Chapter 18.76
A AIRPORT DISTRICT
Sections:
18.76.010 Applicability.
18.76.020 Permitted uses.
18.76.030 Prohibited uses.
18.76.040 Conditional uses.
18.76.050 Regulations.
18.76.010 Applicability.
The following regulations shall apply to all A Districts, and shall be subject to the provisions of this title. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)
18.76.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted in A Districts:
A. Airport and other aircraft land facilities, including taxiways, aprons and helipads;
B. Airport administrative facilities, including airport offices, terminals, operations buildings, communications equipment, buildings and structures, control towers, lights, and other equipment and structures required by the United States Government and/or the State for the safety of aircraft operations;
C. Air freight terminal, baggage handling facility, aircraft hangar and public transportation and related facilities, including bus operations, servicing and storage;
D. Aircraft fuel and supply services, and storage of local-based and transient aircraft. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)
18.76.030 Prohibited uses.
The following uses are prohibited in A Districts:
A. Any use which is designed, developed, conducted or operated in such a manner as to cause the following:
1. Create electrical interference with radio between airport and aircraft;
2. Make it difficult for aircraft pilots to distinguish between airport lights and others;
3. Result in glare in the eyes of aircraft pilots using the airport;
4. Impair visibility in the vicinity of the airport, endangering the landing, taking-off or maneuvering of aircraft. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)
18.76.040 Conditional uses.
A. The following uses shall be permitted in an A District upon the granting of a use permit by the Zoning Administrator when uses will be located within an existing building, or by the Planning Commission when proposed to be located within a newly constructed building, in accordance with provisions of this title, and upon the finding that the use or uses support the airport, are airport-dependent, or that there is no potential detriment to the airport in terms of population concentrations, interference with airport activities and uses, and height or other safety requirements:
1. Uses when conducted entirely within an enclosed building, as follows:
a. Vehicle rental, sales or leasing services,
b. Flight training and other instruction facilities, including aircraft operation, maintenance and repair and the repair and service of instruments and radios,
c. Maintenance, repair and testing of local and transient aircraft and aircraft engines,
d. Reconstruction, assembly, repair and servicing of aircraft and other facilities or equipment related to aircraft or aircraft operation,
e. Restaurant and on-sale liquor establishment,
f. Sale, lease, rental or charter of aircraft and aircraft equipment, including fixed-base operations,
g. Testing, calibration and repair of radios and navigational instruments,
h. Professional sales, general business and executive offices, and accessory uses,
i. Hotel or motel,
j. Warehouse and indoor storage,
k. Research laboratories,
l. Prototype development;
2. Automobile parking lot or structure;
3. Public and quasi-public uses and facilities, including fire protection, policing, and the furnishing of utility services;
4. Other uses which, in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator, are of a similar nature. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)
18.76.050 Regulations.
The following minimum and maximum requirements shall apply to all A Districts as regulated herein:
A. Height. The maximum height of buildings, structures and vegetation shall not exceed the regulations established in the San Mateo County Airport Use Plan for the San Carlos Airport, and in no case shall the height exceed the following requirements:
1. Building, fifty feet maximum;
2. Natural growth, fifty feet maximum.
B. Site Area. Minimum site requirements are:
1. Main buildings, twenty thousand square feet.
C. Lot Coverage. Aggregate building coverage shall not exceed sixty percent of the site.
D. Front Yard. Minimum front yard requirements are:
1. Fifteen feet;
2. All such required front yards shall be landscaped at the front property line at least five feet in depth, excluding walks and access;
3. Any part of such required front yard not required to be landscaped may be used for off-street parking;
4. Drives and walks for ingress and egress shall not exceed forty percent of any required yard.
E. Side Yard. Minimum side yard requirements are:
1. Interior side yard, none required;
2. Exterior side yard, fifteen feet.
a. All such required exterior side yard shall be landscaped at the side property line at least five feet in depth, excluding walks and access.
b. Any part of such required side yard not required to be landscaped may be used for off-street parking.
c. Drives and walks for ingress and egress shall not exceed forty percent of any required yard.
F. Rear Yard. None required.
G. Off-Street Parking. As regulated in the parking requirements chapter for this title. (Ord. 977 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1987)