Use classifications describe one or more uses of land having similar characteristics but do not list every use or activity that may appropriately be within the classification. The Community Development Director shall determine whether a specific use shall be deemed to be within one or more use classifications or not within any classification in this chapter. The Director may determine that a specific use shall not be deemed to be within a classification, whether or not named within the classification, if its characteristics are substantially incompatible with those typical of uses named within the classification.
(Ord. 6171, 2/25/2025)
A. 
Residential Housing Types.
1. 
Single-Unit Residential. One primary residential unit and up to one accessory dwelling unit or one junior accessory dwelling unit located on a single lot. This classification includes individual mobilehomes and manufactured housing units installed on a foundation system pursuant to Section 18551 of the California Health and Safety Code and meeting the standards of Section 30.185.270, Mobilehomes, Recreational Vehicles and Modular Units, Individual Use. The definition of single-unit residential shall include an Employee Housing unit with six or fewer residents as allowed by State law.
2. 
Two-Unit Residential. No more than two residential units and may include one or more accessory dwelling units located on a single lot. The residential units may be located in a single building that contains two residential units (also known as a duplex) or in two detached buildings.
3. 
Multi-Unit Residential. Three or more attached or detached residential units and may include one or more accessory dwelling units on a single lot. Types of multi-unit residential include townhouses, multiple detached residential units (e.g. bungalow court), and multi-story apartment buildings.
B. 
Special Residential Unit Types.
1. 
Accessory Dwelling Unit. An attached or a detached residential unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residential unit. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the primary residential unit is or will be situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following:
a. 
An efficiency unit, as defined in Section 17958.1 of Health and Safety Code.
b. 
A manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code.
2. 
Additional Residential Unit. A detached residential unit that provides independent living facilities, located on a single lot with another single-unit residence, and meeting the standards of Section 30.185.050, Additional Residential Unit.
3. 
Caretaker Unit. A residential unit occupied by employees, owners, managers, or caretakers of a primary business use on the site and meeting the standards of Section 30.185.120, Caretaker Unit.
4. 
Employee Housing. As defined in Section 17021.5 of the Health and Safety Code; includes agricultural employee (farmworker) housing as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 17008.
5. 
Garden Apartment. A development consisting of multi-unit residential building(s), each containing between four and eight residential units, located on a single lot under one ownership and meeting the standards of Section 30.185.180, Garden Apartment Developments.
6. 
Planned Residential Development. A coordinated residential development meeting the standards of Section 30.185.330, Planned Residential Development.
7. 
Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit. A unit that is no more than 500 square feet in size and contained entirely within the structure of an existing or proposed single-unit residential housing type. A junior accessory dwelling unit includes its own separate sanitation facilities, or shares sanitation facilities with the existing or proposed single residential unit and includes an efficiency kitchen.
C. 
Community Care Facilities, Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, and Hospices.
1. 
Community Care Facility. A State-licensed facility, place or building which is maintained and operated to provide non-medical residential care, day treatment, adult day care, or foster family agency services for children, adults, or children and adults, including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children, as further defined in Chapter 3 of Division 2 of the California Health and Safety Code.
2. 
Hospice. A State-licensed facility which provides 24-hour nursing and supportive care and other services in a home-like setting to persons who have a medical diagnosis of terminal illness.
3. 
Residential Care Facility for the Elderly. A housing arrangement where residents are 60 years of age or older and where varying levels of care and supervision are provided as agreed to at time of admission or as determined necessary at subsequent times of reappraisal. Persons under 60 years of age with compatible needs may be allowed to be admitted or retained in such a facility, not to exceed 25% of the residents, as further defined in Chapter 3.2 of Division 2 of the California Health and Safety Code.
D. 
Family Day Care Home. A State-licensed facility which regularly provides care, protection, and supervision of children under 18 years of age in the provider's own home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away, as further defined and permitted pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code and other applicable State Regulations. The term "Family Day Care Home" includes the terms "Large Family Day Care Home" and "Small Family Day Care Home" as such terms are defined in Sections 1597.465 and 1597.44 of the California Health and Safety Code.
1. 
Small. As defined in Section 1597.44 of the California Health and Safety Code.
2. 
Large. As defined in Section 1597.465 of the California Health and Safety Code.
E. 
Group Residential. Shared living quarters without separate kitchen facilities for each room or unit, where more than six rooms or beds are rented individually to tenants under separate rental agreements, and a congregate dining facility is provided, or meal service is typically included in the price of lodging. This classification includes convents and monasteries, rooming and boarding houses, dormitories and other types of organizational housing intended for long-term occupancy (more than 30 consecutive calendar days) but excludes Hotels and Similar Uses, and certain State-licensed facilities for Residential Care, Supportive and Transitional Housing, and Employee Housing.
F. 
Home Occupation. A nonresidential use conducted on residential property by the inhabitants of the subject residence, which is incidental and secondary to the residential use of the residential unit.
G. 
Live-Work Unit. A combined work space and residential unit occupied and used by a single household in structure that has been constructed for such use or converted from commercial use and structurally modified to accommodate residential occupancy and work activity in compliance with the California Building Code. The working space is reserved for one or more occupants of the unit.
H. 
Mobilehome Park. An area of land where two or more mobilehome spaces are rented, or held out for rent, to accommodate mobilehomes for more than 30 consecutive calendar days.
I. 
Recreational Vehicle Parks, Permanent. An area of land where two or more recreational vehicle spaces are rented, or held out for rent, to accommodate recreational vehicles for residential purposes for more than 30 consecutive calendar days.
J. 
Supportive Housing. As defined in Section 65582 of the Government Code.
K. 
Transitional Housing. As defined in Section 65582 of the Government Code.
(Ord. 5974, 2020; Ord. 6171, 2/25/2025)
A. 
Cemetery. Establishments primarily engaged in operating sites or structures reserved for the interment of human or animal remains, including mausoleums, burial places, and memorial gardens.
B. 
College and Trade School. Public, nonprofit, or private institutions of higher education providing curricula of a general, religious or professional nature, typically granting recognized degrees, including conference centers and academic retreats associated with such institutions. This classification includes junior colleges, business and computer schools, management training, technical and trade schools, but excludes personal instructional services such as music lessons.
C. 
Community Assembly. A facility for public or private meetings including community centers, banquet centers, religious assembly facilities, civic and private auditoriums, union halls, meeting halls for clubs and other membership organizations. This classification includes functionally related facilities for the use of members and attendees such as kitchens, multi-purpose rooms, and storage. It does not include gymnasiums or other sports facilities, convention centers, or facilities, such as day care centers and schools, that are separately classified and regulated.
D. 
Community Garden. The outdoor use of land for the cultivation of agricultural products grown for personal use by the gardeners, or for donations, but not for sale. Use of land for and limited to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables, including the cultivation and tillage of soil and the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any agricultural, floricultural, or horticultural commodity, by several individuals or households but not including on-site sales.
E. 
Cultural Institution. Public or nonprofit institutions engaged primarily in the display or preservation of objects of interest in the arts or sciences that are open to the public on a regular basis. This classification includes performing arts centers for theater, music, dance, and events; buildings of an educational, charitable or philanthropic nature; libraries; museums; historical sites; aquariums; and zoos and botanical gardens.
F. 
Day Care Center. Establishments providing non-medical care for persons on a less than 24-hour basis other than Family Day Care. This classification includes nursery schools, preschools, and day care facilities for children or adults, and any other day care facility licensed by the State of California.
G. 
Emergency Shelter. A temporary, short-term residence providing housing with minimal supportive services for homeless families or individual persons where occupancy is limited to six months or less, as defined in Section 50801 of the California Health and Safety Code. Minimal supportive services shall mean administrative offices, intake and waiting areas, kitchen and dining facilities, and laundry facilities as long as the facilities are directly related to the operation of the emergency shelter or for the exclusive use of the residents of the emergency shelter, but may include other interim interventions, including, but not limited to, a navigation center, bridge housing, and respite or recuperative care. Homeless shelters providing more than minimal supportive services or supportive services to persons other than the residents of the shelter are considered Social Service Facilities.
H. 
Harbor, Port, and Marina Facilities. Facilities that provides a range of services related to the use of boats and other watercraft and commercial and recreational fishing. Services may include, but are not limited to, boat moorings; sales, storage, construction, repair, and maintenance of boats, boat parts, and other marine-related items; marine fueling stations and washing facilities; seafood processing, boat and watercraft charter operations; offices; bait and tackle shops; and hardware sales.
I. 
Hospitals and Clinics. State-licensed facilities providing medical, surgical, psychiatric, or emergency medical services to sick or injured persons. This classification includes facilities for inpatient or outpatient treatment, including substance-abuse programs as well as training, research, and administrative services for patients and employees. This classification excludes veterinaries and animal hospitals (see Animal Care, Sales, and Services).
1. 
Hospital. A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical services for sick or injured persons primarily on an in-patient basis, and including ancillary facilities for outpatient and emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, research, administration, and services to patients, employees, or visitors.
2. 
Clinic. A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical service for sick or injured persons exclusively on an out-patient basis including emergency treatment, diagnostic services, administration, and related services to patients who are not lodged overnight. Services may be available without a prior appointment. This classification includes licensed facilities offering substance abuse treatment, blood banks and plasma centers, and emergency medical services offered exclusively on an out-patient basis. This classification does not include private medical and dental offices that typically require appointments and are usually smaller scale.
3. 
Birth Center. Facilities to assist in human births, but is not licensed as a hospital.
J. 
Instructional Services. Establishments that offer specialized programs in personal growth and development such as arts, music, martial arts, vocal, fitness and dancing, cooking, language, or media arts instruction.
K. 
Park and Recreation Facility. Parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, trails, wildlife preserves, and related open spaces.
L. 
Public Facility. Facilities owned or operated by a governmental agency providing services such as clerical or public contact offices, police and fire protection including any indoor shooting range operated by and for a law enforcement agency, and emergency medical services. This classification excludes corporation yards, equipment service centers, and similar facilities that primarily provide maintenance and repair services and storage facilities for vehicles and equipment (see Public Works and Utilities).
M. 
Recreational Vehicle and Camping Parks, Overnight. Any area of land where two or more recreational vehicles or camping spaces are rented, or held out for rent, for overnight stay in tents, tarpaulins, or other camping facilities or in recreational vehicles for 30 consecutive calendar days or less.
N. 
Schools. Facilities for primary or secondary education giving general academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education; or a nonprofit institution or center of advanced study and research in the field of learning equivalent to or higher than the level of standards prescribed by the State Board of Education; including public schools, charter schools, and private and parochial schools.
O. 
Skilled Nursing Facility. Establishments that provide 24-hour medical, convalescent or chronic care to individuals who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves, and is licensed as a skilled nursing facility by the State of California, including, but not limited to, rest homes and convalescent hospitals, but not Residential Care, Hospitals, or Clinics.
P. 
Social Service Facilities. Any noncommercial facility, such as homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters and facilities providing social services such as job referral, housing placement and which may also provide meals, showers, clothing, groceries, or laundry facilities, typically for 30 consecutive calendar days or less. Specialized programs and services related to the needs of the residents may also be provided. If a Social Services Facility is operated as a "Low Barrier" facility (with or without temporary living facilities), and all the other requirements of Government Code Section 65660 et seq. are met, it shall be permitted consistent with Government Code Section 65660 et seq.
(Ord. 6171, 2/25/2025)
A. 
Adult Entertainment Facilities. As defined in Section 30.185.060, Adult Entertainment Facilities.
B. 
Agriculture. Agriculture is incidental and secondary to the primary use of a property. The outdoor use of land for the cultivation and wholesale of agricultural products produced on the premises. Agriculture includes tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture and the harvesting, sorting, cleaning, packing and shipping of agricultural products produced on the premises preparatory to sale or shipment in their natural form including all activities or uses customarily incidental thereto, but not including retail sales, the commercial packing or processing of products not grown on the premises or any other use which is similarly objectionable because of odor, smoke, dust, fumes, vibration or danger to life or property. This classification does not include the following uses: slaughterhouse, fertilizer works, commercial dairying, pasturage agriculture, commercial animal and poultry husbandry, or operations for the reduction of animal matter. This classification also does not include the outdoor cultivation of cannabis, except as allowed pursuant to Section 30.185.110, Cannabis Cultivation for Personal Use.
C. 
Animal Care, Sales and Services. Retail sales and services related to the boarding, grooming, and care of household pets including:
1. 
Animal Daycare. Facilities providing non-medical care on a less than 24-hour basis for four or more dogs, cats, or other household pets not owned by the business owner or operator.
2. 
Animal Shelter and Boarding. A commercial, non-profit, or governmental facility for keeping, boarding, training, breeding or maintaining, generally overnight or in excess of 24 hours, four or more dogs, cats, or other household pets not owned by the business owner or operator. Typical accessory uses include veterinary and grooming services for boarded animals, but exclude pet stores, grooming, and veterinary services for non-boarded animals.
3. 
Grooming and Pet Stores. Retail sales and the accommodation of household pets on-site intended for retail sales, but not including boarding or breeding. Grooming or selling of dogs, cats, and similar small animals. Typical uses include dog bathing and clipping salons, pet grooming shops, and pet stores and shops. This classification excludes dog walking and similar pet care services not carried out at a fixed location, and excludes pet supply stores that do not sell animals or provide on-site animal services.
4. 
Veterinary Services. Veterinary services for small animals. This classification allows 24-hour accommodation of animals receiving medical services but does not include boarding or breeding.
D. 
Aquaculture Facilities. Facilities for the cultivation of marine or freshwater fish, shellfish, or plants under controlled conditions. Aquaculture includes aquaponics which integrates aquaculture with hydroponics by recycling the waste products from fish to fertilize hydroponically growing plants.
E. 
Artist Studio. Work space for an artist or artisan including individuals practicing one of the fine arts or performing arts, or skilled in an applied art or craft. This use may include incidental retail sales of items produced on the premises and does not include joint living and working units or uses that are generally industrial in nature (See Custom Manufacturing).
F. 
Automated Teller Machine (ATM). An electronic device from which a person is able to withdraw cash, make a deposit, or undertake other financial transactions.
G. 
Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Services. Retail or wholesale businesses that sell, rent, or repair automobiles, boats, personal watercraft, recreational vehicles, trucks, vans, trailers, scooters, and motorcycles including the following:
1. 
Automobile/Vehicle Rentals. Rental of automobiles or vehicles. Typical uses include car rental agencies.
2. 
Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Leasing. Sale or lease, retail or wholesale, of automobiles, light-duty trucks, boats, personal watercraft, motorcycles, scooters, recreational vehicles, together with associated repair services and parts sales, but excluding body repair and painting. Typical uses include automobile dealers and recreational vehicle sales agencies. This classification does not include automobile brokerage and other establishments which solely provide services of arranging, negotiating, assisting, or effectuating the purchase of an automobile for others.
3. 
Car Washing Facilities. Washing, waxing, or cleaning of automobiles or similar light vehicles.
a. 
Automatic Car Wash. An establishment where washing, drying, and polishing of an automobile occurs in a car wash bay, in which the owner of the vehicle activates the system, and the automobile washing machine cleans the exterior of the vehicle.
b. 
Full Service Car Wash. An establishment where operating functions are performed entirely by the business operator with the use of washing, waxing, and drying equipment supplemented with manual detailing by the business operator.
c. 
Self Service Car Wash. An establishment where washing, drying, polishing, or vacuuming of an automobile is done entirely by the owner or occupant of the vehicle.
4. 
Fueling Station. Establishments primarily engaged in retailing automotive fuels or retailing these fuels in combination with activities, such as providing minor automobile/vehicle repair services; selling automotive oils, replacement parts, and accessories; or providing incidental food and retail services including mini-markets.
5. 
Service and Repair, Minor. The service and repair of automobiles, light-duty trucks, boats, personal watercraft, motorcycles and scooters, including the incidental sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts. This classification includes the replacement of small automotive parts and liquids as an accessory use to a gasoline sales station or automotive accessories and supply store, and quick-service oil, tune-up and brake and muffler shops where repairs are made or service provided in enclosed bays and no vehicles are stored overnight. This classification excludes disassembly, removal or replacement of major components such as engines, drive trains, transmissions or axles; automotive body and fender work, vehicle painting or other operations that generate excessive noise, objectionable odors or hazardous materials, and towing services. It also excludes repair of heavy trucks, or construction vehicles.
H. 
Banks and Financial Institutions. Financial institutions providing retail banking services. This classification includes only those institutions serving retail banking customers or clients, including banks, savings and loan institutions, check-cashing services, and credit unions.
I. 
Business Services. Establishments providing goods and services to other businesses on a fee or contract basis, including printing and copying, blueprint services, advertising and mailing, equipment rental and leasing, office security, custodial services, photo finishing, model building, taxi or delivery services with three or fewer fleet vehicles on-site.
J. 
Cannabis Storefront-Retailer. A commercial cannabis business facility where cannabis, cannabis products, or devices for the use of cannabis or cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale to customers at a fixed location, including an establishment that also offers delivery of cannabis and cannabis products as part of a retail sale, and where the operator holds a valid commercial cannabis business permit from the City of Santa Barbara authorizing the operation of a retailer, and a valid state license as required by State law to operate a retailer.
K. 
Commercial Entertainment and Recreation. Provision of participant or spectator entertainment to the general public.
1. 
Cinema/Theaters. Facilities for indoor display of films, motion pictures, or dramatic, musical, or live performances. This classification may include incidental food and beverage services to patrons.
2. 
Large-Scale. This classification includes large, generally outdoor facilities such as sports stadiums and arenas, amphitheaters, drive-in theaters, driving ranges, golf courses, outdoor tennis clubs, lawn bowling, batting cages, ice or roller skating rinks, swimming or wave pools, miniature golf courses, archery, and riding stables. This classification may include restaurants, snack bars, and other incidental food and beverage services to patrons. This classification does not include outdoor shooting ranges, gun ranges, and any similar activities involving the discharge of firearms.
3. 
Small-Scale. This classification includes small, generally indoor facilities such as billiard parlors, card rooms, health clubs (includes facilities that offer group exercise classes such as yoga and aerobics, and personal training facilities), gymnasiums, dance halls, amusement arcades, facilities for basketball, handball, racquetball, and tennis. This classification may include restaurants, snack bars, and other incidental food and beverage services to patrons. This classification does not include shooting ranges, gun ranges, and any similar activities involving the discharge of firearms.
L. 
Drive-Through Facility. A motor vehicle drive-through facility which is a commercial structure or portion thereof which is designed or used to provide goods or services to the occupants of motor vehicles. It includes, but is not limited to, banks and other financial institutions, fast food establishments, and film deposit/pick-up establishments, but shall not include drive-in movies, gasoline stations, or car-wash operations.
M. 
Eating and Drinking Establishments. Businesses primarily engaged in serving prepared food or beverages typically for on-site consumption.
1. 
Bars/Night Clubs/Lounges. Businesses serving beverages, including beer, wine, and mixed drinks, for consumption on the premises as a primary use.
2. 
Food and Beverage Tasting. Businesses serving samples of food or beverages; typically an ancillary use associated with a production facility such as wine or beer making, or retail sales.
3. 
Full Service. Restaurants providing food and beverage services to patrons who order and are served while seated and pay after eating. Takeout service may be provided.
4. 
Convenience. Establishments where food and beverages may be consumed on the premises, taken out, or delivered, but where food is paid for at the time it is ordered. This classification includes cafes, cafeterias, coffee shops, fast-food restaurants, carryout sandwich shops, limited service pizza parlors and delivery shops, self-service restaurants, snack bars and takeout restaurants.
N. 
Food Preparation. Businesses engaged in preparing or packaging fresh food for either on-site or off-site consumption. With the exception of caterers or commercial kitchens, these businesses will have a storefront retail component, but will not include wholesale, distribution, processing, or industrial manufacturing of food products. Typical uses include catering kitchens, food commissary, commercial kitchen, retail bakeries with less than 10 employees, delicatessens, meat or seafood market, or confectionary shops. (For bakeries with more than 10 employees, see Food and Beverage Manufacturing.)
O. 
Funeral Parlors and Interment Services. An establishment primarily engaged in providing services involving the care, preparation, or disposition of human or animal remains and conducting memorial services. Typical uses include a crematory, columbarium, mausoleum, or mortuary.
P. 
Hotels and Similar Uses. Establishments providing overnight accommodations to transient patrons for payment. This classification includes establishments that offer accommodations for periods of 30 consecutive calendar days or less. Establishments may provide additional services, such as conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, bars, or recreation facilities available to guests or to the general public. This use classification includes, but is not limited to, auto courts, bed and breakfast inns, hostels, inns, motels, motor lodges, timeshare projects, short-term rental or similar use of single or multi-unit residential dwellings, and tourist courts.
Q. 
Maintenance and Repair Services. Establishments engaged in the maintenance or repair of electronics, office machines, household appliances and equipment, furniture, and similar items. This classification excludes maintenance and repair of vehicles or boats (see Automotive/Vehicle Sales and Services) and personal apparel (see Personal Services).
R. 
Market Garden. The outdoor use of land for the cultivation and retail sale of agricultural products produced on the premises. This includes the sale of food or value-added food products, such as jams and jellies, that are grown on-site, but does not include the preparation of food and beverages for on-site consumption. The food may be sold directly to consumers, restaurants, stores, or other buyers, or at Farmers Markets.
S. 
Medical Cannabis Dispensaries. As defined in Section 30.185.250, Medical Cannabis Dispensaries.
T. 
Mobile Food Vendors. A self-contained vehicle that is readily movable without disassembling, and is used to sell or prepare and serve food and beverages.
U. 
Nurseries and Garden Centers. Establishments primarily engaged in retailing nursery and garden products, such as trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, and sod, which are predominantly grown elsewhere. These establishments may sell a limited amount of a product they grow themselves. Fertilizer and soil products are stored and sold in package form only. This classification includes wholesale and retail nurseries offering plants for sale.
V. 
Offices. Offices of firms or organizations providing professional, executive, management, administrative or design services, such as accounting, architectural, computer software design, engineering, graphic design, interior design, investment, insurance, and legal offices, excluding banks and savings and loan associations (see Banks and Financial Institutions). This classification also includes offices where medical and dental services are provided by physicians, dentists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, optometrists, and similar medical professionals, including medical/dental laboratories within medical office buildings but excluding clinics or independent research laboratory facilities and hospitals (see Hospitals and Clinics).
1. 
Business and Professional. Offices of firms or organizations providing professional, executive, management, or administrative services, such as accounting, architectural, computer software design, engineering, graphic design, interior design, legal offices and tax preparations offices.
2. 
Medical and Dental. Office use providing consultation, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventive, or corrective personal treatment services by doctors, dentists, medical and dental laboratories, and similar practitioners of medical and healing arts for humans licensed for such practice by the State of California. Incidental medical or dental research within the office is considered part of the office use, where it supports the on-site patient services.
W. 
Outdoor Sales and Display. The sales and display of merchandise outside an enclosed building as an extension of an indoor operation or establishment.
X. 
Outdoor Seating. An unenclosed seating area located outdoors and designated for patrons of an on-site establishment that serves or sells food or beverages. May be covered or uncovered.
Y. 
Parking, Public or Private. Surface lots and structures for use of occupants, employees, or patrons on the subject site or offering parking to the public with or without a fee when such use is not incidental to another on-site activity.
Z. 
Personal Services. Provision of recurrently needed services of a personal nature. This classification includes health and medical spas, barber shops and beauty salons, seamstresses, tailors, tattoo parlors, dry cleaning agents (excluding large-scale bulk cleaning plants), shoe repair shops, self-service laundries, photocopying and photo finishing services, and travel agencies mainly intended for the consumer. This classification also includes massage establishments in which all persons engaged in the practice of massage are certified pursuant to the California Business and Professions Code Section 4612. (For health clubs and gymnasiums, See Commercial Entertainment and Recreation, Small-Scale.)
AA. 
Retail Sales.
1. 
Food and Beverage Sales. Retail sales of food and beverages for off-site preparation and consumption. Typical uses include food markets, groceries, and liquor stores.
2. 
General Retail. The retail sale or rental of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification. This classification includes retail establishments such as department stores, clothing stores, furniture stores, pet supply stores, hardware stores, and businesses retailing the following types of goods: toys, hobby materials, handcrafted items, jewelry, cameras, photographic supplies and services (including portraiture and retail photo processing), medical supplies and equipment, pharmacies, electronic equipment, sporting goods, kitchen utensils, hardware, appliances, antiques, art galleries, art supplies and services, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, office supplies, bicycles, video rental, and new automotive parts and accessories (excluding vehicle service and installation). Retail sales may be combined with other services such as office machine, computer, electronics, and similar small-item repairs.
3. 
Neighborhood Market. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of frequently or recurrently needed food, beverages, or small personal items for residents within a reasonable walking distance. Typical uses include neighborhood grocery stores, and convenience markets.
(Ord. 5815, 2017; Ord. 5947, 2020; Ord. 6171, 2/25/2025)
A. 
Automobile and Vehicle Repair, Major. Repair of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, boats and recreational vehicles, including the incidental sale, installation, and servicing of related equipment and parts, generally on an overnight basis. This classification includes auto repair shops, body and fender shops, transmission shops, wheel and brake shops, auto glass services, vehicle painting and tire sales and installation, but excludes vehicle dismantling or salvaging and tire retreading or recapping.
B. 
Building Materials and Services. Retail sales or rental of building supplies or equipment. This classification includes lumber yards, tool and equipment sales or rental establishments, and establishments devoted principally to taxable retail sales to individuals for personal use. This classification does not include Construction and Material Yards.
C. 
Commercial Cannabis Business. Any business or operation which engages in medicinal or adult-use commercial cannabis activity (including, but not limited to, Commercial Cannabis storefront-retail, retailer-delivery, manufacturing, testing, distribution, and commercial indoor cultivation).
D. 
Commercial Vehicle and Equipment Sales and Rental. Sales, servicing, rental, fueling, and washing of large trucks, trailers, tractors, and other equipment used for construction, moving, agricultural, or landscape activities. Includes large vehicle operation training facilities. Sales of new or used automobiles or trucks are excluded from this classification.
E. 
Construction and Material Yards. Storage of construction materials or equipment on a site other than a construction site.
F. 
Custom Manufacturing. Establishments primarily engaged in on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing or artistic endeavor, which involves only the use of hand tools or small mechanical equipment and the incidental direct sale to consumers of only those goods produced on-site. Typical uses include ceramic studios, candle making shops, woodworking, and custom leather working and jewelry manufacturers.
G. 
Food and Beverage Manufacturing. Establishments engaged in the production, processing, packaging or manufacturing of food or beverage products for off-site consumption.
1. 
Limited/Small Scale. A small-scale food and beverage products manufacturing and distribution establishment located in facilities less than 5,000 square feet per lot. The use may include wholesale or accessory retail sales. Retail areas or eating and drinking establishments associated with the manufacturing use, exceeding the area allowed as an accessory use, shall comply with all standards and limitations for retail uses or eating and drinking establishments. Examples include small coffee roasters, micro-breweries, micro-distilleries, wine manufacturing, wholesale or retail bakeries with 10 or more employees in the bakery. (For bakeries with less than 10 employees, see Food Preparation.)
2. 
General/Large Scale. A large-scale food and beverage products wholesale manufacturing and distribution establishment located in a facility over 5,000 square feet per lot.
H. 
Hazardous Waste Management Facility.
1. 
Off-Site. A facility that accepts hazardous wastes from more than one generator, and may also be referred to as a Commercial or Specified Hazardous Waste Facility. An Off-site Hazardous Waste Management Facility shall include the following:
a. 
Hazardous Waste Transfer Station. A facility where hazardous waste from more than one source is collected and consolidated for shipment to a treatment, recycling or disposal facility or facilities. Transfer stations which handle only latex paint, used oil, antifreeze, spent lead acid batteries or small household batteries in accordance with provisions of California Health and Safety Code Section 25201(c) and meet all conditions for exemption outlined in California Health and Safety Code Section 25201(c), and are known as a household hazardous waste collection facility, are specifically excluded from this definition.
b. 
Hazardous Waste Storage Facility. A hazardous waste facility at which hazardous waste is contained for a period greater than 96 hours at an off-site facility with specified exceptions provided in the California Health and Safety Code, Section 25123.3. On-site facilities which store hazardous wastes for periods of greater than 90 days shall be considered to be an Off-site Hazardous Waste Storage Facility.
c. 
Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility. A facility where the toxicity, chemical form or volume of a hazardous waste is altered to render the waste less toxic, less chemically active, or of a reduced volume.
d. 
Hazardous Waste Recycling Facility. A facility engaged in the process of reclaiming, using or reusing hazardous wastes.
e. 
Hazardous Waste Residuals Repository. A disposal facility for the long-term storage of the byproducts of treated hazardous waste for which there is no further means of practical treatment to render them less toxic or less chemically reactive.
2. 
On-Site. A facility that stores, treats, recycles or disposes of hazardous waste generated only within the facility's boundaries.
I. 
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility. A facility run by, or under contract to, a public agency which only accepts certain types of hazardous materials and then only for transport to an authorized recycling facility or to a permitted hazardous waste collection facility. The types of wastes that can be accepted are latex paint, used oil, antifreeze, spent lead-acid batteries and small household batteries in accordance with all provisions of California Health and Safety Code Section 25201(c). The materials cannot be stored for more than 180 days. Such facilities shall be accessible to individuals, households or small businesses.
J. 
Industry, General. Manufacturing of products from extracted or raw materials or recycled or secondary materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. This classification includes operations such as agriculture processing, biomass energy conversion; production apparel manufacturing; photographic processing plants; leather and allied product manufacturing; wood product manufacturing; paper manufacturing; chemical manufacturing; plastics and rubber products manufacturing; nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing; primary metal manufacturing; fabricated metal product manufacturing; and automotive and heavy equipment manufacturing. This classification does not include industrial activities where the operations are obnoxious or offensive such as: iron casting, leather tanning, paint boiling, manufacturing with use of a drop hammer or punch press, slaughter house, fertilizer works, commercial dairying, pasturage agriculture, commercial animal and poultry husbandry, or operations for the reduction of animal matter.
K. 
Industry, Limited. Establishments engaged in light industrial activities taking place primarily within enclosed buildings and producing minimal impacts on nearby properties. This classification includes manufacturing finished parts or products primarily from previously prepared materials; commercial laundries and dry cleaning plants; mobile home manufacturing; monument works; printing, engraving and publishing; computer and electronic product manufacturing; furniture and related product manufacturing; and industrial services.
L. 
Recycling Collection Facility. A center for the acceptance, by donation, redemption, or purchase, of recyclable materials from the public where limited processing and storing of such items is conducted on-site.
M. 
Research and Development. A facility for scientific research and the design, development, and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical, pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology components and products in advance of product manufacturing. Includes assembly of related products from parts produced off-site where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research and development activities.
N. 
Salvage and Wrecking. Storage and dismantling of vehicles and equipment for sale of parts, as well as their collection, storage, exchange or sale of goods including, but not limited to, any used building materials, used containers or steel drums, used tires, and similar or related articles or property.
O. 
Towing and Impound. Establishments primarily engaged in towing motor vehicles, both local and long distance. These establishments may provide incidental services, such as vehicle storage and emergency road repair services. (For automobile/dismantling, see Salvage and Wrecking.)
P. 
Warehousing and Storage. Storage and distribution facilities without sales to the public on-site or direct public access except for public storage in small individual space exclusively and directly accessible to a specific tenant.
1. 
Indoor Warehousing and Storage. Storage within an enclosed building of commercial goods prior to their distribution to wholesale and retail outlets and the storage of industrial equipment, products and materials, including, but not limited to, automobiles, feed, and lumber. Also includes cold storage, freight moving and storage, and warehouses. This classification excludes the storage of hazardous chemical, mineral, and explosive materials.
2. 
Outdoor Storage. Storage of commercial goods in open lots.
3. 
Personal Storage. Facilities offering enclosed storage with individual access for personal effects and household goods including mini-warehouses and mini-storage. This use excludes workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, or commercial activity.
Q. 
Wholesaling and Distribution. Indoor storage and sale of goods to other firms for resale; storage of goods for transfer to retail outlets of the same firm; or storage and sale of materials and supplies used in production or operation, including janitorial and restaurant supplies. Wholesalers are primarily engaged in business-to-business sales but may sell to individual consumers through mail or internet orders. They normally operate from a warehouse or office having little or no display of merchandise and are not designed to solicit walk-in traffic. This classification does not include wholesale sale of building materials (see Building Materials and Services).
(Ord. 5815, 2017; Ord. 6171, 2/25/2025)
A. 
Freight/Truck Terminals and Warehouses. Facilities for freight, courier, and postal services by truck or rail. This classification does not include local messenger and local delivery services (see Light Fleet-Based Services).
B. 
Light Fleet-Based Services. Passenger transportation services, local delivery services, medical transport, and other businesses that rely on fleets of four or more vehicles with rated capacities less than 10,000 lbs. This classification includes parking, dispatching, and offices for taxicab and limousine operations, ambulance services, non-emergency medical transport, local messenger and document delivery services, home cleaning services, and similar businesses. This classification does not include towing operations (see Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Service, Towing and Impound) or taxi or delivery services with three or fewer fleet vehicles on site (see Business Services).
C. 
Telecommunication Facilities and Antennas. Broadcasting and other communication services accomplished through electronic or telephonic mechanisms, as well as structures and equipment cabinets designed to support one or more reception/transmission systems. Typical uses include antennas, wireless telecommunication towers and facilities, radio towers, television towers, telephone exchange/microwave relay towers, cellular telephone transmission/personal communications systems towers, and associated equipment cabinets and enclosures.
D. 
Transportation Passenger Terminals. Facilities for passenger transportation operations. This classification includes rail stations, bus terminals, and scenic and sightseeing facilities, but does not include terminals serving airports or heliports.
E. 
Public Works and Utilities. Generating plants, electric substations, solid waste collection, including transfer stations and materials recovery facilities, solid waste treatment and disposal, water or wastewater treatment plants, corporation yards, equipment service centers, and similar facilities that primarily provide maintenance and repair services, storage facilities for vehicles and equipment, and similar facilities of public agencies or public utilities. This classification includes on-site or off-site ancillary offices associated with a principal use located in the same zone district.
(Ord. 6171, 2/25/2025)