Chapter 17.22
GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C-2)
Sections:
17.22.050 Development standards.
17.22.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this district is to implement the comprehensive plan by providing for medium density zoning classifications suitable for retailing and other commercial services that serve the greater Goldendale community. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.22.020 Principal uses.
Principal uses permitted outright in general commercial districts shall include:
A. Residential uses; provided, that all residential dwellings permitted comply with the multifamily residential district (R-3) development standards of Section 17.12.050;
B. Office buildings, banks, and professional services;
C. Medical and dental offices;
D. Art galleries and museums;
E. Post offices, newspaper offices, and printing offices;
F. Retail food, merchandise, and apparel stores;
G. Specialty, grocery, convenience, and drug stores;
H. Photographic shops, barbershops and beauty shops;
I. Self-service laundries, and commercial dry cleaning;
J. Restaurants, taverns, bars, and night clubs;
K. Radio, television, and electrical repair shops;
L. Automobile repair shops performed inside an enclosed structure;
M. Automotive, motorized vehicle, and machinery sales and rentals;
N. Tire sales and services;
O. Public and commercial recreational uses and facilities;
P. Private clubs, lodges, union and social halls;
Q. Public and private parking lots;
R. Veterinary clinics when located not closer than one hundred fifty feet to any residential district and four hundred feet or more of any hospital, nursing home, or institution for the care of the infirm; providing that all animals are housed indoors;
S. Minor utility facilities;
T. Carwash;
U. Frozen food and cold storage lockers;
V. Bed and breakfasts, motels and hotels;
W. Gasoline service stations and convenience store with gasoline sales;
X. Hardware and building material stores;
Y. Funeral homes;
Z. Recreational vehicle parks;
AA. Bakery; and
BB. Mini-storage facility as defined in Section 17.04.556. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.22.030 Accessory uses.
Accessory buildings shall not be permitted on a parcel prior to the existence of a principal use (see definition, Section 17.04.040). Accessory uses permitted in general commercial districts shall include:
A. All business, service, repair, processing, or storage shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building, except for off-street parking and for automobile service stations;
B. Business signs in compliance with Chapter 17.42;
C. Processes and equipment and goods processed or sold shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason of odor, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, noise, vibration, refuse matter, or water-carried waste;
D. Accessory uses in general commercial districts may be permitted which are customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.22.040 Conditional uses.
Conditional uses permitted in general commercial districts shall include:
A. Microbreweries and brew pubs;
B. Churches;
C. Retirement homes, boardinghouses, nursing homes and similar uses;
D. Childcare facilities;
E. Cellular communications facilities;
F. Light manufacturing, fabrication, and repair;
G. Major utility facilities;
H. Public facilities; and
I. Other uses deemed by the board of adjustment as similar to and consistent with the intent and purpose of the general commercial zoning district. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.22.050 Development standards.
The following provisions shall apply in the general commercial district, subject to other provisions of this title, except that where conflicts in regulation occur, the regulations specified in this section or on a development plan approved pursuant to this chapter shall apply:
A. Minimum lot area: not applicable;
B. Minimum lot width: twenty feet;
C. Minimum lot depth: twenty feet;
D. Maximum building height: three stories but not to exceed forty feet;
E. Maximum lot coverage: not applicable;
F. Minimum front yard depth: not applicable;
G. Minimum rear yard depth: zero feet (twenty feet when abutting a residential district);
H. Minimum side yard width: zero feet (five feet when abutting a residential district);
I. Minimum side yard width on corner lot: not applicable. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.22.060 Parking.
Parking standards shall be provided in accordance with the terms of Chapter 17.52. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.22.070 Landscaping.
Landscaping shall be provided with the terms of Chapter 17.54. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.22.080 Site plan.
A site plan shall be approved in accordance with the terms of Chapter 17.46. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)