Chapter 18.24 — C-4 DISTRICT—CENTRAL TRADING DISTRICT

The C-4 district has been set forth to serve as the central trading area of the community.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223, 1968).

The following uses shall be permitted in the C-4 district, plus such other uses as the commission may deem to be similar and not more obnoxious or detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare. All uses shall be subject to the property development standards in Sections 18.24.060 through 18.24.170.

A.

Retail:

Appliance store;

Antique shop;

Bakery;

Clothing;

Confectionery (candy) with some manufacturing;

Dress shop;

Drug store;

Department store;

Furniture store, new and used;

Food store;

Food markets;

Hobby shop;

Hardware store;

Jewelry store;

Liquor store;

Musical instruments;

Notions;

Pet shop;

Pool hall;

Plants;

Stationery stores;

Variety store.

B.

Services

Accounting office;

Bank and financial institution;

Barber and beauty shops;

Building and loan shops;

Bus depot;

Communication equipment building;

Employment agency or halls;

Garden supply;

Insurance office;

Libraries and reading rooms;

Medical offices;

Medical, dental and optical laboratories;

Newspaper printing;

Post office;

Printing shop (blueprint, lithographing, publishing);

Photographic supplies;

Professional officials;

Reducing salons;

Real estate offices;

Restaurants (provided that no alcoholic beverages shall be consumed on the premises);

Self-service laundries;

Shoe shine parlor;

Shoe stores (including repair);

Super drugs;

Supermarkets;

Taxi stand;

Television and Radio sales and repair;

Tire sale;

Toy store;

Upholstery shop.

C.

Others:

Adult uses;

Apartments (four unit minimum, no duplexes);

Apartment-hotels;

Auto motels;

Bowling alleys;

Hotels;

Lodges;

Meeting halls;

Motels;

Movie theaters;

Signs.

(Ord. 85-19 §2, 1985; Ord. 84-05 §§1, 2, 3, 1984; Ord. 68-128 §5-223.1, 1968).

Uses subject to commission review and approval in the C-4 district are as follows:

Automobile parts sales (new);

Automobile sales with incidental service and repair (any service and repair shall be conducted within an enclosed building);

Automobile parking lots (subject to property development standards, Sections 18.24.060 through 18.24.170), and Sections 18.24.140 and 18.32.140, (parking standards);

Cleaners;

Drive-in cafe or restaurant;

Ice and food dispensing machines;

Used car lots.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.2, 1968).

Uses subject to conditional use permit in the C-4 district are as follows:

Art foundry/studio;

Art foundry/studio apartment;

Automobile repair (conducted within an enclosed building);

Mortuaries;

Pool halls;

Restaurants (with alcoholic beverages sold or consumed on premises); provided, that no such use shall be located within two hundred feet of a residential district; provided, however, that such use may be permitted within two hundred feet of a residential district subject to the following conditions, and such other conditions as the council finds necessary to mitigate the effect of such use on neighboring residential zone districts: that the operator of such use may operate with and only with a type 41 ABC license (beer and wine on sale-public eating place), that no more than ten percent of the gross income generated from such use shall be directly attributable to the sale of alcoholic beverages, that the owner of such use shall render quarterly reports to the city showing gross income, including income attributable to the sale of alcoholic beverages, that audible noise from the premises shall not be heard from outside the external walls of such premises, and that the operator of such use shall not apply for a license from ABC other than a category 41 license;

Sale of secondhand goods or used clothing (all goods stored, displayed and sold shall be within an entirely enclosed building);

Swap shops;

Tortilla sales and factory (handmade);

Video arcades;

Wood cabinet and furniture manufacturing, to be considered a temporary use with an approved permit valid for a maximum of two years.

(Ord. 92-05 §2, 1992: Ord. 89-07 §2, 1990: Ord. 88-04, 1988; Ord. 86-4 §1, 1986: Ord. 84-05 §6, 1984; Ord. 83-11 §l(part), 1983; Ord. 68-128 §5-223.1, 1968).

Uses expressly prohibited in the C-4 district include:

A.

New residential;

B.

Industrial;

C.

Trailer parks.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.4, 1968).

The standards in Sections 18.24.070 through 18.24.170 shall apply to all land and structures in the C-4 central trading district.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(part), 1968).

There are no lot area requirements in the C-4 district.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(B).

There are no lot dimension requirements in the C-4 district.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(B), 1968).

There are no population density requirements in the C-4 district.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(C), 1968).

The building or structure height shall not exceed six stories or seventy-five feet.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(D), 1968).

No requirements, except where the C-4 district abuts a residential district there shall be a yard of not less than ten feet wide extending the full width and length of the C-4 lot. If the C-4 district boundary is a side or rear lot line, the yard may be used for parking or loading provided a six foot high masonry wall is placed on the lot line. All storage yards shall be enclosed by a six foot high masonry wall at the lot line. If the C-4 district boundary is a street, the front and side year shall be landscaped and maintained, and a three foot masonry wall shall be erected at the setback line.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(E), 1968).

There are no requirements for the C-4 district.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(F), 1968).

There are no lot coverage requirements for the C-4 district.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(G), 1968).

A.

Within the C-4 district there shall be a minimum of one square foot of off-street parking area for every one square foot of gross floor area.

B.

The parking spaces shall be on the building site or be located within five hundred feet from the lot upon which the building is, to serve.

C.

Parking may be accomplished by membership in an assessment district (parking district) for the purpose of developing off-street parking facilities.

D.

The planning commission shall make a recommendation, in writing, before the city council shall deem any community parking area as satisfying the requirements of this section.

E.

The provisions of the P off-street parking district, Chapter 18.30, shall apply.

F.

The provisions of the general conditions Section 18.32.140 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(H), 1968).

There shall be adequate vehicular access from a dedicated and improved street, service roads or alley, the design of which shall be approved by the city. The commission shall designate the location and number of ingress and egress to the property.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(I), 1968).

The adult uses subject to the provisions of this section are recognized as having serious objectionable operational characteristics which are incompatible with, and may have a deleterious effect upon, adjacent areas. The adult uses subject to the provisions of this section shall not be located or maintained within one thousand feet of the nearest street entrance to or exit from any:

A.

Public library;

B.

Public playground or park;

C.

Public or private school, including elementary, high school or grade school;

D.

Nursery school or child-care nursery;

E.

Church, convent, monastery, synagogue or other place of worship; or

F.

Another existing adult use.

(Ord. 87-5 §2, 1987).

The intent of sign control for the C-4 commercial trading district is to control the size and general appearance of signs in relationship and proportion to the building. Therefore, signs should be somewhat uniform, not clashing with each other on the surrounding area.

A.

Size of signs attached to buildings may not exceed one square foot for each front foot of the structure or portion of the structure wherein the pertaining use is conducted, or one-half square foot of sign for each front foot of the lot upon which the structure is located. The total sign area per commercial use may not exceed one hundred square feet, for each building frontage. The minimum sign area for occupancy need not be less than forty square feet.

B.

Building frontage to be used in calculating the permitted sign area shall include frontage whereon a public entrance to the occupancy is located. Separate calculations may be made for front, side and rear entrances and separate signs may be erected on each of these building frontages.

C.

Signs shall not extend over a public sidewalk or right-of-way. All faces of signs mounted on or attached to a building shall be parallel to the face of the building except that fin-type signs shall be permitted in connection with automobile service stations.

D.

Signs on marquees shall be in proportion with the length and depth of the marquee but the sign shall not protrude below or above the marquee.

E.

No blinking, flashing, rotating or animated signs shall be permitted on the exterior of any building in this district.

F.

In cases where parking lots are adjacent to or at the rear of buildings, signs may be located on the side or rear of the building and shall be developed to the same standards as are required in the front of the buildings.

G.

Lights used on illuminated signs or advertising structures shall be so installed as to concentrate the illumination on the sign or advertising structure and so as to minimize glare upon a public street or adjacent property.

H.

Direction signs and free-standing directional signs related to the location of buildings, or related to the activities on the property on which the signs are located, shall not exceed six square feet in area for each directional sign.

I.

Billboards should not be permitted in this commercial district.

J.

Pole signs (free standing) will be permitted adjacent to parking lots. The height of the pole and the changing advertising material should be limited in size and design subject to the planning commission review and approval.

K.

Signs may not be placed on the roofs of buildings except in the case of service stations when the sign is an integral part of the structure.

L.

Public posting shall be permitted in specifically approved areas as designated by the planning commission.

M.

Parking activities. No signs, billboards or advertising structures, other than those referring to sponsorship, availability and charges for parking space, shall be permitted.

One sign for each entrance to a parking facility shall be permitted provided that the sign shall not exceed one square foot of area for each one lineal foot of street footage upon the subject lot, and further provided that no single sign shall exceed one hundred square feet in area.

Exit signs, not to exceed six square feet in area, shall be permitted at each exit from the parking lot to any abutting street or alley. All parking-lot signs shall be approved by the planning commission.

N.

Lighting. No red, green or amber lights or illuminated signs may be placed in such a position that they could reasonably be expected to interfere with or be confused with any official traffic control device or traffic signal or official directional guide sign. Lights used to illuminate signs or advertising structures shall be so installed as to concentrate the illumination on the sign or advertising structure and so as to minimize glare upon a street or adjacent property.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(J), 1968).

Number of Loading Spaces Gross Floor Area

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A. Office buildings

1. 3,500 - 50,000 square feet

2. 50,001 - 100,000 square feet

3. 100,001 - and over square feet

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B. Commercial buildings

1. 3,500 - 15,000 square feet

2. 15,001 - 45,000 square feet

3. 45,001 - 75,000 square feet

4. 75,001 - 105,000 square feet

5. 105,001 - and over square feet

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C.

A minimum loading space shall be twelve feet in width, forty feet in length and fourteen feet in vertical clearance.

D.

When a loading space abuts any alley and/or one-half the alley, the width of the lot can be considered as part of the loading space.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.5(K), 1968).

A site plan will be submitted to the planning commission for its approval before any building is erected or any parking facilities developed on any lot within the C-4 district. The provisions of Chapter 18.40 shall apply.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-223.6, 1968).