Ord 1899 - Amending the Zoning Ordinance Prohiibiting Office Use on teh Ground Floor Along Streets in the Central Business DistrictORDINANCE 1899
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN CODE
PROHIBITING OFFICE USES ON THE GROUND FLOOR ALONG
STREETS IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES HEREBY
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SECTION I
Town Code Section 29.60.320 is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 29.60.320. Permitted uses.
(a) Activities permitted in the C -2 or Central District Commercial Zone are
those involving the conduct of commerce and general business and the sale of commodities
necessary for the needs of residents and visitors of the Town, such as:
(1) Retailing.
(2) Personal service businesses.
(3) Service businesses necessary for the conduct of households or
businesses.
(4) Office activities, provided they are not located on the ground floor
along the street alleyway or public parking lot. Office activities may
be allowed in a building that was under construction on July 16, 1990,
providing the Architecture and Site Approval specifically stated that
the building was approved for office activities. Existing office activities
shall be considered conforming and shall be allowed to continue in
perpetuity. However, if an office use is discontinued for one hundred
eighty (180) consecutive days, no office use shall be permitted to be
resumed. Token use does not toll or interrupt a period of
discontinuance.
(5) Limited manufacturing activities when a majority of sales are made,
on site, to the ultimate consumer.
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(6) Wholesaling without warehousing on the premises.
(7) Single - family and two- family uses, in conjunction with the other uses
permitted in this Section.
(b) Example of proper C -2 activities are apparel stores, launderettes or dry
cleaning agencies, travel agencies, antique stores, telephone answering services, artist
studios, sales offices for merchandise stored elsewhere, craft studios, auto parts sales and
paint shops. Examples of activities which are not proper in the C -2 zone are vehicle sales
or service, manufacturing, warehousing, laundry or dry- cleaning plants.
SECTION II
This Ordinance takes effect 30 days after the date it is adopted. Within 15 days after
this Ordinance is adopted, the Town Clerk shall cause it to be published once in a
newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the Town.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos on April 20, 1992, and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance
of the Town of Los Gatos at a meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on
May 4, 1992.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Joanne Benjamin, Brent N. Ventura, Mayor Eric D. Carlson
NAYS: Randy Attaway, Steven Blanton
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED: ---�
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF IOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA.
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