The OS zone provides for land set aside for the protection of
sensitive and fragile natural resources. This zone is intended to
limit and control access and intensity of uses in these areas. This
zone applies to the Tijuana River Valley.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)
Lands may be placed in the OS zone under the following conditions:
A.
Where
land is in use as or intended for future use as:
1.
Marine
and wildlife preserves, permanent open space or landscaped areas,
natural resource or environmentally sensitive lands;
2.
Drainage
or flood control channels, creeks, rivers, estuaries, watercourses,
watersheds, reservoirs; and
3.
Other
facilities or uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission
would fulfill the intent of this chapter.
B.
Public
or privately owned lands when the use of such lands would endanger
the public health, safety or general welfare or lands which are considered
to be environmentally sensitive or that contain valuable natural resources,
including:
1.
Areas
where natural topography may be too steep to build upon and/or where
the grading or development of land would endanger public health or
safety due to unstable geologic conditions, erosion or flooding;
2.
Natural
resource areas which have limited carrying capacity or are environmentally
sensitive such as the Tijuana River Estuary and the Oneonta Slough;
and
3.
Other
lands which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, would fulfill
the intent of this chapter.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)
All permitted land uses in the OS zone shall be subject to the
approval of a Conditional Use Permit as authorized in Chapter 19.85
of this title. Any such use that was in existence prior to the property
being reclassified to OS may be continued or altered without securing
a Conditional Use Permit, providing that there is no increase in the
intensity of use.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)
For provisions on parking applicable in the OS zone, see Chapter 19.48.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)
No building or structure in the OS zone shall exceed twenty-six
feet in height.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)
For provisions on signs applicable in the OS zone, see Chapter 19.52.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)
