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Title 9 — PLANNING AND ZONING›Chapter 4 — ZONING

Pacifica Municipal Code § 9-4.1201 Permitted and conditional uses

Pacifica Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Pacifica

Cite as: Pacifica Municipal Code § 9-4.1201 · Text as of 2026-10-04

* Article 12 entitled "General Commercial District (C-2)", consisting of Sections 9-4.1201 through 9-4.1203, codified from Ordinance No. 363, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 382, 419, 425, 453, and 466, repealed by Section I, Ordinance No. 350-C.S., effective November 10, 1982.

Sec. 9-4.1201. - Permitted and conditional uses.

(a) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in title C-3 District:

(1) Warehouses and storage facilities;

(2) Shops, such as glass, welding, cabinetry, sheet metal work, paint mixing, upholstery, machine shops, and sign shops;

(3) Large-scale crafts production, including the use of a heating source or chemicals for the production of goods;

(4) Car washes and service stations; and

(5) Retail sales in conjunction with any of the uses set forth in this subsection, except retail sales in conjunction with a cannabis operation as defined in Article 48 of this chapter.

(b) Conditional uses. Conditional uses allowed in the C-3 District, subject to obtaining a use permit, shall be as follows:

(1) Processing, manufacture, or assembly plants or plants for the production of goods or the performance of services for wholesale distribution;

(2) Auto body repair, paint, and upholstery;

(3) Auto wrecking;

(4) Refuse operations and recycling centers;

(5) Full service or specialty auto repair not in conjunction with service stations;

(6) Wholesale nurseries and lumber yards;

(7) Cannabis manufacturing operation, subject to the provisions of Article 48 of this chapter, including, without limitation, any restriction on the establishment of such use in certain locations; and

(8) All uses allowed as permitted or conditional uses in the C-1 and C-2 Districts, unless otherwise permitted in the C-3 District, and except residential uses.

(§ II, Ord. 350-C.S., eff. November 10, 1982, as amended by § V, Ord. 440-85, eff. March 13, 1985; § 10, Ord. 819-C.S., eff. November 7, 2017; § 2, Ord. 844-C.S., eff. June 12, 2019)

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Sec. 9-4.1202. - Development regulations.

Development regulations in the C-3 District shall be as follows:

(a) Minimum building site: 5,000 square feet;

(b) Minimum lot dimensions: fifty (50′) foot width;

(c) Required minimum setback: none, unless required by the site development permit;

(d) Minimum landscaped area: ten (10%) percent;

(e) Maximum allowable height: thirty-five (35′) feet;

(f) Parking: as set forth in Article 28 of this chapter;

(g) Permits for site development: as set forth in Article 32 of this chapter;

(h) All uses shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed structure, unless otherwise specified in an approved use permit or pursuant to Article 23 of this chapter;

(i) All uses abutting an R District shall require a use permit;

(j) Marine oriented or coastal dependent industrial uses shall be permitted in the coastal area, except where such uses abut an R District, in which case a use permit shall be required; and

(k) A cannabis activity permit shall be required prior to establishment of a cannabis manufacturing operation or cannabis testing operation, as provided in Article 48 of this chapter.

(§ II, Ord. 350-C.S., eff. November 10, 1982, as amended by § 10, Ord. 819-C.S., eff. November 7, 2017; § 2, Ord. 844-C.S., eff. June 12, 2019)

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