The Rialto Avenue-Cedar Avenue corridor commercial overlay zone is established by this chapter in order to achieve the following purposes:

A.

To provide opportunities for commercial retail and administrative-professional office uses to be located on appropriate M-1 (light manufacturing) or M-2 (general manufacturing) zoned properties having frontage on portions of Rialto Avenue and Cedar Avenue;

B.

To allow new commercial development and the conversion of existing manufacturing and industrial properties into commercial and office uses within certain industrially-zoned areas, subject to conditions and requirements designed to promote orderly and harmonious use of land for mixed commercial and industrial businesses.

(Ord. 1308 § 1 (part), 2000)

The Rialto Avenue-Cedar Avenue corridor commercial overlay zone established by this chapter shall apply to all M-1 (light manufacturing) and M-2 (general manufacturing) zoned properties located within the corridors having direct frontage on the portion of Rialto Avenue extending between Willow Avenue on the east and Linden Avenue on the west, and on the portion of Cedar Avenue extending between the former P.E. Railroad right-of-way on the north and Merrill Avenue on the south.

(Ord. 1308 § 1 (part), 2000)

Where a site is located within the established Rialto Avenue-Cedar Avenue corridor commercial overlay zone is classified in the M-1 (light manufacturing) or M-2 (general manufacturing) districts, C-3 (general commercial) uses allowed under Section 18.34.020 may be permitted subject to approval of a conditional development permit in accordance with provisions of Chapter 18.66 and subject to the following findings made by the planning commission precedent to the granting of such approval:

A.

The site for the proposed commercial use is adequate in size, shape, topography, accessibility and other physical characteristics to accommodate the proposed commercial use and development in a manner compatible with existing land uses, with the exception that the proposed development may be constrained from future expansion;

B.

The development site has adequate access to those utilities and other services required for the proposed commercial use;

C.

The proposed commercial use will be arranged, designed, constructed and maintained so as to be compatible with the character of the industrial area as intended by the General Plan designation of industrial park uses;

D.

Potential adverse effects upon the surrounding properties will be minimized to the extent practical and any remaining adverse effects are justified by the benefits conferred upon the neighborhood or community as a whole.

(Ord. 1308 § 1 (part), 2000)

Commercial uses permitted under the provisions of Section 18.43.030 shall conform to the following standards:

A.

Front Yard. The minimum front yard setback for buildings shall be twenty-five feet measured from the public right-of-way. In an instance of a through lot having frontage on two parallel streets, the building setbacks shall be twenty-five feet measured from the right-of-way of each street. Walls, fences and other nonbuilding structures that do not encroach within the required landscaped areas may be located within the front yard setback area as approved by the community development director or planning commission, as applicable.

B.

Side Yards. There are no side yards required, with the following exceptions:

1.

On the street side of a corner lot, the minimum side yard shall be fifteen feet measured from the public right-of-way.

2.

Side yards may be required in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Uniform Building Code for the type and design of construction, and/or the proposed occupancy of the building.

C.

Rear Yard. There is no rear yard required, with the exception that a rear yard may be required in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Uniform Building Code for the type and design of construction and/or the proposed occupancy of the building.

D.

Landscaping. A minimum of twenty-foot depth of front yard setback area and fifteen-foot depth of street side yard setbacks area shall be landscaped and permanently maintained in accordance with a landscaping plan approved by the community development director or planning commission, as applicable.

E.

Building Height. The maximum building height is six stones or seventy-five feet No building, or any wall, fence or other structures, with the exception of approved signs, shall exceed three and one-half feet in height above the ground level within the required front or street side yard landscaped areas.

F.

Off-street Parking. For off-street parking and loading requirements for commercial uses within the overlay zone, see Chapter 18.58.

G.

Sign Requirements. Signs are permitted for commercial uses in accordance with the sign requirements for the C-3 (general commercial) zone in Section 18.102.060(H).

H.

Exceptions. When an existing industrial building site is proposed to be converted either partially or wholly to a commercial use, the planning commission may waive any requirements of this section calling for greater yard spaces or amounts of required off-street parking and loading spaces than exist, provided that the commission may impose any other requirements that are deemed necessary and appropriate as conditions of approval of the conditional development permit.

(Ord. 1308 § 1 (part), 2000)

(Ord. No. 1645, § 3, 7-14-20)