Chapter 17.42
C-3A COMMERCIAL ZONE (REGIONAL OR COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER)
Sections:
17.42.030 Uses permitted subject to conditional use permit.
17.42.050 Property development standards generally.
17.42.060 Building height – Generally.
17.42.070 Building height – Exceptions – Permitted projections above limit.
17.42.095 Additional standards for adult entertainment uses.
17.42.100 Allowable signs and special regulations.
17.42.010 Intent.
The C-3A zone is intended to provide for planned, unified shopping centers at community and regional levels.
A “community shopping center” is a trading center serving specialized needs of families in a community neighborhood area.
A “regional shopping center” is a trading center offering greater variety of general merchandise, apparel and home furnishings to families located in a larger area than is served by a neighborhood community shopping center. (1964 Code Appx. A § 7.40.)
17.42.020 Permitted uses.
A. Buildings, structures and land shall be used, and buildings and structures shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered or enlarged only for the uses permitted in the C-2 and C-3 zones, CMC 17.38.020 and 17.40.020, except as otherwise provided for in CMC 17.42.030, plus such other uses as the commission and council may deem (pursuant to Chapter 17.60 CMC) to be similar and not more obnoxious or detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare, and related to the function of either a community or regional shopping center, as the case may be. All uses shall be subject to the property development standards in the C-2 zone, CMC 17.38.050 through 17.38.210, except as noted in CMC 17.42.050 through 17.42.100.
B. Additional permitted uses are as follows:
1. Fortune-telling;
2. Repealed by Ord. 23-10;
3. Barber and/or beauty shop. (Ord. 23-10 § 13, 2023; Ord. 22-15 § 4, 2022; Ord. 19-01 § 22, 2019; Ord. 1614 § 1, 1986; 1964 Code Appx. A § 7.41.)
17.42.030 Uses permitted subject to conditional use permit.
The following uses may be permitted subject to a conditional use permit as provided for in Chapter 17.62 CMC:
Automobile repair services (minor), subject to CMC 17.04.072 (Definitions and Standards);
Automobile sales and services;
Automobile service station, except as otherwise provided for in CMC 17.42.020, subject to the provisions of CMC 17.62.025. CMC 17.38.100(A) shall not apply to automobile service stations;
Automobile towing in conjunction with a permitted service station;
Billiard parlor;
Cannabis retailers that comply with the requirements set forth in Chapter 17.84 CMC;
Conversion of residential buildings to nonresidential uses, subject to CMC 17.76.010 through 17.76.040;
Drive-through facilities, subject to provisions of CMC 17.62.020(A);
Drive-up kiosks, subject to provisions of CMC 17.62.190(H);
Drop-off bins and facilities, subject to provisions of CMC 17.62.020(B);
Educational or health activities including private schools, trade schools and health spas;
Electrical or mechanical games as an ancillary use; more than three such games;
Hotels;
Indoor recreation facilities;
Liquor, off-sale, subject to the provisions of CMC 17.62.026;
Liquor, on-sale, in conjunction with a bona fide eating establishment;
Liquor, on-sale, in conjunction with eating and drinking establishments;
Mobile food facilities, permanent and fixed location on private properties;
Mobile food facilities, temporary placement on private properties, subject to provisions of CMC 17.62.190(E);
Model homes;
Public and/or private dancing;
Shared-space commercial establishment;
Thrift shops, secondhand and used merchandise stores;
Truck rentals on minimum of two acres with maximum size truck of 24 feet with two axles, on-site enclosed repair facilities and subject to Chapter 17.64 CMC. (Ord. 23-10 §§ 14, 15, 2023; Ord. 23-01 § 9, 2023; Ord. 22-15 § 5, 2022; Ord. 19-01 § 23, 2019; Ord. 18-05 § 6(b), 2018; Ord. 17-14 § 6(b), 2017; Ord. 11-1997 § 10, 2011; Ord. 98-1826 § 5, 1998; Ord. 97-1811 § 1, 1997; Ord. 93-1748 § 6, 1993; Ord. 91-1730 § 1(F), 1991; Ord. 1642 § 6, 1987; Ord. 1574 § 4, 1984; Ord. 1535 § 11, 1983; Ord. 1509 § 2, 1981; Ord. 1507 § 6, 1981; Ord. 1495 § 1(c), 1981; Ord. 1493 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1438 § 8, 1979; Ord. 1386 § 5, 1978; 1964 Code Appx. A § 7.42.)
17.42.040 Prohibited uses.
The following uses are expressly prohibited in the C-3A zone:
A. Residential uses, other than those specifically provided for in CMC 17.42.030;
B. Any combination of residential and nonresidential uses in any building or structure on any lot other than those specifically provided for in CMC 17.42.030;
C. Trailer parks;
D. Industrial uses;
E. Wholesaling and warehousing;
F. Commercial uses other than those specifically listed or provided for in CMC 17.42.020 and 17.42.030;
G. Hotels (except by conditional use permit);
H. Multi-tenant retail arcades;
I. Massage establishment. (Ord. 19-01 § 24, 2019; Ord. 92-1736 § 2(E), 1992; Ord. 1438 § 9, 1979; 1964 Code Appx. A § 7.43.)
17.42.050 Property development standards generally.
The property development standards of the C-2 zone, CMC 17.38.050 through 17.38.210, shall apply to all land and buildings in the C-3A zone, except for the provisions of CMC 17.42.060 through 17.42.100. (1964 Code Appx. A § 7.44.)
17.42.060 Building height – Generally.
No building or structure erected in this zone shall have a height greater than 75 feet except by conditional use permit. (1964 Code Appx. A § 7.44.)
17.42.070 Building height – Exceptions – Permitted projections above limit.
The provisions of the C-P zone, CMC 17.34.100, shall apply. (1964 Code Appx. A § 7.44.)
17.42.080 Size of new zone.
The minimum and maximum amount of land that may be zoned C-3A in any location shall be:
A. For community shopping centers:
1. Minimum area, 10 acres;
2. Maximum area, 30 acres;
B. For regional shopping centers:
1. Minimum area, 30 acres;
2. Maximum area, no requirements;
C. The applicant may present economic data in support of the community or regional shopping center of the size he is proposing. (1964 Code Appx. A § 7.44.)
17.42.090 Signs – Generally.
The provisions of Chapter 17.74 CMC shall apply. (1964 Code Appx. A § 7.44.)
17.42.095 Additional standards for adult entertainment uses.
Adult bookstore, adult mini-motion picture theater, adult motion picture arcade and adult motion picture theater:
A. Shall be specifically identified as an adult entertainment use by an appropriate sign specifying the words “Adult Entertainment”;
B. Shall not display or exhibit in a manner which exposes to public view from the sidewalk, street or highway any of the following:
1. Any statements or words describing “specified anatomical areas” or “specified sexual activities”;
2. Any picture or illustration of “specified anatomical areas” or “specified sexual activities”;
C. Shall not employ or utilize loudspeakers or sound equipment that can be heard or discerned by the public from the sidewalk, street or highway. (Ord. 1438 § 10, 1979.)
17.42.100 Allowable signs and special regulations.
A.1. Each regional or community center, containing four or more establishments having a lot frontage in excess of 150 feet, shall be permitted one freestanding sign per center. Such sign shall not be located closer than 150 feet from any other freestanding sign on the same side of the street and shall not exceed 100 square feet per face nor an overall height of 30 feet.
2. Each property having a lot frontage less than 150 feet but more than 45 feet shall be permitted one monument sign. Such sign shall not be closer than 50 feet from any other sign on the same side of the street and shall not exceed an area of 20 square feet per face nor an overall height of six feet.
B. Each business shall be permitted one building face sign per occupancy frontage. The area devoted to such sign shall not exceed 15 percent of the area of the first story height of the building, and each sign must be mounted flat against the building.
C. Each occupant shall be permitted one pedestrian-oriented sign per entrance, to be flat against the building or suspended from an overhanging architectural feature which is an integral part of the building. Such sign shall not exceed six square feet per face.
D. When the building rears onto a public alley or parking lot with a public entrance directly serving those areas, an additional sign may be erected at that entrance. The area devoted to such sign shall not exceed 10 percent of the rear face of the building to the first story height, and such sign must be mounted flat against the building.
E. Each business shall be permitted two window signs per occupancy. Such signs shall not exceed 20 percent of the window space in which they are displayed. Each sign shall be of a permanent nature, and not painted, pasted, taped or affixed in any way to the window surface, except as allowed by CMC 17.74.020.
F. Architectural projections and/or awnings attached to the building and extending into the public right-of-way will be allowed signing along the border trim. The maximum size of copy to be an eight-inch letter, but in no case can the copy exceed 40 percent of the border trim. Any border sign will be in place of the building face sign. Any border sign extending over public right-of-way perpendicular to the building face will be considered as a pedestrian sign.
G. “Murals” are permitted in the Shoppers Lane district of the C-3A zone, as outlined in CMC 17.74.061.
H. “Painted signs” are permitted in the Shoppers Lane district of the C-3A zone, as outlined in CMC 17.74.062.
I. “Sidewalk signs” and “pennant/flags” are permitted in the Shoppers Lane district of the C-3A zone, as outlined in CMC 17.74.063. (Ord. 01-1879 § 2, 2001; Ord. 1392 §§ 6, 7, 1978; 1964 Code Appx. A § 7.44.)
17.42.110 Site plan review.
The provisions of Chapter 17.64 CMC shall apply. (1964 Code Appx. A § 7.45.)