Chapter 18.43
“CG” (COMMERCIAL, GENERAL) DISTRICT

Sections:

18.43.010    Purpose.

18.43.020    Permitted uses.

18.43.030    Additional uses.

18.43.040    Development standards.

18.43.010 Purpose.

The purpose of the CG district is to provide areas for more intense commercial uses and those services supporting uses in other districts; and those uses which are not compatible within the CD district. (Ord. 1917 § 1 (part), 1997).

18.43.020 Permitted uses.

The following are the only uses permitted in CG districts:

A.    Permitted uses allowed in Chapter 18.40 except off-street parking lots and accessory uses and structures related to a permitted use;

B.    Express office, wholesale business; heavy machinery sales and service;

C.    Warehouse; landscape gardening and storage area for equipment and material;

D.    Light truck sales, service and rental; auto sales, service and rental; light trailer sales, service and rental;

E.    Paint and electrical shops;

F.    Manufactured homes sales and service;

G.    Marine sales, service and rental;

H.    Private recreational businesses;

I.    Miniwarehouses for storage of personal effects normally associated with dwelling units;

J.    Nursery schools and day care centers;

K.    Wine manufacturing and tasting rooms; and

L.    Residential uses; provided, permitted commercial uses are on the street front. Such residential uses must be a part of a commercial structure and conform with the Uniform Building Code. (Ord. 2219 § 1, 2001: Ord. 1917 § 1 (part), 1997).

18.43.030 Additional uses.

The following uses require approval of a permit in accord with Chapter 18.75:

A.    Public and quasi-public uses (Section 18.75.050);

B.    On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities when accessory to a permitted use, except residential, subject to state siting criteria (Section 18.75.050);

C.    Recreational vehicle parks (Sections 18.60.250 and 18.75.050);

D.    Body and fender shops (Section 18.75.050);

E.    Off-street parking lots (Section 18.75.050);

F.    Radio and television stations (Section 18.75.050);

G.    Bed and breakfasts (Section 18.75.050);

H.    Machine shops sales and service; welding shops sales and service; electrical sales and service; sheet metal sales and service (Section 18.75.050);

I.    One single-family dwelling unit per lot (Section 18.75.050);

J.    Similar uses (Section 18.75.070). (Ord. 2324 § 1, 2002: Ord. 2219 § 2, 2001: Ord. 1917 § 1 (part), 1997).

18.43.040 Development standards.

Development standards in commercial, general (CG) districts are as follows:

A.    Minimum setbacks: front, none, but ten feet if abutting a residential district; side and rear, none, but twenty feet if abutting a residential district.

B.    Maximum building height: forty-five feet. Structures higher than forty-five feet require approval of a conditional use permit in accord with Chapter 18.75.

C.    Off-street parking in accord with Chapter 18.63.

D.    Signs in accord with Chapter 18.72.

E.    Site Review. Site review, in accord with Chapter 18.75, is required for each new use or expansion of an existing use.

F.    Solid Waste Receptacles. All solid waste receptacles must be surrounded on at least three sides by a minimum five-foot high sight-obscuring fence or wall. Such enclosures and receptacles are not permitted within required street frontage areas. (Ord. 1917 § 1 (part), 1997).