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Chapter 156 — COASTAL ZONING REGULATIONS

§ 156.075 CP — PLANNED SHOPPING CENTER COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.

Eureka Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Eureka

(A) Purposes. The purposes of the Planned Shopping Center Commercial Districts shall be:

(1) To provide large sites at appropriate locations for major shopping centers which provide a wide variety of goods and services drawing trade from the entire Humboldt Bay area. The principal establishment of a CP Planned Shopping Center Commercial District shall ordinarily be one or more department or variety stores;

(2) To provide for the development of an organized group of compatible commercial uses planned and designed as an integral unit consistent with modern standards for site planning and landscape design; and,

(3) To minimize the adverse affect of major commercial facilities on nearby dwellings and minimize traffic congestion on public highways and streets. (‘63 Code, § 10-5.29140)

(B) Conditions. Any shopping center proposed for a Planned Shopping Center Commercial District that includes one or more wetlands that would individually or in combination benefit from a comprehensive restoration and enhancement program, shall be required to prepare and implement such a program consistent with all applicable policies of the Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan and the provisions of this chapter. (‘63 Code, § 10-5.29141)

  • (C) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in the CP Planned Shopping Center Commercial District:

  • (1) Accessory uses and structures located on the same site as a permitted use;

  • (2) Administrative, business, and professional offices;

  • (3) Art and artists’ supply stores;

  • (4) Art galleries and stores selling objects of art;

  • (5) Auction rooms;

  • (6) Automobile supply stores;

  • (7) Bakeries, including baking for sale on the premises only;

  • (8) Banks;

  • (9) Banquet rooms;

  • (10) Barber shops and beauty shops;

  • (11) Bars;

  • (12) Bicycle shops;

  • (13) Blueprint and photostat shops;

  • (14) Book stores and rental libraries;

  • (15) Candy stores;

  • (16) Christmas tree sales lots;

  • (17) Cigar stores;

  • (18) Cleaning and dyeing, including the use of one synthetic dry cleaning machine using nonexplosive solvents and having a capacity of not more than 40 pounds per cycle only;

  • (19) Cleaning, coin-operated;

  • (20) Clothing and costume rental establishments;

  • (21) Clothing stores;

  • (22) Computer and electronics sales and repair stores, provided repair services shall be incidental to retail sales;

  • (23) Dairy products manufacturing for retail sales on the premises only;

  • (24) Delicatessen stores;

  • (25) Department stores;

  • (26) Drugstores;

  • (27) Dry goods stores;

  • (28) Electrical appliance sales and repair stores, provided repair services shall be incidental to retail sales;

  • (29) Finance companies;

  • (30) Florists;

  • (31) Food lockers;

  • (32) Food stores and supermarkets;

  • (33) Furniture stores;

  • (34) Fur shops;

  • (35) Garden shops;

  • (36) Gift shops;

  • (37) Gunsmiths;

  • (38) Gymnasiums;

  • (39) Hardware stores;

  • (40) Hobby shops;

  • (41) Household appliance stores;

  • (42) Ice vending stations;

  • (43) Interior decorating shops;

  • (44) Jewelry stores;

  • (45) Laundries, self-service type;

  • (46) Leather goods and luggage stores;

  • (47) Liquor stores;

  • (48) Locksmiths;

  • (49) Massage and physical culture studios;

  • (50) Medical and dental offices;

  • (51) Medical and orthopedic appliance stores;

  • (52) Meeting halls;

  • (53) Mens’ furnishing stores;

  • (54) Messengers’ offices;

  • (55) Millinery shops;

  • (56) Mobile vendors as prescribed in §§ 155.220 through 155.221;

  • (57) Music stores;

  • (58) Music and dance studios;

  • (59) Musical instrument repair shops;

  • (60) Newsstands;

  • (61) Nurseries and garden supply stores provided all equipment, supplies, and merchandise other than plants shall be kept

  • within a completely enclosed building, and fertilizer of any type shall be stored and sold in package form only;

  • (62) Office and business machine stores;

  • (63) Offices and office buildings;

  • (64) Optician and optometrical shops;

  • (65) Paint, glass, and wallpaper shops;

  • (66) Parking facilities, including fee parking facilities improved in conformity with the standards prescribed for required offstreet parking facilities in § 155.118 of this title;

  • (67) Pet and bird stores;

  • (68) Phonograph and record stores;

  • (69) Photographic supply stores and studios;

  • (70) Picture framing shops;

  • (71) Piers, docks, and wharves;

  • (72) Plumbing, heating, and ventilating equipment showrooms with storage for floor samples only;

  • (73) Plumbing shops;

  • (74) Pool halls;

  • (75) Post offices;

  • (76) Pressing establishments;

  • (77) Printing shops;

  • (78) Radio and television broadcasting studios; towers and other support structures, commercial satellite dishes, antennas, and

  • equipment buildings necessary for the specific facility are subject to the provisions of Chapter 159;

  • (79) Realtors and real estate offices;

  • (80) Rental hand tools, garden tools, power tools, trailers, and other similar equipment;

  • (81) Restaurants and soda fountains, not including drive-in establishments, not less than 150 feet from an R District;

  • (82) Savings and loan offices;

  • (83) Scientific instrument shops;

  • (84) Self-service laundries and self-service dry cleaning establishments;

  • (85) Shoe repair shops;

  • (86) Shoe stores;

  • (87) Skating rinks within buildings;

  • (88) Sporting goods stores;

  • (89) Sports arenas within buildings;

  • (90) Stamp and coin stores;

  • (91) Stationery stores;

  • (92) Stenographic services;

  • (93) Tailor and dressmaking shops;

  • (94) Taxidermists;

  • (95) Taxicab stands;

  • (96) Telegraph offices; towers and other support structures, commercial satellite dishes, antennas, and equipment buildings necessary for the specific facility are subject to the provisions of Chapter 159;

  • (97) Television and radio sales and repair stores;

  • (98) Theaters and auditoriums within buildings;

  • (99) Ticket agencies;

  • (100) Tire sales and service, not including retreading or recapping, or mounting of heavy truck tires;

  • (101) Toy stores;

  • (102) Travel agencies and bureaus;

  • (103) Travelers’ aid societies;

  • (104) Umbrella repair shops;

  • (105) Variety stores;

  • (106) Watch and clock repair shops;

  • (107) Wholesale establishments without stocks;

  • (108) Women’s apparel accessory stores; and

  • (‘63 Code, § 10-5.29142)

(109) Wireless telecommunication facilities located more than 100 feet from an R District subject to a wireless telecommunication facility permit pursuant to Chapter 159.

(D) Conditional uses. The following conditional uses shall be permitted in accord with the provisions of §§ 155.280 through 155.299 of this title:

  • (1) Accessory uses and structures located on the same site as a conditional use;

  • (2) Charitable institutions;

  • (3) Churches, parsonages, parish houses, monasteries, convents, and other religious institutions;

  • (4) Circuses, carnivals, and other transient amusement enterprises;

  • (5) Pony riding rings;

(6) Public utility and public service pumping stations, power stations, equipment buildings and installations, drainage ways and structures, storage tanks, and transmission lines found by the Planning Commission to be necessary for the public health, safety, or welfare;

  • (7) Restaurants and soda fountains, including drive-in establishments, not less than 150 feet from an R District;

  • (8) Service stations, not including trailer rentals, provided that all operations, except the sale of gasoline and oil and the washing of cars, shall be conducted within a building enclosed on at least three sides;

  • (9) Restaurants and soda fountains, not including drive-in establishments;

  • (10) Restaurants and soda fountains, including drive-in establishments, 150 feet from an R District;

  • (11) Service stations, including automobile, truck, and trailer rentals as accessory uses only;

(12) Service stations, not including automobile, truck, and trailer rentals as accessory uses, provided that all operations, except the sale of gasoline and oil and the washing of cars, shall be conducted within a building enclosed on at least three sides; and

  • (‘63 Code, § 10-5.29143)

(13) Wireless telecommunication facilities located within 100 feet of an R District subject to the provisions of Chapter 159.

(E) Off-street parking. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided for any planned shopping center as prescribed in §§ 155.115 through 155.124 of this title. (‘63 Code, § 10-5.29144)

  • (F) Off-street loading. Off-street loading facilities shall be provided for any planned shopping center as prescribed in §§ 155.135 through 155.141 of this title. (‘63 Code, § 10-5.29145)

  • (G) Signs. No sign, outdoor advertising structure, or display of any character shall be permitted except as provided in §§ 155.155 through 155.169 of this title. (‘63 Code, § 10-5.29146)

(H) Site plan review and architectural review. All permitted uses shall be subject to site plan review as prescribed in §§ 155.180 through 155.188 of this title. Conditional uses shall be subject, in addition, to architectural review. (‘63 Code, § 10-5.29147) (Ord. 417-C.S., passed 12-6-84; Am. Ord. 757-C.S., passed 10-19-10; Am. Ord. 786-C.S., passed 8-21-12; Am. Ord. 842-C.S., passed 7-19-16) Penalty, see § 150.999

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  1. Article I — NAME AND SEAL; FORM OF GOVERNMENT; BOUNDARIES; MUN…
  2. Article II — ELECTIONS
  3. Article III — CITY COUNCIL
  4. Article IV — MAYOR
  5. Article V — ORDINANCES
  6. Article VI — ADMINISTRATION
  7. Article VII — FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
  8. Article VIII — OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
  9. Article IX — FRANCHISES
  10. Article X — INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
  11. Article XI — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
  12. Chapter 10 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  13. Chapter 30 — CITY COUNCIL
  14. Chapter 31 — CITY OFFICIALS
  15. Chapter 32 — CITY DEPARTMENTS
  16. Chapter 33 — BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES
  17. Chapter 34 — PERSONNEL POLICIES
  18. Chapter 35 — FINANCE, REVENUE AND TAXATION
  19. Chapter 36 — HEALTH FACILITY REVENUE BONDS
  20. Chapter 37 — ELECTIONS
  21. Chapter 38 — CIVIL EMERGENCIES
  22. Chapter 39 — CITY POLICY
  23. Chapter 40 — TRANSFERS OF CITY-OWNED REAL PROPERTY
  24. Chapter 50 — SEWERS
  25. Chapter 51 — SOLID WASTE
  26. Chapter 52 — UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS
  27. Chapter 53 — WATER
  28. Chapter 54 — STORM WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE CONT…
  29. Chapter 55 — ENERGY
  30. Chapter 56 — STREETS
  31. Chapter 70 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  32. Chapter 71 — TRAFFIC RULES
  33. Chapter 72 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
  34. Chapter 73 — BICYCLES
  35. Chapter 75 — MOBILE VENDORS OPERATING UPON A STREET
  36. Chapter 90 — ABANDONED VEHICLES
  37. Chapter 91 — ANIMALS
  38. Chapter 92 — FIRE PREVENTION
  39. Chapter 93 — PARKS AND RECREATION
  40. Chapter 94 — HEALTH AND SANITATION
  41. Chapter 95 — MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
  42. Chapter 96 — PARADES AND ASSEMBLIES
  43. Chapter 97 — SMOKING
  44. Chapter 98 — STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
  45. Chapter 99 — TRAINS AND RAILROADS
  46. Chapter 100 — HARBOR REGULATIONS
  47. Chapter 101 — FILMING
  48. Chapter 102 — BEEKEEPING
  49. Chapter 103 — PRIVATE SECURITY AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS
  50. Chapter 104 — MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE
  51. Chapter 110 — BUSINESS LICENSES
  52. Chapter 112 — AMBULANCES
  53. Chapter 113 — AMUSEMENTS
  54. Chapter 114 — CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS
  55. Chapter 115 — FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND OUTDOOR DINING AREAS
  56. Chapter 117 — MASSAGE PARLORS
  57. Chapter 118 — SOLICITORS, CANVASSERS, AND SIDEWALK VENDORS
  58. Chapter 119 — SECOND-HAND DEALERS
  59. Chapter 120 — TAXICABS AND LIMOUSINES
  60. Chapter 121 — OTHER VEHICLES FOR HIRE
  61. Chapter 122 — FOREIGN-TRADE ZONE
  62. Chapter 130 — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY
  63. Chapter 131 — PROPERTY OFFENSES
  64. Chapter 132 — DRUG OFFENSES
  65. Chapter 133 — WEAPONS OFFENSES
  66. Chapter 134 — ABATEMENT OF CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTIES
  67. Chapter 150 — BUILDING REGULATIONS
  68. Chapter 151 — AIRPORT ZONING
  69. Chapter 152 — PLANNING AND ZONING ADMINISTRATION
  70. Chapter 153 — FLOOD HAZARD AREA REGULATIONS
  71. Chapter 154 — SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
  72. Chapter 155 — ZONING REGULATIONS
  73. Chapter 155 — ZONING REGULATIONS (old)
  74. ▸ Chapter 156 — COASTAL ZONING REGULATIONS
    Overview
    1. § 156.001 TITLE.
    2. § 156.002 OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES.
    3. § 156.003 NATURE OF COASTAL ZONING REGULATIONS.
    4. § 156.004 INTERPRETATION.
    5. § 156.005 APPLICATION; DEVELOPERS TO COMPLY; EXCEPTIONS.
    6. § 156.006 DEFINITIONS.
    7. § 156.007 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.
    8. § 156.008 DISTRICTS.
    9. § 156.009 DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
    10. § 156.010 CONFORMITY REQUIRED.
    11. § 156.011 ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS BY MAP.
    12. § 156.012 DIVISION OF LAND USE AND ZONING MAP.
    13. § 156.013 DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS; PURPOSES.
    14. § 156.014 DESIGNATION OF DRAINAGE CONTROL AREA.
    15. § 156.015 REQUIRED CONDITIONS.
    16. § 156.016 DRAINAGE CONTROL PLAN TO BE APPROVED.
    17. § 156.017 DRAINAGE CONTROL PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED.
    18. § 156.018 REFERRAL TO AND ACTION OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
    19. § 156.019 ACTION OF CITY COUNCIL.
    20. § 156.020 STATUS OF APPROVED DRAINAGE CONTROL PLAN.
    21. § 156.021 DRAINAGE CONTROL, MINIMUM FLOOR ELEVATION, AND SITE …
    22. § 156.030 BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DISTRICTS.
    23. § 156.031 EXTENSIONS OVER PROPERTY LINES AND EASEMENTS.
    24. § 156.032 SITE AREA AND DIMENSIONS; REQUIREMENTS AND EXCEPTION…
    25. § 156.033 FRONT YARDS; REQUIREMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS.
    26. § 156.034 SIDE AND REAR YARDS; REQUIREMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS.
    27. § 156.035 TRAFFIC SIGHT OBSTRUCTIONS.
    28. § 156.036 PROJECTIONS INTO YARDS.
    29. § 156.037 HEIGHT LIMITS.
    30. § 156.038 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
    31. § 156.039 USABLE OPEN SPACE.
    32. § 156.040 SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING.
    33. § 156.041 EMERGENCY SHELTERS.
    34. § 156.050 APPLICATION.
    35. § 156.051 PUBLIC ACCESS STANDARDS.
    36. § 156.052 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE STANDARDS.
    37. § 156.053 NATURAL HAZARDS STANDARDS.
    38. § 156.054 VISUAL RESOURCES STANDARDS.
    39. § 156.055 PUBLIC WORKS STANDARDS.
    40. § 156.056 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
    41. § 156.065 WC — CONSERVATION WATER DISTRICT.
    42. § 156.066 WD — DEVELOPMENT WATER DISTRICT.
    43. § 156.067 NR — NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT.
    44. § 156.068 AC — COASTAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.
    45. § 156.069 RS — ONE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
    46. § 156.070 RM — MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
    47. § 156.071 OR — OFFICE AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
    48. § 156.072 CW — WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
    49. § 156.073 CN — NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
    50. § 156.074 CS — SERVICE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
    51. § 156.075 CP — PLANNED SHOPPING CENTER COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
    52. § 156.076 MC — COASTAL DEPENDENT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
    53. § 156.077 ML — LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
    54. § 156.078 MG — GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
    55. § 156.079 P — PUBLIC DISTRICTS.
    56. § 156.080 PF/M — PUBLIC FACILITY/MARINA.
    57. § 156.081 PD — PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT COMBINING DISTRICTS.
    58. § 156.082 AR — ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMBINING DISTRICT.
    59. § 156.083 Q — QUALIFIED COMBINING DISTRICT.
    60. § 156.095 PURPOSES.
    61. § 156.096 APPLICABILITY; PERMIT REQUIRED.
    62. § 156.097 EXEMPTIONS; NOTICE OF EXEMPT DEVELOPMENT.
    63. § 156.098 CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS; NOTICE OF EXCLUDED DEVELOPME…
    64. § 156.099 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS; FEES.
    65. § 156.100 ACTION ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.
    66. § 156.101 PUBLIC HEARING ON DEVELOPMENTS; NOTICE.
    67. § 156.102 NOTICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTION WHERE HEARING CONT…
    68. § 156.103 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE; COASTAL ZONE PROCEDURES.
    69. § 156.104 NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENTS NOT APPEALABLE TO THE COASTAL…
    70. § 156.105 RESERVED.
    71. § 156.106 DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE NOTICE AND HEARING PROCE…
    72. § 156.107 REQUIRED FINDINGS.
    73. § 156.108 APPEALS.
    74. § 156.109 FINALITY OF CITY ACTION.
    75. § 156.110 FINAL CITY ACTION; NOTICE.
    76. § 156.111 FAILURE TO ACT; NOTICE.
    77. § 156.112 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTION; EFFECTIVE DATE.
    78. § 156.113 EXHAUSTION OF LOCAL APPEALS.
    79. § 156.114 EMERGENCY COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.
    80. § 156.115 AMENDMENTS TO COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS.
    81. § 156.116 LAPSE OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.
  75. Chapter 157 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION
  76. Chapter 158 — CANNABIS
  77. Chapter 159 — WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES

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