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Chapter 18.44 C COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS Sections: Underground utilities. 18.44.010 Purpose. 18.44.020 Special purpose—C-N neighborhood commercial district. 18.44.030 Special purpose—C-C central commercial district. 18.44.040 Special purpose —C -R regional commercial district. 18.44.050 Special purpose—C-S service commercial district. 18.44.06 0 — `Special purposeC -F freeway interchange commercial district. G A ....4.....obil .. ..............cial distr J` et 18.44_070 �p..eial purpose 18.44.080 070 Required conditions. 18.44.090 080 Permitted and conditional uses. 18.44.096 090 Prohibited uses. 18.44.100 Underground utilities. 18.44.110 Off - street parking. 18.44.120 Off - street loading. 18.44.130 Signs. 18.44.140 Design review. 18.44.010 Purpose. In addition to the objectives prescribed in Section 18.04.010 of this title, the C commercial districts are included in this title to achieve the following purposes: A. To provide appropriately located areas for spaces retail stores, °rteees se l-vice establishments, a ah lishmerns, and wholesale businesses, offering commodities and services required by residents of the city and its surrounding market area; B. To provide opportunities for retail stores, offices, service establishments, antusennent recreational establishments, and wholesale businesses to concentrate for the convenience of the public and in mutually beneficial relationship to each other; C. To provide space for community facilities and institutions that appropriately may be located in commercial areas; D. To provide adequate space to meet the needs of modem commercial development, including off - street parking- and truck loading areas; E. To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the amount of land around them; F. To protect commercial properties from noise, odor, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare, heavy truck traffic, and other objectionable influences incidental to industrial uses; G. To protect commercial properties from fire, explosion, noxious fumes, and other hazards. (Prior code § 2 -7.00) 18.44.020 Special purpose —C -N neighborhood commercial district. The purpose of the C -N neighborhood commercial district is as follows: A. To provide appropriately located areas for retail stores, offices, and personal service establishments patronized primarily by residents of the immediate area; B. To permit development of neighborhood shopping centers of the size and in the appropriate locations shown on the general plan, according to standards that minimize adverse impact on adjoining residential uses. (Prior code § 2 -7.01) 18