§ 17.05.110. Purposes.

In addition to the objectives outlined in Section 17.01.110, Purpose and scope, the commercial zones are included in the zoning ordinance to achieve the following purposes:

A.

To provide appropriately located areas for office uses, retail stores, service establishments, and wholesale businesses, offering commodities and services required by residents of the city and its surrounding market area.

B.

To encourage office and commercial uses to concentrate for the convenience of the public and for a more mutually beneficial relationship to each other.

C.

To provide adequate space to meet the needs of modern commercial development, including off-street parking and loading areas.

D.

To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the amount of land around them.

E.

To protect commercial properties from noise, odor, smoke, unsightliness, and other objectionable influences incidental to industrial uses.

F.

To promote high standards of site planning, architecture and landscape design for office and commercial developments within the city.

CO Commercial Office Zone. This zone is intended as an area primarily for the development of professional, administrative offices, in addition to restaurants, theaters, health clubs and ancillary retail uses with setback, landscaping and architectural requirements designed to make such uses relatively compatible with residential uses.

CN Commercial Neighborhood Zone. This zone is intended for neighborhood shopping centers which provide limited retail business service and office facilities for the convenience of residents of the neighborhood. These shopping centers are intended to be compatible with residential environment as at locations indicated on the general plan.

CH Commercial Highway Zone. This zone is intended as an area for the location of highway oriented retail service and wholesale commercial activities.

CS Commercial Specialty Zone. This zone is intended to provide for those commercial uses including mixed-use development centralized in the old downtown area along the international border.

(1992 zoning ord. (part))

(Ord. No. 1185, § I, 9-20-2018)