Chapter 17.44 — PUBLIC AND OPEN SPACE ZONES

The purpose of this chapter is to provide civic spaces throughout the City to properly serve the needs of residents and provide open space to recreate and conserve natural habitats. Additional purposes of each zone are described below.

• A. Public Facilities/Institutional (PF). The Public Facilities/Institutional zone provides for public and quasi-public facilities such as colleges, schools, hospitals, penal institutions, libraries, museums, government offices and courts, places of worship, meeting halls, cemeteries and mausoleums, and similar uses. It also includes public facilities such as fire and police stations, recycling centers, and wastewater treatment. The PF zone implements the Public/Quasi-Public General Plan land use designation.

• B. Open Space (OS). The Open Space zone provides for public parks, agricultural uses, outdoor recreational and equestrian uses, habitat protection, irrigation canals, reservoirs, watershed management, and natural recreation viewing areas typically limited for human occupation due to public health and safety hazards or areas containing wildlife habitat and other environmentally sensitive features. The OS zone implements the Open Space General Plan land use designation.

• C. Flood Study Area (FSA). The Flood Study Area zone is applied to areas restricted from urban development due to health and safety concerns related to flood risk, or because the property falls within a likely future flood project improvement area. Allowed uses include open space, as well as low-intensity agriculture or recreational uses. Generally, land uses that require extensive capital improvements or permanent infrastructure improvements shall be prohibited, except for improvements related to flood protection and control. Existing structures and business operations in areas designated as Flood Study Area Zone may remain but may not expand. The FSA zone implements the Flood Study Area General Plan land use designation.

• (Ord. 1722, 6/18/2024)

Table 17.44.020-1, Use Regulations: Public and Open Space Zones, lists the uses permitted, permitted with a staff-level Zoning Administrator Permit, and permitted with a Conditional Use Permit (see § 17.100.100 , Conditional Use Permit) granted at a public hearing. The right-hand column provides references to other sections of this Zoning Code where additional regulations are located. Refer to Division V, Chapter 17.144 for Definition of Uses.

Notes:

1. Permanent structures are not allowed in the FSA zone.

(Ord. 1722, 6/18/2024)

Table 17.44.030-1, Development Standards: Public Facilities and Open Space Zones, establishes the development standards for the PF, OS, and FSA zones. The numbers in each illustration below refer to corresponding regulations in the table. Letters refer to subsections that directly follow the table.

• A. Existing structures and business operations may remain but may not expand.

• B. Maximum Height Adjacent to Residential Zones. The maximum height within 40 feet of a residential zone is limited to 40 feet. The maximum height within 50 feet of a residential zone is 50 feet. If an adjacent residential use is 40 feet or taller, the maximum height requirement shall be that stated in Table 17.44.030-1: Development Standards - Public Facilities and Open Space Zones, above.

FIGURE 17.44.030.B-1: MAXIMUM HEIGHT ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL ZONES

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(Ord. 1722, 6/18/2024)

• A. Public Facilities and Open Space Zones Design Standards. See § 17.56.080 , Public Facilities and Open Space Zones Design Standards.

• B. General Design Standards. All development is subject to the provisions of Division III, Citywide Standards.

• (Ord. 1722, 6/18/2024)