Chapter 19.84

BAYFRONT SPECIFIC PLAN – LAND USE ZONES

Sections:

• 19.84.001 Purpose and scope.

• 19.84.002 Commercial zones.

• 19.84.003 Industrial zones.

• 19.84.004 Public/quasi-public and open space zones.

• 19.84.005 Residential zones. 19.84.006 Circulation and other designations. Appendix A Use classification system – Administrative guidelines.

The Bayfront Specific Plan provides for the classification of land use and the regulation of development by land use zoning and parcel. These classifications, zones, are depicted in Exhibit 5, herein. Each zone contains a set of regulations setting forth the allowable uses and standards for development within that district. This chapter provides the development standards relating to land use activities for each zone. (Ord. 3441 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018; Ord. 3352 § 2, 2015; Ord. 3238 § 2 (Exh. B), 2012; Ord. 2613, 1994; Ord. 2532, 1992).

• A. Commercial – Visitor (C-V).

  1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose of the commercial – visitor zone is to provide regulations of uses serving the needs of tourists, travelers, and local residents. The regulations of this zone are designed to encourage the provision of transient housing facilities, restaurants, service stations, and other activities providing for the convenience, welfare, or entertainment of the traveler.

  2. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted:

     • a. Hotels and inns;

     • b. Retail, including:

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• i. Restaurants with a cocktail lounge as an integral part;

• ii. Art galleries;

• iii. Stores and retail shops;

• iv. Parking garages;

• v. Antique shops;

• vi. Markets;

• vii. Restaurants and snack bars; and

viii. Any other establishment serving visitors determined to be of the same general character of the above-permitted uses;

• c. Commercial recreation, including:

  • i. Tennis clubs and facilities;

  • ii. Health clubs;

  • iii. Sports and health classes and clinics;

  • iv. Professional sports facilities;

  • v. Sports medicine facilities;

  • vi. Sports training facilities;

  • vii. Boat rentals and rentals of other water recreational items;

viii. Swimming and diving facilities; and

• ix. Any other business or facility determined to be of the same general character of the above-permitted uses;

• d. Commercial – Visitor Limited (C-VL).

i. Purpose and Intent. The C-VL land use designation provides for hospitality uses for tourists, visitors and residents. Uses are generally located near freeways. The use differs from the commercial – visitor designation in that it allows only hotel and motel uses. Alternate visitor-related uses including restaurants, retail shops and bars are allowed as ancillary operations that are located within the main hotel structure. The location is illustrated on the Land Use Map and covers Parcel 1-a.

• ii. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted:

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  - (A) Hotels and inns. 

  - (B) Retail limited to uses located within hotel interior designed to serve guests and other onsite personnel. 

     - (1) Restaurant and cocktail service. 

     - (2) Visitor-related retail. 

     - (3) Snack bars. 

3. Conditionally Permitted Uses. Any of the above-permitted uses whose parking requirement can only be met by shared parking may be permitted subject to approval of a conditional use permit.

4. Prohibited Uses. Any of the above-permitted or conditionally permitted businesses or activities that produce noise above 60 CNEL at the exterior boundaries of this zone.

• B. Commercial – Thoroughfare (C-T).

1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose and intent of the commercial – thoroughfare zone is to provide regulations for areas adjacent to major public roadways where activities dependent upon or catering to thoroughfare traffic may be established and maintained. The regulations of this zone are designed to encourage the centers for retail, commercial, entertainment, automotive, and other appropriate highwayrelated activities. In addition, in order to promote high-priority visitor-serving uses, commercial retail and restaurant uses oriented towards tourist or visitor uses are also permitted in the commercial – thoroughfare land use designation.

2. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted:

   • a. Food sales commercial;

   • b. Convenience sales and service commercial;

   • c. Transient habitation commercial;

   • d. Automotive servicing commercial;

   • e. Automotive repair and cleaning commercial;

   • f. Automotive fee parking commercial;

   • g. Group assembly commercial;

   • h. Parking services civic;

   • i. Community assembly civic;

   • j. Administrative civic; and

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• k. Utility and vehicular civic.

• C. Commercial – Professional and Administrative (C-P).

1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose and intent of the commercial – professional and administrative zone is to provide regulations for development of professional and administrative office uses. The regulations of this zone are designed to promote a suitable environment for business administration, and professional and government activities.

2. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted:

   • a. Administrative and executive offices;

   • b. Professional offices;

   • c. Financial offices, including banks, real estate, and other general business offices;

   • d. Medical care facilities;

   • e. Research offices;

   • f. General business offices;

   • g. Fire stations;

   • h. Commercial. Up to 120,000 square feet of retail commercial shall be allowed on Parcel 2-h; and

i. Any other office use determined to be of the same general character of the above permitted uses. (Ord. 3441 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018; Ord. 3352 § 2, 2015; Ord. 3238 § 2 (Exh. B, C), 2012; Ord. 2613, 1994; Ord. 2532, 1992).

• A. Industrial – Research and Limited Industrial (I-R).

  1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose and intent of the industrial – research and limited industrial zone is to provide regulations for the development and protection of modern, large-scale research and specialized manufacturing organizations of a non-nuisance type. These regulations are also designed to provide for the creation of areas for limited industrial development by providing an environment free from nuisances created by some industrial uses.

  2. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted:

     • a. Administrative commercial;

     • b. Food service commercial;

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• c. Convenience sales and service commercial;

• d. Business and communication service commercial;

• e. Retail business supply commercial;

• f. Research development commercial;

• g. Automotive fee parking commercial;

• h. Custom industrial;

• i. Essential service civic;

• j. Parking service civic; and

• k. Community assembly civic.

• B. Industrial – General (I-G).

1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose and intent of the industrial – general zone is to provide regulations for areas designated for the exclusive use of industrial development. This development will be subject to the necessary regulations to ensure the purity of the airs and waters in Chula Vista and San Diego County, and the protection of nearby residential, commercial, and industrial uses of the land from hazards, noise, and other disturbances.

2. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted:

   • a. Food service commercial;

   • b. Convenience sales and service commercial;

   • c. Business and communication service commercial;

   • d. Retail business supply commercial;

   • e. Research and development commercial;

   • f. General wholesale sales commercial;

   • g. Transportation and warehousing commercial;

   • h. Automotive fee parking commercial;

   • i. Custom industrial;

   • j. Light industrial;

   • k. General industrial; and

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• l. Essential service civic.

3. Conditionally Permitted Uses. The following uses may be allowed subject to the approval of a conditional use permit:

   • a. Automotive sales (new), rental and delivery, and accessory commercial activities;

   • b. Automotive servicing commercial activities;

   • c. Automotive repair and cleaning commercial activities;

   • d. Boat sales or rental commercial activities;

   • e. Boat servicing commercial activities;

   • f. Educational services commercial activities; and

   • g. Child-care activities.

C. Limited Industrial (I-L).

1. For Parcel Area 3-k refer to Chapter 19.44 CVMC. (Ord. 3352 § 2, 2015; Ord. 3238 § 2 (Exh. B, C), 2012; Ord. 2545 § 1, 1993; Ord. 2532, 1992).

A. Public and Quasi-Public (P-Q).

1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose and intent of the public and open space – public and quasi-public zone is to provide regulations for uses in appropriate locations that are maintained by public or publicly controlled agencies such as municipal and/or county agencies, school districts, or utility companies (e.g., water, gas, electricity, fire station, etc.).

2. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted:

   • a. Parking services civic;

   • b. Fire station;

   • c. Automotive fee parking commercial; and

   • d. Utility transmission systems.

• B. Parks and Recreation (P-R).

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1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose and intent of the public and open space – parks and recreation category is to provide regulations for public spaces for recreational activities, open air meeting places, and other outdoor activities.

2. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted:

   • a. Public parks and facilities to serve park users; and

   • b. Public parking.

C. Open Space (O-S). All parcels designated as open space shall be permitted to accommodate the restoration or enhancement of wetlands and other existing natural conditions, with development or construction limited to the existing Chula Vista Nature Center or its expansion, within the Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. All other uses or activities within this zone shall be to preserve natural resources and habitat value. (Ord. 3352 § 2, 2015; Ord. 3238 § 2 (Exh. B), 2012; Ord. 2532, 1992).

• A. Residential – Mixed Harbor District (R-MH).

1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose and intent of the residential – mixed harbor zone is to provide appropriate locations for a mix of mid-rise and high-rise residential towers in the Harbor District. “Mid-rise development” is defined as four- to seven-story buildings. “Highrise development” is defined as eight-story and above buildings. All mid- and high-rise buildings include multiple-family condominium style residences and central garage structures. Residential uses include multiple-family dwellings in clusters of varying size and configuration to provide a range of housing types. Retail uses shall be located at the street level to create a village atmosphere and pedestrian orientation.

2. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted:

   • a. Dwellings, multiple, mid-rise;

   • b. Dwellings, multiple, high-rise;

   • c. Short-term vacation rentals;

   • d. Retail commercial uses at street level;

e. Incidental services, such as restaurants, retail sales, fitness clubs, and other such services, provided such activities are conducted in spaces that are integral parts of a main building;

• f. Small and large family day care homes;

g. Private, noncommercial recreational facilities, such as swimming pools, tennis courts, and clubhouses (for additional provisions, see CVMC 19.58.100 and 19.58.270);

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• h. Day care/nursery facilities; and

• i. Accessory uses and buildings including:

  • i. Customary incidental home occupations, subject to the provisions of CVMC 19.14.490;

  • ii. Other accessory uses and accessory buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, subject to the provisions of CVMC 19.58.020;

  • iii. Full-time foster homes as defined in CVMC 19.04.002;

  • iv. Satellite dish antennas per the provisions of CVMC 19.22.030(F);

  • v. Accessory dwelling units pursuant to the provisions of CVMC 19.58.022.

3. Conditionally Permitted Uses. The following uses may be allowed subject to the approval of a conditional use permit:

   • a. Commercial parking garages and off-street parking lots, in accordance with the provisions of CVMC 19.62.010 through 19.62.130; and

   • b. Unclassified uses; see Chapter 19.54 CVMC. (Ord. 3544 § 6, 2023; Ord. 3503 § 9, 2021; Ord. 3352 § 2, 2015; Ord. 3238 § 2 (Exh. B, C), 2012; Ord. 2532, 1992).

All lands in Exhibit 5, Zoning Map, indicated as “Circulation and Other” are for those uses associated with major circulation elements, including Interstate 5, Bay Boulevard, and the railroad easement.

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(Ord. 3441 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018; Ord. 3352 § 2, 2015; Ord. 3238 § 2 (Exh. B), 2012; Ord. 2532, 1992. Formerly 19.84.007).

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Appendix A Use classification system – Administrative guidelines.

The following listing is presented as an illustrative guide to the application of the use classifications. However, these are for administrative guidance only, and in the event that there is a conflict between an appropriate application of the use classification description in the text of this Specific Plan and the strict application of a common name, the former shall apply.

RESIDENTIAL

Family

Dwellings, multiple

Dwellings, single-family Dwellings, two-family

Group

Apartment hotels Dwellings, multiple

Dwellings, single-family

Dwellings, two-family

Group Care

Children, boarding of (not greater than eight)

Convalescent homes (intermediate care only) Dwellings, multiple

Dwellings, single-family

Dwellings, two-family

Family care homes (not greater than eight) Foster homes (not greater than eight) Group homes (not greater than eight) Nurseries (not greater than eight) Nursing homes (intermediate care only)

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Orphanages

Resident care facilities (not greater than eight)

Rest homes (intermediate care only)

COMMERCIAL

Food Sales

Bakeries

Butcher shops Candy stores Cheese shops

Dairy stores

Delicatessens

Donut shops

Fish and seafood markets

Food catering (retail)

Fruit and vegetable markets

Grocery stores

Health food stores

Ice, sales

Liquor stores

Markets, retail

Food Service

Bars

Cabarets Coffee shops

Delicatessens

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Nightclubs

Parlors, frozen custard/ice cream

Refreshment stands

Restaurants

Short-order eating places

Snack bars

Take-out restaurants

Taverns

Medical Service

Acupuncture services

Blood banks

Chiropodist offices

Chiropractor offices

Dental offices, clinics or laboratories

Dietician and nutritionist offices and clinics

Group medical centers

Health maintenance organizations

Home health and nursing agencies

Laboratories, biochemical, dental, medical, optometrical and X-ray

Medical offices, clinics or laboratories

Medical testing and analysis services

Optometric offices, clinics and centers

Podiatrist offices

Psychiatrist offices and clinics

Psychologist offices and clinics

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Psychotherapist offices and clinics

General Retail Sales

Air conditioning (auto)

Aircraft equipment, parts and supplies Antique stores

Apparel and accessories stores

Appliance stores

Art equipment and supplies

Art galleries, commercial

Athletic goods stores Auction rooms, public Auto parts (tools)

Auto upholstery

Bait and tackle (live)

Bicycle stores

Bookstores

Camera and photographic supplies

Candle shops

China or glassware shops

Cigars and cigarettes

Cosmetics shops

Costume shops, including repair, limited as to floor area

Department stores

Discount department stores

Drapery and curtain shops

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Drugstores

Dry goods (yarn, fabrics, etc.) Fixtures

Floor coverings (carpet, rug, linoleum, etc.) Flower stores and plant shops Furniture and home appliances Furriers and fur apparel Gifts, novelties, and souvenirs Gourmet shops Greeting card shops Hardware stores Hearing aid supply shops Hobby supplies

Interior decorating

Jewelry stores

Landscape supplies and equipment

Lawn care products and garden supplies

Leather goods

Linen shops

Luggage stores

Magazine stores or stands

Mail order houses

Marine crafts and accessories

Medical appliances

Metalware shops

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Millinery shops

Monuments Mufflers Newsstands Novelty shops Nurseries, retail Optical goods Orthopedic stores Paint stores Parts for motorcycles, campers and trailers Pet supply stores

Piano stores Picture frames Plant shops Plumbing

Radios

Record and sheet music shops Rubber stamp stores Sewing machines

Shoe stores Spice shops Sporting goods stores

Stamp and coin collectors

Stationery and supplies

Stereos

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Sundries

Super drugstores with variety goods

Surgical supplies

Televisions

Tires and tubes

Tobacco stores

Toiletry stores

Trophy stores

Toy stores

Uniforms

Upholstery shops

Variety stores

Watch or clock stores

Wigs

Window shades, awnings

General Personal Service

Apparel laundering and dry cleaning Art studios

Babysitting services

Barber shops

Beauty shops

Body-building studios

Correspondence schools

Dance studios

Dog grooming

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Drama studios

Driving schools

Dry cleaning, pick-up stations

Income tax services

Maid and butler services

Photo-finishing

Photography studios

Reducing salons

Schools

Service organizations

Shoeshine stands

Tailors (alterations and restyling)

Theatrical agencies

Ticket sales offices

Travel bureaus

Weight clinics

Consultative/Financial

Advertising consulting

Architectural services

Attorneys

Banks

Business consulting and research

Check-cashing agencies

Clearinghouses

Commodity brokerages

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Consultants

Credit institutions

Currency exchanges

Designers

Economic consulting and research

Educational consulting and research

Engineering and surveying Escrow services

Farm management offices

Holding and investment services

Hospital insurance organizations Insurance companies Landscape architects Lending institutions

Management consultants

Medical insurance organizations

Mortgage loan offices

Property management offices Real estate offices

Safety deposit companies

Savings and loan associations

Securities brokerages

Security and commodity exchanges

Stock and bond brokerage offices

Title abstracting services

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Consumer Laundry and Repair Service

Apparel repairs

Bicycle repairs

Camera repairs

Carpet cleaning firms

Diaper services

Drape cleaning

Dry cleaners

Dyeing establishments

Electrical appliance repairs

Fix-it shops

Furniture repairs and cleaning

Fur repairs and storage

Hat repairs

Institutional and commercial linen supply firms

Jewelry repairs

Laundries and laundromats

Laundry services

Lawnmower and tool sharpening and repairs

Leather item repairs

Piano tuning and repairs

Plating (small household items only)

Radio and television repairs

Rug cleaning establishments

Saw, knife, lawnmower and tool sharpening and repairs

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Self-service laundries or dry cleaners Shoe repairs Uniform renting and cleaning establishments

Upholstery shops Watch and clock repairs Welding (small articles) Group Assembly Amateur baseball fields Amphitheaters Archery ranges Arenas, sports Auditoriums Ballrooms Boat rentals Bowling alleys Clubs

Commercial sport and recreational enterprises

Exhibition halls

Fishing areas

Gem hunts Golf driving ranges Gun and rifle ranges

Health clubs and spas

Legitimate theaters Little League, organized baseball, permanent bleachers

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Meeting halls for rent

Miniature golf

Motion picture theaters

Nature reserves

Nature resorts

Picnicking areas

Riding and hunting areas

Rodeo arenas

Skating rinks

Skating rinks (with seating areas)

Skiing

Spectator sports facilities

Sport fishing

Stadiums

Swimming beaches

Swimming pools

Table tennis halls

Tennis courts

Tennis courts (permanent bleachers)

Theaters (motion picture, legitimate)

Trap and skeet ranges

Water sports

Wildlife areas

Yacht basins

Administrative

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Accounting and auditing services

Administrative offices

Business organizations, offices

Contractors, offices only

Organizations, civic, labor, political, veterans, welfare and charitable services (offices only)

Professional organizations, offices

Public utility corporation offices

Telegraph offices

Telephone company offices

Business and Communication Services

Addressing and mailing services

Advertising services (outdoor or aerial)

Assaying services

Bookkeeping services

Clerical services

Commercial photography (aerial and map service)

Commercial testing laboratories

Common carriers

Data processing

Drafting studios

Employment agencies

Inventory services

Messenger services

Microfilming services

Minor processing services

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Multicopy and blueprint services

Protective agencies

Radio studios

Safe repair shops

Secretarial and stenographic services

Telecommunications services

Telegraph service centers

Telephone answering services

Telephone service centers

Television studios

Retail Business Supply

Barber equipment and supply firms

Dental equipment supply and service firms

Drafting supply firms

Engineering supply firms

Equipment and supplies for service establishments

Hospital equipment and service firms

Hotel or office equipment supply and service firms

Laboratory equipment supply firms

Nursery equipment supply firms

Office equipment and supply firms

Office equipment repair shops

Optical equipment and supply firms

Professional equipment and supply firms

Research instruments supply and service firms

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Restaurant equipment and service firms

Shoe repair equipment firms

Undertakers’ equipment and supply firms

Research and Development

Applied research

Electronics research

Industrial research

Laboratory research, experimental or testing

Medical research laboratories

Oceanographic research

Pharmaceutical research

Scientific laboratories

Space research and development

Technical laboratories

General Wholesale Sales

Markets, wholesale

Wholesale distributors

Wholesale establishments

Wholesale offices or showrooms

Construction Sales and Services

Air conditioning equipment

Building contractors

Building maintenance materials

Building materials (tile, cement, fencing, roofing materials, etc.)

Burglar alarm systems

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Carpenters

Concrete services

Contractors’ equipment storage yard

Ditching services

Electrical contractors

Electrical supplies

Explosive contractors (not storage of explosives)

Fire fighting equipment and supplies

Fixture sales (wholesale)

Floor covering installations

Glass and glazing contractors

Glass sales

Hardware sales (wholesale)

Heating and air conditioning contractors

Heating equipment

House or building wreckers or movers

Janitorial supplies

Lumber (sales, yards, etc.)

Metal works contractors

Ornamental ironworks

Painting contractors

Paint sales (wholesale)

Paving contractors

Plumbing equipment

Remodeling contractors

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Roofing contractors

Sheet metal contractors

Sprinkler and landscaping contractors

Swimming pool equipment and supplies

Swimming pool installation and services

Tools, rentals or sales

Wallpaper sales and services

Water well drilling

Transient Habitation

Boatels

Group camps (overnight)

Health resorts

Hotels

Motels

Motor lodges

Recreational vehicle parks

Resort hotels

Resort and recreation facilities

Retreat houses

Tourist cabins

Trailer round-ups Travel trailer parks

Automotive Sales, Rental and Delivery

Agricultural equipment dealers

Bus sales

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Camp trailers, sales or rentals

Construction material and delivery

Farm equipment dealers

Firewood or fuel delivery

Forklifts, sales or rentals

Garden supplies delivery

Heavy construction equipment, sales or rentals

Mail order houses

Mobilehomes, sales

Motor homes, sales or rentals

Tractors and equipment dealers

Trailers, sales or rentals

Trucks, sales or rentals

Water delivery

Automotive Servicing

Automotive service stations

Automotive supply stores

Tire stores

Automotive Repair and Cleaning

Aircraft service and maintenance

Auto air conditioning equipment, installation and services

Auto alignment services

Auto electrical services

Auto glass, installation and services

Auto laundries

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Auto mufflers, installation and services

Auto repair garages

Auto tires, installation and services

Auto upholstery, installation and services

Body and paint shops

Car washes

Motor freight maintenance garages

Motorcycle/motor scooter repairs

Recreational vehicle repairs

Steam cleaning, automotive

Towing services (no storage)

Truck equipment and parts, installation and services

Truck, painting and lettering

Truck, repairs and services

Truck, washing

Automotive Fee Parking

Auto parking lots

Auto storage lots

Garages, parking

Off-street parking

Boat Sales or Rental

Boat sales

Boat rental

Ship chandleries

Boat Servicing

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Boat repairs, servicing or cleaning

Boat works or yards

Drydocks

Maritime centers

Ship chandleries

Animal Sales

Animal auctions

Animal sales yards

Livestock auction yards

Stockyards

Animal Services

Animal hospitals (large animals)

Animal hospitals (small animals)

Boarding kennels

Dog bathing

Dog clipping

Dog training services

Dog and cat hospitals

Guard dog training

Horse training services

Pet clinics

Pet grooming

Pet motels

Public corrals

Public stables

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Riding clubs

Veterinary hospitals (large animals)

Veterinary hospitals (small animals)

Transport and Warehousing

Auto storage garages

Distributing plants

Freight handling

Moving and storage firms

Parcel delivery truck fleets

Private storage Public warehouses

Refrigerated warehouses Storage yards

Storage, cold and food

Trucking terminals

Warehouses

Athletic and Recreational

Commercial sport and recreational enterprises

Golf driving ranges

Batting cages

Open space areas (of an active use)

Recreational centers

Building Maintenance Services

Disinfecting and/or exterminating services

Gardeners (landscape maintenance)

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Janitorial services Maintenance and custodial services Sewer and drain cleaning Sweeping services

Window cleaning services

Funeral and Interment Services

Cinerariums

Columbariums

Crematories

Crematoriums Funeral parlors Mausoleums

Mortuaries

Undertaking establishments

Educational Services

Colleges and universities

Trade, vocational and technical schools

AGRICULTURAL

Plant Nurseries

Floricultural stock

Flowers, commercial cut and decorative

Herb growing

Horticultural stock

Mushroom growing

Nurseries, wholesale or retail

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Potted plant growing

Sod and grass

Crop Raising

Alfalfa

Berries

Citrus fruit trees or bushes, cotton

Field and seed crops

Fruit trees

Grain

Hay (includes alfalfa)

Melons

Nut trees

Tobacco

Truck crops

Vegetables

Vines (grapes, etc.)

Small Animal Raising

Chinchillas

Hamsters

Poultry

Rabbits

Turkeys

Large or Specialty Animal Raising

Amphibians

Apiaries

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Aviaries Bears Beef cattle Birds Bovine animals Buffalo Cougars Dairies Feed lots Fish Foxes Goats Hog ranches Horse ranches Insects Lions Monkeys Mountain lions Ocelots Pig farms Sheep Skunks Snakes, venomous, or dangerous swine Tigers Wildcats

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Worm farms

Zoos, private

Agricultural Packing and Processing

Contract sorting, grading and packaging

Egg processing

Fisheries

Flower packing

Grain cleaning

Milking

Nut shelling and cooking

Sheep shearing

Agricultural Supplies and Services

Crop dusting

Farm advisory

Feed and grain

Fertilizers

Harvesting services and equipment storage

Hay

Pesticides and herbicides

Tree services

Weed control

CIVIC

Essential Service

Electric distribution lines and poles

Gas distribution lines

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Open space (of a passive use)

Parks, public (passive use only)

Sewer collection lines

Storm drainage collection lines

Telephone distribution lines and poles

Water distribution lines

Limited Child Care

Public day care centers (for eight or fewer children)

Public nurseries (for eight or fewer children)

Child Care

Day/night child-care centers (for more than eight children)

Child nurseries (for more than eight children)

Community Assembly

Amusement parks

Aquariums

Auditoriums

Bandstands (public)

Birth control clinics

Botanical gardens

Camping areas (nonprofit)

Carnivals

Churches

Circuses

Community centers

Community health clinics

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Convalescent hospitals Exhibition halls Extended care facilities

Fairgrounds Golf courses Historic sites

Hospitals Marinas (public) Meeting halls Monument sites

Neighborhood centers

Nursing homes

Open space areas (of an active use)

Parks

Picnicking areas (public)

Places of worship

Playgrounds and playing fields (of an active outdoor use)

Public health services

Recreation centers

Refreshment buildings (in public parks, playgrounds or golf courses)

Religious assembly

Religious complexes

Religious reading rooms

Sport fishing (public)

Sports arenas (public)

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Stadiums

Swimming beaches or pools (public) Synagogues Temples

Universities Zoological gardens Nonassembly, Cultural Art galleries Libraries (nonprofit) Private museums Community Education Colleges

Correspondence schools (public) Elementary schools High schools (junior or senior) Junior colleges

Junior high schools

Military academies

Schools (elementary, and junior and senior high)

Schools for the handicapped (including the blind) Senior high schools

Nonassembly, Scientific

Observatories Planetariums

Administrative

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Civic centers

Government centers

Government office buildings

Parking

Public parking garages

Public parking lots

Utility and Vehicular

Airports

Bus stations (passenger or freight)

Cinerariums

Columbariums

Communication equipment installations and exchanges

Community antenna television systems

Corporation yards (public or public utility)

Electric transmission lines

Electrical substations

Fire stations

Funeral parlors

Gas substations

Heliports and helistops

Mail processing centers (major)

Mortuaries

Police stations

Post offices

Power plants (steam or fossil)

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Pumping stations (sewage or water)

Radio transmission facilities (including booster and relay)

Rail stations (passenger or freight)

Reservoirs (water)

Service buildings (in public parks, playgrounds or golf courses)

Telephone exchange or switching facilities

Television transmission facilities (including booster and relay)

Transportation terminals

Undertaking establishments

Water tanks

Water treatment facilities (Ord. 3352 § 2, 2015; Ord. 3238 § 2 (Exh. B), 2012).