San Jose Municipal Code Part 13.7 Retail Art Studio

A. Retail art studios are a permitted use in the CP, CN, CG, UVC, UV, MUC, MUN, UR, TR, MS-G, MS-C, DC and DC-NT1 districts only if all of the following criteria are met:

1. The use is located on the ground floor of a building; and

2. A maximum of one thousand five hundred square feet of the total floor area is devoted to manufacturing of artistic items, and shall be contiguous to the area of retail sales use; and

3. A minimum of twenty percent of the total floor area shall be devoted to retail sales; and

4. All activities, except for activities that conform to Section 20.40.520 or Section 20.75.320, shall be conducted in a fully enclosed building; and

5. The use shall conform to all applicable building and fire code regulations of the City of San José.

B. A retail art studio that does not conform to all of the requirements set forth in Section 20.80.1175 A. may be allowed through the approval of a special use permit.

(Ords. 28858, 30603.)