§ 17.23.010. Primary intended use.

The C-1 zone is intended primarily to accommodate neighborhood shopping facilities consisting of retail and personal service establishments which secure their principal trade by supplying the daily needs of the population residing within approximately one-half mile of said business center. Only users serving the above purpose without undue detriment to surrounding residences should be permitted. The location and quantity of land in a C-1 zone should be commensurate with the purchasing power and needs of the present and potential population within said neighborhood trade area. The intent is that generally each C-1 zone should contain at least one acre and not more than three acres of usable land, and usually no business frontage therein should extend along any street for a distance greater than six hundred feet. The board of adjustment may exceed these limits of area and/or frontage where, in its judgment, unusual circumstances warrant the exception to achieve proper development consistent with the purpose of this title. It is intended that the shopping facilities of a neighborhood be provided wherever possible in a business island rather than on several sites of one or two lots each scattered throughout the neighborhood, or rather than in ribbons along arterials. Conditions and performance standards limiting the conduct of permitted uses are provided with the intent that they shall be required in certain C-1 zones or portions thereof (identified by the suffix "L").

(Ord. No. 10-12, § 31, 1-19-2011)