In order to further the goals as set forth in the City's General
Plan, establish and provide permanent outdoor recreational and open
space resources, and to prevent inappropriate development of areas
which should be regulated to provide for recreational, conservation,
aesthetic, historic, cultural, scenic or public health and safety
uses, the following regulations shall be applicable to all properties
classified in the O-S Zone.
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No person shall use, nor shall any property owner permit the use of any lot classified in any O-S Zone for any use, other than the following as set out in Sections
21.07.040 and
21.07.050. Any lot in the O-S Zone shall primarily maintain land area devoted to an open space character.
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All uses not permitted or conditionally permitted in this chapter
shall be prohibited.
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The principal uses shall be permitted as follows:
(A) Public recreational uses such as parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, basketball courts, baseball/softball diamonds, roller rinks, recreational areas and trails, excepting those recreational uses specified in Section
21.07.050;
(B) Publicly owned and operated community centers and enclosed recreational
facilities such as gymnasiums, fitness centers, racquetball courts
and indoor swimming pools;
(D) Landscaping and public improvement easements and rights-of-way;
(E) Landscaped vehicle parking area required for any principal uses;
(F) Unimproved public utility easements and rights-of-way;
(G) Comparable uses subject to the provisions of Section
21.02.120.
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Conditional uses shall be uses specifically enumerated in Table
21.08(A), Table 21.10(A), and Table 21.12(A).
The following uses shall be conditionally permitted subject
to the approval of a conditional use permit:
(A) Agricultural and horticultural cultivation;
(B) Food service or concessionaire type service accessory to the principal
use of the property;
(E) Government or public facility;
(G) Privately owned, operated or managed community centers, enclosed
recreational facilities such as gymnasiums, fitness centers, racquetball
courts or indoor swimming pools, or outdoor commercial recreational
uses, or indoor commercial recreational uses. Any such use to be located
on a lot or lots in which the City has a legal interest shall be approved
by ordinance and shall be subject to referendum pursuant to California
Elections Code Section 9235, et seq., as amended. No such approval
shall become effective until 30 days from and after the date of adoption
of such ordinance by the City Council;
(H) Radio or television tower and transmitter.
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All premises in the O-S Zone shall comply with the following
standards of development:
(A) Lot Area. There shall be no minimum lot area requirements.
(B) Lot Coverage. The maximum coverage of all structures on a lot shall
be 25% of the total gross lot area. This coverage standard, however,
may be increased if the City Council finds that the increase is necessary
and/or desirable in meeting the purpose and intent of this chapter.
(C) Front Yard. Each lot or parcel of land shall have a minimum front
yard of 25 feet.
(D) Side Yards.
(1) Interior Yard. Each lot or parcel of land shall have a minimum side
yard of 10 feet. When abutting a residential zone, the yard shall
not be less than 25 feet.
(2) Corner Yard. Each lot or parcel of land shall have a minimum corner
side yard of 25 feet.
(E) Rear Yard. Each lot or parcel of land shall have a minimum rear yard
of 25 feet.
(F) Height Limits. No lot or parcel of land in the O-S Zone shall have
a building or structure in excess of two stories nor in excess of
35 feet in height. This height standard, however, may be increased
if the City Council finds that the increase is necessary and/or desirable
in meeting the purpose and intent of this chapter.
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Each lot or parcel of land or building facilities in the O-S
Zone shall have and maintain off-street parking facilities as required
by this title.
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Outdoor storage of goods, materials or other items shall be
prohibited between the frontage of any buildings and the public right-of-way.
Any such exterior storage elsewhere on the lot shall be enclosed.
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Amendment of Zoning Map. No amendment of the Zoning Map of the
City which changes the zoning designation of any lot or parcel from
O-S to another zone designation shall be effective for any purpose
whatsoever unless and until such amendment shall have been approved
by a majority of those voters of the City voting thereon at any regular
or special municipal election.
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