The purpose of this chapter is to classify land uses according to use types on the basis of common functional, product, or compatibility characteristics.
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014)
A. 
Primary Uses. Primary uses shall be defined as either principal, conditional, or administrative uses. A principally permitted use is allowed in a zoning district and subject to the restrictions applicable to that district. A conditionally permitted use is a use permitted in a particular zone district upon showing that such use will comply with all the conditions and standards as specified in the zoning ordinance and authorized in the Conditional Use Permit. An administratively permitted use may be permitted in a zone district upon administrative approval by the Planning Manager. Primary uses are established and regulated by this article.
B. 
Accessory Uses. Accessory uses are uses accessory and incidental to the primary use of a parcel and are regulated by Chapter 19.22 (Accessory Uses and Structures).
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014)
All primary uses are classified into the following use types. The following primary use types are more fully described in Sections 19.08.060 through 19.08.110, inclusive.
A.
Agricultural and Open Space Use Types
 
Agricultural
 
Animal Keeping
 
Resource Protection and Restoration
 
Resource Related Recreation
B.
Civic Use Types
 
Community Assembly
 
Community Services
 
Essential Services
 
Hospital Services
 
General Hospital Services
 
Psychiatric Hospital Services
 
Intensive Public Facilities
 
Libraries and Museums, Private
 
Power Generating Facilities
 
Public Parking Services
 
Schools
 
College and University
 
Public Elementary and Secondary
 
Private Elementary and Secondary
 
Social Services
 
Emergency Shelter
 
Food Distribution
 
Food Service
C.
Residential Use Types
 
Accessory Dwelling Units
 
Caretaker/Employee Housing
 
Community Care Facility, Small
 
Community Care Facility, Large
 
Dwelling
 
Multi-Family
 
Single-Family
 
Two-Family
 
Efficiency Units
 
Family Day Care Homes, Small
 
Family Day Care Homes, Large
 
Live/Work
 
Mobile Home Park
 
Rooming and Boarding Houses Short-Term Rental
 
Single Room Occupant
 
Supportive Housing
 
Transitional Housing
D.
Commercial Use Types
 
Adult Oriented Business
 
Animal Sales and Service
 
Grooming and Pet Stores
 
Kennels
 
Veterinary Clinic
 
Veterinary Hospital
 
Automotive and Equipment
 
Automotive Body and Equipment Repair
 
Automotive Rentals
 
Automotive Repairs
 
Automotive Sales
 
Car Wash and Detailing
 
Commercial Parking
 
Gasoline Sales
 
Heavy Equipment Rental and Sales
 
Banks and Financial Services
 
Bars and Drinking Places
 
Broadcasting and Recording Studios
 
Building Material Stores
 
Business Support Services
 
Commercial Recreation
 
Amusement Center
 
Indoor Entertainment
 
Indoor Sports and Recreation
 
Large Amusement Complexes
 
Outdoor Entertainment
 
Outdoor Sports and Recreation
 
Residential Recreation Facilities
 
Community Care Facility
 
Day Care Centers
 
Eating and Drinking Establishments
 
Convenience
 
Fast Food with Drive-Through
 
Full Service
 
Food and Beverage Retail Sales
 
Funeral and Interment Services
 
Lodging Services
 
Long Term Care Facility, Small
 
Long Term Care Facility, Large
 
Maintenance and Repair
 
Medical Services
 
General
 
Low Traffic Generating
 
Medical Campus/Medical Office Building
 
Neighborhood Commercial
 
Nightclubs
 
Nursery, Retail
 
Offices, Professional
 
Personal Services
 
Retail Sales and Services
 
Single Room Occupant
 
Specialized Education and Training
 
Specialty Schools
 
Vocational Schools
 
Storage, Personal Storage Facility
E.
Industrial Use Types
 
Day Care Center, Secondary (employees only)
 
Equipment and Materials Storage Yards
 
General Industrial
 
Hazardous Materials Handling
 
Impound Yards
 
Laundries, Commercial
 
Light Manufacturing
 
Printing and Publishing
 
Recycling, Scrap and Dismantling
 
Enclosed
 
Unenclosed
 
Research Services
 
Specialized Industrial
 
Wholesale and Distribution
 
Heavy
 
Light
F.
Transportation and Communication Use Types
 
Antennas and Communications Facilities
 
Developed Lot
 
Undeveloped Lot
 
Heliport
 
Intermodal Facilities
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014; Ord. 5974 § 5, 2018; Ord. 6198 § 1, 2020; Ord. 6538 § 1, 2022)
The following rules shall apply where a use of a parcel resembles two or more different primary use types, and none of the uses are accessory uses regulated pursuant to Chapter 19.22 (Accessory Uses and Structures).
A. 
Separate Classifications of Multiple Establishments. If two or more individual establishments or businesses conduct separate primary uses on a single parcel, each use shall be considered a separate and distinct primary use of that parcel.
B. 
Separate Classification of Different Major Categories of Uses Conducted by Individual Establishment. If an individual establishment, or business conducts more than one primary use, which use appears to fit under more than one different use type as described in this chapter, each primary use shall be considered a separate and distinct primary use; provided, however, when the primary uses have the characteristics of one of the following listed use types, all such primary uses shall be classified as one of the use types on the list:
1. 
General industrial;
2. 
Hazardous materials handling; or
3. 
Intensive public facilities.
If the primary uses resemble more than one of the use types on the above list, the uses shall be classified in the most appropriate use type, except that any industrial uses shall be classified within the hazardous materials handling use type if they so qualify under Section 19.08.100(D) (Hazardous materials handling use type).
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014)
If a proposed primary use is not specifically listed or identified as a use type in this article, the use shall not be allowed, except as follows:
A. 
The Planning Manager may determine that a proposed use not listed is permitted if:
1. 
The common functional, product or compatibility characteristics and activities associated with the proposed use are consistent with one of the use types identified in Chapter 19.08 listed as a permitted use type within the zoning district;
2. 
The proposed use is compatible with the purpose of the zoning district that applies to the parcel; and
3. 
The proposed use will be consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the General Plan.
B. 
If the Planning Manager determines that an unlisted proposed use is encompassed within a listed use type, the proposed use shall be subject to the same use regulations as the listed use type.
C. 
The Planning Manager may forward questions about permitted uses directly to the Planning Commission for an interpretation at a public hearing. The public hearing shall be scheduled as required in Chapter 19.80 for an appeal. The Planning Commission shall make a determination based on the criteria of subsection A as to which use type the proposed use fits into. The decision of the Planning Commission may be appealed to the Council pursuant to Chapter 19.80.
D. 
The Planning Manager shall maintain a written record of all such determinations.
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014; Ord. 6198 § 1, 2020)
Agriculture and open space use types include on-site structures, development, and management activities which are necessary to conduct agricultural operations and which are compatible with the protection and enhancement of open space resources. Specific agriculture and open space use types referred to in this title are:
A. 
Agricultural, includes uses commonly associated with a farm or ranch for the production of grazing and feeding of livestock.
B. 
Animal keeping, includes the keeping, feeding or raising of common farm animals or small animal specialties as an avocation, hobby or school project in association with a residential use as may be permitted in Title 7 of this Code.
C. 
Resource protection and restoration, includes activities and management of an area to preserve, recreate and enhance natural resource values such as fish and wildlife habitat, rare and endangered plants, erosion control, and floodwater conveyance.
D. 
Resource related recreation, includes facilities related to passive recreation of open space areas including bike and pedestrian trails, picnic areas, parking areas, and interpretive centers.
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014)
Civic use types include governmental and quasi-governmental agencies providing utility, educational, cultural, major medical, protective, governmental, and other uses which are strongly vested with public or social importance. Specific civic use types referred to in this title are:
A. 
Community assembly, includes the activities typically performed by, or at, the following institutions or installations:
1. 
Churches, temples, synagogues, and other places of worship;
2. 
Public and private non-profit clubs, lodges, and meeting halls; and
3. 
Public community recreation facilities including: community centers, amphitheaters and museums.
B. 
Community services, includes uses provided by public agencies which are necessary to support the community’s health, safety and welfare. Typical community services include:
1. 
Cemeteries;
2. 
Community water storage, wells and associated treatment facilities;
3. 
Corporation yards, including storage, repair and processing of materials and equipment, and vehicles operated by governmental entities;
4. 
Detention/retention basins;
5. 
Electrical substations (up to 60kV);
6. 
Intermodal facilities;
7. 
Libraries;
8. 
Park and ride lots;
9. 
Police and fire stations (including antennas, antenna towers and communication facilities);
10. 
Post offices, excluding major processing centers;
11. 
Public parks and golf courses; and
12. 
Satellite government facilities.
C. 
Essential services, includes services which are necessary to support development and involve only minor structures such as bus stops, gas distribution pipelines, electrical distribution lines (up to and including 60kV), utility poles, transformers (12kV or less), water and sanitary sewer, drainage facilities, communication facilities for community services provided by a public agency, and neighborhood parks.
D. 
Reserved.
E. 
Hospital Services.
1. 
General hospital services, includes medical, or surgical services for sick or injured persons primarily on an in-patient basis, and includes accessory facilities for out-patient and emergency medical services, diagnostic services, training, research, administration, and services to patients, employees, or visitors.
2. 
Psychiatric hospital services, includes psychiatric services for persons primarily on an in-patient basis, and includes accessory facilities for out-patient and diagnostic services, training, research, administration, and services to patients, employees, or visitors.
F. 
Intensive public facilities, includes public services and utilities which because of location are objectionable due to production of offensive odor, dust, noise, bright lights, vibration or the storage of hazardous materials or products. Typical uses are electric receiving stations (60kV to 230kV), sanitary landfills, public airports and heliports, or correctional institutions.
G. 
Libraries and museums, private, includes permanent, public and quasi-public facilities generally of a non-commercial nature such as libraries, museums, art exhibitions, planetariums, aquariums, botanical gardens, and arboretums. Also includes historic sites, exhibits, and zoos located in a public park.
H. 
Power Generating Facilities. These facilities consist of temporary support facilities used to supply electrical power on an interim basis when power outages occur, or facilities that are used on a permanent basis to generate a power supply for a single use or multiple users if connected to a power grid. Power generating facilities generally include technologies that produce electricity from fossil fuels, natural gas, solar, wind, hydro- or biomass fuels in order to provide back-up power, augment utility power supplies or if grid-connected, to sell power. Power generating facilities may include, but are not limited to, the following specifically defined facilities:
1. 
General Power Production Facility. A facility whose sole purpose is for the resale and production of power which may consist of a natural gas fired facility, co-generating facility, solar, wind, waste, photovoltaic, geothermal operated, or other alternative fuel source, that produces electricity primarily for the transmission of electricity associated with the overall power grid. This type of facility may be a peak load facility that only operates during the period in which the power demand for the overall power grid is at its peak usage.
2. 
Supplemental/Individual Use Power Facility. A facility that is utilized to provide electrical power as either a supplement to power supplied by the existing grid or as a permanent power source for an individual user and does not provide off-site sale to the power grid. For commercial and industrial developments these types of facilities may consist of a natural gas fired facility, co-generating facility, solar, wind, waste, photovoltaic, geothermal operated, or other alternative fuel source, that produces electricity. Residential uses will be restricted to facilities which do not materially change the character of the zone district or impact adjacent residential uses (i.e. solar and photovoltaic).
3. 
Emergency Power Facility. A facility that acts as a stand-by generator used to supply electric power during the event of a power outage by the local electric utility.
These types of facilities may be permanent in nature or temporary portable gas/diesel generators.
4. 
Passive Power Facility. These facilities are considered to produce power when using clean fuel such as sunlight or other similar natural resource to generate power. Typical facilities would be solar or photovoltaic power generators. Residential zones will be restricted to these types of facilities for power generation on a permanent basis.
I. 
Public parking services, includes parking services involving buildings or lots which are publicly owned or operated.
J. 
Schools.
1. 
College and university, includes community colleges, public or private colleges, universities and professional schools granting associate degrees, certificates, undergraduate and graduate degrees and requiring for admission at least a high school diploma or equivalent general academic training.
2. 
Public Elementary and secondary, includes public elementary, middle, junior high and high schools serving grades K through 12.
3. 
Private elementary and secondary, includes private and religious schools. It does not include schools included within commercial, schools specialized education and training use type.
K. 
Social services, generally include those services which help people become more self-sufficient, prevent dependency, strengthen family relationships, and restore individuals, families, groups or communities to successful social functioning. Such social services may include, but are not limited to, the following specifically defined services:
1. 
Emergency Shelter (Health and Safety Code Section 50801(e)). Housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.
2. 
Food Distribution Facility. A facility or use which distributes food on a not for profit basis.
3. 
Food Service Facility. A facility or use where food is served on-site on a not for profit basis.
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014; Ord. 6198 § 1, 2020)
Residential use types include the occupancy of living accommodations on a wholly or primarily non-transient basis and includes uses which are typically associated with and provide support to residential areas but exclude institutional living arrangements providing 24-hour skilled nursing or medical care and those providing forced residence, such as asylums and prisons. Transitional housing and supportive housing are considered residential uses. Specific residential use types referred to in this title are:
A. 
Accessory Dwelling Unit/Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit. An accessory dwelling unit shall be as defined by Government Code Section 65852.2,[1] as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, and means an attached or a detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons. The unit shall be located on a permanent foundation, have an independent exterior access, and shall include permanent provisions or infrastructure to support permanent provisions (such as stubbing gas, water or sewer lines) for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as where a single-family, two-family or multi-family dwelling unit is situated or proposed to be situated. Accessory dwelling units can also include efficiency units, as defined in Section 17958.1 of the Health and Safety Code, manufactured homes, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code, second dwelling units, granny flats, in-law quarters, carriage units, and tiny houses as long as such units otherwise meet this definition. A junior accessory dwelling unit shall be as defined by Government Code Section 65852.22,[2] as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, and means a unit that is no more than 500 square feet in size and contained entirely within a single-family dwelling. At minimum, a junior accessory dwelling unit must contain an efficiency kitchen as defined in Section 19.95.030. A junior accessory dwelling unit may include separate sanitation facilities or may share sanitation facilities with the existing structure. (Also see Chapter 19.60.)
[1]
Editor's Note: See now Gov't Code § 66313(a).
[2]
Editor's Note: See now Gov't Code § 66313(d).
B. 
Caretaker/employee housing, includes permanent or temporary housing that is secondary or accessory to the primary use of the property. Such housing is used for caretakers employed on the site of a non-residential use where a caretaker is needed for security or to provide 24-hour care or monitoring of facilities, equipment, or other conditions on the site.
C. 
Community care facility, small, includes a dwelling where non-medical care is provided to six or fewer persons on a 24-hour basis. Small community care facilities shall be licensed by the State Department of Social Services.
D. 
Community care facility, large, includes a dwelling where non-medical care is provided to no less than seven and no more than 12 persons on a 24-hour basis and which is operated and occupied by the owners. Large community care facilities shall be licensed by the State Department of Social Services, shall permit no more than two persons per bedroom and shall be designed so as to be compatible with the residential character of the neighborhood.
E. 
Efficiency units, includes a room or group of internally connected rooms that have independent sleeping, cooking, eating and sanitation facilities, which constitutes an independent housekeeping unit, occupied by or intended for one household on a long-term basis.
F. 
Dwelling, includes a room or group of internally connected rooms that have sleeping, cooking, eating, and sanitation facilities, which constitutes an independent housekeeping unit, occupied by or intended for one household on a long-term basis. A dwelling may contain only one kitchen or in the case of a junior accessory dwelling unit either one efficiency kitchen or one kitchen, as defined in Section 19.95.030. A dwelling may contain one or more wet bars in addition to a kitchen, as defined in Section 19.95.030. A dwelling may contain one or more wet bars in addition to a kitchen, as defined in Section 19.95.030. Types of dwellings include single-family dwellings, duplexes, accessory dwelling units, multi-family dwellings, mobile homes, condominiums, and townhouses, all of which are separately defined.
1. 
Multi-family, includes a building designed and intended for occupancy by three or more families living independently of each other, each in a separate dwelling unit, which may be owned individually or by a single landlord. Includes apartments, condominiums, rowhouses, triplexes and fourplexes.
2. 
Single-family, includes an attached or detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family. Includes houses, half-plexes and townhomes.
3. 
Two-family, includes a duplex, or other buildings designed for occupancy by two families living independently of each other, where both dwellings are located on a single lot.
G. 
Family day care homes, small, includes a dwelling unit where providers dwell in that provides care, protection and supervision for eight or fewer children, including children under 10 years of age who reside at the home, for periods of less than 24 hours or as otherwise provided by state law.
H. 
Family day care homes, large, includes a dwelling unit where providers dwell in that provides care, protection and supervision for seven to 14 children, inclusive, including children under 10 years of age who reside at the home, as set forth in Section 1597.465 of the Health and Safety Code, as may be amended from time to time. (Also see Chapter 19.46.)
I. 
Live/work, includes units that are occupied by business operators who live in the same structure that contains commercial activity. The units function primarily as a workspace with incidental residential accommodations.
J. 
Long-term care, small, is a residential home with a capacity of no more than six beds, which provides inpatient care, including medical supervision, 24-hour nursing and supportive care, and other medical services (such other medical services are defined by Health and Safety Code Section 1250(i)(1), congregate living health facility, as may be amended from time to time).
K. 
Long-term care, large, includes a dwelling with a capacity of no less than seven and no more than 12 beds, which provides inpatient care, including medical supervision, 24-hour nursing and supportive care, and other medical services (such other medical services are defined by Health and Safety Code Section 1250(i)(1), congregate living health facility, as may be amended from time to time).
L. 
Low-barrier navigation centers, means a "housing first," low-barrier, service-enriched shelter focused on moving people into permanent housing that provides temporary living facilities while case managers connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and housing. (Also see Chapter 19.47.)
M. 
Mobile home park, includes any site that is planned and improved to accommodate two or more mobile homes used for residential purposes, or on which two or more mobile home lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership, to accommodate mobile homes used for residential purposes. (Also see Chapter 19.48.)
N. 
Rooming and boarding houses, includes the renting of individual bedrooms within a dwelling by a property owner or other manager in residence to three or more people, whether or not meals are provided; or a single-family dwelling occupied by six or more unrelated people, living together as a single housekeeping unit; by prearrangement for definite periods greater than 30 calendar days, with compensation (typically monetary compensation).
O. 
Short-Term Rental. A short-term rental as defined in Chapter 4.25 (Short-Term Rentals) means any single-family dwelling unit located in a residential or commercial zone that is rented in whole or in part on a short-term basis, which is 30 calendar days or less.
P. 
Single room occupant, includes lodging establishments providing a room(s) which does not include a kitchen or bathroom. These establishments include a communal bathroom and may have a communal kitchen and/or living area. This is not a temporary or transitional housing type and is typically found on the second story above a retail use.
Q. 
Supportive housing, includes housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 53260(d),[3] and that is linked to on- or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live, and when possible, work in the community. (California Health and Safety Section 50675.14(b).)
1. 
Target population, includes adults with low income having one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health conditions, or individuals eligible for services provided under the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act[4] and may, among other populations, include families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, or homeless people. (California Health and Safety Section 53260(d).)
[4]
Editor's Note: See Welfare and Institutions Code, Divisions 4.1, 4.5 and 4.7.
[3]
Editor's Note: See now Health and Safety Code § 50675.14.
R. 
Transitional housing and transitional housing development, includes buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined futurepoint in time, which shall be no less than six months. (California Health and Safety Section 50675.2(i).)
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014; Ord. 5974 § 6, 2019; Ord. 6198 § 1, 2020; Ord. 6538 § 2, 2022; Ord. 6662 § 1, 2023; Ord. 7029, 1/21/2026)
Commercial use types include the distribution, sale and rental of goods, and the provision of services other than those classified as civic or industrial use types. Specific commercial use types referred to in this title are:
A. 
Adult-oriented businesses, include those uses specifically referred to in Chapters 9.11 and 19.32 of this Code and include any adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult cabaret, adult hotel/motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater or modeling studio defined therein. Any reference in this Code to "adult business establishment" shall mean adult-oriented business, as provided herein.
B. 
Animal sales and services, includes establishments primarily engaged in animal-related sales and services. The following are animal sales and services use types:
1. 
Grooming and pet stores, includes grooming or selling of dogs, cats, and similar small animals with limited indoor boarding. Typical uses include dog bathing and clipping salons, pet grooming shops, and pet stores.
2. 
Kennels, includes indoor and outdoor kennel services for dogs, cats, and similar small animals. Typical uses include boarding kennels, pet hotels, and dog training centers.
3. 
Veterinary clinic, includes a fully enclosed veterinary facility containing only enough cage arrangements as necessary to provide services for small animals requiring acute medical or surgical care, as well as boarding and grooming.
4. 
Veterinary hospital, includes a veterinary facility conducted in an enclosed building and an outdoor space which provides long-term medical care, boarding and grooming.
C. 
Automotive and equipment, includes establishments primarily engaged in automotive-related or heavy equipment sales or services. The following are automotive and equipment use types:
1. 
Automotive body and equipment repair, includes automobile body repair and painting; repair of equipment such as aircraft, boats, recreational vehicles, and trucks; and the installation and servicing of tractor-trailer, semi-trucks and heavy construction equipment.
2. 
Automotive rentals, includes rental from the premises of automobiles, light trucks, and recreational vehicles. Typical uses include car rental agencies.
3. 
Automotive repairs, includes repair of automobiles and the sale, installation, and servicing of automobile equipment and parts completely within an enclosed building, but excluding body repair and painting. Typical uses include muffler shops, automobile repair garages, automobile glass shops, and minor services including oil change, tuneup/lube shops, tire installation, and stereo and car accessory installation.
4. 
Automotive sales, includes the sale, retail or wholesale, of automobiles, light trucks, boats, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, motor homes, and trailers together with associated enclosed repair services and parts sales, but excluding body repair and painting. Typical uses include automobile dealers and recreational vehicle sales agencies.
5. 
Car wash and detailing, includes washing and polishing of automobiles. Typical uses include automobile detailing services and car washes.
6. 
Commercial parking, includes parking of operable motor vehicles on a temporary basis within a privately owned off-street parking area with or without a fee. Typical uses include commercial parking lots and garages.
7. 
Heavy equipment rental and sales, includes rental and sales of heavy equipment such as aircraft, trucks, tractor-trailer, semi-trucks and heavy construction equipment.
8. 
Fuel sales, includes establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale, from the premises, of petroleum, natural gas, or other fuel products (not including hydrogen, separately defined) primarily for use by individual vehicles with the incidental sale of tires, batteries, and replacement items, lubricating services, or minor repair services and may include drive through car washes, convenience eating places and neighborhood commercial. Typical uses include automobile service stations, filling stations and neighborhood commercial uses with gas sales.
9. 
Electric vehicle charging center, includes establishments primarily engaged in the provision, from the premises, of charging for electric vehicles, with the incidental sale of tires, batteries, and replacement items, lubricating services, or minor repair services and may include drive-through car washes, convenience eating places and neighborhood commercial. This definition does not include accessory use electric vehicle charging stations, which are individual electric vehicle charging stations located in parking lots on parcels which support residential, commercial, or employment uses as the primary use, and are principally permitted as an accessory use pursuant to Chapter 19.22.
10. 
Hydrogen fuel sales, includes establishments primarily engaged in the provision, from the premises, of hydrogen fuel primarily for use by individual vehicles, with the incidental sale of replacement items, lubricating services, or minor repair services and may include drive-through car washes, convenience eating places and neighborhood commercial uses.
D. 
Banks and financial services, includes financial institutions including banks and trust companies; lending and thrift institutions, credit agencies; brokers and dealers in securities and commodity contracts; security and commodity exchanges; holding (but not predominantly operating) companies; and other investment companies; vehicle finance leasing agencies. Automated teller machines (ATMs) located away from banks are included under the definition of "personal services."
E. 
Bars and drinking places, includes establishments within a building where alcoholic beverages are sold for on-site consumption, that are not part of a restaurant. Includes bars, taverns, pubs, brew pubs, wine bars and similar establishments where any food service is subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages. Dance floors are not permitted.
F. 
Broadcasting and recording studios, includes commercial and public communications uses including telegraph, telephone, radio and television broadcasting and receiving stations and studios, and television production and sound recording studios, with facilities entirely within buildings. Private transmission and receiving apparatus, such as towers, reflectors and antennas are included under the definition of "antennas, communications facilities."
G. 
Building material stores, includes retail establishments selling lumber (which may include the cutting of precut lumber) and other large building materials, and also including paint, wallpaper, glass, fixtures, nursery stock, lawn and garden supplies (which may also be sold in hardware stores, included under the definition of "retail sales and services"). Includes all such stores selling to the general public, even if contractor sales account for a larger proportion of total sales.
H. 
Business support services, includes establishments within buildings, providing other businesses with services including maintenance, repair and service, testing, rental, etc., also includes:
1. 
Blueprinting;
2. 
Business equipment repair services (except vehicle repair, see "Automotive repair");
3. 
Commercial art and design (production);
4. 
Computer-related services (rental, repair, maintenance);
5. 
Equipment rental businesses within buildings;
6. 
Film processing laboratories;
7. 
Mail advertising services (reproduction and shipping);
8. 
Outdoor advertising services;
9. 
Photocopying; and
10. 
Photo-finishing.
I. 
Commercial recreation, includes establishments primarily engaged in the provision of sports, entertainment, or recreation for participants or spectators. The following are commercial recreation use types:
1. 
Amusement center, includes public places of amusement or public places of business in which four or more pay-for-play amusement devices are installed and includes any place open to the public, whether or not the primary use of the premises is devoted to the operation of such devices.
2. 
Indoor entertainment, includes predominantly spectator uses conducted within an enclosed building, excluding uses classified under adult oriented businesses. (See Chapter 19.32.) Typical uses include motion picture theaters, and live theater.
3. 
Indoor sports and recreation, includes predominantly participant sports and health activities conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, billiard parlors, ice and roller skating rinks, indoor racquetball courts, soccer arenas, athletic clubs, and health clubs.
4. 
Outdoor entertainment, includes predominantly spectator uses conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include outdoor amphitheaters, concert halls and sports arenas, BMX tracks, racing facilities, drive in theaters, and zoos.
5. 
Outdoor sports and recreation, includes predominantly participant sports conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include amusement parks, driving ranges, miniature golf courses, golf courses, swimming pools, and tennis courts.
6. 
Residential recreation facilities, includes predominantly participant sports which are normally associated with a country club, or private residential community. Typical uses include country clubs, racquet clubs, golf courses, swimming pools, tennis courts, and other secondary uses including restaurants, and retail sales.
7. 
Large amusement complexes, includes a theme park or similar complex open to the public which exceeds 100,000 square feet and which:
a. 
Includes outdoor amusement attractions such as mechanized or carnival-type rides or water slides; and
b. 
Meets any two of the following three criteria:
i. 
The complex has a maximum daily capacity of more than 500 users per day,
ii. 
The complex is required to provide off-street parking for more than 200 vehicles, or
iii. 
The complex operates during any part of the year during the hours after 6:00 p.m. This does not apply to publicly owned or operated parks or facilities.
J. 
Community care facility, includes any facility serving as a residence where non-medical care is provided on a 24-hour basis with central or private kitchen facilities, dining, recreational and other facilities. Typical uses include assisted living facilities and facilities licensed by the State Department of Social Services. Does not include long-term care facilities.
K. 
Day care centers, includes commercial or non-profit facilities that provide care, protection and supervision of 13 or more minor children or adults in need of assistance for periods of less than 24 hours per day, typically while parents or family are working, and/or before or after daily attendance at an elementary school, as defined by Chapter 3.6 of the Health and Safety Code, commencing with Section 1597.30 includes preschools.
L. 
Eating and drinking establishments, includes establishments primarily engaged in the sale of prepared food and beverages for on-premises consumption, but excludes those uses classified under "bars and drinking places" and "nightclubs." An eating and drinking establishment that provides amplified live or recorded music and that provides space(s) for dancing or hold public dances under Municipal Code Chapter 9.45 shall be considered a nightclub per subsection T of this section. Eating and drinking establishment use types include:
1. 
Fast food with drive-through, includes establishments primarily engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages at a walk up counter and at a drive-through window, and may include seating.
2. 
Convenience, includes establishments primarily engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages, at a walk up counter and which does not include a drive-through or provide for ordering at the tables, if any. Typical uses include pizza parlors, ice cream parlors, sandwich shops, and brewpubs.
3. 
Full service, includes establishments primarily engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages, where food is ordered and served at a table, and which may include sales of alcoholic beverages as an accessory or secondary service. Fixed seating or tables and chairs are provided for the seating of each patron or customer at all times. Typical uses include full service restaurants and brewpubs.
M. 
Food and beverage retail sales, includes establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of food and beverages for home consumption. Typical uses include groceries, liquor stores, and delicatessens.
N. 
Funeral and interment services, includes establishments primarily engaged in the provision of services involving the care, preparation, or disposition of human remains other than in cemeteries.
O. 
Lodging services, includes establishments primarily engaged in the provision of commercial lodging on a less than monthly basis to the general public. Lodging services includes incidental food, drink, and other sales and services intended for the convenience of guests. Typical uses include hotels, motels, and bed-and-breakfasts.
P. 
Long-term care facility, includes an institution or a portion of an institution that is licensed or approved to provide health care under medical supervision for 24 or more consecutive hours as defined by Health and Safety Code Section 1267.16, as may be amended from time to time. Typical uses include extended care facilities, intermediate care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, hospices and other facilities licensed by the State Department of Health Services.
Q. 
Maintenance and repair, includes all uses that provide maintenance and repair services for furniture, appliances and equipment normally used within a building. Typical uses include sewing machine and appliance repair.
R. 
Medical services, includes establishments primarily engaged in the provision of personal health services on an outpatient basis ranging from prevention, diagnosis and treatment, or rehabilitation services provided by physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health personnel as well as the provision of medical testing and analysis-services, but excludes uses classified under any civic use type. Medical services use types include:
1. 
General, includes the range of medical services described above. Typical uses include individual medical and dental offices, dental and medical laboratories, health maintenance organizations, substance abuse treatment clinics, immediate care facilities and offices for physical therapists, chiropractors, and acupuncturists.
2. 
Low traffic generating, includes medical services with a low patient frequency or longer than average patient appointment time which creates a lower parking demand. Typical uses include dialysis clinics and imaging services.
3. 
Medical campus/medical office building (MOB), includes a cluster of buildings or a singular building that provides a range of outpatient services such as medical offices, dental or medical laboratories, imaging, physical therapists, and pharmacy services, with a range of parking demands.
S. 
Microbrewery, includes any alcoholic beverage manufacturing facility that produces 15,000 barrels of beer per year or less on site and sells 75% or more of its beer off site, in accordance with a valid alcohol production license from the state of California, and may include an on-site convenience restaurant (see Section 19.08.090.L) and/or bar that serves its locally crafted beer.
T. 
Neighborhood commercial, includes establishments primarily engaged in the provision of frequently or recurrently needed small personal items or services for residents within a reasonable walking distance. These uses are compatible with residential development due to low traffic and noise generation and include various retail sales and personal services of an appropriate size and scale to meet the above criteria. Typical uses include neighborhood grocery stores, drug stores, beauty salons, and offices, but do not include drive-through restaurants, bars and drinking places, or liquor stores.
U. 
Nightclubs, includes establishments or places of entertainment within a building, open primarily at night, usually but not necessarily serving alcohol, and providing floor space for amplified live or recorded music, or having spaces for "public dances" as per Chapter 9.45 of the Roseville Municipal Code. Fixed seating or chairs are not provided for the seating of each patron or customer. Meals or refreshments may be served and an admission may be charged. Excludes uses classified under this section as commercial use types as "eating or drinking establishments," "commercial recreation," and Chapter 19.32, "Location and Amortization of Adult-Oriented Businesses." Additional requirements are contained in Chapter 19.49.
V. 
Nursery, retail, includes establishments primarily engaged in the sale of nursery goods, landscaping materials, chips, rocks, sand, soil and merchandise. This use type is typically conducted primarily outdoors. The sale of nursery goods, landscaping materials, chips, rocks, sand, soil and merchandise indoors is permitted under retail sales and services.
W. 
Offices, professional, includes professional or government offices including:
1. 
Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services;
2. 
Advertising agencies;
3. 
Architectural, engineering, interior design, and surveying services;
4. 
Attorneys;
5. 
Call and telemarketing centers;
6. 
Computer software designers;
7. 
Court reporting services;
8. 
Data processing and computer services;
9. 
Detective agencies and similar services;
10. 
Secretarial and word processing services;
11. 
Government offices including agency and administrative office facilities;
12. 
Insurance agencies;
13. 
Management, public relations and consulting services;
14. 
Real estate agencies; and
15. 
Writers, photographers and artists offices outside the home.
X. 
Personal services, includes establishments primarily engaged in the provision of personal improvement or appearance, and similar non-business related or non-professional services, but excludes services classified under other use types. Typical uses include barber shops, beauty salons, tailors, shoe repair shops, massage therapist, tattoo studios, tutoring services, dry cleaning pick up stations, and permanent make-up/micro-blading establishments.
Y. 
Retail sales and services, includes establishments primarily engaged in the sale of goods and merchandise, but excludes those classified under animal sales and services, automotive and equipment, business support services, building materials stores, neighborhood commercial, food and beverage retail sales, and gasoline sales. Typical uses include:
1. 
Auto parts;
2. 
Bakeries, retail;
3. 
Bicycle sales;
4. 
Department stores;
5. 
Drug and discount stores;
6. 
Furniture stores;
7. 
Hardware;
8. 
Orthopedic supplies;
9. 
Photography studios;
10. 
Self-service laundries/dry cleaning stores; and
11. 
Sporting goods and equipment.
Z. 
Specialized education and training, includes private establishments providing training or educational programs. Typical uses include:
1. 
Vocational schools, includes businesses, secretarial schools and vocational schools offering specialized trade and commercial courses and establishments furnishing educational courses by mail or online. Facilities, institutions and conference centers are included that offer specialized programs in personal growth and development (including fitness, environmental awareness, arts, communications, and management, as examples).
2. 
Specialty schools, includes specialized non-degree granting schools such as: music schools; dramatic schools; language schools; driver education schools; martial arts studios; ballet and other dance studios.
AA. 
Storage, personal storage facility, includes a structure or group of structures containing generally small, individual, compartmentalized stalls or lockers rented as individual storage spaces. This use type does not include the outdoor storage of boats, cars, recreational vehicles, or equipment, and does not include the rental of trucks or other equipment. (Also see Chapter 19.54.)
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014; Ord. 6198 § 1, 2020; Ord. 6538 § 3, 2022; Ord. 6662 § 2, 2023; Ord. 6829, 6/19/2024; Ord. 6954, 6/18/2025)
Industrial use types include the on-site production and storage of goods, equipment and materials, including certain associated accessory uses. Specific industrial use types referred to in this title are:
A. 
Day care centers, secondary, includes commercial or non-profit facilities that provide care, protection and supervision of 13 or more minor children or adults in need of assistance for periods of less than 24 hours per day, while parents or family are working on site, and/or before or after daily attendance at an elementary school, as defined by Chapter 3.6 of the Health and Safety Code, commencing with Section 1597.30 includes preschools. Secondary day care centers are incidental and accessory to the primary industrial use of the property and are only for on-site employees. Does not include day care centers as defined for commercial use.
B. 
Equipment and materials storage yards, includes all uses related to outdoor storage of large construction equipment or machinery, company vehicles, or large quantities of other materials. It does not include any of the commercial use types identified under “automotive and equipment.” Typical uses include contractor’s storage yards, and corporation yards.
C. 
General industrial, includes any manufacturing, processing, assembling, or fabrication of materials and products from raw materials, and also includes any industrial use involving an incinerator, blast furnace or other similar industrial process, including any industrial production conducted either wholly or partially outdoors. Typical uses include drum manufacturing and remanufacturing, batch plants, truss manufacturing, breweries, canneries and cogeneration plants.
D. 
Hazardous materials handling, includes all industrial uses engaged in the handling of substances subject to the maintenance of a “Risk Management Prevention Program” under California Health and Safety Code, Section 25534. Typical uses include semi-conductor manufacturing.
E. 
Impound yards, includes the storage of operable and inoperable vehicles for limited periods of time, within a secured enclosure. Does not include the dismantling of wrecked or inoperable vehicles which is “recycling, scrap and dismantling.”
F. 
Laundries, commercial, includes establishments primarily engaged in high volume laundry and garment services, including family and commercial laundries, garment pressing and dry cleaning, linen supply, diaper service, industrial laundries, carpet and upholstery cleaners. Does not include coin-operated laundries.
G. 
Light manufacturing, includes the manufacture, assembly or packaging of products from previously prepared materials, such as cloth, plastic, paper, leather, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, but does not include such operations as saw and planing mills, or any manufacturing uses involving primary production of wood, metal or chemical products from raw materials. Typical uses include electronic equipment assembly, and computer component assembly.
H. 
Printing and Publishing. Establishments primarily engaged in printing by letterpress, lithography, engraving, screen, offset or other common process including electrostatic (xerographic) copying and other “quick printing” services; and establishments serving the printing trade such as bookbinding, typesetting, engraving, photoengraving, and electrotyping. This also includes establishments that publish newspapers, books and periodicals, whether or not they do their own printing; and establishments manufacturing business forms and binding devices.
I. 
Recycling, scrap and dismantling, includes uses engaged in the assembling, breaking up, sorting, temporary storage, and distribution of recyclable or reusable scrap and waste materials, including the dismantling or wrecking of automobiles or other motor vehicles, or the storage or keeping for sale of parts and equipment resulting from such dismantling or wrecking. The presence on any lot or parcel of land of five or more motor vehicles which for a period exceeding 30 days have not been capable of operating under their own power, and from which parts have been or are to be removed for reuse or sale shall constitute prima facie evidence of an automobile wrecking yard. Does not include landfills or other terminal waste disposal sites.
1. 
Enclosed, includes recycling, scrap and dismantling within enclosed building.
2. 
Unenclosed, includes recycling, scrap and dismantling not within a building.
J. 
Research services, includes establishments primarily engaged in providing research, testing, or other scientific analysis. Typical uses include soils and materials testing laboratories, electronics research firms and pharmaceutical research laboratories.
K. 
Specialized industrial, includes establishments engaged in activities that generate noise, vibration, odor, dust, or smoke similar to other industrial uses, but that do not clearly fit within another industrial use classification. This use type involves uses which are appropriately located with other industrial development and are not classified under either a commercial or civic use type. The Planning Manager shall determine that a use is classified within this use type as prescribed in Section 19.08.050.
L. 
Wholesaling and distribution, includes establishments engaged in wholesaling, storage, warehousing and bulk sale distribution, including, but not limited to, open-air handling of materials and equipment other than live animals. Does not include the outdoor storage of material which is classified under “equipment and materials storage yards.” The following are wholesaling and distribution use types:
1. 
Light, includes wholesaling, storage, and warehousing within enclosed structures. Typical uses include wholesale distributors, storage warehouses and moving and storage firms.
2. 
Heavy, includes wholesaling, storage, distribution and handling of materials and equipment. Also includes uses engaged in the outdoor or indoor, long term or short term storage of large vehicles, and minor repair and maintenance of vehicles stored on the premises. Typical uses include truck terminal yards.
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014; Ord. 6198 § 1, 2020)
Transportation and communication use types include the transfer of information and people by various means. Specific transportation and communication use types referred to in this title are:
A. 
Antennas and telecommunications facilities, includes commercial and private electromagnetic and photoelectric transmission, broadcast, repeater and receiving stations for radio, television, telegraph, telephone, cellular telephone, microwave communications and data network communications; including commercial earth stations for satellite-based communications. Includes antennas (dish and satellite), telecommunication towers, monopole, and equipment buildings. (Also see Chapter 19.34.)
1. 
Developed lot, located on a building or on the same lot developed with a permitted use.
2. 
Undeveloped lot, located on a vacant lot or lot not developed with a permitted use. Does not include:
a. 
Home television and radio receiving antennas and HAM radio antennas, which are included under “residential accessory structures.”
b. 
Telephone, telegraph and cable television transmission facilities utilizing hard-wired or direct cable connections, which are included under essential facilities use type.
c. 
Satellite dishes, which are included under accessory structures regulations and subject to the standards of Section 19.34.020.
d. 
Communications facilities for community services provided by a public agency.
B. 
Heliport, includes land improved and intended to be used for the landing and taking off of helicopters or vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Includes facilities for private non-emergency landings and take offs, and permanent life safety facilities. It does not include landing of helicopters or VTOL for emergency purposes, pursuant to the Public Utilities Code Section 21001 et seq.
C. 
Intermodal facilities, includes private establishments engaged in the provision of transportation of persons. Typical uses include bus stations and train depots.
(Ord. 5428 § 1, 2014)