The General Plan outlines goals and objectives, with regard to commercial and industrial uses and development. The purpose of this Division is to implement those General Plan goals and objectives that relate to commercial and industrial land uses as follows:
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Provide for the establishment of a wide range of employment and economic opportunities within the community.
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Provide for appropriate facilities to serve the needs of the residents and visitors of the community.
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Promote a fiscal balance for the community.
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Protect the health and safety of the community from natural or man-made hazards.
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Protect existing residential neighborhoods and certain other uses from adverse health and safety conditions.
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Enhance the visual, economic, and environmental character of the community.
The following commercial, industrial zones, and specific plan zones with their general purpose as indicated, have been created to implement the goals, objectives, and land use designations of the General Plan.
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Commercial Zones.
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CO, Office Zone. To provide for primarily professional and business offices serving the community in an attractive environment and to protect adjacent residential areas from adverse effects of excessive commercial activity.
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CS, Community Shopping Zone. To provide primarily for shopping centers varying from neighborhood convenience centers to a major regional shopping center, and to provide within such centers for conveniently grouped stores with adequate parking.
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CG, Commercial General Zone. To provide for the variety of commercial activities needed to serve the community, primarily located in the central area of the City and secondarily located along arterial street frontages.
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CR, Regional Commercial Zone. To provide for larger, more intensive regional commercial development situated on large sites. The consolidation of smaller contiguous commercial properties into a larger master-planned integrated regional commercial center is strongly encouraged through the provision of special standards and development incentives of Chapter 19.556.
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Industrial Zones.
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CM, Commercial Manufacturing Zone. To provide for commercial activities requiring larger site areas than available in the central area of the City, and for limited commercial and limited industrial services not appropriate for location in the central commercial areas or in heavier industrial zones.
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MR, Research Manufacturing Zone. To provide for administrative or executive offices of business and industrial concerns, scientific research offices and laboratories, restricted manufacturing activities, and compatible appurtenant uses, all in a highly attractive and pollution-free environment.
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ML, Light Industrial Zone. To provide for small and medium size industrial uses which are not likely to have adverse effects upon each other or upon neighboring residential and commercial areas.
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MH, Heavy Industrial Zone. To provide for manufacturing and distribution plants which require relatively large sites, to protect such uses from the disruptive effects of unrelated commercial or other activity in their midst, and to protect the surrounding community from adverse environmental effects of industrial activity.
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Specific Plan Zones. The following described specific plans are adopted together with their real property designations. A full, true and correct copy of the text of each such specific plan is maintained in the office of the City Clerk and in the office of the Director of Development Services. The specific plans are not codified as part of this Division, but, rather, they are separately bound and made available to the public and for purchase. The specific plans govern the land use and development standards for property identified on the Zoning Map with the following designations.
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ECSP, Entertainment Corridor Specific Plan. To provide for the continued development, preservation, and enhancement of integrated major tourist entertainment attractions and visitor-serving commercial uses in attractive settings that are unique and distinctive from the conventional use pattern of independent and unrelated businesses.
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ACSP, Auto Center Specific Plan. To provide for the continued development, preservation, and enhancement of auto dealers and related commercial and retail uses in orderly and attractive settings that are unique and distinctive from the conventional use pattern of independent and unrelated businesses.
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BOMUSP, Beach-Orangethorpe Mixed Use Specific Plan. To provide for the continued development, preservation and enhancement of a world class mixed use development comprised of commercial retail, full service hotel, multiple-family units in high rise buildings and multi-level parking that are unique and distinctive from the conventional land use pattern of independent and unrelated activities.
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Overlay Zones. The following designations are established which may be combined by notation on the zoning map with any of the zones listed above in order to accomplish the additional purposes indicated below:
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P, Parking Overlay Zone. To provide for and encourage the development of needed parking areas to serve adjacent commercial and public service uses located in the central area of the City. Such parking use is intended to be arranged within residential zones adjacent to commercial zones in a manner which protects the residential areas from undue adverse effects of adjacent commercial activity and may lead to an orderly transition from residential to parking use for such areas.
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NC, Neighborhood Commercial Overlay Classification for Properties Along Commonwealth Avenue Between Stanton and Indiana Avenues. The NC Overlay Classification is intended for providing or selling everyday goods and services by commercial, office, light industrial, light manufacturing, and small scale retail uses. Certain retail related uses may be accommodated within existing multi-tenant retail centers only. Acceptable uses are indentified in the "NC Overlay Classification matrix" as contained within Table 19.512.030.
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AO, Architectural Overlay Classification for Properties Located Within the Beach/Crescent Architectural Overlay Area Along Beach Boulevard, Stanton Avenue and the South Side of Crescent Avenue. The AO Classification is intended to provide guidance to developers and property owners for the design and integration of existing and new development by encouraging quality design in order to maintain the viability of properties with the Beach/Crescent area.
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Mixed-Use Zones. The following mixed-use zones with their general purpose as indicated have been created to implement the goals, objectives, and land use designations of the General Plan.
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GMU, General Mixed-Use. To provide for a horizontal or vertical mix of high density residential and neighborhood commercial uses along major arterials. A regulatory plan or Development Agreement must be established and/or executed to allow for development within this zoning designation.
(Ord. 1315 § 11, 1994; Ord. 1347 § 11.B, 1997; Ord. 1350 § 9.A, 1997; Ord. 1382 § 8, 1998; Ord. 1403 § 9, 2000; Ord. 1522 § 2, 2008; Ord. 1553 § 5, 2012)