The CO zone is established in order to:

A.

Provide the land necessary to serve the vacationers and travelers, recognizing the importance of the tourist industry to the economy of the city;

B.

Provide for the development of lodging facilities in areas properly located in relation to residential and commercial areas, and to the demand for such facilities;

C.

Create conditions conducive to a harmonious residential or resort environment desirable to tourists; protect it from the encroachment of unrelated uses affecting the development of vacant land and detrimental to existing properly located areas of lodging facilities, and limit the continuance of such uses in existence in these areas;

D.

Provide for properly planned accessory eating and drinking establishments, and other related services and commercial uses.

(Ord. 376 §10-5-8(A), 1967.)

In the CO zone, uses allowed by right are as follows:

A.

One-family or multifamily dwelling with no limitation on the number of units, roominghouse or boardinghouse;

B.

Motel, hotel, bed and breakfast;

C.

Public park or playground, golf course;

D.

Offices, clubs and associations, churches, clinics, hospitals, banks and similar uses having compatible bulk, use nuisance value, and outward appearance, as determined by the planning commission;

E.

Transient residential use in conformance with Chapter 17.64;

F.

Rest homes, convalescent homes, tri-level senior communities, senior housing facilities;

G.

Eating and drinking establishment;

H.

Retail: New and used when fully enclosed in a building.

(Ord. 600 §2 (part), 1985; Ord. 527 §1, 1979; Ord. 478 §2 (part), 1975; Ord. 376 §10-5-8(B), 1967.; Amended by Ord. 822 on 2/2/2015; Amended by Ord. 824 on 2/2/2015; Amended by Ord. 832 on 11/16/2015; Amended by Ord. 857 on 7/15/2019)

In the CO zone, the land and structure regulations are as follows:

A.

Minimum parcel area: four thousand square feet;

B.

Minimum parcel area per dwelling unit or rental unit: two thousand square feet for each unit; except for motels and hotels, one thousand square feet for each guest unit;

C.

Maximum building coverage: fifty percent;

D.

Minimum parcel width: thirty feet;

E.

Minimum yards: front, ten feet; sides, five feet; rear, ten feet; for all yards: five feet, additional for each story in excess of two; for hospitals the minimum yard shall be five feet on sides and rear, except that a hospital may be constructed on the property line if the wall is a fireproof one without openings;

F.

Maximum building height: thirty-five feet, except as set forth in Section 17.60.040(J).

(Ord. 527 §2, 1979; Ord. 524 §1, 1979; Ord. 376 §10-5-8(C), 1967.)