Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right7
- hospital
- long-term health care facility
- medical clinic
- medical laboratory
- medical offices
- pharmacy
- water reservoirs, dams, treatment plants, gauging stations, pumping stations, tanks, wells
Conditional / special use5
- ambulance service
- buildings or structures more than 5 stories in height
- heliport for medical purposes
- medical/sick room supplies, sales or rental
- mobilehome or other residence for caretaker
Accessory6
- accessory buildings customarily used in conjunction with permitted uses
- awnings, fences, walls or windbreaks
- parking lot guard house
- solar energy systems
- electric vehicle charging stations
- mini wireless telecommunication facilities
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Solar collector heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception
Solar collectors may exceed the height limit when mounted on the roof of a legal, conforming building, but in no case shall encroach more than 5 feet beyond the limit.
Other
- Buffering wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
A masonry wall of not less than 5 nor greater than 6 feet in height shall be provided at the property line where the activities of a commercial use are anticipated to be incompatible with existing commercial or industrial uses.
- Electric vehicle charging stations
New commercial development shall provide electrical service capacity for 2% of total parking spaces with EVCSs, half initially equipped.
- Landscaping percentage for parking areas
For lots of 5,000 sq ft or less: 3% of vehicle area landscaped; 5,000-19,999: 5%; 20,000+: 7%.
- Landscaping shall not shade solar systems
No landscaping shall be placed in a manner which shades or would ultimately shade any existing solar energy system from the sun on a contiguous lot.
- Outside storage restrictions
Outside storage is permitted on the rear of a lot... no storage higher than enclosure nor nearer than 50 feet to front property line.
- Refuse/recycling storage area
Commercial, industrial and institutional uses shall have refuse/recycling storage area at a ratio of 20 sq ft per 1,000 sq ft of net floor area, but not less than 6 ft wide nor 18 ft long.
- Screening of rooftop equipment
All rooftop mechanical equipment, ducts, tanks, satellite antennae, etc., shall be enclosed or otherwise screened from view.
- Site plan review required
A site plan and building elevations shall be required for any new building or addition, and shall be approved by the director.
- Trash enclosure requirements
Trash enclosure location(s) and access shall be designed to the satisfaction of the Director. The trash enclosures shall meet the following requirements: locate away from view, minimum 165 sq ft, accommodate source separation, non-combustible cover, separate from parking with 6-foot wide planter.
- Underground utilities
All on-site utility services shall be underground.
- YardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. increases with heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Front yard, street side yard and interior side yard: 20 feet plus 5 feet for each story over one.
Parking
- No parking in required front/street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
No parking shall take place within 20 feet of a property line within a required front or street side yard, such area shall be fully landscaped except where crossed by approved driveways.
Signage
- Monument sign restrictions
Monument signs: max 70% of permitted total sign area, one per street frontage over 50 ft, max height 8 ft, setback 5 ft from right-of-way.
- Maximum sign area
Hospitals: 50 sq ft + 1/4 sq ft per linear foot of street frontage over 100 ft up to 300 sq ft. Medical offices etc: 2 sq ft per linear foot up to 200 sq ft.
- Wall sign restrictions
Wall signs: max 80% of permitted total sign area, no more than 10% of wall area, max height 4 ft, not above 18 inches below top of wall.
From the ordinance
The purpose of the H zone is to provide the means necessary to implement the city general plan... No building or structure for a permitted use in the H zone shall exceed a height of 5 stories. Yards: 20 feet plus 5 feet for each story over one. Maximum lot coverage: 50%.
Parking requirements
{
"hospital": "2.5 spaces per bed",
"general_commercial": "1 space per 250 sq ft gross floor area",
"long_term_health_care": "1 space per 3 beds",
"medical_clinic_offices": "1 space per 150 sq ft gross floor area",
"medical_laboratory_pharmacy": "1 space per 250 sq ft gross floor area"
}