Lot Area.

Setback/Yard Requirements. The following setback/yard requirements shall apply to all uses in the C-C District:

Distance Between Buildings: Minimum requirements of the Uniform Building Code.

Building Height. No building shall be erected to a height exceeding two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet. Permitted projections beyond this restriction shall include ventilating fans or equipment, flag poles, chimneys, approved signs, approved parapet walls, facades, and architectural elements such as clockworks. To the extent feasible, new buildings should be constructed to a height within ten (10%) percent of the average height of existing adjacent buildings.

All uses shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building or a solid screen enclosure a minimum six (6) feet in height, except for sidewalk cafes, and off-street parking and loading facilities.

Design Review Committee Formation. A Design Review Committee, consisting of five (5) persons, shall be established by the City Council. The Committee shall consist of five (5) persons, including one (1) member representing each of the following: Redevelopment Agency Project Area Committee; Historical

Society; Planning Commission; Downtown Commercial Area; and a public member. The Director shall serve as Secretary to the Committee. The Downtown Oakdale Commercial Center Design Guidelines and Landscape Design Plan shall be prepared and adopted by resolution of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Oakdale.

Design Review Committee Authority. The Design Review Committee shall have the authority to approve, approve with conditions or disapprove all exterior construction and alterations including but not limited to signs and painting, and interior authority limited to major structural alterations involving changes in the major walls and floors.

Design Review/Site Plan Review. Prior to the issuance of any Building Permit for the alteration or erection of any structure on any lot in the C-C District, a Site Plan shall be submitted and considered pursuant to Site Plan Review requirements of § 36-19, but also including elevations and exterior materials and colors for all buildings and structures. The Site Plan Review Committee shall prepare a report to the Design Review Committee on the conformance of the application to the development standards of this ordinance and the Design Guidelines to be adopted by City Council Resolution. After reviewing the application and the report from the Site Plan Review Committee, the Design Review Committee shall approve, approve with conditions or disapprove the application based upon the provisions of the zoning district and the Design Guidelines. Any action taken by the Design Review Committee in considering a Site Plan application may be appealed pursuant to the provisions of § 36-22.

Landscaping and Open Space. All developments shall be required to install and maintain landscaping on the street frontage in accordance with the Downtown Oakdale Commercial Center Landscape Design Plan. If a landscape maintenance district is formed, the landscaping may be installed by the City, and individual property owners shall, on a yearly basis, contribute to a landscape maintenance fee, to be established by City Council ordinance, for all public open space, park and streetscaping areas throughout the C-C District.

Fences, Hedges, Walls and Screen Plantings. Fences, hedges, walls and screen plantings shall be erected subject to the provisions of the Downtown Oakdale Commercial Center Development Design Guidelines and Landscape Design Plan, and reviewed by the Site Plan Review Committee and the Design Review Committee.

All new construction, changes of use to a more intensive use, or enlargements of existing uses or buildings (other than residential) shall provide off-street parking in proportion to the need created by the land use as specified in § 36-25 or at the discretion of the Site Plan Review Committee which may take into consideration public parking available within said District.

Off-Street Loading Requirements, as specified in § 36-25.

Signs. For all uses, as specified in § 36-26.

All refuse, garbage, and trash bins one-half yard or larger shall be located behind the building setback line and screened from public view.