The purpose of the C-2 district is to establish, preserve and expand a general business district, providing a wide variety of goods and services for the city.

(Ord. 5-91 (part), 1991)

Except as otherwise provided, no new building, structure or land use shall be erected or used in a C-2 district except:

1.

Animal clinics and animal treatment centers;

2.

Apartments located within a business structure;

3.

Arcades/amusement centers;

4.

Assisted living;

5.

Automobile park, sales area or service center;

6.

Automobile service stations;

7.

Banks, savings and loans, and finance companies;

8.

Bars, taverns, retail liquor stores, and cocktail lounges;

9.

Bed and breakfast;

10.

Bed and breakfast homestay;

11.

Bed and breakfast inn;

12.

Business, general retail;

13.

Chapels and mortuaries;

14.

Churches;

15.

Clubs or lodges;

16.

Convenience establishment, medium volume;

17.

Dance studios;

18.

Day care, adult;

19.

Child care center;

20.

Family child care center—zoning review;

21.

Family child care home;

22.

Family child care home—zoning review;

23.

Electrical, television, radio repair shops;

24.

Gaming/gambling;

25.

Grocery stores;

26.

Group homes;

27.

Homes for the homeless (emergency shelters);

28.

Hotels, motels;

29.

Neighborhood groceries;

30.

Offices, general and professional;

31.

Pet shops;

32.

Medical laboratories, clinics, health spas, rehabilitation centers, real estate brokers, insurance agents;

33.

Parking garages and/or lots;

34.

Parks, playgrounds, historical sites, golf courses, and other similar recreational facilities;

35.

Pawn shops;

36.

Personal service shops;

37.

Pharmacies;

38.

Printing and newspaper houses;

39.

Reception centers;

40.

Recreation centers;

41.

Restaurants, cafes, and coffee shops;

42.

Retail business;

43.

Sundry shops and specialty shops;

44.

Theaters, auditoriums, and other places of indoor assembly;

45.

Thrift shops;

46.

Vocational centers, medical and professional institutions;

47.

Neighborhood assembly uses;

48.

Regional assembly uses;

49.

Branch community facilities;

50.

Neighborhood grocery;

51.

Conventional site-built and modular single and multifamily dwellings and "manufactured homes" meeting the definition and standards set forth in Section 17.08.010.

(Ord. 27-01 § 20, 2001: Ord. 14-98 § 19, 1998; Ord. 15-93 (part), 1993; Ord. 5-91 (part), 1991)

(Ord. No. 12-11, § 1(B), (C), 3-21-2011; Ord. No. 16-11, §§ 2(D), 4(A), 5, 4-19-2011; Ord. No. 13-17, § 1, 10-17-2017)

The following are conditional uses in a C-2 district:

A.

Animal shelters and animal boarding houses;

B.

Apartments;

C.

Automobile repair shop;

D.

Convenience establishments, high volume;

E.

Parking lots;

F.

Public utility and public service installations and facilities; excluding business offices and repair and storage facilities;

G.

Workshop scale manufacturing, assembling, or packaging of products from previously prepared materials;

H.

Other uses as determined by the commission.

(Ord. 13-99 § 1 (part), 1999: Ord. 14-98 § 20, 1998; Ord. 20-94 § 4 (part), 1994; Ord. 15-93 (part), 1993; Ord. 5-91 (part), 1991)

(Ord. No. 13-17, § 2, 10-17-2017)

A.

Lot Area. None, except a commercially zoned lot adjoining a residentially zoned lot where the minimum lot size shall not be less than four thousand square feet.

B.

Lot Width. None, except a commercially zoned lot adjoining a residentially zoned lot where the minimum lot width shall be forty feet.

C.

Yard Requirements.

1.

Front yard setback, zero feet;

2.

Rear yard setback, none, except a commercially zoned lot adjoining a residentially zoned lot where the rear yard shall be a minimum of ten feet;

3.

Side yard setback, none, except a commercially zoned lot adjoining a residentially zoned lot where the side yard shall be a minimum of ten feet.

D.

Buffering. For commercial developments which adjoin residential properties, one of the six buffering alternatives expressed in Appendix C of this title shall be developed to reduce noise and increase visual privacy.

(Ord. 28-08 § 23, 2008; Ord. 14-98 § 21, 1998; Ord. 5-91 (part), 1991)