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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- Title 18 — ZONING ORDINANCE
▸Title 18 — ZONING ORDINANCE
Overview▸Chapter 18.04 — PURPOSE
Overview- Chapter 18.06 — PROCEDURES
- Chapter 18.10 — General Provisions
- Chapter 18.12 — ZONES
- Chapter 18.13 — RR ZONE—RESIDENTIAL RANCHETTE ZONING DISTRICT
- Chapter 18.14 — RE ZONE—RESIDENTIAL ESTATE
- Chapter 18.15 — RL ZONE—RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY
- Chapter 18.16 — R-1 ZONE—ONE FAMILY DWELLING
- Chapter 18.20 — R-2 ZONE—TWO FAMILY DWELLING
- Chapter 18.28 — R-3 ZONE—MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLINGS
- Chapter 18.29 — PS ZONE—PUBLIC SERVICE
- Chapter 18.30 — MH COMBINING ZONE—MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMBINING
- Chapter 18.32 — C-1 ZONE—LIMITED COMMERCIAL
- Chapter 18.36 — C-2 ZONE—COMMERCIAL
- Chapter 18.38 — DTC ZONE—DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL
- Chapter 18.39 — MU ZONE—MIXED USE
- Chapter 18.40 — I-1 ZONE—LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
- Chapter 18.41 — I-2 ZONE—HEAVY INDUSTRIAL
- Chapter 18.42 — PD COMBINING ZONE—PLANNED DEVELOPMENT COMBINING
- Chapter 18.43 — OS ZONE—OPEN SPACE
- Chapter 18.44 — R ZONE—RECREATION
- Chapter 18.45 — DESIGN STANDARDS
- Chapter 18.46 — NONCONFORMING BUILDINGS AND USES
- Chapter 18.47 — SPECIAL EVENTS
- Chapter 18.48 — OFF-STREET PARKING
- Chapter 18.49 — TELECOMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL GENERATING TO…
- Chapter 18.50 — SITE PLANS
- Chapter 18.52 — VARIANCES
- Chapter 18.54 — ZONE CHANGES
- Chapter 18.56 — ZONING UPON ANNEXATION
- Chapter 18.58 — ACCOMMODATIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
- Chapter 18.60 — CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
- § 18.060
- Chapter 18.61 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
- Chapter 18.62 — DENSITY BONUSES
- Chapter 18.66 — SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION
- Chapter 18.68 — ENFORCEMENT