§ 36-12. "C-2" General Commercial.

The regulations set out in this section shall apply in all C-2 Districts and shall be subject to the provisions of § 36-18.

C-2 district is intended to provide transient residential uses, which are appropriate and dependent on thoroughfare travel, and heavy commercial uses and service necessary within the City but not suited to other commercial districts.

§ 36-12.3. Principal Uses. [Ord. No. 1031, § 1, 1995; Ord. No. 1125, § 2; Ord. No. 1229-15 Exh. A; Ord. No. 1256-18.]

Buildings, structures, and land shall be used, and buildings and structures shall be erected, structurally altered, or enlarged in the C-2 Districts only for the following uses subject to the property development standards in § 36-12.6.

• A. Any use permitted as a principal use in a C-1 and C-C District.

• B. New and used automobile lots, boat and trailer sales and rental establishments, automobile service stations.

• C. Restaurants and drive-in restaurants.

• D. Public or commercial recreation facilities, and amusement/ entertainment centers, such as swimming pools, bowling alleys, etc.

• E. Any other retail business or service establishment determined by Planning Commission Resolution to be consistent with the purpose of this section and which will not impair the present or potential use of adjacent properties.

• F. Major Retail Development, as defined in § 36-2.2.87(a), may be permitted after first obtaining a planned development permit pursuant to § 36-23.30, and subject to the Major Retail Development Standards in § 36-23.35 P. and Q.

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City of Oakdale, CA § 36-12.3

OAKDALE CITY CODE

§ 36-12.5

• G. Major Retail Development located in a zoning district which has been adopted through the Specific Plan Process may be permitted with a Major Use Permit and is subject to the Major Retail Development Standards in § 36-23.35 P, and Q.

• H. Cultivation of cannabis for personal use as defined and regulated by Chapter 37.

Only those accessory uses and accessory buildings customarily appurtenant to a principal use, such as incidental storage facility, garage, or off-street parking area.

The following uses may be conditionally permitted in the C-2 District subject to the provisions of Sections 36-20.2 through 36-20.5.

• A. Minor Use Permits.

  1. Multi-family dwellings and mobile home parks not to exceed five (5) units.

  2. Caretakers residence, one (1) unit not to exceed twelve hundred (1,200) square feet per commercial establishment of one (1) acre minimum lot area.

  3. State licensed day care centers (seven (7) or more children, as defined by the California State Health and Safety Code).

  4. Mini-warehouse facilities not to exceed twenty (20) units.

  5. Printing shop, heating and air-conditioning sales and services, furniture upholstery shop, et cetera.

  6. Carpenter, electrical, plumbing, or machine shop, publishing, green houses or horticultural, etc.

  7. Animal hospitals, veterinary clinics and kennels, provided there are no outdoor kennels. Outdoor kennels require Major Use Permit review.

  8. Mobile home display.

  9. Mobile Food Vendor located on private property. as specified in § 36-29. [Added 8-2-2021 by Ord. No. 1276]

• B. Major Use Permits.

  1. Public and quasi-public uses appropriate to the C-2 District.

  2. Auction houses.

  3. Funeral parlors or mortuaries.

  4. Lumberyards.

  5. Wholesale business, storage, or warehousing, including mini-warehouses exceeding twenty (20) or more units, subject to the provisions of 36-12.6 B, 1.

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City of Oakdale, CA § 36-12.5

ZONING

§ 36-12.6

6. Multiple dwellings of six (6) or more units, provided that said use shall be developed in accordance with the property development standards of the R-3 District and subject to the provisions of 36-12.6.

7. Municipal corporation yards.

8. Travel trailer parks, providing for the rent or lease of lots or spaces to owners or users of recreational vehicles for travel, recreational or storage purposes.

9. Mobile home parks with six (6) or more units subject to § 36-18.25.

10. Truck service stations.

11. Welding shops.

12. Night club, bowling alley, dance hall, roller skating rink, taverns, cocktail lounges, billiard parlors, and pool halls.

13. Hotels and motels.

14. Vehicle repair garage.

15. Amusement arcade pursuant to § 36-20.

16. Adult bookstores and theaters provided said use(s) is not located within one thousand (1,000) feet of a similar use, and not located within one thousand (1,000) feet of any public school or church.

17. Mobile Food Vendor located within the public right-of-way, as specified in § 36-29. [Added 8-2-2021 by Ord. No. 1276]

18. Any other retail business or service establishment which is determined by Planning Commission Resolution to be consistent with the purpose of this section and which will not impair the present or potential use of adjacent property.

• C. Expansions and Permit Extensions. Except as stated in the individual Major or Minor Use Permit Approval Resolution, Expansion and Permit Extensions are permitted per § 36-20.5.

The following property development standards shall apply to all land and buildings in the C-2 Districts.

• A. Lot Area.

  1. The minimum lot area shall be the same as the R-3 Zoning District for all dwelling uses.

  2. For all uses other than dwellings, the lot shall be sufficient to provide the minimum yard, parking requirements as specified in § 36-25, and landscaping requirements as specified in § 36-24.

• B. Setback/Yard Requirements. The following setback/yard requirements shall apply to all uses in the C-2 District:

  1. There shall be no minimum front, side or rear yard requirement except that:

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City of Oakdale, CA § 36-12.6

OAKDALE CITY CODE

§ 36-12.6

  - a. No building shall be erected closer to any R District boundary than ten (10) feet. 

  - b. No building shall be erected closer than ten (10) feet to any street less than sixty-eight (68) feet in width, and also as provided for in § 36-18.9 Special Building Lines. 

  - c. No wholesale, warehousing or storage and no residential use, including mobile home parks, shall be located closer than one hundred (100) feet from the property line fronting on Yosemite Avenue and on "F" Street. 

• C. Distance Between Buildings: Minimum requirements of the Uniform Building Code.

• D. Building Height. No building erected shall have a height greater than thirty-five (35) feet. Permitted projections above these heights include: ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, flag poles, chimneys, or similar structures approved under Site Plan Review, § 36-19.

• E. All uses shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building or a solid screen enclosure a minimum six (6) feet in height, except for service stations, public utility substations and off-street parking and loading facilities. In addition, the Planning Commission may permit the outdoor operation of any permitted use by approving a conditional use permit therefor.

• F. Site Plan Review. Prior to the issuance of any Building Permit for the erection of any structure on any lot, a Site Plan shall be submitted and considered pursuant to Site Plan Review requirements of § 36-19.

• G. Landscaping and Open Space, as specified in § 36-24.

• H. Fences, Hedges, Walls and Screen Plantings. Fences, hedges, walls, and screen plantings shall be erected subject to the provisions of § 36-18.28, and the prohibitions against Vision Obstructions in § 36-18.23. Whenever a C-2 Use is proposed to be located adjacent to an R District, an eight (8) foot masonry wall shall be constructed along the property line pursuant to § 36-24.

• I. Off-Street Parking Requirements, as specified in § 36-25.

  1. Required parking may be provided up to four hundred (400) feet from the use upon the demonstration of an irrevocable legal instrument guaranteeing the provision of the required parking.

2. None of the requirements of this chapter for off-street parking shall apply to any real property within the "parking and business improvement area" of the City, as defined in Ordinance No. 506; provided, that the parking and business improvement license tax assessed on any business conducted on any of the real property for which a building permit is requested shall be paid in full, with all arrearage, if any, paid before such building permit shall be issued.

• J. Off-Street Loading Requirements, as specified in § 36-25.

• K. Vehicular Access. For all uses, there shall be vehicular access to the off-street parking and loading facilities from a dedicated street.

• L. Signs. For all uses, as specified in § 36-26.

• M. All refuse, garbage, and trash bins one-half (1/2) yard or larger shall be behind the building setback line and screened from public view.

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City of Oakdale, CA § 36-12.6

ZONING

§ 36-13.3

1. Outdoor trash enclosures are required in the C-1 District on lots five thousand (5,000) square feet or larger in area. Trash enclosures subject to public views shall be constructed of split face masonry and solid metal doors, a minimum of six (6) feet in height, with a minimum two (2) foot irrigated and landscaped perimeter around the enclosure (excepting door entries).

2. Trash enclosures not subject to public views shall be enclosed by a nonextruded six (6) inch cement curb, and a six (6) foot high slatted chain link fence and gated doors.