Article 4

USE CLASSIFICATIONS

Sections:

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• § 38-12. Purpose and Applicability. § 38-13. Uses Not Classified. § 38-14. Residential Use Classifications. § 38-15. Commercial Use Classifications. § 38-16. Industrial Use Classifications. § 38-17. Public, Semipublic and Water Facilities Use Classifications.

• § 38-18. Agricultural and Extractive Use Classifications. § 38-19. Accessory Use Classifications. § 38-20. Temporary Use Classifications.

Use classifications describe one or more uses having similar characteristics, but do not list every use or activity that may appropriately be within the classification. The classification system includes primary use categories and subordinate use categories. Subordinate use categories shall comply with primary use categories’ land use regulations, unless specified otherwise. The Community Development Director shall determine whether a specific use shall be deemed to be within one or more use classifications or not within any classification in this chapter. The Community Development Director may determine that a specific use shall not be deemed to be within a classification, whether or not named within the classification, if its characteristics are substantially incompatible with those typical of uses named within the classification. The Community Development Director’s decision may be appealed to the Planning Commission, as provided in Article 27. (Ord. 3653 § 19, 2022; Ord. 3472 § 1, 2012; Ord. 3424 § 1, 2009)

Any new use, or any use that cannot be clearly determined to be in an existing use classification, may be incorporated into the zoning regulations by a zoning ordinance text amendment, as provided in Article 26

A. Condominiums. An estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property, together with a separate interest in space in a residential, industrial, or commercial building on the real property, such as an apartment, office, or store.

B. Day Care, Limited. Non-medical care and supervision of eight or fewer persons if a) at least two children are at least six years of age and b) no more than two infants under two years of age are cared for when more than six children are cared for. These capacities include children under age 10 who live in the licensee’s home. This classification includes day-care centers for children and adults. (Ord 3326, 2003)

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C. Group Residential. Shared living quarters without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit. This classification includes boardinghouses, dormitories, fraternities, sororities, and private residential clubs, but excludes residential hotels.

• D. Multifamily Residential. Two or more dwelling units on a site. This classification includes manufactured homes (mobile homes and factory-built housing).

E. Residential Care, Limited. Twenty-four-hour non-medical care for six or fewer persons in need of personal services, supervision, protection, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living. This classification includes only those services and facilities licensed by the State of California.

• F. Single-Family Residential. Buildings containing one dwelling unit located on a single lot. This classification includes manufactured homes.

  1. With Boarders or Lodgers.

A. Adult Businesses. Establishments based primarily on materials or performances that depict, describe, or relate to sexual activities specified in Article 3.

1. Adult Bookstore means an establishment having as all or a significant portion of its stock books, magazines or other periodicals, films, videotapes, video discs or other such electronic, magnetic, or other means of creating a moving image upon any screen, television or other device, peep shows or other similar devices designed for use in individual viewing of films on the premises, which books, magazines, periodicals, films, videotapes, video discs, or other means, peep shows or similar devices are substantially devoted to the depiction of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas as defined herein.

2. Adult Motion Picture Theater means an enclosed or unenclosed building or structure or portion thereof used for presenting material in the form of motion picture film, videotape, or other similar means which film, videotape, or other means is devoted to the depiction of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for observation and viewing by persons therein. (Ord. 3438 § 1, 2009)

B. Alcohol Beverage Outlet. Any establishment wherein alcoholic beverages are sold or served on or off the premises. (Ord. 3305, 2002)

C. Ambulance Services. Provision of emergency medical care or transportation, including incidental storage and maintenance of vehicles.

• D. Animal Sales and Services.

  1. Animal Boarding. Provision of shelter and care for small animals on a commercial basis. This classification includes activities such as feeding, exercising, grooming, and incidental medical care.

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2. Animal Grooming. Provision of bathing and trimming services for small animals on a commercial basis.

3. Animal Hospitals. Establishments where small animals receive medical and surgical treatment. This classification includes only facilities that are entirely enclosed, soundproofed, and air conditioned. Grooming and temporary (30 days) boarding of animals is included if incidental to the hospital use.

4. Animals: Retail Sales. Retail sales and incidental boarding of animals, provided such activities take place within an entirely enclosed building.

5. Riding Academies. Establishments offering facilities for instruction in horseback riding, including rings, stables, and exercise areas.

• E. Artists’ Studios. Work space for artists and artisans, including individuals practicing one of the fine arts or performing arts, or skilled in an applied art or craft.

• F. Banks and Savings and Loans. Financial institutions that provide retail banking services to individuals and businesses. This classification includes only those institutions engaged in the on site circulation of cash money. It also includes businesses offering check cashing facilities, and banks with automatic teller machines (ATMs).

1. With Drive-up Service. Institutions providing services accessible to persons who remain in their automobiles.

G. Building Materials and Services. Retailing, wholesaling, or rental of building supplies or equipment. This classification includes lumber yards, tool and equipment sales or rental establishments, and building contractors’ yards, but excludes establishments devoted exclusively to retail sales of paint and hardware and activities classified under Vehicle/ Equipment Sales and Services, including vehicle towing services.

• H. Catering Services. Preparation and delivery of food and beverages for off site consumption without provision for on site pickup or consumption. (See also Eating and Drinking Establishments.)

I. Commercial Filming. Commercial motion picture or video photography at the same location more than six days per quarter of a calendar year.

J. Commercial Recreation and Entertainment. Provision of participant or spectator recreation or entertainment. This classification includes theaters, sports stadiums and arenas, amusement centers bowling alleys, billiard parlors, poolrooms, dance halls, ice/roller rinks, golf courses, miniature golf courses, horse stables, polo fields, recreation vehicle parks, scale model courses, shooting galleries, tennis/racquetball courts, croquet courts, swim clubs, health/fitness clubs, and games centers.

1. Limited: Indoor movie theaters and performing arts theaters.

2. Nighttime Entertainment. Establishments subject to regulations of Chapter 5, Amusements.

K. Communications Facilities. Broadcasting, recording, and other communication services accomplished through electronic or telephonic mechanisms, but excluding PWS facilities. This classification includes but is not limited to radio, television, or recording studios; and telephone switching centers. (Ord. 3443 § 3, 2010)

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L. Contractor’s Establishment. An establishment for use by contractors including building, heating, cabinet, painting, plumbing, electrical and like uses.

1. Limited: When operated in conjunction with a retail store or office, provided that all uses shall be conducted wholly within completely enclosed buildings.

M. Eating and Drinking Establishments.

Businesses serving prepared food or beverages for consumption on or off the premises. (Ord. 3243 § 2, 1999)

1. Restaurant - Full Service. Restaurant serving prepared food or beverages for consumption on or off the premises. The defining characteristic of full-service Restaurants is table service (defined as ordering and receiving food at the table). May include incidental bar service.

2. Restaurant - Fast Food. Restaurant with a short period of time between ordering and delivery of food and one or more of the following characteristics:

   • a. Food served in disposable containers.

   • b. Table service not provided (defined as ordering and receiving food at the table).

   • c. Drive through or walk up windows.

3. Restaurant - Formula Fast Food. Fast food Restaurant as defined above which is required by contractual or other arrangements to maintain any of the following: standardized menus, ingredients, food preparation, services, decor, uniforms, architecture, building appearance, signs, or similar standardized features.

4. Snack Bar. A building or cart, having no designated interior seating, which serves food and beverages in a Park and Recreation Facility or a Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Facility in the “O” Open Space District.

5. Bar. An establishment that has a Type 40, 42, 48, or 61 Alcohol Beverage Control license and amendments thereto. (Ord 3305; 5/2002)

6. Live Entertainment/Dancing. Any entertainment or dance event that involves amplified noise, including but not limited to performances by live bands or individual musicians, karaoke or the playing of music by disc jockeys. (Ord 3305; 5/2002)

N. Food and Beverage Sales. Retail sales of food and beverages for off site preparation and consumption. Typical uses include groceries, liquor stores, or delicatessens. Establishments at which 20 percent or more of the transactions are sales of prepared food for on site or take out consumption shall be classified as Catering Services or Eating and Drinking Establishments.

O. Convenience Markets. Retail sales of food, beverage and small convenience items typically found in establishments with long or late hours of operation. This definition includes convenience markets within service stations but excludes delicatessens and other specialty food shops having a sizeable assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh cut meat.

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P. Funeral and Interment Services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of services involving the care, preparation, or limited keeping of human dead other than in cemeteries, and ceremonial assembly. Typical uses include crematories or mortuaries. (Ord. 3593 § 2, 2019)

Q. Horticulture, Limited. The raising of vegetables, flowers, ornamental trees and shrubs as a commercial enterprise. Commercial horticulture accessory to a dwelling unit shall be regulated as a home occupation.

R. Laboratories. Establishments providing medical or dental laboratory services or establishments with less than 2,000 square feet providing photographic, analytical, or testing services. Other laboratories are classified as Limited Industry.

S. Maintenance and Repair Services. Establishments providing appliance repair, office machine repair, or building maintenance services. This classification excludes maintenance and repair of vehicles; see Vehicle/Equipment Repair.

• T. Nurseries. Establishments in which all merchandise other than plants is kept within an enclosed building or a fully screened enclosure, and fertilizer of any type is stored and sold in package form only.

U. Offices, Business and Professional. Offices of firms or organizations providing professional, executive, management, financial or administrative services, such as architectural, computer software consulting, data management, engineering, interior design, graphic design, real estate, insurance, investment, legal, medical/dental and title offices and banks and savings and loan offices which do not have on site circulation of cash. This classification includes medical/dental laboratories incidental to an office use, but excludes banks and savings and loan associations.

1. Offices, Medical: Offices for physician, dentist, psychiatrists, acupuncturists, and chiropractors.

2. Offices, Medical -- Extended Care: Medical facilities where persons require 24 hours supervised care for a period of time not to exceed 90 days. This use does not include patients seeking emergency medical care or hospital acute care as defined in Section 38-17(H) and (J). (Ord. 3625 § 2, 2020)

V. Pawn Shops. Establishments engaged in the buying or selling of new or secondhand merchandise and offering loans secured by personal property, subject to the regulations of Chapter 24 of the City Code.

W. Personal Improvement Services. Provision of instructional services or facilities, including photography, fine arts, crafts, dance or music studios, driving schools, business and trade schools, and diet centers, reducing salons, and fitness studios.

1. Health Studios or Spas. Establishments with equipment for exercise and physical conditioning.

X. Personal Services. Provision of recurrently needed services of a personal nature. This classification includes barber and beauty shops, seamstresses, tailors, shoe repair shops, dry cleaning agencies (excluding bulk processing plants), photocopying, self-service laundries, and escort services. (Ord. 3544 § 3, 2016; Ord. 3438 § 2, 2009)

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Y. Research and Development Services. Establishments primarily engaged in industrial or scientific research, including limited product testing. This classification includes electron research firms or pharmaceutical research laboratories, but excludes manufacturing, except of prototypes, or medical testing and analysis.

Z. Retail Sales. The retail sale of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification. This classification includes department stores, clothing stores, and furniture stores, and businesses retailing the following goods: toys, hobby materials, handcrafted items, jewelry, cameras, photographic supplies, electronic equipment, records, sporting goods, kitchen utensils, hardware, appliances, art, antiques, art supplies and services, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, office supplies, bicycles, and new automotive parts and accessories (excluding service and installation).

1. Limited. Excludes furniture, hardware, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, and new automotive parts and accessories.

2. Pharmacies and Medical Supplies. Establishments primarily selling prescription drugs, medical supplies, and equipment.

3. Visitor-Oriented. Sale of arts and crafts, antiques, jewelry, clothing, books, toys, and gifts, designated for visitors. This classification includes arts and crafts studios, galleries and shops.

AA. Secondhand Appliance and Clothing Sales. The retail sale of used appliances and clothing by secondhand dealers. This classification includes flea markets but excludes antique shops primarily engaged in the sale of used furniture and accessories other than appliances.

BB. Swap Meets, Recurring. Retail sale or exchange of new, handcrafted, or secondhand merchandise for a maximum period of 48 hours, conducted by a sponsor on a more than twice yearly basis.

CC. Travel Services. Establishments providing travel information and reservations to individuals and businesses. This classification excludes car rental agencies.

• DD. Vehicle/Equipment Sales and Services.

  1. Automobile Rentals. Rental of automobiles, including storage and incidental maintenance, but excluding maintenance requiring pneumatic lifts.

  2. Automobile Washing. Washing, waxing, or cleaning of automobiles or similar light vehicles.

  3. Commercial Parking Facility. Lots offering short term or long term parking to the public for a fee.

4. Service Stations. Establishments engaged in the retail sale of gas, diesel fuel, lubricants, parts, and accessories. This classification includes incidental maintenance and repair of automobiles and light trucks, but excludes body and fender work or repair of heavy trucks or vehicles.

5. Vehicle/Equipment Repair. Repair of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, mopeds, mobile homes, or

recreational vehicles, or boats, including the sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts.

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This classification includes auto repair shops, body and fender shops, wheel and brake shops, and tire sales and installation, but excludes vehicle dismantling or salvage.

• a. Limited. Excludes body and fender shops.

6. Vehicle/Equipment Sales and Rentals. Sale or rental of automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, tractors, construction or agricultural equipment, mobile homes, boats and similar equipment, including storage and incidental maintenance.

   • a. Limited. By appointment only sale of automobiles or motorcycles, conducted within a fully enclosed building. No on-site advertising or displays; no outdoor displays or storage; no public events, including but not limited to auctions or other sales events that would attract groups of interested parties; and no commercial displays, including but not limited to car museums or other collections where the public can view vehicles for a fee. (Ord 3588;11/18)

7. Vehicle Storage. Lots for storage of parking tow-aways, impound yards, and storage lots for automobiles, trucks, buses and recreational vehicles. (Ord. 3588 § 3, 2018)

EE. Visitor Accommodations. Any building, portion of any building, or group of buildings in which there are guest rooms or suites, including housekeeping units, for transient guests where lodging with or without meals is provided. Visitor accommodation facilities are those required to pay transient occupancy tax by Article 3, Chapter 35 of this code. Visitor accommodation facilities include limited-occupancy visitor accommodations as defined below. Visitor accommodation facilities include hotels, motels, beds and breakfast inns, and youth hostels. Youth hostel is a visitor facility providing short-term, dormitory-type visitor accommodations.

1. Limited: Limited-Occupancy Visitor Accommodation Facilities are defined as the conversion of singlefamily residences to country inns or bed and breakfast types of use, whereby limited numbers of visitors may obtain accommodations and a single meal upon the premises. Only existing single-family dwellings that present unique historical or architectural features are considered as limited-occupancy visitor accommodation facilities.

FF. Walk Up Service/Window. Any window or device which dispenses goods or services from within a building to pedestrians outside of a building, including instant teller windows.

GG. Warehousing and Storage, Limited. Provision of storage space for household or commercial goods within an enclosed building without direct public access to individual storage spaces. This classification includes miniwarehouse facilities with a maximum of 5,000 square feet of gross floor area, but excludes Wholesaling Distribution and Storage, and Vehicle Storage.

HH. Mail and Packing Service Centers. Establishments providing services including packing and mailing of personal goods and letters.

II. Coastal Dependent Research and Education. Research and education facility which requires a site on or adjacent to the sea to be able to function at all. (Ord. 3397, 2007)

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JJ. Coastal Dependent. Any development or use which requires a site on or adjacent to the sea to be able to function at all. (Ord. 3397, 2007)

KK. Coastal Related. Any use that is dependent on a coastal dependent development or use. (Ord. 3397, 2007)

LL. Public Serving Uses. Uses that serve the public. (Ord 3397, 10/07)

MM. Massage Establishments. A place where certified massage therapists or certified massage practitioners practice massage as provided in California Business and Professions Code Section 4601(f). The following are not considered massage establishments under this section: California State-licensed hospitals, nursing homes, the office of a licensed medical professional, or other State-licensed physical or mental health facilities; nor a personal fitness training center, gym, athletic facility or health club, when the administering of massage is an incidental function of the business, constituting 10 percent or less of the business. (Ord. 3544 § 4, 2016)

is section: California State-licensed hospitals, nursing homes, the office of a licensed medical professional, or other State-licensed physical or mental health facilities; nor a personal fitness training center, gym, athletic facility or health club, when the administering of massage is an incidental function of the business, constituting 10 percent or less of the business. (Ord. 3544 § 4, 2016)

NN. Cemetery. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of services involving the ground burial or above-ground burial of human dead. Typical uses include cemeteries, mausoleums, or columbariums.

OO. Bicycle/Equipment Rentals. Rental of bicycles, electric bicycles, and associated equipment (e.g., helmets, bike gloves, etc.), including storage and repairs. A bicycle is a vehicle with two wheels, propelled by human power through a system of belts, chain, or gears. This definition excludes scooters and quadricycles/surreys. For purposes of this use classification, the term “electric bicycle” encompasses Class 1 and Class 2 electric bicycles only, and does not include Class 3 electric bicycles, as these classes are defined under California Vehicle Code Section 312.5. (Ord. 3651 § 3, 2022; Ord. 3625 § 2, 2020; Ord. 3593 § 3, 2019)

A. Industry, Custom. Establishments primarily engaged in on site production of goods by hand manufacturing involving the use of hand tools and small scale equipment. Includes mechanical equipment not exceeding two horsepower or a single kiln not exceeding eight kilowatts and the incidental direct sale to consumers of only those goods produced on site. Typical uses include custom bookbinding, ceramic studios, candle making shops, and custom jewelry manufacture.

B. Industry, General. Manufacturing of products, primarily from extracted or raw materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. Uses in this classification typically involve a high incidence of truck or rail traffic, and/or outdoor storage of products, materials, equipment, or bulk fuel. This classification includes food processing and packaging, laundry and dry cleaning plants, stonework and concrete products manufacture (including concrete ready mix plants), and power generation. Noxious industrial uses, such as asphalt and chemical manufacture, hot mix plants, rendering, and tanneries are excluded from this classification.

C. Industry, Limited. Manufacturing of finished parts or products, primarily from extracted or raw materials; and provision of industrial services; both within an enclosed building. This classification includes processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging, but excludes basic industrial processing from raw materials, food

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processing, and Vehicle/Equipment Sales and Services. Includes the incidental direct sale to customers of only those goods produced or assembled on site.

D. Industry, Research and Development. Establishments primarily engaged in the research, development, and controlled production of high technology electronic, industrial or scientific products or commodities for sale, but prohibits uses that may be objectionable in the opinion of the Community Development Director, by reason of production of offensive odor, dust, noise, vibration, or storage of hazardous materials. This classification includes biotechnology firms, and manufacturers of nontoxic computer components. (Ord. 3653 § 19, 2022)

• E. Wholesaling, Distribution and Storage. Storage and distribution facilities without direct public access.

  1. Trucking Terminals. Storage and distribution facilities having more than six heavy trucks on the premises at one time, but excluding trucking accessory to a Limited Industry or General Industry classification.

  2. Small Scale. Wholesaling, distribution and storage having a maximum gross floor area of 5,000 square feet and having no more than two docks or service bays.

F. Agricultural Testing Laboratory. Establishments engaged in the regulatory testing and reporting of agricultural products, including, but not limited to, heavy metals, microbial impurities, mycotoxins, residual pesticides, solvents and processing chemicals. An agricultural testing laboratory includes a cannabis testing laboratory. (Ord. 3634 § 4, 2020; Ord. 3472 § 1, 2012; Ord. 3424 § 1, 2009)

A. Airports and Landing Strips. Runways and related facilities for aircraft, including rotary-winged and ultralight aircraft, take off and landing.

B. Clubs and Lodges. Meeting, recreational, or social facilities of a private or nonprofit organization primarily for use by members or guests. This classification includes union halls, social clubs and youth centers.

C. Convalescent Facilities. Establishments providing care on a 24-hour basis for persons requiring regular medical attention, but excluding facilities providing surgical or emergency medical services.

D. Cultural Institutions. Nonprofit institutions displaying or preserving objects of interest in one or more of the arts or sciences. This classification includes libraries, museums, art galleries and theaters.

E. Day Care, General. Provision of non-medical care for seven or more persons on a less than 24 hour basis. This classification includes nursery schools, preschools, and day care centers for children or adults. F. Day Care, Large Family. A state-licensed family-care home serving nine to 14 children where care, protection and supervision are regularly provided in the care giver’s home for periods of less than 24 hours per day while parents or guardians are away. The number of children may be increased to 14 children if a) at least two of the children are at least six years of age and b) no more than three infants under two years of age are cared for when

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more than 12 children are cared for. These capacities include children under age 10 who live in the licensee’s home. (Ord 3326, 06/2003)

G. Detention Facilities. Publicly owned and operated facilities providing housing, care, and supervision for persons confined by law.

H. Emergency Medical Care. Facilities providing emergency or urgent medical service on a 24-hour basis with no provision for continuing care on an inpatient basis.

I. Government Offices. Administrative, clerical, or public contact offices of a government agency, including postal facilities, together with incidental storage and maintenance of vehicles.

J. Hospitals. Facilities providing medical, surgical, psychiatric, or emergency medical services to sick or injured persons, primarily on an inpatient basis. This classification includes facilities for outpatient treatment, as well as training, research, and administrative services for patients and employees. Specific hospital types include those specializing in:

1. Acute Care. A hospital with overall administrative and professional responsibility and an organized medical staff that provides 24 hour inpatient care, including medical, nursing, surgical, anesthesia, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, and dietary services.

2. Other. Any other hospital including facilities for rehabilitation and physical care, acute psychiatric care, chemical dependency, and substance abuse.

• K. Maintenance and Service Facilities. Facilities providing maintenance and repair services for vehicles and equipment, and materials storage areas. This classification includes corporation yards, equipment service centers, and similar facilities.

• L. Park and Recreation Facilities. Noncommercial parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, and open spaces.

M. Public Recycling Facilities. A drop off facility for the recycling of waste paper, bottles, cases, or other materials. This classification does not include processing facilities for recycled materials (see Major Utilities).

• N. Public Safety Facilities. Facilities for public safety and emergency services, including police and fire protection.

O. Religious Assembly. Facilities for religious worship and incidental religious education, but not including Private Schools as defined in this section.

P. Residential Care, General. Twenty four hour non medical care for seven or more persons, including wards of the juvenile court, in need of personal services, supervision, protection, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living. This classification includes only those services and facilities licensed by the State of California. This classification also includes homeless shelters. Residential care, general, requires a resident manager.

Q. Schools, Public or Private. Educational institutions having a curriculum comparable to that required in the public schools of the State of California.

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R. Utilities, Major. Generating plants, electrical substations, above-ground electrical transmission lines, switching buildings, refuse collection, processing, recycling or disposal facilities, water reservoirs, flood control or drainage facilities, water or wastewater treatment plants, transportation (including taxi terminals), and similar facilities of public agencies or public utilities. A structure that may have a significant effect on surrounding uses shall be regulated under this classification.

1. Water Facilities. Any method for the purpose of extracting water from or injecting water into the underground or storing water for potable water use. This classification includes any other water supply method such as water wells or cisterns and includes public, semi-public or private facilities. This classification does not pertain to water facilities for testing, irrigation of landscaping or water wells serving one singlefamily residence or producing 500 gallons or less per day.

2. PWS Facility. A facility for the provision of PWS, as defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 332(c)(7)(C)(ii). (Ord. 3443 § 4, 2010; Ord. 3278 §1, 2000)

S. Utilities, Minor. Utility facilities that are necessary to support legally established uses and involve only minor structures such as electrical distribution lines and underground water and sewer lines, and small recycling collection facilities within convenience drop off zones, as defined by the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act.

A. Animal Husbandry, Limited. Typical uses include grazing, ranching, dairy farming, and horse breeding and training. This classification excludes poultry and pig farming.

B. Crop Production. Raising and harvesting of tree crops, row crops, or field crops on an agricultural or commercial basis, including packing and processing.

C. Mining and Processing. Places or plants primarily devoted to surface or subsurface mining of metallic and nonmetallic minerals, oil or gas, together with essential on site processing and production of only nonmetallic mineral products. Typical places are borrow pits, quarries, oil and gas wells, or concrete batch plants.

A. Accessory Uses and Structures. Uses and structures that are incidental to the principal permitted or conditionally permitted use or structure on a site and are customarily found on the same site. This classification includes garages, garden sheds, greenhouses, storage shelters, and covered patios.

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• A. Agricultural Sales. Seasonal sales of agricultural or horticultural products, including firewood.

• B. Animal Shows or Sales. Exhibitions of domestic or large animals for a maximum of seven days. This classification includes animal sales.

• C. Arts and Crafts Shows, Outdoor. Display and sale of painting, sculpture, hand crafts and similar objects.

• D. Christmas Tree Sales. Retail sales of Christmas trees between Thanksgiving and December 26.

• E. Circuses and Carnivals. Provision of games, eating and drinking facilities, live entertainment, animal exhibitions, or similar activities in a tent or other temporary structure for a maximum of seven days. This classification excludes events conducted in a permanent entertainment facility.

• F. Commercial Filming, Limited. Commercial motion picture or video photography at the same location six or fewer days per quarter of a calendar year.

• G. Live Entertainment Events. Concerts and other cultural events lasting less than five days.

• H. Promotional Events. Activities intended to promote sales of goods or services.

• I. Religious Assembly. Religious services conducted on a site that is not permanently occupied by a religious assembly use, for a period of not more than 30 days.

• J. Retail Sales, Outdoor. Retail sales of new merchandise on the site of a legally established retail business.

• K. Swap Meets, Non Recurring. Retail sale or exchange of new, handcrafted, or secondhand merchandise for a maximum period of 48 hours, conducted by a sponsor no more than twice in any year.

L. Trade Fairs. Display and sale of goods or equipment related to a specific trade or industry for a maximum period of five days.

M. Safe Parking Program. A program operated on an existing parking lot located outside of the public right-ofway and managed by a social service provider that provides individuals and families with vehicles a safe place to park overnight while working towards a transition to permanent housing. (Ord. 3522 § 3, 2015)

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