PC 09-10-2024 Item No. 3. Proposed Amendments to Municipal Code MCA-2024-002_Staff PresentationPlanning Commission
September 10, 2024
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTERS 19.04
(GENERAL PROVISIONS), 19.08 (DEFINITIONS), AND 19.60 (GENERAL
COMMERCIAL (CG) ZONES) AND ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW
MCA-2024-002
PC 09-10-2024 Item No. 3
Background
General Plan Community Vision 2040 lists a guiding principle to support vibrant
and mixed-use businesses to ensure that the City’s major mixed-use corridors and
commercial nodes are vibrant, successful, and attractive.
LU-9.1.4: Regulations. Periodically review and update land use and
zoning requirements for retail, commercial and office development in
order to attract high-quality sales-tax producing businesses and services,
while adapting to the fast changing retail, commercial and office
environment.
Analysis
●Chapter 19.04, General Provisions
●Added Section 19.04.100 Exclusionary Zoning to clarify that if uses
are not listed in any land use table as permitted or conditional, they
are deemed prohibited.
●Chapter 19.08, Definitions
●Bar Facility – Clarifying that a bar facility is a facility in a restaurant.
●Farmers Market – Added definition and use class.
●Food Store – Added definition as a new general category; includes
“Grocery Store”, “Convenience Market”, & “Specialty food stores.”
●Pet Day Care – Added definition which clarifies the existing “Pet
shop” use.
●Restaurant – Expanded the existing definition to add “Self-Service”
to the existing “Restaurant, Fast-Food” use.
●Specialized School – Added definition for an existing use.
Analysis- Chapter 19.60: General
Commercial (CG) Zones
●Table 19.60.030: Permitted, Conditional and Excluded Uses in General
Commercial Zoning Districts
●Eliminated “Specialty Food Stores”, “Convenience Markets”, and
“Fast-food” as separate uses now permitted without a Use Permit.
●Adding Farmers Markets as a use.
●Changing the approval authority for the following uses from a
“Use Permit – Planning Commission” to “Use Permit – Admin
Hearing”
●Eating establishments with separate bar facilities.
●Entertainment facilities within eating establishments.
●Late evening activities.
●Pet shops located in structures that are not sound-proof.
●Moved ‘outdoor display’ and ‘outdoor seating’ standards from
CMC 19.60.50 Land Use Activity to CMC Table 19.60.030.
Analysis - Chapter 19.60:
General Commercial (CG)
Zones
●Table 19.60.060: Development Standards
●Added language that referenced standards
to General Plan, Specific Plan, or any other
underlying land use document where the
commercial establishment is located.
●Referenced Standards to Landscape
Ordinance, Municipal Code Chapter 14.
●Added standards for Odor Abatement
systems in eating establishments.
Recommended Action
That the Planning Commission adopt the draft resolution recommending that the City Council adopt an ordinance to:
1.Find that the proposed actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and CEQA Guidelines; and
2.Amend the following:
a.Chapter 19.04, General Provisions, and
b.Chapter 19.08, Definitions, and
c.Chapter 19.60, General Commercial (CG) Zones.
Next Steps
The recommendations made by the Planning
Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for
consideration at the October 1, 2024, meeting.