The commercial industrial (CI) district provides areas for a range of commercial light manufacturing, wholesale, transportation, and service uses. To assure compatibility between these uses and adjacent residential and industrial uses, special design standards are specified. (Ord. 619, 2003)

The following uses are permitted in the CI district, subject to a site design review in accordance with Chapter 17.156:

A. All uses permitted in the CB district, Section 17.32.020.

B. All conditional uses in the CB district, Section 17.32.030.

C. Warehouses including mini-warehouse storage; assembly, including light manufacturing, processing, packaging, treatment, fabrication of goods or merchandise; laboratories, offices, bottling and distribution centers, light repair facilities, wholesale businesses, and similar uses. These uses must be located and arranged according to a plan providing for aesthetic and other conditions in harmony with the neighborhood, and not be offensive or obnoxious by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, light, noise or vibration. All proposed uses must be approved by the planning commission. (Ord. 619, 2003)

The following conditional uses are allowed in the commercial industrial district subject to obtaining a conditional use permit per Chapter 17.152 and completing a site design review in accordance with Chapter 17.156, public utility structures, such as pump stations, reservoirs, and electric substations. (Ord. 619, 2003)

All business, services, processing, or merchandise displays shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building except for the following:

A. Off-street parking or loading;

B. Drive-through windows or service stations;

C. Temporary display and sales of merchandise provided it is under cover of a projecting roof and does not interfere with pedestrian, bicycle, or automobile circulation;

D. Business which, in all cases, require outdoor storage of merchandise, e.g., automobile, RV sales lots, or gas stations. (Ord. 619, 2003)

The following minimum dimensional standards, with the exception of modifications permitted under Chapter 17.132.

(Ord. 619, 2003)

All developments in the CI district shall comply with the applicable provisions of Chapters 17.128 through 17.140. In addition, the following specific standards shall apply:

A. Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be as specified in Chapter 17.68.

B. Signs. Signs shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.80.

C. Subdivisions and Partitions. All land divisions shall be reviewed in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 17.172 or 17.176.

D. Design Review. All new development and expansion of an existing structure or use shall be subject to the site design review procedures of Chapter 17.156.

E. Landscaping. Landscaping improvements shall be installed and maintained in all yard areas in accordance with Chapter 17.84.

F. Screening. Screening shall be required for the following:

1. All outdoor storage areas shall be screened by a six-foot sight-obscuring fence or wall;

2. Where a commercial use abuts a residential zone, a six-foot sight-obscuring fence or wall shall be installed along the full length of the property line. This requirement shall not cause the placement of a fence or wall in the vision clearance area. (Ord. 619, 2003)