Chapter 17.46 — C-4 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Sections:

• 17.46.010 Purpose 17.46.020 Special provisions and development standards 17.46.030 Permitted uses. 17.46.040 Screening and landscaping-Fences, walls and hedges 17.46.050 Required conditions 17.46.060 Site area 17.46.070 Frontage, width and depth of site 17.46.080 Coverage 17.46.090 Yard requirements 17.46.100 Distances between structures 17.46.110 Building height 17.46.120 Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities 17.46.130 Signs

The C-4 district is primarily for establishments engaged in servicing equipment, materials and products, but which do not require the manufacturing, assembly, pack-aging or processing of articles or merchandise for distribution and retail sale. Land requirements for most general commercial uses generally dictates its application along arterial streets of the city which generally lie close to central commercial and industrial districts.

All uses in the C-4 district shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.71 of this title.

Uses permitted by right and subject to approval of an administrative site plan or conditional use permit in the C-4 district shall be as listed in Section 17.48.030.

In the C-4 district:

• A. Where a site adjoins or is located across a street or alley from any residential or PO 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 minimum in height. Said storage shall not be visible above said fence or wall.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.46-1

• C. Street trees and other forms of landscaping may be required under the provisions of Chapter17.71.

The following are required conditions in the C-4 district:

• A. 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, cinder, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibration, illumination, glare or unsightliness, or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.

There are no site area limitations in the C-4 district.

There are no limitations for frontage, width and depth of site in the C-4 district.

In the C-4 district, there are no coverage limitations.

Yard requirements in the C-4 district are as follows:

• A. The minimum front yard shall be fifteen (15) feet. A minimum of fifty (50) percent of the required front yard shall be landscaped.

• B. Except as specified in this subsection, no side yard or rear yards shall be required.

• C. The minimum side yard abutting any residential or PO district shall be ten (10) feet and shall be landscaped.

  1. The minimum rear yard abutting any residential or PO district shall be ten (10) feet and shall be landscaped.

In the C-4 district, the minimum distance between a dwelling unit and another structure in the C-4 district shall be ten (10) feet.

The maximum building height in the C-4 district shall be fifty (50) feet.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.46-2

Off-street parking facilities and off-street loading facilities in the C-4 district shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 17.64 of this title.

No sign shall be provided in the C-4 district except as prescribed in Chapter 17.72 of this title.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.46-3