Banning Municipal Code § 17.12.010 Districts designated

A. This chapter is intended to support the development of a broad range of commercial and industrial businesses, by:

1. Preventing uses which are incompatible with commercial and industrial land uses from locating in these districts.

2. Providing for different types of commercial and industrial land uses which can locate in areas where they are assured compatible neighbors.

3. Providing sufficient safeguards for the City's residents and workers by providing for buffers, clean industry and safe circulation.

4. Minimizing the negative impacts of traffic intensity, such as noise, polluted air, gridlock, and danger to pedestrians.

5. Planning for the provision of public improvements and infrastructure to serve Banning's commercial and industrial neighborhoods.

6. Improving declining or blighted commercial and industrial areas.

B. Each of the commercial and industrial districts being created is described below.

1. Downtown Commercial (DC).

a. This District occurs on Ramsey Street, between 8th Street and Hargrave Street on the west and east, by Interstate 10 on the south, and by Williams and Nicolet on the north. This area is the City's traditional commercial core, and has special significance to the community because small scale commercial retail and office uses, services, restaurants, and entertainment retail are the primary uses in this district. Mixed Use, residential land uses in combination with commercial businesses, are also encouraged. Bed and breakfasts, hotels and motels are also appropriate in this district.

b. New auto related uses proposed after adoption of the 2005 General Plan will be prohibited. All existing auto uses in existence as of the adoption of the 2005 General Plan will be permitted until such time as the use in a particular location ceases operation for a period of six months.

c. Special standards and permits are applied to this district, and are included under Development Standards, Article II of this chapter.

d. Residential development standards, specific to the Downtown Commercial District, are also included under Development Standards, Article II of this chapter.

2. General Commercial (GC).

a. This district is the broadest of the City's commercial districts, and allows food and drug stores; home improvement; auto sales, leasing, service and repair; department and general retail outlets; merchandise leasing; neighborhood servingretail and services; restaurants; entertainment uses; gas stations; general offices (secondary to retail); mixed uses; and financial institutions.

b. All uses in existence as of the adoption of the 2005 General Plan will be permitted until such time as the use in a particular location ceases operation for a period of six months.

3. Highway Serving Commercial (HSC). This district allows land uses geared toward the Interstate 10 traveler, including restaurants (fast food and sit down), hotels and motels, auto related retail, repair and services, including gas stations, convenience stores and similar uses.

4. Professional Office (PO). This district allows professional offices and social services, and financial institutions, all with only ancillary retail. Mixed use projects may also be permitted, with approval of a conditional use permit.

5. Industrial (I). This district includes industrial parks and freestanding industrial users. Examples of permitted uses include light and medium intensity manufacturing operations, warehousing and distribution, ministorage, and associated offices. Commercial recreation facilities, auto storage and repair is also allowed. Retail uses ancillary to the industrial use are also appropriate.

6. Airport Industrial (AI). Land uses must be focused on airport-related and transportation-related functions, including machining, manufacturing, warehousing, flight schools, restaurants and office uses. Aircraft maintenance, repair and catering services are also appropriate; and mixed-use projects may also be permitted, subject to a conditional use permit.

7. Business Park (BP). Light industrial and office/warehouse buildings are appropriate in this district. Restaurants and retail uses ancillary to a primary use, and professional offices are also appropriate. Commercial development, such as large-scale retail (club stores, home improvement, etc.) and mixed-use project may also be permitted, subject to a conditional use permit.

8. Industrial — Mineral Resources (I/MR). This district allows surface mining operations on lands designated by the City or the state as having significant potential for mineral resources. All the requirements of the State Department of Mining and Geology shall apply.

(Zoning Ord. dated 1/31/06, § 9103.01; Ord. No. 1448, § 5, 5-8-12; Ord. No. 1469, § 4, 10-8-13; Ord. No. 1596, § 2, 10-24-23)

The following list represents those uses in the commercial and industrial districts which are Permitted (P), subject to a Conditional Use Permit (C) or Prohibited (X).

Table 17.12.020

Permitted, Conditional and Prohibited Commercial and Industrial Uses

1 Surface mining permit required. See Chapter 17.100.

2 Mobile phones, televisions, video, audio systems, and digital cameras.

3 Refer to Section 17.12.050(B) for conditional use permit requirements.

4 A government office shall include administrative functions as well as those activities that will involve on-site customer patronage. A government office that is only administrative in nature, involving no customer patronage, can be considered a professional office.

5 When undertaken in conjunction with on-site retail as a primary use.

6 Existing mixed residential/commercial uses that are legal and nonconforming with respect to Conditional Use Permits may be reoccupied.

7 Cannabis Personal Cultivation is prohibited except in a house, an apartment unit, a mobile home, or other similar dwelling that is a legal non-conforming use and that otherwise complies with Chapter 5.34 of this Code.

8 Cannabis Retailers shall require approval of a Cannabis Conditional Use Permit by the City Council, after recommendation by the Planning Commission, and shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.54.

9 Cannabis Commercial Indoor Cultivation, Cannabis Manufacturing Level 1, and Cannabis Testing Laboratory uses shall require approval of a Cannabis Conditional Use Permit by the City Council, after recommendation by the Planning Commission, and shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.53.

10 A Cannabis Distribution Facility shall require approval of a Cannabis Conditional Use Permit by the City Council, after recommendation by the Planning Commission, and shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.53.

11 A Cannabis Microbusiness shall require approval of a Cannabis Conditional Use Permit by the City Council, after recommendation by the Planning Commission, and shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.53.

12 New Single-Family Residential Dwellings shall be prohibited on (East/West) Ramsey Street and (North/South) San Gorgonio Avenue.

(Zoning Ord. dated 1/31/06, § 9103.02; Ord. No. 1355, § 3 (part); Ord. No. 1387, § 3; Ord. No. 1392, § 3; Ord. No. 1426, § 5, 9-14-10; Ord. No. 1434, §§ 4, 14, 15, 2-8-11; Ord. No. 1448, § 7, 5-8-12; Ord. No. 1467, §§ 4, 6, 8-13-13; Ord. No. 1469, §§ 3, 8, 10-8-13; Ord. No. 1476, § 3, 1-28-14; Ord. No. 1488, § 3.2.a., 6-9-15; Ord. No. 1496, § 3(2), 5-10-16; Ord. No. 1507, § 3.2.3, 3-14-17; Ord. No. 1509, §, 4-11-17; Ord. No. 1510, § 3(2), 9-11-17; Ord. No. 1512, § 6, 10-10-17; Ord. No. 1530, §§ 4B, 4C, 9-25-18; Ord. No. 1535, § 4B, 11-13-18; Ord. No. 1523, § 3C, 7-10-18; Ord. No. 1531, § 3C, 11-13-18; Ord. No. 1547, § 3(Exh. A), 6-25-19; Ord. No. 1552, § 6—9, 1-28-20; Ord. No. 1565, §§ 9—11, 7-14-20; Ord. No. 1577, § 14, 9-28-21; Ord. No. 1596, § 2, 10-24-23; Ord. No. 1600, § 5, 2-27-24)

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