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Title 17 — ZONING›Chapter 17.12 — RESIDENTIAL ESTATES (RE) ZONE

Chapter 17.22 — COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL (C1) ZONE

Willits Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · Willits

17.22.010 - Purpose.

The community commercial (C1) zone is intended to provide services and meet the general commercial needs of the community.

(Ord. 82-4 §3 (part)).

(Ord. No. 18-03, 9-26-18)

17.22.020 - Principal permitted uses.

The following are principal permitted uses in the C1 zone:

Use Group 6 Business and professional offices;
8 Business support services;
10 General consumer services;
12 (a) General retail trade;
14 (a) Eating places;
18 Social services;
20 (a) Private educational or religious
institutions;
20 (b) Cultural or social institutions;
22 (a) Indoor sports and recreation facilities;
30 Light equipment repair and sale;
46 (a) Cremation;
46 (c) Undertaking;
57 (d) Cannabis and industrial hemp laboratories and research.

(Ord. No. 2019-01, 9-25-20; Ord. No. 18-03, 9-26-18; Ord. No. 17-01, 9-27-17; Ord. 82-4 §3 (part)).

17.22.030 - Conditional uses.

The following are conditional uses in the C1 zone:

Use Group 2 (a) Single-family residence as accessory to permitted use;
2 (b) Two-family residences;
2 (c) Group residential;
4 (b) Tourist accommodations;
12 Retail trade, except general retail trade
14 (b) Drinking places;
14 (c) Drive-in restaurants;
16 Adult entertainment;
20 (c) Health care institutions;
24 (a) Light automotive repair;
26 (d) General parking;
28 (a) Retail gasoline sales;
40 Festival activities;
46 (b) Interment;
48 Custom manufacturing;
2 (f) Supportive housing;
2 (g) Transitional housing;
2 (i) Single-room occupancy units.

(Ord. No. 18-03, 9-26-18; Ord. 91-1 §2: Ord. 89-14 §3: Ord. 82-4 §3 (part)).

17.22.040 - Lot regulations.

The following regulations apply to lots in the C1 zone:

A. Minimum lot area 6,000 square feet;
B. Minimum lot width 60 feet;
C. Minimum yards:
1. Front None, except that where frontage is in a block
which is partially in an R zone, the front yard shall
be the same as that required in such R zone;
2. Rear 15 feet, except that where a rear yard abuts on an
alley, such rear yard may be not less than 5 feet;
3. Side None, except that a side yard of a lot abutting on a
lot in an R zone shall be not less than the front yard
required in such R zone;
D. Maximum building height 45 feet.

(Ord. 90-7 §2; Ord. 82-4 §3 (part)).

Chapter 17.24 - HEAVY COMMERCIAL (C2) ZONE

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17.24.010 - Purpose.

The heavy commercial (C2) zone is intended to provide services and commercial facilities of a heavier nature than in the community commercial (C1) zone.

(Ord. 82-4 §3 (part)).

(Ord. No. 18-03, 9-26-18)

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