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The purpose of the Urban Neighborhood Commercial zone is to is to provide a mix of limited, low-impact, neighborhood commercial activities and moderately high density urban residential development within urban growth areas.

(1) Allowed Land Uses. The following land uses should be allowed outright in the Urban Neighborhood Commercial zoning district:

Agricultural activities

Cemeteries

Child daycare center

Churches

Commercial greenhouses

Duplexes

Gas stations

Grocery stores

Indoor shooting range

Lodges

Medical service facilities

Mobile home parks

Motels/hotel

Multiple-family dwellings

Outdoor-oriented recreational activity

Planned unit development

Primitive campgrounds

Professional offices

Restaurants

Retail stores

RV parks

Schools

Taverns

Timber harvesting

Tourist shops

Vehicular repair

Veterinarian clinics

(2) Conditional Land Uses. The following land uses should be permitted in the Urban Neighborhood Commercial zoning district through a special permitting process with public input and a determination that the proposed use is consistent with applicable land use regulations and the character of the neighborhood:

Bed and breakfast inns

Business park

Commercial storage

Kennels

(3) Prohibited Land Uses. The following land uses should be prohibited in the Urban Neighborhood Commercial zoning district:

Airports

Asphalt plants

Commercial horse facility

Family daycare providers

Home-based industries

Home enterprises

Mineral extraction

Race tracks

Research facilities

Single-family dwelling

Timber labor camps

Wood manufacturing

Wrecking yards

(4) Minimum Lot Size. The minimum necessary to provide adequate potable water and sewage disposal for the proposed use.

(5) Maximum Width to Depth Ratio. 1:5 (0.20).

(6) Commercial Setbacks. The setbacks for commercial structures in the Urban Neighborhood Commercial zone are those required by the Uniform Building Code, except that no structure shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet from the centerline of a fronting, side, or rear street.

(7) Maximum Height. The maximum height is fifty (50) feet.

(8) Maximum Residential Density. Fifteen (15) dwelling units per acre.

(9) Maximum Residential Lot Size. 21,500 square feet, unless the remaining lot in a subdivision is greater than ten (10) acres and capable of being redivided.

(10) Residential Setbacks.

(a) Front yard – forty-five (45) feet from a local access street, fifty (50) feet from an arterial street, sixty (60) feet from a highway.

(b) Side yard – eight (8) feet (forty (40) feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a side street).

(c) Rear yard – fifteen (15) feet (forty (40) feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a rear street).

(d) Highway 101 frontage – 100 feet from the centerline of Highway 101.

(11) Other Performance Standards.

(a) Commercial setbacks shall apply to all second story residential units located above commercial businesses.

(b) Neighborhood-scale grocery stores, retail uses, professional offices and other commercial and industrial land uses shall be limited to a single structure no larger than 10,000 square feet. Motels shall be smaller than sixty (60) units in size.