Chapter 17.36 — COMMERCIAL LAND USE BY ZONING DISTRICT

Gridley Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · Gridley

17.36.010 Permitted uses and conditionally permitted uses in commercial districts.

Permitted uses and uses allowed by use permit in commercial districts are as follows: P = Permitted

CUP = Conditional Use Permit

Where a use is not designated as "Permitted" or "Conditional Use Permit" it is not allowed in that zoning district.

LAND USE TYPES ZONING DISTRICTS ZONING DISTRICTS
C-1 C-2
LAND USE TYPES ZONING DISTRICTS
C-1 C-2
Accountants P P
Adult entertainment businesses
(Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.72)		 P
Advertising business P P
Amusement arcades such as video games, pinball P P
Answering service P P
Antiques P P
Appliances P P
Architects P P
Art Galleries P P
Art goods/supplies P P
Art instructions P P
Attorneys & legal services P P
Automobile sales, service, and used auto sales P
Automobile repair P
Automobile body shop P
Automobile parts, retail P P
Baby shops P P
Bail bond P
Bakeries, retail P P
Banks P P
Banks, drive-through P P
Barbershops P P
Beauty salons P P
Bicycle shops P P
Boat sales P
Boat supplies P
Books P P
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Bookkeeping P P
Bowling alleys P
Building materials P
Butcher P
Cabinet/woodworking shops P
Campers, RV sales, service, and supplies; new and used P
Carwash P
Chambers of Commerce P P
Child care and preschool P P
Chiropractors P P
Churches CUP CUP
Cleaners P P
Clothing sales P P
Cocktail lounge/bar/taverns CUP CUP
Coffee shop P P
Collection bureau P P
Communication equipment P P
Community garden P P
Computer store P P
Contractor office (no storage) P P
Contractor office (with storage) CUP P
Cooking supplies shops P P
Copy shop P P
Costume shop P P
Counseling centers P P
Counselors and therapists P P
Craft supplies P P
Credit bureau P P
Dairy, jobber-retail CUP
Dance school P P
Delicatessen P P
Dentist’s office P P
Department store P P
Discount drug P P
Doctor’s office P P
Donut shop P P
Dress shop P P
Dressmaker, seamstress, tailor P P
Drive-in restaurant and/or fast food CUP P
Drug store, broad range P P
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Duplicating shop P P
Employment agency P P
Engineering office P P
Equipment rental, household P P
Equipment rental, large type P
Escrow service P P
Energy supply store CUP P
Farm equipment sales P
Fabric shop P P
Fireplace-stove shop P P
Flea market
(one-day or single-weekend events sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce or service
groups may be administratively approved in the C-1 and C-2 zoning districts)		 CUP
Floor materials P P
Florist P P
Fraternal organization P P
Freezer food lockers, rental CUP P
Funeral directors P P
Furniture, new and used P P
Garden supplies P P
Gift shops P P
Glass shop (window glass) CUP P
Government offices, administrative only P P
Graphic art materials P P
Grocers, less than 10,000 square feet
(see also, “market” & “supermarket”)		 P P
Gunsmiths P P
Hardware, retail P P
Health food P P
Hobby shop P P
Home decorations and materials P P
Hospital CUP CUP
Hot tubs and spa sales CUP P
Hotel P P
Ice cream shop P P
Ice skating rink CUP
Import store P P
Income tax service P P
Inns, bed and breakfast places P P
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Interior decorator P P
Investment advisory service P P
Jewelers P P
Laboratories, dental P P
Laboratories, medical P P
Laboratories, research CUP CUP
Lamps P P
Landscape architects P P
Laundry, coin P P
Lighting fixtures P P
Liquor store P P
Live Work P CUP
Loan agency P P
Locksmiths P P
Lumber, retail CUP P
Machine shop CUP
Markets, under 10,000 square feet
(see also “grocer” & “supermarkets”)		 P P
Medical office P P
Men’s clothing P P
Mini-storage CUP
Mobile home sales, service P
Motorcycle sales, service CUP P
Motorcycle repair P
Motels CUP P
Museums P P
Music store (instrument and equipment) P P
News service P P
News stand P P
Night club CUP CUP
Novelties, notions store P P
Nurseries, retail P P
Office furniture P P
Office supplies P P
Optician, optometrist P P
Paint dealers, retail P P
Parking lots P P
Parks P P
Party shop P P
Pawnshop P
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Pet store CUP CUP
Pharmacy P P
Photocopy shop P P
Photo processing P P
Photographer P P
Photographic equipment P P
Physical therapy P P
Physician P P
Pianos, organs P P
Picture framing P P
Plumbing, retail sales P P
Pottery, retail P P
Printers P P
Psychiatrist P P
Psychologist P P
Quasi-public uses CUP CUP
Racquetball and sports club P P
Radio and TV sales and service P P
Real estate P P
Record store P P
Recreation, indoor sports P P
Recreation vehicles sales P
Recreation vehicle storage CUP
Recycling center (primary use) CUP
Refrigeration sales and service, industrial P
Religious office P P
Rental, see equipment rental
Residential uses CUP CUP
Restaurant, full service P P
Retail, general P P
Roller skating rink P
Rug and carpet sales P P
Saddlery shop P P
Satellite sales and service P P
Savings and loan (with or without drive-through) P P
Saw shop P P
School supplies P P
Service station/gasoline station P
Sewing machine sales and repair P P
Sheet metal shop P
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Shoe store P P
Shoe repair P P
Sign shop P
Social clubs, halls and organizations P P
Social service offices P P
Special job training centers P P
Sporting goods store P P
Stationery store P P
Stenographic service P P
Stereo-sound system store P P
Stock and bond brokers P P
Supermarket (>10,000 square feet) P P
Surveyor’s office P P
Swimming pool sales, service P
Tobacco shop P P
Television sales and service P P
Theater P P
Thrift shop P P
Tire sales and service P
Title company P P
Toys P P
Travel agency P P
Trophies P P
Tropical fish and supplies P P
Tuxedo rental P P
Upholsters CUP P
Utility office-administrative only P P
Vacuum cleaner sales and service P P
Variety store P P
Vegetable, fruit and flower stands P P
Veterinarians P P
Vocational center P P
Wall covering store P P
Warehousing CUP
Waterbeds P P
Wine and beer shop P P
Yarn shop P P

(Ord. 823-2016 § 13 (part), 2016)

17.36.020 Unlisted uses.

Any use which is not listed in Section 17.36.010, or for which a reasonable determination cannot be made by the City Administrator/designee that such use is similar in nature, impact and intent as a listed use, shall be determined permitted, not permitted or conditionally permitted by the Planning Commission. (Ord. 823-2016 § 13 (part), 2016)