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Title 18 — ZONING ORDINANCE›Chapter 18.04 — PURPOSE

Chapter 18.32 — C-1 ZONE—LIMITED COMMERCIAL

Sutter Creek Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · Sutter Creek

18.32.010 - Regulations designated.

The following regulations apply to the C-1 limited commercial zone unless otherwise provided in this title.

18.32.015 - Purpose.

The limited commercial district is designed to provide office, medical, and convenient services and products to residents on a daily basis.

(Ord. 373, §16(a), 2023)

18.32.020 - Permitted uses.

Uses permitted in the C-1 zone are:

A.

Any of the following uses:

1.

Bakeries;

2.

Day care center—adult (fourteen or fewer clients);

3.

Banks and automatic teller machines;

4.

Barber shops;

5.

Beauty shops;

6.

Book stores;

7.

Confectionery stores;

8.

Day care center—child (fourteen or fewer clients);

9.

Dental clinics or offices;

10.

Dressmaking or millinery shops;

11.

Drug stores;

Financial service offices;

13.

Fire stations and public safety training facilities

14.

Dry cleaning, pressing and laundry establishments using non-inflammable and non-explosive cleaning fluid;

Fitness/health studios, spas;

16.

Dry goods or notions stores;

17.

Sales and repair of electric appliances and electronic goods;

Florist shops;

Gift shops;

Grocery, fruit, and vegetable stores;

21.

Hardware stores;

Jewelry stores;

Live-work units;

Meat markets or delicatessen stores;

Medical clinics;

Medical and dental laboratories;

27.

Offices, professional;

28.

Photographic shops;

29.

Restaurants, tea rooms or cafés where all customers are served at a table or counter (excluding dancing, entertainment and sale of intoxicating liquors);

30.

Shoe stores or shoe repair shops;

31.

Stationery stores; and

32.

Tailoring, clothing or wearing apparel shops;

33.

Veterinarian clinics.

B.

The above specified businesses shall be professional offices or retail establishments permitted only under the following conditions:

1.

Such businesses shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed building. Businesses proposing outdoor uses shall do so only on application to and approval by the planning commission as a conditional use;

2.

Products made incidental to a permitted use may be sold at retail on the premises;

3.

All public entrances to such businesses shall be from the principal street upon which the property abuts, except that a rear or side entrance from the building to a public parking area may be provided;

4.

Refer to chapter 15.16 for signage requirements and chapter 13.12 for obstructions to public way requirements;

5.

The accessory buildings necessary to such use located on the same lot or parcel of land, including a storage building for the exclusive use of the patrons of the above stores or businesses;

6.

Day care center—adult, with fifteen or more clients, requires an application and approval by the planning commission as a conditional use; and

7.

Day care center—child, with fifteen or more clients, requires an application and approval by the planning commission as a conditional use.

C.

Any use conducted within a C-1 zone shall comply with the provisions of chapter 18.50, site plans.

(Ord. 373, §16(b), 2023)

18.32.030 - Buildings—Height limitations.

Maximum building height in the C-1 zone shall be limited to three stories and shall not exceed forty feet.

(Ord. 373, §16(c), 2023)

18.32.040 - Yard—Front.

All buildings shall be located at least ten feet from the front lot line; provided, that where existing buildings on sheets within a block average less than the required setback, the provisions of section 18.10.110 shall apply.

18.32.050 - Yard—Side.

Five feet or in conformance with the California Building Code.

(Ord. 373, §2, 2023)

18.32.060 - Yard—Rear.

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

18.32.070 - Area requirements.

18.32.080 - Buildings—Required distance between.

18.32.090 - Lot coverage.

Building lot coverage shall not exceed eighty-five percent of the lot area.

18.32.100 - Residential density.

Maximum development density shall be sixteen to twenty-nine units per acre, as established in City of Sutter Creek General Plan Land Use Element Table 4-3, and dependent upon site conditions and constraints. See 18.62 regarding density bonus allocations.

(Ord. 373, §16(d), 2023)

Chapter 18.36 - C-2 ZONE—COMMERCIAL

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▸Contents — Sutter Creek Zoning Code
Sutter Creek Zoning Code
  1. Title 18 — ZONING ORDINANCE
  2. ▸Title 18 — ZONING ORDINANCE
    Overview
    1. ▸Chapter 18.04 — PURPOSE
      Overview
      1. Chapter 18.06 — PROCEDURES
      2. Chapter 18.10 — General Provisions
      3. Chapter 18.12 — ZONES
      4. Chapter 18.13 — RR ZONE—RESIDENTIAL RANCHETTE ZONING DISTRICT
      5. Chapter 18.14 — RE ZONE—RESIDENTIAL ESTATE
      6. Chapter 18.15 — RL ZONE—RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY
      7. Chapter 18.16 — R-1 ZONE—ONE FAMILY DWELLING
      8. Chapter 18.20 — R-2 ZONE—TWO FAMILY DWELLING
      9. Chapter 18.28 — R-3 ZONE—MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLINGS
      10. Chapter 18.29 — PS ZONE—PUBLIC SERVICE
      11. Chapter 18.30 — MH COMBINING ZONE—MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMBINING
      12. Chapter 18.32 — C-1 ZONE—LIMITED COMMERCIAL
      13. Chapter 18.36 — C-2 ZONE—COMMERCIAL
      14. Chapter 18.38 — DTC ZONE—DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL
      15. Chapter 18.39 — MU ZONE—MIXED USE
      16. Chapter 18.40 — I-1 ZONE—LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
      17. Chapter 18.41 — I-2 ZONE—HEAVY INDUSTRIAL
      18. Chapter 18.42 — PD COMBINING ZONE—PLANNED DEVELOPMENT COMBINING
      19. Chapter 18.43 — OS ZONE—OPEN SPACE
      20. Chapter 18.44 — R ZONE—RECREATION
      21. Chapter 18.45 — DESIGN STANDARDS
      22. Chapter 18.46 — NONCONFORMING BUILDINGS AND USES
      23. Chapter 18.47 — SPECIAL EVENTS
      24. Chapter 18.48 — OFF-STREET PARKING
      25. Chapter 18.49 — TELECOMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL GENERATING TO…
      26. Chapter 18.50 — SITE PLANS
      27. Chapter 18.52 — VARIANCES
      28. Chapter 18.54 — ZONE CHANGES
      29. Chapter 18.56 — ZONING UPON ANNEXATION
      30. Chapter 18.58 — ACCOMMODATIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
      31. Chapter 18.60 — CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
      32. § 18.060
      33. Chapter 18.61 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
      34. Chapter 18.62 — DENSITY BONUSES
      35. Chapter 18.66 — SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION
      36. Chapter 18.68 — ENFORCEMENT

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