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Rialto Municipal Code Ch. 18.34 C-3 General Commercial Zone
Rialto Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Rialto
Cite as: Rialto Municipal Code Chapter 18.34 · Text as of 2026-10-04
18.34.010 - Regulations established.¶
The regulations established by this chapter apply in the C-3 general commercial zone, unless otherwise provided by this title.
(1965 code Title XII, Ch. 17, § 1)
18.34.020 - Permitted uses.¶
Uses permitted are as follows:
A. Any use permitted in the C-2 zone;
B. Animal hospital;
C. Body and fender shop when operated wholly within a building;
D. Bottling plant;
E. Skating rinks and boxing arenas;
F. Drive-in theatres;
G. Funeral homes, undertaking establishments, crematoria;
H. Furniture warehouse for storing personal household goods;
I. Mechanical auto wash;
J. Motels may be permitted subject to a conditional development permit;
K. Nurseries, flowers or plants and greenhouses;
L. Poultry or rabbit killing incidental to a retail business;
M. Repair garages;
N. Tire retreading or recapping conducted entirely within an enclosed building;
O. Used car lots;
P. Wholesale and jobbing establishments, provided all storage is conducted within an entirely enclosed building and subject to review and approval of the development plan by the planning commission;
Q. Other uses which are subject to a conditional development permit. (See Chapter 18.66);
R. Radiator repair;
S. Large collection facilities for recyclable materials as permitted in Ch. 18.108;
T. Entertainment establishments as defined in Section 18.04.315 of this title may be permitted subject to a conditional development permit;
U. Tattoo parlors, subject to the issuance of a conditional development permit;
V. Arcades, subject to the issuance of a conditional development permit.
(Ord. 1371 §§ 1, 2, 2005; Ord. 1275 § 6, 1998; Ord. 1273 § 4 (part), 1998; Ord. 1161 § 2(2), 1992; Ord. 1063 § 2, 1989; Ord. 939, 1985; 1965 code Title XII, Ch. 17, § 2)
18.34.025 - Reserved.¶
Editor's note— Ord. No. 1594, § 5(I), adopted November 14, 2017, repealed § 18.31.025, which pertained to prohibited uses and derived from Ord. No. 1453, adopted October 13, 2009 and Ord. No. 1570, adopted August 9, 2016.
18.34.030 - Height, bulk and space requirements.¶
The C-2 central commercial zone regulations apply to the height, bulk and space requirements in the C-3 zone.
(1965 code Title XII, Ch. 17, § 3)
18.34.040 - Signs.¶
All advertising signs and structures are permitted including billboards and outdoor advertising signs, see Section 18.102.060(H).
(Ord. 1234 (part), 1995: 1965 code Title XII, Ch. 17, § 4)
18.34.050 - Off-street parking.¶
For off-street parking and loading requirements see Chapter 18.58.
(Ord. 1057 § 2 (11), 1989; 1965 code, Title XII, Ch. 17, §§ 5, 6)
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