Sonoma County |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 26. SONOMA COUNTY ZONING REGULATIONS |
Article 32. C2 Retail Business and Service District. |
§ 26-32-020. Uses permitted with a use permit.
(a)
One (1) dwelling unit on a permanent foundation per lot subject, at a minimum, to the following criteria, and provided that no commercial use may be permitted unless the dwelling unit is removed or converted to another use in accordance with this district.
(1)
The property is not located within a redevelopment project area identified on the general plan land use map,
(2)
The property has constraints or is of such a size as to make it infeasible to develop with the commercial uses allowed by zoning,
(3)
The unit complies with setbacks, building heights and other standards of the applicable zoning district,
(4)
The unit meets other conditions which may result from the application review process;
(b)
Mixed Use Developments. Mixed Use development, in compliance with Section 26-88-123 (Mixed Use Developments);
(c)
Hotels, motels, churches, clubs and lodges;
(d)
Large residential community care facility;
(e)
Antique stores, second hand sales, auction studios;
(f)
Indoor movie theaters;
(g)
New and used automobile sales, service and repair establishments;
(h)
Takeout food, live entertainment, amplified live music;
(i)
Gasoline service stations, car washes, public garages and minimarts;
(Ord. No. 3615.)
(j)
Animal hospitals, veterinary clinics and kennels;
(k)
Minor public service uses or facilities (transmission and distribution lines and telecommunication facilities excepted), including but not limited to reservoirs, storage tanks, pumping stations, telephone exchanges, small power stations, transformer stations, fire and police stations and training centers, service yards and related parking lots which, at a minimum, meet the criteria of general plan Policy PF-2(s) and which are not otherwise exempt by state law;
(l)
Exploration and development of low temperature geothermal resources for other than power development purposes, provided that at a minimum it is compatible with surrounding land uses;
(m)
Business support services including copying and printing;
(n)
Household goods rental store;
(o)
Outdoor vendors;
(Ord. No. 3348.)
(p)
Commercial planned developments and commercial condominiums. Compatibility and provision of amenities shall be required and unique characteristics, design innovation and creativity shall be additional criteria utilized in evaluating such development. The minimum lot size and required yards of Section 26-32-030 shall not apply to such development. Conversions of existing buildings to commercial condominium or commercial planned development may be accomplished by use permit waiver pursuant to Section 26-88-010(g) and applicable Sections of Chapter 25 of this code;
(q)
Day care center;
(r)
Gymnasiums, health clubs, spas, indoor recreation, and similar uses;
(s)
Amplified live music;
(t)
Intermediate and major freestanding commercial telecommunication facilities greater than eighty feet (80′) in height, subject at a minimum to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;
(u)
Noncommercial telecommunication facilities greater than eighty feet (80′) in height subject at a minimum to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;
(v)
Small alcoholic beverage retail establishments, subject to the standards in Section 26-88-195;
(w)
Weddings, lawn parties or similar activities to be held at a bed and breakfast inn. Outdoor amplified sound may be allowed at these events only if specifically authorized by the use permit;
(x)
Small-scale homeless shelters serving up to ten (10) persons, subject to design review, within designated urban service areas;
(y)
Emergency homeless shelters with up to fifty (50) beds, subject to design review, within designated urban service areas;
(z)
Small wind energy systems 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 the standards in Section 26-88-135;
(aa)
In designated urban service areas, small single room occupancy (SRO) facilities, subject to the granting of a use permit and consistent with the provisions of Section 26-88-125;
(bb)
In designated urban service areas, large single room occupancy (Single Room Occupancy) facilities in compliance with Section 26-88-125 (Single Room Occupancy Facilities);
(cc)
Live/work uses in conjunction with a legally established single family residential unit subject to the requirements of Section 26-88-122. Live/work uses shall not be permitted in a mixed use development, SRO unit, or caretaker unit;
(dd)
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;
(ee)
Commercial Cannabis uses, in compliance with Section 26-88-250 and 26-88-256.
(Ord. No. 6245 , § II, 10-16-2018; Ord. No. 6223 , § XXI, 5-8-2018; Ord. No. 6189 , § II(E), 12-20-2016; Ord. No. 5933, § II(g), 5-10-2011; Ord. 5790 § 1(i), 2008; Ord. No. 5715 § 2, 2007; Ord. No. 5569 §§ 5, 6, 7, 2005; Ord. No. 5435 § 2(w), 2003; Ord. 5429 § 5, 2003; Ord. No. 5265 § 1(n), 2000; Ord. No. 4973 § 9(b), (c), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)