a. Fabrication and assembly of finished products or subassemblies, so long as the primary use of the property is not the basic processing and compounding of raw materials, or food products.

b. Scientific or research laboratories, including incidental pilot plants in connection therewith.

c. Facilities and storage incidental to a construction project when located on the project site. If such facilities or storage are located on a lot or lots other than the project site, then such uses shall maintain the yard requirements of the district upon which they are located and shall be subject to the securing of a use permit.

d. Churches or similar places of worship.

e. Ammunition, commercial loading of small arms subject to the following limitations:

f. Public utility buildings and facilities when necessary for serving the surrounding territory. Repair and/or storage facilities, including outdoor, subject to a use permit.

g. Environmental remediation facility, subject to obtaining a use permit in accordance with the provisions of Section 307.

h. Commercial schools, which may include outdoor activities.

i. Bank vault.

a. Facilities for the furnishing of meals and sale of refreshments and personal convenience items solely to the employees of such establishments, and to visitors doing business on the premises, provided that such facilities shall be within a building or enclosure such that there are no external signs or other evidence of such use. There shall be no external access to such use.

b. Samples of products for display or in conjunction with sales may be kept on the premises, so long as no product is sold that is not assembled or manufactured on the premises.

c. Quarters for caretakers or watchmen.

d. Office, wholesale, or storage activities may be conducted on the premises when accessory to the primary use.

e. Parking structures.

f. Reserved.

a. Office for professional use.

b. Offices wherein administrative, clerical or sales services only are rendered, provided that other than regular office books, records and papers used in connection with rendering said office service, no commodity or tangible personal property, either by way of inventory or sample, shall be stored, kept or exhibited in any said office or on the premises wherein the said office is located.

c. Research laboratories for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation which may include prototype product development.

d. Medical and dental laboratories.

e. Churches or similar places of worship.

f. Environmental remediation facility, subject to obtaining a use permit in accordance with the provisions of Section 307.

g. Commercial schools, which may include outdoor activities.

h. Bank vault.

a. Pharmacy, provided that such facility shall be within a building or enclosure such that there are no external signs or other evidence of such use. There shall be no external access to such use.

b. Facilities for the furnishing of meals and sale of refreshments and personal convenience items solely to the employees of such establishments, and to visitors doing business on the premises, provided that such facilities shall be within a building or enclosure such that there are no external signs or other evidence of such use. There shall be no external access to such use.

c. Manufacturing, so long as the following criteria are met:

d. Parking structures.

e. Facilities and storage incidental to a construction project and located on the project site.

f. Quarters for caretakers and watchmen.

g. Commercial schools, which may include outdoor activities subject to a use permit.

a. Adult day care center; provided, that:

b. Office for professional use.

c. Offices for administrative, clerical or sales services.

d. Research laboratories for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation which may include prototype product development.

e. Medical and dental laboratories.

f. Wholesaling.

g. Warehousing: Not including dead vehicle storage, trucking companies, and moving-storage companies.

h. Assembly of finished products or subassemblies, so long as the primary use of the property is not the basic processing and compounding of raw materials, or food products.

i. Barber and beauty shops.

j. Financial institutions. Banks, building and loan associations, brokerage houses, savings and loan associations, finance companies, title insurance and trust companies.

k. Restaurants, subject to the following conditions or limitations:

l. Churches and similar places of worship.

m. Motels and hotels.

n. Gasoline sales, which may include as accessory uses: sales and installation of tires, batteries, hoses and belts; oil changes; lubes and minor tuneups. Service bays shall not open toward an adjacent public street or a residence district.

o. Ammunition, commercial loading of small arms subject to the following limitations:

p. Publicly operated buildings or properties.

q. Public utility buildings and facilities when necessary for serving the surrounding territory. Repair and/or storage facilities, including outdoor, subject to a use permit.

r. Environmental remediation facility, subject to obtaining a use permit in accordance with the provisions of Section 307.

s. Commercial schools, which may include outdoor activities.

a. Retailing in conjunction with wholesaling and/or fabrication, so long as it does not exceed ten percent of gross floor area.

b. Facilities and storage incidental to a construction project and located on the project site.

c. Quarters for caretakers or watchmen.

d. Pharmacy, provided that such facility shall be within a building or enclosure such that there are no external signs or other evidence of such use; there shall be no external access to such use.

e. Parking structures.

f. Outdoor storage which shall be screened with a solid fence or continuous plantings. Such storage shall be no higher than twelve feet.

g. Reserved.

a. Adult day care center; provided, that:

b. Offices for professional use.

c. Offices for administrative, clerical or sales services.

d. Research laboratories for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation which may include prototype product development.

e. Medical and dental laboratories.

f. Pharmacy.

g. Wholesaling.

h. Warehousing: Not including dead vehicle storage, trucking companies, and moving-storage companies.

i. Manufacturing or assembly of finished products or subassemblies so long as the primary use of the property is not the basic processing and compounding of raw materials or food products, except as otherwise provided in this section.

j. Barber and beauty shop.

k. Restaurants, subject to the following conditions or limitations:

l. Financial institutions: Banks, building and loan associations, brokerage houses, savings and loan associations, finance companies, title insurance and trust companies.

m. Churches and similar places of worship.

n. Motels and hotels.

o. Bakeries, food packaging and freezing, including milk and ice cream plants, but excluding canneries, slaughtering, processing and packaging of meat.

p. Gasoline sales, which may include as accessory uses: sales and installation of tires, batteries, hoses and belts; oil changes; lubes and minor tuneups. Service bays shall not open toward an adjacent public street or a residence district.

q. Commercial schools, which may include outdoor activities.

r. General retail sales, subject to the following:

s. Motion picture production and television broadcast studios.

t. Ammunition, commercial loading of small arms subject to the following limitations:

u. Publicly operated buildings or properties.

v. Public utility buildings and facilities when necessary for serving the surrounding territory. Repair and/or storage facilities, including outdoor, subject to a use permit.

w. Environmental remediation facility, subject to obtaining a use permit in accordance with the provisions of Section 307.

x. Pet care facility, subject to the following limitations:

y. Bank vault.

z. Limited Outdoor Uses including plant nursery and/or inert landscape materials processing and sales; building and landscape contractors, including yards; building materials, wholesale and storage; and recreational vehicle/boat storage, when any such uses are located in a General Commerce Park (GCP) District, subject to use permit approval pursuant to Section 307 and the following conditions:

a. Facilities and storage incidental to a construction project and located on the project site.

b. Quarters for caretakers or watchmen.

c. Parking structures.

d. Outdoor storage which shall be screened with a solid fence or continuous evergreen plantings. Such storage shall be no higher than twelve feet.

a. Outdoor processing.

b. Outdoor activities in conjunction with commercial schools.

a. No source of illumination is directly visible from a public street or from residentially zoned property.

b. Light intensity does not exceed one footcandle on any adjacent residentially zoned property.

a. Off-street parking, paved and properly drained, shall be provided on the site of any Commerce Park development.

b. Parking spaces shall meet the standards of Section 702, except that other than required access drives, no parking or loading area shall be located within any required setback adjacent to a public street or within any required landscaped area.

c. Any loading space or dock shall be screened by an eight-foot-high solid wall when located adjacent to a public street or to a residence district.

a. Building height: The height of any structure as defined in chapter 2 and subject to the provisions of Section 701.

b. Lot coverage and floor area ratio (FAR): Terms used to define standards for the intensity of structures on a site, as defined in chapter 2.

c. Yard: An area required to be unoccupied by structures or uses as defined in chapter 2.

d. Perimeter lot line: A lot line located on or adjacent to the perimeter of a Commerce Park District.

e. Interior lot line: A lot line where property on both sides is zoned Commerce Park District, or where the lot line is on a street where the zoning on both sides of the street is Commerce Park District.

a. Landscaping, when required, shall consist of both an appropriate ground cover which shall include living ground cover plant material and suitable placement of shrubs and trees so as to create a setting for uses which can enhance the visual attractiveness of the site and to offer a desirable transition to other uses. All landscaped areas shall be supplied with an appropriate watering system. Plant materials shall be maintained in a living condition and shall be selected on the basis of minimizing water consumption, the provision of shade and visual screening where appropriate, and enhancement of the site development.

b. Required setbacks adjacent to a street or canal right-of-way shall be landscaped.

c. Where a lot line, not on a street, abuts residential zoning, there shall be provided a minimum five-foot-wide landscaped area containing at least fifteen gallon evergreen trees planted to average a minimum of twenty feet on center.

a. Walls and screening around parking areas adjoining a residence district shall be as provided in Section 702

b. A six-foot solid masonry wall shall be provided on any lot line which abuts a residential zoning unless that lot line is on any street.

c. Any open use or storage area, where permitted, shall be enclosed by a six-foot-high solid masonry wall.

a. Legal description of the total property to be rezoned.

b. A development option plan which shows the general location of each proposed Commerce Park District option, and each proposed public street. Individual lots need not be shown and each district option may be indicated by dimensioning.

c. A schedule indicating any proposed amenity or compatibility features which may include: natural open or landscaped areas; wall, berming and screening; waterways or flood protection measures; building heights and setbacks; maximum floor area, lot coverage and FAR.

a. A Commerce Park District applicant or his successors in interest may file a request for an amendment with the Planning and Development Department.

b. The request will be routed for comment to affected City departments or other agencies for comment.

c. The change will be deemed major if it involves any one of the following:

d. The Planning and Development Department will bring the major amendment before the Planning Commission and will submit background material and recommendations. Review and hearings shall be in accordance with Section 506 of the Zoning Ordinance.

a. A Commerce Park District applicant or his successors in interest may file a request for a minor amendment with the Planning and Development Department.

b. The request will be routed for comment to any affected City departments or other agencies for comment.

c. Upon receipt of comments, the Planning and Development Director will determine whether the requested change is minor or major. If the Planning and Development Director determines the amendment to be major, the applicant, by paying the difference in fees, may proceed according to Section 626.J.1.

d. If the change is determined to be minor, the Planning Director shall take action on the request.

e. The applicant may appeal the Planning and Development Director’s action to the Planning Commission within fourteen days. Review and hearings shall be in accordance with Section 506 of the Zoning Ordinance.

a. It is the responsibility of the owner to notify all prospective purchasers of all or part of the property within the district of the existence of the Commerce Park District regulations and the schedule for amenities and compatibility.

b. Conformance with the Commerce Park District regulations and schedule of amenities and compatibility shall be enforced by recordation of deed restrictions at the time of approval of each subdivision within the district, and prior to the issuance of building permits.

c. Notification and recordation as provided above shall be considered to retain the unitary aspect of the district.