Chapter 18.29
C-2/C-3 COMBINED RETAIL COMMERCIAL, WAREHOUSING, AND LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT
Sections:
18.29.010 General intent.
18.29.020 Uses permitted outright.
18.29.030 Accessory commercial use.
18.29.040 Conditional uses.
18.29.050 Setback and bulk regulations.
18.29.060 Off-street parking and loading requirements.
18.29.010 General intent.
The intent of this zone is to provide appropriately located areas for uses which shall be located along major thoroughfares (SR 410) and dominated by auto-oriented uses. The C-2/C-3 combined district is intended to provide appropriately located areas for various land intensive and/or limited service commercial establishments, office uses, major retail stores and service establishments offering commodities and services required by residents of the city and its surrounding market area, wholesale distribution facilities, research and light industrial enterprises which are complementary to neighboring commercial and residential districts. Typical uses in this classification are the combination of major retail establishments and storage, distribution and assembly of products from previously prepared materials, including business and light industrial parks which do not generate excessive noise, odors, dust, smoke, heavy traffic congestion or pollution of water or air. (Ord. 748 § 1, 1998).
18.29.020 Uses permitted outright.
The following uses may be permitted in a C‑2/C-3 combined district subject to off-street parking requirements, bulk regulations, landscaping requirements and the other provisions and exceptions set forth in this title:
A. Residential Uses.
1. Residences in connection with a business establishment;
2. Apartments and attached residential dwellings, subject to the requirements of Chapter 18.31 BLMC;
3. Mobile/manufactured home parks in existence as of annexation into the city; and
4. Nursing homes, group homes and boarding homes.
B. Educational Uses.
1. Preschool or day care centers.
C. Cultural, Religious, Recreational, and Entertainment Uses.
1. Parks, open space and trails;
2. Churches;
3. Libraries;
4. Swimming pools, public or private;
5. Entertainment facilities, such as bowling alleys, skating rinks, pool halls, arcades, theaters, public or private;
6. Recreation facilities, indoor and outdoor;
7. Sports fields;
8. Meeting halls or lodge buildings, public or private;
9. Public facilities; and
10. Recreational vehicle parks.
D. Transportation, Communication, Utilities.
1. Public utility facility; provided the requirements of BLMC 18.22.050 are met; and
2. Wireless communications facilities subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.50 BLMC.
E. Commercial Uses.
1. Adult entertainment facilities, subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.32 BLMC;
2. Ambulance service;
3. Antique shop;
4. Automatic teller machines (ATMs);
5. Automobile service stations and car washes;
6. Automobile, boat and trailer sales and repair;
7. Bakery, retail and wholesale;
8. Banks, savings and loan associations;
9. Barber shops and beauty shops;
10. Cabinet and carpenter shop;
11. Coffee shops, cafes and cart vendors;
12. Contractor yards; provided a solid fence and/or solid screening hedge at least eight feet high is built and maintained to screen from view the open storage use;
13. Dancing, music, drama and instruction schools;
14. Food markets, delicatessen and meat markets (may sell beer and wine);
15. Furniture building, repair and upholstering;
16. Furniture and small household appliance repair shops;
17. Gymnasiums and fitness centers, public or commercial;
18. Horticultural nursery and garden supply, indoor or outdoor;
19. Hotels, motels, apartments;
20. Hospitals;
21. Household appliance repair;
22. Kennels;
23. Laundries, including dry cleaning;
24. Liquor stores;
25. Locksmiths and security alarm shops;
26. Machine shops;
27. Mini-storage facilities;
28. Offices and professional buildings;
29. Open storage yards, including storage and sale of building materials and heavy equipment; provided a solid fence and/or solid screening hedge at least eight feet high is built and maintained to screen from view the open storage use;
30. Photographic processing and supply;
31. Plumbing, electrical, heating, air conditioning services, sales or repair;
32. Printing, blueprinting, and photostating establishments;
33. Retail shops, including department stores and shopping centers;
34. Restaurants, including drive-in restaurants, cocktail lounges and taverns;
35. Storage or distribution of sand, gravel, top soil, or bark; provided a solid fence and/or solid screening hedge at least eight feet high is built and maintained to screen from view the storage area;
36. Tailor shops;
37. Tool sales and rental;
38. Veterinary clinics, animal hospitals and pet grooming; and
39. Wholesale warehousing and distribution of goods within a fully enclosed building. (Ord. 1230 § 8, 2007; Ord. 1099 § 26, 2005; Ord. 908 § 1, 2002; Ord. 788 § 1, 1998; Ord. 748 § 1, 1998).
18.29.030 Accessory commercial use.
A. On-site treatment and storage facility as an accessory use to a permitted use which generates a hazardous waste subject to compliance with the state siting criteria adopted pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 70.105 RCW and issuance of State Hazardous Waste Management Facility Permit.
B. Outdoor storage and sale of building materials and nursery stock; provided such use is accessory to a permitted use and enclosed within a solid fence and/or solid screening hedge at least eight feet high built and maintained to screen from view the open storage use.
C. Professional or service uses, including restaurants or cafes, associated with a business or industrial park or other permitted use. (Ord. 748 § 1, 1998).
18.29.040 Conditional uses.
The following uses may be permitted upon the issuance of a conditional use permit by the city:
A. Buildings taller than 50 feet, provided:
1. Adequate provision is made for firefighting and emergency rescue;
2. The use or building will not cast a shadow on residential properties;
3. The use or building is designed with visual relief or landscaping to make it compatible with the surrounding land uses, topography and landscape;
B. Junk, salvage or wrecking yard; provided a solid fence and/or solid screening hedge at least eight feet high is built and maintained to screen from view the open storage use;
C. Trailer-mix concrete plant; provided a solid fence and/or solid screening hedge at least eight feet high is built and maintained to screen from view the concrete plant and storage yard;
D. Gravel pits; provided a solid fence and/or solid screening hedge at least eight feet high is built and maintained to screen from view the gravel pit;
E. Assembly or processing of previously prepared materials in a fully enclosed building, provided:
1. No explosives, ammunition, blasting agents or fireworks are stored or manufactured in this district;
2. Cellulose nitrate products and cellulose nitrate plastics may be stored in accordance with the fire prevention ordinance, but shall not be manufactured in this district;
3. Any material having a closed cup flash point below 105 degrees Fahrenheit is prohibited from this district;
4. The requirements of Chapter 18.31 BLMC are met; and
F. Storage or processing of any hazardous waste as defined in Chapter 70.105 RCW is not permitted as a principal use. (Ord. 1230 § 9, 2007; Ord. 748 § 1, 1998).
18.29.050 Setback and bulk regulations.
The following bulk regulations apply to uses in this district:
A. Minimum Front Setback.
1. Service station pump islands: 15 feet from street property line;
2. Setbacks on State Highway 410: 55 feet from the right-of-way line;
3. From any other street or accessway: 20 feet from street right-of-way where existing right- of-way is adequate; additional setback may be required by the public works director where existing right-of-way is inadequate.
B. There shall be no minimum side or rear setback requirements except as entailed by the landscape buffer requirements of Chapter 16.12 BLMC or building code requirements.
C. Maximum height of buildings, 35 feet. Structures which are 35 to 50 feet may be approved by the director of planning and community development, with the concurrence of the fire marshal of Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 22 regarding provisions for fire protection and emergency rescue.
D. Any use within this zone classification shall provide a minimum of 10 percent of the site as landscaping and developed public open space, excluding parking and driving surfaces.
E. Maximum residential density: same as the R‑3 zone. (Ord. 1230 §§ 2, 18, 2007; Ord. 1099 § 27, 2005; Ord. 851 § 36, 2000; Ord. 748 § 1, 1998).
18.29.060 Off-street parking and loading requirements.
For off-street parking and loading requirements, see Commercial Development Standards, Chapter 18.31 BLMC. (Ord. 748 § 1, 1998).