The C-1 retail central business district is intended to (A) implement the downtown specific plan, (B) preserve and enhance older architectural styles, (C) provide an increased variety and density of development, (D) promote pedestrian enjoyment and uses where feasible and (e) provide an area of intensive retail commercial activity. Where there is a conflict between the regulations in this chapter and the downtown specific plan, the regulations in the downtown specific plan shall prevail.

(Ord. 445 § 2 (Exbt. A) (part), 1986)

(Ord. No. 758, § 2, 10-4-2023)

The following uses, when conducted wholly within a building (or as otherwise specifically allowed by this section), shall be permitted in a C-1 retail central business district:

1.

Antique shops;

2.

Apparel shops;

3.

Artist supply stores and studios;

4.

Auto parts (new);

5.

Bakery, retail;

6.

Barber and hair salons;

7.

Book stores;

8.

Cafes and restaurants, wine and beer only without cocktail lounges;

9.

Ceramic studios;

10.

Delicatessens;

11.

Department stores;

12.

Drug store;

13.

Flower shop;

14.

Fruit and vegetable stores;

15.

Furniture and home furnishings;

16.

Fur shops, dressmaking or millinery shops;

17.

Grocery stores;

18.

Gymnasiums;

19.

Hardware, homeware, gift shop;

20.

Hobby and toy shop;

21.

Ice cream;

22.

Institutions of a philanthropic nature, except correctional and mental;

23.

Jewelry;

24.

Laundromat and dry cleaners (nonflammable chemicals);

25.

Leather goods;

26.

Libraries;

27.

Music, records, television, radio, (retail only);

28.

Newspaper stands;

29.

Personal and business service establishments;

30.

Pet shop;

31.

Photographic studios and supplies;

32.

Professional and administrative offices;

33.

Public parking lots;

34.

Shoe repair;

35.

Shoe store;

36.

Specialty shops;

37.

Sporting goods;

38.

Tobacco shops;

39.

Tailor;

40.

Telephone booths;

41.

Variety stores;

42.

Video cassette rental;

43.

Yardage, drapery.

(Ord. 445 § 2 (Exbt. A) (part), 1986)

The following uses may conditionally be allowed in a C-1 district subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit in each case. All uses are subject to the property development standards in Section 17.24.040:

A.

Accessory buildings and structures not attached to the main building;

B.

Automotive service and repair establishments whose business is confined to minor service and repair work, does not include major repairs such as overhauls or replacements in motors, transmissions, welding or similar operations;

C.

Banks and other financial institutions;

D.

Bus terminals;

E.

Cafes and restaurants with cocktail lounges (see Section 17.38.040);

F.

Card rooms;

G.

Lodges, clubs if located on second floor or above;

H.

Medical clinics;

I.

Minimarkets;

J.

Mortuaries;

K.

Movie houses;

L.

Off-sale liquor stores;

M.

Pawn shops;

N.

Single-room occupancy hotels and boardinghouses;

O—Q.

Reserved.

R.

Pool halls;

S.

Public and quasipublic buildings (including educational, religious, cultural or public) but not including corporation yards, storage or repair yards, warehouses and similar uses;

T.

Radio and television broadcast studios;

U.

Video games (subject to Chapter 5.16);

V.

Any other retail business or service establishment which the planning commission finds to be consistent with the purposes of this chapter and the downtown specific plan.

(Ord. 445 § 2 (Exbt. A) (part), 1986)

(Ord. No. 758, § 2, 10-4-2023)

The following property development standards and those in Chapter 17.36 apply to all land and structures in the C-1 district:

A.

Lot Area. No requirements.

B.

Lot Dimensions.

1.

Width: No requirements.

2.

Depth: No requirements.

C.

Population Density. No requirements, except in the portion of the C-1 district that corresponds to the downtown core zone of the downtown specific plan. In that area, the density shall not exceed one dwelling unit for each one thousand four hundred fifty-two square feet of lot area or thirty dwelling units per acre.

D.

Building Height. The maximum height of any building shall be thirty-five feet or two stories, whichever is less, except in the portion of the C-1 district that corresponds to the downtown core zone of the downtown specific plan. The maximum height in that area shall be four stories.

E.

Yards.

1.

Front yard: No requirements;

2.

Side yard: None required; provided, that if a side yard is contiguous to a residential district, then the yard shall not be less than ten feet. The yard shall be landscaped and maintained;

3.

Rear yard: None required; provided, that if a rear yard is contiguous to a residential district and there is no alley, then such rear yard shall not be less than ten feet; provided further, that when a building abuts an alley and access to the same is from the alley, then such building shall not be located closer than thirty feet from the opposite side of the alley.

F.

Space Between Buildings. No requirements.

G.

Lot Coverage. No requirements.

H.

Fences, Hedges and Walls. Adequate buffering shall be provided between residential and nonresidential uses to protect the residential use from noise, light and glare that may be generated by the nonresidential use. The type, amount and location of said buffering shall be determined by the director during site plan review. See also Section 17.36.010.

I.

Off-Street Parking. Section 17.36.020 applies.

J.

Access.

1.

There shall be adequate vehicular access from a dedicated and improved street. The access shall be approved by the city engineer.

2.

The city engineer shall specify the location and number of means of ingress and egress to property by conditions established at the time of review of the required site plan.

K.

Signs. Section 17.36.030 applies.

L.

Loading.

1.

The applicant for any use in this district shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the city that adequate loading space is provided to serve the use. The location of the loading area shall not create an impediment to on or off-site parking or circulation nor create a hazard to the public safety.

2.

Where a loading area abuts a residential use, loading shall be limited to the hours of eight a.m. to six p.m. Otherwise such area shall be located not less than one hundred feet from such use or be completely enclosed. Refrigeration units shall be shut off.

(Ord. 445 § 2 (Exbt. A) (part), 1986)

(Ord. No. 758, § 2, 10-4-2023)

Before any building or structure is erected on any lot in this district, a site plan shall have been submitted and approved by the director, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.44.

(Ord. 445 § 2 (Exbt. A) (part), 1986)