Chapter 17.12 — COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS

COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS

This Chapter provides regulations applicable to existing development and new land uses in the commercial, office, and industrial zoning districts established by Section 17.06.020 (Zoning Districts Established).

The purposes of the individual commercial, office, and manufacturing/industrial zoning districts and the manner in which they are applied are as follows. Commercial land use designations are also hierarchical. Hierarchical means less intense commercial uses will be allowed in each designation. Residential uses will be allowed as specified in each designation. The standards in Table 2-3 will apply to any residential development in the Commercial, Office, and Industrial Zones.

The hierarchy from less to more intense is as follows: PO, LC, HC, C, and I .

• A. PO - Professional Office. The professional office designation is intended for low intensity "soft commercial" land uses such as medical and legal offices. Minimum parcel or lot size is 8,000 square feet. Dwelling units shall be allowed within this designation.

• B. LC - Limited Commercial. The "LC" designation is intended to accommodate existing business within predominantly residential neighborhoods. Limited Commercial allows for any use allowed in the Commercial (C) designation with the exception of those which generate high volumes of traffic or noise. Minimum parcel or lot size is 8,000 square feet. Dwelling units are allowed in areas with the "LC" designation.

• C. HC - Historic Commercial. The "HC" designation is applied to the downtown area of the City where the bulk of the commercial activities are related to tourism and the buildings are historic. Proposed uses in the HC land use designation would include any use allowed in the Limited Commercial and Professional Office designations along with retail or wholesale stores or businesses not involving any kind of manufacture, processing or treatment of products other than that which is clearly incidental to the retail business conducted on the premises. Residential uses are allowed within this designation.

• D. C - Commercial. The "C" designation is applied to those areas of the City where retail, commercial and professional business services are acceptable. Minimum lot size is 8,000 square feet. Residential uses are allowed only with a Conditional Use Permit.

• E. I - Industrial. The industrial designation is intended for land which is suitable for manufacturing and light industrial uses. Residential uses may be allowed in an area designated industrial with a Conditional Use Permit. Minimum lot size is 8,000 square feet.

General land use permit requirements. Table 2-4 identifies the uses of land allowed by this Development Code in the commercial, office, and manufacturing/industrial zoning districts, and the land use permit required to establish each use, in compliance with Section 17.06.040 (Zoning

District Regulations).

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TABLE 2-4
COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ALLOWABLE LAND USES
Land use Allowable uses
PO 1. Barber Shops
2. Beauty Salons
3. Child Care Facilities
4. Delicatessens with a seating capacity of 40 or less
5. Dentists Offices
6. Doctors Offices
7. Legal Services
8. Offices—Business or professional
9. Personal Services
10. Public utility business offices
11. Residential Uses (Single or Multi-Family).
12. Voice, video, and data transmission facilities
LC 1. Uses listed in the PO zone
2. Retail or wholesale stores or business under 3,000 square feet in size not
involving any kind of manufacture, processing or treatment of products other than
that which is clearly incidental to the retail business conducted on the premises
and not more than 50 percent of the floor area of the building is used in the
manufacture or treatment of products, and that such operations or products are not
objectionable due to noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibration or other similar causes
3. Automobile parking areas
4. Child care facilities
5. Bakeries, employing not more than 10 persons on premises
6. Bars as part of a restaurant
7. Blueprinting and photostating shops
8. Bus terminals and taxi stands
9. Churches, temporary revivals
10. Cleaning and pressing establishments using non-inflammable and non-
explosive cleaning fluid
11. Conservatories of music
12. Destination resorts and inns with a maximum of 12 rooms
13. Grocery, fruit and vegetable stores, supermarkets

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TABLE 2-4
COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ALLOWABLE LAND USES
Land use Allowable uses
14. Hardware stores
15. Hotels and Motels with less than 12 rooms
16. Interior decorating shops
17. Large Retail Establishments (LREs) under 20,000 square feet
18. Nurseries and flower or plant greenhouses
19. Performing arts facilities
20. Pet Stores
21. Plumbing shops
22. Radio and television stores
23. Recreational Centers
24. Residential Uses (Single or Multi-Family).
25. Restaurants, tea rooms, cafes, banquet rooms, and refreshments stands not
including drive-through restaurants
26. Self-service laundries or launderettes
27. Tattoo and body art studios
28. Telephone and public utility buildings and business offices
29. Theaters, including drive-in theaters
30. Trade schools and recreation centers, other than amusement centers, which are
not otherwise objectionable due to noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibrations, or other
similar causes
31. Upholstery shops (not including auto and boat upholstery)
32. Wedding chapels
33. All types of storage facilities, including truck repair
With a Conditional Use Permit:
34. Arcades
35. Bars not associated with a restaurant
36. Liquor Stores
37. Pawn Shops
HC 1. Uses listed in the PO and LC zones
2. Retail or wholesale stores or business not involving any kind of manufacture or
processing
3. Automobile parking areas

TABLE 2-4 COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ALLOWABLE LAND USES Land use Allowable uses 4. Bakeries 5. Banks 6. Bars as part of a restaurant 7. Bus terminals and taxi stands 8. Churches 9. Copy/fax/mail box stores 10. Dry Cleaning and pressing establishments using non-inflammable and nonexplosive cleaning fluid 11. Department Stores 12. Appliance stores 13. Express offices 14. Furniture stores 15. Grocery stores 16. Hardware stores 17. Hotels 18. Interior decorating shops 19. Medical laboratories 20. Motels 21. Music stores and schools 22. Nurseries and flower shops 23. Pet stores 24. Plumbing shops 25. Radio and television stores 26. Radio and television stations 27. Residential Uses (Single or Multi-Family). 28. Restaurants 29. Theaters 30. Trade Schools 31. Utility Offices With a Conditional Use Permit: 32. Arcades

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TABLE 2-4
COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ALLOWABLE LAND USES
Land use Allowable uses
33. Bars not associated with a restaurant
34. Child Care Facilities
35. Liquor Stores
36. Pawn Shops
C 1. Uses listed in the PO, LC, and HC zones
2. Retail or wholesale stores or business under 20,000 square feet without a
conditional use permit not involving any kind of manufacture, processing or
treatment of products other than that which is clearly incidental to the retail
business conducted on the premises and not more than 50 percent of the floor area
of the building is used in the manufacture or treatment of products, and that such
operations or products are not objectionable due to noise, odor, dust, smoke,
vibration or other similar causes
3. Arcades
4. Automobile parking areas
5. Automobile service stations, including super-service stations and repair garages
6. Bakeries, employing not more than 10 persons on premises
7. Banks
8. Bars
9. Blueprinting and photostating shops
10. Body and fender repair shops, auto painting shops
11. Bowling alleys
12. Bus terminals and taxi stands
13. Churches, temporary revivals
14. Cleaning and pressing establishments using non-inflammable and non-
explosive cleaning fluid
15. Conservatories of music
16. Department stores
17. Destination resorts and inns
18. Electric appliance stores and repairs
19. Furniture stores
20. Grocery, fruit and vegetable stores, supermarkets
21. Hardware stores
22. Hotels

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TABLE 2-4
COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ALLOWABLE LAND USES
Land use Allowable uses
23. Interior decorating shops
24. Medical laboratories
25. Motels, auto courts and tourist courts
26. Music stores and music and vocal instructions
27. New and used car lots
28. Nurseries and flower or plant greenhouses
29. Performing arts facilities
30. Pet Stores
31. Plumbing shops
32. Radio and television stores
33. Recreational Centers
34. Restaurants, tea rooms, cafes, banquet rooms, and refreshments stands
including drive-through restaurants
35. Self-service laundries or launderettes
36. Tattoo and body art studios
37. Telephone and public utility buildings and business offices
38. Television and radio studios
39. Theaters, including drive-in theaters
40. Trade schools and recreation centers, other than amusement centers, which are
not otherwise objectionable due to noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibrations, or other
similar causes
41. Upholstery shops (not including auto and boat upholstery)
42. Wedding chapels
43. All types of storage facilities, including truck repair
With a Conditional Use Permit:
44. Residential uses—all densities
45. Large Retail Establishments (LREs) over 20,000 square feet.
46. Pawn Shops
47. Building material storage yard, construction storage yard
48. Childcare Facilities
I 1. All uses allowed in the PO, LC, HC, and C zones

TABLE 2-4 COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ALLOWABLE LAND USES Land use Allowable uses 2. Assembly and storage of goods, materials, liquids and equipment (except storage of flammable or explosive matter) 3. Wholesale and storage warehouses 4. Manufacturing, process, fabricating, refining, repairing, packaging or treatment of goods, material, or produce by electric or solar power, oil, or gas (except operations involving fish fats and oils, bones and meat products, or similar substances commonly recognized as creating offensive conditions in the handling thereof) 5. Dyeing and dry-cleaning plants, rug cleaning plants, laundries 6. Cabinet shops, construction and material yards (except gravel, rock, and cement material yards) 7. Body and fender repair shops, auto painting shops 8. Cooperage and bottling works 9. Sheet metal shops, welding shops 10. Truck terminals 11. Upholstery shops With a Conditional Use Permit: 12. Auto wrecking yards 13. Wholesale lumber yards 14. Pottery kilns and ceramic works of heavy industrial types 15. Concrete batching plants 16. Blacksmith shops, casing foundries 17. Building material storage yard, construction storage yard 18. Junk yard

Subdivisions, new land uses and structures, and alterations to existing land uses and structures, shall be designed, constructed, and/or established in compliance with the requirements in Table 2-4, in addition to any other applicable requirements of this Chapter, and the development standards (e.g., landscaping, parking and loading, etc.) in Article III (Site Planning and General Development Standards).

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TABLE 2-5
COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
REQUIREMENT BY ZONING DISTRICT
DEVELOPMENT
FEATURE PO LC HC C I
Minimum Lot Size 8,000 sq. ft. 8,000 sq. ft. None 8,000 sq. ft. 8,000 sq. ft
Maximum Building 20,000 sq. ft.(1) 20,000 sq. ft.(1) 5,000 sq. ft. 20,000 sq. ft.(1) 20,000 sq. ft.(1)
footprint
Front Yard Setback 10 ft. 10 ft. None 10 ft. 10 ft.
Side Yard Setback 5 ft. 5 ft. None None None
Rear Yard Setback 10 ft. 10 ft. 10 ft. 10 ft. 10.ft.
Site Coverage 70% 80% 100% 100% 100%
Height Limit 2 stories or 35 2 stories or 35 4 stories or 70 Wall height not 4 stories or
ft. ft. ft. greater than 30 70ft.
ft.(2)

• (1) Structures over 20,000 square feet may be allowed with a Conditional Use Permit obtained in accordance with Section 17.76 (Use Permits and Minor Use Permits) of this Development Code.

• (2) Wall height excludes architectural features. Exceptions to this development standard may be allowed by the Planning Commission if the overall architectural design is superior with a taller wall.

All land uses proposed in the Commercial, Office and Industrial zoning districts shall be operated and maintained so as to not be injurious to public health, safety or welfare, and shall comply with the following standards:

• A. Air emissions. No approved land use shall generate or cause any visible dust, gasses, or smoke to be emitted into the atmosphere, except in accordance with the air quality regulations of the Amador Air District and the California Air Resources Board or for the operation of motor vehicles on the site.

• B. Glare and heat. No direct or sky-reflected glare or heat, whether from floodlights or from high temperature processes (including combustion or welding or otherwise) shall be visible or felt at the property line.

• C. Ground vibration. No approved land use shall generate ground vibration perceptible without instruments at any point along or outside of the property line of the use, except for motor vehicle operations.

• D. Odor. No approved land use shall generate or emit any obnoxious odor or fumes perceptible at the property line.