Chapter 17.22 — C-1—RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT

The purpose of the C-1 district is to designate and promote the orderly development of the business district as primarily a retail shopping facility to serve present and future needs of the community.

The following regulations shall apply in all C-1 districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapters 17.48 through 17.52 .

(Ord. 354 § 4.27.1, 1973)

The following uses wholly within a building are permitted:

• (1) Department stores, apparel shops, tailor shops, fur shops, dressmaking or millinery shops, sewing, yardage, draperies and variety stores, show stores, shoe repair when accessory to retail sales;

• (2) Drug stores, book stores, banks, savings and loan offices and financial institutions;

• (3) Cameras, photographic supplies and photographic studios;

• (4) Cafés and restaurants engaged exclusively in the service of food, and catering shops;

• (5) Grocery, meat, fruit and vegetable stores, florists, bakeries (retail only) and off-sale liquor stores;

• (6) Furniture, rugs, appliances, hardware, homeware, gift shop, china, art, specialty, antiques, jewelry, hobby and toy shops, stationery and office supplies, sporting goods and smoke shops;

• (7) Music and records, T.V. and radio, radio and electronic parts and supplies, retail only. (Radio, T.V. and appliance repair service, when accessory to retail sales);

• (8) Professional, sales representatives and administrative offices. Public utility offices and uses not including storage yards.

• (Ord. 354 § 4.27.2, 1973; Ord. 420 § 3, 1980; Ord. 569 § 1, 1994)

Uses subject to permits are as follows:

• (1) Outdoor sales, when of a permanent character, not including drive-in establishments;

• (2) Launderettes, coin-operated laundries and cleaning shops, laundry and cleaning agencies, barber and beauty shops, secondhand sales stores;

• (3) Drinking establishments;

• (4) Cafés and restaurants engaged in the service of both food and alcoholic beverages if the primary business is the service of food and the service of alcoholic beverages is only incidental

thereto;

• (5) Mixed commercial and residential uses in a single two-story building, provided that: (A) residential use is restricted to the second floor of such building, and (B) the residential use does not occupy a greater area of floor space than the commercial use;

• (6) Private and public parking lots and garages;

• (7) Any architectural feature exceeding the maximum set out in Section 17.22.060 ;

• (8) Churches, provided that all church activities are conducted within a building;

• (9) Any other similar use which the planning commission finds not to be inconsistent with the uses set out herein

(Ord. 354 § 4.27.3, 1973; Ord. 420 § 3, 1980; Ord. 424 § 2, 1980; Ord. 474 § 2, 1985; Ord. 487 § 2, 1985; Ord. 540 § 1, 1990; Ord. 569 § 2, 1994; Ord. 783 § 8, 2020)

• (1) Accessory dwelling units, in conformance with the standards of Chapter 17.47 .

• (2) Accessory buildings shall be permitted only if constructed simultaneously with or subsequent to the main building on the same lot.

(3) Accessory uses which are normally incidental to uses permitted. (Ord. 354 § 4.27.4, 1973; Ord. 808 § 33, 2022)

• (1) Aggregate total sign face(s) and height shall not exceed standards set out in Chapter 17.55 .

• (2) No flashing, running, scintillating or similar lights or lighting is permitted. There shall be no excessive light, glare or reflection into pedestrian or traffic ways, not shall there by any animation or motion.

• (Ord. 354 § 4.27.5, 1973)

• (1) Architectural features such as cornices, eaves, canopies, awnings, marquees or similar projections may encroach a maximum of seventy-two inches into any public right-of-way not including the travelled way, providing a minimum of eight foot clearance is maintained to grade or sidewalk, and twelve-inch encroachment is permissive providing a minimum of seven feet clearance is maintained.

• (2) Flower boxes, planters and architectural features placed on grade or not to exceed thirty-six inches of the grade or sidewalk, shall not exceed a twelve-inch encroachment.

• (3) No encroachment shall be permitted into a vehicle traffic way.

• (4) No wall shall exceed eight feet in height and where there are access driveways, three feet. (Ord. 354 § 4.27.6, 1973)

No building shall be more than two stories, nor more than thirty feet in height. (Ord. 354 § 4.27.7, 1973; Ord. 429 § 1, 1980)

Unless optional design standards are used as set out in Section 17.22.110 :

• (1) Minimum building site shall be twenty-five hundred square feet;

(2) Minimum lot width shall be twenty-five feet. (Ord. 354 § 4.27.8, 1973)

The maximum coverage of a lot by all structures may be one hundred percent less required parking. (Ord. 354 § 4.27.9, 1973)

Unless otherwise required in Chapters 17.48 — 17.52 , establishing plan lines, or unless optional design standards have been used as set out in Section 17.22.110 : Front, Side and Rear Yard. None specified, except when lot abuts a lot in an R district, then ten feet. (Ord. 354 § 4.27.10, 1973)

Where a development has been approved by the planning commission under the optional design and improvement standards of the subdivision title, such approved building sites, coverage and yards under such plan shall be considered as the requirements of this title. (Ord. 354 § 4.27.11, 1973)

The provision of Chapter 17.52 shall apply in determining the amount of parking space that must be provided for each use. The parking space and loading areas shall be improved as set forth in said chapter.

(Ord. 354 § 4.27.12, 1973)

Detailed drawings showing elevations, site plans, landscaping plans, use and treatment of ground around buildings and structures, off-street parking, physical features such as trees, utility poles, lighting, hydrants, driveways, fences, signs, trash and garbage collection areas adequately screened shall be submitted for any development or redevelopment and approved by the planning commission prior to issuance of a building permit. Plan approval shall conform in the spirit and intent of any prior plans adopted by the city.

All outdoor sales establishments, drive-in uses, automobile parking lots, minimum landscaping required, five percent of the gross area of the building site. Such landscaping shall be maintained as a condition of the use.

(Ord. 354 § 4.27.13, 1973)