Chapter 19.45
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, C-2

Sections:

19.45.010    Uses permitted.

19.45.020    Building site dimensions and yard requirements.

19.45.025    Fronting on street – Requirement.

19.45.030    Motel units – Size requirements.

19.45.040    Off-street parking space.

19.45.050    Caretakers’ apartment permitted.

19.45.060    Signs.

19.45.010 Uses permitted.

In the commercial district, C-2, no building or premises shall be used nor shall any building or structure be hereafter erected or altered except for one or more of the following uses:

(1) Apartments above the first story of commercial buildings:

(2) Automobile repairs, when conducted entirely within a building;

(3) Storage or sales of automobiles in good operating condition;

(4) Billboards and outdoor advertising in conformity with other ordinances or regulations governing the same;

(5) Printing plants and newspapers;

(6) Bakeries with retail shop or office in connection therewith on the street frontage and with such shop or office in front harmonizing with those of the district;

(7) Retail stores of all descriptions where the sale of the merchandise is completed within the building;

(8) Shops for the repair or servicing of all sorts of household and personal equipment with retail shop or office in connection therewith on the street frontage and with such shop or office in front harmonizing with those of the district;

(9) Taverns, restaurants and beer parlors, lunchrooms, confectionery shops, barbershops, and beauty parlors, all in accordance with regulations of the city;

(10) Banks, business or professional offices; storage of business records and files, and of inventory held for resale, within buildings and above the ground floor or in the basement thereof;

(11) Hospitals, medical clinics, homes for the aged or for children, except none of the foregoing shall be used for the purpose of correction or for the treatment of inebriates or the insane;

(12) Theaters, dancehalls, skating rinks, swimming pools, bowling alleys and other lawful commercial amusement enterprises;

(13) Undertaking and funeral parlors;

(14) Manufacturing with retail shop or office in connection therewith on the street frontage and with such shop or office front harmonizing with those of the district, and only if there is no excessive noise or vibration producing machinery used in the process; and the materials or methods used produce no obnoxious dust, fumes, smoke or odors; provided, however, that no manufacturing occupancies which process highly combustible, inflammable or explosive materials shall be permitted;

(15) Gasoline service stations, except the same are prohibited on the following lots within the city:

Lots 13 to 16, inclusive, Block 52, 9 to 12 inclusive, Block 53, 5 to 8 inclusive, Block 68, 1 to 4 inclusive, Block 69, all in plat of Longview No. 4, according to the duly recorded plat thereof on file in the office of the county auditor, Lots 9 to 12, inclusive, Block 68, 13 to 16 inclusive, Block 69, 1 to 4, inclusive, and 13 to 16, inclusive, Block 80, 5 to 8, inclusive, and 9 to 12, inclusive, Block 81, 5 to 8 inclusive, and 9 to 12, inclusive, Block 85, 1 to 4 inclusive, and 13 to 16, inclusive, Block 86, all in plat of Longview No. 2, according to the duly recorded plat thereof; Lots 1 to 4, inclusive and 13 to 16, inclusive, Block 97, 5 to 8 inclusive, and 9 to 12, inclusive, Block 98, 5 to 8, inclusive, and 9 to 12 inclusive, Block 111, Lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and Lots 12 to 15 inclusive, Block 112, all in plat of Longview No. 11, according to the duly recorded plat thereof; provided, further, no residential unit of any kind shall be allowed within or above any gasoline service station;

(16) Bus terminals and stations;

(17) Commercial off-street parking lots and garages;

(18) Hotels and motels;

(19) Branch offices for dry cleaning plants or laundries; provided, however, dry cleaning establishments using nonflammable cleaning materials only and having boilers of not more than 10 horsepower rating and not greater than 100 pounds steam pressure shall be allowed; provided, further, self-service laundries and self-service dry cleaning establishments shall be allowed provided they comply with all other ordinances and resolutions of the city;

(20) Tents for special event sales by local retail merchants; provided, that such tents are erected on the same property on which the merchant has his regular place of business or on a parking lot adjoining the merchant’s regular place of business to which the merchant’s customers normally have access. Additionally, established merchants having a regular place of business within the city limits of Longview may apply for a special event satellite tent sale in conjunction with another place of business; provided, that the applicant provides a signed agreement statement from the host business and a plot plan illustrating the location of the tent in relationship to other structures on and abutting the property; the special event sale does not impact the host business’s required off-street parking facilities; and the proposed sale of items is consistent with the permitted uses of the zone in which it is located. Subject to the following:

(a) Any such tent is fire-retardant and meets all applicable life safety and access requirements of LMC Title 18,

(b) That special sales are limited to a total of not more than 30 days in any calendar year per business, and not more than 10 successive days per sales event. Events held at a host location shall be included in the host business’s total allowable special event sale days, and

(c) Approval for such special event sale has first been granted by the city manager and the administrative fire chief;

(21) Other uses similar to any of the above, as determined by the board of adjustment;

(22) Any use allowed in the residential district, R-1, as a special property use by the board of adjustment and not allowed by specific mention in this chapter may likewise be permitted in the commercial district, C-2, in the manner provided by Chapter 19.12 LMC;

(23) Small animal clinics or veterinary hospitals with retail shop or office in connection therewith where the medical care and services administered to animals occur only within the confines of the principal structure located on the premises, but only if there is no excessive noise, and only if the materials or methods used in such care and services produce no obnoxious fumes, smoke or odors, and further provided, that refuse disposal meets the minimum standards of all applicable health requirements;

(24) Day care facilities for the care of children exceeding 12 in number, subject to state and local building code and fire regulations;

(25) On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage provided such facilities are accessory and clearly subordinate to a permitted use and area developed and operated in conformance with state and federal regulations, including Chapter 70.105 RCW, as the same now exists or is hereafter amended. (Ord. 2643 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2476 § 1, 1991; Ord. 2322 § 2, 1988; Ord. 2002 § 5, 1980; Ord. 1780 § 1, 1976; Ord. 1690 § 2, 1974; Ord. 1523 § 6, 1971; Ord. 1334, 1967).

19.45.020 Building site dimensions and yard requirements.

There shall be no building site dimensions or yard requirements, except such as may be imposed by the board of adjustment, and except that motels hereafter erected in this district shall provide a site area of 1,000 square feet for each ground floor family unit in such dwelling. (Ord. 1334, 1967).

19.45.025 Fronting on street – Requirement.

Every principal structure shall front on or be located on property which fronts upon a street dedicated to and maintained by a municipal corporation. (Ord. 2647 § 2, 1997).

19.45.030 Motel units – Size requirements.

All motels hereafter erected or altered shall provide dwelling units averaging 320 square feet or more in floor area, exclusive of cooking units and caretakers’ unit; provided no unit shall have less than 280 square feet, and no cooking unit shall have less than 400 square feet in floor area. All measurements shall be based on inside wall measurements. (Ord. 1334, 1967).

19.45.040 Off-street parking space.

Every permitted land use hereafter erected or enlarged within the commercial district, C-2, shall provide off-street automobile parking and truck loading and unloading facilities as required by applicable sections of Chapter 19.78 LMC. (Ord. 1415 § 11, 1969; Ord. 1334, 1967).

19.45.050 Caretakers’ apartment permitted.

A caretakers’ apartment shall be allowed for any business within the commercial district, C-2, except as provided in LMC 19.45.010(15) and provided the apartment is within the same structure as the business and is occupied by only the owner or his employee whose duty it shall be to care for, watch and guard the property, particularly at such times as the structure may not be open for business. The apartment shall not be rented or occupied by any party not employed in the main business occupying the property. (Ord. 1334, 1967).

19.45.060 Signs.

Signs are permitted as provided in Chapter 16.13 LMC; provided, that all signs shall relate to the business of the occupant of the premises on which the sign is located and for which a current business license exists. Outdoor advertising structures, as defined in Chapter 16.40 LMC, located in the commercial district, C-2, shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 16.40 LMC. (Ord. 2839 § 4, 2002; Ord. 2811 § 2, 2001).