Section 17.46.020   Height.
   A.   C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District.
      1.   No building located within the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District shall have a height greater than thirty-five (35) feet and two and one-half stories; provided that, the maximum height limitation may be increased to forty (40) feet to permit the construction or installation of an enclosure on the roof to contain machinery or equipment or to provide access. No portion of any such enclosure shall occupy more than ten (10) percent of the gross surface area of the roof and the enclosure shall not be closer than ten (10) feet, measured horizontally, from the exterior face of the nearest exterior building wall.
      2.   No accessory building shall exceed the following heights: on a lot having an area less than one-half acre, one story or fourteen (14) feet; on a lot having an area of one-half acre or more, one and one-half stories or twenty (20) feet.
   B.   C-2 General Retail Commercial District.
      1.   The C-2 General Retail Commercial District is divided into the Transitional Height Sub-District and the Standard Height Sub-District, which sub-districts are depicted on Figures 17-1(A) through 17-1(D).
      2.   All buildings and accessory buildings located within the Transitional Height Sub-District must comply with the respective maximum building heights and minimum ground floor heights set forth in Table 17-2 for such buildings.
      3.   All buildings and accessory buildings located within the Standard Height Sub-District must comply with the respective maximum building heights and minimum ground floor heights set forth in Table 17-2 for such buildings.
 
Table 17-2
C-2 General Retail Commercial District
Building Height Regulations
Sub-District
Transitional Height Sub-District
Standard Height Sub-District
Maximum Building Height
35 ft. and 3 stories
45 ft. and 4 stories
Minimum Ground Floor Height (1)
14 ft.
14 ft.
 
   (1)   Minimum ground floor height shall be measured from the finished first floor to the finished floor of the second story.
(MC-2-2015 § 8, Amended, 02/17/2015; MC-4-2009, Added, 05/05/2009)