§ 17.44.050. Site development standards.

The development standards for lot area and yards established by this section apply to all developments in the C-2 district. However, alternate standards may be approved for a condominium project, as part of the use permit process, if the approving body finds that the proposed development will be of equal or greater excellence in arrangement, design, attractiveness and compatibility with its surroundings than would result if the routine development standards of this section were applied.

A.

Minimum Lot Area. The minimum lot area requirement is ten thousand square feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.010.

B.

Minimum Lot Width. The minimum lot width requirement is as follows:

1.

Interior lot, sixty-five feet;

2.

Corner lot, seventy-five feet.

C.

Yards. The following yard requirements apply, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.020:

1.

Front, ten feet; except where the district abuts a residential district, the front yard shall be the same as the residential district within twenty-five feet of the residential district;

2.

Interior side, none; except where the district abuts a residential district, the side yard shall be fifteen feet, or if it abuts a freeway right-of-way the yard shall be ten feet;

3.

Street side, ten feet;

4.

Rear, none; except where the district abuts a residential district, the rear yard shall be fifteen feet, or if it abuts a freeway right-of-way the yard shall be ten feet;

5.

Exceptions. If a use permit is issued, front yard exceptions may be permitted in established commercial areas in which the majority of the buildings existed before the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and they do not meet the yard requirement. When this exception is made, the front yard shall be at least the distance equal to the average front yard of fifty percent of the buildings farthest from the street.

D.

Maximum Structural Height. Maximum permitted structural height is forty feet; except within forty feet of a residential district it shall be one story, not to exceed twenty feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.030.

E.

Landscaping. Landscaping requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.040.

F.

Outdoor Lighting. Outdoor lighting requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.050.

G.

Parking. Parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 17.86.

H.

Zone Walls. Zone wall requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.070.

I.

Outdoor Trash Storage. All outside trash storage and collection facilities shall be enclosed by a solid masonry wall or view-obscuring fence at least one foot higher than the trash container.

J.

Development Plan. An applicant for either a zone amendment to a C-2 district when located in a mixed use general plan land use designation, a building permit or use permit shall submit a plan which indicates how the standards listed in this section will be met. This submittal shall be made on a form prescribed by the planning director. If only a building permit is required for the use, then the director's approval shall be obtained prior to issuance of the permit. If a use permit is required, then the director's approval shall occur as set forth by the terms and conditions of the use permit.

(Ord. 2002-2 § 7, 2002; Ord. 99-4 § 31, 1999; prior code § 5.02.210 (E))