Chapter 20.58
HC – HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
Sections:
20.58.010 Description and purpose.
20.58.020 Permitted buildings and uses.
20.58.030 Buildings and uses permitted conditionally.
20.58.040 Building height regulations.
20.58.050 Lot area, lot width and yard requirements.
20.58.060 Maximum lot coverage.
20.58.070 Parking.
20.58.080 Signs.
20.58.090 Other required conditions.
20.58.010 Description and purpose.
The highway commercial district is intended to create, preserve and enhance areas containing commercial establishments and providing services and sale, distribution or rental of goods for the general public. The areas typically provide a variety of sites with highway access. (Ord. 1322 § 2, 1997).
20.58.020 Permitted buildings and uses.
In the HC district, the following buildings and uses are permitted as hereinafter specifically provided for by this chapter, subject to the general provisions and exceptions set forth in this chapter and regulations set forth in Chapters 20.01, 20.08 through 20.24, 20.68, 20.70 and 20.72 PMC. All uses shall be in an entirely closed building unless otherwise specified below or by a conditional use permit:
A. Administrative government services;
B. Day-care centers;
C. Community, cultural services;
D. Health services;
E. Postal services;
F. Public safety services, i.e., police and fire;
G. Transportation uses serving residential neighborhoods, i.e., bus shelters;
H. Utilities or public maintenance facilities i.e., facilities with a building of less than 1,000 square feet, without outdoor storage of equipment, materials, or vehicles;
I. Wireless communication facilities;
J. Pipelines;
K. Stormwater facilities;
L. Water-supply facilities, i.e., wellheads, pump stations and water purification facilities not exceeding 1,000 square feet of building area nor exceeding building height for the district; water storage facilities not exceeding a 1,000 square foot footprint nor exceeding the building height for the district;
M. Administrative and professional offices;
N. Educational services;
O. Agricultural sales;
P. Amusement and recreation, i.e., indoor or outdoor establishments not exceeding 30,000 square feet of total floor area including landscaped areas, together with accessory uses established on a lot or combination of lots up to three acres;
Q. Building materials and garden supplies;
R. Business services;
S. Eating and drinking establishments;
T. Food stores;
U. Lodging, i.e., hotels and motels;
V. Gasoline service stations, automotive repair shops, car washes, all without outside storage;
W. Personal services, i.e., coin-operated laundries, beauty shops, barber shops, clothing alterations, tanning salons, travel agencies, funeral services, and photographic studios;
X. Pet sales and services;
Y. Sales of general merchandise;
Z. Motion picture, television and radio production studios;
AA. Printing, publishing and related industries with floor area devoted to printing/pressing operation not exceeding 5,000 square feet. (Ord. 1322 § 2, 1997).
20.58.030 Buildings and uses permitted conditionally.
The city may grant a conditional use permit (CUP) for any of the following buildings and uses in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 20.20 PMC:
A. Educational facilities;
B. Linear trails, long narrow parks used for walking, jogging and bicycling;
C. Religious assembly;
D. Transportation uses serving communities and regions, i.e., passenger rail stations, parking facilities, school bus yards, bus barns, weigh stations, bus stations, transfer centers, heliports;
E. Utilities or public maintenance facilities, i.e., facilities with a building of more than 1,000 square feet, without outdoor storage;
F. Electrical facilities;
G. Sewage collection facilities;
H. Agricultural services;
I. Commercial centers selling a variety of goods or providing a variety of services, ranging from general merchandise to specialty goods and foods, i.e., any lot or combination of lots with a store or variety of stores, offices, and services integrated into a complex utilizing uniform parking facilities;
J. Mobile, manufactured and modular home sales;
K. Food and related product manufacturing;
L. Industrial services and repair;
M. Warehousing, distribution and freight movement;
N. Natural gas facilities, i.e., interim propane storage facilities or natural gas dispensing station;
O. Swap meets (levels 1, 2 and 3). (Ord. 1780 § 6, 2010; Ord. 1505 § 11, 2001; Ord. 1322 § 2, 1997).
20.58.040 Building height regulations.
In the HC district no principal building shall exceed either two and one-half stories or 30 feet in height. (Ord. 1322 § 2, 1997).
20.58.050 Lot area, lot width and yard requirements.
The following minimum requirements shall be observed:
A. Lot area: None;
B. Lot width: None;
C. Setback – State highways: None;
D. Setback – Major arterials: 30 feet;
E. Setback – Other roads: 25 feet;
F. Setback – Rear: None except when rear lot lines of the districts are common with property zoned residentially, rear and yards of not less than 15 feet shall be required opposite the residential district;
G. Setback – Side yard: None except when rear lot lines of the districts are common with property zoned residentially, rear and yards of not less than 15 feet shall be required opposite the residential district. (Ord. 1322 § 2, 1997).
20.58.060 Maximum lot coverage.
No maximum lot coverage is specified, except subject to Chapter 20.72 PMC, Parking and Loading, as to the amount of off-street parking required per use. (Ord. 1322 § 2, 1997).
20.58.070 Parking.
All uses shall conform to the general provisions and loading area standards of number, area, surface, screening and maintenance as required by Chapter 20.72 PMC, Parking and Loading. (Ord. 1322 § 2, 1997).
20.58.080 Signs.
Signs, advertising structures, and area illumination are permitted, subject to the Sign Code, Chapter 20.84 PMC. (Ord. 1394 § 2, 1998; Ord. 1322 § 2, 1997).
20.58.090 Other required conditions.
The following additional conditions shall apply in a HC district.
A. In any HC district directly across the street from any residential district designated in this title, the parking and loading facilities shall be distant at least 20 feet from the street; provided, that the foregoing requirement of this section shall not apply where such residential district is separated from the HC district by a street planned to have a right-of-way of 80 feet or more; provided further, that a screen wall and/or landscaping is established and maintained on the HC property.
B. All operations conducted on the premises shall not constitute a nuisance by reason of smoke, fumes, odor, steam, gases, vibrations, noise, hazards or other causes, beyond the property boundary lines, and shall comply with the provisions of PMC 20.68.160.
C. All sites having a common boundary line with a residential classified property shall have erected and maintained a view-obscuring wall, fence, or coniferous hedge not less than five feet, nor more than six feet, in height for screening purposes and controlling access. Where the wall of a building is on such common property line, no separate wall or fence need be installed along that portion of the boundary occupied by the building. Public utility installations need only fence and screen, with appropriate materials such as base plantings of coniferous shrubs or trees and climbing coniferous plant materials on the fences to minimize the commercial character of such installation, with the area surrounding the fenced and screened enclosure landscaped and planted to create a parklike atmosphere.
D. All sites and activities in the HC district shall comply with Chapter 20.70 PMC, Landscaping. (Ord. 1322 § 2, 1997).