Chapter 18.40
“CD” (COMMERCIAL, DOWNTOWN) DISTRICT
Sections:
18.40.040 Development standards.
18.40.010 Purpose.
The purpose of the CD district is to stabilize, improve and orient the downtown area for pedestrian use, and to provide for the orderly growth of the area by encouraging the opportunity for a wide range of retail commercial uses. (Ord. 1917 § 1 (part), 1997).
18.40.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses are the only uses permitted in a CD district:
A. Shopping plazas; specialty shops; sales and service establishments; convenience stores which may include gasoline; drug stores; food stores; retail liquor stores;
B. Financial institutions; business and professional offices; medical, dental, physical therapy;
C. Newspaper, retail printing and publishing shops;
D. Hotels, motels, theaters, lodges and membership clubs; restaurants, taverns, nightclubs and cocktail lounges; microbrewery-restaurant and/or pub;
E. Business schools; vocational schools; studios and academies for the arts;
F. Sign and upholstery shops;
G. Accessory uses and buildings related to permitted uses;
H. Manufacture and repair which are incidental to retail sales on the premises; plumbing and heating sales and service shops;
I. Off-street parking lots;
J. Automobile service stations, auto sales, drive-in restaurants, and similar auto-oriented uses; laundries, self-service laundries, dry cleaning and laundry pickup stations; vehicle repair shop, no outside storage of material; car wash;
K. Public and quasi-public uses oriented toward pedestrians, such as civic buildings, museums, libraries and the like;
L. Residential uses; provided, permitted commercial uses are on the street front. Such residential uses must be a part of a commercial structure and conform with the Uniform Building Code. (Ord. 2218 § 1, 2001: Ord. 1917 § 1 (part), 1997).
18.40.030 Additional uses.
The following uses require approval of a permit in accord with Chapter 18.75:
A. Public and quasi-public uses, other than those permitted in Section 18.40.020(K);
B. On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities when accessory to any permitted use except residential and subject to state siting criteria (18.75.050);
C. Private recreational businesses;
D. Television and radio stations;
E. Bed and breakfasts;
F. Undertaking establishments;
G. Similar uses (18.75.070). (Ord. 2218 § 2, 2001: Ord. 1917 § 1 (part), 1997).
18.40.040 Development standards.
Development standards in commercial, downtown (CD) districts are as follows:
A. Setbacks: front, none, but ten feet if abutting a residential district; side and rear, none, but twenty feet if abutting a residential district.
B. Building height: forty-five feet. A structure higher than forty-five feet requires approval of a conditional use permit in accord with Chapter 18.75.
C. Off-street parking in accord with Chapter 18.63.
D. Signs in accord with Chapter 18.72.
E. Site Review. Site review in accord with Chapter 18.75 is required for each new use and expansion of existing uses.
F. Solid Waste Receptacles. All solid waste receptacles must be surrounded on at least three sides by a minimum five-foot high sight-obscuring fence or wall. Such enclosures and receptacles are not permitted within required street frontage areas. (Ord. 1917 § 1 (part), 1997).