Contra Costa County Municipal Code Ch. 84-48 Interchange Transitional District

All land within the district may be used for any of the following uses, under the following regulations set forth in this chapter.

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5 (part)).

Acquisition for highway interchanges have and may continue to leave parcels of land that may create difficult problems requiring solutions that provide the fullest possible agreement with the policies and goals of the general plan. This interchange transitional district is provided in order to establish a range of land uses from which may be selected one or several that would, through the application of exceptional or extraordinary design, develop the greatest number of compatibility factors and minimize or eliminate detrimental land use relationships. It is intended that this district shall have application only within the area of highway interchanges and their approaches, and then only when the above is clearly evident and found to exist by the planning agency.

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(a)).

Article 84-48.4. Uses

Uses permitted in this district shall be the same as those for the R-6 district (84-4.402).

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(b)).

Uses permitted, subject to site plan and elevations review by the zoning administrator, shall be as follows:

(1) Hospitals, eleemosynary and philanthropic institutions, and convalescent homes;

(2) Churches, religious institutions, and parochial and private schools, including nursery schools;

(3) Community buildings, clubs, and activities of a quasi-public social, fraternal or recreational character, such as golf, tennis and swimming clubs; veterans' and fraternal organizations not organized for monetary profit;

(4) Commercial nurseries;

(5) Publicly-owned buildings and structures except as provided in Division 82;

(6) Commercial radio and television receiving and transmitting facilities, including broadcasting studios or business offices;

(7) Hotel or motel;

(8) Two-family detached dwelling;

(9) Professional offices such as those pertaining to, but not limited to, the practice of law, architecture, dentistry, medicine, engineering and accounting;

(10) Administrative, executive and editorial offices;

(11) Business offices for insurance, real estate and investment brokers or representatives.

(Ord. No. 2013-12, § VIII, 4-16-13; Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(c)).

In this district the following uses are permitted upon the issuance of a land use permit by the board of adjustment:

(1) Service station when designed as an accessory to and an integrated part of a motel or hotel complex;

(2) Restaurant, when designed as an accessory to and an integrated part of a motel, hotel or office complex;

(3) Drug and prescription sales when designed as an accessory to and an integrated part of a medical office, hospital or clinic providing such use is not visible from any street;

(4) Animal hospitals.

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(d)).

Article 84-48.6. Lots

Lot area provisions for this district shall be the same as those for the R-10 district (Section 84-8.602).

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(e)).

Lot width provisions for this district shall be the same as those for the R-12 district (Section 84-10.604).

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(f).

Lot coverage provisions for this district shall be the same as those for the O-1 district (Section 84-44.608).

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(k)).

Article 84-48.8. Building Height

No building or structure permitted in this district shall exceed twenty-five feet in height.

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(g)).

Article 84-48.10. Yards

Side yard provisions for this district shall be the same as those for the O-1 district (Section 84-44.1002).

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(h)).

There shall be a setback (front yard) of at least twenty feet for any building or structure in this district.

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(i)).

Rear yard provisions for this district shall be the same as those for the R-6 district (Section 84-4.1006).

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(j)).

Article 84-48.12. Open Area

Open area provisions for this district shall be the same as those for the O-1 district (Section 84-44.1602).

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(1)).

Article 84-48.14. Signs

One sign per parcel having a maximum size of twenty-five square feet shall be permitted. No sign shall rotate, flash, or animate. No sign shall exceed the height of the roof eave line or twenty-five feet, whichever is the lowest. No sign shall face a residential land use district which may be abutting the subject parcel.

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(m)).

Article 84-48.16. Site Plan and Elevations

All developments proposed in this district, except as listed in Section 84-48.402 shall submit an application to gain approval of the site plan and elevations. The application shall include drawings drawn to scale indicating the data required for the M-4 district (Section 84-30.2202) except for the deletion of "Amount of studio, one bedroom, two bedroom or other size apartment units." Reference to "zoning administrator" is changed to "board of adjustment" in final item.

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(n)(1)).

The zoning administrator shall review the site plan and elevations applications as set forth in Section 84-30.2204 for the M-4 district.

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(n)(2)).

Reasonable conditions may be imposed as set forth in Section 84-30.2206 for the M-4 district (Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158.5(n)(3)).

An applicant requesting a change in zoning to interchange transitional district shall follow the procedure set forth for the M-4 district (Section 84-30.2208).

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8158. 5(n)(4)).

Article 84-48.18. Site Plan, Land Use, and Variance Permit

Site plan permits for the uses enumerated in Section 84-48.404 land use permits for the special uses enumerated in Section 84-48.406 and variance permits to modify the provisions of Sections 84-48.602 — 84-48.1402 may be granted in accordance with Chapter 82-6.

(Ord. 67-43 § 1 (part), 1967: prior code § 8 158.5(o)).