Part III Use Standards | 16.302 Accessory Uses
16.302 ACCESSORY USES 16.302.01 PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY This Chapter provides general guidance and specific standards for various accessory uses. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following are not considered accessory uses: A. Additional Dwelling Units. Any use which increases the number of dwelling units in any building or on any lot beyond that permitted in the district, except for Accessory Dwelling Units as described in Chapter 16.303, Accessory Dwelling Units; B. Alcoholic Beverage Sales. The sale of alcoholic beverages, whether on or off-site, shall not be considered an accessory use to any use, except department stores and florists, regardless of traditional associations or limited proportion of sales. Alcoholic beverage sales shall always be considered a principal use; C. Gun Repairs and/or Sales. Gun repairs and sales are separate principal uses and shall not be considered accessory uses to any use; or D. Storage of Inoperative, Dismantled or Wrecked Vehicles in Residential Districts. The storage of more than 2 inoperative, dismantled or wrecked vehicles shall not be considered an accessory residential land use and shall be prohibited in all residential districts.
C. Maximum Area. The area utilized for on-site consumption of food and beverages, including seating, counter space, or other eating arrangement, shall not occupy more than 250 square feet of floor area. In addition, the consumption area may not exceed 33 percent of the floor area of the primary on-site use. D. Maximum Number of Seats. The number of seats for patrons shall not exceed 20. E. Enclosure. The seating area shall be defined by fixed barriers such as full or partial walls, fencing, or planters. F. Service. Orders for food or beverages may not be taken from the table but rather shall be ordered at a counter. G. Entrances. To ensure that an accessory food service remains accessory to the primary permitted use of the property, the food service shall not have a separate building entrance from the primary use. H. Parking. The parking requirement for an accessory food service shall be based on the parking requirement for the primary permitted use of the property.
16.302.03 ACCESSORY COMMISSARY This subsection provides standards for a restaurant to provide commercial vehicle commissary facilities for one mobile food truck where the commissary use is incidental and secondary to the primary use of a restaurant on the site.
16.302.02 ACCESSORY FOOD SERVICE
A. Zoning Compliance Review Required. Pursuant to Chapter 16.603, Zoning Compliance Review.
This Chapter establishes standards for food and beverage service that is clearly incidental and secondary to the primary use of a site.
B. Operable Restaurant. The site must include a restaurant that is operable and has a current City of Vallejo Business License.
A. Applicability. Food service operations that comply with the standards of this Chapter are considered accessory to a primary permitted use that is not a restaurant and are permitted wherever such primary use is permitted. Food service that is more extensive or intensive than described in this Chapter shall be separately classified as “Eating and Drinking Establishments” classification, as defined by Chapter 16.701, General Definitions.
C. Parking and Traffic Flow. The mobile food truck shall not occupy a required parking space for the restaurant and shall not obstruct vehicular or pedestrian circulation on the site.
B. Primary Uses/Allowed Locations. An accessory food service may serve and be located within a primary permitted non-residential use.
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TITLE 16: ZONING CODE | VALLEJO, CA
Draft: 01/06/2021
