The R/MU-CL zoning district provides for a mix of or a single
use of retail, services, restaurants, offices, higher density residential,
and/or civic uses. This flexibility allows the ability to create interesting
projects and other spaces at the core of the community, and to relate
to the surrounding land uses and activities.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3; Ord. 22-431 § 1)
A. Any use listed as permitted in Section
17.62.032: permitted uses in the HR-CL district.
B. Services
including, but not limited to:
1. Arts
instruction (music, dance, painting)
2. Appliance
and equipment repair (small)
4. Barber/beauty
shop/nail salon
6. Drapery
and blind installation
7. Dry
cleaner/laundry (no plant on premises)
C. Local
serving retail including, but not limited to:
7. Beer/wine
store, sales-tasting
11. Camera equipment and supply
13. Computers/electronic equipment
19. Drug/pharmacy (prescription and over the counter)
22. Florist/plant shop (fertilizer to be stored and sold only in packaged
form)
23. Food/grocery store—Supermarkets, markets, health, specialty,
other
30. Paint, glass and wallpaper store
33. Phone/Internet service provider
36. Restaurant (no drive-through)
38. Specialty goods, including cooking supplies, house wares, linen,
window coverings, china/glassware, etc.
40. Stationery/office supplies/card shop
43. Video store, subject to limitations of Chapter
5.08 of the Lathrop Municipal Code.
D. Business
and professional offices, including, but not limited to:
1. Professional
offices including accounting, architectural, dental, engineering,
legal, etc.
E. Other
uses including, but not limited to:
1. Outdoor
seating for food establishments
F. Incidental
and accessory structures and uses on the same site as a permitted
use.
G. Other uses added to this list by the planning commission according to the procedures in Section
17.16.020 of the Lathrop Municipal Code.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3; Ord. 22-431 § 1)
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
17.108 of the Lathrop Zoning Code:
A. Enclosed temporary construction materials storage yards required in connection with the development of a subdivision in accordance with Section
17.16.010 of the Lathrop Zoning Code.
B. Temporary subdivision sales offices and signs, model homes, and model home display areas in accordance with Section
17.16.010.
C. Home occupations in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
17.64 of the Lathrop Zoning Code.
D. Garden
structures in accordance with the development standards described
in this chapter.
E. Tennis
courts, including related fencing over seven feet in height located
on the same site as a permitted or conditional use.
F. Banks,
savings and loan and other financial institutions.
G. Electrical
transmission and distribution sub-stations, gas regulator stations,
public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks.
H. Garden
supply and plant nurseries.
J. Medical,
optometry, and dental clinics and offices.
K. Recreational
facility—Indoor.
L. Incidental
and accessory structures and uses on the same site as a use permitted
by administrative approval or conditional use.
M. Other uses added to this list according to the procedures in Section
17.16.020.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3; Ord. 22-431 § 1)
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
17.112 of the Lathrop Zoning Code:
A. State
authorized licensed day care centers.
B. Churches
and other religious facilities.
C. Modest
expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure
or land, up to 50% or less of the value of the structure, or reestablishment
of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming
signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying
a structure with an assessed valuation of less than $200, and nonconforming
fences, walls and hedges.
D. Gas and electric transmission lines in accordance with Section
17.108.080 of the Lathrop Zoning Code, electrical distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks.
E. Public
and quasi-public uses of an educational or religious type, including
parochial schools, colleges, nursery schools, private non-profit schools
and colleges, churches, parsonages and other religious institutions.
F. Public
uses of an administrative, recreational, public service or cultural
type including post offices, libraries, museums, art galleries, and
other public buildings, structures and facilities; and community centers,
senior centers and youth centers.
G. Public
and private charitable institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, including
a state authorized, certified or licensed family care homes, foster
homes or group homes serving seven or more mentally disordered or
otherwise handicapped persons, including rehabilitation homes for
the alcohol and/or chemically dependent, or dependent and neglected
children, where such homes provide care on a 24 hour basis.
H. Reclaimed
water storage and water quality ponds.
J. Storm
drain detention and retention ponds.
K. Bars,
cocktail lounges or nightclubs.
M. Street
fair or farmer's market.
N. Theater—Indoor
(dinner, movie, live play, etc.).
P. Other uses added to this list according to the procedures in Section
17.16.020 of the Lathrop Zoning Code.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3; Ord. 22-431 § 1)
Specific development standards for the Residential Mixed Use (RMU-CL) district shall be established as part of the Central Lathrop design guidelines review by incorporating the design standards identified in Section
17.62.120 of this chapter and by establishing the following design principals:
A. By
utilizing a creative approach to landscaping and screening, parking
areas shall not become the predominant feature of the streetscape,
especially as it relates to adjacent open spaces and arterial streets.
B. Landscaping and irrigation standards shall generally follow those required by Chapter
17.92 and may be modified by the required design guidelines review by city staff, prior to issuance of. development or building permits.
C. Building
setbacks shall be varied in accordance with corresponding building
heights, uses and proposed shop front and street activity.
D. Minimum parking requirements, such as type and number of parking stalls, shall generally follow Sections
17.62.120 and
17.84.010, and may be modified by the required design guidelines review by city staff, prior to issuance of development or building permits.
E. All signage shall be consistent with the Central Lathrop Master Signage Plan adopted generally in accordance with Chapter
17.84 of the Lathrop Zoning Code, and included as a component of the Central Lathrop Specific Plan Design Guidelines.
F. Pedestrian
circulation within the city center environment is a priority and a
strong emphasis on access to the main street spine shall be maintained.
G. Buildings
will be sited such that they frame the space in which they are sited,
while maintaining a strong visual and pedestrian interface with surrounding
areas.
H. Retail
and service related uses shall maintain a pedestrian friendly design
by utilizing sidewalks for use by pedestrians and for window shopping,
cafe table use and the like,
I. All
businesses, services and processes shall be conducted entirely within
a completely enclosed structure, except for off-street parking and
off-street loading areas, gasoline service stations, outdoor dining
areas, florist stands, coffee carts, nurseries, garden shops, signs,
Christmas tree sales lots, farmer markets, bus depots and transit
stations, public utility stations, vehicle sales and storage and other
uses found to be acceptable outdoor uses by the planning commission.
J. No
use shall be permitted, and no process, equipment or materials shall
be used which are found by the planning commission to be objectionable
to persons living or working in the vicinity by reasons of odor, fumes,
dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibration,
illumination, glare or unsightliness or to involve any hazard of fire,
explosion or toxic chemicals.
K. Temporary
sidewalk sales and use of the public right-of-way for the display
and sales of merchandise shall require approval by the public works
director. Permanent use for such purposes is strictly prohibited.
L. The
following elements may project into the right-of-way: entry features
up to 12 inches, awnings up to five feet, bay windows up to three
feet. Awnings, bay windows, and other similar elements must have a
minimum of eight feet clearance above the sidewalk.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3)
The Central Lathrop design review process shall take the place of the site plan review for which provision is made in Chapter
17.100 of the Lathrop Municipal Code and the architectural design review for which provision is made in Chapter
17.104 of the Lathrop Municipal Code. Design review is required for all proposed structures, whether residential or non-residential, together with related site plans, landscaping, and public improvements associated with new development within the Central Lathrop Specific Plan area.
Housing developments that include a minimum 20% of units affordable
to lower income households shall be ministerial and exempt from this
section.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3; Ord. 22-442 § 1)
All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter
17.16.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3)