§ 26-30-010. Permitted uses.  


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  • Permitted uses include the following:

    (a)

    Neighborhood retail businesses which supply household commodities on the. premises such as groceries, meats, dairy products, baked goods or other foods, drugs, notions or hardware; large alcoholic beverage retail establishments; personal service establishments which perform services on the premises for persons residing in adjacent residential areas such as shoe repair, dry cleaning shops, tailor shops, beauty parlors, barber shops and the like. All retail sales and service uses shall be conducted entirely within a building;

    (b)

    Restaurants;

    (c)

    Financial institutions such as banks and savings and loan offices, provided the facility is limited to five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area;

    (d)

    Professional, administrative and general business offices;

    (e)

    Accessory buildings and uses normally incidental to any permitted use. This shall not be construed as permitting any commercial use or occupation other than those specifically permitted;

    (f)

    Small collection facilities as an accessory use to any permitted use subject to the provisions of Section 26-88-070;

    (Ord. No. 3805.)

    (g)

    Small family day care;

    (h)

    Occasional cultural events; provided, that a written notice stating "The Sonoma County Planning Department will issue a zoning permit for a cultural event (state nature and duration) on this property if a written appeal is not received within ten (10) days from the date of this notice." is posted on the property at least ten (10) days prior to issuance of a zoning permit, and no appeal pursuant to Section 26-92-040 has been received from any interested person, and provided that approval is secured from the following departments: sheriff, public health, fire services, building inspection and public works. In the event of an appeal, a hearing on the project shall be held pursuant to Section 26-92-040;

    (i)

    Large family day care, provided that the applicant shall meet all performance standards listed in Section 26-88-080;

    (j)

    Small residential community care facility;

    (k)

    Beekeeping;

    (l)

    Attached commercial telecommunication facilities subject to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

    (m)

    Minor and intermediate freestanding commercial telecommunication facilities fifty feet (50′) or less in height subject to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

    (n)

    Noncommercial telecommunication facilities eighty feet (80′) or less in height subject to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

    (o)

    Small wind energy systems not located within a county-designated urban service area or within two thousand five hundred feet (2,500′) of a county-designated urban service area, subject to zoning permit approval and the standards in Section 26-88-135;

    (p)

    Other nonresidential uses which in the opinion of the planning director are of a similar and compatible nature to those uses described in this section;

    (q)

    One (1) junior accessory dwelling unit per lot, pursuant to Section 26-88-061;

    (r)

    Transitional housing, subject to density or building intensity limitations, when located within an existing, legal residential unit;

    (s)

    Permanent supportive housing, subject to density or building intensity limitations, when located within an existing, legal residential unit;

    (t)

    Mixed Use development, in compliance with Section 26-88- 123 (Mixed Use Developments) that provide affordable housing on-site meeting the inclusionary requirements of Article 89 (Affordable Housing).

(Ord. No. 6223 , § XIII, 5-8-2018; Ord. No. 6191 , § V(Exh. D), 1-24-2017; Ord. 5790 § 1(f), 2008; Ord. No. 5435 § 2(t), 2003; Ord. No. 5342 § 3, 2002; Ord. No. 4973 § 8(a), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)