Popular Moss Landing landmark Pot Stop is closing.

For decades, tourists and locals alike flocked to Moss Landing's colorful roadside attraction and pottery shop on Highway 1, Little Baja.

Families stopped off to see the petting zoo filled with birds, donkeys, monkeys and other animals, as well as pick up authentic Mexican pottery for their gardens.

The petting zoo is long gone, but 14 years ago the new owners Bob Goode and Polly Joseph carried on the tradition of displaying brightly colored pottery, garden statuary, fountains, and hundreds of unique trinkets.

Now the Pot Stop at Little Baja, as Goode and Joseph renamed the pottery store, is closing its doors, at least for now. They hope to find a new location to carry on the tradition.

They have to sell off "40 truckloads" of merchandise by the end of the year, says Goode. All merchandise is 35-percent off beginning Saturday, Oct. 7.

Pot Stop has operated since 2003 on a month-to-month rental agreement with the landowner, the Moss Landing Harbor District, a special district governed by a five-member elected board of directors.

Goode says he and Joseph asked for years for a more permanent lease agreement, but were told to wait. In September they thought they were moving toward a lease, but everything came to a halt when an inspection of the building reportedly uncovered significant damage.

They were ordered to vacate the building by district officials, so they moved their operations outside into the surrounding yard.

At that point Pot Stop's owners informed their landlord, the harbor district, they would voluntarily end the rental agreement.

Goode says he's been told the district wants to demolish the property and use it for more boat parking.

However, according to Harbor District General Manager Linda McIntyre, no decisions have been made about the property's future.

The North Harbor, the area where Pot Stop and the Sea Harvest Fish Market and Restaurant are located, will undergo a number of changes in the coming year, McIntyre says, including construction of a new restaurant next to Sea Harvest.

For now, Goode is reaching out to 15,000 customers on the store's email list to let them know an era will soon come to an end.