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Soda Springs City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

32 - C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE

17.32.010 - Purpose.

The purpose of the C-1 neighborhood commercial zone is to provide distinct zones regulated to provide local commercial service needs and to restrict incompatible uses which may be better located in community or highway-oriented shopping areas due to size of the shopping center location within the community, residential neighborhood areas being served and other factors.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §6 (part), 1981)

17.32.020 - Permitted uses.

The following uses are allowed in the C-1 zone:

A.

Those uses allowed in the R-3 district;

B.

Retail stores and retail or personal service shops;

C.

Clinics;

D.

Commercial and private off-street parking lot for passenger automobiles;

E.

Nursery school, school for students of art, dancing, dramatics, music, business, or secretarial work;

F.

Building for governmental or public utility functions;

G.

Theater, indoor;

H.

Mortuaries;

I.

Boarding and rooming houses;

J.

Automobile service station;

K.

Radio, television and FM broadcasting stations including aerials when made an integral part of a principal building;

L.

Accessory uses to uses allowed;

M.

Motels and hotels;

N.

Restaurants.

(Ord. 514 § 1, 1989; Ord. 445 Ch. 1 § 6A, 1981)

(Ord. No. 656, § 6, 7-6-2016)

17.32.030 - Conditional uses.

The planning commission may, after proper notice and public hearing, as prescribed in Chapter 17.68, permit the following uses where such uses are deemed essential or desirable to the public convenience or welfare. The commission shall have the authority to impose such conditions and safeguards as it deems necessary to protect the best interests of the surrounding property or neighborhood from damage, hazard, nuisance, or other detriment.

A.

Bowling alley, dancehall or similar commercial establishments for public gatherings or recreational use;

B.

Auction establishment;

C.

Travel trailer park;

D.

Automobile, truck and trailer sales, repairs and or rentals;

E.

Church;

F.

Club or lodge;

G.

Drive-in theater;

H.

Hospital;

I.

School;

J.

Multiple-family dwelling;

K.

Commercial storage buildings for individual storage units for storage of personal belongings and effects;

L.

Contractor's shop within a building and including outside incidental storage adequately screened by view obscuring fences from surrounding properties;

M.

Low speed vehicle (LSV), utility terrain vehicle (UTV), all-terrain vehicle (ATV), recreation off-highway vehicle (ROV), boat, snowmobile and other outdoor recreational vehicle sales, service and repair.

(Ord 603 § 1, 2003: Ord. 445 Ch. 1 § 6B, 1981)

(Ord. No. 656, § 7, 7-6-2016)

17.32.040 - Height regulations.

Any building or structure or portion thereof hereafter erected shall not exceed five stories, or forty-five feet in height unless approved by conditional use permit.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 § 6C. 1981)

17.32.050 - Setback requirements.

A.

No front or side yard shall be required, except that when a building or group of buildings abuts upon a residential district, a yard shall be provided on the side of a lot abutting the residential district having a width of not less than ten feet.

B.

There shall be a rear yard with a depth of not less than fifteen feet when abutting upon a residential zone. The rear yard may be used for off-street parking and loading.

C.

Residential uses within this zone shall have same setback and side yard requirements as set forth in the R-3 zone.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §6D, 1981)

17.32.060 - Area requirements.

There shall be no minimum lot sizes except that residential uses shall have the same area requirements as set forth in the R-3 zone.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §6E, 1981)

17.32.070 - Accessory uses.

Accessory uses are permitted if constructed either at the same time or subsequent to the main building. Such uses shall be limited to two stories in height and shall not encroach upon required setback areas.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §6F, 1981)

17.32.080 - Off-street parking requirements.

The following are off-street parking requirements in the C-1 zone:

A.

For up to four residential units on a single lot, two spaces for each unit as defined in Chapter 17.08, sufficient in size for a garage or carport.

B.

For other uses and additional residential units in the C-1 commercial zone, refer to Section 17.04.070.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §6G, 1981)