§ 17.15.050. Allowed use regulations.

The purpose of this section is to list allowed uses according to districts and Downtown zones within the districts. This list is not meant to be exhaustive and does not regulate building character or design, but instead delineates the types of uses allowed within a building. These allowed use regulations are unique to Chapter 17 and are intended to implement the vision of the Anderson General Plan.

Areas within the Downtown area that are zoned C-1 are subject to the applicable regulations in the Zoning Code related to that zoning district. Buildings constructed within Downtown are encouraged to comply with building placement and design standards set forth for the Mixed Use District.

A.

Permitted Uses. The following table (Table 17-2) identifies the permitted uses within the Downtown. These allowed use regulations are listed by street type, then by District, as applicable. The uses listed are defined in Section 17.050.B (Definitions of Permitted Uses).

TABLE 17-2: PERMITTED USES

Uses	Main Street	Service Street	Neighborhood Streets		Avenues
			MU-C	MU-R	MU-C	MU-R
Attached Single-Family Residential	N	N	N	P	N	N
Commercial Recreation and Entertainment	C	P	N	N	P	C
Detached Single-Family Residential	P	P	P	P	P	P
Institutional/Governmental	P	P	P	C	P	P
Home Occupation2	P	P	P	P	P	P
Live/Work Space	N	P	P	C	N	C
Mixed-Use	P	P	P	C	P	C
Multi-Family Residential	P	P	P	P	P	P
Neighborhood Commercial	N	N	N	P	N	P
Offices	P	P	P	C	P	P
Retail Commercial	P	P	P	N	P	P
Sit-Down Restaurants	P	P	P	N	P	C

 

Notes:

1.

Alcohol sales permitted on premises.

2.

Subject to Home Occupation standards.

3.

Ground floors shall be constructed to accommodate commercial use. Ground floor residential uses may be permitted as interim uses only.

The symbols are defined as: P—Permitted; C—Conditionally Permitted; N—Not Permitted.

B.

Definitions of Permitted Uses.

1.

Attached Single-Family Residential. A building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family on a single lot that has zero side yard setbacks and shares a party wall with the adjacent building(s) (e.g., townhouse).

2.

Commercial Recreation and Entertainment. Establishments providing indoor or outdoor recreation and entertainment services including bars, movie theaters, dance halls, electronic game arcades, bowling alleys, billiard parlors, ice/rolling skating rinks, health clubs.

3.

Detached Single-Family Residential. A building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family on a single lot. This classification includes manufactured homes (defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 18007).

4.

Institutional/Governmental. This use includes churches and related facilities, government agency and service facilities (e.g., post office, civic center, police department, fire department), as well as public educational facilities and publicly owned parkland.

5.

Home Occupation. The conduct of a business within a dwelling unit or residential site, employing occupants of the dwelling, with the business activity being subordinate to the residential use of the property. Home occupations are typically home office use with a limited number of customers coming to the site. Examples include, but are not limited to, accountants and financial advisors, architects, artists, attorneys, and real estate sales.

6.

Live/Work Unit. An integrated housing unit and working space, occupied and utilized by a single household in a structure, either single-family or multi-family, that has been designed or structurally modified to accommodate joint residential occupancy and work activity, and which includes:

a.

Complete kitchen space and sanitary facilities in compliance with the City building code; and

b.

Working space reserved for and regularly used by one or more occupants of the unit.

c.

The difference between live/work and work/live units is that the "work" component of a live/work unit is secondary to its residential use and may include only commercial activities and pursuits that are compatible with the character of a quiet residential environment, while the work component of a work/live unit is the primary use to which the residential component is secondary.

7.

Mixed-Use. Characterized by commercial retail use on the ground floor and office, hotel, or residential uses on the upper floors.

8.

Multi-Family Residential. A building designed and intended for occupancy by two or more families living independent of each other, each in a separate dwelling unit, which may be owned individually or by a single landlord (e.g., duplex, triplex, quadplex, apartment, apartment house, condominium).

9.

Neighborhood Commercial. A pedestrian-oriented market store oriented to the daily shopping needs of the surrounding residential areas. Neighborhood markets are less than eight thousand square feet in size and operate less than eighteen hours a day. Neighborhood markets may include deli or beverage tasting facilities that are ancillary to the market/grocery portion of the use. Alcohol sales are allowed for off-site consumption or on-site consumption as part of the beverage tasting facility only.

10.

Offices. This use includes businesses providing direct services to consumers (e.g., insurance companies, utility companies), professional offices (e.g., accounting, attorneys, doctors, dentists, employment, public relations), personal services (e.g., barber and beauty shops, shoe repair, tailors), and offices engaged in the production of intellectual property (e.g., advertising, architectural, computer programming, photography studios).

11.

Retail Commercial. Stores and shops selling multiple lines of merchandise. These stores and lines of merchandise include, but are not limited to, art galleries, bakeries (all production in support of on-site sales), clothing and accessories, collectibles, department stores, drug stores, dry goods, fabrics and sewing supplies, florists and houseplant stores, furniture, home furnishings and equipment, general stores, gift shops, hardware, hobby materials, musical instruments, parts and accessories, newsstands, pet supplies, specialty shops, day spas, sporting goods and equipment, and stationery stores. Thrift stores are allowed with the issuance of a conditional use permit only.

12.

Sit-Down Restaurants. A retail business selling food and beverages prepared and/or served on the site, for on-premise consumption where most customers are served food at tables, but may include providing food for take-out. Also includes coffee houses and accessory cafeterias as part of office and industrial uses. Alcohol sales are allowed for on-site consumption only.

C.

Prohibited Uses. Regardless of zoning designation, unless it is found that the use is compatible with a mixed-use development, the following uses shall be prohibited:

1.

Adult-oriented business;

2.

Agriculture and commercial nursery;

3.

Commercial cleaning plant;

4.

Boat, trailer, and vehicle (including parts) sales, service, storage and garages except along West Center and Douglas streets;

5.

Camp and trailer park;

6.

Car wash;

7.

Drive-in/drive-through restaurants;

8.

Equipment rental and sales yard;

9.

Fuel dealers;

10.

Laundry, commercial plant;

11.

Recycling center and recyclable material collection facility;

12.

Service station;

13.

Thrift store. Defined as a shop where more than fifty percent of the sales inventory is used articles except as provided in Section 17.15.050(B)11.

14.

Uses involving hazardous materials or generating high level of noise incompatible with residential uses;

15.

The planning director may deem additional uses to be prohibited based on a finding that the use is similar in nature, function, and operation to the prohibited uses listed in this subsection.

(Ord. 757, § 2(Exh. A), 2009; Ord. No. 767, 9-21-2010)