Chapter 5.0:
Zoning and Land Use
Division 5.01
Zoning Districts and Boundaries
Division 5.02Land Use
Division 5.03Standards for Certain Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
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Division 5.01—Zoning Districts and Boundaries
Sections:
5.01.000
: Purpose
5.01.005: Establishment of Base Zoning Districts
5.01.010: Zoning Map Adoption
5.01.015: Zoning District Boundaries
5.01.000: Purpose
The purpose of this Division is to establish zoning districts to implement the goals of the community
as stated in The Ontario Plan. The text and maps of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan
will provide additional guidance in the development and use of properties throughout the City.
5.01.005: Establishment of Base Zoning Districts
In order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this Development Code, the City is hereby
divided into the following zoning districts:
A. Residential Zoning Districts.
1. AR-2 (Residential-Agricultural-—0 to 2.0 DU/Acre) Zoning District. The AR-2 zoning
district is hereby established to accommodate single-family residences on large lots, at a density
range of 0 to 2.0 dwelling units per acre, and allow for limited agricultural activities and animal
keeping within a rural environment. The AR-2 zoning district is further intended to maintain a rural
agricultural heritage and protect the area from suburban infringement, while maintaining a
harmonious relationship between the rural and adjacent suburban land uses. The AR-2 zoning
district is consistent with and implements the Rural Residential land use designation of the Policy
Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
2. RE-2 Rural Estate0 to 2.0 DU/Acre) Zoning District. The RE-2 zoning district is hereby
established to accommodate single-family residences on larger lots, at a density range of 0 to 2.0
dwelling units per acre, in a semi-rural environment where limited animal keeping is permitted. The
RE-2 zoning district is consistent with and implements the Rural Residential land use designation of
the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
3. RE-4 Residential Estate2.1 to 4.0 DU/Acre) Zoning District. The RE-4 zoning district
is hereby established to accommodate single-family homes on estate-sized lots, in a suburban
environment, at a density range of 2.1 to 4.0 dwelling units per acre. The RE-4 zoning district is
consistent with and implements the Low Density Residential land use designation of the Policy Plan
component of The Ontario Plan.
4. LDR-5 (Low Density Residential2.1 to 5.0 DU/Acre) Zoning District. The LDR-5 zoning
district is hereby established to accommodate single-family homes on individual lots, in a suburban
environment, at a density range of 2.1 to 5.0 dwelling units per acre. The LDR-5 zoning district is
consistent with and implements the Low Density Residential land use designation of the Policy Plan
component of The Ontario Plan.
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5. MDR-11 (Low-Medium Density Residential5.1 to 11.0 DU/Acre) Zoning District. The
MDR-11 zoning district is hereby established to accommodate a variety of attached and
detached housing types, in a suburban environment, at a density range of 5.1 to 11.0 dwelling
units per acre. The MDR-11 zoning district is consistent with and implements the Low-Medium
Density Residential land use designation of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
6. MDR-18 (Medium Density Residential11.1 to 18.0 DU/Acre) Zoning District. The
MDR-18 zoning district is hereby established to accommodate a variety of attached and
detached housing types, in a suburban environment, at a density range of 11.1 to 18.0 dwelling
units per acre. The MDR-18 zoning district is consistent with and implements the Medium Density
Residential land use designation of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
7. MDR-25 (Medium-High Density Residential18.1 to 25.0 DU/Acre) Zoning District.
The MDR-25 zoning district is hereby established to accommodate higher density residential
developments, in a more urbanized environment, at a density range of 18.1 to 25.0 dwelling units
per acre. The MDR-25 zoning district is consistent with and implements the Medium Density
Residential land use designation of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
8. HDR-45 (High Density Residential25.1 to 45.0 DU/Acre) Zoning District. The HDR-45
zoning district is hereby established to accommodate high-density multiple-family developments
in an urban environment, generally located within 1/2-mile of a transit corridor or station, at a
density range of 25.1 to 45.0 dwelling units per acre. The HDR-45 zoning district is consistent with
and implements the High Density Residential land use designation of the Policy Plan component
of The Ontario Plan.
B. Commercial Zoning Districts.
1. CS (Corner Store) Zoning District. The CS zoning district is hereby established to
accommodate pedestrian-oriented neighborhood retail and service establishments developed
at a maximum intensity of 0.4 FAR, which would have few impacts to adjacent residential uses
due to the types of uses allowed and their limited hours of operation. CS zoning district locations
are within established or planned neighborhoods, generally along residential collector streets, and
are intended to provide their goods and services within walking distance to most of their
customers. This zoning district provides for a scale and character of development that tends to
attract and promote a walk-in clientele. Development within the CS zoning district should
maximize human scale design elements, while providing a sensitive transition between the
allowed uses and neighboring residences, including the provision of adequate and properly sited
parking (including allowances for on-street parking). Sites within this zoning district are typically
small in size (less than 0.5-acre), are usually stand-alone land uses, and are intended to fit into and
protect the residential pattern of development. The CS zoning district is consistent with and
implements the Neighborhood Commercial land use designation of the Policy Plan component
of The Ontario Plan.
2. CN (Neighborhood Commercial0.4 Maximum FAR) Zoning District. The CN zoning
district is hereby established to accommodate the development of convenience centers at a
maximum intensity of 0.55 FAR, and are intended to serve residents within a one to 2-mile radius,
with some customers within walking distance. Intended uses are smaller-scale, which support the
local market rather than a citywide or regional market (i.e., the difference between a Best Buy
and a Radio Shack). Given their proximity to residential uses, the hours and types of uses allowed
within the CN zoning district may be limited either by ordinance or by conditions of approval. Uses
may be standalone or within a center generally 10 to 15 acres in size. The CN zoning district is
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consistent with and implements the Neighborhood Commercial land use designation of the Policy
Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
3. CC (Community Commercial0.4 Maximum FAR) Zoning District. The CC zoning
district is hereby established to accommodate retail, office, and service uses developed at a
maximum intensity of 0.4 FAR, which serve residents within a 5-mile radius. If located within close
proximity to residential areas, the operation of the commercial land uses may be limited to protect
the nearby sensitive uses. Commercial uses within the CC zoning district may be standalone or
within centers generally 10 to 20 acres in size. The CC zoning district is consistent with and
implements the General Commercial land use designation of the Policy Plan component of The
Ontario Plan.
4. CR (Regional Commercial—0.4 Maximum FAR) Zoning District. The CR zoning district
is hereby established to accommodate commercial and entertainment centers which are larger
in size than would otherwise be accommodated in the CC zoning district, developed at a
maximum intensity of 0.4 FAR. The zoning district is intended for intense, regional-serving
commercial and entertainment uses, and is generally located adjacent to, or in close proximity
to, freeways and arterial roadways that accommodate regional traffic. Uses may be standalone
or within a center generally 15 or more acres in size. The CR zoning district is consistent with and
implements the General Commercial land use designation of the Policy Plan component of The
Ontario Plan.
5. CCS (Convention Center Support Commercial) Zoning District. The CCS zoning
district is intended to accommodate uses developed at a maximum intensity of 1.0 FAR, which
predominantly serve the Ontario Convention Center, regional uses, and the special needs of
leisure and business clientele who visit the City and surrounding region. The CCS zoning district is
consistent with and implements the Hospitality land use designation of the Policy Plan component
of The Ontario Plan.
6. OL (Low Intensity Office) Zoning District. The OL zoning district is hereby established
to accommodate low-intensity office and support commercial uses developed at a maximum
intensity of 0.75 FAR, which are typically located in close proximity to residential developments.
Development within this zoning district is residential in scale and typically no more than 2 stories in
height. Uses within this zoning district are generally limited in their hours of operation to limit their
impact upon nearby residents, and include administrative and business support services, local
branches of financial institutions, legal services, insurance services, real estate services, medical
and dental services, and similar support services. The OL zoning district is consistent with and
implements the Office/Commercial land use designation of the Policy Plan component of The
Ontario Plan.
7. OH (High Intensity Office) Zoning District. The OH zoning district is hereby established
to accommodate intense professional office and supporting uses developed at a maximum
intensity of 0.75 FAR, and is intended to be applied in areas planned for more concentrated urban
uses, or in key locations of potential mass transit, major intersections, or in close proximity to
identified activity centers. The OH zoning district is consistent with and implements the
Office/Commercial land use designation of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
C. Mixed-Use Zoning Districts.
1. MU-1 (Downtown Mixed-Use) Zoning District. The MU-1 zoning district is hereby
established to accommodate a fairly intensive mixture of vertical and horizontal retail and office
uses at a development intensity of up to 2.0 FAR, and residential uses at a density of 25 to 75
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DU/AC. Development projects are intended to maintain a pedestrian friendly atmosphere, while
at the same time enhancing the historic character of the area. The most intensive uses are
envisioned along Euclid Avenue and Holt Boulevard. The MU-1 zoning district is consistent with and
implements the Downtown Mixed Use Area land use designation of the Policy Plan component of
The Ontario Plan.
2. MU-2 (East Holt Mixed-Use) Zoning District. The MU-2 zoning district is hereby
established to accommodate the intensification of the Holt Boulevard Corridor with low-rise (up
to 5 stories) buildings housing a mixture of retail and office uses at a development intensity of up
to 2.0 FAR and 1.0 FAR, respectively, and residential uses at a density of 14 to 40 DU/AC. The intent
of this zoning district is to create identity and place along the Holt Boulevard Corridor and provide
a connection between the Downtown Mixed Use Area and the Ontario Airport Metro Center. The
MU-2 zoning district is consistent with and implements the East Holt Mixed Use Area land use
designation of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
3. MU-11 (Euclid/Francis Mixed-Use) Zoning District. The MU-11 zoning district is hereby
established to accommodate a mixture of low-rise (up to 3 stories) retail uses at an intensity of up
to 1.0 FAR, and residential uses at a density of 14 to 25 DU/AC, that will create identity and place
along the Euclid Avenue corridor. The MU-11 zoning district is consistent with and implements the
Euclid and Francis Mixed Use Area land use designation of the Policy Plan component of The
Ontario Plan.
D. Industrial Zoning Districts.
1. BP (Business Park) Zoning District. The BP zoning district is hereby established to
accommodate industrial-serving commercial and office uses, and very light industrial uses, which
may be developed at a maximum intensity of 0.6 FAR. Development within this zoning district is
typically multi-tenant in nature; however, single-tenant buildings are not precluded. The BP zoning
district is consistent with, and implements, the Business Park land use designation of the Policy Plan
component of The Ontario Plan.
2. IP (Industrial Park) Zoning District. The IP zoning district is hereby established to
accommodate a combination of commercial activity and light industrial uses, which may be
developed at a maximum intensity of 0.6 FAR, and which support services to nearby industrial uses,
technology centers, research and development, “clean” industry, and limited manufacturing
activities. The IP zoning district is consistent with, and implements, the Business Park land use
designation of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
3. IL (Light Industrial) Zoning District. The IL zoning district is hereby established to
accommodate lighter manufacturing and assembly activities, storage and warehousing
activities, and other similar uses developed at a maximum intensity of 0.55 FAR. This zoning district
is typically located within 500 feet of residentially zoned properties, public parks and schools, and
mixed-use properties having a residential component. And is intended to serve as a buffer
between residentially zoned areas and heavier industrial zoning districts. Allowed uses are
expected to have little or no impacts on nearby residential uses with regard to noise, odor, or
hazards. The IL zoning district is consistent with, and implements, the Business Park and Industrial
land use designations of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
4. IG (General Industrial) Zoning District. The IG zoning district is hereby established to
accommodate a wide range of manufacturing and assembly activities, storage and warehousing
activities, and other similar uses developed at a maximum intensity of 0.55 FAR, which desire to
locate in larger buildings and on larger sites. This zoning district is generally located away from
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residentially zoned properties, public parks and schools, and mixed-use properties having a
residential component. The IG zoning district is consistent with, and implements, the Industrial land
use designation of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
5. IH (Heavy Industrial) Zoning District. The IH zoning district is hereby established to
accommodate heavier manufacturing, assembly, storage, warehousing, and other similar
industrial activities, as well as adult uses, which may have negative impacts when located near
residential or other sensitive land uses, and which may be developed at a maximum intensity of
0.55 FAR. This zoning district is intended to be located away from residentially zoned properties,
public parks and schools, and mixed-use properties having a residential component. The IH zoning
district is consistent with, and implements, the Industrial land use designation of the Policy Plan
component of The Ontario Plan.
E. Specialized Use Zoning Districts.
1. CIV (Civic) Zoning District. The CIV zoning district is hereby established to
accommodate permanent public facilities such as City Hall, public libraries, public schools, police
and fire stations, and other similar facilities that require significant public investment and are
utilized by the public. The CIV zoning district is consistent with, and implements, all land use
designation of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
2. MHP (Mobile Home Park) Zoning District. The MHP zoning district is hereby
established to accommodate communities consisting of mobile homes and manufactured
housing at a density range of 5.1 to 8.0 dwelling units per acre. The MHP zoning district is consistent
with, and implements, the Low-Medium Density Residential land use designation of the Policy Plan
component of The Ontario Plan.
3. ONT (Ontario International Airport) Zoning District. The ONT zoning district is hereby
established to accommodate Ontario International Airport and surrounding properties directly
impacted by airport operations. This zoning district includes uses such as airport terminals
(including commercial and service uses related to the terminals), car rental agencies, and airport-
related industrial, and delivery uses developed at a maximum intensity of 0.55 FAR. The ONT zoning
district is consistent with, and implements, the Ontario International Airport land use designation
of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
4. OS-C (Open Space-Cemetery) Zoning District. The OS-C zoning district is hereby
established to accommodate cemetery sites. Cemeteries provide visual open space but not
recreational opportunities, and have unique characteristics and activities that warrant a separate
zoning designation to address their operational characteristics. The OS-C zoning district is
consistent with, and implements, the Open Space-Nonrecreation land use designation of the
Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
5. OS-R (Open Space-Recreation) Zoning District. The OS-R zoning district is hereby
established to accommodate open space uses such as public parks and recreation centers. The
OS-R zoning district is consistent with, and implements, the Open Space-Parkland and Open
Space-Water land use designation of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
6. PUD (Planned Unit Development) Zoning District. The PUD zoning district is hereby
established to accommodate projects that require master plan approval pursuant to The Ontario
Plan Policy Plan, which focuses on the character of the development, relationship of uses, public
and private access, parking, pedestrian facilities, building form, integration with the roadways and
pedestrian ways, public spaces, landscaping, amenities, and unique product types. The PUD
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zoning district is consistent with, and implements, all land use designation of the Policy Plan
component of The Ontario Plan.
7. RC (Rail Corridor) Zoning District. The RC zoning district is hereby established to
accommodate permanent rail or fixed transit corridors through the City, and includes stations and
ancillary facilities. The RC zoning district is consistent with, and implements, the Railroad land use
designation of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
8. SP (Specific Plan) Zoning District. The SP zoning district is hereby established to
accommodate the adoption of Specific Plans pursuant to this Development Code. The SP zoning
district is consistent with, and implements, all land use designation of the Policy Plan component
of The Ontario Plan.
9. UC (Utilities Corridor) Zoning District. The UC zoning district is hereby established to
accommodate flood control channels, retention and detention basins, electrical transmission
corridors and landfills, and may include ancillary recreational facilities, such as public trails in
conjunction with the primary use of the site. The UC zoning district is consistent with, and
implements, the Open Space-Nonrecreation land use designation of the Policy Plan component
of The Ontario Plan.
F. Overlay Districts.
1. AG (Agriculture) Overlay District. The AG Overlay District is hereby established to
accommodate the continuation of agricultural uses within the City, on an interim basis, until such
time that development is slated to occur consistent with the Policy Plan component of The Ontario
Plan and the underlying zoning district. Furthermore, it is the intent of this Overlay District to permit
continued agricultural use of properties or to establish general agricultural uses, including dairies,
which are appropriate for areas of concentrated agricultural uses. The AG Overlay District is
consistent with, and implements, all land use designation of the Policy Plan component of The
Ontario Plan.
2. EA (Euclid Avenue) Overlay District. The EA Overlay District is intended to: [i]
recognize, protect, and enhance the visual character and quality of Euclid Avenue as a major
scenic and historic resource of the City; [ii] recognize and protect Euclid Avenue’s position on the
National Register of Historic Places; and [iii] recognize Euclid Avenue as a major contributor to
Ontario’s historic downtown area.
3. ES (Emergency Shelter) Overlay District. The ES Overlay District is hereby established
to accommodate Emergency Shelters, Supportive Housing, Transitional Housing, and Transitional
Living Centers pursuant to the Housing Element of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan,
and GC Section 65583. The ES overlay district is consistent with, and implements, all land use
designations of the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan.
4. MTC (Multimodal Transit Center) Overlay District. The MTC Overlay District is hereby
established to allow for the interim use of existing industrial buildings located in the Multimodal
Mixed-Use land use designation, as shown on the Land Use Plan (Exhibit LU-01) of The Ontario Plan,
with general industrial land uses allowed in the IG zoning district pursuant to Table 5.02-1 (Land Use
Matrix) of this Division, while at the same time preserving the City’s vision for the development of
a multi-modal transit center and supporting mixed-use development. The MTC Overlay District is
consistent with, and implements, the Multimodal Mixed-Use land use designation of the Policy Plan
component of The Ontario Plan.
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5. ICC (Interim Community Commercial) Overlay District. The ICC Overlay District is
hereby established to allow for the interim use of existing commercial buildings located in the High
Density (25.1 to 45 DU/Acre) land use designation, as shown on the Land Use Plan (Exhibit LU-01)
of The Ontario Plan, with community commercial land uses allowed in the CC zoning district
pursuant to Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) of this Division, while at the same time preserving the
City’s vision for the development of high density residential projects in the High Density (25.1 to 45
DU/Acre) land use designation. The ICC Overlay District is consistent with, and implements, the
High Density (25.1 to 45 DU/Acre) land use designation of the Policy Plan component of The
Ontario Plan.
5.01.010: Zoning Map Adoption
The City Council hereby adopts the official zoning map of the City, entitled “City of Ontario Zoning
Map” (hereafter referred to as “Zoning Map”). The Zoning Map is hereby incorporated into this
Development Code by reference and shall be maintained on file in the office of the Planning
Department. The boundaries of the zones as set forth on the Zoning Map are confirmed, adopted,
established and may be changed in accordance with this Development Code.
5.01.015: Zoning District Boundaries
When uncertainty exists as to the boundary of a district shown on the Zoning Map, the following
regulations shall control:
A. Where a boundary line is indicated as following a street or alley, the boundary line shall be
construed as following the centerline of the right-of-way;
B. Where a boundary line follows or coincides approximately with a lot line or property
ownership line, the boundary line shall be construed as following the lot line or boundary line;
C. Where the boundary line is not indicated as following a street or alley and does not follow
or coincide approximately with a lot line or property ownership line, unless specifically indicated
by dimensions on the Zoning Map, the boundary line shall be determined based on the scale of
the Zoning Map;
D. Where uncertainty exists, the Zoning Administrator shall determine in writing, the location
of the boundary in question, giving due consideration to the location indicated on the Zoning
Map, the objectives of the Development Code, and the specific purposes for each district; and
E. Where a street or alley is officially vacated or abandoned, the area within the area of
vacated street or alley on each side of the centerline shall be classified in the same zoning district
as the adjoining property.
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Division 5.02—General Land Use Provisions
Sections:
5.02.000
: Purpose
5.02.005: Applicability
5.02.010: Allowed Land Uses, Activities and Facilities
5.02.000: Purpose
The purpose of this Division is to identify those land uses, activities and facilities that may be
established in conjunction with any buildings, improvements, lots, or premises that are privately
owned, leased, operated, or controlled within the zoning districts established by Section 5.01.005
(Establishment of Base Zoning Districts) of this Development Code, and is to serve as a guide for
the establishment of publicly owned land uses, activities and facilities (see Subsection 1.01.015.F
(City Properties) of this Development Code.
5.02.005: Applicability
A. Land Use Matrix.
1. Land and facilities thereon shall only be developed, divided and/or used for those
activities and facilities listed in Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) of this Division. Table 5.02-1 (Land Use
Matrix) establishes uses that are permitted, conditionally permitted, administratively permitted, or
expressly prohibited, within the zoning districts established by Section 5.01.005 (Establishment of
Base Zoning Districts) and identified on the Zoning Map established by Section 5.01.015 (Zoning
Map Adoption) of this Chapter. A use that is not specifically allowed by Table 5.02-1 (Land Use
Matrix) shall be deemed a prohibited use unless otherwise allowed by the Zoning Administrator
pursuant to Subsection C (Land Uses, Activities and Facilities Not Addressed by the Land Use
Matrix) of this Section. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Development Code, a medical
marijuana dispensary, as defined in Division 9.01 (Definitions) of this Development Code shall be a
prohibited use in all zoning districts of the City (see Section 5.03.295 (Medical Marijuana
Dispensary) of this Chapter).
2. Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) further establishes a hierarchy of land uses, activities,
and facilities, based upon the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) the
standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose
of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy
and identifies the NAICS code for each industry sector (2-number code), subsector (3-number
code), group (4-number code), subgroup (5-number code), and use (6-number code), as they
are applicable to the City, allowing the user to effectively reference the
NAICS Association web
site to obtain definitions for each industry, along with background information and access to
various NAICS reference files and tools.
B. Land Use Regulations, Operating Conditions and Development Standards. The “Additional
Regulations” column of Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) references the location of regulations,
operating conditions, and/or development standards that are applicable to the corresponding
land uses, activities and facilities.
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C. Land Uses, Activities and Facilities Not Addressed by the Land Use Matrix. Land uses,
activities, or facilities not addressed by Table 5.02.1 (Land Use Matrix) may be considered by the
Zoning Administrator upon the request for a land use determination pursuant to Section 1.02.010
(Interpretations and Land Use Determinations) of this Development Code.
D. Specialized Use and Overlay Zoning Districts. Land uses, activities, and facilities within
Specialized Use and Overlay Zoning Districts, that are not addressed in Table 5.02-1 (Land Use
Matrix), shall be applied as follows:
1. PUD (Planned Unit Development) Zoning District. The PUD zoning district is
established to accommodate the development and use of properties that require Planned Unit
Development approval pursuant to Exhibit LU-05 (Additional Plans Map) of the Policy Plan
component of The Ontario Plan. Land uses, activities, and facilities within the PUD zoning district
shall only be allowed pursuant to the applicable Planned Unit Development document.
2. SP (Specific Plan) Zoning District. The SP zoning district is established to
accommodate the adoption of Specific Plans pursuant to Exhibit LU-05 (Additional Plans Map) of
the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan. All land uses, activities, and facilities within the SP
zoning district shall only be allowed pursuant to the applicable Specific Plan document.
3. EA (Euclid Avenue) Overlay District. The EA Overlay District is established to protect
Euclid Avenue as a major scenic and historic resource of the City. All land uses, activities, and
facilities within the EA Overlay district shall be allowed pursuant to the requirements of the
applicable underlying base zoning district.
4. ES (Emergency Shelter) Overlay District. The ES Overlay District is established to
accommodate Emergency Shelters, Supportive Housing, Transitional Housing, and Transitional
Living Centers within areas of the City predetermined by the Housing Element (contained within
the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan), pursuant to GC Section 65583. Within the ES
Overlay District, Emergency Shelters, Supportive Housing, Transitional Housing, and Transitional
Living Centers are permitted by right of being within the correct zoning district, and are subject to
the land use standards contained within Section 5.03.400 (Temporary Shelters) of this Chapter and
the development standards and guidelines contained within (Division 6.01 (District Standards and
Guidelines) of this Development Code, as applicable to the underlying base zoning district.
5. MTC (Multimodal Transit Center) Overlay District. The MTC Overlay District is
established to allow for the interim use of existing buildings located within the overly district
boundary (established pursuant to Paragraph 5.01.010.F.4 (MTC (Multimodal Transit Center)
Overlay District) of this Development Code), while at the same time preserving the City’s vision for
development of a multi-modal transit center and supporting mixed-use development. To this end,
the below-listed land uses shall be permitted within existing buildings located within the MTC
Overlay District:
a. General warehousing, storage, and distribution trades;
b. Wholesale trades;
c. Retail trades, limited to 15 percent of the building GFA or 8,000 SF,
whichever is less;
d. Office administrative and business support services; and
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e. Other uses approved by the Zoning Administrator that are similar in nature
to those uses listed in Subparagraphs B.5.a through d, above, provided all activities are wholly
contained within the building and do not have the potential to negatively impact properties in
the vicinity, or are inconsistent with the Vision and Policy Plan components of The Ontario Plan.
E. Mobile Business Activities not addressed by Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix). Any mobile
business activity that is not otherwise allowed pursuant to Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) of this
Division, or has been allowed by the Zoning Administrator following a request for a use
determination pursuant to Section 1.02.010 (Interpretations and Land Use Determinations) of this
Development Code, shall be expressly prohibited.
5.02.010: Allowed Land Uses, Activities and Facilities
A. Land Use Matrix (Table 5.02-1) Symbols. Land and facilities thereon shall only be
developed, divided and/or used for those activities listed in Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) of this
Division. The symbols shown in the Land Use Matrix shall have the following meanings:
1. P” (permitted) shall mean the land use, activity, or facility within the specified
zoning district is permitted by right of being in the proper zoning district, and is subject to the each
Development Code provision applicable to the specified zoning district and the standards for
specific uses, activities, and facilities contained in Division 5.03 (Standards For Specific Uses,
Activities and Facilities) of this Development Code.
2. C” (conditionally permitted) shall mean the land use, activity, or facility within the
specified zoning district is subject to the granting of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Section
4.02.025 (Conditional Use Permits) of this Development Code, and is subject to each Development
Code provision applicable to the specified zoning district and the standards for specific uses,
activities, and facilities contained in Division 5.03 (Standards For Specific Uses, Activities and
Facilities).
3. A” (administratively permitted) shall mean the land use, activity, or facility within
the specified zoning district is subject to the granting of an Administrative Use Permit pursuant to
Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permits) of this Development Code, and is subject to
Development Code provisions applicable to the specified zoning district and the standards for
specific uses, activities and facilities contained in Division 5.03 (Standards For Specific Uses,
Activities and Facilities).
4. --- (prohibited) shall mean the land use, activity, or facility within the specified
zoning district is expressly prohibited, and shall not be allowed within the specified zoning district
unless changed by Development Code Amendment.
B. Consistency with the Policy Plan (General Plan) Component of The Ontario Plan. No land
use, activity or facility shall be permitted that is inconsistent with the objectives, polices, general
land uses and programs specified in Policy Plan (General Plan) component of The Ontario Plan. A
land use is consistent with The Ontario Plan if considering all of its aspects, it is found to further the
objectives and policies of The Ontario Plan.
C. Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) Organization. The land uses addressed in Table 5.02-1 (Land
Use Matrix) are organized as follows:
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NAICS Codes Land Uses, Activities and Facilities
n/a Residential
11 Commercial Agriculture
21 Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
22 Utilities
23 Construction
31-33 Manufacturing
42 Wholesale Trade
44-45 Retail Trade
48-49 Transportation and Warehousing
51 Information
52 Finance and Insurance
53 Real Estate, Rental and Leasing
54 Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
55 Management of Companies and Enterprises
56 Administrative and Support, and Waste Management and Remediation Services
61 Education Services
62 Health Care and Social Assistance
71 Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
72 Accommodation and Food Services
81 Other Services (except Public Administration)
92 Public Administration
Temporary and Interim Land Uses, Buildings and Structures
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2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
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MU-2
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00 RESIDENTIAL
Accessory Residential Structures
Accessory Dwelling Units P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Subsection A (Accessory Dwelling Units) of
Section 5.03.010
Accessory Residential Structures (includes guesthouses,
garages, carports, garden and tool sheds, and other ancillary
buildings and structures determined appropriate by the Planning
Director)
P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- P --- P --- --- --- --- ---
See Subsection B (Accessory Residential
Structures) of Section 5.03.010
Animal Keeping (as an accessory use)
Birds
Fewer than 25 birds P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.410 (Urban Agriculture)
25 to 100 birds C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
More than 100 birds --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Cattle & Buffalo P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Exotic Pets C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Horses P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Household Pets (limited to any combination of dogs, cats,
potbellied pigs, rabbits, chinchillas, and other small, domesticated
animals that are maintained for non-breeding purposes only)
4 or fewer pets P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- P --- P --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.410 (Urban Agriculture)
5 to 8 pets --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
More than 8 pets --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Llamas, Alpacas, Burros, Donkeys, and Mules P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Ostriches, Emus, and Rheas P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Poultry and Fowl P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Rabbits and Chinchillas P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Swine P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Sheep, Goats, and Similar Livestock P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Caretaker Quarters (excludes Caretaker Quarters established in
conjunction with Self-Storage Facilities (NAICS 493190))
--- --- --- --- --- C C C C --- C --- --- --- C --- C C C P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Community Gardens, Urban Farms, and Related Uses A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A --- A A --- A See Section 5.03.410 (Urban Agriculture)
Employee (Farmworker) Housing
6 or fewer employees P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.405 (Transitional Shelter
Housing)
7 to 12 employees --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
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Home Occupations A A A A --- --- --- --- --- --- --- A A A --- --- --- --- --- A --- A --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.240 (Home Occupations)
Mixed-Use Developments (commercial developments
incorporating single-family and/or multiple-family dwellings)
--- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.285 (Mixed-Use
Developments)
Mobilehome Parks --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.295 (Mobilehome Parks)
Multiple-Family Dwellings --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Second Dwellings P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.355 (Second Dwellings)
Senior Citizen Housing Developments --- --- P P --- --- C --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.360 (Senior Citizen Housing
Developments)
Single-Family Dwellings P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.365 (Single-Family Dwellings)
Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Facilities --- --- --- C --- --- C --- C --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.370 (Single Room Occupancy
(SRO) Facilities)
Supportive Housing P P P --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- P C --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.405 (Transitional Shelter
Housing)
Work/Live Units --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.425 (Work/Live Units)
11 COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
111
Commercial Crop Production and Farming (except community
gardens, urban farms, and marijuana cultivation)
C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- P P P P P
See Section 5.03.410 (Urban Agriculture)
Community Gardens A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A --- --- A A A --- A A A A
Urban Farms A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A --- --- A A A A
Marijuana Cultivation --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See OMC Title 6, Chapter 18 for Marijuana
Cultivation for Personal Use
112 Commercial Animal Production
1121 Cattle Ranching and Farming --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.410 (Urban Agriculture)
1122 Hog and Pig Farming --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1123 Poultry and Egg Production --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1124 Sheep and Goat Farming --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1125 Aquaculture --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1129 Other Animal Production
11291 Apiculture (bee keeping and production) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- P
11292 Horses and Other Equine Production --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
11293
Fur-Bearing Animal Production (limited to rabbits, chinchillas,
and other similar small, fur-bearing animals)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
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11299
All Other Animal Production, limited to the following (NAICS
112990):
112990
Kennels and Catteries (includes animals owned by the owner
or occupant of the property, and those kept and/or boarded for
remuneration)
Fewer than 8 animals P --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.410 (Urban Agriculture) and
OMC Section 6-1.224 through Section 6-1.228
regarding commercial kennel licensing.
8 or more animals --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
112990 Alpaca and Llama Farming --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.410 (Urban Agriculture) 112990 Aviaries --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
112990 Ostrich, Emu, and Rhea Farming --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
115 Support Activities for Agriculture
115110
Support Activities for Crop Production (limited to cotton
ginning; soil preparation, planting and cultivating; crop harvesting;
postharvest crop activities; farm labor contractors and crew
leaders; and farm management services)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
115210 Support Activities for Animal Production --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
21 MINING, QUARRYING, AND OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION
211 Oil and Gas Extraction --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
212 Mining (except oil and gas) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
22 UTILITIES
221 Utilities
2211 Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
22111 Electric Power Generation
221111 Hydroelectric Power Generation --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- C --- --- --- ---
221113 Nuclear Electric Power Generation --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
221114,
221115
Solar and Wind Electric Power Generation --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- C
See Section 5.03.160 (Electric Power
Generation, Solar and Wind)
221116,
221117,
221118
Geothermal, Biomass, and All Other Electric Power
Generation (excepting solar and wind electric power generation)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
22112
Electric Power Transmission, Control and Distribution (transformer
stations and substations)
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C --- C C P C C C C
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
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CIV
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23 CONSTRUCTION
236,
237,
238
Contractors (limited to businesses whose primary activity is
performing specific activities involved in building construction,
engineering and capital improvement projects, or the preparation
of sites for construction)
Completely within a Building --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
With Outdoor Storage (screened from public view) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 6.02.025.A.2 (Screening of
Outdoor Loading and Storage Areas, and
Loading Doors)
31-33 MANUFACTURING
311 Food Manufacturing
3111 Animal Food Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3113 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3115 Dairy Product Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3117 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3118 Bread and Tortilla Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.085 (Bread and Tortilla
Manufacturing)
3119
Other Food Manufacturing (including snack foods, roasted nuts
and peanut butter, coffee and tea, flavoring syrup and
concentrate, seasoning and dressing, spice and extract, and all
other miscellaneous food manufacturing)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.190 (Food Manufacturing,
Other)
312 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
3121 Beverage Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.025 (Alcoholic Beverage
Sales) for regulations regarding alcoholic
beverage sales for on-premise consumption
(such as tasting rooms) and/or off-premise
consumption.
3122 Tobacco Products Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
313 Textile Mills (transforms basic fiber into fabric) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
314
Textile Product Mills (transforms fabric into product, except
apparel)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
315 Apparel Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.035 (Apparel Manufacturing)
316 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
3161 Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
3162 Footwear Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.195 (Footwear
Manufacturing)
3169
Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing (limited to
manufacturing of luggage, handbags, purses, personal leather
goods and other leather products)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.255 (Leather and Allied
Product Manufacturing, Other)
321 Wood Product Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
322 Paper Manufacturing
3221 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3222 Converted Paper Product Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
323 Printing and Related Support Activities --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
325 Chemical Manufacturing
3251 Basic Chemical Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3252
Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial Synthetic Fibers and
Filaments Manufacturing
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3253
Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical
Manufacturing
32531
Fertilizer Manufacturing (limited to mixing of purchased
materials; excludes on-site composting facilitiessee NAICS 562219)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3254
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (excludes
biological product manufacturingsee NAICS 325414, below)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C C P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.325 (Pharmaceutical and
Medicine Manufacturing)
325414 Biological Product (except diagnostic) manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3255 Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3256 Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.375 (Soap, Cleaning
Compound, and Toilet Preparation
Manufacturing)
3259 Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
326 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
3261 Plastics Product Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.335 (Plastics Product
Manufacturing)
3262 Rubber Product Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
327
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (except glass and glass
product manufacturing)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
32721 Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
331 Primary Metal Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
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332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
3321 Forging and Stamping --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
3322 Cutlery and Hand Tool Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.135 (Cutlery and Hand Tool
Manufacturing)
3323 Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
3324 Boiler, Tank and Shipping Container Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
3325 Hardware Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.235 (Hardware
Manufacturing)
3326 Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.385 (Spring and Wire Product
Manufacturing)
3327
Machine Shops, Turned Product, and Screw, Nut and Bolt
Manufacturing
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.260 (Machine Shops, Turned
Product, and Screw, Nut and Bolt
Manufacturing)
3328
Coating (e.g., anodizing, electroplating, etc.), Engraving, Heat
Treating, and Allied Activities (except painting, powder coating,
and polishing metal and metal products for the trade)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
332812
Painting, Powder Coating and Polishing Metal and Metal
Products for the Trade
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
3329 Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
33291 Metal Valve Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
33299 All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
332991 Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
332992 Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
332993 Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
332994
Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories
Manufacturing, limited to the following:
Small Arms Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
332996 Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
332999
All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product
Manufacturing
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.185 (Fabricated Metal
Product Manufacturing, All Other
Miscellaneous)
333 Machinery Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
334 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.115 (Computer and Electronic
Product Manufacturing)
335 Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.165 (Electrical Equipment,
Appliance, and Component Manufacturing)
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
337 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.215 (Furniture and Related
Product Manufacturing)
339 Miscellaneous Manufacturing
3391,
3399
Medical Equipment and Supplies; Jewelry and Silverware;
Sporting and Athletic Goods; Dolls, Toys and Games; Office
Supplies; Signs; and All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
(excepting Boutique Manufacturing Facilities)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.265 (Manufacturing,
Miscellaneous)
Boutique Manufacturing Facilities --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- C --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
42 WHOLESALE TRADE
423 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
4231 Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
4232 Furniture and Home Furnishings --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
4233 Lumber and Other Construction Materials --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
4234 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
4235 Metals and Minerals (except Petroleum) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
4236 Household Appliances, and Electrical and Electronic Goods --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
4237 Hardware and Plumbing, and Heating Equipment and Supplies --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
4238 Machinery Equipment and Supplies --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
4239 Miscellaneous Durable Goods --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
423910 Sporting and Recreational Goods and Supplies --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
423920 Toy and Hobby Goods and Supplies --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
423930
Recyclable Materials (includes wholesale activity only; refer to
NAICS 562920 (Material Recovery Facilities) for recovery/processing
(recycling) activities)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
423940 Jewelry, Watches, Precious Stones, and Precious Metals --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
423990
Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods, excepting ordnance
and accessories
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
424
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
(excluding industrial
gases, petroleum bulk stations and terminals, and
fireworks and
explosives merchant wholesalers)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
424690 Fireworks and Explosives --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
424690
Industrial Gases and Liquefied Gases (except petroleum
gases)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
424710 Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
424720
Petroleum and Petroleum Products (except bulk stations and
terminals)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
425 Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents, and Brokers
425110
Business to Business Electronic Markets (via internet or other
electronic means)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.090 (Business to Business
Electronic Markets)
425120 Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers, limited to the following:
Automobile auctions (wholesale auctions only) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Durable and Nondurable Goods Agents and Brokers
(office only)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.155 (Durable and Nondurable
Goods Agents and Brokers)
44-45 RETAIL TRADE
441 Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers
4411
Automobile Dealers, limited to new and used automobiles, and
light trucks and vans (includes vehicle sales, and ancillary motor
vehicle repair and maintenance activities)
441110 New Vehicles --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.040 (Automobile Dealers -
New Vehicle Sales and Leasing, and
Automobile Rental) and Section 5.03.305
(Motor Vehicle Dealers)
441120 Used Vehicles --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.305 (Motor Vehicle Dealers)
4412 Other Motor Vehicle Dealers
441221
Recreational Vehicles, Motorcycles, Personal Watercraft, All
Terrain Vehicles, and Other Similar Vehicles
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.305 (Motor Vehicle Dealers)
441222 Boats --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.305 (Motor Vehicle Dealers)
441229
All Other Motor Vehicles (such as truck-tractors, utility trailers,
buses, and other similar vehicles)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.305 (Motor Vehicle Dealers)
4413 Automotive Parts, Accessories and Tire Stores
441310 Automotive Parts and Accessories (excludes automotive repair) --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- P --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
441320 Tire Stores --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
442 Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.210 (Furniture and Home
Furnishings Stores)
443 Electronics and Appliance Stores --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.175 (Electronics and
Appliance Stores)
444 Building Materials, Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- C P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
445 Food and Beverage Stores
Alcoholic Beverage Sales for Off-Premise Consumption (except
beer, wine and liquor stores (see NAICS 4453); and business to
consumer internet retail wine sales (Type 85 ABC license) (NAICS
454111))
--- --- --- --- C C C C C --- C C C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.025 (Alcoholic Beverage
Sales)
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
4451 Grocery Stores
44511
Supermarkets and Other Grocery Stores (primarily retailing a
range of grocery items and meats), Commissaries and Food Stores
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
44512 Convenience Stores --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.125 (Convenience Markets
and Specialty Food Stores)
4452 Specialty Food Stores
44521,
44522,
44523,
44529
Confectionary and Baked Goods, Dairy Products, Ice Cream,
Meat, Seafood, Produce (except farmers markets and certified
farmers’ markets), Soft Drink, Tea and Coffee, Water Stores, and All
Other Specialty Foods
--- --- --- --- P P P P P --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
445230 Farmers Markets and Certified Farmers Markets --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- C --- ---
4453 Beer, Wine and Liquor Stores --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
446 Health and Personal Care Stores
446110 Pharmacies and Drug Stores --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.330 (Pharmacies and Drug
Stores)
See Section 5.03.150 (Drive-Thru Facilities) for
the inclusion of drive-thru facilities.
Marijuana Dispensary --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.280 (Marijuana Dispensary)
44612 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Stores --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
44613 Optical Goods Stores --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
44619
Other Health and Personal Care Stores (limited to hearing aids,
medical equipment and supplies, and prosthetics)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
447 Gasoline and Fueling Stations
447110 Gasoline Fueling with Convenience Stores --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
447190 Self-Serve and Full Service Fueling Stations --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- P P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.225 (Gasoline and Fueling
Stations)
447190 Automated Fueling Facilities ("card lock" facilities) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.225 (Gasoline and Fueling
Stations)
447190 Truck Stops --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
448 Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
451
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores (includes sporting
goods stores; hobby, toy and game stores; sewing, needlework and
piece goods (fabric and upholstery materials) stores; musical
instrument and supplies stores; book stores; and news dealers and
newsstands)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
452 General Merchandise Stores
4521 Department Stores --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
4529 Other General Merchandise Stores
452910 Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
452990
All Other General Merchandise Stores (limited to dollar stores,
variety stores and catalog showrooms)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
453 Miscellaneous Store Retailers
4531 Florists --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
4532 Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Stores --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
4533
Used Merchandise Stores (except motor vehicles), limited to the
following (NAICS 453310):
453310 Antique, Vintage and Collectibles Shops --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
453310 Consignment Shops --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
453310 Flea Markets and Swap Meets (indoor only) --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
453310
Precious Metals, Gemstones, Jewelry, and Similar
Merchandise (includes the purchase of used items, such as "cash
for gold" stores)
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
453310 Personal Property Donation Bins --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.320 (Personal Property
Donation Bins)
453310 Thrift and Secondhand Stores, and Used Goods Stores --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.400 (Thrift and Secondhand
Stores, and Used Goods Stores)
4539 Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers
453910 Pet and Pet Supplies Stores --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
453920 Art Dealers --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
453930
Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers, limited to the
following:
Without Display of Homes --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
With Indoor Display of Homes (no outdoor display of
homes permitted)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
453991
Smoking/Vaping Retailers (includes cigar stores, cigarette
stands, electronic cigarette stores, hookah supplies stores, smoking
/ vaping supplies stores, tobacco stores, and other similar facilities
— In-store smoking and/or vaping shall be prohibited)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.245 (Hookah Establishments,
Smoking / Vaping Lounges, and Smoking /
Vaping Retailers)
453998
All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers, limited to the
following:
Art Supplies, Candles, Closet Organizers, Collectibles,
Flowers, Home Security Equipment, Hot Tubs, Janitorial Supplies,
Police Supplies, Religious Goods, Swimming Pool Supplies and
Trophy Shops
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Auction Houses --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- C --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Ontario Development Code Page 5.02-15 (Rev. 20180501)
Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
Industrial Retail Sales (limited to the ancillary retail sales of
goods and/or product either manufactured, warehoused or
wholesaled on-site)
[1] Up to 15% of Building GFA Area or 8,000 sq-ft,
whichever is less
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
[2] Over 8,000 sq-ft or 15% of Building GFA --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C C C --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
454 Nonstore Retailers
4541
Electronic (internet) Shopping and Auctions, and Mail-Order
Houses (includes direct business to consumer internet retail sales,
auction houses, and/or mail order retail sales)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- P P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.170 (Electronic Shopping and
Mail-Order Houses)
4542 Vending Machine Operators --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
4543 Direct Selling Establishments
454312 Fuel Dealers (liquefied petroleum gas) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
454390 Other Direct Selling Establishments --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
48-49 TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING
481 Air Transportation, limited to the following:
Airport --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.020 (Air Transportation)
Helipad/Heliport --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P C --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- P --- P --- --- --- ---
482 Rail Transportation, limited to the following:
Railroad Passenger Terminals (limited to line haul) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- C C C --- P --- P --- --- P ---
Railroad Equipment Maintenance Yards --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- C --- --- C ---
484
Truck Transportation (includes general and specialized freight
trucking)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
485 Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
4851
Urban Transit Systems (includes public mixed-mode, commuter
rail and bus transit passenger terminals and stations)
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C P C C C C
4853 Taxi and Limousine Services --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
4855 Charter Bus Services --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
488 Support Activities for Transportation
4881 Support Activities for Air Transportation --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
4882
Support Activities for Rail Transportation (includes servicing and
maintenance facilities)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C ---
4884 Support Activities for Road Transportation
488410
Towing Services (see Motor Vehicle Storage (NAICS 493190)
for vehicle storage requirements)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
488490 Bus Passenger Terminals (independent) --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
4885
Freight Transportation Arrangement (limited to shipping agents
and brokers)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.200 (Freight Transportation
Arrangement)
491
Postal Service (limited to US Postal Service and contract services.
See “Private Mail Centers and Postal Services and Supplies” (NAICS
561431) for commercial mail services)
--- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P --- P --- P --- --- --- ---
492 Couriers and Messengers --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
493 Warehousing and Storage
493110 General Warehousing and Storage, limited to the following:
Within a Wholly Enclosed Building --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
Outside Materials and Equipment Storage
[1] In conjunction with an allowed use --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
[2] As a primary use of property --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C p --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
493120 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
493190 Other Warehousing and Storage, limited to the following:
Bulk Petroleum Storage (tank farm) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Lumber Storage --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Motor Vehicle Storage
[1] Indoor Vehicle Storage --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.310 (Motor Vehicle Storage
Facilities)
[2] Outdoor Vehicle Storage --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C C --- --- --- P --- --- --- C
Self-Storage Facilities (includes one Caretaker Quarters) --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
51 INFORMATION
511
Publishing Industries (except Internetsee Other Information
Services)
5111 Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
5112 Software Publishers --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
512 Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries
5121
Motion Picture and Video Industries (except Motion Picture and
Video Exhibition -- movie theaters)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
51213 Motion Picture and Video Exhibition (movie theaters) --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P P --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
5122 Sound (Audio) Recording Facilities --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.380 (Sound (Audio) Recording
Facilities)
515 Broadcasting (except Internetsee Other Information Services)
515112 Radio Stations --- --- --- --- --- C P P --- --- P P --- C P P P P --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
515120 Television Broadcast Studios --- --- --- --- --- C P P --- --- P P --- C P P P P --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
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Ontario Development Code Page 5.02-17 (Rev. 20180501)
Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
515120 Radio and Television Transmission/Antenna Facilities --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
517 Telecommunications Facilities
517311 Wired telecommunications Facilities C C C C C P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P --- P P P P
517312 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities C C C C C P P P P P P P P P P P P P P C P P P P P P P
See Section 5.03.420 (Wireless
Telecommunications Facilities)
5174 Satellite Facilities --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C C --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
5179
All Other Telecommunications (includes telecommunications
resellers, radar station operations, and satellite telemetry operations
and tracking stations)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
518 Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.140 (Data Processing, Hosting
and Related Services)
519 Other Information Services
51911 News Syndicates (office only) --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
51912 Libraries and Archives C C C C C P P P P P P P P P C --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- ---
51913 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
52 FINANCE AND INSURANCE
522 Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
5221
Depository Credit Intermediation (limited to commercial banking,
savings institutions and credit unions)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.145 (Depository Credit
Intermediation)
See Section 5.03.150 (Drive-Thru Facilities) for
the inclusion of drive-thru facilities.
5222
Nondepository Credit Intermediation (limited to loan processing,
reserve, and clearinghouse activities, excepting pawnshops and
pawn brokers)
--- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- P P P P --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
522298 Pawnshops and Pawnbrokers --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
5223 Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
52231 Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
52232 Financial Transactions Processing and Clearinghouse Activities --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- P P --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
52239
Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation (limited to
check cashing, money order issuance, money transmission and
payday advance services)
--- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.130 (Credit Intermediation-
Related Activities)
523,
524,
525
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial
Investments; Insurance Carriers; and Related Activities, Funds,
Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
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Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
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OS-R
RC
UC
53 REAL ESTATE, RENTAL AND LEASING
531
Real Estate (limited to offices of real estate lessors, agents and
brokers, property managers and appraisers, and escrow and listing
services)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
531120 Banquet Facilities (standalone facilities only) --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
532 Rental and Leasing Services
5321 Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing
53211 Passenger Car Rental and Leasing --- --- --- --- --- --- C/P C/P C/P --- --- --- C C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.040 (Automobile Dealers
New Vehicle Sales and Leasing, and
Automobile Rental)
53212
Truck, Utility Trailer, and Recreational Vehicle Rental and
Leasing
--- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
5322
Consumer Goods Rental (limited to rental of consumer
electronics and appliances, costumes, formal wear, furniture rental,
home health equipment, musical instrument rental, party and
banquet accessories, recreational goods, and video tapes and
discs)
--- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.120 (Consumer Goods Rental)
5323
General Rental Centers (limited to home and garden tool and
equipment rental)
--- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.230 (General Rental Centers)
5324
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and
Leasing
--- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
54 PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
541
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, except Scientific
Research and Development Services, and Veterinary and Animal
Hospital Services (limited to legal, accounting, tax preparation,
bookkeeping, payroll, architecture, engineering, and specialized
design services; systems design; management, scientific, and
technical consulting services; and advertising and public relations
services)
--- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
5417 Scientific Research and Development Services --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
5419
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (except
veterinary and animal hospital services)
--- --- --- --- --- P P --- P --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
541940 Veterinary and Animal Hospital Services --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
55 MANAGEMENT OF COMPANIES AND ENTERPRISES
551
Management of Companies and Enterprises (limited to offices of
holding companies, and corporate, subsidiary and regional
managing offices)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
56 ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT, AND WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION SERVICES
561 Administrative and Support Services
5611,
5612
Office Administrative Services and Facilities Support Services
(limited to services provided for others on a contract or fee basis)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
5613
Employment Services (limited to employment placement,
executive search and temporary employment services)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
5614 Business Support Services
56141 Document Preparation Services --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
56142 Telephone Call Centers --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- P --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
56143 Business Service Centers
561431 Private Mail Centers, and Postal Services and Supplies --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
561439
Other Business Service Centers (limited to mailbox rental,
photocopying, duplicating, blueprinting, mailing services,
document copying services, facsimile services, word processing
services, on-site PC rental services, and office product sales)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
56144 Collection Agencies --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
56145 Credit Bureaus --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- P --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
56149
Other Business Support Services (including repossession services,
court reporting and stenotype services and all other business
support services)
--- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
5615 Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
5616 Investigation and Security Services --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
5617
Services to Buildings and Dwellings (limited to exterminating and
pest control, janitorial, landscaping, carpet and upholstery
cleaning, building exterior and chimney cleaning, power washing,
gutter cleaning, light building maintenance, parking lot cleaning
and swimming pool maintenance services)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.180 (Exterminating Services)
5619
Other Support Services (limited to packaging and labeling
services, convention and trade show organizers, and document
shredding services)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
562 Waste Management and Remediation Services
5621 Waste Collection
562111 Solid Waste Collection, limited to the following
Waste, Refuse and Garbage Collection Services (service
yards)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Waste Transfer Facilities --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
Recycling Facilities (implements the California Beverage
Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (PRC Section 14500
et seq.))
[1] Reverse Vending Machines --- --- --- --- --- A A A --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.340 (Recycling Facilities)
[2] Small Collection Facilities (a facility 500 SF or less in
area, including Mobile Recycling Units, Bulk Reverse Vending
Machines, Kiosk Type Units, and Unattended Containers)
--- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
[3] Large Collection Facilities (a facility greater than 500 SF
in area)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
[4] Processing Facilities --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Salvage Facilities (such as automobile dismantling and
metal salvage/recycling. See NAICS 562920, Material Recovery
Facilities, for the recovery/processing (recycling) of waste
materials)
[1] Within a Wholly Enclosed Building --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.350 (Salvage Facilities)
[2] With Outdoor Storage and/or Processing Activities --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
562112 Hazardous Waste Collection, limited to the following:
Hazardous Waste Collection and Storage Facilities
(except household hazardous waste collection facilities)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Hazardous Waste Collection Services --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
562119 Other Waste Collection Services --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
5622 Waste Treatment and Disposal
562211 Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
562212 Solid Waste Landfill --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
562213 Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
562219
Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (limited
to composting facilities and anaerobic digestion; excludes fertilizer
manufacturingsee NAICS 325314)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
5629 Remediation and Other Waste Management Services
562910 Remediation Services --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
562920
Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) (consists of the removal of
recyclable materials from a waste stream)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.275 (Material Recovery
Facilities))
562920 Electronic Equipment Recycling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.275 (Material Recovery
Facilities))
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
562920
Salvage Facilities (includes facilities
for the
recovery/processing (recycling) of waste materials. See NAICS
562111 for automobile dismantling and metal salvage/recycling
facilities. See NAICS 327999 for concrete and asphalt crushing or
grinding)
See Sections 5.03.275 (Material Recovery
Facilities) and 5.03.350 (Salvage Facilities)
562920 [1] Within a Wholly Enclosed Building --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
562920 [2] With Outdoor Storage and/or Processing Activities --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
562920 Tires and Scrap Rubber Recycling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.275 (Material Recovery
Facilities))
562991 Septic Tank and Related Services --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
562998
All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services
(includes but is not limited to storm and catch basin cleaning
services, grease trap cleaning services, sewer cleaning and rodding
services, and tank cleaning and disposal services)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
61 EDUCATION SERVICES
611 Educational Services
6111,
6112,
6113
Elementary and Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges, and
Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools (includes activities
and facilities ancillary to, and/or serving, an educational service,
such as, but not limited to, administrative offices, student and
educator housing, libraries and museums, performing arts and
sports facilities, eating facilities, medical clinics, etc.)
Public Schools P P P P P P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- ---
Private Schools C C C C C C C C --- --- C --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- ---
6114 Business Schools and Computer and Management Training --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- ---
6115
Technical and Trade Schools
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- C C C C C C C --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- ---
6116 Other Schools and Instruction
611610
Fine Arts Schools (nonacademic instruction, including music,
dance, performing arts, drama, photography, ceramics, painting
and sculpture)
GFA less than 2,000 SF --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
GFA 2,000 SF or more --- --- --- --- --- C C C C --- C C C C C C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
611620
Sports and Recreation Instruction (cheerleading, gymnastics,
and martial arts)
GFA less than 10,000 SF --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
GFA 10,000 or More SF --- --- --- --- --- C C C P --- C C C C C C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
611691 Exam Preparation and Tutoring Services
--- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
611692 Automobile Driving School
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- C C C C C C --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
611699
Other Schools of Instruction (public speaking, survival training,
and speed reading)
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- C C C C C C --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- ---
6117
Educational Support Services (limited to testing, evaluation, and
tutorial services)
--- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
62 HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
621 Ambulatory Health Care Services
6211,
6212,
6213,
6214,
6215,
6216
Offices of Physicians and Dentists, Other Health Practitioners,
Outpatient Centers, Laboratory Testing Services, Home Healthcare
Services, and Community Clinics (excludes massage
establishmentssee NAICS 812199)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.02.270 (Massage Establishments
and Services) for massage therapists or
massage practitioners
See Section 6.01.035.B.2.c (Development
Standards and Guidelines) for medical offices
and clinics that front Euclid Avenue
6219 Other Ambulatory Health Care Services
62191 Ambulance Services --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- P --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- C --- --- --- ---
62199 All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services
621991 Blood and Organ Banks --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
621999
All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services
(limited to blood pressure screening, health screening, hearing
testing, industrial clinics, pacemaker monitoring, physical fitness
evaluation, and smoking cessation program services)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.030 (Ambulatory Health Care
ServicesAll Other Miscellaneous)
622 Hospitals --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
623 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
6231 Nursing Care Facilities --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- ---
6232
Residential Mental Retardation, Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Facilities
6 or fewer persons P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- ---
More than 6 persons --- --- C C --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- ---
6233 Community Care Facilities for the Elderly
6 or fewer persons P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.110 (Community Care
Facilities for the Elderly6 or Fewer Persons)
More than 6 persons --- --- C C --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.105 (Community Care
Facilities for the ElderlyMore Than 6 Persons)
6239 Other Residential Care Facilities
6 or fewer persons P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.345 (Residential Care
Facilities, Other6 or Fewer Persons)
More than 6 persons --- --- C C --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- ---
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
624 Social Assistance
6241 Individual and Family Services
62411
Child and Youth Services (limited to nonresidential social
assistance services for children and youth)
624110
Adoption Services, Child Guidance Agencies, Child Welfare
Services, and Foster Care Placement Services
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
624110 Teen Outreach Services and Youth Centers --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- P --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
62412 Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
624120 Senior Citizen and Adult Community Centers --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- ---
624120 Adult Day Care Services
6 or Fewer Persons P P P P --- P P --- --- P --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- ---
7 or More Persons --- --- C C --- C C --- --- C --- C C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- ---
624190 Other Individual and Family Services --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- P P --- P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
6242
Community Food and Housing, Emergency and Other Relief
Services
62421
Community Food Services (limited to food banks, meal delivery
programs, and fixed and mobile soup kitchens)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
62422 Community Housing Services
624221 Temporary Shelters
Emergency Shelters --- --- C --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- P C C --- C C --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.405 (Transitional Shelter
Housing)
Transitional Housing P P P P --- --- C --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- P C C --- C P --- --- --- --- ---
Transitional Living Centers --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
624229
Other Community Housing Services (agencies and
organizations)
--- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- ---
62423
Emergency and Other Relief Services (administrative
services/activities only)
--- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
6243
Vocational Rehabilitation Services (limited to vocational
habilitation and rehabilitation, and workshops for persons with
disabilities)
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- ---
6244 Child Day Care Services, limited to the following:
624410 Child Day Care Centers (Commercial Facilities) --- --- C C C C C C --- C C C C C P P --- --- --- --- P C --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.100 (Child Day Care Services)
624410 Child Day Care Centers (Employer Provided Services) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- P --- --- --- P P P P P --- P --- --- --- --- --- ---
624410 Family Child Day Care (Residential Facilities)
Large Family (7 to 14 children) A A A A --- --- --- --- --- --- --- A --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- A --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.100 (Child Day Care Services)
Small Family (less than 8 children) P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- ---
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
71 ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION
711 Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- ---
712 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
7121 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
71211 Museums C C C C C C P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- P C --- --- P --- ---
71213 Zoos and Botanical Gardens --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- ---
713 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
7131 Amusement Parks and Arcades
71311 Amusement and Theme Parks --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- ---
71312
Amusement Arcades (limited to video and electronic game
arcades, cyber cafes and on-line and internet gaming facilities)
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.220 (Game Arcades, Internet
Cafes, On-Line Internet Gaming, and Similar
Facilities)
7132
Gambling Industries (except Bingo conducted pursuant to
Ontario Municipal Code Title 5, Chapter 18 (Bingo for Charity))
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
7139 Other Amusement and Recreation Industries
71391 Golf Courses and Country Clubs --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- ---
71394
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (limited to health clubs
and gyms, fitness and sports training facilities, tennis clubs, swim
clubs and other similar activities and facilities)
GFA Less than 10,000 SF --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
GFA 10,000 or More SF --- --- --- --- --- C C C P --- C C C C C C C C --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- ---
71395 Bowling Centers --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
71399
All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries, limited to the
following (NAICS 713990):
713990 Adult-Oriented Businesses --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.015 (Adult-Oriented
Businesses)
713990 Batting Cages -- Indoor --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
713990 Batting Cages -- Outdoor --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- ---
713990 Billiard Parlors and Pool Halls --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.075 (Billiard Parlors and Pool
Halls)
713990
Dancing, Dance Clubs, Dance Halls, Ballrooms and
Discotheques
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
713990 Escape, Exit, Mystery, and Puzzle Rooms --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- C --- --- C --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
713990
Golf Driving Ranges, Miniature and Pitch-N-Put Golf Courses,
and Practice Ranges
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- ---
713990 Hookah Establishments --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.245 (Hookah Establishments)
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Ontario Development Code Page 5.02-25 (Rev. 20180501)
Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
713990 Live Entertainment --- --- --- --- --- C C C C --- --- C C C C --- --- --- --- --- C --- P/C --- --- --- ---
Within the ONT zoning district, facilities > 10,000
SF requires Conditional Use Permit approval
713990 Off-Road Vehicle Riding Facilities (recreational) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
713990 Open Space and Park Lands (publicly owned facilities) P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
713990 Shooting and Archery Ranges and Galleries Indoor Only --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
713990
Simulated Racing (limited to go-carts, radio controlled
vehicles and other similar facilities)
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
713990
Simulated Shooting GamesIndoor Only (limited to laser
tag and paint ball)
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- C C --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
713990 Skating Rinks and Parks (indoor only) --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
713990
Smoking Lounges, Vape Lounges, and Other Similar Facilities
(excluding hookah facilities)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
713990 Stables (commercial riding) C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- ---
72 ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES
721 Accommodation (Lodging Facilities)
7211 Traveler Accommodation
72111 Hotels and Motels --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.250 (Hotels, Motels, Residence
Inns, and Other Similar Traveler
Accommodation)
72119 Other Traveler Accommodation
721191 Bed-and-Breakfast Inns C C C C C C C C --- C C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.070 (Bed-and-Breakfast Inns)
721199 All Other Traveler Accommodation
Residence Inns --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.250 (Hotels, Motels, Residence
Inns, and Other Similar Traveler
Accommodation)
Cabins and Cottages --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Hostels --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
7212 RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
7213 Boarding, Lodging and Rooming Houses A A A C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- A --- A --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.080 (Boarding, Lodging and
Rooming Houses)
722 Food Services and Drinking Places
Alcoholic Beverage Sales for On-Premise Consumption (except
drinking places)
--- --- --- --- C C C C C --- C C C C C C --- --- --- --- C --- P --- C --- ---
See Section 5.03.025 (Alcoholic Beverage
Sales)
7223 Special Food Services
72231 Food Service Contractors --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
72232 Caterers --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- P --- --- P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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(Rev. 20180501) Page 5.02-26 Ontario Development Code
Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
72233 Mobile Food Services --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.290 (Mobile Food Services)
7224
Drinking Places (includes bars, cocktail lounges, nightclubs and
taverns, and other similar facilities)
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- C C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- C --- ---
7225 Restaurants and Other Eating Places
722511
Full-Service Restaurants (includes ancillary banquet facilities
see NAICS 531120 for standalone banquet facilities)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- P P P P P P --- --- --- --- P --- P --- P --- ---
See Section 5.03.150 (Drive-Thru Facilities) for
the inclusion of drive-thru facilities.
722513 Limited-Service and Fast Food Restaurants --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- P P P P P P P P P --- P --- P --- P --- ---
See Section 5.03.150 (Drive-Thru Facilities) for
the inclusion of drive-thru facilities.
722514 Cafeterias and Buffets --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- P P P P P P P P P --- P --- P --- P --- ---
See Section 5.03.150 (Drive-Thru Facilities) for
the inclusion of drive-thru facilities.
722515 Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- P P P P P P P P P --- P --- P --- P --- ---
See Section 5.03.150 (Drive-Thru Facilities) for
the inclusion of drive-thru facilities.
81 OTHER SERVICES (EXCEPT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION)
811 Repair and Maintenance
8111
Motor Vehicle Repair and Maintenance (Note: See Motor Vehicle
Storage (NAICS 493190) for vehicle storage requirements)
81111
Motor Vehicle Mechanical and Electrical Repair and
Maintenance
811111
Servicing Facilities (limited to retail-oriented services, such as
emissions testing, battery replacement and other similar retail
activities that involves the limited use of pneumatic tools or
equipment that create noise impacts)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.065 (Automotive Repair and
MaintenanceServicing Facilities)
811111
General Repair Facilities (includes general motor vehicle
mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance of air
conditioning, brake, cooling, electric, exhaust, fuel, and suspension
systems; and engine, transmission, and drive train)
Automobile, Light Truck and Van Repair and
Maintenance
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P P --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.060 (Automotive Repair and
MaintenanceGeneral Repair Facilities)
Large Truck, Bus and Similarly Large Motor Vehicle Repair
and Maintenance
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
81112 Automotive Body, Paint, Interior and Glass Repair
811121
Automotive Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and
Customization
Automobile, Light Truck and Van Body, Paint, and Interior
Repair and Customization
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.045 (Automotive Body, Paint,
and Interior Repair and CustomizationMinor
Customization Work)
Minor Customization Work (limited to the "bolt-on"
replacement or addition of parts only -- no body or paint work is
allowed)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
Large Truck and Bus Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and
Maintenance
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
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Ontario Development Code Page 5.02-27 (Rev. 20180501)
Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
Mobile Body and Paint Repair Services --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.050 (Automotive Body and
PaintMobile Repair Services)
811122
Automotive Glass Replacement Shops (limited to stationary
and mobile services)
--- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.055 (Automotive Glass
Replacement Shops)
81119 Other Automotive Repair and Maintenance
811191 Automotive Oil Change and Lubrication Shops --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
811192
Car Washes--Full-Service and Self-Service (excludes facilities
ancillary to fueling stations)
Automobiles, Light Trucks and Vans --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- C C --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
Trucks and Similarly Large Vehicles --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
Mobile Washing and Detailing Services --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.300 (Mobile Washing and
Detailing Services)
811198 All Other Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Emissions Testing (test only facilities) --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Rustproofing and Undercoating Shops --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Spray-On Bedliner Installation Shops --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PEV) Charging Facilities (ancillary
to an allowed land use)
P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P --- P P P P
8112 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
8113
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except
Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
8114 Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance
811411,
811412
Home and Garden Equipment and Appliance Repair and
Maintenance
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
811420 Reupholsters and Furniture Repair --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
811430 Footwear and Leather Goods Repair --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
811490
Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and
Maintenance -- Without Retail Sales (limited to garment alteration
and repair, gun repair, jewelry repair, key duplicating, musical
instrument repair and tailor shops)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
811490
Boat Repair and Maintenance Services (no retail sales of new
boats)
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
811490
Motorcycle Repair and Maintenance Services (no retail sales of
new motorcycles)
--- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- --- --- C P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
812 Personal and Laundry Services
8121 Personal Care Services
81211 Hair, Nail, and Skin Care Services --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
81219 Other Personal Care Services
812191 Diet and Weight Reducing Centers --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
812199 Other Personal Care Services, limited to the following:
Chair Massage --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.270 (Massage Establishments
and Services)
Color Consulting Services --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Day Spas --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Hair Removal Services --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Hair Replacement Services --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Make-Up Salons (includes the application of permanent
cosmetics)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.390 (Tattoo, Body Piercing,
Branding, and Permanent Cosmetics
Application)
Massage Establishments --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- C --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.270 (Massage Establishments
and Services)
Tanning Salons --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Body Art Services (includes tattooing, body piercing, and
branding)
--- --- --- --- --- --- C --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.390 (Tattoo, Body Piercing,
Branding, and Permanent Cosmetics
Application)
8122 Death Care Services
812210 Funeral Director Services (limited to office/retail only) --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- See Section 5.03.205 (Funeral Director Services)
812210
Funeral Parlors and Mortuary Services (excludes funeral
establishments)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- P --- --- ---
812210 Funeral Establishments --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- C --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- ---
812220 Cemeteries --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- ---
812220 Crematories --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- C --- --- ---
8123 Drycleaning and Laundry Services
81231 Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners --- --- --- --- --- P P --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
81232 Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated) --- --- --- --- --- P P P P --- --- P --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
See Section 5.03.150 (Drive-Thru Facilities) for
the inclusion of drive-thru facilities.
81233 Linen and Uniform Supply
812331 Linen Supply --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- P --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
812332 Industrial Launderers --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
8129 Other Personal Services
81291
Pet Care (except Veterinary and Kennel) Services, limited to
the following (NAICS 812910):
812910 Pet Grooming and Training Services --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Division 5.02—General Land Use Provisions
Ontario Development Code Page 5.02-29 (Rev. 20180501)
Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
812910
Pet Boarding and Sitting (Doggy Daycare)Services, and
Shelters
--- --- --- --- --- C C C --- --- --- C C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- ---
81292 Photofinishing --- --- --- --- --- P P P --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
812930 Parking Lots and Garages (commercial) --- --- --- --- --- --- C C C --- C C C C P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
81299
All Other Personal Services, limited to the following (NAICS
812990):
812990
Astrology, Fortunetelling, Numerology, Palmistry, Phrenology
and Psychic Reading Services
--- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
812990
Funeral Planning Services (office onlyexcludes preparation
of the dead for burial or interment, and the conducting of funeral
services)
--- --- --- --- --- P P P --- P P P --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
812990 Party Planning Services --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P --- P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
812990 Personal Fitness Trainer --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See Section 5.03.315 (Personal Fitness Trainer)
812990 Wedding and Funerary Chapels (excludes religious assembly) --- --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
813
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional and Similar
Organizations
8131 Religious Organizations
813110 Religious Assembly C C C C C C C --- C --- --- C C C C C --- --- --- --- C C --- --- --- --- ---
813110 Monasteries, Convents and Other Similar Facilities --- --- C C --- --- C --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- C --- --- --- --- ---
8132,
8133,
8134,
8139
Grantmaking and Giving Services; Social Advocacy Organizations;
Civic and Social Organizations; and Business, Professional, Labor,
Political and Similar Organizations
Offices Only --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Assembly Facilities --- --- --- --- --- --- C C --- C C C --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
92 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
921 Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support --- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- P P P P --- P --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- ---
922 Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
92211 Courts --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- ---
92212
Police Protection (limited to stations, substations and storefront
facilities)
P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
92213 Legal Counsel and Prosecution --- --- --- --- --- --- P P P P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- ---
92214 Correctional Institutions --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
92215 Parole Offices and Probation Offices --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- ---
92216 Fire Protection P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
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(Rev. 20180501) Page 5.02-30 Ontario Development Code
Table 5.02-1: Land Use Matrix
2012 NAICS Code
Land Uses, Activities, and Facilities
Note: Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
(ALUCP) shall be subject to the land use requirements and standards
of the ALUCP.
Residential Zoning
Districts
Commercial Zoning Districts
Mixed-Use
Zoning Districts
Industrial Zoning Districts Specialized Use & Overlay Zoning Districts
Additional Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 & LDR-5
MDR-
11, 18 & 25
HDR-45
CS
CN
CC
CR
CCS
OL
OH
MU-1
MU-2
MU-11
BP
IP
IL
IG
IH
AG
CIV
MHP
ONT
OS-C
OS-R
RC
UC
923
Administration of Human Resource Programs (limited to
administrative offices for education, public health and veterans'
affairs, and other similar facilities)
--- --- --- --- --- --- P P --- P P P P --- --- --- --- --- --- --- P --- --- --- --- --- ---
TEMPORARY AND INTERIM LAND USES, BUILDINGS, AND STRUCTURES
Temporary and Interim Land Uses A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
See Section 5.03.395 (Temporary and Interim
Land Uses, Buildings, and Structures)
Temporary and Interim Buildings, Structures, and Facilities
Fewer than 5 years A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
See Section 5.03.395 (Temporary and Interim
Land Uses, Buildings, and Structures)
5 to 10 years C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C A C C C C
More than 10 years --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- A --- --- --- ---
Ontario Development Code Page 5.03-1 (Rev. 20170606)
Division 5.03—Standards for Certain Land Uses, Activities and Facilities
Sections:
5.03.000:
Purpose
5.03.005: Applicability
5.03.010: Accessory Residential Structures
5.03.015: Adult-Oriented Businesses
5.03.020: Air Transportation
5.03.025: Alcoholic Beverage Sales
5.03.030: Ambulatory Health Care ServicesAll Other Miscellaneous Services
5.03.035: Apparel Manufacturing
5.03.040: Automobile DealersNew Vehicles Sales and Leasing, and Automobile Rental
5.03.045: Automotive Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and CustomizationMinor
Customization Work
5.03.050: Automotive Body and PaintMobile Repair Services
5.03.055: Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
5.03.060: Automotive Repair and MaintenanceGeneral Repair Facilities
5.03.065: Automotive Repair and MaintenanceServicing Facilities
5.03.070: Bed-and-Breakfast Inns
5.03.075: Billiard Parlors and Pool Halls
5.03.080: Boarding, Lodging, and Rooming Houses
5.03.085: Bread and Tortilla Manufacturing
5.03.090: Business to Business Electronic Markets
5.03.095: Caretaker Quarters
5.03.100: Child Day Care Services
5.03.105: Community Care Facilities for the ElderlyMore Than 6 Persons
5.03.110: Community Care Facilities for the Elderly—6 or Fewer Persons
5.03.115: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
5.03.120: Consumer Goods Rental
5.03.125: Convenience Markets and Specialty Food Stores
5.03.130: Credit Intermediation-Related Activities
5.03.135: Cutlery and Hand Tool Manufacturing
5.03.140: Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
5.03.145: Depository Credit Intermediation
5.03.150: Drive-Thru Facilities
5.03.155: Durable and Nondurable Goods Agents and Brokers
5.03.160: Electric Power Generation, Solar and Wind
5.03.165: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
5.03.170: Electronic Shopping and Mail Order Houses
5.03.175: Electronics and Appliance Stores
5.03.180: Exterminating Services
5.03.185: Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, All Other Miscellaneous
5.03.190: Food Manufacturing, Other
5.03.195: Footwear Manufacturing
5.03.200: Freight Transportation Arrangement
5.03.205: Funeral Director Services
5.03.210: Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores
5.03.215: Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
5.03.220: Game Arcades, Internet Cafes, On-Line Internet Gaming, and Similar Facilities
5.03.225: Gasoline and Fueling Stations
5.03.230: General Rental Centers
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5.03.235: Hardware Manufacturing
5.03.240: Home Occupations
5.03.245: Hookah Establishments, Smoking/Vaping Lounges, and Smoking/Vaping Retailers
5.03.250: Hotels, Motels, Residence Inns, and Other Similar Traveler Accommodation
5.03.255: Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing, Other
5.03.260: Machine Shops, and Turned Product, Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing
5.03.265: Manufacturing, Miscellaneous
5.03.270: Massage Services
5.03.275: Material Recovery Facilities (MRF)
5.03.280: Marijuana Dispensary
5.03.285: Mixed-Use Developments
5.03.290: Mobile Food Services
5.03.295: Mobilehome Parks
5.03.300: Mobile Washing and Detailing Services
5.03.305: Motor Vehicle Dealers
5.03.310: Motor Vehicle Storage Facilities
5.03.315: Personal Fitness Trainer
5.03.320: Personal Property Donation Bins
5.03.325: Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
5.03.330: Pharmacies and Drug Stores
5.03.335: Plastics Product Manufacturing
5.03.340: Recycling Facilities
5.03.345: Residential Care Facilities, Other—6 or Fewer Persons
5.03.350: Salvage Facilities
5.03.355: ***Reserved for Future Use***
5.03.360: Senior Citizen Housing Developments
5.03.365: Single-Family Dwellings
5.03.370: Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Facilities
5.03.375: Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing
5.03.380: Sound (Audio) Recording Facilities
5.03.385: Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing
5.03.390: Tattooing, Body Piercing, Branding, and the Application of Permanent Cosmetics
5.03.395: Temporary and Interim Land Uses, Buildings, and Structures
5.03.400: Thrift and Secondhand Stores, and Used Goods Stores
5.03.405: Transitional Shelter Housing
5.03.410: Urban Agriculture
5.03.415: Waste Treatment and DisposalComposting and Anaerobic Digestion Facilities
5.03.420: Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
5.03.425: Work/Live Units
5.03.000: Purpose
The purpose of this Division is to provide operating, site planning and/or development standards
for certain land uses allowed by Division 5.02 (Land Use) of this Development Code, and for
activities and facilities that require special standards to mitigate their potential adverse impacts,
thereby assuring a land use, activity, and/or facility of stable and desirable character, which is
compatible with existing and future development and land uses in the vicinity, and protects the
use and enjoyment of neighboring properties consistent with goals and policies of The Ontario
Plan.
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5.03.005: Applicability
A. The land uses, activities and facilities addressed by this Division shall be located in
compliance with Division 5.02 (Land Use) of this Development Code.
B. The standards for specific uses, activities and facilities established by this Division shall
supplement, and are required in addition to, the applicable development standards and
guidelines contained in Chapter 6.0 (Development and Subdivision Regulations) of this
Development Code.
C. Each and every physical improvement required to be installed or constructed in
conjunction with the establishment of a land use, activity or facility addressed by this Division, shall
be completed prior to the commencement of the land use.
5.03.010: Accessory Residential Structures
This Section shall govern the development and use of structures that are accessory to single-family
dwellings, and are attached to, or detached from, the main dwelling, such as accessory dwelling
units, carports, garages, garden and tool sheds, guesthouses, and other similar ancillary structures.
A. Accessory Dwelling Units.
1. Purpose. The purpose of this Subsection A is to establish standards for the
construction and use of Accessory Dwelling Units in conjunction with existing single-family
dwellings located within single-family or multiple-family zoning districts. These standards have been
established in compliance with GC 65852.2, which governs Accessory Dwelling Units.
2. Applicability. In compliance with the provisions of State Accessory Dwelling Unit
law, the provisions of this Subsection A shall govern the establishment and use of Accessory
Dwelling Units within the City of Ontario. An Accessory Dwelling Unit is either [i] an independent
dwelling attached to an existing single-family dwelling, [ii] a dwelling attached to the primary
single-family dwelling, and shares living space; or [iii] an independent unit that is detached from
the primary single-family dwelling.
3. Definitions. As used in this Subsection A, the words or phrases listed below shall have
the meanings thereafter specified:
a. Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). An attached or detached dwelling unit with
complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, and includes permanent provisions
for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same lot in which an existing principal
single-family dwelling is situated. An ADU also includes Efficiency Dwelling Units, and a
Manufactured Homes as defined by Health and Safety Code Section 18007. The Classifications of
ADU are as follows:
(1) Standard ADU. An ADU that is an independent unit attached to the
principal existing single-family dwelling, or an independent unit that is detached from the principal
single-family dwelling. A Standard ADU shall comply with the requirements of Paragraph A.5 of this
Section.
(2) Integrated ADU. An ADU that [i] is on a lot zoned for single-family
residential uses, which contains one legally established single-family dwelling unit; [ii] is contained
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within, and shares living area with, the principal dwelling or legally established accessory structure;
[iii] has independent exterior access form the primary residence; and [iv] has side and rear
setbacks sufficient for fire safety.
b. Efficiency Dwelling Unit (EDU). As provided in HSC Section 17958.1, an ADU
having a minimum living area of 150 SF, which is for occupancy by no more than two persons.
Furthermore, an EDU shall contain a separate bathroom and an area containing an efficiency
kitchen, which, at a minimum, includes a sink, cooking appliance, refrigeration facility, and a food
preparation counter and storage cabinets that are of reasonable size in relation to the size of the
EDU.
4. Policy Plan (General Plan) and Zoning Consistency. An ADU that conforms to this
Subsection A shall:
a. Be deemed an accessory use or an accessory building;
b. Be deemed a single-family residential land use that is consistent with the
existing Policy Plan Land Use Plan and zoning designations for the lot on which the ADU is located;
c. Not be considered to exceed the allowable density for the lot on which the
ADU is located; and
d. Not be considered in the application of any ordinance, policy or program
to limit residential growth.
5. Development Standards for Standard ADUs. Standard ADUs shall comply with the
following development standards:
a. A Standard ADU shall only be allowed in conjunction with an existing single-
family dwelling located within a single-family or multiple-family zoning district. The Standard ADU
may continue as a living space only if one dwelling on the lot is owner occupied.
b. A Standard ADU that is attached to the principal residential structure shall
comply with the development standards applicable to the primary dwelling (refer to Section
6.01.010 (Residential Zoning Districts) of this Development Code), except as otherwise provided by
this Section.
c. A Standard ADU that is attached to the principal residential structure shall
contain no more than 50 percent of the gross floor area of the principal single-family dwelling, not
to exceed 850 SF.
d. A Standard ADU that is detached from the principal residential structure
shall comply with the development standards contained in Table 5.03-1 (Development Standards
for Detached Accessory Dwelling Units), below:
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Table 5.03-1: Development Standards for Detached Accessory Dwelling Units
Requirements
Residential Zoning Districts
Additional
Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 &
LDR-5
MDR-11, 18
& 25
HDR-45
A. Maximum Height
1. Conditional Use Permit
Required
35 FT Note 1
2. Permitted by Right 14 FT
B. Maximum Area 850 SF
C. Minimum Setbacks
1. From Street Side Property
Line
10 FT Notes 2 and 3
2. From Interior Side Property
Line
10 FT 5 FT Notes 2 and 3
3. From Rear Property Line
a. Width of Structure <25
SF
5 FT Note 2
b. Width of Structure >25
SF
10 FT Notes 2 and 3
4. Minimum Separation
Between Structures
6 FT Note 4
5. Minimum Separation from
Major Pipelines
50 FT Note 5
D. Off-Street Parking
[1] Comply with the minimum off-street parking requirements
for ADUs contained in Table 6.03-1 (Off-Street Parking
Requirements) of this Development Code.
[2] Required parking spaces for ADUs may be provided as
tandem parking on an existing driveway pursuant to the
requirements for ADUs in Section 6.03.025 (Tandem
Parking) of this Development Code
, and may be
permitted within setback areas, unless it is determined by
the Planning Director to n
ot be feasible based upon
specific site, fire, and life safety conditions.
Notes 6 and 7
Notes:
1. Detached Accessory Residential Structures in excess of 14 FT in height shall require Conditional Use Permit (or
Certificate of Appropriateness for structures on the Ontario Register of Historic Places) approval.
2. No additional setback is required for an existing garage, or existing space above an existing garage, that is converted
to an ADU.
3. New floor area constructed above an existing garage shall not be required a side and/or rear property line setback
of more than 5 FT.
4. For child play structures, doghouses, and other similar accessory structures, there shall be no minimum required
setback or separation between buildings/structures, provided:
a. The accessory structure is located within a side or year yard area;
b. The accessory structure does not exceed 5 FT in length and/or width, and 6 FT in height; and
c. The accessory structure is screened from view of public or private streets.
5. Includes major high pressure pipelines for fuel oil, gasoline, and diesel and aviation fuels within the City. Existing
pipelines include:
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a. Two parallel pipelines (a 16-inch and a 20-inch) that enter the City at Benson Avenue, traveling parallel to the
northerly side of the Southern Pacific right-of-way to Ontario International Airport, then parallel to the southerly
side of the Southern Pacific right-of-way, then parallel to the northerly side of the right-of-way beyond Ontario
International Airport, then exiting the City at Etiwanda Avenue; and
b. Two parallel pipelines that traverse the easterly portion of the City, entering the City at the southerly portion of
Milliken Avenue, then traveling north under Milliken Avenue to Inland Empire Boulevard, then east to Rochester
Avenue, then north to the City Limits.
6. No off-street parking is required in any of the following situations:
a. The ADU is located within one-half mile of City and/or local transit authority-approved public transit;
b. The ADU is located within an historic district or architectural conservation area established pursuant to Section
4.02.040 (Historic PreservationLocal Historic Landmark and Local Historic District Designations, Historic Resource
Tiering, and Architectural Conservation Areas) of this Development Code;
c. The ADU is built within the existing primary single-family dwelling or an existing accessory structure;
d. An on-street parking permit is required, but is not offered to the occupant of the ADU; or
e. A City-approved car share vehicle is stationed within one block of the ADU.
7. When off-street parking required pursuant to this Development Code, which is located in a garage, carport, or
covered parking structure, is demolished in conjunction with the construction of an ADU, the required off-street
parking spaces must be replaced on the property. The replacement parking spaces may be located in any
configuration on the same lot, including, but not limited to, covered spaces, uncovered spaces, tandem spaces, or
by use of mechanical automobile parking lifts. However, if no additional parking is required for the ADU, then the
replacement parking spaces must be replaced as required by this Development Code.
e. A Standard ADU shall not be sold separate from the principal residential
dwelling, and may not be leased or rented for a term of less than 30 days.
f. A Standard ADU is not required to provide fire sprinklers if they are not
required for the primary single-family dwelling.
g. A Standard ADU may be metered separately from the primary dwelling for
gas, electricity and water services. A sewer connection separate from the primary dwelling may
also be provided.
h. If an entrance to a Standard ADU is provided separate from the primary
dwelling, the entrance shall not be on the same street exterior elevation as the main dwelling.
i. No passageway (a pathway that is unobstructed clear to the sky, and
extends from a street to an entrance of an accessory dwelling unit) shall be required in
conjunction with the construction of a Standard ADU.
j. A Standard ADU shall comply with the requirements of OMC Title 8 (Building
Regulations).
k. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the owner must record a restrictive
covenant pursuant to Paragraph 7 (Restrictive Covenant) of this Subsection A.
l. A lot developed with a Standard ADU shall maintain a useable rear yard
that is equal to a minimum of 10 percent of the net lot area. In addition, a traditional single-family
dwelling shall maintain a useable rear yard having minimum dimension of 20 FT in any direction,
and a small lot single-family dwelling shall maintain a useable rear yard having a minimum
dimension of 10 FT in any direction.
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6. Development Standards for Integrated ADUs. Integrated ADUs shall comply with
the following development standards:
a. An Integrated ADU shall be permitted only in conjunction with an existing
single-family dwelling located within a residential zoning district. The use of the Integrated ADU as
an independent living space may continue only if one dwelling on the lot is owner occupied.
b. Not more than one Integrated ADU is allowed on a lot, and an Integrated
ADU shall not be constructed if an ADU or guesthouse already exists on the lot; however, this
provision does not preclude the conversion of one existing accessory residential structure to
another.
c. An Integrated ADU shall contain no more than 50 percent of the gross floor
area of the principal single-family dwelling, not to exceed 850 SF.
d. An Integrated ADU shall comply with the setback requirements applicable
to the principal dwelling or legally established accessory structure in which it is integrated, as
prescribed by this Section.
e. An Integrated ADU is not intended for sale separate from the primary single-
family residence, but may be leased or rented for a term of no less than 30 days.
f. An Integrated ADU is not required to provide fire sprinklers if they are not
required for the primary single-family dwelling.
g. No passageway (a pathway that is unobstructed clear to the sky, and
extends from a street to an entrance of an ADU) shall be required in conjunction with the
construction of an Integrated ADU.
h. An Integrated ADU shall comply with the requirements of OMC Title 8
(Building Regulations).
i. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the owner must record a restrictive
covenant pursuant to Paragraph 7 (Restrictive Covenant) of this Subsection A.
7. Restrictive Covenant. Prior to the issuance of a building permit for an ADU, a
restrictive covenant running with the land, which is binding on the property owner and their
successors in interest, shall be recorded with the office of the San Bernardino County Recorder,
which specifies that the use of the ADU as an independent living space may continue only if one
dwelling on the lot is occupied by the property owner, and a prohibition on the separate sale of
the ADU. Furthermore, restrictions may be included that are intended to ensure on-going
compliance with the provisions of this Subsection B.
B. Accessory Residential Structures.
1. Purpose. The purposes of this Subsection B is to establish standards for the
construction and use of Accessory Residential Structures (other than Accessory Dwelling Units
allowed pursuant to Subsection A of this Section) in conjunction with existing single-family dwellings
located within single-family or multiple-family zoning districts. (Note: The construction and use of
Accessory Residential Structures in conjunction with existing multiple-family dwellings shall be
subject to the development standards applicable to the principal multiple-family dwellings.)
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2. Applicability. For purposes of this Subsection B, the herein established development
standards shall apply to Accessory Residential Structures such as garages, carports, guesthouses,
storage sheds, pool houses, recreation rooms, etc., which are incidental or subordinate to the
principal single-family dwelling or use.
3. Definitions. As used in this Section, the words or phrases listed below shall have the
meanings thereafter specified:
a. Accessory Residential Structure. A structure that is incidental or subordinate
to the principal residential dwelling on the same site, or the use of which is incidental or
subordinate to the use of the principal residential dwelling of the site.
b. Attached Accessory Residential Structure. An Accessory Residential
Structure that is joined to the principal residential dwelling by means of a shared common wall, or
is joined by a roof that extends the full width of the smaller of two connecting structures, creating
a covered breezeway. An Attached Accessory Residential Structure is deemed to be attached
to, and a part of, the principal residential dwelling.
c. Breezeway. A fully roofed, open passage that connects two buildings, such
as a house and garage.
4. General Requirements. Accessory detached residential structures, and shall be
developed pursuant to the following standards:
a. Accessory Residential Structures shall only be allowed on a lot containing a
single-family dwelling, and may be attached to the principal single-family dwelling, or may be an
independent structure that is detached from the principal single-family dwelling.
b. An Accessory Residential Structure that is attached to the principal single-
family dwelling shall be subject to the development standards applicable to the principal single-
family dwelling (refer to Section 6.01.010 (Residential Zoning Districts) of this Development Code).
c. An Accessory Residential Structure that is detached from the principal
residential structure shall comply with the development standards contained in Table 5.03-2
(Development Standards for Accessory Residential Structures), below:
Table 5.03-2: Development Standards for Detached Accessory Residential Structures
Requirements
Residential Zoning Districts
Additional
Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 &
LDR-5
MDR-11, 18
& 25
HDR-45
E. Maximum Height
1. Conditional Use Permit
Required
35 FT Note 1
2. Permitted by Right 14 FT
F. Maximum Area
1. Conditional Use Permit
Required
As deemed appropriate by the Approving Authority Note 2
2. Permitted by Right 650 SF/1,050 SF Note 2
3. Guesthouses 650 SF
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Table 5.03-2: Development Standards for Detached Accessory Residential Structures
Requirements
Residential Zoning Districts
Additional
Regulations
AR-2 & RE-2
RE-4 &
LDR-5
MDR-11, 18
& 25
HDR-45
G. Minimum Setbacks
1. From Street Side Property
Line
10 FT Notes 3 and 4
2. From Interior Side Property
Line
10 FT 0 FT/5 FT Notes 3 and 5
3. From Rear Property Line
a. Width of Structure <25
FT
5 FT Note 3
b. Width of Structure >25
FT
10 FT Note 3
4. From Alley Property Line
(alley-facing garages only)
6 FT Note 6
H. Minimum Separation Between
Structures
6 FT Note 3
I. Minimum Separation from
Major Pipelines
50 FT Note 7
Notes:
1. Detached Accessory Residential Structures in excess of 14 FT in height shall require Conditional Use Permit (or
Certificate of Appropriateness for structures on the Ontario Register of Historic Places) approval.
2. Detached accessory structures in excess of 650 SF in area shall require Conditional Use Permit or Certificate of
Appropriateness approval, as applicable, except that the maximum area allowed without benefit of Conditional Use
Permit or Certificate of Appropriateness approval may be increased to 1,050 SF for detached accessory structures
containing parking spaces required pursuant to Table 6.03-1 (Off-Street Parking Requirements) of this Development
Code.
3. For child play structures, doghouses, and other similar accessory structures, there shall be no minimum required
setback or separation between buildings/structures, provided:
a. The accessory structure is located within a side or rear yard area;
b. The accessory structure does not exceed 5 FT in length and/or width, and 6 FT in height; and
c. The accessory structure is screened from view of public or private streets.
4. Garages with vehicle doors facing a public street shall be setback a minimum of 20 FT behind the street property line
(minimum 18 FT behind the street property line if an overhead rollup garage door is provided).
5. Within the MDR-11, MDR-18, MDR-25, and HDR-45 zoning districts, the interior side setback shall be 5 FT for structures
located 75 FT or less from the front property line, and 0 FT for structures located more than 75 FT from the front property
line For a setback less than 3 FT, the Zoning Administrator may require that an easement be provided on the
contiguous lot to ensure access to all sides of the structure for the purpose of building maintenance.
6. A detached garage that takes access from a public alley shall be setback a minimum of 6 FT from the property line
that is common to the public alley, measured from the wall containing the vehicle access door.
7. Includes major high pressure pipelines for fuel oil, gasoline, and diesel and aviation fuels within the City. Existing
pipelines include:
a. Two parallel pipelines (a 16-inch and a 20-inch) that enter the City at Benson Avenue, traveling parallel to the
northerly side of the Southern Pacific right-of-way to Ontario International Airport, then parallel to the southerly
side of the Southern Pacific right-of-way, then parallel to the northerly side of the right-of-way beyond Ontario
International Airport, then exiting the City at Etiwanda Avenue; and
b. Two parallel pipelines that traverse the easterly portion of the City, entering the City at the southerly portion of
Milliken Avenue, then traveling north under Milliken Avenue to Inland Empire Boulevard, then east to Rochester
Avenue, then north to the City Limits.
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d. An Accessory Residential Structure that is detached from the principal
single-family dwelling shall be located on the rear one-half of the lot on which it is constructed.
e. The sum total of the area of all Accessory Residential Structures on a lot,
excepting ADUs conforming to Subsection A (Accessory Dwelling Units) of this Section, shall be
equal to no more than 50 percent of the gross floor area of the principal single-family dwelling.
f. An Accessory Residential Structure shall not contain a kitchen or cooking
facilities (excluding outdoor kitchens and cooking facilities).
g. The size, footprint, height, bulk, and scale of an Accessory Residential
Structure shall be compatible with the principal single-family dwelling, and other Accessory
Residential Structures in the surrounding neighborhood.
h. The area of an Accessory Residential Structure shall be the minimum
necessary to house, shelter, or secure the use proposed within the structure; however, in no case
shall the total gross floor area of all Accessory Detached Residential Structures on a lot exceed
the area contained in the main dwelling, excepting those accessory structures used for animal
keeping purposes. In calculating the area of all Accessory Residential Structures on a lot, required
parking within a garage shall be excluded from the calculation, up to a maximum of 3 covered
parking stalls (maximum 651 SF).
i. Accessory Residential Structures shall match the principal single-family
dwelling with respect to architectural design and detailing, roof material and design, exterior
color, exterior finish materials, window and door design, and design and placement of attic vents,
excepting those Accessory Detached Residential Structures less than 120 SF in area, and those
used solely for animal keeping purposes within the AR-2 and RE-2 zoning districts, and the AG
Overlay district. For the purposes of this Section, Accessory Residential Structures intended solely
for animal keeping purposes may also be used for the storage of vehicles, machinery, and
equipment used in animal keeping.
j. Accessory Residential Structures shall not be located within front yards,
street side yards of corner lots, or in front of the main dwelling.
k. An Accessory Residential Structure containing mechanical or other fixed
equipment capable of creating a noise that is audible beyond the property line shall be placed
a minimum of 5 FT from an interior side or rear property line.
l. An Accessory Residential Structure shall only be placed within the interior
side or rear yard area of a lot.
m. A lot developed with an Accessory Residential Structure shall maintain a
useable rear yard that is equal to a minimum of 10 percent of the net lot area. In addition, a
traditional single-family dwelling shall maintain a useable rear yard having minimum dimension of
20 FT in any direction, and a small lot single-family dwelling shall maintain a useable rear yard
having a minimum dimension of 10 FT in any direction.
n. On a reversed corner lot, an Accessory Residential Structure shall comply
with the following:
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(1) The Accessory Residential Structure located within the rear yard
area shall not project beyond the minimum required front yard setback of the adjoining key lot,
and shall be located no closer than 5 FT from the side property line of the key lot (rear property
line of the reverse corner lot); and
(2) The Accessory Structure shall be no closer to the rear property line
than the minimum required side yard setback on the adjoining key lot.
5. Guesthouses. In addition to the standards applicable to Other Accessory
Residential Structures contained in Subsection B of this Section, guesthouses shall comply with the
following additional standards:
a. Not more than one Guesthouse shall be permitted per lot containing a
principal single-family dwelling, and a Guesthouse shall not be constructed if an Accessory
Dwelling Unit exists on the lot.
b. A Guesthouse shall be for the sole use of the family of the occupants of the
main dwelling and persons employed on the premises, or for temporary use by non-paying guests
for a period not to exceed 90 days within any 120-day period. In addition, Guesthouses shall not
be rented or otherwise used as a separate, independent residence.
6. Carports. No Carport shall be allowed within a front or street side yard setback
area. Carports shall not be permitted in lieu of a garage required pursuant to the provisions of
Table 6.03-1 (Off-Street Parking Requirements) of this Development Code, unless otherwise
permitted by this Section.
7. Restrictive Covenant. Prior to the issuance of a building permit for an Accessory
Residential Structures, the Planning Director may require that a restrictive covenant running with
the land, which is binding on the property owner and their successors in interest, be recorded with
the office of the San Bernardino County Recorder, which specifies that the Accessory Residential
Structure shall not be used as an independent dwelling unit. Furthermore, restrictions may be
included that are intended to ensure on-going compliance with the provisions of this Subsection
B.
5.03.015: Adult-Oriented Businesses
The following regulations shall govern the establishment and operation of adult-oriented
businesses within the City:
A. Purpose. It is the intent of these Adult-Oriented Business regulations to prevent community-
wide adverse economic impacts, increased crime, decreased property values, and the
deterioration of neighborhoods, which can be brought about by locating Adult-Oriented
Businesses in close proximity to each other or proximity to other incompatible uses such as schools,
churches, and residentially zoned districts or uses. The City Council finds that it has been
demonstrated in various communities that the concentration of Adult-Oriented Businesses causes
an increase in the number of transients in the area, and an increase in crime, and in addition to
the effects described above, can cause other businesses and residents to move elsewhere. It is,
therefore, the purpose of these Adult-Oriented Business regulations to establish reasonable and
uniform regulations to ameliorate the harmful effects of Adult-Oriented Businesses or their close
proximity to incompatible uses, while providing reasonable alternative avenues of
communication.
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Moreover, it is also the purpose of these Adult-Oriented Business regulations to facilitate
regulation of Adult-Oriented Businesses and the performers that may be employed by such
establishments pending resolution of the prior permitting issues raised in Baby Tam & Co., Inc. v.
City of Las Vegas, 154 F.3d 1097 (9th Cir. 1998). The intent of the registration requirements
contained in these Adult-Oriented Business regulations is to provide enforcement agencies with
sufficient information to assist them in ensuring that criminal elements do not infiltrate Adult-
Oriented Businesses, that minors are not employed by such establishments, and that the
establishments will comply with the zoning and operational standards imposed by these Adult-
Oriented Business regulations.
B. Findings. The City Council of the City of Ontario, California, hereby, finds as follows:
1. The City Council finds that various studies and court decisions presented to the City
Council have determined that the establishment of Adult-Oriented Businesses is linked to increases
in crime and other adverse effects. The City, in enacting this ordinance, more specifically finds
that these studies provide convincing evidence that:
a. Adult-Oriented Businesses are linked to, and associated with, increases in
crime rates in those areas in which they are located and in surrounding areas;
b. Both the proximity of Adult-Oriented Businesses to sensitive land uses and
the concentration of Adult-Oriented Businesses tend to result in the blighting and deterioration of
the areas next to which, and near which, they are located;
c. There is substantial evidence that an increase in crime tends to
accompany, concentrate around, and be aggravated by Adult-Oriented Businesses, including
but not limited to an increase in the crimes of narcotics distribution and use, prostitution,
pandering, and violence against persons and property. The studies from other cities establish
convincing evidence that Adult-Oriented Businesses that are not regulated as to permissible
locations often have a deleterious effect on nearby businesses and residential areas, causing,
among other adverse secondary effects, an increase in crime and a decrease in property values;
d. Studies concerning increases in crime surrounding Adult-Oriented
Businesses are further supported by the City’s own experiences confirming an inordinate amount
of police response calls to the City’s two existing Adult-Oriented Businesses, “the Reel One” and
“the Villa Theater.” The police response statistics from the Ontario Police Department for the period
from 1996 to 1998 indicate that City police have been called out to these locations over 70 times
to investigate solicitation and prostitution activities, lewd conduct, indecent exposure, illegal drug
use and possession, use of counterfeit money, thefts, burglaries, and other disturbances;
2. Based on the forgoing, the City Council finds and determines that special
regulation of Adult-Oriented Businesses is necessary to ensure that their adverse secondary effects
will not cause or contribute to an increase in crime rates or the blighting or deterioration of the
areas in which they are located or surrounding areas. The need for such special regulations is
based upon the recognition that Adult-Oriented Businesses not only cause adverse secondary
effects, but also have seriously objectionable operational characteristics, particularly when
several of them are concentrated under certain circumstances or located in direct proximity to
sensitive uses, thereby having a deleterious effect upon an adjacent area. It is the purpose and
intent of these regulations to prevent or mitigate such adverse secondary effects;
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3. The protection and preservation of the public health, safety and welfare require
that certain distances be maintained between Adult-Oriented Businesses and other sensitive uses,
including residential, religious and educational uses, as well as to minimize the adverse secondary
effects between the proximity of Adult-Oriented Businesses and other Adult-Oriented Businesses
and truck stops. Moreover, the locational requirements established by this Section do not
unreasonably restrict the establishment or operation of constitutionally protected Adult-Oriented
Businesses in the City. A sufficient and reasonable number of appropriate locations for the
operation of Adult-Oriented Businesses will remain available after the enactment of these Adult-
Oriented Business regulations.
4. The City Council also finds that locational criteria alone do not adequately protect
the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the City, and thus, certain requirements
with respect to the ownership and operation of Adult-Oriented Businesses are in the public interest.
In addition to the findings and studies conducted in other cities regarding increases in crime rates,
decreases in property values, and the blighting of areas in which Adult-Oriented Business are
located, the city Council also takes legislative notice of the facts recited in the case of Kev, Inc.,
v. Kitsap County (9th Cir. 1986) 793 F.2d 1053, and Colacurcio v. City of Kent, 1998 WL 848036 (9th
Cir.), regarding how live adult entertainment results in adverse secondary effects such as
prostitution, drug dealing, and other law enforcement problems;
5. Zoning, permitting, licensing, and other police power regulations are legitimate,
reasonable means of accountability to help protect the quality of life in the City and to help assure
that owners, operators and performers of Adult-Oriented Businesses comply with reasonable
regulations and are located in places that minimize the adverse secondary effects that naturally
accompany the operation of Adult-Oriented Businesses;
6. The City Council recognizes that possible harmful effects on children and minors
exposed to the secondary effects of Adult-Oriented Businesses, the deterioration of respect for
family values, and the need and desire of children and minors to stay away from, and avoid,
Adult-Oriented Businesses, which causes children to be fearful and cautions when walking through
or visiting the immediate neighborhood of these businesses. The City Council desires to: minimize
and control the adverse secondary effects associated with the operation of Adult-Oriented
Businesses and thereby protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Ontario, and in
particular, the health, safety, and welfare of children and minors in the City; protect the citizens
from increased crime; preserve their quality of life; preserve property values and the character of
surrounding neighborhoods and businesses; deter the spread of urban blight and protect against
the threat to health from the spread of communicable and sexually transmitted diseases;
7. Nothing in these Adult-Oriented Business regulations is intended to authorize,
legalize, or permit the establishment, operation, or maintenance of any business, building, or use
that violates any applicable City ordinance or any statute of the State of California relating to
public nuisances, unlawful or indecent exposure, sexual conduct, lewdness, obscene or harmful
matter, or the exhibition or public display thereof;
8. The City Council further finds the following, in part, based upon its understanding
of the judicial decisions and the reports, studies and other documents in the public record:
a. Evidence indicates that the existence of Adult-Oriented Businesses that
permit nudity have been shown in some cities to increase the secondary effects of crime and
decrease property values;
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b. Evidence has demonstrated that Performers employed by Adult-Oriented
Businesses have been found to offer and provide private shows to patrons who, for a price, are
permitted to observe and participate with the performers in live sex shows;
c. Evidence indicates that performers at Adult-Oriented Businesses have been
found to engage in acts of prostitution with patrons of the establishment;
d. Evidence indicates that fully enclosed booths, individual viewing areas,
and other small rooms whose interiors cannot be seen from public areas of the Adult-Oriented
Business regularly have been found to be used as locations for engaging in unlawful sexual
activity; and
e. As a result of Subparagraphs B.8.a through d, above, and the increase in
the incidence of AIDS and Hepatitis B, which are both sexually transmitted diseases, the City
Council has a substantial interest in adopting regulations that will reduce to the greatest extent
possible, the possibility for the occurrence of casual sex acts at Adult-Oriented Businesses;
9. In regulating nudity and semi-nudity in Adult-Oriented Businesses, the City Council
does not intend to proscribe the communication of erotic messages or any other communicative
element or activity, but rather only to regulate nudity and semi-nudity in Adult-Oriented Businesses
due to the adverse secondary effects associated therewith, including prostitution, sexual assault,
and associated crimes;
10. The City Council further finds, as a wholly independent basis, that it has a substantial
public interest in preserving societal order and morality, and that such interest is furthered by the
regulation of nudity and semi-nudity in Adult-Oriented Businesses;
11. While the City Council desires to protect the rights conferred by the United States
and California Constitutions on Adult-Oriented Businesses, it does so in a manner that ensures the
continued and orderly development of property within the City and diminishes, to the greatest
extent feasible, those undesirable secondary adverse effects which the Studies have shown to be
associated with the development and operation of Adult-Oriented Businesses; and
12. In enacting nudity and semi-nudity regulations pursuant to these Adult-Oriented
Business regulations, the City Council declares that the regulations do not create or regulate a
criminal offense, and the City Council has not provided a criminal penalty for a violation of these
regulations;
13. The City Council finds that preventing the direct exchange of money between
Performers and Patrons also reduces the likelihood of drug and sexual transactions occurring in
Adult-Oriented Businesses;
14. Requiring a 10-FT separation between performers and patrons reduces the
likelihood that these persons will negotiate narcotics sales, or negotiate for the purpose of
engaging in sexual activities or obtaining sexual favors within the Adult-Oriented Businesses; and
15. Enclosed or concealed booths and dimly lit areas within Adult-Oriented Businesses
greatly increase the potential for misuse of the premises, including unlawful conduct of a type
that facilitates transmission of disease. Requirements that all indoor areas be open to view by
management at all times and that adequate lighting be provided are necessary in order to
reduce the opportunity for, and, therefore, the incidence of illegal conduct within Adult-Oriented
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Businesses, and to facilitate the inspection of the interior of the premises thereof by law
enforcement personnel.
C. Definitions. As used in these Adult-Oriented Business regulations, the following words, terms,
and phrases are defined as follows:
1. Applicant. A person who is required to file an application for a registration
certificate under these Adult-Oriented Business regulations, including an individual owner,
managing partner, officer of a corporation, or any other operator, manager, employee, or agent
of an Adult-Oriented Business.
2. Bar. Any commercial establishment licensed by the State Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control to serve any alcoholic beverages on the premises.
3. Chief of Police. The Chief of Police of the City of Ontario or his or her designee.
4. City Council. The City Council of the City of Ontario.
5. Day. A calendar day and not business day. Whenever “day” is used to identify
requirements of these Adult-Oriented Business regulations to be performed on a particular day,
which day falls upon a holiday, Saturday or Sunday, the day for performance of the requirements
of these Adult-Oriented Business regulations will be the next business day after the holiday,
Saturday or Sunday.
6. Distinguished or Characterized by an Emphasis Upon. The dominant or essential
theme of the object described by the phrase. For example, when the phrase refers to films “which
are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis upon “the depiction or description of specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, the films so described are those whose dominant
or predominant character and theme are the depiction of the enumerated sexual activities or
anatomical areas.
7. Establishment of an Adult-Oriented Business. Means and includes any of the
following:
a. The opening or commencement of any Adult-Oriented Business as a new
business;
b. The conversion of an existing business, whether or not an Adult-Oriented
Business, to any Adult-Oriented Business defined herein;
c. The addition of any of the Adult-Oriented Businesses defined herein to any
other existing Adult-Oriented Business; or
d. The relocation of any Adult-Oriented Business.
8. Figure Model. Any person who, for pecuniary compensation, consideration, hire or
reward, poses in a modeling studio to be observed, sketched, painted, drawn, sculptured,
photographed or otherwise depicted.
9. Health Officer. The Health Officer of the County of San Bernardino, or his or her duly
authorized representative.
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10. Nudity or State of Nudity. The showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic
area, buttocks or anus with less than a full opaque covering, the showing of the female breast
with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple, or the showing of the covered
male genitals in a discernible turgid state.
11. Patron. A customer of an Adult-Oriented Business.
12. Permit. Any permit or registration certificate issued pursuant to these Adult-
Oriented Business regulations.
13. Permittee. Any person to whom an Adult-Oriented Business registration certificate
is issued.
14. Person. Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, association, joint stock
company, corporation, or combination thereof, in whatever form or character.
15. Regularly Features. With respect to an adult theater, adult cabaret, adult arcade
or adult motion picture theater, a regular and substantial course of conduct. Performances that
are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis upon the display of specified anatomical areas
or specified sexual activities, occur on 2 or more occasions within a 30 day period; 3 or more
occasions within a 60 day period; or 4 or more occasions within a 180 day period shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be deemed to be a regular and substantial course of conduct.
16. Religious Institution. A structure that is used primarily for religious worship and
related religious activities.
17. School. Any child or day care facility, or an institution of learning for minors, whether
public or private, offering instruction in those courses of study required by the California Education
Code and maintained pursuant to standards set by the State Board of Education. This definition
includes a nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, middle or junior high school, senior
high school, or any special institution of education, but it does not include a vocational or
professional institution of higher education, including a community or junior college, college, or
university.
18. Semi Nude or Semi-Nudity. State of dress in which clothing covers no more than the
genitals, pubic region, buttocks, areola of the female breast, as well as portions of the body
covered by supporting straps or devices.
19. Adult-Oriented Businesses. Any one of the following:
a. Adult Arcade. An establishment that, for any form of consideration,
provides one or more still or motion picture projectors, or similar machines, for viewing by patrons
and which shows films, computer generated images, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or
similar photographic reproductions, more than 30 percent of which showings are distinguished or
characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or
specified anatomical areas.
b. Adult Bookstore. An establishment having a substantial and a significant
portion of its business derived from the sale or rental of books, magazines, periodicals or other
printed matter, or of photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, tapes, or other
form of visual or audio representations that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis
upon the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, or
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sexually oriented merchandise. The fact that more than 30 percent of the establishment inventory
is composed of such materials, 30 percent of its floor area is devoted to such materials, or that 30
percent of its gross income is derived from such materials, or that the establishment advertises itself
as “adult” in nature, shall, to the extent permitted by law, be evidence that the establishment is
an “Adult Bookstore.”
c. Adult-Oriented Business. Any business establishment or concern which
operates as an Adult Bookstore, Adult Video Store, Adult Arcade, Adult Cabaret, Adult Theater,
Adult Motion Picture Theater, Adult Motel, Escort Agency, Massage Establishment, Modeling
Studio, Sexual Encounter/Rap Studio, Sexual Novelty Store or any other business or concern that
regularly features or offers to its patrons as a substantial significant portion of its business, products,
merchandise, services, or entertainment that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis
on matter depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical
areas, but not including those uses or activities the regulation of which is preempted by State law.
Adult-Oriented Business” also includes any establishments, which as a regular and substantial
course of conduct, provides or allows performers, models, or employees to appear in any public
place dressed only in lingerie. “Adult-Oriented Business” does not include those uses, businesses or
activities of licensed professionals who are otherwise exempt from classification as a "Massage
Establishment” pursuant to this Development Code.
d. Adult Cabaret or Adult Theater. A nightclub, restaurant, or business
establishment that regularly features live performances that are distinguished or characterized by
an emphasis upon the display of specified sexual activities; regularly featured persons who appear
semi-nude; or that shows films, computer generated images, motion pictures, video cassettes,
slides, or other photographic reproductions 30 percent or more of the number of which are
distinguished or characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
e. Adult Hotel or Motel. A hotel, motel, or similar business establishment
offering public accommodations for any form of consideration, which provides patrons with
closed circuit television transmissions, films, computer generated images, motion pictures, video
cassettes, slides, or other photographic reproductions 30 percent or more of the number of which
are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for less than a 6-hour period, or rents, leases, or lets
any single room more than twice in a 24-hour period.
f. Adult Motion Picture Theater. A business establishment where, for any form
of consideration, films, computer generated images, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or
similar photographic reproductions are shown, and 30 percent or more of the number of which
are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
g. Escort Agency. A person or business association who furnishes, offers to
furnish, or advertises to furnish escorts as one of its primary business purposes for a fee, tip, or other
consideration.
h. Massage Establishment. An establishment having a fixed place of business
where any person association, firm, or corporation engages in, conducts, or carries on or permits
to be engaged in, conducted, or carried on, any business of giving Turkish, Russian, Swedish vapor,
sweat, electric, salt, or any other kind of character of baths and where alcohol rubs, fomentations,
baths, or manipulations of the body, or similar procedures, are given including acupressure clinics
or establishments.
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i. Modeling Studio. A business that regularly features, for pecuniary
compensation, monetary, or other consideration, hire or reward figure models who, for the
purposes of sexual stimulation of patrons, display specified anatomical areas to be observed,
sketched, photographed, painted, sculpted or otherwise depicted by persons paying such
consideration. “Modeling Studio” does not include schools maintained pursuant to standards set
by the State Board of Education, or a studio or similar facility owned, operated or maintained by
an individual artist or group of artists, that does not provide, permit, or make available “specified
sexual activities.
20. Adult-Oriented Business Operator or Operator. A person who supervises, manages,
inspects, directs, organizes, controls, or in any other way is responsible for or in charge of the
premises of an Adult-Oriented Business, or the conduct or activities occurring on the premises
thereof.
21. Adult-Oriented Business Performer or Performer. Any person who is an employee or
independent contractor of the Adult-Oriented Business, and any person who, with or without any
compensation or other form of consideration, performs live entertainment dressed in no more than
a state of semi-nudity for patrons of an Adult-Oriented Business.
22. Sexually Oriented Merchandise. Sexually oriented implements and paraphernalia,
including, but not limited to: dildos, auto-sucks, sexually oriented vibrators, edible underwear, ben-
wah balls, inflatable orifices, anatomical balloons with orifices, simulated and battery-operated
vaginas, and similar sexually oriented devices, or any other merchandise characterized by an
emphasis on sexual activities or specified anatomical parts.
23. Sexually Oriented Merchandise. Sexually oriented implements and paraphernalia,
including, but not limited to: dildos, auto-sucks, sexually oriented vibrators, edible underwear, ben-
wah balls, inflatable orifices, anatomical balloons with orifices, simulated and battery-operated
vaginas and similar sexually oriented devices, or other merchandise characterized by an
emphasis on sexual activities or specified anatomical parts.
24. Specified Anatomical Areas. Means and includes any of the following less than
completely and opaquely covered human:
a. genitals or public region;
b. buttocks;
c. female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola;
d. Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and
opaquely covered; or
e. Any device, costume or covering that simulates any of the body parts
included in Subparagraphs B.24.a or b, above.
25. Specified Sexual Activities. Means and include any of the following, whether
performed directly or indirectly through clothing or other covering:
a. The fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, public region,
buttocks, anus, or female breast;
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b. Sex acts, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation or
sodomy;
c. Masturbation, actual or simulated; or
d. Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of the other
activities described in Subparagraphs B.25.a through c, above.
26. Studies. The studies and reports prepared by other cities and judicial rulings referred
to in Paragraph B.1 herein of these Adult-Oriented Business regulations, including studies and
reports prepared by the City relating to the adverse secondary impacts of existing Adult-Oriented
Businesses.
D. Minimum separation and locational requirements.
1. No Adult-Oriented Business shall be located within 1,500 FT of any property located
within a residential or mixed-use zoning district, or any property located within a residential or
mixed-use land use district of an adopted Specific Plan.
2. No Adult-Oriented Business shall be located within 1,000 FT of the following:
a. Any church, chapel, or similar place of worship, whether inside or outside
of Ontario city limits;
b. Any school or day care establishment, or public or private park or
playground, whether inside or outside of Ontario city Limits;
c. Any retirement or convalescent hospital, whether inside or outside of
Ontario city limits;
d. Any recreational facility, such as game arcade, bowling alley, skateboard
rink, skating rink, or similar area where minors regularly congregate, whether inside or outside
Ontario city limits;
e. City Hall, City offices, and other government buildings normally open to the
public;
f. Libraries, whether inside or outside Ontario city limits;
g. Any truck stops, whether inside or outside Ontario city limits.
3. No Adult-Oriented Business shall be located within 300 FT of another Adult-Oriented
Business, whether inside or outside Ontario city limits;
4. For purposes of the regulations contained herein, all distances shall be measured
in a straight line, without regard for intervening structures, from the nearest property line for which
the Adult-Oriented Business is proposed to be located to the nearest property line of a use or
district identified in these Adult-Oriented Business regulations.
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E. Adult-Oriented Business Development and Performance Standards. The following
development and performance standards shall be applicable to Adult-Oriented Businesses in the
City:
1. No Adult-Oriented Business shall be operated in any manner that permits the
observation of any materials or activities depicting, describing or relating to Specified Sexual
Activities or Specified Anatomical Areas from any public way or from any location outside the
building or area of such establishment. No Adult-Oriented Business shall be operated in any
manner that permits the observation of any live performance depicting, describing or relating to
specified sexual activities or semi-nudity from any public way, or from any location outside the
building or area of such establishment. This provision shall apply to any display, decoration, sign,
show window or other opening. No exterior door or window on the premises shall be propped or
kept open at any time while the business is open, and any exterior windows shall be covered with
opaque covering at all times.
2. All off-street parking area and premise entries of the Adult-Oriented Business shall
be illuminated from dusk to closing hours of operation with a lighting system that provides an
average maintained horizontal illumination of one footcandle of light, measured on the parking
surface or walkway. The required lighting level is established in order to provide sufficient
illumination of the parking areas and walkways serving the Adult-Oriented Business for the personal
safety of patrons and employees, and to reduce the incidence of vandalism and criminal
conduct.
3. The premises within which the Adult-Oriented Business is located shall provide
sufficient sound-absorbing insulation so that noise generated inside the premises shall not be
audible anywhere on any adjacent property or public right-of-way, or within any other building or
other separate unit within the same building.
4. Except for those businesses also regulated by the California Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control, an Adult-Oriented Business shall be open for business only between
the hours of 8:00AM and 12:00PM (midnight) on any particular day.
5. The building entrance to an Adult-Oriented Business shall be clearly and legibly
posted with a notice indicating that persons under 18 years of age are precluded from entering
the premises. The notice shall be constructed and posted to the satisfaction of the Chief of Police.
No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted within the premises at any time.
6. All indoor areas of the Adult-Oriented Business within which patrons are permitted,
except restrooms, shall be open to view by the management at all times.
7. Any Adult-Oriented Business that is also an Adult Arcade that provides viewing
area(s), shall comply with the following additional requirements:
a. Each Adult Arcade shall have at least one manager’s station. It shall be the
duty of the operator(s) to ensure that at least one employee is on duty and situated at each
manager’s station at all times that any patron is present inside the Adult Arcade.
b. The interior of the Adult Arcade shall be configured in such a manner that
there is an unobstructed view from a manager’s station of every area of the Adult Arcade to
which any patron is permitted access for any purpose, excluding restrooms. If the Adult Arcade
has two or more manager’s stations designated, then the interior of the Adult Arcade shall be
configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view of each area of the Adult Arcade
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to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose, excluding restrooms, from at least one
of the manager’s stations. The view required by this Subparagraph must be by direct line of sight
from the manager’s station. There shall be a security system that visually records each viewing
booth at all times that the business is open or occupied for business.
c. It shall be the duty of the operator(s) and also the duty of all employees
present in the Adult Arcade to ensure that the individual viewing areas remain unobstructed by
any doors, walls, persons, merchandise, display rack or other materials at all times and to ensure
that no patron is permitted access to any area of the Adult Arcade that has been designated as
an area in which patrons will not be permitted.
d. No individual viewing area may be occupied by more than one person at
any one time. “Individual viewing area” shall mean a viewing area designed for occupancy by
one person. Individual viewing areas of the Adult Arcade shall be operated and maintained
without any hole or other opening, or means of direct communication, or visual or physical access
between the interior spaces of two or more Individual viewing areas.
e. No individual viewing area shall contain booths, stalls, or partitioned
portions of individual viewing area used for the viewing of sexually oriented material or other forms
of entertainment having doors, curtains, or portal partitions, unless the individual viewing areas
containing booths, stalls, or partitioned portions have at least one side open to the manager’s
station and is visible to the manager’s station. Any booth, stall, or partitioned portion of an
individual viewing area authorized under this subparagraph shall be constructed to allow 12
inches of open space between the bottom of the stall or partition and the floor. The open space
shall remain unobstructed at all times.
f. The Adult Arcade shall be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures of
sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which patrons are permitted access, but such
lighting shall not be of an intensity as to prevent the viewing of the sexually oriented material.
g. It shall be the duty of the operator(s) and all employees present at the Adult
Arcade to ensure that the illumination described in Subparagraph E.7.f, above, is maintained at
all times that any patron is present in the Adult Arcade.
h. The floors, seats, walls, and other interior portions of all booths shall be
maintained clean and free from waste and bodily secretions. Presence of human excrement,
urine, semen or saliva in any such booths shall be evidence of improper maintenance and
inadequate sanitary controls.
8. All areas of the Adult-Oriented Business that are accessible to the public shall be
illuminated at the following minimum footcandles, which shall be minimally maintained and
evenly distributed at ground level, pursuant to Table 5.03-3 (Minimum Lighting Requirements for
Adult-Oriented Businesses), below.
Table 5.03-3: Minimum Lighting Requirements for Adult-Oriented Businesses
Area Minimum Foot-Candles
Bookstores and other retail establishments: 20
Theaters and cabarets (except during performances, at
which time lighting shall be at least 1.25 foot-candles):
5
Arcades: 10
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Table 5.03-3: Minimum Lighting Requirements for Adult-Oriented Businesses
Area Minimum Foot-Candles
Motels/Hotels (in public areas): 20
Modeling Studios: 20
9. Patrons and employees shall not use the same restrooms. The Adult-Oriented
Business shall provide and maintain separate restroom facilities for male patrons and employees,
on the one hand, and female patrons and employees, on the other. Male patrons and employees
shall be prohibited from entering any restroom for females, and female patrons and employees
shall be prohibited from entering any restroom for males, except when an employee carries out
duties of repair, maintenance, or cleaning of the restroom facilities. All restrooms shall be free from
any sexually oriented materials. No restrooms shall contain television monitors or other motion
picture or video projection, computers, recording, or reproduction equipment. The foregoing
provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to an Adult-Oriented Business that deals exclusively
with sale or rental of sexually oriented materials that are not used or consumed on the premises,
such as an Adult Bookstore or Adult Video Store, and which does not provide restroom facilities to
its patrons or the public.
10. The following additional requirements shall pertain to Adult-Oriented Businesses
that provide live performances in Adult Cabarets or Adult Theaters:
a. No person shall perform live entertainment for patrons of an Adult-Oriented
Business except upon a stage at least 2 FT above the level of the floor, which is separated by a
distance of at least 10 FT from the nearest area occupied by patrons, and no Patron shall be
permitted within 10 FT of the stage while the stage is occupied by an Adult-Oriented Business
performer.
b. The Adult-Oriented Business shall provide separate dressing room facilities
for performers that are exclusively dedicated to the performers’ use. No public access shall be
permitted to any dressing room facility.
c. The Adult-Oriented Business shall provide an entrance and exit for
performers that is separate from the entrance and exit used by patrons.
d. The Adult-Oriented Business shall provide access for performers between
the stage and dressing rooms, which are completely separated from the patrons. If separate
access is not physically feasible, the Adult-Oriented Business shall provide a minimum 3-FT wide
walk aisle for performers between the dressing room area and the stage, with a railing, fence, or
other barrier separating the patrons and the performers capable of, and which actually results in,
preventing any physical contact on the premises of the Adult-Oriented Business.
e. No performer, either before, during, or after performances, shall have any
physical contact with any Patron, and no patron shall have physical contact with any performer
before, during, or after performances by a performer. This Subparagraph shall only apply to
physical contact on the premises of the Adult-Oriented Business.
f. Fixed guardrails at least 30 inches in height shall be maintained establishing
the separations between performers and patrons required by the herein-stated Adult-Oriented
Business Development and Performance Standards.
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g. No patron shall directly pay or give any gratuity to any performer, and no
performer shall solicit any pay or gratuity from any patron.
11. No operator, owner, or other person with managerial control over an Adult-
Oriented Business shall permit any person on the premises of an Adult-Oriented Business to engage
in a live showing of any specified anatomical areas. This provision may not be complied with by
applying an opaque covering simulating the appearance of the specified anatomical areas
required to be covered. Notwithstanding any other penalties that may be provided in this
Development Code or the Ontario Municipal Code, a violation of this Subparagraph shall be
grounds for revocation of an Adult-Oriented Business registration certificate.
12. No Adult-Oriented Business performer on the premises of an Adult-Oriented
Business shall engage in a live showing of any specified anatomical areas. This provision may not
be complied with by applying an opaque covering simulating the appearance of the specified
anatomical areas required to be covered. Notwithstanding any other penalties that may be
provided in this Development Code or the Ontario Municipal Code, a violation of this
Subparagraph shall be grounds for revocation of an Adult-Oriented Business registration
certificate.
13. Adult-Oriented Businesses shall employ security guards in order to maintain the
public peace and safety, and to prevent any illegal activity from occurring on the premises, based
upon the following standards:
a. Adult-Oriented Businesses featuring live entertainment shall provide at least
one security guard at all times while the business is open. If the occupancy limit of the premises is
greater than 35 persons, an additional security guard shall also be on duty at all times while the
business is open.
b. Security guards for other Adult-Oriented Businesses may be required if it is
determined by the Chief of Police that their presence is necessary in order to maintain public
peace and safety, and to prevent any illegal activity from occurring on the premises.
c. Security guards shall be charged with preventing violations of law and
enforcing compliance by patrons of the requirements of these regulations. Each security guard
shall be uniformed in such a manner so as to be readily identifiable as a security guard by the
public and shall be duly licensed as a security guard as required by applicable provisions of state
law. No security guard required pursuant to this Subparagraph shall act as a door person, ticket
seller, ticket taker, admittance person, or sole occupant of the manager’s station while acting as
a security guard.
14. The Adult-Oriented Business shall provide a security system that visually records and
monitors all parking lot areas at all times that the business is open or occupied for business.
15. Views of parking areas and doorways of Adult-Oriented Businesses shall be
unobstructed so as to allow visibility of these areas from public rights-of-way.
16. The Adult-Oriented Business shall comply with the City’s sign regulations.
17. The Adult-Oriented Business shall comply with the development, parking, and
design requirements of the underlying zone for the specific underlying use. All exterior areas of an
Adult-Oriented Business, including buildings, landscaping, and parking areas shall be maintained
in a clean and orderly manner.
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F. Employment of and Services Rendered to Persons Under the Age of 18 Years Prohibited.
1. It shall be unlawful for any operator or other person in charge of any Adult-Oriented
Business to employ any person who is not at least 18 years or age.
2. It shall be unlawful for any operator or other person in charge of any Adult-Oriented
Business to permit to enter, or remain within the Adult-Oriented Business, any person who is under
the age of 18.
G. Inspection and Operators. All operators shall permit the Chief of Police, representatives of
the San Bernardino County Health Department, and the City of Ontario Fire Department to
conduct unscheduled inspections of the premises of the Adult-Oriented Business for the purpose
of insuring compliance with the laws, and the development and performance standards
applicable to Adult-Oriented Businesses at any time it is occupied or opened for business.
H. Regulations Nonexclusive. The provisions of this Development Code regulating Adult-
Oriented Businesses are not intended to be exclusive and compliance therewith shall not excuse
noncompliance with any other regulations pertaining to the operation of businesses as adopted
by the City Council.
5.03.020: Air Transportation
A. ONT (Ontario International Airport).
1. Development Standards. The following standards are established to
accommodate Ontario International Airport and surrounding properties directly impacted by
airport operations. All development within the ONT zoning district shall be designed and
constructed pursuant to the standards contained in Table 5.03-4 (ONT Development Standards),
below.
Table 5.03
-4: ONT Development Standards
Requirements Standards Additional
Regulations
A.
SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
1. Minimum Lot Size 10,000 SF Note 1
2. Maximum Floor Area Ratio
(FAR)
0.55 Notes 2 and 3
3. Minimum Landscape Coverage
Interior Lots: 10 percent;
Corner Lots: 15 percent for
4. Minimum Parking Space and
Drive Aisle Separations
a. Parking Space or Drive
Aisle to Street Property Line
10 FT
b. Parking Space or Drive
Aisle to Interior
Property Line
0 FT
c. Parking Space to Buildings,
Walls and Fences
5 FT
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Table 5.03
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Requirements Standards Additional
Regulations
Exceptions: Within
enclosed loading and storage yard
areas
0 FT
d. Drive Aisle to Buildings,
Walls, and Fences
10 FT to office elements;
5 FT to all other building walls
Exceptions: Within
enclosed loading and storage yard
areas
0 FT
e. Enclosed Loading and
Storage Yards to Buildings, Walls, and
Fences
0 FT
5. Walls, Fences, and Obstructions
Refer to Section 6.02.020 (Design Standards for Industrial
Zoning Districts).
6. Off Street Parking
Refer to Division 6.03 (Off
-Street Parking and Loading).
7. Landscaping
Refer to Division 6.05 (Landscaping).
8. Property Appearance and
Maintenance
Refer to Division 6.10 (Property Appearance and
Maintenance).
9. Signs
Refer to Division 8.1 (Sign
Regulations).
10. Security Standards
Refer to Ontario Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 11 (Security
Standards for Buildings).
11. Noise
Habitable structures shall be designed and constructed to
mitigate noise levels from exterior sources. Refer to OMC, Tile
5
(Public Welfare, Morals, and Conduct), Chapter 29 (Noise).
12. Airport Safety Zones
Properties within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) established
by the LA/Ontario International Airport Land Use
Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) shall be subject to the
requirement
s and standards of the ALUCP.
B.
BUILDING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
1. Minimum Building Setbacks
a. From Front Property Line 10 FT, plus one additional FT for each FT in excess of 35 FT
b. From Street Side Property
Line
10 FT
c. From Interior Side Property
Line
0 FT
d. From Rear Property Line 0 FT
2. Minimum Building Separations 0 FT
3. Maximum Building Height 55 FT Note 3
Notes:
[1] An existing lot of record that is substandard as to minimum “lot” area and/or dimension(s) shall be granted all
development rights of the zoning district in which it is located (refer to Subsection 3.01.010.B of this Development
Code).
[2] Reviewing Authority approval is required for an FAR exceeding 0.45.
[3] The maximum building/structure height and FAR may be restricted pursuant to the LA/Ontario International Airport
Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP). Refer to the ALUCP for properties affected by airport safety zones.
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2. Exceptions to Development Standards. The following exceptions from the industrial
zoning district development standards stipulated in Table 5.03.-2 (ONT Development Standards)
shall be permitted:
a. Popouts and Other Horizontal Architectural Projections. Popouts and other
horizontal architectural projections may extend into a required street or interior property line
setback area a maximum of 25 percent of the required setback, not to exceed 2.5 FT.
b. Signs. Signs and advertising structures may encroach into a required front
street setback area pursuant to Division 8.1 (Sign Regulations) of this Development Code.
c. Towers and Other Vertical Architectural Projections. Towers and other
vertical architectural projections may be erected to a height of up to 25 percent above the
prescribed height limit of the base zoning district, provided said projections do not extend over
more than 10 percent of the horizontal building area.
d. Walls, Fences, and Obstructions. Walls, fences, and obstructions may be
permitted within required setback areas pursuant to the provisions of Division 6.02 (Fences, Walls
and Obstructions) of this Development Code.
3. Other Development Requirements. The following regulations are applicable to all
uses and structures within the ONT zoning district:
a. Except as otherwise provided herein, required setback areas adjoining
streets may only be used for landscaping, access drives, walkways, and lighting standards (poles).
b. The outdoor storage of materials and equipment is permitted only within an
area surrounded by a wall or fence at least 8 FT in height, with gates capable of being locked.
Within such areas, except for trucks or other vehicles necessary for the operation or use, no such
materials are to be stored to a height greater than 8 FT. Where the storage area is visible by the
public, or from adjoining properties developed with residential, mobilehome park, office, public,
or institutional land uses, the storage area is to be screened by a minimum 8-FT high decorative
masonry block wall, with view-obstructing gates, along each side of the storage area that is visible
to the public or applicable land use.
c. Any use employing toxic or hazardous substances as a part of processes or
uses, a security fence or wall at least 8 FT in height, with gates capable of being locked, shall be
provided at the perimeter of the area within which the process or activity is conducted. The
gate(s) shall be kept closed and locked when not in use or under direct supervision.
(1) All processes and activities shall be conducted within a completely
enclosed building or structure, excepting the outdoor storage of materials and finished products,
subject to required screening and location requirements, and outdoor dining areas. The outdoor
display of building materials and similar large equipment is prohibited.
d. Exterior mechanical equipment, heating and ventilating equipment, air
conditioning equipment, tanks, and other mechanical devices, shall be fully screened, and shall
be treated with a neutral color when visible to the public or adjoining properties developed with
residential, mobilehome park, office, public, or institutional land uses.
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B. Helipads/Heliports. Within the CR, IG, and IH zoning districts, helipad/heliport facilities shall
only be allowed in conjunction with a permitted or conditionally permitted land use. Standalone
helipad/heliport facilities shall be prohibited within these zoning districts.
5.03.025: Alcoholic Beverage Sales
A. Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to establish standards governing the establishment
and operation of alcoholic beverage sales within the City.
B. Applicability.
1. Conditional Use Permit Required.
a. The retail sale of alcoholic beverages, whether intended for consumption
on or off the premises wherein the beverage is sold, shall require the approval of a Conditional
Use Permit pursuant to Section 4.02.015 (Conditional Use Permit) of this Development Code, prior
to the establishment of the use, excepting temporary alcoholic beverage sales allowed by
Paragraph B.2, of this Section.
b. The violation of any provision of this Section shall be grounds for, and may
result in, the modification or revocation of such Conditional Use Permit by the City, pursuant to
Division 2.05 (City Initiated Modification or Revocation) of this Development Code.
c. A Conditional Use Permit for alcoholic beverage sales may be granted only
in conjunction with, and shall be ancillary to, those legally established land uses identified in
Subsections D (Alcoholic Beverage Sales for Consumption on the Premises) and E (Alcoholic
Beverage Sales for Consumption off the Premises) of this Section.
2. Alcoholic Beverage Sales and/or Tasting in Conjunction with a Temporary Activity.
Temporary alcoholic beverage sales and/or tasting may be allowed, provided an Administrative
Use Permit issued pursuant to Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permit) of this Development
Code is first obtained prior to the establishment of the temporary activity, and the temporary
activity is in full compliance with Subsection D (Temporary Alcoholic Beverage Sales) of Section
5.03.395 (Temporary and Interim Land Uses, Buildings, and Structures) of this Division.
3. Undue Concentration of Alcoholic Beverage Licenses within a Census Tract. A
Conditional Use Permit for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages shall not be issued for a business
located within a census tract that has been determined to contain an undue concentration of
alcoholic beverage licenses, as defined in BPC Section 23958.4, unless a determination of public
convenience or necessity is made by the Reviewing Authority pursuant to Subsection F (Public
Convenience or Necessity Determination) of this Section.
C. Compliance with State of California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
Regulations. Any business engaging in the retail sales of alcoholic beverages shall first obtain the
appropriate retail license from ABC, and shall operate such business in strict compliance with the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (commencing with BPC Section 23000 et seq.), and all applicable
ABC rules, regulations, and orders.
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D. Alcoholic Beverage Sales for Consumption on the Premises.
1. Conditional Use Permit approval shall be required for the sale of any alcoholic
beverage for consumption on the premises where the alcoholic beverage is sold, and the on
premise tasting of any alcoholic beverage in conjunction with a legally established, and ABC-
licensed, wine grower, beer manufacturer, brandy manufacturer, or distilled spirits manufacturer.
2. A business engaged in the retail sale or tasting of alcoholic beverages for
consumption on the premises shall not allow any alcoholic beverage to be consumed outside of
the enclosed building, except within an outdoor area that has been designed to be separated
from direct public contact/access by a minimum 5-FT high solid barrier. The design of said outdoor
area and required barrier shall be subject to review and approval by the Planning Director and
Police Chief.
E. Alcoholic Beverage Sales for Consumption off the Premises. A business engaged in the sale
of alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises shall comply with the following:
1. Conditional Use Permit approval shall be required for the retail sales of any
alcoholic beverage, for consumption off the premises where alcoholic beverage is sold.
2. Establishments engaged in the concurrent sale of motor vehicle fuel with beer and
wine shall abide by the following conditions pursuant to BPC Section 23790.5:
a. No beer or wine shall be displayed within 5 FT of the cash register or the
front door unless it is in a permanently affixed cooler;
b. No advertisement of alcoholic beverages shall be displayed at motor fuel
islands;
c. No sale of alcoholic beverages shall be made from a drive-up window;
d. No display or sale of beer or wine shall be made from an ice tub;
e. No beer or wine advertising shall be located on motor fuel islands and no
self-illuminated advertising for beer or wine shall be located on buildings or windows; and
f. Employees on duty between the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. who sell beer
or wine shall be at least 21 years of age.
3. The on premise consumption of an alcoholic beverage shall be prohibited.
F. Public Convenience or Necessity Determination. BPC Section 23958.4 provides that the
City shall have authority to review a retail alcoholic beverage license application proposed within
an area having an “undue concentration” (high density of alcoholic beverage sales locations) of
licenses; determine whether public convenience or necessity would be served by license
issuance; and inform ABC of the determination.
1. Purpose. The purpose of this Subsection is to establish a procedure by which the
public convenience or necessity may be determined, as provided by State law, and establish the
criteria by which the determination shall be made.
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2. Applicability. In considering a Conditional Use Permit application for alcoholic
beverage sales, it shall be the responsibility of the Reviewing Authority prescribed by Table 2.02-1
(Review Matrix) of this Development Code, to make a determination of public convenience or
necessity, if required pursuant to this Subsection.
3. Criteria for Determining Public Convenience or Necessity. Within a census tract
having an undue concentration of off-premise ABC licenses, the City desires to strike a balance
between the number of off-premise licenses and the convenience of store customers.
Consequently, the Reviewing Authority shall rely upon the following factors in making a
determination of public convenience or necessity:
a. The proposed retail alcohol license is not located within a high crime area,
which is defined as an area characterized by a high ratio of Police Department calls for service
to alcohol-related incidences, not to exceed 20 percent greater than the average number of
alcohol-related incidences reported for the City as a whole), including, but not limited to,
disturbing the peace, public intoxication, assault and battery, prostitution, vandalism, graffiti,
loitering, pan-handling, all BPC violations, drug violations, and driving while intoxicated or under
the influence;
b. The proposed retail alcohol license is not located within close proximity (600
FT or less, as measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the building
GFA containing the business) of an existing or proposed residential or sensitive land use (as
provided in BPC Section 23789), including hospitals and other healthcare facilities; senior citizen
care facilities; preschools; daycare facilities; public or private elementary, middle (junior high) or
high schools; public parks; recreation centers; sports parks; or any similar facility where minors
(persons under 18 years of age) regularly congregate.
c. The anticipated amount (percentage) of retail sales to be derived from
alcoholic beverages is clearly incidental to the primary land use, making-up no more than one-
third of anticipated gross retail sales;
d. The business wherein the retail alcoholic beverage license application is
proposed shall contain at least 12,000 SF of GFA;
e. No more than 10 percent of the GFA of a retail business shall be devoted
to the display of alcoholic beverages;
f. At least 10 percent of the retail business’ GFA shall be devoted to food
sales. (Note: Food preparation areas shall not be counted toward the food sales floor area
calculation); and
g. The building or property wherein the proposed business is located has no
outstanding building or health code violations, is not an active Code Enforcement Department
case, and complies with applicable Development Code regulations, including, but not limited to,
property maintenance, building improvements, off-street parking (design and number of spaces
provided), and landscape and lighting improvements.
G. Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sales Regulations. The provisions of this Subsection
shall be known as the Ontario Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sales Regulations.
1. Purpose. The general purposes of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale
Regulations are to protect and promote the public health, safety, comfort, convenience,
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prosperity, and general welfare of the citizens of the City by requiring that alcoholic beverage
sales commercial activities that were legal nonconforming Activities immediately prior to the
effective date of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations are operated to
achieve the following objectives:
a. Protect residential, commercial, industrial, and civic areas from nuisance,
and minimize the adverse impacts of nonconforming and incompatible uses;
b. Provide opportunities for Alcoholic Beverage Sale Activities to operate in a
mutually beneficial relationship to each other, and to other commercial and civic services;
c. Provide mechanisms to address problems often associated with the public
consumption of alcoholic beverages, such as litter, loitering, graffiti, unruly behavior, and
escalated noise levels;
d. Assure that Alcoholic Beverage Sale Commercial Activities are not the
source of undue public nuisances in the community;
e. Encourage properly maintained alcoholic beverage sale establishments so
that negative impacts generated by these activities are not harmful to the surrounding
environment in any way; and
f. Monitor deemed approved activities to ensure they do not substantially
change in mode or character of operation.
2. Applicability.
a. The Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale regulations shall be
applicable, to the extent permissible under other laws, to the following:
(1) All Legal Nonconforming Alcoholic Beverage Sale Commercial
Activities within the City;
(2) The Nonconforming Use provisions contained in Division 3.01
(Nonconforming Lots, Uses, Structures, and Signs) of this Development Code; and
(3) A Conditional Use Permit operated pursuant to its conditions of
approval.
b. Whenever any provision of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage
Sale regulations and any other provision of law, whether set forth in this Development Code, or in
any other law, ordinance, or resolution of any kind, imposes overlapping or
contradictory regulations, or contain restrictions covering any of the same subject matter, the
provision that is more restrictive, or imposes a higher standard, shall control, except as otherwise
expressly provided by the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations.
3. Zoning Administrator. The Zoning Administrator shall conduct public hearings and
make recommendations intended to encourage and achieve the compliance of particular sites
with the provisions of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations set forth in this
Section, as appropriate. This Paragraph is not intended to restrict the powers and duties otherwise
pertaining to other City officers or bodies, in the field of monitoring and ensuring the harmony of
Alcoholic Beverage Sale Commercial Activities in the City. These parties shall have the powers
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and duties assigned to them by the Development Code, by the zoning regulations, by other codes
and ordinances, or by valid administrative authority.
4. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following words and phrases shall have the
meanings listed below:
a. Alcoholic Beverage. Alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, and every liquid or
solid containing alcohol, spirits, wine, or beer, which contains 0.5 percent or more of alcohol by
volume and which is fit for beverage purposes, either alone or when diluted, mixed, or combined
with other substances, and sales of which requires an ABC license.
b. Alcoholic Beverage Sales Commercial Activity. The retail sale, for on-site or
off-site consumption, of liquor, beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverages at establishments
including, but not limited to, stores, liquor stores, specialty wine shops, restaurants, restaurant/bars,
bars, taverns, brew pubs, cabarets, and businesses with temporary or permanent licenses from
ABC to sell alcoholic beverages to the general public.
c. Deemed Approved Activity. Any Legal Nonconforming Alcoholic Beverage
Sales Commercial Activity, as defined in this section, where the activity was in existence
immediately prior to the effective date of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale
Regulations set forth in this Section. These activities shall be considered a Deemed Approved
Activity as long as the establishment conducting the Deemed Approved Activity complies with
the provisions of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations set forth in this
Section.
d. Deemed Approved Status. The permitted use of land for a Deemed
Approved Activity. Deemed Approved Status replaces legal nonconforming status with respect
to Alcoholic Beverage Sales Commercial Activity.
e. Illegal Activity. An activity that has been finally determined to be in
noncompliance with the Deemed Approved performance standards contained in Paragraph G.6
(Performance Standards and Deemed Approved Activities), of this Section. Such an activity shall
lose its Deemed Approved Status and shall no longer be considered a Deemed Approved
Activity.
f. Legal Nonconforming Alcoholic Beverage Sales Commercial Activity
(Legal Nonconforming Activity). An Alcoholic Beverage Sales Commercial Activity that was a
nonconforming use pursuant to the Nonconforming Use regulations contained in Division 3.01
(Nonconforming Lots, Uses, Structures, and Signs) of this Development Code, and for which a valid
ABC license had been issued and used in the exercise of the rights and privileges conferred by
the license, at a time immediately prior to the effective date of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic
Beverage Sale Regulations. The Activity shall be considered a Deemed Approved Activity, and
shall no longer be considered a Legal Nonconforming Activity, except the Activity shall be subject
to those zoning regulations relating to nonconforming uses as specified in Division 3.01
(Nonconforming Lots, Uses, Structures, and Signs), as of the effective date of the Deemed
Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations.
g. Low-End Fortified Wine. A class of inexpensive fortified wines. In contrast to
table wine, which may be enjoyed as an accompaniment to a meal, or high-end fortified wine,
enjoyed as an aperitif, low-end fortified wines are generally considered suitable only for
intoxication.
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h. Off-Sale Alcohol Outlet. An establishment that conducts retail sales of
Alcoholic Beverages for consumption off the premises where sold.
i. On-Sale Alcohol Outlet. An establishment that conducts retail sales of
Alcoholic Beverages for consumption on the premises where sold.
j. Performance Standards. Regulations prescribed in the Deemed Approved
Performance Standards contained in Paragraph G.6 (Performance Standards and Deemed
Approved Activities) of this Section, regulating the business practice, activities and land use for
locations with Deemed Approved Status, or those further requirements imposed by the Zoning
Administrator to achieve these goals. Performance Standards constitute requirements that must
be complied with by an establishment in order for the establishment to retain its Deemed
Approved Status.
k. Premises. The building and land surrounding it considered as a single
business engaged in Alcoholic Beverage Sales Activities. The premises shall include parking areas,
outdoor patios and similar features.
l. Supplemental Conditions of Approval. Those requirements imposed by the
Zoning Administrator following a public hearing conducted pursuant to the provisions of
Paragraph G.8 (Violations of Performance Standards, Supplemental Conditions of Approval, or
Other Provisions of this ArticlePublic Hearing) et seq. of this Section. Supplemental Conditions of
Approval constitute requirements that must be complied with by an establishment in order for the
establishment to retain its Deemed Approved Status.
5. Automatic Deemed Approved Status.
a. All Alcoholic Beverage Sales Commercial Activities that were Legal
Nonconforming Activities immediately prior to the effective date of the Deemed Approved
Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations shall automatically become Deemed Approved Activities
as of the effective date of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale regulations and shall
no longer be considered Legal Nonconforming Activities.
b. Each establishment with Deemed Approved Status shall retain its Deemed
Approved Status as long as it complies with the Deemed Approved performance standards as set
forth in Paragraph G.6 (Performance Standards and Deemed Approved Activities) of this Section,
or as promulgated by the Zoning Administrator. However, any change in the State Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control license type, revocation of the ABC license, or a substantial physical
change of character of the establishment, as defined in CCR Title 4, Section 64.2(b), shall
terminate the Deemed Approved Status for the establishment and shall thereafter require a
Conditional Use Permit or other applicable entitlements allowing Alcoholic Beverage Sales
Commercial Activity to continue the activity.
c. If any establishment with Deemed Approved Status discontinues operation,
is suspended from operations, or surrenders the premises for more than 90 consecutive days, the
Deemed Approved Status is subject to revocation per the requirements of Division 3.01
(Nonconforming Lots, Uses, Structures, and Signs) of this Development Code. Any subsequent
Alcoholic Beverage Sales Commercial Activity may only be resumed upon the granting by the
City of a Conditional Use Permit allowing such Activity. Revocation of Deemed Approved Status
pursuant to this Section may be made following a public hearing by the Zoning Administrator
pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph G.8 (Violations of Performance Standards, Supplemental
Conditions of Approval or Other Provisions of this Article Public Hearing) et seq. of this Section.
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6. Performance Standards and Deemed Approved Activities. A Deemed Approved
Activity shall retain its Deemed Approved Status only if it conforms to all of the following Deemed
Approved Performance Standards:
a. The Deemed Approved Activity shall not result in adverse impacts to the
health, peace or safety of persons residing or working in the surrounding area;
b. The Deemed Approved Activity shall not result in jeopardizing or
endangering the public health or safety of persons residing or working in the surrounding area;
c. The Deemed Approved Activity shall not result in nuisance activities within
the premises or in close proximity of the premises, including but not limited to disturbance of the
peace, illegal drug activity, public drunkenness, drinking in public, harassment of passersby,
gambling, prostitution, sale of stolen goods, public urination, theft, assaults, batteries, acts of
vandalism, excessive littering, loitering, graffiti, illegal parking, excessive loud noises, especially in
the late night or early morning hours, traffic violations, sales to minors, curfew violations, lewd
conduct, or police detentions and arrests;
d. The Deemed Approved Activity shall comply with all applicable provision
of any local, state, or federal regulation, ordinance or statute, including, but not limited to, those
of the ABC, BPC Sections 24200, 24200.6 and 25612.5, as well as any condition imposed on any
permits issued pursuant to applicable laws, regulations or orders. This includes compliance with
annual City business taxes and alcohol sales administrative program fees imposed pursuant to the
OMC; and
e. The upkeep and operating characteristics of the Deemed Approved
Activity shall be compatible with and will not adversely affect the livability or appropriate
development of abutting properties and the surrounding neighborhood.
7. Notification to Owners of Establishments Conducting Deemed Approved Activities.
The Zoning Administrator shall notify the owner of each establishment conducting a Deemed
Approved Activity, and the property owner, if different from the Deemed Approved Activity, of
the establishment’s Deemed Approved Status. The notice shall be sent via certified mail return
receipt requested; shall include a copy of the performance standards contained in Paragraph
G.6 (Performance Standards and Deemed Approved Activities), above, with the requirement that
these be posted in a conspicuous and unobstructed place, which is visible from the entrance of
the establishment for public review; notification that the establishment is required to comply with
all performance standards; that a review fee is required, as adopted by separate resolution of the
City Council, and the amount of the fee that is required to be paid; and that the activity is required
to comply with all other aspects of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale
Regulations.
Should the notice be returned, it shall then be sent via regular U.S. Mail.
8. Violations of Performance Standards, Supplemental Conditions of Approval or
Other Provisions of this ArticlePublic Hearing.
a. Upon receipt of a complaint that an establishment conducting a Deemed
Approved Activity is in violation of the Performance Standards set forth in Paragraph G.6
(Performance Standards and Deemed Approved Activities) of this Section, or other conditions
promulgated by the Zoning Administrator, or any other provision of these Deemed Approved
Alcoholic Beverage Sales Regulations, and once it is reasonably determined by the City that the
violations have occurred, or are occurring, then the Deemed Approved Status of the
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establishment in question shall be reviewed by the Zoning Administrator at a public hearing.
Notification of the public hearing shall be provided pursuant to Paragraph G.10 (Notification of
Public Hearing) of this Section.
b. The purpose of the public hearing is for any interested party to submit
evidence to the Zoning Administrator concerning whether the operating methods of the
establishment conducting the Deemed Approved Activity is violating the Performance Standards,
Supplemental Conditions of Approval, other provisions of these Deemed Approved Alcoholic
Beverage Sales Regulations, or are causing a nuisance in the area surrounding the establishment.
Within 10 days of completion of the hearing, the Zoning Administrator shall render a written
decision. The Zoning Administrator’s decision may allow the Deemed Approved Status to continue
for the establishment in question, to impose Supplemental Conditions of Approval pursuant to
Paragraph G.9 (Supplemental Conditions of Approval) of this Section, that are, in the judgment of
the Zoning Administrator, necessary to ensure compliance with the Performance Standards or the
provisions of these Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sales Regulations, or to suspend or
revoke the establishment’s Deemed Approved Status. The decision of the Zoning Administrator
shall be based upon information and evidence submitted by staff, evidence submitted by the
business establishment owner and evidence submitted by any other interested parties.
Supplemental Conditions of Approval shall be made a part of the Deemed Approved Status, and
the establishment shall be required to comply with these Supplemental Conditions of Approval in
order to retain its Deemed Approved Status. The determination of the Zoning Administrator shall
become final 10 calendar days after the date of decision, unless appealed to the Planning
Commission pursuant to Division 2.04 (Appeals) of this Development Code.
9. Supplemental Conditions of Approval.
a. The Zoning Administrator may impose Supplemental Conditions of Approval
relating to one or more of the following (may not apply to Wineries with a Type 02 ABC license):
(1) Entertainment uses, activities, or amusement devices on the
premises;
(2) Separation, monitoring, or design of area devoted to alcohol sales;
(3) Security measures for both the interior and exterior of the premises;
(4) Lighting, litter, trash receptacles, graffiti or nuisance abatement, or
other similar requirements; or
(5) Maintenance.
b. Specific Supplemental Conditions of Approval that may be imposed,
include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Sound Walls. If the Deemed Approved Activity abuts residential
areas, a sound wall may be required between the establishment conducting the Deemed
Approved Activity and the abutting residential areas. The sound wall must comply with all state
and local requirements for construction and location, and must not obstruct the view of the
building and parking areas from the street. Vegetation may be required to be planted along the
sound wall to improve the appearance of the sound wall.
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(2) Trash Receptacles. Permanent, non-flammable trash receptacles,
may be required to be located at convenient locations, appropriately screened from view,
outside the establishment and in the establishment’s parking area (if any). The operators of the
business may be required to remove on a daily basis, or more frequently if needed to maintain a
litter-free environment, all trash from these receptacles and from the sidewalk adjacent to the
establishment. The operators of the business also may be required to remove, at least three times
per week, all trash originating from its establishment deposited on public property within 250 FT of
any boundary of its premises.
(3) Pay Telephones. Pay telephones on the site of the establishment
may either be (a) prohibited; or (b) required to be of the type that only allow outgoing calls and
be located in a visible and well-lighted location.
(4) Program. A “complaint response-community relations” program
established and maintained by the establishment conducting the Deemed Approved Activity
may be required. The program may include the following:
(a) Posting at the entry of the establishment providing the
telephone number for the area commander of the local law enforcement substation to any
requesting individual.
(b) Coordinating efforts with the Police Department to monitor
community complaints about the establishment’s activities.
(c) Having a representative of the establishment meet with
neighbors or the applicable neighborhood association on a regular basis and at their request,
attempt to resolve any neighborhood complaints regarding the establishment.
(5) Activities. If appropriate, the following activities may be prohibited
on the premises: pool or billiard tables, pinball games, arcade style video or electronic games, or
coin-operated amusement devices.
(6) Prohibited Products. To discourage nuisance activities, an Off-Sale
Alcohol Outlet may be prohibited from selling one or more of the following products or may be
required to sell products in the manner prescribed below:
(a) Malt beverage products with alcohol content greater than
5-1/2 percent by volume;
(b) Wine with an alcoholic content greater than 18 percent by
volume. No sales of low-end fortified wine are permitted;
(c) Containers of beer or malt liquor larger than 39 ounces;
(d) Distilled spirits in bottles or containers smaller than 375
milliliters;
(e) Cooler products, either wine- or malt-beverage-based, in
less than manufacturer pre-packaged multi-unit quantities;
(f) No beer or malt beverage products shall be sold, regardless
of container size, in quantities of less than manufacturer pre-packaged multi-unit quantities;
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(g) Wine in less than 750 milliliter volume containers, specialty
wine products in less than 375 milliliter volume containers, or in less than manufacturer pre-
packaged multi-unit quantities; and/or
(h) Wine coolers, beer coolers, or pre-mixed distilled spirit
cocktails in must be sold in manufacturer pre-packaged multi-unit quantities. No sales of single
containers of wine coolers, beer coolers, or pre-mixed spirit cocktails are permitted.
(7) Alcoholic Beverage Sales/Delivery Restricted to Building Confines.
The sales and/or delivery of alcoholic beverages shall be restricted to and within the confines of
the building portion of the premises.
(8) Alcoholic Beverage Sales/Delivery through a Pass-Through Window.
The sales and/or delivery of alcoholic beverages through any pass-through window is prohibited.
(9) Exterior Advertising or Signage that Promotes or Indicates the
Availability of Alcohol Beverages. There shall be no exterior advertising or sign of any kind or type
(other than business identification), including advertising directed to the exterior from within,
promoting or indicating the availability of alcohol beverages (interior displays of alcoholic
beverages or signs that are clearly visible to the exterior shall constitute a violation of this
condition).
(10) Chilled Alcoholic Beverages. An Off-Sale Alcohol Outlet may be
prohibited from maintaining refrigerated or otherwise chilled alcoholic beverages on the
premises.
(11) Hours of Operation. In an On-Sale or Off-Sale Alcohol Outlet, the sale
of alcoholic beverages may be restricted to certain hours of each day of the week and may be
limited further by ABC.
(12) Paper or Plastic Cups. In Off-Sale Alcohol Outlets, the sale or
distribution to the customer of paper or plastic cups in quantities less than their usual and
customary packaging may be prohibited.
(13) Signs. The following signs may be required to be prominently posted
in a readily visible manner in English, Spanish, and the predominant language of the patrons:
(a) “California State Law prohibits the sale of alcoholic
beverages to persons under 21 years of age”; and
(b) “It is illegal to possess an open container of alcohol in the
vicinity of this establishment”.
(14) Presentation of Documents. A copy of all Conditions of Approval
and the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control license may be required to be kept
on the premises and presented to any law enforcement officer or authorized state or county
official upon request.
(15) Mitigating Alcohol-Related Problems. The establishment may be
required to operate in a manner appropriate with mitigating alcohol-related problems that
negatively impact those individuals living or working in the neighborhood, including but not limited
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to: sales to minors, the congregation of individuals, violence on or near the premises, drunkenness,
public urination, solicitation, drug dealing, drug use, loud noise, and litter.
(16) Employee Training. The owners and all employees of the Deemed
Approved Activity may be required to attend a Deemed Approved regulations training class and
to complete an approved course in “responsible beverage service training.” Owners and
employees of the Deemed Approved Activity may thereafter be required to attend these training
classes once every three years. All sales clerks in On-Sale Alcohol Outlets and Off-Sale Alcohol
Outlets may be required, within 90 days of the beginning of employment, to attend these same
classes. The establishment may be required to provide evidence of the employee’s completion
of this training to city, county or state authorities within 10 days following completion of training.
(17) Drug Paraphernalia. An Off-Sale Alcohol Outlet may be prohibited
from selling drug paraphernalia products as defined in HSC Section 11014.5 and Section 11364.5.
“Drug Paraphernalia” means all equipment, products and materials of any kind that are used,
intended for use, or designed for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting,
manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing,
packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or
otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of the California
Uniform Controlled Substances Act (commencing with HSC Section 11000).
(18) Loitering. The establishment’s operators or employees may be
required to discourage loiterers and to ask persons loitering longer than 15 minutes to leave the
area and contact local law enforcement officials for enforcement of applicable trespassing and
loitering laws if persons requested to leave fail to do so.
(19) Security Cameras. A minimum of two 24-hour time-lapse security
cameras may be required to be installed and properly maintained on the exterior of the building
at locations recommended by the Police Department. All criminal and suspicious activities
recorded on this surveillance equipment must be reported to local law enforcement. To the extent
allowed by law, the establishment’s operators may be required to provide any tapes or other
recording media from the security cameras to the police department.
(20) Prohibited Vegetation. No exterior vegetation may be planted or
maintained that could be used as a hiding place for persons on the premises. Exterior vegetation
may be planted and maintained in a manner that minimizes its use as a hiding place.
(21) Security Guards. An establishment may be required to retain a
specified number of security guards. The number of security guards shall vary based upon the
specific facts and circumstances of each establishment’s site and operation. All security guards
shall have all required state and City permits and licenses.
c. An On-Sale Alcohol Outlet may also be required to comply with the
following supplemental conditions:
(1) Sales and delivery of alcoholic beverages to customers shall be
made from behind a counter or bar where an establishment employee will obtain the product;
(2) No self-service of alcoholic beverages will be permitted. This does
not include pouring the beverage for oneself or another after an establishment employee has
served the alcoholic beverage to a patron;
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(3) Sales, delivery and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be
restricted to and within the confines of the building portion of the premises or other approved
areas, such as enclosed patios;
(4) The premises shall be maintained as a bona fide food restaurant, as
defined by applicable provisions of the BPC, and shall provide a menu containing an assortment
of foods normally offered in such restaurants; and
(5) No alcoholic beverages shall be consumed on any property
adjacent to the premises under the control of the On-Sale Alcohol Outlet.
10. Notification of Public Hearing.
a. The Zoning Administrator shall notify the owner of each establishment
conducting the Deemed Approved Activity, and shall notify the property owner, if different from
the Deemed Approved Activity, of the time and place of the public hearing. The notice shall be
personally delivered or sent via certified mail return receipt requested, and shall include
notification that the Deemed Approved Status of the establishment conducting the Deemed
Approved Activity will be considered before the Zoning Administrator. The public hearing notice
shall also be given by mail or delivery to all persons shown on the last available equalized
assessment roll as owning real property in the city within 300 FT of the subject property. No notice
shall be given less than 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing, if such is to be held. Fees for
notification shall be pursuant to Paragraph G.11 (Annual Inspection Applicability) of this Section,
and paid for by the establishment in question that is conducting Deemed Approved Activity.
b. Notice by mail is deemed given on the date the notice is placed into the
U.S. Mail system.
11. Annual Inspection Applicability. Annual inspections shall be conducted at all
alcohol sales facilities, including all existing On-Sale and Off-Sale Deemed Approved facilities, as
well as existing and future On-Sale and Off-Sale alcohol sales facilities operating under a
Conditional Use Permit.
12. Fees Schedule. Fees including annual inspection, appeal, and reinspection fees
shall be pursuant to the City master fee schedule.
13. Official Action. All officials, departments, and employees of the City, which are
vested with the authority to issue permits, certificates, or licenses, shall adhere to, and require
conformance with, the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale
Regulations set forth in this
Section.
14. Violations and Penalties.
a. Violations of Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations. Any
person who violates, causes, or permits another person to violate any provision of the Deemed
Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations set forth in this Section is guilty of either an
infraction or misdemeanor, as determined by OMC Section 1-2.01 (Punishment for Violation). Either
any person convicted of an infraction or misdemeanor under the provision of the Deemed
Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations set forth in this Section shall be punished by a fine,
imprisonment, or both, according to state law.
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b. Separate Offenses for Each Day. Any violator shall be guilty of a separate
offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of
these regulations is committed, continued, permitted, or caused by such violator and shall be
punishable accordingly.
c. Any Violation a Public Nuisance. In addition to the penalties provided in this
section, any use or condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of
these regulations shall be and is declared to be a public nuisance and may be abated as such
by the City.
d. Injunction as Additional Remedy. Any violation of any provision of
these regulations shall be and is declared to be contrary to the public interest and shall, at the
discretion of the City, create a cause of action for injunctive relief.
e. Administrative Penalties. In addition to any other penalties provided in this
section, a person who violates, causes, or permits another person to violate any provision of the
Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations set forth in this Section may be issued an
administrative citation pursuant to the provisions of OMC Title 1, Chapter 5 (Administrative
Citations). Violations of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations set forth in
this Section are subject to the “health and safety penalties” listed in OMC Section 1-5.04 (Amount
of Fines).
f. Assessment of Additional Penalties. There will be no additional penalties
assessed to owners other than those provided above.
g. Liability for Expenses. In addition to the punishment provided by law, a
violator is liable for such costs, expenses, and disbursements paid or incurred by the City or any of
its contractors in correction, abatement, and prosecution of the violation. Reinspection fees to
ascertain compliance with previously noticed or cited violations shall be charged against the
owner of the establishment conducting the Deemed Approved Activity or owner of the property
where the establishment is located. Fees shall be in the amount described in Paragraph G.11
(Annual Inspection Applicability) of his Section, for charged reinspections. The inspection official
shall give the owner or other responsible party of such affected premises a written notice showing
the itemized cost of such chargeable service and requesting payment thereof. Should the bill not
be paid in the required time, the charges shall be placed as a lien against the property.
15. Enforcement. The City shall designate the appropriate personnel to enforce the
provisions of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations set forth in this Section.
16. Inspection and Right of Entry. The officials responsible for enforcement of the
provisions of the Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations set forth in this Section,
other provisions of the Development Code, or their duly authorized representatives, may enter on
any site or into any structure for the purpose of investigation, provided they shall do so in a
reasonable manner, whenever they have cause to suspect a violation of any provision of the
Deemed Approved Alcoholic Beverage Sale Regulations, or whenever necessary to the
investigation of violations to the Deemed Approved performance standards or conditions of
approval prescribed in these regulations. All inspections shall be conducted in compliance with
the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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5.03.030: Ambulatory Health Care ServicesAll Other Miscellaneous Services
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of “all other miscellaneous
ambulatory health care services”:
A. “All other miscellaneous ambulatory health care services” shall include blood pressure
screening, health screening, hearing testing, industrial clinics, pacemaker monitoring, physical
fitness evaluation, and smoking cessation program services.
B. Within the OL zoning district, operating hours shall be limited to 7:00AM to 7:00PM, daily.
C. Within the MU-1 zoning district, the use shall not be allowed on the ground floor of
storefronts that directly front on to Euclid Avenue.
D. Within the BP, IP, IL, IG, and ONT zoning districts, services shall only be limited to industrial
clinics.
5.03.035: Apparel Manufacturing
Within the BP and IP zoning districts, the development of new apparel manufacturing shall be
limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for
multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.040: Automobile DealersNew Vehicles Sales and Leasing, and Automobile Rental
A. Automobile DealersNew Vehicles Sales and Leasing. For new automobile dealers, up to
a maximum of 49 percent of the total number of vehicles on-site at any one time, which are
available for sale or lease, may consist of previously owned vehicles.
B. Vehicle Rental and Leasing.
1. Passenger car and light truck, utility trailer, recreational vehicle and truck rental
and leasing may be conditionally permitted as a freestanding land use pursuant to Table 5.02-1
(Land Use Matrix).
2. Passenger car and light truck rental shall be permitted by right pursuant to Table
5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix), when established in conjunction with, and ancillary to, new motor vehicle
sales, motor vehicle general repair facilities, motor vehicle body and paint facilities, or full service
hotels.
3. It is intended that passenger car, truck, utility trailer, and recreational vehicle rental
facilities allowed pursuant to Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix), shall be permitted to maintain an on-
site rental vehicle fleet, provided adequate off-street parking facilities are provided pursuant to
the requirements of Division 6.03 (Off-Street Parking and loading) of this Development Code.
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5.03.045: Automotive Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and CustomizationMinor Customization
Minor customization work shall be limited to the "bolt-on" replacement or addition of parts only.
No body or paintwork shall be permitted, except as may be allowed pursuant to Section 5.03.050
(Automotive Body and PaintMobile Repair Services) of this Division.
5.03.050: Automotive Body and PaintMobile Repair Services
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of mobile automotive body
and paint repair services:
A. The mobile operation shall be based at a fixed location within the City pursuant to Table
5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix). The use shall not be licensed as a home occupation.
B. Comply with all applicable requirements of the South Coast Air Quality Management
District (SCAQMD). Compliance with SCAQMD regulations shall be demonstrated to the Planning
Department prior to business license issuance by the City.
C. Mobile body and paint repair services shall be limited to minor dent and blemish
removal/repair on motor vehicles, and the performing of minor reparative and touch-up painting
to damaged or blemished areas of motor vehicles.
D. Mobile body and paint repair services shall only be performed for automobile dealerships,
car rental agencies and fleet vehicle operators, within zoning districts allowing these land uses.
Repair services shall not be provided to individuals.
E. All work shall be performed within areas that are completely screened from public view.
F. Paint shall be applied using a high volume low pressure coating delivery and application
system utilizing a turbine motor to produce high volumetric flow rates at a low pressure, not to
exceed 5 pounds per square inch.
G. Prior to business license issuance, the business owner or operator shall provide to the
Planning Department for review and approval, written policies and procedures and for:
1. The storage, use and disposal of cleaning solvents and thinners used in conjunction
with painting and repair activities pursuant to federal, state, county and local laws, regulations,
ordinances and orders;
2. The recording of daily use of solvents, thinners, coating materials and formulations
used in conjunction with painting and repair activities;
3. The packaging, handling and transportation of hazardous materials used in
conjunction with painting and repair activities;
4. The control of solids and liquids produced during grinding, sanding or coating, to
prevent contact with the ground and potentially contaminating storm water runoff;
5. The storage, handling and disposal of hazardous wastes created as a result of
painting and repair activities, pursuant to federal, state, county and local laws, regulations,
ordinances and orders; and
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6. Work space safety and organization.
H. As a condition of business operations, the licensee shall fully comply with the approved
policies and procedures established by Subsection G of this Section, and shall consent to the
following requests by the authorized representatives of the City’s Police Department, Fire
Department, Planning Department, Engineering Department or Code Enforcement Officers,
during regular business hours, for the purpose of making reasonable unscheduled inspections to
observe and enforce compliance with the applicable regulations, laws, and provisions of this
Ordinance:
1. Review of business records pertaining to the daily use of solvents, thinners, coating
materials and formulations used in conjunction with painting and repair activities;
2. Observation of vehicle repair and painting activities; and
3. Inspection of vehicles, materials and equipment used in conjunction with painting
and repair activities.
I. Failure to comply with the mobile body and paint repair services standards contained in
this Section may result in business license revocation by the City.
5.03.055: Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of automotive glass
replacement shops:
A. Automotive glass replacement shops shall include both stationary and mobile services.
B. Mobile services shall be licensed to a fixed location within the City, and shall not be
licensed as a home occupation.
5.03.060: Automotive Repair and MaintenanceGeneral Repair Facilities
Automotive general repair facilities shall include mechanical and electrical repair such as air
conditioning, brake, cooling, electric, exhaust, and suspension systems repair, and engine,
transmission, and drive train repair and maintenance activities.
5.03.065: Automotive Repair and MaintenanceServicing Facilities
Automotive servicing facilities shall include mechanical and electrical retail-oriented services such
as emissions testing, battery replacement and other similar retail activities that do not involve the
use of pneumatic tools or equipment that create noise impacts.
5.03.070: Bed-and-Breakfast Inns
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of bed-and-breakfast inns:
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A. A bed-and-breakfast inn shall be allowed only within a structure designated as a local
historic landmark, or a contributing structure within a designated historic district, established
pursuant to Section 4.02.040 (Historic Preservation—Local Historic Landmark and Local District
Designations, Historic Resource Tiering, and Architectural Conservations Areas) of this
Development Code, and shall be subject to the regulations therein during the life of the permit.
B. The inn structure shall serve as the primary residence of the bed-and-breakfast inn
owner(s), or the majority shareholder if the facility is owned by a corporation.
C. The bed-and-breakfast inn shall be accessory to the residential use of the property.
D. The lot upon which the bed-and-breakfast inn is operated shall conform to the standards
of the zoning district in which it is located, and the applicable land use and operational
requirements of this Development Code.
E. No long-term rental of rooms shall be permitted. The maximum length of stay for any guest
shall be 14 days within any 30-day period.
F. Guests may check in only between the hours of 9:00AM and 9:00PM.
G. Breakfast shall be the only full meal served, excepting light snacks and refreshments, and
may only be served to guests of the bed-and-breakfast inn. Restaurants are prohibited, and no
cooking facilities shall be allowed within any guestroom.
H. The applicant shall comply with all applicable building code regulations related to the
change of use of the structure to a bed-and-breakfast inn.
5.03.075: Billiard Parlors and Pool Halls
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of billiard parlors and pool
halls:
A. All billiard and pool tables are to be located so as to be visible at all times by one or more
employees of the business.
B. Unless otherwise specifically approved by Conditional Use Permit, billiard and pool tables
shall be limited to a size not typically used for regular professional tournament play (9 FT long by
4.5 FT wide), as established by the World Billiard Congress, World Pool-Billiard Association, American
Pool Players Association, and other similar professional organizations.
C. Billiard parlors and pool halls shall be located a minimum of 300 FT, as measured in a
straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property or lease space containing
the use, to any residentially zoned property or sensitive land use, including hospitals and other
healthcare facilities; senior citizen care facilities; preschools; daycare facilities; public or private
elementary, middle (junior high) or high schools; public parks; recreation centers; sports parks; or
any similar facility where minors (persons under 18 years of age) regularly congregate.
D. Minors shall not be permitted to enter or remain in a billiard parlor and pool hall during the
following periods, unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian:
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1. Monday through Friday, between 8:00AM and 3:00PM, or after 10:00PM; and
Saturday and Sunday, after 10: 00PM.
2. The weekday daytime hours of restriction shall not apply to school vacation days
or holidays, as established by any public school district or private elementary, middle (junior high)
or high school operating within the City.
3. Notice of the herein specified hours of restriction for minors shall be posted at the
facilities entrance(s), in lettering of at least 2 inches in height.
E. The establishment shall not be open to customers, patrons or any member of the public
between the hours of 2:00AM and 6:00AM.
F. "No Loitering" signs shall be posted at the front and rear of the business.
G. The facility shall have a minimum of one managing employee at least 21 years of age
during all working hours.
H. Occupancy shall not exceed the number required under the City’s building and fire
codes, and the maximum occupancy load shall be posted at the main entrance.
I. The establishment shall maintain and operate a video surveillance system during all
business hours, which is capable of storing a minimum of 186 hours (7 days) of video surveillance.
1. The video surveillance system shall cover the entire interior of the premises and all
entrances and exits of the establishment, and shall be capable of delineating upon playback of
the system, the activity and physical features of persons or areas within the premises.
2. The business owner shall permit City Police and/or Code Enforcement officers to
inspect the stored video surveillance during normal business hours, upon demand.
3. The video surveillance system shall be maintained in good working order.
4. A sign shall be posted inside and at the entrances to the establishment indicating
that the premises are under video surveillance.
J. The business owner shall submit and receive approval of a Fire Exit Plan from the Fire
Department. The plan shall address all requirements of the City’s building and fire codes, including,
but is not limited to, showing all necessary dimensions, equipment location, aisle locations/path
of travel, building exiting, and panic hardware.
K. Window areas shall not be covered or made opaque in any way. All windows and
entrances must be unobstructed at all times so as to allow an unimpaired line-of-sight by police
officers.
L. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to require the business owner/operator provide a
security guard on the premises in the event that there are significant calls for service relating to
assaults, gang-related activity, weapons offenses, disturbances, juvenile related crime and
truancy, or other good causes. The decision of the Chief of Police may be appealed to the City
Council pursuant to Division 2.04 (Appeals) of this Development Code.
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M. No exterior pay phones shall be allowed on a property containing a billiard parlor or pool
hall.
5.03.080: Boarding, Lodging, and Rooming Houses
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of boarding, lodging and
rooming houses:
A. All boarding, lodging, and rooming houses shall require the submittal and approval of an
Administrative Use Permit or Conditional Use Permit, and business license, prior to establishing the
use.
B. No more than one Federal, State or Youth Authority parolee shall be allowed to live in a
boarding, lodging, or rooming house.
C. The application submitted for approval of a boarding, lodging, or rooming house shall
identify whether any boarders are currently Federal, State, or Youth Authority parolees. That
information shall be provided by the landlord to each lessee or renter upon signing a lease or
other rental agreement. Owners and/ or operators of approved boarding, lodging or rooming
houses shall update the information required by this Section anytime a person that is a Federal,
State, or Youth Authority parolee is provided accommodation in the approved boarding, lodging,
or rooming house.
D. All boarding, lodging, and rooming houses shall require boarders to sign a Crime Free
Lease Addendum to their lease or rental agreement. The Crime Free Lease Addendum shall
provide that any criminal violations perpetrated by boarders shall be grounds for termination of
the written or oral lease, sublease, or agreement.
E. Boarding, lodging, or rooming houses shall be operated and maintained in full compliance
with all applicable requirements of this Development Code and the Ontario Municipal Code, prior
to the issuance of an Administrative Use Permit or Conditional Use Permit authorizing the use, and
at all times following permit issuance. Violation of any local, State, or Federal laws by individual
boarders while on the premises, shall be grounds for revocation of the permit, including, but not
limited to, violations of PC Section 3003.5.
F. No boarding, lodging, or rooming house shall be maintained as a nuisance.
G. The violation of any provision of this Section shall be grounds for revocation of the
Administrative Use Permit or Conditional Use Permit authorizing the boarding, lodging, or rooming
house use. In revoking an Administrative Use Permit or Conditional Use Permit, the procedures
contained in Division 2.05 (City Initiated Modification or Revocation) of this Development Code
shall be followed.
H. All boarding, lodging, and rooming houses shall be required to pay to the City, an
administrative fee in an amount determined by separate resolution of the City Council, to cover
the costs of Administrative Use Permit or Conditional Use Permit review and issuance, and
inspection of the facilities.
I. Boarding, lodging, and rooming houses may provide rented, leased, or subleased
accommodations for occupancy by no more than 6 individuals, excluding a resident owner,
agent, or manager. The operator may seek relief from the strict application of this provision by
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submitting a request for reasonable accommodation pursuant to Section 4.02.035 (Fair Housing
and Reasonable Accommodation) of this Development Code.
5.03.085: Bread and Tortilla Manufacturing
Within the IP zoning district, bread and tortilla manufacturing shall be limited to small-scale (GFA
of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for multiple-tenant buildings)
facilities.
5.03.090: Business to Business Electronic Markets
Within the BP zoning district, the development of business to business electronic markets shall be
limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for
multiple-tenant buildings) developments.
5.03.095: Caretaker Quarters
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of caretaker quarters:
A. Caretaker quarters may be allowed in conjunction with, and accessory to, an allowed
land use, when determined by the Reviewing Authority to be essential to providing 24-hour on-site
property security and surveillance.
B. Caretaker quarters shall not exceed 600 SF in gross floor area, and shall contain no more
than one bedroom.
C. Caretaker quarters shall be for occupancy by the business owner or an employee of the
business.
5.03.100: Child Day Care Services
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of child day care services:
A. Child Day Care Centers.
1. No City permit for a child day care center shall be effective until satisfactory
evidence has been provided to the City demonstrating that all necessary State licenses and
permits have been obtained.
2. Child day care centers shall not be allowed in conjunction with a residential land
use.
3. Within industrial zoning districts, child day care centers shall be limited to employer-
provided services, which are only for employee use. Such centers may also be established by a
group of industrial businesses, which are located within close proximity, to serve their employees
at an on-site or off-site location.
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4. Comply with all fire and life safety standards required by the State Fire Marshall and
the Ontario Fire Department.
5. All areas designated for active play, or any play structures, shall only be permitted
within a side yard or rear yard area. In addition, all play areas shall be enclosed by a 6 FT high
decorative fence or wall. Property line fences or walls may be used to fulfill this requirement.
6. Landscaping and decorative masonry block walls shall be used to buffer noise in
side and rear yard areas when abutting a residential zoning district.
7. Outdoor play areas shall be located at least 25 FT from any residential structure
located on an abutting residentially zoned lot.
8. Any swimming pool, pond, wading pools, or similar bodies of water greater than 18
inches in depth shall be fully enclosed by a minimum 5 FT high non-climbable fence. Additionally,
all entrances and exits shall have self-closing and latching gates. All latches shall be located at
least 54 inches above adjacent grade.
9. All trash receptacles and air-conditioning units located outdoors and adjacent to
any play area shall be fully enclosed by a wall or fence.
10. A day care center shall not be located within any area in which the measurable
exterior noise level is 65 CNEL or greater.
B. Family Child Day Care, Large Family.
1. To prevent over concentrations of family child day care homes that would impair
the integrity of residential neighborhoods, a minimum 300-FT separation shall be provided
between a large family daycare home and any other family child day care home. The distance
between any structure used as a family child day care home and another structure used as a
family child day care home shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening
structures, from the closest property line of the structure used as a family child day care home to
the closest property line of another structure used as a family child day care home.
2. A family child day care home shall only be allowed in conjunction with a single-
family dwelling.
3. A family child day care home shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to the
primary residential use.
4. No City permit for a family child day care home shall be effective until satisfactory
evidence has been provided to the City demonstrating that all necessary State licenses and
permits have been obtained.
5. In addition to those off-street parking spaces required of the primary residential
land use, one off-street parking space shall be provided for each employee of the day care
provider. The driveway may be used to fulfill this requirement.
6. The applicant shall submit a plan showing the location of a loading and unloading
area for children.
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7. Play equipment shall not be located within the front yard area. All areas
designated for active play, or any play structures, shall only be permitted in a side yard or rear
yard. In addition, all play areas shall be enclosed by a 6 FT high decorative fence or wall. Property
line fences or walls may be used to fulfill this requirement.
8. Comply with all fire and life safety standards required by the State Fire Marshall and
the Ontario Fire Department.
9. Any swimming pool, pond, wading pools, or similar bodies of water greater than 18
inches in depth shall be fully enclosed by a minimum 5 FT high non-climbable fence. Additionally,
all entrances and exits shall have self-closing and latching gates. All latches shall be located at
least 54 inches above adjacent grade.
10. All trash receptacles and air-conditioning units located outdoors and adjacent to
any play area shall be fully enclosed by a wall or fence.
11. Trash receptacles shall be maintained in a sanitary condition with no odor
detectable from adjacent properties.
5.03.105: Community Care Facilities for the ElderlyMore Than 6 Persons
The following standards shall govern the development and/or operation of community care
facilities for the elderly, which are design for occupancy by more than 6 persons:
A. Within residential and mixed-use zoning districts, the maximum density of a community
care facility for the elderly that incorporates shared or common kitchen facilities, if proposed at a
density greater than allowed by the underlying zoning district, shall be determined based upon a
study of equivalent impact, assessing factors of traffic generation, water usage, and sewerage
generation, in comparison to a multiple-family residential development on the same site,
constructed at maximum density. Applicants for community care facilities for the elderly shall be
responsible for all City costs incurred in preparation of the study.
B. Within commercial zoning districts, the maximum allowed density of a community care
facility for the elderly shall be based a study of equivalent impact, assessing traffic/transportation,
water usage, and sewerage generation, in comparison to a typical commercial development on
the same site. Applicants for community care facilities for the elderly shall be responsible for
providing appropriate traffic, water usage and sewerage generation information to the City to
assist in determining allowed densities.
C. Community care facilities for the elderly should be located where public transit linkages
are available, such as bus or transit facilities on or adjacent to the site, regular shuttle service to a
regular transit route, or equivalent alternative methods as approved by the Planning Director.
D. A minimum of 75 SF of private open space and 75 SF of common open space shall be
provided per dwelling or room used for dwelling purposes. Common spaces shall be provided
with recreation room(s), swimming pools, lawn bowling courts and similar recreational facilities,
based upon the size of proposed facility and the anticipated needs of its occupants.
E. Common or individual laundry, eating and/or kitchen facilities may be provided.
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F. Occupancy of a community care facility for the elderly may be age restricted by means
of a deed restriction or an agreement acceptable to the City Attorney.
G. Occupancy of community care facility for the elderly shall not be granted by the City until
satisfactory evidence has been provided to the City demonstrating that all necessary State
licenses and permits have been obtained for the use.
5.03.110: Community Care Facilities for the Elderly6 or Fewer Persons
Community care facilities for the elderly, for 6 or fewer persons, may only be established in
conjunction with a single-family dwelling.
5.03.115: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
Within the IP zoning district, the development of new computer and electronic product
manufacturing shall be limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings
and 60,000 SF for multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.120: Consumer Goods Rental
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of consumer goods rental
services:
A. Consumer goods rental services shall include the rental of consumer electronics and
appliances, costumes, formal wear, furniture rental, home health equipment, musical instrument
rental, party and banquet accessories, recreational goods, and video tapes and discs.
B. Outdoor storage shall be prohibited in conjunction with consumer goods rental services.
5.03.125: Convenience Markets and Specialty Food Stores
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of convenience markets
and specialty food stores:
A. Within the CS zoning district, hours of operation shall be limited to between 7:00AM and
10:00PM, daily.
B. All convenience markets and specialty food stores that sell prepared or prepackaged
food items shall provide and maintain outdoor trash receptacles adjacent to the business entry,
for use by customers.
C. Where a convenience market or specialty food store abuts a residential zoning district, no
commercial loading activity is permitted between the hours of 7:00PM and 7:00AM.
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5.03.130: Credit Intermediation-Related Activities
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of credit intermediation-
related activities:
A. Credit intermediation-related activities include check cashing, money order issuance,
money transmission and payday advance services.
B. Within the MU-1 zoning district, credit intermediation-related activities shall only be allowed
in conjunction with a permitted or conditionally permitted land use, Standalone credit
intermediation-related activities within the MU-1 zoning district shall be prohibited.
5.03.135: Cutlery and Hand Tool Manufacturing
Within the IP zoning district, the development of new cutlery and hand tool manufacturing shall
be limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for
multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.140: Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
Within the OL and OH zoning districts, data processing, hosting, and related services shall only be
allowed in conjunction with a permitted or conditionally permitted land use. Standalone data
processing, hosting, and related services shall be prohibited within these zoning districts.
5.03.145: Depository Credit Intermediation
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of depository credit
intermediation uses:
A. Depository credit intermediation shall include commercial banking, savings institutions,
and credit unions.
B. Drive-thru facilities in conjunction with depository credit intermediation shall be permitted
subject to the provisions of Section 5.03.150 (Drive-Thru Facilities) of this Division.
5.03.150: Drive-Thru Facilities
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of drive-thru facilities, and
are intended to result in facilities that are well designed, encourage pedestrian activity, and
enhance the commercial areas in which they located:
A. Location Standards.
1. Drive-thru facilities shall be permitted in conjunction with the below-listed land uses,
except that such facilities shall be prohibited within the MU-1(Downtown Mixed-Use) zoning district.
a. Pharmacies and Drug Stores (NAICS 446110);
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b. Depository Credit
Intermediation (NAICS 5221);
c. Restaurants and other eating
places (NAICS 7225);
d. Drycleaning and Laundry
Services (NAICS 81232); and
e. Other uses deemed
appropriate by the Zoning Administrator, determined
pursuant to the procedures established in Section
1.02.010 (Interpretations and Land Use Determinations)
of this Development Code.
2. Drive-thru businesses shall not disrupt
the pedestrian activity of adjacent or nearby
commercial uses or commercially zoned property.
Furthermore, the use shall not interfere with the normal
use of adjoining properties or potential for planned commercial development.
B. Development Standards. Uses incorporating drive-thru facilities shall comply with each of
the following development standards:
1. Lot Area. Drive-through businesses shall be located on lots having a minimum area
of 1 acre. This area may be modified when the business is within an integrated shopping center.
2. Lot Coverage. The lot coverage shall exceed 40 percent of the lot area.
3. Floor Area. The minimum area for businesses incorporating a drive-thru shall be
3,000 SF (including enclosed floor area within a building and outdoor seating areas), with a
minimum interior floor area of 2,500 SF.
4. Setbacks.
a. Setbacks shall be provided pursuant to the requirements of the underlying
zoning district in which the drive-thru facility is proposed.
b. A minimum 25-FT landscaped setback shall be maintained between any
drive-thru facility, including drive-up windows, drive-thru lane and menu/order stations, and any
adjacent residentially zoned property or residential land use.
c. The building shall maintain a minimum 20-FT landscaped setback from
street property lines. Design elements, such as trellises, may encroach into the setback when well
integrated with the landscape.
5. Building Orientation. Buildings incorporating drive-thru facilities shall be orient
toward the street, as exemplified in Figure 5.03-1 (Street-Oriented Example Site Plan), top right.
6. Access. Each developed site shall not have more than one drive approach per
street frontage. Drive-thru ingress and egress aisles shall not take direct access from a public street
Figure 5.03-1: Street-Oriented Example Site
Plan
Restaurant
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or thoroughfare, but instead shall take access from a parking area or on-site drive aisle, as
exemplified by Figure 5.03-1 (Street-Oriented Example Site Plan).
7. Building Height. Buildings shall not exceed a height of 35 FT.
8. Site Design.
a. Buildings shall be oriented toward the street, with drive-thru lanes, pick-up
windows, and off-street parking facilities oriented toward the rear yard or side yard areas.
b. Decorative low garden walls shall be provided to screen the parking lot
and drive-thru aisle from view of the public street.
c. All service and loading areas shall be screened from public view, to the
extent possible.
d. Restrooms shall not be accessed from outside the structure.
e. Ladders for roof access shall be mounted on the inside of the building or
shall be completely concealed from public view.
f. The site design shall minimize pedestrian/vehicle conflicts by creating
opportunities for courtyards, plazas, outdoor dining, and landscaped pathways that promote safe
and convenient pedestrian movement.
9. Drive-Thru Lane Design.
a. Drive-thru lanes in conjunction with restaurants shall have a minimum length
of 144 FT, measured from entry to pick-up window, which accommodates a minimum of 6
vehicles.
b. Drive-thru lanes shall have a minimum width of 11 FT on straight sections and
12 FT on curved sections.
c. Drive-thru lanes shall be screened from view of a public street through
building orientation, landscaping, low screen walls, and trelliswork.
C. Maintenance.
1. The premises shall be kept clean, and the operator shall make all reasonable efforts
to see that no trash or litter originating from the use is deposited on adjacent properties.
2. Adequate trash containers shall be provided and, on a daily basis, employees shall
be required to pick up trash originating from the site, both on site and within 50 FT of the perimeter
of the site.
3. No undesirable odors shall be generated on-site.
4. All merchandise, wares, crates in the form of temporary and permanent storage,
displays, and goods offered for sale shall be maintained wholly within the building. Storage of any
kind shall be contained completely within an enclosed structure.
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D. Noise. Noise emanating from sound systems, including intercom and public address
systems, shall not be audible beyond the property line.
E. Signs. All signs shall conform to the sign provisions of Division 8.1 (Sign Regulations) of this
Development Code. Facilities within an integrated shopping center or plan must comply with the
uniform sign program as established in the center. Menu signs will be limited to two 6-FT high signs,
having a maximum area of 24 SF each. Menu board signs shall not obscure vehicular visibility.
F. Design Guidelines. The following design guidelines are intended as a reference to assist
the designer in understanding the City’s goals and objectives for high quality commercial
development. The guidelines compliment the mandatory development standards contained in
Subsection B (Development Standards), above, by providing good examples of potential design
solutions and by providing design interpretations of the various mandatory regulations.
The design guidelines are general in nature and may be interpreted with some flexibility in their
application to specific projects. The guidelines will be utilized during the City’s development
review process to encourage the highest level of design quality, while at the same time providing
the flexibility necessary to encourage creativity on the part of the project designer(s). However,
unless there is a compelling reason, these design guidelines shall be observed.
1. Architecture.
a. Style. The construction of the building should depict a specific architectural
style by distinctive elements and features consistent with the chosen style. Accessory structures
should portray the style through their features as well. The style of the building should also reflect
and complement the styles of surrounding commercial buildings. Architectural treatment should
be employed over the entire building exterior (360-degree architecture), and the building should
be individually designed for its site. The use of standardized corporate architectural styles is highly
discouraged.
b. Materials. A variety of quality building materials should be incorporated into
the building, such as brick, finished wood, natural stone, tinted/textured concrete masonry, and
ceramic tile, which have a substantial and long-lasting appearance. Veneers having a
prefabricated or false appearance shall not be used.
c. Structure. Drive-up windows should be covered by a structure that reflects
the style of the building and is substantial in character; however, it should remain subsidiary to the
main structure. Entries should project 10 to 12 FT from the building in order to add depth and
variation to the façade.
d. Entry Design. Gables, awnings, sign locations, or other features should
clearly express the location of doorways. Greater attention should be given to materials and
detailing adjacent to entries.
e. Arcades and Awnings. Outdoor arcades are encouraged to protect
pedestrians from summer heat and winter rain. Where an arcade is not provided, a separate
awning or other architectural feature should be used for each business to enhance the individual
identity of small shops. Because they can quickly deteriorate, canvas awnings are discouraged,
or should be properly maintained.
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f. Roof Forms. Roof forms should reflect the architectural style and internal
organization of buildings. Hipped and gable roofs are encouraged. Flat roof parapets should be
accompanied by a cornice or other shadow-creating detail at its “top.”
g. Drive-Up Windows. Construct roofs or trellises over drive-up windows. Posts
supporting roofs or trellises should be substantial in appearance and fully integrated into the
architecture of the building. The stacking area for drive-up windows should be screened from the
street through a combination of low walls and landscaping.
h. Lighting.
(1) On-site lighting must be directed away or shielded from adjacent
freeways, roads, streets, and adjacent properties. All exterior lighting shall be of an indirect nature,
coming from under eaves and canopies, or at ground level, with in landscaped areas.
(2) Exterior lighting fixtures should be a decorative and reinforce the
architectural style of the building.
(3) Light standards less than 15 FT in height (including lighting bollards)
should illuminate all street sidewalks and connecting walkways, and are encouraged throughout
the project.
i. Landscaping.
(1) The minimum amount of on-site landscaping, including defined
plazas and courtyards, shall equal 15 percent of the net lot area. Landscaping should be used on
the site to show transition from adjacent uses, define a circulation pattern on the lot, screen the
parking lot from the street, highlight entries, provide shade for parking as well as outdoor seating
areas, and to soften the appearance of the building.
(2) At a minimum, landscaping shall include 15-gallon trees planted no
more than 20 FT on center, within minimum 5-FT wide planters. A suitable plant material (grasses,
ivy, etc.) should be used as ground cover. Minimum 10-FT wide planters containing a combination
of hedges and low walls shall be used to screen drive-thru lanes from view of public streets.
(3) Pedestrian walkways should not intersect drive-thru lanes; however,
in the event this occurs, adequate visibility for pedestrians and vehicles shall be provided, and
pedestrian crossings shall be clearly marked with signs.
j. Play Structures.
(1) Play structures should be placed indoors, becoming an integral part
of the architecture, yet remaining a subordinate element. If located outside, play structures shall
be oriented away from the public street and properly screened, and shall be no more than 11 FT
in height.
(2) Indoor restaurant playground facilities shall be ancillary to the
restaurant use. Scale and massing shall not dominate the main structure and the height of the
playground facility shall not exceed the height of the main roof of the main structure.
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5.03.155: Durable and Nondurable Goods Agents and Brokers
Within the BP and IP zoning districts, business to business electronic markets shall be limited to small-
scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for multiple-tenant
buildings) facilities.
5.03.160: Electric Power Generation, Solar and Wind
Solar and wind electric power generation facilities shall only be allowed in conjunction with a
permitted or conditionally permitted land use, except that standalone facilities shall be allowed
within the OS-U zoning district.
5.03.165: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
Within the IP zoning district, electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing shall
be limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for
multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.170: Electronic Shopping and Mail Order Houses
A. Within the IP, IL, IG, and IH industrial zoning districts, direct business to consumer sales via
the internet, direct mail, or telephone shall only be allowed ancillary to a permitted or
conditionally permitted land use, such as manufacturing, warehousing, wholesaling, and/or
distribution activities.
B. Standalone (office only) business to consumer sales via the internet, direct mail, or
telephone shall be allowed as a primary land use only within the CN, CC, CR, OL, and OH
commercial zoning districts; the MU-1, MU-2, and MU-11 mixed-use zoning districts; and the BP
industrial zoning district.
5.03.175: Electronics and Appliance Stores
Within the CN zoning district, only small-scale (GFA of 5,000 SF or less) electronics and appliance
stores may be established.
5.03.180 Exterminating Services
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of exterminating services:
A. A copy of the Emergency Business Contingency Plan and/or Risk Management Prevention
Program filed with the San Bernardino County Fire Department shall be filed with the Ontario Fire
Department. No changes in practices or procedures, or the type and/or maximum quantity of
material shall occur without first notifying the Ontario Fire Department and appropriate
amendments made to the Business Emergency/Contingency Plan and/or Risk Management
Prevention Program on file with the San Bernardino County Fire Department.
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B. The outdoor storage of hazardous chemicals or materials is prohibited. Furthermore, the
storage of chemicals or service trucks within a 100-year flood zone shall be prohibited.
C. The storage and handling of hazardous materials shall be limited to those quantities
specified in the City’s building and fire codes.
D. At all times, all operations shall be in full compliance with all federal, state and local
regulations pertaining to containment, including restricting use/storage to designated areas,
stacking height limitations of materials, and the provision of appropriate pre-approved
containment walls where required.
E. A list of all types and amounts of chemical used or stored on the site shall be submitted to
the Ontario Engineering Department as well as a Chemical Spillage Control Plan.
F. Hazardous chemicals and their containers shall be disposed of at an approved hazardous
materials disposal site and not in City sewers or within solid waste dumpsters.
G. Individuals and firms operating businesses relating to exterminating services shall be
licensed by the State of California according to their particular discipline.
H. Access to and the handling of hazardous chemicals and materials shall be limited to
properly trained and authorized personnel.
5.03.185: Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, All Other Miscellaneous
Within the BP and IP zoning districts, the development of all new “all other miscellaneous
fabricated metal product manufacturing” shall be limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000
SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.190: Food Manufacturing, Other
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of “other food
manufacturing” facilities:
A. “Other food manufacturing” shall include snack foods, roasted nuts and peanut butter,
coffee and tea, flavoring syrup and concentrate, seasoning and dressing, spice and extract, and
all other miscellaneous food manufacturing.
B. Within the BP and IP zoning districts, the development of new “other food manufacturing”
shall be limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF
for multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.195: Footwear Manufacturing
Within the BP and IP zoning districts, the development of all new footwear manufacturing shall be
limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for
multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
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5.03.200: Freight Transportation Arrangement
Freight transportation arrangement shall include shipping agents and brokers, and shall be limited
to office uses only.
5.03.205: Funeral Director Services
Within the IL, IG, and IH zoning districts, funeral director services shall only be allowed as an
ancillary use to funeral parlors, mortuaries and embalming services.
5.03.210: Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores
Within the CN zoning district, only small-scale (GFA of 5,000 SF or less) furniture and home furnishings
stores may be established.
5.03.215: Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
Within the IP zoning district, the development of new furniture and related product manufacturing
(GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for multiple-tenant buildings)
shall be limited to small-scale manufacturers.
5.03.220: Game Arcades, Internet Cafes, Internet Gaming, and Similar Facilities
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of any business with a
primary business activity consisting of the operation of game arcades, cyber cafes, internet
gaming, and similar facilities:
A. All video games, pinball machines, computers, gaming stations and similar devices are to
be located so as to be visible at all times by one or more employees of the business.
B. Game arcades, cyber cafes, internet gaming, and similar facilities shall be located a
minimum of 1,000 FT, as measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of
the property or lease space containing the use, from a public or private elementary, middle (junior
high) or high school, public park, recreation center, sports park, or any other similar facility where
minors (persons under 18 years of age) regularly congregate.
C. Minors shall not be permitted to enter or remain in a game arcade, cyber cafe, on-line
internet gaming facility, or any similar facility during the following periods, unless accompanied by
a parent or legal guardian:
1. Monday through Friday, between 8:00AM and 3:00PM, or after 10:00PM; and
Saturday and Sunday, after 10: 00PM.
2. The weekday daytime hours of restriction shall not apply to school vacation days
or holidays, as established by any public school district or private elementary, middle (junior high)
or high school operating within the City.
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3. Notice of the herein specified hours of restriction for minors shall be posted at the
facilities entrance(s), in lettering of at least 2 inches in height.
D. The establishment shall not be open to customers, patrons or any member of the public
between the hours of 12:00AM and 7:00AM.
E. "No Loitering" signs shall be posted at the front and rear of the business. In addition, a
waiting area with not less than 8 seats shall be provided for customers waiting to use a computer
or game/gaming station. No outside waiting or seating area is permitted.
F. No person shall be permitted to consume or sell alcohol on the premises.
G. Employees shall be at least 21 years of age. There shall be a minimum of one employee
managing the facility during all working hours. If the business has more than 20 games/gaming
stations or computers, the business is required to add one additional employee for every
additional 20 computers, or portion thereof, and for every 20 computers thereafter, or any portion
thereof. During each employee's working hours, the employee shall wear a badge identifying the
business and the employee's full name.
H. Occupancy shall not exceed that required under the City’s building and fire codes, and
the maximum occupancy load shall be posted at the main entrance.
I. The establishment shall maintain and operate a video surveillance system during all
business hours, which is capable of storing a minimum of 186 hours (7 days) of video surveillance.
1. The video surveillance system shall cover the entire interior of the premises and all
entrances and exits of the establishment, and shall be capable of delineating upon playback of
the system, the activity and physical features of persons or areas within the premises.
2. The business owner shall permit City Police and/or Code Enforcement officers to
inspect the stored video surveillance during normal business hours, upon demand.
3. The video surveillance system shall be maintained in good working order.
4. A sign shall be posted inside and at the entrances to the establishment indicating
that the premises are under video surveillance.
J. The business owner shall submit and receive approval of a Fire Exit Plan from the Fire
Department. The plan shall address all requirements of the City’s building and fire codes, including,
but is not limited to, showing all necessary dimensions, equipment location, aisle locations/path
of travel, building exiting, and panic hardware.
K. Any display of or access to adult-oriented materials for minors is prohibited. Access to
adult-oriented materials, if permitted by the business owner, shall be limited to the hours of
10:30PM to 12:00AM.
L. Window areas shall not be covered or made opaque in any way. All windows and
entrances must be unobstructed at all times so as to allow an unimpaired line-of-sight by police
officers.
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M. The Chief of Police is authorized to require a specific owner/operator to provide a security
guard on the premises in the event that there are significant calls for service relating to assaults,
gang-related activity, weapons offenses, disturbances, juvenile related crime and truancy, or
other good causes. The decision of the Chief of Police may be appealed to the City Council
pursuant to Division 2.04 (Appeals) of this Development Code.
N. No exterior pay phones shall be permitted.
O. No gaming tournaments for cash prizes shall be permitted.
5.03.225: Gasoline and Fueling Stations
The below-listed standards shall govern the establishment and operation of gasoline and fueling
stations, and are intended to result in facilities that are well-designed, appropriate in scale, and
enhance the surrounding community.
A. Self-Serve and Full Service Fueling Stations. The following standards shall govern the
establishment and operation of self-serve and full service fueling stations:
1. A service station shall only be located at:
a. The intersection of 2 arterial streets;
b. The intersection of an arterial and collector street; or
c. The intersection of an arterial street and a freeway.
2. The project site shall have a minimum area of 22,500 SF.
3. The project site shall have a minimum width and depth of 150 FT.
4. The project site shall not have more than one access per street frontage.
5. Landscaping shall comprise a minimum of 20 percent of the site area.
6. Provide enhanced pavement sections to relieve visually dominant asphalt
surfaces.
7. A self-serve or full service fueling station may include a fully automated car wash
(e.g., roll-over or express car wash), which is incidental to the primary fueling station activity.
8. An automated car wash which is ancillary to a self-serve or full service fueling
station shall be setback a minimum of 100 FT from any residential zoning district or any residential
dwelling in a mixed-use project.
9. A full service fueling station may include general repair and servicing facilities
(maximum 2 service bays), and automotive parts, accessories and tire sales, which is incidental to
the primary fueling station activity.
B. Automated Fueling Facilities. The following standards shall govern the development
and/or operation of automated fueling facilities:
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1. Automated (card lock) fueling facilities shall be located with least one street
frontage on an arterial street.
2. Automated (card lock) fueling facilities shall not locate within 1,000 FT of a
residential zoning district and shall not interfere with the normal use of adjoining properties.
3. The project site shall have a minimum area of 40,000 SF.
4. Automated (card lock) fueling facilities located at the intersection of two street
shall not have more than one access per street frontage. Mid-block facilities may be allowed two
accesses on the same street.
5. Landscaping shall comprise a minimum of 40 percent of the site area.
6. All pump island areas shall be covered by a canopy, which shall not exceed 17 FT
in overall height.
C. Conversion of Gasoline and Fueling Stations. A property originally improved as a gasoline
or fueling station, and which is proposed to be converted so as to facilitate another allowed use,
shall require upgrading and remodeling of the gasoline or fueling station. Necessary upgrading
and remodeling shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Removal of all fuel appurtenances;
2. Removal of canopies;
3. Removal of pump islands;
4. Removal of fuel storage tanks;
5. Removal of overhead doors;
6. Additional off-site street improvements or modification of existing improvements to
conform to access requirements in effect at the time of conversion;
7. Exterior remodeling of the building;
8. Additional on-site landscaping and parking improvements to conform with
requirements in effect at the time of conversion; and
9. Conformance with all standards and guidelines contained in this Development
Code, which are applicable to the base zoning district.
5.03.230: General Rental Centers
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of general rental centers:
A. General rental centers shall include home and garden tool and equipment rental services.
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B. Within commercial and mixed-use zoning districts, general rental centers shall only be
allowed in conjunction with "Building Materials, Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores,"
Standalone general rental centers shall be prohibited within these zoning districts.
C. All outdoor storage of equipment shall be screened from public view.
5.03.235: Hardware Manufacturing
Within the IP zoning district, hardware manufacturing shall be limited to small-scale (GFA of less
than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.240: Home Occupations
A. Purpose. The purpose of these provisions is to allow for the operation of home-based
businesses that are incidental to and compatible with residential land uses. A Home Occupation
represents a legal income producing activity by the occupant of a residential dwelling unit.
B. Applicability.
1. License Required. No person shall engage in a Home Occupation unless such
person holds a valid business license issued by the City.
2. Prohibited Uses. The following list represents example uses that are not considered
to be incidental to and/or compatible with residential activities, and for which a Home
Occupation permit shall not be issued:
a. Gun/munitions repair or sales;
b. Ammunition loading or sales;
c. Barber and beauty shops;
d. Businesses involving the harboring, training, breeding, raising or grooming
of cats, dogs or other animals on the premises, except as otherwise permitted in the AR-2 zoning
district;
e. Carpentry and cabinet making;
f. Medical and dental offices or clinics;
g. Repair or fix-it shops;
h. Storage of equipment, materials and other accessories to the construction
or service trades;
i. Motor vehicle repair (body or mechanical), upholstery or painting;
j. Welding or machining;
k. On-site sales of motor vehicles (new or used);
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l. Massage services, excepting out-call services;
m. Mobile motor vehicle service and repair; such as detailing and vehicle
repair; and
n. Any other use determined by the Zoning Administrator that is not incidental
to and/or compatible with residential activities.
C. Operating Requirements. Home Occupations shall comply with the following operating
standards:
1. A Home Occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to the primary
residential use.
2. Only the occupants of the dwelling may engage in the Home Occupation.
3. Not more than one client/customer shall visit the premises at any one time,
excepting in-home educational activities, including, but not limited to, music lessons, academic
tutoring or religious instruction, provided no more than 3 students are present at any one time and
each of the operating requirements enumerated herein are complied with.
4. There shall be no change in the outward appearance of the premises.
5. There shall be no advertising that identifies the home occupation by street address.
6. The Home Occupation shall be conducted within an enclosed structure,
completely confined to one room of the dwelling and occupying no more than 10 percent of the
GFA of the dwelling, except as follows:
a. Floriculture may be conducted outdoors in conjunction with a single-family
dwelling located in the appropriate zoning district. All activities shall take place within the rear
one-half of the lot and occupy no more than 10 percent of the net lot area.
b. Within the AR-2 zoning district, kennels and catteries shall be conducted in
conjunction with a single-family residential land use, within the rear one-half of the lot, and all
applicable requirements of Section 5.03.410.C (Animal Keeping and Production) of this Division
shall be complied with.
7. Only one vehicle specifically associated with the Home Occupation, no larger
than a one-ton pick-up truck or van, may be maintained on the property.
8. There shall be no use or storage of materials, chemicals, compounds or equipment
not typically recognized as being part of a normal household or hobby use.
9. Activities conducted, and equipment or material used, shall not change the fire
safety or occupancy classifications of the premises.
10. The Home Occupation shall not generate vehicular or pedestrian traffic in greater
volumes than normal in a residential neighborhood.
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11. The home occupation shall not involve the use of commercial vehicles for delivery
of materials either to or from the premises, excepting the use of standard parcel delivery services.
12. No equipment or processes shall be used that creates noise, odor, smoke, glare,
dust, fumes, vibration, or result in interference with radio or television reception detectable to the
normal senses outside the dwelling unit in which the Home Occupation is conducted.
13. If the Home Occupation is to be conducted on rental property, the property
owner’s written authorization shall be provided on the home occupation application.
14. No home occupation shall be conducted without a current City business license.
D. Internet, Direct Mail, and Telephone Retail Sales.
1. Direct business to consumer retail sales via internet, direct mail or telephone,
including wine sales (Type 85 ABC license) conducted pursuant to BPC Sections 23393.5, 23661.7,
24045.18, 25503.56, and 25503.9, shall be permitted as a Home Occupation from a residential
premises.
2. No items intended for retail sale shall be stored on the premises, or packaged and
shipped from the premises, in quantities greater than typical for single-family dwellings.
3. The business premises shall not be open to the public for the purchase or pickup of
retail items.
E. Change in Information or Circumstance. If during the life of a home occupation, the
applicant has any change in information or circumstance concerning the original application,
notification shall be made to the Planning Department, in writing, within 30 days of the change
occurring.
F. Inspections. Authorized representatives of the City’s Planning Department, Police
Department, Building Department, Fire Department, and/or Code Enforcement Officers shall have
the right to enter the property upon which a home occupation permit has been granted, during
normal business hours, for the purpose of making reasonable unscheduled inspections to observe
and enforce compliance with applicable regulations, laws and provisions of this Development
Code and the Ontario Municipal Code.
5.03.245: Hookah Establishments, Smoking/Vaping Lounges, and Smoking/Vaping Retailers
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of hookah establishments:
A. Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to help mitigate negative impacts associated with
smoking and vaping uses, in order to serve the public health, safety, and welfare of City residence,
and City businesses and their patrons. Furthermore, this Section is specifically intended to reduce
the impact of smoking and vaping uses on minors, as an abundance of such uses increases the
potential for minors to associate smoking and vaping with a normative lifestyle.
B. Applicability. All smoking and vaping businesses throughout the City shall comply with the
regulations and requirements of this Section.
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C. Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the words or phrases listed below, in correct
alphabetical order, shall have the meanings hereafter specified:
1. Electronic Cigarette (E-Cigarette). An electronic device, which is typically battery-
operated, designed to deliver a nicotine-based liquid, or other substance, that is vaporized and
then inhaled (called "vaping"), simulating the experience of smoking tobacco. Such devices are
manufactured to resemble traditional tobacco cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or even everyday items,
such as pens or USB memory sticks. The term includes any such device manufactured, distributed,
marketed, or sold as an electronic cigarette or e-cigarette, an electronic cigar, an electronic
cigarillo, an electronic pipe, an electronic hookah, or any other product name or descriptor. The
term does not include any medical inhaler prescribed by a licensed physician.
2. Hookah Establishments. Any facility or location whose business operation, whether
a primary or accessory use, is characterized as a commercial establishment where patrons gather
to share in the smoking of flavored tobacco (shisha) from a communal hookah, including, but not
limited to, establishments known variously as a hookah lounge or bar, or shisha bar or den.
3. Hookah. A single or multi-stemmed instrument for smoking flavored tobacco (or
shisha), whose vapor or smoke is passed through a water basin before inhalation.
4. Smoking/Vaping Lounge. Any facility or location whose business operation,
whether a primary or accessory use, is characterized by the sale, offering, and/or preparation of
smoking tobacco, cigars, electronic cigarettes, or similar products, including, but not limited to,
establishments known variously as smoking lounges, vaping lounges, or cigar bars.
5. Smoking/Vaping Retailer. A smoke shop, tobacco store, electronic cigarette
retailer, or any other retail business where more than 25 percent of the gross floor area is dedicated
to the sale of tobacco or tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or related products, for
consumption off the premises.
D. Operating Requirements. Hookah establishments, smoking/vaping lounges, and
smoking/vaping retailers shall comply with the following operating standards:
1. Hookah Establishments. The following standards shall govern the establishment and
operation of hookah establishments:
a. A hookah establishment may be established [i] as a standalone
establishment; [ii] in conjunction with a sit-down restaurant, within an outside open patio area; or
[iii] in conjunction with an ABC-licensed bona fide eating establishment;
b. A hookah establishment shall not be established in conjunction with live
entertainment;
c. A hookah establishment shall not be established in conjunction with a bar
or nightclub;
d. A hookah establishment shall operate in compliance with all applicable
State laws and regulations pertaining to smoking facilities (limitation on numbers of paid staff shall
meet CAL-OSHA requirements for air filtration and circulation, and meet fire standards for smoking
lounges);
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e. A hookah establishment shall dispose of ash and coals pursuant to the
requirements of the Ontario Fire Department;
f. A hookah establishment shall be located a minimum of 1,000 FT, as
measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property or lease
space containing the use, from any residentially zoned property or sensitive land use, including
hospitals and other healthcare facilities; senior citizen care facilities; preschools; daycare facilities;
public or private elementary, middle (junior high) or high schools; public parks; recreation centers;
sports parks; or any similar facility where minors (persons under 18 years of age) regularly
congregate; and
g. A hookah establishment shall be located a minimum of 1,000 FT, as
measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property or lease
space containing the use, from any other hookah establishment, or a smoking/vaping lounge or
smoking/vaping retailer.
2. Smoking/Vaping Lounges. The establishment and operation of smoking/vaping
lounges shall be prohibited, excepting hookah establishments established pursuant to Paragraph
D.1 (Hookah Establishments) of this Section.
3. Smoking/Vaping Retailers. The following standards shall govern the establishment
and operation of smoking/vaping retailers:
a. A smoking/vaping retailer shall be located a minimum of 1,000 FT, as
measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property or lease
space containing the use, from any residentially zoned property or sensitive land use, including
hospitals and other healthcare facilities; senior citizen care facilities; preschools; daycare facilities;
public or private elementary, middle (junior high) or high schools; public parks; recreation centers;
sports parks; or any similar facility where minors (persons under 18 years of age) regularly
congregate; and
b. A smoking/vaping retailer shall be located a minimum of 1,000 FT, as
measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property or lease
space containing the use, from any other smoking/vaping retailer, or a hookah establishment or
smoking/vaping lounge.
c. No smoking/vaping shall be permitted in conjunction a smoking/vaping
retailer.
5.03.250: Hotels, Motels, Residence Inns, and Other Similar Traveler Accommodation
The following standards shall govern the establishment, construction, and operation of hotels,
motels, residence inns, and other similar traveler accommodation:
A. Kitchens, kitchenettes and Other Cooking Facilities. Kitchens, kitchenettes and other
cooking facilities shall not be permitted within guestrooms, excepting the manager's unit and
residence inns.
B. Minimum Number of Guestrooms Required. A hotel, motel, residence inn, or other similar
traveler accommodation shall contain no fewer than 6 guest rooms.
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C. Market Feasibility Report Required. A Conditional Use Permit application to establish a
hotel, motel, residence inn, or other similar traveler accommodation, shall be accompanied by a
market feasibility report prepared by a professional economist, and shall include the following
information:
1. A complete listing of proposed facilities, amenities, and services (i.e.: number and
type of rooms, meeting space square footage, recreational amenities, business services such as
data ports-workstations-etc., refrigerators in room, laundry service, restaurant-coffee shop-food
service, etc.);
2. History of proposed developer and potential operators (i.e.: years in business,
principals, capitalization, experience, listing of projects, number of units owned, average rates
charged, occupancy rates, etc.);
3. Analysis of economic environment projecting likely future economic conditions as
they relate to the operation of the subject hotel;
4. Subjects competitive market (i.e.: identification of their market, 3 and 5 year history
of occupancy-average daily rate-revenue per available room trends for that market, estimated
share of the market the hotel will capture during the first five years of operation, etc.);
5. Analysis of the economic impacts on existing hotel markets within Ontario (i.e.:
estimate of the dilution of the market due to addition of proposed hotel, etc.). Note: new hotel
projects should only be approved if competitive market occupancy remains at or above 65
percent for a five year projection period;
6. Relationship to demand generators (i.e.: airport, convention center, corporate
market, shopping and entertainment); and
7. Public cost/revenue projections.
D. Minimum Amenity Package. No Development Plan and/or Conditional Use Permit shall be
approved for a hotel, motel, residence inn, or other similar traveler accommodation, unless the
following amenities are provided:
1. Each guestroom shall include voicemail, wired and/or or wireless internet access,
desk, hairdryer, retractable magnifying (10X) and lighted makeup mirror, iron and ironing board,
color television, and alarm clock or wake-up service;
2. Minimum of 15 FT of meeting space per guestroom for limited service hotels and
30 SF for full-service hotels;
3. The following minimum active and passive leisure amenities shall be provided:
a. A swimming pool, except that the Approving Authority may approve
smaller boutique hotels, motels, residence inns, or other similar travel accommodations having
fewer than 75 rooms, with alternate amenities, such as, but not limited to:
(1) A full-service restaurant or café;
(2) Highly amenitized guest rooms, which exceed the minimum
amenities required by Paragraph D.1, above;
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(3) Meeting space, which substantially exceeds the minimum
requirements of Paragraph D.2, above;
(4) Highly detailed architectural features that reflect an established
architectural style identified in Reference C (Architectural Styles) of this Development Code;
and/or
(5) Other amenities acceptable to the Approving Authority; and
b. A whirlpool/spa; or a furnished cabana containing items such as lighting,
ceiling fans, tables, chairs, sofas, and lounge chairs;
c. A fitness room; and
4. A restaurant shall be provided for full-service hotels and a guest courtesy lounge
(for light meals and snacks) shall be provided for limited-service hotels.
E. Occupancy of Accommodations.
1. No guestroom shall be rented for a period exceeding 30 consecutive calendar
days, counting portions of calendar days as full days.
2. No guestroom shall be rented for less than one 24-hour period.
5.03.255: Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing, Other
The following standards shall govern establishment and operation of “other leather and allied
product manufacturing” facilities:
A. “Other leather and allied product manufacturing” shall include the manufacture of
luggage, handbags, purses, personal leather goods, and other leather products.
B. Within the BP and IP zoning districts, the development of new “other leather and allied
product manufacturing” shall be limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant
buildings and 60,000 SF for multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.260: Machine Shops, and Turned Product, Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing
Within the IP zoning district, the development of new machine shops, and turned product, screw,
nut, and bolt manufacturing shall be limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-
tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.265: Manufacturing, Miscellaneous
Within the IP zoning district, the development of newmiscellaneous manufacturing” shall be
limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for
multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
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5.03.270: Massage Establishments and Services
The following provisions shall govern Massage Establishments and/or any business providing
massage services, or any person that administers massage for financial or other consideration, or
acts in the capacity of a Massage Practitioner or Massage Therapist:
A. Requirements for Massage Establishments and Massage Services for Compensation. No
person shall administer massage or provide massage services for compensation, or engage in the
business of massage or provide services as a Massage Therapist or Massage Practitioner, unless:
1. Such person holds valid Massage Practitioner or Massage Therapist certification
issued by the California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) pursuant to BPC Section 4600 et seq.;
or
2. Such person holds a valid Massage Therapist permit issued by the City, pursuant to
the following provisions:
a. Application and Filing.
(1) Any person desiring a Massage Therapist permit shall make
application to the Zoning Administrator, along with a nonrefundable filing fee set by resolution of
the City Council, to defray the City's cost of the investigation, inspections and report required by
this Development Code.
(2) The application and fee required under this section shall be in
addition to any license, permit or fee required under any other provision of this Development
Code.
(3) Separate permits need not be obtained by a Massage Therapist
operating in more than one location within the City, provided that the application for a single
permit discloses each location at which the therapist may operate.
(4) The application for a permit does not authorize the applicant to
practice massage until such permit has been granted.
(5) Each application for a Massage Therapist permit shall contain the
following information:
(a) The full true name under which the business will be
conducted.
(b) The present or proposed address or addresses where the
business is to be conducted.
(c) The applicant's full, true name, any other names used, date
of birth, California driver's license number or California identification number, social security
number, present residence address and telephone number, and the sex, height, weight, color of
hair, and color of eyes of the applicant.
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(d) The address of the previous 2 residences of the applicant
and the inclusive dates at each address.
(e) Two portrait photographs measuring 2 inches in width by 2
inches in height, taken within the 6-month period prior to application submittal.
(f) The applicant's business, occupation, and employment
history for 5 years preceding the date of application, and the inclusive dates of same.
(g) At least 3 written statements, including dates of relationships,
signed by persons who have knowledge of the applicant's background, qualifications and
suitability for the position of Massage Therapist. Those persons shall have known the applicant for
at least 3 years preceding the date of application.
(h) The permit history of the applicant, including whether such
person has ever had any permit or license issued by any agency, board, city, county, territory or
state, and the date of issuance for such permit or license and whether such permit or license was
revoked or suspended. In addition, whether a vocational or professional license or permit was
issued, revoked, or suspended, and the reason therefor.
(i) Convictions for any crime involving conduct which requires
registration under any state law similar to and including PC Section 290, or for conduct which is a
violation of the provisions of any state law similar to, and including, PC Sections 266i, 315, 316, 318,
or PC Section 647(b), or any crime involving pandering, dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or moral
turpitude.
(j) Convictions of any felony offense involving the sale of a
controlled substance specified in HSC Sections 11054, 11055, 11056, 11057, or 11058, or conviction
in any other state of any offense which, if committed or attempted in this State, would have been
punishable as one or more of the above-mentioned offenses of this Section.
(k) A complete definition of all services to be provided.
(l) The name and address of any massage business or other like
establishment owned or operated by any person whose name is required to be given pursuant to
this Section wherein the business or profession of massage is carried on.
(m) Acceptable written proof that the applicant is at least 18
years of age.
(n) If the applicant is a corporation, the name of the
corporation shall be set forth exactly as shown in its Articles of Incorporation or Charter, together
with the state and date of incorporation, and the names and residence addresses of each of its
current officers and directors, and of each stockholder holding more than 5 percent of the stock
of that corporation.
(o) If the applicant is a partnership, the application shall set forth
the name and residence address of each of the partners, including limited partners. If the
applicant is a limited partnership, it shall furnish a copy of its certificate of limited partnership as
filed with the County Clerk. If one or more of the partners is a corporation, the provisions of this
subdivision pertaining to corporate applicants shall apply.
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(p) The name of the person designated by the applicant,
corporation or partnership to act as its responsible managing officer in charge of the premises.
(q) Acceptable written proof that the person designated by the
applicant, corporation or partnership to act as its responsible managing officer in charge of the
premises, is at least 18 years of age.
(r) The applicant, and the person designated by the applicant,
corporation or partnership to act as its responsible managing officer in charge of the premises,
shall be required to furnish fingerprints for the purpose of establishing identification. Any required
fingerprinting fee will be the responsibility of the applicant.
(s) A description of any other business to be operated on the
same premises, or on adjoining premises, owned or controlled by the applicant.
(t) The name and address of the owner and lessor of the real
property upon or in which the business is to be conducted. In the event the applicant is not the
legal owner of the property, the application must be accompanied by a copy of the lease and
a notarized acknowledgment from the owner of the property that a Massage Establishment will
be located on his or her property.
(u) Authorization for the City, its agents and employees, to seek
information and conduct an investigation into the truth of the statements set forth in the
application.
(v) A certificate from a medical doctor stating that the
applicant (other than an owner not acting as a Massage Therapist) has, within 30 days
immediately prior thereto, been examined and found to be free of any contagious or
communicable disease.
(w) The applicant (other than an owner not acting as a
Massage Therapist) shall furnish a diploma or certificate of graduation from a recognized school
or other institution of learning wherein the method, profession, and work of Massage Therapists is
taught.
(x) The applicant shall, within 7 calendar days of the change,
submit any change of address or fact that may occur during the procedure of applying for a
Massage Establishment permit.
(y) Such other identification and information as the Police Chief
may require in order to discover the truth of the matters hereinbefore specified as required to be
set forth in the application.
(z) Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to deny
to the Police Chief the right to take additional photographs of the applicant, nor shall anything
contained in this Development Code be construed to deny the right of the Police Chief to confirm
the height and weight of the applicant.
(6) The applicant must furnish proof of education and training in
accordance with one of the following:
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(a) A diploma or certificate of graduation and transcripts from
a 500 hour course of instruction from either a recognized school of massage or from an existing
school or institution of learning outside the State, together with a certified transcript of the
applicant's school records showing date of enrollment, hours of instruction and graduation from
a course having at least the minimum requirement prescribed by CAC Title 5, Division 21, wherein
the theory, method, profession and work of massage are taught, and a copy of the school's
approval by its State Board of Education. For the purpose of this provision, the term "recognized
school of massage" shall mean any school or institution of learning which teaches the theory,
ethics, practice, profession or work of massage, which has been approved pursuant to the
California Education Code. Schools offering a correspondence course not requiring attendance
shall not be deemed a State-recognized school. The City shall have a right to confirm that the
applicant has actually attended class in a State-recognized school; or
(b) A diploma or certificate of graduation and transcripts from
a minimum 200 hour course of instruction from schools or institutions as described in Subparagraph
A.2.a.(vi)(1), above, and furnish proof of completion of up to 300 hours of continuing education
courses in massage from schools or institutions as described in Subparagraph A.2.a.(vi)(1), above,
or from equivalent organizations as determined by the Zoning Administrator. The minimum
combined total course hours and continuing education hours shall equal no less than 500 hours.
(7) Each applicant must furnish proof that they hold and maintain a
current national certification. For the purpose of this provision, the term "national certification" shall
mean an independently prepared and administered national certification exam, which has been
recognized by objective standards to fairly evaluate professional levels of skill, safety and
competence, as determined by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) or a
similar certifying body.
(8) Each applicant must furnish proof of membership in a state or
national professional massage therapy organization or association, and that they are in good
standing. For the purpose of this provision, the term "state or national professional massage
therapy organization or association" means an organization or association for massage
professionals, which meets each of the following requirements:
(a) Requires that its members meet minimal educational
requirements appropriate to the nature of their work;
(b) Offers and encourages participation in continuing
education programs;
(c) Has an established code of ethics and has enforcement
procedures for the suspension and revocation of membership of persons violating the code of
ethics; and
(d) The organization does not discriminate on the basis of race,
sex, creed, color, age or sexual orientation.
(9) Each applicant must furnish the full name, address and telephone
number of each Massage Establishment where the therapist will be employed.
(10) Such other identification and information as the Zoning
Administrator may require in order to discover the truth of the matters herein specified as required
to be set forth in the application.
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b. Investigation.
(1) The Zoning Administrator shall refer Massage Therapist applications
to the Police Chief for an investigation and recommendation.
(2) The Police Chief shall conduct an investigation in such manner
deemed appropriate, in order to ascertain whether such permit should be issued as requested.
Upon completion of the investigation, the Police Chief shall recommend that the permit be
granted if it is found:
(a) All required fees have been paid.
(b) The application conforms in all respects to the provisions of
this Development Code.
(c) The applicant has not made a material misrepresentation in
the application.
(d) The applicant has not been convicted in a court of
competent jurisdiction of an offense involving conduct which requires registration under any state
law similar to and including PC Section 290, or for conduct which is a violation of the provisions of
any state law similar to and including PC Sections 266i, 315, 316, 318 or 647(b), or any crime
involving pandering, dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or moral turpitude.
(e) The applicant has not been convicted in a court of
competent jurisdiction of an offense involving the sale of a controlled substance specified in HSC
Sections 11054, 11055, 11056, 11057 or 11058, or conviction in any other state of any offense which,
if committed or attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or more of the
above-mentioned offenses of this division.
(f) The applicant has not had a Massage Therapist, or other
similar permit or license denied, revoked, or suspended by the City, or any other state or local
agency prior to the date of approval.
(g) The applicant is at least 18 years of age.
c. Review and Action.
(1) The Zoning Administrator shall approve, conditionally approve or
deny the application within 45 days of filing. The decision of the Zoning Administrator shall be final
and conclusive in the absence of a timely filed appeal. Any appeal of such action shall be subject
to the provisions of Division 2.04 (Appeals) of this Development Code.
(2) All permits issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be
nontransferable; provided, however, a change of location of a Massage Establishment may be
permitted pursuant to the provisions of Subparagraph A.2.e (Change of Location) of this Section.
d. Permits Not Assignable. No Massage Therapist permit may be sold,
transferred or assigned by the permittee, or by operation of law, to any other person or persons.
Any such sale, transfer, assignment, or attempted sale, transfer or assignment shall be deemed to
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constitute a voluntary surrender of such permit and such permit shall thereafter be deemed
terminated and void.
e. Change of Location.
(1) A change of location of any Massage Therapist must first be
approved by the Zoning Administrator, who must determine prior to approval that all ordinances
and regulations of the City will be complied with at any proposed new location.
(2) No permittee shall operate under any name or conduct any
establishment under any designation not specified in permittee's permit.
(3) Separate permits need not be obtained by a Massage Therapist
operating in more than one location within the City for each such location; provided, that the
application for a single permit for more than one location shall disclose each location at which
the therapist may operate.
f. Renewal of Permit.
(1) Massage Therapists licensed pursuant to these provisions shall have
30 days from the date of expiration to renew their permit.
(2) A Massage Therapist permit shall be renewed on a biannual basis.
Permit renewal shall be contingent upon satisfactory compliance with all requirements of this
Development Code pertinent to massage services, including a current medical clearance and
submission to a background investigation subsequent to fingerprint examination.
(3) Every Massage Therapist licensed under this Development Code
shall annually complete at least 20 hours of continuing education courses in massage from schools
or institutions as described in division A.2(a)(6) of these provisions, or from equivalent organizations
as determined by the Zoning Administrator. Failure to complete such hours and submit proof of
such completion in a form satisfactory to the Zoning Administrator at the time of permit renewal
shall be grounds for denial of permit renewal.
g. Permit Suspension and Revocation.
(1) The Zoning Administrator shall have jurisdiction to revoke any
Massage Therapist permit granted in accordance with Subparagraphs A.2.a through A.2.f of this
Section. The Zoning Administrator may order any permits suspended, pending such action. It shall
be unlawful for any person to carry on the business of a Massage Therapist until the suspended
permit has been reinstated by the Zoning Administrator.
(2) An action to revoke a permit granted pursuant to these provisions
shall be accomplished in the following manner:
(a) The Zoning Administrator shall conduct a hearing to
determine whether the permit should be revoked. The Zoning Administrator shall prepare and
deliver to the permittee, a written statement setting forth the factual basis for the proposed
revocation, and shall state the time and place such hearing will be held, at least 10 days prior to
the hearing.
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(b) A permit may be revoked by the Zoning Administrator based
upon any one or more of the following grounds:
(i) Permit approval was obtained by fraud;
(ii) The permit is being, or has been, exercised contrary
to the terms or conditions of such approval, or in violation of any statute, ordinance, law or
regulation; or
(iii) The permit has been so exercised as to be
detrimental to the public peace, health, safety, welfare, or so as to constitute a nuisance to the
annoyance of surrounding businesses or residents.
(c) The decision of the Zoning Administrator to revoke a permit
shall be final and conclusive in the absence of a timely filed appeal.
h. Burden of Proof at Hearings. Unless otherwise specifically provided by law,
the burden is on the permittee-applicant in any hearing conducted in accordance with
Subparagraphs A.2.a through A.2.g of this Section, to prove that the decisions made or action
taken is unreasonable, erroneous or clearly abusive of discretion.
B. Massage Establishment Operational Requirements Every Massage Establishment shall
maintain facilities meeting the following requirements:
1. If wet and dry heat rooms, steam and vapor rooms or cabinets, toilet rooms, shower
and bath rooms, tanning booths, whirlpool baths and pools are offered, they shall be thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected as needed, and at least once each day the premises are open. Bathtubs
shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. All walls, ceilings, floors and other physical facilities
for the establishment must be in good repair and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
2. Instruments for performing massage shall not be used on more than one patron
unless they have been sterilized using sterilizing methods approved by the San Bernardino County
Health Department.
3. All employees, including Massage Practitioners and/or Massage Therapists, shall be
clean, and shall be clothed in a manner consistent with the Massage Therapy Act, BPC Division 2,
Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 4600).
4. No person shall enter, be or remain in any part of a Massage Establishment while in
possession of, consuming or using any alcoholic beverage or drugs, except pursuant to a
prescription for such drugs. The owner, operator, responsible managing employee, manager or
permittee shall not permit any such person to enter or remain upon such premises.
5. No massage service may be carried on within any cubicle, room, booth or any
area within a Massage Establishment which is not immediately accessible to supervisory, safety or
inspection personnel during all hours of operation.
6. No Massage Establishment employing Massage Therapists shall be equipped with
tinted or "one-way" glass in any room or office.
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7. Pads used on massage tables, or on other furniture upon which massage services
are performed, shall be covered with a durable, washable plastic or other waterproof material
acceptable to the City.
C. Massage Establishment Hours of Operation. Massage Establishment hours of operation shall
be limited to 8:00AM To 10:00PM of the same day.
D. Minimum Separation Between a Massage Establishment and Sensitive Land Uses. Maintain
a minimum 300-foot separation between a Massage Establishment and any sensitive land use,
including schools, preschools, child daycare facilities, or parks.
E. Right of Authorized Representatives to Enter a Massage Establishment. As a condition of
business license issuance for a Massage Establishment, the permittee shall consent to the right of
authorized representatives of the City's Police Department, Building Department, Fire Department,
Code Enforcement Officers or San Bernardino County Health Department to enter the Massage
Establishment during regular business hours for the purpose of making reasonable unscheduled
inspections, to observe and enforce compliance with applicable regulations, laws, and provisions
of this Development Code.
F. Business Owner Required Maintain a List of all Employees and Independent Contractors,
and Their CAMTC or City Certifications. As a condition of business license issuance for a Massage
Establishment, the business owner shall provide a list of all employees and independent
contractors and their CAMTC or City certifications. The business owner shall notify the City should
this information change. Additionally, with the annual renewal of their business license, the
business owner shall provide an updated list of all employees and their certifications.
G. Institutions or Classes of Individuals Not Applicable to this Section. The provisions of this
section pertaining to massage services shall not apply to the following institutions or classes of
individuals, while engaged in the performance of the duties of their respective professions:
1. Hospitals, nursing homes, sanatoriums or other similar health facilities duly licensed
by the State;
2. Recognized schools of massage;
3. Physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths, or physical therapists, who are duly
licensed to practice their respective professions in the State, or other persons licensed to practice
any healing art pursuant to BPC Section 500 et seq.;
4. Nurses registered under the laws of the State;
5. Barbers, cosmetologists, beauticians and manicurists who are duly licensed under
the laws of the State while engaging in practices within the scope of their licenses, except that
this provision shall apply solely to the massaging of the neck, face, scalp, hands and/or feet of the
customer client;
6. Coaches and trainers in accredited high schools, junior colleges, and colleges or
universities, acting within the scope of their employment; and
7. Trainers of amateur, semi-professional or professional athletes or athletic teams.
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H. Chair Massage Services. The following operational requirements shall apply to the
location, establishment, and operation of Chair Massage Services:
1. Any person, corporation or partnership wishing to perform chair massage in the
City must first be doing business at a fixed location in the City, having a valid business license, or
a valid home occupation pursuant to the "home occupations" provisions of this Division.
2. Chair massage services may be performed only by a person with a valid Massage
Practitioner or Massage Therapist certification issued by the California Massage Therapy Council
(CAMTC) pursuant to BPC Section 4600 et seq., or a valid City Massage Therapist permit.
3. Chair massage services may only be offered at nonresidential places of business
within the CS, CN, CC, CR, CCS, OL, OH, MU-1, and ONT zoning districts and the California
Commerce Center North (Ontario Mills) Specific Plan.
4. A Massage Therapist offering chair massage must have a signed contract for
service at each location the service is provided. A copy of such contract shall be provided for
inspection upon demand, to any City official with responsibility for enforcement of this Section.
The contract shall specify the location, days and times the service is to be offered.
5. Chair massage shall be offered at a set time and day at each location and shall
not be offered at any other time. Such service shall only be conducted between the hours of
8:00AM and 10:00PM of the same day.
I. Unlawful Conduct. The following actions shall constitute unlawful conduct as they pertain
to the location, establishment, and operation of Massage Establishments and Services:
1. It shall be unlawful for any person, for financial or other consideration, to massage
any other person, or give or administer any bath, or give or administer any of the other services
set forth in this Development Code for immoral purposes, or in a manner intended to arouse,
appeal to, or gratify the lust or passions or sexual desires.
2. It shall be unlawful for any Massage Therapist to massage the genital area of any
patron or the breasts of any female patron or for any responsible managing officer in charge of
the premises of a Massage Establishment to allow or permit such massage.
3. It shall be unlawful for a person serving as a Massage Therapist to be clothed in a
manner inconsistent with the Massage Therapy Act, BPC Division 2, Chapter 10.5 (commencing
with BPC Section 4600). Massage Therapists shall maintain their permit identification card clearly
visible on their person during business hours.
4. It shall be unlawful for a Massage Therapist issued a permit by the City in
accordance with Paragraph A.2 of this Section, to perform any massage service at any location
other than that location specified on the Massage Therapist's permit. If during the life of a permit,
the applicant has any change in information concerning the original application, notification
must be made to the Zoning Administrator, in writing, within 30 days of the change.
5. It shall be unlawful for any owner, manager, operator, responsible managing
employee, or permittee in charge of or in control of a Massage Establishment to employ or permit
a person to act as a Massage Therapist who is not in possession of a valid, unrevoked Massage
Therapist permit issued pursuant to Paragraph A.2 of this Section, or a valid Massage Practitioner
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or Massage Therapist certification issued by the California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC)
pursuant to BPC Section 4600 et seq.
6. It is unlawful for any Massage Establishment, Massage Therapist or Massage
Practitioner to provide, or to offer to provide, out-call massage services in the City. For the purpose
of this provision, the term "out-call massage services" shall mean to engage in or carry on massage,
not at a fixed location, but at a location designated by the customer or client. "Out-call massage
services" shall not include chair massage services conducted pursuant to Subsection G (Institutions
or Classes of Individuals Not Applicable to this Section) of this Section.
J. Violations and Penalties. The following violations and penalties shall apply to the location,
establishment, and operation of Massage Establishments and Services:
1. Every person, except those persons who are specifically exempted by the massage
services provisions pursuant to division F herein, whether acting as an individual, owner, employee
of the owner, or operator or employee of the operator, or whether acting as a mere helper for
the owner, employee, or operator, or whether acting as a participant or worker in any way who
gives massages or conducts a Massage Establishment or room, or who gives or administers, or who
practices the giving or administering of steam baths, electric light baths, electric tub baths, shower
baths, sponge baths, vapor baths, fomentations, sunbathes, mineral baths, alcohol rubs, Russian,
Swedish, or Turkish baths, or any other type of baths, salt glows, or any type of therapy, or who
does or practices any of the other services or acts set forth in these provisions, without first
obtaining a valid, unrevoked Massage Therapist permit issued pursuant to Paragraph A.2 of this
Section, or a valid Massage Practitioner or Massage Therapist certification issued by the California
Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) pursuant to BPC Section 4600 et seq., or who shall violate any
operational standard of the massage services provisions, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Any owner, operator, manager, or permittee in charge or in control of a Massage
Establishment who knowingly employs a person performing as a Massage Therapist, as defined in
this Development Code, who is not in possession of a valid, unrevoked Massage Therapist permit
issued pursuant to Paragraph A.2 of this Section, or a valid Massage Practitioner or Massage
Therapist certification issued by the California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) pursuant to BPC
Section 4600 et seq., or who allows such an employee to perform, operate, or practice within such
a place of business shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. Any owner, operator, manager, or permittee in charge or in control of a Massage
Establishment under this Development Code shall be a Responsible Person. "Responsible Person"
shall mean a person who causes a violation of this Development Code or the Ontario Municipal
Code to occur, or allows a violation to exist or continue, by his or her action or failure to act, or
whose agent, employee, or independent contractor causes a violation to occur, or allows a
violation to exist or continue. A Responsible Person shall be liable for the violation of his or her
agent, employee, or independent contractor. For the purposes of this Development Code, there
may be more than one Responsible Person for a violation.
4. Any Massage Establishment operated, conducted, or maintained contrary to the
provisions of this Development Code shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, unlawful
and a public nuisance, and the City may, in addition to or in lieu of prosecuting a criminal action
hereunder, commence actions or proceedings for the abatement, removal, and enjoinment
thereof in the manner provided by law and shall take such other steps and apply to such courts
as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate or remove such Massage Establishment
and restrain and enjoin any person from operating, conducting or maintaining a Massage
Establishment contrary to the provisions of this Development Code.
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5. Any violation of any of the provisions of this Development Code shall be subject to
punishment for violation in accordance with the penalty provisions set forth in OMC Title 1, Chapter
2 (Penalty Provisions). Punishment for any violation of any of this Development Code's provisions
shall be in accordance with the Ontario Municipal Code punishment and fine provisions as set
forth in OMC Section 1-2.01 (Punishment for Violation).
5.03.275: Material Recovery Facilities (MRF)
All activities associated with a MRF shall be wholly contained within a fully enclosed building,
excepting salvage facilities (such as automobile dismantling and metal salvage/recycling)
established in compliance with the requirements of Section 5.03.350 (Salvage Facilities) of this
Division, which may be allowed outside with the approval of a Conditional Use Permit.
5.03.280: Marijuana Dispensary
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Development Code, a Marijuana Dispensary, as
defined in Division 9.01 (Definitions) of this Development Code, shall be a prohibited use in all
zoning districts of the City, as follows:
A. The operation of any marijuana dispensary within the City is hereby declared a public
nuisance and shall be abated pursuant to all available remedies. Violations of this Section may
be enforced by any applicable law.
B. No person shall deliver marijuana or marijuana-infused products, such as tinctures, baked
goods or other consumable products, to any location within the City from a marijuana dispensary,
regardless of whether the marijuana dispensary from which the delivery originated is within the
City, or engage in any effort to locate, operate, own, lease, supply, allow to be operated, or aid,
abet, or assist in the operation of any marijuana dispensary in the City.
C. No person shall deliver marijuana or marijuana-infused products with such delivery
originating from any marijuana dispensary located within the City, regardless of whether the
delivery destination is within the City.
5.03.285: Mixed-Use Developments
The following standards shall govern the development of multiple-family dwellings in conjunction
with a variety of complementary nonresidential land uses as may be allowed within the base
zoning district pursuant to Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) of this Development Code, including
office, retail, public, or entertainment uses, in a fully integrated development project having
functional interrelationships and a cohesive physical design:
A. Mixed-Use Developments Subject to the Standards and Guidelines of the Base Zoning
District. The site and building(s) shall be designed and constructed pursuant to, and consistent
with, the development standards (e.g., FAR, landscape coverage, lot size, setbacks and
separations, etc.) and guidelines of the base zoning district.
B. Mixed-Use Developments within Commercial Zoning Districts.
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1. Within commercial zoning districts, multiple-family dwellings may be constructed
on the upper floors of commercial buildings containing office, retail, public and/or entertainment
uses, or behind commercial buildings containing such uses, at or above ground level.
2. To ensure that the residential portion of a mixed-use development is no more
intense than the commercial development that would otherwise be allowed, the maximum
residential density shall be determined based upon an Equivalent Impact Study (EIS) prepared for
the project, which assesses the maximum allowed residential density based upon the comparable
traffic generation, water usage, and sewerage generation of the maximum allowed commercial
floor area.
3. The applicant for a mixed-use development project shall be responsible for all City
costs incurred in preparing the EIS.
C. Mixed-Use Developments within Mixed-Use Zoning Districts. Within mixed-use zoning
districts, the maximum residential density of a mixed-use development shall be pursuant to
Section.6.01.020 (Mixed-Use Zoning Districts) of this Development Code and the Policy Plan
component of The Ontario Plan.
5.03.290: Mobile Food Services
The following standards shall govern the design and establishment of mobile food services:
A. Mobile food services shall only be allowed in conjunction with a temporary event
approved pursuant to Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permits) of this Development Code.
B. All mobile food services shall display a current San Bernardino County Department of
Environmental Health Services operating decal and/or permit, and inspection letter grade.
C. Mobile food service wastewater shall not be discharged to the ground or to a storm drain.
D. Restroom facilities for mobile food service employees, which shall include facilities for
washing hands, shall be provided.
5.03.295: Mobilehome Parks
The following standards shall govern the design and establishment of mobilehome parks:
A. Allowed within the MHP Zoning District. Mobilehome parks shall only be established within
the MHP zoning district.
B. Site Development Standards.
1. Project Area. The minimum project area shall be 3.0 acres.
2. Density. The maximum residential density shall not exceed 8.0 dwelling units/acre.
3. Common Open Space and Recreation Areas. A minimum of 300 SF of common
recreational open space per mobilehome pad shall be provided. Common recreation amenities
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shall be provided pursuant to the minimum requirements prescribed for multiple-family
developments in Subparagraphs 6.01.010.E.2.c (Active Open Space Area) and d (Passive Open
Space Area) of this Development Code.
4. Project Entries. The mobilehome park entrance shall be delineated with enhanced
paving treatment (e.g., color pigmented concrete, interlocking pavers, and stamped concrete)
and intensified landscaping, including elements such as specimen-sized trees, decorative low
garden walls, raised planters, and alluvial rockscapes.
5. Walls and Fences.
a. Decorative walls, fences, and gates shall be provided along the project
perimeter.
b. All private open space areas shall be delineated by a decorative fence or
wall.
c. All walls and fences shall be designed, constructed, and maintained
pursuant to Division 6.02 (Walls, Fences and Obstructions) of this Development Code.
6. Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided pursuant to Division
6.03 (Off-Street Parking and Loading) of this Development Code.
7. Landscaping. Landscaped areas shall be designed, installed, and maintained
pursuant to Division 6.05 (Landscaping) of this Development Code.
8. Signs. All signs shall be designed, installed, and maintained consistent with the
provisions of Division 8.1 (Sign Regulations) of this Development Code.
C. Building Development Standards.
1. Minimum Building Separations. Minimum building and structure separations shall be
maintained pursuant to Table 5.03-5 (Minimum Mobilehome Building Separation Requirements),
below.
Table 5.03-5: Minimum Mobilehome Building Separation Requirements
Setback Area Minimum Yard Dimension
Side to side: 20 FT
End to side: 15 FT
End to end: 10 FT
Front to front (across access drive): 36 FT
Mobilehome to any other building, excepting detached
garage or accessory structure:
15 FT
Mobilehome to detached garage or accessory structure: 5 FT
Note:
For the purpose of determining minimum separation requirements, awnings, overhangs, enclosed porches, and similar
structures shall be deemed a part of the mobilehome unit and shall not be allowed to encroach into a required separation
area.
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D. Mobilehome Exterior Design and Finishes. The exterior of mobilehomes shall resemble
conventionally built single-family homes to the fullest extent feasible. To this end, each
mobilehome shall incorporate the following design features:
1. Skirting or Supporting Pad Required. The tongue or hitch each mobilehome shall
be removed or suitably screened, and each mobilehome shall be equipped with skirting to screen
all foundation jacks and other supporting structure, or a supporting pad shall be provided that is
designed to give the appearance that the mobilehome is placed on-grade.
2. Roof Overhang. A minimum roof overhang of one FT shall be provided.
3. Roof Material. Roof material shall consist of wood shingle or shakes, architectural
grade asphalt shingles, or concrete or clay tiles.
4. Exterior Wall Finishes. Exterior wall finishes shall include wood, stucco, masonry,
natural stone, or other suitable materials as determined by the Planning Director. All exterior wall
finishes and skirting required pursuant to Paragraph D.1 (Skirting or Supporting Pad Required),
above, shall extend to the ground, except when a solid concrete or masonry perimeter
foundation is used, in which case, the exterior material shall extend below the top of the
foundation.
E. Utilities. All on-site utilities to individual mobilehomes shall be located underground.
5.03.300: Mobile Washing and Detailing Services
The following standards shall govern the establishment of mobile washing and detailing services:
A. All mobile washing and detailing services shall be licensed to a fixed location occupied
by a legally established full-service or self-service carwash within the City.
B. A mobile washing and detailing service shall not be licensed as a home occupation.
5.03.305: Motor Vehicle Dealers
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of new or used motor
vehicle dealers, including automobiles, light trucks and vans (rated at one ton or less), and
recreational vehicles, motorcycles, watercraft, all-terrain vehicles, and other similar motor
vehicles:
A. Motor vehicle servicing, repair, and maintenance activities shall be performed within a
wholly enclosed building. Service bay doors shall be located so as not to be visible from any public
or private street, or office, retail sales and off-street parking facilities on adjoining lots.
B. There shall be no outside storage of inoperable motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.
C. Prior to the issuance of a business license by the City, a site plan shall be submitted to the
Planning Department for review and approval, which demonstrates compliance with the
following:
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1. Motor vehicle display areas shall meet the minimum parking setback requirements
of the zoning district in which the use is located, and the design standards for off-street parking
facilities contained in Division 6.03 (Off-Street Parking and Loading) of this Development Code.
Setback areas shall be fully landscaped and provided with an automatic irrigation system.
2. A vehicle loading and unloading area shall be provided for each vehicle sales
facility. The loading area shall be clearly demarcated by signs and pavement markings. The
loading area shall not encroach into required parking areas or block fire access lanes, and shall
occur on-site, at a location approved by the Fire Department. On-street vehicle loading and
unloading shall be prohibited.
D. Automobile dealers providing vehicle service and repair shall provide a minimum of 6
queuing (waiting) spaces for service write-ups, which shall not encroach into required parking or
loading spaces.
E. The retail sales of motor vehicles from a residentially zoned property shall be prohibited as
a Home Occupation.
F. Motor vehicle sales on any property with shared parking facilities shall only be permitted if
all vehicle sales, display, and storage areas are located within a fully enclosed building.
G. Motor vehicle sales as a temporary sales event shall only be permitted pursuant to the
requirements for “temporary and interim uses” contained in this Division. The motor vehicle retailer
must be licensed to a fixed motor vehicle sales location in the City.
5.03.310: Motor Vehicle Storage Facilities
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of motor vehicle storage
facilities:
A. For the purposes of administration and enforcement of this Section:
1. Any motor vehicle maintained on a property for 72 or more consecutive hours shall
be deemed to be “stored.”
2. Motor vehicle storage shall include the keeping of automobiles, trucks, vans,
recreational vehicles and watercraft, motorcycles, trailers, forklifts, and any inoperative vehicle,
regardless of vehicle type.
B. The indoor storage of motor vehicles shall comply with all applicable requirements of the
fire and building codes.
C. All vehicles stored outdoors shall be screened from public view by a minimum 8-FT high
decorative masonry block wall.
D. All vehicles stored outdoors shall comply with all requirements of the base zoning district,
which are applicable to the design and use of outdoor storage areas.
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5.03.315: Personal Fitness Trainer
Within the IP, IL, and IH zoning districts, a personal fitness trainer shall only be allowed to establish
in conjunction with fitness and recreational sports centers (NAICS 71394).
5.03.320: Personal Property Donation Bins
A. Welfare and Institutions Code Division 1, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 150) allows
a city, county, or city and county to impose requirements on the solicitation and sale of
salvageable personal property within its jurisdiction.
B. The following regulations shall govern the establishment and operation of salvageable
personal property collection boxes/bins within the City:
1. The provisions of Welfare and Institutions Code Division 1, Chapter 1.8
(commencing with Section 148) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 150), which governs
the acquisition and disposition of salvageable personal property for charitable purposes, and
unattended collection bins, respectively, shall be complied with.
2. Salvageable personal property collection bins may only be established in
conjunction with a host business, subject to Conditional Use Permit approval pursuant to Section
4.02.015 (Conditional Use Permits) of this Development Code.
3. Collection bins shall be constructed and maintained with durable, waterproof, and
rustproof material, and shall be fully enclosed.
4. Collection bins shall be clearly marked to identify the type of materials that may
be deposited.
5. Collection bins shall be swept and maintained in a in a clean, litter-free condition,
on a daily basis.
6. Collection bins shall be setback a minimum of 30 FT from any arterial street property
line, and 20 FT from any collector or local public street property line, and shall not obstruct
pedestrian or vehicular circulation.
7. The occupation of parking spaces by salvageable personal property collection
bins shall not reduce available parking spaces below the minimum required for the host business
pursuant to Division 6.03 (Off-Street Parking and Loading) of this Development Code.
8. Collection bins shall not encroach upon any existing landscaped areas, unless
replaced elsewhere on the site.
9. Additional landscaped areas and architectural elements, such as vertical and
horizontal decorative trellises, seat walls, and raised planters, may be required by the Approving
Authority to screen collection bins.
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5.03.325: Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
Within the BP and IP zoning districts, the development of new pharmaceutical and medicine
manufacturing shall be limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings
and 60,000 SF for multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.330: Pharmacies and Drug Stores
Drive-thru facilities in conjunction with pharmacies and drug stores shall be permitted subject to
the provisions of Section 5.03.165 (Drive-Thru Facilities) of this Division.
5.03.335: Plastics Product Manufacturing
Within the IP zoning district, the development of new plastics product manufacturing shall be
limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for
multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.340: Recycling Facilities
The purpose of this Section is to implement the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter
Reduction Act (PRC Section 14500 et seq.). The following standards shall govern the establishment
and operation of recyclable container collection facilities:
A. Reverse Vending Machines. Reverse vending machines may be established in conjunction
with a host business for the collection of post-consumer beverage containers pursuant to the
California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, and shall comply with the
following:
1. Reverse vending machines shall be established pursuant to the requirements of this
Development Code, and the building and fire codes of the City.
2. Reverse vending machines shall be located within 30 FT of the entrance of the host
business and shall not obstruct pedestrian or vehicular circulation.
3. Reverse vending machines shall be constructed and maintained with durable
waterproof and rustproof materials, and shall be covered.
4. Reverse vending machines shall be clearly marked to identify the type of material
to be deposited, operating instructions, and the identity and telephone number of the operator
or manager if the facilities become inoperable.
5. Reverse vending machines shall be limited to 3 machines for each host business.
6. Reverse vending machines shall occupy a maximum of 50 SF per installation,
including any protective enclosure, and shall not exceed 9 FT in height.
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7. Reverse vending machines shall not occupy parking spaces required for the host
business pursuant to Division 6.03 (Off-Street Parking and Loading) of this Development Code, nor
shall it encroach upon any landscaped area.
8. Reverse vending machines shall be maintained in a clean, litter-free condition.
9. The operating hours of reverse vending machines shall be the same as the host
business.
10. Reverse vending machines shall be illuminated to ensure comfortable and safe
operation if open between dusk and dawn.
B. Small Collection Facilities. Small collection facilities may be established in conjunction with
a host business for the collection of post-consumer beverage containers pursuant to the California
Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, and shall comply with following:
1. Small collection facilities shall occupy a maximum area of 500 SF and shall be
established in conjunction with a host business at a fixed location within the City, which complies
with this Development Code, and the building and fire codes of the City.
2. Small collection facilities shall be constructed and maintained with durable,
waterproof and rustproof material, with fully enclosed materials storage containers.
3. Small collection facilities shall be clearly marked to identify the type of recyclables
that may be deposited.
4. The name and telephone number of the owner or manager, and the hours of
operation of small collection facilities shall be conspicuously posted.
5. Small collection facility sites shall be swept and maintained in a in a clean, litter-
free condition on a daily basis.
6. Small collection facilities shall be setback a minimum of 20 FT from any public street
right-of-way and shall not obstruct pedestrian or vehicular circulation.
7. Small collection facilities shall not operate power-driven sorting or consolidating
equipment, such as crushers, shredders, balers, or other mechanized equipment.
8. Use of the facility for deposit of solid waste or hazardous waste is prohibited.
9. The operating hours of small collection facilities with attendants shall be the same
as the host business, except that facilities located within 100 FT of property zoned for, or occupied
by, residential land uses shall only be operated between the hours of 9:00AM and 7:00PM.
10. Small collection facilities without attendants shall be located at least 30 FT from any
property zoned for, or occupied by, residential land uses, unless the facility is located within an
established service area/corridor and, for sound attenuation purposes, a minimum 6-FT high
masonry block wall has been constructed between the small collection facility and the residential
land use(s).
11. Mobile recycling facilities shall have an area clearly marked to prohibit other
vehicular parking during the hours when the mobile unit is scheduled to be present.
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12. The occupation of parking spaces by a small collection facility and any attendant
shall not reduce available parking spaces below the minimum required for the host business
pursuant to Division 6.03 (Off-Street Parking and Loading) of this Development Code, unless the
facility is located within one-half mile of a supermarket. A reduction in required parking spaces
may be allowed to accommodate a small collection facility pursuant to Table 5.03-6 (Small
Collection Facility Maximum Parking Reduction), below.
Table 5.03-6: Small Collection Facility Maximum Parking Reduction
Required Number of Parking Spaces Parking Space Reduction
0 to 25 spaces: 0 spaces
26 to 35 spaces: 2 spaces
36 to 49 spaces: 3 spaces
50 to 99 spaces: 4 spaces
100 or more spaces: 5 spaces
13. Small collection facilities shall not encroach upon any existing landscaped areas,
unless replaced elsewhere on the site. Furthermore, additional landscaped areas and
architectural elements, such as vertical and horizontal decorative trellises, seat walls, and raised
planters, may be required to screen collection containers.
C. Large Collection Facilities. Large collection facilities may be established for the collection
of post-consumer beverage containers pursuant to the California Beverage Container Recycling
and Litter Reduction Act, and shall comply with following:
1. Large collection facilities shall occupy an area of more than 500 SF and shall not
be appurtenant to a host use.
2. Large collection facilities shall not be located within 500 FT of property zoned,
planned or occupied for residential land uses.
3. All processing activities shall be within a fully enclosed building.
4. Large collection facilities shall be screened from public view by buildings or
decorative masonry block walls, which are of sufficient height to completely screen all loading,
processing, and storage activities/facilities. All gates shall be view obstructing.
5. All materials stored outside shall be maintained within fully enclosed containers that
are secured and maintained in good condition. Storage containers for flammable materials shall
be constructed of nonflammable materials. Oil storage shall be in containers approved by the
Ontario Fire Department.
6. Large collection facilities shall be swept and maintained in a in a clean, litter-free
condition on a daily basis, and shall be secured from unauthorized entry and removal of materials
when unattended.
7. Large collection facilities shall provide adequate area on-site to accommodate a
minimum of 6 vehicles, or the anticipated peak customer volume, whichever is higher, to circulate
and deposit recyclable materials.
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8. Containers provided for after-hours donation shall be located at least 50 FT from
any property zoned, planned or occupied for residential use. Containers shall be of sturdy,
rustproof construction, have sufficient capacity to accommodate materials collected, and be
secured from unauthorized entry or removal of material. Containers shall be located at least 10 FT
from any building.
9. Donation containers shall be clearly marked to identify the type of material that
may be deposited. Notices shall be conspicuously posted stating that no material shall be left
outside of donation containers.
10. The name and telephone number of the owner or manager, and the hours of
operation of large collection facilities shall be conspicuously posted.
11. Large collection facilities may operate power-driven processing equipment,
including aluminum foil and can compacting, baling, shredding, or other similar light processing
activities necessary for efficient temporary storage and shipment of materials, as may be
approved by the Planning Director.
12. The business owner and the property owner, if different from the business owner,
shall cause the removal of all recyclable materials that have accumulated, or are deposited, on
the site, on a regular basis, but no less than annually. Upon failure to remove the recyclable
materials, the City may deem the land use and the property thereon to be abandoned, and may
enter the property for the purpose of removing the recyclable materials. The business owner and
the property owner, if different from the business owner, shall be responsible for payment to the
City, all costs borne by the City related to the enforcement of this Paragraph.
D. Processing Facilities. Processing facilities may be established for the recycling of post-
consumer beverage containers pursuant to the California Beverage Container Recycling and
Litter Reduction Act, which are purchased from recycling centers located within the state of
California. Processing facilities are not intended for the acceptance of donated or purchased
post-consumer food and beverage containers from the general public. Processing facilities shall
comply with following:
1. A processing facility shall not accept donated post-consumer food and beverage
containers, nor shall it purchase such materials, from the public; however, a processing facility shall
not be precluded from operating on the same site with, or in conjunction with, a collection facility,
provided each activity is located within the correct zoning district pursuant to Table 5.02-1 (Land
Use Matrix) of this Development Code.
2. Processing facilities shall not be located within 500 FT of any property zoned or
planned for, or occupied by, residential land uses.
3. All processing activities, including collection, processing, and storage, shall be
conducted within a fully enclosed building.
4. Processing facilities shall be screened from public view by buildings or decorative
masonry block walls, which are of sufficient height to completely screen all loading, processing,
and storage activities/facilities. All gates shall be view obstructing.
5. Processing facilities may operate power-driven processing equipment for the
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processing activities. Processing facilities shall not shred, compact, or bale ferrous metals,
excepting food and beverage containers.
6. Processing facilities shall be maintained in a in a clean, litter-free condition on a
daily basis, and shall be secured from unauthorized entry and removal of materials when
unattended.
7. A processing facility owner and the property owner, if different from the business
owner, shall cause the removal of all recyclable materials that have accumulated, or are
deposited, on the site, on a daily basis. Upon failure to remove the recyclable materials, the City
may deem the land use and the property thereon to be abandoned, and may enter the property
for the purpose of removing the recyclable materials. The facility owner, and the property owner,
if different from the business owner, shall be responsible for payment to the City, all costs borne by
the City related to the enforcement of this Paragraph.
5.03.345: Residential Care Facilities, Other6 or Fewer Persons
“Other residential care facilities” for 6 or fewer persons may only be established in conjunction
with a single-family dwelling.
5.03.350: Salvage Facilities
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of salvage facilities for the
purpose of reclaiming recyclable equipment, materials, and parts, from home appliances,
commercial and industrial machinery, motor vehicles, and other similar recyclable items
acceptable to the Approving Authority:
A. Salvage facilities shall be located a minimum of 300 FT from any residentially zoned lot.
B. Loading and processing activities, and stored vehicles, materials, and equipment, shall be
completely screened from public view and view from adjoining lots, by buildings and/or
decorative masonry block walls with view-obstructing gates.
C. Loading, processing, and storage activities shall not be conducted within a required
setback area.
D. All setbacks from a street property line shall be fully landscaped and permanently
maintained, excepting those areas necessary for pedestrian or vehicular access.
E. All sorting, compaction, shredding, grinding, crushing, and other similar processing
activities, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed structure designed to minimize noise
and dust generated by the activities.
F. All existing salvage facilities, regardless of the zoning district in which they are located, shall
conform with the requirements of this Section within one-year following notification by the
Planning Director of the pending amortization of the use. The Planning Commission may abrogate
the requirements of this Subsection because unusual circumstances exist with regard to the site or
its location, which makes full compliance with the requirements of this Section impracticable.
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5.03.355: ***Reserved for Future Use***
(This section is reserved for future use)
5.03.360: Senior Citizen Housing Developments
A. Purposes. The purpose of this Section is to establish minimum standards, regulations and
incentives for the development of senior citizen housing, and low income senior citizen housing
within the City’s commercial zoning districts, in a manner that is consistent with the Policy Plan
component of The Ontario Plan, this Development Code, and State Density Bonus Law (GC
Section 65915).
B. Applicability. Senior Citizen Housing Developments shall be allowed on property located
pursuant to Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) of this Development Code.
C. Definitions. For purposes of this Section, the words or phrases listed below, in correct
alphabetical order, shall have the meanings thereafter specified:
Affordable Housing Cost for Owner Occupied Low Income Household. The affordable
housing costs as defined in HSC Section 50052.5, exclusive of subdivision (a).
Affordable Housing Cost for Owner Renter Occupied Low Income Household. The
affordable housing costs as defined in HSC Section 50053, exclusive of subdivision (a).
Affordable Housing Cost for Owner Occupied Very Low Income Household. The affordable
housing costs as defined in HSC Section 50052.5, exclusive of subdivision (a).
Affordable Housing Cost for Owner Renter Occupied Very Low Income Household. The
affordable housing costs as defined in HSC Section 50053, exclusive of subdivision (a).
Density Bonus Waivers and Modifications. Those waivers and modifications of City
development standards granted by City to Owner of a senior citizen housing development
defined as conditions affecting the physical location or type of construction of the senior citizen
housing development structure and do not include use restrictions, procedural requirements, and
fees as more particularly described in GC Section 65915(o)(1).
Low Income Households (Lower Income Households). Households, as defined in HSC
Section 50079.5, paying Affordable Housing Costs or Affordable Rents for a Senior Citizen Housing
unit.
Very Low Income Households. Households, as defined in HSC Section 50105 paying
Affordable Housing Costs or Affordable Rents for a Senior Citizen Housing unit.
D. Base Density. Within residential zoning districts, the base density for a Senior Citizen Housing
Development shall be pursuant to the development standards of the respective zoning district.
Within nonresidential zoning districts, the base density for a Senior Citizen Housing Development
shall be as follows:
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Base Density (in DU/Acre)
Districts
CN CC MU-1
25 25 25
E. Density Bonus.
1. In addition to the base density provided by Subsection D, above, senior citizen
housing developments within residential zoning districts shall be eligible for a density bonus as
provided in State density bonus law, as prescribed in Subsection 6.01.010.G (Density Bonus and
Other Incentives) of this Development Code. Nonresidential zoning districts shall be eligible for a
density bonus as provided in State density bonus law, as follows:
Density Bonus (in
percentage/units)
Districts
CN CC MU-1
20% 20% 20%
2. For senior citizen housing developments using the density bonus provisions of State
density bonus law, a density bonus regulatory agreement securing the use of the senior citizen
housing development by qualified senior citizens shall also be required. The density bonus
regulatory agreement shall be recorded against the property and shall be in a form acceptable
to the City Attorney.
3. The density bonus provisions shall apply to senior citizen housing developments
consisting of 5 or more dwelling units, exclusive of a caretaker’s unit. All density calculations
resulting in fractional units shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
4. Pursuant to State density bonus law, applicants for senior citizen housing
developments may request certain waivers and modifications of the City’s development
standards. For purposes of considering such requests for waivers and modifications of
development standards, the “development standards” shall be defined as conditions affecting
the physical location or type of construction of the senior citizen housing project, and do not
include use restrictions, procedural requirements, and fees as more particularly described in GC
Section 65915(o)(1).
5. Use of the senior citizen housing development for use by senior citizen households
shall be secured via use of covenants and/or agreements recorded against the property in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney.
F. Affordability Bonus for Senior Citizen Housing Developments.
1. In addition to the base density provided by Subsection D and the density bonus
authorized by Subsection E of this Section, senior citizen housing developments shall be eligible for
an additional density bonus of 10% above the total number of units that can be constructed (base
density plus density bonus) whenever an applicant makes at least 50% of the additional units
affordable (affordable rental units or affordable for-sale housing) to very low and/or low income
senior citizen households. In example, a senior citizen housing development that is entitled to
construct 100 units, may construct 10 additional units when it makes 5 of those units available to
very low and/or low income senior citizen households.
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2. All density calculations resulting in fractional units shall be rounded up to the next
whole number, including the determination of affordable units. Use of the affordability bonus
provided in this Section shall be subject to the senior citizen housing development meeting the
development standards contained in this Section.
3. Affordability of the units for very low and/or low income senior citizen households
shall be secured via use of covenants and/or agreements for a minimum term of 45 years for
ownership units and 55 years for rental units. The affordability covenants/agreement shall be in a
form acceptable to the City Attorney.
G. Senior Citizen Housing Locational Criteria. A request for Conditional Use Permit approval
of a senior citizen housing development shall be reviewed pursuant to the extent to which the
senior citizen housing development substantially complies with each of the following locational
criteria:
1. Transit Amenities. The site is within one-quarter mile of a transit station, rail station,
commuter rail station or bus station, or bus stop with service at least every 30 minutes during the
hours of 7:00AM to 9:00AM, and 4:00PM to 6:00PM.
2. Parks and Open Space. The site is within one-quarter mile of a public park (not
including school grounds, unless there is a bona fide, formal joint use agreement between the City
and the school district providing availability to the general public of the school grounds and/or
facilities) or a community center, senior citizen center, or other facility offering daily services
specifically designed for senior citizens, which is open to the general public.
3. Library. The project site is within one-quarter mile of a public library, or senior or
community center, which contains a library.
4. Daily Shopping Opportunities. The project site is within one-quarter mile of a grocery
store/supermarket where staples, fresh meat, and fresh produce are sold.
5. Medical Facilities. The project site is within one mile of a medical clinic or hospital
(not merely a private doctor's office).
6. Pharmacy. The project site is within one mile of a pharmacy or supermarket
containing an interior pharmacy.
H. Senior Citizen Housing Development Amenities. A request for Conditional Use Permit
approval of senior citizen housing development shall be reviewed pursuant to the extent to which
the senior citizen housing development substantially complies with one or more of the following
development amenities:
1. High speed internet service is provided in each unit (free of charge to the tenants)
or within a group activity room within the senior citizen housing development.
2. The senior citizen housing development will provide a bona fide service
coordinator available on the premises to assist with activities of daily living, or provision of
counseling services, social event planning, and/or concierge service.
3. The Senior Citizen Housing Development will provide exercise facilities on the
premises.
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I. Senior Citizen Dwelling Unit Standards. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
the minimum floor area for each residential unit for senior citizen use shall be as follows:
1. Bachelor or studio-type dwelling units: Four hundred fifty (450) square feet;
2. One-bedroom dwelling units: Five hundred fifty (550) square feet; and
3. Two-bedroom dwelling units: Six hundred fifty (650) square feet.
J. Senior Citizen Development Parking Standards. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Development Code, the number of parking spaces required to be provided for senior citizen
housing developments may be as low as 0.25 spaces per rental dwelling unit and as high as 1.0
space per for-sale dwelling unit. The actual ratio shall be determined at the time of project
approval for the use, and shall be based upon a parking demand study to be prepared by a
qualified traffic consultant or engineer. Ten percent of the parking spaces provided shall be
designated as parking for the physically impaired (“handicapped parking spaces”). In
determining the number of parking spaces required, the following factors, as well as any other
relevant factors, shall be considered:
1. The number of employees required by the use, whether such employees will reside
on the premises, and hours during which any nonresident employees will be employed;
2. The availability of public transportation;
3. Whether residents of the use will be eligible for government rent subsidies;
4. The degree to which on-site provision of services and facilities will affect the need
of residents to leave the site; and
5. The proximity of facilities and services to the site. Where appropriate, employee
parking on the site shall be separately identified and shall be available only to employees.
6. Other Development Standards. Except as provided by this Section, additional
development standards for senior citizen housing developments shall be those applicable to
residential uses in such underlying zoning districts.
5.03.365: Single-Family Dwellings
Within the MDR-25 and HDR-45 zoning districts, single-family dwellings shall only be allowed:
A. On legally established lots having a gross area that is less than the minimum required by
the base zoning district pursuant to Table 6.01-3 (Multiple-Family Residential Development
Standards); and
B. On legally established lots having a gross area that results in a density calculation of less
than the minimum allowed density for the base zoning district pursuant to Table 6.01-3 (Multiple-
Family Residential Development Standards) of this Development Code.
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5.03.370: Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Facilities
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of SRO facilities:
A. A minimum of one full common kitchen shall be provided on each floor (story) if full
kitchens are not provided within each unit. For the purposes of this provision, a full kitchen shall
include a range or stove and oven, sink, and refrigerator.
B. If complete bathrooms are not provided in each unit, shared showers shall be provided at
a ratio of one shower for each 8 residents, or fraction thereof, on the same floor. Lockers shall be
provided for use of the residents.
C. An SRO facility shall not be located within 500 FT, as measured in a straight line from any
point along the outer boundaries of the property containing the use, of any public or private
school for children under the age of 18, church, child day care center, family child day care
facility, or any existing SRO facility.
D. A comprehensive management plan shall be submitted with applications for conditional
use permits. The plan shall include the company or agency responsible for resident selection, day-
to-day maintenance of the facility, proposed security arrangements and background information
and references for the proposed management company or agency.
5.03.375: Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing
Within the IP zoning district, the development of new soap, cleaning compound, and toilet
preparation manufacturing shall be limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-
tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.380: Sound (Audio) Recording Facilities
Within the OL, OH and IH zoning districts, sound (audio) recording facilities shall only be allowed in
conjunction with a permitted or conditionally permitted land use. Standalone sound recording
facilities within these zoning districts shall be prohibited.
5.03.385: Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing
Within the IP zoning district, the development of new spring and wire product manufacturing shall
be limited to small-scale (GFA of less than 45,000 SF for single-tenant buildings and 60,000 SF for
multiple-tenant buildings) facilities.
5.03.390: Tattooing, Body Piercing, Branding, and the Application of Permanent Cosmetics
The below-listed standards shall govern the establishment and operation of body art services in
the City. For the purposes of this section, “body art services” shall mean tattooing, body piercing,
branding, or the application of permanent cosmetics, excepting the piercing of an ear with a
disposable, single-use, presterilized stud or solid needle that is applied using a mechanical device
to force the needle or stud through the ear.
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A. Every person and every business engaged in body art and/or permanent cosmetics
services shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Safe Body Art Act (HSC Section 119300
et seq.).
B. Every person and every business engaged in body art and/or permanent cosmetics
services shall obtain a health permit from the San Bernardino County Division of Environmental
Health Services prior to commencement of the business activity.
C. A person proposing to construct, remodel, or revise a body art and/or permanent
cosmetics facility shall first submit plans to the Ontario Planning Department and the San
Bernardino County Division of Environmental Health Services for review and approval, prior to
construction.
5.03.395: Temporary and Interim Land Uses, Buildings, and Structures
The following temporary and interim land uses shall be allowed upon the issuance of an
Administrative Use Permit by the City pursuant to Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permit) of
this Development Code:
A. Interim Farming Activities on Vacant or Underdeveloped Lands. Farming activities may be
established and operated as an interim use on vacant or underdeveloped lands pursuant to the
requirements of Subsection 5.03.405.F (Urban Farms) of this Division.
B. Model Homes. The following standards shall govern the design and establishment of model
homes:
1. Access must meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
2. Any “trap” fencing shall be located on private property.
3. Any garage used as a sales office shall be converted back to a garage prior to
dwelling occupancy.
4. A model complex consisting of 3 or more model homes shall develop and improve
a separate lot to accommodate off-street parking, which shall be provided pursuant to Division
6.03 (Off-Street Parking and Loading) of this Development Code.
5. Subdivisions of 8 or more dwellings having at least one model home that is
landscaped, shall demonstrate by installed landscape and irrigation, the principles of water-
efficient landscaping and irrigation.
6. The developer of model homes constructed prior to the recordation of a final map
for the subdivision containing the model homes, shall enter into a model home agreement with
the City, in a form satisfactory to the City Attorney, to ensure that the model homes will not be sold
prior to recordation of the final map, and that the model homes will be demolished and removed
should the final map not record within a period acceptable to the City.
7. The project proponent shall remove the model homes and their appurtenances
from the affected property within 30 days following the expiration of the Administrative Use Permit.
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8. In approving a model home facility, the Reviewing Authority may require the
installation of certain minimum improvements, such as paved parking, lighting and landscaping,
and other improvements necessary to ensure and protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
9. To ensure removal of model homes and their appurtenances within the required
period, the Reviewing Authority may require the project proponent provide a performance
guarantee pursuant to Division 2.06 (Performance Guarantees) of this Development Code, in the
amount of $10,000. The performance guarantee may be utilized by the City to pay any fees and
costs incurred by the City, which is associated with the enforcement of Paragraphs A.1 through 8,
above, and any conditions of Administrative Use Permit approval imposed by the Reviewing
Authority.
C. Street Fairs. Street fairs may be allowed within any commercial or mixed-use zoning district.
D. Temporary Alcoholic Beverage Sales. Temporary alcoholic beverage sales for
consumption on the premises may be allowed within nonresidential zoning districts in conjunction
with a temporary activity, display, or event for which an Administrative Use Permit is granted
pursuant to Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permits) of this Development Code.
E. Temporary Buildings and Structures. Temporary buildings and structures, including, but not
limited to, trailers and prefabricated (“modular”) buildings, and appurtenances thereto, may be
allowed within any residential, commercial, mixed-use, industrial, specialized use, or overlay
zoning district, subject to the following:
1. The Planning Director may approve temporary buildings and structures for an initial
2-year period, which shall be granted pursuant to Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permits) of
this Development Code. The time in which the approval expires may be extended by the
Reviewing Authority for a maximum of 2 one-year periods.
2. Temporary buildings and structures requested for periods in excess of the maximum
4 years allowed pursuant to Paragraph E.1, above, may be allowed for periods not to exceed a
total of 10 years, subject to Conditional Use Permit approval, granted pursuant to Section 4.02.015
(Conditional Use Permits) of this Development Code.
3. In approving temporary buildings and structures, the Reviewing Authority may
require the installation of certain minimum improvements, such as paved parking, lighting and
landscaping, and other improvements necessary to ensure and protect the public health, safety,
and/or welfare.
4. The project proponent shall remove the temporary building(s) or structure(s), and
any appurtenances thereto, from the affected property within 30 days following the expiration of
project approval.
5. To ensure removal of a temporary building or structure, and all appurtenances
thereto, within the required period, the Reviewing Authority may require the project proponent
provide a performance guarantee pursuant to Division 2.06 (Performance Guarantees) of this
Development Code, in the amount of $10,000. The performance guarantee may be utilized by
the City to pay any fees and costs incurred by the City, which is associated with the enforcement
Paragraphs F.1 and F.3, above, and any conditions of Administrative Use Permit or Conditional Use
Permit approval, as applicable, imposed by the Reviewing Authority.
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F. Temporary Facilities. Temporary facilities, such as parking lots for interim use, may be
allowed within any residential, commercial, mixed-use, industrial, specialized use, or overlay
zoning district, subject to the following:
1. The Planning Director may approve temporary facilities for an initial 2-year period,
which shall be granted pursuant to Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permits) of this
Development Code. The time in which the approval expires may be extended by the Planning
Director a maximum of 2 one-year periods.
2. Temporary facilities requested for periods in excess of the maximum 4 years
allowed pursuant to Paragraph E.1, above, may be allowed for periods not to exceed a total of
10 years, subject to Conditional Use Permit approval, granted pursuant to Section 4.02.015
(Conditional Use Permits) of this Development Code.
3. In approving a temporary facility, the Reviewing Authority may require the
installation of certain minimum improvements, such as paved parking, lighting and landscaping,
and other improvements necessary to ensure and protect the public health, safety, and/or
welfare.
4. The project proponent shall remove the temporary facility and all appurtenances
thereto from the affected property within 30 days following the expiration of the Administrative
Use Permit.
5. To ensure removal of a temporary facility and all appurtenances thereto within the
required period, the Reviewing Authority may require the project proponent provide a
performance guarantee pursuant to Division 2.06 (Performance Guarantees) of this Development
Code, in the amount of $10,000. The performance guarantee may be utilized by the City to pay
fees and costs incurred by the City, associated with the enforcement of Paragraphs E.1 and E.3,
above, and any conditions of Administrative Use Permit or Conditional Use Permit approval, as
applicable, imposed by the Reviewing Authority.
G. Temporary Outdoor Activities, Displays, Events, and Sales. Temporary outdoor sales,
displays, and activities may be allowed within any commercial, mixed-use, industrial, or
specialized use zoning district, and within residential zoning districts in conjunction with a legally
established religious assembly land use, subject to the approval of an Administrative Use Permit
pursuant to Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permit) of this Development Code, and are further
classified as follows:
1. Retail Sales Events. Retail sales events include special outdoor sales, sidewalk sales
and parking lot sales, and are subject to the following:
a. A retail sales event shall only be allowed in conjunction with a legally
established business that has been operated for a period of at least 180 days prior to the retail
sales event.
b. Retail sales events shall be limited to the holiday sale periods of President’s
Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day, and 4 additional periods per calendar
year, for each business location. The additional periods may be used consecutively.
c. Retail sales events shall be limited to maximum 7 days duration.
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d. The outdoor display of merchandise shall be restricted to an area directly
adjacent to the business’ exterior storefront; however, in the case of shopping centers, when it is
not practical for the outdoor display area to be located directly adjacent to the business front,
the sale area shall be located in an area as close as practically possible, to the business’ exterior
storefront.
e. The display of merchandise shall not impede pedestrian or vehicular
circulation.
f. All merchandise, materials, signs and debris shall be removed from the
outdoor area by 9:00AM following the last day of the retail sales event.
2. Holiday Retail Sales. Holiday retail sales include Christmas tree and pumpkin sales,
and shall be limited to 30 days duration, 2 times per calendar year, for each business location.
3. Shows and Exhibits. Religious, historic, patriotic, or other similar outdoor displays may
be permitted within a yard, parking lot or landscaped area, by or for the benefit of nonprofit
organizations, subject to the following:
a. Shows and exhibits shall be limited to 30 days duration within any 90-day
period.
b. The show or exhibit shall not impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
c. Shows and exhibits shall not be conducted within 1,000 FT of any residential
land use, as measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property
containing the show or exhibit. This separation requirement may be reduced by the Planning
Director, provided the type and size of event proposed could in no way adversely affect
residential land uses.
d. All equipment, materials, signs, and debris shall be removed from the
outdoor area by 9:00AM following the last day of the display.
4. Amusement and/or Sporting Events. Bazaars, circuses, carnivals, rodeos, pony rides
and other similar temporary amusement and/or sporting events may be permitted, subject to the
following:
a. Events shall be limited to 2 periods of 7 days duration per calendar year, for
each event location. The 2 event periods may be used consecutively.
b. Events shall not be conducted within 1,000 FT of any residential zoning
district, as measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property
or lease space containing the event. This separation requirement may be reduced by the
Planning Director, provided the type and size of event proposed could in no way adversely affect
residential land uses.
c. All equipment, materials, signs, and debris shall be removed from the event
location by 9:00AM following the last day of the event.
5. Tent Revivals. Tent revivals and other similar temporary events involving the large
assemblage of people and/or equipment within a temporary structure or in the open air, may be
permitted, subject to the following:
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a. Tent revivals shall be limited to 2 periods of 7 days duration per calendar
year, for each event location. The 2 event periods may be used consecutively.
b. Tent revivals shall not be conducted within 1,000 FT of any residential land
use, as measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property or
lease space containing the tent revival. This separation requirement may be reduced by the
Planning Director, provided the type and size of event proposed could in no way adversely affect
residential land uses.
c. All equipment, materials, signs, and debris shall be removed from the event
location by 9:00AM following the last day of the event.
6. Charitable and Fund Raising Events. Fund raising events for charitable
organizations and other non-profit organizations, such as churches, schools, clubs, and other
similar organizations, may be permitted to hold special outdoor fund raising events, hosted by and
in conjunction with a legally established commercial or industrial land uses, subject to the
following:
a. Charitable and fund raising events shall be limited to the holiday periods of
President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day. Twelve additional events per
calendar year shall also be permitted per location, not to exceed one event per month per
location. Events shall be limited to a maximum of 4 days duration.
b. Charitable and fund raising events shall be restricted to an area directly
adjacent to the host business’ exterior; however, when it is impractical for the event to be located
directly adjacent to the host business, such as in the case of a commercial shopping center, the
event shall be located in an area as close as practically possible to the host business’ exterior.
c. Charitable and fund raising events shall not impede pedestrian or vehicular
circulation.
d. All equipment, materials, signs, and debris shall be removed from the event
location by 9:00AM following the last day of the event.
H. Temporary Produce Stands. Temporary produce stands may be established and operated
pursuant to the requirements of 5.03.410.E.2.d (Community Garden On-Site Produce Sales) and
5.03.410.F.d.2 (Urban Farm On-Site Produce Sales) of this Division.
I. Temporary Real Estate Sales, Lease and Rental Offices. Temporary real estate sales, lease,
and rental offices may be allowed within any residential, commercial, mixed-use, industrial,
specialized use, or overlay zoning district, subject to the following:
1. A temporary real estate sales, lease, or rental office shall be located a minimum of
200 FT from any existing dwelling outside of the subdivision or development project.
2. A temporary real estate sales, lease, or rental office may be established within a
model dwelling, or within a temporary structure specifically designed for the use and approved
pursuant to Subsection E (Temporary Office Structures) of this Section.
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3. A certificate of occupancy for a temporary real estate sales, lease, or rental office
shall not be issued until after a subdivision has been recorded with the San Bernardino County
Recorder, or a building permit has been issued for a multiple-family development project.
4. Temporary real estate sales, lease, or rental offices shall be removed from the site
within 30 days following the sale, lease, or rental of the last dwelling unit.
5. Comply with all provisions of Division 8.1 (Sign Regulations) pertaining to temporary
real estate sales, lease, and rental signs.
J. Temporary Wireless Telecommunications Facilities. Temporary wireless
telecommunications facilities may be allowed for testing purposes, or to fulfill short-term wireless
capacity and/or coverage needs of the community, resulting from special activities or events for
which a Temporary Use Permit has been approved, or to serve areas experiencing short-term
population increases which the existing wireless telecommunications system cannot adequately
support, such as seasonal retail sales, and other City-supported activities/events. Temporary
wireless telecommunications facilities shall be subject to the following:
1. Temporary Test-Only Wireless Telecommunications Facilities. Should the City
determine that testing for interference with public safety channels is warranted due to the
operating band of the proposed telecommunications facility Carrier, an application for the
temporary test-only wireless telecommunications facility, and applicable processing fees, shall be
submitted for review and approval by the City. Furthermore, the following shall be imposed as a
condition of application approval:
a. The Planning Director may approve a temporary test-only facility pursuant
to Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permits) of this Development Code, to remain in place for
a period of 30 days from date of installation. If additional time is needed to resolve systems
conflicts, the applicant may apply for a single 60-day time extension. Should the temporary facility
need multiple tests or consideration by the Planning Commission for an increase in height, the
applicant may apply for an additional 180-day time extension, for total periods not to exceed 270
days. Time extension requests shall be reviewed by the Planning Director and shall include
sufficient information to explain the need for the extension. The temporary facility shall be
removed within 7 days of conclusion of testing.
b. Engineered plans and drawings to erect the temporary test-only facility are
to be submitted to the Building and Planning Departments for review and approval. All applicable
building permits shall be required.
c. The Police and Information Technology Departments shall be notified at
least one week in advance of the commencement of operation of the temporary test-only facility
in order to schedule testing. The purpose of the testing is to evaluate compatibility with the City’s
public safety radio frequencies. In the event a conflict exists, the facility shall immediately suspend
operations until modifications are made to resolve the conflict.
d. An agreement with the City and the posting of a $10,000 bond shall be
required for any temporary test-only facility. The agreement shall state the applicant's
concurrence with the temporary nature of the permit and the acceptance of the conditions of
approval. The bond shall secure the applicant's obligations to immediately remove a facility in the
event that testing of the facility with the City of Ontario's public safety frequencies is inconclusive
to support approval of the facility, and/or upon expiration of the use permit.
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e. The approval of a temporary test-only facility is not to be construed as
support from the Planning and Police Departments for the permanent facility, and shall not be
construed as an approval for any other purpose under the review processes set forth in this
Section.
f. A meeting with WECA (West End Communications Authority), Police
Department, Planning Department, and Carrier representatives shall be held for the purpose of
exploring options for any frequency interference problems, and determining an optimal course of
action.
g. Any temporary test-only facility located within 500 FT of a residential zoning
district shall be required to notify property owners and area residents of the proposal in writing, by
posting the property at least 10 days prior to the approval of the proposed temporary test-only
facility. Property owner or resident objections shall be addressed by the Planning Director.
2. Short-Term Temporary Wireless Telecommunications Facilities. Should the City
determine that a temporary wireless telecommunications facility is need to fulfill the short-term
wireless capacity and coverage needs of the community, an application for the short-term
temporary wireless telecommunications facility, and applicable processing fees, shall be
submitted for review and approval by the City. Furthermore, the following shall be imposed as a
condition of application approval:
a. The Planning Director may approve short-term temporary wireless
telecommunications facility pursuant to Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permits) of this
Development Code, to remain in place for a period of 90 days from date of installation. The time
in which the approval expires may be extended by the Planning Director for a maximum of 2
periods of 90 days duration, each, for a total of 270 days.
b. Engineered plans and drawings to erect the temporary wireless
telecommunications facility are to be submitted to the Building and Planning Departments for
review and approval. All applicable building permits shall be required.
c. An agreement with the City and the posting of a $10,000 bond shall be
required for any short-term temporary wireless telecommunications facility. The agreement shall
state the applicant's concurrence with the temporary nature of the permit and the acceptance
of the conditions of approval. The bond shall secure the applicant's obligations to immediately
remove approved facility upon expiration of the use permit.
d. No short-term temporary wireless telecommunications facility shall be
located within 500 FT of a residential zoning district.
5.03.400: Thrift and Secondhand Stores, and Used Goods Stores
The on-site collection of salvageable personal property in conjunction with thrift and secondhand
stores, and used goods stores, shall be prohibited, except as allowed by Section 5.03.320 (Personal
Property Collection Bins) of this Division.
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5.03.405: Transitional Shelter Housing
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of Transitional Shelter
Housing facilities, including Emergency Shelters, Employee (Farmworker) Housing, Supportive
Housing, Transitional Housing, and Transitional Living Centers:
A. General Requirements.
1. No portion of any Transitional Shelter Housing facility shall be located within 300 FT
of another such facility that is constructed, or that is approved for construction.
2. Transitional Shelter Housing facilities shall observe State and Federal Fair Housing
regulations and standards.
3. No more than one Federal, State, or Youth Authority parolee shall be allowed to
live in a Transitional Shelter Housing facility.
4. An application submitted for approval of a Transitional Shelter Housing facility shall
identify whether any boarders are currently Federal, State, or Youth Authority parolees. Owners
and/or operators of Transitional Shelter Housing shall update the information required by this
Section anytime a person that is a Federal, State, or Youth Authority parolee is provided
accommodations at the facility.
5. All Transitional Shelter Housing facilities shall require boarders to sign a Crime Free
Lease Addendum as part of their lease or rental agreement, which provides that any criminal
violations perpetrated by boarders shall be grounds for termination of the written or oral lease,
sublease, or agreement under which they reside at the temporary/transitional shelter or housing.
6. Transitional Shelter Housing facilities shall be operated in full compliance with all
applicable requirements of this Development Code. Violation of any local, State, or Federal laws
by individual boarders while on the premises shall be grounds for Conditional Use Permit (if
applicable pursuant to Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) of this Development Code) and/or business
license revocation, including but not limited to, violations of PC Section 3003.5.
7. No Transitional Shelter Housing facility shall be maintained as a nuisance. The
conduct of any temporary/transitional shelter or housing within the City in violation of any of the
terms of this Article or other applicable provisions of this Development Code found and declared
to be a public nuisance, and the City Attorney or the District Attorney may, in addition or in lieu of
prosecuting a criminal action hereunder, commence an action or proceeding for the abatement,
removal and enjoinment thereof, in the manner provided by law; and shall take other steps and
shall apply to such courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate or remove such
temporary/transitional shelter or housing, and restrain and enjoin any person from conducting,
operating or maintaining an temporary/transitional shelter or housing contrary to the provisions of
this Article or Development Code.
8. Any owner, operator, manager, employee or independent contractor of a
Transitional Shelter Housing facility violating or permitting, counseling, or assisting the violation of
any of the provisions of this Article or applicable provisions of this Development Code regulating
Transitional Shelter Housing facilities shall be subject to any and all civil and criminal penalties
pursuant to OMC Title 1, Chapter 2 (Penalty Provisions), and/or administrative citations pursuant
to OMC Title 1, Chapter 5 (Administrative Citations). All remedies provided herein shall be
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cumulative and not exclusive. Any violation of these provisions shall constitute a separate violation
for each and every day during which such violation is committed or continued.
9. For those Transitional Shelter Housing facilities that require Conditional Use Permit
approval pursuant to Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) of this Development Code, violation of any of
provision of this Section, or the Conditional Use Permit authorizing the Transitional Shelter Housing
facility, shall be grounds for revocation of the Conditional Use Permit pursuant to the provisions of
Division 2.05 (City Initiated Modification or Revocation) of this Development Code.
10. Transitional Shelter Housing facilities, excepting farmworker housing in compliance
with Subsection C (Farmworker Housing) of this Section, shall be prohibited within the ALUCP safety
zones.
11. Transitional Shelter Housing facilities shall be in compliance with all requirements of
this Development Code at all times, as well as any applicable provisions of the Ontario Municipal
Code, including obtaining any other permits or licenses, such as building permits or a business
license, required before establishing, expanding or maintaining the use.
B. Emergency Shelters. When allowed by Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) of this Development
Code, Emergency Shelters shall be subject to the following standards:
1. The maximum length of stay for an Emergency Shelter client shall be 6 months.
2. On-site management shall be provided during the hours that the Emergency
Shelter is in operation.
3. On-site security shall be provided during the hours that the Emergency Shelter is in
operation.
4. No more than 20 client/tenant beds shall be allowed within any Emergency Shelter.
5. An intake waiting area equal to a minimum of 10 SF for each client/tenant bed
shall be provided.
6. The exterior of the intake waiting areas shall be screened from public view by a 6-
FT high decorative masonry block wall and appropriate landscaping.
7. A storage area for use by clients/tenants shall be provided at a rate of 7 SF for each
client/tenant bed. A storage area is not required to be provided adjacent to the respective
client/tenant bed.
8. An emergency shelter shall provide lavatory, toilet and shower facilities adequate
for the number of clients/tenants served; however, a minimum of one such facility shall be
provided for each 15 client/tenant beds.
C. Employee (Farmworker) Housing. When allowed by Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) of this
Development Code, farmworker dwelling units and farmworker housing complexes shall be
subject to the requirements of this Subsection.
1. General Requirements.
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a. Every person, or agent, or officer thereof, which constructs, operates, or
maintains Farmworker Housing, shall comply with the requirements of this Section, and all
applicable health, safety, and building codes and standards.
b. Farmworker Housing shall be designed, constructed and maintained in
conformance with the Employee Housing Act (commencing with HSC Section 17000), CCR Tiles
24 and 25, and the California Building Code.
c. A Farmworker Housing unit providing accommodations for 6 or fewer
employees, or for one employee and their respective household, shall be deemed a single-family
structure.
d. A Farmworker Housing Complex consisting of up to 36 beds in a group
quarters, or 12 units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household, shall be deemed
an agricultural use.
e. Farmworker Housing shall not include hotels, motels, boarding houses, bed
and breakfast inns, rooming houses, dormitories, or other similar uses that would imply that the
employee housing is a business run for profit, or differs in any way from a single-family dwelling or
an agricultural use.
f. Farmworker housing provided by the employer and maintained in
connection with the work, or place where work is being performed, shall comply with all provisions
of HSC Section 17008(a). Farmworker housing not maintained in connection with any workplace,
and provided by someone other than an agricultural employer, shall comply with all provisions of
HSC Section 17008(b).
g. Farmworker Housing for agricultural employees and their families shall be
allowed subject to the same fees applicable to any other agricultural use. In the event the
Farmworker Housing is converted to another use, the units shall be subject to all applicable
Development Code standards in existence at the time of conversion.
h. All Farmworker Housing shall comply with all City regulations and permitting
requirements, including, but not limited to, building construction, sewage disposal, water supply,
NPDES, and storm water quality control, prior to occupancy of the housing units.
i. No person shall construct, reconstruct, erect, install, relocate, or alter any
building used for human habitation, building accessory thereto, or other housing
accommodations, intended to be used for Farmworker Housing, or any electrical, mechanical, or
plumbing equipment installed in Farmworker Housing, without first obtaining all necessary City
permits.
j. Farmworker housing is not required to be located on the same site as the
qualifying agricultural operation where the farmworkers are employed.
k. The minimum lot size for Farmworker Housing shall be 10 acres.
2. Farmworker Dwelling Unit.
a. Housing for up to 6 agricultural employees or one farm employee and his
or her household is an allowed use in the AG Overlay District.
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b. A farmworker dwelling unit is subject to all requirements relevant to this
Development Code, which are applicable to single-family dwellings, including, but not limited to,
site and building development standards, off-street parking requirements, security standards, wall
and fencing requirements, and landscaping requirements. At least one off-street parking space
shall be provided for each dwelling unit.
c. A farmworker dwelling unit provided pursuant to Subsection C.1.c of this
Section shall not be required to be located on the same site as the qualifying agricultural
operation where the farmworkers are employed.
d. A farmworker dwelling unit shall meet the standards for single-family
dwellings contained in Section 6.01.010 (Residential Zoning Districts) of this Development Code,
and applicable requirements of the Ontario Building Code.
e. A farmworker dwelling unit shall not be subdivided from the primary lot on
which it is located.
f. At least one off-street parking space shall be provided for each farmworker
dwelling unit.
3. Farmworker Housing Complex.
a. A farmworker housing complex, with up to 36 beds in group quarters or 12
units designed for use by single families or households, which comply to the standards for single-
family dwellings contained in Section 6.01.010 (Residential Zoning Districts) of this Development
Code, is an allowed use in the AG Overlay District.
b. A minimum of 50 SF of floor area shall be provided for sleeping purposes for
each occupant of group living quarters, such as barracks and bunkhouses, within a farmworker
housing complex.
c. At least one off-street parking space shall be provided for each dwelling
unit, or one parking space for each 3 beds, whichever is greater, plus one off-street parking space
for each farmworker housing complex employee.
4. Farmworker Verification.
a. All new permanent farmworker dwelling units and farmworker housing
complexes shall require the completion of a Farmworker Housing Verification Form prior to building
permit application submittal.
b. The Farmworker Housing Verification Form shall include information
regarding the housing type, number of dwelling units or beds, length of occupancy, number of
occupants, occupants’ employment information, and, for farmworker housing for 5 or more
workers, proof that a permit to operate from HCD has been obtained and maintained (see
Paragraph C.8 of this Section).
c. The verification form shall be submitted annually, by May 15th of each year,
to the Planning Director, in a form acceptable to the Planning Director, that all the dwelling units
or sleeping quarters are being rented to, and occupied by, persons who meet the following
agricultural employee employment criteria:
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(1) Tilling and cultivation of the soil associated with commercial crop
production;
(2) Raising, production, and cultivation of commercial livestock for the
production of food and/or fiber;
(3) Growing and harvesting of any commercial agricultural or
horticultural commodities;
(4) Commercial raising of bees, fur-bearing animals or poultry;
(5) Preparation and processing of farm products for market; or
(6) Timber or forestry operations.
For the purposes of this Subsection, the term “agricultural employee” shall
mean a person who works full or part-time (24 or more hours per week) in the service of bona fide
commercial agricultural operations, in any of the branches of farming, which includes, but is not
limited to:
d. At a minimum, the verification form shall contain the following information:
(1) Entity responsible for housing maintenance and upkeep;
(2) Description of whether the housing will be based on a permanent,
temporary, and/or seasonal basis;
(3) Total number of people to be housed on-site at any one time;
(4) Description of the housing, including, whether the structures will be
permanent and/or temporary, intended as units for families, one person or several persons, and
cost of the units and utilities to the workers;
(5) Location(s) where the employees will work;
(6) Assessment of how much water will be used by the proposed
development and description of how water is proposed to be supplied to the housing and how
the water system complies with all applicable state and local potable water supply requirements;
and
(7) Description of the sewage disposal method, such as septic systems,
to be used to service the housing, and how the sewage disposal method complies with all
applicable state and local potable water supply requirements.
5. Location of Housing.
a. Farmworker housing shall be located no less than 75 FT from barns, pens, or
other structures that house livestock or poultry.
b. Farmworker housing must be located off prime and productive agricultural
land, unless no other alternative locations exist on-site.
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c. Farmworker housing shall be set back a minimum of 200 FT from the
property line of any adjacent residential zoning district.
6. Maximum Floor Area for Farmworker Dwelling Units. The maximum floor area
allowed for a farmworker dwelling unit shall be 650 SF. As used in this Paragraph, the term “floor
area” shall mean the living area of a dwelling, exclusive of any garage or carport, which is
measured from the outside surfaces of exterior walls or walls between living areas and a garage.
7. Removal of Housing. Farmworker housing is subject to removal (or conversion to
another approved use) within 45 days following cessation of the agricultural employment for
which the farmworker dwelling units are needed. This provision shall not apply if it can be shown
that elimination of the agricultural use for no more than 24 months is related to the long-term
functioning of agriculture on the site(s) used to establish the farmworker housing need (e.g., crop
rotation, disease, replanting, etc.).
8. State Reporting Requirements. Farmworker housing for 5 or more employees is
subject to permitting requirements of the California Employee Housing Act. The property owner
shall obtain and maintain all required permits from HCD, pursuant to the Employee Housing Act
and CCR, Title 25, Division 1, Chapter 1, Section 600 through Section 940, prior to the occupancy
of the farmworker housing units. A copy of the HCD permit shall be provided to the Planning
Director within 14 days following permit issuance, or at the time of building permit application
submittal, whichever is earlier.
9. Maximum Number of Housing Units Allowed. No more than 36 beds in a group
quarters or 12 farmworker dwelling units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household
shall be allowed on a single lot of record. The Planning Commission may authorize additional beds
or units, or a combination thereof, by issuance of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Section
4.02.015 (Conditional Use Permits) of this Development Code, based upon specific findings that
document the necessity for the number of approved beds and/or farmworker dwelling units
requested.
10. Facilities to Accommodate Recreational Vehicles, Tents or Other Mobile Camping
Equipment.
a. Permits for the installation of appropriate permanent facilities to
accommodate mobilehomes and recreational vehicles shall be obtained from the City prior to
installation.
b. The use of tents, recreational vehicles, or other mobile camping equipment
by farmworkers shall not occur for a period of more than 30 days within any 180 day period.
Incidental camping shall be conducted so as not to create any health, fire or other safety hazards.
For 5 or more workers, a permit to operate from HCD must be obtained and maintained pursuant
to Paragraph C.8 of this Section.
5.03.410: Urban Agriculture
A. Purpose. The purpose of these urban agriculture regulations is to create a more sustainable
and secure local food system by increasing opportunities to grow and sell food within all zoning
districts of the City.
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B. Applicability. The urban agriculture regulations established by this Section govern the
establishment and operation of agricultural activities and facilities within all zoning districts of the
City. The regulations established by this Section recognize 5 different urban agricultural activities,
including Animal Keeping and Production; Commercial Crop Production and Farming;
Community Gardens; Urban Farms; and On-Site Produce Sales Stands.
C. Animal Keeping and Production.
1. Residential Animal Keeping.
a. Allowed Activities/Facilities. Residential animal keeping shall be maintained
only as an ancillary use to single-family dwellings, and shall be maintained only for noncommercial
hobby or show purposes, or for the personal enrichment of City residents, as follows:
(1) Residential Zones. Residential animal keeping is permitted by right
within the AR-2 and RE-2 zoning districts in conjunction with a single-family dwelling. Furthermore,
the keeping of 4 or fewer household pets is permitted by right within all residential and mixed-use
zoning districts, and within the AG and MHP zoning districts, in conjunction with a single-family or
multiple-family dwelling.
(2) Commercial Zones. Residential animal keeping is prohibited within
all commercial zoning districts.
(3) Mixed-Use Zones. Residential animal keeping is limited to the
keeping of household pets within all mixed-use zoning districts.
(4) Industrial Zones. Residential animal keeping is prohibited within all
industrial zoning districts.
(5) Specialized Use Zones. Residential animal keeping is permitted by
right within the AG zoning district. Furthermore, the keeping of 4 or fewer household pets is
permitted within the MHP zoning district.
b. Land Use Standards. The following standards govern residential animal
keeping activities and facilities:
(1) General Requirements.
(a) Animals At LargeIt shall be unlawful for any person within
the City having the care, charge, control, or possession of any animal, fowl or bird to permit it to
be, remain, go, or run at large upon any public street, alley, or unenclosed lot or land in the City,
except dogs on leashes, cats, racing homing pigeons during runs, an animal in a vehicle, or a
horse mounted or led by a responsible person. Animals shall be secured by a fence or wall at least
5 FT in height when out of doors.
(b) Sanitation of Premises
(i) Every person owning or occupying property within
the City upon which any animal, fowl, or bird is kept shall maintain the property and any stable,
barn, stall, pen, coop, building, or place thereon in which animals are kept, in a clean and sanitary
condition so as not to be detrimental to the public health.
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(ii) Proper management of animal waste shall be
carried out pursuant to all requirements of the State Regional Water Quality Control Board or
regulating agency.
(c) Proximity of Animals to Yards, Property Lines, Dwellings and
Residential Accessory Structures
(i) It shall be unlawful in residential zones of the City to
keep any animal, except household pets, within 20 FT of any property line.
(ii) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any
animal, other than household pets, within 50 FT (70 FT for swine) of any structure, other than that
of the owner, which is used for human habitation, or for educational, health care, social
assistance, religious assembly, food service, or governmental purposes, except as allowed by
Subparagraph (iii), below.
(iii) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any
hobby, show or game bird, fowl, or rabbit, other than a household pet, within 30 FT of any structure,
other than that of the owner, which is used for human habitation, or for educational, health care,
social assistance, religious assembly, food service, or governmental purposes.
(iv) No animal is to be stabled, kept, or maintained in
any front or street-side yard area.
(d) Nonconforming Animal Keeping Activities. Animal keeping
that becomes non-conforming by reason of new development on neighboring properties may be
continued; provided, the nonconforming activity maintains compliance with the provisions of
Division 3.01 (Nonconforming Lots, Land Uses and Structures) of the Ontario Development Code.
(e) Maximum Animal Keeping Densities. Table 5.03-7 (Maximum
Animal Keeping Densities as an Accessory Use), below, establishes the maximum number of
animals that may be maintained on a lot, provided the particular animal type is allowed pursuant
to Table 5.01-1 (Land Use Matrix) of the Ontario Development Code. The maximum animal
densities are based upon net lot area; however, any portion of a lot used to qualify one animal
type shall not be used to qualify another animal type.
Table 5.03-7: Maximum Animal Keeping Densities as an Accessory Use
Animal Type Maximum Animal Density
A. Birds One animal for each 1,000 SF of lot area, except that
within the AR-2 zoning district, maximum animal density
may be increased as determined by a Conditional Use
Permit
B. Cattle and Buffalo One animal for each 6,000 SF of lot area
C. Exotic Pets As determined by Conditional Use Permit
D. Horses One animal for each 6,000 SF of lot area
E. Household Pets Pursuant to Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) of this
Development Code, not to exceed 8 animals
F. Llamas, Alpacas, Burros, Donkeys, and Mules One animal for each 4,000 SF of lot area
G. Ostriches, Emus, and Rheas One animal for each 6,000 SF of lot area
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Animal Type Maximum Animal Density
H. Poultry and Fowl One animal for each 1,000 SF of lot area
I. Rabbits and Chinchillas One animal for each 1,000 SF of lot area
J. Swine One animal for each 20,000 SF of lot area, not to exceed
3 animals
K. Sheep, Goats (female only), and Similar Livestock One animal for each 3,600 SF of lot area
(2) Keeping of Exotic Pets. The keeping of a exotic pets shall be allowed
only in conjunction with, and accessory to, a single-family dwelling, subject to the following
standards:
(a) The keeping of exotic animals shall require approval of a
Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Section 4.02.025 (Conditional Use Permits) of the Ontario
Development Code.
(b) The approval of a Conditional Use Permit for an exotic
animal shall not be effective until the Reviewing Authority receives written evidence that the
applicant has obtained a permit from the State Department of Fish and Game, if required.
(c) The keeping of an exotic animal shall comply with all
applicable Federal and State laws and requirements.
(3) Keeping of a Potbellied Pig. The keeping of a potbellied pig as a
household pet shall only be allowed in the AR-2, RE-2, RE-4, and LDR-5 zoning districts, in
conjunction with, and ancillary to, a traditional single-family dwelling, subject to the following
standards:
(a) For the purposes of this Section, the term “potbellied pig”
shall mean a domesticated miniature Vietnamese, Chinese, or Asian potbellied pig, not
exceeding 90 pounds in weight and 18 inches in height (measured at the shoulder), and
characterized by a swayed back and straight tail.
(b) Potbellied pigs shall be provided with a fenced yard
designed to assure confinement of the animal when kept outside. Yard areas must be maintained
in a clean, safe, and odor-free condition.
(c) There shall be no more than one potbellied pig permitted on
a lot.
(d) Potbellied pigs shall be licensed in the same manner as
dogs, subject to the same restrictions and penalties, pursuant to the provisions of OMC Title 6
(Sanitation and Health).
(e) The breeding of potbellied pigs shall not be permitted. All
potbellied pigs must be spayed or neutered.
(f) Prior to licensing of a potbellied pig, veterinary certification
shall be required stating:
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(i) The pig is spayed or neutered;
(ii) The pig is in good health and has received all
necessary vaccinations; and
(iii) The height and weight of the potbellied pig.
(g) All male potbellied pigs 2 years of age or older shall have
their tusks removed.
(h) While outside the owner's premises or property, potbellied
pigs shall be restrained by a harness and leash, or other similar restraint, no more than 6 FT in length.
(4) Male Goats. It shall be unlawful to keep any male goat that is not
neutered.
(5) Poisonous or Otherwise Dangerous Reptiles. It shall be unlawful to
keep any poisonous or otherwise dangerous reptile, as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
(6) Crowing Fowl. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any
crowing rooster, peacock, guinea fowl, or any other fowl that by sound or cry shall unreasonably
disturb the peace and quiet of a neighborhood.
2. Commercial Animal Production.
a. Allowed Activities/Facilities. Commercial animal production includes cattle
ranching and farming; sheep and goat farming; aquaculture; horse and other equine production;
fur-bearing animal production; alpaca and llama production; aviaries; ostrich, emu and rhea
production; and support activities for animal production. Commercial animal production is
allowed as a primary use of land, as follows:
(1) Residential Zones. Commercial animal keeping is prohibited within
all residential zoning districts.
(2) Commercial Zones. Commercial animal keeping is prohibited within
all commercial zoning districts.
(3) Mixed-Use Zones. Commercial animal keeping is prohibited within
all mixed-use zoning districts.
(4) Industrial Zones. Commercial animal keeping is prohibited within all
industrial zoning districts.
(5) Specialized Use Zones. Commercial animal keeping is conditionally
permitted (requires Conditional Use Permit approval) within the AG zoning district on lots no less
than 2 acres in area (20,000 SF for farms exclusively for small animal keeping), except apiculture
(bee keeping and production), which is permitted by right within the AG, ONT and UC zoning
districts.
b. Land Use Standards. The following standards shall govern the development
and/or operation of facilities for commercial animal production and related uses:
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(1) Minimum Lot Area. Animal keeping for animal production and
related uses shall be on a lot of no less than 2 acres in area, except that farms exclusively for small
animal keeping, including apiaries, aviaries, rabbit, chinchilla, or other similar small raising, shall be
permitted on lots of no less than 20,000 SF in area.
(2) Animals At Large. It shall be unlawful for any person within the City
having the care, charge, control, or possession of any animal, fowl or bird to permit it to be,
remain, go, or run at large upon any public street, alley, or unenclosed lot or land in the City,
except dogs on leashes, cats, racing homing pigeons during runs, an animal in a vehicle, or a
horse mounted or led by a responsible person.
(3) Sanitation of Premises.
(a) Every person owning or occupying property within the City
upon which any animal, fowl, or bird is kept shall maintain the property and any stable, barn, stall,
pen, coop, building, or place thereon in which animals are kept, in a clean and sanitary condition
so as not to be detrimental to the public health.
(b) Proper management of animal waste shall be carried out
pursuant to all requirements of the State Regional Water Quality Control Board or regulating
agency.
(4) Hitching and Tethering Animals. It shall be unlawful to hitch, tie, or
otherwise fasten any horse, cow, or other animal to any tree or shrub within the City, or to tether
or hitch for feeding any animal so as to allow the animal to cross any street, sidewalk, or alley
within the City.
(5) Proximity of Animals to Yards, Property Lines, Dwellings and
Residential Accessory Structures, and Water Wells.
(a) It shall be unlawful in residential zones of the City to keep
any animal, except household pets, within 20 FT of any property line.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any animal, other
than household pets, within 50 FT of any structure, other than that of the owner, which is used for
human habitation, or for educational, health care, social assistance, religious assembly, food
service, or governmental purposes, except as allowed by Subparagraph (c), below.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any hobby, show
or game bird, fowl, or rabbit, other than a household pet, within 30 FT of any structure, other than
that of the owner, which is used for human habitation, or for educational, health care, social
assistance, religious assembly, food service, or governmental purposes.
(d) No animal is to be stabled, kept, or maintained in any front
or street-side yard area.
(e) No animals shall be kept within 100 FT of any domestic water
well.
(f) Any new animal feed trough, corral/pen, dairy/feed lot,
including manure stockpiles and related wastewater detention basins, shall maintain a minimum
500-FT separation from the boundary of any residential or non-residential subdivision map
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recorded after January 31, 2000. A reduction in the separation requirement may be considered
for facilities with proven means of reducing odors, such as covering lagoons, substituting concrete-
lined pits for lagoons, and employing recommended ventilation systems for animal confinement
buildings. Consideration of alternative setbacks shall be subject to consultation with qualified
agricultural engineers to ensure that the measure will reliably accomplish the intended purpose.
(g) A minimum 100-FT separation shall be maintained between
any new residential or nonresidential development, or any structure used for public assembly, and
any existing animal feed trough, corral/pen or an existing dairy/feed lot, including manure
stockpiles and related wastewater detention basins. The separation requirement may be satisfied
by off-site easements acceptable to the Planning Director.
(6) Nonconforming Animal Keeping Activities. Areas used for animal
keeping that become non-conforming by reason of new development on neighboring properties,
may be continued indefinitely; provided, that the nonconforming animal keeping activity
maintains compliance with the provisions of Division 3.01 (Nonconforming Lots, Land Uses and
Structures) of the Ontario Development Code.
(7) Maximum Animal Keeping Densities. Table 5.03-8 (Maximum Animal
Keeping Densities for Animal Production), below, establishes the maximum number of animals that
may be maintained on a lot, provided the particular animal type is allowed pursuant to Table
5.01-1 (Land Use Matrix) of the Ontario Development Code. The maximum animal densities are
based upon net lot area; however, any portion of a lot used to qualify one animal type shall not
be used to qualify another animal type.
Table 5.03-8: Maximum Animal Keeping Densities for Animal Production
Animal Type Maximum Animal Density
A. Alpacas or Llamas One for each 4,000SF of lot area
B. Cattle or Buffalo (raised for nondairy purposes) One animal for each 6,000 SF of lot area
C. Dairy Cattle As permitted by Reviewing Authority [1]
D. Fish One pond for each acre of lot area, not to exceed 4 ponds
per lot. Each pond shall not exceed 0.5-acre in surface
area.
E. Goats
1. Female One animal for each 3,000 SF of lot area
2. Male
a. Lots less than 10 acres in area One
b. Lots 10 or more acres in area One animal for each 5 acres of lot area, not to exceed 4
animals
F. Horses and Other Equine One animal for each 6,000 SF of lot area
G. Kennels and Catteries One animal for each 3,000 SF of lot area
H. Ostriches, Emus and Rheas One animal for each 6,000 SF of lot area
I. Rabbits and Chinchillas 50 animals for each 10,000 SF of lot area, not to exceed 200
animals
J. Sheep and similar livestock One animal for each 3,000 SF of lot area
Notes:
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[1] New or expansions to existing dairy or other animal confinement facilities are considered on a case-by-case basis,
subject to Conditional Use Permit approval. Animal density shall be determined by Reviewing Authority, which may
impose special operational conditions, requirements or standards, as deemed necessary to insure the public health
and safety. Animal density shall be based on measures to prevent the unacceptable nitrification or salt pollution of
soils, and the pollution of groundwater by nitrates and salts emanating from the facility as defined by the Regional
Water Quality Control Board.
D. Commercial Crop Production and Farming. Commercial Crop Production and Farming is
a use in which plants and their products are grown for sale, intended for widespread distribution
to wholesalers or retail outlets. Commercial Crop Production and Farming includes oilseed and
grain farming; vegetable and melon farming; fruit and tree nut farming; greenhouse, nursery and
floriculture production; and other crop farming
1. Allowed Activities/Facilities. Commercial Crop Production and Farming is allowed
as a primary or ancillary use of land, and as an interim land use on vacant and underdeveloped
properties, as follows
a. Residential Zones. Commercial Crop Production and Farming is
conditionally permitted (requires Conditional Use Permit approval) within the AR-2 and RE-2 zoning
districts, and is prohibited within all other residential zoning districts.
b. Commercial Zones. Commercial Crop Production and Farming is prohibited
within all commercial zoning districts.
c. Mixed-Use Zones. Commercial Crop Production and Farming is prohibited
within all mixed-use zoning districts.
d. Industrial Zones. Commercial Crop Production and Farming is permitted by
right within the IL, IG, and IH zoning districts, and is prohibited in the BP and IP zoning districts.
e. Specialized Use Zones. Commercial Crop Production and Farming is
permitted by right within specialized use and overlay zoning districts, except within the CIV, MHP,
PUD, and SP zoning districts, wherein the use is prohibited.
2. Land Use Standards. The following standards shall govern the establishment and
operation of Commercial Crop Production and Farming:
a. Operational Standards. The following standards shall govern the operation
of Commercial Crop Production and Farming:
(1) A Commercial Crop Production and Farming operation shall not sell
plants and produce grown on-site or operate an On-Site Produce Sales Stand, excepting
Community Gardens established pursuant to Subparagraph E.2.d (Community Garden On-Site
Produce Sales) and Subparagraph F.2.d (Urban Farm On-Site Produce Sales) of this Section.
(2) A Commercial Crop Production and Farming operation shall be
designed and maintained to ensure that irrigation and storm water will not drain to adjacent
properties or the public right-of-way.
(3) A Commercial Crop Production and Farming operation shall be
designed and maintained to prevent dust and other fugitive particles from leaving the site.
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(4) A Commercial Crop Production and Farming operation shall be
designed and maintained to prevent the uninhibited growth of weeds and the accumulation of
debris.
(5) Refuse storage containers, serviced by the City, shall be provided
and screened from the public right-of-way. The requirement and placement of storage containers
shall be determined by the City.
(6) A storage area for tools, equipment and other materials must be
enclosed and located outside of designated front yard and street side yard setback areas.
Storage buildings shall not exceed 120 SF in area and 14 FT in height.
(7) The hours of operation shall be limited to the hours between 7:00AM
and dusk.
(8) Lighting for the site shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning
and Police Departments. Light shall be for general security and not for nighttime operations.
b. Composting. The on-site composting of site-generated refuse shall be
prohibited.
E. Community Gardens. Community Gardens include small-scale crop production and
farming by individuals on multiple plots, or food and/or ornamental crop production on larger
plots, which is maintained and grown by volunteers or community groups as a form of recreation,
education, and/or community charity. (Note: To ensure the sustainability of a Community Garden,
up to 49 percent of the Community Garden may consist of an Urban Farm established in
compliance with Subsection F (Urban Farm) of this Section).
1. Allowed Activities/Facilities. Community Gardens are allowed as an interim land
use on vacant or underdeveloped land, or as a long-term ancillary land use, as follows:
a. Residential Zones. Community Gardens are administratively permitted
within all residential zoning districts.
b. Commercial Zones. Community Gardens are administratively permitted
within all commercial zoning districts.
c. Mixed-Use Zones. Community Gardens are administratively within all mixed-
use zoning districts.
d. Industrial Zones. Community Gardens are administratively permitted within
the BP, IP and IL zoning districts. Within the IG and IH zoning districts, Community Gardens shall be
prohibited as a permanent use of land; however, the use may be administratively permitted as
an interim land use on undeveloped or under developed properties
e. Specialized Use Zones. Community Gardens are administratively permitted
within all specialized use and overlay zoning districts.
2. Land Use Standards. The following standards shall govern the establishment and
operation of Community Gardens:
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a. General Provisions. Community Garden approval is subject to the granting
of an Administrative Use Permit filed pursuant to Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permits) of
the Ontario Development Code, and the requirements of this Section. The Administrative Use
Permit application shall include a copy of all contract templates that will be utilized between the
garden owner/manager and all garden participants. The templates shall include plot
maintenance requirements, fee requirements, and any other requirements that would be
imposed on the participants of the Community Garden.
b. Development Standards for Community Gardens. Community Gardens
shall comply with the following operational standards:
(1) The on-site sale of produce for profit is strictly prohibited.
(2) The site shall be designed and maintained to ensure that water will
not drain to adjacent properties or the public right-of-way.
(3) The site will be designed and maintained to prevent dust and other
fugitive particles from leaving the Community Garden.
(4) Community Gardens shall not use non-organic pesticides or
herbicides.
(5) The site shall be designed and maintained to prevent the
uninhibited growth of weeds and the accumulation of debris.
(6) Permanent open fencing shall be provided around the perimeter of
a Community Garden, such as chainlink, and shall be consistent with the fencing standards of the
zoning district in which the Community Garden is located. Furthermore, fenced Community
Gardens shall have at least one access gate, and fencing shall be affixed to the ground with steel
posts anchored in a concrete footing.
(7) A landscape screen may be provided along street frontages
through the use of vines or espalier fruit trees to provide an attractive visual buffer from the public
right-of-way.
(8) A minimum 4-FT wide walkway shall be provided from the public
right-of-way to the Community Garden. The walkway shall be clearly marked and made from a
decorative compacted material, such as decomposed granite, or a decorative pervious surface,
such as concrete pavers.
(9) Refuse storage containers, serviced by the City, shall be provided
and screened from the public right-of-way. The requirement and placement of storage containers
shall be determined by the City during the Administrative Use Permit review process.
(10) Any storage area for tools, equipment and other materials shall be
enclosed and located outside of designated front yard and street side yard setback areas.
Storage buildings shall not exceed 120 SF in area and 14 FT in height. The use of metal shipping
containers shall not be permitted.
(11) A water meter and hose bibs shall be provided for the site, and shall
be consistent with all applicable landscape regulations. Standard water rates will be applied to
Community Gardens.
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(12) The hours of operation shall be limited to the hours between 7:00AM
and dusk, or as set forth in the Administrative Use Permit for the Community Garden. The property
should be locked and secure during non-operating hours.
(13) Lighting for the site shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning
and Police Departments. Light shall be for general security and not for nighttime operations.
(14) Maintenance of the Community Gardens shall not involve the use
of commercial or industrial grade machinery and powered equipment without prior approval by
the City’s Planning Department (only mechanical equipment designed for household use should
be used). The use of tractors, excavators, etc., may be limited by the Administrative Use Permit
issued for the Community Garden.
(15) Approval by a homeowner or property owner association (if any)
shall be provided prior to the issuance of an Administrative Use Permit for a Community Garden.
c. Composting. The composting of site-generated refuse is an excellent
method for providing sustainable fertilization of Community Gardens. Materials from off-site
sources shall be limited to green waste (no manure from off-site sources shall be used for
composting purposes). Facilities that choose to engage in composting shall provide a
Composting Plan with their Administrative Use Permit application (required pursuant to
Subparagraph E.2.a (General Provisions) of this Section), and shall comply with each of the
following standards:
(1) A compost pile and composting facilities shall be located at least
20 FT from any interior property line, and shall not be located within any front or street side yard
setback area.
(2) A compost pile shall be located at least 50 FT from any habitable
structure.
(3) A compost pile and composting facilities shall be screened and/or
hidden from public view, and shall not exceed 5 FT in height.
(4) Composting activities shall be conducted in a manner that does
not create a nuisance (generation of noise, odors, insects, etc.) nor impact the public health,
safety or welfare of the area surrounding the Community Garden, and/or Community Garden
participants.
(5) The scale of the composting activity shall be consistent with the
fertilizer requirements for the Community Garden the composting activity is intended to serve.
d. Community Garden On-Site Produce Sales.
(1) An On-Site Produce Sales Stand may be permitted by issuance of
the Administrative Use Permit for the Community Garden.
(2) An On-Site Produce Sales Stand shall be operated by a non-profit
organization, and are intended to be small in scale and designed to benefit residents and
businesses immediately surrounding the Community Garden. Furthermore, On-Site Produce Sales
Stands may be used as a marketing tool to encourage new Community Garden participants, and
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to offset the costs of maintaining and operating a Community Garden. Community Gardens that
choose to operate an On-Site Produce Sales Stand shall submit a Produce Sales Stand Operation
Plan with their Administrative Use Permit application.
(3) An On-Site Produce Sales Stand established and operated in
conjunction with a Community Garden shall comply with each of the following standards:
(a) The produce sales stand must be located on the same site
as the Community Garden established pursuant to this Section.
(b) At least 51 percent of the produce sold at the produce sales
stand shall be grown on-site or at other Community Gardens located within the City, which have
been established pursuant to this Section. The balance of the produce sold at the stand may be
grown outside the City, at a facility holding a County Certified Producer Permit.
(c) All proceeds from the produce sales stand shall directly
benefit the Community Garden program; however, a nominal amount of proceeds, not to
exceed 10 percent of gross revenues, may be used to supplement the overhead costs of the non-
profit organization that operates the sales stand.
(d) The applicant shall provide information on the non-profit
organization that will operate the garden, and shall include a copy of the Internal Revenue
Service 501(c)(3) non-profit status form.
(e) The non-profit organization operating the produce sales
stand shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary food and health licenses, and permits issued
by the State and County.
(f) One produce sales stand shall be permitted on lots greater
than 20,000 SF in area. The floor area of the stand shall not exceed 120 SF, and it shall not have a
permanent foundation.
(g) The produce sales stand shall be removed by the property
owner(s), at their expense, upon termination of the host Community Garden.
(h) The produce sales stand shall not be located within a public
right-of-way.
(i) The produce sales stand shall be setback a minimum of 20
FT from any street property line (public right-of-way), or side or rear property line.
(j) The off-street parking area for the produce sales stand shall
be improved with compacted gravel or other material approved by the City, to control dust and
erosion, and provide an all-weather driving surface.
(k) Adequate provision for traffic circulation, off-street parking,
and pedestrian safety shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Planning Director and City
Engineer.
F. Urban Farms. Urban Farms are smaller-scale private farming operations in which plants and
their products are grown and sold (on-site and/or off-site) for profit. Urban Farms include, but are
not limited to, strawberry fields, flower and vegetable raising orchards, and vineyards. Additionally,
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Urban Farms may include items grown or produced as an ancillary activity to established land
uses, such as, but not limited to, food service uses, including restaurants and special food services.
Items not grown or produced on-site shall not be sold on-site, except in conjunction with an
allowed retail store. (Note: An Urban Farm may be established and operated ancillary to a
Community Garden pursuant to Subsection E (Community Gardens) of this Section.)
1. Allowed Activities/Facilities. Urban Farms are allowed as an interim land use on
vacant or underdeveloped property, and as an ancillary activity to established food service uses,
including but not limited to restaurants and special food services that grow spices, seasonings, or
produce on-site, for use in their business operations. Plants and their products grown on-site may
be sold on-site and/or off-site. Allowed activities/facilities are as follows:
a. Residential Zones. Urban Farms are administratively permitted within all
residential zoning districts, as an interim land use on vacant lands.
b. Commercial Zones. Urban Farms are administratively permitted within all
commercial zoning districts, as an interim land use on vacant lands, or as an ancillary activity to a
legally established food service use.
c. Mixed-Use Zones. Urban Farms are administratively within all mixed-use
zoning districts, as an interim land use on vacant lands, or as an ancillary activity to a legally
established food service use.
d. Industrial Zones. Urban Farms are administratively permitted within all
industrial zoning districts, as an interim land use on vacant or under developed lands.
e. Specialized Use Zones. Urban Farms are administratively permitted within
specialized use and overlay zoning districts, except within the MHP zoning district, wherein the land
use is prohibited.
2. Land Use Standards. The following standards shall govern the establishment and
operation of Urban Farms:
a. General Provisions. Urban Farm approval is subject to the granting of an
Administrative Use Permit filed pursuant to Section 4.03.015 (Administrative Use Permits) of this
Development Code, and the requirements of this Section.
b. Operational Standards. The following standards shall govern the
establishment and operation of Urban Farms:
(1) An Urban Farm may sell plants and produce grown on-site in
compliance with the “On-Site Produce Sales Stands” (see Subsection G of this Section) standards
listed below.
(2) An Urban Farm shall be designed and maintained to ensure that
irrigation and storm water will not drain to adjacent properties or the public right-of-way.
(3) An Urban Farm shall be designed and maintained to prevent dust
and other fugitive particles from leaving the site.
(4) An Urban Farm shall be designed and maintained to prevent the
uninhibited growth of weeds and the accumulation of debris.
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(5) A fence may be required around the perimeter of an Urban Farm,
as set forth by the Administrative Use Permit. Fencing shall comply with the standards of the zoning
district in which the Urban Farm is located. Fencing located adjacent and parallel to a street shall
be of an open design to allow for views into the site, shall have at least one access gate. Fences
shall be affixed to the ground with steel posts anchored in a concrete footing.
(6) A landscape screen may be required along street frontages, as set
forth in the approved Administrative Use Permit, through the use of vines or espalier fruit trees, to
provide an attractive visual buffer from the public right-of-way.
(7) Refuse storage containers, serviced by the City, shall be provided
and screened from the public right-of-way. The requirement and placement of storage containers
shall be determined by the City during the Administrative Use Permit review process.
(8) A storage area for tools, equipment and other materials must be
enclosed and located outside of designated front yard and street side yard setback areas.
Storage buildings shall not exceed 120 SF in area and 14 FT in height.
(9) A water meter and appropriate hose bibs shall be provided for the
site, and shall be consistent with all applicable landscape regulations.
(10) The hours of operation shall be limited to the hours between 7:00AM
and dusk, or as set forth in the Administrative Use Permit.
(11) Lighting for the site shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning
and Police Departments. Light shall be for general security and not for nighttime operations.
(12) The use of commercial grade machinery and powered equipment,
such as tractors, tillers or excavators, may be limited by the Administrative Use Permit, based upon
the Urban Farm location and its proximity to, and impact on, neighboring sensitive land uses.
(13) Approval by a homeowner or property owner association, if any,
shall be provided prior to the issuance of an Administrative Use Permit for an Urban Farm.
c. Composting. The composting of site-generated refuse is an excellent
method for providing sustainable fertilization of Urban Farms. Facilities that choose to engage in
composting shall provide a Composting Plan with their Administrative Use Permit application
(required pursuant to Subparagraph F.2.a (General Provisions) of this Section), and shall comply
with the composting standards set forth in the “Community Gardens” requirements (see
Subparagraphs E.2.c(1) through (5) of this Section).
d. Urban Farm On-Site Produce Sales Stands.
(1) An On-Site Produce Sales Stand may be permitted by issuance of
the Administrative Use Permit for the Urban Farm.
(2) An On-Site Produce Sales Stand established and operated in
conjunction with an Urban Farm shall comply with all of the following standards:
(a) The produce sales stand must be located on the same site
as the Urban Farm it serves.
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(b) The operator of the produce sales stand shall be responsible
for obtaining all necessary food and health licenses, and permits issued by the State and/or
County.
(c) The produce sales stand shall only be used for the retail sales
of plants or products that are grown on-site.
(d) One produce sales stand shall be permitted on lots greater
than 20,000 SF in area. The floor area of the stand shall not exceed 120 SF, and it shall not have a
permanent foundation.
(e) The produce sales stand shall be removed by the property
owner(s), at their expense, upon termination of the host Community Garden or Urban Farm.
(f) The produce sales stand shall not be located within a public
right-of-way.
(g) The produce sales stand shall be setback a minimum of 20
FT from any street property line (public right-of-way), or side or rear property line.
(h) The off-street parking area for the produce sales stand shall
be improved with compacted gravel or other material approved by the City, to control dust and
erosion, and provide an all-weather driving surface.
(i) Adequate provision for traffic circulation, off-street parking,
and pedestrian safety shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Planning Director and City
Engineer.
5.03.415: Waste Treatment and DisposalComposting and Anaerobic Digestion Facilities
The following standards shall govern the establishment and operation of composting and
anaerobic digestion facilities:
A. Any new Dairy for which a Conditional Use Permit is required, shall not be located within
100 FT, as measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property or
lease space containing the use, to any residentially zoned property or sensitive land use, including
hospitals and other healthcare facilities; senior citizen care facilities; preschools; daycare facilities;
public or private elementary, middle (junior high) or high schools; public parks; recreation centers;
sports parks; or any similar facility where minors (persons under 18 years of age) regularly
congregate.
B. A Manure Only Composting Facility shall not be located within 0.25-mile, as measured in a
straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property or lease space containing
the use, to any residentially zoned property or sensitive land use, including hospitals and other
healthcare facilities; senior citizen care facilities; preschools; daycare facilities; public or private
elementary, middle (junior high) or high schools; public parks; recreation centers; sports parks; or
any similar facility where minors (persons under 18 years of age) regularly congregate.
C. A Green Waste or combination Green Waste and Manure Composting Facility shall not be
located within 0.50 mile, as measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries
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of the property or lease space containing the use, to any residentially zoned property or sensitive
land use, including hospitals and other healthcare facilities; senior citizen care facilities;
preschools; daycare facilities; public or private elementary, middle (junior high) or high schools;
public parks; recreation centers; sports parks; or any similar facility where minors (persons under 18
years of age) regularly congregate.
D. A 100-FT setback shall be maintained between a project’s perimeter property line and any
material being composted or anaerobic digester on the project site.
E. A Conditional Use Permit application for a Composting or Anaerobic Digestion Facility shall
be submitted with a traffic study, which analyzes the impacts of project generated truck traffic on
traffic from residential development in the area and the surrounding roadway system, and
recommends measures to mitigate identified impacts to a level of non-significance and
appropriate routes to freeways.
F. The following shall be considered for inclusion as conditions of approval, as appropriate,
for any Composting or Anaerobic Digestion Facility requiring Conditional Use Permit approval:
1. Maintain good air flow through the compost material;
2. Turn compost based on temperature, not a schedule;
3. Restrict material movement to times when the potential for winds are low and
general population is least (i.e., when people are indoors or away from their homes, and not on
weekends);
4. Minimize disturbance of dusty areas by equipment;
5. Minimize dust by adding moisture to material when moving or turning, and regularly
water dirt roadways, dry material and unused areas;
6. Berms (defined as earthen mounds constructed along the perimeter of a
composting site to minimize sight into the property and reduce debris from blowing off-site) shall
be maximum 15 FT in height, and in no case higher than the allowed material rows;
7. Berms shall be set back minimum 10 FT behind a street property line and minimum
5 FT from all other property lines, or one-half the height of the berm, whichever is greater;
8. Berms shall be comprised primarily of soil, and shall have a slope not to exceed a
2:1 ratio (horizontal to vertical (h:v)). Berms can be as steep as 1.5:1, if properly evaluated, with
appropriate calculations, by the City Engineer; and
9. The surface of the outside portions of the slopes (facing a public street) should have
properly installed and maintained landscaping or hydro seeding with jute matting to prevent
erosion or sloughing.
5.03.420: Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
The following regulations shall govern the establishment and operation of wireless
telecommunications facilities:
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A. Review of Wireless Telecommunications Facilities. All applications for wireless
telecommunication facilities are subject to a 3-tier review process established by this Section. The
Planning Director shall have the discretion to determine the design and level of review
requirements for projects proposed in specific plan areas, based upon the similarity of the specific
plan’s land use designation to the citywide zoning districts.
1. Tier 1 Review. Applications for wireless telecommunications facilities that propose
an integrated building/structure design or a roof-mounted design that is less than 10 FT in height,
is architecturally screened from view, and is located within a nonresidential zoning district, shall be
reviewed and acted upon utilizing the Building Department’s plan check review process.
2. Tier 2 Review.
a. A proposed wireless telecommunications facility meeting each of the
following criteria shall require Development Plan approval pursuant to Section 4.02.030
(Development Plans) of this Development Code:
(1) The facility is located within a commercial, nonresidential zoning
district;
(2) The facility is more than 500 FT from a residential zoning district, as
measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property containing
the wireless telecommunications facility;
(3) The facility complies with all development standards of this Section
and the applicable zoning district;
(4) The facility is of a stealth design so as not to be recognized as a
telecommunications facility; and
(5) All support equipment to the proposed facility is located within a
completely enclosed structure or is otherwise screened from public view
b. A new wireless telecommunications facility proposed within a
nonresidential zoning district, which is to be collocated with an existing wireless
telecommunications facility, and complies with all development standards of this Section and the
applicable zoning district, shall be reviewed and acted upon by the Development Advisory Board.
3. Tier 3 Review. A proposed wireless telecommunications facility meeting one or
more of the following criteria shall require Development Plan approval pursuant to Section
4.02.035 (Development Plans) and special public notification pursuant to Division 2.03 (Public
Hearings) of this Development Code:
a. Wireless telecommunications facilities not meeting the above-stated Tier 1
or Tier 2 review criteria;
b. Wireless telecommunications facilities located within, or 500 FT or less from
(as measured in a straight line from any point along the outer boundaries of the property
containing the wireless telecommunications facility), a residentially zoned property;
c. All nonstealth wireless telecommunications facilities;
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d. Wireless telecommunications facilities proposed in the AG overlay district,
excepting those facilities meeting the above-stated Tier 1 review criteria;
e. Wireless telecommunications facilities creating more than a minimal visual
impact on surroundings, as determined by the Planning Director. In determining whether more
than a minimal visual impact exists, the Planning Director shall consider the facility’s location and
size, the view of the facility from the public street and neighboring properties, and the contrast
between the facility and other external structural equipment. The applicant may be required to
perform tests that would replicate the height of a proposed facility in order to adequately assess
potential visual impacts;
f. Wireless telecommunications facilities located within line-of-sight of any
scenic corridor identified by the Policy Plan component of The Ontario Plan; and
g. Wireless telecommunications facilities that include a request for an increase
in height, which exceeds the maximum height provisions established by Paragraph E.5 of this
Section. The Reviewing Authority may consider an increase in height if the strict application of
Paragraph E.5 of this Section would result in a provider of wireless telecommunications services not
being able to provide adequate coverage to a service area due to practical difficulties beyond
the control of the service provider. The service provider shall clearly demonstrate the nature of the
problem, and that no other feasible alternative is available to provide adequate coverage.
B. Additional Submittal Requirements.
1. In addition to the general submittal requirements for plan checks, Development
Plans, and/or Conditional Use Permits contained in the Minimum Filing and Public Notice
Requirements Checklist of the City’s General Application Packet, all applications for wireless
telecommunication facility approval must include the additional information required by the Plan
Preparation Guidelines and Minimum Plan Contents Checklist of the General Application Packet.
2. The City may contract with an independent radio frequency engineering
consultant, or other qualified professional with knowledge and expertise regarding wireless
telecommunication systems, to verify applicant's technical assertions. Such verification may
include, but is not limited to, issues related to transmission coverage requirements, required height
of facilities, technical limitations related to co-locating facilities, evaluation of new technologies
that are available and the potential for interference with other facilities, such as public safety
radio communications systems. All costs associated with verification shall be borne by the
applicant.
C. Performance Standards for Wireless Telecommunications Facilities. The operator of a
wireless telecommunications facility and/or the owner of the property upon which the facility is
located is responsible for compliance with the following:
1. No existing or future wireless telecommunications facility shall interfere with any
public safety radio communications system including, but not limited to, the 800 MHz radio system
operated by the West End Communication Authority (WECA), which provides public safety
communications during emergencies and natural disasters. Pursuant to GC Section 38771, a
violation of this standard constitutes a public nuisance.
2. If any wireless telecommunications facility is found to interfere with a public safety
radio communications system, or any system facilitating the transmission or relay of voice or data
information for public safety, the carrier and/or property owner shall immediately cease operation
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of the radio channel(s) causing system interference. Operation of an offending wireless
telecommunications facility shall only be allowed to resume upon removal, or other resolution, of
the interference, to the satisfaction of the City.
Any request for an increase in antenna height that would exceed the maximum
height provisions established by Paragraph E.6 of this Section in order to resolve interference
conflicts with a public safety radio communications system, shall only be considered by the City
after the facility operator and/or property owner have sufficiently demonstrated that all feasible
methods of eliminating the conflict have been considered.
3. A wireless telecommunications facility, including poles, antennas, materials used to
camouflage or stealth the facility, and equipment buildings and enclosures, shall be maintained
in a manner so as to ensure that the facility will maintain its original appearance. In the event that
over time, with exposure to wind, rain, sunlight, etc., any part of the facility begins to flake, pit,
fade, discolor, disintegrate, or otherwise not maintain its original appearance as initially
constructed, as determined by the Planning Director, it shall be repaired/replaced at the sole
expense of the carrier.
4. The inspection and approval of a wireless telecommunications facility must be
received from the Planning Department prior to Building Department final inspection and the
establishment/release of permanent electrical power to the facility.
5. Wireless telecommunications facilities, including landscaping and surface areas,
shall be continuously maintained free of weeds, debris, litter and temporary signage. All graffiti
shall be removed from the premises within 48 hours of discovery.
D. Location Guidelines and Criteria. All applications for wireless telecommunications facilities
are subject to the following location guidelines and criteria:
1. The preferred order of location for wireless telecommunications facilities is: industrial
zoning districts, followed by commercial zoning districts, and then residential zoning districts. If
proposed within an established specific plan area, the preferred order of location is: industrial land
use districts, followed by business park land use districts, and then commercial land use districts.
2. Wireless communications facilities located within residential zoning districts shall
only be allowed in conjunction with a non-residential land use, such as a church, fire station, park,
or school, or a multiple-family building or structure.
3. Wireless telecommunications facilities may be located in close proximity to each
other; provided, they utilize a stealth design, meet the height requirements of this Section, and are
compatible with surrounding development. Wireless telecommunication facilities that are
nonstealth in design shall be located a minimum of 1,000 FT from any other nonstealth wireless
telecommunication facility, as measured in a straight line from any point along the outer
boundaries of the property containing the wireless telecommunications facility.
4. Wireless telecommunication facilities shall not be located within any front or street
side setback area.
5. Wireless telecommunications facilities shall not be located so as to create a
nonconforming condition, such as reductions in parking, landscaping, loading zones or other
applicable development standards.
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6. Wireless telecommunications facilities shall be located where existing vegetation,
structures, and/or topography provide the greatest amount of screening. Where insufficient
screening exists, additional screening shall be provided through the installation of dense
landscaping, installation of enhanced architectural treatments, or relocation of the facility so that
the massing of existing buildings or vegetation will provide adequate screening. Support structures
shall be constructed of galvanized steel and painted an unobtrusive color to neutralize and blend
with surroundings, or be of a stealth design.
E. Development Standards. It is a goal of the City that wireless telecommunications facilities
be developed in harmony with the surrounding environment so as to be as unobtrusive as possible.
This is especially true when located in visually prominent locations (e.g., along major thorough-
fares, at entry points into the City, near high activity areas, etc.). The following guidelines are
intended to ensure that the design of wireless telecommunications facilities are compatible with
the community:
1. Wireless telecommunications facilities should:
a. Be collocated with another facility, where possible;
b. Be stealth in design, or building/structure or roof-mounted as an integral
architectural element on an existing structure; and
c. Utilize state-of-the-art wireless technology.
2. Wireless telecommunications facilities shall meet all applicable zoning and setback
regulations of the zoning district in which they are located.
3. Wireless telecommunications facilities shall be installed and maintained in full
compliance with all Federal, State and local codes and standards.
4. All proposed nonstealth facilities shall be designed to accommodate co-location
of 2 or more service providers. To the extent possible, stealth facilities shall also be designed to
accommodate co-location of facilities.
5. The height of wireless telecommunications facility support structures shall be the
minimum necessary to provide adequate user coverage; however, an antenna or its support
structure shall not exceed the maximum allowed height for wireless telecommunications facilities
set forth below, except as provided for in Subparagraph A.3.f of this Section. The height of stealth
design “tree” monopoles shall be measured to the top of the antenna arrays, with the
branches/fronds extending above antenna arrays, to create a natural appearance.
6. The maximum height for wireless telecommunications facilities shall be as follows:
a. Freestanding single-carrier facilities shall not exceed 55 FT in height;
b. Freestanding collocated facilities (two or more carriers) shall not exceed 75
FT within the IL (Light Industrial), IG (General Industrial), and IH (Heavy Industrial) zoning districts,
and 65 FT in height within all other zoning districts; and
c. Roof-mounted or building-mounted facilities shall not exceed 10 FT above
the height of the building.
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7. Prior to the issuance of a building permit for a wireless telecommunications facility,
the carrier shall submit a Federal Aviation Administration determination for the proposed facility.
Safety lighting or colors, if prescribed by the City or other approving agency, such as the Federal
Aviation Administration, may be required for support structures.
8. Wireless communications facilities located within residential zoning districts shall be
of stealth design.
9. All accessory equipment associated with the wireless telecommunications facility
shall be screened from public view by a decorative fence, wall, landscaping, berming or a
combination thereof, or shall be located within a building, enclosure or underground vault, which
is designed, colored and textured to match the architecture of adjacent buildings or blend in with
surrounding development.
10. All utilities associated with wireless telecommunications facilities shall be
undergrounded. Cable connections from equipment structures to any antennae shall not be
visible by the public.
11. The design of stealth wireless telecommunications facilities shall be compatible
with the surrounding neighborhood. Stealth designs include building mounted designs and
freestanding designs. Examples of building mounted designs include architecturally screened roof
mounted facilities, facilities attached to a building/structure, bell towers, clock towers, or steeples,
installation behind false windows, or other types of architectural features that are designed to
camouflage the facility and are integrated into the building design. Examples of stealth
freestanding wireless telecommunications facilities include facilities that are camouflaged as
freestanding signage, flagpoles, light poles, or "tree" monopoles (such as “monopalms” and
“monopines”) that are blended with groupings of real trees. The use of “monopalms” should not
be the default design if no other live palms are within the immediate surroundings. Wireless
telecommunications facilities may be designed as, or within, a piece of public art or a historical
monument for public benefit.
12. The use of whip and/or microwave dish antennas shall be permitted only if
integrated into the design of a structure and/or if fully screened from public view.
13. Chainlink fencing is not permitted for containment of wireless telecommunications
facilities, unless the fencing is located in the rear portion of property, is not visible from a public
area, and is installed with tennis court screening material on all exterior sides of the fence.
14. The use of lattice-type towers shall not be permitted within the City.
15. Planning Department approval must be received prior to any modification or
addition to any existing wireless telecommunications facility.
16. Stealth wireless telecommunications facilities utilizing a flagpole monopole design
shall comply with the following:
a. The flag to be placed on the flagpole monopole shall be proportionate in
size to the height and diameter of the pole, and shall be maintained at all times and replaced
when needed due to weathering, as determined necessary by the Planning Director.
b. Only the National, State, County or City flags shall be flown on the flagpole.
A flag shall be flown on the flagpole at all times, which shall be properly lighted.
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c. Covers concealing antenna arrays shall be painted to match the flagpole.
17. Stealth wireless telecommunications facilities utilizing a monopine design shall
comply with the following:
a. The branch count shall be a minimum of 3 branches per lineal FT of trunk
height. Branches shall be randomly dispersed and of differing lengths to provide a natural
appearance.
b. Simulated bark shall extend the entire length of the pole (trunk), or the
branch count shall be increased so that the pole is not visible.
c. Branches and foliage shall extend beyond an antenna array a minimum of
2 FT horizontally and 7 FT vertically, in order to adequately camouflage the array, antennas and
bracketry. In addition, antennas and supporting bracketry shall be wrapped in artificial pine
foliage.
d. The size and spread of antenna arrays shall be the minimum necessary to
ensure that they are adequately camouflaged.
e. A minimum of 2 live pine trees shall be planted for each proposed
monopine, which shall have the same growth habit as the pine tree being simulated by the
monopine, and shall be in scale with the height of the monopine. The pine trees may be planted
adjacent to the proposed monopine, or elsewhere on the site as deemed appropriate by the
Planning Director.
18. Stealth wireless telecommunications facilities utilizing a monopalm design shall
comply with the following:
a. All antennas shall be fully concealed within a “pineapple ball” (also
referred to as “growth ball” or “terminal bud ball”) located at the end of the trunk. Furthermore,
all wires and connectors shall be fully concealed within the trunk, and all unused ports (for co-
location) shall have covers installed.
b. Simulated bark shall extend the entire height of the pole (trunk).
c. A minimum of 2 live palm trees shall be planted for each proposed
monopalm, which shall have the same growth habit as the type of palm tree being simulated by
the monopalm, and shall be in scale with the height of the monopalm. The palm trees may be
planted adjacent to the proposed monopalm, or elsewhere on the site as deemed appropriate
by the Planning Director.
19. A sign measuring 2 FT high by 2 FT wide shall be posted at the exterior entrance of
wireless telecommunications facilities, and clearly visible to the public, identifying the carrier(s)
and contact telephone number(s) for reporting emergency and maintenance issues.
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5.03.425: Work/Live Units
A. Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to provide for, and make feasible, the construction
of new buildings, and the reuse of existing buildings, for joint work/live units occupied by artists,
artisans, professionals, and similarly situated individuals, as contemplated by HSC Section 17958.11.
B. Applicability. Work/live units shall be allowed pursuant to the provisions of this Section,
within the zoning districts designated in Table 5.02-1 (Land Use Matrix) as permitting “work/live
units.
C. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following words, terms, and phrases are defined as
follows:
1. Adaptability. The capability of altering or adding to certain building spaces, and/or
elements such as kitchen counters, sinks, and grab bars, so as to accommodate the needs of
persons with or without disabilities or to accommodate the needs of persons with different types
or degrees of disabilities.
2. Artist or Artisan. One whose works are subject to aesthetic criteria. An individual
who practices one of the fine arts, who works in one of the performing arts including music, or
whose trade or profession requires a knowledge of design, drawing, painting, sculpting, writing or
similar trades such as the creative and/or applied arts. This definition specifically does not include
tattoo applicators, and designers/fabricators of drug and tobacco paraphernalia/accessories.
3. Commercial Building Use. An occupation, employment, or enterprise that is carried
on for profit by the owner, lessee, or licensee.
4. Industrial Building Use. A use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing
of materials or products predominantly from extracted or raw materials.
5. Listed or Listing. Terms referred to equipment and materials that are shown in a list
published by an approved testing agency qualified and equipped for experimental testing and
maintaining an adequate periodic inspection of current productions, and which listing states that
the material or equipment complies with accepted national standards that are approved, or
standards that have been evaluated for conformity with approved standards.
6. Prevailing Code. The adopted federal, state, and local laws and regulations to be
applied at the time of permit application.
7. Professional. One who engages in a pursuit or is active professionally in fields that
include architecture, education, law, computer programming, media, and similar fields.
8. Work/Live Unit. An area comprised of one or more rooms or floors in new
construction, or in a building originally designed for industrial or commercial occupancy that has
been remodeled, which includes each of the following:
a. Cooking space and sanitary facilities;
b. Sleeping space; and
c. Assigned working space in, adjacent to, or near the unit.
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D. Administration.
1. Requirements for Application.
a. An application for a work/live unit permit shall be made pursuant to the
prevailing Building and Fire Codes. The application shall be accompanied by architectural
drawings (drawn pursuant to standards established by the Building Official) depicting the existing
uses within the building or new construction, and where the proposed work/live units will be
located.
b. The Building Official shall be responsible for distributing a copy of the
submitted application and architectural drawing to all affected departments for review and
approval.
c. A Certificate of Appropriateness shall be required for properties that meet
the State or local criteria for historic resources.
2. Work/Live Units Permit Required. No building shall be used for work/live units unless
a work/live permit has first been obtained from the Building Department.
3. Building Permit Required. No building or structure regulated by this Section shall be
constructed, enlarged, altered, repaired, moved, improved, removed, converted, or demolished
unless a separate permit for each building, or portion thereof, has first been obtained from the
Building Official.
4. Business License Requirement. No work/live unit shall be occupied without
obtaining an appropriate business license pursuant to OMC Title 3 (Finance), Chapter 1 (Business
License Regulations), commencing with Section 3-1.101.
5. Certificate of Occupancy.
a. Use and Occupancy. No work/live unit shall be used or occupied until the
Building Official and the Fire Marshall have completed and approved their final inspection of the
unit, and a certification of occupancy has been requested for the work/live unit. In a complex
with multiple work/live units, an individual unit or units can receive final inspection(s), request a
certificate of occupancy, and be occupied, prior to all units being completed and receiving final
inspection.
b. Occupancy Violations. Whenever any portion of a building designated as
work/live is being used contrary to the provisions of this code, the Building Official may order such
use discontinued within the unit or specified portion of the building. Provided the violation is not
life threatening to the occupants within the building, such person shall discontinue the use within
7 days after the receipt of such notice, as prescribed by the Building Official, to make the structure,
or portion thereof, comply with the requirements of this code
E. Development Criteria. The following criteria shall be imposed upon the development of
work/live units:
1. Work/live units may be located in upper stories, basements (below grade), or within
the first floor of all commercial and industrial buildings.
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2. Work/live developments that have frontage along Holt Boulevard or Euclid
Avenue, where the City has designated a historic retail corridor, the first 20 FT of floor area depth
at the street level frontage shall be devoted to pedestrian-oriented gallery, showroom, retail, or
similar commercial activity, except that if the 20 FT of floor area depth exceeds 30 percent of the
primary ground floor area, less than 20 FT of depth is allowed as determined appropriate by the
Reviewing Authority.
3. Each work/live unit shall be provided a primary entry from common areas, such as
hallways, corridors, and/or exterior portions of the building, including courtyards, breezeways,
parking areas, common open spaces, and public spaces.
4. Where any unit containing a work/live occupancy is adjacent to any other unit
containing a separate work/live occupancy, such units shall be separated by one-hour fire
resistant floors and walls, except that if 2 or more work-live units are combined into a single suite,
then the partition walls and floors do not need to be fire rated.
5. Doors opening into corridors shall be protected by 20-minute fire assemblies or solid
wood doors, not less than 1.75 inches thick. Where an existing frame will not accommodate a
1.75-inch thick door, a 1.375-inch thick solid, bonded wood core door, or equivalent insulated
steel door, shall be permitted. The doors shall be provided with a gasket so installed as to provide
a seal where the door meets the stop on both sides and across the top.
6. The minimum area of a work/live unit shall be 700 SF. No more than 50 percent of
the primary floor or level (i.e., excluding mezzanines, upper levels, and raised sleeping areas) of
any individual work/live unit shall be used or arranged for residential purposes, such as a sleeping
area and kitchen, except that in new construction, work/live units on upper floors, or on ground
floors without public street frontage, do not have a minimum area set aside for work purposes.
7. The residential occupancy in any work/live unit shall not exceed 4 persons.
8. For the purposes of determining the minimum number of persons for which the
building exiting system must be designed, the occupant load factors prescribed by the California
Building Code shall be used.
9. Each work/live unit shall have one openable window accessible for exiting, with an
opening of not less than 20 inches wide by 30 inches high, or a second exit door. Any security bars
placed over required window openings shall be operable and have an opening not less than 20
inches wide by 30 inches high. Work/live units are not required to meet light and ventilation
standards for habitable spaces if no life-safety hazard is created.
10. The life-safety requirements contained in the Building Code shall apply to all
work/live units. For the purpose of providing a reasonable degree of life-safety for individuals
occupying work/live units, the code provisions regarding dwelling units shall apply.
11. All work/live units shall be provided with single station smoke detectors, which shall
receive their primary power from the building's wiring system and provided with a battery backup.
Smoke detectors shall be installed pursuant to approved manufacturer's instructions, and shall be
mounted on the ceiling at a point centrally located in the residential portion of the unit and in
each sleeping room separated by floor to ceiling walls. In the working area of the work/live unit,
one hardwired smoke detector shall be centrally located on the ceiling. Where the working area
is subdivided into separate rooms by floor to ceiling walls, one smoke detector shall be installed
on the ceiling of each workroom.
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12. Any new commercial or industrial building developed with work/live units shall
retain its industrial or commercial classification. Any building converted or partly converted to
work/live units shall not be considered to have changed occupancy classification (i.e., there is no
intensification of use).
13. All work/live units, including any alteration to a work/live unit, shall be required to
meet the minimum life-safety standards set forth in this Section, and the following requirements:
a. Each work/live unit shall have a kitchen area consisting of a sink and
garbage disposal, with ground fault interrupted circuit outlets provided.
b. Each work/live unit shall have sanitation facilities consisting of a toilet,
lavatory, and shower and/or bathtub.
c. Each work/live unit shall have an approved UL listed heating system in the
residential portion of the unit.
d. Habitable space shall have a dimension of not less than 7 FT.
e. Restrooms and bathrooms located on the primary floor area of a work/live
unit must be designed and equipped to be adaptable to ADA compliance, and shall include the
following:
(1) 36-inch doors.
(2) Inside 60-inch diameter clear wheelchair turning radius.
(3) Water closet meeting ADA fixture specifications.
(4) Water closet with ADA clearances from adjacent walls.
(5) Walls shall include necessary blocking for the installation of ADA
grab bars.
(6) Sinks shall meet ADA height and clearance specifications.
(7) All switches and outlets shall meet ADA specifications.
f. Restrooms and bathrooms located on the second level of a work/live unit
(e.g., mezzanines or upper levels) can follow residential standards for bathrooms if an ADA
compliant restroom is available to visitors within the building and on an accessible path of travel
from the unit. Table 5.03-9 (Minimum Number of Work/Live Units to be Equipped with a Shower
Adaptable for ADA Compliance), below, prescribes the number of all work/live units within the
building that must be equipped with a shower that can be adapted for ADA compliance.
Table 5.03-9: Minimum Number of Work/Live Units to be Equipped with a Shower Adaptable for ADA Compliance
Number of Work/Live Units Number of Units With Adaptable Showers
Fewer Than 5 Units: None
5 to 12 Units: One Unit
13 to 20 Units: 2 Units
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Table 5.03-9: Minimum Number of Work/Live Units to be Equipped with a Shower Adaptable for ADA Compliance
Number of Work/Live Units Number of Units With Adaptable Showers
More than 20 Units: 2 Units, Plus One Unit for Each 7 Work/Live Units in Excess
of 20 Units
14. Energy insulation need not be installed, nor energy audits and mitigations
provided, resulting from work/live units being developed within an existing building. In addition,
sound mitigations need not be provided or installed resulting from work/live units being developed
within an existing building, unless otherwise required by a Conditional Use Permit. However, all new
buildings shall comply with current Building Code requirements for new construction.
15. Stairways serving a mezzanine or second level of a work/live unit shall comply with
the City’s Building Code; stairs are to have an 8-inch maximum rise a 9-inch minimum run and a
30-inch minimum width. In addition, mezzanines of less than 400 SF may be accessed by spiral
stairways or other similar reduced tread, open riser alternative stairways. A mezzanine can cover
up to 50 percent of the primary floor area of a work/live unit without being considered a story or
triggering additional exiting requirements.
16. An elevator need not be provided resulting from work/live units being developed
within an existing building; however, all new buildings shall comply with current Building Code
requirements for new construction.
17. Modifications that create a life-safety hazardous condition shall not be authorized
by the Building Official. The Building Official shall have the power to render interpretations of this
Section and to adopt and enforce rules and supplemental regulations, which are in conformance
with the intent and purpose of this Section, in order to clarify the application of its provisions.
18. Existing buildings that are renovated to include work/live units shall be presumed
to have adequate parking for both the renovated and unaltered portions of the building. Stalls
for work/live units are not required to be covered or secured.
19. New construction of work/live units shall provide off-street parking facilities pursuant
to Division 6.03 (Off-Street Parking and Loading) of this Development Code. The intent is to provide
lower, flexible parking standards wherever possible and appropriate. Consideration shall be given
to shared parking systems, on and off street parking resources, compatibility with historic patterns
of development, and the availability of mass transit resources.
F. Conditions of Approval. The following conditions of approval shall be imposed upon any
work/live units established pursuant to this Section:
1. Business hours shall be clearly posted within the main lobby area of the building
containing work/live units.
2. Sales of artists’ materials shall be restricted to products of the occupant and similar
or related items. Sales of drug and tobacco related paraphernalia/accessories are prohibited.
3. Work/live units shall be occupied and used only by an artist, artisan, professional,
or a similarly situated individual and their family, consisting of not more than 4 unrelated persons.