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Los Altos City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 14

58 - PCF PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT

Sections:


14.58.010 - PCF District.

The PCF District is reserved for the construction, use, and occupancy of governmental, public utility, and educational buildings and facilities and other uses compatible with the semipublic character of the district. The regulations, general provisions, and exceptions set forth in chapter and in Chapter 14.66 shall apply in the PCF District.

(Prior code § 10-2.2201)

14.58.020 - Permitted uses (PCF).

A.

The following uses shall be permitted in the PCF District:

1.

All facilities owned, leased, or operated by the city, the county, the state, or the United States of America;

2.

Open space conservation areas;

3.

Public schools;

4.

Recycling facilities: (i) small collection facilities, and (ii) reverse vending machines, as provided for in Chapter 14.68; and

5.

Uses which are determined by the city planner to be of the same general character.

B.

Except for the specific uses set forth in Section 14.58.030(B) of this chapter, the following low-intensity, nonretail uses, in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.58.040 of this chapter, may use space in a public school facility:

1.

Child care facilities;

2.

Educational uses; and

3.

Recreational activities.

(Ord. 07-306 § 4 (part): prior code § 10-2.2202)

14.58.030 - Conditional uses (PCF).

A.

The following uses shall be permitted upon the granting of a use permit in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14.80:

1.

Churches, monasteries, convents, and other religious institutions;

2.

Hospitals, convalescent hospitals, residential care homes, and nursing homes;

3.

Institutions of an educational or philanthropic nature, including museums and noncommercial art galleries, other than those operating from a public school facility;

4.

Plant nurseries;

5.

Private schools and day care centers other than those operating from a public school facility;

6.

Public and private nonprofit recreation areas, country clubs, golf courses, and private noncommercial clubs other than those operating from a public school facility;

7.

Public utility and public service structures and installations;

8.

Recycling facilities: large collection facilities as provided for in Chapter 14.68 of this title; and

9.

Uses which are determined by the city planner to be of the same general character.

B.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 14.58.040 of this chapter, the following low-intensity, nonretail uses which generate limited traffic may use the classrooms or office space of a public school site upon the granting of a use permit in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14.80; provided, however, not more than forty (40) percent of such classroom or office space (not including any multipurpose rooms, auditoriums, gymnasiums, or other such space) of each school site may be occupied by such uses:

1.

Artist studios;

2.

Cooking schools;

3.

Dance studios;

4.

General offices;

5.

Music lessons; and

6.

Photography studios.

(Ord. 07-306 § 4 (part): prior code § 10-2.2203)

14.58.040 - Required conditions for leased public school sites (PCF).

The following conditions shall apply to the use of any public school site which is not used exclusively for public school use:

A.

No additional building square footage shall be allowed;

B.

No use which requires more parking than presently developed on-site shall be allowed;

C.

The continued maintenance and availability of open lands for public use shall be assured; and

D.

The school district shall report annually to the planning department all tenants leasing public school sites, including the lease expiration dates.

(Prior code § 10-2.2203.1)

14.58.050 - Site area (PCF).

The minimum site area shall be one acre for each of the conditional uses.

(Prior code § 10-2.2204)

14.58.060 - Coverage (PCF).

The maximum coverage shall be thirty (30) percent of the total area of the site.

(Prior code § 10-2.2205)

14.58.070 - Front yard (PCF).

The minimum depth of front yards shall be forty (40) feet.

(Prior code § 10-2.2206)

14.58.080 - Side yards (PCF).

The minimum width of side yards shall be twenty-five (25) feet, except that on a corner lot, the minimum width of side yards adjoining the street shall be thirty-five (35) feet. Ten (10) feet shall be added to each side yard for each story above the first story or for each twelve (12) feet of height, or fraction thereof, above the lowest fifteen (15) feet of the height of the structure, whichever is the lesser.

(Prior code § 10-2.2207)

14.58.090 - Rear yard (PCF).

The minimum depth of rear yards shall be fifty (50) feet.

(Prior code § 10-2.2208)

14.58.100 - Landscaped strips (PCF).

A landscaped strip not less than five feet in depth shall be planted and permanently maintained throughout the length of all property lines adjoining residential sites and throughout the length of all property lines on adjoining streets, as approved by the architecture and site control committee.

(Prior code § 10-2.2209)

14.58.110 - Off-street parking and loading (PCF).

(As provided in Chapter 14.74 of this title.)

(Prior code § 10-2.2210)

14.58.120 - Height of structures (PCF).

No structure shall exceed two stories or thirty (30) feet in height, whichever is the lesser. This shall not preclude a basement.

(Prior code § 10-2.2211)

14.58.130 - Design control (PCF).

(As provided in Chapter 14.78 of this title.)

(Amended during 2/06 supplement; prior code § 10-2.2212)

14.58.140 - Signs (PCF).

(As provided in Chapter 14.68 of this code.)

(Prior code § 10-2.2213; Ord. No. 2015-414, § 12, 9-8-2015)

14.58.150 - Fences (PCF).

(As provided in Chapter 14.72 of this title.)

(Prior code § 10-2.2214)