345 3rd St, Encinitas, CA 92024

Downtown Encinitas Specific Plan-Visitor Commercial Mixed Zone

This zone is intended to primarily provide for commercial activities such as hotel/motel uses, campgrounds, eating and drinking establishments, food and beverage retail sales (convenience), participant sports and recreation, entertainment uses and other principal visitor-serving uses which are specifically intended to serve the needs of persons visiting the City. All other permitted or conditionally permitted uses specified in the Specific Plan for areas zoned Visitor Commercial Mixed (D-VCM), such as business and professional office and residential uses shall be considered ancillary uses to the principal allowable uses. Ancillary or non-principal uses and required off-street parking shall not occupy or utilize more than 30 Percent of the ground floor area.; Development offering mixed visitor-serving commercial or office (business or professional) uses with restricted residential use may be allowed, with the intent of providing housing opportunities and of mitigating the impacts between new mixed visitor-serving commercial/office and residential uses.; There are several separate parcels under this zone. However, development is intended to be visually and functionally integrated throughout the zone district, with integrated parking, pedestrian access and other elements.