San Luis Obispo County |
County Code |
Title 22. LAND USE ORDINANCE |
Article 4. STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES |
Chapter 22.30. STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES |
§ 22.30.570. Stores and Restaurants in Non-Commercial Categories.
The provisions of this Section apply to restaurants, bars, and night clubs where allowed by Section 22.06.030 in other than the commercial land use categories.
A.
Limitations on use.
1.
Restaurants, bars, and night clubs.
a.
Bars or other places selling alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption as a principal use rather than being accessory to a restaurant are not allowed in residential and agriculture land use categories.
b.
Dancing and other entertainment activities normally secondary to a restaurant are not allowed in a residential land use category.
c.
A limited food service facility may be established in the Agriculture land use category where there is an existing conforming visitor-serving use (e.g.: winery, riding stable, health resort), and where the use is clearly incidental, related and subordinate in nature and size to the primary operation of the winery as a production facility or to the existing visitor-serving use where the use is not a winery. The limited food service facility shall be within the same structure as the wine tasting facility, or the winery facility where no tasting is proposed, or within the same structure as the visitor serving use where the use is not a winery.
B.
Minimum site area. 6,000 square feet in urban areas; one acre in rural areas.
C.
Location and access. In Residential categories, the site of a restaurant shall be located on a collector or arterial; the site of a store selling food or beverages for off-premise consumption shall be located at the intersection of two collectors, arterials or combination of both. Such uses may be sited on local streets in Recreation and Office and Professional categories. The site of a limited food service facility in the Agriculture category shall be located within 5 miles from an urban or village reserve line, and on or within one mile of an arterial or collector.
D.
Hours of operation. The conduct of retail business in residential or agricultural areas is limited to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. daily. A limited food service facility in the Agriculture land use category is restricted to the hours the wine tasting facility, or the winery facility where no tasting is proposed, or the visitor serving use where the use is not a winery, is open to the public.
E.
Size of accessory restaurant. The size of a limited food service facility in the Agriculture category shall contain no more than 800 square feet of kitchen and dining area, including any outdoor dining area.
[Amended 1984, Ord. 2163; 1992, Ord. 2553; 1994, Ord. 2696; 1995, Ord. 2741; 2001, Ord. 2942] [22.08.208]