The purpose of the community commercial (C-2) district is to provide for a wide range of facilities for the sale of goods and provision of personal services. When applied to shopping areas, the uses are generally conducted within a building, and may range in size from neighborhood centers, which may have a supermarket as a principal tenant, to a commercial center, which may also include a department or variety store as a principal tenant. When applied to commercial areas of town centers or other existing places with similar activities, the uses may be broadened to include outdoor retail uses, such as auto sales. This district is consistent with the commercial (C) and mixed use (MU) general plan land use designations.

(Ord. 99-4 § 25, 1999: prior code § 5.02.210 (A))

The following uses are permitted in a C-2 district if conducted within a building:

A.

Retail sales;

B.

Services, including:

1.

Bank or other financial institution that provides a direct service to the public; insurance or real estate sales,

2.

Repair shop for shoes, radios, televisions or other domestic appliances,

3.

Laundry or cleaning establishment; laundromat,

4.

Barber or beauty shop,

5.

Standard restaurant,

6.

Travel or ticket agency,

7.

Photo studio,

8.

Business, professional or medical office; medical, dental or optical laboratory; blueprinting; photocopying,

9.

Health club;

C.

Print shop;

D.

Veterinary clinic, provided any kennels are located entirely within a building;

E.

Retail nursery or garden supply.

(Ord. 99-4 § 26, 1999; Ord. 95-3 § 52, 1995; prior code § 5.02.210 (B))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 21, 7-17-2018)

The following uses are permitted in the C-2 district if a zoning permit is issued, subject to the provisions of Sections 17.88.170 through 17.88.196:

A.

Seasonal outdoor sales of pumpkins and/or Christmas trees when conducted separately from a legally established commercial use on the lot.

(Ord. 99-4 § 27, 1999)

The following uses are permitted in the C-2 district if a use permit is issued:

A.

A one-family residence, when the residence is occupied by the owner or operator of the commercial use, or a paid caretaker or night watchman. The residence may be attached to the main building in which the commercial use exists, or detached;

B.

Church, provided there is no school and no outdoor activities;

C.

Outdoor storage or sales associated with any of the uses permitted in Section 17.44.020.

(Ord. 99-4 § 28, 1999; Ord. 95-3 § 53, 1995)

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 21, 7-17-2018)

The following uses are permitted in the C-2 district if a use permit is issued:

A.

Auto service station, self-serve and non-self-serve auto wash, auto repair services, excluding auto body and painting businesses, equipment rental;

B.

Bar, nightclub or cardroom;

C.

Motion picture theater, bowling alley, skating rink, video game center, lodge, club, fraternal organization, billiard parlor;

D.

Fast food restaurant;

E.

Sales of new or used autos, boats, motorcycles or mobile homes;

F.

Miniature golf course;

G.

Motel or hotel;

H.

Bus terminal;

I.

Day care center;

J.

Commercial condominiums;

K.

Church with school and/or outdoor activities;

L.

Convalescent hospital.

(Ord. 2002-2 § 5, 2002; Ord. 99-4 § 29, 1999; Ord. 95-3 § 54, 1995; prior code § 5.02.210 (C))

(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 21, 7-17-2018)

Other uses permitted in the C-2 district are:

A.

The uses allowed by, and subject to the provisions of, Sections 17.88.010 through 17.88.110;

B.

Other uses found to be similar in character and impact to those listed in Sections 17.44.020 and 17.44.030, as determined in accordance with Section 17.94.030.

C.

Signs as allowed by and subject to the provisions of Sections 17.84.060 through 17.84.069.

(Ord. 2002-2 § 6, 2002; Ord. 99-4 § 30, 1999; prior code § 5.02.210 (D))

The development standards for lot area and yards established by this section apply to all developments in the C-2 district. However, alternate standards may be approved for a condominium project, as part of the use permit process, if the approving body finds that the proposed development will be of equal or greater excellence in arrangement, design, attractiveness and compatibility with its surroundings than would result if the routine development standards of this section were applied.

A.

Minimum Lot Area. The minimum lot area requirement is ten thousand square feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.010.

B.

Minimum Lot Width. The minimum lot width requirement is as follows:

1.

Interior lot, sixty-five feet;

2.

Corner lot, seventy-five feet.

C.

Yards. The following yard requirements apply, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.020:

1.

Front, ten feet; except where the district abuts a residential district, the front yard shall be the same as the residential district within twenty-five feet of the residential district;

2.

Interior side, none; except where the district abuts a residential district, the side yard shall be fifteen feet, or if it abuts a freeway right-of-way the yard shall be ten feet;

3.

Street side, ten feet;

4.

Rear, none; except where the district abuts a residential district, the rear yard shall be fifteen feet, or if it abuts a freeway right-of-way the yard shall be ten feet;

5.

Exceptions. If a use permit is issued, front yard exceptions may be permitted in established commercial areas in which the majority of the buildings existed before the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and they do not meet the yard requirement. When this exception is made, the front yard shall be at least the distance equal to the average front yard of fifty percent of the buildings farthest from the street.

D.

Maximum Structural Height. Maximum permitted structural height is forty feet; except within forty feet of a residential district it shall be one story, not to exceed twenty feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.030.

E.

Landscaping. Landscaping requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.040.

F.

Outdoor Lighting. Outdoor lighting requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.050.

G.

Parking. Parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 17.86.

H.

Zone Walls. Zone wall requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.070.

I.

Outdoor Trash Storage. All outside trash storage and collection facilities shall be enclosed by a solid masonry wall or view-obscuring fence at least one foot higher than the trash container.

J.

Development Plan. An applicant for either a zone amendment to a C-2 district when located in a mixed use general plan land use designation, a building permit or use permit shall submit a plan which indicates how the standards listed in this section will be met. This submittal shall be made on a form prescribed by the planning director. If only a building permit is required for the use, then the director's approval shall be obtained prior to issuance of the permit. If a use permit is required, then the director's approval shall occur as set forth by the terms and conditions of the use permit.

(Ord. 2002-2 § 7, 2002; Ord. 99-4 § 31, 1999; prior code § 5.02.210 (E))