17.32.010 Intent.
This district is intended to provide shopping facilities close to residential areas for the convenience of nearby residences in satisfaction of only daily or frequent shopping needs, while reducing the hazards of local traffic by limiting the kinds of retail activities to those suitable for stores of 5,000 square feet of floor area or less per parcel, such as groceries, bakeries or drugstores. Residential uses, subordinate to the principal commercial use, are suitable for this district. The protective standards for site development contained in this chapter are intended to minimize any adverse effect of such development on nearby property values, and to provide for safe and efficient use of the development itself. The principles or guidelines to be applied are as follows:
A. All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers, and only those goods shall be produced that are sold on the premises. Residential uses are allowed, if they are subordinate to the principal commercial use on the site and providing that they do not occupy the ground floor of the structure.
B. The maximum gross floor area for a nonresidential structure shall not exceed 5,000 square feet per lot, exclusive of required parking.
C. All business shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings. Open or drive-in establishments are not permitted. (Ord. 710 § 31, 1996; Ord. 231, 1976; Ord. 109A § 7.1, 1968).