(1) provide areas for appropriate location of commercial uses offering goods and services;

(2) provide areas where commercial uses may concentrate for the convenience of the public and in mutually beneficial relationships with each other;

(3) accommodate those residential uses and community facilities and institutions that are compatible with commercial uses; and

(4) protect commercial uses from incompatible uses and development. (Ord. 25-08 §1 (Att. A), 2025; Ord. 87-9 §1, 1987).

(1) accommodate small retail and personal service businesses that will primarily serve the day-to-day needs of the immediate neighborhood;

(2) protect existing businesses of the type referred to in subsection (1) of this section and permit new neighborhood commercial businesses where economic demand, citizen acceptance, and development standards can assure compatibility with the neighborhood;

(3) limit the size, scale, and expansion of neighborhood commercial businesses to minimize traffic volumes and congestion, and adverse impacts on the neighborhood in which they are located. Developments should be characterized by small buildings, low vehicular traffic generation, considerable walk-in trade, and quiet operations. (Ord. 25-08 §1 (Att. A), 2025; Ord. 00-20 §1, 2000; Ord. 87-9 §1, 1987).

(1) accommodate those retail stores, offices, service, and amusement businesses that offer goods and services to the entire market area in the City’s downtown commercial core;

(2) ensure compact, convenient development patterns by allowing those uses that are chiefly pedestrian-oriented and operated within buildings, and that do not require large facilities for on-site off-street parking. (Ord. 25-08 §1 (Att. A), 2025; Ord. 87-9 §1, 1987).

(1) provide areas for commercial uses serving the motoring public with goods and services such as food, lodging, and gasoline;

(2) provide areas for uses that require larger sites of 10 acres or larger;

(3) provide areas for uses involving outdoor activities or display, light manufacturing, processing, or heavy truck traffic;

(4) provide areas for uses that are heavily dependent on convenient vehicular access;

(5) encourage the clustering of general commercial activities on sites having safe and efficient access to a major or secondary arterial street, as identified in the circulation element of the Comprehensive Plan;

(6) provide development standards that enhance efficient operations of these uses and that minimize adverse impact on the community, especially on adjacent properties with more restrictive development. (Ord. 25-08 §1 (Att. A), 2025; Ord. 87-9 §1, 1987).

(1) Principal and Conditional Uses. Principal and Conditional Uses permitted in the Commercial Districts are listed in the Use Chart, PCC 17.70.030.

(2) Accessory Uses. Accessory uses in Commercial Districts are subject to the same development standards as principal uses. (Ord. 25-08 §1 (Att. A), 2025; Ord. 87-9 §1, 1987).

(1) Chapter 17.30 PCC, Nonconforming Uses, Buildings or Structures, and Lots.

(2) Chapter 17.35 PCC, Exceptions and Special Provisions Pertaining to Uses, Development Regulations, and Performance Standards.

(3) Chapter 17.40 PCC, Off-Street Parking and Loading.

(4) Chapter 17.45 PCC, Landscaping and Screening.

(5) Chapter 17.50 PCC, Sign Regulations.

(6) Chapter 17.70 PCC, Use Chart.

(7) Chapter 17.135 PCC, Site Plan Review. (Ord. 25-08 §1 (Att. A), 2025; Ord. 87-9 §1, 1987).