Chapter 18.70
CO-A – NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT
Sections:
18.70.010 Intent.
18.70.020 Permitted uses.
18.70.030 Exceptions.
18.70.040 Intensity of use regulations.
18.70.050 Height regulations.
18.70.060 Yard regulations.
18.70.070 Use limitations.
18.70.080 Parking regulations.
18.70.090 Sign regulations.
18.70.100 Landscaping.
18.70.110 Design standards.
18.70.010 Intent.
The intent of this district is to provide commercial locations for small areas of convenience shopping facilities in and near residential neighborhoods. Such convenience shopping facilities will often occupy a small area, frequently at an intersection or on a major street, in an area that is otherwise wholly residential. (Ord. 2003 § 2. Code 1990 § 16-513.1)
18.70.020 Permitted uses.
In District CO-A, no building, structure, land, or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved, or altered, except for one or more of the following or similar uses:
A. Accessory uses customarily incidental to the uses permitted in CO-A Office Building District.
B. Barber and beauty services.
C. Drug stores and prescription shops.
D. Dry cleaning and laundry establishments.
E. Convenience stores with or without gas pumps but not with carwashes.
F. Self-service laundries and dry cleaning establishments.
G. Child and elder day-care facilities. (Ord. 2003 § 2. Code 1990 § 16-513.2)
18.70.030 Exceptions.
The following may be allowed by conditional use permit when submitted to and reviewed by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council:
A. Office buildings.
B. Banking and financial services. (Ord. 2003 § 2. Code 1990 § 16-513.3)
18.70.040 Intensity of use regulations.
A. Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.
B. Minimum lot width: 100 feet. (Ord. 2003 § 2. Code 1990 § 16-513.4)
18.70.050 Height regulations.
Maximum structure height: 35 feet. (Ord. 2003 § 2. Code 1990 § 16-513.5)
18.70.060 Yard regulations.
A. Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
B. Minimum side yard: nine feet when adjacent to a residential district, otherwise none.
C. Minimum rear yard: 25 feet or 20 percent of the depth of the lot, whichever is less. (Ord. 2003 § 2. Code 1990 § 16-513.6)
18.70.070 Use limitations.
A. No outdoor storage shall be permitted.
B. Exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded so that no direct light is cast upon any adjacent property and no glare is visible to any traffic on any public street.
C. A solid or semi-solid fence, hedge or wall at least six feet, but not more than eight feet high, and having a density of not less than 80 percent per square foot shall be provided adjacent to an adjoining residential district unless the adjacent residential district and the commercial development are separated by a street right-of-way. Said fence or wall shall be maintained in good condition by the owner or owners of the property in the CO-A District.
D. Buildings should be oriented so that the front or side of the building faces the public street frontage of the property. In unique situations due to the design of the lot with double or triple frontages where it is necessary to orient a rear elevation towards a public street, all loading and services areas shall be screened from public view with landscaping, berming, facade walls, or fencing. (Ord. 2003 § 2. Code 1990 § 16-513.7)
18.70.080 Parking regulations.
One off-street parking space in the side or rear yard shall be provided for each 250 square feet of service floor area. (See Chapter 18.160 GMC for additional parking requirements.) (Ord. 2003 § 2. Code 1990 § 16-513.8)
18.70.090 Sign regulations.
See Chapter 18.170 GMC. (Ord. 2003 § 2. Code 1990 § 16-513.9)
18.70.100 Landscaping.
See Chapter 18.165 GMC. (Ord. 2003 § 2. Code 1990 § 16-513.10)
18.70.110 Design standards.
See Gardner Design Standards. (Ord. 2359 § 12)