Chapter 17.48
USES ALLOWED IN OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS

Sections:

17.48.010    Purpose.

17.48.020    Matrix symbols.

17.48.030    Use matrix, office and commercial districts.

17.48.010 Purpose.

The zoning use matrix in Section 17.48.030 provides a listing of the various land uses which are allowed by right, by administrative site plan, or by use permit and those which are prohibited within the city’s office and commercial zoning districts. In addition to the matrix in Section 17.48.030, individual precise plans provide a listing of various land uses allowed by right or use permit within each of the precise plan’s zoning categories. Refer to individual precise plans, as referenced in Chapter 17.62, Precise Plan Overlay District. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008)

17.48.020 Matrix symbols.

The following symbols are used to describe the relationship of the listed uses to each of the zones:

“P” indicates that a use is permitted by right;

“A” indicates that an administrative site plan is required;

“U” indicates that a use permit is required;

“ ”, or a blank box, indicates that a use is prohibited. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008)

17.48.030 Use matrix, office and commercial districts.

Uses

PO*

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4**

Addressograph services

 

 

 

 

A

Adult bookstores and adult movie theaters as provided for in Title 17

 

 

 

 

U

Ambulance service

 

 

 

 

A

Animal hospitals and kennels and veterinarians

 

 

 

 

U

Apparel stores

 

A

A

A

A

Appliance sales (household)

 

 

 

A

 

Arcades

 

 

U

U

 

Art and antique stores

 

 

A

 

A

Art and craft schools and colleges

 

 

A

 

A

Art galleries

 

 

A

 

A

Art supply stores

 

A

A

A

A

Auction rooms

 

 

A

 

A

Automated car wash, including use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steam cleaning

 

 

U

U

A

Automobile accessory parts (new) retail sales

 

 

 

A

 

Automobile and tractor parts and equipment stores

 

 

 

 

A

Automobile audio and security installations within an enclosed structure

 

 

A

 

A

Automobile detailing, hand car wash within an enclosed building

 

 

A

 

A

Automobile dismantling and used parts storage, provided such parts storage must be conducted wholly within a building

 

 

 

 

U

Automobile oil and lube shop

 

 

 

 

A

Automobile repair, body and fender repair

 

 

 

 

A

Automobile sales, new, including service and repair within an enclosed building

 

 

A

 

A

Automobile sales, used, including service and repair within an enclosed building

 

U

U

U

U

Automobile upholstery and top shops

 

 

 

 

A

Baker goods stores

 

A

A

A

A

Bakeries, retail and wholesale

 

 

A

 

A

Banks, including drive-in banks and other lending agencies

 

A

A

A

A

Barber shops and beauty shops

A

A

A

A

A

Bars and cocktail lounges

 

 

U

U

 

Bars, cocktail lounges and nightclubs

 

 

U

 

U

Beauty colleges

 

 

A

A

 

Bicycle shops

 

 

A

A

A

Blueprint and photocopy shops

 

 

A

 

A

Boarding and rooming houses

 

 

A

 

 

Boat sales and service

 

 

 

 

A

Body piercing shops

 

 

U

U

U

Book binding

 

 

 

 

A

Book stores and rental libraries

 

A

A

A

A

Bottling works

 

 

 

 

U

Bowling alleys

 

U

A

A

A

Breweries

 

 

 

 

U

Breweries, micro

 

 

U

 

U

Building and loan offices

 

 

A

A

 

Building materials, sales and storage

 

 

 

 

U

Bus depots and transit stations, including repair and storage

 

 

 

 

A

Bus depots and transit stations; provided, that buses or other transit vehicles shall not be stored on the site and no repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted on the site

 

 

A

 

A

Business, professional, and trade schools and colleges

 

 

A

 

A

Cabinet shops

 

 

 

 

A

Cafeterias

A

A

A

A

A

Camera shops, photographic supplies and photography studios

 

A

A

A

A

Candy and confectionery stores

 

A

A

A

A

Canvas shops

 

 

 

 

A

Card rooms

 

 

U

 

 

Carnival—promotional

 

 

 

A

A

Carpenters’ shops

 

 

 

 

U

Carpet stores

 

A

A

A

A

Catering shops

 

 

A

 

A

Cell phone stores

 

P

P

P

P

Ceramic and pottery works

 

 

 

 

U

Churches and other religious institutions

U

U

U

U

U

City, county, state and federal administrative offices, libraries and police and fire stations

 

A

A

 

 

Cleaning agencies (pickup and delivery only)

 

A

A

A

A

Cleaning, pressing and dyeing shops (retail only, dry cleaning, cleaning clothes in enclosed machines, noninflammable cleaning compounds)

 

A

A

A

A

Clinics (medical)

A

A

A

A

A

Clothing and costume rental establishments

 

 

A

 

A

Coin-operated car wash (not including mechanical car washes)

 

 

 

U

U

Coin-operated self-service car wash

 

 

U

 

 

Cold storage plants

 

 

 

 

U

Columbariums and crematorium

 

 

 

 

A

Communication and wireless facilities, with stealthing

 

 

 

A

A

Communication and wireless facilities monopole with stealthing

U

U

U

A

A

Communication and wireless facilities, without stealthing

 

 

 

U

U

Communications equipment buildings

 

 

A

 

A

Contractor’s storage yards

 

 

 

 

U

Convenience stores, beer and wine sales only, no liquor sales allowed

 

U

U

U

U

Conversion of an office (that was formerly a residence) back to residential use

U

 

 

 

 

Copy center

 

 

A

A

 

Copying and blueprint services

 

 

A

 

A

Dairy products sales stores

 

A

A

A

A

Dance halls

U

U

Delicatessens

 

A

A

A

A

Department stores

 

 

A

A

A

Diaper supply services

 

 

 

 

A

Drapery and interior decorating shops

 

 

A

 

A

Drive-in theaters, golf driving ranges, pony riding rings, racetracks, riding stables, skating rinks, sport arenas and sports stadiums, and other similar open, unenclosed commercial recreation facilities

 

 

 

 

U

Drive-thru restaurants

 

U

 

A

A

Drug stores

 

A

A

A

A

Dry cleaning service

 

 

A

A

A

Dry goods stores

 

A

A

A

A

Dwellings for a caretaker or watchman and his immediate family, necessary and incidental to a use located in such zone

 

 

 

 

U

Electrical appliance and incidental repair shops

 

 

A

A

A

Electrical distribution substations, communication equipment buildings, gas regulator stations and utility pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks

 

 

A

A

A

Electrical shops

 

 

 

 

A

Electroplating shops

 

 

 

 

U

Emergency shelter, up to six persons

 

 

P

 

 

Employment agencies

 

 

A

 

A

Equipment rental yards

 

 

 

 

A

Exterminators

 

 

 

 

A

Farm equipment sales and service

 

 

 

 

A

Farmers markets, including indoor and outdoor facilities

 

 

U

 

 

Feed and seed stores

 

 

 

 

A

Fire and police stations

 

 

A

 

A

Florists

 

A

A

A

A

Food lockers (no slaughtering, handling of dressed meats only)

 

A

A

A

A

Food stores and delicatessens

 

 

A

A

A

Frozen food processing, storage and accessory sales

 

 

 

 

U

Furniture stores

 

 

A

A

A

Furniture warehouse stores and van services

 

 

 

 

A

Garden supplies

 

 

 

A

A

Garden supply stores and nurseries; provided, that all equipment, supplies and merchandise, other than plants, shall be kept within a completely enclosed building or under lath structure; and further provided, that fertilizer of any type shall be stored and sold in packaged form only

 

A

A

A

A

Gas and electric transmission lines, electrical transmission and distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks

A

A

 

 

A

Gasoline service stations, including dispensing of diesel and liquid petroleum gas fuels and complete truck service

 

 

 

 

U

Gift, novelty or souvenir shops

 

A

A

A

A

Glass shops

 

 

 

 

A

Gunsmith shops

 

 

A

 

A

Gymnasium and health studios

 

 

A

A

A

Hardware stores

 

A

A

A

A

Hatcheries

 

 

 

 

U

Health food stores

 

 

A

A

A

Heating and ventilating or air conditioning shops, including incidental sheet metal

 

 

 

 

A

Hobby supply stores

 

A

A

A

A

Home furnishings

 

 

A

A

A

Home improvement centers

 

 

 

 

A

Hookah bar

 

 

 

 

 

Hotel and motels

 

 

A

 

A

Household and office equipment and machinery repair shops

 

 

 

 

A

Household appliance and repair shops

 

 

A

 

A

Hydroponic stores

 

 

U

U

U

Ice and cold storage plant

 

 

 

 

U

Ice and food products dispensing machines

 

 

 

A

 

Ice dispensers (coin-operated)

 

A

A

A

A

Ice storage or sale houses

 

 

 

 

A

Implement and tool rental

 

 

 

 

A

Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use

A

A

A

A

A

Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use

A

A

A

A

A

Interior decorating shops

 

 

A

 

A

Jewelry stores, including clock and watch repairing

 

 

A

A

A

Kennels located not closer than five hundred feet to any residential or PO district

 

 

 

 

A

Laboratories

U

 

 

 

A

Laboratories, experimental and testing

 

 

 

 

U

Laundries and laundromats

 

 

A

 

A

Leather goods and luggage stores

 

 

A

 

A

Libraries

 

 

A

 

A

Licensed family day care centers for fourteen or fewer children

A

 

 

 

 

Licensed family day care centers for fifteen or more children

U

 

 

 

 

Linen supply services

 

 

 

 

A

Liquor stores

 

U

U

U

U

Locksmiths

 

A

A

A

A

Lumber yards, not including planing mills or saw mills

 

 

 

 

A

Machine shops

 

 

 

 

U

Machinery sales and rentals

 

 

 

 

A

Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: canvas, cloth, cork, fiber and synthetic fiber, fur, glass, leather, paint (not employing a boiling process), paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, rubber and synthetic rubber, shell, textiles, tobacco and wood

 

 

 

 

U

Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: blacksmith shops, boat building, electric motor rebuilding, machine shops, paint shops

 

 

 

 

U

Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: bakery goods, candy, dairy products, food products, including fruits and vegetables (but not including fish and meat products, pickles, sauerkraut, vinegar or yeast, or refining or rendering of fats and oils)

 

 

 

 

U

Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: ceramic products, such as pottery, figurines and small glazed tile

 

 

 

 

U

Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: cosmetics, drugs, pharmaceuticals, and toiletries (not including refining or rendering of fats or oils)

 

 

 

 

U

Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: electrical supplies such as coils, condensers, insulation, lamps, switches and wire and cable assembly

 

 

 

 

U

Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: furniture, cutlery, hardware, hand tools, die and pattern making, metal stamping and extrusion of small products such as costume jewelry, pins and needles, razor blades, bottle caps, buttons and kitchen utensils

 

 

 

 

U

Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: scientific, medical, dental, and drafting instruments, orthopedic and medical appliances, cameras and photographic equipment, electronic equipment, musical instruments, precision instruments, optical goods, watches and clocks

 

 

 

 

U

Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: small electric appliances such as lighting fixtures, toasters, electric toys, refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers and similar home appliances

 

 

 

 

U

Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: small electrical equipment such as home motion picture equipment, phonographs and radio and television receivers, but not including electrical machinery

 

 

 

 

U

Massage therapy business/physical culture studios

U

U

U

Medical and dental laboratories and clinics including out-patient facilities and prescription pharmacies in conjunction therewith, or with a hospital

A

 

 

 

 

Medical and orthopedic appliance stores

 

 

A

 

A

Medical buildings, professional medical buildings, including dentists, physicians, podiatrists, opthamologists, and similar practitioners

U

A

A

A

A

Medical or nonmedical marijuana cultivation in accordance with Section 5.86.040

 

 

 

 

 

Medical or nonmedical marijuana dispensary, cooperative or collective

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting or social halls

 

 

U

 

U

Meeting or social halls with fewer than four thousand square feet of floor space that do not operate after twelve a.m.

A

A

Messenger offices

 

 

A

 

A

Microwave relay stations

 

 

 

U

 

Millinery shops

 

 

A

A

A

Mini-storage facilities

 

 

U

 

A

Mixed land use in conformance with Chapter 17.61

 

 

U

 

 

Mobile home sales

 

 

 

 

A

Mobile marijuana dispensary (medical or nonmedical)

 

 

 

 

 

Mortuaries

U

 

 

 

A

Motorcycle sales and service

 

 

A

 

A

Muffler shop

 

 

 

 

A

Music and dance studios

 

 

A

 

A

Music stores

 

 

A

A

A

Musical instrument repair shops and incidental sales

 

 

 

 

A

Newspaper publishing

 

 

A

 

A

Newsstands and magazine stores

 

A

A

A

A

Notions

 

 

 

A

 

Office and business machine stores

 

 

A

 

A

Offices

U

A

A

A

A

Office, professional, commercial or governmental offices

U

A

A

A

A

Offices which deal in professional and business services, in which goods, wares and merchandise are not commercially created, sold or exchanged

A

 

 

 

 

One-family and multifamily dwellings over or to the rear of a permitted use; provided such dwellings shall be subject to the use, site area, coverage and yard requirements of the RM-3 district

 

U

P

U

U

Overnight parking for recreational vehicles

 

 

 

 

U

Paint and wallpaper stores

 

 

A

 

A

Parcel delivery services

 

 

 

 

A

Parking lots improved in conformity with the standards prescribed for required off-street parking facilities in Chapter 17.64

A

A

A

A

A

Pawn shops

 

 

A

 

A

Pet grooming business, no overnight stay for pets

A

A

A

A

A

Pet grooming business, with overnight stay for pets for a maximum of five nights

 

U

U

U

U

Pet shops

 

 

 

A

 

Petroleum products storage; provided, that gasoline, kerosene and similar highly inflammable products shall be stored underground

 

 

 

 

U

Photographic and blueprint processing, printing, lithographing and engraving

 

 

 

 

A

Photographic supply stores

 

 

A

 

A

Photography studios

A

 

A

 

A

Picture framing shops

 

 

A

 

A

Planned unit development subject to provisions of Chapter 17.92

U

U

U

U

U

Planing mill, excluding refuse burning

 

 

 

 

U

Plumbing and sheet metal shops

 

 

 

 

A

Pool and billiards, including in conjunction with a restaurant

 

 

 

U

 

Post offices, public and private

A

U

A

A

A

Poultry and rabbit processing

 

 

 

 

U

Prefabrication of buildings

 

 

 

 

U

Pressing, altering and repairing of wearing apparel

 

 

A

A

A

Printing shops

 

 

A

 

A

Private clubs and lodges

 

 

A

 

A

Public and private charitable institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes, nursing homes, family care homes, foster homes or group homes, including state authorized homes

U

 

 

 

 

Public buildings and grounds

U

 

U

 

U

Public parking lot or structure

 

 

U

U

 

Public parks and playgrounds, public and quasi-public uses of an educational or religious type, including public and private elementary, junior and senior high schools, colleges, nursery schools, trade schools and private schools

 

A

 

 

 

Public parks, playgrounds and other public recreation facilities

U

 

 

 

 

Public uses of a cultural type, including museums and art galleries

U

 

U

 

 

Public utility service yards, electrical and gas transmission stations

 

 

 

 

U

Radio and television broadcasting studios

 

 

A

 

A

Radio and television broadcasting studios, excluding towers

A

 

 

 

 

Radio and television stores and repair shops

 

 

A

A

A

Railroad freight and passenger stations

 

 

 

 

A

Reading rooms

 

 

A

 

A

Recreation sales and service, including indoor commercial recreation

 

 

 

 

A

Rental equipment, including trailers, trucks and cars

 

 

A

 

A

Residential drug treatment recovery homes

U

 

 

 

 

Residential uses: single-family residential structures used as a dwelling unit constructed prior to January 1, 2010

 

P

 

 

 

 

Restaurants serving alcoholic beverages

 

U

U

U

U

Restaurants, including cafes and outdoor cafes

 

 

A

A

A

Restaurants, including restaurant with bar/lounge

 

 

U

U

 

Restaurants, tea rooms and cafes, including outdoor cafes, but excluding the sale of alcoholic beverages

 

A

A

A

A

Rug and carpet cleaning and dyeing

 

 

 

 

A

Scientific instrument stores

 

 

A

 

A

Secretarial services

 

 

A

 

A

Self-service coin-operated car wash

 

 

 

 

A

Self-service laundry and dry cleaning establishments

 

A

A

A

A

Service stations, full service

 

U

U

U

U

Service stations, gasoline sales and convenience store only

 

A

U

U

U

Service stations, excluding truck service and dispensing of diesel fuel to trucks

 

U

U

U

A

Shoe repair shops

 

A

A

A

A

Shoe stores

 

A

A

A

A

Shooting range, indoor

 

 

 

 

U

Shooting range, outdoor

 

 

 

 

 

Sign painting shops

 

 

 

 

A

Small animal veterinary hospitals and clinics, within a completely enclosed building, with no boarding except as is incidental to medical care

 

 

 

U

 

Soda fountains

 

A

A

A

A

Solar electricity generating plant

 

 

 

 

 

Solar energy system

P

P

P

P

P

Sporting goods stores, including incidental boat sales and sporting equipment repair

 

 

A

 

A

Sports arenas within buildings

 

 

A

 

A

Stables and riding academies

 

 

 

 

U

Stamp and coin stores

 

 

A

 

A

Stationery stores

 

A

A

A

A

Stone monument works

 

 

 

 

U

Storage buildings incidental to a permitted use

 

 

A

 

A

Subdivision signs—off-site

 

 

 

A

A

Supermarkets

 

 

 

A

 

Supportive housing

 

 

U

 

 

Swap meets

 

 

 

 

U

Tailor and dressmaking shops

 

A

A

A

A

Tattoo shops

 

 

A

A

A

Tattoo shops that also provide body piercing services

 

 

U

U

U

Taxidermists

 

 

 

 

A

Telegraph offices

 

 

A

 

A

Telephone exchanges

A

 

 

 

 

Temporary revival church services

 

 

A

 

A

Theaters and auditoriums

A

A

Thrift shops and secondhand stores

 

 

 

 

A

Tire rebuilding, recapping and retreading

 

 

 

 

U

Tire sales and service

 

 

A

 

A

Tobacco stores

 

U

U

U

U

Toy stores

 

 

A

A

A

Transit and transportation equipment, storage space and yards, except freight classification yards

 

 

 

 

U

Transit terminals and truck stops

 

 

 

 

U

Transitional housing

 

 

U

 

 

Travel bureaus

 

 

A

 

A

Trophy shops

 

 

A

 

A

Trucking terminals

 

 

 

 

U

Typewriter repair shops

 

 

 

 

A

Upholstery shops

 

 

 

 

A

Variety stores

 

 

A

 

A

Variety stores, less than ten thousand square feet in area

 

A

A

A

A

Veterinarian offices and small animal hospitals or clinics including short-term boarding of animals and incidental care such as bathing and trimming; provided, that all operations are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure which complies with specifications of soundproof construction prescribed by the Uniform Building Code

 

 

A

 

A

Video store

 

A

A

A

A

Water pump stations

 

 

 

U

 

Wedding chapels

 

 

A

 

A

Wholesale establishments

 

 

U

 

A

*Exceptions for uses in the PO district:

1. No business dealing in wholesale or used goods or commodities shall be permitted, except in the case of articles taken in trade on sale of new merchandise on the same premises.

2. Any business or office shall be conducted entirely within a building, enclosed on all sides, excepting uses customarily conducted in the open.

3. No products shall be made unless incidental to a permitted use and sold at retail on the premises.

4. When an exterior wall of a building faces abutting property in an R zone, no advertising signs shall be painted or placed on such wall, or on any portion of the lot between the wall and the R zone.

5. No use shall be permitted in the PO zone which may be obnoxious or offensive by reason of noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibrations, heat, glare or refuse, or other similar causes.

**Offices and rental stores incidental to and on the same site with a commercial service establishment identified as a permitted use in the C-4 district are also permitted.

***Any other use is permitted in each zoning district that the planning commission finds consistent with the purpose and intent of that district subject to use permit review per Chapter 17.80.

(Ord. 2022-03 § 2 (Att. A), 2022; Ord. 2017-04 § 2 (part), 2017; Ord. 2017-03 § 2 (part), 2017; Ord. 2016-01 § 2 (part), 2016; Ord. 2015-08 § 2 (part), 2015; Ord. 2014-04 § 2 (part), 2014; Ord. 2012-03 § 2 (part), 2012; Ord. 2010-03 § 1, 2010; Ord. 2010-02 § 1, 2010; Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008)