§ 20.40.010. Commercial zoning districts.

A.

This chapter sets forth the land use and development regulations applicable to the Commercial Zoning Districts and Public/ Quasi-public District established by Section 20.10.060.

B.

No building, structure, or land shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected, enlarged, or structurally altered, in the CO, CP, CN and CG Commercial Districts and PQP Public/Quasi-Public District except as set forth in this chapter.

C.

The Commercial Zoning Districts are intended to support the commercial land use, economic development, and neighborhood preservation and conservation goals and policies of the general plan through the use regulations and development standards. The Commercial Districts reflect the diversity of the commercial needs and opportunities in the city. The purposes of the Commercial Districts are as follows:

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CO Commercial Office District. The CO Commercial Office District is a district in or near residential areas or between residential and commercial areas. This district is intended to be a low-intensity office zone that allows for a scale of offices in or adjacent to residential neighborhoods. Larger scale office development can be permitted upon approval of the planning commission, or city council on appeal, through the conditional use permit process.

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CP Commercial Pedestrian District. The CP Commercial Pedestrian District is a district intended to support pedestrian-oriented retail activity at a scale compatible with surrounding residential neighborhoods. This district is designed to support the goals and policies of the general plan related to Neighborhood Business Districts. The CP Commercial Pedestrian District also encourages mixed residential/ commercial development where appropriate, and is designed to support the commercial goals and policies of the general plan in relation to Urban Villages. This district is also intended to support intensive pedestrian-oriented commercial activity and development consistent with general plan urban design policies.

This district may be located, in addition to areas of the city that have a commercial land use designation in the general plan, in areas that have an Urban Village land use designation. In these locations, the uses and development in this district are intended to be in conformance with applicable approved Urban Village Plans. The type of development supported by this district includes Neighborhood Business Districts, neighborhood centers, multi-tenant commercial development along city connector and main streets as designated in the general plan, and small corner commercial establishments. New development should orient buildings towards public streets and transit facilities and include features to provide an enhanced pedestrian environment.

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CN Commercial Neighborhood District. The CN Commercial Neighborhood District is a district intended to provide for neighborhood serving commercial uses without an emphasis on pedestrian orientation except within the context of a single development. This district also differs from the CP Commercial Pedestrian District in that there is no limit on the size of the stores. The type of development supported by this district includes neighborhood centers, multi-tenant commercial development along city connector and main streets, and small corner commercial establishments.

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CG Commercial General District. The CG Commercial General District is a district intended to serve the needs of the general population. This district allows for a full range of retail and commercial uses with a local or regional market. Development is expected to be auto-accommodating and includes larger commercial centers as well as regional malls.

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The PQP Public/Quasi-Public District is intended to provide for publicly serving uses on lots that are designated Public/Quasi-Public on the General Plan Land Use/Transportation Diagram. The publicly serving land uses within this district can include schools, colleges, research institutions, corporation yards, homeless shelters, libraries, fire stations, water treatment facilities, convention centers with integrated hotels and restaurants, auditoriums, museums, governmental offices, airports, stadiums, and other similar publicly-oriented institutional land uses with associated incidental commercial uses supporting such publicly-oriented institutional land uses. This district may also accommodate private schools, daycare centers, hospitals, public utilities, and the facilities of any organization involved in the provision of public services such as gas, water, electricity, and telecommunications facilities that are consistent in character with established public land uses. Private community gathering facilities, including those used for religious assembly or other comparable assembly activity, may also be considered. The appropriate intensity of development can vary considerably depending on potential impacts on surrounding uses and the particular Public/Quasi-Public use developed on a site.

(Ords. 26248, 27457, 29012, 29364.)