Chapter 18.42
REGULATIONS FOR CP – COMMERCIAL PARK ZONING DISTRICTS

Sections:

18.42.010    Application.

18.42.020    Intent.

18.42.030    Permitted uses.

18.42.040    Conditional uses.

18.42.050    Lot area.

18.42.060    Lot width.

18.42.070    Building height limits.

18.42.080    Front yard.

18.42.090    Side yards.

18.42.100    Rear yard.

18.42.110    Maximum building coverage.

18.42.120    Open landscaped area.

18.42.130    Minimum parking requirements.

18.42.140    Additional development standards.

18.42.010 Application.

The regulations set forth in this chapter apply to all CP zoning districts. (Zoning Ord. § 21-1).

18.42.020 Intent.

This district is intended to provide a high quality commercial environment adjacent to major highways and serving tourists and other highway users or requiring direct access to regional markets. This district encourages multi-acre parcels developed with mixed commercial uses based on an integrated site plan and architectural design. Such developments are characterized by common circulation and parking areas, significant landscaping, and unified management or restrictive covenants to maintain high standards. (Zoning Ord. § 21-2).

18.42.030 Permitted uses.

None but the following uses or uses that, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are of a similar nature will be permitted:

(a) The following uses shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, except as provided in SCCC 18.42.040, and shall be so located, constructed, and operated as not to be offensive or objectionable because of dust, gas, smoke, noise, fumes, odors, vibrations, or other public nuisances:

(1) Hotels and motels.

(2) Professional, financial, and general business offices.

(3) Restaurants serving food and nonalcoholic beverages.

(4) Recreational and cultural facilities, exhibition halls, museums, auditoriums, and theaters.

(5) Accessory retail and service establishments, which are physically located within a building in which any of the above-referenced permitted uses are located.

(6) Massage establishments, as defined in SCCC 5.40.020(m), subject to SCCC 18.104.020.

(b) The following outdoor uses are allowed, except as provided in SCCC 18.42.040; provided, that such uses are so located, constructed, and operated as not to be offensive or objectionable because of dust, gas, smoke, noise, fumes, odors, vibrations, or other public nuisances:

(1) Restaurants serving food and nonalcoholic beverages.

(2) Walk-up service facilities. (Zoning Ord. § 21-3; Ord. 2006 § 4, 10-8-19).

18.42.040 Conditional uses.

The following conditional uses may be established only by first securing a use permit in each case as provided in Chapter 18.110 SCCC:

(a) Outdoor recreational facilities.

(b) Cocktail lounges, bars, taverns, restaurants serving alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.

(c) Dancing or live entertainment.

(d) Service stations (service stations are exempt from lot area and width requirements of this chapter, but must comply with all requirements of Chapter 18.68 SCCC).

(e) Stores selling beer and/or wine (packaged goods off-sale) located on the same parcel as an automobile service station (subject to the provisions set forth in Chapter 18.68 SCCC).

(f) Car wash facilities where integrated with a service station.

(g) Arcades.

(h) Other uses which are determined by the Planning Commission to be similar in nature. (Zoning Ord. § 21-4).

18.42.050 Lot area.

Each lot shall contain a minimum area of forty thousand (40,000) square feet. (Zoning Ord. § 21-5).

18.42.060 Lot width.

The minimum lot width shall not be less than two hundred (200) feet. (Zoning Ord. § 21-6).

18.42.070 Building height limits.

Maximum permitted height shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) feet. (Zoning Ord. § 21-7).

18.42.080 Front yard.

Each lot shall have a street side front yard of not less than forty (40) feet in depth. (Zoning Ord. § 21-8).

18.42.090 Side yards.

(a) Side yards are required at each side of every lot. Each such side yard shall not be less than twenty (20) feet in width.

(b) The street side yard of a corner lot exclusive of front yard shall not be less than forty (40) feet in width. (Zoning Ord. § 21-9).

18.42.100 Rear yard.

A rear yard is required at the rear of every lot. Such rear yard lot shall not be less than twenty (20) feet in depth. (Zoning Ord. § 21-10).

18.42.110 Maximum building coverage.

Buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover a total of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the area of any lot. (Zoning Ord. § 21-11).

18.42.120 Open landscaped area.

The following yards and areas shall be developed into and permanently maintained as open landscaped areas containing ground cover, trees, and shrubs:

(a) The first twenty (20) feet of required front yards of corner lots (with openings for accessways in accordance with City standards). A landscaped berm or planning division-approved equivalent, not less than thirty (30) inches in height, shall be provided between the required street landscaping and any open area used for parking, storage, and the like, except for necessary driveways and walkways.

(b) The first ten feet of required side and rear yards.

(c) A minimum landscaped area equal to at least ten percent of the required parking to be evenly distributed throughout the parking area and adjacent to buildings.

(d) An alternative proposal, equal to or exceeding the open landscaped area provisions provided herein, may be used subject to approval by the Director of Community Development in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.76 SCCC. (Zoning Ord. § 21-12; Ord. 2011 § 5, 2-11-20).

18.42.130 Minimum parking requirements.

The minimum parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 18.74 SCCC. (Zoning Ord. § 21-13).

18.42.140 Additional development standards.

(a) Fencing. At the time of new construction or reconstruction of a building on a property, a solid fence of masonry six feet high shall be installed and thereafter maintained by the owner of property in this zoning district on all common property lines with residentially zoned property or with property designated as residential in the general plan. Fencing shall not exceed three feet in height if located within twenty (20) feet of front or street side yard lot lines.

(b) Landscaped Areas – Curbing and Irrigation. Each planter area shall be surrounded with a six-inch raised concrete curbing or planning division-approved equivalent. An automatic irrigation system shall be installed and permanently maintained in working order in each separate planter area.

(c) Lighting. Lighting, if provided, shall reflect away from residential areas and public streets.

(d) Trash Disposal. Each property shall provide adequate and accessible trash disposal areas. Said disposal area shall be screened from public view by a masonry enclosure, with solid wood gates, at least six feet in height. (Zoning Ord. § 21-14).