The provisions under this chapter apply to the C commercial zone. Uses in the CR commercial-residential zone are regulated by Chapter 17.30, Commercial Residential Zone and uses in the IC industrial commercial zone are regulated by Chapter 17.39, Industrial-Commercial Zone.

(Ord. No. 12-244, § I, 12-4-2012; Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

The purpose of the C commercial zone is to provide suitable areas within the county where commercial uses and activities may be established and maintained to promote efficiency by grouping compatible land uses, and to protect the residential areas from adverse impacts that may be associated with commercial uses.

(Ord. No. 12-244, § I, 12-4-2012; Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

The following uses are allowed in the C commercial zone unless stated otherwise:

A.

Retail sales and shopping centers including:

1.

General stores, shopping centers, convenience stores, principal grocery stores, neighborhood stores and shopping centers, regional stores and shopping centers, and super regional stores and shopping centers.

2.

Seasonal holiday sales and uses.

3.

Seasonal farmers markets.

B.

Commercial offices and financial institutions:

1.

Real-estate permanent office, banks and credit unions, accountants, insurance, employment agencies, consulting firms, manufacturer representatives, newspapers, secretarial services, associations and other similar office uses and activities.

2.

Building maintenance and services.

3.

Business offices and professional buildings.

4.

Convention and meeting facilities.

C.

Personal services:

1.

Barbers, hair stylists, beauticians, manicurists/pedicurists, spas, salons, tailors, massage establishments, and similar type uses.

2.

Wedding chapels and travel agencies.

3.

Childcare facilities.

4.

Laundromats, personal dry cleaning, and laundry services.

D.

Boarding accommodations including hotels, motels, hostels, bed and breakfast inns, time shares, and vacation rentals, and other transient lodging.

E.

Tourist and visitor services:

1.

Eating and drinking establishments such as restaurants, cafes, drive-in diners, fast-food, coffee shops, coffee houses, and soda-fountains; and saloons, taverns, brew-pubs, micro-breweries, and micro-wineries with on- and off-site sales. A special use permit is required for micro-distilleries.

2.

Entertainment and casual education services such as docents, guided tours on foot, gold panning, and museums.

F.

Recreation. Bowling lanes, billiard parlors and pool halls, arcades, gaming (when incidental to a primary use and limited to no more than fifteen slot and/or video machines), golf driving ranges, miniature golf, country clubs, health clubs and personal fitness gyms, swimming pools and saunas, tennis courts, permanent indoor and seasonal outdoor roller and ice skating rinks and facilities, permanent indoor and seasonal or temporary outdoor theatres, and other similar recreational uses and activities.

G.

Civic uses:

1.

Public facilities and offices for fire, emergency services, and sheriff. Jails are prohibited.

2.

Helipads and heliports for use only by medical evacuation transport services. These uses are prohibited for any other purpose.

3.

Crisis care use, temporary and permanent.

4.

Libraries and cultural services, governmental offices, post offices, community centers, and courts of law.

5.

Education including elementary, middle, and high (K-12) schools and academies, colleges and higher education, technical and vocational education, apprentice training, whether public, private, or parochial. A special use permit is required for education institutions and academies that include student residential accommodations.

6.

Highway rest areas, picnicking areas, parks and playgrounds, dog parks, walking and bicycle trails, interpretive trails, restroom facilities, and information kiosks.

7.

Parking lots and structures, park-and-rides and carpool transfer centers, multi-modal transit hubs, parking garages and storage, railroad and light rail infrastructures, train tunnels, and railroad switchyards and turntables.

8.

Indoor veterinarian services.

H.

General services:

1.

Catering, equipment and appliance repair, gun repair, general contractors offices, heavy and light equipment rental, feed and tack stores, manufactured home sales and service, pawn brokers, pet sales and grooming, print shops, upholstery shops, video rentals, and other similar general services uses and activities.

2.

Uses involving the indoor discharge of firearms.

3.

Uses involving indoor archery.

I.

Automotive services including washing and detailing (manual hand-washing, coin-operated, and production line methods), service and fueling stations, repair (but not body repair and painting), sales, and rental.

J.

Congregational establishments including religious institutions, fraternal lodges, recreational and social clubs, labor halls, service clubs and facilities for other private clubs.

K.

Agricultural and horticultural uses for domestic purposes and incidental to the permitted uses. Uses also include community gardens.

M.

Private garages, no outdoor storage.

N.

Accessory use, buildings and structures if they are clearly incidental to a permitted use, placed upon the same lot or parcel with a permitted use, and in conformance with Section 17.12.045.

O.

Animal boarding and grooming, indoor facilities.

P.

Beekeeping.

(Ord. No. 12-244, § I, 12-4-2012; Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

Unless stated otherwise, the following uses may be permitted subject to securing a special use permit pursuant to Chapter 17.03, Administrative Provisions:

A.

Automobile paint shops and body repair shops.

B.

Buildings and structures constructed for permitted uses as listed in Section 17.28.020 that will exceed fifty-five feet in height, or that will be less than twenty-five feet in width.

C.

Casinos and gaming establishments (this use does not include accessory gaming with fifteen or less slots/video machines to a primary non-gaming retail establishment).

D.

Manufactured home sales lots.

E.

Propane sales and storage.

F.

Firewood sales and storage.

G.

Fortune tellers, astrology parlors, clairvoyance and palmistry. Additionally, uses under this subsection must comply with the regulations under Title 5, Business Licenses, and be located no closer than one thousand feet from a public or private school, religious institution, public building or facility, or another permitted fortune teller, astrology parlor, clairvoyance and palmistry use, and three hundred feet from any E, R, or SPR zone.

H.

Public utility and transmission substations, water storage facilities and storm water drainage, detention, retention and storage.

I.

Recreational vehicle (RV) parks.

J.

The keeping of five or more dogs or three or more pot-belly pigs more than twelve weeks of age. A minimum of ten acres is required.

K.

Mini-warehouses and storage facilities for rent including recreational vehicle, boat, utility trailer, horse trailer, and similar equipment storage.

L.

Healthcare facilities including hospital services, medical services, convalescent services, civic convalescent and group care service, continuum of care facilities for seniors, and group care services.

M.

Open-air markets, flea-markets, and similar outdoor venues for the sale of goods, not including farmers markets featuring exclusively the sale of edible and items made from edible products.

N.

Trade and craftsman industries, including furniture and carpentry manufacturing and refining, upholstery shops, monument works, and similar uses.

O.

Veterinary services with outdoor facilities.

P.

Permanent outdoor skateboard parks and related facilities.

Q.

Display, sale, barter, or trade of items associated with a business outside of a permanent building, except farmer's markets pursuant to this chapter and permitted temporary uses. The sale and display of merchandise and other items, and business that is conducted on the public right-of-way and between the public travelled way and the building is prohibited pursuant [to Chapter] 17.12, General Provisions.

R.

Uses involving the outdoor discharge of firearms.

S.

Uses involving outdoor archery.

T.

Fairgrounds, competition tracks and arenas, and similar uses.

U.

Amusement parks involving various devices for entertainment such as thrill and theme rides, roller-coasters, water slides, and games and concession booths.

V.

Facilities and uses that include outdoor sets and props for the development and production of movies, film, television, and similar visual media.

W.

Race tracks and arenas involving the use of automobiles, trucks, tractors, and other motorized vehicles.

X.

Radio-controlled (RC) cars, vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft facilities and uses.

Y.

Education facilities that include student residential and boarding accommodations.

Z.

Temporary real-estate tract offices not located within a permanent structure.

AA.

Cemeteries, columbariums, crematories, mausoleums, mortuaries, and funeral parlors.

BB.

Permanent outdoor theatres and other uses involving the outdoor discharge of firearms.

CC.

Micro-distilleries.

DD.

Open storage not directly associated with an active construction project on the premises.

EE.

Wild animal keeping.

FF.

Adult retail, and adult motion picture theatre. The adult use may not exceed twenty percent or five hundred square feet, whichever is less, of the building. When allowed by a granted special use permit, the use must be located within a fully enclosed room which is entirely segregated from the remaining floor area of the business and the room's entrance must be screened from view of the remaining floor area. Establishments featuring the above material in excess of the allowable retail floor area are prohibited.

GG.

Animal boarding and grooming with outdoor facilities, a minimum ten acres is required.

HH.

Equestrian establishments.

II.

Other uses similar to the above which are determined by the board with action by the planning commission to be consistent with the uses permitted within the zone.

(Ord. No. 12-244, § I, 12-4-2012; Ord. No. 18-280, § IV, 2-6-2018; Ord. No. 18-283, § I, 4-3-2018; Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

A building, manufactured home, or structure may not exceed a height of fifty-five feet, whichever is higher, except as may be allowed by a special use permit. The requirements of this section do not apply to church spires, belfries, cupolas, domes, chimneys, grain silos, water towers, or flagpoles. Radio, television, other communication antenna, and wind energy turbine support structures are regulated by Section 17.12.044, Height of buildings and structures.

(Ord. No. 12-244, § I, 12-4-2012; Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

Front and side setbacks for commercial uses are zero feet unless the use abuts an E or R zone or a permitted detached single-family residential use in other zones. When the commercial building abuts an E or R zone or a detached single-family residential use in other zones, the abutting side minimum setback distance is eight feet, and the front minimum setback is twenty feet. The minimum rear setback is ten feet. Setbacks are from the property line except when an encroaching easement exists for the purpose of providing a public or private road, but not driveway (see Section 17.12.090 for explanation and illustration).

(Ord. No. 12-244, § I, 12-4-2012; Ord. No. 18-280, § IV, 2-6-2018; Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)