Chapter 18.50
C-2 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
Sections:
18.50.030 Permitted uses and structures.
18.50.040 Conditional uses and structures.
18.50.050 Dimensional standards.
18.50.060 Development standards and review criteria.
18.50.010 Purpose.
The neighborhood commercial classification provides for the orderly and attractive development of commercial land uses in close proximity to adjacent residential districts. The zone is also intended to serve local neighborhood needs rather than provide a full commercial area for the entire community and to provide for a desirable mixing of high density residential uses with the limited commercial land uses. The commercial uses allowed in this district are selected for their compatibility with residential uses and ability to meet the frequently recurring needs of the neighborhood. [Ord. 846 § 1 (Exh. B), 2022; Ord. 508 § 3.12.0, 1982].
18.50.020 Intent.
To provide for the location of appropriate commercial development along arterials which traverse primarily residential neighborhoods and to act as a buffer district by providing for design curtailments intended to minimize potential adverse effects on surrounding residential districts. To preserve this intent and to alleviate existing, and prevent future, inefficient or hazardous situations, adjacent uses will be encouraged to combine accesses and off-street parking areas while uses located at intersections will be encouraged to utilize secondary streets for the location of access drives wherever possible. New development will be encouraged to group in “neighborhood convenience centers.” [Ord. 846 § 1 (Exh. B), 2022; Ord. 508 § 3.12.1, 1982].
18.50.030 Permitted uses and structures.
The following uses and structures and similar uses and structures are permitted outright, provided the use is conducted wholly within an enclosed building (other than parking areas) and there is no noise, odors, smoke, vibration or other deleterious influences detectable beyond the property line:
(1) Retail Sales.
(a) Automobile supply and parts store.
(b) Bakery, provided the principal operation is for retail sales on the premises.
(c) Bicycle sales and repair shop.
(d) Book, stationery and business supply store.
(e) Convenience store or market.
(f) Florist.
(g) Food and drug store, meat market (retail).
(h) Interior decorating shop (such as floor covering, wallpaper and drapery sales).
(i) Jewelry or gift store.
(j) Musical instrument, record or tape sales.
(k) Pet store, including supplies and grooming.
(l) Shoe store or shoe repair.
(m) Sporting equipment sales.
(n) Toy or hobby sales.
(o) Wholesale office and showroom with merchandise on the premises limited to small parts and samples.
(2) Services and Trades.
(a) Audio-visual or recording studio.
(b) Bank or savings and loan.
(c) Beauty or barber shop.
(d) Bonding company, detective agency.
(e) Dressmaking, millinery or tailor shop.
(f) Dry cleaning establishment (retail) containing less than 3,000 square feet of processing area and excluding those using highly volatile or combustible material or using high pressure steam tanks or boilers.
(g) Laundromat or dry cleaning (self-service).
(h) Locksmith.
(i) Mailing or addressing service (without fleet vehicle storage).
(j) Photocopy or blueprinting service.
(k) Professional offices.
(l) Stenographic service, notary public.
(m) Taxi dispatch center.
(n) Telephone answering service.
(3) Institutional and Instructional.
(a) Child day care facilities (see MCMC 18.75.050).
(b) Church, subject to the dimensional standards of the R-2 district.
(c) Preschool/kindergarten/nursery school.
(d) Residential care facility.
(e) Schools, business or trade (which are similar to permitted uses).
(f) Studio (including music, dance, art, crafts, health or photography).
(4) Amusement and Recreation.
(a) Recreation club/health spa.
(b) Restaurant, cafe, delicatessen, and other sit-down eating establishments as defined in Chapter 18.10 MCMC.
(c) Theater, indoor.
(5) Miscellaneous and Accessory Uses.
(a) All accessory uses and structures meeting the “limitations and exceptions” as set forth in Chapter 18.75 MCMC.
(b) Adult care home.
(c) Apartments (as a secondary use; defined in Chapter 18.10 MCMC).
(d) Bed and breakfast.
(e) Laboratory (medical, dental, experiment, research or testing).
(f) Parking structure or public parking lot.
(g) Single-family dwelling, limited to homes currently listed on the Myrtle Creek historic resources register.
(h) Veterinary office or animal hospital, provided there are no outside runs or pens. [Ord. 846 § 1 (Exh. B), 2022; Ord. 807 § 1 (Exh. A), 2016; Ord. 800 § 2, 2015; Ord. 508 § 3.12.2, 1982].
18.50.040 Conditional uses and structures.
The following uses and structures and similar uses and structures are permitted as a conditional use subject to the procedures of Chapter 18.170 MCMC, whereupon (1) a conditional use permit may be granted when the criteria for approval are met or can be met by observance of conditions; or (2) a conditional use permit may be denied if the findings of fact conclude that the permit criteria cannot be met. All uses shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building, unless excepted (i.e., parking and service areas are excepted) and there shall be no noise, odor, smoke, vibration or other deleterious influences detectable beyond the property line.
(1) Ambulance/emergency service (and similar uses requiring audible warning devices).
(2) Auditorium, exhibition hall or community building.
(3) Automobile repair garage (wholly enclosed), provided there is no heavy duty truck or heavy equipment repair.
(4) Automobile service station (excluding major repair).
(5) Boarding, lodging, rooming house, subject to the dimensional standards of the R-3 district.
(6) Car wash.
(7) Club, lodge or fraternal organization facility.
(8) Drive-up windows and stalls for existing uses (i.e., banks).
(9) Dwelling, multiple-family, or duplex, subject to the dimensional standards of the R-3 district.
(10) Film exchange and other drive-in/drive-up/drive-through drop boxes.
(11) Garden supply/retail nursery (exterior display permitted, provided area is enclosed by fence or screening a minimum of four feet in height).
(12) Golf course or driving range.
(13) Golf, miniature.
(14) Hotel, motel or motor court.
(15) Indoor amusement enterprise (includes arcade, pool hall, bowling alley, skating rink, etc.).
(16) Museum.
(17) Nursing home, rest home or convalescent home.
(18) Philanthropic or eleemosynary institution.
(19) Planned development/commercial or professional office, subject to the approval criteria set forth in Chapter 18.130 MCMC.
(20) Religious quarters, subject to the dimensional standards of the R-3 district.
(21) Restaurant, fast food (as defined in Chapter 18.10 MCMC).
(22) Retirement home, subject to the dimensional standards of the R-3 district.
(23) Schools, business or trade, which are similar to uses permitted conditionally.
(24) Sign shop (painting and sales).
(25) Tavern or cocktail lounge.
(26) Taxidermy shop (no outside storage or display permitted).
(27) Upholstery shop/furniture repair (no outside storage permitted).
(28) Marijuana-related land uses as defined within MCMC 18.10.030 and as regulated within MCMC 18.75.130.
(29) Other similar uses and structures. [Ord. 846 § 1 (Exh. B), 2022; Ord. 508 § 3.12.3, 1982].
18.50.050 Dimensional standards.
(1) Yard Requirements (See Chapter 18.145 MCMC for Exceptions).
(a) The minimum front yard shall be 10 feet.
(b) Side yards shall have a combined width which totals a minimum of 10 feet, except that a buffer yard with a minimum width of 15 feet shall be required where the side yard adjoins a residential district.
(c) A buffer yard with a minimum depth of 25 feet shall be required where the rear yard adjoins a residential district.
(d) Buffer yards shall consist of landscaping and improvements in accordance with the standards for commercial and industrial uses contained in Chapter 18.110 MCMC.
(2) Building Height (See Chapter 18.145 MCMC for Exceptions). The height of a building in the C-2 district shall not exceed 50 feet.
(3) Minimum Zone Size. Areas proposed for zone change to C-2 shall be contiguous to an existing C-2 district or shall consist of a minimum of three acres. [Ord. 846 § 1 (Exh. B), 2022; Ord. 508 § 3.12.4, 1982].
18.50.060 Development standards and review criteria.
Notwithstanding the conditional use provisions of MCMC 18.50.040, any project involving the erection of a new building or structure, the enlargement in height or ground coverage, or the intensification of use of any building or structure shall:
(1) Be reviewed in accordance with the site review criteria contained in Chapter 18.150 MCMC. The planning department shall conduct the site review for permitted uses that meet all ordinance requirements, whereas the planning commission or city administrator or the city administrator’s designee shall conduct the site review for conditional uses, variances and other similar procedures as stipulated in the applicable regulations; and
(2) Provide improvements and comply with the design standards applicable to the type of development proposed as set forth in Chapter 18.150 MCMC; and
(3) Provide off-street parking as set forth in Chapter 18.90 MCMC. [Ord. 846 § 1 (Exh. B), 2022; Ord. 508 § 3.12.5, 1982].