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Mattawa City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

26 GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT C-2

§ 17.26.010 Purpose.

The C-2 classification is for areas that are or will become suited for general commerce and to provide a district suitable for light manufacturing and light industrial uses. Uses shall be limited to the sale of goods and services and other uses that can be integrated into this designation without being unduly detrimental to its commercial character.
(Ord. 453 § 1(part), 2007)

§ 17.26.020 Permitted, accessory uses and structures, conditional and prohibited uses.

Permitted, accessory, conditional and prohibited uses in this district shall be as identified in Chapter 17.40 "District Use Chart" of this title. Said uses shall be allowed, as indicated in the district use chart, only after compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable town of Mattawa rules and regulations.
(Ord. 453 § 1(part), 2007)

§ 17.26.030 Standards.

Development in this district shall meet all of the applicable provisions of this title and all other rules, regulations and provisions of the town of Mattawa, and shall comply with the following:
A. 
Minimum lot area: no minimum lot area or dimensions;
B. 
Maximum building height: three stories or forty feet;
C. 
Yard requirement:
1. 
Front yard:
a. 
Zero feet from the easement line,
2. 
Side yard:
a. 
Zero feet from the side property line,
3. 
Rear yard:
a. 
Zero feet from the rear property line with improved access (alley, street),
b. 
Five feet without established access,
4. 
Adjacent residential district:
a. 
When the lot is adjacent on the side property line to land in a residential zone, the side yard setback shall be fifteen feet from the side property line,
b. 
When the lot is adjacent on the rear property line to land in a residential zone, the rear yard setback shall be twenty feet from the rear property line;
D. 
Refuse storage:
1. 
Location:
a. 
All outdoor trash, garbage and refuse storage areas shall be located outside of required yard areas,
2. 
Screening:
a. 
Refuse containers shall be screened on all sides from public view and at a minimum, be enclosed with a sight-obscuring wood, concrete or masonry wall or fence and landscaping on all sides;
E. 
General storage:
1. 
Storage of materials and merchandise, other than for display purposes, shall be located outside of required front yard areas,
2. 
The storage of materials shall be entirely within an enclosed building;
F. 
Parking shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.46 "Off-Street Parking";
G. 
Landscaping shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.48 "Landscaping" when not building to a zero lot or easement line;
H. 
Signs shall be governed according to the provisions of Chapter 17.50 "Signs";
I. 
Security fences:
1. 
Maximum height limitation of six feet be observed within any required setback area; a maximum height limitation of eight feet be observed outside of any required setback area,
2. 
No electric or barbed-wire fences permitted.
(Ord. 453 § 1(part), 2007)