2.2 C-2: COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONE

The Community Commercial or C-2 Zone is intended to apply to areas where more complete commercial facilities are necessary for community convenience. The following regulations shall apply in all Community Commercial or C-2 Zones. (Former Section INL#314-37; Amended by Ord. 2214, 6/6/00; Amended by Ord. 2472, Sec. 1, 2/14/12)

314-2.2 C-2: COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL Principal Permitted Uses Social halls, fraternal and social organizations, and clubs.

Professional and business offices, and commercial instruction.

Stores, agencies and services of a light commercial character, conducted entirely within an enclosed building, such as antique shops, art galleries, retail bakeries, banks, barber shops, beauty salons, bookstores, clothing and apparel stores, coin-operated dry cleaning and laundries, dry cleaning and laundry agencies, drugstores, florists, food markets, furniture stores, hardware and appliance stores, radio and television sales and services, restaurants and licensed premises appurtenant thereto, automobile service stations, studios, tailor shops, enclosed theaters, variety stores, and mortuaries. (From Section INL#314-34(a)(3))

Caretaker’s residence which is incidental to and under the same ownership as an existing commercial use. (From Section INL#314-34(a)(5); Added by Ord. 2166, Sec. 14, 4/7/98)

Stores, agencies and services such as minor automobile repair; new automobile, trailer and boat sales, and used automobile, trailer and boat sales appurtenant thereto; bowling alleys; licensed premises not appurtenant to any restaurant, pet shops, public garages, and sales of used or secondhand goods. (From Section INL#314-34(b)(3); Ord. 1086, Sec. 8, 7/13/76)

The Humboldt County Code is current through Ordinance 2784, passed March 10, 2026.

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314-2.2 C-2: COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL
Within Housing Opportunity Zones multiple dwellings on the upper floors of multistory structures where
below are commercial establishments engaged in uses designated “Principally Permitted” or “Conditionally
Permitted” in the C-2 Zone.
Emergency shelters. (Amended by Ord. 2472, Sec. 1, 2/14/12)
Tiny house villages and dependent unit villages with connection to public water and wastewater.
Commercial Residential.
Emergency dependent unit villages.
Uses Permitted With a Special Permit
Outside Housing Opportunity Zones, apartments on the upper floors of multistory structures where below
are establishments engaged in commercial uses designated “Principally Permitted” or “Conditionally
Permitted” in the C-2 Zone. (Added by Ord. 2313A, 12/16/2003, Amended by Ord. 2235, 12/14/2004)
Single-room occupancy facilities which are conversions of existing buildings. (Amended by Ord. 2472, Sec.
1, 2/14/12)
Tiny house villages and dependent unit villages without connection to public water and wastewater.
Supportive housing may be located on the ground floor with a special permit.
Uses Permitted With a Use Permit
Hotels, motels, boarding and rooming houses, and manufactured home parks.
Small animal hospitals completely enclosed within a building.
Stores, agencies and services such as carpentry and cabinet-making shops, clothing manufacture,
contractors’ yards, dry cleaning and laundry plants, handicraft manufacture, lumber yards, metalworking
shops, wholesale outlet stores, painters’ and decorators’ yards, plumbing shops, printing, lithographing
and major auto repair. (Amended by Ord. 1848, Sec. 14, 9/13/88)
Any use not specifically enumerated in this division, if it is similar to and compatible with the uses
permitted in the C-2 Zone.
Other Regulations
Minimum Lot Area 2,000 square feet.
Minimum Lot Width Twenty-five feet (25').
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314-2.2 C-2: COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL
Minimum Yard Setbacks*
Front None, except that where frontage is in a block which is partially in a
Residential Zone (RS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4) the front yard shall be the same
as that required in such Residential Zone.
Rear Fifteen feet (15'), except that where a rear yard abuts on an alley, such
rear yard may be not less than five feet (5').
Side None, except that a side yard of an interior lot abutting on a
Residential Zone (RS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4) or Agricultural Zone (AE, AG)
shall be not less than the front yard required in such Residential Zone
or Agricultural Zone.
Maximum Ground Coverage (None specified.)
Maximum Building Height Seventy-five feet (75').
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feet (5').
Side None, except that a side yard of an interior lot abutting on a
Residential Zone (RS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4) or Agricultural Zone (AE, AG)
shall be not less than the front yard required in such Residential Zone
or Agricultural Zone.
Maximum Ground Coverage (None specified.)
Maximum Building Height Seventy-five feet (75').
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*** Note:** Setbacks may be modified by other provisions of this Code or State law. For example, see Section 314-22.1, “Alquist-Priolo Fault Hazard” and the “Fire Safe” Regulations at Title III, Division 11.

(Former Section INL#314-37(c)(1-2); Ord. 1086, Sec. 8, 7/13/76)