Chapter 17.26 — C-M COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING DISTRICT

The commercial manufacturing district is intended primarily for establishments engaged in servicing equipment, materials and products, but which do not necessarily require the manufacturing, assembling, packaging or processing of articles or merchandise for distribution and retail sales except as noted. Land requirements for most commercial manufacturing uses generally dictates its application along major streets of the city which generally lie close to central commercial or highway commercial and industrial district. This is intended to be a district which incorporates both the heavy commercial-type uses as well as the semi-industrial uses necessary for the overall welfare of the community.

(Prior code § 30-208)

In the C-M district no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected or structurally altered unless otherwise provided herein except for the uses set forth in Section 17.26.030 . (Prior code § 30-208.1)

General uses permitted in the C-M district include:

1. All business and professional offices as defined in the latest edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, on file in the office of the city clerk;

2. All eating and drinking places;

3. All entertainment and recreational facilities;

4. All financial, insurance and real estate uses;

5. All personal and business and automotive services;

6. All retail uses and department stores;

7. All wholesale sales;

8. Accessory buildings;

9. Auto sales and services;

10. Animal hospitals and veterinarians;

11. Boat sales and services;

12. Bottling plants;

13. Building supply establishments, (retail);

14. Businesses generally utilizing outdoor storage as part of their operations;

15. Cabinet shops;

16. Car laundries;

17. Carpet-cleaning plants;

18. Ceramic products, including the manufacturing thereof using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity or lowpressure gas;

19. Commercial printing;

20. Communications;

21. Drive-in restaurants;

22. Farm equipment sales and services;

23. Food lockers;

24. Fuel and ice dealers;

25. General contractors yards;

26. Laundromats;

27. Local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation;

28. Lumber and building material dealers;

29. Machinery repair (heavy);

30. Medical services;

31. Motels and hotels;

32. Parcel delivery services;

33. Parking lots;

34. Private clubs;

35. Production of dairy products;

36. Repair shops (light);

37. Service stations;

38. Truck repair and maintenance;

39. Used automobile or truck parts;

40. Used or wrecked automobile storage;

41. Warehousing;

42. Wholesale bakery;

43. Wholesale cleaning, laundry and dyeing plants;

44. Other Uses. Other uses may be permitted which are similar in nature or operation to the above, if approved by the planning commission as to location and development.

45. Improvements to existing residential uses in C-M zone do not require planning commission approval;

46. Any of the following uses, provided a use permit is first secured:

a. Mortuaries,

b. Public utility services. (Prior code § 30-208.2)

• A. Multiple-unit residential uses located above the ground floor (first occupied floor) as a secondary/mixed use at a density of six to sixty units per acre.

• B. Structural height exceeding forty-five feet but not exceeding seventy feet. (Ord. 718 § 2, 2007)

In the C-M district the height of buildings and the maximum dimensions of yards and lots shall be as follows:

• A. Height. The maximum building height shall be forty-five feet, except as provided by use permit in Section 17.26.035 .

• B. Yard and Areas.

  1. Front Yard. None required except where adjacent properties abutting upon the C-M use are in a zone of greater requirements, then the front yard shall conform to the more restrictive zone;

  2. Side Yards. None required except where the side yard of the C-M use abuts upon the side yard of a residential or an RP use, then the side yard shall be five feet;

  3. Rear Yards. A Minimum yard of ten feet shall be required;

  4. Lot Area. No minimum;

5. Lot Coverage. No maximum.

(Prior code § 30-208.3; Ord. 631 Exh. A, 1989; Ord. 718 § 2, 2007)

Whenever property classified for a C-M use is separated from adjacent residential property by a permanent open space or a parking area of not less than twenty-five feet in width, the required front yard or side yard setback shall not be required. (Prior code § 30-208.4)

General requirements for the C-M district shall be as follows:

• A. Parking. See Chapter 17.42 for parking requirements.

• B. Fencing. See Chapter 17.40 for fencing requirements.

• C. Signs. See Chapter 17.38 for sign requirements.

• (Prior code § 30-208.5)

• A. All uses in which open storage is required shall conduct such open storage behind a solid six-foot wall, either of masonry or wood structure design so that none of the outside storage is visible from either the street frontages or from adjacent properties.

• B. Residential uses are limited to a caretaker or the owner of the establishment shall be permitted on the premises. Such uses shall require a use permit and the yard requirements, density and other matters relative to the yard and area shall be subject to the planning commission's approval.

• C. Uses, operations or products within this district shall be permitted within this district unless such uses are or may become obnoxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odor, dust, smoke, noise, gas, fumes, cinders, vibration, glare, refuse matter or water-carried waste.

• D. Any complaints filed against the use for any of the above reasons shall be reviewed by the planning director with a technical report rendered to the planning commission. The planning commission shall decide the validity of the complaint and the corrective action needed to be taken.

(Prior code § 30-208.6; Ord. 631 Exh. A, 1989)