Chapter 17.46
C-5, THOROUGHFARE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
Sections:
17.46.050 Area, width and yard requirements.
17.46.060 General requirements.
17.46.070 Signs and lighting of premises.
17.46.010 Purpose.
The C-5 district is intended to provide for commercial and business uses that are most appropriately located along or near major highways or thoroughfares, and are largely dependent upon highway visibility and easy vehicular access. (Ord. 1883 (part), 2006; Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.46.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted in the C-5 district:
A. Professional and financial, including but not limited to:
1. Banks and similar financial institutions,
2. Real estate, insurance, and similar offices,
3. Contractor’s offices,
4. Medical services, clinics and laboratories;
B. Personal services, including but not limited to:
1. Self-service laundry and laundry pickup stations,
2. Photo processing pickup stations,
3. Photo processing laboratories,
4. Small appliance service,
5. Printing, lithography and publishing,
6. Locksmith,
7. Taxicab dispatch office,
8. Ambulance/emergency services,
9. Art and music schools,
10. Business/vocational schools,
11. Physical fitness/conditioning center, martial arts schools,
12. Carwash,
13. Automobile and truck service stations and repair shops,
14. Auto and furniture upholstery shops,
15. Veterinary clinics (within enclosed structure),
16. Barber shops,
17. Beauty salons,
18. Manicure salons;
C. Retail outlets, including but not limited to:
1. Auto and truck sales (new and used),
2. Tire sales and service,
3. Glass and mirror sales and service,
4. Wallcovering, floorcovering, curtains, etc.,
5. Major appliances sales and service,
6. Hardware sales,
7. Monument sales,
8. Supermarket,
9. Convenience market,
10. Drugstore,
11. Feed, seed and fuel (within enclosed structure),
12. Electrical and plumbing supplies,
13. Heating and air-conditioning equipment,
14. Stone, tile and masonry supplies,
15. Nursery and gardening materials and supplies,
16. Antique shop,
17. Art and engineering supplies,
18. Pawnshop,
19. Sit-down restaurants, including service of beer, wine and liquor,
20. Drive-in fast food establishments,
21. Tavern, beer sales only,
22. Public/quasi-public utilities and services,
23. Florist sales,
24. Pet sales,
25. General apparel,
26. Furniture sales, including used furniture,
27. Sporting goods sales, including firearms,
28. State-regulated package liquor stores,
29. Community shopping centers, which may include any of the permitted uses in this section and the C-4 district,
30. Large retail establishment eighty thousand square feet or less as defined in Section 17.08.010, Retail establishment, large, and
31. Mobile food vendors and pods as provided in Chapter 5.44;
D. Tourist/recreational-oriented uses, including but not limited to:
1. Hotel and motel,
2. Walk-in theater (fully enclosed),
3. Bowling alley,
4. Ice and roller skating rinks,
5. Dancehalls (nonalcoholic),
6. Billiard/pool hall,
7. Miniature golf,
8. Club and organizational meeting facilities;
E. Commercial parking lots:
1. Recreational vehicle storage lots;
F. Light fabrication, such as:
1. Light fabrication, assembly, packaging, mail-order sales and wholesale sales of consumer goods, and
2. Light fabrication and repair shops such as blacksmith, cabinet, electric motor, heating, machine, sheetmetal, signs, stone monuments, upholstery and welding;
G. Other uses not specified in this or any other district, if the planning commission finds them to be similar to the uses listed above and compatible with other permitted uses and within the intent of the C-5 district. (Ord. 2089 §2, 2022; Ord. 2014 §7, 2015; Ord. 1883 (part), 2006; Ord. 1736 §3, 1996; Ord. 1727 §3, 1995; Ord. 1721 §1, 1995; Ord. 1701 §1, 1994; Ord. 1698 §1, 1994; Ord. 1697 §1, 1994; Ord. 1695 §1, 1993; Ord. 1687 §1, 1993; Ord. 1684 §45, 1993; Ord. 1511 §8, 1984; Ord. 1452 §1, 1982; Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.46.030 Conditional uses.
The following uses are permitted in the C-5 district when authorized in accordance with Chapter 17.76:
1. Automobile and truck paint shops;
2. Recreational vehicle overnight facilities;
3. Drive-in movie theater;
4. Heavy equipment sales and service;
5. Mobile home and recreational vehicle sales;
6. Boats and marine equipment sales and service;
7. Motorcycle and snowmobile sales and service;
8. Dinner houses and restaurants serving alcoholic beverages;
9. Cocktail lounges and clubs;
10. Other specialty food outlets, mobile food vendors;
11. Meat, fish, poultry and seafood, light processing and sales;
12. Dairy products sales;
13. Paint and related equipment and supplies;
14. Cleaning and janitorial supplies;
15. Secondhand store or thrift shop;
16. Mortuary;
17. Amusement center (pinball, games, etc.);
18. Manufacturing for on-premises sales;
19. Taxidermist;
20. Auction house (excluding livestock);
21. Wholesaling of permitted use products;
22. Adult businesses, as defined in Chapter 5.24;
23. Small engine sales and service;
24. Vocational, technical and trade schools, including facilities related to industrial trades;
25. Accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, such as incidental storage facilities, may be permitted as conditional uses when not included within the primary building or structure;
26. Permitted uses that are referred to the planning commission by city staff because they were found to exhibit potentially adverse or hazardous characteristics not normally found in uses of a similar type or size;
27. Large retail establishments greater than eighty thousand square feet as defined in Section 17.08.010, Retail establishment, large;
28. Regional shopping centers;
29. Mobile food courts as provided in Chapter 5.44. (Ord. 2089 §2, 2022; Ord. 2034 §8, 2017; Ord. 2005 §1(part), 2015; Ord. 1883 (part), 2006; Ord. 1701 §2, 1994; Ord. 1695 §2, 1993; Ord. 1511 §9, 1984; Ord. 1450 §1, 1982; Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.46.040 Height regulations.
No building or structure shall exceed thirty-five feet in height in the C-5 district. (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.46.050 Area, width and yard requirements.
A. Lot Area. No requirements except as necessary to comply with applicable yard and parking and loading requirements.
B. Lot Width. The minimum lot width shall be fifty feet.
C. Lot Depth. The minimum lot depth shall be one hundred feet.
D. Front Yard. The front yard shall be a minimum of ten feet and shall be maintained as landscaped open space. When off-street parking is located in the front yard area, the landscaped strip may be reduced to not less than six feet with planning commission approval of the site plan.
E. Side Yard. The side yard shall be a minimum of five feet, except when abutting structures are proposed with a common wall that complies with the Uniform Building Code.
F. Rear Yard. No rear yard shall be required in the C-5 district except when the rear lot line abuts property in a residential (R) district and then the rear yard shall be a minimum of twenty feet. Where property in the C-5 district is separated from property in a residential (R) district by a public alley or street, no rear yard setback shall be required.
G. Lot Coverage. No requirements except as necessary to comply with applicable yard, parking and loading requirements. (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.46.060 General requirements.
A. Uses that are normally permitted in the C-5 district but that are referred to the planning commission for further review, per Section 17.46.030(26), will be processed according to application procedures for conditional use permits. No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are found by the planning commission to be harmful to persons living or working in the vicinity by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibration, illumination or glare, or are found to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.
B. No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be used unless in compliance with all applicable state and federal environmental, health and safety regulations.
C. Wherever the side or rear property lines of a parcel in the C-5 district abut parcels in a residential (R) district, a solid wall or fence, vine-covered open fence or compact evergreen hedge six feet in height shall be located on that property line and continuously maintained to ensure effective buffering and visual screening between the two land uses. Where a public alley or street separates the two properties, the barrier or screen shall be placed on the C-5 property at the time of construction and may include driveway and pedestrian openings to the alley or street, as approved by the planning commission.
D. Whenever feasible, buildings shall be located toward the rear of the lot with parking toward the street in the front yard area for easy access and to minimize traffic noise at the rear of the property, especially when the rear property line abuts a residential (R) district. (Ord. 1684 §46, 1993; Ord. 1615 §44, 1989; Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.46.070 Signs and lighting of premises.
A. No illuminated sign or lighting standard used for the illumination of premises shall be so designed and installed that its direct rays are toward or parallel to a public street or highway or directed toward any property that lies within a residential (R) district.
B. No red, green or amber lights or illuminated signs may be placed in such a location or position that they could be confused with, or may interfere with, any official traffic control device, traffic signal or directional guide signs.
C. Signs in the C-5 district shall be permitted and designed in accordance with Chapter 15.24 and with Section 17.60.110. (Ord. 1615 §17, 1989; Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.46.080 Off-street parking.
Off-street parking and loading space shall be provided as required in Chapter 17.64. (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).