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Chapter 17.72 — C-1 AND C-P GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONES

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

Chapter 17.72 - C-1 AND C-P GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONES

Sections:

17.72.010 - Uses permitted.

A.

The following uses are permitted, only in enclosed buildings with not more than two hundred (200) square feet of outside storage or display of materials appurtenant to such use, provided a plot plan shall have been approved pursuant to provisions of Chapter 17.216:

1.

Ambulance services;

2.

Antique shops;

3.

Appliance stores, household;

4.

Art supply shops and studios;

5.

Auction houses;

6.

Auditoriums and conference rooms;

7.

Automobile repair garages, not including body and fender shops or spray painting;

Automobile parts and supply stores;

9.

Bakery goods distributors;

10.

Bakery shops, including baking only when incidental to retail sales on the premises;

Banks and financial institutions;

12.

Barber and beauty shops;

13.

Bars and cocktail lounges;

Billiard and pool halls;

15.

Blueprint and duplicating services;

Book stores and binders;

17.

Bowling alleys;

18.

Catering services;

Cleaning and dyeing shops;

Clothing stores;

Confectionery or candy stores;

Costume design studios;

Dance halls;

Delicatessens;

Department stores;

Drug stores; 27.

Dry goods stores;

Employment agencies; 29.

Escort bureaus; 30.

Feed and grain sales;

Florists shops;

Food markets and frozen food lockers;

Gasoline service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption;

Gift shops;

Hotels, resort hotels and motels;

36.

Household goods sales, including, but not limited to, new and used appliances, furniture, carpets, draperies, lamps, radios, and television sets, including repair thereof;

37.

Hobby shops;

Ice cream shops;

39.

Ice sales, not including ice plants;

Interior decorating shops;

41.

Jewelry stores, including incidental repairs;

42.

Labor temples;

Laboratories, film, dental, medical, research or testing;

Laundries and laundromats;

Leather goods stores;

Deleted;

Locksmith shops;

Mail order businesses;

49.

Manufacturer's agent;

50.

Market, food, wholesale or jobber;

51.

Massage parlors, Turkish baths, health centers and similar personal service establishments;

Meat markets, not including slaughtering;

53.

Mimeographing and addressograph services;

Mortuaries;

Music stores;

News stores;

Notions or novelty stores;

58.

Offices, including business, law, medical, dental, chiropractic, architectural, engineering, community planning, real estate;

59.

One on-site operator's residence, which may be located in a commercial building;

Paint and wallpaper stores, not including paint contractors;

Pawn shops;

62.

Pet shops and pet supply shops;

63.

Photography shops and studios and photo engraving;

64.

Plumbing shops, not including plumbing contractors;

Poultry markets, not including slaughtering or live sales;

66.

Printers or publishers;

67.

Produce markets;

68.

Radio and television broadcasting studios;

69.

Recording studios;

Refreshment stands;

Restaurants and other eating establishments;

72.

Schools, business and professional, including art, barber, beauty, dance, drama, music and swimming;

Shoe stores and repair shops;

Shoeshine stands;

Signs, on-site advertising;

Sporting goods stores;

Stained glass assembly;

Stationer stores;

Stations, bus, railroad and taxi;

Taxidermist;

Tailor shops;

Telephone exchanges;

Theaters, not including drive-ins;

Tire sales and service, not including recapping;

Tobacco shops;

Tourist information centers;

Toy shops;

Travel agencies;

89.

Typewriter sales and rental, including incidental repairs;

Watch repair shops;

91.

Wholesale businesses with samples on the premises but not including storage;

Car washes;

93.

Fortune telling, spiritualism, or similar activity;

Recycling collection facilities;

95.

Convenience stores, not including the sale of motor vehicle fuel;

Day care centers;

Deleted;

B.

The following uses are permitted, together with outside storage and display of materials appurtenant to such use, provided a plot plan has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.216:

1.

Repealed;

Bicycle sales and rentals;

Boat and other marine sales;

4.

Ceramic sales and manufacturing for on-site sales, provided the total volume of kiln space does not exceed sixteen (16) cubic feet;

5.

Electrical substations;

6.

Equipment rental services, including rototillers, power mowers, sanders, power saws, cement and plaster mixers not exceeding ten (10) cubic feet in capacity and other similar equipment;

7.

Fishing and casting pools;

8.

Golf cart sales and service;

9.

Hardware stores, including not more than one thousand (1,000) square feet of outside storage lumber;

10.

Liquid petroleum service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine, provided the total capacity of all tanks shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000) gallons;

11.

Mobilehomes, provided they are kept mobile and licensed pursuant to state law, used for:

a.

Sales offices on mobilehome sales lots,

b.

Construction offices and caretaker's quarters on construction sites for the duration of a valid building permit, provided they are inconspicuously located,

c.

Caretakers or watchmen and their families, provided no rent is paid, where a permitted and existing commercial use is established. Not more than one mobilehome shall be allowed for a parcel of land or a shopping center complex;

Mobilehome sales and storage, trailer sales and rental house trailers;

13.

Nurseries and garden supply stores;

14.

Parking lots and parking structures;

15.

Sports and recreational facilities, not including motor driven vehicles and riding academies, but including archery ranges, athletic playgrounds, sports arenas, skating rinks, stadiums, and commercial swimming pools;

16.

Churches, temples and other places of religious worship;

17.

Deleted;

Trailer and boat storage;

19.

Trucks and trailers; the rental of trucks not over nineteen thousand five hundred (19,500) pounds gross vehicle weight, with body not to exceed twenty-two (22) feet in length from the back of the cab to the end of body; and the rental of trailers not exceeding six feet in width or twenty-two (22) feet in length;

20.

Truck sales and service.

C.

Deleted.

D.

The following uses are permitted provided a conditional use permit has been granted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.200:

1.

Sale, rental, repair, or demonstration of motorcycles, scooters and motorbikes;

Drive-in theaters;

3.

Heliports;

4.

Tire recapping;

5.

Animal hospitals;

6.

Body and fender shops and spray painting;

7.

Swap meets;

8.

All uses permitted in subsection A of this section that have more than two hundred (200) square feet of outside storage or display of materials;

9.

Mini-warehouse structures;

10.

Lumber yards, including only incidental mill work;

11.

Building materials sales yards;

12.

Underground bulk fuel storage;

13.

Congregate care residential facilities;

14.

Convenience stores, including the sale of motor vehicle fuel;

Gasoline service stations with the concurrent sale of Alcoholic Beverages for off-premises consumption.

16.

Liquid petroleum service stations with the concurrent sale of Alcoholic Beverages for off-premises consumption, provided the total capacity of all tanks shall not exceed 10,000 gallons.

17.

Liquor stores pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.248;

18.

Automobile sales and rental agencies.

19.

Solar power plant on a lot ten (10) acres or larger.

20.

Parolee-probationer home developed in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 18.52 of this ordinance.

E.

The uses listed in subsections A, B and C of this section do not include sex-oriented businesses.

F.

Accessory Uses. An accessory use to a permitted use is allowed provided the accessory use is incidental to, and does not alter the character of, the principal permitted use, including, but not limited to:

1.

Limited manufacturing, fabricating, processing, packaging, treating and incidental storage related thereto, provided any such activity shall be in the same line of merchandise or service as the trade or service business conducted on the premises and provided any such activity does not exceed any of the following restrictions:

a.

The maximum gross floor area of the building permitted to be devoted to such accessory use shall be twenty-five (25) percent.

b.

The maximum total horsepower of all electric motors used in connection with such accessory use shall be five horsepower.

c.

The accessory use shall be so conducted that noise, vibration, dust, odor, and all other objectionable factors shall be reduced to the extent that there will be no annoyance to persons outside the premises. Such accessory use shall be located not nearer than fifty (50) feet to any residential zone.

d.

Accessory uses shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building.

G.

Industrial hemp activities are permitted or conditionally permitted in subsection A., B., or D. in section 17.72.010 pursuant to the provisions set forth in chapter 17.306 of this ordinance including, but not limited to, permit processing, location, standards and approval requirements.

H.

Any use that is not specifically listed in subsections A, B, and D of this section may be considered a permitted or conditionally permitted use provided that the planning director finds that the proposed use is substantially the same in character and intensity as those listed in the designated subsections. Such a use is subject to the permit process which governs the category in which it falls.

(Ord. 348.3955 §§ 1 (part), 2, 2000; Ord. 348.3888 § 10, 1999; Ord. 348.3793, 1997; Ord. 348.3584, 1994; Ord. 348.3217, 1990; Ord. 348.3078, 1989; Ord. 348.3053, 1989; Ord. 348.3047, 1989; Ord. 348.3023, 1989; Ord. 348.2856, 1988; Ord. 348.2535, 1985; Ord. 348.2510, 1985; Ord. 3482.2496, 1985; Ord. 348 § 9.1)

(Ord. 348.4705, § 1, 11-8-2011; Ord. 348.4744, § 1, 6-19-2012; Ord. No. 348.4931, § 3, 11-10-2020; Ord. No. 348.5028, §§ 4, 5, 3-11-2025)

17.72.020 - Planned commercial developments.

Planned commercial developments are permitted provided a land division is approved pursuant to the provision of Ordinance No. 460.

(Ord. 348, § 9.2)

17.72.030 - Development standards.

The following standards of development are required in the C-1 and C-P zones:

A.

There is no minimum lot area requirement, unless specifically required by zone classification for a particular area.

B.

There are no yard requirements for buildings which do not exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height except as required for specific plans. Any portion of a building which exceeds thirty-five (35) feet in height shall be set back from the front, rear and side lot lines not less than two feet for each foot by which the height exceeds thirty-five (35) feet. The front setback shall be measured from the existing street line unless a specific plan has been adopted in which case it will be measured from the specific plan street line. The rear setback shall be measured from the existing rear lot line or from any recorded alley or easement; if the rear line adjoins a street, the rear setback requirement shall be the same as required for a front setback. Each side setback shall be measured from the side lot line, or from an existing adjacent street line unless a specific plan has been adopted, in which case it will be measured from the specific plan street line.

C.

No building or structure shall exceed fifty (50) feet in height, unless a greater height is approved pursuant to section 17.172.230. In no event, however, shall a building or structure exceed seventy-five (75) feet in height, unless a variance is approved pursuant to Chapter 17.196.

D.

Automobile storage space shall be provided as required by Chapter 17.188.

E.

All roof-mounted mechanical equipment shall be screened from the ground elevation view to a minimum sight distance of one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet.

(Ord. 348.3990 §§ 7, 8, 2001; Ord. 348.3793, 1997; Ord. 348.3584, 1994; Ord. 348.3053, 1989; Ord. 348.3047, 1989; Ord. 348.3023, 1989; Ord. 348.2856, 1988; Ord. 348.2591, 1986; Ord. 348.1926, 1981; Ord. 348.1879, 1980; Ord. 348.1688, 1979; Ord. 348.1664, 1978; Ord. 348.1647, 1978; Ord. 348.1564, 1977; Ord. 348.1481, 1975; Ord. 348.1476, 1975; Ord. 348.1470, 1975; Ord. 348.1349, 1974; Ord. 348.1201, 1973; Ord. 348.1091, 1972; Ord. 348.1070, 1972; Ord. 348.1023, 1972; Ord. 348.422, 1966; Ord, 348.401, 1965; Ord. 348.251, 1964; Ord. 348 § 9.4)

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Contents — Idyllwild Zoning Code
Idyllwild Zoning Code
  1. Chapter 17.04 — COUNTY LAND USE
  2. Chapter 17.08 — GENERAL PLAN AND SPECIFIC PLANS
  3. Chapter 17.12 — ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS AND DISTRICTS
  4. Chapter 17.16 — R-R RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE
  5. Chapter 17.20 — R-R-O RURAL RESIDENTIAL, OUTDOOR ADVERTISING Z…
  6. Chapter 17.24 — R-1 ONE-FAMILY DWELLING ZONE
  7. Chapter 17.28 — R-1A ONE-FAMILY DWELLINGS, MOUNTAIN RESORT ZONE
  8. Chapter 17.32 — R-A RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL ZONE
  9. Chapter 17.36 — R-2 MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING ZONE
  10. Chapter 17.40 — R-2A LIMITED MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING ZONE
  11. Chapter 17.44 — R-3 GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE
  12. Chapter 17.48 — R-3A VILLAGE TOURIST RESIDENTIAL ZONE
  13. Chapter 17.52 — R-T MOBILEHOME SUBDIVISIONS AND MOBILEHOME PAR…
  14. Chapter 17.56 — R-T-R MOBILEHOME SUBDIVISION, RURAL ZONE
  15. Chapter 17.60 — R-4 PLANNED RESIDENTIAL ZONE
  16. Chapter 17.64 — R-5 OPEN AREA COMBINING ZONE, RESIDENTIAL DEVE…
  17. Chapter 17.67 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIFI…
  18. Chapter 17.68 — R-6 RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVE ZONE
  19. Chapter 17.70 — R-7 ZONE (HIGHEST DENSITY RESIDENTIAL)
  20. Chapter 17.72 — C-1 AND C-P GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONES
  21. Chapter 17.73 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIFI…
  22. Chapter 17.76 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIFI…
  23. Chapter 17.78 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIFI…
  24. Chapter 17.79 — C-T ZONE (TOURIST COMMERCIAL)
  25. Chapter 17.80 — C-P-S SCENIC HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE
  26. Chapter 17.82 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR
  27. Chapter 17.84 — C-R RURAL COMMERCIAL ZONE
  28. Chapter 17.88 — C-O COMMERCIAL OFFICE ZONE
  29. Chapter 17.90 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIFI…
  30. Chapter 17.92 — R-VC RUBIDOUX-VILLAGE COMMERCIAL ZONE
  31. Chapter 17.94 — MU ZONE (MIXED USE)
  32. Chapter 17.96 — I-P INDUSTRIAL PARK ZONE
  33. Chapter 17.97 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIFI…
  34. Chapter 17.100 — M-SC MANUFACTURING-SERVICE COMMERCIAL ZONE
  35. Chapter 17.104 — M-M MANUFACTURING-MEDIUM ZONE
  36. Chapter 17.105 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIF…
  37. Chapter 17.106 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIF…
  38. Chapter 17.107 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIF…
  39. Chapter 17.108 — M-H MANUFACTURING-HEAVY ZONE
  40. Chapter 17.109 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIF…
  41. Chapter 17.110 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIF…
  42. Chapter 17.111 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIF…
  43. Chapter 17.112 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIF…
  44. Chapter 17.113 — M-R MINERAL RESOURCES ZONE
  45. Chapter 17.114 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIF…
  46. Chapter 17.115 — MIXED USE OVERLAYS
  47. Chapter 17.116 — M-R-A MINERAL RESOURCES AND RELATED MANUFACTU…
  48. Chapter 17.120 — A-1 LIGHT AGRICULTURE ZONE
  49. Chapter 17.123 — SP ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SPECIF…
  50. Chapter 17.124 — A-P LIGHT AGRICULTURE WITH POULTRY ZONE
  51. Chapter 17.128 — A-2 HEAVY AGRICULTURE ZONE
  52. Chapter 17.132 — A-D AGRICULTURE-DAIRY ZONE
  53. Chapter 17.136 — C/V CITRUS/VINEYARD ZONE
  54. Chapter 17.140 — C-C/V COMMERCIAL CITRUS/VINEYARD ZONE
  55. Chapter 17.142 — WINE COUNTRY ZONES (WC)
  56. Chapter 17.144 — W-2 CONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT AREAS ZONE
  57. Chapter 17.148 — R-D REGULATED DEVELOPMENT AREAS ZONE
  58. Chapter 17.152 — N-A NATURAL ASSETS ZONE
  59. Chapter 17.156 — W-2-M CONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT AREA WITH MOBILE…
  60. Chapter 17.160 — W-1 WATERCOURSE, WATERSHED AND CONSERVATION A…
  61. Chapter 17.164 — W-E WIND ENERGY RESOURCE ZONE
  62. Chapter 17.168 — SP SPECIFIC PLAN ZONE
  63. Chapter 17.172 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  64. Chapter 17.176 — SPECIAL STUDIES ZONES—GEOLOGIC REPORT REQUIRE…
  65. Chapter 17.180 — STANDARDS FOR PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
  66. Chapter 17.188 — OFF-STREET VEHICLE PARKING STANDARDS
  67. Chapter 17.192 — PERMIT APPLICATIONS
  68. Chapter 17.196 — VARIANCES
  69. Chapter 17.200 — CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
  70. Chapter 17.206 — CROWING FOWL PERMITS
  71. Chapter 17.208 — PUBLIC USE PERMITS
  72. Chapter 17.212 — FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES
  73. Chapter 17.216 — PLOT PLANS
  74. Chapter 17.220 — REVOCATION OF VARIANCES AND PERMITS
  75. Chapter 17.224 — COMMERCIAL WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS (WE…
  76. Chapter 17.228 — MODIFICATIONS TO APPROVED PERMITS
  77. Chapter 17.232 — HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY SITING PERMIT
  78. Chapter 17.236 — KENNELS AND CATTERIES
  79. Chapter 17.240 — MINI-WAREHOUSES
  80. Chapter 17.244 — RECYCLING FACILITIES
  81. Chapter 17.248 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES
  82. Chapter 17.252 — ADVERTISING REGULATIONS
  83. Chapter 17.254 — TERMPORARY SIGNS
  84. Chapter 17.256 — TEMPORARY EVENTS
  85. Chapter 17.260 — MOBILEHOMES
  86. Chapter 17.264 — MOBILEHOME PARKS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES
  87. Chapter 17.268 — RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS
  88. Chapter 17.272 — COMMUNITY CARE FACILITIES
  89. Chapter 17.276 — WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS
  90. Chapter 17.277 — WIRELESS FACILITIES
  91. Chapter 17.280 — AMENDMENTS AND CHANGE OF ZONE
  92. Chapter 17.284 — ENCROACHMENT PERMITS
  93. Chapter 17.288 — METAL SHIPPING CONTAINERS
  94. Chapter 17.290 — PAROLEE-PROBATIONER HOMES
  95. Chapter 17.291 — COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS
  96. Chapter 17.292 — BERMUDA DUNES NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION OVERL…
  97. Chapter 17.294 — ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
  98. Chapter 17.296 — SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
  99. Chapter 17.298 — UNATTENDED DONATION BINS
  100. Chapter 17.300 — Mobile Food Trucks
  101. Chapter 17.302 — COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES
  102. Chapter 17.306 — INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACTIVITIES
  103. Chapter 17.310 — SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY UNITS
  104. Chapter 17.314 — HOUSING ALTERNATIVES
  105. Chapter 17.318 — RANCHO COMMUNITY EVENT FACILITIES

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