Ord 1975 - Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the Town Code to Permit Ground Floor Office Uses on Streets, Alleyways or Parking Lots where They Are Presently Not AllowedORDINANCE 1975
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN CODE
TO PERMIT GROUND FLOOR OFFICE USES ON STREETS, ALLEYWAYS
OR PARKING LOTS WHERE THEY ARE PRESENTLY NOT ALLOWED
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
Town Code Section 29.60.320 is amended to read 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 subject to subsection (c) below.
(5) Limited manufacturing activities when a majority of sales are made,
on site, to the ultimate consumer.
(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.
(c) Office activities in the C -2 zone are subject to the following:
(1) Office activities shall not be located on the ground floor along any
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street, alleyway, or public parking lot except:
a. Lyndon Avenue;
b. Pageant Way;
C. Properties abutting Wood Road;
d. The west side of Victory Lane;
e. The south side of Saratoga Avenue (to be known as Los
Gatos - Saratoga Road) west of Massol Avenue and east
of University Avenue; and
L The east side of South Santa Cruz Avenue directly across
the street from Wood Road.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (c)(1), office activities on ground floors
described below shall be considered conforming and shall be allowed
to continue so long as the office use is not discontinued for one
hundred and eighty consecutive days. If the office use is discontinued
for such a period, then the office use shall not be resumed, and token
use shall not toll or interrupt a period of discontinuance.
a. Office activities existing on June 17, 1991; or
b. Office activities in a building under construction on July
16, 1990, if the applicable Architecture and Site Approval
specifically stated that the building was approved for
office activities.
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SECTION II
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos on April 4, 1994, and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance
of the Town of Los Gatos at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos on May 2, 1994. This ordinance takes effect 30 days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Joanne Benjamin, Steven Blanton, Linda Lubeck, Patrick O'Laughlin,
Mayor Randy Attaway
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
MAYOR HE TOWN OF S GA
LOS GAT S, CALIFORNI
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF THE 'T'OWN OF S GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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