The C-N Zone is intended to provide for retail sales and services primarily for the convenience of surrounding residential areas in small-scale, pedestrian-oriented developments. Individual, small-scale retail establishments should provide several types of merchandise (as opposed to businesses offering a wide selection of a single type of merchandise). The C-N Zone also accommodates limited types of housing, including caretaker's quarters and live-work housing. The C-N Zone implements and is consistent with the Neighborhood Commercial land use category of the General Plan.

(Ord. No. 2017-09, § 6, 9-21-2017)

A.

The following uses are permitted:

(1)

Bakery—Retail.

(2)

Banks, financial services, ATMs.

(3)

Building and landscape materials (indoor).

(4)

Convenience store.

(5)

Copying and quick printer services.

(6)

Day care—Day care center (child, adult).

(7)

Dry cleaners, laundry (including self service).

(8)

Florist.

(9)

Groceries and/or specialty foods.

(10)

General retail—Two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet or less gross floor area.

(11)

Park, playground.

(12)

Personal services—Nails, beauty salon, barber.

(13)

Produce stand, farmer's market.

(14)

Restaurant, cybercafé (no drive-thru).

B.

The following uses are permitted provided approval of a site development permit shall first have been obtained pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.240.330:

(1)

Car wash, self-service (no automated or drive thru).

(2)

Caretaker's residence.

(3)

Farm supply and feed store.

(4)

Fitness/health facility.

(5)

General retail—More than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet up to fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet gross floor area.

(6)

Grocery and/or specialty foods retail—Three thousand (3,000) square feet to five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area.

(7)

Library, branch facility.

(8)

Medical services—Clinic, urgent care.

(9)

Religious facility—Church, temple, stake, etc.

(10)

Repair services—Home electronic equipment, small appliances.

(11)

Work/live units.

(12)

Automobile services—Repair and maintenance.

(13)

Veterinary clinic/hospital/boarding (indoor), small animals.

(14)

Studio—Art, dance, martial arts, music, etc.

C.

The following uses are permitted provided a conditional use permit has been granted pursuant to Section 9.240.280:

(1)

Bar/tavern pursuant to Section 9.240.490.

(2)

Club, lodge, private meeting hall.

(3)

Grocery, liquor and specialty foods retail—Five thousand (5,000) square feet to twenty thousand (20,000) square feet gross floor area.

(4)

Public assembly facility.

(5)

Public safety facilities (police, fire, EMT, etc.).

(6)

Social service or charitable organization.

(7)

Theatre, museum or cultural center.

(8)

Clubs, lodges, private meeting halls and restaurants with on-premises consumption, and convenience stores with alcoholic beverages sales with off-premises consumption pursuant to Section 9.240.490.

(9)

Automobile fueling stations, with or without the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption, excluding truck stops/travel centers.

D.

Uses not listed. Any use that is not specifically listed in subsections A., B., and C. may be considered a permitted or conditionally permitted use provided that the Community Development Director finds that the proposed use is substantially the same in character and intensity as those listed in the designated subsections. Such a use is subject to the permit process which governs the category in which it falls.

E.

Legally established uses. It is the intent of the City Council that a legally established pre-existing land use of an occupied property shall not assume a nonconforming status as a result of the adoption of the 2017 General Plan and the concurrent or subsequent adoption of a change of zone for consistency with the 2017 General Plan. Any pre-existing use certified pursuant to Section [9.240.080] that is not specifically listed in subsections A., B. and C. shall be considered a permitted or conditionally permitted use the same as provided for such use under the zoning classification of the subject property prior to the adoption of the new zoning classification concurrent with, or subsequent to, the effective date of City Council Resolution No. 2017-14 adopting the 2017 General Plan. The expansion of significant modification of such a pre-existing use shall be subject to the approval process and zoning requirements that had governed the category of use in which it fell under the prior zoning classification. However, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to mean that a site development permit or conditional use permit is required to continue such pre-existing use.

(Ord. No. 2017-09, § 6, 9-21-2017; Ord. No. 2021-09, § 4, 4-15-2021; Ord. No. 2021-21, §§ 31—34, 11-4-2021; Ord. No. 2021-29, § 23, 12-16-2021; Ord. No. 2022-24, § 13, 12-15-2022; Ord. No. 2024-08, § 12, 4-18-2024)

The following shall be the standards of development in the C-N Zone:

(1)

Lot size. The minimum lot size shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet with a minimum average lot width of sixty (60) feet, minimum average lot depth of ninety (90) feet and minimum lot frontage width of forty (40) feet.

(2)

Height. The maximum height of all structures, including buildings, shall be thirty-five (35) feet. The maximum lot coverage shall be seventy-five (75) percent of gross lot area. The maximum floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed one and one-half (1.5). For properties with residential units, the maximum density shall be eight (8) dwelling units per acre (du/A).

(3)

Landscaping. A minimum fifteen (15) percent of the site shall be landscaped and maintained, and automatic irrigation shall be installed.

(4)

Street setback. A minimum twenty-five-foot setback shall be required on any street. A minimum ten-foot strip adjacent to the street line shall be appropriately landscaped and maintained, except for designated pedestrian and vehicular accessways. The remainder of the setback may be used for off-street automobile parking, driveways or landscaping.

(5)

Side yard setback. The minimum side yard setback shall equal not less than ten (10) feet for the two (2) side lot areas combined.

(6)

Rear yard setback. The minimum rear yard setback shall be fifteen (15) feet.

(7)

Grocery, liquor and specialty foods. In the C-N Zone, grocery liquor and specialty food stores under three thousand (3,000) square feet are allowed.

(8)

Screening. Parking, loading, trash and service areas shall be screened by structures or landscaping. They shall be located in such a manner as to minimize noise or odor nuisance. Block walls or other fencing may be required. Barbed wire or concertina wire shall not be allowed.

(9)

Outside storage. Outside storage shall be screened with structures or landscaping. Landscaping shall be placed in a manner adjacent to the exterior boundaries of the area so that materials stored are screened from view. If a non-screened exhibit of products is proposed, it shall be part of the industrial park site development permit approved pursuant to Section [9.145.040], and shall be set back at least ten (10) feet from the street line.

(10)

Parking. Parking shall be provided as required by Section [9.240.120].

(11)

Utilities. All new utilities shall be underground.

(12)

Roof-mounted equipment. All roof mounted mechanical equipment shall be screened from the ground elevation view to a minimum sight distance of 1,320 feet.

(13)

Signs. All signs shall be in conformance with [Chapter 9.245].

(14)

Site lighting. All lighting, including spotlights, floodlights, electrical reflectors, and other means of illumination for signs, structures, landscaping, parking, loading, unloading, and similar areas shall be focused, directed, and arranged to prevent glare or direct illumination on streets or adjoining property.

(Ord. No. 2017-09, § 6, 9-21-2017)