22.46.380-22.46.440
Dimensional standards
Density
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Organized Camps and Special Facilities DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. on Santa Catalina Island, including specific coves and areas such as Big Fisherman's Cove, Big Geiger Cove, Corsair Beach, Emerald Bay, Empire Landing, Hen Rock, Howland's Landing, Johnson's Landing, Moonstone Beach, Sullivan's Beach, and White's Cove
Uses
Permitted by right17
- high-intensity recreation/education use
- beaches and associated passive recreation uses
- riding and hiking trails, excluding trails for motor vehicles
- wildlife, nature, plant and marine preserves and sanctuaries
- marine education and research center including administrative facilities, classrooms, dormitories, dining facilities, faculty dwelling units, laboratories, museums, hyperbaric chamber, diving support area and aquariums
- pier, docks and similar facilities
- research activities associated with offshore oil drilling
- yacht club with upland support facilities for recreational boating
- campground, primitive
- aquatic recreational facilities
- campground, improved; 150 PAOT
- ranger station
- youth camp with related upland support facilities; 150 PAOT capacity
- youth camp with related upland support facilities; 270 PAOT capacity
- youth camp with related upland support facilities; 375 PAOT capacity
- onshore recreation facilities
- youth camp with related upland support facilities; 180 PAOT capacity
Conditional / special use12
- communication equipment buildings, with accessory antennas
- flood control facilities
- grading, excavation or fill, exceeding 500 cubic yards of material
- publicly owned or operated uses necessary to the maintenance of the public health, convenience or general welfare
- water tanks, wells and any use normal and appurtenant to the storage and distribution of water including desalinization facilities
- electric distribution and transmission substation, including microwave facility used in conjunction therewith
- heliport
- sewage treatment facility
- visitor center
- visitor-serving facilities and services
- boat rentals, storage, supplies and maintenance
- temporary uses
Accessory10
- accessory buildings, structures and uses customarily used in conjunction with the main building or use of the property
- accessory uses and facilities incidental to improved campgrounds
- accessory uses and facilities incidental to lodges, hotels or inns
- accessory uses and facilities incidental to passive recreation uses
- accessory uses and facilities incidental to primitive campgrounds
- accessory uses and facilities incidental to yacht club upland support facilities
- accessory uses and facilities incidental to youth camp or educational institution upland support facilities
- animals, domestic and wild, maintained or kept as pets for personal use
- building materials, storage of, used in the construction of a building or building project
- signs
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum density for employee housing40 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
40 dwelling units per gross acre for employee housing.
Other
- Dormitory capacity at Big Fisherman's Cove120 persons
a 120-person dormitory.
- Physical sciences laboratory maximum floor area12,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The physical sciences laboratory shall be limited to 12,000 square feet in floor area.
- Residential units at Big Fisherman's Cove12 units
Residential uses shall be reserved for employees, scientists, researchers, students, faculty and other personnel associated with the marine science center and shall be limited to 12 dwelling units, each with 1,200 square feet of floor area, and a 120-person dormitory.
- Coastal Commission approval for tidelands
Piers, docks and any other development proposed or undertaken on any tidelands, submerged lands or on public trust lands, whether filled or unfilled, lying within the coastal zone require approval by the Coastal Commission.
- Employee housing unit limits
Dwelling units for employees shall be limited to the existing units at each site unless the Director verifies a need for additional housing for essential on-site staff and finds that any additional dwelling units will not adversely affect the environment. The Director may approve up to five additional units over those existing in August 1989 as a use subject to Director's review.
- Erosion control on slopes exceeding 15%15 pct
On hillsides having a slope exceeding 15 percent, all graded areas shall be planted and maintained for erosion control and visual enhancement purposes.
- Maximum slope for structures30 pct
No structure shall be constructed on hillsides having a slope exceeding 30 percent.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from mean high tide line150 ft
Development shall be located a minimum of 150 feet from the mean high tide line; if this standard is impractical because of topography or other environmental constraints, the Director may allow development to within 25 feet of the mean high tide line or the inland extent of any beach, whichever is greatest.
- Two Harbors residential receiver area size10 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The Two Harbor residential receiver area shall be restricted to 10 acres located in the southwestern portion of Lot 86.
Parking
- Parking spaces per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.1 spaces
One vehicle parking space per dwelling unit, except for dwellings without vehicular access.
From the ordinance
40 dwelling units per gross acre for employee housing. Development shall be located a minimum of 150 feet from the mean high tide line.
Parking requirements
{
"dwelling unit": "1 space",
"non-residential": "determined by Hearing Officer"
}