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Chapter
7.70
(PL)
PUBLIC LAND ZONE
7.70.010
Purpose. The land designated as
Public Land (PL) provides appropriate locations for the provision of public
services.
7.70.020
Permitted Uses. In the PL Zone,
all uses except minor impact utilities are subject to site development review,
Chapter 7.120, Site Development Review. Only
the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted:
A.
Fire Station;
B.
Police Station;
C.
Public Library;
D.
Public School;
E.
Municipal utilities including major impact municipal utilities;
F.
Minor impact utilities;
E.
Public parks;
F.
Government administrative offices including City Hall;
G.
Emergency medical facility;
H.
U. S. Post Office.
7.70.030
Conditional uses. The following
uses and their accessory uses may be permitted when authorized by the Planning
Commission in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 7.130, Conditional
Use, other relevant sections of this Ordinance and any conditions imposed by the
Planning Commission:
A.
Public parking structure or lot as a primary use;
B.
Major impact utilities other than municipal utilities;
C.
Cell towers, where lease is approved by the City Council, subject to
Chapter 7.108.
D.
Government facilities other than administrative offices.
7.70.040
Development Standards.
A.
The minimum lot size shall be as required to satisfy the standards of
applicable ordinances.
B.
The minimum lot width shall be as required to satisfy the standards of
applicable ordinances.
C.
The minimum lot depth shall be as required to satisfy the standards of
applicable ordinances.
D.
Except for government administrative offices, any structure built in the
Public Land zone shall be setback at least 20 feet from any property line.
E.
For government administrative offices, the minimum setback requirements
are as follows:
1.
There is no minimum front setback;
2.
On corner lots, the minimum setback for the side facing the street shall
be ten (10) feet;
3.
No additional side or rear setback shall be required except twenty (20)
feet screened and buffered in accordance with Chapter 7.96 shall be required
where abutting a residential zoning district;
F. No building height in the Public Land (PL) zoning district shall exceed
twenty-four (24) feet. “Building Height” means the vertical distance
from the "building grade" to the highest point of the coping of a flat
roof, or to the deck line of a mansard roof, or the average height of the
highest gable of a pitch or hip roof. (See requirements given in the
Oregon State Building Code.) [Amended
by Ordinance No. 03-589-O 9/18/03]
G. Landscaping shall be in accordance
with Chapter 7.96. All outside storage areas require buffering and screening as
defined in Chapter 7.96.
H.
Parking shall be in accordance with Chapter 7.100.
I.
Signs shall be in accordance with Chapter 7.102.
J. Additional requirements shall include any applicable section of this Ordinance.