Chapter 17.44
C-2 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
Sections:
17.44.030 Permitted accessory uses.
17.44.040 Limitations on permitted uses.
17.44.060 Development standards.
17.44.010 Purpose.
The C-2 general business district is established to promote the centralization of business and reinforce a positive public image and confidence in commercial revitalization, within a compact commercial area having primarily common-wall building construction. Such construction offers the unique opportunity within the Grandview urban area to cluster together types of retail business and retail services which functionally interact well together, and will economically fare better, as a result of close proximity by cumulatively attracting more persons than as individual destination points. It is intended that the commercial clustering concept be fostered by emphasizing pedestrian access and circulation within the district, in a manner which is healthy, safe, uninhibited and convenient for employees and visitors of all ages. Public and private off-street parking shall be located to encourage the transition from automobile to pedestrian movement. On-street parking should be shared by vicinity businesses and be oriented to short duration convenience parking for customers in the vicinity. In order to preserve the public health, safety and welfare in central business district redevelopment, protect public and private investment in property and infrastructure improvements and stabilize declining property values, certain uses of the land may be restricted or prohibited. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).
17.44.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses shall be permitted in the C-2 district:
A. Principal uses permitted outright in the O office district, Chapter 17.41 GMC;
B. Principal uses permitted outright in the C-1 neighborhood business district, Chapter 17.42 GMC;
C. Alcohol beverage retail sales;
D. Adult use business when located not closer than 400 feet from any church, residential district, public parks, playgrounds or schools; providing all business is housed within the building (indoors) and not visible to the passing public;
E. Amusement, game and recreation centers. Places of public assembly for meetings or amusement, provided the location is more than 50 feet from a residential district, is completely enclosed and is more than 300 feet from any public school, playground or park, except that churches may be permitted without conformance to the distance requirement;
F. Auto detail shops;
G. Automobile, truck and machinery dealer (new and used), garage, automobile, truck and other vehicle repair;
H. Automobile service stations, including storage facilities for rental trailers, trucks and other conveyances;
I. Billiard and pool halls;
J. Boat sales;
K. Card rooms, bingo parlors, dance halls and similar places;
L. Cafeterias;
M. Community service facilities level one, as defined in GMC 17.12.155;
N. Convenience and mini-market stores;
O. Dancing schools;
P. Department stores;
Q. Drive-in facilities may be permitted through site plan review only if all of the following criteria are met:
1. The vehicle stacking lanes must be contained within a structured parking area or driveway;
2. The design of the vehicular access is compatible with pedestrian walkways and parking access. Vehicular access shall not disrupt established retail or service frontages designed to serve pedestrians, nor can the vehicular access lanes be located between the street and the main pedestrian access to the building;
R. Furniture and home appliance stores;
S. Gasoline and service stations, automobile services or repair, tire stores;
T. Hardware and home improvement stores;
U. Home brewing and/or wine making equipment sales;
V. Hotels, motels and tourist facilities;
W. Import shops;
X. Itinerant merchants when licensed as a stationary or mobile vendor by the city;
Y. Laundromats and dry-cleaning establishments employing not more than five persons;
Z. Membership clubs;
AA. Micro-breweries and micro-wineries;
BB. Miniature golf courses;
CC. Mini-storage as defined under GMC 17.12.310;
DD. Pawn shops and secondhand stores;
EE. Public markets for fresh produce and craft work;
FF. Radio and television sales and repair;
GG. Recreational vehicle sales and service;
HH. Recreational vehicle parks established as a tourist facility;
II. Research, development and assembly facilities for component devices and equipment of an electrical, electronic or electromagnetic nature;
JJ. Retail sales establishments, as defined in GMC 17.12.374;
KK. Sporting goods;
LL. Small animal hospitals when located not closer than 150 feet from any residential district and 400 feet or more from any hospital, nursing home, or institutions for the care of the infirm; providing the animals are housed indoors;
MM. Supermarket, grocery store;
NN. Taverns;
OO. Theaters for movies and performances (including outdoor);
PP. Variety stores;
QQ. Wholesale business; and
RR. Wineries as defined in GMC 17.12.480. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).
17.44.030 Permitted accessory uses.
The following accessory uses and buildings, as respectively defined in GMC 17.12.020 and 17.12.115, shall be permitted in the C-2 district:
A. Parking lots, see Chapter 17.78 GMC;
B. Alcoholic beverage sales for on-site consumption provided it is located within a restaurant area;
C. Other uses clearly incidental or secondary to a principal use;
D. Beer/wine beverage sales for on-site and off-site consumption provided the product is produced on site in a micro-brewery and/or micro-winery;
E. Sales of micro-brewery products and nonfortified wines for off-site consumption provided such sales are in conjunction with an establishment selling predominately, based upon floor area, home brewing and/or wine making equipment as permitted in GMC 17.44.020;
F. Storage buildings are permitted;
G. In-home family day care providers, as defined in GMC 17.12.196, licensed by the state of Washington for no more than 12 children after obtaining a city home occupation license and in conformity with Chapter 17.66 GMC;
H. Electric vehicle battery charging stations, as defined in GMC 17.12.186;
I. Adult family homes as defined in GMC 17.12.032. (Ord. 2017-1 § 14; Ord. 2013-11 § 1; Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).
17.44.040 Limitations on permitted uses.
All uses permitted in the C-2 general business district shall be subject to these limitations:
A. Processing and equipment and goods processed or sold shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason of odor, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, vibration, refuse matter, or water-carried waste. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).
17.44.050 Conditional uses.
The following uses are permitted subject to the approval of a special permit:
A. Rental residential use, provided the units are within the principal building, are all above the ground floor of said building, the ground floor of said building is designed or intended to be used for a use permitted in GMC 17.44.020 and off-street parking is provided as required by the residents;
B. Community service facilities level two;
C. Garage and auto body shops, provided:
1. No repair work is performed out-of-doors,
2. Pumps, lubrication or other devices are located at least 15 feet from any street property line, and
3. All automobile parts and dismantled automobiles are stored within the building, except outdoor display racks;
D. Golf driving range;
E. Recreational vehicle parks;
F. Towing shop and related facilities, including bull pens;
G. Wineries producing in excess of that defined in GMC 17.12.480; and
H. Any use determined to be of the same general character as the principal uses permitted outright in this chapter. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).
17.44.060 Development standards.
A. Minimum lot area: not required except for nonconforming residential uses which must retain a minimum of 5,000 square feet for single-family and 3,000 square feet for each additional unit;
B. Lot coverage: no requirement;
C. Minimum yard setbacks:
1. Front: none required except where adjoining a residential district in which case GMC 17.74.020 shall prevail.
2. Side: none required except where adjoining a residential district in which case GMC 17.74.020 shall prevail.
3. Rear: none required except where adjoining a residential district in which case GMC 17.74.020 shall prevail;
D. Maximum building height: 50 feet, except a greater height may be approved by special permit;
E. Fences and hedges: see Chapter 17.75 GMC;
F. Parking: see Chapter 17.78 GMC; and
G. Landscaping: see Chapter 17.75 GMC. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).