Title IV — Interim Zones

Chapter 7 — CC CONVENIENCE CENTER ZONE

Sacramento County Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · Sacramento County

407-01. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this zone is to provide and area for small retail service centers located internally within a residential area on a collector street as an integral part of the neighborhood which can supply the day-to-day needs of the surrounds residents. This zone is intended to promote the harmonious development of local commercial and service areas with adjacent residential development.

407-02. PERMITTED USES.

Buildings and structures may be erected, structurally altered or enlarged and land may be used within this zone for commercial, service, office, and other uses as provided in this section. The entire business operation shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building located within the buildable portion of the lot. The sale of used merchandise is not allowed.

  • a. Barber shop

  • b. Beauty Shop

  • c. Coffee shop

  • d. Coin operated dispenser

  • e. Delicatessen

  • f. Laundromat

  • g. Newspaper-magazine stand

  • h. Child care center

  • i. Prescription pharmacy

  • j. Residence of a caretaker, proprietor or owner of a permitted use

  • k. Shoe repair shop

  • l. Shoe shine parlor

  • m. Soda fountain-ice cream parlor

  • n. Tobacco shop

  • o. Incidental sales operation:

    1. Candy store

    2. Drug store

    3. Firewood sales

    4. Liquor store

  • p. Supermarket or foodstore, provided the floor area shall not exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet.

  • q. Offices less than two thousand (2,000) feet in floor area provided the intended purpose is to serve only the needs of the surrounding residential neighborhood.

    1. Business or professional

    2. Finance, loan, credit collections

    3. Bank, savings and loan

    4. Insurance

    5. Medical or dental

    6. Real estate

    7. Accountants, bookkeepers

    8. Ticket agency

    9. Travel agency

407-03. PERMITTED USES SUBJECT TO ISSUANCE OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

  • a. Apartments and other multiple family dwellings, subject to the regulations of the R-3 Multiple Family zone and the CC Convenience Center zone.

  • b. Secondary automobile service stations, as provided for in section 3.7.9.C.

  • c. Café or restaurant within a completely enclosed building.

  • d. Public utility facility.

407-04. PERMITTED USES IN YARDS AND OPEN SPACES.

  • a. Outdoor furniture.

  • b. Canopies may be located in the required front and side street yards no closer than fifteen (15) feet from all future street and road rights-of-way provided such canopies do not project over more than ten (10) percent of the front and side street yard areas. There shall be no screening, lattice work, or any other obstruction to the free circulation of air or passage of people erected, placed under, or attached to the canopy. There shall be a vertical clearance of not less than eight (8) feet above ground level to the lowest point of the canopy. No advertising signs or

materials shall be painted on or attached to any posts supporting such canopies below said minimum vertical clearance.

  • c. Christmas tree sales, permitted between the first Saturday after Thanksgiving and December 25, inclusive. Any trailers, tents or other temporary structures which are accessory to the sales operation shall be located in the buildable area of the lot.

  • d. Customer conveniences such as litter containers, bicycle racks, mail boxes, book depositories, and other similar conveniences.

  • e. Fences, provided that fences shall not be erected in the required front or side street yards unless such fence is specifically required by Ordinance. Fences may be erected in the required rear, interior side yards or buildable area of the lot, provided such fences do not exceed six (6) feet in height; however, there may be an additional wire fence above the six (6) feet, but not to exceed nine (9) feet overall.

  • f. Planter boxes, retainer walls, fountains and ponds may be placed in yard areas provided they are permanent parts of the overall landscaping development.

  • g. Light standards and fixtures, provided that no sign or other advertising device shall be attached to lighting standards or fixtures. Lighting shall be arranged so as not to produce a glare on other properties in the vicinity and the source of light shall not be visible from adjacent property or other public street.

  • h. Parking, permitted only in the rear yard, interior side yard or buildable area of the lot. Not permitted in the required front and side yards.

  • i. Signs, permanently attached to the ground.

407-05. LOT REQUIREMENTS.

Buildings or structures may be erected or enlarged and uses permitted providing the following areas and yards are maintained in connection with such buildings or uses:

  • a. LOT AREA. Every lot shall have an area of at least one (1) acre if neither a public water nor public sewerage facility is in use, or ten thousand (10,000) square feet if either a public water system or public sewerage facility is in use, or if both public water system or public sewerage facilities are in use there is no minimum lot area requirements for individual lots.

  • b. PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE AND LOT WIDTH. Individual lot frontage on a public street is not required; however, lots shall have sufficient width and depth to maintain the yard areas as required in the Article and adequate building area to serve the intended use.

  • c. FRONT YARD AND SIDE STREET YARD. There shall be a front and side street yard of at least twenty-five (25) feet.

  • d. REAR YARD AND INTERIOR SIDE YARD. There shall be a rear yard and an interior side yard of at least twenty-five (25) feet between any structure within this zone and the boundary line of an adjacent residential, estate, recreation, or agricultural zoning district; otherwise a rear or interior side yard is not required.

407-06. HEIGHT.

Commercial buildings, structures and the enlargement of any buildings or structures may be erected to a height not exceeding twenty (20) feet. For exceptions, see section 5.2.2.C., ‘Height Exceptions for Buildings in Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Zoning Districts’, of this Code.

407-07. DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS.

Buildings or structures may be erected or enlarged and uses permitted provided the following development requirements are maintained in connection with such buildings or uses:

  • a. A planter or landscaped area at least twenty-five (25) feet wide shall be provided adjacent to all public street rights-of-way, excluding approved driveway entrances. In addition, any area within the street right-of-way, between the edge of the sidewalk and the outer edge of the right-of-way, shall be developed as a planter or landscaped area in conjunction with the required twenty-five (25) foot area above, unless this requirement is waived by the Director of the Department of Transportation or his designee.

  • b. A planter or landscaped area at least six (6) feet wide shall be provided adjacent to the interior boundary lines of all adjoining residential, estate, recreation, or agricultural zones. A six (6) foot high perimeter fence of solid wood, masonry or chain link with slats shall be installed along such boundary line. Said perimeter fence shall be reduced in height to two and one-half (2-1/2) feet whenever it is located within twenty-five (25) feet of the street right-of-way. Landscaping shall consist of trees and shall include ground covers, shrubs, or climbing plants which shall be designated in combination with the required perimeter fence in such a manner as to form a visual screen between this district and the adjoining residential, estate, recreation, or agricultural zones.

  • c. Additional planters or landscaped areas shall be provided in public parking areas as specified in section 5.9.4., 'Improvement Requirements for Parking and Loading Areas', of this Code.

  • d. Within each planter or landscaped area and irrigation system and live landscaping shall be provided and maintained.

  • e. Required planter and landscaped areas shall be protected from vehicle encroachment as specified in section 5.9.4.D., 'Bumper Stops, Wheel Stops', of this Code.

  • f. Required planter or landscaped areas may be combined with appropriate pedestrian walks and similar hard surface areas provided that such hard surface does not cover more than thirty (30) percent of any required planter or landscaped area. Ornamental or landscaping rock and gravel areas shall be considered hard surface areas for the purpose of this provision.

407-08. ON-SITE SIGNS.

Except as otherwise provided in this Division, on-site signs and permitted advertising devices may be erected in this zone subject to the following provisions:

  • a. AREA. The total area of all exterior on-site signs and advertising devices shall not exceed one (1) square foot per foot of building frontage facing a street, or one (1) square foot per two (2) feet of public street frontage of the premises, whichever is greater.

  • b. LOCATION. All on-site signs or advertising devices advertising an individual use, business or building shall be located flat against the building.

  • c. HEIGHT. No signs or advertising device shall project above the roof except a sign oriented in the same direction as the wall on which it is applied may project four (4) feet above the finish ceiling of the topmost story.

  • d. ILLUMINATION. There shall be no flashing, moving or animated illumination. Lighting of signs shall be arranged so as not to produce a glare on other properties in

    • the vicinity and the source of light shall not be visible from adjacent property or a public street.

  • e. The provisions of this section shall not restrict signs erected out-of-doors within courtyard and mall spaces (below the height of the enclosing building) within the buildable portion of the lot where the signs are not visible from a residential or estate zone or from a public street.

  • f. Banners, string lights and pennant-flags are not permitted in this zone.

  • g. Real estate signs as provided in section 5.10.1.A.

  • h. Temporary construction signs as provided in section 5.10.1.B.

  • i. COMPUTATION OF AREA. Signs which are placed flat against a building but are on a background which is distinguishable from the overall architectural motif of the building may be counted at seventy-five (75) percent of the total background area. Sign copy which is applied

on the building in such a manner that no background is distinguishable from the overall architectural motif of the building may be counted at fifty (50) percent of the area within straight lines enclosing the copy.

407-09. OFF-SITE SIGNS.

Off-site exterior signs are not permitted in this zone.