The purpose of the CZ VSC district is to promote and design the orderly development of a commercial business area to serve the needs of coastal visitors and to encourage development of such facilities that provide services to meet a range of visitor needs.
(Ord. 84-1 §15-1)
Permitted uses in the CZ VSC district, subject to coastal development permit approval are as follows:
A. 
Hotels, motels, vacation clubs/timeshares, public recreation areas, and accessory shops (such as gift shops, travel agencies, beauty shops, etc.) and any other visitor-serving use as determined by the City Council to serve the purpose of this district. Vacation clubs/timeshares are defined as accommodation facilities with guest or owner stays limited to not more than 29 consecutive days, and not more than a total of 84 days in each calendar year. For projects involving the development of vacation clubs/timeshares, the property owner shall be required to record a deed restriction prior to the issuance of a coastal development permit, indicating the length of stay limitations and that the project is a visitor-serving use available to the general public through a rental pool program when not in use by vacation club/timeshare owners of members. For Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 011-501-014, where other uses are allowed, those uses under the Visitor-Serving Residential and Residential Medium Density zoning designations may be intermixed, subject to an overall site development plan for the entire parcel such that the proportion of visitor-serving uses relative to the specified acreage in the LCP Land Use Plan is not decreased.
For APN 011-501-014, Visitor-Serving Commercial development shall not exceed a maximum of 375 hotel/vacation club/timeshare units on 17 acres. All other visitor-serving commercial uses shall be limited according to the water allocation presented in Appendix F of the LUP.
B. 
Food service establishments, service stations, recreation retail shops and services (such as bike rentals).
C. 
Campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks, and other recreational facilities operated as a business and open to the general public for a fee.
D. 
Public uses within development projects such as picnic areas, wind shelters, promenades or other indoor public recreational area uses where outdoor recreation may not be favorable.
(Ord. 84-1 §15-2; Ord. 97-04 §2)
No building in the CZ VSC district shall exceed 36 feet as measured from the existing grade except hotel uses shall be permitted variation in height to 45 feet. All development within 100 feet of the freeway right-of-way (considered as the main thoroughfare right-of-way, excluding on/off ramps) shall be designed so as to minimize significant adverse visual impacts and shall be limited to 25 feet in height. Views over development, as specified in the local coastal land use plan, shall be preserved by limiting heights as necessary to assure compliance with policies contained in the local coastal land use plan.
(Ord. 84-1 §15-3)
Minimum requirements in the CZ VSC district are as follows:
A. 
Density. For visitor-serving hotels, allow up to 75 rooms per acre. The number of hotel rooms shall be limited as follows:
Area Designated on Zoning Map
Maximum Rooms Allowed
CZ-VSC-B
375
CZ-VSC-C
0
CZ-VSC-D
375
For visitor-serving motels, allow up to 37 rooms per acre to be limited as follows:
Area Designated on Zoning Map
Maximum Rooms Allowed
CZ-VSC-a
229
CZ-VSC-b
141
B. 
The following minimum requirements shall be observed:
1. 
Require PUD application for visitor serving commercial developments.
2. 
Parking shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 18.64, except as otherwise indicated in this section.
3. 
Parking spaces required: the number of off-street parking spaces shall be required as set forth below in this section. In applying these requirements, the term "floor area" means the gross floor area within the exterior walls of any building or structure.
a. 
Dancehalls and assembly halls without fixed seats, one space for each 100 square feet of floor area used for assembly or dancing;
b. 
Hotels, motels, one space for each room;
c. 
Campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks, one space for each sleeping area;
d. 
Restaurants, taverns and nightclubs, one space of each 50 square feet where the capacity is not determined by a fixed number of seats; otherwise one space for each two and one-half (2-1/2) seats;
e. 
Retail shops, stores and other visitor serving commercial uses, one space per 300 square feet of floor area;
f. 
Public parking: In addition to on-site parking requirements for each specific use, an additional 10% of the project's total required parking shall be required for public parking either on-site or at another location that would serve to benefit public access, with the location to be subject to City Council approval.
4. 
Signing, fencing and landscaping shall be in accordance with coastal zone requirements and Chapters 18.62, 18.64, 18.66, 18.70 and 18.72.
C. 
Dune restoration programs are required as indicated on the zoning map and per the habitat restoration (HR zone) and LUP Standards.
(Ord. 84-1 §15-4)
Other required conditions in the CZ VSC district are as follows:
A. 
Coastal development permit required; CZ district regulations apply.
B. 
Off-street parking required for all uses as indicated above.
C. 
Location of any uses permitted in this CZ VSC district shall not preclude the establishment of a CZ-CD district according to permitted uses of the CZ-CD district and shall not prohibit access to such a use.
(Ord. 84-1 §15-5)