Claremont City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 16
066 CR COMMERCIAL RECREATION DISTRICT
§ 16.066.000 Intent.
The CR Commercial Recreation District is intended to provide for large commercial health, fitness, and recreation complexes to serve a large regional market area. Development in the district can include a wide variety of outdoor and indoor facilities for swimming, tennis, racquetball, squash, handball, basketball, sand volleyball, golf, personal fitness, weight training, group exercise, physical therapy, and similar activities. Other related amenities and services that could be provided in conjunction with a large health, fitness, and recreation complex are steam rooms, saunas, spas, locker rooms, child care, youth activities/classes, massage, personal/beauty services, food service, meeting and special event facilities, miscellaneous retail sales of fitness attire, exercise equipment, and personal grooming supplies, and similar activities.
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§ 16.066.010 Conditional use permit required.
All new development or major changes to existing development in the CR Commercial Recreation District requires approval of a conditional use permit or approval of an amendment to an existing conditional use permit, pursuant to Chapter 16.303. A site plan is required in conjunction with any conditional use permit application or any amendment to an existing conditional use permit.
In reviewing a site plan as part of a conditional use permit application, the Planning Commission shall consider the potential impact the proposed development may have on surrounding development. Potential impacts could include, but are not limited to, excessive or disturbing noise, light overspill or glare, increased traffic congestion, and/or parking overflow into neighborhoods. Appropriate conditions of approval shall be required of development projects to minimize potential adverse impacts to levels considered acceptable to the Commission.
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§ 16.066.020 Minimum setbacks.
A.
Setbacks from Streets
All buildings and structures (including courts and pools), parking areas, and related facilities shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from any street right-of-way.
B.
Setback From a Residential District/Use
The minimum setback from a property boundary abutting or adjacent to a residential district/use shall be as follows:
1.
All buildings and structures greater than eight feet in height shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from a property boundary abutting a residential district/use.
2.
Ground level facilities including, but not limited to, outdoor pools or tennis courts, or uncovered parking area shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from the property boundary abutting a residential district. When a recreational facility has a higher finished grade than the abutting residential district/use, the setback shall be increased one foot for every foot of grade difference.
3.
Perimeter fencing with a maximum height of eight feet is permitted along an interior property boundary abutting a residential district/use. Fencing greater than eight feet in height may be permitted by the Architectural Commission if the Commission finds that such fencing will not adversely impact adjacent development because of variations in the grades of the project site, and the abutting development or such fencing is abutting a greenbelt or landscape area owned and maintained by a homeowners association, and/or the fencing is needed to provide privacy to the residential uses.
C.
Other Setbacks
There are no setback requirements from property boundaries where property does not have street frontage and does not abut a residential district/use.
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§ 16.066.030 Height.
The maximum height of buildings and structures in the CR Commercial Recreation District is as follows:
A.
For any portion of the building or structure located within 100 feet of a residential district, the maximum height is 30 feet.
B.
For any portion of the building or structure located 100 feet or more from a residential district, the maximum height is 40 feet.
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§ 16.066.040 Floor area ratio.
The maximum floor area ration (FAR) in the CR Commercial Recreation District is 1.0.
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§ 16.066.050 Parking.
A.
The required parking for uses and development in the CR Commercial Recreation District shall be as shown in Table 16.066.1. The required parking for a use shall be the combined total for all applicable factors listed (indoor floor area, racquet courts, swimming pool). For parking area development standards, see Chapter 16.136.
Table 16.066.1 | |
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USE | PARKING REQUIREMENTS |
Indoor floor area (including areas used for personal services, physical therapy, and all other indoor uses) | 1 space per 250 square feet of net interior floor area, not including stairways, elevator shafts, and similar unusable spaces |
Outdoor tennis, racquetball, and squash courts | 3 spaces per court |
Outside pool | 1 space per 250 square feet of pool surface |
Stadium seating provided in conjunction with special facilities | 1 space per 4 seats; if seating is provided through benches, 18 inches of bench length shall be equal to one seat |
Outdoor facilities including, but not limited to, pool decks, outdoor track, basketball and volleyball courts, patios, and sitting areas | 1 space per 1000 square feet of area devoted to such facilities |
B.
The amount of parking required by the table above may be reduced by the Planning Commission if a parking demand study prepared by an independent traffic engineer provides justification for the reduction. The cost of such study shall be borne by the project applicant.
C.
If an existing use does not have the amount of parking required by this section, and an expansion or addition is proposed in connection with such use, the parking shall be increased as required for the amount of square footage being added with the expansion/addition, plus an additional 25 percent of the parking that is required for the expansion/addition shall be provided in order to reduce the parking deficiency over time.
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