16-101. The “P” Public Use District is intended for application to sites in public ownership and used for major public facilities.

(Updated April 5, 2017)

16-201. Any activity of a governmental, civic or public institutional nature, when utilizing major public facilities and located on lands in city, county, state or federal ownership, is a permitted use in the P District. Major public facilities include, but are not limited to:

(16-201 revised 01-15-20)

(a)   Animal shelters

(b)   Armories

(c)   Athletic complexes

(d)   Auditoriums

(e)   Cemeteries, public and private

(f)    Courthouse

(g)   Fairgrounds

(h)   Generating plants

(i)    Hospitals

(j)    Museums

(k)   Parks and public recreational facilities

(16-201-k revised 01-15-20)

(l)    Public schools, including business, technical, trade or vocational schools

(m)  Private or public university’s or college’s

(16-201-m added 01-15-20)

(n)   Temporary/transitional housing

(16-201-m added 12-05-18)

(o)   Water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping and lift stations

(p)   Zoos

(16-201-p added 04-05-17)

16-301. Parking regulations for the P District are set out in Article 22.

16-401. Sign regulations relating to the P District are set out in Article 27.

16-501.

a.     Height.

1.     For any structure located within one hundred feet (100’) of any residential district, the maximum height of the nearest residential district shall apply. There shall be no height requirement for structures more than one hundred feet (100’) from such residential district.

b.    Yard.

1.     Front yards: (a) For structures less than forty-five (45) feet in height, there shall be no setbacks required, except yards adjacent to arterial or collector streets shall comply with Article 24, and yards adjacent to a residential district shall have a setback equal to the setback of such adjoining residential district. (b) For structures greater than forty-five (45) feet in height, in addition to the requirements in section 16-501.a.1.(a), there shall be an additional one (1) foot setback for each one (1) foot of structure height exceeding forty-five (45) feet.

2.     Side and rear yards: No side or rear yard shall be required, except where such use abuts a residential district there shall be a minimum of ten feet (10’) side and/or rear yard.