This is a commercial zone intended to create and preserve areas for businesses serving the entire region and needing an arterial location because of the nature of the business, intensity of traffic generated, or a demand for large land areas by the business. These types of commercial uses provide a multiplicity of goods and services in a single location and therefore require large areas for the building and parking. Commercial uses that are largely devoid of any impacts detrimental to the environment are allowed. Service stations with petroleum products and dry cleaning shops with hazardous materials are permitted uses. Such uses do not follow the basic land use pattern of the of the traditional townsite and are not typically pedestrian oriented. This zone offers vehicular access from major transportation corridors.

(Ord. 3180 § 1 (part), 12/17/2004)

A.

General commercial uses:

1.

Artisan manufacturing.

2.

Auto supply stores, service stations, self-service gas islands, car wash facilities, and tire shops.

3.

Building material stores, cabinet shops, glass stores, hardware stores, lumber yards, paint stores, and plumbing supply stores.

4.

Businesses selling medical supplies, goods, instruments, medicine and similar items.

5.

Reserved.

6.

Farm equipment stores, garden supply stores, nurseries.

7.

Food and beverage establishments, such as cocktail lounges, cafes, cafeterias, drive-in restaurants, restaurants, take-out lunch stands, and taverns; provided that drive-in restaurants, restaurants with cocktail lounges, and taverns, that have direct customer access to an alley abutting residentially zoned property, shall be conditional uses.

8.

Food item retail sales outlets, such as bakery shops, candy and ice cream stores, delicatessens, fruit and vegetable stands, grocery stores, liquor stores, meat and fish markets, including frozen or cold storage food lockers and supermarkets.

9.

General merchandise stores, such as catalogue sales stores, clothing and shoe stores, department stores, drug stores, second-hand stores, antique stores, pawn shops, sporting goods stores and variety stores.

10.

Household furnishings stores, such as appliance stores, furniture stores, office equipment stores and stereo stores.

11.

Motels, hotels and hostels.

12.

Dealerships of new and used automobiles, trucks, trailers, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, tractors, boats, including related sales, leasing, renting, and servicing.

13.

Specialty shops, such as gift, florist, hobby, antique, candy, ice cream, movie rental, bicycle, book, computer, toy, and retail pet stores.

14.

Shopping centers.

B.

Services:

1.

Art galleries, museums and aquariums.

2.

Business colleges, trade schools, and personal instruction such as music, art, and dance schools.

3.

Business parks and professional offices.

4.

Business services offices, such as accounting, tax, employment, and management consulting services.

5.

Cemeteries.

6.

Chemical dependency treatment and detoxification centers.

7.

Child daycares.

8.

Commercial recreation establishments and entertainment services, such as bowling alleys, theaters (movie and others), skating rinks, driving ranges, putt-putt golf courses, climbing walls and arcades.

9.

Community center.

10.

Conference centers.

11.

Equipment rental stores.

12.

Financial services offices, such as banks, financial institutions, insurance and real estate services offices.

13.

Frozen food or cold storage lockers.

14.

Funeral homes and mortuaries.

15.

Laundries, commercial and self-service, dry cleaning shops, and tailor shops.

16.

Libraries.

17.

Medical/dental offices and clinics and laboratories.

18.

Personal services facilities, such as barber and beauty shops, exercise and reducing studios, and travel agencies.

19.

Printing, blueprinting, photo developing and reproduction, and sign shops.

20.

Public parks and recreation facilities.

21.

Repair services shops, such as appliance repair, shoe repair, and TV and stereo repair services.

22.

Veterinary offices, clinics and kennels.

C.

Institutional:

1.

Social clubs, lodges and fraternal organizations.

2.

Schools (community centers).

D.

Residential:

1.

Apartments. When located on the second or subsequent floor of a building, or basement floor, or located on the ground floor within a detached accessory structure that is on a lot with principal nonresidential uses in operation.

2.

Apartment buildings.

3.

Multi-family housing.

E.

Transportation and communication:

1.

Conference centers and auditoriums.

2.

Airplane and helicopter facilities.

3.

Mass transit terminals.

4.

Parcel delivery service terminals.

5.

Radio stations, TV stations and newspaper buildings.

6.

Vehicular services buildings, such as ambulance service, automotive and truck rentals, and vehicle maintenance and repair shops, not including auto body and paint shops.

F.

Wholesale:

1.

Storage services buildings, such as frozen food and cold storage lockers, mini-warehouses, transfer, moving and storage facilities.

2.

Warehouse buildings and yards.

3.

Wholesale stores.

(Ord. 3728 § 13(Exh. C), 3/5/2024; Ord. 3643 § 4, 11/6/2019; Ord. 3577 § 1, 3/21/2017; Ord. 3548 § 16, 1/5/2016; Ord. 3390 § 9, 1/30/2010; Ord. 3272, 2/16/2007; Ord. 3180 § 1 (part), 12/17/2004)

Accessory uses determined by the Director of Community and Economic Development to be compatible with the intent of this chapter are permitted.

(Ord. 3272, 2/16/2007; Ord. 3180 § 1 (part), 12/17/2004)

A.

Auto body and paint shops.

B.

Drive-in restaurants, restaurants with cocktail lounges and taverns that have direct customer access to an alley abutting residentially zoned property.

C.

Fire stations.

D.

Licensed impound yards.

E.

Massage parlors, saunas and steam baths, as primary use.

F.

Off-premises outdoor advertising signs.

G.

Off-street business parking structures and lots.

H.

Recreational vehicles, vacation trailers, and campers courts and parks.

I.

Salvage and recycling buildings.

J.

Social service agency buildings providing 24-hour residential care.

K.

Utility buildings and structures.

L.

Other uses compatible with the intent of this chapter.

(Ord. 3577 § 1, 3/21/2017; Ord. 3272, 2/16/2007; Ord. 3180 § 1 (part), 12/17/2004)

A.

The following area and dimensional requirements apply to all CR zones:

¹

A 25% height bonus is available if the detached structure is within the building envelope required of a principal structure in the zone that the property is located.

(Ord. 3577 § 1, 3/21/2017; Ord. 3572 § 13, 12/20/2016; Ord. 3548 § 16, 1/5/2016; Ord. 3332 § 7, 4/25/2008; Ord. 3272, 2/16/2007; Ord. 3180 § 1 (part), 12/17/2004)

See Chapter 14.40 PAMC.

(Ord. 3180 § 1 (part), 12/17/2004)

A.

All outdoor storage areas except sanitation receptacles associated with mechanized collection shall be screened from view from public rights-of-way and abutting property by a sight-obscuring fence six feet in height.

B.

All lighting on the site shall be directed or shaded so as not to shine directly on adjoining non-commercial property.

C.

A five-foot sidewalk accompanied by a minimum five-foot landscape strip shall be required within the right-of-way adjacent to the front property line as well as adjoining arterial corridors.

D.

A visual screen consisting of solid fencing, landscaping, or other materials, shall be provided in the yard abutting residentially zoned land. Such a screen shall be to a height of six feet. If landscaping is used, it shall include evergreen shrubs planted to form a hedge that will reach a height of six feet within three years of the planting date. Such screen shall be maintained to a maximum height of six feet. Approved vehicle driveways to an alley and sanitation receptacles associated with mechanized collection shall not be obstructed. Clear vision triangles shall be maintained.

E.

All required parking areas shall include tree landscaping of at least two trees, for each group of six or fewer parking spaces with a minimum of two trees, exclusive of any required perimeter landscaping. Vegetation within LID facilities may be used to meet landscaping requirements. The trees shall be of a type approved by the City, and be at least two-inch caliper at time of planting, and placed in a minimum planting area of 100 square feet. Trees shall attain a minimum height of at least 20 feet at maturity. Alternatively, landscaping plans with functionally compatible planters and equivalent vegetative cover may be submitted for approval by the Director of Community and Economic Development as mitigation for this requirement when site constraints deem necessary. Refer to 15.20.070.B.6 and 15.20.080.A.4 PAMC for appropriate pruning and vegetation management techniques.

F.

Parking areas shall have interspersed landscaped islands and shall have no more than eight consecutive parking spaces. Islands with vegetation within LID facilities may be used to meet landscaping requirements and may exceed maximum eight consecutive spaces. Underground parking and parking included in a parking structure are excluded from this requirement.

(Ord. 3572 § 13, 12/20/2016; Ord. 3272, 2/16/2007; Ord. 3180 § 1 (part), 12/17/2004)