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The purpose and intent of the commercial district is to recognize the existence of commercial areas and to provide use incentives and development standards, which will encourage the redevelopment and upgrading of commercial areas. It is also meant to provide for a range of trade, service, entertainment and recreation land uses which occur adjacent to transportation arterials and residential uses; and to provide areas for development which are automobile oriented and designed for convenience, safety and the reduction of the visual blight of uncontrolled advertising signs, traffic control devices and utility equipment.

A. Principally Permitted Uses. Principally permitted uses are as follows:

1. Trade.

a. Wholesale – Bakery;

b. Retail – General Merchandise.

i. Department stores,

ii. Dry goods and general merchandise,

iii. Electrical supplies,

iv. Farm equipment,

v. Hardware,

vi. Heating and plumbing equipment,

vii. Lumber yards,

viii. Mail order houses,

ix. Merchandise vending machine operators,

x. Paint, glass and wallpaper,

xi. Variety stores;

c. Retail – Food.

i. Bakeries, with accessory manufacturing,

ii. Candy, nut and confectionery, with accessory manufacturing,

iii. Dairy products,

iv. Fruits and vegetables,

v. Groceries,

vi. Meat, fish and poultry;

d. Retail – Automotive, Marine Craft, Aircraft and Accessories.

i. Aircraft and accessories,

ii. Marine craft and accessories,

iii. Motor vehicles (new or used cars and recreational vehicles),

iv. Tires, batteries and accessories,

v. Gasoline service stations;

e. Retail – Apparel and accessories: New or used apparel and accessories;

f. Retail – Furniture, home furnishings and equipment: New or used and finished or unfinished furniture, home furnishings and equipment;

g. Retail – Eating and Drinking Establishments.

i. Drinking establishments (taverns and cocktail lounges),

ii. Eating establishments (restaurants);

h. Retail – Other.

i. Antiques,

ii. Bicycles,

iii. Books,

iv. Bottled gas,

v. Cameras and photographic supplies,

vi. Cigars and cigarettes,

vii. Computers and software,

viii. Drug and proprietary items,

ix. Florists,

x. Fuel and ice dealers,

xi. Fuel oil,

xii. Gifts, novelties and souvenirs,

xiii. Hay, grains and feeds,

xiv. Jewelry,

xv. Liquor,

xvi. Newspapers,

xvii. Optical goods,

xviii. Pets and pet supplies,

xix. Secondhand merchandise,

xx. Sporting goods,

xxi. Stationery,

xxii. Videocassette sales and rentals;

2. Services.

a. Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Services.

i. Banking and related services,

ii. Commodity brokers, dealers and related services,

iii. Housing and investment services,

iv. Insurance brokers, agents and related services,

v. Insurance carriers,

vi. Real estate agents, brokers and related services,

vii. Real estate operators, lessors and management services,

viii. Real estate subdividing and developing services,

ix. Security brokers and dealers and related services,

x. Title abstracting and insurance services;

b. Personal Services.

i. Beauty and barber services,

ii. Diaper services,

iii. Funeral and crematory services,

iv. Laundering and dry cleaning (self-service),

v. Laundering, dry cleaning and dyeing services,

vi. Linen supply and industrial laundry services,

vii. Photographic services,

viii. Pressing, alteration and garment repair,

ix. Rug cleaning and repair services,

x. Shoe repair, shoe shining and hat cleaning services;

c. Business Services.

i. Advertising services,

ii. Automobile and truck rental,

iii. Blueprinting and photocopying services,

iv. Business and management consulting services, adjustment and collection services,

v. Consumer and mercantile credit reporting services, adjustment and collection services,

vi. Detective and protective services,

vii. Disinfecting and exterminating services,

viii. Employment services,

ix. Equipment rental and leasing services,

x. Food lockers without food preparation facilities,

xi. Motion picture distribution and services,

xii. News syndicate services,

xiii. Other dwelling and business services,

xiv. Outdoor advertising services,

xv. Photo finishing services,

xvi. Research, development and testing services,

xvii. Stenographic services and other duplicating and mailing services,

xviii. Trading stamp services,

xix. Window cleaning services;

d. Repair Services.

i. Armature rewinding services,

ii. Automobile repair services,

iii. Automobile wash services,

iv. Electrical repair services,

v. Fleet vehicle maintenance,

vi. Radio and television repair services,

vii. Reupholster and furniture repair services,

viii. Small engine repair,

ix. Truck repair,

x. Watch, clock and jewelry repair services;

e. Professional Services.

i. Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services,

ii. Educational and scientific research services,

iii. Engineering and architectural services,

iv. Hospital services,

v. Legal services,

vi. Medical and dental laboratory services,

vii. Medical and dental services,

viii. Medical clinic and outpatient services,

ix. Sanitarium, convalescent and rest home services,

x. Urban planning services;

f. Contract Construction Services.

i. Building construction and general contractor services,

ii. Carpentering, wood flooring, and woodworking shops,

iii. Concrete services,

iv. Electrical services,

v. Masonry stonework, tile setting and plastering services,

vi. Painting, paper hanging and decorating services,

vii. Plumbing, heating and air conditioning services,

viii. Roofing and sheet metal services,

ix. Water well drilling services;

g. Educational Services.

i. Art and music schools,

ii. Barber and beauty schools,

iii. Business and stenographic schools,

iv. Correspondence schools,

v. Dancing schools,

vi. Driving schools, auto,

vii. Driving schools, truck,

viii. Vocational or trade schools;

h. Miscellaneous Services.

i. Animal grooming parlors,

ii. Business associations and organizations,

iii. Civic, social and fraternal associations,

iv. Labor unions and similar labor organizations,

v. Veterinary clinics and animal hospital services when located no closer than 150 feet to any residential use, providing the animals are housed indoors, with no outside runs, and the building is soundproofed. Competent acoustical engineers must design the soundproofing,

vi. Welfare and charitable services;

3. Residential.

a. Lodgings.

i. Hotels,

ii. Motels;

b. Existing dwellings may be rebuilt, repaired and otherwise changed for human occupancy. Accessory uses for existing dwellings may be constructed. Such uses are garages, carports, storage sheds and fences;

c. Transitional housing facilities, limited to a maximum of 20 residents at any one time and four resident staff;

d. Housing.

i. Single-family residential uses,

ii. Multifamily residential uses;

4. Cultural, Entertainment and Recreational.

a. Cultural Activities and Nature Exhibitions.

i. Art galleries,

ii. Historic and monument sites;

b. Public Assembly.

i. Amphitheaters,

ii. Arenas and field houses,

iii. Auditoriums,

iv. Drive-in movies,

v. Exhibition halls,

vi. Legitimate theaters (live),

vii. Motion picture theaters,

viii. Stadiums;

c. Amusements and Recreation.

i. Amusement parks,

ii. Athletic clubs,

iii. Bowling,

iv. Fairgrounds,

v. Go-cart tracks,

vi. Golf driving ranges,

vii. Miniature golf,

viii. Skating (roller or ice),

ix. Tennis,

x. Video arcades;

5. Other Uses.

a. Other retail trade, service, or entertainment or recreational uses that are of the same general character as those listed in this subsection, which are deemed compatible with other permitted uses in this district and which operate in accordance with the stated purpose of this district;

b. Municipal uses and buildings.

B. Special Permit Uses. The following uses are permitted:

1. Nursery schools and day care centers;

2. Churches;

3. Rest homes.

C. Accessory Uses. Permitted accessory uses are as follows:

1. Accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, such as incidental storage facilities.

D. Conditional Uses. Conditional uses are as follows:

1. Printing and publishing establishments, and accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to such use;

2. Mini-warehouses and self-service storage;

3. General conditional uses as listed in SPMC 17.08.030, except for transitional housing with a maximum of 20 residents and four staff;

4. Kennels;

5. Recreational vehicle parks;

6. Public buildings, open space, and other public uses;

7. Drive-in establishments.

E. Development Standards.

1. Minimum lot: Minimum lot area is 5,000 square feet;

2. Maximum site coverage: Maximum site coverage is 70 percent;

3. Minimum lot width: Minimum lot width shall be 50 feet;

4. Minimum yard requirements: There are no minimum yard setbacks;

5. Height Limitations. The height limitation is 40 feet;

6. Landscaping. The landscaping requirements of Chapter 17.07 SPMC shall apply;

7. Outdoor Storage. Outdoor storage areas shall be fenced for security and public safety by a sight-obscuring fence unless it is determined through the development plan review that a sight-obscuring fence is not necessary.

F. Signs. The sign regulations of Chapter 17.06 SPMC shall apply.

G. Off-Street Parking. The off-street parking requirements of Chapter 17.05 SPMC shall apply. [Ord. 378 § 2 (Exh. 1), 1999.]