Chapter 25.27
COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT
Sections:
25.27.050 Building bulk restrictions.
25.27.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this district is to create business districts that include a mix of commercial services, office, manufacturing, and industry. The community business (CB) district is intended to accommodate quality employment and commercial services to serve the DuPont community and immediate vicinity; the district also allows complementing multifamily when built with ground level commercial uses. The CB is intended to implement the community commercial opportunity area (CCOA) as defined in the DuPont comprehensive plan and future land use map. (Ord. 18-1031 § 2 (Exh. 6))
25.27.020 Permitted uses.
(1) All forms of retail trade, such as stores, shops, and sales offices except those listed in DMC 25.27.030;
(2) All forms of service businesses, other than adult entertainment, such as hotels, entertainment facilities, restaurants, fitness centers, family day care and child day care centers, vehicle service stations, and banks, except those listed in DMC 25.27.030;
(3) Offices, including medical clinics and veterinary clinics;
(4) Public uses and quasi-public uses;
(5) Open-air vending;
(6) Drive-through window; provided, however, that restaurants with a drive-through window must also provide seating inside the restaurant in an area equal to at least 15 percent of the restaurant’s total floor area;
(7) Underground utilities;
(8) Above-ground utility structures under 50 square feet in area and under seven feet in height;
(9) Wireless communication facilities, attached;
(10) Wireless communication facilities, public;
(11) Manufacturing or repair of:
(a) Furniture and fixtures;
(b) Food and beverages;
(c) Textiles, apparel, and leather goods;
(d) Building materials other than asphalt, batch concrete when in an unenclosed facility, lumber and wood products;
(e) Products made from light stone, clay, and glass;
(f) Hand-crafted products;
(g) Electrical and electronic equipment and appliances;
(h) Fabricated metal products, containers, hand tools, and heating equipment;
(i) Measuring, analyzing, and control instruments;
(j) Photographic, medical, audio, and optical equipment;
(k) Signs; and
(l) Automobiles, trucks, boats, and recreational equipment;
(12) Miscellaneous light fabrication and assembly;
(13) Industrial equipment sales, service, and rental;
(14) Industrial laundry and upholstery services;
(15) Building construction, well drilling, and general contractor services;
(16) Warehouse and distribution uses;
(17) Mini-storage and indoor storage;
(18) Other similar uses as determined by the community development director. (Ord. 18-1031 § 2 (Exh. 6))
25.27.025 Accessory uses.
(1) Electric vehicle charging and battery exchange facilities.
(2) A single on-site security dwelling. The sole purpose of the dwelling is to furnish housing for an employee, including family, engaged in on-site security. (Ord. 18-1031 § 2 (Exh. 6))
25.27.030 Exceptions to DMC.
Service businesses such as wrecking yards and bulk fuel distributors are prohibited. (Ord. 18-1031 § 2 (Exh. 6))
25.27.040 Conditional uses.
(1) Above-ground utility structures over 50 square feet in area or over seven feet in height.
(2) Outside storage when not associated with another use on the property.
(3) Multifamily.
(a) Multifamily development shall provide ground level retail trade, service businesses, office, and/or live-work units.
(b) Multifamily developments shall be designed to buffer residential units from adjacent industrial and manufacturing uses; this may include landscaping and/or opaque walls.
(c) Multifamily may be permitted a residential density up to 12 dwelling units per acre. For the purposes of determining allowable density, only the portions of the site used for multifamily and its ancillary uses (e.g., open space and parking) may be used in the density calculation. (Ord. 18-1031 § 2 (Exh. 6))
25.27.050 Building bulk restrictions.
(1) Building height shall not exceed 65 feet within 100 feet of a public street and no taller than 70 feet when set back 100 feet or more from a public street. Mechanical equipment and its minimum screening shall not be included in the height measurement.
(2) Building Setbacks.
(a) Front. No structure shall be closer than 10 feet from any front property line.
(b) Side. No structure shall be closer than 15 feet to any side property line.
(3) Outdoor storage (supplies, materials, or products not contained in a structure) shall not cover more than two percent of the total site area and shall be screened from streets and adjoining properties by a 100 percent sight-obscuring wall or fence.
(4) Loading and service areas shall be screened from the public rights-of-way with an opaque wall, fence, or other similar architectural feature. (Ord. 18-1031 § 2 (Exh. 6))
25.27.060 Site plan approval.
Site plan approval is required for all development projects. Projects within the community business district shall be reviewed as set forth in DMC 25.175.010. (Ord. 18-1031 § 2 (Exh. 6))
25.27.070 Design review.
Design review is required for commercial and mixed use development projects pursuant to Chapter 25.70 DMC. Design review is required for multifamily projects pursuant to Chapter 25.65 DMC. Design review shall be processed with a Type I procedure as set forth in DMC 25.175.010. (Ord. 18-1031 § 2 (Exh. 6))