Los Banos Municipal Code Art. 13 Highway Commercial District (h-C)

The purpose of the Highway Commercial District is to provide a district for commercial uses which do not specialize in serving the pedestrian shopper but rather, because of their character, are more appropriately located along a highway or major street and where drive-in operations are more feasible.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 88, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010)

The following uses shall be permitted in the Highway Commercial District:

(a) Retail stores, including department stores;

(b) Beauty shops;

(c) Barber shops;

(d) Print shops and other reproduction services;

(e) Food stores;

(f) Repair shops within buildings;

(g) Offices;

(h) Services;

(i) Auto sales and service and automotive parts;

(j) Building supplies and lumber yards;

(k) Bus passenger terminals;

(l) Commercial repair garages;

(m) Gasoline service stations; provided all operations, except the servicing of gasoline, oil, air, and water, be carried on within a building;

(n) Public utility uses but not including storage or corporation yards;

(o) Coin-operated laundries and cleaning;

(p) Pressing shops and laundry and dry cleaning agencies;

(q) Used car lots; provided no repair facilities are permitted except within a building;

(r) Business and professional offices;

(s) Lodge halls;

(t) Clubs;

(u) Churches;

(v) Community centers;

(w) Veterinary clinics and hospitals when completely enclosed within a building;

(x) Schools and public and private recreational facilities;

(y) Unfenced public places;

(z) Delicatessen and specialized food stores and catering services;

(aa) Real estate, insurance, bookkeeping, and business offices;

(bb) Commercial trade schools;

(cc) Hotels, motels, and restaurants;

(dd) Refreshment stands;

(ee) Curio shops;

(ff) Plant and tree nurseries;

(gg) Public premises;

(hh) Studios for arts, crafts, exercise, photography, music, and dance;

(ii) Tow truck yards with screening;

(jj) Incidental storage and accessory uses provided such uses are clearly incidental to the permitted use;

(kk) Incidental storage and accessory uses provided such uses are incidental to the permitted use;

(ll) Public utility distribution and transmission line towers and poles and underground facilities for the distribution of gas, water, communications, and electricity;

(mm) Miniature golf courses, water parks or other similar outdoor recreational activities;

(nn) Taverns, lounges and card rooms; and

(oo) Any use permitted by right in the General Commercial (C-1) District.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 4, Ord. 733, eff. June 14, 1985; § 20, Ord. 917, eff. June 6, 1997; and § 89, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010)

The following uses shall be permitted in the Highway Commercial District subject to securing a use permit:

(a) Non-appurtenant outdoor advertising signs;

(b) Truck terminals with screening;

(c) Off-sale and on-sale alcoholic beverages, either separately or in conjunction with a use permitted in the district;

(d) Day care centers;

(e) Small collection recycling facilities; and

(f) All other uses as deemed appropriate by the Planning Commission.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 2, Ord. 417; § 1, Ord. 429; § 4, Ord. 733, eff. June 14, 1985; § 21, Ord. 917, eff. June 6, 1997; § 90, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010; § 11, Ord. 1174, eff. September 20, 2019; and § 15, Ord. 1189, eff. December 2, 2020)

The maximum height of buildings in the Highway Commercial District shall be fifty (50′) feet.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 92, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010)

Building sites in the Highway Commercial District shall be a minimum of 1,000 square feet.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 93, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010)

Where yards border on a major or collector street, the requirements for yards in the Highway Commercial District shall be as set forth in Article 19 of this chapter; otherwise none shall be required.

(§ 4.27, Ord. 342, as amended by § 94, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010)