Chapter 17.118
COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS (RC, D, CC, NC)

Sections:

17.118.010    Purpose.

17.118.020    Uses.

17.118.030    Dimensional requirements.

17.118.040    Design standards.

17.118.010 Purpose.

The commercial districts are established to identify appropriate locations for the development of commercial land uses to serve the city, surrounding areas and neighborhoods and to recognize areas of existing commercial development.

A.    Regional Center (RC). The regional center district is intended to provide for commercial development opportunities to serve the entire city and surrounding areas. These areas provide for a full range of goods and services necessary to serve large areas of the county.

B.    Downtown (D). The downtown district is intended to protect, enhance and expand the historic shopping area of the city. It serves as a destination shopping area for the broader community primarily occupied by smaller retail, service and entertainment outlets.

C.    Community Center (CC). The community center district is intended to provide an area for commercial development that provides for regular shopping and service needs of the immediately surrounding neighborhoods.

D.    Neighborhood Center (NC). The neighborhood center district is intended to establish areas for the convenience shopping needs of the immediately surrounding neighborhood. Goods and services provided for in these areas are those that would normally be purchased weekly and for which comparison shopping would not be completed. (Ord. 04-024 § 18 (part), 2004)

17.118.020 Uses.

The following uses in each nonresidential zone are permitted (P), conditional (C) or prohibited (X) as indicated in Table 17.118-1. Uses not specifically listed are prohibited.

Table 17.118-1 

Use

RC

D

CC

NC

1. Accessory uses and structures normally incidental to one or more permitted principal uses

P

P

P

P

2. Acid manufacture

X

X

X

X

3. Art galleries, libraries and museums

P

P

P

X

4. Asphalt plants

X

X

X

X

5. Auditoriums and civic centers

P

P

P

X

6. Automobile, boat, truck, tractor, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, manufactured home and other vehicle sales, service, rental and leasing, new and/or used

P

X

X

X

7. Bulk gasoline storage and fuel oil distributors

X

X

X

X

8. Business services operated in conjunction with one or more permitted uses

P

P

P

P

9. Churches, including cemeteries and customary accessory buildings and uses, subject to BGMC 17.135.050

C

C

C

C

10. Clubs, lodges, fraternal institutions and other places of assembly for membership groups

P

P

X

X

11. Cold storage plants, frozen food lockers and ice manufacture

X

X

X

X

12. Colleges and universities

C

X

X

X

13. Commercial recreation facilities, enclosed only

P

P

P

X

14. Commercial recreation facilities, unenclosed

C

X

X

X

15. Conical burners and incinerators, including biomedical waste

X

X

X

X

16. Contractor’s establishments

X

X

X

X

17. Day care centers, subject to BGMC 17.135.070

P

P

P

P

18. Distribution facilities

X

X

X

X

19. Dry-cleaning plants

X

X

X

X

20. Explosives manufacture and storage

X

X

X

X

21. Exterminators and pest control businesses

X

X

X

X

22. Fertilizer manufacture

X

X

X

X

23. Finance, insurance and real estate offices

P

P

P

X

24. Hospitals, health and medical clinics

P

P

P

P

25. Institutionalized residential-living facilities, such as personal-care homes, nursing homes, convalescent homes, group homes, continuing care retirement facilities and similar uses

X

P

P

X

26. Junkyards, wrecked motor vehicle compounds and used auto or other vehicle parts yards

X

X

X

X

27. Kennels

X

X

X

X

28. Landfills

X

X

X

X

29. Lumber yards, planing and saw mills

X

X

X

X

30. Machine shops

X

X

X

X

31. Manufacturing, fabrication, assembling and packaging activities, including accessory storage, for the following products and/or materials: cloth, fiber, fur and hair; electrical and communication equipment; cosmetics, drugs and pharmaceuticals; food, beverage, dairy and tobacco products; and medical, dental, optical precision and surgical instruments and equipment

X

X

X

X

32. Manufacturing, fabrication, assembling, processing, canning, packaging, compounding, storage and treatment activities for the following activities and/or materials: brick, concrete, cement, clay, mortar, plaster and tile; chemicals and floor coverings; extraction or removal of sand, gravel, topsoil, clay, dirt, precious metals, gems or other natural resources; and paper

X

X

X

X

33. Milk processing and bottling plants, and manufacturing of plastic milk jugs, existing on the effective date of the regulations codified in this title

X

P

X

X

34. Offices

P

P

P

X

35. Paper and pulp mills

X

X

X

X

36. Parking garages and parking lots

P

P

P

X

37. Personal service establishments, in conjunction with one or more permitted uses

P

P

P

P

38. Printing, publishing, bookbinding and blueprinting establishments

P

P

P

X

39. Public and semipublic buildings and uses

P

P

P

P

40. Radio and television studios

P

P

X

X

41. Radio, television and cellular phone towers and antennas

X

X

X

X

42. Recreational facilities of a noncommercial nature, including parks, playfields and golf courses

P

P

P

P

43. Recycling plants, including any processing facilities

X

X

X

X

44. Residences for a caretaker or night watchman

X

X

X

X

45. Residences of all types, when located on upper floors of commercial buildings

P

P

P

P

46. Drive-in and drive-through facilities associated with an allowed use