A. Purpose and Intent. To provide a center for convenient shopping and service in a residential area or to serve a large rural or recreation area. Zones shall have a minimum area of two acres, in locations where analysis of residential population, rural population or recreation visitor demand demonstrates that such facilities are required.

B. Permitted Uses. Retail business or service such as grocery, fruit or vegetable stores, bakeries, drug stores, barber and beauty shops, florists, clothes cleaning and laundry pickup stations, laundromats, variety stores and the like. Business, professional and medical offices. Restaurants, cafes and cocktail lounges subject to obtaining a use permit for the sale of liquor, beer or other alcoholic beverages by the glass, or for consumption on the premises. Social halls, lodges, fraternal organizations, and clubs.

C. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, such as incidental storage facilities. Living quarters when accessory to the principal permitted use.

D. Conditional Uses. Auto service stations, freestanding signs, signs which pertain only to a permitted use on the premises which do not project above the highest point of the roofs, which are integral with the building or attached flat against the buildings or suspend entirely beneath the canopy of the building. The aggregate area of said sign shall not exceed one square foot for each one linear foot of building frontage. Moving signs, flashing or oscillating lights are prohibited. Illumination of signs shall not be permitted when said uses are not open for business.

E. Height Limitations. No main building shall exceed 40 feet, and no accessory building 15 feet.

F. Minimum Area, Width and Open Space. 12,000 square feet when connected to an approved public water system and sewerage system; 24,000 square feet when connected to an approved public water system and individual sewage disposal system; one acre when an individual private well and an individual sewage disposal system are used.

G. Minimum Yards. Front yard, 10 feet; side yards, none, except when abutting a residential zone, then not less than that required for the abutting residential zone; rear yard, 10 feet, except when abutting a residential zone, then not less than 20 feet.

H. Parking and Loading. In accordance with residential zones, plus any additional as per a schedule to be developed pertinent to other uses. Parking and loading facilities shall not be located in the required front yard area.

I. Other Required Conditions. All uses shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building, except for service stations, off-street parking and loading facilities in any part of a CN zone, directly across the street from any residential zone, no parking or loading facilities shall be located within the required front yard. Goods for sale shall consist primarily of new merchandise and shall be sold at retail on the premises. Not more than three persons shall be engaged in the fabrication, repair, and other processing of goods in any establishment. (Ord. 409, eff. 7/5/73; Prior code §§ 86145 – 86154)