The Redding airport specific plan (ASP) district is intended to be combined with appropriate principal districts for the following purposes:

A.

To identify the areas where the Redding municipal airport area specific plan is applicable;

B.

To recognize the importance of the Redding municipal airport (referred to in this chapter as airport) as a regional transportation facility and to prevent incompatible development in the vicinity;

C.

To protect the health, safety and welfare of persons residing and working within the area of airport influence;

D.

To comply with applicable federal and state regulations and standards as they relate to the subjects of noise and safety to assure compatibility of use in and around the airport;

E.

To compile all references to standards, ordinances and policies concerning the airport in one chapter;

F.

To implement standards and policies adopted by specific plan number 2-82 (airport plan) and general plan amendment 1-82 for the Redding municipal airport.

(Prior code § 5.02.390 (A))

A.

The regulations in this chapter apply in all districts combined with the ASP district and prevail over any conflicting regulation of any principal or combined district with which the ASP district is combined.

B.

The policies and standards of the Redding municipal airport specific plan, specific plan number 2-82 (airport plan), shall prevail over any zoning or other ordinances or regulations which may conflict with the standards and policies of the airport plan.

C.

The ASP district may be combined with all zone districts applied to land within the boundary of the airport plan.

(Prior code § 5.02.390 (B))

For the purposes of the ASP district, whenever the terms listed in this section are used in the airport plan and this chapter, they shall mean the following:

"Building maintenance service" means a business which provides upkeep of residential, commercial or industrial buildings or grounds similar in character and impact to window cleaning, disinfecting, exterminating, janitorial, chimney cleaning or grounds maintenance activities.

"Business support service" means a business which provides technical or clerical assistance similar in character and impact to direct mail advertising, blueprinting or photocopying, duplicating or mimeographing, letter writing, stenography or typing, temporary help or telephone message services to other businesses.

"Communications service" means a business engaged in activities similar in character and impact to telephone or telegraph communications, radio or television broadcasting or cablevision.

"Consumer repair service" means a business engaged in activities similar in character and impact to radio and television repair, refrigeration and air conditioning service, appliance repair, watch, clock or jewelry repair or furniture upholstery or repair.

"Laundry service" means laundry or garment services similar in character and impact to commercial laundries, garment pressing, agents for laundries and dry cleaners, diaper service or linen supply. Industrial launderers and carpet and upholstery cleaning plants are not included.

"Light manufacturing" means the fabrication or assembly of products using materials that are generally in a processed form or the casting or molding of products from metals or plastics when the activities do not have nuisance features due to unacceptable emissions of noise, dust, odors, smoke, bright lights, vibration or involve dangerous or explosive materials, and they are conducted wholly within a building.

"Manufacturing" means light manufacturing activities other than those represented by the definition of light manufacturing, which may be objectionable due to the potential for creation of noise, dust, odor, smoke or vibration, or which involve outdoor storage of parts or materials.

"Personal improvement service" means businesses or schools similar in character and impact to those engaged in providing training for personal activities, such as automobile driving, vocational or trade training, or arts or music appreciation.

"Personal service" means a business providing services similar in character and impact to a barber, beautician, cosmetologist, cobbler or tailor.

"Processing" means the compounding of products, including the cleaning, handling or packaging thereof, when the activities do not emit an unacceptable or injurious level of noise, dust, odors, smoke, bright lights, vibration or involve dangerous or explosive materials and they are conducted wholly within a building.

"Recycling center" means establishments primarily engaged in assembling, breaking up, sorting and shipping of scrap metal, paper or glass products. This category does not include auto dismantling or metal salvage or storage operations or wet paper processing activities.

"Retail sales" means accessory retail sales that are clearly subordinate, incidental and related to an approved or permitted primary use.

(Prior code § 5.02.390 (C))

The provisions of the Redding municipal airport hazard zoning ordinance (airport hazards ordinance), county ordinance code, part 7, division 5, chapter 4 are declared to be a part of the ASP district. In the case where conflict occurs as a result of this section, the more stringent regulations shall apply.

(Prior code § 5.02.390 (D))

All uses permitted without a zoning, administrative or use permit in the principal or combined districts with which this district is combined, in addition to those uses permitted in the respective airport plan designation, are permitted outright in the ASP district; provided, that no use shall be permitted and no use shall be operated or maintained in any manner that conflicts with the policies, standards or regulations of the airport plan or the airport hazards ordinance.

(Ord. 95-3 § 73, 1995; prior code § 5.02.390 (E))

All uses permitted with a zoning permit in the principal or combined districts with which this district is combined are permitted in the ASP district if a zoning permit is issued; provided, that no use shall be permitted and no use shall be operated or maintained in any manner that conflicts with the policies, standards or regulations of the airport plan or the airport hazards ordinance.

(Ord. 95-3 § 74, 1995)

All uses permitted with an administrative permit in the principal or combined districts with which this district is combined, are permitted in the ASP district if an administrative permit is issued; provided, that no use shall be permitted and no use shall be operated or maintained in any manner that conflicts with the policies, standards or regulations of the airport plan or the airport hazards ordinance.

(Prior code § 5.02.390 (F))

All uses permitted with a use permit in the principal or combined district with which this district is combined, in addition to those uses requiring a use permit in the respective airport plan designation, are permitted in the ASP district if a use permit is issued; provided, that no use permit shall be issued for any use, the operation or maintenance of which will conflict with the policies, standards or regulations of the airport plan or the airport hazards ordinance.

(Prior code § 5.02.390 (G))

The development standards of a principal or combined district for or pertaining to required building site and dimensions, structures, parking and loading facilities, landscaping, screening, signing and outdoor storage apply in any combined district that includes the ASP district; provided, no dimension or limitation or standard shall conflict with the policies, standards or regulations of the airport plan or the airport hazards ordinance. However, the following standards listed for the ASP district shall be minimum standards required in all principal and combined zones, and shall prevail over any conflicting standard set forth in the principal or combined zone or the airport hazards ordinance.

A.

Yard and Landscaping. The following yard and landscaping requirements apply:

1.

No structure, except identification signs as listed in the airport plan, shall be built or placed within the front yard or side yard facing a street on a corner. Walkway and driveway openings and improvements are not included in this limitation. Also excluded from this limitation are parking areas located beyond the required landscaped area. 2. Landscaping and screening shall be placed as required by the airport plan; provided, that for development sites with lot frontage on Airport Road, a ten-foot-wide strip adjacent to and measured from the front property line shall be landscaped with living plant materials. The living plant material shall include trees of a specie and type suited to the area climate zone planted forty feet on center with a minimum of three trees per lot. Any portion of a front yard area not improved and used for parking shall be landscaped. Nonplant landscaping materials may be used.

3.

All vegetative areas shall be provided with an adequate and permanent watering system and all planted materials shall be maintained in a living condition.

4.

All landscaped areas shall have the perimeter enclosed by either a concrete curb having a minimum height of six inches or a wooden frame constructed from materials such as railroad ties or other heavy lumber materials which measure no less than six inches in diameter or six inches square.

5.

All plant material within a thirty-foot triangle at the intersection of two streets and a fifteen-foot triangle at the intersection of driveways and streets shall be no more than two feet in height above the curb level.

B.

Buildings and Parking Facilities. The following requirements apply to buildings and parking facilities:

1.

Main buildings should be oriented such that all loading docks, bays, storage areas or facilities will be located to the side or rear of the building site.

2.

All commercial and industrial buildings and accessory structures should either be painted or constructed of materials of neutral or earth tone colors.

3.

Parking standards and dimensions shall be as specified in Chapter 17.86.

C.

Signs and Lighting. The following requirements apply to signs and lighting:

1.

Signs as allowed by and subject to the provisions of Sections 17.84.060 through 17.84.069.

2.

Night lighting shall be directed downward, shall not glare into adjoining residentially zoned land or onto public streets, and shall not interfere with the operations of the Redding municipal airport.

D.

Outdoor Storage and Trash Storage Areas. The following requirements apply to outdoor storage and trash storage areas:

1.

All outdoor storage areas shall be screened from public view by fencing of a height and type described in the landscaping and screening section of the applicable airport plan designations and subsection E of this section.

2.

All outside trash storage and collection facilities shall be enclosed by a solid masonry wall or view-obscuring fence not less than six feet in height. The maximum height of the screening shall not exceed one foot above the height of the trash receptacle.

E.

Fencing. The following fencing requirements apply:

1.

When fencing or buffering is required by the airport plan to separate commercial or industrial uses which adjoin a residential district, it shall be constructed of materials and located in the manner specified by the plan.

2.

When fencing is otherwise required, it shall be constructed and located in accordance with the standards of the combined zone district or other applicable zoning plan regulations.

F.

Development Plan. For areas designated by the airport plan as agricultural, residential or greenway, the planning director may waive the requirements for a development plan required by any combined district if he finds that it is not necessary to accomplish the objectives of the plan.

(Ord. 2002-2 § 27, 2002; prior code § 5.02.390 (H))