The provisions of this chapter shall be known as the S-1 medical center zone regulations. The S-1 zone is intended to create, preserve, and enhance areas devoted primarily to medical facilities and auxiliary uses, and is typically appropriate to compact areas around large hospitals. These regulations shall apply in the S-1 zone. (Prior planning code § 6100)

Except for projects that are exempt from design review as set forth in Section 17.136.025, no Local Register Property, Building Facility, Mixed Use Development, Telecommunications Facility, Sign, or other associated structure shall be constructed, established, or altered in exterior appearance, unless plans for the proposal have been approved pursuant to the design review procedure in Chapter 17.136, and when applicable, the Telecommunications regulations in Chapter 17.128, or the Sign regulations in Chapter 17.104. (Ord. 12776 § 3, Exh. A (part), 2006: Ord. 12606 Att. A (part), 2004: Ord. 11904 § 5.63 (part), 1996: prior planning code § 6102)

The following activities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, are permitted:
A. Residential Activities:

Permanent

Residential Care occupying a One-Family Dwelling Residential Facility

Semi-Transient
B. Civic Activities:

Essential Service

Limited Child-Care

Community Assembly

Community Education

Nonassembly Cultural

Health Care

Telecommunications
C. Commercial Activities:

Medical Service
(Ord. 12138 § 5 (part), 1999; Ord. 11904 § 5.75, 1996; prior planning code § 6103)

The following activities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, may be permitted upon the granting of a conditional use permit pursuant to the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134:
A. Residential Activities:

Residential Care, except when occupying a One-Family Dwelling Residential Facility

Service-Enriched Permanent Housing

Transitional Housing

Emergency Shelter
B. Civic Activities:

Administrative

Utility and Vehicular

Community Education

Special Health Care Civic Activities
C. Commercial Activities:

General Food Sales

Convenience Market

Fast-Food Restaurant

Alcoholic Beverage Sales

Convenience Sales and Service

General Personal Service

Consultative and Financial Service

Group Assembly

Administrative

Business and Communication Service

Retail Business Supply

Research Service

Automotive Fee Parking

Animal Care
D. Off-street parking serving activities other than those listed above or in Section 17.74.030, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 17.102.100.
E. Additional activities which are permitted or conditionally permitted in an adjacent zone, on lots near the boundary thereof, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 17.102.110. (Ord. 12450 § 13, 2002; Ord. 12138 § 5 (part), 1999; prior planning code § 6104)

The following facilities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, are permitted:
A. Residential Facilities:

One-Family Dwelling

Two-Family Dwelling

Multifamily Dwelling

Rooming House
B. Nonresidential Facilities:

Enclosed
C. Signs:

Residential

Special

Development

Realty

Civic

Business
D. Telecommunications:

Micro, except as provided in Chapter 17.128 and Section 17.134.020(A) (23)
(Ord. 11904 § 5.79, 1996; prior planning code § 6105)

The following facilities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, may be permitted upon the granting of a conditional use permit pursuant to the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134:
A. Nonresidential Facilities:

Open
B. Telecommunications:

Micro, except as provided in Chapter 17.128 and Section 17.134.020(A) (23)

Mini, except as provided in Chapter 17.128 and Section 17.134.020(A) (23)

Macro

Monopole
(Ord. 11904 § 5.83, 1996; prior planning code § 6106)

All conditionally permitted Commercial Activities other than Automotive Fee Parking shall, except for accessory off-street parking and loading and maintenance of accessory landscaping and screening, be conducted entirely within enclosed buildings which are primarily occupied by permitted activities, with customer access only through the lobby of such a building. No such activity shall be located above the first story of any building. The maximum floor area devoted to such activities by any single establishment shall be three thousand (3,000) square feet. See also Section 17.102.210. (Prior planning code § 6108)

See Section 17.102.230. (Prior planning code § 6109)

A conditional use permit for any conditionally permitted Commercial Activity may be granted only upon determination that the proposal conforms to the general use permit criteria set forth in the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134 and to both of the following use permit criteria:
A. That the proposed activity is intended primarily to serve the medical center area in which it is located or the patients, practitioners, or employees of the center, and will not attract any substantial patronage from other sources;
B. That the proposed activity will not attract vehicular traffic which will create or aggravate traffic congestion or interfere with the movement of traffic generated by permitted activities.
See also Section 17.102.210. (Prior planning code § 6111)

All Signs shall be subject to the applicable limitations set forth in Section 17.104.030. (Prior planning code § 6113)

Every lot shall have a minimum lot area of four thousand (4,000) square feet and a minimum lot width of twenty-five (25) feet, except as a lesser area or width is allowed by Section 17.106.010. Every lot shall have a minimum frontage of 25 feet upon a street, except as this requirement is modified by Section 17.106.020. (Prior planning code § 6114)

Residential uses shall be subject to the same maximum density and other related regulations as are set forth in Section 17.30.140 for the R-80 zone. (Ord. 12776 § 3, Exh. A (part), 2006: prior planning code § 6115)

The maximum floor-area ratio of any facility shall be as follows, subject to the provisions of Section 17.106.030 with respect to maximum floor-area ratio on lots containing both Residential and Nonresidential Facilities:
A. Permitted Floor-Area Ratio. The maximum permitted floor-area ratio is 4.00, except that this ratio may be exceeded by ten percent on any corner lot and may also be exceeded by ten percent on any lot which faces or abuts a public park at least as wide as the lot.
B. Conditionally Permitted Floor-Area Ratio. The floor-area ratio permitted by subsection A of this section may be increased by not to exceed fifty (50) percent upon the granting of a conditional use permit pursuant to the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134, in each of the following situations:
1. In the case of a Residential Facility with more than four stories containing living units, subject to the provisions of Section 17.106.040;
2. For any facility, upon the acquisition of development rights from nearby lots, subject to the provisions of Section 17.106.050. (Prior planning code § 6117)

Except as provided in Chapter 17.128, no general maximum height is prescribed, except that the height of facilities shall be limited, as prescribed in Section 17.108.010, on lots lying along a boundary of any of certain other zones. But see Section 17.74.100 for maximum height of Signs, and Section 17.108.130 for maximum height of facilities within minimum yards and courts. (Ord. 11904 § 5.87, 1996: prior planning code § 6119)

The following minimum yards and courts shall be provided unobstructed except for the accessory structures or the other facilities allowed therein by Section 17.108.130:
A. Front Yard. The minimum front yard depth on every lot shall be ten feet.
B. Side Yard--Street Side of Corner Lot. The minimum side yard width on the street side of every corner lot shall be ten feet.
C. Side Yard--Interior Lot Line. No side yard is generally required along an interior side lot line except as follows:
1. A side yard shall be provided, when and as prescribed in Section 17.108.080, for Residential Facilities.
2. A side yard shall be provided, as prescribed in Section 17.108.090, along an interior side lot line lying along a boundary of any of certain other zones.
D. Rear Yard. The minimum rear yard depth on every lot shall be ten feet, except as a lesser depth is allowed by Section 17.108.110.
E. Courts. On each lot containing a Residential Facility, courts shall be provided when and as required by Section 17.108.120. (Prior planning code § 6120)

Usable open space shall be provided for Residential Facilities in accordance with the same requirements as are set forth in Section 17.30.180 for the R-80 zone. (Prior planning code § 6121)

All uses shall be subject to the applicable requirements of the buffering regulations in Chapter 17.110 with respect to screening or location of parking, loading, and storage areas; control of artificial illumination; and other matters specified therein. (Prior planning code § 6122)

A. Mini-Lot Developments. In mini-lot developments, certain of the regulations otherwise applying to individual lots in the S-1 zone may be waived or modified when and as prescribed in Section 17.102.320.
B. Planned Unit Developments. Large integrated developments shall be subject to the planned unit development regulations in Chapter 17.122 if they exceed the sizes specified therein. In developments which are approved pursuant to said regulations, certain uses may be permitted in addition to those otherwise allowed in the S-1 zone, and certain of the other regulations applying in said zone may be waived or modified. (Prior planning code § 6123)

A. Parking and Loading. Off-street parking and loading shall be provided as prescribed in the off-street parking and loading requirements in Chapter 17.116.
B. Home Occupations. Home occupations shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the home occupation regulations in Chapter 17.112.
C. Nonconforming Uses. Nonconforming uses and changes therein shall be subject to the nonconforming use regulations in Chapter 17.114.
D. General Provisions. The general exceptions and other regulations set forth in Chapter 17.102 shall apply in the S-1 zone.
E. Recycling Space Allocation Requirements. The regulations set forth in Chapter 17.118 shall apply in S-1 zone. (Ord. 11807 § 5 (part), 1995; prior planning code § 6124)