20.55.203

Urban village and mixed use zoning district use regulations.

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Table 20-138 Urban Village and Mixed Use Zoning District Use Regulations Use Zoning District Notes & Sections UVC UV MUC MUN UR TR Residential One-family dwelling - - - P P P Note 6; Note 25 Two-family dwelling - - - P P P Note 6; Note 25 Accessory dwelling unit - P P P P P Part 4.5, Chapter 20.30 Mixed use development - P P P P P Note 20; Note 25; Chapter 20.195 Mixed use development in Neighborhood Business District Overlay - - P P - - Note 27 Multiple dwelling - P P P P P Note 20; Note 25; Chapter 20.195 Streamlined Infill Housing Development (outside of the Airport Influence Area) - P GP P GP - P GP P GP Note 27; Section 20.200.1225 ; Chapter 20.195 , Part 4 Co-living community - S C C S S Part 3.73, Chapter 20.80 Guesthouse - S - S S S Emergency residential shelter within Airport Influence Area - S S S S S Section 20.80.500 Emergency residential shelter outside of Airport Influence Area (more than 150 beds) - S S S S S Section 20.80.500 Emergency residential shelter outside of Airport Influence Area (150 beds or fewer) - P P P P P Section 20.80.500 ; Chapter 20.195 Home Occupation - P P P P P Part 9, Chapter 20.80 Hotel supportive housing C - C - - - Note 17; Part 22, Chapter 20.80 Live/work uses - S S S S S Section 20.80.740 Low barrier navigation center - P P P P P Chapter 20.195 Permanent supportive housing - P P P P P Note 20; Chapter 20.195 Residential accessory structures or buildings - P P P P P Part 5, Chapter 20.30 Residential care facility for six or fewer persons - P P P P P Residential care facility for seven or more persons - C C C C C Residential service facility - P P P P P Single room occupancy, living unit - - C - - - Note 25; Part 15, Chapter 20.80 General Retail Alcohol, off-sale - beer and/or wine only C C C C C C Section 20.80.900 Alcohol, off-sale - full range of alcoholic beverages C C C C C C Section 20.80.900 Alcohol, off-sale - as incidental to a winery, brewery, or distillery A A A A A A Note 1; Part 5.75, Chapter 20.80 Food, beverages, and groceries P P P P P P Nursery, plant P P P P P P Note 2 Outdoor vending A A A A A A Part 10, Chapter 20.80 Outdoor vending, fresh fruits and vegetables P P P P P P Part 10, Chapter 20.80 Pawnshop/broker C - C - - - See Title 6 Retail art studio P P P P P P Section 20.80.1175 Retail bakery P P P P P P Retail sales, goods, and merchandise P P P P P P Seasonal sales P P P P P P Part 14, Chapter 20.80 Agriculture & Open Space Aquaculture, aquaponics, and hydroponics S S S S S S Certified farmers' market S S S S S S Part 3.5, Chapter 20.80 Certified farmers' market, small P P P P P P Part 3.5, Chapter 20.80 Community gardens P P P P P P Neighborhood agriculture P P P P P P Note 16; Title 7 Education & Training Child Day Care Center located on an existing School Site or as an incident to a permitted on-site church/religious assembly use involving no building additions or changes to the site P P P P P P Child Day Care Center S S S S S S Child Day Care Center co-located with Multifamily housing development P P P P P Note 5 Instructional art studios P P P P P P Private instruction, personal enrichment P P P P P P School, elementary and secondary (public or private) C C C C C C Note 13 School, driving (class C & M license) P P P P P P Note 3 School, post secondary P P P P P P School, trade and vocational P/S P/S P/S P/S P/S P/S Note 4 and Note 13 Entertainment and Recreation Arcade, amusement game P P P P P P Health club, gymnasium P P P P P P Performing arts rehearsal space P P P P P P Poolroom/billiards establishment P P P P P P Private club or lodge S S S S S S Recreation, commercial indoor P P P P P P Recreation, commercial outdoor - S - - - - Stadium, 2,000 seats or fewer C C - - - - Stadium, more than 2,000 seats CC CC - - - - Note 14 and Note 15 Theater, indoor S S S - S S Theater, outdoor S S S - S S Food Services Banquet facility S S S S S S Caterer P P P P P P Commercial kitchen P P P - S S Drinking establishments S S S - S S Drinking establishments interior to a full-service hotel or motel that includes 75 or more guest rooms P P P P P P Section 20.80.475 Public eating establishments P P P P P P Public eating establishment or retail establishment with incidental outdoor dining P P P P P P Section 20.40.520 Public eating establishment in conjunction with a winery, brewery, or distillery P P P P P P Part 5.75, Chapter 20.80 Taproom or tasting room in conjunction with a winery, brewery, or distillery A A A A A A Part 5.75, Chapter 20.80 Taproom or tasting room with off-sale of alcohol A A A A A A Part 5.75, Chapter 20.80 General Services Bail Bonds Establishment S S S - S S Note 11; Part 1.5, Chapter 20.80 Bed and breakfast inn P P P P P P Part 2, Chapter 20.80 Dry cleaner P P P P P P Hotel or motel P P P P P P Single room occupancy (SRO) hotel C C C C C C Part 15, Chapter 20.80 Laundromat P P P P P P Maintenance and repair, small household appliances P P P P P P Messenger services P P P P P P Mortuary and funeral services P P P P P P Personal services P P P P P P Section 20.200.880 Bail Bonds Establishment S S S - S S Bed and breakfast inn P P P P P P Health and Veterinary Services Animal boarding, indoor P P P P P P Note 7 Animal grooming P P P P P P Note 7 Cannabis retail storefront R R R - R R Part 9.75, Chapter 20.80 Emergency ambulance service C C C - C C Hospital/in-patient facility C C C - C C Medical cannabis collective dispensary site only R R R - R R Part 9.75, Chapter 20.80 Medical cannabis dispensary R R R - R R Part 9.75, Chapter 20.80 Office, medical P P P P P P Veterinary clinic P P P P P P Historic Reuse Historic landmark structure reuse S S S S S S Part 8.5, Chapter 20.80 Industry and Manufacturing Laboratory, processing P P P - - - Manufacturing and assembly, light P P P - - - Note 22 Office, research and development P P P - S S Note 21 Offices and Financial Services Automatic teller machine P P P P P P Section 20.80.200 Business support P P P P P P Office, general business P P P P P P Retail bank / Financial services P P P P P P Public, Quasi-Public and Assembly Uses Cemetery C C C C C C Church/religious assembly S S S S S S Museums, libraries, parks, playgrounds, or community centers (publicly operated) P P P P P P Museums, libraries, parks, playgrounds, or community centers (privately operated) S S S S S S Recycling Uses Reverse vending machine A A A A A A Part 13, Chapter 20.80 Small collection facility A A A A A A Part 13, Chapter 20.80 Transportation and Utilities Community television antenna systems C C C C C C Off-site, alternating use and alternative parking arrangements S S S S S Section 20.90.200 Parking establishment, off-street S - S - - - Note 23 Television, radio studios without antenna/dishes C C C - - - Utility facilities, excluding corporation yards, storage or repair yards and warehouses C C - - - - Utility facilities including corporation yards, storage or repair yards and warehouses - - - - - - Wireless communication antenna C C C C C C Note 18; Sections 20.100.1300 , 20.80.1915 Wireless communication antenna, slimline monopole S S S S S S Note 19; Sections 20.80.1900 , 20.80.1915 Wireless communication antenna, building mounted P P P P P P Note 19; Sections 20.80.1910 , 20.80.1915 Utilities, Electrical Power Generation Co-generation facility S S S S S S Fuel cells P P P P P P Private electrical power generation facility C C C C C C Solar photovoltaic system P P P P P P Section 20.100.610 C.7. Stand-by/backup facilities that do not exceed noise or air standards A A A A A A Stand-by/backup facilities that do exceed noise or air standards C C C - - - Temporary stand-by/backup P P P P P P Vehicle Related Uses Sale or leasing of vehicles, showroom only P P P - - - Note 24 Sale, vehicle parts S S S - S S Note 9 For all other vehicle related uses refer to the General Use Regulations as described in section 20.55.201 (K) Notes: 1. Alcohol, off-sales are limited to products manufactured on-site for wineries, breweries, or distilleries. 2. Landscaping materials, such as rock, mulch, and sand are limited to prepackaged sales. 3. Classroom use only, no driving courses or on-site storage of vehicles permitted in UVC, UV, MUC, MUN, UR or TR Zoning Districts. 4. Indoor uses related to trade or vocational schools are Permitted, any outdoor uses will require a Special Use Permit. 5. Child Day Care Centers are considered a permitted use when co-located as part of a multi-family housing development that is equal or less in square footage when compared to the multi-family development. 6. One-family dwellings or two-family dwellings are allowed as part of a larger development which meets the minimum density requirement in the UR and TR zoning districts. 7. Except as an incidental use to neighborhood agriculture, all uses involving any type of care for animals, including but not limited to grooming, boarding, medical care, must be conducted wholly inside a building. 8. Incidental repair includes non-invasive engine service, maintenance, and repair, including but not limited to, air conditioning service, fuel system service, electrical service, coolant system service, tune-up, fluid exchanges, steering and suspension system service, brake system service, transmission adjustment and service, lube, oil change, smog check, diagnostics and vehicle inspections, stock catalytic converters and manifolds, as well as tires, batteries and accessories installation. Does not allow body repair, welding, vehicle restorations, other types of exhaust system repair, the removal of cylinder heads, engines, transmissions/transfer cases and differentials, or painting. 9. No outdoor sales areas or dismantling allowed. 10. All vehicle-related repair, service, and accessory or other installation shall be conducted within a fully enclosed building. 11. Bail bond establishments shall not be located and are prohibited uses on the ground floors of structures located within the main jail area, as that area is defined in Section 20.80.070 of Chapter 20.80 of this Title. Bail bond establishments are allowed as shown on Table 20-138 on other, above-ground floors of structures. All bail bond establishments shall meet all distance requirements specified in Section 20.80.075 of Chapter 20.80 of this Title. 12. Charging stations that are incidental to a separate primary use that do not impact on-site or off-site vehicular circulation, and that serve patrons of the primary use on-site are permitted in all commercial zoning districts. Hydrogen-fueling stations shall be permitted pursuant to Government Code Section 65850.7. 13. Public schools are subject to the regulations of this Title, subject to the provisions of California Government Code Section 53094 for classroom facilities. 14. Primary uses include sporting events, assembly venues, concerts, and entertainment events of similar character and intensity. Incidental support uses include offices, locker rooms, retail, public eating establishments, drinking establishments, outdoor vending facilities, and other commercial uses of similar character and intensity. 15. Use permit applications for stadiums that consist of more than 2,000 seats and that are in airport influence areas shall be referred to the Santa Clara Airport Land Use Commission prior to approval by the City. 16. Neighborhood agriculture in conformance with this Title is a permitted use that may operate on a site without a permanent building on that site. 17. Hotel supportive housing may be permitted only with a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Part 22 of Chapter 20.80 and only until December 31, 2026. 18. Certain modifications of existing wireless facilities may be permitted with an Administrative Permit in accordance with Section 20.80.1915 of Chapter 20.80 . 19. Conditional Use Permit required outside of Urban Villages; Special Use Permit in Urban Villages. 20. Permanent supportive housing is a permitted use as mixed use or residential-only development. For information regarding the Ministerial Approval process, refer to Chapter 20.195 for more information. 21. Research and Development is allowed through a Special Use Permit in TR and UR if the use on site does not involve activity that would create noxious sounds, smells, or vibrations. 22. For the purposes of Chapter 20.55 , Food and Beverage manufacturing is considered to be permitted under the Manufacturing and Assembly, light use, if it meets all of the following criteria: a. The use must include a retail space which is accessible from and adjacent to the street and open to the public during regular business hours. b. Odors produced on-site shall not have a material negative effect on other businesses or properties in the area. 23. Surface parking which does not serve a use contained on the same site or under the same Development Permit is not permitted. Standalone parking structures are allowed under the following conditions: a. Parking structures shall comply with the Citywide Design Standards and Guidelines. b. In addition, the parking facility must meet one of the following criteria: i. The parking facility shall be designed as a structured aboveground parking facility with ground floor commercial spaces, which are located along public rights-of-way or public open spaces, and which comply with Citywide Design Standards and Guidelines for ground floor commercial spaces. ii. The parking facility shall be designed as an underground parking facility with a POPOS at grade level, which is open to the public 24 hours a day, and which complies with the Citywide Design Standards and Guidelines. 24. In UVC and MUC, sale and leasing of vehicles is permitted in the form of an interior showroom only with no on-site storage of vehicles other than display models in the showroom. 25. May be used as Transitional Housing. 26. 100% deed-restricted affordable housing is a permitted use for residential housing type that meet minimum density requirement in the UR and TR zoning districts, and commercial space requirements shall not apply; subject to conformance with General Plan policies and state law mandates. Refer to Chapter 20.195 for information regarding the ministerial approval process. 27. The Neighborhood Business District Overlay includes North 13th Street/Luna Park, Japantown (Taylor Street only), and the Willow Glen Neighborhood Business District. 28. Ministerial streamlined review process for housing development projects. See Section 20.200.1225 and Chapter 20.195 for projects that qualify. (Ords. 30603, 30727, 30984, 31097, 31149 , 31168 , 31169 , 31298 , 31329 .)