Chapter 17.60 — PUBLIC FACILITIES (PF) DISTRICT

The public facilities (PF) district is intended to be applied to lands upon which public agencies operate public facilities. This district is consistent with all general plan land use designations.

(Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006)

The following uses are permitted outright in the PF district:

• A. Office;

• B. Park and recreation area;

• C. Public facilities not listed in Section 17.60.030 that do not emit dust, odor, smoke, bright light, vibration, or unacceptable levels of noise or which do not involve dangerous or hazardous materials;

• D. School or college;

• E. Facilities directly related to providing educational services;

• F. Field stations, experiment stations and institutional research facilities;

• G. Fire stations;

• H. Public uses and buildings, including owned or managed by federal, state, county, city or districts;

• I. Recycling facilities as set forth in Chapter 17.124 ;

• J. Emergency shelters; and

• K. All other uses similar to those enumerated above when determined by the planning commission, upon presentation of substantial evidence, to be of the same general character as the abovepermitted uses.

• (Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006; Ord. 2020-1022 § 1, 2020)

The following use are permitted in the PF district if operated as a public use and a use permit is issued:

• A. Solid waste disposal facility;

• B. Wastewater treatment facility;

• C. Correctional facility;

• D. Hospitals;

• E. Human cemetery;

• F. Corporation yard;

• G. Fairgrounds;

• H. Rodeo arena and related facilities;

• I. Recycling facilities as set forth in Section 17.124.; and

• J. Other public facilities that do not meet the criteria established in Section 17.60.020(C) .

(Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006; Ord. 2020-1022 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2020-1023 § 2, 2020)

The following site development standards apply in the PF district:

• A. Minimum Lot Size. None;

• B. Yards. The yard requirements are as follows unless the facility is exempt from local zoning regulations:

  1. Front, 20 feet;

  2. Street side, 10 feet;

  3. Interior side, none, except where the district abuts a residential district, it shall be 10 feet;

  4. Rear, none; except where the district abuts a residential district, it shall be 10 feet.

• C. Maximum Structural Height. Thirty-five feet; except as otherwise provided in Section 17.96.030 .

• D. Parking as required in Sections 17.100.010 — 17.100.160 . (Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006)