Chapter 19.05 — USE CLASSIFICATIONS

The purpose of these provisions is to classify uses according to types on the basis of common functional, product, or compatibility characteristics, and to set forth permitted and conditionally-permitted uses for each zoning district. Notwithstanding any provision in this code to the contrary, any use of land, operation, or business that is in violation of state and/or federal law shall be prohibited in all specific plan areas, districts, and/or zones within the city.

(Ord. 2001-02 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2009-08 § 2, 2009.)

Uses subject to the provisions of this title shall be known as either permitted uses or conditionally permitted uses subject to the approval of a conditional use permit in accordance with Chapter 19.40, Review and Approval Procedures.

(Ord. 2001-02 § 1, 2001.)

Cross References Section 19.43.020(B)

The community development director shall have the authority to classify common uses according to use classifications. The classification of a use is subject to the right of appeal pursuant to the appeal procedure set forth in Chapter 19.40, Review and Approval Procedures. A list of common uses and the use classifications into which they are classified shall be maintained by the community development director. A list of common uses which are prohibited shall also be maintained by the community development director. Any new use, or any use that cannot be clearly determined to be in an existing use classification, may be incorporated into the zoning regulations by a zoning ordinance text amendment.

(Ord. 2001-02 § 1, 2001.)

Residential uses include living accommodations on a wholly or primarily nontransient basis, but exclude institutional living arrangements providing twenty-four-hour skilled nursing or medical care and those providing forced residence, such as detention facilities.

Cannabis indoor cultivation: any cannabis cultivated within a private residence or within an enclosed accessory structure on the grounds of the private residence (e.g., in a greenhouse).

Cannabis outdoor cultivation: cannabis plants cultivated outdoors on the lot of a personal residence.

Congregate living facility: an establishment offering lodging on a monthly basis or longer, along with common eating arrangements and other services such as recreational, social and cultural activities and transportation, but excluding medical care.

Employee housing: housing for six or fewer employees in a single-family dwelling shall be deemed a single-family use and shall be treated the same as any single-family dwelling in districts where single-family dwellings are allowed. Employee housing shall not be included within the definition of a boarding house, rooming house, hotel, dormitory or other similar term that implies the employee housing differs in any way from a family dwelling and shall not constitute a change in occupancy for purposes of local building codes. It shall not be subject to any fees to which other family dwellings of the same type in the same zone are not likewise subject.

Farm employee housing: living quarters provided on agriculture district property for the use of workers employed in agricultural activities.

Garden apartments: a multifamily development of one or more two- or three-story structures containing up to twenty units each that has units located one over the other, with integrated off-street parking, open space and recreation.

Low Barrier Navigation Center: "a Housing First, low-barrier, service-enriched shelter focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and housing (See Government Code § 65660 ).

Mobilehome: a factory-built, single-family structure that meets the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974.

Mobilehome park: a site developed for the long-term placement of mobilehomes.

Multifamily residential: three or more dwelling units on a lot. Multifamily residential units may share one or more common walls and include townhomes and garden apartments.

Residential Care Home, Small: provision of twenty-four-hour nonmedical care of six or fewer persons in need of personal services, supervision, protection or assistance licensed by the state essential for sustaining the activities of daily living, or twenty-four-hour care for six or fewer foster children. Furthermore, Small residential care homes without State license personal services shall also have the same standards and processing as residential care homes. For the purposes of any law or zoning ordinance that relates to the residential use of property pursuant to this chapter, the residents and operators of the facility shall be considered a family. (see Health and Safety Code § 1568.0831 ).

Second residential unit: a second dwelling unit located on a lot with an existing principal dwelling unit.

Single-family residential, detached: a dwelling unit located on a separate lot which has no common walls with any other dwelling unit. Detached single-family residential include mobilehomes placed on a permanent foundation.

Single-family residential, semidetached: a one-family dwelling attached to one other one-family dwelling by a common vertical wall, with each dwelling located on a separate lot.

Single room occupancy (SRO): a type of group residential use where there are at least five single rooms with no more than two occupants in each unit that complies with the regulations in Section 19.10.160 of this title. The single rooms are habitable rooms that may have a bathroom and/or limited cooking facilities, and are intended for combined living and dining purposes.

Supportive housing: permanent rental housing that provides a range of support services designed to enable residents to maintain stable housing, improve his or her health status, lead fuller lives, and when possible, work in the community. Supportive housing units are residential uses subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zoning district.

Townhouse: a one-family dwelling in a row of at least three such units in which each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another unit, and each unit is separated from any other unit by one or more vertical common fire-resistant walls.

Transitional housing: a type of supportive housing used to facilitate the movement of homeless individuals and families to permanent housing. A homeless person may live in a transitional dwelling for no less than six months while receiving supportive services that enable independent living. Transitional housing units are residential uses subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zoning district.

(Ord. No. 2024-04 §§ 1, 2; Ord. 2001-02 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2014-06 § 1, 2014; Ord. 2017-07 § 1, 2017; Ord. 2018-06 § 5, 2018.)

Cross References

Section 13.14.030

Commercial uses include the sale or rental of goods and the provision of services other than those classified as public or quasi-public, or industrial.

Adult-entertainment business means any of the following:

1. "Adult arcade" means an establishment where, for any form of consideration, one or more still or motion picture machines, projectors or other image producing devices are maintained to show images to five or fewer persons per machine at any time, and where a substantial portion of the images so displayed are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matters depicting or describing specified sexual activities.

2. "Adult bookstore, adult novelty store or adult video store" means a commercial establishment that, as one of its principal business purposes, offers for sale or rental for any form of consideration any one or more of the following:

a. Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes or video reproductions, compact discs (CDs), slides or other visual representations that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matters depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; or

b. Instruments, devices or paraphernalia that are designed for use in connection with specified sexual

activities.

The items described in subsections (a) and (b) shall be referred to collectively as "adult products."

A commercial establishment may have other principal business purposes that do not involve the offering for sale or rental of products depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas and still be categorized as adult bookstore, adult novelty store or adult video store so long as one of its principal business purposes is the offering for sale or rental for consideration of the specified products that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matters depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

3. "Adult cabaret" means a nightclub, restaurant, or similar business establishment that: a. regularly features live performances that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis upon the display of specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities; and/or b. regularly features persons who appear in a state of nudity.

4. "Adult hotel/motel" means a hotel or motel or similar business establishment offering public accommodations for any form of consideration that, a. provides patrons with closed-circuit television transmissions, films, computer generated images, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, compact discs (CDs) or other photographic reproductions a substantial portion of which are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; and b. rents, leases, or lets any room for less than a six-hour period, or rents, leases, or lets any single room more than twice in a twenty-four hour period.

lides, compact discs (CDs) or other photographic reproductions a substantial portion of which are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; and b. rents, leases, or lets any room for less than a six-hour period, or rents, leases, or lets any single room more than twice in a twenty-four hour period.

5. "Adult motion picture theater" means a building or portion thereof or area, open or enclosed, used for the presentation of motion pictures or other images in which a substantial portion of the total presentation time is devoted to the presentation of motion pictures distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matters depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities, for observation by patrons or customers.

6. "Adult theater" means a theater, concert hall, auditorium or similar establishment that, for any form of consideration, regularly features live performances that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the display of specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities.

7. "Modeling studio" means a business that provides, for pecuniary compensation, monetary or other consideration, hire or reward, figure models who display specified anatomical areas to be observed, drawn, sketched, photographed, painted, sculpted or otherwise depicted by persons paying such consideration. Modeling studio does not include schools maintained pursuant to standards set by the State Board of Education. Modeling studio further does not include a studio or

similar facility owned, operated or maintained by an individual artist or group of artists, that does not provide, permit or make available specified sexual activities.

Amusement center: any place in which five or more coin- or slug-operated amusement devices are installed, including any place open to the public, whether or not the primary use of the premises is devoted to the operation of such devices.

Animal Sales and Services.

1. Boarding, kennel: provision of shelter and care for four or more small animals four or more months of age. This classification includes activities such as feeding, exercising, grooming, breeding, and incidental medical care.

2. Grooming: provision of bathing and trimming services for small animals on a commer-cial basis. This classification includes boarding of small animals for a maximum period of forty-eight hours.

3. Medical care: medical and surgical treatment of small animals. This classification includes hospital facilities that are entirely enclosed, soundproofed, and air-conditioned. Incidental grooming and temporary boarding of animals for thirty days is included.

4. Retail sales: retail sales of small animals and related products within an entirely enclosed building. This classification includes incidental grooming.

Bank savings and loan: a financial institution including federally-chartered banks, savings and loan associations, industrial loan companies, and credit unions that provides retail banking services to individuals and businesses. This classification does not include payday lending businesses or check cashing businesses. This classification includes only those institutions engaged in the on-site circulation of cash money.

1. Drive-up service: provision of banking services accessible to persons who remain in their automobiles.

2. Walk-up service: provision of banking services to persons at a walk-up window or automated teller machine.

Bed and breakfast inns: establishments offering lodging on less than a monthly basis in a structure that was originally built as a residential dwelling, with incidental eating and drinking service for lodgers only provided from a single kitchen on the premises. This classification excludes uses classified under group residential.

Bookstores: an establishment providing the retail sales of books, magazines, or book-related merchandise to the general public.

Building materials and services: retailing, wholesaling or rental of building supplies or equipment. This classification includes lumberyards, tool and equipment sales and rental establishments, and building contractors' yards, but excludes activities classified under vehicle/equipment sales, leasing and services.

Cannabis retail: a storefront business that sells cannabis and/or cannabis products directly to a consumer. For purposes of this code, a non-storefront retail business is categorized a cannabis distributor in accordance with Section 19.05.060.

Catering: preparation and delivery of food and beverages for off-site consumption without provision for on-site pickup or consumption.

Check cashing business, as defined in California Civil Code Section 1789.31 and as amended from time to time: a retail business owned or operated by a "check casher" person or entity who engages, in whole or in part, in the business of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose. "Check casher" does not include a state or federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union, or industrial loan company. "Check casher" also does not include a retail seller engaged primarily in the business of selling consumer goods, including consumables, to retail buyers that cashes checks or issues money orders for a fee not exceeding two dollars as a service to its customers that is incidental to its main purpose or business.

Coin dealer: any person, firm, partnership, or corporation whose principal business is the buying, selling and trading of coins, monetized bullion, or commercial grade ingots of gold, silver or other precious metals.

Commercial grade ingots: 0.99 fine ingots of gold, silver, or platinum, or 0.925 fine sterling silver art bars and medallions, provided that the ingots, art bars, and medallions are marked by the refiner or fabricator as to their assay fineness.

Commercial printing: establishments providing printing, blueprinting, photocopying, engraving, binding, or related services.

Communication services: establishments involving point-to-point communication services, whether by wire or radio, either aurally or visually, including radio and television broadcasting stations and the exchange or recording of messages, but not including on-site transmission towers.

Drugstores: retail sales of medicinal and pharmaceutical related products.

Eating and drinking establishments: an establishment where food and drink are prepared, served and consumed primarily within the principal building.

Electronic cigarette or e-cigarette: a device that is capable of providing an inhalable dose of nicotine. Electronic cigarette does not include any product specifically approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Entertainment, indoor: the provision of participant or spectator entertainment within an enclosed building, excluding uses classified under adult business. Typical uses include live theater, motion picture theaters, and nightclubs.

Food sales: a retail establishment such as a grocery store or market providing food related products.

Fossil fuel service station: an establishment engaged primarily in the retail of motor vehicle fossil fuels sales and incidentally in the supplying of goods and services required in the operation to operate and maintain maintenance of motor vehicles. This classification includes incidental automobiles and light trucks repair and maintenance, but excludes body and fender work or repair of heavy trucks or vehicles, upholstery work, auto glass work, painting, tire recapping, auto dismantling, auto storage, and the sale of groceries, dairy products, liquor, garden supplies and similar items.

Funeral and interment services: establishments primarily engaged in preparing the human dead for burial and arranging and managing funerals. This classification excludes cemeteries, crematoriums, and columbariums.

Gaming: legal gaming activities.

Grocery and drug stores: an establishment where grocery and drug-related products are sold to the general public.

Health services: establishments primarily engaged in the provision of personal health services ranging from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and rehabilitation services provided by physicians, dentists, therapists, optometrists and other health care personnel. Typical uses include medical and dental offices, health maintenance organizations, optical services, immediate care facilities, rehabilitation centers and pharmacies. This classification excludes hospitals and long-term care facilities.

Hookah bar or hookah lounge: any facility, building, structure or location, where customers share tobacco or a similar smoking product from an individual or communal hookah placed throughout the establishment.

Household goods sales: an establishment engaged in the selling of household goods or merchandise to the general public.

Imitation tobacco product: any edible non-tobacco product designed to resemble a tobacco product or any non-edible, nontobacco product designed to resemble a tobacco product. An example of an imitation tobacco product includes, but is not limited to, non-nicotine fruit or candy flavored liquids used in an electronic cigarette.

Laboratory: an establishment providing medical or dental laboratory services; or providing photo-graphic, analytical, or testing services. Other laboratories are classified as limited industry.

Limited printing: establishments that provide convenience photocopying and accessory retail-oriented services.

Lodging services: establishments offering lodging on a less than monthly basis, and having kitchens in no more than sixty percent of guest units. These classifications include commercial functions that are integrated into the lodging services operation and may be provided for the general public such as meeting rooms and eating, drinking, banquet service, inns, hotels and motels. This classification excludes uses classified under congregate living facility and room rentals in a detached dwelling unit.

Long-term care facility: an establishment providing care on a twenty-four-hour basis for persons requiring regular medical attention, but excluding facilities providing surgical or emergency medical services.

Maintenance and repair services: establishments providing appliance repair, office machine repair, or building maintenance services. This classification excludes the maintenance and repair of vehicles (see vehicle/equipment repair).

Nursery: an establishment selling horticultural materials in which all merchandise other than plants is kept within an enclosed building or a fully-screened enclosure, and fertilizer of any type is stored and sold in package form only.

On-premises liquor consumption: establishments predominantly engaged in the preparation and retail sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. Typical uses include bars, cocktail lounges, taverns and similar uses. This

classification also includes live entertainment for the enjoyment of patrons, but excludes those uses classified under the commercial recreation and entertainment, indoor entertainment use type.

1. Tasting room: an establishment that offers samples of beer or wine for tasting on the premises, with or without

charge.

Outdoor sales and displays: outdoor sales and displays are permitted only when in conjunction with a permanent on-site structure housing the business.

Overnight accommodations, lodging services: establishments offering lodging on a less than monthly basis, and having kitchens in no more than sixty percent of guest units. This classification includes commercial functions that are integrated into lodging services operation and may be provided for the general public such as under congregate living facility and room rentals in a detached dwelling unit. Overnight accommodations and lodging services not allowed in the neighborhood commercial district.

s, and having kitchens in no more than sixty percent of guest units. This classification includes commercial functions that are integrated into lodging services operation and may be provided for the general public such as under congregate living facility and room rentals in a detached dwelling unit. Overnight accommodations and lodging services not allowed in the neighborhood commercial district.

Pawnbroker: any person, co-partnership, firm, or corporation whose business includes buying, selling, trading, taking in pawn, accepting for sale on consignment, accepting for auctioning, or auctioning secondhand tangible personal property. The key difference between a "pawnbroker" and a "secondhand dealer" is that a pawnbroker loans money for tangible personal property while a secondhand dealer does not.

Pawnbroker does not include:

1. Auctioneers;

2. Coin dealers;

3. Secondhand dealer.

Pawnshop: a business engaged in conducting, managing, or carrying on the business of pawnbroking or loaning money, which includes buying, selling, taking in pawn tangible personal property given or deposited as security for a loan.

Payday lending business: a retail business owned or operated by a "licensee" as that term is defined in California Financial Code Section 23001(d) , as amended from time to time who offers, originates, or makes a deferred deposit transaction, who arranges a deferred deposit transaction for a deferred deposit originator, who acts as an agent for a deferred deposit originator, or who assists a deferred deposit originator in the origination of a deferred deposit transaction. However, "licensee" does not include a state or federally chartered bank, thrift, savings association, industrial loan company, or credit union. "Licensee" also does not include a retail seller engaged primarily in the business of selling consumer goods, including consumables, to retail buyers that cashes checks or issues money orders for a minimum fee not exceeding two dollars as a service to its customers that is incidental to its main purpose or business.

Personal improvement services: provision of instructional services or facilities, including photography, fine arts, crafts, dance or music studios; driving schools; business and trade schools; reducing salons; and health or physical fitness clubs.

1. Night use: use of the facilities between ten p.m. and seven a.m.

Personal services: provision of recurrently-needed services of a personal nature. This classification includes hair and nail care salons, garment alteration services, repair shops, dry cleaning pickup, selfservice laundries, and massage services, but excludes banks, and savings and loans.

Precious metal exchange, commonly referred to as "cash for gold": the operation of a gold and silver business, either stand alone or in conjunction with the operation of a retail store (e.g., jewelry store, or other similar store) which results in twenty percent or more of their gross business receipts being derived from the purchase of gold or silver jewelry or other similar items from a non-wholesale source (including, but not limited to, art objects, flatware, tableware or other personal household items). Gold and silver dealer does not include:

1. Auctioneers;

2. Coin dealers.

Professional and medical offices: offices of firms or organizations providing professional, executive, management, administrative, or counseling services, such as design, engineering, real estate, insurance, investment, medical and legal offices. This classification excludes banks, savings and loan associations, and health services.

Recycling collection center: a collection center for recyclable household materials, including glass, metal, paper products and other materials as may be determined by the community development director.

Restaurant: an establishment where food and drink are prepared, served, and consumed primarily within the principal building. This classification includes restaurants, lunch counters, delicatessens, coffee shops, cafes and soda fountains; includes the on-site sale of beer, alcohol and wine incidental to the principal use; but excludes those uses classified under the on-premises liquor consumption use type. This classification also includes live entertainment for the enjoyment of dining patrons, but excludes those uses classified under the commercial recreation and entertainment, indoor entertainment use type.

1. Night use: use of the facilities between ten p.m. and seven a.m.

Restaurant, take-out: an establishment where food and/or beverages are sold in a form ready for consumption, where all or a significant portion of the consumption takes place or is designed to take place outside the confines of the restaurant, and where ordering and pickup of food may take place from an automobile.

1. Night use: use of the facilities between ten p.m. and seven a.m.

Retail commercial: the retail sales of commercial goods and services to the general public.

Retail food sales: retail sales of food and/or beverages for off-site preparation and consumption. Establishments at which twenty percent or more of the transactions are sales of prepared food for on-site or take-out consumption shall be classified as catering or restaurants.

1. Convenience store: retail sales of prepackaged food, beverages, and small convenience items typically found in establishments with long or late hours of operation.

2. Liquor store: a retail establishment at which fifty percent or more of the transactions involve the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption.

Retail sales: establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods. This classification includes processing or manufacturing activities incidental or subordinate to the primary retail activity whose products are primarily sold onsite, such as a jeweler or bakery.

1. Limited: retail sales of products manufactured by a principal industrial use.

2. Visitor-oriented: retail sales of specialty goods which are likely to be of interest or may be required by visitors to the community, such as gifts, souvenirs, handcrafts, antiques, and clothing.

Secondhand dealer: a retail use where any person, co-partnership, firm or corporation in possession of a valid secondhand dealer's license (California Finance Code Section 2100) whose business includes buying, selling, trading, accepting for sale on consignment, accepting for auctioning or auctioning secondhand tangible personal property. A secondhand dealer who buys secondhand tangible personal property would be required to obtain a license from the police chief and file reports pursuant to California Business and Professions Code Sections 21625 through 21647 . Secondhand dealer does not include:

1. Auctioneers;

2. Coin dealers;

3. Pawnbroker.

Tangible personal property: all secondhand property including, but not limited to: clothing, jewelry, personal property which bears a serial number or personalized initials or inscription which is purchased by a second hand dealer; or, which, at the time it is acquired by the second-hand dealer bears evidence of having had a serial number or personalized initials or inscription. Tangible personal property also includes new or used motor vehicles. Tangible personal property does not include new goods or merchandise purchased from a bona fide manufacturer or distributor or wholesaler of such new goods or merchandise, or coins, monetized bullion, or commercial grade ingots of precious metals.

Tobacco paraphernalia: cigarette papers or wrappers, pipes, holders of smoking materials of all types, cigarette rolling machines, and any other item designed for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco products.

Tobacco product: any substance containing tobacco leaf, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, snus, bidis, or any other preparation of tobacco; and any product or formulation of matter containing biologically active amounts of nicotine that is manufactured, sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed with the expectation that the product or matter will be intro- duced into the human body, but does not include any cessation product specifically approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in treating nicotine or tobacco dependence.

Tobacco retailer, large-scale: a store equal or greater than ten thousand square feet that devotes more than five percent of their floor areas to the sale, display, sale and storage of any combination of the following products: tobacco products, tobacco

paraphernalia, imitation tobacco product, electronic cigarettes, and devices capable of providing an inhalable dose of nicotine.

Tobacco retailer, small-format: any room, store, building, or other place less than ten thousand square feet in which fifty percent or more of the transactions involve the sale of any combination of the following products: tobacco products, tobacco paraphernalia, imitation tobacco product, electronic cigarettes, and devices capable of providing an inhalable dose of nicotine.

Vapor bar or vapor lounge (also referred to as "smoking device bar" or "electronic smoking device lounge"): any facility, building, structure or location where customers use an electronic smoking device or other apparatus to deliver an inhaled dose of nicotine or other substance within the establishment.

Vehicle/Equipment Sales and Services.

1. Automobile rental: rental of automobiles, including storage and incidental maintenance, but excluding maintenance requiring pneumatic lifts.

2. Automobile washing: washing, waxing or cleaning of automobiles or similar light vehicles.

3. Service station: an establishment engaged primarily in the retail sale of motor fuels and incidentally in the supplying of goods and services required in the operation and maintenance of motor vehicles. This classification includes incidental maintenance and repair of automobiles and light trucks, but excludes body and fender work or repair of heavy trucks or vehicles, upholstery work, auto glass work, painting, tire recapping, auto dismantling, auto storage, and the sale of groceries, dairy products, liquor, garden supplies and similar items.

4. Vehicle/equipment repair: repair of automobiles, light trucks, motorcycles, including the sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts. This classification includes auto repair shops, wheel and brake shops, and tire sales and installation, but excludes body and fender shops, repair of heavy trucks or vehicles, vehicle dismantling or salvage, and tire retreading or recapping.

5. Vehicle/equipment sales, lease and rentals: sale, lease or rental of automobiles, trucks, tractors, construction and agricultural equipment, mobilehomes, and similar equipment, including storage of vehicles for sale, lease or rental and incidental maintenance and repair of such vehicles.

Video rentals: a retail establishment where the rental or sale of video related products is performed.

Wholesaling, commercial: wholesaling and storage of commercial goods and supplies within an enclosed building, but excluding distribution activities.

Zero emission vehicle service station: an establishment engaged primarily in retail electric vehicle fuel sales and incidental goods and services required to operate and maintain zero emission motor vehicles. This classification includes incidental maintenance and repair of automobiles and light trucks, but excludes body and fender work or repair of heavy trucks or vehicles, upholstery work, auto glass work, painting, tire recapping, auto dismantling, auto storage, and the sale of groceries,

cle fuel sales and incidental goods and services required to operate and maintain zero emission motor vehicles. This classification includes incidental maintenance and repair of automobiles and light trucks, but excludes body and fender work or repair of heavy trucks or vehicles, upholstery work, auto glass work, painting, tire recapping, auto dismantling, auto storage, and the sale of groceries,

dairy products, liquor, garden supplies and similar items. This classification does not include electric vehicle charging stations installed as an accessory use (see "Accessory use" definition in Section 19.04.030).

(Ord. 2001-02 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2009-07 § 4, 2009; Ord. 2013-09 §§ 2, 3, 2013; Ord. 2016-03 § 1, 2016; Ord. 2018-06 § 5, 2018; Ord. 2022-02 § 2, 2022.)

Industrial uses include the on-site production of goods by methods not agricultural in nature, distribution, warehousing, and storage activities, research and development, and vehicle and equipment services other than those classified as commercial uses.

Cannabis distributor: a business that transports cannabis products between licensees such as purchases from cultivators and manufacturers. Distributors provide required quality assurance services and arrange for (but do not perform) lab testing. "Distributor" also includes retail delivery for non-storefront locations.

Cannabis indoor cultivation: growing cannabis plants entirely indoors for commercial purposes. This classification may include hydroponics and artificial lights to provide plants with the nutrients and light levels required for growth.

Cannabis manufacturing: processing cannabis products, primarily from extracted or raw cannabis materials, or bulk storage and handling of volatile and nonvolatile cannabis products and materials.

Cannabis microbusiness: a cannabis business that engages in at least three of the following activities: non-storefront retailer, distributor, transport only distributor, indoor cultivation (less than one thousand square feet), and manufacturer (State License Level 1, Type 6).

Cannabis testing: establishments primarily engaged in cannabis research of an industrial or scientific nature, including cannabis product testing and biotechnology, but excluding manufacturing. This classification also includes required testing for cannabinoid levels (such as THC and CBD), pesticides, fungus, heavy metals, and other contaminants.

Hazardous use: a use that primarily involves the storage, manufacture, or processing of highly combustible or explosive products or materials which are likely to burn with extreme rapidity or which may produce poisonous fumes or explosions; storage or manufacturing that involves highly corrosive, toxic, or noxious alkalis, acids, or other liquids or chemicals producing flame, fume, poisonous, irritant, or corrosive gases; or the storage or processing of any materials producing explosive mixtures of dust or that result in the division of matter into fine particles subject to spontaneous ignition.

Industry, general: manufacturing or processing of products, primarily from extracted or raw materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. Uses in this classification may involve a high incidence of truck or rail traffic, and/or outdoor storage of products, materials, equipment, or bulk fuel. This classification includes chemical manufacture and processing; heavy equipment and vehicle assembly and service; food and beverage processing and packaging; laundry and dry cleaning plants; auto dismantling and salvage within an enclosed building; stone, clay, and concrete products manufacture (excluding concrete ready-mix plants); metal work; and wood products manufacture and remanufacture.

. This classification includes chemical manufacture and processing; heavy equipment and vehicle assembly and service; food and beverage processing and packaging; laundry and dry cleaning plants; auto dismantling and salvage within an enclosed building; stone, clay, and concrete products manufacture (excluding concrete ready-mix plants); metal work; and wood products manufacture and remanufacture.

Industry, limited: manufacturing of finished parts or products, primarily from previously prepared materials; and provision of industrial ser-vices; both within an enclosed building. This classification includes processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging, but excludes basic industrial processing from raw materials, food processing, and vehicle/equipment services.

Mineral extraction: the extraction of earth material from a borrow pit, for transportation to and use at another location.

Recycling center: a site, with or without buildings, upon which used materials are separated and processed for shipment for eventual reuse in new products.

Research and development: establishments primarily engaged in research of an industrial or scientific nature, including limited product testing and biotechnology, but excluding manufacturing.

Storage tanks: private on-site natural or artificial places and structures where liquids or material is collected, accumulated, and stored and the cumulative sum of all on-site storage capacity equals or exceeds twenty-five thousand gallons.

Vehicle/Equipment Services.

(1) Heavy vehicle/equipment repair: repair of heavy trucks or vehicles, mobilehomes, recreational vehicles, or boats; body and fender shops; tire retreading and recapping; and upholstery work. This classification does not include vehicle dismantling or salvage.

(2) Vehicle storage: storage of operative or inoperative vehicles. This classification includes storage of parking towaways, impound yards, and storage lots for commercial and recreational vehicles.

Warehousing and storage: provision of storage space for household or commercial goods within an enclosed building. This classification includes ministorage facilities, but excludes trucking terminals.

Wholesaling, Distribution and Storage.

(1) Trucking terminal: a wholesaling, storage, or distribution facility having more than six heavy trucks on the premises at one time, but excluding trucking accessory to a limited industry classification.

(2) Small-scale: wholesaling, storage, and distribution having a maximum gross floor area of five thousand square feet, and having no more than two docks or service bays.

(Ord. 2001-02 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2010-02 § 4, 2010; Ord. 2018-06 § 5, 2018.)

Cross References

Section 19.05.050

The purpose of this section is to define the various permitted uses in the recreation and open space classifications.

Campground: a plot of ground upon which two or more campsites are located, established, or maintained for occupancy by camping units as temporary living quarters for recreation, education, or vacation purposes.

Marina: a facility for the storing, rental, servicing, fueling, berthing, and securing of boats, that may include eating and retail facilities for owners, crews, and guests.

Recreational facilities, private: recreational facilities for the sole use of on-site or project residents and their guests, including swimming pools, spas, sports courts and community clubhouses.

Recreation facilities, public: publicly owned and operated parks, playgrounds, playing fields, gymnasiums, and other facilities for active and passive recreation.

Recreation and sports, indoor: the provision of predominantly participant sports and health activities within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, billiard parlors, ice and roller-skating rinks, indoor racquetball courts, athletic clubs, and health clubs.

Recreation and sports, outdoor: predominantly participant sports conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include hiking trails, equestrian facilities, driving ranges, golf courses, swimming pools, and tennis courts.

Recreation, passive: activities that involve relatively inactive or less-energetic activities, such as walking, hiking, horseback riding, observing, and picnicking.

Recreational vehicle park: any lot or parcel of land upon which two or more recreational vehicle sites are located,

established, or maintained for occupancy by recreational vehicles of the general public as temporary living quarters for recreation or vacation purposes. "Temporary" in this case shall be defined as occupancy for fewer than ninety continuous days.

Staging area: an area that provides access to regional park trails and public recreational uses. Public parking and information and interpretive centers are included.

(Ord. 2001-02 § 1, 2001.)

Cross References Section 19.53.030

Public and quasi-public use types include utility, educational, cultural, medical, protective, governmental and other uses which are strongly vested with public or social importance.

Ambulance service: provision of emergency medical care or transportation, including incidental storage and maintenance of vehicles.

Ambulance service, public: ambulance service that is operated by or contracted to the city of American Canyon or the American Canyon fire district.

Animal shelter: provision of shelter and care for stray animals, including feeding, exercising, grooming and incidental medical care. This classification includes the disposition of animal remains.

Antenna: a noncommercial device used to transmit and/or receive radio or electromagnetic waves between terrestrially and/or orbitally-based structures.

(1) Commercial: an antenna used for commercial purposes. Commercial antenna also means macro wireless facility, which means any high-powered wireless telecommunication facility used to serve a major coverage area of several miles with multiple antennas.

(2) Small-cell antenna facility: Small-cell antenna facility consisting of antennas, antenna supports, equipment, cabinets, equipment housing and enclosure; and related accessory equipment. SAF also means a micro wireless facility. See Section 19.53.030.

Cemetery: land used for the burial of human remains and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including crematoriums, mausoleums and mortuaries operated in conjunction with the cemetery.

Charitable uses: use by nonprofit or benevolent organizations to provide a service beneficial to the general public or to a significant portion of the public for no fee or at a fee recognized as being less than that charged by profit-making organizations.

Club, lodge: meeting, recreational or social facilities of a private or nonprofit organization primarily for use by members or guests.

Community center: one or more buildings used for recreational, social, education, or cultural activities, open to the public or a designated part of the public.

Conference center: a facility used for conferences and seminars, with accommodations for sleeping, food preparation and eating, recreation, entertainment, resource facilities, and meeting rooms.

Cultural facility: nonprofit institution displaying or preserving objects of interest in one or more of the arts or sciences. This classification includes libraries, museums, and art galleries.

Day care center: a facility, other than family child care homes, providing care, supervision, and protection of children or senior citizens on a less than twenty-four-hour basis.

Emergency shelter: a facility, other than a residential care home, operated by a provider, which provides temporary accommodations to homeless persons and/or families and which meet the standards for shelters contained in Title 25,

California Administrative Code, Part 1, Chapter P, Subchapter 12, Section 7972. The term "provider" means a government agency or private nonprofit organization which provides, or contracts with recognized community organizations to provide emergency or transitional shelter for the homeless, and which has been certified by the city as meeting all applicable provisions contained in the California Health and Safety, and Administrative Codes. "Temporary accommodations" means that a homeless person or family will be allowed to reside at the shelter for a time period not to exceed six months.

Government facility: a facility used by a government agency to provide a public service.

Hospital: a facility that provides medical, surgical, psychiatric, or emergency medical services to sick or injured persons, primarily on an inpatient basis. This classification includes incidental facilities for outpatient treatment, as well as training, research, and administrative services for patients and employees.

Maintenance and service facility: a facility providing maintenance and repair services for publicly-owned vehicles and equipment, and materials storage areas. This classification includes corporation yards, equipment service centers, and similar facilities.

Public information center: a facility providing information to visitors to the city and region regarding points of interest, activities, businesses and lodging.

Public parking: surface parking facilities that are publicly owned and operated.

(1) Structure: includes garages and other types of parking located in structures.

Public safety facility: a facility for public safety or emergency services, including police and fire protection.

Religious facility: a facility for religious worship and incidental religious education, but not including schools as defined in this section.

School: any building or part thereof which is designed, constructed, or used for education or instruction in any branch of knowledge.

Transportation terminal: facilities for loading, unloading, and transferring passengers, baggage, and incidental freight between modes of transportation. This classification includes bus terminals, railroad stations, and public transit stations.

Utilities, major: electrical substations, aboveground electrical transmission lines, refuse collection or disposal facilities, water reservoirs, water wells, detention basins, water or wastewater treatment plants, and similar facilities of public agencies or public utilities.

Utilities, minor: utility facilities that are necessary to support legally established uses and involve only minor structures, such as electrical distribution lines, gas distribution pipelines, utility poles, and pole transformers, but excluding antennas and antenna towers.

(Ord. 2001-02 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2007-11 § 2, 2007; Ord. 2009-12 § 3, 2009; Ord. 2014-06 § 2, 2014; Ord. 2018-05 § 1, 2018.)

Cross References

Section 19.53.030

This section is intended to implement the general plan's provision for certain agricultural uses.

Animal husbandry: raising of animals or production of animal products, such as eggs or dairy products, on an agricultural or commercial basis. This classification includes grazing, ranching, dairy farming, poultry raising, the raising of fur-bearing animals, and the sale and storage of materials produced on-site, but excludes the raising of swine, feed lots, stockyards, slaughterhouses, dead animal rendering and wild animal keeping.

Cannabis outdoor cultivation: growing cannabis plants entirely outdoors for personal or commercial purposes.

Crop production: raising and harvesting of tree crops, row crops, vine crops, or field crops on an agricultural or commercial basis, including pack-ing, processing and storage, but excluding canneries.

Winery: premises for the production, blending, cellar treatment, storage and bottling of wine other than cider, experimental wine or wine for personal consumption by the producer. Tasting rooms are allowed in conjunction with a primary winery use on the same site.

(Ord. 2001-02 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2018-06 § 5, 2018.)

Cross References

Section 19.15.030(2)

Accessory uses are uses that are incidental to the principal permitted or conditionally-permitted use or structure on a site and are customarily found on the same lot.

Accessory dwelling unit: a dwelling unit located in a commercial zoning district on the same site as a primary permitted or conditionally-permitted use.

Livestock keeping: the keeping of large animals for personal purposes, including equines, bovines, sheep and goats, but excluding swine, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 19.31, Animal Keeping Regulations.

Cafeteria: incidental dining facilities provided for on-site employees and guests of a commercial or industrial use.

Caretaker's quarters: a dwelling unit on the site of a commercial, industrial, public or semipublic use, occupied by a guard, caretaker, or operator of a facility.

Day care home, large: the provision of care, protection and supervision, in the provider's own home, for seven to fourteen children, inclusive, including children under the age of ten years who reside at the home, on a less than twenty-four-hour basis.

Day care home, small: the provision of care, protection and supervision, in the provider's own home, for six or fewer children, inclusive, including children under the age of ten years who reside at the home, on a less than twenty-four-hour basis.

Family child care home, large: the provision of care, protection and supervision, in the provider's own home, for up to fourteen children on a less than twenty-four-hour basis.

Family child care home, small: the provision of care, protection and supervision, in the provider's own home, for eight or fewer children on a less than twenty-four-hour basis.

Guest house: detached living quarters of no more than six hundred forty square feet on the same premises as a primary residence for the use of family members, guests or employees of the occupants of such residence, containing no kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.

Home occupation: one or more activities carried out for gain by a resident conducted as an accessory use in the resident's dwelling unit.

Horticulture, limited: the raising of vegetables, flowers, ornamental trees and shrubs, or orchard crops for personal use.

Recreational facilities, private: recreational facilities for the sole use of on-site or project residents or similar activities not requiring the use of roofed structures.

Tent: a temporary structure having a roof and/or walls of fabric.

(Ord. 2001-02 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2009-12 § 3, 2009.)

Temporary uses are those allowed for a fixed period of time, with the intent of their discontinuance upon the expiration of the time period.

Commercial filming: commercial motion picture or video photography at the same location six or fewer consecutive days per quarter of a calendar year in residential districts or fewer than fifteen days per quarter of a calendar year in nonresidential districts.

Live entertainment: music, comedy, readings, dancing, acting or other entertainment performed on a temporary basis. This classification includes dancing by patrons to live or recorded music.

Mobile structures: temporary mobilehomes, mobile offices, mobile classrooms and recreational vehicles used in connection with new subdivisions, construction sites and existing uses of land.

Personal property sales: the selling or disposition of personal property at a residence by its occupant(s), or at a church or charity bazaar, subject to the provisions of the municipal code.

Public assembly: any group of thirty or more persons participating in an organized activity having a common purpose on or within a city street, city park, parking facility, sidewalk, or other public property or right-of-way.

Retail sales, outdoor: temporary outdoor retail sales of new merchandise on the site of a legally established retail business which has a direct relationship to existing businesses.

Seasonal sales: outdoor retail sales of seasonal agricultural items, such as Christmas trees, strawberries, pumpkins, and holiday flowers.

Special event:

(1) Any temporary event not exceeding thirty days, whether indoors or outdoors, involving thirty or more persons, which is inconsistent with the permanent use to which the property may legally be put, or the occupancy levels permitted on property; or

• (2) Any public assembly as defined in this section; or

(3) Any event, regardless of the number of persons involved, requiring full or partial street closure, which occurs on a city street, sidewalk, alley, or other public right-of-way, and/or which is likely to obstruct, delay or interfere with the normal flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

The following list of examples is illustrative, but not determinative, of activities that may constitute "special events":

(1) Motorized vehicle races or contests.

(2) Carnivals, circuses, fairs, festivals, nondomesticated animal act or exhibition, and similar activities.

(3) Any event with mechanical amusement rides.

• (4) Promotional or fundraising activities.

• (5) Parades.

• (6) Outdoor shows, concerts and exhibitions.

• (7) Outdoor craft fairs, soapbox derbies, or other similar events.

Tent: a temporary structure having a roof and/or walls of fabric.

(Ord. 2001-2 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2010-05 § 1, 2010; Ord. 2010-07 § 3, 2010.)