4.8. PCSR 05-28-2019Request for Action
To Item Number
Planning Commission 4.8
Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by
Public Hearings May 28, 2019 Chris Leeseberg, Senior Planner
Item Description Reviewed by
Ordinance Amendment - Institutional Uses, Case Zack Carlton, Planning Manager
No. OA 19-04
Reviewed by
Action Requested
Recommend, by motion, approval of the ordinance amendment, including proposed definitions and the
various permitted vs. conditional uses, as outlined.
Background/Discussion
On February 19, 2019, City Council directed staff to review the definitions for institutional uses, separate
the various uses from the current definition, and review acceptable locations for all of these uses.
The Planning Commission reviewed staffs’ first draft of the definitions and locations at their April 23,
2019, meeting and provided staff with the following recommendations:
Dividing health care facility, inpatient into two parts: assisted living/nursing home type facilities and
hospitals.
Allow assisted living/nursing home type facilities in high density residential districts but not
hospitals.
Keep educational uses in residential areas and not allow in commercial/industrial districts.
Allow residential facilities as a permitted use if housing 1-6 beds and as a conditional use for
housing 7-16 beds.
Include language to support religious institutions as a secondary/accessory use to permitted or
conditional uses in commercial districts.
o The three commercial districts would be amended to allow religious institutions as an
accessory use with the following limitations: worship services shall be limited to two days a
week, the structure shall meet building codes for religious institutions, and parking stalls must
be verified by city staff.
The attached spreadsheet outlines proposed locations of the various uses and what process each
location/use would require, such as permitted vs. conditional uses.
Financial Impact
None
Attachments
Proposed Definitions
Proposed Locations
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Proposed Definitions
Institutional use means a place or facility which is designed for use as a place of worship, public
service, education, and for health care facilities for principally inpatient care.
Educational institution means a public, parochial, or private institution that provides educational
instruction to students.
Health care facility, inpatient means a facility where a patient receives medical treatment while being
admitted for one or more nights, excluding hospitals.
Outpatient hHealth care facility, outpatient means a facility where a patient receives medical, dental,
and/or optical treatment without being admitted overnight.
Hospital means an institution, licensed by the state department of health, providing primary health
services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, suffering from illness, disease,
injury, deformity, and other abnormal physical or mental conditions, and including as an integral
part of the institution, related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient facilities, or training facilities.
Medical treatment means a patient receives medical, dental, and/or optical treatment.
Religious institution means a church or place of worship or religious assembly with related facilities.
Residential facility means any facility, public or private, which, for gain or otherwise, regularly provides
one or more persons with a 24-hour per day substitute for care, food, lodging, training, education,
supervision, rehabilitation, habilitation, and treatment they need, but which for any reason cannot be
furnished in the person's own home. Residential facilities include, but are not limited to, state
institutions under the control of the state commissioner of public welfare, foster homes, residential
treatment centers, maternity shelters, group homes, residential programs, or schools for handicapped
children, except as specifically excluded in identical exclusions to those set forth in the definition of
"day care facility" in this section, which are incorporated within this definition as though fully set
forth herein. A residential facility does not provide medical treatment as defined in this section.
Proposed Locations
Religious InstitutionEducational InstitutionResidential Facility (1-6 persons)Residential Facility (7-16 persons)Health care facility, outpatientHealth care facility, inpatientHospital
R1CCPXXXXSingle familyPPermitted
R2aCCPXXXXTwin homeCConditional
R2bCCPXXXXTwin homeXNot allowed
R3CCPCXXXTownhomeSUSecondary/Special Use
R4CCPCXXXApartment
C1SUXXXPCCCommercial
C2SUXXXPCCCommercial
C3SUXXXPCCCommercial
DDXXPCPCCCommercial/Residential
FAST (A)XXPCXCXHigh density residential
FAST (B)SUXXXPCCIndustrial & commercial - complement each other
FAST (D)XXPCXCXRanges of housing
FAST(E) XXXXPCCLarge office, business center, and showroom
are allowed with a CUP
FAST (F)XXPXXCXSingle family
FAST (G)XXXXPCCRetail, commercial, quasi-industrial
FAST (H)XXXXPCCJobs and services
FAST (I)SUCCCCCCDestination retail and service
These zones are currently where Institutional Uses