Commercial support.
San José Municipal Code § 20.50.110
in effectA. With the exception of commercial support uses that are subject to Subsections B or C herein, commercial support is permitted in the IP Industrial Park and TEC Transit Employment Center districts only when all of the following criteria are met: 1. Such commercial uses serve the immediate area; and 2. Such commercial uses are located entirely within Buildings occupied by primary uses permitted in the IP or TEC districts; and 3. The sum of all such commercial uses in any single building on the site occupies no more than ten (10%) percent of the gross floor area of the building or no more than twenty thousand square feet, whichever is less; or, in the case of medical offices as the sole commercial support use in a building, the sum of such medical office use in any single building on the site occupies no more than twenty (20%) percent of the gross floor area of the building or no more than twenty thousand square feet, whichever is less; and 4. Such commercial uses are limited to the following: 1. Retail; including off-sale of alcohol, subject to a conditional use permit, except that retail sales incidental to a winery, brewery, or distillery which are regulated by Part 5.75 of Chapter 20.80 do not require a conditional use permit. 2. Recreation, commercial/indoor. 3. Health club, gymnasium. 4. Personal service establishment. 5. Public eating establishment. 6. Outdoor dining, incidental to a public eating establishment. 7. Financial institution. 8. Medical clinic. 9. Medical office. 10. Amusement game devices, up to nine per business establishment, as an (incident) to one or more of the above enumerated commercial uses. B. Commercial support uses in any single building occupying more than ten (10%) percent of the gross floor area of the building or more than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet is permitted within the boundaries of the North San José Area Development Policy only when all of the following criteria are met: 1. Such commercial uses are consistent with the North San José Area Development Policy; and 2. Such commercial uses are located in the IP Industrial Park District; and 3. Such commercial uses serve the immediate area; and 4. Such commercial uses are located entirely within Buildings occupied by primary uses permitted in the IP district; and 5. Such commercial uses meet all of the following criteria: a. Must be developed under an approved Administrative (A) Permit; b. Is developed in support of Research and Development uses or Office, Research and Development, and has a General Plan land use designation that support such uses; and c. Includes a parking arrangement that is established through reciprocal cross-access easements or other enforceable mechanism(s) to serve all uses on the Site; and 6. The sum of all such commercial uses on any single Site occupies no more than twenty (20%) percent of the gross floor area of the Building or no more than forty thousand (40,000) square feet, whichever is less; and 7. Such commercial uses are limited to the following: a. Retail, including off-sale of alcohol subject to a conditional use permit. b. Recreation, Commercial/Indoor. c. Personal Service Establishment. d. Public Eating Establishment. e. Outdoor dining, incidental to a public eating establishment, subject to a special use permit if within one hundred and fifty (150) feet of residentially-used or residentially-zoned lot. f. Amusement Game Devices, up to nine (9) per business establishment, as incidental to one or more of the above enumerated commercial uses, subject to approval of license by the chief of police. C. Commercial support in a single-use Building is permitted within the boundaries of the North San José Area Development Policy only when all of the following criteria are met: 1. Such commercial uses are consistent with the North San José Area Development Policy; and 2. Such commercial uses are located in the IP Industrial Park District; and 3. Such commercial uses serve the immediate area; and 4. Such commercial uses are situated within a Site that also meets all of the following criteria: a. Must be developed under an approved Development Permit that encumbers the primary Industrial Park Building(s) on the Site as well as the incidental single-use Building; b. Is developed in support of Research and Development uses or Office, Research and Development, and is in a Zoning District and has a General Plan land use designation that support such uses; and c. Includes a parking arrangement that is established through reciprocal cross-access easements or other enforceable mechanism(s) to serve all uses on the Site; and 5. The sum of all such commercial uses on any single Site occupies no more than twenty (20%) percent of the gross floor area of Buildings or no more than forty thousand (40,000) square feet, whichever is less; and 6. Such commercial uses are limited to the following: a. Retail, including off-sale of alcohol subject to a conditional use permit. b. Recreation, Commercial/Indoor. c. Personal Service Establishment. d. Public Eating Establishment. e. Outdoor dining, incidental to a public eating establishment, subject to a special use permit if within one hundred and fifty (150) feet of residentially-used or residentially-zoned lot. f. Amusement Game Devices, up to nine (9) per business establishment, as incidental to one or more of the above enumerated commercial uses, subject to approval of license by the chief of police. D. For the purposes of this Section, "single-use building" means a building limited in use to only those uses enumerated in Section 20.50.110 C.6. (Ords. 26248, 26704, 27607, 27701, 27797, 28460, 29312, 30290, 30372, 30786.)
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