Susanville City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 17
32 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL C-1 DISTRICT
§ 17.32.010 Purpose.
The purpose of the neighborhood commercial (C-1) district is to provide for a limited selection of convenience goods and services to residents in the immediate area. The primary tenant is normally a convenience market or small grocery store, a variety of small shops providing other retail goods and services. Motels, service stations, fast food restaurants, take-out food service, and automobile-related uses, all of which generally require and attract high volumes of traffic are not permitted. This district is consistent with the local/neighborhood and general commercial/shopping center general plan designation.
(Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006)
§ 17.32.020 Uses permitted within buildings.
The following uses are permitted in the C-1 district if conducted within a building:
A convenience market.
Uses that commonly accompany a convenience market, including:
Retail sales, including a variety store, drug store, florist, confectionery store or delicatessen;
Service uses, including barber, beauty salon, standard restaurant, laundromat, laundry, dry cleaning, locksmith, or shoe repair; and
Small professional office, such as insurance or real estate sales, CPA's, medical, dental or legal services.
Other neighborhood friendly and servicing uses such as a bookstore, boutique shop, bakery, art gallery or studio, craft sales including limited product assembly, pet shop, interior decorating store, music store or vocal instruction, photo studio, wedding chapel or reception center, health and exercise centers, spas and massage therapy.
A one-family residence, when attached or included within the main building in which the primary commercial use exists. Any permit required for the commercial use must first be issued. A stand-alone single-family residence is also allowed, subject to R-1 development standards.
Community care facility;
Child day care home, up to 14 children;
Accessory dwelling units, attached, detached, and junior (17.104.100);
Employee housing with less than six persons;
(Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006; Ord. 08-958 § 1, 2008; Ord. 24-1044, 9/18/2024)
§ 17.32.030 Uses requiring use permit.
The following uses are permitted in the C-1 district is a use permit is issued:
Auto gas sales;
Day care center.
Church;
Private clubs, fraternities, sororities and lodges, excepting those whose chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business;
Convalescent hospital;
Mortuary;
Bed and breakfast;
Small scale repair shop for lawnmowers, saws, etc., if conducted wholly within an enclosed building;
Duplex or two single family residences, subject to R-2 development standards;
Triplex, fourplex, and multifamily residential units from five to 20 dwelling units per acre, subject to R-3 development standards for triplex or R-4 site development standards for fourplex and multifamily;
Low barrier navigation center;
Thrift store or secondhand store;
Full or partial conversion of a single-family home to a nonresidential use allowed in the district;
Skilled nursing/intermediate care facility;
Townhouse;
Supportive housing;
Mixed uses (any mix of uses allowed in this zone district with or without a use permit).
(Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006; Ord. 08-958 § 2, 2008; Ord. 2020-1022 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2020-1023 § 2, 2020; Ord. 24-1044, 9/18/2024)
§ 17.32.040 Other permitted uses.
§ 17.32.050 Site development standards.
The development standards for building site area and yards established by this section apply to all development in the C-1 district. However, alternate standards may be approved for a commercial condominium project for a use allowed in this district as part of the use permit process if the approving body finds that the proposed development will be of equal or greater excellence in arrangement, design, attractiveness, and compatibility with its surroundings than would result if the routine development standards of this section were applied.
Location Criteria. Development must be located on a collector or arterial, as designated in the general plan.
Minimum Building Site. The minimum building site is 10,000 square feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.96.010.
Maximum Building Site. The maximum building site is one-and-one-half acres.
Building Size. Building size requirements are as follows:
Yards. The following yard requirements apply:
Front, 10 feet; except where the district abuts a residential district, the front yard shall be the same as the average front setback along the street for homes within 200 feet of both sides of the C-1 zone district;
Interior side, none; except where the district abuts a residential district, the adjoining side yard shall be 15 feet;
Street side, 10 feet;
Rear, none; except where the district abuts a residential district, the rear yard shall be 15 feet; and
Exceptions. If a use permit is issued, front yard exceptions may be permitted in established commercial areas in which the majority of the buildings existed before the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter and they do not meet the yard requirement. When this exception is made, the front yard shall be at least a distance equal to the average front yard of 50% of the buildings farthest from the street.
Maximum Structural Height. Maximum permitted structural height is one story, not to exceed 20 feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.96.030.
Parking. Parking requirements are as specified in Sections 17.100.010—17.100.160.
Outdoor Trash Storage. All outdoor trash storage and collection facilities shall be enclosed by a solid masonry wall or view-obscuring fence at least one foot higher than the trash container.
Architectural and Site Plan Review. An applicant for either a building permit or a use permit shall submit architectural drawings, including the elevations of all buildings, and a site plan which indicates how the standards listed in this section will be met. Development plans are also subject to the City of Susanville Design Guidelines, adopted July 17, 2002, as may be amended. This submittal shall be made on a form prescribed by the community development director and shall include such additional plans, drawings and information as the planning commission from time to time may require by resolution. Such drawings and site plans shall be considered by the planning commission at a public meeting. The planning commission must find that the architectural and general appearance of such buildings or structures and grounds are in keeping with the character of the neighborhood and will not be detrimental to the orderly and harmonious development of the city. The planning commission may approve, conditionally approve or disapprove said plans. If a use permit is required, architectural and site plan review will be a part of the use permit process, and the director's approval shall occur as set forth by the terms and conditions of the use permit.
Townhouses. Yard and building site standards may vary for townhouses through issuance of a use permit, provided the density permitted by the general plan is not exceeded.
(Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006)