La Verne City Zoning Code

The Inst institutional zones are intended for private institutional uses including but not limited to private schools and colleges and associated uses and facilities; community care facilities; residential care facilities for children and the elderly and associated buildings and uses; private hospitals; cemeteries; and churches, synagogues, temples and similar facilities used for religious worship and associated purposes. Except as specifically provided elsewhere in this title, any and every building and premises or land in an Inst zone shall be used for or occupied and every building moved into or within the Inst zones exclusively in accordance with a master plan for the ultimate development of the area and only in accordance with Chapter 18.10 of this code, the La Verne general plan, and with the regulations set forth in this chapter.

A precise plan for all buildings, structures, exterior alterations, new construction, parking, landscaping and other improvements in Inst zones shall be approved in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.16 of this code before building permits are issued. Precise plans shall conform to approved master plans.

Master plans for development in institutional zones shall contain at a minimum a site plan that indicates location, orientation, size, layout, and use of existing and proposed structures; historic, cultural and environmental resources on the site; parking layout; auto, pedestrian, and bicycle circulation; access to public transit; carpool and vanpool facilities; trail connections; points of ingress and egress and connections to surrounding street system; landscaped and natural areas; play areas; plazas; buffer or transition zones and other land development features. (See Exhibit 18.56.040 at the end of Chapter 18.56)

Buildings shall be set back as follows from property lines or as determined under the provisions of Section 18.60.110:

The height of buildings or structures in an institutional zone shall be thirty-five feet or as determined under the provisions of Section 18.60.110.

Lot coverage shall not exceed forty-five percent or as determined under the provisions of Section 18.60.110.

Minimum site landscaping shall be twenty-five percent of a site or as determined under the provisions of Section 18.60.110.

Master plans and precise plans for development in the institutional zone shall provide for and reasonably ensure the protection of adjacent properties from adverse impacts including impacts on aesthetics, noise, light, health, privacy, and safety.

In addition to the requirements of this chapter and the general plan, the development standards and other regulations of this code shall be applicable, including but not limited to the following: Chapter 8.20, Noise Control; Title 17, Signs; Chapter 18.10, General Provisions and Regulations; Chapter 18.68, Hillside Development Overlay Zone; Chapter 18.74, Transportation Demand Management and Trip Reduction Measures; Chapter 18.76, Parking and Loading Space Requirements; Chapter 18.78, Preservation, Protection and Removal of Trees; Chapter 18.104, Antennas; Chapter 18.108, Conditional Use Permits, Variances, and Minor Exceptions, and the California Environmental Quality Act.

Greater heights, more lot coverage, smaller setbacks and similar adjustments to the standards of this chapter may be permitted in the master plan approved by the planning commission for sites of less than five acres, and the city council after recommendation by the planning commission, for sites of five acres or more, provided that the following determinations can be made:

Mixed uses wherein a building or parcel contains two or more different but compatible uses shall be permitted where the institutional use is the dominant activity and the mixed use is part of a master plan approved in accordance with procedures set forth in this chapter. Mixed uses shall use a compact urban form and be designed in an innovative and imaginative manner. Standards for mixed uses shall be established in the master plan and shall conform to this chapter.