The provisions of this chapter shall be known as the C-30 district thoroughfare commercial zone regulations. The C-30 zone is intended to create, preserve, and enhance areas with a wide range of retail establishments serving both short and long term needs in convenient locations, and is typically appropriate along major thoroughfares. These regulations shall apply in the C-30 zone. (Prior planning code § 4450)

Except for projects that are exempt from design review as set forth in Section 17.136.025, no Local Register Property, Residential Facility, Mixed Use Development, Telecommunications Facility, Sign, or other associated structure shall be constructed, established, or altered in exterior appearance, unless plans for the proposal have been approved pursuant to the design review procedure in Chapter 17.136, and when applicable, the Telecommunications regulations in Chapter 17.128, or the Sign regulations in Chapter 17.104. (Ord. 12776 § 3, Exh. A (part), 2006: Ord. 11904 § 5.60 (part), 1996: prior planning code § 4452.1)

The following activities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, are permitted:
A. Residential Activities:

Permanent

Residential Care occupying a One-Family Dwelling Residential Facility
B. Civic Activities:

Essential Service

Limited Child-Care

Community Assembly

Community Education

Nonassembly Cultural

Administrative

Health Care

Utility and Vehicular, but excluding communications equipment installations and exchanges

Telecommunications
C. Commercial Activities:

General Food Sales

Convenience Sales and Service

Medical Service

General Retail Sales

General Personal Service

Consultative and Financial Service

Consumer Laundry and Repair Service

Administrative

Business and Communication Service

Retail Business Supply

Automotive Fee Parking
D. Off-street parking serving activities other than those listed above, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 17.102.100. (Ord. 12138 § 5 (part), 1999; Ord. 11904 § 5.29, 1996; Ord. 11854 § 3, 1996; prior planning code § 4453)

The following activities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, may be permitted upon the granting of a conditional use permit pursuant to the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134:
A. Residential Activities:

Residential Care, except when occupying a One-Family Dwelling Residential Facility

Service-Enriched Permanent Housing

Transitional Housing

Emergency Shelter
B. Civic Activities:

Extensive Impact

Utility and Vehicular (communications equipment installations and exchanges, only)

Special Health Care Civic Activities
C. Commercial Activities:

Check Cashier and Check Cashing

Convenience Market

Fast-Food Restaurant

Alcoholic Beverage Sales

Mechanical or Electronic Games, subject to the provisions of Section 17.102.210C

Group Assembly

General Wholesale Sales

Automotive Servicing

Automotive Repair and Cleaning

Animal Care
D. Industrial Activities:

Custom Manufacturing
E. Agricultural and Extractive Activities:

Plant Nursery
F. Additional activities which are permitted or conditionally permitted in an adjacent zone, on lots near the boundary thereof, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 17.102.110. (Ord. 12899 § 5, Exh. A (part), 2008; Ord. 12626 § 4 (part), 2004; Ord. 12450 § 6, 2002; Ord. 12138 § 5 (part), 1999; Ord. 11854 § 4, 1996; prior planning code § 4454)

The following facilities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, are permitted:
A. Residential Facilities:

One-Family Dwelling

One-Family Dwelling with Secondary Unit, subject to the provisions specified in Section 17.102.360

Two-Family Dwelling

Multifamily Dwelling

Rooming House
B. Nonresidential Facilities:

Enclosed

Open

Drive-In

Sidewalk Cafes, subject to the provisions of Section 17.102.335
C. Signs:

Residential

Special

Development

Realty

Civic

Business
D. Telecommunications Facilities:

Micro, except as provided in Chapter 17.128 and Section 17.134.020(A) (23)

Mini, except as provided in Chapter 17.128 and Section 17.134.020(A) (23)
(Ord. 12899 § 5, Exh. A (part), 2008; Ord. 12224 § 4 (part), 2000; Ord. 11904 § 5.36 (part), 1996; prior planning code § 4455)

The following facilities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, may be permitted upon the granting of a conditional use permit pursuant to the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134:
A. Nonresidential Facilities:

Drive-Through
B. Telecommunications Facilities:

Mini

Macro

Monopole
(Ord. 12224 § 4 (part), 2000; Ord. 11904 § 5.38 (part), 1996; prior planning code § 4456)

A. Convenience Markets, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Certain Establishments Selling Alcoholic Beverages or Providing Mechanical or Electronic Games. See Section 17.102.210.
B. Automotive Servicing.
1. Automotive Servicing Commercial Activities shall not involve open storage of goods or materials. All repair and lubrication performed by such activities shall take place in an enclosed building.
2. See Section 17.46.180B for special landscaping requirements.
3. See Section 17.46.110 for limitations on Signs. (Ord. 12224 § 3 (part), 2000; prior planning code § 4458)

See Section 17.102.230. (Prior planning code § 4459)

A. General Limitations. All Signs shall be subject to the applicable limitations set forth in Section 17.104.020. (Ord. 12606 Att. A (part), 2004: Prior planning code § 4463)

Every lot containing a Residential Facility shall have a minimum lot area of four thousand (4,000) square feet and a minimum lot width of twenty-five (25) feet, except as a lesser area or width is allowed by Section 17.106.010. No minimum lot area or lot width is prescribed for any lot which does not contain a Residential Facility. Every lot shall have a minimum frontage of twenty-five (25) feet upon a street, except as this requirement is modified by Section 17.106.020. (Prior planning code § 4464)

Residential uses shall be subject to the same maximum density and other related regulations as are set forth in Section 17.28.120 for the R-70 zone. (Ord. 12776 § 3, Exh. A (part), 2006: prior planning code § 4465)

The floor-area ratio of Nonresidential Facilities shall be limited, as prescribed in Section 17.106.030, on each lot which contains both Residential and Nonresidential Facilities. (Prior planning code § 4467)

A. General Provisions for Nonresidential Facilities. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 17.108.020, 17.108.030 and Chapter 17.128, the maximum height of Nonresidential Facilities shall be forty-five (45) feet. However, the height of facilities shall be further limited, as applicable, by the provisions of Section 17.108.010 on lots lying along a boundary of the R-10, R-20, R-30, R-35, R-40, or R-50 zone.
B. General Provisions for Residential Facilities. Except as otherwise provided in Section 17.108.030, no Residential Facility shall exceed forty (40) feet in height unless each portion above that height is set back from the inner line of the minimum rear yard required by Section 17.46.160(D)(1) a minimum horizontal distance equal to one foot for each two feet by which it extends above the height of forty (40) feet; provided, however, that the sum of the minimum rear yard depth and the setback from the inner line of the minimum rear yard need not exceed fifty (50) feet. The height of Residential Facilities shall be further limited, as applicable, by the provisions of Section 17.108.010 on lots lying along a boundary of the R-10, R-20, R-30, R-35, R-40, or R-50 zone.
C. Other Provisions. See Section 17.46.110 for maximum height of Signs, and Section 17.108.130 for maximum height of facilities within minimum yards and courts. (Ord. 11904 § 5.50, 1996; prior planning code § 4469)

No yards or courts are generally required except as indicated below. The following minimum yards and courts shall be provided unobstructed except for the accessory structures or the other facilities allowed therein by Section 17.108.130:
A. Front Yard. A front yard shall be provided, as prescribed in Section 17.108.040, in certain situations where part of the frontage on the same side of a block is in a residential zone.
B. Side Yard--Street Side of Corner Lot. A side yard shall be provided, as prescribed in Section 17.108.070, on the street side of a corner lot in certain situations where a lot to the rear of the corner lot is in a residential zone.
C. Side Yard--Interior Lot Line.
1. A side yard shall be provided along an interior side lot line, when and as prescribed in Section 17.108.080, for Residential Facilities.
2. A side yard shall be provided, as prescribed in Section 17.108.090, along an interior side lot line lying along a boundary of any of certain other zones.
D. Rear Yard.
1. A rear yard with a minimum depth of ten feet shall be provided for all Residential Facilities, except as a lesser depth is allowed by Section 17.108.110.
2. A rear yard shall be provided, as prescribed in Section 17.108.100, along a boundary of any of certain other zones.
E. Courts. On each lot containing a Residential Facility, courts shall be provided when and as required by Section 17.108.120. (Prior planning code § 4470)

Usable open space shall be provided for Residential Facilities in accordance with the same requirements as are set forth in Section 17.28.160 for the R-70 zone. (Prior planning code § 4471)

A. General Requirements. All uses shall be subject to the applicable requirements of the buffering regulations in Chapter 17.110 with respect to screening or location of parking, loading, and storage areas; control of artificial illumination; and other matters specified therein.
B. Landscaping for Automotive Servicing Commercial Activities. Two percent of the lot area devoted to Automotive Servicing Commercial Activities shall be developed with lawn, ground cover, garden, or shrubs, and one street tree shall be provided for each seventy-five (75) feet of street line abutting the lot, subject to the standards for required landscaping and screening in Chapter 17.124. (Prior planning code § 4472)

A. Mini-Lot Developments. In mini-lot developments, certain of the regulations otherwise applying to individual lots in the C-30 zone may be waived or modified when and as prescribed in Section 17.102.320.
B. Planned Unit Developments. Large integrated developments shall be subject to the planned unit development regulations in Chapter 17.142 if they exceed the sizes specified therein. In developments which are approved pursuant to said regulations, certain uses may be permitted in addition to those otherwise allowed in the C-30 zone, and certain of the other regulations applying in said zone may be waived or modified. (Ord. 12872 § 4 (part), 2008; prior planning code § 4473)

A. Parking and Loading. Off-street parking and loading shall be provided as prescribed in the off-street parking and loading requirements in Chapter 17.116.
B. Bicycle Parking. Bicycle parking shall be provided as prescribed in the bicycle parking regulations in Chapter 17.117.
C. Home Occupations. Home occupations shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the home occupation regulations in Chapter 17.112.
D. Nonconforming Uses. Nonconforming uses and changes therein shall be subject to the nonconforming use regulations in Chapter 17.114.
E. General Provisions. The general exceptions and other regulations set forth in Chapter 17.102 shall apply in the C-30 zone.
F. Recycling Space Allocation Requirements. The regulations set forth in Chapter 17.118 shall apply in C-30 zone. (Ord. 12884 § 2 (part), 2008; amended during 1997 codification; Ord. 11807 § 3 (part), 1995; prior planning code § 4474)