The following uses may be permitted as a special land use by the Planning Commission subject to the general and specific requirements of Chapter 1274.
(a) Nursery schools, day nurseries and child care centers (not including dormitories), provided that for each child so cared for there is provided and maintained a minimum of 150 square feet of outdoor play area. Such play space shall have a total minimum area of at least 5,000 square feet, and shall be fenced or screened from any adjoining residential land with planting.
(b) General hospitals, with no maximum height restrictions, when the following conditions are met:
(1) All such hospitals shall be developed only on sites consisting of at least ten acres in area.
(2) The proposed site shall have at least one property line abutting a major thoroughfare as designated on the Major Thoroughfare Plan. All access to the off-street parking area for guests, employees, staff, as well as any other users of the facilities, shall be directly from a major thoroughfare.
(3) The minimum distance of any main or accessory building from bounding lot lines or streets shall be at least 100 feet for front, rear and side yards for all two-story structures. For every story above two, the minimum yard distance shall be increased by at least twenty feet.
(c) Any use which is subsidiary to the principal use, is under separate ownership or control or is operated in conjunction with a general hospital, including, but not limited to, restaurants or coffee shops, gift, flower, book or notions shops, pharmacy or equipment rental areas, etc., shall be wholly within the main building, shall not have direct access to the exterior of the building, and shall not erect or maintain any sign or advertising device on the exterior of the building or surrounding area.
(d) Housing for the elderly, retired or assisted living facilities and nursing homes subject to the regulations of Section 1248.03(g).
(e) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses.
(1975 Code § 5.54) (Ord. 08-2002-04. Passed 9-3-02.)