Chapter 21.20 (Sections 21.20.040-21.20.080)
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 10%
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right4
- Change of commercial uses within a structure (no change in nature/intensity)
- Water system facilities (wells, storage tanks) serving 4 or fewer service connections
- Cultivation, cutting or removal of Christmas trees
- Manufactured dwelling units meeting Section 21.64.040 standards
Conditional / special use64
- Offices less than 5,000 sq ft (administrative permit)
- Auto repair facilities (administrative permit)
- Service stations (administrative permit)
- Shops for tradesmen (plumbers, electricians, etc.) (administrative permit)
- Caretaker unit for on-site security (administrative permit)
- Mini-warehouse storage facilities less than 5,000 sq ft (administrative permit)
- Small water system facilities (5-14 connections) (administrative permit)
- Reduction in setback requirements (10% or less) (administrative permit)
- Accessory structures and uses appurtenant to permitted use (administrative permit)
- Photography studio (administrative permit)
- Picture framing business (administrative permit)
- Shoe shop (administrative permit)
- Shoe store (administrative permit)
- Shops of light commercial character (administrative permit)
- Stationery and office supply store (administrative permit)
- Storage, rental and sales of irrigation equipment (administrative permit)
- Manufacture of clothing (administrative permit)
- Day care center for on-site employees (administrative permit)
- Boarding kennels (administrative permit)
- Additions to existing wireless communications facilities (administrative permit)
- Cannabis retailer (administrative permit)
- Non-volatile cannabis manufacturing (administrative permit)
- Cannabis distribution facilities (administrative permit)
- Cannabis testing facilities (administrative permit)
- Office complexes greater than 5,000 sq ft (use permit)
- Automobile and recreational vehicle storage yards (use permit)
- Mini-warehouse storage facilities more than 5,000 sq ft (use permit)
- Automobile and truck tow and storage operations (use permit)
- Boat and auto sales (use permit)
- Agricultural processing plants (use permit)
- Trucking operations (use permit)
- Hotels, motels, restaurants and similar visitor facilities (use permit)
- Contractors yards and offices (use permit)
- Contractor's equipment storage facility (use permit)
- Retail sales accessory to permitted uses (max 25% of floor area) (use permit)
- Bag cleaning or rag works (use permit)
- Water well drilling businesses (use permit)
- Public utility uses and accessory structures (use permit)
- Wholesale distributors of petroleum products, contractors yards, welding shops (use permit)
- Furniture manufacturing, finish paper products (use permit)
- Propane sales and services (use permit)
- All residential uses (provided residential sq ft <= commercial sq ft) (use permit)
- Legal nonconforming use extension (use permit)
- Legal nonconforming use change (use permit)
- Zoos or zoological gardens (use permit)
- Public and quasi-public uses (churches, parks, schools, etc.) (use permit)
- Alcoholic beverage establishments within 200 ft of residential district (use permit)
- Ridgeline development (use permit)
- Removal of minerals and natural materials (use permit)
- Development in Carmel Valley Floodplain (use permit)
- Wholesale and retail agricultural products (use permit)
- Chemical laboratories, electronic products and instrument manufacturing (use permit)
- Research laboratories (use permit)
- Warehouses for agricultural products (use permit)
- Day care centers (use permit)
- Oil and gas exploration and removal (use permit)
- Lumber yards (use permit)
- Bottling works (use permit)
- Wholesale stores and storage (use permit)
- Storage garages (use permit)
- Service centers (use permit)
- Open air retail and wholesale sales (use permit)
- Wireless communications facilities (use permit)
- Commercial vacation rentals (use permit)
Accessory1
- Accessory structures and uses appurtenant to any permitted use (administrative permit required)
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Exterior lighting must comply with Design Guidelines
For any new development that includes exterior lighting, all exterior lighting shall be consistent with the Design Guidelines for Exterior Lighting adopted by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to Section 21.63.020, unless exempt under Section 21.63.020.D.
Other
- General Development Plan required for lots >1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones., multiple uses, or subdivision
A General Development Plan shall be required prior to the establishment of any development in the Heavy Commercial district if the lot is in excess of one acre; or the development proposed includes more than one use; or the development includes any form of subdivision.
- SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. established by General Development Plan or project review
Setbacks for developments in the HC District are established by the approval of the General Development Plan where such plan is required. Setbacks for development where a GDP is not required shall be established by the Appropriate Authority through the project review process based on surrounding land use, parking, landscaping, and other site design features.
- Subject to Section 21.64.250 for large developments
The following types of development are subject to Section 21.64.250 (Regulations for the Reduction of Vehicle Trips): any residential development of 25 or more units; any new or expanded commercial or tourist oriented development which will employ 50 or more persons; any new or expanded commercial or tourist oriented development of 25,000 gross square feet or more.
Signage
- Signs per Chapter 21.60
Signing for all development shall be established pursuant to Chapter 21.60.
From the ordinance
Regulations for Heavy Commercial Zoning Districts: uses allowed, administrative permit, use permit, site development standards (height 35 ft, coverage 50%, landscaping 10%).
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"Homestays (pursuant to Section 21.64.290)",
"Limited vacation rentals (pursuant to Section 21.64.290)"
]
}
}