The CC central commercial zone is the central business district and the retail commercial heart of the town. It should contain the most valuable land and structures, on a square-foot basis, of any zone in the town. The development of the CC central commercial zone caters to and invites pedestrian traffic. Consequently, store frontages tend to be continuous and driveways, blank walls and other conflicts with or deterrents to foot traffic tend to be minimized. Residential uses provide both a nighttime population which is commercially desirable and affordable living facilities for owners, workers and those without automobiles.

(Prior Code, § 17.52.010) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 887, passed 2-7-2024)

   All structures, physical improvements and exterior physical modifications of buildings in the CC zone are subject to design review unless specifically exempted in each instance by the Planning Commission.

(Prior Code, § 17.52.030) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 764, passed 2-1-2012)

   (A)   Uses within the CC zone shall be conducted entirely within a building, (unless a business permit and encroachment permit are granted in accordance with Town Code § 5.58 and § 12.32.025 for parklet uses and/or parklet enclosures) and are restricted to the following:

      (20)   Clothing stores;

      (21)   Computer sales and service;

      (22)   Craft shops (including custom wood, paper, glass and metal work and sales);

      (23)   Curtain and drapery shops;

      (24)   Delicatessens;

      (25)   Drugstores and pharmacies;

      (26)   Electrical appliance sales, repair;

      (27)   Emergency shelters, subject to compliance with Chapter 17.138 of this title;

      (28)   Finance companies;

      (29)   Floors, floor coverings (retail);

      (30)   Florists;

      (31)   Food stores, excluding, supermarkets;

      (32)   Furniture stores;

      (33)   Gift shops and greeting card shops;

      (34)   Graphic artists, architects, draftsmen and painters (when not located on the ground floor);

      (35)   Hardware stores;

      (36)   Hobby stores;

      (37)   Ice cream stores;

      (38)   Interior decorating shops (with incidental retail sales);

      (39)   Jewelry sales and service;

      (40)   Laundries;

      (41)   Leather goods and luggage stores;

      (42)   Offices, when not located on the first floor, including medical/dental offices, real estate, insurance, stockbrokers, financial advisory services, tax services, programming, employment agencies and personnel offices;

      (43)   Office machines and supplies;

      (44)   Multi-family dwelling units with a minimum density of 20 units per acre on housing opportunity sites as shown in the General Plan;

      (45)   Music stores;

      (46)   Newsstands;

      (47)   Optician and optometrical shops;

      (48)   Paint, glass and wallpaper stores;

      (49)   Pet and bird stores;

      (50)   Photocopying;

      (51)   Picture framing shops;

      (52)   Printing, publishing, lithography and engraving;

      (53)   Radio, television, stereo sales, repair;

      (54)   Record, tape and compact disc stores;

      (55)   Restaurants not providing live entertainment or fast food service for carry off trade;

      (56)   Savings and loan offices;

      (57)   Shoe stores and repair;

      (58)   Service uses allowed in the CS zone when not located on the first floor and not displacing a residential use;

      (59)   Sporting goods stores;

      (60)   Stamp and coin stores;

      (61)   Stationery stores;

      (62)   Tailor and dressmaking;

      (63)   Ticket agencies;

      (64)   Toy stores;

      (65)    Variety stores;

      (66)   Watch and clock sales and repair; and

      (67)   Yard goods stores.

   (B)   No principal permitted use provided for in division (A) above shall include entertainment of customers or clientele by music, actors or singing, nor permit any establishment or business to charge admission or entrance fees.

(Prior Code, § 17.52.040) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 522, passed - -1984; Am. Ord. 689, passed 3-6-2002; Am. Ord. 703, passed 3-2-2004; Am. Ord. 716, passed 9-6-2006; Am. Ord. 788, passed 5-6-2015; Am. Ord. 869, passed 9-7-2022; Am. Ord. 887, passed 2-7-2024)

   (G)    Residential uses such as live/work units or shopkeeper units located above the ground floor of a building (less than 20 dwelling units per acre permitted).

   (H)   Other uses determined by the Planning Commission as equivalent to those listed in divisions (A) through (G) of this section or which are determined to be equivalent to those listed in § 17.100.040, but requiring regulation of location, extent or operation because of some unique characteristic;

   (I)   Establishments or businesses which entertain customers or clientele by musicians, actors or singers or establishments which charge admission or entrance fees;

   (J)   Cigar shops, smoke shops; and

   (K)   Liquor stores.

(Prior Code, § 17.52.050) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 522, passed - -1984; Am. Ord. 703, passed 3-2-2004; Am. Ord. 716, passed 9-6-2006; Am. Ord. 887, passed 2-7-2024)

      (4)    Accessory dwelling units;

      (5)   Signs;

      (6)   Mechanical amusement devices, limited to two devices per establishment; and

      (7)   Mechanical amusement device arcades which have a use permit issued under Chapter 17.032 of this title.

   (B)   No detached nonresidential accessory structure, whether permanent or temporary, fixed or movable, and regardless of the materials contained therein, shall be allowed, except by use permit.

   (C)   Short-term rental uses contained within an existing structure permitted for residential use as long as the residential unit is an ADU/JADU constructed prior to January 1, 2020.

(Prior Code, § 17.52.060) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 491, passed - -1982; Am. Ord. 887, passed 2-7-2024; Am. Ord. 891, passed 1-9-2025)

    The minimum density for residential uses is 20 units per acre unless the building site is within a WHO zone in which case the density standards of that overlay zone apply. No other building site requirements apply in the CC zone unless the building site is within a WHO zone in which case the standards of that overlay zone apply. All multi-family dwelling units shall comply with the design standards for multi-family housing in Article IV of Chapter 17.138, and all accessory dwelling units shall comply with the standards of Chapter 17.048.

(Prior Code, § 17.52.070) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 887, passed 2-7-2024)

   The width and number of driveways for each property within the CH Highway Commercial Zone are regulated by Town Code Chapter 12.12, Driveway Entrances.

(Ord. 875, passed 12-7-2022)

   (A)   The Planning Commission may require, as a condition of a variance approved and issued under the provision of this section, a reduction of building height, or buildable area, or any combination thereof, when the reduction is found necessary to protect adjoining property from adverse or detrimental effect, or to prevent the variance from constituting a grant of special privilege.

   (B)   The Planning Commission may require as a condition of a driveway variance approved and issued under the provision of this section an increase in the width or number of driveways entering a property, when the increase is found necessary to protect adjoining property from adverse or detrimental effect, or to prevent the variance from constituting a grant of special privilege.

(Ord. 875, passed 12-7-2022)

   Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any proposed use or structure within the CC zone which constitutes a formula business or formula restaurant, as those terms are defined in § 17.040.210, shall comply with Article II of Chapter 17.040.

(Ord. 787, passed 3-4-2015)