Auctions are retail activities subject to the use limitations set by each zoning district in which the auction is proposed to occur. The sale of wholesale items by auction shall be treated like wholesale sales per the zoning district in which the auction is proposed to occur.

(Ord. No. 1427, 2-19-2019)

A.

Double Frontage Lots. In the case of double frontage lots, buildings shall be located no closer to either street lot line than the depth of the required front yard on either street.

B.

Reversed Corner Lots. In the case of a reversed corner lot, buildings located in the required rear yard of such a lot shall be located no closer to the side street lot line than the required front yard of the adjoining interior lot.

(Ord. 490 § 16.01, 1979)

Unless otherwise stated in this title, the following types of structures or structural parts are not subject to the building height limitations of this title: aerials, belfries, chimneys, church spires, cupolas, domes, elevator shafts, fire and hose towers, flagpoles, monuments, observation towers, radio and television towers, smokestacks, transmission towers, water towers, windmills, and other similar projections.

(Ord. 490 § 16.02, 1979)

Cornices, eaves, gutters, sunshades and other similar architectural features may not project more than three feet into a required yard.

(Ord. 490 § 16.03, 1979)

The planning commission may rule that a use not specifically named in the allowed uses of a district shall be included among the allowed uses, if the use is of the same general type and is similar to the allowed uses. However, this section does not authorize the inclusion of a use in a district where it is not listed, when the use is specifically listed in another district.

(Ord. 490 § 16.04, 1979)

If a lot or the aggregate of contiguous lots or land parcels held in single ownership and recorded in the office of the Cowlitz County or Clark County auditor at the time of passage of the ordinance codified in this title has an area or dimension which does not meet the lot size or lot width requirements of the district in which the property is located, the lot or aggregate holdings may be occupied by a use permitted outright in the district subject to the other requirements of the district.

(Ord. 801 § 4, 1995; Ord. 490 § 16.05, 1979)

A.

In the commercial and industrial districts, all freestanding gasoline pumps and automobile service station pump islands may be located in a required yard; provided, that they are not less than fifteen feet from a lot line.

B.

The front yard may be reduced to twenty feet from the street right-of-way or fifty feet from the street centerline, whichever distance is greater, when the natural slope of the front fifty feet of the lot equals or exceeds one foot of fall in seven feet of distance from the front property line.

C.

In the LDR districts only, if a front yard abuts on a cul-de-sac street or the other permanently closed street with a right-of-way of fifty feet, the front yard requirements may be reduced to twenty feet from the front property line.

(Ord. 939 § 21, 2000: Ord. 490 § 16.06, 1979)

The city shall be exempt from compliance with the city zoning ordinance with respect to height and setback requirements for fire stations only.

(Ord. 560 § 1, 1983)