Winters Municipal Code Ch. 17.52 Land Use Regulations

§ 17.52.010. Range of uses.¶

Uses within the city shall be consistent with the land use zone matrix, contained in Table 2 set out in Section 17.52.020.

A. Permitted Uses.

Permitted uses are included on the land use/zoning matrix by the letter "P" in the box defined by a use and zone designation. These uses are allowed in the zones indicated without discretionary review, subject to compliance with the development, parking, landscaping and other standards of the zoning ordinance.

B. Conditional Uses.

Conditional uses are indicated on the land use/zoning matrix by the letter "C" in the box defined by a use and zone designation. Conditional uses may be permitted subject to obtaining a use permit from the planning commission or zoning administrator, as regulated elsewhere in this title.

C. Temporary Uses.

Temporary uses are indicated on the land use/zoning matrix by the letter "T" in the box defined temporary uses. These temporary uses are allowed subject to obtaining a temporary activity permit from the zoning administrator.

D. Accessory Uses.

Accessory uses are secondary to a primary or principal use on a site. Accessory uses are permitted in all zoning districts.

E. Uses Not Listed.

The land use/zoning matrix is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all possible uses, but rather the more common uses likely to be proposed in the city. Uses not specifically covered by any use category but which appear to be similar in nature to permitted or conditional uses shall be reviewed by the community development director, who shall determine the use classification based upon activity characteristics of the proposed use. A proposed use shall otherwise be considered a prohibited use where it is not provided for within a zone.

(prior code § 8-1.5201; Ord. 97-03 § 2 (part))

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§ 17.52.020. Land Use/Zone Matrix.¶

LAND USE/ZONE MATRIX

KEY:	Zoning Designations:
C= Conditional Use	(A-1) General Agricultural	(C-1) Neighborhood Commercial	(M-2) Heavy Industrial
P= Permitted Use	(R-R) Rural Residential	(C-2) Central Business District	(PQP) Public/Quasi-Public
T= Temporary Use	(R-1) Single family, 7,000 square foot average minimum	(C-H) Highway Service Commercial	(P-R) Parks and Recreation
	(R-2) Single-family, 6,000 square foot average minimum	(O-F) Office	(O-S) Public Open Space
	(R-3) Multifamily Residential	(B/P) Industrial/Business Park	(PD) Planned Development
	(R-4) High Density Residential	(M-1) Light Industrial

AGRICULTURAL USES

	A-1	R-R	R-1	R-2	R-3	R-4	C-1	C-2	C-H	O-F	B/P	M-1	M-2	PQP	P-R	O-S	P-D*
Agricultural Operation	P	C														P
Animal Production	P															C
Businesses and Uses Prohibited by State or Federal Law
COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES	COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES
Adult Entertainment											C	C
Automobile Repair, Major							C	C			C	C	P
Automobile Repair, Minor							P	P	P		P
Bar, Cocktail Lounge							C	C
Bed and Breakfast Inn			C	C	C	C		C
Business Service							P	P		P	P
Businesses and Uses Prohibited by State or Federal Law
Commercial Cannabis (retail storefront only)							C 8	C 8
Financial Institutions							P	P		P	P
Equipment Sales, Rental, Repair							P	P			P
Funeral Parlor								P			C
Hotel, Motel								C	C
Nurseries	P						P	P			C	C
Office, Business and Medical							P	P		P	P
Outdoor Sales							C	C			C
Personal Retail Services							P	P
Personal Storage								C			C	C			C	C
Recreation, Indoor or Outdoor							C	C			C	C
Recreational Vehicle Park									C		C
Restaurant							P	P	P		C
Restaurant, Drive-Through							C	C	P
Retail Sales, General							P	P	C		C
Roadside Stand	P	C					C	C
Service Station							P	P	P		P
Stationary Food Vendor							C	C	C
Veterinary Hospital, Kennel	C						C	P
INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES	INDUSTRIAL USES
Businesses and Uses Prohibited by State or Federal Law
Finished Goods Assembly											P	P	P
Heavy Equipment Terminal											C	C	P
Laboratory, Research, Equipment										C		C	C
Manufacturing, Heavy General													C
Manufacturing, Light General												C	P
Mineral Extraction	C												C	C		C
Recycling Center Collection							P	P			P	P	P
Recycling and Salvage Yards													C
Warehouse, Wholesale, Freight Terminal												C	P
PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES	PUBLIC & QUASI-PUBLIC USES
Assembly Hall/Community Services	C	C					C	C		C	C			C	C
Businesses and Uses Prohibited by State or Federal Law
Cemetery	C													C		C
Communication Equipment Facility	C	C			C	C	C	C	C	C	C	P	P	C	C	C
Convalescence and Care Services		C	C	C	C	C	C							C
Cultural Facility						C	C							C	C
Day Care, General		C	C	C	C	C				C	C			C
Emergency Shelter					P	P		P						P
Government Offices										C	C			C	C
Hospital										C	C			C
Public Parks	C	C	C	C			C	C	C					C	C	C
Religious Institutions			C	C			C	C		C	C			C
Safety Services							C	C		C	C			C
Utility Services, Major	C	C											C	C	C	C
Utility Services, Minor	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Vocational Training Facility														C
RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES	RESIDENTIAL USES
Accessory Dwelling Units		P	P	P
Businesses and Uses Prohibited by State or Federal Law
Day Care, Limited		P	P	P	P	P
Dwelling, Multiple-Family					P	P	C	P		C
Dwelling, Single-Family	P	P 4	P 4	P 4	C	C 4		C 2								C
Dwelling, Two-Family or Duplex			P 1	P	C	C
Farmworker Housing Unit	P		P	P	P	P		P 5
Farmworker Housing Complex	P				P	P		P 5
Mobilehome Park		C	C	C	C	C
Single Room Occupancy					P	P		C
Residential Care Facility		C	C	C	C									C
Vacation Rental (Hosted)		C	C	C	C
Vacation Rental (Nonhosted)		C	C	C	C
TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES	TEMPORARY USES
Arts and Crafts Show	T						T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
Businesses and Uses Prohibited by State or Federal Law
Carnivals/Fairs/Fund Raisers	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
Construction Trailers	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
Religious Assembly	T													T	T	T	T
Seasonal Sales	T	T					T	T	T		T	T		T	T	T	T

Footnotes:
1. Affordable or market rate duplexes are allowed on all corner lots in the R-1 and R-2 zones citywide.
2. Only if an existing historical structure is planned for relocation to a C-2 zone that adjoins a residential district.
3. Reserved.
4. Manufactured homes and factory-built homes located on a permanent foundation are allowed in the specified zones by right or upon planning commission approval of a conditional use permit (CUP).
5. For single farmworkers, single room occupancy housing is permitted.
6. Vacation rental (hosted) is allowed in all residential zones upon zoning administrator approval of a vacation rental permit.
7. Vacation rental (nonhosted) is allowed in all residential zones upon planning commission approval of a conditional use permit (CUP).
8. A Commercial Cannabis Permit (CCP) is required. A retail storefront commercial cannabis business must be within the C-1 or C-2 zone and located on Assessor’s Parcel Maps, Book 03-16, 03-221, 03-321, 03-35, 03-37, 038-05, 038-07 and 038-19.
* All PD uses per PD permit, and as consistent with the general plan.
Also see: Chapter 17.36 (Design Review). Design review may be required, including for land uses which are otherwise permitted by this title, depending upon the type and location of the development project proposed.
** A commercial use operating from a residential structure originally constructed as a residential structure can be converted from a commercial use to a residential use.

(Prior code § 8-1.502; Ord. 97-03 § 2 (part); Ord. 2001-08; Ord. 2003-01 § 5; Ord. 2004-01; Ord. 2006-02 § 1; Ord. 2006-06 § 1; Ord. 2011-05 § 5 (Att. 1); Ord. 2011-07 § 4; Ord. 2011-08 § 3; Ord. 2011-09 § 3 (part); Ord. 2012-08 § 4; Ord. 2015-02 § 5; Ord. 2015-05 § 4; Ord. 2017-01 § 3 (part); Ord. 2018-06 § 3(b) (part); Ord. 2019-02 § 3(b); Ord. 2025-02, 3/18/2025; Ord. 2025-04, 5/6/2025)

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Winters Municipal Code Ch. 17.52 Land Use Regulations: Zoning Matrix

§ 17.52.010. Range of uses.¶

§ 17.52.020. Land Use/Zone Matrix.¶

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