SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PROVISIONS
850. Purposes
851. Principal
Uses
852. Accessory
Uses
853. Bulk
and Area Requirements
854. Special
Exception Uses, Requirements
SECTION 850. PURPOSES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
DISTRICT
The SR District is designed to provide an
environment conducive to the development and conservation of modern, scientific
research facilities and institutions.
SECTION 851. PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED IN THE
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DISTRICT
The principal uses permitted in the
Scientific Research District are designated by use units. The use units are
groupings of individual uses and are fully described, including their
respective off-street parking, loading and screening requirements and other use
conditions in Chapter 12. The use units permitted in the Scientific Research
District are set forth below in Table 1.
Table
1
Use Units Permitted in Scientific Research District*
|
No. |
Name |
SR |
|
1. |
Area-Wide Uses |
X |
|
2. |
Area-Wide Special Exception Uses |
E |
|
4. |
Public Protection and Utility Facilities |
X |
|
5. |
Community Services & Similar Uses |
E |
|
10. |
Off-Street Parking Areas |
X |
|
11. |
Offices, Studios & Support Services |
X |
|
22. |
Scientific Research and Development |
X |
*X = Use by Right
E = Special Exception
SECTION 852. ACCESSORY USES PERMITTED IN
THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DISTRICT
A. Accessory Uses
Permitted
Accessory uses customarily incident to a
principal use permitted in a Scientific Research District shall be permitted in
such district.
B. Accessory Use
Conditions
1. Accessory buildings shall meet the minimum building
setback lines of the district.
2. An accessory building erected as an integral part of
the principal building shall be structurally a part of the principal building,
shall have a common wall with the principal building and shall comply with the
requirements applicable to the principal building.
3. Business signs
a. Business signs in the Scientific Research Districts
shall comply with the requirements of this section and, in addition, shall
comply with the general use conditions for business signs as provided in
1221.C.3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. Where the requirements of this section
are greater or more restrictive than the requirements in 1221.C, the
requirements of this section shall apply.
b. Ground and projecting signs shall
not exceed one-half (1/2) of a square foot of display surface area per lineal
foot of street frontage; provided that in no event shall the sign be permitted
to exceed three hundred (300) square feet in display surface area.
c. Signs, if visible from an R
district other than street, highway or freeway right-of-way, or if visible from
a designated residential development area, shall be setback from such district
or area a minimum distance of fifty (50) feet.
d. Ground signs shall not exceed
thirty (30) feet in height.
e. Illumination, if any, shall be by
constant light.
f. Any ground sign shall maintain a
minimum separation of one hundred (100) feet from any other ground sign.
g. Wall signs shall not exceed an
aggregate display surface area of one (1) square foot per lineal foot of the
building wall to which the sign or signs are affixed.
h. Roof signs shall be prohibited.
4. During the period of construction,
a temporary sign advertising the construction of improvements on the premises
may be located on each arterial street frontage of the development. The sign
shall not exceed one-half of a square foot for each lineal foot of arterial
street frontage; provided, however, that in no event shall the sign be
restricted to less than 32 square feet nor be permitted to exceed 400 square
feet of display surface area. The sign shall not exceed 15 feet in height, and
illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
5. A temporary real estate sign
advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises may be erected on each
street frontage of a lot. The sign shall not exceed 32 square feet in display
surface area, nor 15 feet in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by
constant light.
SECTION 853. BULK AND AREA REQUIREMENTS IN
THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DISTRICT
Table
2
Bulk and Area Requirements in the Scientific Research District
|
SR District |
|
|
FRONTAGE (Minimum) |
200 feet |
|
FLOOR AREA RATIO (Maximum) |
.50 |
|
SETBACK FROM CENTERLINE OF ABUTTING STREET (Minimum) |
|
|
Measured from centerline of abutting street; add to the distance designated in the column to the right, 1/2 of the right-of-way width designated on the Major Street Plan or 25 feet if the street is not designated on the Major Street Plan: |
|
|
Arterial
or |
50 feet |
|
Not
an Arterial or |
50 feet |
|
SETBACK FROM ABUTTING AG, R, OR O DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINES (Minimum)* |
50 feet |
|
BUILDING HEIGHT (Maximum) |
NA |
*Buildings which abut an RE or RS District shall be
setback an additional two feet for every foot of building height exceeding 35
feet. Does not apply when SR District abuts a freeway zoned AG, R or O;
however, in those instances a 10 foot minimum setback shall be required.
SECTION 854. SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES,
REQUIREMENTS
A. Special Exception Uses shall conform to the bulk and
area requirements of the use district.
B. Special housing facilities in Use Unit 2 (Area-Wide
Special Exception Uses), shall meet applicable Use Conditions and Off-Street
Parking and Loading Requirements as provided in Chapter 12.