§ 313-2 Commercial Zone Regulations

313-2 Commercial Zone Regulations

313-2.1	CN: Neighborhood Commercial
	Principal Permitted Use
	Neighborhood Commercial Principal Permitted Use (See Section 313-163.1.9 for description)
Use Type	Conditionally Permitted Use
Residential Use Types	Caretaker’s Residence.
Civic Use Types	Administrative Community Assembly Essential Services Minor Generation and Distribution Facilities Oil and Gas Pipelines; subject to the Oil and Gas Pipelines Regulations Major Electrical Distribution Lines; subject to the Electrical Distribution Lines Regulations
Commercial Use Types	Retail Sales Retail Services Office and Professional Service
Industrial Use Types	Cottage Industry; subject to the Cottage Industry Regulations.
Use Types Not Listed in This Table**	Any use not specifically enumerated in this Division, if it is similar to and compatible with the uses permitted in the CN zone.

*See, Industrial Performance Standards, Section 313-103.1.

**See, “Classifying Uses Not Specifically Mentioned in Use Type Descriptions,” Section 313-165.

(Former Section CZ#A313-21(A-C); amended by Ord. 2167, Sec. 18, 4/7/98, amended by Ord. 2367A, 7/25/06)

313-2.1	CN: Neighborhood Commercial
Development Standards
Minimum Lot Size	5,000 square feet
Minimum Lot Width	Fifty feet (50')
Maximum Lot Depth	Three (3) times the lot width
Maximum Density	(None specified.)
Minimum Yard Setbacks***
Front	None, except that where frontage is in a block which is partially in a Residential (RS, R2, RM) zone, the front yard shall be same as that required in such Residential zone
Rear	Fifteen feet (15'), except that where a rear yard abuts an alley, such rear yard may be not less than five feet (5')
Side	None, except that a side yard of an interior lot abutting on a Residential (RS, R2, RM) zone or an Agricultural (AE) zone shall not be less than the front yard required in such Residential zone or Agricultural zone.
Flag Lots	For Flag Lots, the Director, in consultation with the Public Works Department, shall establish the minimum yard that is required for a vehicular turnaround on the lot.
Maximum Ground Coverage	(None specified).
Maximum Structure Height	Forty-five feet (45')
Permitted Main Building Types	Ancillary Residential, Manufactured Home Limited Mixed Residential - Nonresidential Nonresidential Detached, Multiple/Group

*** Note: Setbacks may be modified by other provisions of this Code or State law. For example, see Section 313-30: “Alquist-Priolo Fault Hazard” and the “Fire Safe Regulations” at Title III, Division 11.

(Former Section CZ#A313-21(A-C))

313-2.2	CG: Commercial General
Use Type	Principal Permitted Use
Civic Use Types	Minor Utilities Essential Services Administrative Non-Assembly Cultural
Commercial Use Types	Retail Sales Retail Services Automotive, Sales, Service and Repair Office and Professional Service
Industrial Use Types*	Cottage Industry; subject to the Cottage Industry Regulations
Use Type	Conditionally Permitted Use
Residential Use Types	Caretaker’s Residence
Civic Use Types	Community Assembly Health Care Services Extensive Impact Civic Use Oil and Gas Pipelines; subject to the Oil and Gas Pipelines Regulations Major Electrical Distribution Lines; subject to the Electrical Distribution Lines Regulations Minor Generation and Distribution Facilities
Commercial Use Types	Heavy Commercial Warehousing Storage and Distribution Transient Habitation
Industrial Use Type*	Research/Light Industrial
Natural Resource Use Type	Coastal Access Facilities
Use Types Not Listed in This Table**	Any use not specifically enumerated in this Division, if it is similar to and compatible with the uses permitted in the CG zone.
Development Standards
Minimum Lot Size	5,000 square feet
Minimum Lot Width	Fifty feet (50')
Maximum Lot Depth	Three (3) times the lot width
Maximum Density	(None specified.)
Minimum Yard Setbacks***
Front	None, except that where frontage is in a block which is partially in a Residential (RS, R2, RM) zone, the front yard shall be same as that required in such Residential zone
Rear	Fifteen feet (15'), except that where a rear yard abuts an alley, such rear yard may be not less than five feet (5')
Side	None, except that a side yard of an interior lot abutting on a Residential (RS, R2, RM) zone or an Agricultural (AE) zone shall not be less than the front yard required in such Residential zone or Agricultural zone.
Flag Lots	For Flag Lots, the Director, in consultation with the Public Works Department, shall establish the minimum yard that is required for a vehicular turnaround on the lot.
Maximum Ground Coverage	(None specified).
Maximum Structure Height	Forty-five feet (45')
Permitted Main Building Types	Ancillary Residential; Manufactured Home Limited Mixed Residential - Nonresidential Nonresidential Detached; Multiple/Group

*See, Industrial Performance Standards, Section 313-103.1.

**See, “Classifying Uses Not Specifically Mentioned in Use Type Descriptions,” Section 313-165.