The purpose of the C commercial zone is to provide distinct zones regulated to provide local commercial service needs and to restrict incompatible uses which may be better located in other districts due to size of the shopping center location within the community, residential neighborhood areas being served and other factors.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 5 (part), 1978)

Uses permitted in the C zone are as follows:

1. Restaurants;
   
2. Clinics;
3. Commercial and private off-street parking lot for passenger automobiles;
4. Nursery school, school for students of art, dancing, dramatics, music, business or secretarial work;
5. Government or public utility facilities of a nonindustrial character;
6. Theater, indoor;
7. Mortuaries;
8. Automobile service station;
9. Boarding and rooming houses;
10. Radio, television and FM broadcasting stations including aerials when made an integral part of a principal building;
11. Signs, excluding billboards and animated signs which are deemed to have a deteriorating influence on surrounding properties. Signs of a questionable nature shall be considered by conditional use permit methods upon instigation by the City Council and as prescribed in Chapter 16.60;
12. Accessory uses to uses allowed;
13. Same as R-2 zone.

(Ord. 241 § 5(A), 1981; Ord. 233 Ch. 1 § 5(A), 1978)

The City Council may, after proper notice and public hearing, as prescribed in Chapter 16.60, permit the following uses where such uses are deemed essential or desirable to the public convenience or welfare. The Council shall have the authority to impose such conditions and safeguards as it deems necessary to protect the best interests of the surrounding property or neighborhood from damage, hazard, nuisance or other detriment.

1. Bowling alley, dance hall or similar commercial establishments for public gatherings or recreational use;
   
2. Automobile and truck repair shop;
3. Auction establishment;
4. Travel trailer park;
5. Automobile sales lot, surfaced;
6. Church;
7. Club or lodge;
8. Drive-in theater;
9. Hospital;
10. School;
11. Multiple-family dwellings;
12. Sale of heavy building materials and machinery;
13. Storage warehouse.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 5(B), 1978)

Any building or structure or portion thereof hereafter erected shall not exceed five stories or forty-five feet in height unless approved by conditional use permit.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 5(C), 1978)

1. No front or side yard shall be required except that when a building or group of buildings abuts upon a residential property, a yard shall be provided on the side of a lot abutting the residential district having a width of not less than ten feet.
   
2. There shall be a rear yard with a depth of not less than fifteen feet when abutting upon a residential zone. The rear yard may be used for off-street parking and loading.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 5(D), 1978)

There shall be no minimum lot size except residential use shall have the same area requirements as set forth in R-2 zone.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 5(E), 1978)

Accessory uses are permitted if constructed either at the same time or subsequent to the main building. Such uses shall be limited to two stories in height and shall not encroach upon required setback areas.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 5(F), 1978)

1. For up to four residential units on a single lot, two space for each unit as defined in Chapter 16.04, sufficient in size for a garage or carport.
2. For other uses and additional residential units in the C commercial zone, refer to Chapter 16.48.
3. Parking area landscaping shall be ten percent (5%) of the parking surface with plans approved by the City Council.
4. All landscaped areas shall be planted with live plant material and shall include an appropriate automatic irrigation system. The owner, tenant and any agent shall be jointly and individually responsible for the maintenance of all landscaping in good condition and free from refuse and debris so as to present a healthy, neat and orderly appearance.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 5(G), 1978)