The C-2 district is intended to help strengthen the vitality and character of Dinuba’s downtown commercial district by establishing an appropriate list of permitted uses regulating the size and location of buildings, parking lots, landscaping and other improvements in a manner that promotes a vibrant pedestrian-oriented shopping environment. In general, new buildings shall abut the public sidewalk, with on-site parking located to the rear or side of buildings. Large merchandise-display windows are required along the public sidewalk, as opposed to blank building walls. (Ord. 2025-01 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2025)

Uses that are permitted and conditionally permitted are listed in Chapter 17.33. (Ord. 2025-01 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2025)

The C-2 zone is designed to foster a pedestrian-oriented shopping district in downtown Dinuba, with uses such as stores, restaurants, offices and gathering places. Towards this end, the zone does not allow new automobile-oriented uses that are allowed in other commercial zones, such as auto repair and tire shops and uses with drive-through/drive-up windows. (Ord. 2025-01 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2025)

No development shall be constructed on any lot or site in this district until a site plan has been submitted and approved consistent with Chapter 17.55 (Site Plan Review) or a conditional use permit for uses listed as such. (Ord. 2025-01 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2025)

New development in the C-2 zone shall be designed consistent with the Dinuba commercial design guidelines (adopted under separate cover). (Ord. 2025-01 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2025)

The following standards shall apply to all parcels being developed in the C-2 zone:

A.    Site Area, Lot Frontage and Depth. No requirement.

B.    Building Height. The maximum height of buildings shall not exceed seventy-five feet.

C.    Yards (see also Exhibit 27-1).

1.    Front. New buildings shall be placed so that at least one-half of the property line along a public street shall adjoin a building wall.

2.    Side. None required except that buildings on corner lots shall be placed so that at least half of the side lot line along a public street shall adjoin a building wall.

3.    Rear. No requirement unless the subject property abuts a residential district, where the minimum side yard shall be ten feet.

Exhibit 27-1: Building Placement Standards

(Ord. 2025-01 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2025)

A.    Front, Side and Rear Yards. Fences, walls, and hedges shall not exceed seven feet in height along any front, side or rear property line.

B.    Where a property zoned C-2 directly abuts a residential district (not including along an alley or a street), a seven-foot solid block masonry wall shall be constructed between the two uses. Where appropriate, openings should be provided to allow pedestrians to travel between the two uses. (Ord. 2025-01 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2025)

A.    The number of on-site parking spaces required for uses in the C-2 district may be reduced by up to fifty percent of the parking requirement for the particular use, as shown in Chapter 17.49 (Auto and Bicycle Parking and Loading).

B.    On-site parking shall be located to the rear or to the side of the building, except parking lots on corner lots shall be located to the rear or the interior side of the building.

C.    Parking lots constructed in the C-2 district shall be designed and constructed so that within five years of construction, fifty percent of the parking lot is shaded by trees.

D.    Parking lots shall be separated from buildings by raised sidewalks or curbing.

E.    Parking lots shall be designed to accommodate solid waste pick-up. (Ord. 2025-01 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2025)

Signs shall be consistent with the requirements detailed in Chapter 17.51 (Signs and Advertising). (Ord. 2025-01 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2025)

A.    A landscaping and irrigation plan shall be submitted on all developments to the city planner for review and approval consistent with the standards in Chapter 17.47 (Landscaping and Irrigation). All setback areas along streets shall be landscaped.

B.    All landscaping shall comply with the Dinuba landscape design guidelines.

C.    The landscaping and irrigation plan shall show a tree-planting scheme in the parking lot that will result in fifty percent of the parking lot being shaded within five years.

D.    The landscaping and irrigation plan shall provide for a minimal amount of turf and shall incorporate a variety of xerophytic plants, mulch to reduce water use, and an automated irrigation system that incorporates water conservation technology, including drip irrigation, smart irrigation controllers, and low-flow irrigation heads.

E.    Parking lots should be screened from adjacent public roadways by low walls and/or hedges.

F.    Vines and climbing plants should be used on buildings, trellises and perimeter garden walls in order to soften the appearance on the buildings.

G.    All trash enclosures shall be surrounded by a six-foot solid block wall and the area around the enclosure shall be landscaped. The gate to the enclosure shall be constructed of metal. (Ord. 2025-01 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2025)

A.    All processes, businesses and services shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, except for off-street parking and off-street loading areas, gasoline sales, outdoor dining areas, nurseries and temporary uses as prescribed in Section 17.45.050.

B.    No products shall be manufactured unless incidental to a permitted use and sold at retail on the same premises.

C.    No use shall be permitted, and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are found by the city to be objectionable to persons living or working in the vicinity by reasons of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibration, illumination, glare or unsightliness or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion. (Ord. 2025-01 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2025)