The CO-CL zoning district provides a range of large and small
scale commercial development opportunities for the location of professional
and commercial offices; retail; financial; governmental; professional,
business services and entertainment activities; clean light industrial
uses; and other uses to serve the local and regional community.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3)
A. Retail
sales uses including, but not limited to:
9. Convenience-oriented
food store
10. Department store/general merchandise store
12. Electronics/audio/video/computer/software store
13. Furniture (new and used)/appliance store
14. Furniture/appliance store
15. Home furnishings and housewares/window coverings/tableware/linens
16. Hardware/home improvement/nursery/building materials
18. Leather goods and luggage
20. Medical and orthopedic appliance store
21. Music/musical instrument/audio recording store
22. Nursery/garden supply store/landscape materials
23. Office and business supplies
25. Scientific instrument store
28. Stamps, coins and collectables
B. Service
retail uses, including, but not limited to:
3. Automobile
upholstery and top shops
4. Banks/credit
unions/savings and loans/financial institutions
8. Cleaning,
pressing and dyeing establishments (using noninflammable and nonexplosive
cleaning fluid)
10. Emergency medical/dental clinics, and prescribing pharmacies within
15. Hotel/apartment hotels (Subject to Chapter
17.78, Hotel Limitations)
20. Motorcycle sales and service
21. Musical instrument repair and incidental sales
23. Printing (large press), lithography and engraving
27. Tire sales, retreading and recapping
28. Tool or cutlery sharpening or grinding
30. Vehicle and trailer rental and service, including incidental sales
31. Veterinarian services and offices, including small animal hospitals
or clinics, short-term boarding of animals and incidental care such
as bathing and trimming; provided that all operations are conducted
entirely within a completely enclosed structure which complies with
specifications of soundproof construction as prescribed by the building
official.
C. Educational
and recreational uses, including, but not limited to:
4. Health
clubs/fitness centers/physical therapy/gymnasium
5. Instruction
and training in gymnastics, martial arts, aerobics, yoga
D. Office
uses, including, but not limited to:
1. Administrative
headquarters
2. Administrative
offices—City, county, state, and federal
3. Business,
consulting and commercial services
4. Business,
professional and administrative offices
5. Business
park or regional office centers
6. Business,
trade and professional schools and colleges
7. Medical
and dental offices, laboratories and clinics, and prescription pharmacies
in conjunction therewith or with a hospital
9. Offices
incidental to another permitted use
10. Radio and television broadcasting
E. Other
uses, including, but not limited to:
1. Accessory
uses and structure located on the same site as a permitted use
2. Any
use permitted in Neighborhood Commercial-CL.
3. Automobile
sales and service (new)
5. Boat
and recreational vehicle sales and service with ancillary storage
facility
7. Farm
equipment sales and service
8. Boarding
and rooming houses
9. Ceramic
and pottery works
10. Bus depots and transit stations, provided that buses or other transit
vehicles shall not be stored on the site and no repair work or servicing
of vehicles shall be conducted on the site
13. Laboratory—Research, experimental, and testing
14. Lumber yard (when accessory to retail establishment)
15. Machinery/equipment sales and rental
17. Parking lots and structures, improved, off-street and in conformity with Chapter
17.76
18. Public and private nonprofit charitable institutions
20. Storage building incidental to a permitted use
23. Theater (dinner, movie, live, etc.)
F. Incidental
and accessory structures and uses on the same site as a permitted
use.
G. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Section
17.16.020.
H. Home occupations in accordance with Chapter
17.64 of the Lathrop Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3; Ord. 21-418 § 13; Ord. 23-445 § 1; Ord. 23-449, 11/13/2023)
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
17.108:
A. Retail
sales uses, including, but not limited to:
1. Any
use permitted with site plan review in Neighborhood Commercial-CL
2. Automobile
and tractor parts and equipment
6. Electrical
transmission and distribution substation, gas regulator station, public
service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks.
8. Gas/service
station (excluding dispensing of semi-truck fuel and truck service)/convenience
store
11. Public utility service yards
B. Eating,
drinking and entertainment establishments, including, but not limited
to:
1. Auditoriums/concert
hall/theater
3. Bars,
cocktail lounges, and nightclubs
4. Fast
food drive-through/drive-in facility
6. Skating
rinks and other similar commercial recreation facilities
C. Regionally
oriented, high volume retail uses, including, but not limited to:
2. Design/contractors
centers
3. Discount/off
price centers
4. Entertainment/lifestyle
centers
D. Other,
including, but not limited to:
1. Art
and craft schools and colleges
2. Incidental
and accessory structures and uses on the same site as a use permitted
by administrative approval or conditional use
3. Licensed
family day care center for nine to 14 children as an accessory use
in a dwelling
4. Public and private charitable institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes, rehabilitation homes and rest homes, including state-authorized homes as prescribed under Section
17.32.040(B)
5. Public
uses of a cultural type, including libraries, museums, and art galleries
6. Public
transportation facilities
7. Communication
equipment building
8. Recycled
water storage and water quality ponds not previously identified in
previous approvals
9. Spray
fields not previously identified in previous approvals
10. Storm drain detention and retention ponds not previously identified
in previous approvals
11. Temporary Christmas tree lot
E. 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. 21-418 § 13)
The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
17.112:
B. Any
use permitted in High Density Residential-CL.
C. Any
use permitted in Public/Semi-Public-CL.
D. Any
use permitted with site plan review in High Density Residential-CL.
E. Any
use conditionally permitted in Neighborhood Commercial-CL.
F. Any
use conditionally permitted in High Density Residential-CL.
G. Communications
equipment.
H. Dwellings
over a permitted use in accordance with density requirements of the
High Density Residential-CL.
I. Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined by Section
17.04.080 of this code.
J. Farmer's
markets, including indoor and outdoor facilities.
L.
Gas and electrical transmission lines.
N. Home occupations in accordance with Chapter
17.64.
O. Lumber
yards (not including planing mills or sawmills).
Q. Incidental and accessory structures and uses, as defined in Section
17.04.080, located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use.
R. 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.
T. Truck
sales, including sales and installation of parts and accessories and
repairs incidental to vehicle dealerships.
U. Unenclosed
commercial recreation facilities including amusement or theme parks,
drive-in theaters, golf driving ranges, pony ride rings, race tracks,
riding stables, skating rinks, sports arenas and sports stadiums.
V. Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Section
17.16.020.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3; Ord. 18-384 § 1; Ord. 21-418 § 13)
Specific development standards for the Office Commercial (OC-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 and establishing the following design principles:
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. Higher
structures may require larger front yard setback, for example.
D. Minimum parking requirements, such as type and number of parking stalls, shall generally follow Section
17.62.120 and Section
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 Section
17.84.100, and include
d as
a component of the Central Lathrop Specific Plan design guidelines.
F. 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's markets, bus depots and transit
stations, public utility stations, used car sales incidental to new
cat sales, and other uses found to be acceptable outdoor uses by the
planning commission.
G. 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.
H. 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.
I. 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 nonresidential, together with related site plans, landscaping, and public improvements associated with new development within the Central Lathrop Specific Plan Area.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3)
All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter
17.16 of the Lathrop Municipal Code.
(Ord. 04-245 § 3)