A. 
The purpose of the C-1 downtown business district is to provide for a strong business, government and professional core in the downtown area and to serve as a transition area between nearby residential and commercial areas.
B. 
No land, building or structure shall be used, nor shall any building or structure be constructed, erected, altered, added to, enlarged or moved for any purpose or in any manner except in compliance with these regulations.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)
The principal permitted use in the C-1 downtown district is a downtown core business use which includes:
A. 
Professional offices and centers such as legal, real estate, financial, insurance or specialty consultants;
B. 
Medical offices and clinics;
C. 
Government offices and services;
D. 
Social service and non-profit agency offices;
E. 
Retail shops and stores, including specialty shops which may also compound, process or treat products for sale at retail on the premises, the product of which is clearly incidental and essential to the retail store or business;
F. 
Personal and business services such a beauty or barber shops, laundries, travel services, small equipment repair, or copying;
G. 
Eating and drinking establishments (except those with drive-thru service);
H. 
Social clubs and halls;
I. 
Museums, arts and crafts shops or galleries;
J. 
Public parking lots; and
K. 
Improvements to existing residential uses.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)
The following uses may be permitted subject to the granting of a conditional use permit:
A. 
Amusement and recreational establishments;
B. 
Mortuaries;
C. 
Second hand or surplus stores;
D. 
New residential units up to forty-five units per acre density that are mixed with commercial or business use;
E. 
New residential-only development or the expansion of existing residential-only development up to thirty units per acre density;
F. 
Bed and breakfast establishments subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.59;
G. 
Rooming houses;
H. 
Residential care facilities;
I. 
Veterinarians;
J. 
Food product processing which includes on-site retail sales or light manufacturing which includes on-site retail sales and does not result in exterior air, noise, dust, odor, vibration or glare impacts, and where no animals are kept or stored on-site, such as a cheese factory, fish market or candy factory;
K. 
Drive-thru windows for any office or retail services such as a bank or pharmacy;
L. 
Communication towers;
M. 
Government corporation yards;
N. 
Structural heights exceeding forty feet but not exceeding sixty feet; and
O. 
Cannabis uses conducted pursuant to Chapter 17.95 (Commercial Cannabis Regulations), including: storefront retail, non-storefront retail (delivery only), cultivation (indoor only), non-volatile manufacturing, processing facilities, distribution, microbusinesses, and testing laboratories.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003; Ord. 715 § 2, 2006; Ord. 725 § 2, 2007; Ord. 739 § 2, 2009; Ord. 819 § 2, 2020)
Uses prohibited in the C-1 district include:
A. 
Auction houses or stores;
B. 
Automobile sales;
C. 
Car washes;
D. 
Drive-in or drive-thru restaurants and beverage service;
E. 
Lumberyards and building material supply yards;
F. 
Repair shops (major repair facilities);
G. 
Truck and auto repair; and
H. 
Wholesale stores.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)
In the C-1 district the height of buildings and the maximum dimensions of yards and lots shall be as follows:
A. 
Height. Maximum building height shall be forty feet, except as allowed by Section 17.20.025.
B. 
Yard and Areas.
1. 
Front Yard. None required except where adjacent properties abutting upon the C-1 use are in a zone of greater requirements, then the front yard shall be equal to one-half of the adjacent zone requirement;
2. 
Side Yards. None required except where the side yard of the C-1 use abuts upon the side yard of a residential or an RP use, then the side yard shall be five feet;
3. 
Rear Yard. Minimum ten feet;
4. 
Lot Area. No minimum; and
5. 
Lot Coverage. Site coverage for the total building square footage shall not exceed eighty-five percent of the size of the lot. Parking areas shall not be counted as building square footage. Residential units which are above the ground floor shall not be counted in the square footage.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003; Ord. 725 § 2, 2007)
Whenever property classified for C-1 uses is separated from adjacent residential property by a permanent open space or parking area of no less than twenty-five feet in width, the required front yard or side yard setback shall not be required.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)
General requirements for the C-I district shall be as follows:
A. 
Parking. See Chapter 17.42 for parking requirements.
B. 
Fencing. See Chapter 17.40 for fencing requirements.
C. 
Signs. See Chapter 17.38 for sign requirements.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)
A. 
All uses shall be conducted wholly within a building.
B. 
Products made incident to a principal permitted use shall be sold only at retail on premises and not more than five persons may be employed in the preparation of products permitted herein.
C. 
There shall be no display of goods outside of the structure except for occasional sidewalk sales by retail stores. In such cases a minimum of forty-two inches of public sidewalk shall be kept clear.
D. 
Accessory uses shall be permitted only to the extent necessary to serve the uses permitted under this chapter.
E. 
All exterior lighting shall be shielded and directed downward on the property to prevent upward glare and glare at adjacent properties.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)
All uses permitted in the C-1 district except those requiring a use permit shall be subject to and approval of a site plan and architectural review. Procedures for such submittal and approval will be found under Chapter 17.46.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)