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27.28.012 SPECIAL USES.

Unless otherwise provided, the following uses may be permitted subject to approval of a special use permit by the Planning Commission.

(a) Special uses permitted in the R1, R2, R3, and R4 district.

(b) Projects with at least fifty (50) dwelling units incorporating: retail bakeries, barber/beauty shops, drug stores, retail dry cleaning/laundry/launderette establishments, a food store or similar convenience goods or personal service uses subject to the following standards:

(1) Any non-residential use shall occupy only the ground floor of a residential building;

(2) The maximum floor area of all non-residential uses in the project shall not exceed five (5) percent of the building's total floor area or twenty (20) percent of the building's ground floor area, whichever is less.

(3) All required parking for non-residential uses shall be permitted only in the rear yards, or in a parking structure which conforms to all building height, bulk and setback requirements; and

(4) All non-residential uses shall front on a primary peripheral street as indicated on the Downtown Transportation Plan Map in the Downtown Specific Plan.

(c) Boarding and lodging houses.