Chapter 17.70
CENTRAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C-1)

Sections:

17.70.010    Intent.

17.70.020    Permitted uses.

17.70.030    Conditional uses.

17.70.040    Expressly prohibited.

17.70.050    Property development requirements.

17.70.010 Intent.

The C-1 district is included in the zoning regulations to achieve the following city objectives:

(1) A planned, unified center for the general retailing, merchandising and servicing of goods and products.

(2) To provide a full range of professional, financial and governmental services and activities for the Coos Bay area and south coast region of Oregon.

(3) Preserve the significance and character of the city’s major commercial district and its value to the city in terms of its concentration of employment and density of development.

(4) Prohibit uses which are undesirable due to such things as noise, outside storage of material, or impediment to the flow of traffic. [Ord. 93 § 2.8.1, 1987].

17.70.020 Permitted uses.

The following uses shall be permitted outright in the C-1 zoning district:

(1) Residential Use Types.

(a) Family and group residential above the first floor or story.

(b) Legally established residential use types pre-existing the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title; however, if the use is destroyed or discontinued, re-establishment must occur within 24 months in order to continue the residential use.

(2) Civic Use Types.

(a) Administrative service.

(b) Library service and cultural exhibit.

(c) Lodge, club, fraternal, or civic assembly – Small.

(d) Postal service.

(e) Public safety service.

(f) Religious assembly – Small.

(g) Transportation service, excluding fleet storage of vehicles.

(3) Commercial Use Types.

(a) Animal sales and service.

(i) Grooming.

(ii) Pet shop.

(b) Automotive and equipment – Repairs, light equipment (all storage of materials and equipment, and operations, except minor repairs, within an enclosed building).

(c) Building/property maintenance service.

(d) Business equipment sales and service.

(e) Business support service.

(f) Child care facility.

(g) Child care facility (fewer than 13).

(h) Communications service.

(i) Dining establishment – Fast order food and sit-down.

(j) Drinking establishment.

(k) Financial, insurance, and real estate service.

(l) Food and beverage retail sales.

(m) Fuel sales.

(n) Funeral and interment service – Undertaking.

(o) Laundry service.

(p) Medical service.

(q) Participant sports and recreation – Indoor.

(r) Personal service, general.

(s) Professional and administrative service.

(t) Repair service, consumer.

(u) Retail sales, general, except adult book store.

(v) Spectator Sports and Entertainment. Indoor, except adult movies and adult movie arcade.

(w) Tourist habitation – Lodging and bed and breakfast.

(4) Industrial Use Types.

(a) Limited manufacturing (see Chapter 17.280 CBMC). [Ord. 440 § 3 (Exh. A(D)), 2010; Ord. 224, 1996; Ord. 148 §§ 15, 18, 1989; Ord. 93 § 2.8.2, 1987].

17.70.030 Conditional uses.

The following uses are permitted in the C-1 zoning district if authorized in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.355 CBMC:

(1) Civic Use Types.

(a) Bus shelter (administrative conditional use, see Chapter 17.355 CBMC).

(b) Educational service.

(c) Lodge, club, fraternal, or civic assembly – Large.

(d) Parking service.

(e) Religious assembly – Large.

(f) Utility and service.

(2) Commercial Use Types.

(a) Automotive and equipment – Cleaning and parking.

(3) Industrial Use Types.

(a) Manufacturing (see Chapter 17.280 CBMC). [Ord. 309, 2001; Ord. 93 § 2.8.3, 1987].

17.70.040 Expressly prohibited.

The following uses are expressly prohibited in the C-1 zoning district:

(1) Residential Use Types. Except as specifically mentioned.

(2) Civic Use Types.

(a) Community recreation.

(b) Hospital.

(3) Commercial Use Types.

(a) Agricultural sales.

(b) Agricultural service – Auction.

(c) Animal sales and service.

(i) Kennel.

(ii) Veterinary, large animal.

(iii) Veterinary, small animal.

(d) Automotive and equipment.

(i) Fleet storage.

(ii) Repairs, heavy equipment.

(iii) Sales/rental, heavy equipment.

(iv) Sales/rental, light equipment.

(v) Storage, nonoperating vehicles.

(e) Construction sales and service.

(f) Funeral and interment service – Cemetery, cremating/interring.

(g) Participant sports and recreation – Outdoor.

(h) Scrap operations.

(i) Spectator sports and entertainment – Outdoor.

(j) Tourist habitation – Campground.

(k) Wholesale, storage, and distribution.

(4) Agricultural Use Types.

(a) Animal husbandry.

(b) Animal waste processing.

(c) Food packing and processing.

(d) Horticulture.

(5) Industrial Use Types.

(a) Mining and processing. [Ord. 224, 1996; Ord. 93 § 2.8.4, 1987].

17.70.050 Property development requirements.

The following property development requirements shall apply to all land and structures in the C-1 district in addition to applicable standards of Division III of this title:

(1) Lot Standards. No requirements.

(2) Building Coverage. No requirements.

(3) Building Height. No restrictions other than those imposed by the building code.

(4) Yards. No requirements other than those imposed by the building code.

(5) Landscaping and Screening.

(a) All heating and air equipment shall be appropriately screened from public view. This does not apply to roof-mounted equipment.

(b) All storage and trash areas must be enclosed and screened from public view. [Ord. 93 § 2.8.5, 1987].