Manhattan Beach Municipal Code § 10.28.030 Land use regulations

In addition to the general purposes listed in Chapter 10.01, the specific purposes of the PS Public and Semipublic District are to:

A. Allow consideration of a large public or semipublic use separately from regulations for an underlying base zoning that may or may not be appropriate in combination with the public or semipublic use.

B. Allow consideration of establishment or expansion of a large public or semipublic use at rezoning hearings rather than at use permit hearings only, and give notice to all of the extent of a site approved for a large public or semipublic use by delineating it on the zoning map.

C. Allow the Planning Commission and City Council to consider the most appropriate use of a site following discontinuance of a large public or semipublic use without the encumbrance of a base zoning district that may or may not provide appropriate regulations for reuse of the site.

(Ord. No. 1832, Amended, 01/17/91; Ord. No. 1838, Renumbered, 07/05/91)

The regulations of the PS District shall preclude the regulations of any base district for the use classifications listed in Section 10.28.030, where these uses are permitted in the base district, and have a contiguous site area of 2 acres or more, including alleys, streets, or other rights-of-way. Public and semipublic use classifications on sites of less than 2 acres shall be subject to the regulations of the base and overlay districts in which they are located.

(Ord. No. 1832, Amended, 01/17/91; Ord. No. 1838, Renumbered, 07/05/91; Ord. No. 1864, Amended, 02/18/93, § 14, Ord. 16-0029, eff. Dec. 20, 2016, and § 5, Ord. 18-0022, eff. Dec. 6, 2018)

In the following schedule, the letter "P" designates use classifications permitted in PS districts. The letter "L" designates use classifications subject to certain limitations prescribed by the "Additional Use Regulations" which follow. The letter "U" designates use classifications permitted on approval of a use permit, as provided in Chapter 10.84. The letters "P/U" for an accessory use mean that the use is permitted on the site of a permitted use but requires a use permit on the site of a conditional use. Letters in parentheses in the "Additional Regulations" column reference regulations following the schedule.

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PS District: Additional Use Regulations

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L-16

City-owned facilities are permitted; all other facilities require a use permit.

L-17

Permitted as an accessory use in a cultural, educational, hospital, or medical institution occupying no more than five thousand (5,000) square feet, only if there is no separate entrance or sign.

L-18

Allowed on surplus school sites with a use permit subject to the following limitations:

1. No new structure, including temporary or mobile, shall be built or moved to the site for office purposes.

2. Adequate parking, or required by Chapter 10.64, shall be provided.

3. No clients or customers shall be permitted on the site except on an occasional basis.

4. Hours of business operation shall not exceed 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and weekend and holiday use of the office facilities shall not be permitted except under specific time limitations established as a condition of approval of the use permit.

5. The Community Development Director shall review compliance with conditions of approval annually.

6. The permit may be revoked upon application of the property owner with six (6) months notice to the office tenant.

L-19

Public parking permitted, but commercial parking facilities on City-owned land require a use permit.

L-20

A use permit is required, except for existing church facilities, including private schools contained therein, which do not exceed an overall floor area factor greater than half of the maximum floor area factor permitted by the development standards of the base district. Such excepted facilities shall be subject to the following standards:

1. The depth of the required front yard shall be the same as that required in the zone and area district in which it is located.

2. Buildings and structures on the site shall not be closer than twenty-five feet (25′) to any residential boundary property line, except that a detached single-family dwelling on such site shall conform to the yard requirements, height, and required distance between buildings as prescribed in the zone and area district in which the site is located.

3. No portion of any building or structure shall exceed a height of thirty feet (30′) as measured from the average of the finished ground level at the center of all walls, except that steeples or other architectural features containing no floor space may exceed such height limit.

4. All off-street parking requirements shall be conformed to, except that on interior lots the required side yards may be used to provide off-street parking areas and, on corner lots, the interior side yard may be similarly used. Under no circumstances may the required front yard or side yard on the side street side be used for off-street parking.

5. All lights provided to illuminate any parking area or building on such site shall be arranged so as to direct the light away from any premises upon which a dwelling unit is located.

6. All bounding streets and/or alleys shall be improved to the dimensions indicated on any formally-adopted plans therefor, and to the City's specifications pertaining to materials, design and construction. Where no official plan for street alignment or widths has been adopted, the plan shall be submitted to the Planning Commission for report and recommendation.

7. The following signs only are permitted:

(i) One sign area on the outside wall of the main building and parallel thereto, having an area not greater than twenty (20) square feet; and

(ii) A detached sign having dimensions totaling not more than twenty (20) square feet and on which both faces may be utilized, such sign being securely mounted on the ground on supports and the top of which sign shall not be more than six feet (6′) above the natural level of the ground upon which it rests.

8. Loading and unloading of school buses shall be on the school site and no storage or servicing of school buses or automotive equipment shall be permitted on the site.

(A) See Section 10.84.110: Temporary use permits.

(B) See Chapter 10.68: Nonconforming uses and structures.

(C) Emergency shelters shall be permitted subject to the provisions of Section 10.56.080.

(Ord. No. 1832, Amended, 01/17/91; Ord. No. 1838, Renumbered, 07/05/91; Ord. No. 1860, Amended, 10/29/92; Ord. No. 1864, Amended, 02/18/93; Ord. No. 1883, Amended, 07/15/93; § 5, Ord. 2156, eff. March 9, 2012 and § 7, Ord. 13-0006, eff. August 1, 2013)

Development regulations shall be as specified by the use permit, provided that if the use permit fails to regulate an element regulated by an abutting base district, or a use permit is not required, the regulations of the nearest base district shall apply to each portion of a PS district.

(Ord. No. 1832, Amended, 01/17/91; Ord. No. 1838, Renumbered, 07/05/91)