Shafter Zoning Code § 3.20 Community Facilities (cf)

Purpose and Intent
- a. The General Plan outlines the goals, objectives and policies establishing the location and character of public, quasi public and institutional land uses and activities within the City.
- b. It is the purpose of this section to provide regulations that implement those goats, objectives and policies of the General Plan and to assure the availability and adequacy of lands suitable for future public, quasi public and institutional facilities, uses and activities.

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Use Regulations
- a. Table 3.A of this Chapter identifies those land uses or activities that may be permitted, or conditionally permitted in the Community Facilities zone district, subject to the provisions of this Title and the General Plan. Table 3.A also depicts the permit procedure and the type of approval required for each listed land use or activity in the Community Facilities zone district.

Table 3.A Uses Permitted Within Community Facilities District

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P Permitted Subject to Consistency Assessment C Permitted Subject to Approval of a Conditional Use Permit

		Condition of Use
A. COMMUNITYFACILITIESUSES
1.	Agricultural uses such as grazing, field crops, truck gardening, berry and bush crops, flower gardening, wholesale nurseries when used to buffer airport related uses	P
2.	Aircraft associated activities (when associated with an airport operation) including aerial crop dusting and spraying enterprises; aerial fire fighting enterprises; aerial photo and surveying; air carrier, commuter and scheduled air taxi operations; air shows, fly-in events, aircraft wash and wax operations; car rental; flying school or flying club; administrative and classroom facilities; professional offices; hangars and tie-down spaces for aircraft storage or parking; sale of aviation petroleum products; sale, rental or service of aircraft and aircraft parts, avionics, instruments or other aircraft equipment; taxicabs, buses, limousines and otherground transportation facilities.	P
3.	Aircraft related manufacture, repair, maintenance, rebuilding, alteration or exchange of aircraft and aircraftparts.	P
4.	Airport, if not located within the boundaries of the Shafter Airport, including airfields, helicopter field or port, landing and takeoff runways and taxiways; buildings, improvements and activities primarily related to the operation of an airport facility such as hangars, air passenger terminal buildings, operation tower, fuel storage and refueling facilities, maintenance, securityandpublic safetyfacilities.	C
5.	Air Museum	P
6.	Ambulance Service(includes air ambulance)	P
7.	Animal Shelters	C
8.	Auditoriums	C
9.	Cellular and microwave communications facilities	C
10.	Churches and Synagogues	C
11.	Clubs, lodges fraternities and sororities	P
12.	Convalescent homes	C
13.	Cultural ActivityStructure or Events	C
14.	Daynursery, nurseryschools, and child care facilitiesper State law	C
15.	Educational institutions(including public orprivate vocational schools)	P

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		Condition of Use
16.	Fire andpolice station	P
17.	Fire trainingfacility	P
18.	Fireworks stand, subject to Section 11.160 of this Title	P
19.	Hospitals	C
20.	Packagingandpackingofproducts for air transport	P
21.	Post offices	P
22.	Preparation of chemical fire retardants as required for aerial fire fighting	C
23.	Public libraries and museums	P
24.	Publicparks and recreation facilities(public orprivate)	P
25.	Public utilities and public service substations, drainage sumps, reservoirs, pumping plants and similar installations not including public utilityoffices	P
26.	Public utilityservices offices	P
27.	Recreational facilities such as zoos, country clubs, tennis and swim clubs, golf courses and private ranges, equestrian centers, with incidental limited commercial uses which are commonly associated and/or directlyrelated to theprimaryrecreational use	C
28.	Recreation uses such as parks, golf course, golf driving range and similar uses involving the open use of land without structures or improvements when used to buffer airport related uses	C
29.	Residential care facility	C
30.	RecyclingFacilities	C
31.	Restaurants (refer to Section 11.50 of this Title) a) Non-Bona Fide Restaurant or food service establishment serving alcoholic beverages, including upgrading an existing ABC license (e.g. beer and wine license to a hard liquor license) b) Bona Fide Restaurant or food service establishment not serving alcoholic beverages.	C P
32.	Allpublic buildings andgrounds not otherwise mentioned herein	P
B. ACCESSORYUSES
1.	Accessory uses and structures located on the same site as a permitted use.	P
2.	Other accessory uses and structures located on the same site as a use permitted subject to a Conditional Use Permit	C
C. TEMPORARYUSES
1.	Temporary uses (Subject to the provisions of Section 2.90 of this Title, and issuance of a TemporaryUse Permit)	P
D. Other uses similar to, and no more objectionable than the uses identified above, subject to the provisions of Section 1.90 of this Title.		P

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Development Standards
- a. General Requirements
  - (1) The minimum property development standards for all land, buildings, and structures constructed or placed within the Community Facilities (CF) zone district shall be equivalent to the requirements of the zone district(s) of adjacent properties. When there is a conflict between adjacent zone districts and the CF zone district, the Project Assistance Team shall make the final determination as to the applicable development standards to be applied. The decision of the Project Assistance Team may be appealed to the Planning Commission in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.180 of this Title.
- b. Special Requirements

(1) Where off street parking areas are situated such that they are in a visual corridor, as may be defined in a precise plan adopted by the City Council, screening such as a wall or earthen berm two feet in height shall be erected between the street right-of-way and parking areas.
- (2) Except as otherwise permitted, a street side building setback area shall be used only for landscaping, pedestrian walkways, driveways, or off-street parking.
- (3) Except as otherwise permitted, required rear and interior side building setback areas shall be used only for landscaping, pedestrian walkways, driveways, off-street parking or loading, storage of materials (when provided in accordance with the provisions of this Title), recreational activities or facilities, and similar accessory activities.