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A. The following uses are permitted:

1. Retail establishments.

2. Motorcycle and scooter sales.

3. Offices and other commercial services.

4. Banks and other financial institutions.

5. Residential uses.

6. Personal and business services.

7. Commercial recreation.

8. Eating and/or drinking facilities.

9. Repair shops for small equipment and items.

10. Handicraft manufacturing (jewelry, pottery, glass, furniture, etc.).

11. Theaters, art galleries and art studios.

12. Public buildings and uses.

13. Passenger terminal facilities.

14. Private clubs and lodges.

15. Schools, art schools and institutions of higher education.

16. Hotels, motels and resident inns.

17. Day care.

18. Service care, day treatment and child placing agencies.

19. Medical care centers.

20. Neighborhood clubs and activity centers.

21. Public parks.

22. Parking facilities.

23. Community public facilities.

24. Short-term rentals, per BMC 20.10.037.

25. Certain temporary homeless shelters, per Chapter 20.15 BMC.

26. Certain interim housing, per Chapter 20.15A BMC.

27. Uses similar to the above.

B. Uses Permitted With Conditions. The following uses are allowed provided they are established and operated in accordance to the applicable conditions:

1. Boat sales; limited to properties southwest of Holly Street, unless allowed as an interim use for a period of time specified in a development agreement with the city.

2. Boat repair and storage; complete minor boat and engine repair is permitted; however, hull work is prohibited. Boats must be operational or being actively repaired. Limited to properties southwest of Holly Street, unless allowed as an interim use for a period of time specified in a development agreement with the city.

3. Automobile sales; when business activities are conducted entirely within an enclosed showroom.

4. Live/work; including professional, artist, technical and trades; provided, that noise, smell and other impacts are internalized within an enclosed structure.

5. Small product manufacturing; provided, that noise, smell and other impacts are internalized within an enclosed structure. This category includes manufacture and assembly of light and small items made from previously prepared materials such as office machines, small motors, cabinets, electronic equipment, electrical devices, and signs.

6. Mini storage facilities; when the floor area is less than 50 percent of the floor area of other permitted use(s) on site.

7. Freight terminals and warehousing; when associated with rail transportation (limited to properties abutting Roeder Avenue, and shall not be expanded to properties abutting Holly Street).

8. Manufacture of food and beverage; provided, that noise, smell and other impacts are internalized within an enclosed structure.

9. Outdoor storage of product when:

a. Accessory to a permitted use on site and does not exceed 50 percent of the area of the permitted use on a square foot basis;

b. Located on properties southwest of Astor Street and between D Street and Whatcom Creek; and

c. Located to the rear of buildings and screened by landscaping or an architectural wall (not blank wall) at least six feet in height when installed. If appropriate, some viewing of activity may be allowed through gaps in screening.

10. Warehousing and wholesaling of products; when in conjunction with retail sales of the same product on site.

11. Public utilities; exclusive of storage yards.

12. Wireless communications facilities; subject to the provisions of Chapter 20.13 BMC.

13. Care shops for small animals (house pets such as dogs, cats, etc.); keeping of three or fewer animals overnight is permitted as an accessory use if animals are kept in an enclosed structure, and noise, smell and other impacts are internalized within an enclosed structure.

C. Uses Permitted by Conditional Use Permit. The following uses may be allowed if approval can be obtained, based upon standards and requirements for conditional uses as specified in Chapter 20.16 BMC.

1. Church.

2. Service stations; for automobiles.

3. Wireless communication facilities, subject to the provisions of Chapter 20.13 BMC.

4. Certain interim housing, per Chapter 20.15A BMC.

D. Uses Not Permitted.

1. Retail establishments selling the following products:

a. Recreational vehicles.

b. Heavy farm and construction equipment.

c. Feed, grain, and farm supplies.

d. House trailers and mobile homes.

2. Drive-up window facilities such as bank tellers, food and beverage services, laundry pick up, etc.

3. Adult entertainment.

4. Jails and correctional facilities.

5. Automobile wrecking.

6. Car washes.

7. Day labor hiring halls. [Ord. 2023-07-020 § 1; Ord. 2020-02-002 § 7; Ord. 2018-11-024 § 10; Ord. 2018-10-019 § 7; Ord. 2008-03-022].