The commercial general district is established to provide a location for commercial enterprise to serve the needs of the household consumer throughout the community. Design of the district shall focus on accommodating multi-modal transportation. A further purpose of this district shall be the provision of a complete variety of household goods and services in close proximity to one another.

(Ord. 1998-1 § 361)

A.

The commercial general district should be located with direct access to roads which are capable of carrying the traffic generated by the uses permitted in this zoning district. The intent of application of such a zone shall be to encourage the concentration of consumer business activities in locations where the resulting activity can be managed properly. Conversion of any land to these uses should be accompanied by plans to accommodate these uses in terms of public improvements, transportation and other facilities.

B.

Proposed business developments should be zoned CG if they are determined to be suitable for extensive commercial retail development in the community's future. Approval of an application or designation of CG should not be made simply on the basis of high traffic counts, but only after an evaluation of the potential public costs which might be created and the compatibility of uses which are already in place on nearby lands, and the effect on the retail business of an adjacent city. Residentially zoned dwellings in the vicinity of lands zoned CG shall be protected from the effects of commercial uses by adequate buffering and restraint of external effects.

(Ord. 1998-1 § 362)

A.

The following uses shall be permitted in the CG district:

1.

Retailing businesses for general household merchandise;

2.

Personal service businesses which provide household services as well as personal care services;

3.

Indoor recreation facilities.

B.

Professional and Business Offices. Uses which fall into this category shall include, but not be limited to the following:

1.

Advertising agencies;

2.

Amusement enterprises;

3.

Animal feed sales;

4.

Antique dealers;

5.

Arts and craft supply;

6.

Auction halls;

7.

Auto electric repair;

8.

Auto rental business;

9.

Auto repair (mechanical) and trailer repair (mechanical) when conducted fully within an enclosed building;

10.

Auto sales and leasing business;

11.

Automobile parts store;

12.

Banquet rooms and reception halls;

13.

Bars;

14.

Blueprinting or photocopying business;

15.

Business offices;

16.

Campgrounds;

17.

Car wash facilities;

18.

Catering establishments;

19.

Ceramics business;

20.

Computer sales;

21.

Cycle sales and service;

22.

Drive-in establishments;

23.

Dry cleaners and laundries;

24.

Employment agencies;

25.

Floor materials;

26.

Frozen food locker;

27.

Furniture and appliance stores;

28.

Galleries — art;

29.

Gas stations;

30.

Glass sales;

31.

Home appliance repair;

32.

Home heating and air-conditioning dealers and service;

33.

Home improvement;

34.

Household cleaning business;

35.

Kennels;

36.

Liquor stores;

37.

Mini storage;

38.

Motels and hotels;

39.

Paint or home improvement stores;

40.

Pest control business;

41.

Printing, excepting book publisher;

42.

Professional offices;

43.

Repair shop — small appliances;

44.

Residential remodeling contractors;

45.

Restaurants;

46.

Secondhand household goods stores;

47.

Shoe store, shoe repair;

48.

Sporting goods sales;

49.

Tailor shop;

50.

Theaters, drive-in or fixed seat;

51.

Tire stores;

52.

Tobacco shops;

53.

Travel agencies;

54.

Truck sales of trucks weighing less than two and one-half tons;

55.

Public utility and public service facility.

C.

Because no list of uses can be complete, decisions on specific uses will be rendered by the planning and development services office with appeal to the planning and development council available to the applicant.

(Ord. 1998-1 § 363)

( Ord. No. 2013-2 , § 1, 3-20-13)

The following uses shall be eligible for consideration as conditional uses:

A.

Wholesale businesses providing service or products to the household consumer on premises;

B.

Residential uses and agricultural uses in compliance with the standards in Section 17.52.330;

C.

Uses as set forth in Section 17.48.010.

(Ord. 1998-1 § 364)

Performance standards in a CG district shall be as follows:

A.

Landscaping shall be installed in accord with standards for commercial landscaping found elsewhere in this title. Landscaped buffer areas at least fifty (50) feet wide shall be provided along common boundaries with residentially zoned land and shall meet the requirements of Sections 17.52.310 and 17.52.320.

B.

Pedestrian and bicycle facilities shall be provided on all sites except where the applicant can show that they are not, and will not be, needed.

C.

All setback areas shall be landscaped to the standards set forth in this title. Variation from the established standards may be granted for good cause, by the office of planning and development services.

(Ord. 1998-1 § 365)

( Ord. No. 2013-2 , § 1, 3-20-13; Ord. No. 2016-3 , § 1, 5-4-16)

A.

Planned unit developments may be proposed in the CG district for uses permitted within the district provided that municipal water and sewer is provided and limited to locations within area of city impact (ACI).

B.

Exceptions to specific terms of the CG district as they directly affect building bulk and placement or intensity of building use may be considered within the context of a planned unit development as defined by this title. Planned unit development net density may be up to seven times greater than that which is permitted in the commercial general district for a single family dwelling. Only the uses listed above as permitted or permitted by conditional use permit shall be permitted in a planned unit development in this district.

C.

Minimum size for a planned unit development in the CG district shall be five acres. Exceptions to this standard shall be treated as a variance concerning building bulk of placement. Maximum size is twenty-five (25) acres and maximum one hundred seventy-five (175) lots or dwelling units.

D.

Planned unit developments on a city boundary must be annexed into that city which has designated that land to be within its area of impact. In the event the city declines in writing to annex the development, the county shall hear the application in accordance with its area of impact agreement with the city, or Idaho Code shall apply if none exists.

(Ord. 1998-1 § 366)

(Ord. No. 2008-4, § 1, 12-18-08; Ord. No. 2013-2 , § 1, 3-20-13)

The following table sets forth building bulk and placement standards for the commercial general district:

COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT
Minimum Setbacks (feet) ⁽¹⁾

Nonresidential Uses and Conditional Uses: To be determined by the planning and development council.

One acre minimum lot area; larger sizes may be required by the health department.

Notes:

⁽¹⁾  Setbacks. All structures shall be one hundred (100) feet from any stream or riparian area, with the exception of approved culverts which comply with all requirements of the Bannock County Office of Planning and Development Services, as well as any other recognized jurisdiction.

^(a)  Or as determined by planning and development council for conditional use permit.

(Ord. 1998-1 § 367)

( Ord. No. 2013-2 , § 1, 3-20-13; Ord. No. 2018-06 , § 1, 3-27-18)