Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code § 17.18.010 Purpose

This district permits those uses which provide general public services, administrative services and other similar, office uses primarily to the residents of Rancho Palos Verdes and neighboring cities.

(Code 1981, § 17.18.010; Ord. No. 75(part), 1975; Ord. No. 320, § 7(part), 1997)

General public service and office uses, including administrative and professional offices and studios, exhibit halls and galleries, financial institutions, medical and dental offices; recycling centers, as approved pursuant to chapter 17.58 (Recycling); temporary vendors, as approved pursuant to chapter 17.62 (Special Use Permits); and other similar service uses as approved by the director. No use shall involve the manufacture or sale of any goods, except that the manufacturing and sale of goods which is minor and clearly ancillary to the major use, may be permitted with the approval of the director. Any determination of the director regarding a use not expressly listed in this chapter may be appealed to the planning commission and the planning commission's decision may be appealed to the city council pursuant to chapter 17.80 (Hearing notice and appeal procedures).

(Code 1981, § 17.18.020; Ord. No. 75(part), 1975; Ord. No. 320, § 7(part), 1997)

The following uses may be permitted in the commercial professional (CP) zone, if it is found in each individual case by the planning commission that the criteria and limitations imposed on such uses by other provisions of this title are satisfied, and if specific conditions are imposed to carry out the intent and purpose set out in section 17.18.010 of this chapter and chapter 17.60 (Conditional Use Permits):

A. Bed and breakfast inns;

B. Churches;

C. Commercial antennas, pursuant to section 17.76.020 (Antennas);

D. Developments of natural resources, except in the coastal specific plan district;

E. Governmental facilities;

F. Private educational uses, including nursery schools and day nurseries;

G. Public utility structures;

H. Outdoor active recreational uses and facilities;

I. Small wind energy systems, pursuant to section 17.83.060 (Small wind energy systems); and

J. Such uses as the director deems to be similar and no more intensive. Such a determination may be appealed to the planning commission and the planning commission's decision may be appealed to the city council pursuant to chapter 17.80 (Hearing notice and appeal procedures). If a proposed use or development is located in the coastal specific plan district, the city's final decision regarding such other use may be appealed to the California Coastal Commission for a determination that the uses are similar and compatible with the local coastal program.

(Code 1981, § 17.18.030; Ord. No. 320, § 7(part), 1997; Ord. No. 377, § 7, 2002; Ord. No. 481, § 19, 2008)