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Title 18 — ZONING

Dorris Municipal Code Ch. 18.18 Community Commercial, C-1

Dorris Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Dorris

Cite as: Dorris Municipal Code Chapter 18.18 · Text as of 2026-10-02

Sections:

  • 18.18.010
  • Purpose.
  • 18.18.020
  • General plan consistency.
  • 18.18.030
  • Density/intensity.
  • 18.18.040
  • Site development
  • standards.
  • 18.18.050
  • Permitted uses.
  • 18.18.060
  • Accessory uses.
  • 18.18.070
  • Conditional uses.

18.18.010 Purpose.

The C-1 zone district is intended to serve as the commercial land use district for areas of the city not located along US 97. Located along collector streets, this district provides for a variety of commercial activities that are com- patible with the community. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)

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18.18.020 General plan consistency.

This zone district is consistent with the com- mercial land use designation. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)

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18.18.030 Density/intensity.

A. Minimum parcel size: two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet. B. Maximum lot coverage: seventy-five (75) percent. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)

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18.18.040 Site development standards.

A. Setbacks (Minimum). 1. Front: None. 2. Rear: a. Adjacent commercial: none. b. Adjacent residential: ten (10) feet. 3. Side: a. Adjacent commercial: none. b. Adjacent residential: ten (10) feet. B. Building. 1. Height: forty-five (45) feet. 2. Distance between buildings: as required by the California Building Code. C. Lot Dimensions (Minimum). 1. Width: twenty-five (25) feet. 2. Depth: one hundred (100) feet. D. Parking. 1. Retail: one parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area. 2. Professional office: one parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area. 3. Bed and breakfast inns: one parking space for each guestroom. 4. Churches and theaters: one parking space for each four seats or every eight feet of bench length. 5. Banks and post offices: one parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of floor area. 6. Restaurants, bakeries and coffee shops: one parking space for each four seats and one space for every two employees. 7. Laundromats: one parking space for every five machines. 8. Beauty salons and barbershops: one parking space for every seventy-five (75) square feet of floor area. 9. Existing: none. 10. Each standard parking space shall have a minimum dimension of nine feet by twenty (20) feet. Handicapped parking spaces shall have a minimum dimension of twelve (12) feet by twenty (20) feet.

179-34 (Revised 5-17) E. Signs. 1. A single sign per each street frontage not exceeding one hundred (100) square feet in accordance with Section 18.32.170. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)

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18.18.050 Permitted uses.

The following uses are permitted in the C-1 zone district subject to issuance of a building permit, business license or other required per- mit(s): A. Retail business establishments within a building, conducting sale and/or rental of the following: apparel, books, confectionery, med- icines, baked goods, flowers, food, general merchandise, crafts, videos and similar com- mercial uses. B. Retail business establishments within a building, and possibly having some incidental outside sales including: restaurants, bakeries, coffee shops, and nurseries. C. Personal service establishments includ- ing: banks, health clinics, laundromats, pet grooming and veterinary services (no board- ing), barber and beauty shops, professional offices, office services, photography studios, shoe and other small item repair. D. Bed and breakfast inns. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)

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18.18.060 Accessory uses.

The following uses are permitted in the C-1 zone district as an accessory to the primary per- mitted or conditionally permitted use: A. Garage or carport. B. Fences and walls. C. Temporary outside sales such as side- walk or patio sales. D. Usual and customary structures associ- ated with a commercial use. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)

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18.18.070 Conditional uses.

The following uses are permitted in the C-1 zone district upon approval and validation of a conditional use permit, in addition to any other permits or licenses required for the use. Set- backs and development criteria may be amended during the conditional use permit pro- cess: A. All uses permitted in the R-3 district pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.14. B. Veterinary offices with overnight boarding and hospitalization and overnight boarding of animals not associated with a vet- erinary use. C. Places of assembly or learning: 1. Church or other place of worship or spiritual assembly. 2. Grange halls, community centers, meet- ing halls. 3. Schools, public or private. D. Public and quasi-public facilities. E. Sales conducted primarily outside of a building. F. Buildings and structures taller than specified in Section 18.18.040(B). G. Supportive housing. H. Transitional housing. I. Other uses similar to those listed in this section. (Ord. 219 § 7, 2014; Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)

179-35 (Revised 5-17)

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