McFarland Municipal Code Ch. 17.82 Highway Commercial (ch) Zone District

The highway commercial (CH) zoning district is to guide development in areas which are adjacent to highway 99 and designed to accommodate those business and retail uses which provide merchandise and services desired by traveling motorists on or near highway 99. The highway commercial zoning district will address the following:

A. The need to create an attractive community appearance.

B. The need to restrain the linear pattern of commercial development.

C. The need to provide for a safe, efficient traffic flow with minimum congestion.

D. The need to provide adequate area for new commercial development.

E. The need to recognize that there are activities and uses whose survival is dependent upon highway access and visibility.

(Ord. No. 002-2020, § 1, 2-27-20)

The following general requirements shall apply in the highway commercial (CH) zoning district:

A. All business shall be conducted directly with consumers.

B. All goods produced on a premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced.

C. Except for permitted off-street parking, loading and vehicle fueling, and except as specifically allowed in Sections 17.82.030 and 17.82.040 all business, servicing, processing, sales and storage shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.

D. No building or any improvement shall be erected, placed, or altered on any building site in the highway commercial (CH) zoning district until the plans for such building or improvement, including the site plan, landscape plan, building plan and specifications, have been submitted for review and approval to the planning commission and adoption by the city council by resolution.

(Ord. No. 002-2020, § 1, 2-27-20)

The following uses are allowed in the highway commercial (CH) zoning district. All other uses not specifically listed are prohibited:

Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted in the highway commercial (CH) zoning district:

Restaurants: Fast-food with or without drive through. A maximum twenty percent of seating may be located outside.

Restaurant: Sit-down with or without full service bar (the bar must be less than twenty percent of the public seating of the total facility). A maximum twenty percent of seating may be located outside.

Hotels and motels.

Convenience stores (with and without fueling station).

Travel centers that provide amenities for the traveling public with or without fueling stations (including multi-use centers).

Temporary uses (farmers markets, fireworks stand, etc.). Temporary uses are limited to a maximum of four consecutive days of operation per month or one day per week.

(Ord. No. 002-2020, § 1, 2-27-20)

Subject to the regulations specified in Chapter 17.152 of this title, the following conditional uses may be considered for location in the highway commercial (CH) zoning district:

Auto oil and lube services vehicle (excluding major auto service and repair).

Propane and butane sales (may be located outside and must be secondary to a permitted use).

Public utilities equipment fenced compounds.

(Ord. No. 002-2020, § 1, 2-27-20)

Lots in the highway commercial (CH) zoning district shall have an area of at least seven thousand five hundred square feet per business establishment and a width of at least one hundred feet.

(Ord. No. 002-2020, § 1, 2-27-20)

The front setback for lots in the highway commercial (CH) zoning district shall be seventy feet from the property line.

(Ord. No. 002-2020, § 1, 2-27-20)

None. When a highway commercial zone is adjacent to a residential zone there shall be a minimum of a twenty feet side yard with a paved hard surface.

(Ord. No. 002-2020, § 1, 2-27-20)

There shall be behind every building a rear yard having a minimum of twenty feet with a paved hard surface.

(Ord. No. 002-2020, § 1, 2-27-20)

Building Height Regulations. Buildings and structures in the highway commercial (CH) zoning district shall not exceed sixty-five feet in height.

(Ord. No. 002-2020, § 1, 2-27-20)

Signs for each use shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 17.142 of this title.

(Ord. No. 002-2020, § 1, 2-27-20)

Parking for each use shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 17.144 of this title.

(Ord. No. 002-2020, § 1, 2-27-20)