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.
B. Facilities such as those set forth in Subsection
A of this section, but which have not been approved as a part of a master plan as set forth below, shall require a conditional use permit.
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.
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.