Section 17.56.020 Commercial park (CP) zoning district created - Permitted uses and uses allowed only by special use permit.
Prior to the adoption of 17.56.020 (Ord. 2132) on 01/20/2003, Section 17.56.020 read as follows.
There is created the commercial park (CP) zoning district.
The provisions governing the
regulations, use and development of land located in a CP district shall be as follows:
A. Permitted Uses. The following uses
are permitted in a CP district. Except as herein
provided, no building or land shall be used in a CP district, except for the following uses:
1. Coin operated laundries and dry
cleaners;
2. Commercial banking, including freestanding
automated teller machines;
3. Computer and software stores;
4. Convention and visitors bureau;
5. Convention and trade show organizers;
6. Convention center;
7. Dry cleaning and laundry services;
8. Fitness and recreational sports
centers;
9. Food and beverage stores;
10. Food services and drinking places;
11. Fraternal lodges;
12. Furniture and home furnishings
stores;
13. Gasoline stations (including gasoline
stations with convenience stores); (based on the
performance criteria in subsection I of this section)
14. Health and personal care stores;
15. Hotels and motels;
16. Jewelry, luggage and leather goods
stores;
17. Motion picture theaters;
18. Office supplies, stationery, and
gift stores;
19. Other business service centers
(including copy shops);
20. Real estate agencies;
21. Sporting goods, hobby, book, and
music stores;
22. Telephone call centers;
23. Travel agencies.
B. Special Uses. The following uses
may be allowed as special uses in a CP district:
1. Boat dealers;
2. Car rental and leasing;
3. Golf courses and country clubs;
4. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies
stores;
5. Marinas;
6. New car dealers;
7. Outdoor amusement and recreation
industries;
8. Recreational vehicle dealers;
9. Spectator sports;
10. Sports teams and clubs.
C. Conditions of Use. Except as otherwise
noted herein, or provided for in other codes and
ordinances of the city, all uses permitted in a CP district shall be subject to the following
conditions:
1. All activities shall be conducted
wholly within an enclosed area.
2. Special commercial sales promotions
by licensed businesses may display goods outside
their buildings during business hours only.
D. Height. The maximum structures
height shall be forty (40) feet from the average grade
elevation at building perimeter, and:
1. Shall have a State Fire Marshal
approved sprinkler system installed when required by the
State Fire Marshal; and
2. Shall maintain adequate systems
to provide structures with emergency power for sprinkler
systems, if required by the State Fire Marshal.
E. Lot Size. Every building hereinafter
erected in a CP district shall be on a lot having an
area of not less than one acre (forty-three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet) and a
width at the established building line of not less than one hundred (100) feet.
F. Yard Areas. No building or structure
shall be constructed or enlarged unless the following
yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building.
1. Front Yard. Each lot upon which
a building is constructed or enlarged shall have a front
yard of not less than fifty (50) feet.
2. Side Yard. No side yard shall be
required, except for a lot which abuts upon an R district,
or upon an alley or street separating this district from an R. district. There shall then be provided
a side yard equal to one-half of the front yard required in the abutting R district, or twenty (20)
feet, whichever is more.
3. Rear Yard. There shall be a rear
yard of not less than twenty (20) feet. A one-story
accessory building may be located in the rear yard, provided the accessory building is not located
closer to the rear lot line than either: (a) five feet adjacent and parallel to the rear lot line; or
(b)
the width of a utility easement on or adjacent to the rear lot line, whichever is more. The area
between the accessory building and the rear lot line may be utilized for parking of vehicles and
for loading and unloading of vehicles under roof.
G. Buffer Area. On lots abutting an
R district, there shall be provided a twenty (20) foot
wide planting strip, extending the length of the lot adjoining the R district planted with trees and
shrubs to provide a dense screen at maturity. A planting strip plan must be approved by the city
building inspector.
H. Off-Street Parking and Loading
Facilities. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall
be provided as required in Sections 1756.030 through 17.56.180.
I. Criteria for Establishing Gasoline
Stations.
1. Gasoline stations may, in addition
to the retail dispensing of vehicular fuels, offer to
perform, as an accessory use, automotive maintenance, service or repair, including, but not
limited to the sale and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries, and similar accessories for
automotive vehicles. An automatic car wash may be allowed as an accessory use. Gasoline
stations may also sell other merchandise not directly related to the maintenance, service or repair
of automotive vehicles such as food, beverages and other convenience items normally found at
convenience stores.
2. Gasoline stations must meet the
following design criteria.
i. Canopies shall conform to the minimum
building setback line.
ii. All exterior lighting shall be
inwardly directed so that no direct lighting is cast off
premises.
iii. The number of access cuts shall
be minimized so as to encourage the optimum traffic
movement and circulation patterns onto public roadways as determined by the city council.
3. Gasoline stations located in existing
or proposed shopping centers shall provide an access
interconnection plan to the city council for approval. Such gasoline stations are encouraged to
orient the service station towards the shopping center and not the adjoining streets. For purposes
of this section, "orient towards" means the direction in which the pump islands and main building
face. In any event, the following design criteria will apply:
i. The minimum setback of pump islands
and canopies shall be fifteen (15) feet from any
property line.
ii. A fifteen (15) foot landscaped
area shall be provided between the building setback and
public right-of-way. The area shall consist of a three-foot high barrier, using berms if feasible,
and shrubs or trees (with a minimum diameter of two and one-half inches) distributed along fifty
(50) percent of the entire frontage. A ten-foot wide area shall consist of at least fifty (50) percent
live landscaping in the form of trees planted at twenty (20) foot intervals and intermittent shrub
clusters.
J. Other Development Standards.
1. Building Materials. The exterior
walls of a building that faces the street or front lot line
(front wall) shall be constructed of one or more of the following materials: (a) brick; (b) brick
veneer; (c) natural stone; (d) marble; (e) granite; (f) glass; (g) stucco. All other exterior walls
shall be constructed of one or more of the following materials: (a) the building materials
authorized for front walls; or (b) architectural cement blocks. Exterior finish materials other than
those listed are permitted only after review and approval by the city council (after the city
council has received the recommendation of the city plan commission and/or the city building
inspector), but shall not include any of the following materials: (a) metal siding (except
architectural metal as an accent material); or (b) cement blocks.
2. Environmental Performance Standards.
General environmental performance standards
related to noise, vibration, storm water and flood management shall be met in accordance with
Section 17.56.190.
3. Landscaping. Quality landscaping
is required in a CP zoning district. This shall include as
a minimum the provision of deciduous, hardwood street trees along the front of the site. Such
street trees shall be evenly spaced, where possible, and there shall be one tree for each forty (40)
linear feet of frontage on the street. Such street trees shall be located on the subject property,
parallel to the road right-of-way. For all surface parking areas, a minimum of ten square feet of
landscaped area shall be provided within or adjacent to the parking lot for each parking space to
reduce the apparent size of parking areas to reduce glare and to provide shade. Each individual
landscaped area shall be at least fifty (50) square feet in area, at least five feet in width and shall
include at least one deciduous shade tree. Street trees shall have a minimum diameter of two and
one-half inches measured one foot above ground level, and shade trees shall have a minimum
diameter of one and one-half inches measured one foot above ground level. Street trees shall
have a minimum clear trunk height, when planted, of five feet. Shade trees shall have a clear
trunk height, when planted, of sufficient height so as not to interfere with any traffic sight
distance lines.
4. Loading Areas. Any overhead doors,
loading areas or loading docks shall be located on
the sides or rear of the building. Uses will often have high visibility from major roadways as well
as from the internal roads upon which they front. Therefore, the building design, orientation and
landscaping shall be coordinated to adequately screen loading areas from both visual
perspectives. The structure of building shall be set back a minimum of fifty (50) feet from the
right-of-way.
5. Maximum floor area ratio (FAR):
0.45 percent.
6. Maximum site coverage: seventy-five
(75) percent.
7. Maximum structure height: forty
(40) feet.
8. Minimum lot size: One acre (forty-three
thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet).
9. Outdoor Storage. Outdoor storage
of equipment or materials is not allowed and rooftop
mechanical equipment must be screened to the highest point of the equipment from the front and
side view.
10. Parking Requirements. Off-street
parking and loading shall be provided in accordance
with Section 17.56.030 and 17.56.180.
11. Site Plan Required. All applications
for development in a CP district shall include a site
plan to be filed with the building inspector for his review and approval. Submission requirements
are outlined in Section 17.56.200.
12. Yard and Setback Requirements.
Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the
contrary, no building or structure shall be located closer than thirty (30) feet from a public right-of-way.
In the event that parking is to be located in front of a building or structure, the structure
or building shall be set back a minimum of fifty (50) feet from the right-of-way. In every
instance, the first ten feet of the front yard setback from the right-of-way shall be provided with
and maintained with landscaping, including but not limited to, deciduous shade trees planted at
regular intervals. The minimum side and rear yards shall be twenty (20) feet, except as otherwise
provided in subsection (F)(2) and (3) of this section. (Ord. 1742 § 1 (part), 1999)
17.56.020