Del Norte County Municipal Code § 21.30 C-4 General Commercial District 21.30.10 Intent 21.30.20 The Principal Permitted…

This district classification is intended to be applied to areas in which heavy commercial and light manufacturing uses of the non-nuisance type and large administrative facilities are the desired predominant uses. Changes of district from general commercial district 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 general 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-4 districts, and are subject to the provisions of Chapters 21.02 through 21.60.

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

The principal permitted general commercial use include uses such as:

1. Heavy commercial and light industrial uses such as storage and warehousing, bottling works, carpenter shops, machine shops, plumbing shops, public garages, welding shops, the manufacture of clothing, handicraft products, printing, lithographing and other uses of a similar character but not including sawmills and planing mills and the manufacture of food products and pharmaceuticals but not including the production of fish, meat products, vinegar, or sauerkraut or the like.

2. Hotels, motels, clubs and lodge halls, clinics, retail stores of a light commercial character conducted within a building storage garages, offices, outdoor sales yards of automobiles and boats, commercial recreation facilities, restaurants and theaters.

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

3. Animal hospitals, enclosed kennels and veterinary clinics.

4. Drive-in theaters.

5. One-family residences or mobilehomes.

6. Contractor yards, lumber yards, storage yards.

7. 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 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. 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 not be 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 set-back 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 21.46.90.

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