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Upland City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IX

MCD Medical Campus District

§ 185-900 District purposes.

The Medical Campus District is intended to provide for hospital and specialized medical services in a central location for residents of the Borough, surrounding communities and the region. Hospitals, health care, medical offices, and related uses for convenience to hospital activities are appropriate in the Medical Campus District. It is particularly intended to preserve certain land and/or facilities already in place and now so used by the community.

§ 185-901 Uses permitted by right.

Land, buildings or premises shall be used by right for only one or more of the following uses:
A. 
Hospital.
B. 
Medical or dental clinic or center and related offices.
C. 
Medical office building.

§ 185-902 Uses permitted by special exception.

The following uses shall be permitted by special exception only, subject to the applicable provisions of Articles XIX, Procedures and Standards for Special Exceptions, and XXI, Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots:
A. 
Group day-care home or day-care center, subject to § 185-1819.
B. 
Parking structure, subject to Article XVI.
C. 
Billboards, subject to § 185-1707.
D. 
Uses of the same general character as those permitted in §§ 185-901 and 185-902. Such uses shall be permitted as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board after consideration of the recommendation of the Planning Commission, provided that these uses are consistent with the purposes and provisions of the district and are not detrimental to the surrounding neighborhood in terms of impacts such as noise, traffic congestion, smoke, and similar impacts noted in Article XXII, Performance Standards.

§ 185-903 Accessory uses.

The following uses are permitted as accessory uses incidental to the uses permitted by right:
A. 
Storage within a completely enclosed structure in conjunction with a permitted use.
B. 
Restaurant, cafeteria, or coffee shop serving the users of the principal permitted use.
C. 
Off-street parking and private garages.
D. 
Signs, when erected and maintained in accordance with Article XVII.
E. 
Any use that is customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.

§ 185-904 Area and bulk regulations.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, the following shall be minimum requirements:
Standard
Size
Lot area
1 acre
Lot width
100 feet, minimum
Building coverage
40%, maximum
Impervious surface
60%, maximum
Front yard
75 feet, minimum
Side yards
50 feet, minimum on each side
Rear yard
50 feet, minimum
Height
60 feet or 5 stories, maximum

§ 185-905 Development requirements.

A. 
Development may be on individual lots or by addition of new buildings on a lot or parcel with one or more existing buildings.
B. 
More than one building is permitted on a single lot, provided that the setback and spacing requirements in § 185-904 are met.
C. 
The lot area and street frontage requirements shall not apply in cases where a building or buildings are added to existing buildings on a lot, provided that the parking requirements in Article XVI are met.
D. 
Where new buildings are constructed on the same lot or parcel as existing medical campus buildings, consideration shall be given to connecting the interior driveways of such new buildings with the driveways serving existing buildings in order to limit the number of access points on Upland Avenue.
E. 
For lots adjoining a residential district, a landscaped buffer zone of not less than 20 feet shall be established and maintained, consisting of evergreens, shrubs, or other screening vegetation.
F. 
All parking facilities and signs shall comply with Articles XVI and XVII, respectively.
G. 
Screening and landscaping shall be provided in accordance with §§ 185-1816 and 185-1817, respectively.