Chapter 17.104 — TITLE AND PURPOSE

This Title is hereby adopted as the Zoning Code for the City of Lompoc, State of California. (Ord. 1670(19) § 11)

• A. The purpose of these regulations is to protect and promote the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare of the people of Lompoc, and to that end to effectuate the applicable provisions of the General Plan.

• B. These regulations are intended to:

  1. Encourage the best location and use of buildings, structures, and land as designated by the General Plan.

  2. Regulate and limit the height and size of buildings and other structures and the density of populations to provide for orderly growth and development of Lompoc.

  3. Conserve and stabilize the total value of property within the community.

  4. Provide adequate open spaces for light and air.

  5. Promote efficient use of land in development as allowed by law.

  6. Promote efficient traffic flow.

7. Create a comprehensive and stable pattern of land uses upon which to plan transportation, water supply, wastewater, schools, parks, and other public facilities and utilities.

(Ord. 1670(19) § 11)

This Title shall be known by the following short title: "The City of Lompoc Zoning Code." (Ord. 1670(19) § 11)

This Code applies to all land uses, subdivisions, and development within the City, as follows:

• A. New Land Uses or Structures, Changes to Land Uses or Structures. It shall be unlawful, and a violation to this Code, for any person to establish, construct, reconstruct, alter, or replace any use of land or structure, except in compliance with this Code.

• B. City Permits and Licenses. No building permit or grading permit, or business tax certificate shall be issued by the City unless the proposed construction or activity complies with all applicable provisions of this Code.

• C. Subdivisions. Each subdivision of land approved within the City shall comply with the minimum lot size requirements of Division 2 (Allowed Uses and Development Standards for All Zones), the Subdivision Map Act, and all applicable requirements of this Code.

• D. Continuation of an Existing Land Use. The requirements adopted in this Code are not retroactive in their effect on land use that was lawfully established before the effective date of the requirement's adoption, except as otherwise provided by Chapter 17.620 (Nonconforming Uses, Structures, and Parcels).

• E. Effect of Zoning Code Changes on Projects in Progress. Projects shall be subject to the requirements and standards in this Code except as prohibited by State law.

• F. Government Projects. The provisions of this Code shall apply to each City, County, special district, and State or Federal government or agency project to the maximum extent allowed by law.

• G. Minimum Requirements. The provisions of this Code shall be minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare except that other or different requirements may be imposed by the review authority through the authorization of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). When this Code provides for discretion on the part of a City official or body, that discretion may be exercised to impose more stringent requirements than set forth in this Code, as may be determined by the applicable Review Authority, as provided in Section 17.504.020 (Authority for Land Use and Zoning Decisions), if it is necessary to promote public health and safety, orderly land use and development, economic growth, job growth, housing growth, and the other purposes of this Code.

• H. Other Requirements May Apply. Nothing in this Code eliminates the need for obtaining any other permits required by the City, or any permit, approval or entitlement required by any other applicable special district or agency, and/or the regulations of any State, or Federal agency. No use that is illegal under local or State law shall be allowed in any zone within the City.

• (Ord. 1670(19) § 11; Ord. 1679(21) § 11)