Colton Municipal Code Ch. 18.30 Sda Sensitive Development Area Overlay Zone

The SDA Overlay Zone is intended to mitigate the impacts of industrial uses near or adjacent to residential neighborhoods. The SDA Overlay Zone allows the Planning Commission to review proposed industrial uses and impose conditions of approval to ensure compatibility between industrial and residential uses.

(Ord. 0-14-92 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 1992)

(Ord. No. O-15-16, § 4, 10-4-16)

This zone shall be in the form of an Overlay Zone and shall be established only in conjunction with another zone and shall be designated on the Official Zoning Map with the symbol SDA together with the underlying zone symbol, i.e., R-1/SDA.

(Ord. 0-14-92 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 1992)

(Ord. No. O-15-16, § 4, 10-4-16)

A. Plans for all development in an SDA Zone Shall be submitted to the Commission for review and Approval under the Conditional Use Permit procedure.

B. Plans for Development be submitted to the Commission May be proposed as a Master Conditional Use Permit whereby potential future land uses are identified within particular buildings and/or locations within a site or parcel. Subsequent Conditional Use Permits shall not be required for uses within particular buildings and/or locations as identified by an approved Master Conditional Use Permit.

C. Before approving a proposed Development, the Commission must find that the following conditions are satisfied:

1. That the proposed development is in conformance with the goals, policies and land use designations in the General Plan for that area;

2. That the proposed development will not impose significant noise, traffic, air quality, aesthetic or other environmental impacts on adjacent or nearby residential neighborhoods that cannot be mitigated to a level of insignificance.

3. That the proposed development meets all requirements of this title for similar developments permitted by right.

D. In granting a permit, the Commission may impose certain conditions that in its opinion will assist to safeguard the health, safety and property values in that zone.

E. If the Commission so deems necessary, it may refuse to allow a use which it considers incompatible with adjacent or nearby residential neighborhoods.

(Ord. 0-14-92 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 1992)

(Ord. No. O-15-16, § 4, 10-4-16)