The commercial districts included in this code are designed to provide the opportunity for various types of retail stores, offices, service establishments and wholesale business to concentrate for the convenience of the public; to be established in such relationships to each other as to be mutually beneficial; and to be located and grouped on sites that are in logical proximity to the respective geographical areas and categories of patrons which they serve.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

A.

CC—Application. The central commercial district is intended to be applied within and at the periphery of the central business district (CBD) of the city as described by the general plan. The CBD serves as the primary commercial district of the community where a wide range of retail, financial, governmental, professional, business service and entertainment activities and uses are encouraged to concentrate to serve the entire community. Central commercial areas at the periphery of the central business district are intended to be developed only as unified commercial centers, except where the existing development pattern makes it impractical.

B.

CC—Permitted Uses.

1.

Any use listed as a permitted use in the CN district.

2.

Parking lots improved in conformity with the standards prescribed for required off-street parking facilities in Chapter 17.52.

3.

Professional and commercial offices.

4.

Retail stores and service establishments which supply commodities or provide services primarily to meet the needs of residents of the entire community, including:

Addressograph and copying services;

Apparel stores;

Arcades;

Art and antique stores;

Art and craft schools and colleges;

Art galleries;

Art supply stores;

Auction rooms;

Automobile supply stores;

Bakery goods stores;

Banks, including drive-in banks, and other lending agencies;

Barber shops and beauty shops;

Bicycle shops;

Billiard and pool halls;

Blueprint and photocopy shops;

Book stores and, rental libraries;

Bowling alleys;

Bus depots and transit stations, provided that buses or other transit vehicles shall not be stored on the site and no repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted on the site;

Business, professional and trade schools and colleges;

Cafeterias;

Camera shops, photographic supplies and photography studios;

Candy, nut and confectionery stores;

Card rooms;

Catering shops;

Christmas tree sales lots;

Clothing and costume rental establishments;

Communications equipment buildings;

Dairy products stores;

Drapery and interior decorating shops;

Dance halls;

Department stores;

Drug stores;

Dry cleaning service;

Dry goods stores;

Egg and poultry stores (no slaughtering, eviscerating or plucking);

Electrical appliance and incidental repair shops;

Employment agencies;

Fire and police stations;

Florists;

Food stores, delicatessens and supermarkets;

Furniture stores;

Garden shops;

Garden supply stores and nurseries, provided that all equipment, supplies and merchandise, other than plants, shall be kept within a completely enclosed building or under a lath or other sun screen structure, and further provided that fertilizer of any type shall be stored and sold in packaged form only;

Gift, novelty or souvenir shops;

Gymnasium and health studios;

Hardware stores;

Health food stores;

Hobby supply stores;

Home furnishings;

Home improvements supplies;

Hotels, motels and apartment hotels;

Household appliance and repair shops;

Ice dispensers (coin operated);

Inns, providing temporary visitor accommodations and accessory recreational and commercial facilities;

Interior decorating shops;

Jewelry stores, including clock and watch repairing;

Leather goods and luggage stores;

Libraries;

Liquor stores;

Locksmith;

Massage and physical culture studios;

Medical and orthopedic appliance stores;

Medical buildings;

Meeting halls;

Messenger offices;

Millinery shops;

Music stores;

Music and dance studios;

Newspaper publishing;

Newsstands and magazine stores;

Office and business machine stores;

Paint and wallpaper stores;

Pawn shops;

Pet and bird stores and pet grooming, but not including boarding of pets;

Photographic supply stores;

Photography studios;

Picture framing shops;

Pool halls;

Post offices;

Pressing, altering and repairing of wearing apparel;

Printing shops;

Private clubs and lodges;

Public and private non-profit charitable institutions;

Radio and television broadcasting studios;

Radio and television stores and repair shops;

Reading rooms;

Restaurants, including drive-in restaurants, cafes, and outdoor cafes;

Sale firearms;

Scientific instrument stores;

Secretarial services;

Self-service laundry and dry cleaning establishments;

Shoe repair shops;

Shoe stores;

Soda fountains;

Sporting goods stores, including incidental boat sales and sporting equipment repair;

Sports arenas within buildings;

Stamp and coin stores;

Stationery stores;

Storage buildings incidental to a permitted use;

Tailor and dressmaking shops;

Telegraph offices;

Theaters and auditoriums;

Tobacco shops;

Toy stores;

Travel bureaus;

Variety stores;

Vending machines within enclosed areas;

Wedding chapels;

Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use;

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

C.

CC—Permitted Uses—Administrative Approval.

The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.64:

1.

Electrical distribution substations, communication equipment buildings, gas regulator stations and utility pumping stations.

2.

Accessory structures and uses as defined in Chapter 17.96, located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval.

3.

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

D.

CC—Conditional Uses—Commission Approval.

The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.68:

1.

Bars, cocktail lounges and nightclubs;

2.

Churches;

3.

City, county, state or federal administrative offices; libraries, police and fire stations;

4.

Dwellings in combination with permitted uses when approved through the planned unit development process outlined in Chapter 17.76, and subject to the following restrictions:

(a)

Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the residential units may be located on the ground floor;

(b)

Ground floor residential units may not be located along street frontages;

(c)

After parking structures, garages or carports have been deducted, not more than fifty percent (50%) of the ground floor building area may be occupied by residential units.

5.

Farmers markets, including indoor and outdoor facilities;

6.

Any and all projects establishing new or modifying existing service stations, regardless of whether they are stand-alone or combined with other existing or proposed uses and/or structures; provided, the entire parcel or project upon which any service station is located, regardless of size, shall be included within and subject to any such conditional use permits.

7.

Service commercial uses designated by an asterisk (*) as listed under Section 17.40.040(B) of this chapter, which include incidental retail and/or office use.

8.

Temporary revival church services.

9.

Expansion or remodeling of an existing non-conforming use of a structure or land, up to fifty percent (50%) or less of the value of the structure, or reestablishment of a non-conforming use which has been damaged, except non-conforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, non-conforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), and non-conforming fences, walls and hedges.

10.

Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 17.96.

11.

Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a conditional use.

12.

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

(Ord. 2006-01 § 1, 2006; Ord. 2000-07 § 2, 2000; Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

A.

CS—Application. The service commercial district is intended primarily for establishments engaged in servicing equipment, materials and products, but which do not require the manufacturing, assembly, packaging or processing of articles or merchandise for distribution and retail sale. Land requirements for most service commercial uses generally dictates its application along arterial and collector streets of the city which generally lie close to central commercial, highway commercial and industrial districts, in accordance with the general plan.

B.

CS—Permitted Uses.

1.

Off-street parking lots improved in conformity with Chapter 17.52;

2.

Service commercial establishments, including:

* Addressograph services;
Automobile body and fender repair;
Automobile repairing, overhauling, rebuilding and painting;

* Automobile sale and service (new);

* Automobile and tractor parts and equipment stores;
Automobile upholstery and top shops;

* Automobile washing, either self-service or involving the use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steam cleaning;

* Bakeries, retail and wholesale;
Bars, cocktail lounges and nightclubs;
Bicycle shops;
Blacksmith shops;

* Blueprint and photocopy shops;

* Boat sales and service;
Book binding;
Bottling works;

* Building materials yards;
Bus depots and transit stations (including repair and storage);
Business, professional and trade schools and colleges;
Cabinet shops;

* Canvas shops;
Car washing;
Carpenters' shops;
Carpet stores;
Catering shops;
Ceramic and pottery works;

* Cleaning, pressing and dyeing establishments (using non-inflammable and non-explosive cleaning fluid);
Cold storage plants; Columbariums and crematoriums;
Communications equipment buildings;
Contractors' storage yards;
Convenience-oriented food stores limited to a maximum of five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area;
Dairy products plants;
Diaper supply services;
Drapery and interior decorating stores;

* Electrical repair shops;
Equipment rental yards;
Exterminators;
Farm equipment sales and service;
Feed and seed stores;
Food lockers;
Freight forwarding terminals;
Furniture stores, new and used;
Furniture warehouses and van services;

* Glass shops;

* Gunsmith shops;
Heating and ventilating or air-conditioning shops, including incidental sheet metal;
Home improvement centers;
Household and office equipment and machinery repair shops;

* Household repair shops;
Ice storage or sale houses;
Kennels located not closer than five hundred (500) feet to an RA, R, RM, PO, or CC district;

* Laboratories;

* Laundries;

* Linen supply services;
Liquor stores; Locksmith;

* Lumber yards, not including planing mills or saw mills;
Machinery sales and rentals;
Mattress repair shops;

* Mini-storage facilities;

* Mortuaries;

* Motorcycle sales and service;

* Musical instrument repair shops and incidental sales;

* Nurseries and garden supply stores;
Offices;
Packing and crating;
Paint and wallpaper stores;

* Parcel delivery services;

* Photographic and blueprint processing and printing;
Picture framing shops;

* Plumbing and sheet metal shops;
Pool halls;

* Pressing establishments;

* Printing, lithographing and engraving;
Public utility service yards;
Radio and television broadcasting studios;
Radio, television, VCR, video, and related electronic equipment repair shops;

* Railroad freight and passenger stations;
Repair garages;
Restaurants, including drive-in restaurants;
Rug and carpet cleaning and dyeing;
Safe and vault repairing;
Self-service laundry and dry cleaning establishments;

* Service stations (gasoline), including dispensing of diesel fuel and complete truck service;
Sheet metal shops;
Shoe repair shops;

* Sign painting shops;
Small animal hospitals or clinics and veterinarians' offices including short-term boarding of animals and incidental care such as bathing and trimming, provided that all operations are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure which complies with specifications of soundproof construction as prescribed by the building official;
Stone and monument yards or mills;

* Storage garages and buildings;
Storage yards for commercial vehicles;

* Taxidermists;
Thrift shops and secondhand stores;

* Tire sales, retreading and recapping;

* Tool or cutlery sharpening or grinding;

* Trade schools;
Trailer sales and service and rentals;
Transit terminals;
Trucking terminals;

* Typewriter repair shops;

* Upholstery shops;

* Used car sales;
Warehouses except for the storage of fuel oil or flammable liquids and explosives;
Welding and blacksmithing shops, excepting drop hammer;

* Wholesale establishments;
Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

3.

Offices and retail stores incidental to and on the same site with a commercial service establishment;

4.

Electrical transmission and distribution substations, gas regulator stations, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks;

5.

Incidental and accessory uses and structures located on the same site as a permitted use.

C.

CS—Permitted Uses—Administrative Approval.

1.

Gas and electrical transmission lines, in accordance with Chapter 17.64;

2.

Christmas tree sales lots.

3.

Incidental and accessory structures and uses as defined in Chapter 17.100 located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval, or conditional use;

4.

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.56.

D.

CS—Conditional Uses—Commission Approval

1.

Any use listed as a permitted use in the IL, Light Industrial district.

2.

Drive-in theaters, golf driving ranges, pony riding rings, racetracks, riding stables, skating rinks, sports arenas and sports stadiums, and other similar open, unenclosed commercial recreation facilities.

3.

Electroplating shops.

4.

Expansion or remodeling of an existing non-conforming use of a structure or land, up to fifty percent (50%) or less of the value of the structure, or reestablishment of a non-conforming use which has been damaged, except non-conforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, non-conforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than two hundred dollars ($200.00), and non-conforming fences, walls and hedges.

5.

Hotels and motels.

6.

Public buildings and grounds.

7.

Private clubs and lodges.

8.

Temporary revival church services.

9.

Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 17.96.

10.

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

A.

CH—Application. The highway commercial district is intended primarily for application to areas along major highway entrances to the city in accord with policies of the general plan, where controlled access to the highway is afforded for the convenience of patrons traveling the highway by the provision of frontage roads, interchanges, channelized intersections and control over driveway spacing.

B.

CH—Permitted Uses.

1.

Highway commercial uses, including:

Ambulance service;

Automobile sales, service and repair, including body and fender work;

Automobile and farm equipment sales and supply stores;

Automobile washing;

Bars, cocktail lounges or night clubs;

Boat sales and service;

Bowling alleys;

Bus depots and transit stations;

Call centers;

Colleges and trade schools;

Emergency shelters;

Hotels and motels;

Low barrier navigation centers;

Medical offices;

Multifamily residential uses with up to twenty (20) dwelling units per acre in density;

Motorcycle sales, service and repair;

Public utility structures, service and facilities, including gas and electrical distribution and transmission substations, gas regulator stations, public service pumping stations;

Private clubs and lodges;

Recreation vehicle sales and service;

Repair garages;

Restaurants, including drive-in restaurants;

Retail stores;

Service stations (gasoline, butane and diesel fuels only);

Soda fountains;

Supportive housing;

Transitional housing;

Used car sales;

Utility trailer sales, service and rental;

Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use;

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

2.

Convenience stores and services for the highway traveler, only at locations close to highway intersections or freeway interchanges, including:

Barber and beauty shops;

Drug stores;

Food stores (under ten thousand (10,000) square feet in area), excluding supermarkets;

Gift shops;

Laundromats;

Liquor stores;

Offices providing financial lending services;

Offices and retail stores incidental to and on the same site with a highway commercial use;

Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use.

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

C.

CH—Permitted Uses—Administrative Approval.

1.

Gas and electric transmission lines, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.64.

2.

Public buildings and grounds.

3.

Christmas tree sales lots.

4.

Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use.

5.

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

D.

CH—Conditional Uses—Commission Approval.

1.

Drive-in theaters, golf driving ranges, pony riding rings, race tracks, riding stables, skating rinks, sports arenas and sports stadiums, and other similar open, unenclosed commercial recreation facilities.

2.

Overnight parking for recreational vehicles; mini-storage facilities.

3.

Service stations involving the dispensing of petroleum gas fuels for use by the traveling public.

4.

Expansion or remodeling of an existing non-conforming use of a structure or land, up to fifty percent (50%) or less of the value of the structure, or reestablishment of a non-conforming use which has been damaged, except non-conforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, non-conforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than two hundred dollars ($200.00), and non-conforming fences, walls and hedges.

5.

Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 17.96.

6.

Uses involving the manufacture, sale, repair and maintenance of light duty utility vehicles and agricultural equipment.

7.

Single room occupancy units.

8.

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

(Ord. 93-01 (part), 1993; Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 19-01, 4-11-2019; Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

A.

Other than in a CS district, all businesses, services and processes shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, except for off-street parking and off-street loading areas, gasoline service stations, outdoor dining areas, nurseries, garden shops, signs, Christmas tree sales lots, bus depots and transit stations, public utility stations, and used car sales incidental to new car sales.

B.

No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are found by the planning commission 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, explosion or toxic chemicals.

C.

Temporary sidewalk sales and use of the public right-of-way for the display and sales of merchandise shall require approval by the city council. Permanent use for such purposes is strictly prohibited.

D.

All commercial site boundaries adjacent to any residential zoning district shall be visually screened with ornamental masonry walls and landscaping. Wall height shall be a minimum of seven (7) feet, except as may be designated otherwise under site plan review.

E.

Street trees and frontage landscaping, with automatic irrigation, shall be provided for all commercial sites. Parking area landscaping may also be required under site plan review.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

A.

Screening and Landscaping—Fences, Wall and Hedges.

1.

Where a site adjoins or is located across a street or alley from a RCO, UR, R, RM or PO district, an ornamental solid wall or fence, seven (7) feet minimum in height, or such other height or type of screening device as may be required by the planning commission, shall be located on the property line common to such districts, except in a required front yard.

2.

Open storage of materials and equipment attendant to a permitted use or conditional use shall be permitted only within an area surrounded or screened by a solid wall or fence seven (7) feet minimum in height, except as may be modified under site plan review. Said storage shall not be visible above said fence or wall.

3.

Street trees and other forms of landscaping may be required under the provisions of Chapters 17.72 and 17.76.

B.

Site Area. No limitation.

C.

Frontage, Width and Depth of Site. No limitation.

D.

Coverage. No limitation.

E.

Yard Requirements.

1.

The minimum front yard shall be as follows:

2.

Except as specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 hereunder, no side yards or rear yards shall be required.

a.

In any commercial district, the minimum side yard abutting a RCO, UR, RA, R, RM or PO district shall be ten (10) feet.

b.

In any commercial district, the minimum rear yard abutting a RCO, UR, BA, R, RM or PO district shall be ten (10) feet.

F.

Distances between Structures. The minimum distance between a dwelling unit and another structure shall be ten (10) feet.

G.

Building Height. In a CN or CH district, fifty (50) feet maximum; in a CC or CS district, seventy-five (75) feet maximum except as may be provided under the provisions of Chapter 17.68.

H.

Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading. Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided as prescribed in Chapter 17.52.

I.

Signs and Outdoor Advertising Structures. No sign or outdoor advertising structure of any character shall be provided except as prescribed in Chapter 17.56.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

No use shall be erected on any lot or site in any C district until a site plan and architectural plans shall have been submitted to and approved by the city pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 17.72 and 17.80.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions in Chapter 17.60.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)