Encinitas Municipal Code § 6.3 Park and Recreation Overlay

Park and recreation uses are permitted uses in any area within the Encinitas Ranch Specific Plan Area, which has been made subject to a Park and Recreation overlay by this Specific Plan. Park and Recreation overlays are permitted in all zones located within the Encinitas Ranch Specific Plan Area except "OS" and "AG" zones and Magdalena Ecke Park; provided, however, that a Park and Recreation overlay is expressly permitted in the "OS" zone which borders El Camino Real, south of Leucadia Boulevard.

6.3.1 USES PERMITTED¶

A. Permitted Uses. The following uses shall be permitted in any area(s) with a Park and Recreation overlay in the Encinitas Ranch Specific Plan.

Accessory uses, incidental and supplemental to principal permitted uses.
Botanical garden.
Community swimming pool and/or spas.
Croquet lawns and facilities.
Detention, retention, sedimentation, and urban runoff basins.
Drainage and flood control structures and facilities.
Dwelling unit, caretaker.
Fire station.
Golf course, club house facilities, and driving range.
Lawn bowling.
Library.
Maintenance buildings and facilities including storage for maintenance equipment.
Noncommercial community association recreation and assembly buildings and facilities.
Outdoor dining uses and accessory facilities, subject to the provisions of Section 6.10 in this zoning ordinance.
Parking lots, only for permitted uses.
Picnic areas.
Public parks and playgrounds with associated facilities (parks may contain active and/or passive uses).
Public recreation areas and associated facilities.
Recreation trails and paths, paved or unpaved.
Restroom buildings and facilities.
Senior center/senior day care facility.
Youth center.

B. Major Use Permit. The following uses are permitted only in the Green Valley and West Saxony Planning Areas of the Encinitas Ranch Specific Plan Area, provided a Major Use Permit is approved pursuant to the Municipal Code.

Amphitheater.
Athletic playing fields, not including lighted fields.
Museum.
Theater.

C. Major Use Permit—Green Valley Planning Area Only. The following use is permitted only in the Green Valley Planning Area of the Encinitas Ranch Specific Plan Area, provided a Major Use Permit is approved pursuant to the Municipal Code.

Multi-purpose stadium (e.g., sports, track & field, musical events, etc.), with or without lighting.

D. Permitted Accessory Uses. Any use that is not specifically listed in Subsections A, B, and C, above, may be considered a permitted accessory use, provided that the Director of Community Development finds that the proposed accessory use is substantially the same in character as those listed in the designated subsections. Accessory uses are necessarily and customarily associated with, and are appropriate, incidental, and subordinate to the primary use(s). Such a use is subject to the permit process which governs the category in which it falls.

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6.3.2 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS¶

A. Minimum Lot Area. No minimum lot size required.

B. Height Requirements. Thirty-five feet, which shall include any flagpoles, antennas, chimneys and other non-habitable structures and architectural features.

C. Automobile and Motorcycle Parking Requirements. The following parking requirements shall apply to all uses within designated Park and Recreation overlays, unless a parking study is prepared to support the proposed reduction in parking spaces.

Golf Courses: Ten spaces for each hole, plus one space for every 200 square feet of gross floor area located in a clubhouse or similar building.
Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Areas: One space for every 8,000 square feet of active recreational area within a park, playground or recreational area, plus one space per acre of passive recreational area.
Youth Center: One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area, provided that swimming pools shall not be counted as floor space.
No motorcycle parking spaces shall be required if less than 25 automobile parking spaces are provided. For the first 25-100 automobile parking spaces provided, four motorcycle parking spaces shall also be provided. One additional motorcycle parking space shall be required for each additional 25 parking spaces or portion thereof above 100 spaces.

D. Bicycle Parking Requirements:

Bicycle parking facilities shall be stationary storage racks or devices designed to secure the frame and wheel of the bicycle.
One space shall be provided for each 33 required automobile spaces, or portion thereof.

E. Fencing—Green Valley Planning Area Only. A minimum six foot high decorative chain link fence shall be erected between the athletic playing fields in the Green Valley Planning Area and the natural vegetation planted in and adjacent to the drainage channel that parallels the west side of El Camino Real.

List amended 3/18/98 (Reso. 98-17); paragraph amended 8/23/95 (Reso. 95-91) and 3/18/98 (Reso. 98-17)

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