Chapter 17.424 — DEL PASO BOULEVARD/ARDEN WAY SPECIAL PLANNING DISTRICT

A. General.

1. When established in 1994, the Del Paso Boulevard SPD area consisted of C-2 zoned properties located along Del Paso Boulevard, between approximately Globe Avenue and El Camino Avenue. In 1997, the SPD boundary was expanded and M-1 zoning standards were adopted. In 2010, the SPD boundary was expanded to include the portion of Arden Way between Del Paso Boulevard and Beaumont Street and the SPD was renamed the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way Special Planning District ("Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD").

2. The Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD consists of a number of different neighborhoods that include residential uses, light industrial uses, and commercial uses. The SPD zoning regulations are intended to assist in the preservation of the economic climate in these neighborhoods through the retention of existing businesses while accommodating new development.

• B. Goals. The general goals for properties within the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD are as follows:

1. Maintain and improve the character, quality, and vitality of this unique commercial neighborhood, drawing on the opportunities for an arts and entertainment orientation;

2. Provide the opportunity for a balanced mixture of uses in neighborhoods adjacent to transit facilities and transportation corridors;

3. Maintain the neighborhood stability of existing commercial neighborhoods while allowing existing nonconforming uses to continue to serve the community needs in this area;

4. Retain and improve economic vitality of this commercial neighborhood;

5. Provide the opportunity for reuse and rehabilitation of heavy commercial and industrial uses to take advantage of the light rail facilities in the area, thereby reducing the number of obsolete and underutilized buildings and sites;

6. Promote land use characteristics for M-1 and C-2 properties that consider the neighborhood changes that resulted from the westerly extension of Arden Way across the Natomas East Main Drainage Canal;

7. Promote orderly transition of land uses from underutilized buildings and sites to new commercial and industrial uses; and

8. Discourage outdoor storage in the SPD by limiting stored materials to those that are incidental to primary business uses in the M-1 and C-2 zones and enforcing minimum standards for outdoor storage of materials and products. By discouraging outdoor storage, the city can reverse the adverse aesthetic conditions. (Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)

The boundaries of the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD are shown on the map set out at the end of this section as Exhibit A.

Exhibit A

(Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)

Development in the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD is subject to the regulations and development standards in this chapter and to those of the underlying zone. The provisions of this chapter govern over any conflicting provisions of this title. (Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)

A. Allowed uses.

1. Except as provided in subsection B, the uses permitted in the RMX zone under this title outside of the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD are allowed in the RMX zone within the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD.

2. If this title requires the approval of a conditional use permit or other discretionary permit, or imposes other restrictions or requirements on the establishment of a particular use in the RMX zone outside of the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD, approval of the same discretionary permit and compliance with the same restrictions or requirements are required for the use in the RMX zone within the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD.

• B. Prohibited uses. The following use is prohibited in the Del Paso/Arden Way SPD:

1. Check-cashing center. (Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)

A. Allowed uses.

1. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the uses permitted in the OB zone under this title outside of the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD are allowed in the OB zone within the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD. 2. If this title requires the approval of a conditional use permit or other discretionary permit, or imposes other restrictions or requirements on the establishment of a particular use in the OB zone outside of the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD, approval of the same discretionary permit and compliance with the same restrictions or requirements are required for the use in the OB zone within the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD.

• B. Prohibited uses. The following uses are prohibited in the OB zone in the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD:

1. Check-cashing center; and

2. Tobacco retailing. (Ord. 2019-0027 § 22; Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)

A. Allowed uses.

1. Except as provided in subsections B, C, D, and E of this section, the uses permitted in the C-2 zone under this title outside of the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD are allowed in the C-2 zone within the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD.

2. If this title requires the approval of a conditional use permit or other discretionary permit, or imposes other restrictions or requirements on the establishment of a particular use in the C-2 zone outside of the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD, approval of the same discretionary permit and compliance with the same restrictions or requirements are required for the use in the C-2 zone within the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD.

B. Allowed uses-Manufacturing, service, and repair. Manufacturing, service, and repair uses are allowed in the C-2 zone within the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD as follows:

1. Manufacturing, service, and repair uses not exceeding 6,400 gross square feet of floor area are allowed.

2. Manufacturing, service, and repair uses greater than 6,400 but less than 20,000 gross square feet of floor area are allowed, subject to the following requirements:

• a. The use requires a zoning administrator conditional use permit;

• b. Newly constructed buildings for this use shall be designed to be convertible to commercial use; and

• c. If located on Del Paso Boulevard, the use shall have an office or another active commercial use facing the street.

• C. Allowed uses-Tobacco retailing. Tobacco retailing is allowed in the C-2 zone within the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD with a zoning administrator conditional use permit.

• D. Allowed uses - Cannabis manufacturing, cannabis distribution, and delivery-only cannabis dispensary uses are allowed on parcels that front Del Paso Boulevard or Arden Way in the C-2 zone as follows:

1. The uses do not exceed one-third of the gross square feet of the floor area of the parcel.

2. The uses can only be accessed from the rear of the parcel.

3. The uses are not visible from the public right-of-way.

• E. Prohibited uses. The following uses are prohibited in the C-2 zone in the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD:

1. Adult entertainment business;

2. Adult-related establishment;

3. Check-cashing center;

4. Mortuary; crematory; and

5. Cannabis cultivation on parcels fronting Del Paso Boulevard or Arden Way. (Ord. 2020-0024 § 2; Ord. 20190027 § 23; Ord. 2018-0018 § 2; Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)

• A. Allowed uses.

1. Except as provided in subsections B, C, D, and E of this section, the uses permitted in the M-1 zone under this title outside of the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD are allowed in the M-1 zone within the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD.

2. If this title requires the approval of a conditional use permit, or other discretionary permit, or imposes other restrictions or requirements on the establishment of a particular use in the M-1 zone outside of the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD, approval of the same discretionary permit and compliance with the same restrictions or requirements are required for the use in the M-1 zone within the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD.

B. Allowed uses—Office. An office use in the M-1 zone in the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD requires a planning and design commission conditional use permit unless—

1. The use does not exceed 10,000 gross square feet of floor area or 35% of gross floor area of building per parcel, whichever is greater; or

2. The use—

• a. Is located less than ¼ mile from a light rail station;

• b. Does not exceed 40,000 gross square feet of floor area; and

• c. Is located in a building with a floor area ratio of 0.4 or greater.

• C. Allowed uses-Tobacco retailing. Tobacco retailing is allowed in the M-1 zone within the Del Paso

Boulevard/Arden Way SPD with a zoning administrator conditional use permit.

• D. Allowed uses - Cannabis manufacturing, cannabis distribution, and delivery-only cannabis dispensary uses are allowed on parcels that front Del Paso Boulevard or Arden Way in the M-1 zone as follows:

1. The uses do not exceed one-third of the gross square feet of the floor area of the parcel.

2. The uses can only be accessed from the rear of the parcel.

3. The uses are not visible from the public right-of-way.

• E. Prohibited uses. The following uses are prohibited in the M-1 zone in the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD:

1. Adult entertainment business;

2. Adult-related establishment;

3. Auto dismantler;

4. Mobilehome sales, storage;

5. Recycling facility; and

6. Cannabis cultivation on parcels fronting Del Paso Boulevard or Arden Way.

F. Development standards. In the M-1 zone in the Del Paso Boulevard/Arden Way SPD, outdoor storage incidental to a manufacturing use is allowed within 100 feet of the manufacturing use it serves. Outdoor storage shall be screened within an area enclosed on all sides by a solid fence (such as woven wire with slats) or a solid wall, at least six feet in height. (Ord. 2024-0051 § 23; Ord. 2020-0024 § 3; Ord. 2019-0027 § 24; Ord. 2018-0018 § 3; Ord. 20130020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)