Bethel City Zoning Code
18.24 Public Lands and Institutional District
PLI District
18.24.010 Intent.
The public lands and institutional district is intended to apply to undeveloped public lands not dedicated for open space, and public and quasi-public institutional uses, including government office buildings, facilities, and existing land reserves for public and institutional use. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]
18.24.020 Permitted and principal uses and structures.
The following are permitted and principal uses and structures in the PLI district:
A. Greenbelts and land reserves.
B. Trails and boardwalks.
C. Sewer facilities and water supply facilities.
D. Utility facilities.
E. Any accessory use or structure associated with the principal use or structure on the lot. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]
18.24.030 Conditional uses.
The following structures and uses are permitted under the terms of a conditional use permit:
A. Parks, playfields, and playgrounds.
B. Museums, historic and cultural exhibits.
C. Educational institutions, including public, private or parochial academic schools, colleges, and universities.
D. Hospitals, sanitariums, children’s homes, group homes, nursing homes, convalescent homes, homes for the aged, and similar homes.
E. Cemeteries.
F. Churches and synagogues, along with the customary accessory uses, including administrative offices, parsonages, day nurseries, kindergartens and meeting rooms.
G. Headquarters or administrative offices for charitable organizations and similar quasi-public organizations of a noncommercial nature.
H. Governmental office buildings.
I. Radio and television transmission towers and antennas, not including amateur radio and citizen band radio antennas that are accessory to a residential use.
J. Recreation uses.
K. Governmental service shops, maintenance and repair centers, and equipment storage yards.
L. Private roads and parking areas.
M. Animal control facility.
N. Other public buildings and uses.
O. Landing strips and air taxi services.
P. Other uses and structures that are compatible with existing development and support or supplement existing development. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]
18.24.040 Minimum lot size.
The minimum lot size in the PLI district is seven thousand (7,000) square feet. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]
18.24.050 Minimum setback requirements.
Structures, other than minor structures, in the PLI district shall be set back from property lines to provide yards as follows:
A. Front yard: Fifteen (15) feet.
B. Side yard: Ten (10) feet.
C. Rear yard: Ten (10) feet.
D. Twenty-five (25) feet from the mean high water mark of any drainage or lake. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]
18.24.060 Maximum height of structures.
The height of a structure in the PLI district is not restricted except as may be limited under airport height restrictions applied under BMC 18.48.250 through 18.48.270. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]
18.24.010 Intent.
The public lands and institutional district is intended to apply to undeveloped public lands not dedicated for open space, and public and quasi-public institutional uses, including government office buildings, facilities, and existing land reserves for public and institutional use. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]
18.24.020 Permitted and principal uses and structures.
The following are permitted and principal uses and structures in the PLI district:
A. Greenbelts and land reserves.
B. Trails and boardwalks.
C. Sewer facilities and water supply facilities.
D. Utility facilities.
E. Any accessory use or structure associated with the principal use or structure on the lot. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]
18.24.030 Conditional uses.
The following structures and uses are permitted under the terms of a conditional use permit:
A. Parks, playfields, and playgrounds.
B. Museums, historic and cultural exhibits.
C. Educational institutions, including public, private or parochial academic schools, colleges, and universities.
D. Hospitals, sanitariums, children’s homes, group homes, nursing homes, convalescent homes, homes for the aged, and similar homes.
E. Cemeteries.
F. Churches and synagogues, along with the customary accessory uses, including administrative offices, parsonages, day nurseries, kindergartens and meeting rooms.
G. Headquarters or administrative offices for charitable organizations and similar quasi-public organizations of a noncommercial nature.
H. Governmental office buildings.
I. Radio and television transmission towers and antennas, not including amateur radio and citizen band radio antennas that are accessory to a residential use.
J. Recreation uses.
K. Governmental service shops, maintenance and repair centers, and equipment storage yards.
L. Private roads and parking areas.
M. Animal control facility.
N. Other public buildings and uses.
O. Landing strips and air taxi services.
P. Other uses and structures that are compatible with existing development and support or supplement existing development. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]
18.24.040 Minimum lot size.
The minimum lot size in the PLI district is seven thousand (7,000) square feet. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]
18.24.050 Minimum setback requirements.
Structures, other than minor structures, in the PLI district shall be set back from property lines to provide yards as follows:
A. Front yard: Fifteen (15) feet.
B. Side yard: Ten (10) feet.
C. Rear yard: Ten (10) feet.
D. Twenty-five (25) feet from the mean high water mark of any drainage or lake. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]
18.24.060 Maximum height of structures.
The height of a structure in the PLI district is not restricted except as may be limited under airport height restrictions applied under BMC 18.48.250 through 18.48.270. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]