The commercial
category includes uses involved in the distribution, sale and/or rental of goods and the provision of services other than those classified in the Civic
Category.
A. Commercial lodging. Residential facilities such as hotels, motels, rooming houses and parks where tenancy is typically less than one month; may include accessory meeting, convention, and entertainment-oriented facilities and restaurants/bars.
B. Eating and drinking establishments. Establishments which sell prepared food and beverages for consumption on site or take-out. Examples include restaurants, delicatessens, bars, taverns, brew pubs and espresso bars.
C. Entertainment-oriented.
1. Major event entertainment. Facilities such as auditoriums, amphitheaters, concert halls, stadiums, convention centers and race tracks which provide athletic, cultural or entertainment events and exhibits for large groups of spectators.
2. Outdoor entertainment. Entertainment uses associated with extensive outdoor facilities and active recreation including miniature golf courses, driving ranges, go cart tracks and shooting ranges. Outdoor facilities provided for the viewing of cultural or entertainment events and exhibits are classified as major event entertainment.
3. Indoor entertainment. Indoor facilities such as health/fitness clubs, tennis, racquetball and soccer centers, recreational centers, skating rinks, bowling alleys, arcades, indoor shooting ranges and movie theaters.
D. General retail.
1. Sales-oriented. Establishments which engage in consumer-oriented sales, leasing and rental of consumer, home and business goods. Examples include sales, leasing and rental of art supplies, bicycles, clothing, dry goods, electronic equipment, fabric, gifts, groceries, hardware, household products, jewelry, pets and pet products, pharmaceuticals, plants, printed materials, stationary and videos. The sales-oriented category excludes large-scale consumer products (see § 17.12.130D.4., Bulk Sales) and those sold primarily outdoors (see § 17.12.130D.5., Outdoor Sales).
2. Personal services. Establishments which provide consumer services such as banks and credit unions, barber and beauty shops, pet grooming, laundromats and dry cleaners, copy centers, photographic studios, trade/vocational , and mortuaries.
3. Repair-oriented. Establishments which engage in the repair of consumer and business goods including television and radios, bicycles, clocks, jewelry, guns, small appliances, office equipment, tailors and seamstress, shoe repair, locksmith and upholsterer.
4. Bulk sales. Establishments which engage in the sales, leasing and rental of bulky items requiring extensive interior space for display including furniture, large appliances and home improvement sales.
5. Outdoor sales. Establishments which engage in sales requiring outdoor display and/or storage including lumber and nurseries.
E. Medical centers. Facilities providing inpatient, outpatient and emergency and related ancillary services to the sick and infirm; usually developed in campus setting. may include diagnostic and treatment facilities, laboratories, surgical suites, kitchen/food service facilities, laundry, housekeeping and maintenance facilities, administrative offices and parking. Medical centers may also include freestanding offices for hospital-based and/or private practice physicians and other allied health care professionals; these medical office are regulated as offices (see § 17.12.130H., Offices). A medical center also includes medical cannabis dispensaries and , either as part of a medical center campus or as a stand-alone facility.
F. Motor vehicle related.
1. Motor vehicle sales/rental. Includes car, light and heavy truck, , boat and recreation vehicle sales, rental and services. Parking facilities for car sharing vehicles by a car sharing organization are regulated as accessory parking to the where the parking is located and are not classified as motor vehicle rental.
2. Motor vehicle servicing/repair. Freestanding vehicle servicing and repair establishments including quick and general vehicle service, car washes and body shops that are not accessory to vehicle sales.
3. Vehicle fuel sales. Establishments which engage in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel and oil products for cars, trucks, and boats.
G. Non-accessory parking. Any private or public parking, either paid or free, which is not accessory to a primary . Examples include public and private parking and lots, and transit park-and-ride lots; may also include freestanding fleet vehicle parking lot.
H. Office: government, business and professional offices. Examples include local, regional, state and federal offices and agencies; medical, dental and veterinary clinics and laboratories; blood collection centers; offices for attorneys, architects, accountants, engineers, stockbrokers, real estate agents, mortgage bankers, insurance brokers and other consultants; headquarters offices; sales offices; and radio and television studios. Also includes painting, landscaping, and janitorial contractors where the indoor storage of materials and equipment are incidental to the office . If this storage exceeds 50% of the occupied space, such uses are classified as Industrial Services (see § 17.12.140A.). Offices that are part of and are located within a firm in another category are considered accessory to the firm’s primary activity.
I. Self-service storage. Commercial operations which provide rental of storage space to the public. The storage areas are designed to allow private by the tenant for storing or removing personal property. Does not include moving and storage companies where there is no individual storage or where are the primary movers of the goods to be stored (see § 17.12.130E., Warehouse/Freight Movement).
(Ord. 2009-01, passed 3-9-2009; Ord. 2015-2, passed 4-27-2015; Ord. 2022-03, passed 8-8-2022; Ord. 2023-03, passed 5-22-2023)