Neighborhood Commercial District. The Neighborhood Commercial (NC) district provides for a limited range of smaller-scale business activities which serve the needs of residents who live nearby. Typical businesses include, but are not limited to, small food and drug stores, child care, clothing stores, neighborhood serving convenience stores, professional and business offices. These regulations are intended to ensure that development within the Neighborhood Commercial zone is compatible with the surrounding area with respect to the type of use scale, intensity of development, architectural character, and other impacts upon the community, and that the activities serve the needs of the adjoining residential neighborhoods.

Community Commercial/Pedestrian District. The Community Commercial/Pedestrian (CC/P) district provides for medium intensity commercial uses that serve community-wide needs in a pedestrian-oriented environment. The Community Commercial/Pedestrian District provides for the high quality design of commercial areas that include, but are not limited to, commercial services, professional business offices, retail sales, child care, restaurants, entertainment uses, and community facilities. The regulations promote integrated commercial districts which are designed to encourage positive pedestrian activity and minimize pedestrian and vehicular conflicts. These regulations promote architecturally pleasing commercial structures, with human scale and pedestrian character including efficient internal access, ingress and egress, and pedestrian amenities such as plazas, courtyards, and attractive landscaping.

Community Commercial/Vehicular District. The Community Commercial/Vehicular (CC/V) District provides for higher intensity commercial uses that serve community and subregional needs with an emphasis on convenient automobile access while incorporating efficient, safe, and attractive pedestrian circulation. The Community Commercial/Vehicular District provides for the high quality design of commercial areas that include, but are not limited to, larger commercial uses such as department stores, furniture and appliances stores, grocery stores, drug stores, and automotive related uses. The regulations promote integrated commercial developments which are designed to accommodate high volume retail businesses with appropriate facilities for the access, circulation, and parking of cars. These regulations promote architecturally pleasing commercial structures situated and designed to facilitate the efficient circulation of motor vehicles.

Visitor/Recreation Commercial (V/RC) District. The Visitor/Recreation Commercial (V/RC) District provides for visitor-serving uses such as resorts, hotels, motels, restaurants, conference facilities, commercial-recreation uses, specialty and convenience shops, and recreation/open space uses. Supporting uses include, but are not limited to, community facilities, such as museums and theaters. Secondary uses may include offices, personal services, clinical services and similar uses provided they are not the primary use on the site and do not occupy the first floor of the structure. Development within this district shall provide visitor-serving facilities in a manner which promotes fiscal stability and has minimal negative impact on surrounding land uses. Commercial uses shall provide high quality design of sites and structures with extensive landscaping, open space and public and private recreational opportunities.

Several classes of uses are allowed in the Commercial Districts. Each of these classes must promote the commercial character of the individual districts. These classes of uses are:

The following Table lists the classification of allowable uses in Commercial Districts. Any use not expressly allowed is prohibited.

Accessory Uses and Structures. Setbacks for detached accessory buildings or structures shall be established through a Site Development Permit and shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 9.05.080, Maximum Projections into Required Yard Areas.

Sign Programs. Multi-tenant commercial development shall be required to obtain approval for a project sign program pursuant to Chapter 9.37.

"Art-in-Public-Places" Program. All new development projects located in the zoning districts described in this Chapter are subject to the provisions of the "Art-in-Public-Places" Program as described in Section 9.05.240.