(1) Those uses permitted by right in the “C-1” Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District;

(2) Child care centers; provided, that:

(3) Medical, dental, and clinical offices including laboratories and associated pharmacy facilities;

(4) Conference center or community center;

(5) Small-animal hospitals or clinics, confined to a completely enclosed sound-attenuated building with no outdoor kennels or exercise runs;

(6) Mortuaries, excluding crematories;

(7) Professional, administrative, general office uses and governmental facilities and offices;

(8) Community service agency facilities and offices;

(9) Drive-through window facilities;

(10) Bank and financial institutions with drive-through windows and outdoor teller facilities;

(11) Restaurants (including drive-in and drive-through facilities), taverns, bars, nightclubs, and outdoor dining (when ancillary to restaurant use);

(12) Parking lot for passenger vehicles; taxicab stands;

(13) Dry-cleaning facility;

(14) Hotels and motels;

(15) Indoor entertainment and amusement facilities such as movie theaters, dance halls, bowling alleys, billiard parlors, skating rinks, video and game arcade;

(16) Health club, fitness or exercise facility and tennis and racket clubs;

(17) Household, sickroom or office equipment rental and services;

(18) Car wash facilities, auto part stores, auto service stations and convenience market with the sale or dispensing of gasoline;

(19) Outdoor display areas for the sale of new or used automobiles, trucks, boats, trailers, and recreational vehicles and for the rental of such vehicles provided all sales, repair and rental activities are conducted within a building;

(20) General auto repair, including auto painting and body repair, provided all repair operations are conducted within a building. May include an outside vehicle storage area to be used only for vehicles under repair which shall be screened from any street or surrounding property;

(21) Nurseries, flower and plant sales, provided all incidental equipment and supplies, including fertilizer and empty cans, are kept within a completely enclosed building or within an area enclosed on all sides by a solid fence or wall at least six feet in height and no goods, materials or objects are stacked higher than the fence or wall;

(22) Mobile food vendors; provided, that such uses may not be located within any portion of the public right-of-way (including sidewalks);

(23) Mobile vendors; provided, that such uses may not be located within any portion of the public right-of-way (including sidewalks); and

(24) Religious institutions.

(1) Those uses permitted by right in the “C-2” Community Commercial Zoning District with a gross floor area greater than 50,000 square feet.

(2) Large retail establishment with a gross floor area greater than 25,000 square feet; provided the site has direct frontage onto a roadway that is designated in the San Luis General Plan – Transportation Element as a major arterial roadway or greater.

(3) Hospital and outpatient clinics.

(4) Public or private substance abuse, detoxification and treatment centers, and recovery centers.

(5) Outdoor entertainment and amusement facilities such as drive-in theaters, game arcade, miniature golf, batting cages, go-kart tracks and similar uses.

(6) Retail sales conducted outdoors as a primary use, such as but not limited to swap meets, flea markets and auctions.

(7) Parking lot for farm worker buses, tour buses and semi-truck rigs; but not for the parking of semi-trailers.

(8) Wireless communication towers and antennas in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 18.95 SLCC.

(9) Medical marijuana dispensary, subject to the requirements found in SLCC 18.70.160, Medical marijuana uses.

(10) Mini-storage facility except that no outdoor open storage will be allowed. A night watchman quarters, as a security provision, may be an accessory use.

(11) Outdoor sales, displays, and vending machines only if all of the following conditions are present:

(1) Holiday or seasonal sales activities such as pumpkin sales lots and Christmas tree sales lots. Permanent structures shall not be permitted under a temporary use permit. Seasonal lots may need additional zoning clearance and/or a building permit. A temporary residential use of a travel trailer by the seasonal tenant may be permitted on site for security purposes for the seasonal sales activity provided it is located within the buildable area of the lot. Appropriate dust control abatement shall be provided.

(2) Temporary uses such as revivals, carnivals, circuses and auctions; provided, that the temporary uses do not displace required parking for the permitted “C-2” uses. Appropriate dust control abatement shall be provided.

(1) All new multi-building commercial developments (subdivisions) shall be subject to requirements set forth in the San Luis Subdivision Ordinance.

(2) Parking areas adjacent to the required front yard shall be screened by a decorative wall or landscape berm or combination thereof to a height not to exceed three feet in order to adequately screen the parked vehicles.

(3) Parking areas other than in front of the principal building are strongly encouraged.

(4) Trash and refuse collection containers shall be screened with a six-foot decorative wall. Trash and refuse containers shall be located such that they are not the visual focal point of a driveway or parking area, or cannot be viewed from a public street. Projects which provide on-site daily management and maintenance personnel (e.g., service stations and convenience markets), and which have refuse enclosures at highly visible locations, shall provide latching gates for screening the opening to the enclosure.

(5) Equipment such as, but not limited to, vending machines should be placed in an area designed for their use and situated in a manner so as not to block vehicular or pedestrian traffic, reduce any required parking, or block the sidewalk.

(6) Service and loading bays (car wash, automotive service, tire, etc.) should be oriented away from adjacent residential zoning districts and are encouraged to design these areas not to front onto the public street.

(7) Outside storage areas shall be screened from the public street view and adjacent residences, office, and other commercial uses to a height of at least six feet with a decorative wall, except for outdoor landscape/garden centers. Materials shall not be stacked, piled, or stored in such a manner as to project above the screen wall.

(8) Drive-through windows should not face the primary street.

(9) Link structures to the public sidewalk where possible with pavement, landscaping, street furniture and canopies.

(10) A perimeter decorative wall, a minimum of six feet in height, shall be required along and adjacent to the side or rear property line of a commercial development that abuts a residential district whether separated by an alley or not. Any access gates shall be constructed of opaque material to provide effective site screening.

(11) The exterior side of perimeter walls shall be decoratively treated to match the architectural style and design of the commercial building.

(12) Building site details related to utility boxes, transformers, generators, chiller farms, mailboxes, trash bins and air conditioning units shall be integrated into the overall design of the building and/or development and screened from view, yet remain accessible for servicing.

(13) Mechanical equipment and similar utility devices, whether ground level or roof mounted, shall be screened from public view and designed to appear as an integral part of the building. The mechanical equipment screening shall be included in the overall building height. Mechanical equipment shall be treated to be nonreflective. Electrical meters, service components, and SES cabinets shall be screened from public view and designed to appear as an integral part of the building.

(1) All exterior elevations (360° architecture) shall provide architectural detailing, not just the front elevation.

(2) Exterior building design, as well as architectural details related to color, patterning, finish, type and application of materials and building form, shall be coordinated for all elevations of a building to achieve harmony and continuity of design on all elevations.

(3) The building materials of a project shall be durable, require low maintenance, and be of a substantial quality. The City strongly encourages all new buildings to meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification standards.

(4) Roof access shall be from within the building.

(5) Subtler, less intense colors should be used on larger, more plain-looking buildings, while the use of a greater variety and intensity of color should be reserved for smaller structures. The use of accent colors is encouraged to provide a festive and lively streetscape. Color should be used to accent entryways and special architectural features of a building.

(6) Full roof architecture utilizing simple and varied roof forms is encouraged for all new commercial development, while long, continuous mansard roofs, false mansard roofs, large expanses of flat roofs and veneer (false-front) parapets are discouraged. Parapet walls should be designed and constructed in a manner to appear as a solid, three-dimensional form rather than a veneer.

(1) All large retail establishments and commercial centers with a building area over 50,000 square feet shall provide a pedestrian shopping design with sidewalks, seating, trees, lighting, pedestrian scale signage, and connectivity to and through the parking areas. At least one significant pedestrian amenity, such as an outdoor seating area or a courtyard, shall be provided.

(2) Parking areas shall be distributed around the large-scale retail buildings in order to shorten the distance to other buildings and public sidewalks and to reduce the overall scale of the paved surface. No more than 50% of the off-street parking area for the entire property should be located between the front façade of the principal building(s) and the primary abutting street.

(3) Pedestrian walkways within the commercial centers shall be differentiated from driving surfaces through a change of materials.

(4) All buildings on the same site shall be architecturally unified. This provision shall apply to new construction, additions and remodeling. Architectural unity means that buildings shall be related in architectural style, color scheme, and building materials but that does not mean identical.

(5) Flat, monolithic façades are not permitted. The building façade shall incorporate both horizontal and vertical elements.

(6) Display windows, awnings, entry areas, and arcades must total at least 60% of the large-scale retail building façade length abutting a public street.

(7) Storefronts with no windows and small doors are not permitted.

(8) A variety of roof types is permitted. Distinct and interesting rooflines instead of flat-roofed structures shall be encouraged. A substantial cornice should be used at the top of a parapet wall or roof edge, providing a distinctive cap to the building façade.

(9) Large scale retail uses that have outdoor storage areas shall incorporate the outdoor storage area into the architecture of the primary building. Screening materials and colors shall be consistent with the overall theme of the building.

(1) Open space shall be required for all new developments, based on the net area of the development, as delineated in Table No. 6. The required on-site parking areas/lot and the required parking lot landscaping shall not be calculated as open space. However, building setbacks, street frontage and on-site retention areas may be calculated as open space if those areas are landscaped.

(2) A commercial development, developed as a commercial subdivision, shall provide the minimum net acreage, as delineated in Table No. 6, on a subdivision basis through the subdivision process. (Ord. 312 § 2(7.2), passed 4-11-2012; Ord. 338 § 1(Exh. B), passed 5-27-2015. Code 2012 § 152.107.)