Oakland Municipal Code Art. II Civic Activities

A. Additional Use Permit Criteria. A conditional use permit for any conditionally permitted Special Health Care Civic Activities may only be granted upon determination that the proposal conforms to the general use permit criteria set forth in the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134, to any and all applicable use permit criteria set forth in the particular individual zone regulations, and to all of the following use permit criteria:

1. That each Special Health Care Civic activity be no located no less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet from the nearest Special Health Care Civic activity within the City of Oakland.

2. That each Special Health Care Civic activity be a minimum of five hundred (500) feet from the following activities:

a. Schools K—12;

b. Licensed Emergency Shelters.

3. That each Special Health Care Civic Activity meets the following Performance Standards and that these performance standards be included as standard conditions of approval. These performance standards may be amended or expanded by the Planning Commission as they are applied to individual locations and projects:

a. A lighting plan shall be reviewed and approved by the Zoning Administrator. Exterior lighting shall be provided on all frontages. Such lighting shall be designed to illuminate persons standing outside such that they can be identified fifty (50) feet away. Exterior lighting shall be designed so as not to cast glare offsite.

b. A plan for any exterior changes and signage shall be reviewed and approved by the Zoning Administrator.

c. Storefronts shall have glass or transparent glazing in the windows. No more than thirty percent (30%) of any window area shall be covered by signs, banners, or opaque coverings of any kind.

d. Final floor plans shall be reviewed and approved by the Zoning Administrator prior to issuance of building permits.

e. Fenced yards shall be fenced with fencing a minimum of six (6) feet tall. Such fencing shall be of an open design.

f. One (1) non-flammable trash container and ashtray shall be located in front of the facility for smokers.

g. Clients shall not be allowed to loiter outside the building on the sidewalk or street. Clients waiting to be served shall be accommodated inside the building.

h. Days and hours of operation shall be Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Clients shall be discouraged from loitering prior to or after hours. At least one (1) no loitering sign with letters at least two (2) inches tall shall be installed and maintained where it will be visible to pedestrians in front of the property. These performance standards and any conditions of approval, days and hours of operation, phone contact, and after hours phone contacts shall be posted where visible to the public twenty-four (24) hours a day.

i. Graffiti shall be removed within seventy-two (72) hours of application. No exterior pay telephones shall be installed.

j. Litter shall be removed at least two (2) times daily or as needed from in front of and for twenty (20) feet beyond the building along adjacent street(s). All "street furniture" such as crates or mattresses shall be removed daily or as needed.

k. Prior to issuance of building permits or commencement of use, applicant shall submit a needle retrieval plan for all Special Health Care Civic Activities that provide needle exchange services on site. The plan shall, at a minimum, detail the protocol for the exchange of clean needles for dirty needles and for retrieving used needles within three hundred (300) feet of the site on a regular basis.

(Ord. No. 13357, § 3(Exh. A), 2-16-2016; Ord. No. 13172, § 3(Exh. A), 7-2-2013)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 13357, § 3(Exh. A), adopted February 16, 2016, repealed the former Section 17.103.025 in its entirety, which pertained to crematories, and derived from Ord. No. 13256, § 4(Exh. A), adopted September 23, 2014.