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Woodland City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

24 - PUBLIC/QUASI-PUBLIC/INSTITUTIONAL PQPI

17.24.010 - Purpose.

It is the intent of this section to allow for common public uses where the need arises and uses will not create a nuisance or interfere with existing uses.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

17.24.020 - Principal uses.

Permitted primary uses in the PQPI district shall include:

A.

Uses commonly known as public use, such as schools, colleges, hospitals, sanitariums, and not-for-profit charitable uses;

B.

Churches with a lot area greater than three-quarter-acre, memorial buildings, community clubhouses and museums;

C.

Governmental buildings, including police and fire stations;

D.

Public parks and/or publicly owned recreational facilities (i.e., community swimming pool, tennis courts, skate parks)

E.

Cemeteries;

F.

Open space, wetland preserves, stormwater facilities and critical areas;

G.

Public utility buildings: Sewage pumping stations, sewage treatment plants, water treatment plants, electrical distribution substations, water tanks, water pumping stations and similar developments necessary for the operation of a public utility;

H.

Electric vehicle infrastructure;

I.

Wireless Communication Facilities. New attached facilities and colocations consistent with Section 17.71.195.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

(Ord. No. 1257, § 6, 1-7-2013; Ord. No. 1412, § 1, 6-17-2019)

17.24.030 - Accessory uses.

Permitted accessory uses in the PQPI district shall include those uses and activities customarily associated with and necessary to the operation of the permitted primary use. Each primary building or structure may be permitted to have one accessory building, which is exempt from building permit requirements, by definition of the current building code.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

17.24.040 - Conditional uses.

Uses permitted by a conditional use permit approved by the city of Woodland hearing examiner shall include:

A.

Parking lots located separately from a permitted primary use;

B.

Any of the principal uses when a residence is also proposed;

C.

Increased height limit requirements;

D.

Increased lot coverage percentage;

E.

Wireless Communication Facilities. New support towers consistent with Section 17.71.195.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

(Ord. No. 1412, § 1, 6-17-2019)

17.24.050 - Prohibited uses.

The following are prohibited uses in the PQPI district:

A.

Reserved;

B.

Power generation plants (except emergency generators);

C.

Shooting (firearms) ranges;

D.

Residences not appurtenant to the primary use;

E.

Alcohol, substance abuse or sex offender inpatient or outpatient facilities;

F.

Half-way house facilities;

G.

Marijuana retailer;

H.

Medical marijuana cooperative.

(Ord. 1035 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

(Ord. No. 1412, § 1, 6-17-2019; Ord. No. 1440, § 4, 10-21-2019)

17.24.060 - Lots-width-depth-size.

There are no limitations for minimum lot width and depth. Minimum lot size is ten thousand square feet.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

17.24.070 - Building setbacks.

All setbacks shall be measured from the nearest wall or corner of the appropriate property line.

A.

Front Setback. The minimum front yard setback for all buildings shall be thirty feet.

B.

Side Setback. The minimum side yard setback for all buildings shall be ten feet.

C.

Rear Setback. The minimum rear yard setback for all buildings shall be twenty-five feet.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

17.24.080 - Building height.

Maximum building height in the PQPI district shall be three stories, but not more than forty-five feet. Building height in excess of three stories or forty-five feet may be approved through the conditional use process. Uninhabitable portions of structures such as a church spire, fleche, campanile or a dome and lantern or a clock tower may be permitted to exceed the height limit; provided, such appurtenances are not intended as advertising devices.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

17.24.090 - Lot coverage.

Maximum lot coverage by all buildings shall be fifty percent. Maximum lot coverage by all impervious areas shall be seventy-five percent. Lot coverage percentages may be increased, providing a conditional use permit is approved as per Section 17.24.040.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

17.24.100 - Screening—Landscaping.

A.

Along the boundary between the site and any adjacent residential district shall be installed either a solid wall or sight-obscuring fence between five and six feet in height, or vegetative buffer.

B.

Where such a use is located across the street from a residential district the street frontage shall be planted to a depth of at least eight feet with substantial trees, shrubbery and ground cover. A landscape plan shall be submitted to the community development director or designee for written approval prior to issuance of a building permit.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

(Ord. No. 1378, § 66, 11-21-2016)

17.24.110 - Parking.

Off-street parking in the PQPI district shall meet the parking requirements of Chapter 17.56 of this code, Sections 17.56.030 through 17.56.060.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

17.24.120 - Signs.

Signs in the PQPI district shall meet the requirements as provided in Chapters 17.08 and 17.52 of this code.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)

17.24.130 - Lighting.

Lighting, including permitted illuminated signs, shall be designed and arranged so as not to:

A.

Reflect or cast glare into any residential zone;

B.

Rotate, glitter or flash;

C.

Conflict with the readability of traffic signs and control signals.

(Ord. 1023 § 1 (part), 2004)