CBD-Core Central Business District Core Zone Intent and Purpose. The intent and purpose of the CBD-Core zone is to focus civic, commercial, entertainment, cultural and urban residential uses into an intense, compact, walkable area served by public transit. The zone and any development standards or guidelines applicable to such zone should be liberally construed to enhance opportunities for significant and concentrated growth of office space, commercial space, and residential projects in the city core in order to achieve increased economic and urban activity levels within the zone, where public transit and civic amenities are more available and concentrated. This zone is specifically intended to permit higher density, larger, and taller buildings between three and five stories in order to develop the city's core as a regional center with opportunities for high density residential uses, unique vistas of public spaces, nearby amenities such as recreational and shopping opportunities, or access to commuter rail and other transit.

The zone should accommodate development projects with an intentional reduction in parking requirements and an increase in building scale to accommodate high density pedestrian-oriented development in this most accessible of zoning districts. The zone is also intended to provide large-scale planned development by public entities or through public-private partnerships which provide a clear community benefit. The zone is envisioned for innovative development meeting unique community needs.

CBD Central Business District Zone. The CBD zone is intended to provide for commercial services in a fashion that preserves and enhances the pedestrian scale and historic character of development in Puyallup's downtown area and commuter rail station center areas. Both the CBD and the CBD-Core zones are also intended for residential development, with either mixed- or single-use development anticipated in the CBD zone, and mixed-use residential in the CBD-Core zone. While the two zones are similar in intent, the CBD-Core zone is intended to develop at a more intense level of development than the surrounding CBD zone and allowed building heights being up to between four and six stories. Small, independent shops and offices are typical to this district.

CL Limited Commercial Zone. The CL zone is intended to provide for professional office uses, lower intensity retail commercial, accessory uses and incidental multiple-family residential uses in areas not suitable for general commercial development or adjacent to residential development. The CL zone is also intended to provide for the establishment of well-designed and landscaped mixed-use settings, with building heights of up to three stories.

CB Community Business Zone. The CB zone is intended to provide for a full range of business, professional and personal service uses and consumer retail activity in well-designed, integrated developments. Multiple-family and senior housing may also be included as integral elements of mixed-use developments. The size of CB zones may vary from smaller districts primarily intended to serve the Puyallup market to larger districts serving significant portions of Pierce County. The intent of this zone is to accommodate indoor retail and service activities in shopping centers, commercial malls and office complex environments, with building heights ranging between four and six stories. Outdoor displays and sales are to be allowed only as incidental or accessory activities to a primary use; land-intensive uses such as automobile sales are prohibited.

CG General Commercial Zone. The CG zone is intended to provide for retailing and other commercial services that serve the large market area surrounding the Puyallup community. Such commercial developments usually rely upon the automobile as their principal source of access. Maximum building heights range between four and six stories. In contrast to the CB zone, some uses in the CG zone may require large tracts of land and involve outdoor display of products for sale (such as automobile sales). The CG zone is also intended to allow some uses which are quasi-light industrial in character.

An owner, occupant, or other person or entity in control of a dwelling shall be required to submit and receive a conditional use permit prior to leasing a dwelling to or allowing two or more persons to reside in a dwelling located in the CBD zone or CBD-Core zone when such persons are required to register as a sex offender pursuant to RCW 9A.44.130 and/or have been convicted of any of the following offenses: a serious violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030(45), a violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030(54), residential burglary (RCW 9A.52.025), burglary 2 (RCW 9A.52.020), malicious mischief 1 (RCW 9A.48.070), or theft 1 (RCW 9A.56.030).

No conditional use permit shall be issued under subsection (1) of this section if another conditional use permit has previously been issued under the same subsection for any dwelling within 880 feet of the proposed site.

The day care center shall be subject to all applicable state and local licensing requirements, as well as applicable city codes and standards.

The day care center shall be located on the site of the principal employment establishment.

The day care center shall exist entirely to serve the children of employees and other persons affiliated with the principal employment establishment.

The day care center shall be located so that access streets, parking and/or loading areas are sufficient to safely accommodate the number of vehicle trips associated with the day care use.

A minimum 10-foot-wide landscape buffer strip shall be provided on the subject site wherever the day care center use abuts any RS- or RM-zoned property.

Existing nonconforming single-family, duplex and triplex residences within the CB zone are subject to the development standards of the RS-06 zone.

Multifamily residential uses are permitted by right in the CB zone, subject to the following:

Retirement apartments and senior housing complexes are permitted by right as either a principal or accessory use in the CB zone and are subject to the following:

Existing nonconforming single-family residences within the CL and CG zone are subject to those development standards in the RS-06 zone.

Multiple-family residential uses permitted by right in a CL or CG zone shall be subject to the following requirements:

General commercial uses shall occupy no more than 50 percent of the cumulative floor area of the mixed use development;

Shall be located adjacent to and obtain principal access from arterial or collector streets;

The hours of operation shall be limited to between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.;

Outdoor storage is prohibited;

Shall comply with the performance standards for properties in the C zones set forth in PMC § 20.30.045 and all other applicable city codes, regulations and requirements; and

For purposes of this section, general commercial uses of limited intensity shall include the following uses or uses which are similar in nature:

Gasoline service stations;

Motor vehicle service and repair;

Hotels/motels;

Fast food restaurants;

Convenience markets;

Taverns.

Prohibited Uses.

Pedestrian-oriented plaza in area incorporated into a niche or recess in the building's front facade when consistent with PMC § 20.30.033;

A pedestrian-oriented plaza space in front of the building at least eight feet deep running the full width of the building when consistent with PMC § 20.30.033;

A landscape strip at least four feet wide and no greater than eight feet wide located between the sidewalk and the building edge; and/or

Developments proposed at the corner of streets intersecting with Meridian Street shall provide a corner inset pedestrian-oriented plaza space based on the size parameters and amenities identified in PMC § 20.30.033.

The base building height in the CBD-Core zone shall be 40 feet except that the height may be increased to a maximum of 65 feet if the requirements and bonus criteria listed below are met.

In the CBD zone, the base building height shall be 35 feet, except that the height may be increased to 55 feet subject to the requirements and bonus criteria described below.

In order to achieve a building height greater than the base height of the CBD-Core zone, those buildings not directly abutting any residentially zoned property located outside of the downtown planned action area nor abutting any property listed on a National Historic Register shall be eligible for one or more of the height bonuses described by subsections (3)(a) through (3)(e) of this section, subject to the maximum bonus provisions of subsection (3)(f) of this section:

CB and CG Zones. The base building height in the CB and CG zones may be built to a maximum of 50 feet, when built utilizing the setback standard of PMC § 20.30.037(2)(c) (12-foot front/street side yard setback, with options under PMC § 20.30.037(2)(c)(ii) available). Buildings eligible to utilize the following height bonuses to exceed the base building height in the CB or CG zone shall be built utilizing the setback standard of PMC § 20.30.037(2)(c)(i) (20-foot front/street side yard setback required):

Location Requirements.

Minimum Size. Plazas shall be no less than 200 square feet in size. For sites larger than 20,000 square feet that are providing public open space, at least three percent of a development site greater than 20,000 square feet shall be allocated and designed as publicly accessible open space, such as a plaza.

Maximum Size. Street facing plazas shall not exceed 20 percent of the total building footprint or 2,000 square feet, whichever is less. Such space shall have a minimum width of 30 feet and a minimum depth of 20 feet, unless otherwise approved by the director due to site constraints.

Active Uses Abutting Space. Plazas located between a building and a sidewalk shall be abutted on at least two sides by retail shops, restaurants, primary residential or office entrances or services with their windows and doors fronting on the space.

Plazas shall incorporate the following:

Parking lots shall not be located between the street and the building on the subject property unless no other feasible alternative exists.

Parking lots must comply with the following standards:

Parking Area Location. The maximum width of a parking lot fronting on a public street shall not exceed 64 feet or 50 percent of the subject site frontage, whichever is greater, to the extent feasible.

Street Orientation for New Buildings and Site Development. All site developments shall utilize the following standards in preparing site plan layouts:

Once the site development has achieved at least 50 percent of the site frontage which is occupied by buildings in accordance with the street orientation standards above, or when panhandle/internal lots not fronting on a public right-of-way, or where existing buildings and/or improvements would physically prevent subsections (1) and (2) of this section from being achieved, other structures may be placed internal to the site but shall be oriented towards each other and in close proximity to the site's street frontage buildings to allow for pedestrian movement between structures through pedestrian scaled plaza areas without crossing parking areas.

Building Entrances and Design. At least one building entrance for an individual building (or individual tenant spaces) shall face each public street frontage or be located within 50 lineal feet from a public street frontage. Directly linking pedestrian access shall be provided between the street right-of-way and each building entrance. No less than 60 percent of the surface area of any street-facing wall shall consist of windows and/or transparent doorways.

Parking Lot Entrances and Driveways. The city may impose additional restriction on the width, number and location of driveways to and from the subject parcel to improve vehicle circulation or safety, or to enhance pedestrian movement or desirable visual characteristics.

Each side of a parking lot which abuts a street must be screened from that street using the appropriate landscaping as specified in the city's vegetative management standards or by locating the building between the street and the parking lot.

Exterior Mechanical Devices. Large mechanical equipment shall be screened from surrounding residentially zoned properties and public rights-of-way. Minor utility equipment, such as small generators, utility meters, air conditioners, or junction boxes, which are less than three and one-half feet in height, shall be exempt from screening requirements. Alternative methods for screening may include the use of building or parapet walls, sight-obscuring fencing and/or landscaping, equipment enclosures, consolidation and orientation of devices towards the center of the rooftop, and/or the use of neutral color surfaces.

Required Landscaping. Landscaping required by this title and/or by conditions of approval of discretionary applications required by this title shall be designed, installed and maintained in accordance with Chapter 20.58 PMC. In no event shall such landscaped areas be used for storage of materials, placement of temporary signs or parking of vehicles.

Outdoor Storage. Outdoor storage as defined in PMC § 20.15.005, including merchandise display, equipment and materials storage, and junk and scrap storage, when permitted in any commercial zone shall comply with the following requirements:

Outdoor Lighting. Building-mounted lighting and aerial-mounted floodlighting shall shield direct lighting from other properties. Ground-mounted floodlighting or light projection above the horizontal plane is prohibited between midnight and sunrise. All lighting shall be shielded so that the direct illumination shall be confined to the property boundaries of the light source. Temporary outdoor lighting intended to advertise a temporary promotional event shall be exempt from this requirement.

C-Zoned Properties Adjacent to Residential Properties or Alleys.

Swimming Pools. All swimming pools having a depth of 12 or more inches shall maintain a protective fence, wall or enclosure no less than six feet in height, with no opening greater than four inches wide and equipped with a self-closing gate surrounding said pool. Hot tubs or other manmade water bodies shall maintain a similar enclosure or shall be covered when not in use so as to prevent access to the water.

Trash and Recycling Receptacles. Trash and recycling receptacles shall be screened from adjacent properties and public rights-of-way by an opaque visual barrier no lower than the highest point of the receptacles.

Commercial Antennas Height Exceptions. Antennas for commercial radio transmission facilities may exceed the height regulations set forth in Table 20.30.030.

Dog Kennel/Veterinary Clinics. Dog kennels, whether operated as accessory to another use (e.g., veterinary clinic) or as a stand-alone operation, shall meet the following performance standards:

Within the C zones, no fence greater than three and one-half feet in height may encroach within the prescribed front and street side yard setbacks. Cornices, sills, eaves, projections, and awnings without enclosing walls or screening may project into a required yard but not more than two feet.

Vending stands or kiosk (e.g., espresso stands), either portable or permanent but intended as nontemporary uses, shall be permitted to site in existing commercial establishments within the C zones, subject to the following standards:

Pedestrian Access and Circulation. Pedestrian walkways shall be constructed to provide safe, convenient and direct access between building entrances, transit facilities, passenger loading areas, public sidewalks, adjacent properties and pedestrian plazas. All parking lots which contain more than 90,000 square feet of paved area including driveways and traffic aisles shall include clearly defined pedestrian routes from parking stalls to main building entrances. All required walkways shall meet the following minimum requirements:

Public Transit Facility Location and Design. In order to reduce the use and dependence on private vehicles and associated traffic congestion, and to encourage the use of public transit, adequate provision should be made for public transit facilities and supporting improvements. When formally recommended or requested by the local public transit authority, bus shelters, transit turnouts and supporting facilities shall be located and designed in accordance with the following provisions:

Truck Parking and Loading/Unloading Areas. Truck parking and loading/unloading areas as required under PMC § 20.55.061 shall be considered a form of outdoor storage, and shall be screened from public right-of-way and any adjoining residential zones or permitted residential use in a commercial zone. All outdoor storage associated with loading areas shall be screened as set forth in subsection (3)(a) of this section.

Drive-Through Lanes. The following rules are defined in order to mitigate the potential negative impacts drive-through lanes may create on site design and to improve street corner building orientation for commercial development. All drive-through lanes shall be designed to mitigate negative visual/auditory effects and to improve site design principles, which should be to reduce the prominence of automobiles in general while still providing safe and convenient access to drive-through commercial establishments (where allowed). The following performance standards shall apply: