Chapter 156 — COASTAL ZONING REGULATIONS
§ 156.073 CN — NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
Eureka Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Eureka
(A) Purposes. In addition to the objectives prescribed in § 156.002 of this chapter, the CN Neighborhood Commercial Districts are included in the zoning regulations to achieve the following purposes:
(1) To provide appropriately located areas for retail stores, offices, service establishments, amusement establishments, and wholesale businesses offering commodities and services required by residents of the city and its surrounding market area;
(2) To provide opportunities for retail stores, offices, service establishments, amusement establishments, and wholesale businesses to concentrate for the convenience of the public and in a mutually beneficial relationship to each other;
(3) To provide space for community facilities and institutions that appropriately may be located in commercial areas;
(4) To provide adequate space to meet the needs of modern commercial development, including off-street parking and truck loading areas;
(5) To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the amount of land around them;
(6) To protect commercial properties from noise, odor, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare, heavy truck traffic, and other objectionable influences incidental to industrial uses;
(7) To protect commercial properties from fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards;
(8) To provide appropriately located areas for retail stores, offices and personal service establishments patronized primarily by residents of the immediate area; and
(9) To permit the development of neighborhood shopping centers of limited size and in locations shown on the Eureka Area General Plan according to standards that minimize adverse impact on adjoining residential uses. ('63 Code, § 10-5.29120)
(B) Required conditions.
(1) All uses shall comply with the regulations prescribed in §§ 155.025 through 155.036 of this title.
(2) In a CN District, all businesses, services, and processes shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, except for off-street parking and loading areas, exhibits of goods sold, manufactured, or processed on the premises, gasoline service stations, outdoor dining areas, nurseries, garden shops, Christmas tree sales lots, bus depots, and utility substations and equipment installations.
- (3) In a CN District, all products produced on the site of any of the permitted uses shall be sold primarily at retail on the site where produced.
(4) No use shall be permitted, and no process, equipment or material shall be employed which is found by the Planning Commission to be objectionable to persons residing or working in the vicinity or injurious to property located in the vicinity of by reason of odor, insect nuisance, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness, or heavy truck traffic or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.
('63 Code, § 10-5.29121)
(C) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted:
(1) Accessory uses and structures, not including warehouses, located on the same site as a permitted use;
(2) Administrative, business, and professional offices, except medical and dental offices;
(3) Art galleries;
(4) Arts and artists' supply stores;
(5) Arts and crafts schools and colleges;
(6) Bakeries, including baking for sale on the premises only;
(7) Banks;
(8) Banquet rooms not less than 150 feet from an R District;
(9) Barber shops and beauty shops;
(10) Bars not less than 150 feet from an R District;
(11) Bicycle shops;
(12) Book stores and rental libraries;
(13) Candy stores;
(14) Christmas tree sales lots;
(15) Cigar stores;
(16) Cleaning and dyeing;
(17) Cleaning and dyeing, including the use of one synthetic dry cleaning machine using nonexplosive solvents and having a capacity of not more than 40 pounds per cycle only;
(18) Cleaning, coin operated;
(19) Clothing and costume rental establishments;
(20) Clothing stores;
(21) Computer and communications equipment stores;
(22) Dairy products manufacturing for retail sales on the premises only;
(23) Delicatessen stores;
(24) Drugstores;
(25) Dry goods stores;
(26) Electrical appliance sales and repair stores, provided repair services shall be incidental to retail sales;
(27) Finance companies;
(28) Florists;
(29) Food lockers;
(30) Food stores and supermarkets;
(31) Fur shops;
(32) Furniture stores;
(33) Garden shops;
(34) Gift shops;
(35) Hardware stores;
(35.1) Health clubs, neighborhood
(36) Hobby shops;
(37) Household appliance stores;
(38) Ice vending stations;
(39) Interior decorating shops;
(40) Jewelry stores;
(41) Laundries, self-service type;
(42) Leather goods and luggage stores;
(43) Liquor stores;
(44) Locksmiths;
(45) Medical and dental offices;
(46) Medical and orthopedic appliance stores;
(47) Meeting halls not less than 150 feet from an R District;
(48) Mens' furnishing stores;
(49) Messengers' offices;
(50) Millinery shops;
(51) Mobile vendors as prescribed in §§ 155.220 through 155.221;
(52) Music and dance studios not less than 150 feet from an R District;
(53) Music stores;
(54) Musical instrument repair shops;
(55) Newsstands;
(56) Nurseries and garden supply stores provided all equipment, supplies and merchandise other than plants shall be kept within a completely enclosed building, and fertilizer of any type shall be stored and sold in packaged form only;
(57) Office and business machine stores;
(58) Offices and office buildings;
(59) Optician and optometrical shops;
(60) Paint, glass, and wallpaper shops;
(61) Parking facilities, including fee parking facilities;
(62) Pet and bird stores;
(63) Pet and bird stores not less than 150 feet from an R District;
(64) Phonograph record stores;
(65) Photographic supply stores and studios;
(66) Picture framing’ shops;
(67) Post offices;
(68) Prescription pharmacies and dental and optical laboratories;
(69) Pressing establishments;
(70) Private clubs and lodges not less than 150 feet from an R District;
(71) Realtors and real estate offices;
(72) Residential uses permitted under permitted uses in RM Districts shall be permitted in a CN District provided the
minimum size of such dwelling units shall be not less than as set forth in the Building Code and Housing Code of the city;
(73) Restaurants and soda fountains, not including drive-in establishments, 150 feet or more from an R District;
(74) Saving and loan offices;
(75) Scientific instrument shops;
(76) Self-service laundries and self-service dry cleaning establishments;
(77) Shoe repair shops;
(78) Shoe stores;
(79) Sporting goods stores;
(80) Stamp and coin stores;
(81) Stationery stores;
(82) Stenographic services;
(83) Tailor and dressmaking shops;
(84) Taxicab stands;
(85) Telegraph offices; towers and other support structures, commercial satellite dishes, antennas, and equipment buildings necessary for the specific facility are subject to the provisions of Chapter 159;
(86) Television and radio sales and repair stores;
(87) Ticket agencies;
(88) Toy stores;
(89) Travel agencies and bureaus;
(90) Umbrella repair shops;
(91) Video sales and rental stores;
(92) Watch and clock repair shops;
(93) Wholesale establishments without stocks;
(94) Women’s apparel accessory stores; and
(‘63 Code, § 10-5.29122)
(95) Wireless telecommunication facilities located more than 100 feet from an R District subject to a wireless
telecommunication facility permit issued pursuant to Chapter 159.
(D) Conditional uses. The following conditional uses shall be permitted upon the granting of a use permit in accord with the provisions of §§ 155.280 through 155.299 of this title:
(1) Accessory uses and structures located on the same site as a conditional use;
(2) Ambulance service;
(3) Blueprint and photostat shops;
(4) Business, professional and trade schools and colleges;
(5) Charitable institutions;
(6) Churches, parsonages, parish houses, monasteries, convents, and other religious institutions;
(6.1) Medical cannabis dispensing facilities subject to the provisions of Chapter 158;
(7) Oil and gas pipelines;
(8) Parking facilities, including required off-street parking facilities, located on a site separated from the use which the facilities serve;
(9) Public utility and public service pumping stations, power stations, equipment buildings and installations, drainage ways and structures, storage tanks, and transmission lines found by the Planning Commission to be necessary for the public health, safety or welfare;
- (10) Restaurants and soda fountains, not including drive-in establishments, 150 feet or more from an R District;
(11) Service stations, not including automobile, truck, and trailer rentals as accessory uses, provided all operations, except the sale of gasoline and oil and the washing of cars, shall be conducted within a building enclosed on at least three sides; ('63 Code, § 10-5.29123)
(12) Wireless telecommunication facilities located within 100 feet of an R District subject to the provisions of Chapter 159 .
(D.1) Minor conditional uses. The following conditional uses shall be permitted upon the granting of a minor use permit in accord with the provisions of §§ 155.280 through 155.299 of this title:
(1) Medical cannabis transportation facilities, located separate from a distribution facility, subject to the provisions of Chapter 158.
(E) Off-street parking. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided for each use as prescribed in §§ 155.115 through 155.124 of this title.
('63 Code, § 10-5.29124)
(F) Off-street loading. Off-street loading facilities shall be provided for each use as prescribed in §§ 155.135 through 155.141 of this title.
('63 Code, § 10-5.29125)
(G) Signs. No sign, outdoor advertising structure, or display of any character shall be permitted except as prescribed in §§ 155.155 through 155.169 of this title.
('63 Code, § 10-5.29126)
(H) Site plan review and architectural review. All permitted uses shall be subject to site plan review as prescribed in §§ 155.180 through 155.188 of this title. Conditional uses shall be subject to architectural review.
('63 Code, § 10-5.29127)
(Ord. 417-C.S., passed 12-6-84; Am. Ord. 663-C.S., passed 11-19-02; Am. Ord. 757-C.S., passed 10-19-10; Am. Ord. 786-C.S., passed 8-21-12; Am. Ord. 842-C.S., passed 7-19-16; Am. Ord. 847-C.S., passed 9-20-16) Penalty, see § 150.999
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▸ Chapter 156 — COASTAL ZONING REGULATIONS
Overview- § 156.001 TITLE.
- § 156.002 OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES.
- § 156.003 NATURE OF COASTAL ZONING REGULATIONS.
- § 156.004 INTERPRETATION.
- § 156.005 APPLICATION; DEVELOPERS TO COMPLY; EXCEPTIONS.
- § 156.006 DEFINITIONS.
- § 156.007 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.
- § 156.008 DISTRICTS.
- § 156.009 DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
- § 156.010 CONFORMITY REQUIRED.
- § 156.011 ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS BY MAP.
- § 156.012 DIVISION OF LAND USE AND ZONING MAP.
- § 156.013 DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS; PURPOSES.
- § 156.014 DESIGNATION OF DRAINAGE CONTROL AREA.
- § 156.015 REQUIRED CONDITIONS.
- § 156.016 DRAINAGE CONTROL PLAN TO BE APPROVED.
- § 156.017 DRAINAGE CONTROL PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED.
- § 156.018 REFERRAL TO AND ACTION OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
- § 156.019 ACTION OF CITY COUNCIL.
- § 156.020 STATUS OF APPROVED DRAINAGE CONTROL PLAN.
- § 156.021 DRAINAGE CONTROL, MINIMUM FLOOR ELEVATION, AND SITE …
- § 156.030 BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DISTRICTS.
- § 156.031 EXTENSIONS OVER PROPERTY LINES AND EASEMENTS.
- § 156.032 SITE AREA AND DIMENSIONS; REQUIREMENTS AND EXCEPTION…
- § 156.033 FRONT YARDS; REQUIREMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS.
- § 156.034 SIDE AND REAR YARDS; REQUIREMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS.
- § 156.035 TRAFFIC SIGHT OBSTRUCTIONS.
- § 156.036 PROJECTIONS INTO YARDS.
- § 156.037 HEIGHT LIMITS.
- § 156.038 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
- § 156.039 USABLE OPEN SPACE.
- § 156.040 SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING.
- § 156.041 EMERGENCY SHELTERS.
- § 156.050 APPLICATION.
- § 156.051 PUBLIC ACCESS STANDARDS.
- § 156.052 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE STANDARDS.
- § 156.053 NATURAL HAZARDS STANDARDS.
- § 156.054 VISUAL RESOURCES STANDARDS.
- § 156.055 PUBLIC WORKS STANDARDS.
- § 156.056 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
- § 156.065 WC — CONSERVATION WATER DISTRICT.
- § 156.066 WD — DEVELOPMENT WATER DISTRICT.
- § 156.067 NR — NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT.
- § 156.068 AC — COASTAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.
- § 156.069 RS — ONE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
- § 156.070 RM — MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
- § 156.071 OR — OFFICE AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
- § 156.072 CW — WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
- § 156.073 CN — NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
- § 156.074 CS — SERVICE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
- § 156.075 CP — PLANNED SHOPPING CENTER COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
- § 156.076 MC — COASTAL DEPENDENT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
- § 156.077 ML — LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
- § 156.078 MG — GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
- § 156.079 P — PUBLIC DISTRICTS.
- § 156.080 PF/M — PUBLIC FACILITY/MARINA.
- § 156.081 PD — PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT COMBINING DISTRICTS.
- § 156.082 AR — ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMBINING DISTRICT.
- § 156.083 Q — QUALIFIED COMBINING DISTRICT.
- § 156.095 PURPOSES.
- § 156.096 APPLICABILITY; PERMIT REQUIRED.
- § 156.097 EXEMPTIONS; NOTICE OF EXEMPT DEVELOPMENT.
- § 156.098 CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS; NOTICE OF EXCLUDED DEVELOPME…
- § 156.099 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS; FEES.
- § 156.100 ACTION ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.
- § 156.101 PUBLIC HEARING ON DEVELOPMENTS; NOTICE.
- § 156.102 NOTICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTION WHERE HEARING CONT…
- § 156.103 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE; COASTAL ZONE PROCEDURES.
- § 156.104 NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENTS NOT APPEALABLE TO THE COASTAL…
- § 156.105 RESERVED.
- § 156.106 DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE NOTICE AND HEARING PROCE…
- § 156.107 REQUIRED FINDINGS.
- § 156.108 APPEALS.
- § 156.109 FINALITY OF CITY ACTION.
- § 156.110 FINAL CITY ACTION; NOTICE.
- § 156.111 FAILURE TO ACT; NOTICE.
- § 156.112 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTION; EFFECTIVE DATE.
- § 156.113 EXHAUSTION OF LOCAL APPEALS.
- § 156.114 EMERGENCY COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.
- § 156.115 AMENDMENTS TO COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS.
- § 156.116 LAPSE OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.
- Chapter 157 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Chapter 158 — CANNABIS
- Chapter 159 — WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES