Division 5 — CH OR RESTRICTED HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE

The CH or restricted highway commercial zone is intended for development of vehicular-oriented activities and sales along highway frontages, intermingled with compatible retail, service and administrative activities.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.60.010, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77)

(a)

Activities allowed in the CH or restricted highway commercial zone are those which do not unreasonably interfere with nearby residential uses and which are in the following categories:

(1)

Retailing, including formula retail up to ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

(2)

Personal service businesses and service businesses necessary for the conduct of households.

(3)

Office activities.

(4)

Limited manufacturing activities when a majority of sales are made on site to the ultimate consumer.

(5)

Group classes.

(6)

Specialty food retail without alcoholic beverages.

(b)

Examples of proper CH activities are grocery stores, launderettes or dry-cleaning agencies, drugstores, barbershops, appliance repair shops, and offices. Examples of activities which are not proper in the CH zone are palmists and soothsayers, manufacturing, wholesaling, or laundry or dry-cleaning plants.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.60.020, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77; Ord. No. 2304, § II, 2-18-20; Ord. No. 2342, § XVII, 8-1-23)

In addition to the activities authorized by section 29.60.420, the activities listed in the table in section 29.20.185 are allowed if a conditional use permit is issued.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.60.030, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77)

There is no minimum lot area requirement in a CH or restricted highway commercial zone.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.60.050, 6-7-76)

Minimum front, side and rear yards in a CH or restricted highway commercial zone shall be as follows:

(5)

The following minimum yard requirements apply along those property lines of a lot in the CH zone which abut or are across the street from a lot in a residential zone:

a.

Front .....25 feet

b.

Side .....15 feet

c.

Rear .....20 feet

Plus one (1) foot for each foot of building height over twenty (20) feet. A six-foot high masonry wall is required along the property line.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.60.070, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1337, 11-1-76; Ord. No. 1363, 8-1-77)

The maximum height of any building in a CH or restricted highway commercial zone is thirty-five (35) feet.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.60.080, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1337, 11-1-76; Ord. No. 1952, § II, 8-2-93)

Maximum building coverage of a lot in a CH or restricted highway commercial zone, including any type of accessory building, is fifty (50) percent.

(Ord. No. 1316, § 4.60.090, 6-7-76; Ord. No. 1337, 11-1-76)