21.46.100 Permitted structures and uses

21.46.100 Permitted structures and uses.

This section was recently amended by Ordinance No. 3450, codified in January 2024.

A. No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, or structurally altered, except for one or more of the uses permitted by Tables 21.46.01 through 21.46.12 or the development and business services director may permit a use not listed in any table if the director determines, in his or her discretion, the use is found consistent with the intent of the zone.

Table 21.46.01.
Automotive Uses	NC	PCD	CG
Auto Parts, Accessory, and Supplies Stores	P	P*	P
Auto Glass Stores	–	P	P
Automobile Repair, including body and fender and mechanical repair, excluding outdoor storage, display or sales	–	–	P
Automobiles, rental or sale	–	P**	P
Electric Vehicle Charging Station, Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3	C	P	P
Battery Exchange Station (Electric Vehicle), Principal Use	C	C	C
Car Wash	–	–	P
Mobile or Manufactured Homes, open lots for sale or rental of	–	–	P
Park and Pool Lots⁺	C	–	C
Parking Garages and accessory refueling and servicing	–	P	P
Public and Private Parking Lots for Passenger Cars	–	P	P
Service Stations, full, self, or gas⁺	C***	–	C
Tire Store; provided, that in the PCD zone, such activities be conducted indoors without outdoor storage, overnight parking, excessive noise or other adverse environmental impacts	–	P	P
Oil Lubrication, Brake, Muffler Service and Tune-Up	–	P	P

*Provided, that such activities be conducted indoors without outdoor storage, overnight parking, excessive noise or other adverse environmental impacts.

**(1) Only at properties either with frontage on the freeway right-of-way or within 1,500 feet of a freeway on- or off-ramp (measured in a straight line from the nearest point of the end of the freeway ramp (where the ramp connects to a public street) to the nearest point of the property).

(2) Sale of used vehicles as a principal use of the property is prohibited.

***Service stations shall not be located adjacent to or across the street from any residential zoning district.

Table 21.46.02.
Business Service Uses	NC	PCD	CG
Business Services, not including furniture or equipment sales	P	P	P
Business and Professional Services not mentioned elsewhere in this section	–	P	P

Table 21.46.03.
Eating and Entertainment Uses	NC	PCD	CG
Restaurants and Cafeterias providing on-premises service to seated patrons⁺	P	P	P-X
Restaurants, drive-in car service⁺	–	–	P-X
Restaurants, drive-through car service	–	P*	P
Taverns, Bars, and Cabarets	–	P	P

*Drive-throughs in the PCD zone shall have the drive aisles screened.

Table 21.46.04.
Institutional Uses	NC	PCD	CG
Adult Day Care Centers	P	P	P-X
Child Day Care	P	P	P-X
Place of Worship	P	P	P-X
Assisted Living, Congregate Care and Senior Housing⁺	P	P	P
Libraries, Museums, Art Galleries and similar institutions	P	P	P-X
Municipal Services	P	P	P
Higher Education: Universities; Colleges; Technical, Business, Trade and Vocational Schools, excluding automotive and mechanical schools	P	P	P
Primary and Specialty Education: Preschools, Elementary, Secondary, Dance, Music, Art and similar schools	P	P	P-X

Table 21.46.05.
Medical Uses	NC	PCD	CG
Medical, Dental, Optical and Chiropractic Clinics	P	P	P
Off-Campus Emergency Department	–	P	P
Veterinary Clinics⁺	P*	P	P-X

*Excluding outdoor kennels and runs.

Table 21.46.06.
Office Uses	NC	PCD	CG
Business or Professional Office, including offices of a clerical or administrative nature	P	P	P
Office as a Home Occupation	C	–	C

Table 21.46.07.
Personal Service Uses	NC	PCD	CG
Banks and other financial institutions	P	P	P
Personal Service Shops	P*	P	P
Dressmaker and Tailoring Shops	P	P	P
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Plants	–	P	P
Dry Cleaning and Laundry, Self-Service	P	P	P
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Pick-Up Station for work to be done elsewhere	P	P	P
Locksmith	P	P	P
Pet Grooming	P	P	P-X

*Notwithstanding the definition of “personal service shops” in LMC 21.02.566 or the provisions of Table 21.46.08, in the NC zone gymnasiums and health clubs may be up to 5,000 square feet in building area.

Table 21.46.08.
Recreational Activities	NC	PCD	CG
Amusement Centers located 300 feet or more from a single-family or multiple-family zone *	–	P	P
Amusement Centers located less than 300 feet from a single-family or multiple-family zone *	–	C	C
Indoor Amusement Enterprises, including skating rinks, bowling alleys and pool halls	–	P	P-X
Handball Courts, Racquet Clubs, and Indoor and Outdoor Tennis Courts	–	–	P
Health Clubs	–	P	P
Outdoor Ancillary Playground and related equipment	–	–	C
Outdoor Commercial Recreation and Entertainment, including stadiums, race tracks, outdoor theaters, swimming pools, golf courses	–	–	P

*As measured from the property line of the parcel on which the center is located to the property line of the nearest residentially zoned parcel.

Table 21.46.09.
Residential Uses	NC	PCD	CG
Adult Family Homes	P	P	P
Multiple-Family Housing Units⁺	C*	P	–
Multiple-Family Housing Units (on parcels designated as Highway 99 Corridor on the Future Land Use Map)⁺	–	–	P
Motels and Hotels	–	P	P-X
Respite Care	P	P	P

*One-acre minimum lot size, subject to standards and procedures established in Chapter 21.43 LMC for the Multiple Residential Medium-Density Zone (RMM) with the exception that maximum building height is three stories or 45 feet, whichever is less. Also subject to additional screening or privacy measures as determined by the hearing examiner during the conditional use permit process, including but not limited to: distance, architectural design, significant tree cover, significant elevation changes, fencing, reduction or elimination of lighting immediately adjacent to single-family uses, and prohibitions on activities immediately adjacent to single-family uses that will create noise, odor or other impacts (i.e., garbage collection areas, recreation areas, parking lots). See Figure 21.46.1.

Table 21.46.10.
Retail Uses⁺	NC**	PCD	CG
Bakery Retail Stores	P	P	P-X
Bicycle Sales and Repair	–	P	P-X
Boat and Equipment Sales and Display (can only be indoors in the PCD zone)	–	P	P
Building Supplies Stores, indoor	–	–	P
Carpet Stores	–	P	P
Convenience Stores not located on the same or adjacent lot to a service station⁺	P	P	P-X
Convenience Stores located on the same lot and/or within the same building and operated as a single business with a full-service station, self-service station, or gas station⁺	P*	–	C-X
Florist Shops, Accessory Greenhouses and Plant Nurseries	P	P	P
Fresh Fruit, Vegetable or Produce Stand, outdoors	P	P	P
Grocery Stores	P	P	P
Hardware Stores	P	P	P
Pet Shops	P	P	P-X
Retail Lumber Yards	–	–	C
Retail Stores not mentioned elsewhere in this section	P	P	P
Shopping Centers, including only the uses permitted in the applicable zone	P	–	P

*Shall not be located adjacent to or across the street from any residential zoning district.

**Retail uses approved after the adoption of Ordinance 3233 can be no larger than 7,500 square feet per tenant in the NC zone.

+Retail uses can include incidental service and repair for primary uses.

Table 21.46.11.
Light Industrial Uses	NC	PCD	CG
Assembly of Glass, Light Metal, Plastic, Electronic, Electrical or Wood Parts, which are extracted, stamped, manufactured or shaped elsewhere, not precluding minor processes such as cutting or drilling	–	–	P
Bottling or Packaging Plants in spaces of 10,000 sq. ft. or less	–	–	P
Contractor’s Offices and Shops in spaces of 10,000 sq. ft. or less	–	–	P
Public Utilities Facilities⁺	P	P	P
Research and Development	–	–	P

Table 21.46.12.
Other Uses	NC	PCD	CG
Adult Establishments	–	–	CA
Adult Retail Uses	–	–	CA
Charitable or Relief Supplies Collection or Storage	–	–	P
Distribution Center, not to exceed 100,000 square feet	–	–	P
Radio or Television Stations, not including Wireless Communications	–	P	P
Self-Service Storage Facilities	–	–	P
Warehouse of 10,000 sq. ft. or less	–	–	P
Wholesale Store of 10,000 sq. ft. or less	–	–	P
Wireless Communications Facility less than 300 feet from residential zones (as measured from the wireless communications support structure to the property line of the nearest residentially zoned parcel)⁺	C	P	P
Wireless Communications Facility 300 feet or more from residential zones (as measured from the wireless communications support structure to the property line of the nearest residentially zoned parcel)⁺	P	P	P
Wireless Communications Facility, Attached	P	P	P

+See LMC 21.46.110 through 21.46.119.

Key:

P	=	Permitted as principal use
A	=	Permitted as accessory use with a principal permitted or approved conditional use
C	=	May be permitted as a principal use upon approval of a conditional use permit
AI	=	Permitted as accessory use if located in the building of a permitted principal use, and internally oriented with principal public access through the main access of the building
–	=	Not permitted
-X	=	Not permitted in controlled area
CA	=	Permitted only in controlled area. See LMC 21.46.120.

(Ord. 3450 § 3, 2023; Ord. 3415 §§ 26, 47, 2022; Ord. 3399 § 2 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 3311 §§ 18, 19, 2018; Ord. 3258 §§ 7 – 19 (Exh. A), 2017; Ord. 3233 §§ 4 – 17, 2016; Ord. 3140 § 5, 2015; Ord. 3090 § 2, 2014; Ord. 3047 § 5, 2014; Ord. 3023 § 2, 2013; Ord. 3010 § 5 (Exh. A), 2013; Ord. 2947 § 5, 2012; Ord. 2549 § 1, 2005; Ord. 2490 § 4, 2004; Ord. 2457 § 1, 2003; Ord. 2441 § 14, 2003; Ord. 2388 § 29, 2001; Ord. 2092 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2065 § 7, 1995; Ord. 2052 § 1, 1995; Ord. 2020 § 19, 1994; Ord. 1889 § 4, 1992; Ord. 1879 § 4, 1992; Ord. 1847 § 6, 1991; Ord. 1846 §§ 2, 3, 1991; Ord. 1781 § 7, 1990; Ord. 1758 § 4, 1990; Ord. 1690 § 2, 1989; Ord. 1685 § 1, 1989; Ord. 1671 §§ 1 – 4, 1989; Ord. 1592 § 4, 1987; Ord. 1575 § 4, 1987; Ord. 1571 §§ 1, 2, 1987; Ord. 1564 §§ 1, 2, 1987; Ord. 1529 § 2, 1986; Ord. 1523 §§ 1, 2, 3, 1986; Ord. 1513 §§ 2 – 6, 1986; Ord. 1502, 1986; Ord. 1489 § 1, 1985; Ord. 1458 §§ 4, 5, 1985; Ord. 1447 § 5, 1985; Ord. 1426 § 3, 1984; Ord. 1360 § 1, 1983; Ord. 1247 § 6, 1982; Ord. 1240 § 3, 1982; Ord. 1218 § 1, 1981; Ord. 1150 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1140 § 2, 1980; Ord. 1119 § 3, 1980; Ord. 1117 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1116 §§ 5, 6, 1980; Ord. 1061 § 2, 1979; Ord. 1016 § 4, 1978; Ord. 984 § 1, 1978; Ord. 950 § 1, 1978; Ord. 927 § 1, 1977; Ord. 911 § 1, 1977; Ord. 869 § 1, 1976; Ord. 838 § 1, 1976; Ord. 728-A § 1, 1973; Ord. 624 § 1, 1971; Ord. 522, 1969)