Chapter 17.36 — SERVICE COMMERCIAL (C-S) ZONE

The C-S zone is intended to provide for a wide range of service and manufacturing uses to meet local needs and some demands of the region, including services, limited retail, and other business service uses that may be less appropriate in the City’s other commercial zones. The C-S zone is also intended to accommodate certain storage, transportation, wholesaling, and light manufacturing uses. The C-S zone is intended to be applied primarily to areas that have more public exposure on arterial streets than areas reserved for manufacturing uses.

The general property development standards for the C-S zone shall be as set forth in Table 2-20: C-S Zone Development Standards. See also Section 16.18.030 (Subdivisions; Lot Dimensions) for minimum lot dimensions.

Table 2-20: C-S Zone Development Standards

• A. Maximum Retail Building Size in the C-S zone. No retail establishment (commercial building) shall exceed 60,000 square feet of gross floor area, unless excepted by Section 17.16.035 for nonconforming structures per Chapter 17.92 (Nonconforming Structures).

• B. Offices in the C-S Zone. The approval of an office facility in the C-S zone shall require that the review authority find that:

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1. The project will be compatible with existing and allowed land uses in the area; and

2. The project will not preclude industrial or service commercial uses in areas especially suited for these uses when compared with offices.

• C. Medical Services in the C-S zone. In order to T he approval o fe a Medical Office, Dental Office, or Clinic in the C- S zone shall require that , t he review authority shall be required to make all of the following find that ings:

  1. The proposed medical service is compatible with surrounding land uses; .

  2. The proposed medical service is located along a street designated as an arterial or commercial collector in the circulation element; and

  3. The project will not preclude service commercial uses in areas especially suited for these uses when compared with medical services.

• D. Commercial Recreational in the C-S zone. The approval of a commercial recreational facility in the C-S zone shall require that the review authority to find that:

  1. The proposed use will serve the community, in whole or in significant part;

  2. The project will be compatible with existing and allowed land uses in the area; and

  3. The project will not preclude other industrial or service commercial uses in areas especially suited for these uses when compared with recreational facilities.

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