A. Schools (Elementary/Middle).
1. Characteristics. This category includes public and private schools at the primary, kindergarten, elementary, middle, or junior high level, that provide state mandated basic education. Students are not expected to be of driving age.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses include play areas, cafeterias, recreational and sport facilities, auditoriums, and before-or after-school daycare.
3. Examples. Examples include public and private daytime schools, boarding schools and military academies.
4. Uses Not Included.
a. Preschools are classified as daycare uses.
5. Use Standards.
a. Must meet the curricular teaching certification of instruction approved by the State Board of Education.
b. All mobile classrooms shall be located in rear yards. The Director may approve the placement in side or front yards if placement in the rear cannot be accommodated.
B. Schools (High/Senior).
1. Characteristics. This category includes public and private schools at high school or senior level, that provide state mandated basic education. Some students are expected to be of driving age and use their own vehicle to come to and from the school.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses include play areas, cafeterias, recreational and sport facilities, auditoriums, and before-or after-school daycare.
3. Examples. Examples include public and private daytime schools, high schools, boarding schools and military academies.
4. Use Standards.
a. Must meet the curricular teaching certification of instruction approved by the State Board of Education.
b. All mobile classrooms shall be located in rear yards. The Director may approve the placement inside or front yards if placement in the rear cannot be accommodated.
C. University, College, and Vocational Schools.
1. Characteristics. Universities, colleges, or vocational schools are higher learning establishments that provide post public school (including associate, bachelor, graduate, doctoral), vocational, and technical degrees and skills.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include associated offices, parking, cafeteria, facilities such as a cafeteria, fitness facility, on and off campus dormitories owned and operated by the school, and on campus.
3. Examples. Examples include a trade school, secondary education, career center, vocational college, college, university, satellite campus or satellite branch of a university, college, or vocational school.
4. Use Standards.
a. All activities associated with a vocational school (or trade school) that cause excess noise or nuisance shall be within a completely enclosed building.
b. University, college, or vocational schools may occur in existing buildings suitable for commercial activity, such as a shopping center.
D. Civic and Private Clubs, Minor-Less Than 15,000 SF or 150 Person Membership.
1. Characteristics. Smaller scale civic uses, including public or nonprofit nature generally providing a local service to people of the community. Also includes private club uses including facilities used by a group of people organized for a common purpose to pursue common goals, interests or activities and usually characterized by certain membership qualifications, payment of fees and dues, regular meetings, and constitution and by-laws. Facilities may contain one (1) or more buildings and structures operated only for the benefit of its members and their guests.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include offices, meeting areas, food preparation areas, parking, and cafes.
3. Examples. Libraries, museums, non-profit or public community centers, public amenity centers, and private clubs such as fraternal organizations and orders.
4. Uses Not Included.
a. Commercial museums, classified as general retail.
b. Parks, classified as open space/parks.
c. Event centers or convention centers catering to outside groups or audiences.
d. Health and fitness facilities (i.e. commercial gym, see indoor recreation).
E. Civic and Private Clubs, Major— Greater Than 15,000 SF or 150 Person Membership.
1. Characteristics. Larger scale civic uses, including public or nonprofit nature generally providing a local service to people of the community. Also includes private club uses including facilities used by a group of people organized for a common purpose to pursue common goals, interests or activities and usually characterized by certain membership qualifications, payment of fees and dues, regular meetings, and constitution and by-laws. Facilities may contain one (1) or more buildings and structures operated only for the benefit of its members and their guests.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include offices, meeting areas, food preparation areas, parking, and cafes.
3. Examples. Libraries, museums, non-profit or public community centers, public amenity centers, and private clubs such as fraternal organizations and orders.
4. Uses Not Included.
a. Commercial museums, classified as general retail.
b. Parks, classified as open space/parks.
c. Event centers or convention centers catering to outside groups or audiences.
d. Health and fitness facilities (i.e. commercial gym, see indoor recreation).
F. Correctional Facility.
1. Characteristics. A private or government establishment primarily engaged in managing and operating correctional institutions. This establishment is designed for the confinement, correction, and rehabilitation of adult or juvenile offenders sentenced by a court.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses include offices, meeting rooms, cafeteria facilities designed for the use of workers or inmates.
3. Examples. Examples may include a correctional institution, penitentiary, detention center, prison, and a jail.
G. Essential Services and Public Utilities (Excluding Regional Utility Services).
1. Characteristics. Public or private infrastructure serving a limited area possibly having limited on-site personnel. Basic utilities are infrastructure services that need to be located in or near the area where the service is provided. Services may be public or privately provided. All public safety facilities (i.e. fire and police stations) are essential services.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include parking; control, monitoring, data, or transmission equipment; and holding cells within a police station.
3. Examples. Examples include water and sewer pump stations; electrical substations; telephone exchanges; bus stops or turn arounds, post office, public safety facilities including fire and police stations, and emergency communication broadcast facilities.
4. Uses Not Included.
a. Utility offices where employees and customers are generally present are classified as offices.
b. Bus and light rail barns are classified as regional utility facility.
H. Regional Utility Facility.
1. Characteristics. Public or private infrastructure serving a regional area. Regional utility uses may have regular employees at the site. Services may be public or privately provided. Because of the intensity of use, these uses must have a special use permit.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include parking; control, monitoring, data, or transmission equipment; and holding cells within a police station.
3. Examples. Examples include water towers and reservoirs; regional stormwater retention and detention facilities, transit centers, park-and-ride facilities for mass transit, other intense regional uses which should go through the special use permit process in residential districts to help mitigate any incompatibilities.
I. Open Space/Parks.
1. Characteristics. Open space and parks are uses of land focusing on natural areas, large areas consisting mostly of vegetative landscaping or outdoor recreation, community gardens, or public squares. Lands tend to have few structures.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include clubhouses, maintenance facilities, concessions, caretaker’s quarters, covered pavilions and parking.
3. Examples. Examples include parks, public squares, plazas, recreational trails, botanical gardens, boat launching areas, and nature preserves.
K. Religious Institutions.
1. Characteristics. Religious institutions are intended to primarily provide meeting areas for religious activities.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses include Sunday school facilities, parking, kitchens/cafeterias, recreation areas, offices, meeting rooms, and caretaker’s housing.
3. Examples. Examples include churches, temples, synagogues, and mosques.