Chapter 17.12
P PUBLIC LANDS DISTRICT

Sections:

17.12.010    Intent.

17.12.020    Open space areas.

17.12.030    Permitted principal uses and structures.

17.12.040    Permitted accessory uses and structures.

17.12.050    Conditional uses.

17.12.060    Prohibited uses and structures.

17.12.070    Minimum lot requirements.

17.12.080    Minimum setback requirements.

17.12.090    Maximum lot coverage by all buildings and structures.

17.12.100    Maximum height of buildings and structures.

17.12.110    Required off-street parking and loading.

17.12.120    Signs.

17.12.010 Intent.

The P (public lands) district is intended to contain major open space areas, watershed management areas and major public and quasi-public, recreational, educational and institutional uses, including private lands and uses that are essentially public in character and of specific value to the entire community. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(a) (part))

17.12.020 Open space areas.

Public open space areas are areas in which the principal use of land is necessary or beneficial for community uses. Such uses include, but are not limited to, public open space, parks and recreation facilities. These areas are intended to maintain and enhance the open space and recreational characteristics of land for such public uses and to provide adequate sites for public access, and to prohibit industrial, residential or commercial uses incompatible with the intent of the district. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(a) (part))

17.12.030 Permitted principal uses and structures.

In a P zone, the following uses and structures are permitted outright:

A.    Improved camping grounds, picnic facilities, playgrounds and parks;

B.    Camping in designated areas when consistent with local and state codes;

C.    Cemeteries;

D.    Communication facilities;

E.    Golf courses, country clubs, riding stables, marinas and boat and aircraft moorages;

F.    Grounds and facilities for open air games and sports, recreational and community center buildings, parks and other similar facilities operated on a nonprofit basis;

G.    Watersheds;

H.    Water and sewer utility installations and electrical distribution systems. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(b))

17.12.040 Permitted accessory uses and structures.

The following uses and structures, which are incidental to the permitted principal uses and structures listed in Section 17.12.030 are permitted:

A.    Accessory buildings and structures that are under the management or control of the organization or agency responsible for the permitted principal use;

B.    Automobile parking in conjunction with the permitted or conditional use. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(c))

17.12.050 Conditional uses.

Subject to the conditional use procedures of this title, the following uses and structures may be permitted with conditions:

A.    Airports;

B.    Animal shelters;

C.    Campuses for educational and vocational purposes;

D.    Commercial farming, stock raising, truck gardening, tree nurseries and greenhouses, agriculture, aquaculture and horticulture including necessary accessory buildings and the storage of required equipment to be used on the land;

E.    Community buildings and halls;

F.    Convalescent homes, nursing homes and homes for the care of children;

G.    Correctional facilities;

H.    Dormitories;

I.    Electric power generating stations;

J.    Governmental maintenance and service shops and equipment storage yards;

K.    Hospitals and sanitariums;

L.    Libraries and museums;

M.    Local, state and federal government offices;

N.    Marijuana cultivation facilities (only on land privately owned or leased);

O.    Natural resource extraction;

P.    Public and private child care facilities;

Q.    Quasi-institutional homes;

R.    Radio and television antennas;

S.    Railroad rights-of-way;

T.    Solid waste disposal on tracts not less than twenty acres;

U.    Watchman or caretaker dwelling. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(d))

17.12.060 Prohibited uses and structures.

A.    Any use or structure not of a character indicated under permitted principal or accessory uses or permitted as a conditional use is prohibited.

B.    Any use which causes or may be reasonably expected to cause an excessive disturbance not in keeping with the character and stated intent of this district. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(e))

17.12.070 Minimum lot requirements.

A.    Lot widths: unrestricted.

B.    Lot area: determined by specific use and parking and loading requirements. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(f))

17.12.080 Minimum setback requirements.

A.    Front yard: twenty feet.

B.    Side yard: ten feet.

C.    Rear yard: fifteen feet. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(g))

17.12.090 Maximum lot coverage by all buildings and structures.

Fifty percent. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(h))

17.12.100 Maximum height of buildings and structures.

A.    Principal buildings and structures shall not exceed thirty-five feet in height, unless otherwise provided by this title.

B.    Accessory buildings and structures shall not exceed sixteen feet in height. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(i))

17.12.110 Required off-street parking and loading.

Adequate off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided in connection with any permitted use in accordance with the requirements set forth in Sections 17.48.100 and 17.48.110. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(j))

17.12.120 Signs.

Signs may be allowed in conjunction with any permitted use subject to the provisions of Section 17.48.090. (Ord. 16-04 § 3 (part): Ord. 03-15 § 2 (part): prior code § 30-13(k))