Chapter 18.26
C-1 LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
Sections:
18.26.010 Intent.
18.26.020 Permitted uses.
18.26.025 Uses requiring an administrative use permit.
18.26.030 Uses requiring a conditional use permit.
18.26.040 Development standards.
18.26.050 Supplemental development standards.
18.26.010 Intent.
The intent and objective of this classification and its application is to provide for the location of a grouping of uses which are considered compatible uses having common or similar performance standards in that they represent types of enterprises involving the rendering of services, both professional or to the person, or on-premises retail activities. This zone represents the primary commercial designation for small to moderate scale commercial activities and should be developed in a manner which is consistent with and attracts pedestrian-oriented activities. This zone encourages leisure shopping and provides amenities conducive to attracting shoppers. (Ord. 6253 § 1, 2009; Ord. 4547 § 4 (Exh. B), 1992; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)
18.26.020 Permitted uses.
Hereafter all buildings, structures or parcels of land shall only be used for the following, unless otherwise provided for in this title:
A. Art, music and photography studios;
B. Automobile parking facilities;
C. Bakery and pastry shops, products made must be sold at retail on premises;
D. Banking and related financial institutions, excluding drive-in facilities;
E. Bowling alleys;
F. Caretaker apartment;
G. Civic, social and fraternal clubs;
H. Daycare, including home-based, mini daycare, daycare center, preschools or nursery schools;
I. Delicatessens;
J. Dry cleaning and laundry services;
K. Funeral homes;
L. Grocery stores;
M. Hobby shops;
N. Hospitals, to include small animal, but does not allow outside runs or kennels;
O. Hotels;
P. Laundry, self service;
Q. Liquor store;
R. Massage parlors;
S. Meeting rooms and/or reception facilities;
T. Motels;
U. Newsstands;
V. News syndicate services;
W. Nursing home;
X. Personal service shops;
Y. Pharmacies;
Z. Printing and publishing;
AA. Professional offices;
BB. Radio and television broadcasting studios;
CC. Retail stores and shops, including department and variety stores which offer for sale the following, and similar related goods:
1. Antiques,
2. Art supplies,
3. Automobile parts and accessories, excluding service and machine shops,
4. Baked goods,
5. Beverages,
6. Bicycles,
7. Books and magazines,
8. Candy, nuts, and confectionery,
9. Clothing,
10. Computers,
11. Dairy products,
12. Dry goods,
13. Flowers and house plants,
14. Fruits and vegetables,
15. Furniture and home furnishings,
16. Hardware, including electrical, heating, plumbing, glass, paint, wallpaper and related goods,
17. Home garden supplies,
18. Household appliances,
19. Household pets,
20. Housewares,
21. Jewelry and clocks,
22. Meat, fish and poultry, preprocessed,
23. Notions,
24. Office supplies and equipment,
25. Photographic equipment, including finishing,
26. Radio, television, and stereos,
27. Shoes,
28. Sporting goods,
29. Stationery,
30. Toys;
DD. Religious institutions;
EE. Restaurant, including outdoor seating, but excluding drive-in facilities. Sale of alcoholic beverages is a secondary use and is limited to on-premises consumption;
FF. Schools, including art, business, barber, beauty, dancing, martial arts and music;
GG. Secretarial services;
HH. Theaters, except drive-in;
II. Other uses may be permitted by the planning director or designee if the use is determined to be consistent with the intent of the zone and is of the same general character of the uses permitted in this section;
JJ. Apartments, within the North Auburn Business Area as established by Resolution 2283, provided they are located in a multistory building and at least 50 percent of the gross floor area of the ground floor must contain a permitted use or combination of uses, other than parking, as listed in this section. The remaining 50 percent (or portion thereof) of the ground floor may be apartments, conditionally permitted uses, lobby area, recreation, or other uses needed to maintain the building. There are no minimum lot area per dwelling unit density calculations to apply to determine the maximum number of dwelling units allowed; rather, density shall be limited by the application of other required development regulations to the proposal including, but not limited to, off-street parking, setbacks, and landscaping;
KK. Mixed-use development; provided, that each use is a permitted or conditional use within the zone;
LL. Multiple-family dwellings as part of a mixed-use development; provided, that compliance to all of the following is demonstrated:
1. Multiple-family dwellings shall only occur concurrent with or subsequent to the development and construction of nonresidential components of the mixed-use development;
2. Applications for mixed-use development inclusive of multiple-family residential dwellings shall include transportation and traffic analyses appropriate to the type and scale of the proposed development based on the concurrent determination of the planning director and city engineer. The planning director and city engineer may require the analysis to address, including, but not limited to, a.m. or p.m. traffic impacts; and/or area circulation planning for motorized and nonmotorized modes of travel and connectivity; and/or transportation demand management (TDM) strategies;
3. Applications for the mixed-use development inclusive of multifamily residential dwellings shall include written and plan information demonstrating compliance to applicable design standards for mixed-use development contained in the city of Auburn multifamily and mixed-use design standards;
4. Applications for the mixed-use development inclusive of multifamily residential dwellings shall comply, as applicable, with the neighborhood review meeting requirements of ACC 18.02.130 (Neighborhood review meeting);
5. Mixed-use development comprised of a maximum of one building on a development site shall have the entire ground floor comprised of one or more commercial retail, entertainment or office uses that are permitted outright or conditionally; provided, that uses normal and incidental to the building, including, but not limited to, interior entrance areas, elevators and associated waiting areas, mechanical rooms, and garbage/recycling areas, may be allowed on the ground floor, except that non-street frontage vehicle garages located on the ground floor together with all other normal and incidental uses shall occupy a maximum of 50 percent of the ground floor space; and
6. Mixed-use development that is geographically distributed on a development site amongst two or more buildings shall have a minimum of 50 percent of the cumulative building ground floor square footage comprised of one or more commercial retail, entertainment or office uses that are permitted outright or conditionally;
MM. Brew pubs;
NN. Household goods storage, provided the following requirements are met:
1. No more than two main entrances and/or exits to the building and access to the individual storage areas shall be from the inside of the building;
2. Landscaping and architectural improvements required to ensure compatibility with present and potential C-1 uses in the vicinity. (Ord. 6269 § 8, 2009; Ord. 6253 § 1, 2009; Ord. 5666 § 1, 2002; Ord. 4547 § 4 (Exh. B), 1992; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)
18.26.025 Uses requiring an administrative use permit.
The following uses may be permitted when an administrative use permit has been issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.64 ACC:
A. Any commercial use abutting a residential zone1 which has hours of operation outside of the following: Sunday: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; or Monday – Saturday: 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.;
B. Arcades;
C. Automobile sales and leasing, new and/or used, including light pickup trucks and vans but not including recreational vehicles or heavy trucks, provided the following requirements are met:
1. The business shall be located on a major arterial as defined by the city traffic plan;
2. No repairing, painting or body work shall be conducted outside of a building;
3. If abutting an R zone, a sight-obscuring fence or landscape screen shall be required;
4. A minimum of a 25-foot setback shall be required of any building from any R zone;
5. Other landscaping or architectural improvements may be required to ensure compatibility with present and potential C-1 uses in the vicinity;
D. Automobile service stations, provided they are located at the intersection of two streets, one of which must be an arterial;
E. Dance halls;
F. Drive-in facilities, including banks and restaurants;
G. Government facilities, excluding offices and related uses that are permitted outright. (Ord. 6269 § 30, 2009.)
18.26.030 Uses requiring a conditional use permit.
The following uses may be permitted when a conditional use permit has been issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.64 ACC:
A. Utility substations. (Ord. 6269 § 9, 2009; Ord. 6253 § 1, 2009; Ord. 5383 § 1, 2000; Ord. 4547 § 4 (Exh. B), 1992; Ord. 4265 § 1, 1988; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)
18.26.040 Development standards.
A. Minimum lot area: none required.
B. Minimum lot width: none required.
C. Minimum lot depth: none required.
D. Maximum lot coverage: none required.
E. Maximum building height: 45 feet. Buildings within the Auburn North Business Area, as established by Resolution 2283, may exceed 45 feet if one additional foot of setback is provided from each property line for each foot the building exceeds 45 feet in height.
F. Minimum yard setbacks:
1. Front: 20 feet.
2. Side, interior: none required.
3. Side, street: 15 feet.
4. Rear: none required.
G. Fences and hedges: see Chapter 18.31 ACC.
H. Parking: see Chapter 18.52 ACC.
I. Landscaping: see Chapter 18.50 ACC.
J. Signs: see Chapter 18.56 ACC. (Ord. 6253 § 1, 2009; Ord. 5666 § 2, 2002; Ord. 4547 § 4 (Exh. B), 1992; Ord. 4265 § 1, 1988; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)
18.26.050 Supplemental development standards.
A. All uses shall be conducted entirely within a building or structure except:
1. Automobile parking lots;
2. Automobile sales and leasing;
3. Display or sales of goods that do not extend eight feet past the front of the building, do not block entrances or interfere with pedestrian travel, do not interfere with the parking areas and do not encroach upon public property;
4. Outdoor seating for restaurants, theaters or other entertainment;
5. Temporary uses as permitted by the hearing examiner, building official, planning director or city engineer pursuant to applicable ordinances;
6. Unloading and loading areas;
7. Utility substations;
8. Refuse containers;
9. Play areas for daycares.
B. Any repairing done on the premises shall be incidental only, and limited to custom repairing of the types of merchandise sold on the premises at retail. The floor area devoted to such repairing shall not exceed 30 percent of the total floor area occupied by the particular enterprises, except that the limitations of this subsection shall not apply to shoe, radio, television or other small appliance repair services.
C. Storage shall be limited to accessory storage of commodities sold at retail on the premises or materials used in the limited fabrication of commodities sold at retail on the premises. No outside storage is permitted.
D. Operations conducted on the premises shall not be objectionable beyond the property boundary lines by reason of noise, odor, fumes, gases, smoke, vibration, hazard or other causes.
E. No on-site hazardous substance processing and handling, or hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities shall be permitted, unless clearly incidental and secondary to a permitted use. On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities shall be subject to the state siting criteria (Chapter 70.105 RCW). (Ord. 6253 § 1, 2009; Ord. 4547 § 4 (Exh. B), 1992; Ord. 4294 § 3, 1988; Ord. 4229 § 2, 1987.)
For the purposes of this section, a “residential zone” is defined as any of the following zoning districts: R-C residential conservancy, R-1 residential, R-5 residential, R-7 residential, R-10 residential, R-16 residential, R-20 residential, R-MHC residential manufactured home community.