Chapter 17.48 — USES ALLOWED IN OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS — Dinuba Zoning Code

Sections:

17.48.010 Purpose 17.48.020 Matrix Symbols 17.48.030 Use Matrix, Office and Commercial Districts

17.48.010 PURPOSE ¶

The Zoning Use matrix below provides a listing of the various land uses which are allowed by right, by administrative site plan, or by use permit and those which are prohibited within the city’s office and commercial zoning districts. In addition to the matrix below, individual Precise Plans provide a listing of various land uses allowed by right or use permit within each of the Precise Plan’s zoning categories. Refer to individual precise plans, as referenced in Chapter 17.62, Precise Plan Overlay District.

17.48.020 MATRIX SYMBOLS ¶

The following symbols are used to describe the relationship of the listed uses to each of the zones.

“P” indicates that a use is permitted by right;
“A” indicates that an Administrative Site Plan is required;
“U” indicates that a Use Permit is required;
“ ”, or a blank box, indicates that a use is prohibited.

17.48.030 USE MATRIX, OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS ¶

Uses	PO*	C1	C2	C3	C4**
Addressograph services					A
Adult bookstores and adult movie theaters as provided for in Section 17.71.190 ofthis title					U
Ambulance service					A
Animal hospitals and kennels and veterinarians					U
Any residential use existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified inthis title	A	P	P	P	P
Apparel stores		A	A	A	A
Appliance sales(household)				A
Arcades			U	U
Art and antique stores			A		A
Art and craft schools and colleges			A		A
Artgalleries			A		A
Art supplystores		A	A	A	A
Auction rooms			A		A
Automated car wash, including use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steamcleaning			U	U	A

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.48-1

Uses	PO*	C1	C2	C3	C4**
Automobile accessory parts(new)retail sales				A
Automobile and tractorparts and equipment stores					A
Automobile detailing,hand carwash within an enclosed building			A		A
Automobile dismantling and used parts storage, provided such parts storagemust be conducted wholly withina building					U
Automobile oil and lube shop					A
Automobile repair,bodyand fender repair					A
Automobile sales, new, including service and repair within an enclosed building			A		A
Automobile sales, used, including service and repair within an enclosed building		U	U	U	U
Automobile upholsteryand topshops					A
Bakergoods stores		A	A	A	A
Bakeries,retail and wholesale			A		A
Banks,includingdrive-in banks and other lendingagencies		A	A	A	A
Barber shops and beautyshops	A	A	A	A	A
Bars and cocktail lounges			U	U
Bars,cocktail lounges and nightclubs			U		U
Beautycolleges			A	A
Bicycle shops			A	A	A
Blueprint andphotocopyshops			A		A
Boardingand roominghouses			A
Boat sales and service					A
Book binding					A
Book stores and rental libraries		A	A	A	A
Bottlingworks					U
Bowlingalleys		U	A	A	A
Breweries					U
Breweries,micro			U		U
Buildingand loan offices			A	A
Buildingmaterials,sales and storage					U
Bus depots and transit stations,includingrepair and storage					A
Bus depots and transit stations, provided that buses or other transit vehicles shall not be stored on the site and no repair work or servicing of vehicles shallbe conducted onthe site			A		A
Business, professional,and trade schools and colleges			A		A
Cabinet shops					A
Cafeterias	A	A	A	A	A
Camera shops, photographic supplies andphotographystudios		A	A	A	A
Candyand confectionerystores		A	A	A	A
Canvas shops					A
Card rooms			U
Carnival -promotional				A	A
Carpenters' shops					U
Carpet stores		A	A	A	A
Cateringshops			A		A
Ceramic andpotteryworks					U
Churches and other religious institutions	U	U	U	U	U

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Uses	PO*	C1	C2	C3	C4**
City, county, state and federal administrative offices, libraries and police andfire stations		A	A
Cleaning agencies (pickup and delivery only)		A	A	A	A
Cleaning, pressing and dyeing shops (retail only, dry cleaning, cleaning clothesinenclosedmachines,noninflammable cleaning compounds)		A	A	A	A
Clinics(medical)	A	A	A	A	A
Clothingand costume rental establishments			A		A
Coin-operated car wash(not includingmechanical car washes)				U	U
Coin-operated self-service car wash			U
Cold storageplants					U
Columbariums and crematorium					A
Communications equipment buildings			A		A
Contractor's storageyards					U
Convenience stores,beer and wine sales only,no liquor sales allowed		U	U	U	U
Copycenter			A	A
Copyingand blueprint services			A		A
Dairy products sales stores		A	A	A	A
Dance halls			A		A
Delicatessens		A	A	A	A
Department stores			A	A	A
Diaper supplyservices					A
Draperyand interior decoratingshops			A		A
Drive-in restaurants		A		A
Drive-in theaters, golf driving ranges, pony riding rings, racetracks, riding stables, skating rinks, sport arenas and sports stadiums, and other similar open, unenclosed commercial recreation facilities					U
Drugstores		A	A	A	A
Drycleaningservice			A	A	A
Dry goods stores		A	A	A	A
Dwellings for a caretaker or watchman and his immediate family, necessary and incidental to a use located in such zone					U
Electrical appliance and incidental repair shops			A	A	A
Electrical distribution substations, communication equipment buildings, gas regulator stations and utility pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks.			A	A	A
Electrical shops					A
Electroplatingshops					U
Employment agencies			A		A
Equipment rentalyards					A
Exterminators					A
Farm equipment sales and service					A
Farmers markets,includingindoor and outdoor facilities			U
Feed and seed stores					A
Fire andpolice stations			A		A
Florists		A	A	A	A
Food lockers(no slaughtering,handlingof dressed meats only)		A	A	A	A
Food stores and delicatessens			A	A	A
Frozen foodprocessing,storage and accessorysales					U

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September 2008 17.48-3

Uses	PO*	C1	C2	C3	C4**
Furniture stores			A	A	A
Furniture warehouse stores and van services					A
Garden supplies				A	A
Garden supply stores and nurseries, provided that all equipment, supplies and merchandise, other than plants, shall be kept within a completely enclosed building or under lather structure, and further provided that fertilizerofany type shallbe stored and soldinpackagedformonly		A	A	A	A
Gas and electric transmission lines, electrical transmission and distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks.	A	A			A
Gasoline service stations, including dispensing of diesel and liquid petroleumgasfuels and complete truckservice					U
Gift,noveltyor souvenir shops		A	A	A	A
Glass shops					A
Gunsmith shops			A		A
Gymnasium and health studios			A		A
Hardware stores		A	A	A	A
Hatcheries					U
Health food stores			A	A	A
Heating and ventilating or air conditioning shops, including incidental sheetmetal					A
Hobbysupplystores		A	A	A	A
Home furnishings			A	A	A
Home improvement centers					A
Hotel and motels			A		A
Household and office equipment and machineryrepair shops					A
Household appliance and repair shops			A		A
Ice and cold storageplant					U
Ice and foodproducts dispensingmachines				A
Ice dispensers(coin-operated)		A	A	A	A
Ice storage or sale houses					A
Implement and tool rental					A
Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use	A	A	A	A	A
Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use	A	A	A	A	A
Interior decoratingshops			A		A
Jewelrystores,includingclock and watch repairing			A	A	A
Kennels located not closer than five-hundred (500) feet to any residential or PO district					A
Laboratories	U				A
Laboratories,experimental and testing					U
Laundries and Laundromats			A		A
Leathergoods and luggage stores			A		A
Libraries			A		A
Licensed familydaycare centers for thirteen or more children	U
Linen supplyservices					A
Liquor stores		U	U	U	U

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September 2008 17.48-4

Uses	PO*	C1	C2	C3	C4**
Locksmiths		A	A	A	A
Lumberyards,not including planningmills or saw mills					A
Machine shops					U
Machinerysales and rentals					A
Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials:, canvas, cloth, cork, fiber and synthetic fiber, fur, glass, leather, paint (not employing a boiling process), paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, rubber and synthetic rubber, shell, textiles, tobacco and wood					U
Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: blacksmith shops, boat building, electric motor rebuilding, machine shops, paint shops					U
Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: bakery goods, candy, dairy products, food products, including fruits and vegetables (but not including fish and meat products, pickles, sauerkraut, vinegar or yeast, or refining or rendering of fats and oils)					U
Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: ceramic products, such aspottery, figurines and smallglazed tile					U
Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: cosmetics, drugs, pharmaceuticals, and toiletries (not including refining or rendering of fats oroils)					U
Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: electrical supplies such as coils, condensers, insulation, lamps, switches and wire and cable assembly					U
Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: furniture, cutlery, hardware, hand tools, die and pattern making, metal stamping and extrusion of small products such as costume jewelry, pins and needles, razorblades, bottle caps, buttons andkitchenutensils					U
Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: scientific, medical, dental, and drafting instruments, orthopedic and medical appliances, cameras and photographic equipment, electronic equipment, musical instruments, precision instruments, opticalgoods, watches and clocks					U
Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: small electric appliances such as lighting fixtures, toasters, electric toys, refrigerators, washingmachines,dishwashers and similar home appliances					U
Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: small electrical equipment such as a home motion picture equipment, phonographs and radio and television receivers,but not includingelectrical machinery					U
Massage andphysical culture studios			A		A
Medical and dental laboratories and clinics including out-patient facilities andprescriptionpharmacies in conjunction therewith,or with a hospital	A
Medical and orthopedic appliance stores			A		A
Medical buildings, Professional medical buildings, including dentists, physicians, podiatrists, opthamologists, and similarpractitioners.	U	A	A	A	A
Meetinghalls			U		U
Messenger offices			A		A
Microwave relaystations				U
Millineryshops			A	A	A
Mini-storage facilities			U		A
Mixed land use in conformance with Chapter 17.61 of this title			U
Mobile home sales					A

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Uses	PO*	C1	C2	C3	C4**
Mortuaries	U				A
Motorcycle sales and service			A		A
Muffler shop					A
Music and dance studios			A		A
Music stores			A	A	A
Musical instrument repair shops and incidental sales					A
Newspaperpublishing			A		A
Newsstands and magazine stores		A	A	A	A
Notions				A
Office and business machine stores			A		A
Offices	U	A	A	A	A
Office, professional,commercial orgovernmental offices	U	A	A	A	A
Offices which deal in professional and business services, in which goods, wares and merchandise are not commerciallycreated, sold or exchanged	A
One-family dwellings over or to the rear of a permitted use; provided such dwellings shall be subject to the use, site area, coverage and yard requirements oftheRM-3 district		U	U
Overnightparkingfor recreational vehicles					U
Paint and wallpaper stores			A		A
Parcel deliveryservices					A
Parking lots improved in conformity with the standards prescribed for required off-streetparkingfacilities in Chapter 17.64 of this title	A	A	A	A	A
Pawn shops			A		A
Pet and bird stores andpetgrooming,but not includingboardingofpets			A		A
Pet shops				A
Petroleum products storage; provided that gasoline, kerosene and similar highly inflammable products shall be stored underground					U
Photographic and blueprint processing ,printing, lithographing and engraving					A
Photographic supplystores			A		A
Photographystudios	A		A		A
Picture framingshops			A		A
Planned unit development subject to provisions of Chapter 17.92 of this title	U	U	U	U	U
Planningmill,excludingrefuse burning					U
Plumbingand sheet metal shops					A
Pool and billiards,includingin conjunction with a restaurant				U
Post offices, public andprivate	A	U	A	A	A
Poultryand rabbitprocessing					U
Prefabrication of buildings					U
Pressing,alteringand repairingof wearingapparel			A	A	A
Printingshops			A		A
Private clubs and lodges			A		A
Public and private charitable institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes, nursing homes, family care homes, foster homes or group homes for the mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped person, including state authorizedhomes	U
Public buildings andgrounds	U		U		U
Publicparkinglot or structure			U	U

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Uses	PO*	C1	C2	C3	C4**
Public parks and playgrounds, public and quasi-public uses of an educational or religious type, including public and private elementary, junior and senior high schools, colleges, nursery schools, trade schools and private		A
Publicparks, playgrounds and otherpublic recreation facilities	U
Public uses of a cultural type,includingmuseums and artgalleries	U		U
Public utilityserviceyards,electrical andgas transmission stations					U
Radio and television broadcastingstudios			A		A
Radio and television broadcastingstudios,excludingtowers	A
Radio and television stores and repair shops			A	A	A
Railroad freight andpassenger stations					A
Readingrooms			A		A
Recreation sales and service,includingindoor commercial recreation					A
Rental equipment,includingtrailers,trucks and cars			A		A
Residential drugtreatment recoveryhomes	U
Restaurants servingalcoholic beverages		U	U	U
Restaurants,includingdrive-in restaurants,cafes and outdoor cafes			A	U	A
Restaurants,includingrestaurant with bar/lounge			U	A
Restaurants, tea rooms and cafes, including out-door cafes, but excluding the sale ofalcoholic beverages		A	A	A	A
Rugand carpet cleaningand dyeing					A
Scientific instrument stores			A		A
Secretarial services			A		A
Self-service coin-operated car wash					A
Self-service laundryand drycleaningestablishments		A	A	A	A
Service stations,Full Service		U	U	U	U
Service stations, gasoline sales and convenience store only		A	U	U	U
Service stations, excluding truck service and dispensing of diesel fuel to trucks		U	U	U	A
Shoe repair shops		A	A	A	A
Shoe stores		A	A	A	A
Signpaintingshops					A
Small animal veterinary hospitals and clinics, within a completely enclosed building,with no boardingexcept as is incidental to medical care				U
Soda fountains		A	A	A	A
Sporting goods stores, including incidental boat sales and sporting equipmentrepair			A		A
Sports arenas within buildings			A		A
Stables and ridingacademies					U
Stampand coin stores			A		A
Stationerystores		A	A	A	A
Stone monument works					U
Storage buildings incidental to apermitted use			A		A
Subdivision signs - off-site				A	A
Supermarkets				A
Swapmeets					U
Tailor and dressmakingshops		A	A	A	A
Taxidermists					A

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September 2008 17.48-7

Uses	PO*	C1	C2	C3	C4**
Telegraph offices			A		A
Telephone exchanges	A
Temporaryrevival church services			A		A
Theaters and auditoriums			A		A
Thrift shops and secondhand stores					A
Tire rebuilding,recappingand re-treading					U
Tire sales and service			A		A
Tobacco stores		U	A	A	A
Toystores			A	A	A
Transit and transportation equipment, storage space and yards, except freight classificationyards					U
Transit terminals and truck stops					U
Travel bureaus			A		A
Trophyshops			A		A
Truckingterminals					U
Typewriter repair shops					A
Upholsteryshops					A
Varietystores			A		A
Varietystores,less than ten thousand square feet in area		A	A	A	A
Veterinarian offices and small animal hospitals or clinics including short- term boarding of animals and incidental care such as bathing and trimming, provided that all operations are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure which complies with specifications of soundproofconstructionprescribed by the Uniform Building Code			A		A
Video store		A	A	A	A
Waterpumpstations				U
Weddingchapels			A		A
Wholesale establishments			U		A
*Exceptions for uses in the PO district: 1. No business dealing in wholesale or used goods or commodities shall be permitted, except in the case of articles taken in trade on sale of new merchandise on the same premises 2. Any business or office shall be conducted entirely within a building, enclosed on all sides, excepting uses customarily conducted in the open. 3. No products shall be made unless incidental to a permitted use and sold at retail on the premises. 4. When an exterior wall of a building faces abutting property in an R zone, no advertising signs shall be painted or placed on such wall, or on any portion of the lot between the wall and the R zone. 5. No use shall be permitted in the PO zone which may be obnoxious of offensive by reason of noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibrations,heat, glare or refuse, orothersimilarcauses.
** Offices and rental stores incidental to and on the same site with a commercial service establishment identified as aPermitted useinthe C-4district are also permitted.
***Any other use is permitted in each zoning district that the Planning Commission finds consistent with the purpose and intent of that district subject to use permit review perChapter 17.80 .

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