Chapter 16.45 BN – NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS

Chapter 16.45
BN – NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS

Sections:

16.45.020 Site development standards.

16.45.030 Operating restrictions.

16.45.000 Purposes.

The BN zone has the following specific purposes in addition to the general purposes for business and commercial zones listed in Chapter 16.40 ECDC:

A. To reserve areas, for those retail stores, offices, retail service establishments which offer goods and services needed on an everyday basis by residents of a neighborhood area;

B. To ensure compact, convenient development patterns by allowing uses that are operated chiefly within buildings.

16.45.010 Uses.

A. Permitted Primary Uses.

1. Single-family dwellings, as regulated in RS-6 zone;

2. Neighborhood-oriented retail stores, retail service uses, excluding uses such as commercial garages, used car lots, taverns, theaters, auditoriums, undertaking establishments and those uses requiring a conditional use permit as listed below;

3. Offices and outpatient clinics, excluding commercial kennels;

4. Dry cleaning stores and laundromats;

5. Small animal hospitals;

6. Churches, subject to the requirements of ECDC 17.100.020;

7. Primary and high schools subject to the requirements of ECDC 17.100.050(G) through (R);

8. Local public facilities designated and sited in the capital improvement plan, subject to the requirements of ECDC 17.100.050;

9. Neighborhood parks, natural open spaces, and community parks with an adopted master plan subject to the requirements of ECDC 17.100.070.

B. Permitted Secondary Uses.

1. Limited assembly, repair or fabrication of goods incidental to a permitted or conditional use;

2. Off-street parking and loading areas to serve a permitted or conditional use;

3. One dwelling unit per lot, in the story above the street floor, with a minimum lot area of 6,000 square feet;

4. Commuter parking lots that contain less than 10 designated parking spaces in conjunction with any local public facility allowed by this section. Any additionally designated parking spaces that increase the total number of spaces in a commuter parking lot to 10 or more shall subject the entire commuter parking lot to a conditional use permit as specified in subsection (D)(2) of this section, including commuter parking lots that are located upon more than one lot as specified in ECDC 21.15.075.

C. Primary Uses Requiring a Conditional Use Permit.

1. Commercial parking lots;

2. Drive-in businesses;

3. Businesses open to the public between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.;

4. Convenience stores;

5. Local public facilities not planned, designated, or sited in the capital improvement plan, subject to the requirements of ECDC 17.100.050;

6. Day-care centers;

7. Hospitals, convalescent homes, rest homes, sanitariums;

8. Museums, art galleries, zoos, and aquariums of primarily local concern that do not meet the criteria for regional public facilities as defined in ECDC 21.85.033;

9. Counseling centers and residential treatment facilities for current alcoholics and drug abusers;

10. Regional parks and community parks without a master plan subject to the requirements of ECDC 17.100.070.

D. Secondary Uses Requiring a Conditional Use Permit.

1. Outdoor storage, incidental to a permitted or conditional use;

2. Commuter parking lots with 10 or more designated parking spaces in conjunction with a facility meeting the criteria listed under subsection (C)(6) through (10) of this section. [Ord. 3353 § 3, 2001; Ord. 3269 § 1, 1999*; Ord. 3120 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2759 § 1, 1990; Ord. 2660 § 1, 1988; Ord. 2283 § 4, 1982].

*Code reviser's note: Ord. 3269 expired August 13, 2000. For provisions on the outdoor display of merchandise, see Chapter 17.65 ECDC.

16.45.020 Site development standards.

A. Table.


	Minimum Lot Area	Minimum Lot Width	Minimum Street Setback	Minimum Side Setback	Minimum Rear Setback	Maximum Height	Maximum Floor Area


BN	None	None	20′	None1	None1	25′	3 sq. ft. per sq. ft. of lot area

1 Fifteen feet from lot lines adjacent to R zoned property.

B. Signs, Parking and Design Review. See Chapters 17.50, 20.60 and 20.10 ECDC.

C. Screening. The required setback from R zoned property shall be permanently landscaped with trees and ground cover and permanently maintained by the owner of the BN lot. A six-foot minimum height fence, wall or solid hedge shall be provided at some point in the setback.

D. Satellite television antennas shall be regulated as set forth in ECDC 16.20.050, and reviewed by the architectural design board. [Ord. 2526 § 5, 1985].

16.45.030 Operating restrictions.

A. All uses shall be carried on entirely within a completely enclosed building except:

1. Public utilities and parks;

2. Off-street parking and loading areas and commercial parking lots;

3. Drive-in businesses;

4. Plant nurseries;

5. Limited outdoor display of merchandise meeting the criteria of Chapter 17.65 ECDC.

B. Nuisances. All uses shall comply with Chapter 17.60 ECDC, Performance Standards. [Ord. 3320 § 2, 2000].