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Irwindale City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

40 - C-2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONE

Sections:


17.40.010 - Permitted uses.

The following uses, and no others, shall be permitted uses in the C-2 zone:

1.

Those uses first permitted in the C-1 zone, subject to all the limitations and restrictions imposed by, except as expressly provided in this chapter;

2.

Administration and professional offices;

3.

Appliances, household sale and repair (no outside display);

4.

Blueprinting and photocopying;

5.

Clothing or wearing apparel;

6.

Electrical supply;

7.

Feed and grain stores, retail only; all operations to be conducted within a completely enclosed building;

8.

Frozen-food locker, retail only;

9.

Furniture stores, new and used (no outside display);

10.

Glass edging, beveling and silvering in connection with the sale of mirrors and glass decorating furniture;

11.

Libraries and reading rooms;

12.

Medical and dental laboratories;

13.

Motion picture films, processing;

14.

Pawnshops;

15.

Secondhand goods (all goods displayed, sold and stored within an entirely enclosed building);

16.

Tailors;

17.

Tire sales, no outside storage or display.

(Ord. 571 § 4, 2003: Ord. 422 § 1, 1988; Ord. 350 § 1 (part), 1981: Ord. 177 § 2 (part), 1966: prior code § 9460).

17.40.015 - Uses requiring a conditional use permit.

Because of considerations of smoke, fumes, dust, odor, vibration, noise, traffic congestion, or hazard, the establishment or operation of the following uses in the C-2 zone shall not be permitted unless a conditional use permit authorizing such use has been granted.

1.

Auditoriums;

2.

Automobile rental;

3.

Automobile repair garages, all operations to be within a completely enclosed building;

4.

Automobile sales of new and used cars; all vehicles to be operational;

5.

Baths, Turkish, etc.;

6.

Boats, trailers, bicycles or motorcycles, repair within an enclosed building;

7.

Boats, trailers, bicycles or motorcycles, sales of;

8.

Bowling alleys, billiard parlors and similar recreational uses (not to include horse-riding academies);

9.

Churches and residential structures used in connection with churches;

10.

Commercial swimming pools;

10.5.

Day spa;

11.

Drive-in restaurants;

12.

Electrical distribution and all public utility facilities;

13.

Gymnasiums, reducing salons, natatoriums and similar physical fitness and/or physical educational centers;

14.

Golf courses, miniature (not required to be within a building);

15.

Institutions offering courses of instruction limited to any of the uses permitted in this zone;

16.

Liquor, on-sale, including beer and wine;

17.

Lodges and meeting halls;

17.5.

Massage establishments;

18.

Mechanical auto wash;

19.

Mortuaries, funeral homes;

20.

Movie theaters, including drive-ins;

21.

Museums;

22.

Newspaper publishing;

23.

Plating of precious metals, for retail service only;

24.

Pool halls;

25.

Skating rinks (ice or roller skating, when within an enclosed building);

26.

Taxi service;

27.

Taxidermists.

(Ord. 608 § 4, 2006; Ord. 571 § 5, 2003).

17.40.020 - Limitations on permitted uses.

A.

Enclosed Uses. All uses in the C-2 zone shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building, except for uses customarily conducted in the open.

B.

Special Development Standards. When any lot or parcel in the C-2 zone fronts on a street, public or private, the opposite side of which is zoned R or A, or abuts any R or A zoned property, all of the following standards shall be observed in the construction and maintenance of buildings, structures and uses on such C-2 property:

1.

Lighting. All outdoor lighting shall be constructed, operated and maintained so as to eliminate any interference with, or nuisance to such R or A zoned properties.

2.

Vacant Land. All vacant land on the parcel or parcels and the parkway area, or land use in conjunction with permitted uses on such properties, shall be surfaced, landscaped or otherwise maintained in a clean, dust-free and orderly manner. For the purpose of this provision, "surfaced" means concrete, asphalt, clean sand or gravel, placed on soil treated for weed control, or appropriate landscaping.

3.

Loading Docks, Storage, etc. Loading docks, loading areas, surface yards, outdoor storage or sales area, and all trash, rubbish, or garbage or refuse containers, which are located in a direct line of vision from any portion of adjacent R or A zoned properties, shall be screened and/or be separated from each R or A zoned properties by a suitable view-obscuring fence or wall, not less than six feet in height, measured from the finished grade of such surface yard or other area. No outdoor storage shall be permitted to extend above the height of such fence or wall.

4.

Signs. All signs, advertising structures and the like located upon such properties, and all driveways to and from such properties shall, as far as is consistent with the public safety, be located remote from such R or A zoned properties when such are located on the same side of the street as said C-2 zoned properties.

5.

Mechanical Devices. All mechanical heating, air conditioning, refrigeration or similar devices, maintained and operated on the exterior of buildings located in the C-2 zone, shall be enclosed, and shall be designed, installed, operated and maintained in such a manner as to eliminate unsightliness, noise, smoke, dust, etc., which would otherwise cause an interference with adjacent R or A zoned properties.

6.

Change in Grade. Where it is contemplated to change the grade or elevation of the C-2 zoned properties, in excess of three feet vertically, along those portions of the property abutting R and A zoned properties, the plans therefor shall be submitted to the city engineer, and a grading permit shall be obtained, and shall include fencing, landscaping, barricades, retaining walls, and other protective devices, designed to protect and preserve the usefulness of abutting R or A zoned properties.

(Ord. 350 § 1(part), 1981: Ord. 177 § 2(part), 1966: prior code § 9462).

17.40.030 - Standards of development.

All uses within the C-2 zone shall comply with the standards of development set forth in Sections 17.40.040 through 17.40.080.

(Ord. 350 § 1(part), 1981: Ord. 177 § 2(part), 1966: prior code § 9461 (part)).

17.40.040 - Lot area.

Each lot in the C-2 zone shall have a minimum lot area of not less than:

A.

Five thousand square feet, if designated C-2, or C-2 (5,000);

B.

Ten thousand square feet, if designated C-2 (10,000).

(Ord. 350 § 1(part), 1981: Ord. 177 § 2(part), 1966: prior code § 9461(A)).

17.40.050 - Lot width.

Each lot in the C-2 zone shall have a minimum lot width of not less than sixty feet.

(Ord. 350 § 1(part), 1981: Ord. 177 § 2(part), 1966: prior code § 9461(B)).

17.40.060 - Yards.

A.

Front Yards. Each lot in the C-2 zone shall have a front yard of not less than ten feet in depth; provided, that marquees and signs may encroach into the front yard setback area not more than five feet.

B.

Side Yards and Rear Yards. When any lot or parcel in the C-2 zone fronts upon a street, public or private, the opposite side of which is zoned for R or A purposes, or if such lot or parcel abuts any R or A zoned property, such lot or parcel shall observe and maintain a minimum five-foot side yard area and a minimum twenty-foot rear yard area.

C.

No building or structure may be erected in any required yard area except as otherwise provided in this title.

(Ord. 350 § 1(part), 1981: Ord. 177 § 2(part), 1966: prior code § 9461(C)).

17.40.070 - Building bulk.

A.

Height Limitation. No building or structure in the C-2 zone shall be more than forty-five feet in height (see Section 17.48.051).

B.

Maximum Lot Coverage. No lot or parcel of land in the C-2 zone shall have the lot coverage by buildings or structures in excess of fifty percent of the total lot area (see Section 17.48.051). (Ord 350 § 1(part), 1981: Ord. 177 § 2(part), 1966: prior code § 9461(D)).

17.40.080 - Signs.

The following signs shall be permitted in the C-2 zone:

A.

Signs advertising anything produced, sold or otherwise available, on the premises on which the sign is located; provided, that such sign, or signs shall not exceed one square foot of sign area for each two hundred feet of lot area. No individual signs shall exceed one hundred square feet in face area.

B.

Each legally established use on such premises may have one additional sign not exceeding fifty square feet in face area.

(Ord. 350 § 1(part), 1981: Ord. 177 § 2(part), 1966: prior code § 9461(E)).