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Mendota City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

72 - A-D AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

17.72.010 - Purposes.

The purposes of the A-D airport development district are to provide a district which would encourage and maintain the orderly development of airport and air carrier related facilities while maintaining standards of health, safety and convenience.

(Prior code § 13.17.001)

17.72.020 - Permitted uses.

Permitted uses in the A-D airport development district are as follows:

A.

Runways, taxiways and aircraft parking subject to federal regulations;

B.

Aircraft sales;

C.

Aircraft storage;

D.

Aircraft repair and maintenance;

E.

Manufacturing, assembling, painting, fabrication and upholstering of aircraft or aircraft parts;

F.

Any office or business conducted or related to flight instruction, ground school or flight service;

G.

Crop dusting operations, charter flight services, commercial flight operations of any nature;

H.

Aircraft services such as gasoline and oil sales;

I.

Hotels, motels, restaurants and other retail food sales;

J.

Commercial flight terminals and buildings related thereto;

K.

Heliports and related uses;

L.

Temporary warehousing or storage of materials to be delivered or transhipped by aircraft;

M.

Any other use directly related to and generally recognized as a use normally conducted at airports.

(Prior code § 13.17.002)

17.72.030 - Uses permitted subject to conditional use permit.

In the A-D airport development district, uses permitted subject to conditional use permit are as follows:

A.

Outside storage of materials;

B.

Crop dusting support facilities;

C.

Caretakers' residences;

D.

Wireless telecommunications facilities.

(Prior code § 13.17.003)

(Ord. No. 14-02, § 34, 2-11-2014; Ord. No. 17-06, § 1, 4-25-2017)

17.72.040 - Uses expressly prohibited.

In the A-D airport development district, uses expressly prohibited are as follows:

A.

Residential uses;

B.

Any combination of residential and nonresidential uses except as permitted in this chapter;

C.

Commercial uses except as identified in Section 17.72.020;

D.

Industrial uses except as identified in Section 17.72.020;

E.

Advertising structures.

(Prior code § 13.17.004)

17.72.050 - Property development standards.

In the A-D airport development district, property development standards are as follows:

A.

Lot Area. No requirements.

B.

Lot Dimensions. No requirements.

C.

Population Density. None except as provided for in Section 17.72.030(C).

D.

Building Height. Maximum three stories not to exceed forty (40) feet. Any structure exceeding forty (40) feet must be approved in accordance with FAA regulations.

E.

Yards.

1.

General Yard Requirements. The provisions of the C-1 district, Section 17.44.050(E)(1)(a) and (b) shall apply.

2.

Front Yard.

a.

Each lot shall have a front yard of not less than ten feet.

b.

Where an A-D district is adjacent to a residential district, the front yard shall be equal to the largest adjacent residential front yard for the adjacent district, however, in no event need such front yard be greater than twenty (20) feet.

3.

Side Yard.

a.

None, except where the A-D district abuts a residential district, there shall be a side yard on the A-D lot, on the side abutting the residential district, of not less than ten feet.

b.

On corner lots there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet on the side abutting a street, except where the A-D lot is adjacent to a residential district, the side yard abutting the street shall be determined in the same manner as the front yard as set forth in subsection (E)(2)(b) of this section.

4.

Rear Yard. None required except where the rear of the A-D district abuts a residential district, there shall be a rear yard of not less than ten feet.

F.

Space Between Buildings. No requirements.

G.

Lot Coverage. No requirements.

H.

Fences, Hedges and Walls.

1.

A solid masonry block wall not greater than six feet in height shall be erected along the property line which is a district boundary with an abutting residential district and shall be soundproofed.

2.

Said wall can be located within required yards, except where walls fall within required front and street side yards, said wall shall be reduced in height to three feet.

3.

All walls shall be developed subject to the general provisions and exceptions in Section 17.88.010.

I.

Off-Street Parking. The special parking requirements and improvement and maintenance standards of Section 17.88.010 shall apply as therein specified.

J.

Access. The provisions of the C-1 district, Section 17.24.050(J) shall apply.

K.

Outdoor Advertising. The provisions of the C-1 district, Section 17.24.050(K)(1) shall apply.

L.

Loading Spaces. The provisions of Section 17.88.010 shall apply.

(Prior code § 13.17.005)

17.72.060 - General provisions and exceptions.

All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapters 17.08, 17.88 and 17.92.

(Prior code § 13.17.006)

17.72.070 - Site plan review.

Before any building or structure may be erected on any lot in the A-D district, a site plan shall have been approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 17.08.090.

(Ord. 99-01 § 14, 1999: prior code § 13.17.007)

17.72.080 - Building compatibility.

All structures within a unified development in the A-D district shall be developed with a compatible architectural style. The approving entity shall determine compatibility upon review of the site plan.

(Prior code § 13.17.008)

(Ord. No. 14-02, § 12, 2-11-2014)