Del Norte County Municipal Code § 20.26 C-2 District - Light Commercial 20.26.10 Purpose 20.26.20 Permitted Uses 20.26.30…

This district classification is designed to be applied to areas such as small community shopping centers and business districts which cater to quiet enclosed businesses which are accessory to residential, urban, or suburban living. Shops and services which cater to residential needs are to be encouraged to the exclusion of other businesses.

The regulations set forth in this chapter apply in all C-1 districts and are subject to the provisions of Chapters 20.46-20.58.

(Ord. 79-20 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord. 67-10 § 3.1000, 1967)

Uses permitted shall be as follows:

1. Hotels, motels, clubs and lodge halls, hospitals, sanitariums and clinics

2. Retail stores and shops of a light commercial character and conducted within a building including appliance stores, bakeries, banks, barber shops, beauty parlors, boat and trailer sales yards, book stores, bus terminals, cleaner and laundry agencies, commercial recreation facilities, department stores, dress shops, drug stores, furniture stores, grocery stores, general merchandising establishments, launderettes, millinery shops, new and used car sales, office buildings, professional offices, real estate offices, regional shop-ping centers, restaurants, refreshment stands, service stations, shoe shops, storage garages, studios, theaters, tailor shops, and other uses which are of similar character to those enumerated and which will not be detrimental or obnoxious to the neighborhood in which they are to be located, except those which contain department store, variety store or dry goods sales area of greater than five thousand square feet

3. Agriculture where site area is one acre or more

4. Accessory buildings and accessory uses appurtenant to a permitted use

5. Accessory dwelling units subject to having a legal conforming or non-conforming residence on the property

6. Junior accessory dwelling units subject to having a legal conforming or non-conforming residence on the property

7. Low-barrier Navigation Centers as specified in the Government Code Sections 65660 through 65668.

(Ord. 2023-007 § 38, 2023; Ord. 2023-006 § 3 (part), 2023; Ord. 79-24 (part), 1979: Ord. 79-20 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord 67-10 § 3.1001, 1967)

Uses permitted with a use permit shall be as follows:

1. Public and quasi-public uses

2. Mobile home parks

3. Mobile home

4. Single-family dwelling (for mandated standards related to manufactured housing see Section 20.48.130)

5. Multiple dwellings and dwelling groups subject to the height limit, building site area, average lot width and yard requirements specified for R-3 districts

6. Transitional housing

7. Employee housing, up to six residents as specified in the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5)

8. Supportive Housing

9. Single-Room Occupancy

(Ord. 2023-007 § 39. 2023; Ord. 95-06 § 5 (part), 1995: Ord. 79-24 (part), 1979: Ord. 79-20 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord. 76-22 § 1 (part), 1976: Ord. 67-10 § 3.1002, 1967)

Building height limit shall be forty-five feet.

(Ord. 79-20 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord. 67-10 § 3.1003, 1967)

Minimum lot area shall be none where both a public or mutual water supply and public sanitary system is available, and twelve thousand square feet where both public or mutual water supply and public sanitary system are not available. Where water and sanitary facilities are contained on the property, all state and county health regulations shall apply. See also Section 20.48.80.

(Ord. 79-20 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord. 67-10 § 3.1004, 1967)

Minimum lot width shall be twenty-five feet.

(Ord. 79-20 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord. 67-10 § 3.1005, 1967)

Percentage of lot coverage permitted shall be up to one hundred percent of the building site where both a public or mutual water supply and public sanitary system are available. Where water and sanitary facilities are contained on the property adequate yard space shall be provided. See also Section 20.48.90.

(Ord. 79-20 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord. 67-10 § 3.1006, 1967)

Front yards shall be none, except as provided in Section 20.48.90. On corner lots or where frontage in a block is partially in an R district, the front yard shall be one-half that required in such R district, or not less than ten feet.

(Ord. 79-20 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord. 67-10 § 3.1007, 1967)

Side yards shall be none, except where the side of a lot abuts upon the side of a lot in an R district, in which case the abutting side yard shall be not less than five feet. Where the side yard on the street side of a corner lot abuts on an R district, the side yard on the street side shall comply with the standard corner lot setbacks adjacent to key lots.

(Ord. 79-20 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord. 67-10 § 3.1008, 1967)

Rear yards shall be none.

(Ord. 79-20 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord. 67-10 § 3.1009, 1967)

For special yards required for dwelling groups, see Section 20.48.100.

(Ord. 79-20 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord. 67-10 § 3.1010, 1967)