The intent of the commercial district (C) is to provide a commercial area for those establishments providing the general shopping needs of the trade area and, in particular, those businesses normally oriented to the pedestrian shopper. The grouping of uses is intended to strengthen the central business area as the urban center of trade, service, governmental and cultural activities, and to provide neighborhood commercial convenience area.

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1001)

The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted in the commercial district (C):

1.

Retail sales of: Auto, recreational vehicle sales; groceries, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meats, poultry products, fish and seafoods, baked goods, candies, nuts, confectionary items; beer, wine and distilled alcoholic beverages; heating and plumbing equipment; paint, glass and wallpaper, electrical supplies; hardware; dry goods and general merchandise; tires, batteries and accessories, marine and aircraft accessories, wearing apparel and accessories, furniture, home furnishings and equipment; household appliances, radios, televisions and music supplies; drugs and proprietory medicines; antiques and secondhand merchandise; books and stationery; sporting goods and bicycles; jewelry; flowers and other plant materials; cigars and cigarettes, newspapers and magazines; cameras and photographic supplies; gifts, novelties and souvenirs; and optical goods;

2.

Electrical repair; radio and television repair; and watch, clock and jewelry repair;

3.

Business services, excluding any warehousing and storage services;

4.

Finance, insurance and real estate services;

5.

Laundering, dry cleaning and dyeing services; photographic services including commercial services; beauty and barber services; apparel repair, alteration and cleaning pickup service; shoe repair services;

6.

Parks;

7.

Professional services;

8.

Libraries; museums; art galleries; ice skating; roller skating; bowling; planeteria; aquariums; historical and monument sites; motion picture theaters and legitimate theaters; auditoriums; penny arcades; gymnasiums and athletic clubs; and exhibit halls;

9.

Governmental services;

10.

Automobile parking;

11.

Educational services;

12.

On-site signs;

13.

Public buildings and grounds;

14.

Eating and drinking establishments;

15.

Business associations;

16.

Professional membership organizations;

17.

Communication and utility uses;

18.

Bus passenger terminals;

19.

Taxicab transportation stations.

20.

Medical cannabis dispensary (subject to Chapter 5.71).

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1002; Ord. No. 2021-03, 9-13-2021)

In the C district accessory uses and structures normally appurtenant to the permitted uses and structures when established within the space provisions of this district are permitted.

Shipping Containers for Storage as defined in section 17.08.475 of this title, are permissible in accordance with this Chapter on the conditions set forth herein:

1.

Quantity. One Shipping Container for Storage shall be permitted on each lot.

2.

Building Permit Required: Purchasers, owners or users of a Shipping Container for Storage shall obtain a building permit from the City for each container prior to placing or moving the container onto their property.

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1003)

(Ord. No. 01-2025, 3-25-2025)

In the C district after notice and appropriate safeguards, the planning commission may permit as conditional uses:

A.

Buildings containing both commercial and/or residential uses;

B.

Hotels and motels;

C.

Churches, synagogues and temples;

D.

Welfare and charitable services; labor unions and similar labor organizations; and civic, social and fraternal associations.

(Ord. 6-80 (part); Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1004)

All other uses and structures which are not specifically permitted or not permissible as conditional uses shall be prohibited from the commercial district (C).

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1005)

In the C district the minimum lot area shall be two thousand and four hundred square feet.

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1006)

In the C district the minimum lot width shall be twenty feet.

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1007)

In the C district all building lots adjacent to a residential district shall be located so as to conform to the adjacent residential district (R).

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1008)

In the C district the maximum lot coverage for all structures shall not be more than ninety percent of the lot area.

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1009)

In the C district the location of structure(s) shall comply with state fire codes at all times.

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1010)

In the C district each parking space shall be not less than two hundred square feet in area exclusive of adequate access drives and maneuvering space. Such space shall be provided with vehicular access to a street or alley.

A.

Every commercial business shall have one space for every two employees;

B.

Offices: Professional, business or public, including banks, one space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area.

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1011)

In the C district every building or structure used for business or trade hereafter erected shall provide space as indicated herein for the loading and unloading of vehicles off the street or public alley. Such space shall have access to an alley or, if there is no alley, to a street. For the purpose of this section, an off-street loading space shall have minimum dimensions of twelve feet in height above the alley or street grade.

A.

All structures permitted in the commercial district shall have one space for each five thousand square feet of floor area.

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1012)

No provision or provisions for off-street parking, storage, loading or unloading within this title shall be construed to deny developers in any zoning district from constructing common off-street parking, storage, loading or unloading spaces, subject to the regulations governing the issuance of a zoning permit.

(Ord. 1-76 (part): prior code § 14.1013)