Contra Costa County Municipal Code Ch. 84-49 C-B Community Business District a

All land within a C-B community business district may be used for any of the following uses, under the following regulations set forth in this chapter.

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The purposes of this chapter's regulations are to enhance and stabilize the retail sales and personal services activities within central areas and to foster development of ever more attractive, higher quality retail shopping areas, creating more concentrated, easily accessible retail shopping and personal services central areas for the benefit of businesses and consumers alike.

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Article 84-49.4. Uses

Uses allowed in the C-B district shall be those uses allowed in the O-1 limited office district (Section 84-44.402), plus the carrying on of retail business if all its sales, demonstrations, displays, services and other activities are conducted within an enclosed building, except that unenclosed off-street parking is allowed.

(Ord. 77-102).

In the C-B district the following uses may be permitted by the issuance of a land use permit:

(1) Animal hospital;

(2) Auto garage which includes body repair and painting;

(3) Structures having one or more residential units;

(4) Other retail businesses where the sales, demonstrations, displays, services and other related activities, or some of them, are conducted other than in an enclosed building.

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Article 84-49.6. Lots

No building or structure shall be erected or placed on a lot of less than five thousand square feet.

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No building or structure shall be erected or placed on a lot of less than fifty feet in average width.

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No building or structure shall be erected or placed on a lot of less than ninety feet in average depth.

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Article 84-49.8. Building Height

No building or structure or part of it hereafter erected or moved on a lot or building site in this district shall exceed thirty-five feet above the average existing natural ground level at the center of all walls of the building.

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Article 84-49.10. Yards

No side yards are required except a minimum of ten feet abutting a residential district.

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No rear yards are required except a minimum of fifteen feet abutting a residential district.

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No setbacks (front yards) are required.

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Article 84-49.12. Off-street Parking

Off-street parking shall be provided as required by Chapter 82-16.

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Article 84-49.14. Signs

Signs are allowed in this district only as authorized and approved in accordance with Chapter 88-8.

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Article 84-49.16. Open Area

Maximum feasible landscaping shall be provided in this district consistent with applicable off-street parking requirements.

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Article 84-49.18. Development Plans

No development is lawful in this district until a development plan for it has been submitted and approved pursuant to Article 84-50.16. Scale drawings indicating soils and geological information shall be included as part of the application for development plan approval.

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Article 84-49.20. Land Use and Variance Permits

Land use permits for the special uses enumerated in Section 84-49.404 and variance permits to modify the provisions contained in Sections 84-49.602 through 84-49.802, 84-49.1202, and 84-49.1402 may be granted in accordance with Chapters 26-2 and 82-6.

(Ord. 77-102).