The RC Recreational District is designed and intended to permit the limited use of land in the City for privately-owned indoor and outdoor recreational uses that will be open to the general public and which, by virtue of their size, are not generally conducive to commercial districts and which, because of the potential intensity of the use, are not compatible with uses permitted in Residential Districts. It is further the intent of this District to discourage the types of athletic facilities that would occupy large tracts of land and generate large volumes of traffic.

(Ord. 532. Passed 6-30-93.)

   In the RC Recreational District, no building or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided for in this Zoning Code:

   (a)   Indoor athletic facilities, such as tennis courts, racquet ball courts, exercise facilities, golf driving ranges, batting facilities, skating rinks and bowling alleys.

   (b)   Outdoor athletic facilities, including golf driving ranges, small par three-type golf courses, tennis courts, racquet ball courts and athletic fields for track and field events, including equestrian events, but excluding horse racing, dog racing and animal racing of any kind, any form of competitive motor vehicle contests, theme parks, mechanical or electronic devices and amusement parks.

   (c)   Uses which are customarily related or accessory to the above permitted indoor and outdoor recreational uses when such uses will have no greater impact on surrounding properties than the principal use of the site.

(Ord. 532. Passed 6-30-93.)

   All permitted uses shall be subject to the following conditions:

   (a)   The minimum setback requirements for a principal use shall be as follows:

      (1)   Front yard: forty feet, except that for each foot that the use exceeds twenty-five feet in height, an additional one foot of setback shall be provided.

      (2)   Interior side yard: twenty feet, except that for each foot that the use exceeds twenty-five feet in height, an additional one foot of setback shall be provided. When the side yard abuts a Residential District, a minimum setback of fifty feet shall be provided.

      (3)   Exterior side yard: the same as that required for the front yard.

      (4)   Rear yard: the same as that required for an interior side yard.

   (b)   The maximum height of a building shall be forty feet.

   (c)   Off-street parking shall be provided and shall be laid out as provided in this section and Chapter 1292.

   (d)   Off-street parking may be located in a front yard and in an exterior side yard to a point twenty feet from the street right-of-way line. Off-street parking may be located in a rear yard and in an interior side yard, except that when these yards abut a Residential District, no off-street parking shall be permitted within the minimum required setback.

   (e)   Whenever off-street parking is required to be set back from a property line, the set back shall be landscaped and all landscaping shall be maintained in a living, growing condition, neat and orderly in appearance.

   (f)   All uses shall have at least one property line along a major thoroughfare as identified on the City's Master Plan Map, and all access shall be directly from a major thoroughfare.

   (g)   The intensity of all exterior lighting shall be of a type that shall not present a potential safety hazard to traffic on adjoining streets, nor shall any such lighting adversely impact abutting properties.

   (h)   All accessory buildings shall comply with the applicable setback requirements of Section 1298.04 including paragraphs (a)(6) and (7) of Section 1298.04 and any amendments thereto.

   (i)   The outdoor storage on the site of goods, materials or vehicles is prohibited.

   (j)   All site plans shall be submitted for review and approval to the Building Department, planning consultants and the Planning Commission.

   (k)   All principal uses permitted in Section 1291.02 shall be subject to the applicable requirements of this Zoning Code relating to site plan review, improvement guarantees, landscape planting standards, corner clearance, screens, walls, earth berms, exterior building wall materials and signs.

(Ord. 532. Passed 6-30-93.)