General Commercial Freestanding Corner Lot Building For Sale at 7388-7396 Broadway, Lemon Grove, CA 91945

For Sale $1,300,000

Fully leased free standing single story building with 3-retail-office suites on the corner of Broadway and West Street.The building parcel is across the street from Food 4 Less Grocery/Gas & a block from Home Depot. 7388 & 7396 Broadway is situated on 1 parcel corner off Broadway and West Street.

This fully leased site consists of one freestanding block building with 2 retail uses fronting Broadway & 1 hair salon occupying the third suite at 3440 West Street. The building is 7,700 sq./ft. per owner, however tax records state 5,853. Parking consists of 8 spaces with an ADA space off Broadway and 5-spaces off West Street. There is also a fenced back yard that is paved for more storage and parking. The General Commercial (GC) zoning allows for a variety retail uses. The property is located in the Lemon Grove sub-market of San Diego.

Current tenants are Ali Market, Boost Mobile, and Amy’s Beauty Shop.

The Project is along Broadway off of the Massachusetts Ave. exit of the I-94 East. This opportunity is excellent for an investor looking to hold as income with future upside potential. Located within the Lemon Grove City Center and less than a block from the Broadway corridor where the majority of the City’s commercial services and retail are found. Close proximity to public transit and walking distance to the Lemon Grove Depot, which is served by the Orange trolley line. Direct access to 94 and 125 freeways and less than 15 minutes to Downtown San Diego.

The City of Lemon Grove has a small town charm in the midst of metropolitan San Diego County. A city with unique historic roots, Lemon Grove still exhibits community pride and spirit in our modern era, boasting about having the “Best Climate on Earth”, its motto for more than 100 years. Centrally located in the southwest portion of San Diego County, Lemon Grove is only 9 miles from downtown San Diego, and only 12 miles from the airport. Lemon Grove was incorporated as a general law city in 1977. Now, approximately 26,000 people live in established neighborhoods including single-family homes, condominiums, and apartment buildings. Municipal parks provide recreational opportunities, and schools and churches are scattered through out the city. Bus service and light rail service (the red trolley) are provided by the Metropolitan Transit System. The City’s two trolley stations are located on Lemon Grove Avenue at Broadway and at Massachusetts Avenue.

Lemon Grove Municipal Code  

Title 17 ZONING 

 Chapter 17.16 ZONING DISTRICTS 

17.16.070 General commercial (GC) zone.  

1. Purpose. The general commercial (GC) zone is available to auto-oriented, generally large-scale businesses and activities offering retail goods and services meant to serve the needs of local and regional shoppers. These regulations establish development standards and conditions through which uses may be located in this zone. All uses shall be subject to the applicable regulations of this title.

1. Permitted Uses. Uses that are consistent with the following categories, as determined by the development services director, are permitted by right, as verified by zoning clearance:
2. Animal Sales and Services—Pet Supplies. Uses that provide sales of pet supplies including feed and grain. Facilities and operations shall comply with all standards set forth in this title.
3. Animal Sales and Services—Grooming. Uses that provide animal grooming, with or without the sale of supplies, for household pets and small farm animals as defined in LGMC Chapter 18.16. Facilities and operations shall comply with all standards set forth in this title.
4. Brewpubs and wine bars as defined by Chapter 18.27.
5. Business and Professional. Uses related to the practice of a vocation requiring specialized training or education that can be performed in an office setting.
6. Business Support. Uses that provide printing, copying, photographic, computer, or technological services.
7. Educational and Training Facilities. Uses that provide classroom-style instruction for occupancies less than fifty persons as determined by the building official.
8. Emergency Homeless Shelter Overlay Zone (EHSOZ). Uses that provide temporary shelter for homeless individuals and/or families within the EHSOZ as provided for in Section 17.20.050.
9. Financial Institutions. Uses related to the exchange, lending, borrowing, and safe-keeping of money.
10. Food and Beverage Establishments with Drive-Through. Uses that prepare, provide, or serve food or beverages for consumption on or off the premises that may include drive-through service. Alcoholic beverage sales shall be subject to LGMC Chapter 18.27.
11. Funeral and Mortuary Services—No Assembly Space. Uses that provide services related to the death of a human (without crematoria). This use does not include assembly space.
12. Government. Uses related to local, state, or federal government agencies in an office setting.
13. Light Manufacturing. Uses that process, fabricate, assemble, treat, or package finished parts or products, of a limited intensity that result in few outside impacts. This use requires a retail component along the entire street frontages.
14. Maintenance and Repair of Consumer Goods. Uses that provide maintenance, cleaning, and repair services for consumer goods. This use does not include vehicle repair uses.
15. Medical, Dental, Clinics and Health Practitioners. Uses related to diagnosis and treatment of human illness and physical malfunction, including medical and dental laboratories that can be performed in an office setting.
16. Parking. Uses that provide surface or structure parking for passenger vehicles. Parking areas may be public or privately-owned and managed.
17. Personal Services. Uses that provide a variety of services associated with personal grooming or adornment, health maintenance, or well-being.
18. Recreation—Small. Uses or facilities associated with indoor or outdoor, active or passive recreation for indoor occupancies less than fifty persons as determined by the building official and outdoor occupancies less than fifty persons as determined by the community development director.
19. Retail. Uses that provide new consumer goods, large and small, functional and decorative, for use, entertainment, comfort, or aesthetics; goods for personal grooming or day-to-day maintenance of personal health and well-being. This use includes, but is not limited to, furniture, appliances, sundries, pharmaceuticals, wearing apparel and accessories, small equipment sales and rentals. This use does not include vehicle uses.
20. Retail—Antiques. Uses that provide antique goods, large and small, functional and decorative, for use, entertainment, comfort, or aesthetics.
21. Vehicle Equipment and Supplies without Installation. Uses related to the sale of new or used parts, tools or supplies for repairing or maintaining vehicles. This use does not include on-site installation.
22. Accessory Uses (LGMC Section 17.24.060). Accessory uses are those uses that are supportive and incidental to the primary use. The accessory uses may be allowed by right, as verified by zoning clearance (ZC), by minor use permit (MUP, LGMC Section 17.28.052), or by conditional use permit (CUP, LGMC Section 17.28.050).
23. Administrative offices (ZC).
24. Assembly (MUP).
25. Communications (ZC, MUP, CUP).
26. Construction staging and laydown—Off-site (ZC).
27. Employee convenience sales and services—Recreational facilities (MUP).
28. Employee convenience sales and services—Cafeteria, food service, or consumer goods (ZC).
29. Home occupations (ZC).
30. Kiosk concession sales (ZC).
31. Outdoor dining on private property less than one thousand square feet (ZC).
32. Outdoor dining on public property or greater than or equal to one thousand square feet (MUP).
33. Outdoor sales or displays (ZC).
34. Outdoor storage (ZC).
35. Parking (ZC).
36. Real estate sales/leasing offices (ZC).
37. Residential complex support (CUP).
38. Residential—Caretaker dwelling (MUP).
39. Residential—Rental dwellings above commercial (CUP).
40. Retail manufacturing (MUP).
41. Retail—Secondhand merchandise (MUP).
42. Uses Requiring a Minor Use Permit (Section 17.28.052).
43. Animal Sales and Services—Veterinary Services. Uses that provide medical or surgical care for household pets and small farm animals as defined in LGMC Chapter 18.16. Facilities and operations shall comply with all standards set forth in this title.
44. Assembly—Small. Uses that provide indoor gathering places, such as worship or entertainment, for occupancies less than fifty persons as determined by the building official. Alcoholic beverage sales shall be subject to LGMC Chapter 18.27. This use does not include “adult entertainment” as defined by LGMC Section 18.28.020.
45. Building Services. Uses that provide construction, maintenance, and repair services for all structural and mechanical elements of structures and exterior spaces.
46. Construction Supplies and Equipment. Uses that provide goods, including tools, to repair, maintain, or visually enhance a structure or premises.
47. Funeral and Mortuary Services with Assembly Space. Uses that provide services related to the death of a human (without crematoria) that may include assembly space for occupancies less than fifty persons as determined by the building official.
48. Government. Uses related to local, state, or federal government agencies in an industrial setting.
49. Recreation—Indoor—Large. Uses or facilities associated with indoor, active or passive recreation for occupancies greater than fifty persons as determined by the building official.
50. Research and Development. Uses engaged in research and testing activities associated with discovering new or improved products, methods, processes, or services in an office setting.
51. Residential Care. Uses that provide residential/inpatient care in a small facility (one to six people).
52. Vehicle Equipment and Supplies with Installation. Uses related to the sale of new or used parts, tools or supplies for repairing or maintaining vehicles that may include on-site installation.
53. Vehicle Repair—Minor. Uses that primarily provide replacement of parts, tune-ups, and similar minor services. This use does not include any operation listed under “Vehicle Repair—Major” or any similar major vehicle repair. Facilities and operations shall comply with all standards set forth in this title.
54. Vehicle Sales and Rentals. Uses related to the sale, lease, or rental of new or used vehicles or associated equipment including service, maintenance, and minor repairs.
55. Vehicle Service/Maintenance. Uses that include businesses primarily intended for the retail sale of vehicle fuel, which may include incidental merchandise and supplies; and/or vehicular services such as automatic or manual washing and detailing services, tire repair, equipment adjustments, tune-ups and similar minor services.
56. Uses Requiring a Conditional Use Permit (Section 17.28.050).
57. Animal Sales and Services—Day Care. Uses that provide part-time boarding care, for less than twenty-four hours per day, for household pets and small farm animals as defined in LGMC Chapter 18.16. Facilities and operations shall comply with all standards set forth in this title.
58. Animal Sales and Services—Kennels. Uses that provide boarding care for household pets and small farm animals as defined in LGMC Chapter 18.16. Facilities and operations shall comply with all standards set forth in this title.
59. Animal Sales and Services—Pet Stores. Uses that provide for the sale of household pets and small farm animals as defined in LGMC Chapter 18.16, and supplies. Facilities and operations shall comply with all standards set forth in this title. Facilities and operations shall comply with all standards set forth in this title.
60. Assembly—Large. Uses that provide indoor gathering places, such as worship or entertainment, for occupancies greater than or equal to fifty persons as determined by the building official. Alcoholic beverage sales shall be subject to LGMC Chapter 18.27. This use does not include “adult entertainment” as defined by LGMC Section 18.28.020.
61. Day Care Center. Uses that provide part-time care, for less than twenty-four hours per day, located in a commercial zone.
62. Funeral and Mortuary Services with Assembly Space. Uses that provide services related to the death of a human (without crematoria), that may include assembly space for occupancies greater than or equal to fifty persons as determined by the building official.
63. Recreation—Outdoor—Large. Uses or facilities associated with outdoor, active or passive recreation for occupancies greater than or equal to fifty persons as determined by the community development director.
64. Recycling Collection Facilities—Large or Small. All collection facilities for recyclable materials shall be subject to LGMC Chapter 18.14.
65. Research and Development. Uses engaged in research and testing activities associated with discovering new or improved products, methods, processes, or services that require an industrial setting.
66. Residential Care—Large. Uses that provide residential/inpatient care in a large facility (nine or more people).
67. Residential—Senior Housing. Residential uses that provide dwelling units as a senior housing development.
68. Retail—Secondhand Merchandise. Indoor sales of used consumer products. This use does not permit outdoor sales or displays.
69. Visitor Accommodations. Uses that provide lodging, or a combination of lodging and food, primarily to visitors and tourists. This use includes single room occupancy, hotels, and motels, with or without assembly space.
70. Warehouse. Uses engaged in bulk storage as well as storage by individuals in separate storage compartments. This use includes outdoor sales.
71. Wholesale Distribution. Uses engaged in the bulk storage and distribution of goods, including wholesale showrooms and outdoor sales.
72. Uses Requiring a Planned Development Permit (LGMC Section  17.28.030).
73. Development Standards. The following property development standards shall apply to all land and structures in the GC zone:
74. Minimum Lot Area. Ten thousand net square feet.
75. Minimum Lot Width and Depth. No minimum width or depth required.
76. Minimum Yards (as prescribed in Section 17.24.030).
77. Front: Twenty-five feet.
78. Side: No minimum side yard required; except ten feet along a side street or adjacent to a residential district.
79. Rear: No minimum rear yard required; except fifteen feet adjacent to a residential district.
80. Maximum Building Height (as prescribed in Section 17.24.040).
81. Main Buildings: Thirty feet.
82. Accessory Structures: Fifteen feet.
83. Maximum Building Coverage. Thirty-five percent.
84. Enclosure. All permitted or conditionally permitted activities, including all accompanying accessory uses, shall be confined to enclosed structures, and shall not be conducted or occur upon any open or unenclosed area, whether private or public, unless expressly permitted in this section or authorized by a conditional use permit, temporary use permit or other official means.
85. Additional Zoning Provisions. All uses shall be subject to the applicable regulations of this development code, as specified in this section or prescribed elsewhere. Additional development standards relating to this zone are located in the following sections:
86. Accessory buildings and uses, Section 17.24.060.
87. Landscaping and screening, Section 17.24.050.
88. Loading, Section 17.24.020.
89. Nonconforming uses, structures, and lots, Section 17.24.090.
90. Parking, Section 17.24.010.
91. Performance and restricted use standards, Section 17.24.080.
92. Signs, Chapter 18.12.
93. Temporary uses, Section 17.28.040.
94. Special Treatment Area I (STA I). Properties located within special treatment area I (STA I) are subject to the requirements of the city of Lemon Grove Downtown Village Specific Plan. (Ord. 451 § 1, 2019; Ord. 446 § 2, 2017; Ord. 434 § 2, 2015; Ord. 394 § 4, 2010)