Chapter 17.23 — C-1-TD—RETAIL-COMMERCIAL TRANSITION DISTRICT

The purpose of the C-1-TD district is to provide a district for areas which are in transition from retail business uses to heavy commercial and semi-industrial uses, so that both types of uses may be allowed within such areas under regulations which take into consideration the transition that is taking place.

The following regulations shall apply in all C-1-TD districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapters 17.48 through 17.52 ; said regulations shall not be subject, however, to the provisions of Chapter 17.22 or 17.24 , except as hereinafter in this chapter expressly provided. (Ord. 406 § 1, 1978)

The following uses are permitted:

• (1) Department stores, apparel shops, tailor shops, fur shops, dressmaking or millinery shops, sewing, yardage, draperies and variety stores, shoe store, shoe repair when accessory to retail sales;

• (2) Drug stores, book stores, banks, savings and loan offices and financial institutions;

• (3) Cameras, photographic supplies and photographic studios;

• (4) Cafes and restaurants engaged exclusively in the service of food, and catering shops;

• (5) Grocery, meat, fruit and vegetable stores, florists, bakeries (retail only) and off-sale liquor stores;

• (6) Furniture, rugs, appliances, hardware, homeware, gift shop, china, art, specialty, antiques, jewelry, hobby and toy shops, stationery and office supplies, sporting goods and smoke shops;

• (7) Music and records, T.V. and radio, radio and electronic parts and supplies, retail only. (Radio, T.V. and applicable repair service, when accessory to retail sales);

• (8) Professional, sales representatives and administration offices. Public utility offices and uses not including storage yards.

• (Ord. 406 § 1, 1978; Ord. 420 § 3, 1980; Ord. 569 § 3, 1994)

Uses subject to permits shall be as follows:

• (1) Outdoor sales, when of a permanent character, not including drive-in establishments, and when they do not discourage pedestrian movement;

• (2) Launderettes, coin-operated laundries and cleaning shops, laundry and cleaning agencies, barber and beauty shops, secondhand sales stores;

• (3) Drinking establishments;

• (4) Cafes and restaurants engaged in the service of both food and alcoholic beverages if the primary business is the service of food and the service of alcoholic beverages is only incidental thereto;

• (5) Private and public parking lots and garages;

• (6) Any architectural feature exceeding the maximum set out in Section 17.22.060 ;

• (7) Freestanding signs, not appurtenant to permitted uses;

• (8) Farm implement, heavy equipment sales, rental and service, when wholly enclosed within a building;

• (9) Building materials sales, when wholly enclosed within a building; (10) Outdoor sales, rental and service of automobiles, trucks, trailers and boats;

• (11) Printing plants and light manufacturing uses, when wholly enclosed within a building;

• (12) Wholesale stores and businesses;

• (13) Dry-cleaning plants;

• (14) Warehouses and storage facilities, when wholly enclosed within a building;

• (15) Nonflashing, freestanding signs appurtenant to permitted uses, size and height subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.55 ;

• (16) Mixed commercial and residential uses in a single two-story building, provided that: (a) residential use is restricted to the second floor of such building; and (b) the residential use does not occupy a greater area of floor space than the commercial use;

• (17) Any other similar use which the planning commission finds not to be inconsistent with the uses set out herein.

(Ord. 406 § 1, 1978; Ord. 420 § 3, 1980; Ord. 424 § 2, 1980; Ord. 487 § 2, 1985; Ord. 569 § 4, 1994; Ord. 579 § 1, 1994; Ord. 783 § 7, 2020)

• (1) Accessory dwelling units, in conformance with the standards of Chapter 17.47 .

• (2) Accessory buildings are permitted only if constructed simultaneously with or subsequent to the same building on the same lot.

(3) Accessory uses which are normally incidental to the main building are permitted. (Ord. 406 § 1, 1978; Ord. 808 § 34, 2022)

• (1) Architectural features such as cornices, eaves, canopies, awnings, marquees or similar projections may encroach a maximum of seventy-two inches into any public right-of-way, not including the travelled way, providing a minimum of eight feet clearance is maintained to grade or sidewalk; and twelve-inch encroachment is permissive providing a minimum of seven feet clearance is maintained.

• (2) Flower boxes, planters and architectural features placed on grade or not to exceed thirty-six inches of the grade or sidewalk shall not exceed a twelve-inch encroachment.

(3) No encroachment shall be permitted into a vehicle traffic way.

(4) No fence shall exceed eight feet in height and, where there are access driveways, three feet. (Ord. 406 § 1, 1978)

No building shall be more than two stories, nor more than thirty feet in height. (Ord. 406 § 1, 1978; Ord. 429 § 1, 1980)

Unless optional design standards are used as set out in Section 17.22.110 :

• (1) Minimum building site shall be five thousand square feet;

(2) Minimum lot width shall be fifty feet. (Ord. 406 § 1, 1978)

The maximum coverage of a lot by all structures may be one hundred percent, less required parking and landscaping.

(Ord. 406 § 1, 1978)

Unless otherwise required in Chapters 17.48 through 17.52 , establishing plan lines, or unless optional design standards have been used as set out in Section 17.23.100 , there shall be no front, side or rear yard requirement except when a lot abuts a lot, or abuts an alley adjacent to a lot, in an R district, in which case the yard requirement shall be ten feet. (Ord. 406 § 1, 1978)

When development has been approved by the planning commission under the optional design and improvements standards of the subdivision title, then such plan shall be considered as the requirements of this title. (Ord. 406 § 1, 1978)

The provisions of Chapter 17.52 shall apply in determining the amount of parking space that must be provided for each use. The parking space and loading areas shall be improved as set forth in said chapter.

(Ord. 406 § 1, 1978)

Elevations, site plans and landscaping plans shall be approved by the architectural committee prior to the issuance of a building permit. Any outdoor sales area, parking area or service station or similar use shall install and maintain a minimum of ten percent of the gross area as landscaped areas. Such maintenance shall be a condition of the use.

(Ord. 406 § 1, 1978)