The purpose of this district is to provide for orderly development
of major institutions such as colleges, universities and medical campuses
in accord with approved master plans for these institutions, with
minimum procedural delay, and at the same time to ensure coordination
of institutional development with surrounding land uses and the overall
fabric of the City, the City's Comprehensive Plan and applicable City
codes and ordinances.
To enable the district to operate in harmony with the plan for
land use and population density embodied in this chapter, the Institutional
District I-1 is created as a special district to be superimposed on
base districts contained in this chapter and is to be so designated
by a special symbol on the Zoning District Map.
A building and/or land shall be used for the following purposes:
A.
Insofar as uses are generally consistent with the base district,
public and private schools, colleges, universities, medical campuses
and other educational or research institutions which have been approved
as part of a master plan as set forth herein below, and including
hospitals and other medically related facilities, dormitory or other
student housing, university-administered fraternity and sorority houses,
other fraternity and sorority houses with conditional use permits,
staff and faculty housing, classroom, library, religious, administrative,
recreational, athletic, alumni, parking and service facilities, signs
and other accessory uses owned by or operated under the control of
such institution.
For uses, buildings and structures approved as a part of an
institutional master plan, the approved conditions shall control all
matters covered by the plan, including lot area, lot width, street
frontage, setback, height, yards, parking and signs. Uses, buildings
and structures not within the area of or not a part of an approved
institutional master plan shall be subject to regulations for lot
area, lot width, street frontage, setback, height, yards, parking
and signs applicable in the district where they are located.
A.
Contents. The City Planning Commission may recommend to the City
Council a master plan for all or part of the I-1 District. Such master
plan shall be submitted to the Commission by the owner or owners of
the property. The plan shall include a graphic representation of the
following information at a suitable scale, together with necessary
explanatory material:
(1)
The boundaries of the area involved and the ownership of properties
contained therein, as well as all existing public streets and alleys
within and adjacent to the site.
(2)
The location and use of all existing buildings on the site,
as well as the approximate location, height, dimensions and general
use of all proposed buildings or major additions to existing buildings.
(3)
The location of all existing parking facilities and the approximate
location of all proposed parking facilities, including the approximate
number of parking spaces at each location and all existing and proposed
means of vehicular access to parking areas and to public streets and
alleys. Any proposed changes in the location, width or character of
public streets and alleys within and adjacent to the site shall also
be shown on the plan.
(4)
The general use of major existing and proposed open spaces within
the site and specific features of the plan, such as screening, buffering
or retention of natural areas, which are intended to enhance compatibility
with adjacent and nearby properties.
B.
Action by Planning Commission; amendments.
(1)
The Planning Commission shall approve the master plan when it
finds, after reviewing a report from the Zoning Administrator and
after holding a public hearing thereon, that the development shown
on the master plan is in compliance with the requirements of the Institutional
District I-1 and other applicable provisions of this chapter; that
such development will not be detrimental to the public health, safety
and welfare or unduly injurious to property values or improvements
in the neighborhood and will not be in conflict with the policies
and principles of the City's adopted Comprehensive Plan; and that
adequate public services are or reasonably will be available. Otherwise,
the Commission shall disapprove the plan.
(2)
The action of the Commission shall be based upon a finding of
fact, which shall be reduced to writing and preserved among its records.
The Commission shall submit to the Council a copy of its finding and
a copy of the master plan, together with its recommendations.
(3)
Amendments to the master plan may be accomplished by the same
procedure as for an original application.
Upon approval of the master plan by the City Council, following
a public hearing thereon, necessary zoning permits may be approved
by the Administrator if such permits are deemed to be in compliance
with the provisions of this chapter and substantially in accordance
with the approved master plan or subsequent amendment thereto. If
at any time after approval of a plan or its amendment the Administrator
finds the plan or provisions of this chapter to have been violated,
the City Council shall be so informed.
Site plans are required to be submitted in accordance with the requirements of Article II of this chapter. Where construction of major facilities, such as new buildings, major additions, vehicular accessways, or parking areas, is proposed within 200 feet of the boundaries of an area for which a master plan has been approved or within 200 feet of a public street, the site plan must be submitted to the City Council for approval after receiving a recommendation from the Planning Commission. In addition, if the base district is part of the City's historic area, construction, reconstruction, alterations, repairs or demolitions shall be subject to architectural review in accordance with the requirements of Article VIII of this chapter.
Design review is required for all facilities in accordance with the requirements of Article II of this chapter.
