Chapter 17.40 — C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Dinuba Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · Dinuba

Sections:

  • 17.40.010 Purpose 17.40.020 Special provisions and development standards 17.40.030 Permitted uses 17.40.040 Screening and landscaping—Fences, walls and hedges 17.40.050 Required conditions 17.40.060 Site area 17.40.070 Frontage, width and depth of site 17.40.080 Coverage 17.40.090 Building height 17.40.100 Yard-Front 17.40.110 Yard-Side 17.40.120 Yard-Rear 17.40.130 Distances between structures 17.40.140 Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities 17.40.150 Signs

17.40.010 PURPOSE

The C-1 district is intended primarily for the provision of retail and personal service facilities to satisfy the convenience goods needs of the consumer relatively close to residential neighborhoods.

17.40.020 SPECIAL PROVISIONS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

All uses in the C-1 district shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.71 of this title.

17.40.030 PERMITTED USES

Uses permitted by right and subject to approval of an administrative site plan or conditional use permit in the C-1 district shall be as listed in Section 17.48.030.

17.40.040 SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING—FENCES, WALLS AND HEDGES

In the C-1 district:

  • A. Where a site adjoins or is located across a street or alley from any residential district, an ornamental solid wall or fence, six (6) feet minimum in height, or such other height or type of screening device as may be required by the city, shall be located on the property line common to such districts, except in a required front yard.

  • B. Open storage of materials and equipment attendant to a permitted use or conditional use shall be permitted only within an area surrounded or screened by a solid wall or fence six (6) feet

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minimum in height, except as may be modified under site plan review. Said storage shall not be visible above said fence or wall.

  • C. Street trees and other forms of landscaping may be required under the provisions of Chapter 17.71 of this title.

17.40.050 REQUIRED CONDITIONS

In the C-1 district, the following are required conditions:

  • A. All businesses, services and processes shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, except for off-street parking and off-street loading areas, gasoline service stations, outdoor dining areas, nurseries, garden shops, signs, public utility stations, and temporary uses as prescribed in Chapter 17.71 of this title.

  • B. No business dealing in wholesale or used goods or commodities shall be permitted, except in the case of articles taken in trade on sale of new merchandise on the same premises.

  • C. No products shall be manufactured unless incident to a permitted use and sold at retail on the same premises.

  • D. When any exterior wall of a building faces a street or property classified in any residential district, all exterior walls thereof shall be treated and finished in a similar manner.

  • E. When an exterior wall of a building faces abutting property in any residential district, no advertising sign shall be painted or placed on such wall, or on any portion of the lot between the wall and the residential district.

  • F. No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are found by the city to be objectionable to persons living or working in the vicinity by reasons of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibration, illumination, glare or unsightliness or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.

17.40.060 SITE AREA

The minimum site area in the C-1 district shall be ten thousand square feet. The maximum site area shall be five (5) acres.

17.40.070 FRONTAGE, WIDTH AND DEPTH OF SITE

Each lot in the C-1 district shall have a minimum width of one-hundred (100) feet and a minimum depth of one-hundred (100) feet.

17.40.080 COVERAGE

In the C-1 district there are no coverage limitations.

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17.40.090 BUILDING HEIGHT

No building in the C-1 district shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet, except as may be allowed under provisions of Chapter 17.80 of this title.

17.40.100 YARD-FRONT

Where a lot or lots in a C-1 zone are located in the same block as, and have a common frontage with, a lot or lots in any residential district, the minimum front yard depth of such lot or lots in such portion of such C-1 zone shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet. An average of ten (10) feet of the required front yard shall be landscaped.

17.40.110 YARD-SIDE

There shall be no side yard requirement in the C-1 district except as follows:

  • A. Where the rear of a lot abuts upon the side of a lot in any residential district, there shall be a side yard of a minimum width of ten (10) feet, which shall be landscaped.

  • B. Where the rear of a corner lot abuts upon the rear of a lot in any residential district, the side yard on the street side shall have a minimum width the same as the required side yard of such abutting lot in said residential district and shall be landscaped.

  • C. Where the rear of a reversed corner lot abuts a lot in any residential district, the side yard on the street side of such reversed corner lot shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet and shall be landscaped.

17.40.120 YARD-REAR

There shall be no rear yard requirement in the C-1 district except as follows:

  • A. Where a C-1 lot abuts a lot in any residential district, a landscaped rear yard of a minimum of ten (10) feet shall be provided.

17.40.130 DISTANCES BETWEEN STRUCTURES

In the C-1 district, the minimum distance between a structure in the C-1 district and a dwelling unit shall be ten (10) feet.

17.40.140 OFF-STREET PARKING AND OFF-STREET LOADING FACILITIES

Off-street parking facilities and off-street loading facilities in the C-1 district shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 17.64 of this title.

17.40.150 SIGNS

No sign shall be provided in the C-1 district except as prescribed in Chapter 17.72 of this title.

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