19.70.120 Property development standards.
(A) Minimum Lot Area. Five thousand (5,000) square feet.
(B) Minimum Lot Width. Fifty (50) feet.
(C) Minimum Front Yard. Ten (10) feet. Where lots have a double frontage, the ten (10) foot yard shall be provided on both streets.
(D) Minimum Side Yard. None, except where a side lot line adjoins a lot in a residential zone, there shall be a fifteen (15) foot side yard, and where a side lot line abuts a street, there shall be a ten (10) foot side yard. Requirements for separation as outlined in the International Building Code shall be met.
(E) Minimum Rear Yard. Six (6) feet, except where a rear lot line adjoins a lot in a residential zone, there shall be a twenty (20) foot rear yard or the height of the building, whichever is greater. Requirements for separation as outlined in the International Building Code shall be met.
(F) Building Design. Maximum building height shall be forty-five (45) feet, except by conditional use permit. The placement of manufactured homes/buildings is prohibited. All buildings located within the General Commercial zoning district shall comply with the following:
(1) A minimum of two-thirds (2/3) of the primary building surface (defined as walls visible from the right-of-way or adjacent properties) exclusive of windows and doorways shall be treated with natural appearing materials such as stone, split face block, siding, brick, or exposed beams. The remaining one-third (1/3) of the primary building surface shall be treated with materials complementary in characteristics to the primary treatment material. Treatment shall be equally distributed on all building sides.
(2) Primary facade planes which are visible from the public right-of-way and exceed fifty (50) feet in length shall require the addition of architectural elements such as building offsets, covered porches, or bay windows.
(3) All roof overhangs shall be a minimum of twelve (12) inches in width.
(4) No metal siding utilizing vertical seams shall be allowed.
(G) Landscaping. All development located within the C-2 (General Commercial) zoning district shall be accompanied with a landscaping plan. This landscaping plan shall incorporate the following:
(1) An average of ten (10) feet of the lot measured from the front property line and the street side property line, extending the developed length of the property (except for driveways) with a minimum distance of three (3) feet from the front property line and the street side property line, extending the developed length of the property (except for driveways), shall be landscaped.
(2) All open areas not designated and surfaced for parking shall be landscaped with trees, shrubs, ground cover, pedestrian walkways and plazas in a manner acceptable to the planning and zoning director or his/her designee.
(3) A minimum of thirty (30) percent of the required landscaping area shall consist of vegetative ground cover. The remaining area may be landscaped with rock, gravel or similar landscaping materials. A minimum of one (1) tree per two hundred (200) square feet of required landscaped area shall be provided. In addition, a minimum of one (1) bush or shrub shall be provided for every one hundred (100) square feet of required landscaped area. Trees, bushes and shrubs may be grouped. The use of native or indigenous species is required. A list of approved trees, shrubs, bushes and ground cover is available from the community development department. Deviations from this list may be permitted following written approval from the planning and zoning director. In addition to these landscaped portions, an area equal to at least five (5) percent of the required parking area exceeding twenty thousand (20,000) square feet shall be landscaped. Preservation of existing trees is strongly encouraged.
(4) All landscaping shall be installed and maintained in substantial conformance to the submitted and approved landscaping plan.
(H) Screening.
(1) Where the lot adjoins a residential zone, dissimilar uses shall be screened from the residential property by a solid material fence six (6) feet in height as defined in Chapter 19.25 or as otherwise allowed or required by the planning and zoning commission.
(2) All outdoor storage must be screened from the public view and from the view of the adjoining property owners. A sight-obscuring fence shall be built, or sight-obscuring landscaping fence shall be planted, and maintained around the perimeter of the outdoor storage area. (Ord. No. 522, §§ 1 – 4, 1-7-03; Ord. No. 2005-10, § 4, 4-19-05; Ord. No. 2006-07, § 7, 3-7-06; Ord. No. 2006-20, § 3, 8-15-06; Ord. No. 2009-08, §§ 1, 2, 6-2-09; Ord. No. 2010-08, §§ 1, 2, 5-4-10. 1976 Code § 15-1-60(D))