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17.145.150 Commercial land use table.

The following table lists uses that may be established in commercial zones. The abbreviations used in the land use table shall have the following meanings:

 

 

A

“A” means “adult entertainment permit”

C

“C” means “conditional use permit”

D

“D” means “director’s determination”

MC

“MC” means “minor conditional use permit”

MUP

“MUP” means “minor use permit”

P

“P” means “permitted use”

S

“S” means “site development plan permit”

T

“T” means “temporary use permit”

Z

“Z” means “administrative zoning permit”

X

“X” means “not permitted”

 

In addition to the abbreviated terms listed above, the land use table incorporates endnotes, which are indicated by numerical designators in the final column of the table. The numerical designators correspond with written notes listed at the bottom of the table. The notes provide additional information and direct readers to other applicable sections of the El Cajon Municipal Code.

 

Table 17.145.150
Commercial Land Use Table

 

 

 

O-P

C-N

C-G

C-R

C-M

Notes

Commercial Uses

Adult book store, adult theater, and other adult entertainment activities

X

X

A

A

X

1, 2

Alternative lending including payday loans, anticipatory loans, and auto title lending, excludes federal or state chartered banks, savings and loans, thrifts, and credit unions

X

X

C

C

X

1, 32, 33

Amusement parks including miniature golf, go-cart tracks, mechanized rides, etc.

X

C

C

C

C

 

Animal grooming services

P

P

P

P

P

 

Antique sales

X

P

P

P

X

 

Appliance repair; large gas and electric appliances including heating and air conditioning systems, parts and supplies

X

X

X

X

P

1

Appliance sales; large gas and electric appliances including heating and air conditioning systems, parts and supplies

X

P

P

P

P

 

Appliance sales and repair of small electrical appliances

X

P

P

P

P

1

Art galleries, commercial retail

X

P

P

P

X

 

Artist studios and art restoration services

P

P

P

P

P

 

Athletic clubs and fitness centers

X

P

P

P

X

28

Auction house

X

X

C

C

P

1

Auto parts and accessories; new parts

X

X

P

P

X

1

Auto parts and accessories; used parts, excludes dismantling

X

X

X

X

P

1, 3

Auto rental including the rental of moving vans, trucks and trailers

X

X

C

X

C

1

Auto sales, including: autos, alternative fuel vehicles, motorcycles, light trucks, and recreational vehicles

X

X

C

C

C

4

Automobile (new) displays within an enclosed building

X

X

P

P

X

38

Automotive body repair

X

X

C

X

C

1

Automotive service and repair

X

X

C

C

C

1

Automotive fueling station

X

C

C

C

C

5

Auto washing and detailing, full service carwash

X

X

C

X

X

1

Auto washing, self-service carwash

X

C

C

X

X

1

Bail bonds office

P

P

P

P

P

1

Beauty salon, nail salon, barber shop, and day spa

P

P

P

P

X

6

Beauty supply and cosmetics sales

P

P

P

P

X

 

Billboard sign

P

P

P

P

P

7

Biomedical office

P

P

P

P

P

 

Blood banks and blood donation facilities

P

P

P

P

X

1

Blood plasma centers

C

X

X

X

X

1

Boat sales including ancillary service and repair

X

X

P

X

C

 

Book store, including news copy and magazine sales

P

P

P

P

X

 

Bowling alley

X

X

C

C

X

 

Camera and photographic sales and related services

X

P

P

P

X

 

Card room, non-gambling

P

P

P

P

X

3, 26

Carpet and drapery cleaning and repair services

X

X

X

X

P

 

Cemetery, crematory, and mausoleum

C

C

C

C

C

 

Child activity centers

X

P

P

P

X

 

Circuses and carnivals

X

X

T

T

X

 

Clothing and apparel store, new

X

P

P

P

X

 

Clothing and costume rentals

X

P

P

P

X

 

Clubs: youth clubs, professional organizations, union halls, fraternal organizations, and similar uses

C

C

C

C

X

 

Cocktail lounge

X

C

C

C

X

8, 9

Community gardens

P

P

P

P

P

29

Consumer electronics retail sales with ancillary service

X

P

P

P

P

 

Contract construction services

X

X

X

X

P

 

Convenience market

X

P

P

P

X

8

Custodial and cleaning services including property management and building maintenance with associated vehicle, equipment, and supply storage

X

X

X

X

P

 

Dance studio

X

P

P

P

X

 

Day care facility

MUP

MUP

MUP

MUP

MUP

 

Department store with general retail sales

X

P

P

P

X

 

Drive-through service accessory to an authorized land use

S

S

S

S

S

1

Employment services

P

P

P

P

P

 

Equipment rental with outdoor storage or display

X

X

C

C

C

1

Equipment rental without outdoor storage or display

X

P

P

P

P

1

Escort service

X

X

P

X

X

3

Fabric store

X

P

P

P

X

 

Farmers market

X

Z

Z

Z

X

34

Financial services and institutions

P

P

P

P

X

10

Firearm and ammunition sales, new and resale

X

P

P

P

X

3

Firing ranges, indoor ranges for firearms or archery

X

X

C

C

C

1

Florist

P

P

P

P

X

 

Food truck or trailer

X

T

T

T

T

36

Funeral parlor and mortuary

P

P

P

P

X

1

Furniture and home furnishing sales

X

P

P

P

P

 

Game center and video arcade

X

X

P

P

X

3

General retail sales

X

P

P

P

X

 

Gift shop, including novelties, souvenirs, greeting cards, etc.

X

P

P

P

X

 

Gunsmith

X

P

P

P

X

1

Hardware store, indoor (includes building materials and related services)

X

P

P

P

P

1

Hardware store with outdoor storage or display (includes building materials and related services)

X

X

C

C

C

1

Headquarters office facility

P

X

P

P

P

 

Heavy equipment sales including large trucks and tractor-trailer rigs

X

X

X

X

C

 

Hobby shop

P

P

P

P

X

 

Hotel and motel

X

X

C

C

X

 

Household accessories including bedding, linens, kitchen supplies, etc.

X

P

P

P

X

 

Kennel

X

X

X

X

C

 

Kiosk, booth, and stand

X

Z

Z

Z

Z

11

Laundry and dry cleaning services, retail, including coin operated self-service laundry

X

P

P

P

X

 

Liquor store

X

C

C

C

X

1, 8

Live entertainment

X

X

C

C

X

3

Locksmith and related services

X

P

P

P

P

 

Manufactured housing sales including modular and mobile home sales

X

X

P

X

P

 

Market

X

P

P

P

X

 

Massage establishments, steam bath, and sauna room

X

X

C

C

X

1, 3, 6, 12

Massage services permitted as an accessory use to a permitted primary use

P

P

P

P

X

3, 6, 12

Medical and dental office, laboratories, and clinics open to the general public including acupuncture, chiropractic, and other state licensed health care practices

P

P

P

P

X

 

Medical and dental laboratory not open to the public

P

P

P

P

P

 

Marijuana cultivation, delivery, dispensary, manufacturing and storage

X

X

X

X

X

 

Modeling agency, talent agencies and entertainment booking services (office only)

P

P

P

P

X

 

Motion picture theatre (indoor)

X

X

C

C

X

13

Music lessons conducted indoors

P

P

P

P

X

 

Music store including the sale of musical instruments, sheet music, and recorded music

X

P

P

P

X

 

Office, administrative, business and professional

P

P

P

P

P

 

Office machine sales

X

P

P

P

P

 

Optical goods including eye glasses, contact lenses, and eye exams

P

P

P

P

X

 

Outdoor dining, accessory to authorized restaurant or cocktail lounge

X

P

P

P

P

14

Outdoor sales events at existing business developments

T

T

T

T

T

 

Parcel delivery and postal services (office only, does not include U.S. Postal Service offices)

P

P

P

P

X

 

Pawn shop or pawn broker

X

X

C

C

X

1, 3, 32, 33

Personal storage facility

X

X

C

X

C

15

Pest control services

X

X

X

X

P

 

Pet supply stores including pet sales and pet adoption services with accessory indoor veterinary and grooming services

X

P

P

P

X

 

Pharmacy

P

P

P

P

X

16

Photocopying and other retail office services for the general public

P

P

P

P

X

 

Photographic studio including ancillary photo finishing services

P

P

P

P

X

 

Plant nursery

X

X

P

P

P

1

Pool hall or billiards parlor

X

X

C

C

X

3

Prefabricated storage containers used for short term storage

T

T

T

T

T

 

Private security company with watch dogs

X

X

C

C

C

1, 3

Private security company without watch dogs

P

P

P

P

P

 

Public assembly

X

X

C

C

C

 

Recreational facility

MUP

MUP

MUP

MUP

MUP

 

Resource recovery center

X

C

C

C

C

17

Restaurant

P

P

P

P

C

8, 9, 18

Restaurant, take-out only

P

P

P

P

C

19

Restaurant (full-service) with alcoholic beverage production use

P

X

C

C

X

8, 9

Seasonal outdoor businesses such as Christmas tree lots

T

T

T

T

T

 

Secondhand merchandise store or kiosk including buying of gold, precious metals, gemstones, jewelry, or electronics

X

X

C

C

X

1, 3, 32, 33

Service and repair of consumer electronics

X

P

P

P

X

 

Shoe sales and shoe repair

X

P

P

P

X

 

Single room occupancy (SRO) housing

X

X

C

X

X

 

Skilled nursing facility

C

C

C

C

C

1

Special training and schooling conducted indoors

P

P

P

P

P

 

Special training and schooling conducted outdoors

X

X

X

X

MC

 

Sporting goods, bicycles, and toy stores

X

P

P

P

X

 

Supermarket

X

P

P

P

X

 

Surplus store

X

P

P

P

X

1

Swap meet and flea market

X

X

X

C

X

1, 3

Tailoring, alteration, and sewing services

P

P

P

X

X

 

Tattoo and body piercing studio

X

X

P

P

X

1

Thrift or resale shop

X

P

P

P

X

1, 3

Ticket sales office

P

P

P

P

X

 

Tobacco and smoke shop, electronic/vapor substance inhalation shop

C

C

C

C

X

1, 20

Tool and equipment repair and sharpening services excluding heavy equipment repair

X

X

P

P

X

1

Trailer and camper sales, non-motorized

X

X

P

X

P

 

Travel agency

P

P

P

P

X

 

Vehicle storage lot

T

X

T

T

T

 

Veterinary and small animal hospital, indoors only

P

P

P

P

P

1

Video sales and rentals including video game sales and rentals

X

P

P

P

X

 

Vocational and trade school (conducted indoors)

X

P

P

P

P

9

Vocational and trade school (conducted outdoors)

X

X

X

X

C

9

Volume discount store (including 99¢ and closeout stores)

X

X

P

P

X

1

Watch, clock, and jewelry sales and repair

P

P

P

P

X

 

Other similar uses

D

D

D

D

D

21

Light Industrial Uses

Contract construction services

X

X

X

X

P

 

Direct selling organizations (baked goods, ice cream trucks, bottled water vendors, catering wagons, etc.)

X

X

X

X

P

 

Food and beverage processing

X

X

X

X

P

 

Heavy equipment service and repair

X

X

X

X

C

 

Laundry services, industrial, including linen, diaper, and uniform cleaning, alteration and repair services

X

X

X

X

P

 

Light manufacturing

X

X

X

X

P

 

Microbrewery

X

X

C

C

C

35

Printing and publishing services, non-retail and excluding contact with the general public

X

X

P

P

P

 

Recycling center for metal, cardboard, glass, e-waste, etc.

X

X

X

X

C

 

Scientific and commercial testing laboratories including product research and development

X

X

X

X

P

 

Service and repair of light machinery including vending machines, office machines, large household appliances, etc.

X

X

X

X

P

 

Service and repair of precision instruments including cameras, optical devices, medical devices and electronic testing equipment

X

X

X

X

P

 

Warehousing and distribution

X

X

X

X

P

 

Wholesale trade excluding explosives

X

X

X

X

P

 

Other similar uses

D

D

D

D

D

21

Transportation, Communication and Utilities

Ambulance service

C

C

C

C

P

1, 3

Bus passenger terminals, public or private charter

X

X

P

P

P

 

Bus parking and maintenance facility

X

X

X

X

P

 

Heliport

C

C

C

C

C

 

Limousine service

X

X

X

X

P

3

Media production including broadcasting studios, and audio and video recording studios

X

P

P

P

P

 

Parking lots and garages, short term

P

P

P

P

P

 

Radio, and/or television broadcasting

P

P

P

P

P

22

Solid waste disposal facility

C

C

C

C

C

1

Taxicab terminal

X

X

P

P

P

 

Towing services with vehicle storage

X

X

X

X

C

1, 3

Towing services without vehicle storage

X

X

C

X

C

1, 3

Trucking terminal for motor freight including parcel delivery service terminals

X

X

X

X

P

 

Utilities, excluding sewage treatment

C

C

C

C

C

 

Vehicle storage facility, long term, including lots and structures

X

X

X

X

MUP

1

Wireless communication facilities, freestanding

C

C

C

C

C

23

Wireless communication facilities, architecturally integrated or other stealth design

S

S

S

S

S

23

Other similar uses

D

D

D

D

D

21

Institutional and Charitable Uses

Botanical garden, and arboretum

P

P

P

P

X

 

Educational institution

C

C

C

C

C

 

Emergency shelters

X

X

C

C

S

1, 24

Governmental administrative offices (excluding services)

P

P

P

P

P

 

Governmental operation center and service facilities

C

C

C

C

C

 

Hospital

C

C

C

C

X

 

Library, public

P

P

P

P

X

 

Low Barrier Navigation Center

P

P

P

P

P

37

Museum

P

P

P

P

X

 

Non-profit welfare and charitable organizations and services

X

X

C

C

X

1, 27

Parks and playgrounds, public or private

X

P

P

P

P

 

Amateur sports fields

X

MUP

MUP

MUP

MUP

 

Religious facilities

C

P

P

P

C

9

Supportive housing

P

P

P

P

P

37

Temporary feeding area

C

C

C

C

C

 

Transition service center

X

X

C

C

P

1, 24

Transitional housing

P

P

P

P

P

37

WIC center

P

P

P

P

X

1

Other similar uses

D

D

D

D

D

21

Residential Uses

Caretaker’s unit

P

P

P

P

P

25

Residential care facility

C

C

C

C

X

1

 

1.    Prohibited in SP 182. However, automotive service and repair uses are permitted with approval of a CUP in the portion of SP 182 that is also a part of Special Development Area No. 10 and zoned C-M. Furthermore, for those properties within SP 182 and located north of Madison Avenue, freeway-oriented uses as defined in this Title are permitted accordingly.

2.    Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.45 (adult entertainment establishments).

3.    Requires a Special Operations License for uses as described in ECMC Chapter 5.16. For towing services, only police towing services require a Special Operations License.

4.    Off-site outdoor automobile sales are subject to the provisions of section 17.225.190.

5.    Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.215 (automotive fueling stations).

6.    Subject to the provisions of Chapter 5.40 of the El Cajon Municipal Code.

7.    Subject to the provisions of section 17.190.270 (billboard signs).

8.    Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.210 (alcohol sales).

9.    Subject to parking requirements listed in section 17.185.190.

10.  “Check cashing only” services are prohibited in SP 182.

11.  Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.40 (Administrative Zoning Permit), section 17.130.250 (kiosks).

12.  Subject to the provisions of section 17.225.070 (massage establishments and services).

13.  Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.230 (motion picture theaters).

14.  Subject to the provisions of section 17.225.090 (outdoor dining areas).

15.  Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.235 (personal storage facilities).

16.  The retail display area shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the gross floor area in the O-P zone.

17.  Subject to the provisions of section 17.225.100 (resource recovery centers).

18.  Restaurant size may be limited in the C-M zone.

 

19.  Subject to the provisions of section 17.225.130 (take-out only restaurants).

20.  Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.240 (tobacco, smoke shops, and electronic/vapor inhalation shops).

21.  As determined by the director of community development.

22.  Excludes wireless communications facilities as defined in Chapter 17.105.

23.  Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.245 (wireless communications facilities).

24.  Subject to the provisions of section 17.225.180 (transition service centers and emergency shelters).

25.  Only one (1) caretaker’s unit permitted per lot in association with an authorized primary use occupying the same property. Must be attached to the primary structure on the lot, if such a structure exists.

26.  May only be operated as an ancillary use to 1) a bona fide non-profit club, society, professional organization, union hall, fraternal organization, and similar (non-profit) use, with a valid conditional use permit for the primary use, and 2) a restaurant. Subject to additional card room regulations listed in Chapter 5.28 (Card rooms) of Title 5 and Chapter 17.225 (Miscellaneous Special Uses and Regulations) of this Title. Non-profit status must be in place prior to application submittal, as applicable.

27.  Non-profit medical and dental clinics are permitted uses. They do not require a CUP and are not prohibited in SP 182.

28.  Subject to the parking requirements for places of assembly listed in Table 17.185.190.

29.  Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.205 (Agriculture and Animals).

30.  Excludes businesses purchasing items as an accessory use to a primary retail sales use.

31.  Subject to the provisions of section 17.225.200 (Alternative Lending).

32.  Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.250 (Secondhand Merchandise Stores and Pawn Shops).

33.  Prohibited in the boundaries of SP 462.

34.  Subject to the provisions of section 17.225.220 (Farmer’s Market).

35.  Subject to the provisions of section 17.225.230 (Microbrewery).

36.  Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.75 (Temporary Use Permit) and section 17.225.240 (Food trucks).

37.  Only permitted on properties located within the Mixed-Use Overlay Zone

38.  No storage of inventory permitted.

 

(Ord. 5136 § 18, 2023.)