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West Bountiful City Zoning Code

17.32 Commercial

General District, C-G

17.32.010 Purpose

The C-G commercial general district is intended to provide areas in appropriate locations where a combination of business, commercial, entertainment and related activities may be established, maintained and protected. Regulations of this district are designed to provide a suitable environment for those commercial and service uses which are vital to economic life and provide commercial services to the community. 

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 374-15 on 11/18/2015

17.32.020 Permitted Uses

The following uses are permitted in C-G commercial general district:

  1. Appliance and small equipment repair, including shoe repair;
  2. Drug store;
  3. Dry cleaning;
  4. General merchandise sales;
  5. Offices, business and professional;
  6. Personal services;
  7. Public and quasi-public institutions;
  8. Convenience store;
  9. Banking and financial services;
  10. Restaurants, cafeterias and fast food eating establishments
  11. Medical cannabis pharmacy, as defined in Chapter 17.62.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 374-15 on 11/18/2015
Amended by Ord. 425-20 on 6/8/2020
Amended by Ord. 429-20 on 7/27/2020

17.32.030 Conditional Uses

The following uses are conditional in C-G commercial general districts:

  1. Liquor, retail, package store;
  2. Drinking places (alcoholic beverages);
  3. Residential health care facility;
  4. Reception center, meeting hall;
  5. Motor vehicle sales and service (excluding auto body repair);
  6. Grocery store;
  7. Lumber and other building material, retail sales;
  8. Marine and aircraft retail sales, and accessories; 
  9. Theaters;
  10. Commercial schools;
  11. Hospitals and medical service facilities;
  12. Hotel, Motel and extended stay facilities; and
  13. Other retail businesses which are similar to those listed in this section and Section 17.32.020, as determined by the planning commission. 

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 374-15 on 11/18/2015

17.32.035 Prohibited Uses

The following uses are prohibited in the C-G commercial general district:

  1. Retail tobacco specialty businesses; 
  2. Retail e-cigarette specialty businesses;
  3. Sexually oriented businesses; and
  4. Cannabis production establishment, as defined in Chapter 17.62.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 374-15 on 11/18/2015
Amended by Ord. 429-20 on 7/27/2020

17.32.040 Area And Frontage Regulations

There shall be no area or frontage requirement for an individual lot in the C-G district except that each shall provide at least one hundred (100) feet of frontage on any side abutting an arterial or collector street. No frontage requirement shall apply to sides of lots abutting other streets. 

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 374-15 on 11/18/2015

17.32.050 Yard Regulations

The following regulations apply in the C-G commercial general district:

  1. Front Yard. The minimum front yard setback for all structures shall be twenty-five (25) feet;
  2. Side Yard. The minimum side yard setback for all structures in a C-G zone shall be ten (10) feet except when the planning commission determines a zero to ten (10) foot lot line is desirable or appropriate, whereupon the request will become a conditional use and shall require approval of the planning commission. Where the parcel abuts any residential zone or predominantly residential area, a side yard of at least thirty (30) feet shall be provided on that side adjacent to a residential zone/area. The side yard requirement adjacent to a residential zone may be modified if approved by the planning commission. On corner lots the side yard which faces the street shall not be less than twenty (20) feet for all structures.
  3. Rear Yard. The minimum rear yard setback for all structures in a C-G zone shall be twenty (20) feet, except when the planning commission determines a zero to twenty (20) foot lot line is desirable or appropriate, thereupon the request will become a conditional use and shall require approval of the planning commission. Where the parcel abuts a residential zone or predominantly residential area, a rear yard of thirty (30) feet shall be provided. The rear yard requirement adjacent to a residential zone/area may be modified if approved by the planning commission. 

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 374-15 on 11/18/2015

17.32.060 Height Regulations

  1. No structure shall be erected to a height greater than one hundred (100) feet. Structures may be erected to a height greater than one hundred (100) feet upon review and specific approval by the planning commission. 
  2. Penthouses or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, and fire or parapet walls, skylight, towers, steeples, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, water tanks, wireless or television masts, theater lofts, silos or similar structures may be erected above the height limits herein prescribed, but no space above the height limit shall be allowed for the purpose of providing additional floor space, nor shall such increased height be in violation of any other ordinance or regulation of the City.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 374-15 on 11/18/2015

17.32.070 Off-Street Parking

  1. Off-street access and parking shall be provided and designed as specified in Chapter 17.52.
  2. No parking space shall be provided that would allow a vehicle to back out directly into a public street. 

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 374-15 on 11/18/2015

17.32.080 Development Standards

  1. Site Plan. A site plan for all phases of the proposed development shall be presented for review and approval, as provided in the Municipal Code.
  2. Landscaping. Notwithstanding Chapter 12.28, no less than ten (10%) percent of the total site area shall be landscaped. Required side and rear yard areas may be used for driveways or parking; provided, that trees and shrubs of sufficient size and quantity are installed to assure a visual screen from abutting residential properties. All landscaping shall be adequately irrigated and maintained.
  3. Outdoor Storage and Merchandising. Storage and merchandising shall be accomplished entirely within an enclosed structure or as provided by the zoning matrix. 
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 374-15 on 11/18/2015
Amended by Ord. 461-22 on 9/20/2022

17.32.090 Location Of Gasoline Pumps

Gasoline pumps shall be set back no less than eighteen (18) feet from any street line to which the pump island is vertical; twelve (12) feet from any street line to which the pump island is parallel, and ten (10) feet from any residential or agricultural district boundary line.  If the pump island is set at an angle on the property, it shall be so located that the automobiles stopped for service will not extend over the property line. 

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 374-15 on 11/18/2015

374-15

425-20

429-20

461-22