Chapter 18.20, Sections 18.20.010-18.20.050
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right6
- Uses permitted by Section 18.36.010
- Temporary uses permitted by Section 18.36.030
- Publicly-owned parks
- Public schools
- Other public buildings when located in conformance with the general plan
- Any other use determined by the commission to be of the same character as permitted uses
Conditional / special use27
- Uses permitted by Section 18.36.020
- Commercial planned unit developments
- Apparel shops
- Automobile service stations (gasoline, oil, new accessories, washing, lubrication, minor repairs)
- Bakeries (baking for sale on premises only)
- Banks including drive-in facilities
- Barbershops
- Beauty shops
- Drug stores
- Eating and drinking places (except drive-ins and entertainment/dancing)
- Food stores
- Garment pressing, repair, and alteration
- Gift shops
- Hardware stores
- Laundromats and self-service dry cleaning
- Laundry and dry cleaning pick-up stations
- Liquor stores (package only)
- Nurseries for propagation and/or sale of plants
- Saddlery
- Shoe repair
- Variety stores (limited price)
- Business offices and professional offices meeting domestic needs
- Educational, cultural, institutional, and recreational uses (churches, nursery schools, private clubs, recreational facilities)
- Existing single-family dwellings as interim uses
- Personal offices (150-350 sq ft, max 2 persons)
- Residential care facilities for seven or more individuals
- Any other use determined by the commission to be of the same character
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Flood Insurance Rate Map compliance
Properties identified on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 18.32.
Historic
- HistoricHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. resource compliance
Properties with historic resources as identified in the historic element of the general plan shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 18.31.
Lighting
- Security lighting only when closed
During hours when an establishment is not open for business, only security lighting shall be allowed.
Other
- Amusement devices only with CUP
Amusement devices shall be permitted as accessory uses only when specifically set forth in an approved conditional use permit.
- All uses within completely enclosed buildings
All uses shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings except for: delivery of fuel, parking/loading, outdoor dining, recreation facilities, public utility substations, and nurseries.
- Maximum office floor area percentage15 pct
The total net floor area devoted to office uses on any parcel shall not exceed fifteen percent of the net floor area of all uses on such parcel.
- Maximum office floor area percentage with CUP50 pct
When an application is for a conditional use permit, the planning commission may allow the net floor area devoted to office uses to be increased up to but not exceed fifty percent of the total net floor area.
- Maximum employees for processing3 employees
there shall be no more than three employees engaged in such activities
- Maximum percent of gross floor area for processing50 pct
the maximum percent of gross floor area occupied by the business to be devoted to such activities shall not exceed fifty percent
- Maximum occupants in personal office2 persons
shall be occupied by no more than two persons
- Maximum personal office size350 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Personal offices shall be no larger than three hundred fifty square feet
- Minimum personal office size150 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
no less than one hundred fifty square feet
- Occupant to floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.200 sqft_per_person
the ratio of occupants to floor area shall not exceed one person per two hundred square feet of floor area on a cumulative basis
- Parcel size requiring PUDPlanned unit development (PUD)A negotiated district where a whole site is approved to its own bespoke plan.20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Development on parcels in excess of twenty thousand square feet shall be applied for as planned unit developments.
- Recycling and trash enclosure requirements
All recycling and trash enclosures shall conform with the requirements set forth in Section 18.37.010.
- Site plan and architectural approval
All uses and structures, other than accessory buildings, shall be subject to site plan and architectural approval by the architectural and site control commission as provided in Chapter 18.64.
From the ordinance
The district is intended to provide space for local retail and consumer service businesses and professional services necessary to serve primarily the town and its spheres of influence under conditions compatible with location within residential neighborhoods and in close proximity to residential uses.