Chapter 19.84 — PERMITTED, CONDITIONAL AND EXCLUDED USES IN OPEN SPACE, PARK AND…
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19.84.010 Applicability of Regulations. ¶
No building or structure or land shall be used in an OS, PR and FP zoning district, otherwise than in conformance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 14-2125, § 9 (part), 2014; Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011)
19.84.020 Permitted, Conditional and Excluded Uses in Open Space, Park and Recreation… ¶
Table 19.84.020 sets forth the Permitted, Conditional and Excluded Uses in Open Space, Park and Recreation and Private Recreation zones.
Table 19.84.020: Permitted, Conditional and Excluded Uses in Open Space, Park and Recreation and Private Recreation Zones
| Uses | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OS | PR | FP | ||||
| A. Low-intensity recreatonal uses such as hiking, birdwatching, walking, picnicking and other similar actvites |
P | P | - | |||
| Uses | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OS | PR | FP | ||||||
| B. Minor maintenance of vegetaton such as mowing or trimming |
P | P | P | |||||
| C. Incidental gardening | P | P | P | |||||
| D. The erecton or maintenance of minor structures, such as fences, gates, culverts and drainage ditches. |
P | P | P | |||||
| E. Any legal nonconforming use as provided for in Chapter 19.140 of the City's Ordinance Code |
P | P | P | |||||
| F. Temporary uses subject to regulatons established by Chapter 19.160 |
CUP - Admin |
P | CUP - Admin |
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| G. Noncommercial stables for riding horses | CUP - Admin |
- | - | |||||
| H. Artfcial or constructed pools, ponds, lakes or streams | CUP - Admin |
P | CUP - PC |
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| I. Playgrounds | CUP - Admin |
P | CUP - PC |
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| J. Any other use which is compatble with open space or park and recreaton and otherwise is in conformance with the purposes of the OS or PR zoning district |
CUP - Admin |
P | - | |||||
| K. Parks, playgrounds, and recreaton facilites, as regulated by Title 13 of this code |
- | P | - | |||||
| L. Agricultural actvites for educatonal and recreatonal purposes, such as community gardens and hobby farms |
- | P | - | |||||
| M. Single-family residences for the purpose of housing a caretaker for the park. The residence may take the form of a mobilehome as well as a permanent residental structure. |
- | P | - | |||||
| N. Accessory facilites and uses customarily incidental to permited uses and otherwise conforming with the provisions of Chapter 19.92 of this ttle |
P | P | P | |||||
| O. Parking facilites as necessary for park usage | - | P | - | |||||
| P. Outdoor Uses: 1. Equestrian center including riding academies, stables and horse rental, 2. Practce range for archery or frearms, 3. Golf course with or without driving range, 4. Swim and racquet club, 5. Swimming, diving or related sports center, 6. Picnic areas, 7. Racquet sports center for tennis, racquetball, badminton and similar actvites, 8. Specialty outdoor actvity center encompassing one or more of the following or similar uses: Roller skatng, Skateboarding, Lawn bowling, bocce ball, Miniature golf, Waterslide, 9. Commercial athletc feld for one or more of the following or similar uses: Baseball, sofball or batng cage training, Football Soccer, Volleyball, |
- | - | CUP - PC |
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| Uses | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OS | PR | FP | ||||
| Field hockey, Basketball, 10. Amusement parks with or without rides or live entertainment, 11. Bicycle motocross course/go-cart track or similar specialty raceway, but excluding facilites for racing of automobiles or motorcycles, |
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| 12. Air sports feld for hang gliding, ultralight aircraf or ballooning, but excluding common carrier passenger aircraf service, 13. Other outdoor recreaton uses which are found by the Director of Community Development to be of similar intensity and characteristcs of use to those enumerated in this subdivision; |
- | - | CUP - PC |
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| Q. Indoor Uses: 1. Museums and galleries, 2. Theaters for flm, stage or music entertainment, 3. Specialty indoor actvity center encompassing one or more of the following or similar uses: Bowling, Video games, Pool, billiards, Martal arts, Ice or roller skatng rink, 4. Personal ftness or sports training center with primary locaton of facilites and equipment enclosed within a structure, 5. Dancehall or facility for dance instructon, 6. Other indoor recreaton uses which are found by the City Council or Planning Commission to be of similar intensity and characteristcs of use to those enumerated in this subsecton. |
- | - | CUP - PC |
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| R. Subsidiary Uses: 1. Competton and tournament facilites, including stadium seatng, concession stands and box ofce/tcket sales for on-premises events only, 2. Restaurant without separate bar facility, 3. Repair shop, servicing equipment associated with the actvites authorized under the principal use permit, 4. Retail sales of equipment and supplies customarily associated with the actvites authorized under the principal use permit, 5. Caretaker's or security ofcer's residence 6. Other uses deemed by the Planning Commission or City Council to be subsidiary to the principal use authorized on the site. |
- | - | CUP - PC |
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| S. Card Clubs and similar businesses operatng games of chance |
- | - | Ex | |||
| T. Nightclubs | - | - | Ex | |||
| U. Other uses which are found by the Director of Community Development to be in confict with the objectve of the FP zoning district |
- | - | Ex | |||
| 12. Air sports feld for hang gliding, ultralight aircraf or ballooning, but excluding common carrier passenger aircraf service, |
- | - | CUP - PC |
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| Uses |
Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OS | PR | FP | ||||
| 13. Other outdoor recreaton uses which are found by the Director of Community Development to be of similar intensity and characteristcs of use to those enumerated in this subdivision; |
| Uses | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | Zoning Districts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q. Indoor Uses: 1. Museums and galleries, 2. Theaters for flm, stage or music entertainment, 3. Specialty indoor actvity center encompassing one or more of the following or similar uses: Bowling, Video games, Pool, billiards, Martal arts, Ice or roller skatng rink, 4. Personal ftness or sports training center with primary locaton of facilites and equipment enclosed within a structure, 5. Dancehall or facility for dance instructon, 6. Other indoor recreaton uses which are found by the City Council or Planning Commission to be of similar intensity and characteristcs of use to those enumerated in this subsecton. |
- | - | CUP - PC |
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| R. Subsidiary Uses: 1. Competton and tournament facilites, including stadium seatng, concession stands and box ofce/tcket sales for on-premises events only, 2. Restaurant without separate bar facility, 3. Repair shop, servicing equipment associated with the actvites authorized under the principal use permit, 4. Retail sales of equipment and supplies customarily associated with the actvites authorized under the principal use permit, 5. Caretaker's or security ofcer's residence 6. Other uses deemed by the Planning Commission or City Council to be subsidiary to the principal use authorized on the site. |
- | - | CUP - PC |
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| S. Card Clubs and similar businesses operatng games of chance |
- | - | Ex | |||
| T. Nightclubs | - | - | Ex | |||
| U. Other uses which are found by the Director of Community Development to be in confict with the objectve of the FP zoning district |
- | - | Ex | |||
| Key: P– Permited Use -– Not Allowed CUP - PC– Conditonal Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission CUP - CC– Conditonal Use Permit issued by the City Council Ex– Excluded Uses |
(Ord. 14-2125, § 9 (part), 2014; Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011)
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- Chapter 19.08 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 19.12 — ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 19.16 — DESIGNATIONS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS
- Chapter 19.20 — PERMITTED, CONDITIONAL AND EXCLUDED USES IN AG…
- Chapter 19.24 — AGRICULTURAL (A) AND AGRICULTURALRESIDENTIAL (…
- Chapter 19.28 — SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1) ZONES
- Chapter 19.36 — MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-3) ZONES
- Chapter 19.38 — MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-4) ZONES
- Chapter 19.40 — RESIDENTIAL HILLSIDE (RHS) ZONES
- Chapter 19.44 — RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY CLUSTER (R1C) ZONES
- Chapter 19.46 — TOWNHOME (TH) COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 19.48 — FENCES
- Chapter 19.50 — EMERGENCY SHELTERS
- Chapter 19.52 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- Chapter 19.56 — DENSITY BONUS
- Chapter 19.60 — GENERAL COMMERCIAL (CG) ZONES
- Chapter 19.68 — ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE (OA & O…
- Chapter 19.72 — LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (ML) AND INDUSTRIAL PARK (MP)…
- Chapter 19.76 — PUBLIC BUILDING (BA), QUASI-PUBLIC BUILDING (B…
- Chapter 19.80 — PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (P) ZONES
- Chapter 19.92 — PARK AND RECREATION (PR) ZONES
- Chapter 19.96 — PRIVATE RECREATION (FP) ZONE
- Chapter 19.98 — MARIJUANA
- Chapter 19.100 — ACCESSORY BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES
- Chapter 19.102 — GLASS AND LIGHTING STANDARDS
- Chapter 19.104 — SIGNS
- Chapter 19.108 — BEVERAGE CONTAINER REDEMPTION AND RECYCLING C…
- Chapter 19.112 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
- Chapter 19.116 — CONVERSIONS OF APARTMENT PROJECTS TO COMMON I…
- Chapter 19.124 — PARKING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 19.128 — ADULT-ORIENTED COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
- Chapter 19.132 — CONCURRENT SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND GA…
- Chapter 19.136 — WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
- Chapter 19.140 — NONCONFORMING USES AND NONCONFORMING FACILITIES
- Chapter 19.144 — DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- Chapter 19.148 — REQUIRED ARTWORK IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELO…
- Chapter 19.152 — AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING MAPS AND ZONING REGU…
- Chapter 19.156 — DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS …
- Chapter 19.160 — TEMPORARY USES
- Chapter 19.164 — ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OF MINOR CHANGES IN P…
- Chapter 19.168 — ARCHITECTURAL AND SITE REVIEW
- Chapter 19.172 — BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING PROGRAM