Chapter 17.40
C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
Sections:
17.40.020 Special provisions and development standards.
17.40.040 Screening and landscaping—Fences, walls and hedges.
17.40.050 Required conditions.
17.40.070 Frontage, width and depth of site.
17.40.130 Distances between structures.
17.40.140 Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities.
17.40.010 Purpose.
The C-1 district is intended primarily for the provision of retail and personal service facilities to satisfy the convenience goods needs of the consumer relatively close to residential neighborhoods. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993)
17.40.020 Special provisions and development standards.
All uses in the C-1 district shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.71. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993)
17.40.030 Permitted uses.
Uses permitted by right and subject to approval of an administrative site plan or conditional use permit in the C-1 district shall be as listed in Section 17.48.030. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 98-9 § 3, 1998; Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993)
17.40.040 Screening and landscaping—Fences, walls and hedges.
In the C-1 district:
A. Where a site adjoins or is located across a street or alley from any residential district, an ornamental solid wall or fence, six feet minimum in height, or such other height or type of screening device as may be required by the city, shall be located on the property line common to such districts, except in a required front yard.
B. Open storage of materials and equipment attendant to a permitted use or conditional use shall be permitted only within an area surrounded or screened by a solid wall or fence six feet minimum in height, except as may be modified under site plan review. Said storage shall not be visible above said fence or wall. (Ord. 2021-04 § 2 (Att. A § 4), 2021; Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.060)
17.40.050 Required conditions.
In the C-1 district, the following are required conditions:
A. All businesses, services and processes shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, except for off-street parking and off-street loading areas, gasoline service stations, outdoor dining areas, nurseries, garden shops, signs, public utility stations, and temporary uses as prescribed in Chapter 17.71.
B. No business dealing in wholesale or used goods or commodities shall be permitted, except in the case of articles taken in trade on sale of new merchandise on the same premises.
C. No products shall be manufactured unless incident to a permitted use and sold at retail on the same premises.
D. When any exterior wall of a building faces a street or property classified in any residential district, all exterior walls thereof shall be treated and finished in a similar manner.
E. When an exterior wall of a building faces abutting property in any residential district, no advertising sign shall be painted or placed on such wall, or on any portion of the lot between the wall and the residential district.
F. No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are found by the city to be objectionable to persons living or working in the vicinity by reasons of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibration, illumination, glare or unsightliness or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.070)
17.40.060 Site area.
The minimum site area in the C-1 district shall be ten thousand square feet. The maximum site area shall be five acres. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.080)
17.40.070 Frontage, width and depth of site.
Each lot in the C-1 district shall have a minimum width of one hundred feet and a minimum depth of one hundred feet. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.090)
17.40.080 Coverage.
In the C-1 district there are no coverage limitations. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.100)
17.40.090 Building height.
No building in the C-1 district shall exceed a height of thirty-five feet, except as may be allowed under provisions of Chapter 17.80. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.110)
17.40.100 Yard—Front.
Where a lot or lots in a C-1 zone are located in the same block as, and have a common frontage with, a lot or lots in any residential district, the minimum front yard depth of such lot or lots in such portion of such C-1 zone shall be a minimum of fifteen feet. All front yard areas shall be landscaped consistent with provisions of the Dinuba Landscape Design Guidelines. (Ord. 2021-04 § 2 (Att. A § 5), 2021; Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.120)
17.40.110 Yard—Side.
There shall be no side yard requirement in the C-1 district except as follows:
A. Where the rear of a lot abuts upon the side of a lot in any residential district, there shall be a side yard of a minimum width of ten feet, which shall be landscaped.
B. Where the rear of a corner lot abuts upon the rear of a lot in any residential district, the side yard on the street side shall have a minimum width the same as the required side yard of such abutting lot in said residential district and shall be landscaped.
C. Where the rear of a reversed corner lot abuts a lot in any residential district, the side yard on the street side of such reversed corner lot shall be a minimum of fifteen feet and shall be landscaped. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.130)
17.40.120 Yard—Rear.
There shall be no rear yard requirement in the C-1 district except as follows:
A. Where a C-1 lot abuts a lot in any residential district, a landscaped rear yard of a minimum of ten feet shall be provided. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.140)
17.40.130 Distances between structures.
In the C-1 district, the minimum distance between a structure in the C-1 district and a dwelling unit shall be ten feet. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.150)
17.40.140 Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities.
Off-street parking facilities and off-street loading facilities in the C-1 district shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 17.64. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.160)
17.40.150 Signs.
No sign shall be provided in the C-1 district except as prescribed in Chapter 17.72. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.40.170)
17.40.160 Landscaping.
All new development shall provide landscaping consistent with the Dinuba Landscape Design Guidelines. (Ord. 2021-04 § 2 (Att. A § 6), 2021)