This category includes public, quasi-public and private uses that provide unique services that are of benefit to the public at- large. The public, civic and institutional subcategories are as follows.
A. Airport Or Ground Transportation Terminal: Facilities from which FAA-certified aircraft take off, land and operate, including customary accessory uses and structures. Also includes passenger ticketing, loading and unloading facilities for buses (local or intercity) and trains.
B. Cemetery: Land or structures used for burial or permanent storage of the dead or their cremated remains. Typical uses include cemeteries and mausoleums. Also includes pet cemeteries.
C. College Or University: Institutions of higher learning that offer courses of general or specialized study and are authorized to grant academic degrees. The college or university use subcategory includes classrooms and instructional spaces, as well as on-campus residence halls, fraternity and sorority houses, administrative buildings, auditoriums and other on-campus uses and facilities that provide customary accessory and support functions for college or university uses.
D. Detention And Correctional Facility: An institution operated by the City, the State, the Federal government or a private party under contract with the City, the State or the Federal government for the confinement and punishment and treatment or rehabilitation of offenders under the jurisdiction of a court.
E. Governmental Service: Local, State or Federal government services or functions that are not otherwise classified.
F. Hospital: Uses providing medical or surgical care to patients and offering inpatient (overnight) care.
G. Library Or Cultural Exhibit: Museum-like preservation and exhibition of objects in one or more of the arts and sciences, gallery exhibition of works of art or library collections of books, manuscripts and similar materials for study and reading. Includes aquariums and planetariums.
H. Natural Resource Preservation: Undeveloped land left in a natural state for specific use as visual open space or environmental purposes. Typical uses include wildlife or nature preserves, arboretums, flood management projects and reservoirs. (Ord. 2018-16, 12-4-2018)
I. Parks And Recreation: Recreational, social or multi-purpose uses associated with public parks and open spaces, including playgrounds, playfields, play courts, and other facilities typically associated with public parks and open space areas. Also includes public and private golf courses and tennis clubs. (Ord. 2019-3, 3-19-2019)
J. Postal Service: Facilities operated by the U.S. Postal Service, including Post Offices and mail sorting and distribution facilities. (Ord. 2018-16, 12-4-2018)
K. Religious Assembly: See subsection 10-6-5B1, "Non-Secular Assembly And Entertainment", of this chapter. (Ord. 2019-4, 3-19-2019)
L. Safety Service: Establishments that provide fire, police or life protection, together with the incidental storage and maintenance of necessary vehicles. Typical uses include fire stations, police stations, ambulance services and storm or civil defense shelters.
M. School: Public and private schools at the primary, elementary, middle school or high school level that provide basic, compulsory education.
N. Utilities And Public Service Facility, Minor: Infrastructure services that need to be located in or close to the area where the service is provided. Minor utilities and public service facilities generally do not have regular employees at the site and typically have few if any impacts on surrounding areas. Typical uses include water and sewer pump stations; gas regulating stations; underground electric distribution substations; electric transformers; water conveyance systems; stormwater facilities and conveyance systems; telephone switching equipment and emergency communication warning/broadcast facilities.
1. The production, collection or distribution of renewable energy, water, organic waste, or other similar resources at a neighborhood, district or campus scale are classified as minor utilities and public service facilities. This includes distributed energy facilities that produce or distribute energy from renewable sources; neighborhood composting areas and neighborhood stormwater facilities.
2. District-, neighborhood- or campus-scale systems that produce or distribute energy from the biological breakdown of organic matter produced within the subject neighborhood or campus are also considered minor utilities and public service facilities.
3. Energy production systems that generate energy from the byproducts of the principal use are considered accessory uses, including net metered installations and installations that generate power to sell back to the power grid at a reasonable rate established by the utility provider.
O. Utilities And Public Service Facility, Major: Infrastructure services that typically have substantial visual or operational impacts on nearby areas. Typical uses include but are not limited to water and wastewater treatment facilities, high-voltage electric substations, utility-scale power generation facilities (including wind, solar and other renewable and nonrenewable energy sources), sanitary landfills and utility-scale water storage facilities, such as water towers and reservoirs. (Ord. 2018-16, 12-4-2018)