Del Norte County Municipal Code § 21.26 C-2 Light Commercial District 21.26.10 Intent 21.26.20 The Principal Permitted…

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. Changes of district from light commercial to another classification are to be made only where such uses are in accord with the General Plan or adopted specific plan.

For the purposes of Section 21.52.20(A)(4), the light commercial district uses listed under the principal permitted use section herein shall be considered as the principal permitted use in the California Coastal Zone. Variances and adjustments to the district's requirements and standards shall not be considered a principal permitted use for purposes of Section 21.52.20(A)(4).

The regulations set forth in this chapter apply in all C-1 districts and are subject to the provisions of Chapters 21.02 through 21.60.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

The principal permitted light commercial use includes uses such as:

1. Retail stores and shops of a light commercial character and conducted within a building including appliance stores, bakeries, banks, barbershops, beauty parlors, boat and trailer sales yards, bookstores, bus terminals, cleaner and laundry agencies, clubs and lodges, commercial recreational facilities, department stores, dress shops, drug stores, furniture stores, grocery stores, general merchandising establishments, hotels, launderettes, millinery shops, office buildings, professional offices, real estate offices, regional shopping centers, restaurants, refreshment stands, clinics, shoe shops, storage garages, studios, theaters and tailor shops except those which contain department store, variety store or dry goods sales area of greater than five thousand square feet.

2. New and used car lots and service stations.

3. Agriculture where site area is one acre or more.

4. Accessory buildings and accessory uses appurtenant to a permitted use including on-site signs.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

Uses permitted with a use permit shall be as follows:

1. Public and quasi-public uses.

2. Mobilehome parks.

3. A one-family residence or mobilehome.

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

5. Off-site advertising signs.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

Building height limit shall be forty-five feet.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

Minimum lot area shall be three thousand square feet where both a public or mutual water supply and public sanitary system is available. Where water and/or sanitary facilities are contained on the property, all state and county health regulations shall apply. (See also Section 21.46.80.)

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

Minimum lot width shall be thirty feet.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

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 Chapter 21.46.)

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

Front yards shall be none, except as provided in Section 21.46.90. 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. 83-03 (part), 1983)

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. 83-03 (part), 1983)

Rear yards shall be none.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

For special yards required for dwelling groups, see Section 21.46.100.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

For parking areas, see Chapter 21.44.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)