Chapter 19.33 CL – COMMERCIAL/LIGHT

Chapter 19.33
CL – COMMERCIAL/LIGHT
INDUSTRY DISTRICT

Sections:

19.33.010 Intent.

19.33.020 Permitted primary uses.

19.33.030 Accessory uses.

19.33.040 Uses requiring permit.

19.33.050 Development standards.

19.33.060 Supplemental development standards.

19.33.010 Intent.

The intent and objective of this classification and its application is to set apart that portion of the town which forms the financial, commercial, light industrial, governmental, professional, and cultural activities all of which have common or similar performance standards in that they represent types of enterprises involving the rendering of services, or on-premises retail or wholesale activities. This district is intended as a sanctuary for light, clean businesses usually of a light manufacturing or storage nature, or on-premises retail activities. These businesses have very little process visibility. They should generate little air or water pollution, noise or objectionable odors. Outdoor storage is limited. Wholesale and retail sales are permitted. [Ord. 464 § 10.33.010, 2001; Ord. 426 § 10.33.010, 1998]

19.33.020 Permitted primary uses.

Hereafter, all buildings, structures, or parcels of land shall only be used for the following, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter:

(1) Administrative, educational and other related activities and facilities subordinate to a permitted use on the same premises as the principal use;

(2) Apartments, including multifamily dwellings provided they are located in a multi-story building the ground floor of which must contain at least 50 percent by area a different permitted use as listed in this section; and provided that they are connected to the public sanitary sewer;

(3) Art, music and photography studios;

(4) Parking facilities;

(5) Banking and related financial institutions;

(6) Bread and pastry bakeries;

(7) Caretaker apartment;

(8) Civic, social, and fraternal clubs;

(9) Convenience stores;

(10) Day-care, including family day-care homes and child day-care centers as defined by DSHS, preschools or nursery schools;

(11) Delicatessens;

(12) Dry cleaning and laundry services;

(13) Existing logging company;

(14) Factory outlets;

(15) Fire stations;

(16) Funeral homes;

(17) Grocery stores;

(18) Hobby shops;

(19) Hospitals, to include small animal, but does not allow outside runs or kennels;

(20) Hotels;

(21) Laundry, self-service;

(22) Light manufacturing, fabricating, processing, packing or storage uses except:

(a) Any use having the primary function of storing, utilizing or manufacturing explosive materials. Any principal use involving the rendering of fats, the slaughtering of fish or meat;

(23) Liquor store;

(24) Meeting rooms and/or reception facilities;

(25) Motels;

(26) News syndicate services;

(27) Newsstands;

(28) Nursing homes;

(29) Parks, parkways, recreational facilities, trails and related facilities;

(30) Personal service shops;

(31) Pharmacies;

(32) Printing and publishing;

(33) Professional offices;

(34) Radio and television broadcasting studios;

(35) Retail stores and shops, including department and variety stores which offer for sale the following and similar related goods:

(a) Antiques;

(b) Art supplies;

(d) Baked goods;

(e) Beverages;

(f) Bicycles;

(g) Books and magazines;

(h) Candy, nuts, and confectionery;

(i) Clothing;

(j) Computers;

(k) Dairy products;

(l) Dry goods;

(m) Flowers and house plants;

(n) Fruits and vegetables;

(o) Furniture and home furnishings;

(p) Hardware, including electrical, heating, plumbing, glass, paint, wallpaper and related goods;

(q) Home garden supplies;

(r) Household appliances;

(s) Household pets;

(t) Housewares;

(u) Jewelry and clocks;

(v) Meat, fish and poultry, preprocessed;

(w) Notions;

(x) Office supplies and equipment;

(y) Photographic equipment, including finishing;

(z) Radio, television, and stereos;

(aa) Shoes;

(bb) Sporting goods; excluding firearm sales;

(cc) Stationery;

(dd) Toys;

(36) Research laboratories;

(37) Religious institutions;

(38) Restaurants, including outdoor seating. Sale of alcoholic beverages is a secondary use and is limited to on-premises consumption;

(39) Schools, including art, business, barber, beauty, dancing, martial arts and music;

(40) Secretarial services;

(41) Theaters, except drive-in;

(42) Utilities facilities, minor;

(43) Vehicle repair shops, entirely within enclosed building;

(44) Automobile sales and leasing, new and/or used, including light pick-up trucks and vans; recreational vehicles or heavy trucks, provided the following requirements are met:

(a) No repairing, painting, or body work, shall be conducted outside of a building;

(b) If adjacent to a Residential zone, a sight obscuring fence or landscape screen shall be required;

(45) Automobile service stations;

(46) Water bottling facilities;

(47) Other uses may be permitted by the town though the town planner if the use is determined to be reasonable and consistent with the intent of the zone and is of the same general character of the uses permitted in this section, and not to be a significant hazard to the health, welfare and safety of the town. [Ord. 464 § 10.33.020, 2001; Ord. 439 § 1, 1999; Ord. 426 § 10.33.020, 1998]

19.33.030 Accessory uses.

(1) Accessory buildings or multi-building developments with uses complimentary and related to a dominant or primary use; provided, control of building design, location and site development is retained by the dominant use. In such coordinated developments the site area requirement shall apply to the group of buildings and the yard requirements to the site perimeter.

(2) Off-Street Parking and Loading Area Requirements. See Chapter 19.54 CMC for standards including on-site and off-site parking facilities and special contracts.

(3) Signs. See Chapter 19.63 CMC. [Ord. 464 § 10.33.030, 2001; Ord. 426 § 10.33.030, 1998]

19.33.040 Uses requiring permit.

The following uses may be permitted when a conditional use permit has been issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 19.68 CMC:

(1) Apartments, including multifamily dwellings not included in CMC 19.33.020(1); provided, that they consist of five or more dwelling units per structure and are of not less than eight units per acre density; and provided, that they are connected to a public sanitary sewer;

(2) Arcades;

(3) Government facilities; this excludes offices and related uses that are permitted outright;

(4) Mobile and manufactured home parks;

(5) Taverns, dance halls, music auditoriums;

(6) Utility facilities, major;

(7) Wireless communications facilities;

(8) Sale or repair of firearms;

(9) Recreational vehicle parks;

(10) Mini-storage warehouses;

(11) Other uses as may be permitted by the town through the town planner if the use is determined to be consistent with the intent of the zone and is of the same general character as the uses permitted in this section. Other uses not listed here, upon determination based on the applicant disclosure, may require additional permitting if the town determines that such other uses may pose a threat or create a hazard to the general health, welfare and safety of the community and town. [Ord. 635 § 1, 2009; Ord. 628 § 1, 2008; Ord. 464 § 10.33.040, 2001; Ord. 439 § 1, 1999; Ord. 426 § 10.33.040, 1998]

19.33.050 Development standards.

(1) Minimum Lot Requirements.

(a) Minimum Lot Area.

(i) Where public sewer is not available: Minimum lot area: 12,500 square feet, or such area as necessary to meet applicable state or county on-site septic systems requirements, whichever is greater.

(ii) Where public sewer is available: Minimum lot area: 2,000 square feet.

(2) Minimum lot width: 25 feet.

(3) Minimum lot depth: none required.

(4) Maximum lot coverage: none required.

(5) Maximum building height: two stories, not to exceed 35 feet.

(6) Minimum Yard Setbacks.

(a) Front: 0 feet;

(b) Side, interior: none required;

(d) Rear: none required.

(7) Fences: see Chapter 19.50 CMC.

(8) Parking: see Chapter 19.54 CMC.

(9) Landscaping: see Chapter 19.50 CMC.

(10) Signs: see Chapter 19.63 CMC. [Ord. 464 § 10.33.050, 2001; Ord. 426 § 10.33.050, 1998]

19.33.060 Supplemental development standards.

(1) All uses shall be conducted entirely within a building or structure except:

(a) Automobile parking lots;

(b) Display or sales of goods that do not extend eight feet past the front of the building, do not block entrances or interfere with pedestrian travel, do not interfere with the parking areas and do not encroach upon public property;

(d) Temporary uses as permitted by the council, fire marshal, building official, planning director or town engineer pursuant to the applicable ordinances;

(e) Unloading and loading areas;

(f) Utility substations;

(g) Refuse containers;

(h) Play areas for day-cares;

(i) Mobile food vans and espresso stands.

(2) Storage shall be limited to accessory storage of commodities or materials used in the limited fabrication of commodities sold or manufactured on the premises. No outside storage is permitted.

(3) Operations conducted on the premises shall not be objectionable beyond the property boundary lines by reason of noise, odor, fumes, gases, smoke, vibration, hazard, or other causes.

(4) No on-site hazardous substance processing and handling, or hazardous waste treatment and/or storage facilities shall be permitted, unless clearly incidental and secondary to a permitted use as regulated by International Fire Code.

(5) The above supplemental development standards shall not apply to the existing logging operation. [Ord. 652 § 3, 2009; Ord. 464 § 10.33.060, 2001; Ord. 426 § 10.33.060, 1998]