Chapter 20.40
BUSINESS (BG) DISTRICT, GENERAL
Sections:
20.40.050 Setbacks from streams.
20.40.010 Purpose.
This district is reserved for businesses which provide the day-to-day goods and services required by residents of the city and surrounding farms. (Ord. 1831 § 5, 2025; Ord. 1002 (Attachment A) (part), 1989)
20.40.020 Permitted uses.
Permitted uses in the BG district are as follows:
(1) Retail stores;
(2) Professional and business offices;
(3) Establishments offering personal services, such as barber and beauty shops, shoe repair, dressmaking and tailoring, cleaning and pressing, coin-operated laundry and dry cleaning;
(4) Financial institutions such as banks, savings and loan associations, and finance companies;
(5) Restaurants, taverns and cocktail lounges;
(6) Hotels and motels;
(7) Dental and medical offices and clinics;
(8) Schools for business, trade, art and music;
(9) Printing and publishing establishments;
(10) Brokerage offices;
(11) Public libraries;
(12) Government offices and related facilities;
(13) Electric vehicle battery charging stations;
(14) Accessory use to a use permitted in subsections (1) through (13) of this section. (Ord. 1831 § 5, 2025; Ord. 1686 § 17, 2016: Ord. 1002 (Attachment A) (part), 1989)
20.40.030 Conditional uses.
Conditional uses in the BG district are as follows:
(1) Entertainment and recreational facilities;
(2) Dwelling units above the first story in buildings housing a primary permitted use;
(3) On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities accessory to a use permitted in the district; provided, that in addition to the criteria set forth in Chapter 20.66, the facility also complies with the State Hazardous Waste Siting Standards and the requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act and local environmental standards and regulations;
(4) Theatre or cinema;
(5) Churches, clubs, and lodges;
(6) Veterinary hospital or clinic;
(7) Multifamily dwellings of less than ten units per project on property;
(8) All uses not otherwise identified as permitted or prohibited uses. (Ord. 1831 § 5, 2025; Ord. 1725 § 1, 2018: Ord. 1719 § 1, 2017: Ord. 1002 (Attachment A) (part), 1989)
20.40.040 Prohibited uses.
All uses not otherwise permitted are prohibited. (Ord. 1831 § 5, 2025; Ord. 1002 (Attachment A) (part), 1989)
20.40.050 Setbacks from streams.
(a) All development on the shoreline of streams within the jurisdiction of the city shoreline program shall comply with the shoreline setback requirement of that program. Where there is a conflict between this chapter and the shoreline program the more restrictive provision shall apply.
(b) On all other streams within the city, all structures and other development shall be set back from the ordinary high water mark a distance of no less than twenty-five feet; provided, that ground level parking lots and parking areas may be set back from the ordinary high water mark a distance of no less than fifteen feet. (Ord. 1831 § 5, 2025; Ord. 1002 (Attachment A) (part), 1989. Formerly 20.40.060)