Chapter 17.55
C-2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
Sections:
17.55.050 Permitted primary uses.
17.55.060 Permitted accessory uses.
17.55.080 Additional regulations.
17.55.090 Development standards.
17.55.010 Title.
This chapter shall be called “C-2 Heavy Commercial District.” (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.55.020 Application.
This chapter shall apply to all uses and developments in areas designated C-2. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.55.030 Purpose.
The intent and objective of this classification and its application is to provide for the location of and grouping of enterprises which may involve some on-premises retail service but with outside activities and display or fabrication, assembling, and service features. This zone is intended to accommodate uses which are oriented to automobiles either as the mode or target of producing the commercial service. The uses enumerated in this classification are considered as having common or similar performance standards in that they are heavier in type than those uses permitted in the more restrictive commercial classifications. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.55.040 Authority.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the provisions of chapters 35.63, 35A.63, 36.70A, and 36.70B RCW and other applicable laws and regulations. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.55.050 Permitted primary uses.
Land that is zoned C-2, but located in the retail core as mapped in the comprehensive plan, shall comply with the C-1 zoning regulations for the retail core; provided, that expansion of an existing use on C-2 zoned property shall be permitted consistent with this chapter. See also BMC 17.05.100.
Hereafter all buildings, structures, or parcels of land shall only be used for the following, unless otherwise provided for in this title:
A. Arcades;
B. Art, music and photography studios;
C. Auction houses, excluding animals;
D. Automotive parts and accessories sales;
E. Banking and related financial institutions;
F. Bowling alleys, bingo halls, skating rinks and other commercial recreation;
G. Building contractor services;
H. Bus passenger terminals;
I. Car wash;
J. Civic, social and fraternal associations;
K. Dance halls;
L. Commercial child day care centers;
M. Eating and drinking establishments;
N. Equipment rental and leasing, does not include heavy construction equipment;
O. Food locker services;
P. Funeral homes;
Q. Gas stations;
R. Health and physical fitness clubs;
S. Hospitals, to include small animal, but does not allow outside runs or kennels;
T. Hotels;
U. Lumber yards;
V. Manufactured/mobile home sales lots;
X. Massage parlors;
Y. Health care facilities;
Z. Meeting rooms and/or reception facilities;
AA. Mini-storage warehouses;
BB. Offices;
CC. Personal and household retail sales and service;
DD. Printing and publishing;
EE. Sales and rental of motorized vehicles;
FF. Schools, including art, business, barber, beauty, dancing, driving, martial arts and music;
GG. Theaters, including drive-ins;
HH. Vehicle repair, major;
II. Vehicle repair, minor. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.55.060 Permitted accessory uses.
A. Automobile parking facilities;
B. Outdoor storage yards;
C. Caretaker apartments;
D. Storage warehousing;
E. Accessory buildings and structures associated with a permitted primary use;
F. Telecommunication macro facilities, subject to the following requirements:
1. Macro facilities may be located on buildings and structures; provided, that the immediate interior wall or celling adjacent to the facility is not a designated residential space.
2. The macro facility shall be exempt from review by the community development director or designee if the antenna and related components are the same color as the existing building, pole or support structure on which it is proposed to be located.
3. The shelter or cabinet used to house radio electronic equipment shall be contained wholly within a building or structure, or otherwise appropriately concealed, camouflaged or located underground.
4. Macro facilities shall comply with the height limitation specified for all zones except as follows: Omnidirectional antennas may exceed the height limitation by 15 feet, or in the case of nonconforming structures the antennas may extend 15 feet above the existing structure. Panel antennas may exceed the height limitation if affixed to the side of an existing building and architecturally blends in with the building. Placement of an antenna on a nonconforming structure shall not be considered to be an expansion of the nonconforming structure. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.55.070 Conditional uses.
The following uses may be permitted when a conditional use permit has been issued pursuant to the provisions of BMC 14A.05.140:
A. Multifamily dwellings, either single purpose or as part of a mixed use development where the street frontage is primarily residential; provided, that an additional criterion for approval is that the site is better suited for housing than commercial development and the project complies with the standards in BMC 17.25.050(A) and 17.25.090(B);
B. Governmental facilities, other than those listed as a permitted use;
C. Heliports;
D. Miscellaneous light manufacturing including toys, jewelry, ceramic, musical instruments and similar products, apparel and other finished products made from fabrics, leather, and similar materials, manufacturing of professional, scientific, and controlling instruments such as photo and optical goods, watch and clock manufacturing, and similar products, with retail sales of products manufactured on the premises;
E. Nursing homes;
F. Semi-tractor and trailer sales;
G. Utility substations;
H. Towing service. (Ord. 1910 § 1 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.55.080 Additional regulations.
A. No on-site hazardous substance processing and handling, or hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities shall be permitted, unless clearly incidental and secondary to a permitted use, subject to the requirements of the International Fire Code.
B. Service Yards. All service yards shall be enclosed by a six-foot fence and screened with solid planting where visible from the public right-of-way or an adjacent residential zone with the exception of access gates.
C. Commercial land abutting directly a residential zone shall provide for a transition to the residential use as required in chapter 17.70 BMC, Supplemental Development Standards, and the following:
1. A six-foot screening fence and a 20-foot landscaped buffer designed for sight and noise baffling or a six-foot solid block wall and a 10-foot landscaped buffer designed for sight and noise baffling;
2. Uses generating noise after 9:00 p.m. shall not be permitted, including taverns, assembly occupancies, restaurants with cocktail lounges or dance floors, all night businesses and other similar types of uses; and
3. Measures shall be taken to prevent light and glare from being directed to residential uses. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.55.090 Development standards.
A. Lot Area and Dimension.
1. Minimum lot area: none.
2. Minimum lot width: none.
3. Minimum lot depth: none.
B. Maximum Building and Impervious Surface Coverage.
1. Building coverage: none.
2. Impervious surface coverage: 80 percent.
C. Minimum Setbacks.
1. Front none.
2. Side: none.
3. Street: none.
4. Rear: none.
D. Maximum Setback.
1. Front: 10 feet.
2. Street: 10 feet.
3. Exceptions. Exceptions to the maximum setbacks identified above may be authorized in the following instances:
a. A greater setback for drive-through uses may be authorized through the conditional use permit for the drive-in use; provided, that the building shall be located as close as possible to adjoining streets and shall be set back only the distance necessary to accommodate the drive-through and any associated queuing lanes.
b. The presence of a utility easement makes compliance with the maximum setback impossible; provided, that the building shall still be located as close as possible to adjoining streets.
c. The building entrance may be set back a greater amount to accommodate a wider sidewalk or additional landscaping.
d. A greater setback is necessary to accommodate an architectural design feature, such as: a unique building entrance, outside seating area, pocket park, or similar element.
e. Deviations from the maximum setback requirements may be granted for development on irregular shaped lots where the street frontages are angular or curvilinear. In such instances buildings shall be located as close as possible to the street frontages.
f. The expansion or modification of existing buildings, when a greater setback is needed to preserve existing visual and physical access.
g. Other similar exceptions may be granted when consistent with the intent of providing a well-defined street edge and pedestrian oriented streetscape.
E. Maximum building height: 45 feet, except:
1. Buildings may exceed 45 feet if one foot of setback is provided from each property line for each foot the building exceeds 45 feet; and
2. An additional 15 feet of height may be permitted when parking is located under the building.
F. Fences. See BMC 17.70.070.
G. Parking. See chapter 17.85 BMC.
H. Landscaping. See chapter 17.80 BMC.
I. Signs. See chapter 17.95 BMC. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).