A.

Purpose. This chapter contains the purpose and intent of each special purpose district together with a summary of the zoning regulations applicable to each.

B.

Permitted Uses. Chapter 9.120 specifies the land uses allowed in each nonresidential district.

C.

Development Standards. Development standards (such as setbacks and building heights) for special purpose districts are summarized in this Chapter 9.110 and in Chapter 9.130.

D.

Supplemental Regulations.

1.

Special Purpose Supplemental Regulations. Chapter 9.140 contains supplemental regulations for each special purpose district, such as hillside conservation regulations, flood hazard reduction requirements and restrictions on sexually oriented businesses.

2.

General Supplemental Regulations. General supplemental regulations pertaining to special purpose districts shall be the same as those for nonresidential districts as set forth in Chapter 9.70. Parking shall conform to Chapter 9.150 and signs to Chapter 9.160.

(Ord. 584 § 2, 2020; Ord. 550 § 1, 2016; Ord. 512 § 1, 2013; Ord. 284 § 1, 1996)

A.

Base Districts. The PR, GC, OS and FP districts are base districts designed to provide for park and recreation, golf course and open space land uses respectively.

B.

Overlay Districts. The HC, SOB, EOD, AHO, and MU districts are overlay districts, i.e., districts to be used only in combination with a base district (such as the OS open space or CR regional commercial districts) in order to regulate certain special aspects of land use in the interests of public safety and protection of surrounding properties. In cases where there is a conflict between the regulations of an overlay district and its underlying base district, the overlay district regulations shall control.

C.

Overlay Zoning Designations. When an overlay district is used, the zoning designation shall consist of the base district symbol followed by the applicable overlay district symbol enclosed in parentheses. For example: CR (EOD).

(Ord. 550 § 1, 2016; Ord. 512 § 1, 2013; Ord. 284 § 1, 1996)

A.

Purpose and Intent. To provide for the development and preservation of public and private parks and associated recreation facilities within open space areas.

B.

Development Standards. The development standards for the PR district are set forth in Chapter 9.130.

(Ord. 550 § 1, 2016; Ord. 284 § 1, 1996)

A.

Purpose and Intent. To provide for the protection and preservation of golf course open space areas in the city.

B.

Development Standards. The same as the development standards for the PR district.

(Ord. 550 § 1, 2016; Ord. 284 § 1, 1996)

A.

Purpose and Intent. To provide for the protection and preservation of sensitive environmental areas such as areas with significant cultural resources, threatened or endangered plant and wildlife species habitat, scenic resources and significant topographical constraints.

B.

Development Standards. The same as the development standards for the PR district.

(Ord. 550 § 1, 2016; Ord. 284 § 1, 1996)

A.

Purpose and Intent. To protect life and property from flood flows and to establish criteria for land use consistent with state law and with the criteria promulgated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

B.

Development Standards. Development standards shall be as required for needed flood control improvements and shall conform to the supplemental requirements for the FP district set forth in Section 9.140.030.

C.

District Boundaries. The FP district shall include all areas within the city that are designated as "Special Flood Hazard Areas Inundated by One Hundred-Year Flood" on Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). These include the "A" and "AO" flood hazard zones. The boundaries of the FP district are generally shown on the official zoning map. See FEMA FIRM maps for specific locations.

(Ord. 606, § 1 (Exh. A), 2023; Ord. 550 § 1, 2016; Ord. 284 § 1, 1996)

A.

Purpose and Intent.

1.

To define those hillside areas which are not developable from either a public safety or an engineering perspective and to prevent inappropriate development on them;

2.

For those hillside areas which are developable, to ensure the safety of the public, and to ensure that the placement, density and type of all hillside development within the city is suitable to the topography of the existing terrain, that proposed developments will provide for minimal disturbance of the existing terrain and natural habitat, and that the natural hillside characteristics will be retained wherever practicable;

3.

To protect the public from hazards associated with hillside development, including seismic activity, landslides, flooding, inaccessibility from fire and emergency services, lack of water for fire control, wildfires, collapse of roads and similar risks;

4.

To protect and conserve hillside ecosystems (Santa Rosa Mountains National Scenic Area) through the retention of unique natural topographic features and hillside characteristics, including drainage patterns, streams, slopes, ridgelines, rock outcroppings, vistas, natural vegetation, and the habitats and migratory routes of animals;

5.

To maximize the retention of the city's natural topographic features, including, but not limited to, mountainsides, mountain faces, skyline profiles, ridgelines, ridge crests, hilltops, hillsides, slopes, arroyos, ravines, canyons, prominent vegetation, rock outcroppings, view corridors, and scenic vistas through the careful limitation and selection of building sites and building pads on said topographic features, thereby enhancing the beauty of the city's landscape;

6.

To assure that developmental use of said topographic features will relate to the surrounding topography and will not be conspicuous and obtrusive because of the design and location of the developmental use;

7.

To reduce the scarring effects of excessive grading for roads, building pads and cut and fill slopes;

8.

To balance public and private interests while preserving the hillsides.

B.

Development Standards. Section 9.140.040 specifies that: (1) the maximum residential density within the HC overlay district shall be one (1) dwelling unit per every ten (10) acres, and (2) other development standards shall follow those of the RVL very low density residential district. The development standards are provided in Table 9-9.

Refer to Section 9.140.040 for additional details regarding development standards, minimum percentages of building sites which must be preserved in a natural state (determined by the average slope of the site), and other requirements of the HC district.

C.

District Boundaries.

1.

The HC Hillside Conservation Overlay District applies to all land within the city designated in the general plan as "open space" and shown on the official zoning map as "HC." More specifically, the HC district applies to land meeting the criteria for being above "the toe of the slope," as defined in Section 9.140.040, within the following sections of land (San Bernardino Base and Meridian) within the city:

a.

T5S, R7E: Sections 19, 30;

b.

T5S, R6E: Sections 36, 25;

c.

T6S, R6E: Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25;

d.

T6S, R7E: Sections 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29, 30, 33;

e.

T7S, R7E: Sections 4, 5.

2.

The provisions of this section shall also apply to each and every parcel of land within the city (without otherwise being noted on exhibit or map which is added to the city by annexation, dedication or other means) meeting the criteria for being above "the toe of the slope," as defined in Section 9.140.040.

(Ord. 550 § 1, 2016; Ord. 284 § 1, 1996)

A.

Purpose and Intent. To designate specific areas where sexually oriented businesses may locate if a conditional use permit is approved and to establish strict standards for the establishment and operation of such sexually oriented businesses in order to ensure that adverse effects caused by their operational characteristics do not contribute to the blighting or downgrading of surrounding areas.

B.

Development Standards. Development standards for the SOB overlay district shall be as provided in the underlying CR regional commercial base district regulations, subject to the additional requirements of the SOB district as set forth in Section 9.140.050. Parking shall be calculated according to the retail commercial category in Table 9-12.

C.

District Boundaries. The SOB overlay district includes those parcels located in whole or in part within six hundred (600) feet of the centerline of State Highway 111.

(Ord. 550 § 1, 2016; Ord. 284 § 1, 1996)

A.

Purpose and Intent. To permit the keeping of horses (stabling and riding) for the personal recreational pleasure of city residents and to allow for facilities to provide equestrian-related recreational opportunities beyond the individual horse owner.

B.

Development Standards. Development standards for the EOD overlay district shall be as provided in the underlying base district regulations, subject to the additional requirements of the EOD district as set forth in Section 9.140.060. In case of conflict between the base district and the EOD regulations, the EOD regulations shall control.

C.

District Boundaries. The boundaries of the EOD overlay district shall be as shown on the official zoning map.

(Ord. 550 § 1, 2016; Ord. 284 § 1, 1996)

A.

Purpose and Intent.

1.

To permit the development of affordable housing at higher densities within commercial zones and other specified residential sites while maintaining consistency with underlying base land use designations.

2.

To provide increased and enhanced housing opportunities for low and very low income residents.

3.

To accommodate the city's regional housing need.

4.

To encourage lot consolidation and maximize the housing potential of vacant and underutilized sites.

5.

To provide mixed use nodes that minimize vehicle trips and enhance proximity to services and mass transit, consistent with implementation measures CI-13 and ND-4 of the city's greenhouse gas reduction plan, as well as transportation demand management principles.

6.

To allow owner-occupied and rental multi-family residential units by right for developments with at least twenty percent (20%) of the units affordable to low, very low or extremely low income households at a density of at least twenty (20) units per acre, and at least sixteen (16) units per site, consistent with Government Code Section 65583.2(h) and (i).

B.

Development Standards. See Table 9-9. In addition:

1.

Density: Minimum twenty (20) units per acre; maximum thirty-six (36) units per acre.

2.

Minimum livable floor area excluding garage shall be six hundred (600) square feet.

3.

Minimum common area open space shall be thirty percent (30%).

C.

District Boundaries. The boundaries of the AHO overlay district shall include the CC, CP, CN, CR, and VC districts and other sites identified on the official zoning map.

(Ord. 602 Exh. A, 2022; Ord. 577 § 1, 2019; Ord. 550 § 1, 2016; Ord. 512 § 1, 2013)

A.

Purpose and Intent.

1.

To provide opportunities for multifamily residential development in combination with commercial and/or office development in a cohesive and integrated manner.

2.

To facilitate mixed use nodes that minimize vehicle trips and enhance proximity to services and mass transit, consistent with implementation measures CI-13 and ND-4 of the City's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan, as well as Transportation Demand Management principles.

B.

Development Standards. See Section 9.140.090.

C.

District Boundaries. The boundaries of the MU overlay district shall be as identified on the official zoning map.

(Ord. 550 § 1, 2016)

A.

Purpose. To facilitate the development and preservation of rural character at low densities in proximity to Vista Santa Rosa.

B.

Permitted Uses. See Section 9.120.020.

C.

Development Standards, Residential Uses. See Table 9-9.

D.

Development Standards, All Nonresidential Uses. See Section 9.130.010.

(Ord. 548 § 2, 2020; Ord. 550 § 1, 2016)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 584, § 1, adopted April 7, 2020, amended the Code by repealing former § 9.110.140, which pertained to the Southeast area overlay, and derived from Ord. 550 § 1, adopted 2016.