§ 17.30

This chapter shall apply to all land within the Public Facilities (PF) zone. The purpose of the PF zone is to provide locations for public and private institutional uses including, but not limited to, community facilities, parks, school facilities, libraries, cemeteries, wastewater treatment facilities, storm drainage basins, water recharge areas, public safety facilities (fire and police), public transportation and public works facilities, the Woodlake Airport, and other similar public uses and facilities on property owned and/or operated by a local, State or federal agency.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

Uses shall be permitted or not permitted, conditionally permitted, administratively permitted, or temporarily permitted as prescribed in the land use table in Section 17.08.030. Industrial uses permitted by a Conditional Use Permit shall only be permitted in the areas of the Airport Overlay Zone.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

There is no minimum lot area.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

The minimum lot frontage shall be forty (40) feet.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.30.050 - Coverage.

The maximum coverage of a lot shall be determined by the combined building setback area requirements, accessory structure limitations, open space requirements, and off-street parking requirements.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

A.

No structure shall be placed within a building setback area.

B.

The front building setback area shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from the front lot line.

C.

The rear building setback shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from the rear lot line, except where the rear lot line abuts an R-VL, R-L, R-M, or R-H zone district then the rear building setback shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet.

D.

The side building setback area shall be a minimum of five (5) feet from an interior side lot line and a minimum of ten (10) feet from a street-side property line.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

The minimum distance between structures shall be ten (10) feet, except as provided by the building code.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

The maximum structure height shall be fifty (50) feet.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.30.090 - Driveways.

A.

Wherever possible, developments shall share driveways to minimize the number of driveways on public streets.

B.

New driveways near street corners shall be located a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) feet from the radius curve of the curb, unless otherwise specifically approved by the city engineer.

C.

Gated entrances shall be set back at least thirty (30) feet from the public right-of-way unless a shorter distance is approved by the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.30.110 - Off-street parking.

A.

Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 17.54.

B.

Required parking spaces may not be provided within any front, side, or rear building setback area.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.30.120 - Usable open space.

There is no required usable open space.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.30.130 - Landscaping.

A.

Landscaping shall be provided for each use as prescribed in Section 17.52 Landscape Standards.

B.

Except for driveways and approved parking areas, all building setback areas visible from a public street shall be landscaped.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.30.140 - Screening, fences, and walls.

A.

The fences in the PF zone shall conform to the design standards provided in section 17.50.110.

B.

Fences, walls, and hedges in the PF zone shall conform to the following standards:

Fences, walls and hedges not exceeding seven (7) feet in height shall be permitted except that in a required front yard, or a required side yard on a corner or side on a cul-de-sac lot, a fence, wall or hedge shall not exceed four (4) feet in height except as allowed by subsections and 4. below.

2.

A block wall with a minimum height of seven (7) feet shall be provided along any side or rear lot line that abuts any residential zone.

3.

The open storage of materials and equipment attendant to a use shall be permitted only within an area surrounded or screened from a public street by a solid wall or fence seven (7) feet minimum in height, except as may be modified under site plan review. Such storage shall not be visible above the fence or wall.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.30.150 - Signs.

Signs placed in the PF zones shall be subject to the requirements and standards prescribed in Chapter 17.56, except that signs placed by a local, State, or federal public agency on their own public property shall be exempt from Chapter 17.56.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.30.160 - General provisions and standards.

Structures and the use of structures or land shall be subject to the requirements and standards prescribed in Chapter 17.50.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

Chapter 17.32 - OPEN SPACE ZONE