Yucaipa City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 4
ADDITIONAL USES
84.0401 Additional Use Criteria.
(a) The location of the land use is determined by other land uses which are directly supported by the proposed use.
(b) The land use is part of the community or regional infrastructure.
(c) The location of the proposed use is determined by the location of raw materials in their natural state such as mineral deposits, natural vegetation, and energy sources.
(d) The character of the proposed use is such that it requires a remote location away from other land uses.
(e) The land use is deemed essential or desirable to the public convenience or welfare. (Amended by Ord. 253 § 10, 2006)
84.0405 Alternate Review Procedure.
Unless preempted by state or federal law, the specific land uses listed in Section 84.0410 shall be permitted in any official land use district without a Conditional Use Permit when, in the opinion of the City Planner, the criteria cited in Section 84.0401 and all the following alternate review procedures have been completed.
(a) Alternate Procedures
(1) The land use has been approved at public hearing by a state or federally-appointed body or commission empowered to approve or license the land use.
(2) Notice has been given to provide an opportunity for those interested or affected by the proposed use to take part in local public hearings conducted by the state or federal body or commission approving the land use.
(3) The review process used by the approving agency has substantially addressed the same issues and concerns that would be addressed in applicable City review and approval process.
(4) The approving state or federal body or commission has made a reasonable effort to respond to concerns expressed by the City of Yucaipa and its citizens.
(5) The approval of the land use would not have a substantially detrimental effect on the public health, safety, and welfare.
(6) Approval of the land use has complied with applicable provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act.
(7) The land use is consistent with the City’s General Plan.
(b) Typical Alternate Procedures
The following procedures may qualify as such alternate review procedures.
(1) Projects approved by the State Energy Commission.
(2) Projects approved by the U.S. Forest Service.
(3) Projects approved by the Bureau of Land Management.
(4) Projects approved by the State Lands Commission.
(5) State or federal water projects.
84.0410 List of Additional Uses.
(a) Temporary and permanent government facilities and enterprises (federal, state, and local) where buildings and/or property are publicly owned or leased.
(b) Temporary support facilities associated with highway construction and other public facilities including, but not limited to, batch plants and equipment storage yards.
(c) Transportation facilities principally involved in the movement of people, together with the necessary buildings, apparatus, or appurtenances incidental thereto, including, but not limited to, airports, heliports, train stations, bus stations, and car pool facilities.
(d) Institutional uses including, but not limited to, schools, colleges and universities, conference centers, hospitals, churches, rehabilitation centers, and organizational camps.
(e) Museums, art galleries, and libraries.
(f) Planetariums, aquariums, zoos, botanical gardens, and arboretums.
(g) Historic and monument sites.
(h) Cemeteries, including pet cemeteries, subject to Design Standards and the mapping requirements specified by this Code, Conditional Use Permit and Tentative Tract Map required to be filed concurrently.
(i) Solid waste disposal sites, rubbish incinerators, and recycling centers (recycling centers limited to certain land use districts as described in Section 84.0625 of this division).
(j) Sewer plants and sewage disposal sites.
(k) (1) Electrical generating stations.
(2) Public utilities and public service uses or structures including, but not limited to, reservoirs, pumping plants, electrical substations, central communications offices, microwave and repeater huts, and towers and satellite receiving stations (a multiple site network may be submitted as one project).
(l) Radio and television stations and towers.
(m) Racetracks or stadiums.
(n) Campgrounds not exceeding a density of four sites per acre.
(o) Sports-oriented recreational uses requiring remote locations including, but not limited to, rifle, pistol and archery ranges, sky diving jump sites, off-road and recreational vehicle parks, marines, golf courses, hunting and fishing clubs, ski resorts, and recreational camps.
(p) Gas pressure control stations, water treatment plants (purification), water storage tanks, gas production plants, petroleum pipelines, and pressure control stations.
(q) Development of natural resources including, but not limited to, mineral deposits, extraction, natural vegetation, and energy sources, together with the necessary buildings, apparatus or appurtenances incidental thereto.
(r) Correctional institutions.
(s) Bail bond operation located within one mile of a correctional institution.
(t) Arenas, field houses, auditoriums, and rodeo facilities.
(u) Recreation and community centers, gymnasiums, and athletic clubs.
(v) Wildlife and nature preserves, lakes, general recreation, leisure and ornamental parks open to the general public.
(w) Industrial uses requiring extensive buffering from other land uses for the preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the general public, restricted to areas designated as Improvement Level 4 or 5 as defined by the City’s General Plan.
(x) Hazardous Waste Operations
Hazardous waste operations are those establishments involved in the transfer, storage, treatment, incineration, recycling, or disposal of waste material that could pose a threat to human health or the environment if not handled properly. These establishments include, but are not limited to, treatment, incineration, recycling, storage, transfer, residual repository and land disposal facilities.
(y) Recreational vehicle storage. (Amended by Ord. 199 § 2, 2000; Ord. 210 § 5, 2001; Ord. 253 § 11, 2006; Ord. 296 § 12, 2010; Ord. 345 § 24, 2016)
84.0420 Planned Developments.
Planned Developments shall be allowed in any official land use district, subject to an approved Planned Development application as specified by Division 3 of this Code and the Design Review Standards specified by Division 8 of this Code.