public and Quasi-Public Uses; Recreation Uses; Residential Uses; Retail Uses; Service Uses; Transportation and Storage Uses; and Other Uses.

D.

Land uses with specific land use standards shall meet the requirements found in the identified section in the last column of the table.

E.

If two (2) or more land uses are permitted in the same zone, those land uses may coexist on the same site.

Table 17.08.030-1
Commercial, Office, and Industrial Use Table

P = Use is Permitted by Right C = Use Requires Conditional Use Permit
A = Use Requires Administrative Use Permit T = Use Requires Temporary Use Permit Blank = Use is Not Allowed
Land UsesCommercial and Mixed Use ZonesOffice, Industrial, Public, and Open Space ZonesSpecific Land Use Standards (See identified Section)
C-NC-SMUPOIPFOS
Accessory and Support Uses
A1 Automated teller machine (ATM) P P P P P P
A2 Caretaker residence or quarters C P P P P C
A3 Cottage food operation A A A A 17.60.060
A4 Daycare primarily for children of employees on the same site as a permitted use P C P P C P 17.60.070
A5 Drive-thru pick-up window meeting all standards of 17.60.080 P P C C 17.60.080
A6 Drive-thru pick-up window not meeting all standards of 17.60.080 C C C C 17.60.080
A7 Electric vehicle recharging facility P P P P P P P
A8 Food service primarily for employees on the same site as a permitted use P P P P P P P
A9 Home occupation A A A A Chapter 17.78
A10 Keeping of household pets P P P P Title 6
A11 Mobile vendor or food truck A A A A A A A 17.60.120
A12 Outdoor advertising structure
A13 Outdoor storage ancillary to and on the same site as a permitted use P P P P 17.60.15017.60.180
A14 Temporary materials and/or equipment storage yard T T T T P P
A15 Temporary outdoor sales (including parking lot) T T T T T T
A16 Vending machines P P P P P P P 17.60.190
Eating and Drinking Establishment Uses
B1 Artisan food and beverage production and sales P P P C P
B2 Bar, nightclub, or lounge C C C
B3 Brewpub C P P C
B4 Microbrewery C P P P
B5 Restaurant, full service P P P C
B6 Restaurant, limited service with drive-thru pickup window meeting all standards of 17.60.080 P P P C 17.60.080
B7 Restaurant, limited service with drive-thru pickup window not meeting all standards of 17.60.080 C C C C 17.60.080
B8 Restaurant, limited service without drive-thru pickup window P P P C
Education and Assembly Uses
C1 Assembly facility (e.g. meeting facilities, churches, community centers) P P P C C
C2 Auditorium P P P
C3 Card room C C
C4 Club, lodge, or private meeting hall P P P C
C5 Carnival or circus T T T T T
C6 College or university, public or private C C C P
C7 Convention or conference center P P
C8 Funeral home or mortuary C C C
C9 Library, museum, or cultural facility P P P P
C10 Pool hall or billiard parlor C C
C11 School, private (kindergarten to 12 th grade) C C
C12 School, public (kindergarten to 12 th grade) P
C13 School; charter, trade, vocational, art, business, or professional P C C C P
C14 Studio for martial arts, music, dance, yoga, exercise, gymnastics or similar P P P P P P
C15 Theater, live or movie C C P A A
Manufacturing and Processing Uses
D1 Agricultural crop production C P C
D2 Agricultural products packing, packaging, preparing, or processing P
D3 Animal raising
D4 Brewery, winery, or distillery C C
D5 Hazardous waste facility C
D6 Industrial or manufacturing facility, heavy C
D7 Industrial or manufacturing facility, light P P P 1 17.30.020
D8 Meat packing or slaughterhouse P
D9 Mining, quarry, or sand and gravel excavation C
D10 Research and development facility P P P
Office and Medical Uses
E1 Call center C C
E2 Communications broadcasting or media studio P P P P
E3 Laboratory; general, medical, or dental P P P C
E4 Hospital, general or psychiatric P P P
E5 Office; medical, dental, or optometry P P P P
E6 Office; professional or commercial P P P P
E7 Pharmacy P P P P
E8 Urgent care center or other walk-in clinic P P P P
Public and Quasi-Public Uses
F1 Cemetery P
F2 Community center or facility P P P P
F3 Community garden P P P P P P
F4 Electrical substation, gas regulator station, communications equipment building, public service pumping station, or elevated pressure tank C C C C C C C
F5 Fairgrounds P
F6 Government office; local, state, or federal C P P P P
F7 Post office P P P
F8 Public corporation yard, utility yard, or vehicle and heavy equipment maintenance and storage yard P
F9 Public safety facility or station P P P P
F10 Social service office, assistance center, or guidance center P P P P P
F11 Storm drainage basin, with or without a park P P P P P P P
F12 Wireless communication facility (WCF) P P C Chapter 17.68
Recreation Uses
G1 Athletic complex or ball field P P
G2 Commercial recreation facility, indoor C P P C
G3 Commercial recreation facility, outdoor C C C
G4 Golf course or country club C C
G5 Health or fitness facility, large P P
G6 Health or fitness facility, small P P P P C
G7 Park or playground P P P P P P
Residential Uses
H1 Assisted living, skilled nursing, or hospice facility C C
H2 Bed and breakfast inn C C 17.60.050
H3 Boarding or rooming house C
H4 Emergency shelter P P P 17.60.030
H5 Employee housing, small (six (6) or fewer employees) P
H6 Employee housing, large (more than six (6) employees)
H7 Hotel or motel C C P
H8 Live/work facility P P P P C
H9 Manufactured home not within a mobile home park, more than 10 years old 17.60.100
H10 Manufactured home not within a mobile home park, less than 10 years old C C 17.60.100
H11 Mobile home or manufactured home park 17.60.130
H12 Multi-family dwelling, two (2) units per building (duplex) C P
H13 Multi-family dwelling, three (3) or four (4) units per building (triplex or fourplex) C P
H14 Multi-family dwelling, five (5) or more units per building C P
H15 Recreational vehicle park C
H16 Residential care facility, up to six (6) persons C P P
H17 Residential care facility, seven (7) or more persons C P P
H18 Residential dwelling located in same building with office or commercial use C C P C
H19 Single-family dwelling, attached P P
H20 Single-family dwelling, detached P P
H21 Single-room occupancy (SRO) C C P
H22 Supportive housing P P P 17.60.240
H23 Transitional housing P P P 17.60.240
Retail Uses
I1 Adult entertainment establishment A A 17.62
I2 Auction or sales house P P C
I3 Auction or sales yard C C
I4 Automobile and pick-up sales, new and used C C 17.60.170
I5 Automobile and pick-up sales, used only C C 17.60.170
I6 Boat, recreational vehicle (RV), and truck sales P C
I7 Building materials and supply or home improvement store C P P C
I8 Convenience store, with or without fuel sales P P C C C
I9 Farm or construction equipment sales or service P
I10 Farmers market A A A A A A
I11 Feed and seed store P P
I12 Food market P P P P
I13 Food produce stand A A A A A A T
I14 Fuel sales, fleet or cardlock P P P
I15 Fuel sales, retail P P C C
I16 Garden shop C P P C
I17 Landscape nursery P C C
I18 Liquor store P P P
I19 Manufactured home sales yard C
I20 News, magazine or flower stand, outdoor P P P P
I21 Pawn shop P C
I22 Pet store P P P
I23 Retail sales store, less than 10,000 square feet P P P P
I24 Retail sales store, more than 10,000 square feet P P P
I25 Retail sales solely via internet, direct mail, or telephone P P P
I26 Secondhand or thrift store P P C
I27 Swap meet or flea market C C C C
I28 Tobacco, smoke, or vape shop C C C
Service Uses
J1 Ambulance service C P C C C P
J2 Bank or credit union P P P P
J3 Barber shop, hair salon, nail care, massage therapy, or day spa P P P C P
J4 Car wash, automatic or full service C P
J5 Car wash, self-service C C
J6 Carpet cleaning P C P
J7 Construction materials recycling C P
J8 Copy, printing, or mailing service P P P P P
J9 Crematorium C
J10 Dry cleaning or laundromat P P P C
J11 Equipment rental yard P P
J12 Exterminator or pest control service P P P
J13 Food catering P P P
J14 Fortunetelling P P C
J15 Fuel distributing P P
J16 Kennel or animal boarding P C
J17 Linen, diaper, or uniform supply service P P
J18 Motor vehicle repair or service, major P P
J19 Motor vehicle repair or service, minor C P P
J20 Payday lenders or check cashing establishment P C C
J21 Pet grooming P P P C C
J22 Photography studio P P P P
J23 Recycling, small collection facility (CRV only) P P P P P 17.60.160
J24 Recycling, large collection facility C P P 17.60.160
J25 Recycling, processing, or sorting facility C C
J26 Repair shop, large appliance or equipment P C P
J27 Repair shop, small appliance or equipment C P P P
J28 Shooting range, indoor C C C
J29 Shooting range, outdoor
J30 Specialty construction or trade service P P
J31 Tailoring or clothing alterations P P P P
J32 Tattooing or body art C C C C C
J33 Veterinary clinic or office P P C P
J34 Veterinary hospital C
Transportation and Storage Use
K1 Airport or heliport P
K2 Bus, transit, or train station P P P P P
K3 Cold storage or ice house C P
K4 Food locker P C P
K5 Junk yard, wrecking yard, or salvage facility C
K6 Mini-warehouse or self-storage facility P C 17.60.110
K7 Parking facility, off-site C C C C
K8 Truck stop or travel center C
K9 Trucking or transportation terminal C
K10 Vehicle impound yard C P
K11 Warehouse or distribution center P
Other Uses
L1 Cannabis Cultivation (Indoor) C 5.48
L2 Cannabis Cultivation (Mixed Light) C 5.48
L3 Receiving cannabis deliveries C 5.48
L4 Cannabis distribution C 5.48
L5 Cannabis laboratory testing C C 5.48
L6 Cannabis manufacturing C 5.48
L7 Cannabis processing C 5.48
L8 Cannabis product labeling C 5.48
L9 Cannabis retail C C C 5.48
L10 Daycare, adult small family P P P P 17.60.070
L11 Daycare, adult large family A A 17.60.070
L12 Daycare, small family P P P P 17.60.070
L13 Daycare, large family A A 17.60.070
L14 Daycare center C C C C C 17.60.070
L15 Other uses not listed that are determined by the Director to be similar in nature to a listed use that is permitted in the same zone P P P P P P P
L16 Other uses not listed that are determined by the Director to be similar in nature to a listed use that requires an administrative use permit in the same zone A A A A A A A 17.74
L17 Other uses not listed that are determined by the Director to be similar in nature to a listed use that requires a conditional use permit in the same zone C C C C C C C 17.80

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(Ord. No. 650, ยง 3, 4-28-2025)

17.08.040 - Addition of a use to land use tables.

Upon an application or on its own initiative and pursuant to Chapter 17.86, the city council may add a use to the land use tables established in this chapter if the council makes all the following findings:

A.

That the addition of the use to the land use table will be in accordance with the purposes of this title and of the zone district or districts in which the use will be permitted.

B.

That the zone district or districts in which the use is to be permitted have similar basic characteristics as the present uses allowed in the district or districts.

C.

That the use will not generate a noticeably greater amount of odor, dirt, smoke, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness or any other objectionable influence or hazard than the amount normally created by any of the other uses permitted in the district or districts in which the use will be permitted.

D.

That the establishment of the use in the zone district or districts in which it will be permitted will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare.

(Ord. No. 650, ยง 3, 4-28-2025)