Division 5D.3 — PUBLIC & INSTITUTIONAL USES

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Public & institutional uses are defined as uses dedicated to serving the public through the provision of

government services, utilities, healthcare, education, and culture.

A cemetery is defined by California Health and Safety Code, Sec. 7003. (Definitions). A cemetery

includes columbarium, crypt, and mausoleum facilities integrated within a burial ground. This use does

not include crematoriums, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.11. (Postmortem Services).

Civic facility is defined as any publicly accessible facility that provides governmental or cultural

services to the general public and is operated by or in partnership with a governmental institution. A civic facility includes a post office, civic center, community center, public museum, courthouse, government office, or library.

A. Local

A civic facility: local is defined as a civic facility that occupies no more than 50,000 square feet of

total foor areal . This use does not include similar uses that occupy more than 50,000 square feet

of total foor areal , for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.2.B. (Civic Facility: Regional).

B. Regional

A civic facility: regional is defined as a civic facility that occupies more than 50,000 square feet of

total foor areal . This use does not include similar uses that occupy 50,000 square feet or less of

total foor areal , for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.2.A. (Civic Facility: Local).

Civic fleet services include maintenance, storage, and management of government or publicly

operated motor vehicles, such as school buses, municipal transit vehicles, emergency response

vehicles, public utility vehicles, or waste hauling vehicles, in service of any civic facility use. Where

uses, such as dispatch, do not include motor vehicle maintenance or storage, they are allowed

pursuant to Sec. 5D.3.2. (Civic Facility).

Detention facility is defined as any facility where persons are incarcerated, or otherwise involuntarily confined under the jurisdiction and custody of a governmental entity. Detention facilities include

correctional facilities and penal institutions.

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Hospital is defined as an inpatient or outpatient healthcare facility that provides direct medical

treatment to patients.

A. Local

Hospital: local is defined as an inpatient or outpatient acute or subacute care facility with a

capacity of 100 or fewer beds that provides direct medical treatment to patients. This use does not

include outpatient facilities not providing acute or sub-acute care, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.8.

(Medical Clinic).

B. Regional

Hospital: regional is defined as an inpatient acute care and sub-acute care facility with a capacity

of more than 100 beds that provides direct medical treatment to patients. This use does not

include inpatient facilities providing sub-acute care with a capacity of fewer than 100 beds, for

such uses see Sec. 5D.3.5.A. (Hospital: Local).

Parking is defined as a facility intended for the temporary storage of operable vehicles belonging to a

site's occupants, employees, or visitors and is designed to meet the standards of Sec. 4C.4.4. (Parking

Area Design). Includes parking structures and surface parking lots. This use does not include long term

vehicle storage, for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.5. (Storage, Outdoor).

A public safety facility is defined as any government facility that provides public safety services. Public safety facility includes fire stations and police stations.

Community assembly is defined as any non-residential and not-for-profit facility that is oriented

around an assembly space used primarily for the temporary gathering of people for a shared social

purpose. Access to the general public may be limited based on association. Community assembly

includes any place of worship, community meeting room, private club, event space, assembly hall,

social club, or union hall.

A. Local

Community assembly: local is defined as any community assembly use that includes an assembly

space 2,000 square feet or less. This use does not include similar uses that occupy more than

2,000 square feet of total assembly space foor areal , for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.8.B. (Community

Assembly: Regional).

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Community assembly: regional is defined as any community assembly use that includes an

assembly space larger than 2,000 square feet. This use does not include similar uses that occupy

2,000 square feet or less of total assembly space foor areal , for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.8.A.

(Community Assembly: Local).

School is defined as an institution of academic learning and social development that provides facilities

for teaching and instruction to accommodate a student body. A school use is inclusive of preschool,

K-12, post-secondary education, and associated athletic and recreational facilities. This use does

not include avocational, recreational, or other educational or instruction-based uses, for such uses

see Sec. 5D.6.6. (Instructional Services). This use does not include a campus auditorium or stadium

facilities with a seating capacity greater than 3,000 seats, for such uses see Sec. 5D.4.1. (Amphitheater

or Stadium).

A. Preschool/Daycare

School: preschool/daycare is defined as a facility providing care, supervision, and educational

services to children during the day. A school: preschool/daycare includes all forms of early

childhood education, daycare, and after school supervision. This use does not include in-home

child care, for such uses see Sec. 5D.2.2.A. (Household Business: Family Child Care).

B. K-12

School: K-12 is defined as an institution of learning which offers instruction in grades Kindergarten

through 12th grade, and associated recreation and athletic facilities serving its students.

C. Post-Secondary

School: post-secondary is defined as an institution offering a formal educational program beyond

K-12, including programs whose intent is academic, vocational, or continuing professional

education. School: post-secondary includes college, technical school, trade school, and university.

Social services are defined as publicly accessible administrative services and governmental

services that support public welfare through social programs. Social services may be operated by a government entity, a non-profit or a non-governmental organization, and includes welfare service,

foster family services, day treatment, adult day care, special needs care, and all other non-residential

community care facilities.

Utilities use is defined as utility infrastructure as a primary use of land, necessary for the public

provision of services such as water, sewer, power, or communications. For the purposes of this

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definition, utilities uses exclude the following off-site systems: transmission lines, pipes, or other

systems for conveying and transmitting services within utility easements, as those systems are not

regulated as a use of land by this Article (Use).

A. Minor

Utilities: minor is defined as utility infrastructure that does not require significant health, safety,

and environmental precautions, and do not require on-site personnel. Utilities: minor includes

renewable energy generation, including wind turbines, geothermal systems, and solar photovoltaic systems serving no more than 10 different lots with supporting on-site storage, control and

transmission equipment, storm water retention or detention ponds, aeration and septic systems,

reservoirs, lift stations, water supply wells and water tanks or towers, telecommunications

switching facilities, and electrical substations.

B. Major

Utilities: major is defined as utility infrastructure that requires significant health, safety, and

environmental precautions due to potential adverse impacts immediate surroundings, and requires

on-site personnel. Utilities: major include non-solar power generation facilities, wastewater

treatment, and water supply treatment.

C. Solar Energy Facility

Utilities: solar energy facility is defined as utility infrastructure that generates energy for the general public using a solar photovoltaic system primarily for off-site use or sale serving 11 or more lots.

D. Wireless Facility, Freestanding

Utilities: wireless facility, freestanding is defined as a freestanding device or system including

a monopole, tower, or antenna for the transmitting or receiving of electromagnetic signals,

including, but not limited to, radio waves and microwaves, for cellular technology, personal

communications services, mobile services, paging systems and related technologies. Facilities

include antennas, microwave dishes, parabolic antennas and all other types of equipment used

in the transmission and reception of such signals; structures for the support of such facilities,

associated buildings or cabinets to house support equipment, and other accessory structures or

development. A utilities: wireless facility, freestanding is a type of telecommunications facility.

E. Wireless Facility, Rooftop

Utilities: wireless facility, rooftop is defined as a device or system that is mounted on a building

or structure rooftop for the transmitting or receiving of electromagnetic signals, including, but

not limited to, radio waves and microwaves, for cellular technology, personal communications

services, mobile services, private antennas, paging systems and related technologies. Facilities

include antennas, microwave dishes, parabolic antennas and all other types of equipment used

in the transmission and reception of such signals; structures for the support of such facilities,

associated buildings or cabinets to house support equipment, and other accessory structures or

development. A utilities: wireless facility, rooftop is a type of telecommunications facility.

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