The C-P zoning district is intended to apply to all lands designated in the General Plan as "professional-commercial." This land use classification is designed to accommodate administrative, business and professional offices of a nonretail nature. The professional commercial zone district is intended to achieve the following purposes:

A.

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

B.

To provide opportunities for 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.

Medical, dental and therapeutic clinics;

B.

Business and personal service establishments;

C.

Professional, executive, administrative and financial offices;

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 incidental storage facilities and signs which pertain only to a permitted use on the premises and which are in accordance with the standards of Chapter 17.56 of this title.

(Ord. 16.76 § 1 (part), 1989; Ord. 16.87 § 3 (part), 1993; Ord. No. 16.142, § 41, 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.

Community facilities and institutions;

B.

Private noncommercial clubs;

C.

Schools and studios;

D.

Libraries;

E.

Churches, synagogues and other places of worship;

F.

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.

(Ord. 16.76 § 1 (part), 1989; Ord. 16.77 (part), 1989)

The following development standards shall apply in the C-P 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 "R" district, the side yard shall be a minimum of ten feet in width,

5.

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

6.

Rear yard: There are no rear yard requirements except if abutting an "R" district, then rear yard shall be a minimum of twenty feet;

G.

Maximum height: Thirty-five feet;

H.

Where a site adjoins any residential zoning district, a solid wall or fence, vine-covered fence or compact evergreen hedge six feet in height shall be located on the property line except in a required front yard and permanently maintained. In addition, a minimum of five feet adjoining the property line shall be landscaped with plant material and permanently maintained when such landscaping is necessary to insure privacy or to screen views, as determined by the design review board;

I.

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

J.

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

K.

Accessory Structures. See Section 17.46.130 (Accessory Structures).

(Ord. 16.76 § 1 (part), 1989; Ord. 16.77 (part), 1989; Ord. No. 16.142, § 42, 12-4-2024)

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-P 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. Said disposal areas shall be screened from public view by masonry or solid wood fencing six feet in height.

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)