TC zone-Permitted uses.
Sacramento City Code § 17.224.310
in effect17.224.310 TC zone-Permitted uses.
A. Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the TC zone, subject to the limitations specified:
Use | Limitations
1. Commercial and Institutional Uses |
Tobacco retailing | Permitted in a store that has greater than 15,000 square feet of gross floor area if the total area of shelving allocated to tobacco products and tobacco paraphernalia does not exceed 250 square feet.
2. Public / Quasi-Public Uses |
Community market | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.124
Freeways and highways, including interchanges and bridges |
Public streets |
Public utility yard |
Solar energy system, commercial (city property) | Allowed in this zone and exempt from the provisions of this title
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the TC zone require approval of a conditional use permit, subject to the limitations specified:
Use | Limitations | Approval Required by: Planning and Design Commission (PDC); Zoning Administrator (ZA); or City Council (CC)
1. Residential uses | |
Temporary residential shelter | | PDC
2. Commercial and Institutional Uses | |
Amusement center, outdoor | | PDC
Assembly-cultural, religious, social | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.128 | ZA
Childcare center | Permitted if accessory to assembly-cultural, religious, social; |
| Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.113 | ZA
College extension | | PDC
Correctional facility | | PDC
Drive-in theater | | PDC
Golf course; driving range | | PDC
Kennel | | ZA
Office | | PDC
Outdoor market | In granting a conditional use permit, the zoning administrator may consider the traffic, safety of vehicular and non-vehicular access, adequacy of bicycle parking, noise, hours of operation, and any applicable development standards related to the proposed outdoor market | ZA
Restaurant | | PDC
Retail store | | PDC
School, K-12 | | PDC
Stand-alone parking facility | The zoning administrator may waive the development standards stated in sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020 | ZA
Tobacco retailing | Permitted with a conditional use permit in a store that has 15,000 square feet or less of gross floor area or allocates more than 250 square feet of shelving to tobacco products and tobacco paraphernalia. |
Transit vehicle-service, repair, storage | | ZA
Veterinary clinic; veterinary hospital | Allowed with a conditional use permit if animals are boarded outside or entire business is not conducted within a building | ZA
3. Industrial and Agricultural Uses | |
Antenna; telecommunications facility | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.300 et seq. | PDC
Community garden (exceeding 21,780 gross square feet) | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.122 | ZA
Contractor storage yard | | ZA
Heliport; helistop | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.114 | PDC
High voltage transmission facility | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.500 et seq. | CC
Produce stand | | PDC
Solar energy system, commercial (non-city property) | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.123 | ZA
Solid waste landfill | | PDC
Solid waste transfer station | | PDC
Surface mining operation | Subject to provisions of chapter 17.720 | PDC
Well-gas, oil | | PDC
C. Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the TC zone when accessory to a permitted or conditional use, subject to the limitations specified:
Use | Limitations
Accessory drive-through facility | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.110
Common area |
Home occupation | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.200 et seq.
Recycling facility, convenience | Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.400 et seq.
Watchperson's quarters | The structure shall be limited to 1,000 square feet
D. Other uses. All uses not specifically listed in this chapter are allowed only upon the issuance of a conditional use permit by the zoning administrator.
E. Change of use to existing buildings in the TC zone. A conditional use permit is required for the construction of new buildings and land use changes in the TC zone. Land use changes for existing buildings in the TC zone are subject to site plan and design review only if the land use is permitted by right in the General Commercial (C-2) zone. (Ord. 2025-0007 § 21; Ord. 2024-0017 § 44; Ord. 2020-0021 § 42; Ord. 2019-0027 § 20; Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)
Source: City of Sacramento, Sacramento City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/sacramentoca/latest/sacramento_ca/0-0-0-35946Fetched: 10/24/2026