Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.41.010 Purpose

• 15.41.010 Purpose

• 15.41.020 Permitted Uses

• 15.41.030 Uses Permitted With A Conditional Use Permit

• 15.41.040 Uses Permitted With An Administrative Permit

• 15.41.050 Site Area And Configuration

This zoning classification is established for the following purposes:

1. To promote the most desirable use of land and direction of building development in accordance with the general plan;

2. To strengthen the economic base of the county and to protect the county’s tax revenues;

3. To protect both retail development and nearby residences against congestion, particularly in areas where the established pattern is predominantly residential but includes local retail uses by regulating the intensity of local retail development. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The following uses and structures shall be permitted in the C zone:

1. Retail trade establishments similar to the following;

   1. General merchandise stores

   2. Food stores

   3. Apparel stores

   4. Drugstores

   5. Liquor stores subject to Chapter 15.745

   6. Eating and drinking places subject to Chapter 15.745

   7. Automotive supplies

   8. Automobile dealers (new and used) located not closer than five hundred feet to a R-1 zone

   9. Mobilehome sales

   10. Automotive service stations, repair garages and tire sales (excluding painting and body work) providing repair is conducted within a building. Such uses shall not be located closer than five hundred feet to a R-1 zone unless a conditional use permit is granted by the planning commission

   11. Pawnbrokers and second-hand dealers; provided that the business is completely enclosed within a building and that no material shall be kept outside the building for storage, advertising or any other purpose;

2. Wholesale trade establishments excluding warehouses, when conducted solely within a building;

3. Financial insurance and real estate establishments;

4. Service establishments similar to the following:

   1. Personal services, barber-shops, beauty shops, laundries, dry cleaners, shoe repair

   2. Business services

   3. Professional services

   4. General offices including government offices

   5. Legal services

   6. Medical and health services

   7. Hotels and motels;

5. Underground public utility facilities;

6. Public utility transmission and distribution lines. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The following uses and structures may be permitted only if a conditional use permit has first been secured:

1. Churches and religious institutions;

2. Automotive paint and body shops;

3. Ambulance service;

4. Animal hospital without outdoor kennels; 5. Bottled gas sale and related storage; 6. Cabinet shop;

5. Hospital, acute care;

6. Household moving and storage service;

7. Ministorage warehouses;

8. Pest control service;

9. Building supplies store and yard, contractor yard;

10. Bus depot;

11. Equipment sales and rental involving outdoor storage;

12. Drive-in theater;

13. Public and private nursery schools, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools and colleges;

14. Private clubs and lodges and fraternal organizations;

15. Public playground and parks;

16. Private or public golf courses;

17. Public utility facilities, accessory structures, and service yards; 20. Truck service station, including truck terminal;

18. Planned mobilehome park and R.V. park;

19. Injection wells;

20. Commercial storage (storage for resale) of inflammable fluid or gas fuels in a quantity greater than five hundred gallons in any container less than two and onehalf feet below the surface of the ground;

21. Billiard parlor, pool hall;

22. Any facility that has on-site sale of alcoholic beverages . subject to Chapter 15.745 (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. An annual administrative permit for one mobilehome per parcel of land used and occupied exclusively by the proprietor who owns and operates a business, or by an employee who is employed specifically as a caretaker or watchman (refer to mobilehome standards).

2. Natural gas wells. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. The minimum area of any lot or parcel of land shall be six thousand square feet net if served by public sewer and public water facilities except in a planned unit development project.

2. The minimum area of any lot or parcel of land shall be twenty thousand square feet if served by either a public sewer or a public water facility except in a planned unit development project.

3. The minimum area of any lot or parcel of land shall be one acre net if served with a septic tank and a well except in a planned unit development.

4. The minimum lot width and public street frontage of any lot or parcel shall be sixty feet provided the lot width ratio is met, except in a planned unit development project.

5. Lots which are less than ten acres in size shall conform to a 3:1 length to width ratio. (Ord. 1200 § 3, 2008; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Front Yard. No front yard shall be required, except where the frontage in a block is partially in a residential district, in which case the front yard shall be the same as required in such residential district. Where a public street does not provide for a sidewalk within the right-of-way, a ten foot setback shall be provided.

2. Side Yard. No side yard shall be required, except where the side yard of a lot abuts the side of a lot in a residential district, in which case the side yard shall be not less than fifteen feet.

3. Rear Yard. No rear yard shall be required, except where the rear of a lot abuts a residential district, in which case the rear yard shall be not less than twenty feet. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

No building or structure in this zone shall exceed seventy-five feet in height, except as otherwise permitted with a conditional use permit. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Walls or fences shall be required for all conditional uses. The size and materials shall be determined by the planning commission in conformance with the character of the neighborhood in which the use is to be situated.

2. A solid wall or fence not less than six feet in height shall be built and maintained on those sides of property which abuts a residential zone; provided, that such a fence has not already been provided by the adjacent property. This provision shall be met before a certificate of occupancy permit may be issued for such use by the building official. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

Prior to or concurrent with the application for a building permit, the applicant shall submit to the agency a complete site plan and all necessary supporting documentation for review by the agency to ensure compliance with all the requirements of the Glenn County Code. (Ord. 1200 § 3, 2008; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)