(Ord. No. 765 § 2 (Exh. A) (part))

44-2.40.10 Purpose of the Commercial Zones.

A. Neighborhood Commercial (C-1). The purpose of the C-1 zone is to allow for retail and service uses that meet the daily needs of nearby residents and workers, and to provide convenient residential access to sales and service facilities without detracting from the residential desirability of such areas.

B. Community Commercial (C-2). The C-2 zone is intended to apply to areas where more complete commercial facilities are necessary for community convenience. The purpose of the C-2 zone is to allow for a full range of retail, service, and office uses to serve residents, workers, and visitors.

C. Highway Service Commercial (C-H). The C-H zone is intended to provide necessary services and conveniences for the traveling public along main roads and highway frontages at proper intervals and locations in developments designed for safety, convenience, and suitable appearance.

D. Commercial Resort (C-R). The C-R zone is intended to provide opportunities for a mix of commercial uses oriented towards tourists and other visitors to the County, including but not limited to, agriculturally based tourism, sports fishing, hunting, marinas, lodging, and other related uses.

E. Mixed Use (MU). The MU zone is intended for areas appropriate for the planned integration of a combination of retail, office, residential, hotel, recreation, public facilities and/or other compatible use. The MU zone encourages placing housing, jobs, services, and recreational land uses close together within a project site, or on different stories of the same building. This zoning classification is established primarily in the community centers, downtown areas, and in-fill areas to encourage economic investment and revitalization of these core areas through promoting community-serving retail, office, and residential opportunities in a dense, compact form with opportunities for people to access the project and other destinations through bicycle, pedestrian, and mass transit modes. Projects in the MU zone should focus on compatibility between land uses, and the development potential of a given area compared to the existing and proposed mix of land uses and their development impacts. This zone is intended to protect and enhance the character of the area and to provide flexibility in design and use for contiguous parcels having multiple owners. (Ord. No. 765 § 2 (Exh. A) (part))

44-2.40.20 Development Standards in the Commercial Zones.

(a) Allowed uses and associated structures shall comply with the following development standards, in addition to any other applicable requirements of this title, unless a variance is obtained in compliance with section 44-1.90.050. Table 44-2.40-1 identifies the development standards applicable to the Commercial Zones.

(b) Performance Standards. The following performance standards apply to permitted uses and uses allowed with an administrative permit in Commercial Zones as required in Table 44-2.40-2. Projects that cannot meet the following performance standards shall be elevated to a minor use permit or use permit.

(1) Maximum Noise Levels. Maximum noise levels shall meet the requirements of General Plan Table N-1. Further, maximum noise levels shall not exceed sixty dB at the property line of adjacent uses that are not in an Agricultural or Industrial Zone.

(2) Maximum Daily Trips. New daily trips shall not exceed an additional one hundred car or light truck vehicle trips or an additional seventy heavy truck or bus vehicle trips, or a combination of the two over existing or previously established traffic volumes.

(3) Water and Sewer. Adequate capacity for provision of on-site water and sewer service consistent with the requirements of the division of environmental health shall be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the director where the project will not connect to public water and/or wastewater infrastructure.

(4) Flood Management. Development shall comply with chapter 33 (Flood Damage Prevention).

(5) Drainage and Water Quality. There shall be no net increase in off-site drainage flows, including peak flows during a storm event, and water quality measures shall be implemented to reduce stormwater pollutants including the appropriate permits from Regional Water Quality Control Board.

(6) Roadway and Access Improvements. The project shall demonstrate adequate roadway and access improvements consistent with county standards to accommodate the maximum daily trips to the satisfaction of the director of public works.

(7) Fire Protection. The project shall demonstrate adequate fire protection measures to the satisfaction of the community development director.

(8) Air Quality. The project shall demonstrate adequate air quality protection measures related to air pollution, off-site particulate matter migration and odors to the satisfaction of air pollution control and community development. (Ord. No. 765 § 2 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. No. 796, § 5; Ord. No. 816, § 3.)

44-2.40.30 Allowed Uses in the Commercial Zones.

Table 44-2.40-2 identifies land uses allowed in the commercial zones.

(Ord. No. 765 § 2 (Exh. A) (part); Ord. No. 788 § 7; Ord. No. 827, § 4; Ord. No. 832, § 4.)