In addition to the general purposes listed in Chapter 17.04 BMC, the specific purposes of the PS public and semipublic district are to:
A. 
Allow consideration of a large public or semipublic use separately from regulations for an underlying base zoning district that may or may not be appropriate in combination with the public or semipublic use;
B. 
Allow consideration of establishment or expansion of a large public or semipublic use at rezoning hearings rather than at use permit hearings only, and give notice to all of the extent of a site approved for a large public or semipublic use by delineating it on the zoning map;
C. 
Allow the planning commission and city council to consider the most appropriate use of a site following discontinuance of a large public or semipublic use without the encumbrance of a base zoning district that may or may not provide appropriate regulations for reuse of the site.
(Ord. 87-4 N.S., 1987)
The PS district shall be the base district for the use classifications listed in BMC § 17.40.030 where these have a contiguous site area of two acres or more, including alleys, streets, or other rights-of-way. Public and semipublic use classifications on sites of less than two acres shall be subject to the regulations of the base and overlay districts in which they are located.
(Ord. 87-4 N.S., 1987)
In the following schedule, the letter "P" designates use classifications permitted in PS districts. The letter "L" designates use classifications subject to certain limitations prescribed by the "Additional Use Regulations" which follow. The letter "U" designates use classifications permitted on approval of a use permit, as provided in Chapter 17.104 BMC. The letters "P/U" designate use classifications permitted on the site of a permitted use, but requiring a use permit on the site of a conditional use. Letters in parentheses in the "Additional Regulations" column reference the "Additional Use Regulations" following the schedule.
PS District: Land Use Regulations
P – Permitted
U – Use Permit
L – Limited (See "Additional Use Regulations")
– – Not Permitted
PS
Additional Regulations
Public and Semipublic
Adult Day Health Care
U
Cemetery
U
Clubs and Lodges
U
Convalescent Facilities
U
Cultural Institutions
U
Day Care Center
P
L-1
Detention Facilities
U
Emergency Shelter
P
(A)
Government Offices
P
Heliports
U
L-2
Hospitals
U
Maintenance and Service Facilities
U
Park and Recreation Facilities
P
Public Safety Facilities
U
Religious Assembly
U
Residential Care, General
U
Schools, Public or Private
U
Utilities, Major
U
Waste Facility
U
Utilities, Minor
P
Commercial Uses
Commercial Filming
U
Commercial Recreation and Entertainment
U
Accessory Uses
Donation and Collection Bins
P
L-3, (B)
Temporary Uses
Animal Shows
U
Circuses and Carnivals
U
Commercial Filming, Limited
P
Trade Fairs
U
Nonconforming
–
(C)
Other Uses
PS District: Additional Use Regulations
L-1 Day care center is a permitted use only when operated within the existing facilities of a religious assembly, school, park and recreation facility, or club and lodge.
L-2 Allowed with use permit and heliport permit from California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics if located more than 1,000 feet from an R district.
L-3 Only permitted when accessory to a duly permitted club, lodge, cultural institution, religious assembly or school.
(A) See BMC § 17.90.060, Emergency shelter.
(B) See BMC § 17.70.410, Donation and collection bins.
(C) See Chapter 17.98 BMC, Nonconforming Uses and Structures.
(D) See BMC § 17.70.410, Donation and collection bins.
(Ord. 87-4 N.S., 1987; Ord. 11-02 § 8; Ord. 11-04 § 7; Ord. 14-11 § 7; Ord. 16-01 § 12; Ord. 18-05 §§ 29, 30; Ord. 19-04 § 5; Ord. 25-09 § 18; Ord. 25-12 § 12)
Development regulations shall be as specified by the use permit; provided, that if the use permit fails to regulate an element regulated by an abutting base district, the regulations of the nearest base district shall apply to each portion of a PS district. For existing uses which do not have a use permit, or for uses that do not require a use permit, the regulations of the nearest base district shall apply to the use.
(Ord. 87-4 N.S., 1987; Ord. 89-1 N.S. § 23, 1989)