Chapter 18.40
OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS (CO, CMX, NC, SC, AND RC)

Sections:

18.40.010    Purpose.

18.40.020    Table 18.40.020 – Office and commercial districts – Allowed uses and permit requirements.

18.40.030    Table 18.40.030 – Office and commercial districts – Development standards.

18.40.010 Purpose.

This chapter lists the uses that may be permitted within the office and commercial zoning districts, the type of permit or approval required for each use, and basic development standards for the site and building. The purpose of each district is as follows:

A. CO – Community Office. The CO district is applied to areas of the city appropriate for a mix of small-scale single and multiple tenant businesses, professional, and medical offices in low-rise buildings that are compatible with adjacent residential areas. Building intensity may be up to 1.0 FAR. Residential uses consistent with the residential medium density may also be allowed. The CO district is found along major thoroughfares including portions of East Street, Salvio Street, Willow Pass Road, Clayton Road, Oak Grove Road, Treat Boulevard, and Monument Boulevard. The CO district is consistent with and implements the community office (CO) land use designation of the general plan.

B. CMX – Commercial Mixed-Use. The CMX district is applied to areas of the city appropriate for an integrated mix of neighborhood commercial uses, including retail and personal services on lots 10,000 square feet or larger, and offices at up to 1.0 FAR, together with or adjacent to residential uses at densities ranging from 11 to 40 units per net acre. The CMX district includes retail, office, and residential properties, and is primarily located along portions of Clayton Road, Monument Boulevard, and Willow Pass Road. The CMX district is consistent with and implements the commercial mixed-use (CMU) land use designation of the general plan.

C. NC – Neighborhood Commercial. The NC district is applied to areas of the city appropriate for neighborhood shopping centers including retail and personal service uses up to 0.35 FAR. The NC district is applied to neighborhood shopping centers including Clayton Valley Shopping Center, Dana Plaza, Olivera Crossings, Oak Grove Plaza, and Solano Plaza. The NC district allows residential uses on the second floor at densities up to 24 dwelling units per net acre. The NC district is consistent with and implements the neighborhood commercial (NC) land use designation of the general plan.

D. SC – Service Commercial. The SC district is applied to areas of the city appropriate for commercial uses such as automobile services, auto-oriented uses, light industry, contractors’ yards, and building materials storage, at up to 0.8 FAR. The SC district also allows retail, personal service, restaurant, and offices uses. The SC district is found on Monument Boulevard, Detroit Avenue, Cloverdale Avenue, on the east side of Market Street south of Concord Avenue, and Galaxy Way at Via de Mercados. The SC district provides areas for uses that typically require outdoor storage and activities with higher volumes of truck traffic, noise, and visual impacts. The SC district is consistent with and implements the service commercial (SC) land use designation of the general plan.

E. RC – Regional Commercial. The RC district is applied to areas of the city appropriate for a mix of regional-scale commercial uses, including regional shopping centers, big box retail, new automobile dealerships, and associated services at up to 0.5 FAR. The RC district is applied to areas with good freeway access, including Sunvalley Shopping Center and the Willows Shopping Center along I-680, Lowe’s and the Solano Drive-In Theater off Highway 4, along the west side of Market Street, and along Concord Avenue between Highway 242 and Interstate 680. The RC district is consistent with and implements the regional commercial (RC) land use designation of the general plan. [Ord. 17-11 § 3 (Exh. 8); Ord. 12-4. DC 2012 § 122-130].

18.40.020 Table 18.40.020 – Office and commercial districts – Allowed uses and permit requirements.

A. Applicability. Table 18.40.020 identifies the uses allowed by the development code in each office and commercial zoning district and the type of permit required to establish each use. See CDC 18.25.030(B) or Division VII of this title (Permits and Permit Procedures). Additional requirements may apply pursuant to Division IV (Development Standards) and Division V (Standards for Specific Uses) of this title.

Table 18.40.020

Office and Commercial Districts 

Allowed Uses and Permit Requirements

ZC = Permitted Use, Zoning Clearance

AP = Administrative Permit Required

MP = Minor Use Permit Required

UP = Use Permit Required

6409 = Section 6409 Application

– = Use Not Allowed

Land Use Classifications

Permit Required by District

Additional Requirements

CO

CMX

NC

SC

RC

Office, Commercial, and Retail Uses

Adult Day Care Center

ZC(5)

ZC(5)

ZC

ZC

 

Adult-Oriented Business

Chapter 18.210 CDC, Adult-Oriented Businesses

Animal Services

Boarding, Kennel

UP

UP

MP

MP

 

Dog Day Care, Training

ZC

ZC(2)

ZC

ZC

 

Grooming

ZC

ZC(2)

ZC

ZC

 

Hospital, Veterinary Clinic

ZC

ZC

ZC(2)

ZC

ZC

 

Antique, Collectible Store

ZC(4)

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

Automobile Sales and Rental/Leasing

Auction

ZC

 

Brokers, Office Only

ZC

ZC

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

Brokers, Office with Vehicle Display

AP

AP

ZC

ZC

 

Dealership, New

UP

ZC

 

Dealership, Used

ZC

 

Dealership, Motorcycles

ZC

ZC

 

Rental

AP

MP

 

Automobile Services and Repair

Car Wash, Attended

UP

AP

UP

CDC 18.200.090, Gas stations and car washes

Car Wash, Unattended

UP

CDC 18.200.090, Gas stations and car washes

Gas Station

UP

UP

UP

CDC 18.200.090, Gas stations and car washes

Maintenance Services

UP

UP

ZC

ZC

 

Major Repair/Body Work

ZC

 

Minor Repair

UP

ZC

AP

 

Banks and Financial Services

Bank, Credit Union

ZC(4)

ZC(2)

ZC(2)

ZC

 

Bank with Drive-Through Service

UP

UP

UP

MP

CDC 18.200.060, Drive-through facilities

Check Cashing Business

 

Building Materials Sales and Services

No Outdoor Storage

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

With Outdoor Storage

AP

UP

CDC 18.200.160, Outdoor sales and displays

Business Support Services

ZC

ZC(3)

ZC(2, 3)

ZC(3)

ZC(3)

 

Catering Service

ZC(4)

ZC(2)

ZC

ZC

 

Eating and Drinking Establishments

Bar, Night Club, Lounge

UP

UP

UP

UP

CDC 18.200.080, Entertainment uses

Food Vendor Group Site

MP

MP

MP

MP

CDC 18.200.210, Food vendor group sites

Micro-Brewery/Distillery

MP

MP

CDC 18.200.040, Alcoholic beverage sales

Micro-Brewery/Distillery, Large(6)

UP

UP

CDC 18.200.040, Alcoholic beverage sales

Restaurant, Full Service

AP

AP

UP

ZC

CDC 18.200.040, Alcoholic beverage sales

Restaurant, Limited Service

ZC(4)

ZC

AP

ZC

 

Restaurant, with Drive-Through

UP

UP

UP

UP

CDC 18.200.060, Drive-through facilities

Restaurant, with Live Entertainment

UP

UP

UP

CDC 18.200.080, Entertainment uses

Tasting Room

AP

AP

CDC 18.200.040, Alcoholic beverage sales

Fitness Facility, Health Club

AP

AP(2)

AP(2)

AP

 

Food, Beverage Sales

Convenience Store, no Alcohol Sales

ZC(4)

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

Convenience Store, with Alcohol Sales

UP

UP

UP

CDC 18.200.040, Alcoholic beverage sales

Grocery Store

ZC(4)

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

Liquor Store

UP

UP

CDC 18.200.040, Alcoholic beverage sales

Hotel, Motel

UP

UP

UP

UP

 

Maintenance Services

Office with No Outdoor Storage or Activities

ZC

 

Office with Outdoor Storage or Activities

AP

 

Nursery, Preschool, Childcare

UP

UP

UP

AP

AP

CDC 18.200.050, Child day care facilities

Offices

Administrative, Information Processing

ZC

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

Professional

ZC

ZC

ZC(2)

ZC(2)

ZC

 

Personal Services

General

ZC

ZC

ZC(2)

ZC(2)

ZC(2)

 

Improvement, Instructional

ZC

ZC(2)

ZC

ZC

 

Restricted

MP

MP

MP

 

Repair Service, Appliance and Small Equipment

UP

ZC

 

Retail Sales

Big Box

UP

UP

UP

UP

 

General

ZC(4)

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

Nursery, Garden Center

UP

ZC

ZC

ZC

CDC 18.200.160, Outdoor sales and displays

Restricted

MP

MP

MP

 

Retail Sales with Drive-Through

UP

UP

UP

UP

CDC 18.200.060, Drive-through facilities

Secondhand Sales

AP

AP

AP

 

 

Business Park and Industrial Uses

Auto Wrecking, Dismantling Yard

 

Contractors, Special Trade

Cabinet Shop

ZC

 

Contractor Office, No Outdoor Storage

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

Contractor Yard, with Outdoor Storage

ZC

 

Fleet-Based Service

ZC

UP

 

Freight and Truck Terminal

 

Heavy Vehicle and Large Equipment, Sales/Rental, Service, and Repair

Commercial Vehicles and Equipment

AP

 

Recreational Vehicle

AP

 

Laboratory, Research, and Development

ZC

AP

ZC

 

Manufacturing, Processing

Artisan/Custom Product

ZC

 

Industry, Heavy

 

With No Outdoor Storage or Activities

ZC

 

With Outdoor Storage or Activities

AP

 

Warehouse Show Room with Assembly and Sales

ZC

 

Media Production Facility

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

Storage

Hazardous Materials

 

Self-Storage Facility, Mini-Storage

UP

 

Vehicle

UP

 

Towing Services

UP

 

Warehouse, No Outdoor Storage

ZC

 

Warehouse, with Outdoor Storage

ZC

 

Wholesaling, Distribution

AP

 

 

Public/Quasi-Public and Recreational Uses

Airport

 

Ambulance Service

UP

AP

 

Cannabis Uses

Commercial Cultivation

 

Distribution (Type 11)

 

Distribution Transport Only (Type 13)

 

Indoor Personal Cannabis Cultivation

ZC

ZC

ZC

ZC

ZC

Up to six plants per residence, pursuant to state law

Industrial Hemp Cultivation

 

Manufacturing

 

Microbusiness

 

Non-Storefront Retail

 

Storefront Retail

 

Testing Laboratory

 

Cemetery, Columbarium, Mausoleum

 

Conference, Convention Facility

UP

UP

 

Cultural Institution

UP

UP

UP

UP

 

Emergency and Homeless Shelter

CDC 18.200.070, Emergency and homeless shelters

Farmers’ Market

UP

UP

UP

 

Funeral Parlor, Mortuary

UP

UP

UP

 

Government Office

ZC

ZC

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

Heliport

 

Library

ZC

ZC(2)

ZC(2)

ZC(2)

ZC

 

Medical

Hospital, Medical Center

 

Medical Services Facility

AP

AP(2)

AP(2)

 

Nursing Facility/Extended Care

UP

UP

UP

 

Urgent Care Facility

AP

AP(4)

AP(2)

AP

AP

 

Meeting Facility, Public/Private

UP

UP

UP

UP

UP

 

Military

 

Parking Facility

AP

AP

AP

AP

 

Public Maintenance and Service Facility

AP

 

Recreational Facilities

Bingo Hall

UP

 

Commercial Recreation, Indoor

AP(4)

AP

UP

ZC

 

Golf Course, Country Club

CDC 18.200.130, Mechanical and electronic games

Park and Recreation Facility

 

Residential Recreation Facility

AP(5)

 

Sports and Entertainment, Assembly

UP

UP

CDC 18.200.080, Entertainment uses

Sports and Recreation Facility

UP

UP

CDC 18.200.130, Mechanical and electronic games

Recycling Facilities

Small Collection Facility

AP

AP

AP

CDC 18.200.170, Recycling facilities

Large Collection Facility

UP

CDC 18.200.170, Recycling facilities

Processing Facility

CDC 18.200.170, Recycling facilities

Religious Facility

UP

UP

UP

 

Schools

Elementary, Middle, Secondary

MP

 

College, University

MP

 

Trade School, Vocational Training

AP

AP

AP

AP

AP

 

Social Services Facility

UP

UP

UP

UP

 

Theater, Auditorium

UP

UP

UP

CDC 18.200.130, Mechanical and electronic games

Utility Facility, Transmission Towers

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

Wireless Communications Facility

AP, MP or 6409

AP, MP or 6409

AP, MP or 6409

AP, MP or 6409

AP, MP or 6409

Chapters 18.205 and 18.207 CDC

Residential Uses

Bed and Breakfast Inn

UP

 

Dwelling, Dwelling Unit, Housing Unit

Single-Family, Detached

ZC

 

Single-Family, Detached – Small Lot Subdivision

UP

UP

 

Single-Family, Attached

ZC

ZC

 

Duplex

ZC

ZC

 

Multifamily

UP

UP

UP(1)

 

Family Day Care Home, Small

ZC(5)

ZC(5)

CDC 18.200.050, Child day care facilities

Family Day Care Home, Large

MP(5)

MP

CDC 18.200.050, Child day care facilities

Group Housing

UP

UP

 

Home-Based Business

ZC(5)

ZC(2)

CDC 18.200.100, Home-based businesses

Live/Work Unit

ZC(5)

CDC 18.200.110, Live/work or work/live units

Mixed-Use Projects

UP

AP

UP

 

Mobile Home Park

 

Residential Care Facility, Small

ZC(5)

ZC(5)

 

Residential Care Facility, Large

MP

 

Residential Facility for Seniors, Assisted Living

UP

UP

 

Supportive Housing, Multifamily

UP

UP

UP(1)

 

Supportive Housing, Single-Family

ZC

ZC

 

Transitional Housing, Multifamily

UP

UP

UP(1)

 

Transitional Housing, Single-Family

ZC

ZC

 

Work/Live Unit

AP

CDC 18.200.110, Live/work or work/live units

 

Open Space and Agricultural Uses

Companion Animal, Horses, Fowl

 

Community Garden

AP

AP

AP

AP

AP

 

Crop Production, Orchard, Vineyard

ZC

ZC

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

Livestock, Grazing

 

Mining and Quarrying

 

(1)    Not allowed on ground floor.

(2)    Allowed to occupy up to 20 percent gross area of shopping center or multi-tenant building or 20 percent street frontage of one building.

(3)    No outdoor facilities, storage, or activities are allowed.

(4)    Requires a minimum lot size of 10,000 square feet.

(5)    Allowed with residential use only.

(6)    A facility which exceeds 3,000 square feet.

[Ord. 21-2 § 5 (Exh. E); Ord. 20-4 (Exh. B); Ord. 19-5 § 1 (Exh. D); Ord. 18-3 § 7 (Exh. A); Ord. 17-13 § 3 (Exh. A); Ord. 17-11 § 3 (Exh. 8); Ord. 17-5 § 2 (Exh. I); Ord. 17-2 § 2 (Exh. F); Ord. 15-8 § 3 (Exh. B); Ord. 14-6 §§ 3, 4; Ord. 13-5; Ord. 12-5; Ord. 12-4. DC 2012 § 122-131].

18.40.030 Table 18.40.030 – Office and commercial districts – Development standards.

Subdivisions, new uses and structures, and alterations to existing uses and structures shall be designed, constructed, and established in compliance with the requirements specified in Table 18.40.030. Additional requirements may apply pursuant to Division IV (Development Standards) and Division V (Standards for Specific Uses) of this title..

Table 18.40.030

Office and Commercial Districts

Development Standards(1) 

Standards

CO(4)

CMX(4)

NC(4)

RC

SC

Additional Standards

Density (du/net acre) minimum/maximum

11 – 40

11 – 40

24 max**

NA

NA

**Residential uses not allowed on ground floor.

Floor Area Ratio (FAR) (maximum)

1.0

1.0

0.35

0.5

0.8

 

Lot Area (square feet) minimum

10,000

10,000

10,000

80,000*

10,000

Smaller lots may be approved with a use permit

Lot Width (feet) minimum

100

100

100

100

100

Reduced dimensions may be allowed subject to use permit approval

Lot Depth (feet) minimum

100

100

100

200

100

Building Height (feet) maximum (3)

30

30

40

50

35

Additional height may be allowed with a use permit

Setbacks (feet) minimum (1, 2)

Front

10

5

5

15

15

Reduced setbacks may be allowed subject to use permit approval

Corner Side

10

10

10

10

10

Interior Side, Rear

5

None required unless adjacent to an R district or residential use in CMX. See CDC 18.150.180 (Transitional requirements) for buildings up to 30 feet in height.

Open Space/Unit (square feet) minimum

See CDC 18.150.100, Open space and recreational facilities for residential developments, and Chapter 18.155 CDC, Standards for Small Lot and Medium Density Development

(1)    Additional requirements may apply pursuant to Chapter 18.155 CDC (Standards for Small Lot and Medium Density Development) and Division V of this title (Standards for Specific Uses). Lot area, width, depth and setback limits listed here may not apply if a site in CO, CMX, or NC is subdivided into multifamily fee simple/condominium units or small residential lots.

(2)    Measured from property line to the face of building or to a structure.

(3)    Consistent with transitional requirements (See CDC 18.150.180).

(4)    Standard does not apply to small, independent parcels corresponding to individual dwellings within a larger multifamily residential, mixed-use, or townhome development.

[Ord. 12-5; Ord. 12-4. DC 2012 § 122-132].