Oakland Municipal Code § 17.10.710 General description of Nonresidential Facilities

Nonresidential Facilities include principal facilities, or portions thereof, which accommodate or are intended to accommodate Civic, Commercial, Industrial, or Agricultural or Extractive Activities. They also include certain facilities accessory to the above, as specified in Section 17.10.070.

(Ord. No. 13064, § 2(Exh. A), 3-15-2011; prior planning code § 2600)

Enclosed Nonresidential Facilities include principal buildings, or portions thereof, other than those described in Section 17.10.740, which accommodate or are intended to accommodate Civic, Commercial, Industrial, or Agricultural or Extractive Activities and which are separated from adjacent areas on all sides by walls pierced only by windows, vents, or customary entrances and exits. They also include certain facilities accessory to the above, as specified in Section 17.10.070.

(Ord. No. 13064, § 2(Exh. A), 3-15-2011; prior planning code § 2610)

Open Nonresidential Facilities include principal facilities, other than those facilities described in Sections 17.10.740 (Drive-In Nonresidential), 17.10.750 (Sidewalk Cafe) and 17.10.770 (Drive-Through Nonresidential), which accommodate or are intended to accommodate Civic, Commercial, Industrial, or Agricultural or Extractive Activities and which either are unroofed areas or structures, or are buildings which are not separated from adjacent areas on all sides by walls pierced only by windows, vents, or customary entrances and exits. They also include certain facilities accessory to the above, as specified in Section 17.10.070.

(Ord. 12899 § 4, Exh. A (part), 2008; prior planning code § 2611)

Drive-In Nonresidential Facilities include principal buildings, open areas, and other facilities which accommodate or are intended to accommodate Civic, Commercial, Industrial, or Agricultural or Extractive Activities and which are so designed or operated as to enable persons to receive a service or purchase or consume goods while remaining within a motor vehicle. They also include certain facilities accessory to the above, as specified in Section 17.10.070.

(Ord. No. 13064, § 2(Exh. A), 3-15-2011; prior planning code § 2612)

Sidewalk Cafe Nonresidential Facilities include dining areas which encroach within the sidewalk or plaza area of the public right-of-way and are intended to accommodate either a General Food Sales Commercial, Full-service restaurant, Limited Service Restaurant and Cafe, Fast-Food Restaurant, or Alcoholic Beverage Sales Commercial Activity located on private property. Such dining areas shall be defined by design elements which separate the establishment from the remainder of the sidewalk or plaza.

(Ord. No. 13357, § 3(Exh. A), 2-16-2016; Ord. No. 13172, § 3(Exh. A), 7-2-2013; Ord. No. 12939, § 4(Exh. A), 6-16-2009; Prior planning code § 2613)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 13172, § 3(Exh. A), adopted July 2, 2013, repealed the former Section 17.10.760, which pertained to shopping center facility, and derived from the prior planning code, § 2614.

Drive-Through Nonresidential Facilities include vehicular access systems designed to enable persons to receive a service or purchase goods by driving through the property and conducting the transaction while remaining within the vehicle. The systems generally consist of vehicular stacking/queuing lane(s) and one or more service locations/windows. Drive-Through Nonresidential Facilities are intended to accommodate Civic, Commercial, Industrial, or Agriculture or Extractive Activities. They also include certain other facilities accessory to the above as specified in Section 17.10.070.

(Ord. No. 13357, § 3(Exh. A), 2-16-2016; Ord. No. 13064, § 2(Exh. A), 3-15-2011; prior planning code § 2615)