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Florence City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

40 - C DISTRICT—GENERAL COMMERCIAL

17.40.010 - Generally.

The C district, general commercial district, is comprised of areas to provide for a selective range of offices, sales, services, and limited residential uses.

(Ord. 5-2005 § 1(part), 2005).

17.40.020 - Permitted uses.

Uses permitted in the C district are as follows:

Accessory structures and uses;

Automobile parking garages;

Automobile parking lots;

Business support/sales/rental service shops;

Cleaning and laundry plants;

Cold storage lockers;

Financial institutions;

Hotels and incidental commercial;

Indoor/outdoor/drive-in eating and drinking establishments;

Medical and dental clinics;

Membership clubs;

Mini-storage, including multiple storage buildings per parcel;

Motels and incidental commercial;

Museums;

Outdoor sales, services and repair;

Personal services, including but not limited to: barber and beauty shops, dry cleaning outlets, self-service laundry, shoe and leather repair, saddle repair, bicycle upholstery, drapery shops;

Professional offices;

Public libraries;

Retail sales, indoor and/or outdoor merchandise and stock, to include retail sales of transient merchants and pushcart vendors as defined in Section 9.16.010;

Storage, sales, rental or repair of automobiles, trucks, manufactured homes, boats, motor homes, trailers, motorcycles, farm implements, and construction equipment;

Trade and repair shops;

This district does not permit "adult uses" or "sexually oriented businesses" as defined in Chapter 5.34 of the Florence Municipal Code.

(Ord. 16-2005 § 2(part), 2005; Ord. 5-2005 § 1(part), 2005).

(Ord. No. 22-2008, § 1, 12-1-2008)

17.40.030 - Special uses.

Uses permitted only through special use review in the C district are as follows:

Apartments and efficiency dwelling units subordinate to another permitted use in an existing building, and comprising not more than one-half (½) of the floor area of the entire structure;

Boarding homes;

Car washes;

Gasoline filling stations/convenience stores;

Indoor and outdoor amusements and entertainment establishment, but not including "adult uses" as defined herein;

Mortuaries and funeral homes;

Oil and Gas Exploration and Extraction Operations (for additional requirements, see section 17.64.120 and chapter 15.41);

Parks, playfields, and playgrounds;

Public utility uses and facilities;

Schools—including public, vocational, business, and private;

This district does not permit "adult uses" or "sexually oriented businesses" as defined in Chapter 5.34 of the Florence Municipal Code.

(Ord. 5-2005 § 1(part), 2005).

(Ord. No. 12-2009, § 1.G, 7-6-2009)

17.40.040 - Yard and bulk requirements.

Yard and bulk requirements in the C district are as follows:

Minimum lot area 5,280 square feet
Minimum lot width 44 feet
Maximum lot coverage 75%
Minimum front yard setback all structures 25 feet
Minimum side yard setback from a street All structures: 15 feet
Minimum side yard setback from an interior lot line 6 + n feet (n = number of stories over 1 story)
Minimum rear yard setback all structures Without loading dock: 10 feet
With loading dock: 20 feet
Maximum height Principal structure: 45 feet
Accessory structure: 25 feet

 

(Ord. 5-2005 §1(part), 2005).

17.40.050 - Off-street parking.

For off-street parking space requirements in the C district, see Chapter 17.68 of this title.

(Ord. 5-2005 §1(part), 2005).

17.40.060 - Screening.

For screening requirements in the C district, see Chapter 17.64.150 of this title.

(Ord. 5-2005 §1(part), 2005).