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A. Use Group Definitions—Aviation Related.

“Air freight operations” means uses engaged primarily in the transportation of goods by air and requiring on-site-enclosed storage facilities and docking and parking facilities accommodations for associated ground transportation vehicles.

“Aircraft repair and maintenance” means uses providing repair and maintenance services of aircraft or aircraft parts. For sites with direct access to aircraft operating areas such uses shall be those requiring direct aircraft access.

“Aircraft sales and leasing” means uses engaged in the sale and/or leasing of aircraft or aircraft parts and equipment.

“Airport ground support safety and operation services” means uses include fire fighting and aeronautical operations and other similar operations required for the safety of airport users and tenants.

“Airport-serving public parking” means parking facilities available for general public with no more than ten percent of the spaces provided reserved for specific airport tenants.

“Airport-serving transportation services” means uses engaged in transportation of persons or goods to or from the Marina Municipal Airport or other regional airports and related facilities such as parking, storage of transport vehicles, and incidental maintenance of such vehicles inside a building. Facilities for the storage or warehousing of goods for transportation are excluded except where incidental to the use.

“Airport terminal facilities” means facilities including offices for administration of airport-related activities, lounges for general public and transient users of the airport, distribution of airport-related information or providing other similar services to airport users and visitors.

“Aviation-based services” are those which rely on aircraft for services such as aerial photography, flight instruction, aerial ambulance services, aviation retail sales and require apron front sites or close proximity to such sites.

“Aviation fuel facilities” means facilities for the storage, sale of fuel and oil for aircraft use, and the refueling of aircraft.

“Aviation-related manufacturing, assemblage, research” means uses including manufacturing, fabrication, assemblage of aircraft or aircraft parts or components and research and development activities related to the design, manufacturing, or operation of aircraft.

“Aviation storage—type 1” means T-hangars accommodating small aircraft. Typically hangar modules are approximately forty feet by forty-two feet.

“Aviation storage—type 2” means box hangar accommodating small to medium sized private and corporate aircraft. Box hangars need only a taxi lane on one side with hangar modules ranging from sixty feet by sixty feet to one hundred feet by one hundred feet.

“Fixed base operation (FBO, includes comprehensive and limited service)” means a duly licensed commercial aviation business authorized by written agreement with the airport owner to provide aeronautical activities at the airport. An FBO can provide aviation services to based and transient aircraft including, but not limited to, aircraft fueling, flight training, sales, air taxi, charter servicing. By definition, an FBO has a “fixed base” of operations, i.e., a hangar or shop on the airport, approved for commercial operations. (Note: Certain FBOs do not require direct aviation access—some office uses for aviation FBO operations can be located in non-aviation land use areas.)

B. Use Group Definitions—Non-Aviation Related.

“Automobile rental” means uses consisting of rental of automobiles to private individuals or businesses on a daily or weekly basis and associated maintenance activities and parking. Uses are to be primarily provided for the convenience of air travelers using the Marina Municipal Airport or tenants of the Marina Business Park and UC MBEST Center and their clients or visitors.

“Business support services” means uses include the provision, primarily to firms rather than individuals, of services of clerical, employment, protection, or minor processing nature including multi-copy and blueprint service.

“Commercial recreation” means uses including recreational activities conducted indoors or outdoors including athletic clubs, swimming pools, tennis and other court games and performance types of recreation associated with public assemblage such as cinemas and live theaters.

“Construction services” means services typically performed off premises by construction contractors or any trades involved in building construction or maintenance including plumbing, electrical, painting, roofing, carpentry with on-site-enclosed storage of materials.

“Convenience consumer sales and services” means retail outlets engaged in provision of frequently or reoccurring needed personal items or shops providing services to individuals employed or visiting the Airport and Business Park and immediate environs. Uses includes small grocery, drug, sundries stores, small shops selling food and/or beverages to be consumed off site and services such as barber and beauty shops, photo processing, and repair of small articles such as shoes, watches, and apparel, and banking and real estate operations. Uses exclude repair of major appliances and business equipment.

“Gasoline sales” means uses primarily engaged in the retail sale of petroleum products with incidental sale of tires, batteries and automotive replacement parts, lubricating services and minor repair services.

“General office” means facilities accommodating office-type operations including administrative services, and professional services such as those by engineers, lawyers, architects, and accountants.

“Light-impact manufacturing, assemblage, processing” means uses such as small-scale light manufacturing, fabrication, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of specialized goods, custom equipment or components, including, but not limited to, custom equipment and machinery, nontoxic computer equipment, scientific instruments, art objects, and handcrafted goods whose operations do not produce noise, vibration, dust, or other emissions which would adversely impact adjoining properties or uses.

“Lodging” means hotel or motel guest rooms and associated services including restaurant and other food services, meeting rooms and conference space, and indoor and outdoor recreation facilities intended primary for use by guests.

“Public parking” means indoor or outdoor parking available to the general public with or without a fee and operated by either a public or commercial entity.

“Research and development” means primary research, development and/or controlled production or testing of high-technology electronic, biological, industrial or scientific products, or processes, which may include information technology.

“Restaurants, beverage and other food sales” means uses including the sale of food and beverages in a ready-to-consume state, provided the foods or beverages are served and consumed within the building or in a designated outdoor dining area on the same site. Uses providing prepared foods primarily for consumption off site are excluded.

“Temporary storage” means storage of such items as construction equipment, building materials, and vehicles with construction or placement of buildings limited to temporary structures without permanent foundations, and screened consistent with the intent of Section 17.30.040(B).

“Transportation services” means uses engaged in commercial transportation of persons not necessarily associated with the Marina Municipal Airport, and related facilities such as parking, storage of transport vehicles, and incidental maintenance of such vehicles inside a building. Facilities for the storage or warehousing of goods for transportation are excluded except where incidental to the use.

“Warehousing and distribution” means uses including storage and distribution of finished goods, foodstuffs, semi-refined products requiring further processing or fabrication to retailers, wholesalers or manufacturers. Self-storage warehouses rented to individuals are excluded. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2003-06 § 1, 2003; Ord. 2000-10 § 1, 2000)