§ 26-44-010. Permitted uses, subject to compliance with performance standards.

Permitted uses include the following:

(a)

Manufacturing, compounding, assembling or treating of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, leather, metal, paint, paper, plastics, rubber, precious or semiprecious stones, shell, tars, tobacco and wood;

(b)

Manufacturing of pottery and ceramic products, using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity or gas;

(c)

Manufacturing, processing, fabricating, refining, repairing, packaging or treating of goods, materials or products by electric power, oil or gas (except operations relative to the above involving fish, fats and oils, bone and meat products or similar substances commonly recognized as creating offensive conditions in the handling thereof);

(d)

Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packing or treating of such products as candy, cosmetics, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, toiletries and food products (except the rendering or refining of fats and oils);

(e)

Manufacturing, assembling, testing or repairing of devices, equipment and systems of an electrical, electronic or electromechanical nature;

(f)

Manufacturing, assembling, fabrication, warehousing and wholesale distributing of goods, wares, merchandise, articles, substances or compounds, which are not flammable, explosive or likely to create fire, radiation or explosive hazards to surrounding property;

(g)

Foundries casting light weight, nonferrous metal not causing noxious fumes or odor;

(h)

Machine shops or other light metalworking shops;

(i)

Cooperage and bottling works;

(j)

Research, development and testing laboratories and facilities;

(k)

Professional, administrative and general business offices and facilities compatible with uses permitted in this district;

(l)

Cafeterias, cafes, restaurants, auditoriums or recreational facilities as accessory to the primary use permitted on the site;

(m)

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;

(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)

Beekeeping;

(p)

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

(q)

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

(r)

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

(s)

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;

(t)

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

(u)

Commercial cannabis uses in compliance with Sections 26-88-250 through 26-88-256;

(v)

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

(Ord. No. 6245 , § II, 10-16-2018; Ord. No. 6191 , § V(Exh. D), 1-24-2017; Ord. No. 6189 , § II(B), 12-20-2016; Ord. No. 5435 § 2(hh), 2003; Ord. No. 5342 § 3, 2002; Ord. No. 4973 § 10(a), (b), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)