The purpose of this district is to provide locations for commercial uses within close proximity to residential areas, to provide opportunities to serve the needs of residents for convenience shopping and services. The primary uses are intended to include professional offices, services, and retail oriented to the day-to-day needs of adjacent neighborhoods. Neighborhood commercial uses are intended to be pedestrian oriented and should serve to reduce automobile trips and energy consumption. The purpose is also to assure that development is of a scale and design that is compatible with the residential environment and is an enhancement to neighborhood areas. It is not the purpose of this district to allow for large scale commercial facilities, such as large grocery or department stores, which are more appropriately located within the downtown area.

(1)

District Location. The boundaries of a CN District must be separated from all other CN, CC, and CG districts by at least 1,320 feet.

(2)

Street Frontage. At least one-fourth of the total street frontage of the CN District area must be on an Arterial or Major Collector street.

(Ord. No. 1418-19, § 4, 4-22-19; Ord. No. 1454-21 meeting, § 1, 3-22-21)

(1)

Use Categories. Table 51-1 lists use categories Permitted Outright (P) or Conditionally Permitted (C) in the CN zone. Use categories may also be designated as Limited (L) and subject to the limitations listed in Table 51-1 and restrictions identified in TDC 51.210. Limitations may restrict the specific type of use, location, size, or other characteristics of the use category. Use categories which are not listed are prohibited within the zone, except for uses which are found by the City Manager or appointee to be of a similar character and to meet the purpose of this zone, as provided in TDC 31.070.

(2)

Overlay Zones. Additional uses may be allowed in a particular overlay zone. See the overlay zone Chapters for additional uses.

Table 51-1
Use Categories in the CN Zone

(Ord. No. 1454-21 meeting, § 2, 3-22-21)

(1)

Food Stores. Food stores must not exceed 4,000 square feet of gross floor area.

(2)

Laundry and Dry Cleaning. Laundry and dry cleaning establishments must be exclusively for the cleaning of clothing and materials of the resident population and must not involve laundry or cleaning of commercial, industrial, or institutional clothing and materials.

(3)

Commercial Floor Area Limit. A nonresidential occupant must not occupy more than 10,000 square feet of any building or combination of buildings within a single CN District area.

Development standards in the CN zone are listed in Table 51-2. Additional standards may apply to some uses and situations, see TDC 51.310.

Table 51-2
Development Standards in the CN Zone

(1)

Building and Driveway Orientation. All commercial uses in CN District must be oriented and have primary driveway access to an arterial or collector street. No more than one driveway may access a neighborhood route or local street.

(2)

Building Design. All commercial buildings must be of a general residential character, including the following design elements:

(a)

Facade Design. All building facades must be of wood or brick and, if painted, must be in muted, earth tone colors.

(b)

Roof Forms. All roofs must be compatible with the surrounding residential area as determined through the Architectural Review process.

(3)

Setback Reduction for Developments Adjacent to Greenways and Natural Areas. To preserve natural areas and habitat for fish and wildlife, the decision-making authority may provide a front yard setback reduction for developments that are adjacent to Greenways or Natural Areas that dedicate land for conservation or public recreational purposes, in accordance with the following standards.

(a)

Setback Reduction. All permitted uses may be allowed a reduction of up to 35 percent of the front yard setbacks, as determined through the Architectural Review process, if as a result the buildings are farther away from fish and wildlife habitat areas.

(b)

Location of Greenway or Natural Area Lot. A portion of the parcel must be located in one of the following conservation or protection areas:

(i)

Natural Resource Protection Overlay (NRPO) District (TDC Chapter 72); or

(ii)

Clean Water Services Vegetated Corridor.

(c)

Ownership of Greenway or Natural Area Lot. The ownership of each Greenway or Natural Area Lot must be one of the following:

(i)

Dedicated to the City at the City's option;

(ii)

Dedicated in a manner approved by the City to a non-profit conservation organization; or

(iii)

Retained in private ownership.

(d)

Ownership Considerations. The decision-making authority must consider, but not limited to, the following factors when determining the appropriate ownership of the Greenway or Natural Area Lot:

(i)

Does the Park and Recreation Master Plan designate the lot for a greenway, pedestrian or bike path, public park, recreation, overlook or interpretive facility, or other public facility;

(ii)

Does the lot include one or more designated Heritage Trees, or one or more significant trees;

(iii)

Does the lot provide a significant view or esthetic element, or does it include a unique or intrinsically valuable element;

(iv)

Does the lot connect publicly owned or publicly accessible properties;

(v)

Does the lot abut an existing park, greenway, natural area or other public facility;

(vi)

Does the lot provide a public benefit or serve a public need;

(vii)

Does the lot contain environmental hazards;

(viii)

Geologic stability of the lot; and

(ix)

Future maintenance costs for the lot.

(Ord. 1414-18, 12-10-18; Ord. 1427-19, § 25, 11-25-19; Ord. No. 1451-25 meeting, § 10, 8-11-25)