Fowler Municipal Code Art. 5 Rco—resource Conservation, Public Use, and Open Space District

The district is intended to provide for permanent open spaces in areas of the community designated as open space, school, ponding basin, or public facility by the General Plan.

All uses shall be subject to the provisions of Article 21.

A. Any type of field, truck, or orchard crop and horticultural specialties, and the raising of farm animals. The keeping of pigeons shall be in accordance with the definition of "Pigeon" contained in Section 9-5.202 of Article 2 of the Fowler Zoning Ordinance, not to exceed fifty (50) in number.

B. Flood control facilities; water pump stations; irrigation canals; settling and water conservation recharge basins; drainage ponds; and streets and roads necessary for access to permitted uses.

C. Parks, playgrounds, and such buildings, structures and facilities as are appropriately related thereto.

D. Public and private elementary, junior high and high school sites, and college sites.

E. Public uses of an administrative, public service, or cultural type including city, county, state or federal administrative centers and courts, libraries, museums, police and fire stations, and other public buildings, structures, and facilities; community centers.

F. The keeping of pigeons, in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-5.202 of Article 2 of the Fowler Zoning Ordinance, not to exceed fifty (50) in number.

(Ord. No. 2011-06, § 3, 11-1-2011)

A. Incidental and accessory structures, including caretakers' residences and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use.

B. Expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, up to fifty (50) percent or less of the value of the structure, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use that has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than $100.00, and nonconforming fences, walls, and hedges.

Expansion or remodeling to a conditional use that is not considered an incidental or accessory use.

The minimum site area for a permitted use shall be one-half (½) acre.

The minimum distance between a one-family dwelling and another structure shall be ten (10) feet.

No building or structure shall have a height greater than thirty-five (35) feet, except as may be approved under the provisions of Article 27.

No signs shall be permitted except as prescribed in Article 22.

Off-street parking facilities and off-street loading facilities shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Article 20.

Any structure in a RCO zone in which animals or fowl are contained shall be at least two hundred (200) feet from any lot in any R, RM, or C district, or from any school or institution for human care.

Site Plan Review shall be required for permitted recreation areas, parks and playgrounds, and all administrative and conditional uses pursuant to the provisions of Article 26.