§ 27-14. O-C Outdoor Commercial District.

(a)

Purpose of district. The Outdoor Commercial District is intended to permit a wide variety of businesses characterized by those uses that require an extensive amount of land for the conduct of business. When combined with the PD district, uses permitted in the GB district may be grouped with uses permitted in this district to provide for a wide variety of commercial activity.

(b)

Permitted uses. The following are the only permitted uses within the O-C district and are subject only to the general conditions of this section and such other sections as are applicable:

(1)

Retail sales (except vehicle sales);

(2)

Vehicle rental with outdoor display of merchandise and repair, including repair garages;

(3)

All repair activities;

(4)

Retail nurseries;

(5)

Car wash;

(6)

Trailer and boat sales with outdoor display of merchandise;

(7)

Equipment rental with outdoor display of merchandise;

(8)

Drive-in eating establishments;

(9)

Miniature golf courses;

(10)

Motels and hotels;

(11)

Kennels;

(12)

Pawnshops;

(13)

Sales of used merchandise (except vehicle sales);

(14)

Public buildings;

(15)

Parks and playgrounds;

(16)

Utility substations;

(17)

Commercial recreational activities;

(18)

Bus passenger terminals;

(19)

Filling stations with outside delivery of gasoline;

(20)

Sexually oriented business, provided such is not located within one thousand (1,000) feet of the property line of a church, a park, a public or private elementary or secondary school, a sexually oriented business or property zoned R-1, R-1A, R-2, R-3, R-PS, MH or U, all as measured in a straight line from the nearest portion of the building or structured used as a part of the premises where a sexually oriented business is conducted to the nearest property line of the church, school, park, business or land zoned for residential or institutional use.

(c)

O-C planned development uses:

(1)

All O-C permitted uses;

(2)

All GB permitted uses;

(3)

Automobile sales on sites containing at least fifteen (15) acres with at least five hundred (500) feet of frontage on a freeway frontage road, and a building of at least fifty thousand (50,000) square feet;

(4)

Tattoo studio;

(5)

Electronic cigarettes.

(d)

Conditional uses:

(1)

Private clubs, bars and cocktail lounges operated within any hotel or motel.

(2)

Light industrial uses; provided that no repair, fabricating or manufacturing shall be carried on out of doors and all storage of materials and products shall be limited to screened rear yards.

(3)

Any GB permitted use.

(4)

A single temporary building to be used as an interim office for new automobile sales, subject to the following conditions.

a.

The portion of the site for both the temporary automobile display and storage must be improved according to the standards of an approved OC-PD site plan, including access, parking, drainage, paving and landscaping prior to use of such temporary office.

b.

A temporary building permit shall be obtained from the building official prior to placement of such office building on the lot.

c.

Such permit shall not be issued nor shall such building be placed on the lot until a building permit for a permanent office is issued.

d.

Such interim use shall cease and such temporary building shall be removed upon the earlier of the expiration of eight (8) months from the date of temporary building permit issuance or issuance of the certificate of occupancy for the permanent office.

(e)

General conditions.

(1)

Area requirements:

a.

Minimum lot size. Every lot within the zoning district shall be at least twenty-two thousand five hundred (22,500) square feet in area.

b.

Minimum lot width. Every lot within this zoning district shall be at least one hundred fifty (150) feet in width, measured at the front building line.

c.

Maximum coverage. No more than thirty (30) percent of the total lot area shall be covered by buildings.

(2)

Outdoor activities and uses: Out of doors display, storage and sale of merchandise, equipment and vehicles shall be permitted.

(3)

Yard requirements: Every lot within this district shall have an exterior yard of at least twenty-five (25) feet, a rear yard of at least twenty-five (25) feet and no side yard shall be required unless such district is adjacent to any other district, in which case there shall be a side yard of at least twenty-five (25) feet. All exterior yards shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet.

(4)

Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.

(5)

Screening and fencing: Screening and fencing shall be provided subject to the general requirements set forth in section 27-21 of this chapter.

(6)

Parking and loading: Parking and loading shall be subject to the general requirements of section 27-20 in Table 20-3.

(7)

Signs: Subject to the general restrictions of section 27-22.

(8)

Reserved.

(9)

Refuse containers: All refuse containers shall be located behind the front building line and shall not be located in any required yard.

(10)

Exterior wall surfaces: All buildings shall have exterior walls of not less than seventy-five (75) percent masonry surface.

(11)

Environmental controls: Subject to the general requirements of section 27-21.

(12)

Open space: In addition to paved parking and driving areas, at least seven (7) percent of the lot shall be maintained in landscaped open area. If all or a portion of the parkway is maintained in landscaped open area, such landscaped portion will reduce the amount of landscaped area on the lot at the rate of two (2) square feet of landscaped parkway area for each required one (1) square foot of landscaping on the lot.

(13)

Truck-loading areas: Entrances and exits to truck-loading areas shall be no closer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to an adjoining lot located in an R-1, O-1 or R-2 zoning district, as measured along the common street line.

(14)

Sale of alcoholic beverages:

a.

The sale, dispensing and otherwise handling of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted only as incidental and secondary to the sale of food for human consumption, which shall be construed to mean that gross receipts from alcoholic beverage sales shall be less than gross receipts from food sales. This shall not apply to private clubs, bars or cocktail lounges operated in any hotel or motel.

b.

There shall be no service of alcoholic beverages to any person within an automobile.

(15)

Parking of inoperative equipment or vehicles: No inoperative equipment or vehicle shall be stored or parked in a required yard. Any parking or storage spaces for such equipment or vehicles adjacent to an exterior yard or visible from an exterior yard shall be screened by a solid wall or fence not less than six (6) feet in height at the building line.

(f)

Planned development regulations. O-C PD uses shall be subject to O-C general conditions; provided, however, that the following O-C general conditions may be specifically modified by the site plan or ordinance adopting such site plan:

(1)

Minimum lot size;

(2)

Minimum lot width;

(3)

Yard requirements;

(4)

Maximum building height;

(5)

Access;

(6)

Building to lot ratio;

(7)

Maximum lot coverage;

(8)

Parking and loading;

(9)

Sign regulations;

(10)

Landscape regulations;

(11)

Exterior wall surface;

(12)

Screening requirements.

(Code 1965, Ch. 27, §§ 13.1—13.6; Ord. No. 1082, § 3, 8-13-85; Ord. No. 1139, § 3, 8-26-86; Ord. No. 1204, § 4, 8-25-87; Ord. No. 1306, § 1, 11-27-90; Ord. No. 1309, § 2, 12-11-90; Ord. No. 1436, § 1, 6-14-94; Ord. No. 1763, § 11, 3-13-01; Ord. No. 1764, § 6, 3-13-01; Ord. No. 2034, § 1, 10-23-07; Ord. No. 2315, § 5, 4-12-16)