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Chapter 17.36 — COMMERCIAL LAND USE BY ZONING DISTRICT

Gridley Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-06 · Gridley

17.36.010 Permitted uses and conditionally permitted uses in commercial districts.

Permitted uses and uses allowed by use permit in commercial districts are as follows: P = Permitted

CUP = Conditional Use Permit

Where a use is not designated as "Permitted" or "Conditional Use Permit" it is not allowed in that zoning district.

LAND USE TYPES ZONING DISTRICTS ZONING DISTRICTS
C-1 C-2
LAND USE TYPES ZONING DISTRICTS
C-1 C-2
Accountants P P
Adult entertainment businesses
(Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.72)
P
Advertising business P P
Amusement arcades such as video games, pinball P P
Answering service P P
Antiques P P
Appliances P P
Architects P P
Art Galleries P P
Art goods/supplies P P
Art instructions P P
Attorneys & legal services P P
Automobile sales, service, and used auto sales P
Automobile repair P
Automobile body shop P
Automobile parts, retail P P
Baby shops P P
Bail bond P
Bakeries, retail P P
Banks P P
Banks, drive-through P P
Barbershops P P
Beauty salons P P
Bicycle shops P P
Boat sales P
Boat supplies P
Books P P
Bookkeeping P P
Bowling alleys P
Building materials P
Butcher P
Cabinet/woodworking shops P
Campers, RV sales, service, and supplies; new and used P
Carwash P
Chambers of Commerce P P
Child care and preschool P P
Chiropractors P P
Churches CUP CUP
Cleaners P P
Clothing sales P P
Cocktail lounge/bar/taverns CUP CUP
Coffee shop P P
Collection bureau P P
Communication equipment P P
Community garden P P
Computer store P P
Contractor office (no storage) P P
Contractor office (with storage) CUP P
Cooking supplies shops P P
Copy shop P P
Costume shop P P
Counseling centers P P
Counselors and therapists P P
Craft supplies P P
Credit bureau P P
Dairy, jobber-retail CUP
Dance school P P
Delicatessen P P
Dentist’s office P P
Department store P P
Discount drug P P
Doctor’s office P P
Donut shop P P
Dress shop P P
Dressmaker, seamstress, tailor P P
Drive-in restaurant and/or fast food CUP P
Drug store, broad range P P
Duplicating shop P P
Employment agency P P
Engineering office P P
Equipment rental, household P P
Equipment rental, large type P
Escrow service P P
Energy supply store CUP P
Farm equipment sales P
Fabric shop P P
Fireplace-stove shop P P
Flea market
(one-day or single-weekend events sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce or service
groups may be administratively approved in the C-1 and C-2 zoning districts)
CUP
Floor materials P P
Florist P P
Fraternal organization P P
Freezer food lockers, rental CUP P
Funeral directors P P
Furniture, new and used P P
Garden supplies P P
Gift shops P P
Glass shop (window glass) CUP P
Government offices, administrative only P P
Graphic art materials P P
Grocers, less than 10,000 square feet
(see also, “market” & “supermarket”)
P P
Gunsmiths P P
Hardware, retail P P
Health food P P
Hobby shop P P
Home decorations and materials P P
Hospital CUP CUP
Hot tubs and spa sales CUP P
Hotel P P
Ice cream shop P P
Ice skating rink CUP
Import store P P
Income tax service P P
Inns, bed and breakfast places P P
Interior decorator P P
Investment advisory service P P
Jewelers P P
Laboratories, dental P P
Laboratories, medical P P
Laboratories, research CUP CUP
Lamps P P
Landscape architects P P
Laundry, coin P P
Lighting fixtures P P
Liquor store P P
Live Work P CUP
Loan agency P P
Locksmiths P P
Lumber, retail CUP P
Machine shop CUP
Markets, under 10,000 square feet
(see also “grocer” & “supermarkets”)
P P
Medical office P P
Men’s clothing P P
Mini-storage CUP
Mobile home sales, service P
Motorcycle sales, service CUP P
Motorcycle repair P
Motels CUP P
Museums P P
Music store (instrument and equipment) P P
News service P P
News stand P P
Night club CUP CUP
Novelties, notions store P P
Nurseries, retail P P
Office furniture P P
Office supplies P P
Optician, optometrist P P
Paint dealers, retail P P
Parking lots P P
Parks P P
Party shop P P
Pawnshop P
Pet store CUP CUP
Pharmacy P P
Photocopy shop P P
Photo processing P P
Photographer P P
Photographic equipment P P
Physical therapy P P
Physician P P
Pianos, organs P P
Picture framing P P
Plumbing, retail sales P P
Pottery, retail P P
Printers P P
Psychiatrist P P
Psychologist P P
Quasi-public uses CUP CUP
Racquetball and sports club P P
Radio and TV sales and service P P
Real estate P P
Record store P P
Recreation, indoor sports P P
Recreation vehicles sales P
Recreation vehicle storage CUP
Recycling center (primary use) CUP
Refrigeration sales and service, industrial P
Religious office P P
Rental, see equipment rental
Residential uses CUP CUP
Restaurant, full service P P
Retail, general P P
Roller skating rink P
Rug and carpet sales P P
Saddlery shop P P
Satellite sales and service P P
Savings and loan (with or without drive-through) P P
Saw shop P P
School supplies P P
Service station/gasoline station P
Sewing machine sales and repair P P
Sheet metal shop P
Shoe store P P
Shoe repair P P
Sign shop P
Social clubs, halls and organizations P P
Social service offices P P
Special job training centers P P
Sporting goods store P P
Stationery store P P
Stenographic service P P
Stereo-sound system store P P
Stock and bond brokers P P
Supermarket (>10,000 square feet) P P
Surveyor’s office P P
Swimming pool sales, service P
Tobacco shop P P
Television sales and service P P
Theater P P
Thrift shop P P
Tire sales and service P
Title company P P
Toys P P
Travel agency P P
Trophies P P
Tropical fish and supplies P P
Tuxedo rental P P
Upholsters CUP P
Utility office-administrative only P P
Vacuum cleaner sales and service P P
Variety store P P
Vegetable, fruit and flower stands P P
Veterinarians P P
Vocational center P P
Wall covering store P P
Warehousing CUP
Waterbeds P P
Wine and beer shop P P
Yarn shop P P

(Ord. 823-2016 § 13 (part), 2016)

17.36.020 Unlisted uses.

Any use which is not listed in Section 17.36.010, or for which a reasonable determination cannot be made by the City Administrator/designee that such use is similar in nature, impact and intent as a listed use, shall be determined permitted, not permitted or conditionally permitted by the Planning Commission. (Ord. 823-2016 § 13 (part), 2016)

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Contents — Gridley Zoning Code
Gridley Zoning Code
  1. Chapter 17.00 — ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
  2. Chapter 17.02 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  3. Chapter 17.03 — NONCONFORMITIES
  4. Chapter 17.04 — DEFINITIONS
  5. Chapter 17.05 — PLANNING ENTITLEMENT PROCESS
  6. Chapter 17.06 — AMENDMENTS OR REZONING
  7. Chapter 17.07 — SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (SDP)
  8. Chapter 17.08 — CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
  9. Chapter 17.09 — VARIANCES
  10. Chapter 17.12 — AR-5 AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
  11. Chapter 17.14 — O-S OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
  12. Chapter 17.16 — UR URBAN RESERVE
  13. Chapter 17.21 — R-S RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT
  14. Chapter 17.22 — R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
  15. Chapter 17.25 — R-2 MDR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
  16. Chapter 17.26 — R-3 MFR MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
  17. Chapter 17.27 — R-4 HDR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
  18. Chapter 17.28 — RESIDENTIAL DENSITY BONUS
  19. Chapter 17.32 — C-1 RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
  20. Chapter 17.34 — C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
  21. Chapter 17.36 — COMMERCIAL LAND USE BY ZONING DISTRICT
  22. Chapter 17.42 — M-1 LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
  23. Chapter 17.44 — M-2 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
  24. Chapter 17.46 — M-3 AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
  25. Chapter 17.52 — MUCZ MIXED USE COMBINING ZONE
  26. Chapter 17.53 — DMU DOWNTOWN MIXED USE COMBINING ZONE
  27. Chapter 17.54 — NMU NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE COMBINING ZONE
  28. Chapter 17.55 — PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
  29. Chapter 17.56 — AO AGRICULTURAL OVERLAY DISTRICT
  30. Chapter 17.58 — SP SPECIAL PARKING COMBINING ZONES
  31. Chapter 17.59 — HCC HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR MIXED USE COMB…
  32. Chapter 17.62 — PQP P UBLIC AND QUASI -PUBLIC DISTRICT
  33. Chapter 17.72 — GENERAL USE REGULATIONS
  34. Chapter 17.74 — PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
  35. Chapter 17.76 — OFF-STREET PARKING
  36. Chapter 17.78 — YARDS
  37. Chapter 17.81 — ACCESSORY STRUCTURES
  38. Chapter 17.82 — SECOND DWELLING UNITS
  39. Chapter 17.83 — TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY OF MOBILE HOMES AND RECREA…
  40. Chapter 17.84 — HOME OCCUPATIONS
  41. Chapter 17.85 — AT-HOME COMMERCIAL SERVICES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES
  42. Chapter 17.86 — SATELLITE ANTENNAS AND EQUIPMENT
  43. Chapter 17.87 — RECYCLING FACILITIES
  44. Chapter 17.88 — PROHIBITING MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY

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