Imperial County Municipal Code § 90514.04 Minimum lot/parcel size

The purpose of the C-3 (heavy commercial) zone is to designate areas for use and services normally associated with the traveling public or for the regional commercial convenience. The C-3 zones shall be located adjacent to major highways, freeways, or other significant circulation corridors.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

The following uses are permitted in the C-3 Zone provided they meet the requirements of this Title:

a) All permitted uses in the C-2 Zone under § 90513.01.

b) Amusement park.

c) Auto self-service.

d) Auto service station.

e) Auto station (small).

f) Auto towing.

g) Automobile parking garage or lot.

h) Bus depot.

i) Commercial accessory structure(s) (including cargo containers).

j) Drive-in.

k) Drive-in food market.

l) Electrical Vehicles Charging Stations as a Primary Use.

m) Post office.

n) Public agency or utility.

o) Rail station.

p) Solar energy extraction generation provided that it is for on-site consumption only.

q) Special Occasion Facility.

r) Sports arena (indoor).

s) Taxi depot.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20; Ord. No. 1587, §§ 1, 2, 12-5-23)

The following uses are permitted in the C-3 Zone provided they meet the requirements of this Title:

a) Airport.

b) Billboards/Off-site advertising signs.

c) Campgrounds, RV park, or mobile home park.

d) Circus or carnival.

e) College or university.

f) Commercial Cannabis Retail Sales with Delivery subject to Division 4 Chapter 6 of Title 9 Land Use Ordinance and Title 14 of the Imperial County Codified Ordinance.

g) Communication Towers: including radio, television, cellular, digital, along with the necessary support equipment such as receivers, transmitters, antennas, satellite dishes, relays, etc. (subject to requirements of this zone and Division 24; Section 92401 "Communications Facilities Ordinance" et al).

h) Drainage facilities.

i) Golf course.

j) Heliport.

k) Movie theater.

l) Race track or test track.

m) Recreational vehicle park.

n) Recycling Collection Facility, per Title 8, Chapter 8.68.

o) Sports arena (outdoor).

p) Trade fair and exhibits.

q) Travel center with incidental short term truck parking.

r) Truck repair (provided all repairs are in enclosed buildings).

s) Utility substations.

t) Waste water treatment plants.

u) Water purification plants.

v) Water treatment plants.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

All other uses not permitted by Sections 90514.01 and 90514.02 above are prohibited in the C-3 zone.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

Except as otherwise provided within this title no portion of any lot within the C-3 zone shall contain less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, except in the case of conveyances to or from a governmental agency, public entity, public utility.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

Where a residential use occupancy is allowed in the C-3 zone, there shall be a minimum of one thousand five (1,500) square feet of lot area per dwelling unit, including dwelling units that are permitted by conditional use permit.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

The following yard and setback requirements shall apply in the C-3 zone:

A. Front Yard. Except as otherwise provided, the front yard minimum setback for all buildings shall be as follows:

None provided that any structure built on property line or on the right-of-way line shall meet all California Building Code and California Fire Code requirements, for fire protection and shall be so located as to not create visual obstruction to traffic.

B. Side Yard. Except as otherwise provided, the side yard minimum setback for all buildings shall be as follows:

None required provided, except that any structure built on property line shall meet all California Building Code and California Fire Code requirements.

C. Rear Yard. Except as otherwise provided, the rear yard minimum setback for all buildings shall be as follows:

Shall be a rear yard of not less than twenty (20) feet, except that no rear yard shall be required in the event that a public alley exists and is adequate size to accommodate large commercial vehicles for the loading and unloading of products to the site.

D. Yards and setbacks for residential developments approved to be developed on C-3 zones, shall meet the requirements of the R-3 zone, as far as setbacks.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

Building and/or structures within the C-3 zone shall not exceed six stories or seventy-five (75) feet, whichever is less.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

There is no minimum distance between structures in the C-3 zone.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

Off-street parking shall be provided in the C-3 zone according to the standards contained in Sections 90402.00 through 90402.15 of this title.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

Every C-3 lot/parcel shall be landscaped to meet the requirements of Section 90302.04.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

The following signs shall be permitted in the C-3 zone; however, all signs shall be subject to Section 90401 as applicable:

1. Temporary real estate signs, advertising property for sale or lease not to exceed twenty (20) square feet.

2. Temporary construction signs.

3. Temporary political signs (not to exceed three months).

4. Institutional signs.

5. Signs attached to buildings.

6. Monument signs.

7. Pole signs advertising on-site identification uses only.

8. Off-site advertising signs when approved by a conditional use permit.

All signs shall meet requirement of Division 4, Chapter 1 of this title.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

All areas within the C-3 lot/area shall be, at all times, maintained as not to create a fire or life safety or health hazard either to the occupants of the structures, property or the neighbors' property.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

Any residential development authorized in the C-3 zone shall meet the requirements of the R-2 zone, and applicable health and safety regulations.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)