The regulations of this chapter apply within the Hospital Specific
Plan (SP8-H) Zone depicted on the SP8-H Zone Land Use Map/Site Plan
(dated as of April 26, 2005) on file with the City Clerk of the City
and mapped on the Official Zoning Map.
The land uses permitted in the SP8-H Zone with respect to the
three zone areas shown, as depicted on the SP8-H Zone Land Use Map/Site
Plan (dated as of April 26, 2005) on file with the City Clerk of the
City, shall be as follows:
A. Land Use Area A – General Acute Care Hospital Facility. The principal intended uses and structures allowed in Land Use Area
A are as follows:
1. General acute care hospital facility licensed by the State of California
providing medical, surgical, psychiatric and obstetrical care primarily
for inpatients.
2. Emergency medical services and clinical care for outpatient treatment
and diagnosis.
3. Uses which are customarily associated with a general acute care hospital,
including, but not limited to, the following:
a. Offices for hospital administrators and hospital employees, including
physicians who work for or are under contract with the hospital;
b. Hospital support facilities, such as medical laboratories, diagnostic
testing centers, physical therapy and inpatient pharmaceutical facilities;
c. Storage facilities for medical equipment and supplies;
d. Hospital operations, such as food service and laundry facilities;
e. Maintenance facilities, such as housekeeping and maintenance storage
areas;
f. Extended care facilities;
g. Overnight accommodations for on-duty hospital employees and medical
residents;
h. Overnight accommodations within the patients' room for patients'
families;
i. Medical libraries, research and educational facilities;
j. Cogeneration, incineration, water, electrical and heating and cooling
equipment facilities;
k. Cafeteria facilities for hospital employees, medical residents, physicians
and patients' visitors;
l. Off-street parking facilities;
m. Helicopter landing site for the reception and transport of emergency
and trauma patients;
n. Pharmacies, gift stores, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) facilities,
restaurants and retail or personal service shops, provided that primary
access is only from within the hospital building;
o. Child-care centers and associated recreational facilities;
p. Chapels and places of worship;
r. Telecommunications facilities;
s. Employee services, such as credit unions; and,
t. Office uses customary and ancillary to an acute care hospital facility.
4. Medical and Dental Offices.
5. Business and Professional Offices, limited to offices related to
the medical and dental field.
6. Skilled Nursing Facilities, subject to the issuance of a Conditional
Use Permit.
9. General Retail, limited to pharmacies and medical equipment and supply
stores of no more than 3,000 square feet of net floor area. Medical
equipment and supply stores of more than 3,000 square feet of net
floor area are subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit.
10. Banks and Financial Institutions with 1,000 square feet of net floor
area or less per lot. Banks with more than 1,000 square feet of net
floor area per lot are subject to the issuance of a Performance Standard
Permit.
11. Community Care Facilities, Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, and Hospices serving up to 12 individuals. More than 12 individuals are subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit. See also Section
30.185.140, Community Care Facilities, Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, and Hospices.
12. Small and Large Family Day Care Homes. See also Section
30.185.230, Large Family Day Care Homes.
B. Land Use Area B – Parking Structure, Medical Office Building. The uses and structures allowed in Land Use Area B are as follows:
1. Open parking lots and parking structures.
2. Business and Professional Offices, limited to offices related to
the medical and dental field.
3. General Retail, limited to pharmacies and gift stores, and medical
equipment and supply stores of no more than 3,000 square feet of net
floor area. Medical equipment and supply stores of more than 3,000
square feet of net floor area are subject to the issuance of a Conditional
Use Permit.
5. Eating and Drinking Establishments.
6. Automated Teller Machines (ATM).
7. Any residential use permitted in the R-M Residential Multi-Unit Zone.
8. Medical and Dental Office.
9. Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities subject to the issuance
of a Conditional Use Permit.
10. Banks and Financial Institutions with 1,000 square feet of net floor
area or less per lot. Banks with more than 1,000 square feet of net
floor area per lot are subject to the issuance of a Performance Standard
Permit.
11. Community Care Facilities, Residential Care Facilities for the elderly,
and Hospices serving up to 12 individuals. More than 12 individuals
are subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit.
12. State-licensed Small and Large Family Day Care Homes. See also Section
30.185.230, Large Family Day Care Homes.
15. Other businesses and occupations that are substantially similar to
the uses enumerated above, as determined and documented by the Community
Development Director in a manner similar to the substantial conformance
determination process provided in the adopted Planning Commission
Guidelines.
C. Land Use Area C – Parking Structure; Child Care Facility. The uses and structures allowed in Land Use Area C are:
1. Day Care Center. See also Section
30.185.150, Day Care Centers.
2. Open parking lots and parking structures.
3. Any residential use permitted in the R-M Residential Multi-Unit Zone.
4. Medical and Dental Office.
5. Business and Professional Offices, limited to offices related to
the medical and dental field.
6. Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities, subject to the issuance
of a Conditional Use Permit.
7. General Retail, limited to pharmacies and medical equipment and supply
stores of no more than 3,000 square feet of net floor area. Medical
equipment and supply stores of more than 3,000 square feet of net
floor area are subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit.
8. Banks and Financial Institutions with 1,000 square feet of net floor
area or less per lot. Banks with more than 1,000 square feet of net
floor area per lot are subject to the issuance of a Performance Standard
Permit.
9. Community Care Facilities, Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, and Hospices serving up to 12 individuals. More than 12 individuals are subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit. See also Section
30.185.140, Community Care Facilities, Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, and Hospices.
10. State-licensed Small and Large Family Day Care Homes. See also Section
30.185.230, Large Family Day Care Homes.
13. Other businesses and occupations that are substantially similar to
the uses enumerated above, as determined and documented by the Community
Development Director in a manner similar to the substantial conformance
determination process provided in the adopted Planning Commission
Guidelines.
All new development proposed in this zone shall be subject to Conditional Use Permit review and approval by the Planning Commission in the manner and as required by Chapter
30.215, Conditional Use Permit, and upon making a finding that the appearance of the developed site in terms of the arrangement, height, scale, and architectural style of the buildings, location of parking areas, landscaping and other features is compatible with the character of the existing SP8-H Zone area and the neighborhood.