Chapter 18.32 — C-P, C-1, C-2, C-2s, C-2sH, AND C-3 COMMERCIAL ZONES

The regulations set out in this chapter shall apply in the C-P, C-1, C-2, C-2s, C-2sH, and C-3 commercial zones unless otherwise provided in this title.

• A. The C-P zone is intended to provide for the establishment of medical and other professional offices and related types of uses and facilities.

• B. The C-2s and C-2sH zones are intended to serve as a planned unified shopping center. (Ord. 1719 § 1, 2010; Ord. 1750 § 3, 2014)

See Section 18.06.040 .

(Ord. 1719 § 1, 2010)

• A. In the C-P zone accessory uses consisting of commercial facilities related and incidental to the uses permitted.

• B. In the C-1 and C-2, C-2s, C-2sH, and C-3 zones the following accessory uses are permitted:

  1. The accessory buildings necessary to such use located on the same lot or parcel of land, including storage structures for the exclusive use of the patrons of the stores or businesses listed in Section 18.06.040 .

  2. Processing or treatment of products which is clearly incidental to the business conducted on the premises; and provided, that no more than five persons and not more than fifty percent of the full area of the building is used in the manufacture or manufacturing or treatment of products and that such operations or products are not objectionable due to noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibration or other similar causes.

• (Ord. 1719 § 1, 2010; Ord. 1750 § 3, 2014)

In the C-P, C-1, C-2, C-2s, C-2sH, and C-3 zones the following standards of development shall apply:

• A. Building Height.

Table 18.32.040.A.1 Zone Maximum Height Limit C-3 6 stories not to exceed 75 feet

1. No penthouse or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment; towers, steeples, or other structures shall exceed the height limit provided in this title.

2. Exception: Radio and television masts, camouflaged wireless communication facilities, flagpoles, chimneys and smokestacks may extend not more than thirty feet above the height limit provided in this chapter; provided, however, that the same may be safely erected and maintained at such height in view of the surrounding conditions and circumstances.

• B. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than fifteen feet. In cases where a structure is built adjacent to this setback and the building height exceeds twenty-five feet, the front yard setback shall be increased to twenty feet in front of the structure.

Exception: Existing properties with approved building structures are exempt from this requirement but must maintain existing front yard setbacks. No new improvements will be permitted within the front fifteen- or twenty-foot setback area based on the location and height of the structures on the property. Total new construction shall be limited to fifty percent of the assessed value of the existing structures as established by the county assessor's office.

• C. Side Yard. Where a lot abuts upon a lot in any R zone, there shall be a side yard of five feet. There shall be a side yard along the street side of all corner lots of ten feet. In all other cases, a side yard for a commercial building shall not be required.

• D. Rear Yard. There shall be behind every building a rear yard having a minimum depth of twenty feet. Where there is an alley at the rear of the lot, such rear yard may be measured to the center of the alley.

• E. The maximum intensity of development shall be equal or less than the following floor area ratios:

• F. Parking and Loading. See Chapter 18.14 , Off-Street Parking Requirements. (Ord. 1719 § 1, 2010; Ord. 1750 § 3, 2014; Ord. 1852, 12/4/2023)

In the C-P, C-1, C-2, C-2s, C-2sH, and C-3 zones the following special development standards shall apply:

• A. Walls and Fences. See Section 18.12.070 Fences, walls, and hedges and Section 18.12.080 Required walls.

• B. Signs. See Chapter 18.23 .

• C. Design Review. In the C-P, C-1, C-2, C-2s, C-2sH, and C-3 zones site plan/design review is required as follows:

  1. Design plans for the parking lot (new and rehabilitation), minor repair to the exterior of the building, walls and fences, minor exterior or site changes, exterior colors, installation of mechanical equipment, minor exterior building changes such as doors and windows, freestanding signs and neon sign, and similar projects shall be reviewed and approved by the director of community development or designee,

prior to the issuance of any building permits. The decision of the director may be appealed to the planning commission.

2. All new development, major remodeling or structural rehabilitation of more than twenty-five percent of the building area, and additions which results in additional floor area, shall be subject to design review by the planning commission in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 18.68 of this title.

• D. Miscellaneous Requirements.

  1. Such stores, shops or businesses except automobile service stations, newsstands, and outdoor garden centers shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed building.

  2. All public entrances to such stores, shops or businesses shall be from the principal street upon which the property abuts or within fifty feet thereof, except that a rear or side entrance from the building to a public parking area may be provided.

  3. Every dwelling, commercial, manufacturing or industrial building shall be on a lot having frontage upon a dedicated street or upon a private roadway or easement providing access to a dedicated street.

  4. Exception: No building permits shall be issued on any lot not having frontage on a dedicated street until the applicant has applied for and secured a zone variance as per Chapter 18.76 .

  5. All mechanical equipment shall be screened behind a permanent structure and all roof-top equipment shall be screened by a permanent parapet wall and shall not be visible from grade level or adjacent higher street elevations. Such screening shall be as high as the highest portion of equipment and shall be readily accessible for maintenance.

• E. Transportation Demand Management.

  1. All new development projects that are estimated to employ a total of two hundred fifty or more persons, including substantial building expansions, as determined in Chapter 18.20 is subject to this section.

  2. All applicable developments shall provide a transportation demand management strategy plan pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 18.20 .

(Ord. 1719 § 1, 2010; Ord. 1748 § 3, 2013; Ord. 1750 § 3, 2014; Ord. 1852, 12/4/2023)