Chapter 17.48
B-3 – RETAIL CORE ZONE
Sections:
17.48.010 Purpose.
17.48.020 Permitted uses.
17.48.030 Dimensional standards.
17.48.040 Yards.
17.48.050 Parking and loading.
17.48.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this zone is to provide for the high-density grouping of businesses with similar and complementary location needs. These include retail business, government services, and recreational or cultural activities. It is also the purpose of this zone to create an attractive and imaginative intermix of these uses through the creation of a pedestrian-oriented environment which will enhance shopping and develop a focal point of activity and interest. [Ord. 1272 § 17-3-9, 1980.]
17.48.020 Permitted uses.
The following are permitted uses in the B-3 zone:
1. Alcohol beverage retail sales;
2. Amusement enterprises: billiards, pool, bowling, roller rink, dancehall, theater and the like;
3. Art supply retail sales;
4. Automobile, bicycle, boat, snowmobile and motorcycle sales lots, new and used and accessory sales, including service facilities when conducted entirely within an enclosed building;
5. Bakery shops and confectioneries;
6. Banks, finance and loan companies;
7. Barber, beauty and other personal services;
8. Clothing and furniture sales;
9. Department and variety stores;
10. Drugstores;
11. Dry-cleaning, pressing and dyeing plants operated in conjunction with retail service counter;
12. Eating and drinking establishments;
13. Florists, retail;
14. Food stores (retail only): grocery, delicatessen, meat and fish, but excluding the killing or dressing of any flesh or fowl;
15. Hardware, appliance and electrical items, retail sales;
16. Libraries, museums and art galleries;
17. Music stores;
18. Newspaper, radio and television stations and job-printing establishments;
19. Office buildings, government and private;
20. Office equipment and supplies, sales and service;
21. Paint retail sales;
22. Photographic studios and camera supply stores;
23. Shoe repair shops;
24. Sporting goods sales;
25. Specialty shops;
26. Tailors, dressmakers, milliners;
27. Upholstery, paperhanging and decorator shops and the like;
28. Those special property uses allowable in the B-3 zone as specified in SMC 17.64.020;
29. Outside display of merchandise in a B-3 zone shall be permitted, subject to the condition that the display of merchandise shall be placed on the sidewalk in such a manner so as to provide an unencumbered path for pedestrian traffic on said sidewalk, with the path being of a minimum width of four and one-half feet, and so as not to otherwise interfere with or obstruct the flow of pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk outside of the store, or general ingress or egress to the door of the store; provided, however, that the outside display of merchandise shall be limited to occur with a frequency of no more than six days per month; further provided, that City-wide merchandise events shall not be included among the six days per month. The merchant or merchants seeking to display merchandise on the City sidewalks shall obtain a permit for the same from the City Clerk’s office;
30. Pet stores, as defined in SMC 17.04.030;
31. On site hazardous waste treatment and storage as an accessory use to any activity generating hazardous waste and lawfully allowed in this zone; provided, that such facilities meet the State siting criteria adopted pursuant to the requirements of RCW 70.105.210;
32. A merchant shall be permitted to operate a catering stand on that portion of any sidewalk in front of or alongside of his or her place of business in the B-3 zone, subject to the following conditions:
a. The catering stand shall be placed on the sidewalk in such a manner so as to provide an unencumbered path for pedestrian traffic on said sidewalk, with the path being of a minimum width of four and one-half feet, and so as not to otherwise interfere with or obstruct the flow of pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk outside the store, or general ingress or egress to the door of the store;
b. Permissible merchandise displayed or offered for sale at such catering stand shall be limited to coffee beverages and coffee-based beverages, including but not limited to espresso and other similar coffee-based beverages, together with ingredients used to make such beverages, and including such specialty beverages, such as “Italian sodas” and other food products commonly associated with and sold from catering stands commonly known as “espresso bars”; and
c. The merchant desiring to operate an espresso catering stand shall obtain a permit for the same from the City Clerk’s office pursuant to Chapter 12.32 SMC. [Ord. 1857 § 1, 1994; Ord. 1628 § 3, 1988; Ord. 1557 § 1, 1986; Ord. 1448 § 2, 1984; Ord. 1370 § 2, 1982; Ord. 1274 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1272 § 17-3-9.1, 1980.]
17.48.030 Dimensional standards.
The dimensional standards for the B-3 zone are:
A. Minimum lot area: no required lot size for nonresidential uses;
B. Minimum width: no required lot width for nonresidential uses;
C. Maximum building height: 45 feet for all uses;
D. Maximum land coverage: no limitations;
E. Minimum floor area: no required minimum for nonresidential uses;
F. In connection with and consistent with the “Sunnyside Downtown Heritage Village” design plan, any improvement, modification, addition or alteration to buildings within the Retail Core zone (B-3) shall be permitted to encroach over and onto the City right-of-way a distance of not more than 12 inches subject to plan and construction review by the City’s Building Department for consideration of factors including, but not limited to, construction methods, safety and compatibility/ compliance with the Sunnyside downtown design plan. [Ord. 1721, 1990; Ord. 1272 § 17-3-9.2, 1980.]
17.48.040 Yards.
There is no required yard area. [Ord. 1271 § 17-3-9.3, 1980.]
17.48.050 Parking and loading.
That portion of the retail core area known previously as B-1 zone and as defined in the official zone map adopted May 16, 1960, is exempt from the off-street parking and loading requirements as provided in SMC 17.64.030. [Ord. 1272 § 17-3-9.4, 1980.]