The C zone is established in order to:

A.

Provide the land necessary for retail sale and services, entertainment and other light commercial activities to serve the residents of the community;

B.

Provide for the development of commercial facilities concentrated in well planned areas properly located in relation to access, topography and residential areas;

C.

Create conditions conducive to a convenient and desirable environment for customers and employees, and protect it from the encroachment of objectionable or dangerous uses and uses which could be located in areas less suited for light commercial activities.

(Ord. 376 §10-5-9(A), 1967.)

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

A.

Professional or business office, studio, place of entertainment, and new and used retail sale when fully enclosed in a building; eating or drinking establishment; retail service, exclusive of automobile sale or service;

B.

Multifamily dwelling above ground level with no maximum limitation of number of units, motels and hotels, bed and breakfasts; all subject to all land and structure regulations of the CO zone;

C.

Place of worship and accessory social activities;

D.

Park, playground, golf course;

E.

Club or association;

F.

Hospital, dispensary, clinic;

G.

Public utility structure, fire station;

H.

(Repealed by Ord. 600);

I.

Mixed residential and commercial use, in a single story structure, provided the structure is in existence as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter; that it is impracticable or impossible to separate the uses by floor; that the residential and commercial uses are separated pursuant to the building code and have separate entrances; and, that parking be provided for the residential use separate and apart from the commercial use;

J.

Transient residential use in conformance with Chapter 17.64;

K.

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

(Ord. 600 §2, 1985; Ord. 585, 1983; Ord. 478 §2 (part), 1975; Ord. 376 §10-5-9(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 C zone, the land and structure regulations are as follows:

A.

Minimum parcel area: four thousand square feet;

B.

Maximum building coverage: eighty percent;

C.

Minimum parcel width: thirty feet;

D.

Minimum yards: sides and rear, five feet or on the property line if fireproof wall without opening;

E.

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

(Ord. 524 §2, 1979; Ord. 376 §10-5-9(C), 1967.)