Article 14 — COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 9-2.1400. - Purpose.

Commercial districts are designed to provide for retail stores, offices, service establishments and wholesale businesses for the convenience of the public.

Sec. 9-2.1401. - Commercial District.

The following districts are designated for commercial purposes in accordance with the General Plan:

• C1 Neighborhood Commercial

• C2 Community Commercial

• C3 Commercial/Office

• C4 Service Commercial

• C5 Regional Commercial

Sec. 9-2.1402. - General Provisions and Exceptions.

The following applies to all commercial districts:

(a)

Prior to issuance of a building permit, proposed commercial uses shall be reviewed by the Planning Director for compliance with applicable standards and regulations of this chapter.

(b)

Businesses, services and processes shall be conducted within enclosed structures, except for off-street parking, off-street loading areas, and patio dining for restaurants and businesses which by their nature must be conducted outside a structure.

(c)

No use shall emit noxious odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibration, illumination, glare or unsightliness or to involve any hazard of fire or explosive.

( Ord. No. 12-711 , § 2, 8-8-2012)

ARTICLE 15. - C1 - NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Sec. 9-2.1500. - Purpose and Application.

The Neighborhood Commercial District as designated in the General Plan is intended for commercial retail services serving a neighborhood area.

Sec. 9-2.1501. - Permitted Uses.

The following uses are permitted in the C1 District (building size under two thousand five hundred (2, 500) sq. ft.):

(a)

Retail businesses:

Apparel stores

Bakeries

Candy, nut and confectionery

Cleaning and laundry agencies, including the use of one (1) synthetic dry cleaning machine using nonflammable and non-explosive solvents

Clinics/medical offices

Convenience markets

Gunsmith shops

Floral shops

Food stores

Liquor

Meat markets, not including food lockers

Musical instrument sales and repair shops

Office machines sales and service

Offices

Pharmacy

Picture framing

Restaurants/catering

Retail stores

Shoe sales, service and repairs

Sporting goods shops

Stationery stores

Tailoring/pressing/altering clothing

Video machine and tape sales/rental

(b)

Banks and financial institutions.

( Ord. No. 12-711 , § 2, 8-8-2012)

Sec. 9-2.1502. - Conditional Uses All Commercial Districts.

(a)

Any non-categorized commercial businesses not listed in any area can be considered through the conditional use process.

(b)

The following uses may be permitted in commercial districts unless otherwise specified with a conditional use permit:

Ambulance service

Amusement parks

Automotive service and repair (conditional in C1, C2, C3, and C5)

Automotive storage yards

Bars not located within three hundred (300) ft. of any residential or public uses (conditional in C1 and C4)

Bowling alleys

Churches (minimum lot size fifteen thousand (15,000) sq. ft. and conditional in C1, C2, C3)

Commercial recreational

Dance halls

Dance studio (conditional in C1, C-3)

Diaper supply service

Exterminators

Fire stations

Gas regulator stations (conditional in C1, C2, C3)

Gasoline service stations, including dispensing of diesel fuel and complete truck service (conditional in C1, C2, C3)

Gymnasiums (conditional in C1, C2, C3)

Kennels

Laboratories

Licensed day care facilities

Markets including convenience (conditional in C4)

Mini-storages

Offices (conditional in C4)

Police stations

Pool halls

Private clubs/lodges (conditional in C1, C2, C3)

Private recreational facilities

Recycling and collection facilities (conditional in C4)

Residential use as an accessory use

Restaurants/eating places including serving beer and wine, patio dining, drive-in and drive through (conditional in C4)

Skating rinks, including ice, roller, skateboard (conditional in C1, C2, C3)

Small animal hospitals

Stadiums

Taxidermist

Theaters and auditoriums (conditional in C1, C2, C3)

Tire sales and service (conditional in C1, C2, C3, C5)

Utility pumping stations

( Ord. No. 12-711 , § 4, 8-8-2012; Ord. No. 15-738 , § 2.D, 10-27-2015; Ord. No. 16-739 , § 1, 2-9-2016)

ARTICLE 16. - C2 - COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Sec. 9-2.1601. - Permitted Uses.

The following uses are permitted in the C2 District (building size up to four thousand (4,000) sq. ft.):

(a)

Uses permitted in the C1 District.

(b)

Retail businesses.

(c)

The following commercial uses:

Appliance sales and service

Art/Antique shops

Barber shop

Bars not located within three hundred (300) ft. of any residential or public uses

Beauty shop

Bicycle shops

Broadcasting studios

Business, professional and trade schools and colleges, including public utility training schools

Dance studio

Garden suppliers

Laundromats to include coin operated and self-service

Medical supply store

Music/sound studio

Parking facilities

Radio/TV sales and repairs

Tool and cutlery sharpening

Watch and clock sales and repair

(d)

Conditional uses are permitted in accordance with Section 9-2.1502(b). ( Ord. No. 12-711 , § 5, 8-8-2012; Ord. No. 15-738 , § 2.A, 10-27-2015)

ARTICLE 17. - C3 - COMMERCIAL/OFFICE DISTRICT

Sec. 9-2.1700. - Purpose.

The Commercial/Office District as designated in the General Plan is intended to provide for the development of professional and administrative office space with commercial retail. This district may also be established as a transitional zone between residential and commercial uses.

( Ord. No. 12-711 , § 7, 8-8-2012)

Sec. 9-2.1701. - Permitted Uses.

The following uses are permitted in the C3 district (building size up to four thousand (4,000) sq. ft.):

(a)

Uses permitted in C1 and C2.

(b)

The following retail commercial uses:

Automotive sales and rentals

Book binding

Equipment sales and rentals

Farm feed and equipment sales

Trailer sales and rentals

(c)

Conditional uses are permitted in accordance with Section 9-2.1502(b).

( Ord. No. 12-711 , § 8, 8-8-2012)

ARTICLE 18. - C4 - SERVICE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Sec. 9-2.1800. - Purpose.

The Service Commercial District as designated in the General Plan is intended for medium and high intensity commercial uses which provide commercial services, repair businesses, storage, wholesale and retail activities.

Sec. 9-2.1801. - Permitted Uses.

The following uses are permitted in the C4 District:

(a)

Uses Permitted in C1 (Neighborhood Commercial District)

(b)

Uses Permitted in C2 (Community Commercial District)

(c)

Uses Permitted in C3 (Commercial/Office District)

(d)

The following service commercial uses:

Automobile repairing, overhauling, rebuilding, painting

Automobile washing, including the use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steam cleaning

Blueprint and photostat shops

Cabinet shops

Carpenter shops

Carpet and rug cleaning and dyeing

Churches in excess of fifteen thousand (15,000) sq. ft. minimum lot size

Dance studio

Dry cleaning

Gasoline service stations, including dispensing of diesel fuel and complete truck service

Glass shops

Gymnasiums

Linen supply

Locksmiths

Motorcycle sales and service

Photographic developing and printing

Plumbing shops

Private clubs/lodges

Refrigeration equipment sales and service

Safe and vault repairing

Sign painting

Stone and monument yards including stone mills

The installation of pump and underground storage tank having a capacity of three thousand gallons, when used for private companies listed as Class I under federal requirements for gasoline allotments (i.e., food suppliers, medical suppliers, etc.); also installation of underground storage tanks for auxiliary emergency facilities such as convalescent hospitals, hospitals, nursing homes, etc.

Tire sales and repair

Theaters

Upholstering shops

Utility pumping station

Vending machines

(e)

Conditional uses are permitted in accordance with Section 9-2.1502(b) along with the following:

(1)

Vehicular parking facility.

( Ord. No. 12-711 , § 10, 8-8-2012; Ord. No. 15-733 , § 2, 9-8-2015; Ord. No. 15-738 , § 2.B, 10-27-2015; Ord. No. 18-760 , § 2, 1-9-2018)

ARTICLE 19. - C5 - REGIONAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Sec. 9-2.1900. - Purpose.

The Regional Commercial District as designated in the General Plan is intended for the exclusive establishment of commercial uses serving the region and traveling public and emergency shelters.

( Ord. No. 15-737 , § 2.C, 10-13-2015)

Sec. 9-2.1901. - Permitted Uses.

The following are permitted in the C5 District:

(a)

Uses permitted in the C1, C2 and C3 District only in large shopping centers:

Churches in excess of fifteen thousand (15,000) sq. ft. minimum lot size

Dance studio

Emergency shelters

Gasoline service stations

Gymnasiums

Hotels and motels

Motorcycles sales/repairs

Private clubs/lodges

Regional shopping

Regional shopping centers and malls

Theaters

(b)

Conditional uses are permitted in accordance with Section 9-2.1502(b).

( Ord. No. 12-711 , § 12, 8-8-2012; Ord. No. 15-737 , § 2.D, 10-13-2015; Ord. No. 15-738 , § 2.C, 10-272015; Ord. No. 18-760 , § 2, 1-9-2018)

Sec. 9-2.1902. - Reserved.

Sec. 9-2.1903. - Development Standards—Emergency Shelters.

Development standards:

(1)

The maximum length of stay shall not exceed one hundred twenty (120) days in a three hundred sixty-fiveday period.

(2)

Each shelter may have a maximum of thirty (30) beds.

(3)

Off-site parking shall be provided at a parking rate of one parking space for three beds as per the California City Municipal Code Section 9-2.208 Schedule of Off-Street Parking Space Requirements for item (b)(3) charitable and religious institutions providing sleeping accommodations and parking shall be ADA compliant.

(4)

Stays at the emergency shelter facility shall be limited between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.

(5)

Nonoperational and unregistered vehicles shall not be kept on site. Towing shall be the responsibility of the shelter operator.

(6)

Each emergency shelter shall provide an interior and exterior waiting area adequate to accommodate waiting clients and to prevent queuing into the public right-of-way. An exterior waiting area shall be physically separated and visually screened from the public right-of-way.

(7)

The emergency shelter facility shall provide an on-site resident manager on-site at all times.

(8)

A minimum distance of three hundred (300) feet shall be maintained from another emergency shelter. The distance of separation shall be measured in a straight line between the property lines of each use without regard to intervening structures or objects.

(9)

The shelter operator shall provide minimum exterior lighting. In addition, the operator shall regularly patrol the area surrounding the shelter site during hours that the shelter is in operation to ensure that homeless persons who have been denied access are not congregating in the neighborhood.

(10)

Alcohol and narcotics use and consumption are prohibited within the facility and on the property.

(11)

An operations plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the development services director and police chief prior to operation of the emergency shelter. The plan shall include minimum provisions related to on-site security and safety, staff training, loitering control, client eligibility, counseling services, and indoor and outdoor management of the facility.

( Ord. No. 15-737 , § 2.E, 10-13-2015)