This district classification is intended to be applied where general commercial facilities are necessary for public service and convenience. The following specific regulations and the general rules set forth in Sections 17.04.060 and 17.04.070 and Chapter 17.50 of this code shall apply in all C-3 districts.

(Ord. 153 §11.01, 1959).

In C-3 districts, permitted uses shall be as follows:

A.

Uses permitted in the C-1 and C-2 districts;

B.

The following and other uses which, in the opinion of the planning commission, are of a similar character:

1.

Gasoline service stations; provided, that all operations except the servicing with gasoline, oil, air, and water are carried on within a building,

2.

Commercial repair garages, and incidental service uses,

3.

Automobile sales and service, used car lots,

4.

Wholesale distribution uses, warehouses,

5.

Laundry and dry-cleaning businesses using non-inflammable cleaning solvents,

6.

Veterinary hospitals, animals to be kept in an enclosed structure,

7.

Carwash;

C.

All other commercial uses except those uses which are specified in chapters 17.26 and 17.28 of this title as being permitted only in M-1 and M-2 districts;

D.

Incidental storage and accessory uses, including repair operations and services, provided such uses shall be clearly incidental to the sale of products at retail on the premises, and shall be so placed and constructed as not to be offensive or objectionable because of odor, dust, smoke, noise, or vibration.

E.

Upon securing a conditional use permit, an on-site residence not to exceed one third the square footage of an active business establishment and occupied by the owner/proprietor or their agent, such residences are to be a secondary use to an active commercial enterprise, either upstairs or in the rear, with the storefront remaining commercial. No residential garages shall be permitted.

(Ord. 589 §7, 2001; Ord. 558 (part), 1996; Ord. 588 (part), 1996; Ord. 524 §§13, 13.1, 1992; Ord. 184 §1, 1962: Ord. 153 §11.02, 1959; Ord. No. 703, § 1, 10-25-2022)

In C-3 districts, the minimum height, bulk and space requirements shall be as follows:

A.

Lot area, width and coverage, none;

B.

Side yard and front yard shall be as follows:

1.

Side yard, none; except as required by the building code or other regulation, or where the side of a lot abuts an R district, the side yard shall not be less than ten feet.

2.

Front yard, none; except where the frontage in a block is partially within an R district, the same setback shall be required as in the R district.

C.

Rear yard, twelve feet where accessible from street, alley or parking lot for loading purposes. Building may project over rear yard area, providing fourteen feet clear vertical distance from ground level is maintained. Building Code and other regulations shall apply;

D.

Building height limit, four stories, but not to exceed fifty feet; and provided, that buildings shall be confined within inclined planes sloping inward at a ratio of one foot horizontally to two feet vertically, such planes beginning directly above property lines at an elevation of thirty feet above average ground grade;

E.

Loading area, twenty-foot alleys for loading and delivery purposes shall be provided adjacent to all lots to be used for commercial purposes. Ten feet of the required yard may be included in such alleys;

F.

Parking requirements as required by Chapter 17.51;

G.

Corner lots, side yard setback ten feet.

(Ord. 589 §3, 2001; Ord. 524 §13.2 1992; Ord. 153 §§11.10-11.14, 1959).

In C-3 districts, uses requiring use permits are as follows:

A.

RV facilities, provided that:

1.

An RV facility shall mean any use which derives income directly from providing an area or place in which to park mobile living and/or sleeping units specifically for the purpose of occupation and use of such mobile units.

2.

RV facilities shall provide some landscaped exterior yard area for the use of guests.

B.

Commercial communication towers and associated facilities.

(Ord. 590 (part), 2001; Ord. 566, 1997; Ord. 487 §1, 1989).