COMMERCIAL USES

(See EMC 19.39.060, Performance regulations—General, regarding requirements to prevent nuisance impacts.)

Alcohol production, micro—e.g., microbrewery, microdistillery, microwinery

See EMC 19.13.070.

¹Permitted only on designated residential mixed-use corridor or TOD streets. The use must be located on the ground floor of a residential mixed-use development with no less than fifty percent of the gross floor area used for single-family or multifamily residential uses.

²See Industrial Uses. Alcohol production is allowed as a primary use without the requirement to include a restaurant, retail, or tasting room.

Automobile drive-through facility

See EMC 19.13.095 for regulations concerning drive-through facilities.

³In Metro Everett, permitted only in the areas indicated on Map 13-2.

Auto fuel sales

⁴TOD or pedestrian streets: prohibited use.

Automobile, light truck or RV sales or rental

⁵In the B zone, permitted only on Broadway, Evergreen Way, Rucker Avenue, and on Everett Mall Way with the following condition: On Everett Mall Way, minimum lot area for vehicle sales and related/supportive uses is two and one-half acres.

⁷Not permitted in the LI1 zone, and in the LI2 zone, only automobile rental is permitted on Airport Road where the minimum lot area for vehicle rental and related/supportive uses is one and one-half acres.

Equipment sales and rental

Heavy truck and equipment sales

Automobile and truck service, light; body repair and painting

See EMC 19.13.140 for light automobile and truck service, body repair and painting.

⁴TOD or pedestrian streets: prohibited use.

⁸In HI zone, light vehicle servicing is permitted only in multiple-tenant building or development.

Automobile and truck service, heavy

Automobile dismantling/recycling

⁹Permitted only in the LI1 and HI zones when completely contained within an enclosed building.

Impound, storage yard, tow yard

¹⁰Impound, storage and tow yards shall comply with landscaping and screening requirements of Chapter 19.39 EMC.

Casino, mini

See EMC 19.13.170.

¹¹Mini-casinos are also not permitted within the area defined in Map 13-1.

Convention center

Day care center, commercial

Entertainment and recreation—enclosed in building (e.g., theater, fitness facility)

¹Permitted only on designated residential mixed-use corridor or TOD streets. The use must be located on the ground floor of a residential mixed-use development with no less than fifty percent of the gross floor area used for single-family or multifamily residential uses.

¹²In Metro Everett on TOD or pedestrian streets: Private clubs are a prohibited use on the ground floor.

Entertainment and recreation—not enclosed (e.g., amusement, outdoor arena)

Food or beverage establishment

¹Permitted only on designated residential mixed-use corridor or TOD streets. The use must be located on the ground floor of a residential mixed-use development with no less than fifty percent of the gross floor area used for single-family or multifamily residential uses.

¹³Taverns, nightclubs and restaurants with live entertainment prohibited.

¹⁴Taverns, nightclubs and restaurants with live, amplified entertainment shall be set back a minimum of one hundred feet from any residential zone.

¹⁵Allowed as an accessory use only.

Lodging—hotels, motels

Offices

¹Permitted only on designated residential mixed-use corridor or TOD streets. The use must be located on the ground floor of a residential mixed-use development with no less than fifty percent of the gross floor area used for single-family or multifamily residential uses.

¹⁵Allowed as an accessory use only.

Clinics

¹Permitted only on designated residential mixed-use corridor or TOD streets. The use must be located on the ground floor of a residential mixed-use development with no less than fifty percent of the gross floor area used for single-family or multifamily residential uses.

¹⁶NB zone: permitted to occupy a maximum of fifty percent of the gross floor area.

¹⁷In Metro Everett on TOD or pedestrian streets: Clinics are a prohibited use on the ground floor; provided, however, that the following are not considered clinics for the purpose of this restriction: dentists, psychiatrists, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists or ophthalmologists.

^(a)Government public health agency uses providing clinical services shall be deemed to be a permitted use on the ground floor within the MU or LI1/LI2 zone.

^(b)Health events on a property within the MU or LI1/LI2 zone providing clinical health services to the general public, not exceeding three days in duration and occurring not more than once every ninety days, shall be exempt from the prohibition of clinics on the ground floor.

Parking, commercial—applicable if principal use

¹⁸In Metro Everett, surface parking lots prohibited as a principal use.

Retail sales and service

¹Permitted only on designated residential mixed-use corridor or TOD streets. The use must be located on the ground floor of a residential mixed-use development with no less than fifty percent of the gross floor area used for single-family or multifamily residential uses.

¹⁹On TOD or pedestrian streets: Pawnshops, secondhand stores, thrift stores, and junk stores are a prohibited use on the ground floor.

²⁰Permitted as an accessory use for those products produced on premises; up to but no more than seventy-five percent of goods sold may be produced off site and by other producers.

Storage, commercial—enclosed in building (e.g., mini-storage)

²¹TOD or pedestrian streets: prohibited use on the ground floor.

Storage, commercial—not enclosed in building (e.g., boat or RV storage)

⁴TOD or pedestrian streets: prohibited use

Veterinary clinic or animal day care—limited to small animal

Outside runs or other outside facilities for animals are not permitted. Buildings shall be constructed so noise from this use is not audible on residentially zoned lots.

²²In Metro Everett only on TOD or pedestrian streets: prohibited use on the ground floor.

²³Limited to not more than 20 animals in the neighborhood business zone.

Veterinary clinic or commercial kennels—large animal or commercial kennels

Buildings and outside runs shall be placed and constructed so noise from this use is not audible on residentially zoned lots.

²²In Metro Everett only on TOD or pedestrian streets: prohibited use on the ground floor.