Chapter 17.65
MEDICAL PARK DISTRICT (MP)

Sections:

17.65.010    Intent.

17.65.020    Permitted uses.

17.65.030    Conditional uses.

17.65.040    Uses expressly prohibited.

17.65.050    Property development requirements.

17.65.010 Intent.

The medical park district is included in the zoning regulations to achieve the following city objectives:

(1) To encourage the centralization of Coos Bay’s medical facilities.

(2) To provide space for semi-public facilities needed to complement medical facilities.

(3) To facilitate the establishment of the medical park district as an efficient regional referral center.

(4) To facilitate the planning and programming of desirable and/or needed utilities and facilities to adequately accommodate planned service level and intensity of use.

(5) To create an aesthetically pleasing, park-like environment conducive to the promotion of mental health and general well-being.

(6) To establish and reserve appropriately located areas for desirable mixtures of medically related professional, limited complementary commercial, administrative business offices, and medically related multifamily residential uses.

(7) To control the encroachment of medically related facilities into established or intended residential areas. [Ord. 93 § 2.7.1, 1987].

17.65.020 Permitted uses.

The following uses are permitted in the MP zoning district:

(1) Residential Use Types.

(a) Group residential care facility.

(2) Civic Use Types.

(a) Hospital.

(b) Utility and service – No outside storage of equipment permitted.

(3) Commercial Use Types.

(a) Medical service.

(b) Retail sales, general – Pharmacy only. [Ord. 93 § 2.7.2, 1987].

17.65.030 Conditional uses.

The following uses are permitted in the MP zoning district if authorized in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 17.355 CBMC:

(1) Residential Use Types. Multiple-family which is medically related or fulfills a direct need to the district which cannot be fulfilled in other areas.

(2) Commercial Use Types.

(a) Child care facility.

(b) Retail sales, general – Florist or gift shop only.

(c) Tourist Habitation. Lodging which is medically related or fulfills a direct need to the district which cannot be fulfilled in other areas.

(3) Any suitable combination of uses permitted in CBMC 17.65.020 and this section.

(4) Civic Use Types.

(a) Bus shelter (administrative conditional use, see Chapter 17.355 CBMC). [Ord. 309, 2001; Ord. 93 § 2.7.3, 1987].

17.65.040 Uses expressly prohibited.

The following uses are expressly prohibited in the MP zoning district:

(1) Residential Use Types. Except as specifically mentioned.

(2) Civic Use Types. Except as specifically mentioned.

(3) Commercial Use Types. Except as specifically mentioned.

(4) Agricultural use types.

(5) Industrial use types. [Ord. 93 § 2.7.4, 1987].

17.65.050 Property development requirements.

The standards of Division III of this title, General Conditions, shall apply to all land and structures in the MP district unless otherwise superseded by site plan and architectural review, or as specifically regulated in this section.

(1) Site Plan and Architectural Review. Except for the use, bus shelter, a site plan and architectural review and approval shall be required for the establishment or change of any use in the MP district.

(2) Lot Standards.

(a) Residential.

(i) Minimum area: 8,000 square feet for the first three dwelling units and not more than one dwelling unit per 1,200 square feet thereafter.

(ii) Minimum width: each lot shall have a minimum width of 40 feet.

(b) Nonresidential.

(i) Minimum area: none required.

(ii) Minimum width: none required.

(3) Building Coverage. Maximum lot coverage by buildings and structures shall not exceed 50 percent of the total lot area.

(4) Building Height. No building or structure shall have a height greater than three stories, not to exceed 35 feet, unless otherwise approved through site plan and architectural review.

(5) Landscaping and Screening.

(a) Heating and air equipment shall be appropriately screened from public view. This does not apply to roof-mounted equipment.

(b) All storage and trash areas must be enclosed and screened from public view.

(6) Yards. There are no yard requirements for the use, bus shelter, other than those imposed by building codes. [Ord. 309, 2001; Ord. 93 § 2.7.5, 1987].