Chapter 17.20
HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (HC)
Sections:
17.20.050 Development standards.
17.20.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this district is to provide services to the traveling public by providing related retail, lodging, auto, eating and other commercial services around access points to US 97. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.20.020 Principal uses.
Principal uses permitted outright in highway commercial district shall include:
A. Overnight accommodations, eating and drinking and entertainment establishments;
B. Other commercial services, including auto-oriented services such as car washes, truck and auto sales and repair, recreational vehicle support and services, machinery, and gas stations;
C. Retail and wholesale goods, sales and service;
D. Offices and related business activity;
E. Governmental facilities;
F. Truck service and repair facilities;
G. Highway service facilities;
H. Breweries, brew pubs and wineries. (Ord. 1530 §1, 2024)
17.20.030 Accessory uses.
Accessory buildings shall not be permitted on a parcel prior to the existence of a principal use. Accessory uses permitted in highway commercial districts shall include:
A. All business, service, repair, processing, or storage shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building, except for off-street parking;
B. Business signs in compliance with Chapter 17.42;
C. Accessory uses in the highway commercial district may be permitted which are customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.20.040 Conditional uses.
Conditional uses permitted in highway commercial districts shall include:
A. Residential uses; provided, that all residential dwellings permitted in the multifamily residential district (R-3) meet the development standards of Section 17.12.050;
B. Any principal or conditional use in a general commercial district (Chapter 17.22) that is not listed as a principal use above;
C. Other uses deemed by the board of adjustment as similar to and consistent with the intent and purpose of the general commercial zoning district;
D. Recreational vehicle parks. (Ord. 1530 §2, 2024)
17.20.050 Development standards.
The following provisions shall apply in the highway commercial district, subject to other provisions of this title, except that where conflicts in regulation occur, the regulations specified in this section or on a development plan approved pursuant to this chapter shall apply:
A. Minimum lot area: not applicable;
B. Minimum lot width: fifty feet;
C. Minimum lot depth: fifty feet;
D. Maximum building height: two stories but not to exceed forty feet;
E. Maximum lot coverage: not applicable;
F. Minimum front yard depth: twenty feet;
G. Minimum rear yard depth: zero feet (ten feet when abutting a residential district);
H. Minimum side yard width: zero feet (twenty feet when abutting a residential district);
I. All utilities shall be installed underground. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.20.060 Parking.
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the terms of Chapter 17.52. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.20.070 Landscaping.
Landscaping shall be provided with the terms of Chapter 17.54. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.20.080 Site plan.
A site plan shall be approved in accordance with the terms of Chapter 17.46. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)