§ 26-36-010. Permitted uses.

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)

Medical or dental clinic;

(e)

Professional and administrative offices which provide services for persons residing in nearby residential areas;

(f)

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;

(g)

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

(Ord. No. 3805.)

(h)

Feed stores;

(i)

Garden supply stores;

(j)

Truck, trailer and farm implement sales, and rental;

(k)

Tire sales, including recapping and retreading;

(l)

Machinery sales and rental;

(m)

Storage yards accessory to the uses listed in this section, not to exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the gross area of the main building;

(n)

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;

(o)

Small family day care;

(p)

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

(q)

Small residential community care facility;

(r)

Beekeeping;

(s)

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

(t)

Minor and intermediate freestanding commercial telecommunication facilities eighty feet (80′) or less, subject to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

(u)

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

(v)

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;

(w)

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;

(x)

Small-scale homeless shelters serving no more than ten (10) persons pursuant to 26-88-127, subject to Article 82 (Design Review), within designated urban service areas;

(y)

Vacation rentals with up to five (5) guest rooms, subject to issuance of a zoning permit and compliance with Section 26-88-120 (Vacation Rentals);

(z)

Hosted rentals, subject to issuance of a zoning permit and compliance with Section 26-88-118 (Hosted Rentals and Bed and Breakfast Inns).

(aa)

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

(bb)

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

(cc)

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

(dd)

Small single room occupancy facilities subject to design review and in compliance with Section 26-88-125 (Single Room Occupancy Facilities);

(ee)

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 Program).

(Ord. No. 6223 , § XVI, 5-8-2018; Ord. No. 6191 , § V(Exh. D), 1-24-2017; Ord. No. 6145, §§ III, IV , 3-15-2016; Ord. No. 5883, § IV, 3-30-2010; Ord. 5790 § 1(k), 2008; Ord. No. 5435 § 2(z), 2003; Ord. No. 5342 § 3, 2002; Ord. No. 4973 § 9(a), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)