15.3.1.9: COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORIES:
   A.   Eating Establishments:
Characteristics: Establishments that prepare and sell food for on premises consumption.
Examples of principal uses:
Bistro.
Coffee shops.
Drive-ins.
Fast food without drive-through.
Outdoor vendors with permanent facilities.
Pizza delivery establishments.
Restaurant and bar.
Restaurants, limited.
Restaurants with drive-through.
Small scale catering establishments.
Yogurt or ice cream shops.
Examples of accessory uses:
Bars.
Decks and patios for outdoor seating.
Drive-through facilities.
Live music.
Off street customer and employee parking.
Valet parking facilities.
Uses not included:
Bars and nightclubs (see subsection B, "Entertainment", of this section).
   B.   Entertainment:
Characteristics: Generally commercial uses, varying in size providing daily or regularly scheduled recreation or entertainment activities. Such activities may take place indoors or outdoors.
Examples of principal uses:
Indoor:
Bars and nightclubs.
Indoor entertainment activities such as bowling alleys, game arcades, pool halls, dance halls, indoor firing ranges and movie or other theaters.
Membership clubs and lodges.
Outdoor:
Batting cages.
Commercial golf driving ranges, miniature amusement parks, miniature golf facilities and water parks.
Dog or horse track.
Drive-in theaters.
Fairgrounds.
Flea markets.
Golf driving ranges.
Miniamusement parks.
Miniature golf facilities.
Riding academy or boarding stable.
Stadiums and arenas.
Theaters.
Water parks.
 
Examples of accessory uses:
Associated offices.
Concessions.
Food preparation and dining areas.
Maintenance facilities.
Parking.
Restaurants.
Uses not included:
Adult entertainment.
Botanical gardens and nature preserves (see subsection 15.3.1.8F, "Parks And Open Areas", of this chapter).
Golf courses or country clubs (see subsection 15.3.1.8F, "Parks And Open Areas", of this chapter). (Ord. 2013-20)
   C.   Offices:
Characteristics: Activities conducted in an office setting and generally focusing on business, government, or financial services. These uses are sometimes compatible with residential uses, and most generate limited traffic. Accessory uses generally have no external access or signs.
Examples of principal uses:
Advertising offices.
Business management consulting.
Counseling in an office setting.
Data processing.
Financial businesses such as lenders, investment or brokerage houses, collection agencies, or real estate and insurance agents.
Professional services such as lawyers, accountants, bookkeepers, engineers, or architects.
Sales office.
TV and radio studios.
Travel agency.
Utility office.
Examples of accessory uses:
Cafeterias.
Camouflage telecommunications facilities.
Child care.
Health facilities for employees working on site.
Meeting rooms.
On site child care, schools or facilities where children are cared for while parents or guardians are occupied on the premises.
Other amenities primarily for the use of on site employees.
Parking.
Small retail operations for on site workers (with no external signage).
Technical libraries.
Uses not included:
Banks (see subsection F, "Retail Sales And Service", of this section).
Contractors and others who perform services off site, but store equipment and materials or perform fabrication or similar work on site (see subsection 15.3.1.10A, "Light Industrial Service", of this chapter).
Dental offices except where specifically allowed as a permitted use.
Government offices (see subsection 15.3.1.8D, "Government Facilities", of this chapter).
Mail order houses (see subsection 15.3.1.10D, "Wholesale Trade", of this chapter).
Mailing or stenographic services (see subsection 15.3.1.10A, "Light Industrial Service", of this chapter).
Medical offices except where specifically allowed as a permitted use.
Offices that are part of and located with a principal use in another category (see examples of accessory uses in other use categories).
Research, testing and development laboratories (see subsection 15.3.1.10A, "Light Industrial Service", of this chapter).
Urgent care or emergency medical offices (see subsection F, "Retail Sales And Service", of this section).
Veterinary clinics. (Ord. 2013-31)
   D.   Overnight Accommodations:
Characteristics: Hotel or similar rooms designed for short term rent or lease, generally less than thirty (30) days.
Examples of principal uses:
Bed and breakfast establishments.
Extended stay facilities.
Hotels and motels.
Inns.
Recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds.
Examples of accessory uses:
Associated offices.
Food preparation and dining facilities.
Laundry facilities.
Limited storage.
Meeting facilities.
Parking.
Stealth cell antennas.
Swimming pools and other recreational facilities.
Uses not included:
Transient lodging or shelters for the homeless (see subsection 15.3.1.8I, "Social Service Institutions", of this chapter). (Ord. 2013-20)
   E.   Parking, Commercial:
Characteristics: Facilities that provide parking for a fee where the parking is not accessory to a specific use and/or where the parking is consistently open to the general public.
Examples of principal uses:
Mixed parking lots (partially accessory to a specific use, partly to rent for others).
Public transit park and ride facilities.
Short and long term fee parking facilities.
Examples of accessory uses:
Small structures intended to shield parking attendants from the weather.
Uses not included:
Bus barns (see subsection 15.3.1.10B, "Warehouse And Freight Movement", of this chapter).
Parking facilities that are accessory to a principal use, but that charge the public to park for occasional events nearby (see examples of accessory uses in other use categories).
Sales or servicing of vehicles (see subsection H, "Vehicle Sales And Service", of this section). (Ord. 2013-31)
   F.   Retail Sales And Service:
Characteristics: Establishments providing new or used consumer products for sale or rental or providing personal services or entertainment to the general public.
Examples of principal uses:
Sales oriented:
Farmers' markets or farm stand.
Stores selling, leasing, or renting consumer, home and business goods including alcoholic beverages, antiques, appliances, art, art supplies, baked goods, bicycles, building supplies and lumber, books, cameras, carpet and floor coverings, crafts, clothing, computers, convenience goods, dry goods, electronic equipment, fabric, flowers, furniture, flea market or auction, garden supplies, gifts, groceries, hardware, home improvements, household products, jewelry, liquor, manufactured homes, medical supplies, musical instruments, pet food and/or pets, pharmaceuticals, photo finishing, picture frames, plants, printed material, produce, sporting goods, stationery, tobacco and related products, vehicle parts and videos.
Personal service oriented:
Animal care facilities, including veterinary clinic, animal hospital, kennels and grooming services.
Athletic or health clubs.
Banks.
Body art studios.
Business, driving, trade and other commercial schools.
Dance, art, fitness/wellness, gymnastic or music studios or classes.
Dry cleaning and laundry drop off establishments.
Hair, nail, tanning and personal care services.
Laundromats.
Massage therapy.
Mortuaries or funeral homes.
Photocopy, blueprint and quick sign services.
Photographic studios.
Psychics and mediums.
Security services.
Taxidermists.
Urgent care or emergency medical offices.
Repair oriented:
Locksmith.
Repair of appliances, bicycles, canvas products, clocks, computers.
 
Examples of accessory uses:
Accessory residential unit for security purposes.
Associated offices.
Automatic teller machines (ATM).
Crematorium.
Food preparation and dining areas.
Kennels.
Manufacture or repackaging of goods for on site sale.
Parking.
Parking lot/sidewalk sales.
Storage of goods.
Uses not included:
Adult entertainment except where expressly allowed as a permitted use.
Large scale catering (see subsection 15.3.1.10A, "Light Industrial Service", of this chapter).
Laundry and dry cleaning plants (see subsection 15.3.1.10A, "Light Industrial Service", of this chapter).
Lumberyards and other building material sales that sell primarily to contractors and do not have a retail orientation (see subsection 15.3.1.10D, "Wholesale Trade", of this chapter).
Repair and service of motor vehicles, motorcycles, RVs, boats, and light and medium trucks (see subsection H, "Vehicle Sales And Service", of this section).
Restaurants (see subsection A, "Eating Establishments", of this section).
Sale or rental of machinery, equipment, heavy trucks, building materials, special trade tools, welding supplies, machine parts, electrical supplies, janitorial supplies, restaurant equipment and store fixtures (see subsection 15.3.1.10D, "Wholesale Trade", of this chapter).
   G.   Self-Service Storage:
Characteristics: Facilities providing separate storage areas for personal or business use, designed to allow private access by the tenant for storing or removing personal property or goods.
Examples of principal uses:
Miniwarehouses.
Self-storage warehouse.
Examples of accessory uses:
Accessory residential unit for security purposes.
Leasing offices.
Outside storage of boats and campers.
Uses not included:
Rental of light or medium trucks (see subsection H, "Vehicle Sales And Service", of this section).
Storage areas used as manufacturing uses (see subsection 15.3.1.10A, "Light Industrial Service", of this chapter).
Storage areas used for sales, service and repair operations (see subsection F, "Retail Sales And Service", of this section).
Transfer and storage businesses where there are no individual storage areas or where employees are the primary movers of the goods to be stored or transferred (see subsection 15.3.1.10B, "Warehouse And Freight Movement", of this chapter). (Ord. 2013-20)
   H.   Vehicle Sales And Service:
Characteristics: Direct sales of and service for passenger vehicles, light and medium trucks and other consumer motor vehicles such as motorcycles, boats and recreational vehicles.
Examples of principal uses:
Fuel stations, including full service, miniservice and self-service.
Towing service.
Vehicle sales, rental, or leasing facilities, including passenger vehicles, motorcycles, light and medium trucks, boats and other recreational vehicles.
Vehicle service, full; including auto body shops, auto paint shops, upholstery shops.
Vehicle service, limited; including auto detailing, auto repair, battery sales and installation, quick lubrication facilities, tire sales and mounting, car washes.
Examples of accessory uses:
Associated offices.
Parking.
Sales of parts.
Towing.
Vehicle fueling.
Vehicle storage.
Uses not included:
Refueling facilities for fleet vehicles that belong to a specific use (see examples of accessory uses in other use categories).
Retail sales of farm equipment and machinery and earthmoving and heavy construction equipment (see subsection 15.3.1.10F, "Heavy Industrial", of this chapter).
Vehicle parts sales as a principal use (see subsection F, "Retail Sales And Service", of this section). (Ord. 2013-31)