Davis City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 40
12 COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD C-N COMBINING DISTRICT
§ 40.12.010 Purpose.
The purpose of a commercial neighborhood (C-N) combining district is to provide a neighborhood center for convenience shopping and services. Such centers should be of a size and design which are compatible with the surrounding neighborhood and which will not substantially impair the general plan objective that the major concentration of commercial development shall be located in the city's core area.
The commercial neighborhood (C-N) combining district may only be combined with the planned development (PD) district and the regulations of both districts shall be applicable; provided, that where a conflict between regulations occurs, the regulations specified in this article shall prevail.
(Ord. 296 § 14.1; Ord. 583 § 1; Ord. 781 § 1; Ord. 800 § 2)
§ 40.12.020 Permitted uses.
The principal permitted uses of land in a C-N combining district are as follows:
(a)
Neighborhood retail services.
(b)
Professional and administrative offices.
(c)
Neighborhood personal services.
(d)
Financial services including banks, credit unions
(e)
Exercise studios or classes, yoga studios, martial arts studios, dance studios, occupying less than ten thousand gross square feet.
(f)
Animal care. Uses typically include, but are not limited to, animal clinics, large and small animal hospitals, and kennels that operate entirely within a wholly enclosed building.
(g)
Other uses which the director finds to be consistent with the purpose of this article.
(Ord. 296 § 14.2; Ord. 583 § 1; Ord. 781 § 1; Ord. 800 § 2)
§ 40.12.030 Accessory uses.
The following accessory uses are permitted in a C-N combining district:
(a)
Accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, subject to the requirements of Section 40.26.010.
(d)
Billiards/pool hall with two or fewer tables that are not the sole or principal use.
(Ord. 296 § 14.3; Ord. 583 § 1; Ord. 781 § 1; Ord. 800 § 2; Ord. 1450 § 2; Ord. 1788 § 2)
§ 40.12.040 Conditional uses.
The following conditional uses may be permitted in a C-N combining district:
(a)
Public and semipublic uses.
(c)
Recreational and entertainment facilities, nursery schools, daycare centers and horticultural nurseries.
(d)
Restaurants where liquor is provided.
(e)
Reverse vending machines and small recycling collection facilities not complying with the standards contained in Sections 40.24.100 and 40.25.090.
(Ord. 296 § 14.4; Ord. 583 § 1; Ord. 781 § 1; Ord. 800 § 2; Ord. 864 § 1; Ord. 1018 § 1; Ord. 1450 §§ 3, 4; Ord. 1739 § 2; Ord. 1788 § 3; Ord. 2113 § 1, 2003; Ord. 2572 § 13 2020)
§ 40.12.050 Height regulations.
No building in a C-N combining district shall exceed fifteen feet within seventy-five feet of any R-1 or R-2 district, otherwise two and one-half stories or thirty feet in height.
(Ord. 296 § 14.5; Ord. 583 § 1; Ord. 781 § 1; Ord. 800 § 2)
§ 40.12.060 Area requirements.
The following requirements shall be observed in a C-N combining district:
(a)
Maximum gross leasable area for all uses in the district shall be fifty thousand square feet.
(b)
Maximum gross leasable areas per use.
(1)
One building or portion thereof used primarily as a food store, shall not exceed forty thousand gross leasable square feet, subject to the following timing:
(A)
Building permits shall not be issued for additions to existing food stores that will cause the total store size to exceed twenty-five thousand gross leasable square feet up to a maximum size of forty thousand gross leasable square feet, in shopping centers that do not contain a second anchor tenant, prior to June 1, 1992, with an anticipated completion of construction date of December 1, 1992. Prior to June 1, 1992, one building or portion thereof used primarily as a food store, shall not exceed twenty-five thousand gross leasable square feet for stores in shopping centers without a second anchor tenant.
(B)
Building permits shall not be issued for additions to existing food stores that will cause the total store size to exceed twenty-five thousand gross leasable square feet, up to a maximum size of forty thousand gross leasable square feet, in shopping centers that contain a second anchor tenant, prior to September 1, 1992, with an anticipated completion of construction date of December 1, 1992. Prior to September 1, 1992, one building or portion thereof used primarily as a food store shall not exceed twenty-five thousand gross leasable square feet for stores in shopping centers with a second anchor tenant.
(C)
A certificate of occupancy shall not be issued and full operation of any new food store shall not commence prior to December 1, 1992.
(2)
One additional building or portion thereof not to be used primarily as a food store, not to exceed fifteen thousand gross leasable square feet.
(3)
Any building or other use proposed under this article shall not exceed five thousand gross leasable square feet.
(4)
The size of the additional building or portion thereof specified in subsection (b)(2) of this section may be increased to a maximum of thirty-five thousand square feet if a specific determination is made that such increase in floor area is desirable in order to meet neighborhood service needs and that such increase will otherwise carry out the purpose of this article as expressed in Section 40.12.010. No such increase shall affect the maximum area limitations imposed by subsections (a), (b)(1), and (b)(3) of this section; except that this maximum limitation of subsection (a) of this section may be increased to seventy thousand gross leasable square feet to the extent that the size of the additional store has been increased pursuant to this subsection.
(5)
No use or building, which is primarily a food store, may be contiguous to the food store permitted in subsection (b)(1) of this section.
(c)
Front yard and side yard, street setbacks: twenty feet.
(d)
Rear yard and side yard, interior setbacks: none, except when abutting an R district, and then not less than twenty feet.
(e)
Landscaping. In addition to parking and screening, landscaping must cover a minimum of ten percent of the site and must be provided in accordance with provisions of Section 40.26.250. Innovative design, however, can be substituted with approval. Approval by the director or designee is required. Tree planting or shade trees are to be distributed throughout parking areas. Bays surrounding the trees are to be of sufficient size to insure that trees will be able to mature. Landscaping shall be designed to assure screening of loading, storage, refuse and other unsightly areas of the center.
(Ord. 296 § 14.6; Ord. 583 § 1; Ord. 781 § 1; Ord. 800 § 2; Ord. 984 § 1; Ord. 920 § 1; Ord. 1589 § 1; Ord. 1627 § 16; Ord. 1844 § 1; Ord. 2390 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2677, 11/4/2025)
§ 40.12.070 Special conditions.
With a C-N combining district:
(a)
Unless specifically provided otherwise in the final planned development, each principal permitted use shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building. In no event shall the total enclosed and unenclosed space exceed the limitations of Section 40.12.060(a) and (b).
(d)
Special or unique neighborhood or community events or activities lasting no more than one week may be approved by the director or referred to the planning commission at his or her discretion.
(Ord. 296 § 14.7; Ord. 479 § 1; Ord. 583 § 1; Ord. 781 § 1; Ord. 800 § 2; Ord. 2118 § 3, 2003; Ord. 2390 § 2, 2012; Ord. 2677, 11/4/2025)
§ 40.12.080 Food store/supermarket/neighborhood grocery store characteristics.
(a)
Devote a predominant amount of floor space and aisles to the sales of a full line of household foodstuffs, including fresh produce, meats, poultry, fish; deli products; dairy, canned foods, dry foods, and baked foods.
(b)
Primary focus of goods displayed will be on food items including a full line of perishables, and typical household supplies. Less emphasis will be placed on household supplies, such as electronic and clothing items, if sold.
(c)
Goods are predominantly displayed on traditional supermarket shelving with only minor use of pallets for display purposes.
(d)
Provide finished interior store walls.
(Ord. 2026 § 2, 2000)