Ione Municipal Code Ch. 17.310 Allowed Use Definitions

The purpose of this chapter is to provide descriptions for each of the land use categories used in this title. Descriptions are grouped by general category on the basis of function, product, or compatibility characteristics as used in Article II (Zoning districts, allowed uses, and development standards).

(Ord. No. 528, 2-15-2022)

Accessory dwelling unit (ADU). An attached or detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. An ADU shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family or multifamily dwelling is or will be situated. An ADU also includes an "Efficiency Unit" as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 17958.1 and a "Manufactured Home" as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18007. An ADU shall be considered an accessory use.

Adult day care facility. State-licensed facilities that provide non-medical care and supervision for more than six adults for periods of less than 24 hours, with no overnight stays.

Adult day care home. Defined by state law as the provision of non-medical care to six or fewer adults, including seniors, in the providers own home, for a period of less than 24-hours at a time. Homes serving more than six adults are included in "adult day care facility."

Adult oriented business. Any business that, for any form of consideration, as a regular and substantial portion of conduct offers its patrons products, merchandize, services, or entertainment that, because of its sexually explicit nature, may, pursuant to state law or local regulatory authority, be offered only to persons over the age of 18 years. A regular and substantial portion of conduct shall mean any of the following:

1. That 25 percent or more of the business's gross revenue is derived from merchandise, services, or entertainment that is of a sexually explicit nature;

2. That 25 percent or more of the floor space of the area of the building open to the public is used for the display of products, merchandise, services, or entertainment that is of a sexually explicit nature.

Agricultural employee housing. Housing accommodation or property that meets the definition of employee housing in California Health and Safety Code Section 17008 and is provided for use by agricultural employees, as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 1140.4 of the California Labor Code.

Agricultural products processing. The act of changing an agricultural crop after harvest, from its natural state to the initial stage of processing in order to prepare it for market and for further processing at an off-site location. Examples of this processing include nut hulling and shelling, bean cleaning, corn shelling and sorting, grape sorting and crushing, primary processing of fruits to juice and initial storage of the juice, without fermentation, cleaning and packing of fruits.

Agricultural tourism. Establishments that cater to tourists and provide agricultural products either produced on the site or within the community. Such uses include but are not limited to wineries with tasting rooms and permanent road-side crop stands or fruit stands.

Airport. An airport is a facility where aircraft such as airplanes can take off and land. An airport minimally consists of one runway but other common components are hangars and terminal buildings. This includes the transference of freight from one aircraft to another, or from one aircraft to another type of vehicle, and all related ancillary activities. Transferring freight without the use of aircraft is included in "freight yard/truck terminal."

Alcoholic beverage sales. The retail sale of beer, wine, and/or other alcoholic beverages for on- or off-premise consumption.

Ambulance service. Emergency medical care and transportation, including incidental sleeping quarters, storage, and maintenance of vehicles.

Animal husbandry. Raising and breeding of animals or production of animal products. Typical uses include grazing, ranching, dairy farming, poultry farming, and beekeeping, but exclude slaughterhouses and feedlot operations. This classification includes accessory agricultural buildings accessory to such uses. Animal sales, boarding, and grooming are defined separately under "animal sales and grooming." Keeping of animals is defined separately under "animal keeping."

Animal keeping. Care and maintenance of animals on private property. The listing below provides a distinction between various types of animals related to allowed use provisions in Article II (Zoning districts, allowable uses, and general development standards). This classification is distinct from "animal husbandry," "animal sales and grooming," and "equestrian facility" (commercial or hobby). Also see "kennels, commercial," which provides for the boarding of animals (e.g., "doggie day-care").

1. Domestic pets. Small animals (no larger than the largest breed of dogs) customarily kept as pets within a dwelling unit. This classification includes dogs, cats, fish, and birds (excluding large tropical birds and poultry). No more than any combination of small animals up to a maximum of five. More than five shall be considered a kennel (hobby or commercial).

2. Exotic animals. Wild animals not customarily confined or cultivated by man for domestic or commercial purposes, but kept as a pet or for display, including potbelly pigs, snakes, reptiles, and large tropical birds (including peacocks).

3. Livestock animals. Livestock refers to domesticated animals that may be kept or raised in pens, barns, houses, and pastures whether for commercial or private use. Livestock includes, but is not limited to cattle, sheep, swine, goats, equine, and fowl.

4. Poultry/Rabbits. Domesticated birds (fowl) customarily kept for eggs or meat. This classification includes chickens, roosters, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, and Cornish game hens. Also includes rabbits.

Animal sales and grooming. Retail sales of domestic and exotic animals, bathing and trimming services and boarding of said animals for a maximum period of 72 hours conducted entirely within an enclosed building with no outdoor use.

Auto and vehicle sales and rental. Retail establishments selling and/or renting automobiles, trucks and vans. This use listing includes the sales and rental of mobile homes, recreation vehicles, and boats. May also include repair shops and the sales of parts and accessories, incidental to vehicle dealerships. It does not include the sale of auto parts/accessories separate from a vehicle dealership (see "auto parts sales"), bicycle and moped sales (see "retail—general"), tire recapping establishments (see "vehicle services"), businesses dealing exclusively in used parts (see "recycling—scrap and dismantling Yards"), wholesale establishments selling vehicles and parts (see "auto and vehicle sales, wholesale"), dismantling of auto vehicles (see "auto vehicle Dismantling"), or "Service Stations," all of which are separately defined.

Auto and vehicle sales, wholesale. Wholesale establishments selling new and used vehicles and used vehicle parts. This use is normally developed as part of an auto scrapping or dismantling yard.

Auto and vehicle storage. Facilities for the storage of operative and inoperative vehicles for limited periods of time. Includes but is not limited to storage of parking tow-aways, impound yards, and storage lots for automobiles, trucks, buses and recreation vehicles. Does not include vehicle dismantling (see "Auto Vehicle Dismantling") or retail sales (see "Auto and Vehicle Sales, Wholesale").

Auto parts sales. Stores that sell new automobile parts, tires, and accessories separate from an auto dealership. May also include minor parts installation (see "vehicle services"). Does not include tire recapping establishments (see "vehicle services"), businesses dealing exclusively in used parts (see "auto and vehicle sales, wholesale"), or the sale of auto parts/accessories as part of a vehicle dealership (see "auto and vehicle sales and rental").

Auto vehicle dismantling. Establishment for the dismantling of automobile vehicles, including the dismantling or wrecking of automobiles or other motor vehicles, and/or the storage or keeping for sale of parts and equipment resulting from such dismantling or wrecking. Retail sales are included under the definition of "auto and vehicle sales, wholesale."

Banks and financial services. Financial institutions such as banks and trust companies, credit agencies, holding (but not primarily operating) companies, lending and thrift institutions, and investment companies. Also includes automated teller machines (ATM).

Bars and nightclubs. Any bar, cocktail lounge, discotheque, or similar establishment, which may also provide live entertainment (e.g., music and/or dancing, comedy) in conjunction with alcoholic beverage sales. These facilities do not include bars that are part of a larger restaurant. Includes bars, taverns, pubs, and similar establishments where any food service is subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages. May also include the brewing of beer as part of a brew pub or microbrewery. Bars and nightclubs may include outdoor food and beverage areas.

Bed and breakfast inns. Residential structures with one family in permanent residence with up to five bedrooms rented for overnight lodging, where meals may be provided subject to applicable health department regulations. A bed and breakfast inn with more than five guest rooms is considered a hotel or motel, and is included under the definition of "hotels and motels."

Broadcasting and recording studios. Commercial and public communications uses including radio and television broadcasting and receiving stations and studios, with facilities entirely within buildings. Does not include transmission and receiving apparatus such as antennas and towers, which are under the definition of "wireless communication facility."

Building materials stores and yards. Retail establishments selling lumber and other large building materials, where most display and sales occur indoors. Includes stores selling to the general public, even if contractor sales account for a major proportion of total sales. Includes incidental retail ready-mix concrete operations, except where excluded by a specific zoning district. Establishments primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating, and air conditioning equipment and supplies are classified in "warehousing and distribution." Hardware stores are listed in the definition of "general retail stores," even if they sell some building materials. Also see "home improvement supplies" for smaller specialty stores.

Bus and transit shelters. A small structure designed for the protection and convenience of waiting transit passengers that has a roof and usually two or three sides.

Business support services. Establishments primarily within buildings, providing other businesses with services such as maintenance, repair and service, testing, rental, etc. Support services include, but are not limited to:

1. Equipment repair services (except vehicle repair, see "vehicle services");

2. Commercial art and design (production);

3. Computer-related services (rental, repair);

4. Copying, quick printing, and blueprinting services (other than those defined as "printing and publishing");

5. Equipment rental businesses within buildings (rental yards are "storage yards");

6. Film processing laboratories;

7. Heavy equipment repair services where repair occurs on the client site;

8. Janitorial services;

9. Mail advertising services (reproduction and shipping);

10. Mail box services other "heavy service" business services;

11. Outdoor advertising services; and

12. Photocopying and photofinishing.

Car washing and detailing. Permanent, drive-through, self-service and/or attended car washing establishments, including fully mechanized facilities. May include detailing services. Temporary car washes (e.g., fundraising activities generally conducted at a service station or other automotive-related business, where volunteers wash vehicles by hand, and the duration of the event is limited to one day) are not part of this use classification and are governed by the provisions of Chapter 17.220 (Temporary uses). See also "drive-in and drive-through sales and service."

Caretaker housing. A residence that is accessory to a site with a non-residential primary use, that is needed for security, 24-hour care or supervision, or monitoring of facilities, equipment, or other conditions on the site.

Cemeteries, mausoleums. Land used for the burial of the dead, and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including crematories, columbariums, and mausoleums. Also see "mortuaries and funeral homes."

Check cashing business. An establishment that, for compensation, engages in the business of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving a similar purpose. Also includes establishments primarily engaged in cashing payroll or personal checks for a fee or advancing funds on future checks. This classification does not include a state or federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union or similar financial institution (see "banks and financial services").

Child day care facility. A State licensed facility which provides non-medical, care, protection and supervision, to more than 14 children under 18 years of age, on a less than 24-hour basis. Commercial or non-profit child day care facilities includes infant centers, preschools, sick-child centers, and school-age day care facilities. These may be operated in conjunction with a school or church facility, or as an independent land use.

Clubs, lodges, and private meeting halls. Permanent, headquarters-type and meeting facilities for organizations operating on a membership basis for the promotion of the interests of the members, including facilities for: business associations; civic, social and fraternal organizations; labor unions and similar organizations political organizations; professional membership organizations and other membership organizations.

Community centers/civic uses. Multi-purpose meeting and recreational facilities typically consisting of one or more meeting or multi-purpose rooms, kitchen and/or outdoor barbecue facilities, that are available for use by various groups for such activities as meetings, parties, receptions, dances, etc.

Community garden. A site used for growing plants for food, fiber, herbs, flowers, which is shared and maintained by city residents.

Convenience stores. Easy access retail stores of 5,000 square feet or less in gross floor area, which carry a range of merchandise oriented to convenience and travelers' shopping needs. These stores may be part of a service station or an independent facility. Also see "grocery store/supermarket" for larger stores or stores oriented towards the daily shopping needs of residents.

Crop production. Raising and harvesting of plants, tree crops, row crops, or field crops on an agricultural or commercial basis, including packing and processing. Includes horticulture establishments engaged in the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental trees and shrubs for wholesale and incidental retail sales. This classification includes accessory agricultural buildings accessory to such uses and roadside stands for display/sale of agricultural products grown on the premises. Excludes uses for which other garden, nursery, or landscape merchandise are stored and sold on the site.

Drive-in and drive-through sales and service. Facilities where food or other products may be purchased by motorists without leaving their vehicles. These facilities include fast-food restaurants, drive through coffee, dairy product, photo stores, etc.

Dwelling, multi-family. A building designed and intended for occupancy by three or more families living independently of each other, each in a separate dwelling unit, which may be owned individually or by a single landlord (e.g., apartment, apartment house, townhouse, condominium).

Dwelling, second unit. An attached or detached dwelling unit which provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, with permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation sited on the same parcel as the primary dwelling unit. This definition includes granny flats.

Dwelling, single family. A building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family on a single lot. This classification includes manufactured homes (defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 18007) and model homes for the first sale of homes within the subdivision.

Dwelling, two-family. An attached building (e.g., duplex) designed for occupancy by two families living independently of each other, where both dwellings are located on a single lot. For the purposes of this title, this definition also includes halfplexes (two attached units, each with a separate lot). More than one two-family dwelling may be located on a single lot consistent with the density provisions of the general plan. Does not include second dwelling units (see "dwelling, second unit").

Dwelling, three- and four-family. An attached building (e.g., triples or fourplex) designed for occupancy by three or four families living independently of each other, where all dwellings are located on a single lot.

Emergency shelter. Housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.

Employee housing. Housing accommodation or property for use by employees that meets the definition of employee housing in California Health and Safety Code Section 17008.

Equestrian facility, commercial. Commercial horse, donkey, and mule facilities including horse ranches, boarding stables, riding schools and academies, horse exhibition facilities (for shows or other competitive events), pack stations, and barns, stables, corrals and paddocks accessory and incidental to these uses.

Equestrian facility, hobby. Stables, corrals, and paddocks used by the individual homeowners of corresponding property and their animals.

Equipment sales and rental. Service establishments with outdoor storage/rental yards, which may offer a wide variety of materials and equipment for rental (e.g., construction equipment).

Family day care home, large. State licensed facilities that provide non-medical care and supervision of minor children for periods of less than 24 hours within a single family residence. The occupant of the residence provides care and supervision generally for seven to 14 children. As described in the California Health and Safety Code, large day care homes may provide services for up to 16 children when specific conditions are met. A large family daycare home, as defined by California Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78(b), is a residential use of property and shall be subject to the same standards, including permitting requirements, that apply to residences of the same type in the same zone as the large family daycare home.

Family day care home, small. State licensed facilities that provide non-medical care and supervision of minor children for periods of less than 24 hours within a single family residence. The occupant of the residence provides care and supervision generally to six or fewer children. As described in the California Health and Safety Code, small day care homes for children may provide services for up to eight children when specific conditions are met. A small family daycare home, as defined by California Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78(a), is a residential use of property and shall be subject to the same standards, including permitting requirements, that apply to residences of the same type in the same zone as the small family daycare home.

Freight yard/truck terminal. An establishment where the primary activities are transferring freight from one vehicle to another and furnishing services incidental to motor freight, rail transportation, and other vehicles. This includes freight forwarding services; freight terminal facilities; joint terminal and service facilities; packing, crating, inspection, and weighing services; postal service bulk mailing distribution centers; transportation arrangement services; repair and storage of vehicles as ancillary activities; truck terminals; and trucking facilities. The transference of freight that involves aircrafts is included in "airport." Facilities and terminals for vehicles that transfer freight as an ancillary operation to mass transit is included "transit facilities" and "transit stations and terminals." The transfer and distribution of fuel is included in "fuel storage and distribution."

Fuel storage and distribution. A large scale facility where fuel (such as propane and gasoline) is stored and distributed without retail sales.

Golf courses/clubhouse. Golf courses and accessory facilities and uses including: clubhouses with bar and restaurant, locker and shower facilities; driving ranges; "pro shops" for on-site sales of golfing equipment; and golf cart storage and sales facilities.

Grocery stores/supermarket. A retail business where the majority of the floor area open to the public is occupied by food products packaged for preparation and consumption away from the site of the store. These full service businesses do not typically have limited hours of operation. See separate, but related, listing for "convenience store."

Group residential. Shared living quarters without separate kitchen and/or bathroom facilities for each room or unit. This classification includes residential hotels, dormitories, fraternities, sororities, convents, rectories, and private residential clubs but does not include living quarters shared exclusively by a family. This category includes boarding houses, which are defined as a building other than a hotel or restaurant, where meals or lodging or both meals and lodging are provided for compensation for four or more persons.

Guest house. A detached structure accessory to a single family dwelling, accommodating living/sleeping quarters, but without kitchen or cooking facilities.

Heliports. A designated, marked area on the ground or the top of a structure where helicopters may land at any time.

Hog farm, commercial. Any premises used for the raising or keeping of hogs when raised, fed, and fattened for purposes of sale and consumption by other than the owner of the site. In an agricultural and agricultural-residential zoning district, the term hog farm commercial does not exclude the raising of hogs as part of general agricultural practices and 4-H purposes (also see "animal keeping").

Home improvement/hardware store. Establishments (retail or wholesale) that sell kitchen, bath, furnishings, carpeting, and other home oriented supplies. Other retail uses are permitted if accessory to the primary use. These uses may include an expansive showroom. This category does not include the sale of lumber and does not permit the outdoor display of merchandise. This use classification is a subcategory of the larger building materials stores and yards use classification and may be combined with or separate from such uses.

Home occupations. The conduct of a business within a dwelling unit or residential site, employing occupants of the dwelling, with the business activity being subordinate to the residential use of the property. Examples include, but are not limited to, accountants and financial advisors, architects, artists, attorneys, offices for construction businesses (no equipment or material storage), and real estate sales.

Hotels and motels. Facility with guest rooms or suites, provided with or without kitchen facilities, rented to the general public for transient lodging (less than 30 days). Hotels provide access to most guest rooms from an interior walkway, and typically include a variety of services in addition to lodging; for example, restaurants, meeting facilities, personal services, etc. Motels provide access to most guest rooms from an exterior walkway. Also includes accessory guest facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, indoor athletic facilities, accessory retail uses, etc. Also see "bed and breakfast inn."

Indoor amusement/entertainment facility. Establishments providing indoor amusement and entertainment services for a fee or admission charge, including: dance halls and ballrooms, card rooms, and bowling alleys. Also includes uses that consist of four or more electronic games or coin-operated amusements in any establishment, or a premises where 50 percent or more of the floor area is occupied by amusement devices; three or less electronic games or coin-operated amusements are not considered a land use separate from the primary use of the site.

Indoor fitness and sports facilities. Predominantly participant sports and health activities conducted entirely within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alley, billiard parlor, ice/roller skating rinks, indoor racquetball courts, indoor climbing facilities, soccer areas, athletic clubs and health clubs. This use does not include special studios not a part of an athletic or health club (e.g. karate studio, dance studio, etc.). Also see "schools—private and special/studio."

Junior accessory dwelling unit (JADU). A residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, is no more than 500 square feet in size, and is contained entirely within a single-family residence.

Kennels, commercial. These facilities provide boarding of animals as the primary use of the facility. May also include day-time boarding and activity for animals (e.g., "doggie day care") and ancillary grooming facilities. Also see "animal sales and grooming."

Kennels, hobby. Facility for the keeping, boarding or maintaining of five or more dogs (four months of age or older), or five or more cats. Excludes dogs or cats for sale in pet shops or patients in animal hospitals. This includes a kennel where the animals are owned or kept by the owner or occupant for personal, non-commercial purposes, including hunting, tracking, exhibiting at shows, exhibitions, field trials or other competitions, or for enhancing or perpetuating a given breed, other than dogs or cats used in conjunction with an agricultural operation on the lot or premises.

Libraries and museums. Public or quasi-public facilities including aquariums, arboretums, art exhibitions, botanical gardens, historic sites and exhibits, libraries, museums, and planetariums, which are generally non-commercial in nature.

Live-work facility. A structure or portion of a structure:

1. That combines a commercial or manufacturing activity allowed in the zone with a residential living space for the owner of the commercial or manufacturing business, or the owner's employee, and that person's household;

2. Where the resident owner or employee of the business is responsible for the commercial or manufacturing activity performed; and

3. Where the commercial or manufacturing activity conducted takes place subject to a valid business license associated with the premises.

Low-barrier navigation center. A Housing First, low-barrier, service-enriched shelter focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and housing. "Low Barrier" means best practices to reduce barriers to entry, and may include, but is not limited to, the following:

1. The presence of partners if it is not a population-specific site, such as for survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault, women, or youth.

2. Pets.

3. The storage of possessions.

4. Privacy, such as partitions around beds in a dormitory setting or in larger rooms containing more than two beds, or private rooms.

Maintenance and repair, small equipment. Establishments providing on-site repair and accessory sales of supplies for appliances, office machines, home electronic/mechanical equipment, bicycles, tools, or garden equipment, conducted entirely within an enclosed building. This classification does not include maintenance and repair of vehicles.

Manufactured home. The California Health and Safety Code, Section 18007, defines a manufactured home as a structure that meets the following criteria:

1. Transportable in one or more sections;

2. When in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet;

3. Is built on a permanent chassis;

4. Designed to be used as a residential dwelling;

5. Erected with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities;

6. Includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein.

This term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements so long as the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification and complies with the standards established under this part. "Manufactured home" includes a mobile home subject to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C., Section 5401, et seq.). "Manufactured Home, Permanent" refers to a manufactured home on a foundation system, pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 18551. "Manufactured Home, Non-Permanent" means a manufactured home that is not affixed to a permanent foundation.

Manufacturing, major. Manufacturing, fabrication, processing, and assembly of materials in a raw form. Uses in this category typically create greater than usual amounts of smoke, gas, odor, dust, sound, or other objectionable influences that might be obnoxious to persons conducting business on-site or on an adjacent site. Uses include but are not limited to batch plants, rendering plants, aggregate processing facilities, plastics and rubber products manufacturing. Also see "manufacturing, minor" and "manufacturing, small scale."

Manufacturing, minor. Manufacturing, fabrication, processing, and assembly of materials from parts that are already in processed form and that, in their maintenance, assembly, manufacture, or plant operation, do not create excessive amounts of smoke, gas, odor, dust, sound, or other objectionable influences that might be obnoxious to persons conducting business on-site or on an adjacent site. Uses include but are not limited to furniture manufacturing and cabinet shops, laundry and dry cleaning plants, metal products fabrication, food and beverage manufacturing, etc. Also see "manufacturing, major" and "manufacturing, small scale."

Manufacturing, small scale. Establishments manufacturing and/or assembling small products primarily by hand, including but not limited to jewelry, pottery and other ceramics, as well as small glass and metal art and craft products. Also see "manufacturing, major" and "manufacturing, minor."

Medical services, extended care. Residential facilities providing nursing and health related care as a primary use with in-patient beds, such as: board and care homes; convalescent and rest homes; extended care facilities; skilled nursing facilities. Long-term personal care facilities that do not emphasize medical treatment are included under "Residential Care Homes."

Medical services, general. Facility primarily engaged in providing outpatient medical, mental health, surgical and other personal health services, but which are separate from hospitals, including: medical and dental laboratories, medical, dental and psychiatric offices, out-patient care facilities, other allied health service. Counseling services by other than medical doctors or psychiatrists are included under "offices."

Medical services, hospitals. Hospitals and similar facilities engaged primarily in providing diagnostic services, and extensive medical treatment, including surgical and other hospital services. These establishments have an organized medical staff, inpatient beds, and equipment and facilities to provide complete health care. May include on-site accessory clinics and laboratories, accessory retail uses (see the separate definition of "retail, accessory") and emergency heliports.

Mobile home. A transportable structure, which is built on a permanent chassis and designed as a dwelling when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein (California Health and Safety Code Sections 18007 and 18008). A mobile home is included in the definition of manufactured home and the minimum dimensions for a mobile home are eight feet wide, 40 feet long, and a total area of 320 square feet.

Mobile home park. Any site that is planned and improved to accommodate two or more mobile homes used for residential purposes, or on which two or more mobile home lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership, to accommodate mobile homes used for residential purposes.

Mortuaries and funeral homes. Funeral homes and parlors, where deceased are prepared for burial or cremation, and funeral services may be conducted.

Offices, accessory. Offices that are incidental and accessory to another business or sales activity that is the primary use (part of the same tenant space or integrated development). The qualification criteria for this definition is that the floor area of the accessory office use shall not exceed 50 percent of the total net habitable or leasable floor area of the tenant space for a single use development or the combined floor area of an integrated development for a mixed use project.

Offices, business and professional. This use listing includes offices of administrative businesses providing direct services to consumers (e.g., insurance companies, utility companies), government agency and service facilities (e.g. post office, civic center), professional offices (e.g. accounting, attorneys, employment, public relations), and offices engaged in the production of intellectual property (e.g. advertising, architectural, computer programming, photography studios). This use does not include medical offices (see "medical services"), temporary offices (see Chapter 17.220 (Temporary uses)), or offices that are incidental and accessory to another business or sales activity that is the primary use (see "offices—accessory"). Outdoor storage of materials is prohibited.

Outdoor commercial recreation. Facility for various outdoor participant sports and types of recreation where a fee is charged for use (e.g., amphitheaters, amusement and theme parks, golf driving ranges, health and athletic club with outdoor facilities, miniature golf courses, skateboard parks, stadiums and coliseums, swim and tennis clubs, water slides, zoos).

Park and ride facility. A designated area where a vehicle may be left in order to carpool with other commuters or to ride public transit.

Parking facility. Parking facility is a parking lot of parking structure used for parking motor vehicles where the facility is the primary use of the site. Parking structures and lots that are developed in conjunction with another primary use of the site to satisfy the onsite parking requirements for the development are not included in this definition.

Parks and public plazas. Public parks including playgrounds and athletic fields/courts and public plazas and outdoor gathering places for community use. If privately-owned and restricted to the public (e.g., require payment of fee), the same facilities are included under the definition of "outdoor commercial recreation."

Personal services. Establishments providing non-medical services as a primary use, including, but not limited to barber and beauty shops, clothing rental, dry cleaning pick-up stores with limited equipment, massage parlors, laundromats (self-service laundries), shoe repair shops, and tailors. These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the services provided, spas and hot tubs for rent, and tanning salons.

Printing and publishing. Establishments engaged in printing by letterpress, lithography, gravure, screen, offset, or electrostatic (xerographic) copying, and other establishments serving the printing trade including bookbinding, typesetting, engraving, photoengraving, and electrotyping. This use also includes establishments that publish newspapers, books and periodicals, and establishments manufacturing business forms and binding devices. Does not include "quick printing" services or desktop publishing which are included in "business support services."

Public safety facility. Facility operated by public agencies including fire stations, other fire prevention and fire fighting facilities, police and sheriff substations and headquarters, including interim incarceration facilities.

Qualified streamlined housing, A residential development required to be processed under a streamlined, ministerial process by state law and that meets all criteria and requirements of state law to be eligible for a streamlined, ministerial process.

Recreational vehicle parks. A site where one or more lots are used, or are intended to be used, by campers with recreational vehicles or tents. Recreational vehicle parks may include public restrooms, water, sewer, and electric hookups to each lot and are intended as a higher density, more intensively developed use than campgrounds. May include accessory retail uses where they are clearly incidental and intended to serve RV park patrons only.

Recycling facility, collection. A recycling facility used for the acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase of recyclable materials from the public that does not occupy more than 500 square feet. This classification may include a mobile unit, kiosk-type units that may include permanent structures and unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable materials. This also includes so-called "reverse vending machines"—automated mechanical device that accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers including, but not limited to, aluminum cans, glass bottles and plastic bottles, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with value of not less than the container's redemption value as determined by the state.

Recycling facility, processing. A recycling facility located in a building or enclosed space and used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials. Processing means the preparation of material for efficient shipment or to an end-user's specifications by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning and remanufacturing. Collection of recycling materials as the sole activity is included in "recycling facility, collection."

Recycling facility, scrap and dismantling. Uses engaged in the assembling, breaking up, sorting, temporary storage, and distribution of recyclable or reusable scrap and waste materials. This use does not include landfills or other terminal waste disposal sites. Also see "auto vehicle dismantling" for related use for automobiles. Collection of recycling materials as the sole activity is included in "recycling facility, collection."

Religious institutions. Facility operated by religious organizations for worship, or the promotion of religious activities (e.g., churches, mosques, synagogues, temples) and accessory uses on the same site (e.g., living quarters for ministers and staff, child day care facilities which were authorized in conjunction with the primary use. Other establishments maintained by religious organizations, such as full-time educational institutions, hospitals and other potentially related operations (e.g., recreational camp) are classified according to their respective activities.

Research and development. Indoor facilities for scientific research, and the design, development and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical and mechanical components in advance of product manufacturing, that are not associated with a manufacturing facility on the same site. Includes but is not limited to chemical and biotechnology research and development. Does not include computer software companies (see "offices—business and professional"), soils and other materials testing laboratories (see "business support services"), or medical laboratories (see "medical services—clinics and labs").

Residential care facility. Consistent with the definitions of state law, a residential care facility is a facility that provides 24-hour non-medical care for more than six persons in need of personal services, protection, supervision, assistance, guidance, or training essential for sustaining the activities of daily living, or for the protection of the individual. This classification includes group homes, residential care facilities for the elderly, adult residential facilities, wards of the juvenile court, and other facilities licensed by the State of California.

Residential care home. Consistent with the definitions of state law, a residential care home is a home that provides 24-hour non-medical care for six or fewer persons in need of personal services, protection, supervision, assistance, guidance, or training essential for sustaining the activities of daily living, or for the protection of the individual. This classification includes group homes, rest homes, residential care facilities for the elderly, adult residential facilities, wards of the juvenile court, and other facilities licensed by the State of California. Convalescent homes, nursing homes and similar facilities providing medical care are included under the definition of "medical services, extended care." The residents and operators of the facility shall be considered a family for the purposes of this title. Residential care homes are subject to the same standards and requirements that apply to a dwelling unit of the same type (i.e., single family dwelling, a unit in a multifamily dwelling, and mobile homes) in the same zone.

Resource protection and restoration. Activities and management of an area to preserve, re-create and enhance natural resource values such as fish and wildlife habitat, rare and endangered plants, vernal pools, erosion control, and floodwater conveyance.

Resource-related recreation. Facility related to passive recreation in open space areas including bicycle and pedestrian trails, picnic areas, parking areas, and interpretive centers.

Restaurants. A retail business selling food and beverages prepared and/or served on the site, for on- or off-premise consumption. These include eating establishments where customers are served from a walk-up ordering counter for either on- or off-premise consumption, and establishments where most customers are served food at tables for on-premise consumption, but may include providing food for take-out. Also includes coffee houses and accessory cafeterias as part of office and industrial uses.

Retail, accessory. The retail sales of various products (including food service) in a store or similar facility that is located within a health care, hotel, office, or industrial complex. These uses include but are not limited to pharmacies, gift shops, and food service establishments within hospitals, and convenience stores and food service establishments within hotel, office, and industrial complexes. This use category also includes retail associated with industrial uses for the products sold, distributed or manufactured on site. Such retail area shall not exceed 25 percent of the total square footage of the tenant space of a single use development or the combined floor area of an integrated development in a mixed use project.

Retail, general. Stores and shops selling multiple lines of merchandise. These stores and lines of merchandise include but are not limited to art galleries, bakeries (all production in support of on-site, sales), clothing and accessories, collectibles, department stores, drug and discount stores, dry goods, fabrics and sewing supplies, florists and houseplant stores, furniture, home furnishings and equipment, general stores, gift shops, hardware, hobby materials, musical instruments, newsstands, pet supplies, specialty shops, sporting goods and equipment, stationery, and variety stores.

Schools, charter. A private school operating under a charter from the local school district providing primary/secondary education to students at the elementary, middle, or high school level and not managed directly by the governing body of the public school district (e.g., school board).

Schools, private and special/studio. Includes private educational institutions (e.g., boarding schools, business, secretarial, and vocational schools, colleges and universities, establishments providing for courses by mail or on-line) and special schools/studios (e.g., art, ballet and other dance, computers and electronics, drama, driver education, language, music, photography). Also includes facilities, institutions and conference centers that offer specialized programs in personal growth and development, (e.g., fitness training studios, gymnastics instructions and aerobics and gymnastics studios, environmental awareness, arts, communications, management). Also see "indoor fitness and sports facilities."

Schools, public. Public educational institutions such as community colleges, universities, elementary, middle/junior high schools, high schools, and military academies.

Service station. A retail business selling gasoline or other motor vehicle fuels. Vehicle services which are incidental to fuel services are included under "vehicle services, minor."

Single room occupancy (SRO) facilities. Multi-unit housing for very low income persons that typically consists of a single room and shared bath and also may include a shared common kitchen and common activity area. SROs may be restricted to seniors or be available to persons of all ages. Subsidized versions may be supervised by a government housing agency.

Smoke shops. An establishment that either devotes more than 15 percent of its total floor area to smoking, drug, and/or tobacco paraphernalia or devotes more than a two foot by four foot section of shelf space for display for sale of smoking, drug, and/or tobacco paraphernalia.

Storage, personal storage facility. A structure or group of structures containing generally small, individual, compartmentalized stalls or lockers rented as individual storage spaces and characterized by low parking demand.

Storage, warehouse. Facility for the storage of furniture, household goods, or other commercial goods of any nature. Includes cold storage. Does not include: warehouse, storage or mini-storage facilities offered for rent or lease to the general public (see "storage, personal storage facility") or warehouse facilities in which the primary purpose of storage is for wholesaling and distribution (see "wholesaling and distribution").

Storage, yards. The storage of various materials outside of a structure other than fencing, either as an accessory or principal use.

Supportive housing. Housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to an onsite or offsite service that assists the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.

Tattoo parlors. Any establishment that engages in the business of tattooing and/or branding human beings.

Theaters and auditoriums. Indoor facilities for public assembly and group entertainment, other than sporting events (e.g., civic theaters, facilities for "live" theater and concerts, exhibition and convention halls, motion picture theaters, auditoriums). Does not include outdoor theaters, concert and similar entertainment facilities, and indoor and outdoor facilities for sporting events; see "outdoor commercial recreation."

Thrift and consignment stores and pawn shops. Includes any establishment, as a regular and substantial portion of conduct, sells secondhand goods that are donated or provided by the public. Includes any establishment in which the business of pawn brokering, or the business of lending money upon personal property, pawns or pledges, or the business of purchasing articles from vendors or their assignees at prices agreed upon at or before the time of such purchase, is engaged in, carried on, or conducted. A regular and substantial portion of conduct shall mean that 25 percent or more of the establishment's gross revenue is derived from secondhand goods, or that 25 percent or more of the floor space of the area of the building is used for the display of secondhand goods.

Transit facilities. Maintenance and service centers for the vehicles operated in a mass transportation system. Includes buses, taxis, railways, etc.

Transit stations and terminals. Passenger stations for vehicular and rail mass transit systems.

Transitional housing. Includes both:

1. Housing with supportive services for up to 24 months that is exclusively designated and targeted for recently homeless persons. Transitional housing includes self-sufficiency development services, with the ultimate goal of moving recently homeless persons to permanent housing as quickly as possible, and limits rents and service fees to an ability-to-pay formula reasonably consistent with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's requirements for subsidized housing for low-income persons.

2. Buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirements that require the termination of assistance and recirculating of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at a predetermined future point in time that shall be no less than six months from the beginning of the assistance. Usually provided with supportive services to assist in finding and keeping permanent housing.

Utility facility and infrastructure. Includes the following:

1. Fixed-base structures and facilities serving as junction points for transferring utility services from one transmission voltage to another or to local distribution and service voltages. These uses include any of the following facilities that are not exempted from land use permit requirements by Government Code Section 53091: electrical substations and switching stations, natural gas regulating and distribution facilities, public water system wells, treatment plants and storage, telephone switching facilities, wastewater treatment plants, settling ponds and disposal fields. These uses do not include office or customer service centers (classified in "offices"), or equipment and material storage yards.

2. Pipelines for potable water, reclaimed water, natural gas, and sewage collection and disposal; and facilities for the transmission of electrical energy for sale, including transmission lines for a public utility company. Also includes telephone, telegraph, cable television and other communications transmission facilities utilizing direct physical conduits.

Vehicle services, major. The repair, alteration, restoration, towing, painting, cleaning (e.g., self-service and attended car washes), or finishing of automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, boats and other vehicles as a primary use, including the incidental wholesale and retail sale of vehicle parts as an accessory use. This use includes major repair and body work—repair facilities dealing with entire vehicles; such establishments typically provide towing, collision repair, other body work, and painting services and may also include tire recapping establishments.

Vehicle services, minor. Minor facilities specialize in limited aspects of repair and maintenance (e.g., muffler and radiator shops, quick-lube, smog check). Does not include repair shops that are part of a vehicle dealership on the same site (see "auto and vehicle sales") or automobile dismantling yards, which are included under "recycling—scrap and dismantling yards."

Veterinary facility. Veterinary facility that is primarily enclosed, containing only enough cage arrangements as necessary to provide services for domestic and exotic animals requiring acute medical or surgical care with accessory outdoor use that provides long term medical care. Grooming and boarding of animals is allowed only if accessory to the facility use.

Wireless communication facility. Facility designed and/or used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving, or relaying voice and/or data signals from various wireless communication devices, including transmission tower, antenna, and or other facility designed or used for that purpose. Amateur radio transmission facilities, facilities operated exclusively as part of a public safety network, and facilities used exclusively for the transmission of television and/or radio broadcasts are not "wireless communication facilities."

Wholesaling and distribution. Establishments engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, or professional business users; or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to such persons or companies. Includes such establishments as: agents, merchandise or commodity brokers, and commission merchants, assemblers, buyers and associations engaged in the cooperative marketing of farm products, merchant wholesalers, and stores primarily selling electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning supplies and equipment.

(Ord. No. 528, 2-15-2022)