The C-SC zoning district is intended to apply to all lands designated in the General Plan as "shopping center commercial." This classification is primarily intended to accommodate retail and service establishments for the development of community shopping centers.

The shopping center commercial district is also intended to achieve the following purposes:

A.

To provide appropriately located areas for retail stores, offices, service establishments, amusement establishments and businesses offering various ranges of commodities and services scaled to meet the needs of different geographical areas and various categories of patrons they serve;

B.

To provide opportunities for retail stores, offices, service establishments, amusement establishments and businesses to concentrate for the convenience of the public and in mutually beneficial relationship to each other;

C.

To provide space for community facilities and institutions which appropriately may be located in commercial areas;

D.

To provide adequate space to meet the needs of modern commercial development, including off-street parking and truck loading facilities;

E.

To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the amount of land around them;

F.

To protect commercial properties from noise, odor, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare, heavy truck traffic and other objectionable influences incidental to industrial uses;

G.

To protect commercial properties from fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards.

(Ord. 16.76 § 1 (part), 1989)

Permitted uses are as follows:

A.

Professional offices;

B.

Retail and personal service establishments;

C.

Emergency shelters (≤25 occupants), subject to compliance with Section 17.44.110; and

D.

Accessory uses located on the same site with a permitted use which are customarily incidental to the permitted use, including but not limited to a permitted use on the premises and which are in accordance with the standards of Chapter 17.56 of this title.

E.

A low barrier navigation center that meets the requirements specified in Government Code Section 65662.

F.

Supportive housing that meets the requirements specified in Government Code Section 65651.

G.

Accessory dwelling units pursuant to Chapter 17.57 of this title.

(Ord. 16.76 § 1 (part), 1989; Ord. 16.87 § 3 (part), 1993; Ord. 16.89 § 3, 1993; Ord. No. 16-138, § 7, 7-15-2015; Ord. No. 16.142, § 39, 12-4-2024)

The following conditional uses may be permitted upon the granting of a use permit in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.50.020 of this title:

A.

Automobile sales, including the sale of used cars in conjunction with the sale of new cars;

B.

Churches, synagogues and other places of worship;

C.

Commercial recreation;

D.

Institutional uses;

E.

Day care center;

F.

Radio and/or television broadcasting studios;

G.

Theatres;

H.

Restaurants;

I.

Permitted uses in the C-S district, provided they are compatible with surrounding land uses;

J.

Multiple-family dwellings located either above the ground-level commercial use or at ground level at the rear of a commercial space. Residential uses must occupy less than fifty percent of the total gross square feet on the property except as otherwise allowed in the housing element;

K.

Other uses the planning commission finds to be of a similar nature to those listed above, subject to the requirements of Section 17.50.020 of this title;

L.

Emergency shelters (>25 occupants), subject to compliance with Section 17.44.110;

M.

Firearms retail.

(Ord. 16.76 § 1 (part), 1989; Ord. 16.123, §§ 44, 45, 9-5-2007; Ord. No. 16-138, § 8, 7-15-2015; Ord. No. 16.139, § 4, 12-20-2017; Ord. No. 16.142, § 40, 12-4-2024)

The following development standards shall apply in the C-SC zoning district:

A.

Minimum lot area: Ten thousand square feet;

B.

Minimum lot width: One hundred feet;

C.

Minimum lot depth: One hundred feet;

D.

Minimum lot frontage: One hundred feet;

E.

Maximum building coverage: Thirty-five percent;

F.

Minimum setbacks:

1.

Front: Twenty feet.

2.

Rear: Zero feet.

3.

Side: Zero feet.

4.

Interior lot: Where the lot is adjacent to any residential district, the side yard shall be a minimum of ten feet in width.

5.

Corner lot: The exterior side of a corner lot shall be a minimum of fifteen feet.

6.

Rear yard: There are no rear yard requirements exempt if abutting a residential district, then rear yard shall be a minimum of twenty feet;

G.

Maximum height: Thirty-five feet;

H.

[Reserved];

I.

Not less than ten feet of a required yard adjoining a street shall be landscaped and permanently maintained;

J.

All business, services and processes shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, except for off-street parking and loading areas, gasoline service stations, garden shops, Christmas tree sales, open-air markets, outdoor theatrical activities and the sale of nursery products;

K.

A minimum of ten percent of the total site area shall be landscaped and permanently maintained; and

L.

Outdoor seating at restaurants will be allowed by permit issued by the planning department under the following conditions:

1.

A site plan shall be submitted to the planning department for review and approval;

2.

The plans shall be reviewed and approved by the building department, fire district and police department to insure compliance with federal, state and local laws;

3.

All seating shall be confined to a specific area; and

4.

Failure to maintain the seating within the identified area or interference with the free flow of pedestrians shall be sufficient grounds for revocation of the outdoor seating permit.

M.

Multi-unit residential development shall comply with the Multi-Unit Residential Design Standards. See Section 17.44.180.

(Ord. 16.76 § 1 (part), 1989; Ord. 16.77 (part), 1989; Ord. 16.88 § 2, 1994; Ord. 16.123, §§ 46, 47, 9-5-2007; Ord. No. 16.140, § 9, 11-15-2023)

A.

Architectural and site plan review by the design review board shall be required for all structures, alterations to structures and signage in the C-SC zoning district.

B.

All uses shall be subject to the performance standards specified in the applicable provisions of Section 17.44.020 of this title.

C.

Trash disposal: Each parcel shall provide adequate and accessible trash disposal areas. These areas shall be screened from public view by masonry or solid wood fencing six feet in height (refer to Figure 17.44.020).

D.

No building shall be located closer than twenty-five feet from the top of the bank of a perennial or intermittent stream, as shown in Section 17.04.230 of this title. All proposed structures shall be constructed above the one-hundred-year floodplain.

E.

All roofs shall be architecturally designed to provide an appearance which is compatible with the exterior walls of the building. The design review board shall review and approve the roofscape.

(Ord. 16.76 § 1 (part), 1989)