Chapter 18.36 — COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, C-1

Sections

18.36.010 Purpose and applicability.

18.36.020 Permitted uses. 18.36.030 Accessory uses. 18.36.040 Conditional uses. 18.36.050 Lot requirements. 18.36.060 Development standards.

The Community Commercial (C-1) zoning district is intended to be applied primarily to areas located along collector streets that are suitable for nonresidential uses that are compatible with nearby residential use. The C-1 district is consistent with the Commercial land use designation.

Subject to issuance of a building permit, business license, and/or other required permits, none but the following uses, or uses which in the opinion of the city council are similar, will be allowed as principally permitted uses in the C-1 district:

• A. Animal grooming and veterinary offices.

• B. Artist studios and artisan crafts manufacturing.

• C. Banks and financial services.

• D. Bed and breakfast inns pursuant to Chapter 18.96 (Bed and Breakfast Inns).

• E. Business and professional offices.

• F. Business support services.

• G. Community gardens pursuant to Section 18.84.170 (Community gardens).

• H. Convenience stores and pharmacies.

• I. Craft food and beverage production, coffee roasting and alcohol with use permit.

• J. Garden centers and plant nurseries.

• K. Grocery stores and supermarkets.

• L. Health clinics, medical offices, and laboratories.

• M. Indoor sports and fitness facilities.

• N. Live/work units pursuant to Section 18.88.030 (Live/work units).

• O. Low barrier navigation centers pursuant to Section 18.84.120 (Low barrier navigation centers).

• P. Media production.

• Q. Mixed-use developments of two (2) or more uses permitted pursuant to this section.

• R. Personal services.

• S. Printing and publishing.

• T. Retail food establishments.

• U. Retail sales.

• V. Small adult day programs.

When established or constructed concurrently with or subsequent to the principally permitted use, the following uses are permitted in the C-1 district subject to issuance of a building permit, business license, or other required permit(s):

• A. Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units pursuant to Chapter 18.104 (Accessory Dwelling Units).

• B. Certified farmers’ markets.

• C. Cottage food operations pursuant to Section 18.88.050 (Cottage food operations).

• D. Home occupations pursuant to Section 18.88.040 (Home occupations).

• E. Mobile food sales pursuant to Chapter 18.100 (Mobile Food Sales).

• F. Second dwelling units pursuant to Section 18.84.040 (Second dwelling units).

• G. Short-term rentals pursuant to Chapter 18.92 (Short-Term Rentals).

• H. Signs pursuant to Chapter 18.72 (Signs).

• I. Temporary outside sales such as sidewalk or patio sales not exceeding three (3) days in any thirty (30)-day period.

• J. Usual and customary structures associated with a principally permitted use, including fences and walls pursuant to Section 18.84.130 (Fences, walls, hedges, and equivalent screening).

The following uses are permitted in the C-1 district upon approval and validation of a conditional use permit in addition to any other permits or licenses required for the use.

• A. Animal boarding and animal hospitals.

• B. Clubs, lodges, and private meeting halls.

• C. Drive-in and drive-through sales and services.

• D. Event centers.

• E. Funeral homes.

• F. Hospitals and hospice care.

• G. Hotels and motels.

• H. Indoor entertainment facilities.

• I. Large adult day programs.

• J. Mobile food commissaries.

• K. Mobile food courts pursuant to Chapter 18.100 (Mobile Food Sales).

• L. Off-site parking and shared parking facilities pursuant to Chapter 18.68 (Off-Street Parking).

• M. Parks, picnic areas, and playgrounds (no use permit when associated with development approved by city council).

• N. Places of worship and spiritual assembly.

• O. Public and private schools.

• P. Public and quasi-public facilities .

• Q. Residential uses:

  1. Dormitories.

  2. Duplex residential.

  3. Dwelling groups.

  4. Farmworker housing.

  5. Multifamily residential.

  6. Residential care homes and residential care facilities.

  7. Single-family residential.

  8. Single-room occupancy pursuant to Section 18.84.100 (Single-room occupancy).

  9. Small employee housing.

  10. Supportive housing.

  11. Transitional housing.

• R. Restricted personal services.

• S. Restricted retail sales.

• T. Theaters and playhouses.

• U. Other uses similar to those listed in this section.

• A. Minimum parcel size: Two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.

• B. Minimum width: Twenty-five (25) feet.

• C. Minimum depth: One hundred (100) feet.

• A. Dwelling units per acre: One (1) to twenty (20) units.

• B. Maximum lot coverage: Seventy-five (75) percent.

• C. Maximum building height.

  1. All uses, except as specified herein: Forty-five (45) feet.

  2. Accessory structures: Twenty (20) feet.

  3. Building and structures taller than established height limits may be permitted pursuant to Section 18.84.190 (Height limits).

• D. Minimum setbacks.

  1. Front yard.

     • a. Nonresidential and vertical mixed-use: None.

     • b. Residential use: Ten (10) feet.

  2. Rear yard.

     • a. Nonresidential and vertical mixed-use.

       • i. Adjacent nonresidential or vertical mixed-use: None.

       • ii. Adjacent residential: Ten (10) feet.

     • b. Residential use: Ten (10) feet.

  3. Side yard.

     • a. Adjacent nonresidential or vertical mixed-use: None.

     • b. Adjacent residential: Ten (10) feet.

• E. Minimum distance between buildings: As required by California Building Code. F. Minimum parking: As specified in Chapter 18.68 (Off-Street Parking).