HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 1998 351 0212RESOLUTION NO. PC -98 -351
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY
COUNCIL PERTAINING TO ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 97 -04,
REVISIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING TO DEFINITIONS,
ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES, PURPOSES OF ZONES, USES BY ZONES,
CODIFICATION OF PREVIOUS ORDINANCE RELATING TO ADULT
ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES /BUSINESS REGULATIONS, AND ENTITLEMENT
PROCESSES.
Whereas, Section 17.60.020 of the Municipal Code provides that the
City Council may initiate proceedings to consider amendments to the
Zoning Code by the adoption of a resolution of intention requesting the
Planning Commission to set the matter for study, public hearing, and
recommendation within a reasonable time; amd
Whereas, On April 16, 1997, the City Council authorized the
initiation of proceedings to consider an amendment to the Municipal Code
by the adoption of a resolution of intention requesting the Planning
Commission to set the matter for study, public hearing, and
recommendation to the City Council for the purposes of considering an
amendment relating to allowable uses in each zone and the appropriateness
of each use; and
Whereas, at a duly noticed public hearing on May 12, 1997, and
subsequent continued meetings and additional hearings, the Planning
Commission held public hearings on this matter.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The recommended modifications to the City's Municipal
Code are categorically exempt pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines pursuant
to Section 15061 (b) (3) in that the proposed amendment to the Municipal
Code does not have the potential for causing a significant effect on the
environment.
SECTION 2. That the Planning Commission studied, held public
hearings, and on February 23, 1998, recommended to the City Council
modifications to the Municipal Code relating to uses.
SECTION 3. The Planning Commission recommends that a new Zoning
Designation, entitled Open Space - Restricted, shall be added as Section
17.12.010 B, and subsequent zones be relettered appropriately.
SECTION 4. The Planning Commission recommends that the following
shall be added- as Section 17.16.020 B, and the Agricultural Exclusive
shall be redesignated as 17.16.020 C:
EXHIBIT 1
Planning Commission Resolution No. 98 -351
February 23, 1998
Page 2
B. Open Space - Restricted (OS -R) Zone. The purpose of this zone
is to preserve areas that are restricted in their use primarily for
natural open space buffers, or otherwise restricted open space, and
which also may be landscaped and irrigated.
SECTION 5. The Planning Commission recommends that Section
17.20.040 Q, relating to grading shall be deleted from the exemptions
from Zoning Clearance.
SECTION 6. The Planning Commission recommends that Section
17.08.010, Application of Definitions, shall be modified as follows:
Definition of "Camp" shall be deleted.
Definition of "Residential care facility" shall be changed to
reflect "eight (8) or fewer beds ", rather than "six (6) or fewer
beds ".
Definition of "Retail trade" shall have "liquor stores" deleted from
the definition.
SECTION 7. The Planning Commission recommends that previously
adopted Ordinance No. 166, relating to Adult Entertainment
Facilities /Business Regulations shall be codified as a new chapter to the
Zoning Ordinance.
SECTION 8. The Planning Commission recommends that Tables
17.20.050, relating to Permitted Uses in Residential, Open Space,
Agricultural, and Special Purpose Zones and Table 17.20.060 relating to
Permitted Uses in Commercial and Industrial Zones shall be modified as
shown in Attachments A & B to this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS 23rd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1998.
AYES: Millhouse, Acosta, Miller,
NOES:
ATTEST:
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Celia LaFleur, -ISecretary
to the Planning Commission
Perms tBd by Zone Clearance
Administrative Permit
Planning Commission- approved planned development permit ATTACHMENT A
City Council - approved planned development permit ATTACHMENT
Planning Commission-approved conditional use permit
���_�1 City Council-approved Conditional Use Permit
Temporary Special Use Permit
Table 17.20.050
PERMITTED USES IN OPEN SPACE, AGRICULTURAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND
SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONES
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ZONING DESIGNATION
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TYPE OF USE
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R2
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Agriculture and agricultural operations (no retail except
P
P
P
as indicated).
Animal husbandry: Without structures'
With structures: total GFA per lot:
P
P
P
P
Up to 2,000 sq. ft.
Over 2,000 to 5,000 sq. ft.
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Less than 5 acre minimum lot size
Over 2,000 to 5,000 sq.ft.
P
P
P
P
More than 5 acre lot size
Over 5,000 to 20,000 sq. ft.
P
P
CPC
Over 20,000 to 50,000 100,900 5q. H-
CPC
CPC
Accessory structures To animal husbandry
—
-
Dwelling, caretaker
CPC
CPC
CPC
More than one per lot
CPC
CPC
CPC
Offices
CPC
CPC
CPC
Apiculture' (Bees)
P
P
P
Fish fafrms
Animal raising in conjunction with 4 -H, FFA,
j TUP
TUP
TUP
TUP TUP TUP
TUP
school, or other similar formalized youth
program, conducted in compliance with
Section 17.28.030
More animals than are permitted by Section
CPC
CPC
CPC
17.28.030C
-
6eakaetere4
GPG
GPG
GPG
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MOVE TO INDUSTRIAL
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Commercial Crop production' (Not less than 5 acres)
P
P
P
P
Wholesale nursery (not less than 5 acres)
P
P
P
P
Greenhouse, hothouses and the like: total GFA per
P
P
P
p
lot' (Minimum 5 acres)
Up to 1,000 sq. ft.
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P Permitted by Zone Clearance Page 2
AP Administrative Permit
PDPC Planning Commission-approved planned development permit
Pgf1: City Council-approved planned development permit
( Planning Commission - approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council- approved Conditional Use Permit
Wp Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE ZONING DESIGNATION
OS I OSR I AE
RA I RE RO I R1 I R2
RPD I TP
1,000 to 20,000 sq. ft.
P
P
P
IP
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20,000 to 50,000 409;000 sq. ft.
CPC
CPC
CPC
I
Packing or prelim. processing, within structures:
P
P
P
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total GFA per lot:'
Up to 5,000 sq. ft
i
5,001 to 20,000 sq. ft.
P
P
CPC
20,001 to 50,000491);@ sq. ft.
CPC
CPC
CPC
ever q69,889 sq. ft.
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,wellings, farm worker (more than one per lot)
CPC
I CPC
CPC
Wineries
P
P
P
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Up to 2,000 sq. ft. structure
2,001 to 20,000 sq. ft. structure
CPC
CPC
CPC
Over 20,000 sq. ft. structure
CPC
CPC
CPC
With public tours or tasting rooms
CPC
CPC
CPC
fi
Accessory To crop production, including storage
— SEE GREENHOUSE
'r
Dwelling, farm worker: On lots of 40 acres or
CPC
CPC
CPC
more
On lots less than 40 acres
CPC
CPC
CPC'
More than one per lot
CPC
CPC
CPC
Offices
CPC
CPC
I CPC
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Produce stands, retail'
P
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p
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Accessory uses, including open storage
P
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P
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Fuel storage'
P
P
P
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— Insecticides for pest control
P
P
P
P
P
Packing, storage or prelim, processing of
P
P
P
crops: Without structure'
!
Alffields and 'amdimg pads and stielps, private
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P Permitted by Zone Clearance
AP Administrative Permit
PDPC Planning Commission-approved planned development permit
PDP� City Council-approved planned development permit
C Planning Commission - approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council- approved Conditional Use Permit
TUP. Temporary Special Use Permit
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TYPE OF USE ZONING DESIGNATION
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OS OSR AE RA RE RO R1 RZ RPD TIP I
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Animals, nonagricultural (see also Dwellings,
accessory uses and structures)' SEE ANIMAL
HUSBANDRY
Kennels
GPG
CPC
CPC
Wild animals
GPG'
Baerdimgheaees-mrd Bed - and - breakfast inns
I
CPC
Care facilities' (see also H &SC and W &IC)
-
P
P
-CP�
P P
P
P
PDPC
Day: Care of 12 or fewer persons (State law
requirement related to day care facilities for 9- 9-
12)
Care of 13 or more persons
CPC
CPC
T
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
-- Intermediate: Care of + 9 or more persons (see
Bnitions)
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Care of fr 8 or fewer persons
P !,
P P
P
P P
P
P
P
Care of 9 or more persons
CPC
CPC
CPC I
CPC
CPC
Cemeteries I
GPG
CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
mausoleums
Churches, synagogue and other buildings used for
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
religious worship
Clubhouses (no alcoholic beverages)
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Communications facilities (Accessory Antennas)
CPC
ICPC
CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Drilling, tempereFy geelegie (testing only)
Dwelling, single - family`•/ (R -P -D zone)
P
i P
P
P P
P
P
PDPC
P
Mobilehome, continuing nonconforming
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Affordable or elderly, built pursuant to Chapter
PDCC
PDCC
PDCC
17.64
Dwellings, two- family, or two single - family dwellings
P
PDPC
Affordable or elderly, built pursuant to Chapter
PDCC
PDCC
..' ,.64
Dwellings, multifamily
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PDCC
Affordable or elderly, built pursuant to Chapter
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PDCC
PDCC
—17.64 —
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P Permitted by Zone Clearance Page 4
AP Administrative Permit
POPC Planning Commission-approved planned development permit
Pl? City Council- approved planned development permit
C1 Planning Commission- approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council - approved Conditional Use Permit
TOP Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE
OS I OSR I AE
ZONING DESIGNATION
RA I RE 1 RO I R1 I R2 I RPD
TP
DweFogs, accessory
habitat ructures
1P
Mobilehomel RV as temporary dwelling during
P
P
P
P
P P
P
P
P
P
construction'
Second Dwelling2
AP
AP
AP
AP AP
AP
AP
AP
AP
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Room additions of less than 120 square foot
P
P
P P
P
P
P
P
P
and on lots greater than 7,500 square feet
Room additions - Other
A
AP
AP
AP AP
AP
AP
AP
Not for human habitation (with or without
AP
AP
AP
AP AP
AP
AP
AP
bathroom)
:Second story patio /deck
–
Accessory structure over 120 sq. ft.
AP
AP
AP
AP AP
AP
AP
AP
Over 1,000 sq. ft. per structure; or over
CPC
CPC
CPC I
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
2,000 sq. ft. per iot
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Antenna, ground - mounted (noncommercial),
CPC
CPC
C
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
above 40 ft?
FP—
Dwellings, accessory uses
P
P
P P
P
P
P
P
Animals'
P
P
P
A P iculture2
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Aviaries
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Farm animals2 (other than horses /ponies)
P
P
P
P P
CPC
Horses /ponies2
P
P
P
P P
CPC
Pet animals'
P
PP
PP
P P
P
P
P
P
—CPC
More animals than are permitted by Section
CPC
CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
17.28.030C
Wild animals
CPC
CPC
CPC
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Commercial uses, minor, for project residents
PDPC
Home occupation
P
P
P
P P
P
P
P
P
——Storage, open 1,2 —_ - --
P
P_
P
P
P
P
P
P
anon and training
-,
CPC
CPC
Colleges and universities
Schools, elementary and secondary (boarding and
CPC
CPC CPC
CP C
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
nonboarding)
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P Permitted by Zone Clearance
AP Administrative Permit
PDPC Planning Commission-approved planned development permit
PP City Council-approved planned development permit
C1 Planning Commission-approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council-approved Conditional Use Permit
TUP Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE ZONING DESIGNATION
OS OSR I A E 1 RA L RE RO R1 R2
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RPD I TP
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Energy production from renewable sources
CPC
CPC
CPC
Festivals and similar events, temporary outdoor
CCC
CPC
CPC:
CPC
CPC
Government buildings
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Correctional institutions
CPC
Fire stations
CPC
CPC
CPC:
CPC
CPC;
CPC
CPC
CPC
Law enforcement facilities
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Grading' In conjunction with an existing Development I
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Permit'
Less than 5,000 cubic yards P
P
P
P P P
P
P
P
P
_,5,000 cubic yards, or more I PDPG
P D PC
P W
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Poo MR p
PDPC
oft
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Hv. ,als
CPC
CPC
1 laspitals lef lefge animals
Libraries
CPC
CPC
CPC CPC: CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Mineral resource development CPC
CCC
CPC
CPC
Mining and accessory uses' CPC
CCC
CPC
CPC
Less than 9 months in duration
CPC
CCC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Public works maintenance
P
CCC
P
P
P P P
P
P
P
Oil and gas exploration and production'
CPC
CCC
CPC
CPC
Mobilehorne parks'
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Model home within subdivision permitted
I
Model homestlet-sal -,Rjears within subdivision to
P
P p
p
P
which it relates.
F—P
Model home outside subdivision to which it relates
CPC
CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
More
Motion picture and TV production, and related activities CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
I
CPC
and structures (not covered by Film Permit
requirements)
!mpwary (maximufn 42 days in amy 188 da�
Pipelines and transmission lines, aboveground' CPC
CCC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
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P Permitted by Zone Clearance
AP Administrative Permit
PDPC Planning Commission-approved planned development permit
PR'— City Council- approved planned development permit
CI Planning Commission - approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council-approved Conditional Use Permit
TOO Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE
OS I OSR I AE
ZONING DESIGNATION
RA I RE RO I R1 I R2 I RPD
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TP I
Public utility facilities, excluding offices and service
GPG
CCC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
yards'
Recreational sport and athletic facilities
GPG
CPC
Campgrounds Without Pennanet Structures'
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Community centers
For farm workers and nonprofit farm
GPG
CPC
CPC
�'.
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
community organizations
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Fields, athletic
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPCJ
t_CPC
Golf courses, except miniature golf
GGG
CPC
CPC CPC j
+
CPC
CPC
CPC
rks
P
CPC
P
P P
P
P
PDPC
P I
CPC
With buildings
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
P CPC
Periodic outdoor sporting events
CCC
Recreational vehicle parks'
CPC
CPC'
Recreation projects, city- initiated
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P P
Caretaker recreational vehicle, accessory'
I P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P P
Retreats': Without sleeping facilities
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
With sleeping facilities
GPG
CPC
CPC
CPC
Riding Stables& Equestrian Facilities
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
With necessary 'edging facilities —
GP6
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Signs (see also Section 17.20.040 and Chapter 17.40)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Storage of building materials, temporary'
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Trees and native vegetation: Removal, relocation
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
or damage'
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Within an overlay zone SEE CHAPTER 17.36
and structures, accessory (other than to agric.
P
P
P
P
! P
P
P
P
CPC
CPC
annualsordwellings)
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P Permitted by Zone Clearance
4P Administrative Permit
PDPC Planning Commission - approved planned development permit
PDG1 City Council- approved planned development permit
CF Planning Commission - approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council-approved Conditional Use Permit
TUP Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE
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ZONING DESIGNATION
RA ! RE I RO I R7 I R2 I RPD I TP
To a use requiring a PD permit or CUP
SEE SECTION 17.44.080A
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Dwelling, caretaker
Waste treatment and disposal
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Water production, storage and distribution facilities:
CPC
CCC
CPC
CPC CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Private purveyors' .4
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Notes for Table 17.20.050:
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1. See also Section 17.20.040.
2. There are specific regulations for this use; see Chapter 17.28.
3. See Chapter 17.32 for parking standard.
4. Most public water facilities are exempt from these regulations.
(Ord. 196 § 3 (part), 1994; Ord. 189 § 3 (8105 - 4),1994)
17.20.060 Permitted uses in commercial and industrial zones.
'^ emitted uses in commercial and industrial zones are set out in Table 17.20.060.
.,rte: All uses located in the M -1 and M -2 zones which at the property line are adjacent to residentially zoned prop-erty shall require a City Council-approved conditional
use permit prior to occupancy of the building.
The key for Table 17.20.060 is as follows:
[Blank] Not permitted
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AP Administrative Permit
_RDPC Planning Commission-approved planned development permit
CG City Council- approved planned development permit
CPC Planning Commission-approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council- approved Conditional Use Permit
TUP Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE
ATTACHMENT B
ZONING DESIGNATION
1 of
CO C1
C2
I CID
M1
M2
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Adult Entertainment Facilities /Businesses —10 —
CCC
Airfields and landing pads and strips, private
CPC
CPC
CPC
Alcoholic beverage selling establishments including off -site or on site —9 CCC
(except restaurants selling beer and wine)
CCC
CCC
CCC
A Poft
Amusement and recreational facilities (see definitions
CPC
Amusement parks and carnivals
CPC
CPC
Arcades, Accessory to primary use (Not to exceed 10 permitted machines or 10% of floor area, P
whichever is greater)
P
P
p
Arcades (Not to exceed 10 permitted machines or 10% of floor area, whichever is greater)
CPC
CPC
dtfing cages and golf driving ranges, indoor
CPC
CPC
Bicycle racing tracks, outdoor
PDPC
CPC
C CPC
Health club /gymnasium (see definitions)
PDPC
CPC CPC
Martial arts and dance studios
PDPC
CPC
CPC CPC
%eelfeelts (for meterIzed vehieles), sheeiti ig ranges amd steditims PRO' "BRED
Art galleries, museums and botanical gardens
PDPC
CPC
Automobile service stations —0
CPC
PiF
Banks and related financial offices and institutions PDPC PDPC
PDPC
Bars, taverns and nightclubs -1
CCC
Care facilities: For 4 9 or more persons -1 (see also H &SC and W &IC)
Day -2,3 _
li PDP C ',PDPC
PDPC
CPC
CPC
Intermediate and residential CPC
_ _._
CPC
.CPC
Car washes, self -service or automatic CPC
CPC
Cemeteries, columbaria and mausoleums
CPC
CPC
CPC j
—,
r ematoria, accessory
CPC
CPC
CPC
Churches, synagogues and other buildings used for religious worship —5 1 CPC PDPC
PDPC
CPC
CPC
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Permitted by Zone Clearance
Administrative Permit
.QnPC Planning Commission - approved planned development permit
City Council- approved planned development permit
CPC Planning Commission- approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council- approved Conditional Use Permit
TUP Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE
T - -- -
ZONING DESIGNATION
CO C1 C2 M1 M2
CPD
Clubhouses
CPC
PDPC
I
CPC
' With alcoholic beverages
CPC
--
Club projects, temporary outdoor
CPC
CPC
CPC
Communications facilities CPC
CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
Radio and television broadcasting -stet ens studios
- -
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
CPC
-
Conference center /convention center I
CPC
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CPC
—
Contractor service and storage yards and buildings
—.. -
CPC
Crop production 4 P
P
P P
P
p
Firewood operations
l-
CPC CPC
as and structures, accessory
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Dwelling, farm worker (maximum one per lot)
CPC CPC
I Fuel storage
P- -
Offices
CPC CPC
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Packing, preliminary processing, or storage of crops: Without structures
P
P
I
Produce stands, retail
Dog and cat grooming
CPC
P
CPC
P
Drive-through facilities -9
CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
- -- — T
Wiling tempefafy geelegle (testing only)
Conversion of residential structures to commercial use
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Colleges and universities
CPC
CPC
CPC
Schools: Elementary and secondary (nonboarding only) -2,3
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Schools: Professional, vocational, art, craft and self- improvement
CPC
CPC
PDPC
PDPC
CPC
Emergency Shelters
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
- gy production from renewable sources
CPC
CPC
Festivals and similar events, temporary outdoor -
CPC
CPC
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Permitted by Zone Clearance
Administrative Permit
=PC Planning Commission-approved planned development permit
0 City Council-approved planned development permit
CPC Planning Commission-approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council-approved Conditional Use Permit
3 of
TUP Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE ZONING DESIGNATION
CID C1 C2 MI M2 I
CPD
Government buildings, excluding correctional institutions
PDPC
PDPC PDPC CPC
CPC
CPC
Fire stations
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC PDPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC:
Grading' In conjunction with an existing Development Permit'
Less than 5,000 cubic yards
P
P P
P P
P
P
�P
5,000 cubic yards, or more
IRDIM
PDP. PDPC R#PG
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Health services such as professional offices and outpatient clinics
PDPC
PDPC PDPC
CPC
Drug, Alcohol, Mental Health clinics
CPC
CPC CPC
F Ambulance Services
CPC CPC
CPC;
jospitals
CPC
CPC
CPC
..armacy, accessory retail, for prescription pharmaceuticals only
CPC
PDPC CPC
Hotels, motels, and Bed & Breakfast
PDPC
Kennels
Laboratories: research and scientific
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
Medical and dental
Libraries and information renter
Manufacturing industries (AS LISTED BY CATEGORY)
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC i PDPC
PDPC PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
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PBP6
Apparel and related products
Dressmaking and tailor shops
PDPC; PDPC
Chemicals, gases and related products (see definitions) -A excluding nerve gas
Pape
Drugs, pharmaceuticals, perfumes, cosmetics and the like
PDPC
Soaps, detergents and cleaners
Electrical and electronic machinery, equipment and supplies
PDPC
PDPC
P9PG_
Batteries
CPC
C_PG
Household appliances
Transmission and distribution equipment, and industrial apparatus----
CPC
CPC
PDPC
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PDPC
P9PG
PBPG_
GPG
Food and related products
CPC
PDPC
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City Council- approved planned development permit
CPC Planning Commission- approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council- approved Conditional Use Permit
TUP Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE ZONING DESIGNATION
CO C1 C2 M7 LM2 1
- - -- — ,, - -- CPD - --
Alcoholic beverages
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Bakery products
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Meat, seafood and poultry packing plants
Slaughtering; refining and rendering of animal fats and oils
Sugar refining
Furniture and related fixtures
Instruments: measuring, analyzing and controlling
CPC
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
Jewelry, silverware and plated ware
Laundry service - Laundromats -6
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PDPC
PDPC PDPC
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mdry service - light -6
PDPC
PDPC PDPC
Laundry service - heavy -6
PDPC
PDPC
Leather and leather products
_
PDPC
PDPC
Tanning, curing and finishing of hides and skins
Lumber and wood products and processes
PDPC
Cabinetwork
PDPC
PDPC
Plywood, particle board and veneer manufacture: wood preserving
Sawmills and planing mills
Machinery, except electrical
PDPC
Office, computing and accounting machines
PDPC
PDPC
Metal industries, primary
Rolling, drawing and extruding
Metal products, fabricated
Ammnnitien
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CPC
PDPC
Machine shops
'
CPC
PDPC
Plating, polishing, anodizing, engraving and related operations
CPC
PDPC
asical instruments, including pianos and organs
PDPC
PDPC
Paper and related products
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G City Council- approved planned development permit
CPC Planning Commission - approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council-approved Conditional Use Permit
TUP Temporary Special Use Permit
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TYPE OF USE
ZONING DESIGNATION
CO C1 C2 M1 M2 ' I
CPD
Products from paper and paperboard, including containers
PDPC
PDPC
Pens, pencils and other office and artists -1 materials
PDPC
PDPC
Personal goods
PDPC
PDPC
Petroleum relining find related imdustries 1
Photographic, medical and optical goods, and watches and clocks
PDPC -
PDPC
Printing, publishing and related industries
PDPC
PDPC
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PBPG
Rubber and plastics products
CPC
Tire retreading and recapping
gns and advertising displays
Slone, clay and glass productsO —
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PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
CPC
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Asbestos products
a and plaster, and products fabricated there -from u�
Glass and glassware, pressed and blown, including flat glass
_ _
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CPC
Glass products, made of purchased glass
PDPC
PDPC
mile Milli predeefs
Tobacco products
PDPC
Toys and amusement, sporting and athletic goods
PDPC
PDPC
Transportation equipment
CPC
Moloroycles, bicycles and related parts
PDPC
Mineral resource development -
Mining and accessory uses -1
Less than 9 months in dumlion
CPC
CPC
Public works maintenance
P
P
P
P
P
`II and gas exploration and production -1
CCC
CCC
Motion picture and TV production, and related activities and structures - -__ _
CPC
CPC _
CPC
CPC
CPC -
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City Council- approved planned development permit
L'PC Planning Commission - approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council- approved Conditional Use Permit
TUP Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE ZONING DESIGNATION
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CO C1 C2 ', M1 M2 I
Temporary (maximum 4i= 60 days in any 160 -day per! -0d) -1,4
P
P P
P
P
Offices: business, professional and administrative, except health and veterinary
PDPC
PDPC
j PDPC
PDPC
CPC
Parking lots
PDPC
PDPC 1 PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
CPC
Pipelines and transmission lines, aboveground
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Printing, (copying & photocopying)
PDPC
CPC
Propnbian (eng ne) teslin9
Putility facilities -4 CPC
CPC CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Offices only PDPC
PDPC PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
Service yards
PDPC
CPC I
ding studios and sound stages PDPC
CPC
CPC 1
Rental and leasing of durable goods CPC
CPC
CPC
Bicycle rental _�.u.._ PDPC
Repair and reconditioning services
CPC
CPC
PDPC
Automobile body work and painting
CPC
CPC
- Guidearseks areas
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Automobile repair, including component repair CPC
CPC
PDPC
PDPC
Electrical and electronic machinery and equipment
PDPC
PDPC
Computer, audio - visual, small home appliances
Heavy machinery repair, including trucks, tractors and buses
PDPC
Instruments, including musical instruments
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
Office, computing and accounting machines
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
Photographic and optical goods PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
Repair of personal goods such as jewelry, shoes and saddlery
PDPC PDPC
PDPC
' raurants, cafes and cafeterias -7 -
PDPC PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
Restaurants selling beer and wine -9
i AP AP
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City Council- approved planned development permit
CPC Planning Commission - approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council- approved Conditional Use Permit
TUP Temporary Special Use Permit
-TYPE-OF-USE ZONING DESIGNATION
CO C1 C2 F M1 M2 I
l CPD
Outside eating areas I
Drive - through restaurants
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
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Retail Vade (see definitions)
Rq1
PDPC
oft,
Drive through -9 CPC
CPC I
CPC
Christmas tree sales /pumpkin sales • outdoor -1 TUP
TUP
Feed stores !,
CPC
CPC
Lumber and building materials sales yards
CPC
Mail order houses (nonstore)�I ! PDPC
PDPC
Motor vehicle, mobilehome, recreational vehicle and boat dealers -1 CPC
CPC
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urseries
Uses, accessory SEE PRINCIPAL USE
Outdoor sales and services, temporary -1 (see definitions) TUP I TUP
Outdoor sales and services, permanent -9 CPC'. CPC
CPC
CPC
Repair of products retailed P P
_ _
Structures, accessory -9
—
P
P
Salvage yards, including automobile wrecking yards
— —
Service establishments
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Business (see definitions)
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
Auction halls, not involving livestock
CPC
CPC
PDPC
CPC
Disinfecting and exterminating services
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
Exhibits, building of
PDPC
PDPC
CPC
Sign painting and lettering shops
PDPC
PDPC
PDPC
Personal (see definitions)
PDPC
1 PDPC
Signs (See also Section 17.20.040 and Chapter 17.40)
P P
P
P
P
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standing off sille adve0ising
LSwap meets
CPC
CPC
CPC
CPC
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Administrative Permit
.,.PDPC Planning Commission - approved planned development permit
City Council- approved planned development permit
CPC Planning Commission-approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council- approved Conditional Use Permit
TUP Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE
ZONING DESIGNATION
CO C1 I C2 M1
CPD
Page
Taxiderm
- -- -
Transportation services (see definitions)
— -
CPC
PDPC
Bus and train terminals
-
CPC CPC CPC
CPC
—
Truck storage, overnight CPC
PDPC
Trees and native vegetation: removal, relocation or damage -4 P P P P
P
Within an overlay zone SEE CHAPTER 17.36 -
—
Uses and structures, accessory SEE PRINCIPAL USE
Dwelling, for superintendent or owner
CPC CPC CPC
CPC
Dwelling, caretaker CPC CPC
Recreational facilities, restaurants and cafes: for employees only
PDPC PDPC
P P
Retail sale of products manufactured on -site
Temporary buildings during construction -1
P P P
Vaccination clinics, temporary, for pet animals -1
P P
Veterinary clinics, pet animals only -1, no animal boarding, except for animals being treated or under
medical care, Which must be completely within a wholly enclosed building.
PDPC PDPC
Warehousing and storage, not including mini - storage
POM
Automobile Impound yards: dead slefage a# Welts, buses and the like i
Building materials, movers' equipment and the like: indoor
PDPC
PDPC
Outdoor
CPO'
Mini- storage (or self storage) FekiNeerand maw —�
CPC
- - --
Petroleum and gas (butane, prepene, 613G, ete.)t explesives and firewmIts
--
Recreational vehicles
CPC CPC
Storage of building materials, temporary -1 for on -site construction P
P P P P
Waste treatment and disposal (see definitions)
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City Council-approved planned development permit
CPC Planning Commission-approved conditional use permit
CCC City Council- approved Conditional Use Permit
TUP Temporary Special Use Permit
TYPE OF USE ZONING DESIGNATION
CO C1 IC2 M1 M2 I
PD
Recycling facilities and centers
CPC
PDPC
CPC
Water production, storage and distribution facilities: Private purveyors —4,8
CPC
CPC
CPC
P
P
CPC
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Wholesale trade , subject to restriction to percentage of retail sales
-- —
Zoological gardens, animal exhibits and commercial aquariums
-
CPC
PDPC
PDPC
CPC
Notes for Table 17.20.060:
0. Automobile service stations in the MA and M -2 industrial zones with a planning Commission - approved conditional use permit are allowed, if the subject property has
frontage on Los Angeles Avenue, New Los Angeles Avenue.
1. There are specific regulations for this use; see Chapter 17.28.
2. If there is an existing planned development permit for the site, the school facility could be permitted by approval of a modification to the existing permit.
3. For M -1, M -2 and C -0 zones, a school facility would only be permitted where sponsored by or permitted within an industrial or commercial use on the same site.
4. See also Section 17.20.040.
5. Churches located in existing buildings with an approved planned development permit will require a modification to that permit.
If existing industrial building has approved IPD, restaurant will require approved minor modification to IPD.
Restaurants with temporary outside eating facilities shall receive a modification to the planned development permit.
8. Most public water facilities are exempt from these regulations.
9. Establishments must be an otherwise permitted or conditionally permitted use in the zone.
10. Subject to regulations relating to Adult Entertainment Facilities /Businesses.
(Ord. 209 § 3,1995; Ord. 200 § 3 (part), 1994; Ord. 189 § 3 (8105- 5),1994)
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17.04.050
in accordance with Chapter 17.28; (2) quantities expressing
areas of land are to be rounded only in the case of square
footage, and are not to be rounded in the case of acreage.
I. Severability. If any portion of the zoning ordinance
is held to be invalid, that hold shall not invalidate any other
portion of the zoning ordinance.
J. Interpretation. Because it is infeasible to compose
legislative language which encompasses all conceivable
land-use situations, the director of community development
shall have the power to interpret the regulations and stan-
dards contained in this title, when such interpretation is
necessitated by a lack of specificity in such regulations
and standards. (Ord. 189 § 3 (81010, 1994)
296
Chapter 17.08
DEFINMONS
Sections:
17.08.010 Application of definitions.
17.0&010 Application of definitions.
Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the
definitions of words and terms as follows shall govern the
construction of this chapter.
"Abandoned vehicle" means a vehicle (as defined in
the Vehicle: Code) which is located on public or private
property without the expressed or implied consent of the
Property owner or person in lawful possession or control
of the property which has been deserted for a period of
seventy-two (72) or more consecutive hours or within
twenty-f= (24) hours if any portion of the street and/or
highway is necessary for cleaning, repair or construction
of the highway, or for the installation of underground
utilities, and signs giving notice that the vehicle may be
removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four (24)
hours prior to the removal of the vehicle.
" Abut" means to touch physically. border upon, or share
a common property line with. Lots which touch at comers
only shall not be deemed abutting. "Adjoining" and "contig-
uous" shall mean the same as abutting.
"Access" means the place or way by which pedestrians
and/or vehicles shall have safe, adequate, usable ingress
and egress to a property or use.
'Accessory sauctu e" means a detached structure located
upon the same lot as the building or use to which it is
accessory, and the use of which is customarily incidental,
appropriate and subordinate to the use of the principal
building or to the principal use of the lot.
"Accessory use" means a use customarily incidental,
appropriate and subordinate to the principal use of land
or buildings located upon the same lot.
' °Agtitsiltuti" means farming, including animal husbandry
and the production and management of crops (including
aquatic crops) for food, fiber, fuel and ornament.
"Airfields, landing pads and s trips" means aircraft landing
strips or heliports for agricultural crop dusting or personal
use of the property owner or tenants, not available for public
use, and with no commercial operations. "Aircraft" means
and includes helicopters, all fixed -wing airplanes, gliders,
hang -gliders and ultra -light aircraft.
"Alley" means a thoroughfare not more than thirty (30)
feet wide, other than a public road or street, permanently
reserved as a secondary means of access to abutting proper-
ty.
EXHIBIT 2
"Amortize" means to require the termination of (a
nonconforming use or structure) at the end of a specified
period of time.
"Amusement and recrmtional facilities" means any facili-
ties primarily designed for recreation such as, but not
limited to auditoriums, billiard and pool establishments,
bowling alleys, community centers, danceballs, golf driving
ranges, indoor motion picture theaters, m;mature golf, parks
and playgrounds.
"Animal husbandry" means a branch of agriculture for
the raising or nurturing and management of animals, includ-
ing breeding, pasturing, ranching and sales of animals.
Animals, Farm. "Farm animals" means and includes
horses, mules, burros, jacks, jennies, cows, bulls, calves,
heifers, sheep, lambs, llamas, alpacas, goats, swine, hogs,
pigs and miniature specimens of these animals (with the
exception of any miniature horse which shall not exceed
a height of thirty-eight (38) inches in accordance with the
American Miniature Horse Association's regulations for
Class B horses), and pot - bellied pigs (not to exceed a weight
of one hundred ten (110) pounds, which are treated as
household pets), or other such animals as determined by
the director of community development
Animals, Pet. "Pet animals" means small domesticated
animals such as dogs, cats and birds, which are customarily
kept for pleasure rather than utility.
Animals, Wild. 'Wild animals" means animals which
are wild by nature and not customarily domesticated in
Ventura County. This definition does not include birds,
small rodents or small, nonpoisonous reptiles commonly
used for educational or experimental purposes, or as pets.
Antenna, Ground - Mounted. "Ground- mounted antenna"
means a device for transmitting or receiving radio waves
which rests on or is located in or anchored to the ground.
"Ground- mounted antenna" includes antennas supported
by guy wires and similar mechanisms.
Antenna, Roof- Mounted "Roof - mounted antenna" means
a device for transmitting or receiving radio waves which
rests on or is located on the roof of any structure.
"ApicultuW' means beekeeping, which includes one
(1) or more hives or boxes occupied by bees (drives or boxes
include colonies), but does not include honey houses,
extraction houses, warehouses or appliances.
"Application requests" means and includes, but is not
limited to, filings for zoning clearances, permits, variances,
appeals, suspensions, modifications and revocations, inter-
pretations, amendments and zone changes.
"Arcade" means a commercial amusement establishment
containing four (4) or more game machines, electronic or
otherwise, or similar amusement devices.
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17.08.010
"Athletic field" means a level, open expanse of land
intended to be used for organized team sports such as base-
ball, football and soccer.
"Automobile impound yard" means a building or premis-
es for the storage of motor vehicles, such as impounded
Of repossessed vehicles, where such vehicles are intended
to be stored for more thin a twenty-four (24) hour period.
Ibis definition shall not include automobile wrecking or
salvage in any form.
"Automobile service station" means a commercial acdv-
ity, both retail and service in character, engaged in dis-
pensing automotive fuels and motor oil; the sale and service
of tires, batteries and other automobile accessories and
replacement items; and washing and lubrication services.
Activities associated with service stations do not include
body and fender repair, painting or major motor repairs.
This also includes such aforementioned facilities that are
in conjunction with a mini- market.
"Aviary" means any place where more than twenty-five
(25) domestic birds are kept outside a dwelling; or any
commercial aviculture that does not meet all standards of
Section 17.28.020B (Home Occupations).
"Bathroom" means a sink, a toilet, and a bathtub or
shower.
"Bed - and - breakfast inn" means a dwelling unit with
one (1) family in permanent residence wherein one (1)
to five (5) sleeping rooms, and one (1) or more meals, are
offered for compensation to ovemight guests.
'Belt course" means a projection of masonry or similar
material around a building or part of a building, which
is attached to the building.
"Boardinghouse" means a dwelling unit with one (1)
family in permanent residence, where all rooms have inter-
nal access to one another, and wherein two (2) to five (5)
rooms are rented to residents, with or without daily meals.
'Borrow area" means an area where soil, sand, gravel
or rock is extracted and removed for use as fills, grades
or embankments on property of a different ownership or
noncontiguous property of the same ownership.
"Building" means any structure having a roof supported
by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing
or enclosure of persons, animals, chattel or property of
any kind.
'Business services" means uses such as advertising
agencies, blueprinting and photocopying, computer and
,lets processing services, coupon and trading stamp redemp.
Lion services, drafting services, employment agencies,
laminating of phut. packaging services and telephone
answering services.
"Cabana" means a lightweight shelter containing an open
side.
17.08.010
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"Campground" means a rural facility without pamanent
structures for overnight accommodation, but with limited
accessory structures and buildings, which is used for tem-
porary leisure or mcreational purposes and provides oppor .
tunities for the enjoyment or appreciation of the natural
environment.
"Caretaker" means an employee who must be on the
property for a substantial portion of each day for security
purposes or for the vital care of people, plants, animals,
equipment or other conditions of the site, and who does
not have a possessory interest in the property.
"Carpool" means a vehicle occupancy of two (2) or
more persons ages sixteen (16) years or older commuting
to or from work and/or school.
"Chemicals" means and includes such compounds as
adhesives, explosives, fertilizers, industrial gases, ink,
lacquer, paints, pesticides, pigments and dyes, sealants,
shcUac, synthetic fibers, synthetic resins, synthetic rubber,
thinners and varnishes.
"Church" mesas a building in which a body or organiza-
tion of religious believers may assemble for worship.
"Clubhouse" means any building or premises used by
an association of persons, organized for some common
purpose, but not including a gun club or an association
or group organized to render, purchase or otherwise make
use of a service customarily carried on as a commercial
enterprise.
"CommeliCial vehicle" means a vehicle of a type required
to be registered under the provisions of the California
Vehicle Code and used or maintained for the transportation
Of persons for hire, compensation or profit or designed,
used or maintained primarily for transportation of property.
"Commission" means the city planning commission.
"Communications facilities" means and includes such
uses and structures as radio and television transmitting and
receiving antennas, radar stations and microwave towers.
"Community anti" reams a Meeting place where people
living in the same community may carry on cultural, recre-
ational or social activities, but excluding any facility operas
ed as a business or for commercial purposes.
"Community development directoe means the manager
Of the department of community development of the city
of Moorpark in Ventura County.
"Commuter" means any person who regularly travels
by vehicle to or from work or school.
"Compatible use (T -P zoney' means any use which does
not significantly detract from the use of the property for,
298
or inhibit, the growing and harvesting of timber. "Compati-
ble n ' includes the accessary retail sale of Christmas
trees.
"Conference center /convention center" means an urban
facility for the assembly of persons for study and discussion,
which includes permanent structures for dining, assembly
and overnight accommodation.
"Contractor's service and storage yard" means an open
area, which may include garages and sheds, for the storage
of vehicles, equipment and materials which are associated
with a contracting business or operation, where sales,
manufacturing and processing activities are specifically
excluded.
"Day care educational facility" means a day care facility
which provides the rdu kirm with formal training to stimulate
or develop the mental or moral growth of the children.
"Day care facility" means any type of licensed group
day care program, including care of the developmentally
disabled, nurseries for children of working patents, nursery
schools for children under school age, parent cooperative
nursery schools, play groups for preschool children or
programs covering before and/or aftetschool care for school
children (also see definition for "family day care home ").
Decision, Administrative. "Administrative decision"
means any decision made by the director of community
development, or his or her designee.
Decision, Discretionary. "Discretionary decision" means
a decision requiring the exercise of judgment, deliberation
or decision on the part of the decision - making authority
in the process of approving or disapproving a particular
activity, as distinguished from situations where the decision -
making authority merely has to determine whether there
has been conformity with applicable statutes, ordinances
or regulations.
"Decision- making authority" means an individual or
body vested with the authority to make recommendations
or act on application requests. The final decision- making
authority is the one which has the authority to act on a
request by approving or denying it This may include the
director of community development or his designee, the
planning commission, or the city council.
Decision, Ministerial. "Ministerial decision" means
decisions approved by a decision - making authority based
upon a given set of facts in a prescribed manna in obedi-
ence to the mandate of legal authority. In these cases, the
authority mast act upon the given facts without regard to
its own judgment or opinion concerning the propriety or
wisdom of the act although the statute, ordinance or regula-
tion may require, in some degree, a construction of its
language by the decision - making authority.
"Denial without prejudice" means denial of an application
request based on the desire or intent of the decision - making
authority to not form an adverse opinion or judgement
formed beforehand or without full knowledge or complete
examination of the facts.
"Denial with prejudice" means denial of an application
request based on the desire or intent of the decision- making
authority to limit the filing of requests to use a specific
Property or structure for a specific use. When an application
is denied with prejudice, it is usually because two (2) or
more similar applications on the same property have recently
been denied by the same decision - making authority.
"Domestic birds" means finches, myna birds, parrots
and similar birds of the psittacine family, pigeons, doves,
ravens and toucans.
Drilling, Temporary Geologic. `Temporary geologic
drilling" means bona fide temporary search and sampling
activities which, in the case of oil- related testing, use
drilling apparatus smaller than that used in oil production.
Excluded from this definition is soil testing for wells,
foundations, septic systems and similar construction.
"Dwelling" means a building or portion thereof designed
or occupied exclusively for residential purposes.
Dwelling, Caretaker. "Caretaker dwelling" means a
dwelling unit used by a caretaker, and his or her family,
employed and working on the premises.
Dwelling, Farm Worker. "Farm water dwelling" means
a dwelling unit used by a farm worker, and his or her
family, employed and waking on or hired from the premis-
es.
Dwelling, Multifamily. "Multifamily dwelling" means
a building, or portion of a building, containing three (3)
or more dwelling units.
Dwelling, Singl Family. "Single-family dwelling" means
a detached building constructed in conformance with the
Uniform Building Code, or a mobilehome constructed on
or after June 15, 1976, designed or used exclusively for
occupancy by one (1) family and containing one (1) dwell-
ing unit.
Dwelling, Two-Family.'Two-famdly. dwelling" means
a building containing two-(2) separate dwelling units.
"Dwelling unit" means one (1) a more rooms providing
complete independent living facilities for one (1) family,
including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating,
cooking and sanitation; but containing only one (1) set of
kitchen - related fixtures capable of serving only one (1)
kitchen for the exclusive use of one (1) family.
"Energy production from renewable sources" means
any facility or installation such as a windmill, hydroelectric
unit or solar collecting or concentrating array, which is
designed and intended to produce energy from natural forces
such as wind, water, sunlight or geothermal heat, or from
biomass, for off -site use.
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17.08.010
"Expansion" means increasing the area or volume occu-
pied by or devoted to a use, increasing the living space
or occupant capacity of a sauctme, or adding uses or struc-
tures accessory to a nonresidential use or structure. The
following are not considered to be expansion: the addition
of unenclosed porches, patio covers and the like; one (1)
enclosed addition of not more than thirty (30) square feet
to a dwelling; and the addition of detached accessory
structures not for human habitation as accessory to a
dwelling.
"Family day tare home" means a home which generally
Provides care, protection, and supervision of twelve (12)
or fewerchildten, in the provider's own home, for periods
of less than twelve (12) hours per day, while the parents
or guardians are away, and includes the following:
1. "Iarge family day cafe home" which means a home
which provides day care to seven (7) to twelve (12) chil-
dren, inclusive, including children under the age of ten
(10) years who reside at home.
2. "Small family day tare home" which means a home
which provides family day tare to six (6) or fewer children,
including children under the age of ten (10) years who
reside at the home.
"Farm worker" means a person principally employed
for farm work.
"Fence" means an unroofed vertical structure which
i; intended primarily to serve as a visual screen or as a
physical enclosure around a building or yard area for secu-
rity, containment or privacy, or to indicate a boundary.
This definition includes hedges, thick growths of shrubs,
and walls used as screens, but does not include windbreaks
for the protection of orchards or crops, or city- approved
enclosures for the containment of wild animals.
Fence, See - Through "See- through fence" means a chain
link fence or any other type of fence that permits at least
fifty percent (5096) open visibility throughout the fence.
"Festivals and similar events" means events such as
amusement rides, animal events, art shows, concerts, craft
fairs, itinerant shows and religious revival meetings.
"Firewood operation" means any commercial operation
involving the acting, sawing or chopping of wood in any
form for use as firewood on property other than that on
which the operation is located, irrespective of where such
wood is grown.
"Fish farm" means any lot or premises where aquatic
animals, including mollusks and crustaceans, are raised
commercially in an area not enclosed by a building.
"General plan consistency" means compatibility and
agreement with the general plan of the city of Moorpark.
Consistency exists when the standards and criteria of the
city general plan are met or exceeded.
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"Government building" means a building, structure or
Other facility operated by a legally constituted federal, state
or local government authority, excluding a waste treatment
facility.
"Grade" means adjacent ground level. For purposes of
building height measurement, "grade" is the average of
the finished ground level at the center of all walls of a
building, or other datum point established by the division
of building and safety.
"Gross floor area" means the area included within the
surrounding exterior walls of all floors or levels of a
building or portion thereof, exclusive of vent shafts and
courts.
"Gun club" means any building or premises where there
are facilities of any sort for the firing of handguns, rifles
or other firearms.
"Gymnasium" means an indoor recreational or athletic
facility for such uses as aerobics, gymnastics, racquetball,
swunntng, skatng t inks, tennis aad table tennis, trampoline
opemtons and weight mining; but not including amusement
and recreational facilities as defined in this chapter.
"Hazardous material" means a substance, or combination
Of substances, which, because of its quantity or concentra-
tion, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics,
may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in
mortality or an increase in serious, irreversible or incapaci-
tating, reversible illness; or may pose a substantial present
or potential hazard to human health or to the environment
when improperly used, handled, treated, stored, transported,
disposed of or otherwise managed. A material may be
judged as hazardous if it is corrosive, reactive, ignitable
or toxic.
"Hazardous waste" means a waste, or combination of
wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or
physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may do either
of the following;
1. Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in
mortality or increase serious irreversible, or incapacitating
reversible illness;
2. Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to
human health or environment when improperly treated,
stored, transported or disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Unless expressly provided otherwise, the term "hazardouhs
waste" shall be understood to also include extremely
hazardous waste and acutely hazardous waste. (Reference:
Section 25117 California Health and Safety Code.)
"Hazardous waste facility" means all contiguous land
and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on
the land used for the treatment, transfer, storage, resource
recovery disposal or recycling of hazardous waste. A
hazardous waste facility may consist of one (1) or more
treatment, transfer, storage, resource recovery, disposal,
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or recycling hazardous waste management units, or combi-
nations of those units. (Rclim tlx: Section 25117 Califomia
Health and Safety Code.)
"Height" means the vertical distance from the adjacent
grade to the highest point of that which is being measured.
Height, Building. "Building height" means the vertical
distance from the grade to the highest point of a flat roof
or mansard roof, or, in the case of a pitched or hip roof,
to the "averaged midpoint," which is arrived at by the
drawing of two (2) imaginary lines between the finished
main ridgeime peak and the top of the two (2) exterior
finished walls running parallel to the main ridgeline, adding
together the vertical heights of the midpoints of these two
(2) imaginary lines, and dividing the result by two (2).
The height of an A -frame structure is the vertical distance
from the grade or other datum point to the peak of the roof.
"High fire hazard areas" means certain areas in the
unincorporated territory of the county classified by the
county fire protection district and defined as any areas
within five hundred (500) feet of uncultivated brush, grass
or forest - covered land wherein authorized representatives
of said district deem a potential fire hazard to exist due
to the presence of such flammable material.
"Home occupation" means any use customatily conducted
entirely within a dwelling and carried on by the inhabitants
thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to
the use of the structure for dwelling purposes and which
does not change the character thereof or does not adversely
affect the uses permitted in the zone of which it is a part
(also see Chapter 5.88).
"Hospital" means a licensed institution providing in-
patient care or overnight accommodations for persons with
illnesses, injuries, or other conditions, physical or mental,
calling for medical treatment or observation, including one
(1) or more of the following basic services: anesthesia,
laboratory, nursing, pharmacy, radiology, rehabilitation
or surgery.
"Hospital for large animals" means a facility providing
acute veterinary care to horses or to cattle or other farm
animals.
"Hotel" means a building with one (1) main entrance,
or a group of buildings, containing guest rooms where over-
night lodging with or without meals is provided for compen-
sation.
"Inoperative vehicle" means a vehicle which is not fully
capable of movement under its own power or is not licensed
or registered to operate legally on a public right-of-way,
Tractors and similar farm vehicles that are used on a lot
containing an established agricultural operation and are
capable of movement under their own power are not
considered to be inoperative vehicles.
"Institutional/public uses" means and includes public
facility uses including government buildings, libraries, fire
stations, nonprofit organization buildings and community
service centers, but excludes jail facilities.
"Intermediate care facility" means a health facility which
provides inpatient care to ambulatory or nonambulatory
patients who have a recurring need for skilled nursing
supervision and need supportive care, but who do not
require continuous skilled nursing care. The term "interme-
diate care facility" shall include intermediate
careldevelopmentally disabled facilities for seven (7) or
more persons, nursing homes for seven (7) or more persons,
rest homes and convalescent homes.
"Kennel" means any lot or premises where five (5) or
more dogs or cats of at least four (4) months of age are
kept, boarded, bred or trained, whether in special buildings
or runways or not
"Iaundry wni -- heavy" means establishments primari-
ly engaged in the process of laundering, dry cleaning or
dyeing clothes or other materials. These services are typical-
ly provided for hospitals, restaurants, and other retail or
service providers and are not services available to the
general public.
"Laundry service — Laundromats" means self - service
cleaning facilities which do not involve the use of dry
cleaning chemicals.
"Laundry service — light' means establishments primarily
engaged in the process of laundering, dry cleaning or dyeing
cloths or other materials. Typical uses include dry cleaning
stores.
'Ut" means an area of land having fixed boundaries.
"Lot area" means the total area, measured in a horizontal
plane, within the lot lines of a lot
Lot, Comer. "Corner lot" means a lot situated at the
intersection of two (2) or more streets or highways.
Mot depth" means the mean horizontal distance between
the front and rear lot lines, measured in the mean direction
of the side lot lines.
Lot, Interior. "Interior la" means a lot other than a
comer lot
Lot, Legal. "Legal lot" means a lot which met all local
subdivision ordinance and Subdivision Map Act require-
ments when it was created and which can lawfully be
conveyed as a discrete unit separate from any contiguous
lot; or a lot which has been issued a certificate of compli-
ance or conditional certificate of compliance pursuant to
the Subdivision Map Act and the dry subdivision ordinance
and which can lawfully be conveyed as a discrete unit
separate from any contiguous lot
Lot Line.
1. "Front lot line" means a line separating an interior
lot from a street, or a line separating the narrower street
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frontage of a corner lot from the street, except for L-shaped
lots.
2. "Rear lot line" means:
a. Rectangular lots: A lot line which is opposite and
most distant from the front lot line.
b. Triangular and irregularly shaped lots: a line ten
(10) feet long within the lot, opposite and most distant from
the front lot line, which is parallel to the front lot line or
parallel to the chord of a curved front lot line, where such
chord is drawn perpendicular to the mean direction of lot
depth.
3. "Side lot line" means any lot boundary line which
is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
Lot, Reverse Cana. "Reverse conker lot" means a comr
lot, the rear of which abuts the side of another lot
Lot, Through. 'Through lot" means a lot other than a
corner lot having frontage on two (2) parallel or approxi-
mately parallel streets.
'Ut width' means the distance between the side lot
lines measured at the front setback,
"Mineral resource development" means the exploration
for or extraction of surface or subterranean compounds
and materials; this includes oil and gas exploration and
production, and the mining of metallic and nonmetallic
nunerals, sand, gravel and rock.
"Mming" means a form of miters] resource development
involving the extraction and removal of more than one
thousand (1,000) cubic yards of material from the same
site, or from separate lots within one (1) mile of each other
that are owned or mined by the same person, through such
activities and uses as borrow areas, sand, gravel and rock
quarries, etc. "Mining" does not include extraction and
removal of material from construction sites or following
floods, landslides or natural disasters where the land is
being restored to its prior condition.
Mining, accessory uses" means uses customarily inci-
dental, appropriate and subordinate to mining located on
the same site, such as stockpiling, sorting, screening,
washing, crushing, hatching and maintenance facilities.
"Mining, public works maintenamx" means mining,
and its accessory uses, for periods of less than nine (9)
months, which have been declared in writing by the public
works agency to be under its administrative control and
which is necessary to alleviate immediate or foreseen threats
to public health and safety, or the preservation of public
facilities and structures. Said uses include such operations
as cleating out and aligning of channels and floodways,
removing material to avert potential landslides, and accesso-
ry processing such as stockpiling, sorting, screening, wash-
ing, crushing and hatching of on -site material.
"Mobilehome" means a structum, transportable in one
(1) or more sections, which when erected on -site measures
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eight (8) body feet or more in width and thirty -two (32)
body feet or more in length, and which is built on a perma-
nent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling, with
or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the
required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air
conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. .
"Motel" means one (1) or more buildings containing
guest rooms with one (1) or more such rooms or units
having a separate entrance providing entry directly from
the outside of the building or from an inner court. Such
facilities are designed, used or intended to be used, rented
or hired out for temporary or overnight accommodations
for guests, and are offered primarily to automobile tourists
or transients by signs or other advertising media "Motel"
includes auto courts, motor lodges and tourist courts.
"Motion picture and television production" means all
uses related to the production of motion pictures and tele-
vision film and tape, including motion picture and television
stages; exterior sets; laboratories; construction, repair and
storage facilities; caretaker and temporary housing; all
vehicles used to transport this equipment and other related
commercial vehicles; and accessory fabrication activities.
"Nonconforming structure" means a structure or portion
thereof which was lawfully erected or altered and main-
tained, which, solely because of revisions in development
standards of this title dealing with lot coverage, lot area
per structure, height and setbacks, no longer conforms.
"Nonconforming use" means a use which was lawfully
established and maintained but which, because of the apph-
cation of this title (1) is no longer permitted in the zone
in which it is located; or (2) is no longer in conformance
with the parking requirements of the use in the zone in
which it is located.
"Oil and gas exploration and production" means the
drilling, extraction and transportation of subterranean fossil
gas and petroleum, and necessary attendant uses and struc-
tures, but excluding refining, processing or manufacuning
thereof.
"Open storage" means the placement or keeping of mates
dais, equipment or other items such as boats, inoperative
vehicles and building materials in an area not fully enclosed
by the walls of a building.
"Outdoor sales and services, temporary" means such
temporary outdoor uses as sidewalk sales (except swap
meets), seasonal sales and auctions.
Parcel. For the purposes of this title, the word "parcel"
shall have the same meaning as the word "lot" and the
two (2) words shall be synonymous.
"Park" means an area of land available for public use,
at least seventy-five percent (75%) of which is landscaped
or otherwise left in a natural state, and which does not
involve off -road motor vehicle uses of any kind.
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'Parking lot" means an off-sum parking facility contain-
ing four (4) or more parking spaces.
"Periodic outdoor sporting events" means recreational
events or activities, other than spectator -type animal events,
which require a natural environment, are carried on by one
(1) or more organized groups of people, and do not involve
structures, motorized vehicles, aircraft or firearms.
"Person" means any individual, organization, partnership,
or other business association or corporation, including any
utility, and any federal, state, local government, or special
district or an agency thereof.
"Personal goods" means items such as bristle goods,
umbrellas, grooming items and tobacco paraphernalia.
"Personal services" means enterprises serving individual
necessities, such as barber shops, beauty salons and spas,
clothing rental, coin-operated laundromats, funeral homes,
marriage bureaus, massage services by masseuny*uissaises,
personal latmdry and dry cleaning establishments, photo-
graphic studios, tattoo parlors and travel agencies.
"Petroleum refining" means oil- related industrial activities
involving the processing and/or manufacture of substances
such as: asphalt and tar paving mixtures; asphalt and other
saturated felts (including shingles); fuels; lubricating oils
and greases; paving blocks made of asphah, creosoted wood
and otter compositions of asphalt and tar with other materi-
als; and roofing cements and coatings.
'Pony" means a mature small horse or a young horse
under fifty-eight (58) inches high at the shoulder.
"Preliminary processing" means basic activities and
Operations instrumental to the preparation of agricultural
goods for shipment to market, excluding canning or bottling.
"Private road or street" means any road, street or thor-
oughfare of whatever nature, privately maintained which
may or may not be open to the use of the public for the
purpose of vehicular travel.
"Product: stand" means a detached accessory structure
used to sell raw, unprocessed fruits, vegetables, nuts and
seeds, and flowers and ornamental plants.
`Public road or street" means any road or street or thor-
oughfare of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open
to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel.
'T=Udonal vehicle" means a vehicle of any size which
(1) is self - propelled or is towed by another vehicle; (2)
is not designed to be used as a permanent dwelling; and
(3) has sell'- contained plumbing, heating and electrical
systems which may be operated without connection to
outside utilities. Recreational vehicles do not fall within
the definition of mobilehomes.
"Recreational vehicle park" means any area of land
developed primarily for temporary use by recreational vehi-
cles for which utility connections (sewer, water, electricity)
are provided.
"Residential care facility" means a facility providing
nonmedical care on a twenty-four (24) hour.basis to people
who are mentally ill, mentally handicapped, physically
disabled, or elderly, or are dependent or neglected children,
wards of the juvenile court, or other persons in need of
Personal services, supervision or assistance essential for
sustaining the activities of everyday living or for protection
Of the individual. Included within this definition are `inter-
mediate care facilities/developmentally disabled nursing"
e(J�/ and "intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled'
&) %cith sin (d) or fewer beds, and congregate living health
facilities, pursuant to the Health and Safety Code. A facility
is considered nonmedical if the only medication given or
Provided is the kind that can normally be self- administered.
"Rest home" means a licensed facility where lodging,
meals, nursing, dietary and other personal services are
rendered for nonpyschiatric convalescents, invalids and
aged persons for compensation. Excludes cases of conta-
gious or communicable diseases, and surgery or primary
treatments such as are customarily provided in sanitariums
and hospitals.
"Retail trade" means businesses such as auto supply
stores, book and stationery stores, camera shops, clothing
and fabric stores, department and variety stores, drugstores,
florists, food stony, finnihm stores, gift and novelty shops,
hardware and paint stores, home furnishings stores, house-
hold appliance stores, jewelry stores, legaer. aw s, music
stores, newsstands, pet stores, shoe stores, sporting goods
stores, toy and hobby shops and used merchandise stores,
"Retreat" means a facility which (1) is operated by a
nonprofit organization; (2) provides opportunities for small
groups of people to congregate temporarily on a site for
such purposes as education, enlightenment, contemplation,
renewal or solitude; and (3) by its nature, needs to be
located in a quiet, sparsely populated, natural environment
"Riding stable" means a facility where horses or other
equine animals are rented to members of the public for
recreational purposes, where riding lessons are offered for
compensation to people other than the owners of said ani-
mals, whether or not the riding occurs on the property on
which the animals are kept
"Roof structures" means structures for the housing of
elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans and similar
equipment required to operate and maintain the building;
fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, flagpoles, chimneys,
smokestacks, solar collectors, wireless masts, T.V. antennas
and similar structures.
"R- zone" means a zone classification under this title
which contains the letter "W' in its abbreviation, excluding
overlay zones.
Schools, Boarding or Nonboarding. "Boarding or non-
boarding schools" means educational facilities for pre-
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college levels of insiructim; specifically limited to elmenta-
ry, junior high and high schools offering full curricula as
required by state law "hoarding schools" are those which
Provide lodging and meals for the pupils.
"Second dwelling" means an attached or a detached
residential dwelling unit which provides complete, indepen-
dent, living facilities for one (1) or more persons. It shall
include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating,
cocking and sanitation on the same parcel as the existing
single - family dwelling is situated.
"Setback" means the minimum distance by which struc-
tures are to be separated from the boundary lines of the
lot on which they are located, in order to provide an open
yard area which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the
ground upward.
Setback, Front "Front setback" means an open yard
area extending between side lot lines across the front of
a lot the depth of which is the required minimum horizontal
distance between the front lot line and a line parallel thereto
on the lot
.Setback, Rear. "Rear setback" means an open yard area
extending across the rear of the lot between the inner site
lot lines which is the required minimum horizontal distance
between the tear lot line and a line parallel thereto on the
lot
:Setback, Side. "Side setback" means an open yard area
extending from the front yard, or the front lot line where
no front yard is required, to the rear yard; the width of
the required side yard shall be measured horizontally from
the nearest part of the side lot line.
Shall and May. "Shall" is mandatory; "May" is permis-
sive.
"'Sight triangle" means a triangular area on a corner
lot, two (2) of the sides of such triangle being formed by
extending two (2) imaginary lines from the comer of the
lot adjacent to the street intersection at least forty (40) feet
back to two (2) points along the sides of the lot parallel
to the two (2) intersecting streets, the third side then being
forted by the connection of such points.
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Signs. For sign definitions, see Chapter 17.40.
"Single - family dwelling" means a building or portion
thereof designed or occupied exclusively for a one (1)
family dwelling.
"Site" means one (1) or more lots planned and developed
as a unit under one (1) permit.
"Sleeping quarters" means a space in a structure used
for sleeping purposes.
•'Store" means an enclosed building housing an establish-
ment offering a specified line of goods or services for retail
sale direct to walk -in customers.
"Structural alteration" means any change in roof lines
or exterior walls, or in the supporting members of a building
such as foundations, bearing walls, columns, beams, girders,
floor joists, roof joists or rafters. This includes any physical
change which could affect the integrity of a wall, including
Partial or total removal, moving a wall to another location
or expanding the wall in terms of height or length. Minor
actions such as adding a doorway, walkway, passage or
window, or attaching architectural features or adornments,
are not considered to be structural alterations.
"Structure" means anything constructed or erected on
the ground, or that requires location on the ground, or is
attached to something having a location on or in the ground.
"Structure" does not include fences, or walls used as fences,
less than six (6) feet in height, or plant materials.
"Swap mat" means a market operating for the We or
exchange of merchandise at retail by a number of sellers.
This does not include "garage sales" as referenced in Chap-
ter 5.88 of this code, which is a sale from a residence or
residential property of Personal Property which has been
owned or used previously by an individual or resident re-
siding on the premises where the sale is conducted.
"Tandem parking" means the placement of parking
spaces one behind the other, so that the space nearest the
driveway or street access serves as the only means of access
to the other space.
"relecommuting" means using your home, or a spedfi-
cally designated facility, as a place of work.
'Temporary special use permit" means a use which by
its nature will not normally exist for more than ninety (90)
days at the Proposed location. Said use may normally be
allowed to exist only under a development or conditional
use Permit; however, due to the temporary nature of the
Proposed use it is considered an allowed use if granted
a zone clearance for the time specified Examples of this
can be uses such as churches in school facilities, outdoor
eating at testaments, rue of public buildings for nongovern-
mental purposes, etc.
Through Lot. See Lot Through.
'Timber" means trees of any species maintained for
evennral harvest for forest product Proposes, whether planted
(Mooryark 11 -95) 304
or of a natural growth, standing or down, on privately or
publicly owned lend, including Christmas trees but exclud-
ing nursery stock.
•Townhouse development" means a subdivision consist-
ing of attached dwelling units in conjunction with a separate
lot or lots of common ownership, wherein each dwelling
unit has at least one (1) vortical wall extending firm ground
to roof' dividing it from adjoining units, and each unit is
separately owned, with the owner of such unit having title
to the land on which it sits.
'Transportation demand management (TDM) facilities
ordinance" means alternative travel behavior, usually on
the part of the commuters, through programs of incentives,
services and policies. The TDM facilities ordinance address_
es alternatives to single- occupancy motor vehicles such
as carpooling and vanpooing, telecommuting, and changes
in work schedules that move trips out of the peak travel
Period or altogether eliminate them (as in the case of
compressed workweeks).
"Transportation information board" means a bulletin
board, display case or kiosk displaying transportation
information. The board must be located where it is likely
to be seen by the greatest number of employees.
'Transportation services" means establishments primarily
engaged in undertaking the transportation of goods and,
People for compensation, and which may in turn make use
of other transportation establishments in effecting delivery.
This definition includes parking lots for overnight truck
storage, and such establishments as commercial distribution
services, freight forwarding services and freight agencies.
"Use" means the purpose for which land or a building
or structure is arranged, designed or intended to be used,
or for which-it is or may be used, occupied or maintained.
"Vanpooling" means a group of at least seven (7)
commuters traveling to work in a vehicle designed to carry
more than six (6) but less than sixteen (16) persons, includ-
ing the driver, which is maintained and used primarily for
work - related transportation of commuters for the purpose
of ridesharing.
"Wall" means an upright structure of building material,
such as masonry, wood or plaster, serving to enclose, divide
or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming
an inner partition or exterior siding of a building.
"Waste treatment and disposal" means public or private
disposal facilities or transfer stations, operated for the
Purpose of recycling, reclaiming, treating or disposal of
garbage, sewage, rubbish, offal, dead animals, oil field
wastes, hazardous waste, or other waste material originating
on or off the premises.
"Yard" means an open space, other than a court, on
a lot, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward
except Mrs otherwise expressly provided herein.
Yard, Front "Front yard" means a yard extending be-
tween side lot lines across the fiom of a lot, the depth of
which is the minimum horizontal dish me (setback) between
the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot
Yard, Side. "Side yard" means a yard extending from
the front yard, or the front lot line where no front yard
is required, to the rear yard; the width of the required side
yard (setback) shall be measured horizontally from the
nearest part of the side lot line.
`Inning clearance" means a permit which certifies that
a proposed structure and/or use of land meets all require-
ments of the city's zoning code and, if applicable, the
conditions of any previously approved permit (Ord. 208
§ 3 ( part), 1995; Ord 200 13 (part), 1994: Ord. 189 §
3 (1802 -0), 1994)
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Chapter 17.12
ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES,
BOUNDARIES AND MAPS
Sections:
17.12.010
Purpose and establishment of
17.12.020
zones.
Subzones.
17.12.030
Uncertainty of zone boundaries,
17.12.040
Establishment and changes of
zone classifications.
17.12.010 Purpasa and establishment of zones.
In order to classify, regulate and segregate uses of lands
and buildings; to regulate the height and size of buildings;
to regulate the area of yards and other open spaces around
buildings; and to regulate the density of population, the
following classes of use zones and their subzones are
established:
A- Open space (O-S) zone;
B. Agricultural exclusive (A -E) zone;
C. Rural agricultural (R -A) zone;
D. Rural exclusive (R -E) zone;
E. Single-4amily estate (R -0) zone;
F. Single-family residential (R -1) zone;
G. Two-family residential (R -2) zone;
H. Residential planned development (R -P -D) zone;
I. Commercial office (C-O) zone;
J. Neighborhood commercial (C -1) zone;
K. General commercial (C -2) zone;
L.. Commercial planned development (C -P -D) zone;
M. Industrial park (M -1) zone;
N. Limited industrial (M -2) zone;
O. Planned community (P-C) zone;
P. Specific plan (S -P) zone. (Ord. 189 § 3 (8103 -0),
1994)
17.12.020 Subzones.
A. Lot Sire Subzones. The size of lots created in each
of the O-S, A -E, R -A, R -E, R -0, R -1 and R -2 subzones
may be determined by a suffix number attached to the zone
designation on the zoning maps. The application of said
suffixes shall be consistent with the general plan and
Chapter 17.24. All other tequhements of the zone contained
in this tide shall apply to the respective subzones. The suffix
numbers shall only be assigned in one thousand (1,000)
squa:e foot increments for lots of less than one (1) acre
and increments of one acre for lots of one (1) acre or more.
Unless designated as acres, suffix numbers from 1 through
43 are assumed to be in thousands of square feet The ap-
plication of suffix numbers shall not create lot sizes less
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EXHIBIT 3
Chapter 17.16
PURPOSES OF ZONES
Sections:
17.16.010
Purpose.
17.16.020
Open space/agricultin-W zones,
17.16.030
Rural residential zones.
17.16.040
Urban residential zones
17.16.050
Commercial zones.
17.16.060
Industrial zones
17.16.070
Special purpose zones
17.16.080
Overlay zones
17.16.090
Institutional zones
17.16.010 Purpose.
The categories and purposes of land use zones in the
city are established as set out in this chapter. (Ord. 189
§ 3 (8104-0), 1994)
17.16.020 Open space/agricultural zones.
A. Open Space (O-S) Zone. The purpose of this zone
is to provide for the conservation of renewable and nonre-
newable natural resources of open land area This allows
future land use options that are reasonable and compatible
uses on open lands in the city.
B. Agricultural Exclusive (A -E) Zone. The purpose
of this zone is to preserve and protect commercial agricul-
tural lands as a limited and irreplaceable resource, to
Preserve and maintain agriculture as a major industry in
the city and to protect these areas from the encroachment
of nomelated uses which, by thaw nature would have detri-
mental effects upon the agriculture industry. (Ord. 189 ¢
3 (8104 -1), 1994)
17.16.030 Rural residential zones
A. Rural Agricultural (R-A) Zone. The purpose of this
zone is to provide for and maintain a rural setting where
a wide range of agricultural uses are permitted while sur-
rounding residential land uses are protected.
B. Rural Exclusive (R -E) Zone. The purpose of this
zone is to provide for and maintain Waal residential areas
in conjunction with horticultural activities, and to provide
for a limited range of service and institutional uses which
are compatible with and complementary to rural residential
communities.
C. Single - Family Estate (R-O) Zone. The purpose of
this zone is to provide areas exclusively for single - family
residential estates where a rural atmosphere is maintained
by the allowing of a range of horticultural activities as well
as animals for recreational purposes. (Ord 189 § 3 (8104 -2),
1994)
17.16.010
17.16.040 Urban residential zones
A. Single-Family Residential (R-1) Zone. The purpose
Of this zone is to provide for and maintain areas which
are appropriate for single - family dwellings on individual
lots.
B. Two-Family Residential (R -2) Zone. The purpose
Of this zone is to provide for and maintain residential areas
allowing two (2) single - family dwelling units or a two (2)
family dwelling unit on lots which meet the minimum area
requirements of this zone.
C. Residential Planned Development (R-P-D) Zone.
Thu: purpose of this zone is to provide areas for communities
which will be developed utilizing modern land planning
and unified design techniques; this zone provides a flexible
regulatory procedure in order to encourage:
1. Coordinated neighborhood design and compatibility
with existing or potential development of stmamding areas;
:1. An efficient use of land particularly through the
clustering of dwelling units and the preservation of the
natural features of sites;
3. Variety and innovation in site design, density and
housing unit options, including garden apartments,
townhouses and single - family dwellings;
Al- Lower housing costs through the reduction of street
and utility networks; and
5. Amore varied, attractive and energy-efficient living
environment as well as greater opportunities for recreation
than would be possible under other zone classifications.
(Ord. 189 § 3 (8104 -3), 1994)
17.1.6.050 Commercial zones
A. Commercial Office (C -O) Zone. The purpose of
this zone is to provide suitable locations for offices and
services of a professional, clerical or administrative nature.
B. Neighborhood Commercial (C -1) Zone. The purpose
of this zone is to provide areas for retail convenience shop-
ping; and personal services to meet the daily needs of
neighborhood residents.
C. General Commercial (C -2) Zone. The purpose of
this zone is to provide areas for shopping and personal
services that is not limited to meet the daily needs of the
immediate neighborhood.
D. Commercial Planned Development (C-P -D) Zone.
The purpose of this zone is to encourage the development
of coordinated, innovative and efficient commercial sites
and to provide areas for a wide range of commercial retail
and business uses, including stores, shops and offices
supplying commodities or performing services for the
surrounding community. (Ord. 189 § 3 (8104-4), 1994)
17.16.060 Industrial zones.
A. Industrial Park (M -1) Zone. The purpose of this
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EXHIBIT 4
B. Uses shown in the matrix legend as °Pemtittee
require a zoning clearance unless exempted under Section
17.20.040.
C. Each use is subject to all of the provisions of this
title.
D. For the purposes of this chapter, any use listed in
matrix form which is indented shall be construed as a
subheading of the heading under which it is indented.
E. Any use requested as an accessory use which is
listed in the matrix at Sections 17.20.050 and 17.20.060
as a main use shall be processed in accordance with the
indicated requirements of the main use.
1. Retail Sales in Industrial Zones. Retail sales may
be allowed in industrial zones under the following provi-
sions:
a. That the areas used for retail may not exceed twenty
percent (20%) of the entire floor area of the building;
b. That in the case of an industrial complex under
a single cumulative floor area of all buildings, twenty
percent (20%) of the cumulative floor area may be used
by any one (1) building for retail use;
c. Temporary retail sales may be allowed under the
provisions of the temporary use permit and must exhibit
verification of State Board of Equalization sellers permit.
The temporary permit shall be granted upon the stipulation
that the sales activity occur no more than once per month
and not on more than three (3) consecutive days;
d. Subsections (Exlxa) and (Exlxb) shall be allowed
only as a modification to the original development permit.
In the case of a nonexistent development permit, one shall
be required.
F. The abbreviations used in Sections 17.20.050 and
17.20.060 are to be interpreted as follows:
agric. — agriculture
GFA — gross floor area
H&SC — Health and Safety Code
prelim. — preliminary
sq. ft. — square feet
W&IC — Welfare and Institutions Code
G. In accordance with Section 17.04.040, the only uses
permitted are those listed as such in this tide. The following
list of specifically prohibited uses is provided for informa-
tional purposes, and is not intended to be comprehensive:
1. Nuclear powerplants;
2. Public polo events;
3. Racetracks for horses or motorized vehicles;
4. Stadiums;
5. The parking of motor vehicles on vacant land con-
taining no principal use;
6. Retail sales from wheeled vehicles, except as
permitted pursuant to Section 17.20.040R. (Ord. 189 § 3
(8105 -1), 1994)
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17.20.020
17.20.030 Uses not listed.
Where a proposed land use is not identified in this chap-
ter, the director of community development shall review
the proposed use when requested to do so by letter and,
based upon the characteristics of the use, determine which
of the uses listed in this chapter, if any, is equivalent to
that proposed.
A. Upon a written determination by the director of
community development that a proposed unlisted use is
equivalent in its nature and intensity to a listed use, the
proposed use shall be treated in the same manner as the
listed use in determining where it is allowed, what permits
are required and what standards affect its establishment,
B. Detemminatiorms that specific unlisted uses are equiva-
lent to listed uses shall be recorded by the planning depart-
ment, and shall be considered for incorporation into the
zoning ordinance in the next scheduled ordinance amend-
ment. (Ord. 189 § 3 (8105 -2), 1994)
17.20.040 Exemptions from zoning clearance.
A zoning clearance is not required to be issued for the
following uses, if the uses meet the requirements of Section
17.44.030(BXIXa) and all other provisions of this title:
A. Public works projects constructed by the city or
its contractors;
B. Ordinary maintenance and minor repairs to buildings,
not involving structural alterations;
C. Permitted sop production, including packing, storage
or preliminary processing of crops, where no structures
are involved;
D. Pemuitted underground fuel storage;
E. Permitted open storage (see Chapter 17.28);
F. Signs which are exempt under Section 17.40.080;
G. Permitted pet and fart animals (see Section
17.20.050 and Chapter 17.28);
H. The drilling of water wells for the production of
water on any lot if water from said well is used only on
the lot upon which the well is located;
I. Patios, paving and decks (see Chapter 17.24), when
constructed no more than thirty (30) inches above the
surrounding finished grade;
J. Fences and walls six (6) feet or less and retaining
walls three (3) feet or less in height (see Chapter 17.24);
K. Soil testing for wells, foundations, septic systems
and sirnilar construction;
L. Swimming, wading or ornamental pools designed
for a water depth of less than eighteen (18) inches;
M. Small public utility structures, such as electrical
boxes, transformers and valve apparatus, that have no
covered floor area and are attached to the ground by poles,
columns or pedestals;
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17.20.040
N. Sales or leasing of commercial or industrial office
space within an existing building on the same site as the
unit or units being sold or leased;
O. Play structures, outdoor furniture, and the like, which
are exempt from setback requirements pursuant to Section
17.24,040;
P. Temporary filming that meets any of the following
criteria:
1. Is for current news programs,
2. Is within an existing building,
3. Is during daylight hours for one (1) day in any seven
(7) day period, provided that such filming does not involve
open flames, explosives, or the construction of sets or other
structures;
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R. The following types of retail sales from wheeled
vehicles, subject to the requirements of all other city
departments:
I. Trucks from which food is sold to employees of
commercial and industrial businesses along a predetermined
route, provided that such trucks are not in any location
for more than one -half hour per day, and
2. Vehicles parked on the site of a permitted swap
MM carnival, outdoor festival or similar event, and selling
food during such event (Ord. 189 § 3 (8105 -3), 1994)
17.20.050 Permitted uses in open space,
agricultural and special purpose
zones.
Permitted uses in open space, agricultural and special
Purpose zones are set out in Table 17.20.050.
Note: An approved residential planned development
Permit is required for five (5) or more lots in the RA, RO,
R -1 and RE zones.
The key for Table 17.20.050 is as follows:
(Blank] Not permitted
♦ Permitted by zone clearance
■ Administrative permit
• Planning commission- approved planned
development permit
0 City council - approved planned development
pmt
O Planning commission- approved conditional
use permit
® City council- approved conditional use permit
Table 17.20.050
PERMITTED USES IN OPEN SPACE, AGRICULTURAL AND
SPECIAL, PURPOSE ZONES,
Agriculture and agricultural operations (no retail except
as indicated).
Animal husbandry: Without structures'
With structures: total GFA per lot:
Up to 1,000 sq. ft.
Over 1,000 to 5,000 sq. ft.
Over 5,000 to 20,000 sq. ft.
Over 20,000 to 100,000 sq. ft.
Over 100,000 sq. ft.
Apiculture
Fish farms
More animals than are permitted by Section
17.28.0300
Contractors' service and storage yards and buildings
Crop production'
Wholesale nursery
Firewood operations
Greenhouse, hothouses and the like: total GFA
per lot:'
Up to 1,000 sq. ft
1,000 to 20,000 sq. ft.
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