Chapter 18.35
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE (C-1)
Sections:
18.35.040 Additional criteria for a conditional use in the C-1 zone.
18.35.090 Landscaping requirements.
18.35.010 Purpose and intent.
Commercial uses shall be oriented to serving the neighborhood and shall be limited to a maximum floor space for a single use of 5,000 square feet. All commercial activities are to be conducted within an enclosed building. (Ord. 974 § 4 (Exh. A.2 § 3.5), 1998)
18.35.020 Permitted uses.
The following categories of uses are permitted outright in the C-1 zone:
A. Neighborhood service uses (for example, barber or beauty shop, laundry, shoe repair, dry cleaner, tailor).
B. Neighborhood retail uses (for example, bakery, book or stationery store, candy or drug store, grocery, meat market or delicatessen). (Ord. 974 § 4 (Exh. A.2 § 3.5), 1998)
18.35.030 Conditional uses.
The following uses are permitted in the C-1 zone when a conditional use permit is approved subject to Chapter 18.130 RMC:
A. Public use.
B. Semipublic use.
C. Dwelling in conjunction with a business or attached to a commercial use.
D. Apartments above a commercial use, subject to the density standards of the R-3 zone. (Ord. 974 § 4 (Exh. A.2 § 3.5), 1998)
18.35.040 Additional criteria for a conditional use in the C-1 zone.
A. The conditional use shall be served by public sewer and public water.
B. The conditional use shall be on an arterial or collector street.
C. The conditional use shall conform with all the other restrictions of this zone. (Ord. 974 § 4 (Exh. A.2 § 3.5), 1998)
18.35.050 Lot size.
The maximum lot size shall be 40,000 square feet. There is no minimum lot size. (Ord. 974 § 4 (Exh. A.2 § 3.5), 1998)
18.35.060 Setbacks.
A. The minimum front yard shall be 20 feet.
B. No side yard setback required, except for property abutting a residential district. The side yard abutting the residential district shall be the same as the abutting property. On a corner lot, the side abutting the street shall have a minimum setback of 10 feet.
C. No rear yard setback, except property abutting a residential district shall have the same rear yard as the abutting property. (Ord. 974 § 4 (Exh. A.2 § 3.5), 1998)
18.35.070 Building height.
The maximum building height of a structure shall be 35 feet or two and one-half stories, whichever is less. (Ord. 974 § 4 (Exh. A.2 § 3.5), 1998)
18.35.080 Lot coverage.
The lot coverage shall not exceed 50 percent of the total area of the lot. (Ord. 974 § 4 (Exh. A.2 § 3.5), 1998)
18.35.090 Landscaping requirements.
Landscaping and screening shall be provided according to the following requirements:
A. All areas of the site not occupied by paved roadways, walkways, patios or buildings shall be landscaped with ground cover, shrubs, and decorative or ornamental trees.
B. It shall be the owner’s responsibility to maintain the landscaping installed on the site.
C. Screen planting, masonry walls or fencing shall be provided to screen views of trash enclosures. (Ord. 974 § 4 (Exh. A.2 § 3.5), 1998)
18.35.100 Design review.
All new development in the C-1 zone, including new construction, a significant modification or expansion, or a change in use to a neigborhood commercial use, is subject to design review under the provisions of Chapter 18.145 RMC. A change in use from an existing neigborhood commercial use to a new neigborhood commercial use shall be required to go through design review if the change is to a more intensive use in any external impact, as determined by planning and public works. External impact includes, but is not limited to, impacts such as traffic, parking, and noise. (Ord. 974 § 4 (Exh. A.2 § 3.5), 1998)