1649 Main St Fortuna, CA 95540-2432

Retail commercial zoning district (R-C). A. Purpose. The purpose of the R-C district is to stabilize, improve, and protect the commercial characteristics of the retail business district of the city. The R-C district is intended to provide a complete and intensive commercial center in the downtown commercial area. B. Principal Permitted Uses. 1. Art, music, and hobby stores; 2. Business administration offices; 3. Business service establishments; 4. Child care facilities with eight or fewer children, subject to the provisions of FMC § 17.06.020 (where a use permit is obtained for the residential use prior to establishment of the child day care facility); 5. Community care facilities for six or fewer (FMC § 17.08.152 ) (where a use permit is obtained for the residential use prior to establishment of the community care facility), and supportive housing (FMC § 17.08.507 ) and transitional housing (FMC § 17.08.509 ). Community care facilities for six or fewer, and supportive and transitional housing, are residential uses that are permitted in the same manner as other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zone, and subject only to the same regulations and procedures that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone; 6. Department stores; 7. Dry goods stores; 8. Financial institutions; 9. Furniture and appliance stores; 10. Hotels and nonprofit clubs; 11. Miscellaneous retail stores; 12. Motion picture and live theaters, concert halls, and assembly halls; 13. Professional offices; 14. Recreation and sports stores; 15. Restaurants including bars, dancing and entertainment; 16. Special schools; 17. Bed-and-breakfast inns, subject to the provisions of FMC § 17.06.010 ; 18. Multifamily dwelling units having the density, open space, and setback requirements of the R-M zone, each in a manner consistent with the multifamily design standards; 19. Single room occupancy (SRO) facilities, subject to R-M zone density, open space, and setback requirements, and the provisions of FMC § 17.06.184.7 ; 20. Supportive housing developments, subject to the R-M zone density, objective standards for height regulations; lot standards, yards and floor area ratio; required open space, off-street parking, the multifamily design standards, and the requirements of FMC § 17.06.185.5 . C. Permitted Accessory Uses. Accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, subject to the provisions of FMC § 17.06.001 and § 17.06.002 . D. Conditional Uses. Subject to securing a use permit pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.07 FMC: 1.