Chapter 8.37 — MCSP COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (MCSP-C)

Chapter 8.37 - MCSP COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (MCSP-C)

The purpose of this district is to provide for a commercial land use district within the Moraga Center Specific Plan (MCSP) area, as established in the Moraga Center Specific Plan.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020)

In this district, each of the following uses is permitted by right:

A.

Office, Commercial, and Retail Uses:

1.

Adult day care center;

2.

Animal services—grooming only;

3.

Antique, collectible stores;

4.

Assembly or meeting facility less than five thousand (5,000) square feet;

5.

Banks and financial services;

6.

Banquet hall less than five thousand (5,000) square feet;

7.

Building materials sales and services;

8.

Business support services;

9.

Catering services;

Child day care center;

11.

Cultural institution;

12.

Eating and drinking establishments excluding bar, night club, lounge and restaurant with drive-in service;

Fitness facility, health club;

14.

Food, beverage sales except liquor stores

Hotels;

Licensed massage establishments;

Offices;

Outdoor retail sales;

Personal services, general;

Personal services, improvement or instructional;

21.

Professional services;

22.

Religious facility less than five thousand (5,000) square feet;

23.

Retail businesses;

24.

Schools—trade schools, vocational training only;

25.

Theater, auditorium less than five thousand (5,000);

B.

Business Park and Industrial Uses:

1.

Media production facility; and

2.

Utility facility

C.

Public/quasi-public and recreational uses:

1.

Government offices;

2.

Park and outdoor recreational facility; and

D.

Other uses found by the planning commission at a public hearing to be consistent with the purpose of the district and comparable to any of the foregoing uses.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020)

In this district, each of the following uses is permitted on the issuance of a conditional use permit:

A.

Animal services;

B.

Assembly or meeting facilities five thousand (5,000) square feet or greater;

C.

Automobile services and repair;

D.

Banquet hall five thousand (5,000) square feet or greater;

E.

Big box retail business;

F.

Convenience store;

G.

Contractors, Special Trade;

H.

Drive-in service—drive-through pharmacy or bank only;

I.

Eating and drinking establishments—bar, night club, lounge and restaurant with drive-in service;

J.

Indoor entertainment facility

K.

Live entertainment venue;

L.

Medical—medical services facility and urgent care facility only;

M.

Personal services, other;

N.

Religious facility five thousand (5,000) square feet or greater;

O.

Secondhand sales;

P.

Sports recreation facility;

Q.

Theater, auditorium five thousand (5,000) square feet or greater;

R.

Utility facility, transmission towers; and

S.

A use which the planning commission has found to be comparable at a public hearing to any of the foregoing uses.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020)

8.37.040 - Development standards.

A.

Development Standards. All development shall conform to the limits identified in the table below, to the extent consistent with state law:

MCSP COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

1.

Proposed developments fronting onto or abutting against a major scenic corridor as defined in Chapter 8.132 (Scenic Corridors) shall be subject to the setback and stepback requirements set forth in Section 8.200.050 (Moraga Center Design Requirements).

2.

Landscaped Areas. The lot shall contain landscaped areas designed in accordance with the state Model Water Efficiency Landscape Ordinance which shall be subject to approval by the reviewing authority.

B.

See Section 8.200.050 Moraga Center Design Requirements of the Moraga Municipal Code, and Chapter 11 of the Moraga Design Guidelines for other applicable standards.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020; Ord. No. 316, § 5, 6-25-2025)