Section 25.54.050 Conditional uses.

Chapter 25.54 BC COMMUNITY BUSINESS ZONE

In addition to the use specified in Chapter 25.94, the following uses may be permitted in the BC zone subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit as provided in Subchapter III of Chapter 25.12 and subject to the following additional standards hereinafter set forth:

1. Buildings designed and intended for both business and residential use, subject to a finding that:

a. The use conforms to the space limits of the RG-20 zone,

b. The proposed density of residential uses will be consistent with nearby residential zoning;

2. Restaurants serving alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, taverns, bars and cocktail lounges provided that no entrance may face residential property unless it is at least one hundred feet from the property line. Fire doors required by the fire code of the City may face such residential property when the distance is less than one hundred feet if the fire door is not designed as general entrance or exit. Restaurants serving alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, taverns, bars and cocktail lounges with dancing or live entertainment are subject to the additional standard that the portion of the building used for dancing or entertainment shall have no opening facing any adjacent residentially zoned or used property other than stationary insulated glass windows which shall be screened or draped in a manner to prevent direct light from shining onto such adjacent property.

3. Liquor stores; provided

a. That the site does not have a common lot line with adjacent residentially zoned properties occupied by pre-existing dwellings or Institutional Care Facilities in the RE, RS-120, RS-70, RD-60, RG-50, RG-28, RG-8, and RG-20 districts or is located diagonally or directly across the street from property zoned in said districts and occupied by pre-existing dwellings or Institutional Care Facilities, or

b. That the proposed liquor store site is not located within 300 feet of a pre-existing school, public park, or place of worship, EXCEPT;

(1) When operated in conjunction with a grocery store, department store, or variety store that has a minimum of 14,000 square feet of gross floor area; provided

(A) The retail liquor facility does not occupy more than 10% of the gross floor area,

(B) The retail liquor facility does not have a separate entrance, and

(C) The retail liquor facility conducts business during the same hours as a grocery store, department store, or variety store; or,

(2) When a liquor store is integrated in a retail shopping complex developed under one roof, with a minimum of 40,000 square feet of gross floor area; provided

(A) the use does not occupy more than 5% of the floor area of the shopping complex, and

(B) the use does not have an entrance or viewable window display that is less than 300 feet from an RE, RS-120, RS-70, RD-60, RG-50, RG-28, RG-8, and RG-20 zoned districts developed with pre-existing dwellings or Institutional Care Facilities or pre-existing school, public park, or place of worship.

4. Auto wash facilities containing more than six one-car bays.

5. Crematories associated with mortuaries. (Ord. 2001-0416; 92/U-718; 87/T-5672; 85/T-3797; 84/T-3148; S-30424, 1976)