Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Ch. 17.14 Commercial Limited (cl) District

This district permits those uses which serve the needs of the residents of the immediately surrounding area for those goods and services which prove essential in day-to-day living.

(Code 1981, § 17.14.010; Ord. No. 78(part), 1975; Ord. No. 320, § 7(part), 1997)

Convenience goods and service businesses which serve a limited residential area, including such retail businesses as a food market, pharmacy, liquor store, bakery and coffee house; such service businesses as a barber or beauty shop, cleaners/laundry, (not to include cleaners/laundry uses that have cleaning operations on site) and minor office uses; temporary vendors, as approved pursuant to chapter 17.62 (Special Use Permits); recycling centers, as approved pursuant to chapter 17.58 (Recycling); temporary special uses and developments, with approval of a special use permit pursuant to chapter 17.62 (Special Use Permits); commercial filming or photography, with approval of a city film permit pursuant to chapter 9.16 (Still Photography, Motion Picture and Television Productions); and other similar uses clearly related to the convenience level of service and purchasing as approved by the director. The director's determination on whether other similar uses are clearly related to the convenience level of service 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, § 17.14.020; Ord. No. 78(part), 1975; Ord. No. 320, § 7(part), 1997)

The following uses and development may be permitted in the commercial limited (CL) 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 17.14.010 of this chapter and chapter 17.60 (Conditional Use Permits):

A. Automobile service stations, pursuant to section 17.76.090 (Automobile Service Stations);

B. Flower and produce stands and similar commercial/agricultural retail uses;

C. Convenience stores, pursuant to section 17.76.080 (Convenience Stores);

D. Bed and breakfast inns;

E. Outdoor sale, storage or display of merchandise and/or provisions of services, only in conjunction with a permanent use in a building, except for temporary outdoor uses which may be permitted with a special use permit or temporary vendor permit, pursuant to chapter 17.62 (Special Use Permits), by the director;

F. Cleaners/laundry uses which have cleaning operations on site;

G. Churches;

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

I. Concurrent sales of alcohol and motor fuel;

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

K. Golf courses, driving ranges and related ancillary uses;

L. Governmental facilities;

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

N. Public utility structures;

O. Outdoor active recreational uses and facilities;

P. Small wind energy systems, pursuant to section 17.76.150 (Small Wind Energy Systems); and

Q. 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, § 17.14.030; Ord. No. 78(part), 1975; Ord. No. 166, § 2, 1983; Ord. No. 217, § 2, 1987; Ord. No. 232, § 6, 1988; Ord. No. 320, § 7(part), 1997; Ord. No. 377, § 5, 2002; Ord. No. 481, § 17, 2008; Ord. No. 491, § 3, 6-30-2009)