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 designations.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

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.

Nursery or garden supply;

10.

Health club;

C.

Print shop;

D.

Emergency shelter (definition included in Section 17.81.015(B)) that meets the development standards of 17.81.050.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

(Ord. No. 14-233, § I, 5-20-2014)

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.

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

J.

Day care center;

K.

Outdoor storage or sales associated with any of the uses permitted in Section 17.44.020 of this chapter;

L.

Outdoor advertising signs and structures other than those appurtenant to any permitted use, except they shall not be permitted in shopping centers. Such signs and structures shall be at least one thousand (1,000) feet apart when on the same side of a public road and at least five hundred (500) feet apart when on the opposite side of a public road;

M.

Commercial condominiums;

N.

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

O.

Church.

P

Reconstruction of a single-family residence that existed as of the effective date of this ordinance (September 21, 2001).

(Ord. 01-134 § 1; Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

Other uses permitted in the C-2 district are:

A.

The uses allowed by, and subject to the provisions of, Chapter 17.88, Article I, 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 Sections 17.44.020 and 17.44.030 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 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 Building Site. The minimum building site requirement is ten thousand (10,000) square feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.010 of this title.

B.

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

1.

Interior lot, sixty-five (65) feet;

2.

Corner lot, seventy-five (75) feet.

C.

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 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 the distance equal to the average front yard of fifty (50) percent of the buildings farthest from the street.

D.

Maximum Structural Height. Maximum permitted structural height is forty (40) feet; except within forty (40) feet of a residential district it shall be one story, not to exceed twenty (20) feet, except as otherwise prohibited in Section 17.84.030 of this title.

E.

Landscaping. Landscaping requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.030 of this title.

F.

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

G.

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

H.

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

1.

Building signs shall not exceed a combined size of one-and-one-half square feet 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 three hundred (300) square feet in size and thirty (30) feet in height shall be permitted. For a double-faced sign, each face shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) 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 freestanding 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. An additional freestanding sign, with the same size and height restrictions, is permitted if there is over three hundred (300) feet of street frontage.

3.

If there is less than one hundred (100) linear 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 appurtenant sign standards shall apply, as specified in Section 17.84.060 of this title.

I.

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

J.

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.

K.

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, than the director's approval shall occur as set forth by the terms and conditions of the use permit.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))