The commercial highway or C-H district is established to provide space for highway related enterprises adjacent to major routes of travel, so regulated as to prevent the impairment of safe and efficient movement of traffic and to encourage attractive development, compatible with adjacent residential uses.

(Code 1985, § 17.56.010; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.28.010), 1984)

The following uses shall be permitted in the C-H district and no building or structure shall be used or designed, erected, structurally altered, or enlarged except for the following purposes:

A.

Retail sales within a building such as:

1.

Drug stores;

2.

Grocery, fruit and vegetable stores;

3.

Meat markets or delicatessen stores;

4.

Barbershops and beauty shops;

5.

Clothes cleaning pickup agency with incidental pressing (no exhaust of steam on any public way);

6.

Dressmaking and millinery shops;

7.

Shoe repair and sales shops;

8.

Tailor shops;

9.

Automobile parking lots related to a permitted commercial use;

10.

Offices, business and professional;

11.

Auditoriums and meeting halls for fraternal and service organizations;

12.

Automobile sales, new and used cars, including incidental repairs and servicing when conducted within an entirely enclosed permanent building (not including body and fender work or painting);

13.

Bakeries employing not more than ten persons on the premises and not engaged in the wholesaling of merchandise to other stores either within or outside of the community;

14.

Banks, building and loan agencies, lending institutions;

15.

Launderettes;

16.

Libraries, public and private;

17.

Medical and dental laboratories;

18.

Movie theaters;

19.

Music and vocal instruction studios;

20.

Natatoriums (public swimming pools);

21.

Public garages or parking buildings with only incidental service facilities and with no body or fender repairs or painting permitted;

22.

Photographers;

23.

Restaurants;

24.

Secondhand goods, sold, displayed and stored within an entirely enclosed building;

25.

Service stations;

26.

Tire recapping (with the provision that not less than 51 percent of the total dollar volume of sales shall be at retail to the ultimate consumer);

27.

Taxidermists;

28.

Plumbing sales and service, provided sales, display, incidental repairs and storage are maintained within an entirely enclosed building;

29.

Establishments where alcoholic beverages are served, or commercial places of amusement where live entertainment or music for dancing is provided;

30.

Used car and trailer sales lot;

31.

Ice storage (maximum five-ton capacity);

32.

Parking buildings or garages;

33.

Repair garages, including automobile and truck repairs, painting and upholstering (conducted entirely within an enclosed building);

34.

Super-service stations;

35.

Lumber yards, including the cutting of lumber to size but permitting no other milling operations;

36.

Automobiles, trucks, airplanes, motorcycles, bicycles, and machinery repair and sales, provided that the activities are contained in an entirely enclosed building;

37.

Bowling alleys;

38.

Mechanical auto washes;

39.

Motels and motor hotels;

40.

Mortuaries and funeral parlors;

41.

Wedding chapels;

42.

Television and radio sales and service, provided all sales, display, incidental repairs and storage are maintained within an entirely enclosed building;

43.

Electrical supplies, sales and service, provided sales, display, incidental repairs and storage are maintained within an entirely enclosed building;

44.

Health clubs and gymnasiums;

45.

Smoking lounges (subject to chapter 17.78);

46.

Smoking or vaping retailers (subject to chapter 17.78).

B.

The planning commission may grant a use permit to such other uses as they deem similar but not more obnoxious to surrounding use, nor detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the public.

(Code 1985, § 17.56.020; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.28.020), 1984; Ord. No. 550, § 2D, 4-11-2016)

Uses expressly prohibited are as follows:

A.

Industrial uses;

B.

Junkyard.

(Code 1985, § 17.56.030; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.28.030), 1984)

The minimum requirements for yards in a C-H district shall be as follows:

A.

Depth of front yard: 15 feet;

B.

Depth of rear yard: ten feet;

C.

Side yards: zero.

(Code 1985, § 17.56.040; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.28.040), 1984)

No building in a C-H district shall have a height in excess of 30 feet or two stories.

(Code 1985, § 17.56.050; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.28.050), 1984)

The minimum building site area or lot in the C-H district shall be 10,000 square feet. The minimum width of a lot shall be 75 feet.

(Code 1985, § 17.56.060; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.28.060), 1984)

Exterior signs in all commercial districts shall meet the requirements of city sign regulations and require a permit to be issued by the building inspector before commencing work.

(Code 1985, § 17.56.070; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.28.070), 1984)

A.

Each parking space for nonresidential use shall have a minimum width of nine feet by 20 feet; however, up to 25 percent of all required parking spaces may be designated for compact vehicles, with dimensions not less than eight feet wide and 16 feet in length.

B.

Where two or more uses occupy the same building or premises, the required number of spaces shall be the sum of the number required for each use when calculated separately.

C.

The number of spaces required for the various types of uses and buildings shall be as follows:

1.

For churches, theaters, auditoriums, clubhouses, fraternity or sorority houses where the principal use is not to provide overnight facilities, and similar places of assembly: at least one space for each five seats in the principal assembly room, counting 24 inches of seating space on a bench as one seat. In cases where temporary or movable seats are provided, there shall be one space for every 40 square feet of area within the assembly room. In cases of a use without a building, there shall be one space for each five persons normally attending or using the facilities.

2.

For hospitals: one space for every three beds provided for, or one space for every 1,500 square feet of gross floor area.

3.

For convalescent, nursing or rest homes, sanitaria, or homes for the care of children or aged: one space for each four beds.

4.

For hotels: one space for every one guestroom.

5.

For motels, boardinghouses, clubhouses, fraternity or sorority houses where the principal use is to provide overnight facilities: one space for each guestroom, plus one space for each three beds in a dormitory in any of the above.

6.

For trailer parks or mobile home parks: two spaces on each trailer lot, plus one additional space within the park for each ten trailer lots.

7.

For retail stores, administrative and professional offices: one space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.

8.

For retail stores handling only durable goods or bulky merchandise (such as machinery, furniture and vehicle sales): once space for each 800 square feet of gross floor area.

9.

For manufacturing or industrial buildings: one space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area, or one space for every two employees on the largest work shift, whichever is larger.

10.

For warehouses and storage buildings and yards, nursery sales, contractor and lumber yards, and public utilities services: one space for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one space for each 2,000 square feet of open land on the premises.

11.

For bowling alleys: six spaces for each alley.

12.

For restaurants, cafes, bars or other eating or drinking establishments: one space for every four seats, or one space for each 50 square feet of gross floor area of the room or rooms used for eating or drinking purposes.

13.

For auto repair or auto body shops: four spaces for every working stall.

14.

For health clubs and gymnasiums: one space for every 100 square feet of gross floor area used for the principal activities.

D.

The required number of spaces for a use not specifically mentioned in this section shall be the same as the use specified which has similar traffic-generating characteristics, as determined by the city planning department.

(Code 1985, § 17.56.080; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.28.080), 1984; Ord. No. 584, § 4, 1-9-2023)

The location, number and width of all access points shall be as approved by the city planning department. In no case shall the width be less than 12 feet for a one-way access or less than 24 feet for a two-way access. In no case shall the nearest edge of the access point be closer than 12 feet to the end of the curb return at a street intersection.

(Code 1985, § 17.56.090; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.28.090), 1984)