This Chapter provides development and land use regulations for the special purpose zoning districts established by Section 17.200.010. The purposes of the individual special purpose zoning districts and the manner in which they are applied are as follows.
A. 
Cemetery (CEM) District. The CEM zoning district is applied to cemeteries and is intended to protect existing cemeteries and provide for expansion within their existing boundaries. This district is established to regulate where the body or remains of a human being may be buried or interred within the City subject to the development review process outlined in Chapter 17.520. Cemetery uses shall not be permitted outside of the CEM zoning district. This district is consistent with the Park/Open Space land use designation of the General Plan.
B. 
Public/Semi-Public (P/SP) District. The P/SP zoning district is established to provide a wide range of public and semi-public land uses.
C. 
Park/Open Space (P/OS) District. The P/OS zoning district is applied to open space resources. This district is intended to regulate, protect, and preserve publicly accessible land that is well suited for active recreation, amusement, relaxation, and/or scenic viewing. The P/OS zoning district is consistent with the Open Space land use designation of the General Plan.
D. 
Public Facilities (PF) District. The PF zoning district is established to provide for a range of civic land uses such as public parks, public schools, utilities, and public administrative buildings.
E. 
Specific Plan (SP) District. The SP zoning district is established to allow for a specific set of development standards and uses that are customized to allow for development and design standards that will implement a unique vision, land use, and design characteristics for a particular area of the City and are set forth in the Specific Plan adopted for each specific plan area.
(Ord. 2456 § 2, 2010; Ord. 2593 § 3, 2022)
A. 
Uses Permitted by Right and Uses Requiring Special Permits
1. 
Uses permitted by right.
a. 
Properties within the CEM zoning district shall only be used for the operation of a cemetery and for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematories, mausoleums, mortuaries, churches, flower shops, administration buildings, dwellings for persons employed on the premises, storage and vault fabrication facilities, tool sheds, maintenance and garage buildings, and other buildings and uses incidental to and located and carried on within the boundaries of the cemetery.
b. 
Farming, including all types of agriculture and horticulture outlined in Section 17.400.020, Agricultural Uses.
2. 
Uses requiring a Conditional Use Permit. The following uses are permitted subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to the provisions outlined in Chapter 17.550.
a. 
Recreational vehicle storage lot subject to standards outlined in Section 17.320.030.J.
b. 
Mobilehome park (minimum 10 acres).
B. 
Limitations on Placement of Burials/Interments. No burial or interment of a human body shall be allowed closer than 60 feet to the centerline of a primary highway or 40 feet to the centerline of a secondary highway, as designated on the Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways; or closer than 30 feet to the centerline of any other street. However, such burial or interment shall be permitted closer to the Bolsa Avenue centerline, as specified in Instrument No. 31318 recorded in Book 2996, page 506 of Official Records of Orange County.
C. 
Development Standards for CEM Zoning District. Land uses permitted within the CEM zoning district shall comply with the following provisions, in addition to all applicable provisions of Article 3.
1. 
Maximum building height. No building shall exceed 3 stories or 50 feet in height, whichever is greater.
2. 
Front yard setback. No building other than wall crypts shall be closer than 110 feet to the centerline of the right-of-way of a major highway, or closer than 100 feet to the centerline of a primary highway, or closer than 90 feet to the centerline of a secondary highway, as designated on the Master Plan of Arterial Highways of Orange County; or, in any other case, closer than 80 feet to the centerline of the right-of-way of any other street.
3. 
Side yard setbacks. No building shall be closer than 5 feet to any side property line. Wall crypts, one side of which forms a portion of the wall enclosing the cemetery, may be permitted along a side property line.
4. 
Rear yard setbacks. No building shall be closer than 85 feet to the centerline of a major highway, or closer than 75 feet to the centerline of a primary highway, or closer than 65 feet to the centerline of a secondary highway, as designated on the Master Plan of Arterial Highways of Orange County; or, in any other case, closer than 55 feet to the centerline of any other street.
5. 
Fencing requirements. All property used for cemetery purposes shall be enclosed by a fence, wall, or structure used as a wall, with a minimum height of 8 feet. Any such fence installed within 50 feet of an intersection shall be wire mesh or other similar material so as not to obstruct traffic visibility.
(Ord. 2456 § 2, 2010)
A. 
Uses Permitted by Right, Prohibited Uses, and Uses Requiring Special Permits
1. 
Uses permitted by right.
a. 
Police stations; civic center; fire stations; County, State, Federal and special district offices; governmental maintenance and/or storage facilities; public schools, including related administration maintenance and storage uses; emergency shelters; parks, transit agency offices and facilities; and publicly and privately owned utilities.
b. 
Within the Westminster Civic Center Area, private vendors providing goods and services to the civic center area are conditionally permitted when such private vendors are authorized by agreement with the City. "Civic center" is defined as that publicly owned land bounded by Westminster Boulevard on the north, Monroe Street on the east, 13th Street on the south, and Jackson Street (as if extended to 13th Street) on the west, including the publicly owned property south of 13th Street. The operation and maintenance standards for such private vendors shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Council. The operation and maintenance standards outlined in Section 17.400.070, Food Service Carts, shall not be applicable except as expressly provided for in such a resolution.
2. 
Prohibited uses. Construction of any advertising sign or structure and any residential, commercial, industrial or freight storage structure, including above ground parking structures.
3. 
Uses requiring an Administrative or Conditional Use Permit.
a. 
Places of public assembly and worship, retail, and wholesale plant nurseries are subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to the provisions outlined in Chapter 17.550.
b. 
Wireless Communications Facilities may be permitted with an Administrative Use Permit or a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to the provisions outlined in Section 17.400.175, Wireless Facilities.
c. 
Mobilehome park (minimum 10 acres) subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to the provisions outlined in Chapter 17.550.
B. 
Development Standards. Land uses permitted within the P/SP zoning district shall comply with all applicable provisions of Article 3.
(Ord. 2456 § 2, 2010)
Land uses permitted within the P/OS zoning district shall comply with the following provisions, in addition to all applicable provisions of Article 3.
A. 
Permitted Uses and Uses Requiring Special Permits
1. 
Uses permitted by right.
a. 
Public parks and related public recreational structures;
b. 
Buildings, structures, wells, and reservoirs related to the distribution, treatment, and/or storage of water.
2. 
Uses requiring a Conditional Use Permit. The following uses are permitted subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to the provisions outlined in Chapter 17.550.
a. 
Private recreation facilities;
b. 
Private open space set aside and/or deeded for such purpose;
c. 
Recreational vehicle storage lot subject to standards outlined in Section 17.320.030.J;
d. 
Mobilehome park (minimum 10 acres) subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to the provisions outlined in Chapter 17.550.
B. 
Development Standards. Land uses permitted within the P/OS zoning district shall comply with all applicable provisions of Article 3.
(Ord. 2456 § 2, 2010)
Uses permitted in the PF district shall be as follows:
A. 
In a PF district, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected or structurally altered, except for the following uses:
1. 
Publicly or privately owned, regulated and operated utilities, or enterprises, excluding streets and highways, but including:
a. 
Public parks;
b. 
Public administrative buildings;
c. 
Civic center;
d. 
Utilities, privately or publicly owned and operated;
e. 
Public schools;
f. 
Accessory buildings and uses incidental to any of the permitted uses in this zone;
g. 
Any similar public enterprise not here enumerated when so determined by City site plan review;
h. 
On utility-owned land, secondary uses which are found to be compatible with surrounding properties may be permitted by Conditional Use Permit. All secondary uses must have City approval, including agricultural activities.
B. 
Site plans of all buildings, structures and improvements in a PF district shall be approved by the City before building permits are issued.
C. 
If, for any reason, the actual or anticipated PF type usage becomes obsolete, the property may revert to the basic zoning designation of the area, as determined by the planning commission and the City Council.
D. 
Within the Westminster civic center area, private vendors of goods and services, whose purpose is to serve visitors to the civic center only, are permitted when such private vendors are authorized by agreement with the City. "Civic Center" is defined as the publicly owned land bounded by Westminster Boulevard on the north, Monroe Street on the east, 13th Street on the south and Jackson Street (as if extended to 13th Street) on the west, including publicly owned property south of 13th Street. The operation and maintenance standards for such private vendors shall be established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. The operation and maintenance standards within this Title shall not be applicable except expressly as provided for in such resolution.
(Ord. 2456 § 2, 2010; Ord. 2478 § 2, 2011; Ord. 2490 § 2, 2012)
Refer to the individual specific plan document for a detailed description of each specific plan area and the development standards applicable to each specific plan. This could be used to replace the underlying zoning or used as an overlay to the underlying zoning district.
(Ord. 2593 § 4, 2022)