Chapter 18.60
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE, N-C
Sections:
18.60.005 Regulations designated.
18.60.010 Uses permitted outright.
18.60.020 Conditional uses permitted.
18.60.050 Dimensional standards.
18.60.005 Regulations designated.
In an N-C zone, the following regulations shall apply. (Ord. 280 § 11 (Exh. K), 2015; Ord. 18 § 3.120, 2003)
18.60.010 Uses permitted outright.
In an N-C zone, the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted when authorized in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.160 CCC:
(1) General merchandise, grocery store, delicatessen, meat market or bakery.
(2) Artist, book, music, photography or stationery store.
(3) Clothes-cleaning establishment or laundromats.
(4) Dressmaking, tailor shop or shoe repair shop.
(5) Drug, sundry variety or hobby store.
(6) Florist or gift shop.
(7) Television, radio or home appliance repair shop with sales of same items as a secondary use.
(8) Offices for accountants, architects, engineers, lawyers, real estate and insurance agents, dentists, doctors, optometrists, chiropractors and osteopaths.
(9) Restaurant or cafe provided no alcoholic beverages are served, and does not include drive-ins.
(10) Roadside stands for the sale of farm products.
(11) Residential use, including manufactured dwellings on individual lots subject to CCC 18.132.010.
(12) Beauty and barbershops.
(13) Home occupations.
(14) Noncommercial wind energy systems and meteorological towers that meet the requirements of CCC 18.162.010.
(15) Noncommercial photovoltaic energy systems that meet the requirements of CCC 18.162.020. (Ord. 321 § 5, 2020; Ord. 280 § 11 (Exh. K), 2015; Ord. 245 § 1, 2011; Ord. 229 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 18 § 3.120(1), 2003)
18.60.020 Conditional uses permitted.
In an N-C zone, the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted when authorized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 18.160 CCC:
(1) Nurseries and garden supply stores, provided all outside storage and display are adequately screened.
(2) Plumbing, electrical, building contractor and other construction-related businesses; provided there is no outside storage (i.e., the business is wholly enclosed within a building).
(3) Church.
(4) Public or private school, kindergarten or children’s day nursery.
(5) Public or private park, playground or similar recreational facility.
(6) Small animal veterinary clinic wholly enclosed within a building.
(7) Mobile home park.
(8) Such other use of an existing structure, which is consistent with the use for which the structure was originally designed.
(9) Noncommercial wind energy systems and meteorological towers that do not meet the requirements of CCC 18.162.010 are subject to any additional standards of the zone and Chapter 18.160 CCC.
(10) Noncommercial photovoltaic energy systems that do not meet the requirements of CCC 18.162.020 are subject to any additional standards of the zone and Chapter 18.160 CCC. (Ord. 280 § 11 (Exh. K), 2015; Ord. 245 § 1, 2011; Ord. 229 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 18 § 3.120(2), 2003)
18.60.030 Use limitations.
In an N-C zone, permitted uses shall be subject to the following limitations:
(1) No use shall be located on a parcel or lot which is within 800 feet of three or more residential dwelling structures unless also within 400 feet (measured along a street or road right-of-way) of structures used for nonresidential purposes.
(2) Unless directly served by an arterial or collector street, no use shall be permitted which is likely to generate more than 15 automobile trips both to and from the premises during the busiest hour of the day, or more than 100 automobile trips daily both to and from the premises.
(3) No use shall be permitted which is likely to generate more than 25 automobile trips both to and from the premises during the busiest hour of the day, or more than 200 automobile trips both to and from the premises daily.
(4) All parking demand created by any use permitted under the provisions of this chapter shall be accommodated on the subject premises entirely off street; minimum standards for off-street parking requirements shall be in accordance with the provisions of this title.
(5) No use permitted by this chapter shall require the backing of traffic onto a public or private street, road or alley right-of-way to accommodate ingress or egress to any use of the premises thereof.
(6) There shall not be more than one ingress and one egress from properties accommodating uses permitted by this chapter per each 300 feet of street frontage or fraction thereof. If necessary to meet this requirement, permitted uses shall provide for shared ingress and egress.
(7) All uses permitted by this chapter shall be screened from abutting residential uses by densely planted trees and shrubs or sight-obscuring fence.
(8) No use shall be permitted if it will cause sound, noise, vibration, odor or flashing perceptible without instruments more than 200 feet from the boundaries of the originating premises.
(9) No use shall be permitted to operate for business between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. except as approved by the commission. (Ord. 280 § 11 (Exh. K), 2015; Ord. 18 § 3.120(3), 2003)
18.60.040 Sign limitations.
In addition to standards set forth by this title relative to signs, in an N-C zone, the following sign limitations shall be applicable:
(1) For any use permitted by this chapter, the total area of all signs shall not exceed 100 square feet, no freestanding sign shall exceed 32 square feet and a height of 20 feet, no sign exceeding 10 square feet of area and four feet in height shall be located upon the roof of any building, no sign shall exceed 15 percent of the area of the wall it is attached to, no sign shall be located within or protrude into a street right-of-way, and no sign shall flash or move, or be illuminated between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(2) On any premises accommodating a use permitted by this chapter, there shall not be more than one freestanding sign, plus not more than one building sign per business or other enterprise. (Ord. 280 § 11 (Exh. K), 2015; Ord. 18 § 3.120(4), 2003)
18.60.050 Dimensional standards.
In an N-C zone, the following dimensional standards shall apply to all uses:
(1) No use permitted by this chapter, including buildings, storage areas or facilities, and required parking area, shall exceed more than 70 percent of the land area designed for such use.
(2) The minimum building setback from a street right-of-way line shall be 50 feet unless a greater setback is required for compliance with the comprehensive plan criteria or policies.
(3) The minimum setback between a structure and a property line abutting a residential lot shall be 25 feet.
(4) The minimum setback between a structure and an existing use permitted by this chapter shall be three feet from the property line and at least 10 feet from a structure on the adjoining property.
(5) The maximum building height for any structure permitted in conjunction with a use permitted by this section shall be 25 feet.
(6) In no case shall a use permitted by this chapter be permitted on a lot or parcel less than that minimum lot area set forth in the adjoining or area zones.
(7) No use permitted by this chapter shall be permitted on a lot with a street frontage of less than 50 feet. (Ord. 280 § 11 (Exh. K), 2015; Ord. 18 § 3.120(5), 2003)
18.60.060 Site design.
In an N-C zone, the site design of any permitted use shall make the most effective use reasonably possible of the site topography, existing landscaping and building placement so as to preserve existing trees and natural features, preserve vistas and other views from public ways, minimize visibility of parking areas from public ways and minimize intrusion into the character of existing developments and land uses in the immediate area. (Ord. 280 § 11 (Exh. K), 2015; Ord. 18 § 3.120(6), 2003)