Village Business Resource Guide

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District 1: Carlsbad Village Center
Permitted Uses: Retail businesses, dry cleaners, personal services, shoe/garment repair, travel agent, restaurant, art gallery, museums, coffee house/tea room, libraries, parking lots/structures, financial institutions (limited), fast food (small), mixed use projects, and parks.

District 2: Office Support Area
Permitted Uses: Art gallery, libraries, fast food restaurant (small and large), administrative offices, parking lot/structures, coffee houses/tea rooms, retail businesses, dry cleaners, laundromat, personal services, show/garment repair, travel agent, restaurant, financial institution (full and limited), medical therapy offices, parks, museum, mixed use projects, and multi-family dwelling units.

District 3: Freeway Commercial Support Area
Permitted Uses: Art gallery, museum, libraries, office equipment retail/sales, parking lot/structures, coffee houses/tea rooms, retail businesses, business/professional services, dry cleaners, laundromat, personal services, shoe/garment repair, travel agent, fast food (small and large), restaurant, restaurant with entertainment, quick stop food store, pool/billiards parlor, business/professional office, financial institutions (full and limited), medical therapy office, medical treatment offices, and parks.

District 4: Residential Support Area
Permitted Uses: Retail businesses (excluding those noted in "not permitted" category, dry cleaners, personal services, shoe/garment repair, travel agent, restaurant, medical therapy office, multi- family dwelling, single family dwelling, mixed use projects, art gallery, museums, libraries, coffee houses/tea rooms, parking lots/structures and parks.

District 5: Hispanic Mixed Use Support Area
Permitted Uses: Art gallery, museum, libraries, parking lot/structures, coffee houses/tea rooms, retail businesses, dry cleaners, personal services, shoe/garment repair, travel agent, fast food (small), restaurant, financial institutions (limited) medical therapy office, single family dwelling, and parks.

District 6: Service Commercial Support Area
Permitted Uses: Automotive services, parking lot/structures, cabinet shops, parcel delivery service, plumbing shop, plumbing shop supply yards, stained glass studios, parks.

District 7: Office Support Area
Permitted Uses: Business/professional office, medical therapy office, medical treatment office, medical treatment offices with incidental pharmacies and medical labs, parking lot/structure, parks.

District 8: Residential Support Area
Permitted Uses: Multi-family dwelling, single family dwelling, parks. Roosevelt Street only: Insurance agencies, investment services, medical therapy offices, real estate offices, financial institutions (limited) and title companies, mixed use projects.

District 9: Tourism Support Area
Permitted Uses: Arts and crafts, bakery/candy/creamery, coffee houses/tea rooms, newsstand, gifts, ice cream/frozen yogurt, art gallery, museum, mixed use (with commercial on lower level), parking lot/structure and parks.

The above uses are just examples of what can be permitted. Please see the Land Use Matrix for further allowable uses. (See: Related Links page for assistance)

The City of Carlsbad has established districts which control the location and operation of residential and commercial activities. Included in each district definition are permitted uses; however, the listed uses are just examples of what a district can offer. See the Land Use Matrix for a complete listing of permitted uses. For more information, please contact the City of Carlsbad Redevelopment Department, (760) 434-2810.