A Medical Facilities Zone is hereby established and designated on the Official Zoning Map of the City (hereinafter the MF zone) which shall include the following area as depicted on Exhibit "All attached hereto and incorporated by this reference:

   (A)   Those existing Single Family Residence (R-1) zoned parcels commonly known as 516-531 Padilla Street and 121 South Santa Anita Street.

   (B)   Those existing Multiple Family Residence (R-3) zoned parcels commonly known as 114-116 De Anza Street and 324 West Las Tunas Drive and 537 West Live Oak.

   (C)   Those existing Retail Commercial (C-1) zoned parcels commonly known as 330-510 West Las Tunas Drive (south side only), 207-245 South Santa Anita Street and 511-521 West Live Oak.

   (D)   That existing Multiple Family Residence (R-3) /Retail Commercial (C-1) zoned parcel commonly known as 218 South Santa Anita Street.

(Ord. 491-C.S., passed 10-6-98)

   A use or structure that becomes nonconforming due to the inclusion by a Zone Change to Medical Facilities Zone of the parcel upon which it is located, shall, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 153.421 and 153.422 of this Title, retain all of the rights, including the rights to remodel and rebuild, and be subject to all of the restrictions applicable to the zone in effect for the use or structure immediately prior to the Zone Change, as said rights and restrictions then exist or may thereafter be amended, until such time as the use is converted to a conforming use or the structure is altered to a conforming structure. Upon such conversion or alteration, the rights and restrictions of the Medical Facilities Zone shall thereafter apply to all structures or uses on the parcel.

(Ord. 491-C.S., passed 10-6-98)

   The following uses shall be permitted in the Medical Facilities Zone:

      1. Hospitals and convalescent facilities.

      2. Medical clinics, medical laboratories and pharmacies.

      3. Medical and dental offices and related professional services.

      4. Restaurants and retail stores whose merchandise is supplemental to medical care, only when located in a medical office or clinic structure or related parking structure having two or more stories.

      5. Parking structures.

      6. Nursery schools and daycare centers.

      7. Accessory buildings and facilities necessary for the successful functioning of the hospital such as maintenance shops, power plants, etc.

(Ord. 491-C.S., passed 10-6-98)

   Buildings in the Medical Facilities Zone shall not be more than seventy (701) feet in height, measured from the average level of the highest and lowest point of that portion of the lot covered by the building to the highest point of the structure.

   Penthouses or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans, and similar equipment required to operate and maintain the buildings, and fire or parapet walls, skylights, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, wireless masts, and similar structures may be erected up to ten feet (101) above the height limits set forth in this section, but no penthouse or roof structure or any space above the height limit shall be permitted for the purpose of providing additional floor space.

(Ord. 491-C.S., passed 10-6-98)

   The minimum building site area in the Medical Facilities Zone shall be 30,000 square feet.

(Ord. 491-C.S., passed 10-6-98)

   The gross floor area in all buildings shall not exceed three (3) times the gross area of the building site.

(Ord. 491-C.S., passed 10-6-98)

   In the Medical Facilities Zone, the setback distance from Las Tunas Drive shall be zero (0') feet. The setback distance from all other streets in the zone shall be five (51) feet. The minimum setback distance from any interior side or rear property line when adjoining R-1 zones shall be ten (101) feet, plus five (51) feet for each ten (101) feet or fraction thereof, of gross building height in excess of thirty (301) feet. The minimum setback distance from any interior side or rear property line when adjoining R-3 zones shall be ten (101) feet, plus two (21) feet for each ten (101) feet or fraction thereof, of gross building height in excess of thirty (301) feet. The minimum setback distance from any interior or rear property line when adjoining Medical Facilities or C-1 zones shall be zero (01) feet.

   Additionally, buildings with a gross building height in excess of forty (401) feet when adjoining R-1 zones, shall be stepped back from the setback distance required above as follows:

Any portion of the building between

         41' - 50' in height 10'

         51' - 60' in height 20'

         61' - 70' in height 30'

(Ord. 491-C.S., passed 10-6-98)

   In the Medical Facilities Zone, there shall be provided automobile parking space for at least four (4) automobiles for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area within the building, in conformance with the City of San Gabriel parking standards.

   Exception: Hospital parking will be provided on the basis of 1.75 spaces per licensed bed.

   Required parking may be provided off-site, within the zone.

(Ord. 491-C.S., passed 10-6-98)

   In the Medical Facilities Zone, six (60%) percent of the gross area of the building site shall be used for landscape areas, of which not more than twenty-five (25%) percent may be used for landscape areas. When abutting an R-1 zone, a landscaped area not less than two (2%) percent of the gross area of the building site shall be provided between any structure and the abutting R-1 property. This two (2%) percent may be included in the six (6%) percent of the overall site landscape requirement.

(Ord. 491-C.S., passed 10-6-98)