The purpose of the local convenience center (C-1) district is to provide for a limited selection of convenience goods and services to residents in the immediate area. The primary tenant is normally a convenience market or small grocery store, which may be supplemented by a laundromat or other small establishments. This district is consistent with the commercial (C), urban residential (UR), suburban residential (SR), rural residential A (RA) and mixed use (MU) general plan designations.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

The following uses are permitted outright in the C-1 district if conducted within a building:

A.

A convenience market as a primary use;

B.

Secondary uses that accompany convenience market, including:

1.

Retail sales, including a variety store, drug store, florist, confectionery store or delicatessen,

2.

Service uses, including barber, beauty salon, standard restaurant, laundromat, laundry, dry cleaning, locksmith or shoe repair,

3.

Small professional office, such as insurance or real estate sales.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

The following uses that are secondary to a convenience market are permitted in the C-1 district if a use permit is issued:

A.

Auto service station;

B.

Day care center;

C.

Commercial condominiums;

D.

A one-family residence, when attached to the main building in which the commercial use exists, and the residence is inhabited by the owner or operator of the commercial use. Any permit required for the commercial use must first be issued.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

Other uses permitted in the C-1 district are:

A.

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

B.

Other uses found to be similar in character and impact to those listed in Section 17.42.020 and 17.42.030 of this chapter, as determined in accordance with Section 17.94.030 of this title.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

The development standards for building site area and yards established by this section apply to all development in the C-1 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 in this section were applied.

A.

Locational Criteria. Development must be located on a collector or arterial, as designated in the general plan; should have a potential or existing support population of one thousand (1,000) to three thousand five hundred (3,500) persons.

B.

Minimum Building Site. The minimum building requirement is ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

C.

Maximum Building Site. The maximum building site restriction is one-and-one half acres if the site is served by a community or package sewer system; three acres if the site is not served by a community or package sewer system.

D.

Building Size. Building size requirements are as follows:

1.

The primary use shall not exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area.

2.

Secondary uses shall not exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet per use.

3.

Larger businesses may be permitted if a use permit is secured, and the business is found to be compatible with the area.

E.

Minimum Lot Width. The minimum lot width requirements are as follows:

1.

Interior lot, sixty-five (65) feet;

2.

Corner lot, seventy-five (75) feet.

F.

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

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 (25) feet of the residential district;

2.

Interior side, none; except where the district abuts a residential district, the adjoining side yard shall be fifteen (15) 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 (15) 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 title and they do not meet the yard requirement. When this exception is made, the front yard shall be at least a distance equal to the average front yard of fifty (50) percent of the buildings farthest from the street.

G.

Maximum Structural Height. Maximum permitted structural height is one story not to exceed twenty (20) feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.030 of this title.

H.

Landscaping. Landscaping requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.040 of this title.

I.

Outdoor Lighting. Outdoor lighting requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.050 of this title.

J.

Parking. Parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 17.86 of this title.

K.

Signs (Appurtenant). The requirements appurtenant signs are as follows:

1.

Building signs shall not exceed a combined size of one square foot in area for each lineal foot of building frontage.

2.

If there is one hundred (100) lineal feet or more of street frontage, one freestanding sign per lot, not to exceed one hundred (100) square feet in size and twenty (20) feet in height, shall be permitted. For a double-faced sign, each face shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet. The sign shall be set back a minimum of twelve (12) feet from the front or street side property line or road right-of-way, and shall be located within a landscaped island equal to a minimum of one-half the total sign area of the free-standing sign. A portion of the allowable sign area may be allocated to combined off-site signs identifying two or more establishments when all are located within this district and they share adjoining lots for parking and access.

3.

If there is less than one hundred (100) lineal feet of street frontage, one ground sign not to exceed fifty (50) square feet in size (twenty-five (25) square feet per face if double faced) and forty-two (42) inches in height shall be permitted, except the sign height may be six feet if located thirty-five (35) feet or more from the center of a driveway or a curb return at a street intersection.

4.

The general appurtenance sign standards shall apply, as specified in Section 17.84.060 of this title.

L.

Zone Walls. Zone wall requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.070 of this title.

M.

Outdoor Trash Storage. All outdoor 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.

N.

Development Plan. An applicant for either 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 development services director or his or her designee. 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. 97-99 § 1 (part))