Los Gatos Municipal Code Div. 2 Lm or Commercial-Industrial Zone

The LM or commercial-industrial zone is intended for small scale light industrial, repair and service-oriented activities that provide services to Town residents in addition to retailing, service and administrative activities.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.72.010, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77; Ord. No. 1735, 9-21-87)

(a) Activities allowed in the LM or commercial-industrial zone are those service-oriented and light industrial uses which may be inappropriate in a general commercial zone and which are in the following categories:

(1) Retailing, including formula retail up to ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

(2) Personal service businesses.

(3) Service businesses necessary for the conduct of households or businesses.

(4) Office activities approved on or before July 1, 1982; provided, that no change of use to office shall be permitted in the LM zone.

(5) Limited manufacturing.

(6) Wholesaling and warehousing.

(7) Group classes.

(8) Specialty food retail without alcoholic beverages.

(b) Examples of proper LM activities are plumbing, heating and electrical contracting, equipment repair, laundry and dry-cleaning plants, paint supplies, janitorial services, and towing businesses. Examples of activities which are not proper in the LM zone are large scale light industrial activity, professional or medical offices and general business offices.

(c) Retail sales of firearms, ammunition and/or destructive devices are subject to the following:

(1) Retail sales of firearms, ammunition and/or destructive devices may be allowed in the LM zone with a conditional use permit subject to all of the restrictions and requirements set forth in this chapter and sections 14.130.010 through 14.130.075 of the Town Code. However, retail sales of firearms, ammunition and/or destructive devices shall not be permitted within two hundred fifty (250) feet of:

a. Any premises occupied by a public or private day care center, day care home, nursery school, elementary, junior high, middle, or high school, or any other youth educational institution whether public or private.

b. Any premises occupied by a government building, place of worship, public park or public trail.

c. Any premises occupied by a business which is primarily engaged in providing activities or instruction to persons under the age of eighteen (18) not listed in section a. above, existing prior to November 6, 2013.

(2) All distances referred to in this section shall be measured between the closest points on the exterior property lines or area boundaries of the real property involved, except when the applicant proposes to occupy one (1) unit of a multi-unit structure located on a single parcel, where distances shall be measured from the exterior boundaries of the unit so occupied.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.72.020, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77; Ord. No. 1546, 8-16-82; Ord. No. 1735, 9-21-87; Ord. No. 2220, § I(Exh. A), 10-7-13; Ord. No. 2233, § I(Exh. A), 8-5-14; Ord. No. 2304, § II, 2-18-20; Ord. No. 2342, § XVIII, 8-1-23)

In addition to the activities authorized by section 29.70.110, the activities listed in the table in section 29.20.185 are allowed if a conditional use permit is issued.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.72.030, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77)

The minimum lot area in a LM or commercial-industrial zone is eight thousand (8,000) square feet; and the minimum lot width is fifty (50) feet.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.72.050, 6-7-76)

Minimum front, side and rear yards in a LM or commercial-industrial zone shall be as follows:

(5) The following minimum yard requirements apply along those property lines of a lot in the LM zone which abut or are across the street from a lot in a residential zone:

a. Front .....25 feet

b. Side abutting street .....15 feet

c. Side or rear .....20 feet

Plus one (1) foot for each foot of building height over twenty (20) feet. A six-foot high masonry wall is required along the property line.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.72.070, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1337, 11-1-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77)

The maximum height of any building in a LM or commercial-industrial zone is thirty-five (35) feet.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.72.080, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1337, 11-1-76)

Maximum building coverage of a lot in a LM or commercial-industrial zone, including any type of accessory building, is fifty (50) percent.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.72.090, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1337, 11-1-76)