03-10139 Est HM District(Published in The Salina Journal on May q, 2003.)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 03-10139
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42 OF THE SALINA
CODE BY ADDING DIVISION 10.1, SECTIONS 42-241 TO 42-247 WHICH
PROVIDE FOR DISTRICT H -M, HOSPITAL -MEDICAL DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 42-241 of Chapter 42, Division 10.1 of the Salina Code is hereby
added which shall read as follows:
"DIVISION 10.1. H -M HOSPITAL -MEDICAL DISTRICT
Section 42-241. Design.
The H -M district is designed and intended to be a special purpose zoning district. The three
(3) principal purposes of this district are:
(1) To give hospital oriented functions more flexibility in development and
design compatible with health care delivery than they would have if located
in a residential or commercial district; and
(2) To permit the establishment of the types of uses which ordinarily cluster
around a hospital or medical center.
(3) To preserve and protect the city's designated historic districts by insuring that
adequate buffers are provided adjacent to historic district boundaries and by
discouraging hospital development outside the Hospital -Medical district in
adjacent historic districts."
Section 2. That Section 42-242 of Chapter 42, Division 10.1 of the Salina Code is hereby
added which shall read as follows:
"Section 42-242. Permitted uses.
Permitted uses in the H -M district are as follows:
(1) Ambulance garages;
(2) Cancer treatment centers;
(3) Dental offices and clinics;
(4) Dental surgeons;
(5) Health care related diagnostic and therapeutic services;
(6) Health care related mobile services;
(7) Hearing testing services;
(8) Hospice facilities;
(9) Hospitals;
(10) Kidney dialysis facilities;
(11) Medical conference and education centers;
(12) Medical equipment sales;
(13) Medical laboratories;
(14) Medical offices and clinics;
(15) Medical research centers;
(16) Mental health and chemical dependence facilities;
(17) Multi-level parking garages;
(18) Optical shops;
(19) Outpatient surgery centers;
(20) Pharmacies;
(21) Recreational vehicle hook up stations for occupied motor homes and travel
trailers. One (1) station shall be permitted per one hundred (100) licensed
hospital beds and stations may be located no closer than fifty (50) feet from a
residential property line;
(22) Support housing for health center staff, physicians and the locum-tenems
program;
(23) Surface parking lots;
(24) Support services facilities such as laundry service, child care centers,
building maintenance facilities and energy plants
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(25) Other health care related facilities and services not expressly listed as
conditional uses;
(26) Accessory and temporary uses, as permitted by Article IV of the chapter;
(27) Signs as permitted by Article X of this chapter; and
(28) Off-street parking and loading, as required by Article XI of this chapter."
Section 3. That Section 42-243 of Chapter 42, Division 10.1 of the Salina Code is hereby
added which shall read as follows:
"Section 42-243. Conditional uses.
Conditional uses in the H -M District are as follows:
(1) Commercial and retail businesses that are freestanding and not health care related;
(2) Freestanding buildings greater than twelve thousand, five hundred (12,500) square
feet in size and less than two (2) stories in height;
(3) Group care facilities;
(4) Heliports;
(5) Nursing homes and assisted living facilities;
(6) Publicly -owned parking lots; and
(7) Single-family and two-family dwellings."
Section 4. That Section 42-244 of Chapter 42, Division 10.1 of the Salina Code is hereby
added which shall read as follows:
"Section 42-244. Lot size requirements.
Lot size requirements in the H -M district are as follows:
(1) Minimum lot area: Six thousand (6,000) square feet for residential uses.
Seven thousand (7,500) square feet for other uses.
(2) Minimum lot width: Thirty-five (35) feet at property line.
Sixty (60) feet at building setback line.
(3) Minimum lot depth: One hundred (100) feet."
Section 5. That Section 42-245 of Chapter 42, Division 10.1 of the Salina Code is hereby
added which shall read as follows:
"Section 42-245. Bulk regulations.
Bulk regulations in the H -M district are as follows:
(1) Maximum structure height: Six (6) stories. This limitation shall not apply to
chimneys, flues, stacks, fire escapes, elevator enclosures, equipment penthouses
rooftop support lighting or other appurtenances needed to operate and maintain
the building on which they are located. Rooftop communication towers and
antennas shall not be subject to this height limit but shall be subject to the
requirements in Section 42-69.
(2) Minimum structure height: Two (2) stories, except that additions to existing
larger facilities, freestanding buildings less than twelve thousand five hundred
(12,500) square feet in size and support services buildings may be one (1) story
in height.
(3) Minimum yard requirements:
(a) Front yard: No minimum setback requirement on Santa Fe Avenue, a
fifteen (15) foot will be required on Fifth Street and a twenty-five (25)
foot setback will be required on property abutting any other public street.
(b) Side yard: None required, except when, a side yard in this district abuts a
residential district or designated historic district, a side yard of twenty-
five (25) feet shall be provided.
(c) Rear yard: None required, except when a rear yard in this district abuts a
residential district or designated historic district, a side yard of twenty-
five (25) feet shall be provided.
(d) In addition to the above noted setbacks, for each foot of building height
about forty (40) feet, the required setback shall increase by one (1) foot
for each additional one (1) foot in building height.
(4) Maximum lot coverage:
(a) Parking garages: One hundred (100) percent except that parking garages
adjacent to residential and historic district boundaries must comply with
the rear and side yard setback requirements in Section 42-245(3).
(b) Penn Campus tower bounded by Ash Street, Penn Avenue, Johnstown
Avenue and Oakdale Avenue: Ninety (90) percent
(c) Santa Fe Campus Hospital Tower: Seventy-five (75) percent.
(d) All other freestanding buildings and facilities: Fifty (50) percent.
(5) Maximum site coverage: Ninety (90) percent (including buildings, paving and
sidewalks on a lot);
(6) Minimum landscaped area: Ten (10) percent (excluding parking lot islands)."
Section 6. That Section 42-246 of Chapter 42, Division 10.1 of the Salina Code is hereby
added which shall read as follows:
"Section 42-246. Use limitations.
Use limitations in the H -M district shall be as follows:
(1) Where the exterior boundary of the H -M district is marked by a public street, a
buffer area not less than fifteen (15) feet in width shall be maintained abutting
the H -M side of the right-of-way. No structures shall be permitted in said buffer
area except for monument signs, walls or fences.
(2) Where the exterior boundary of the H -M district abuts a residential district, a
buffer area not less than fifteen (15) feet in width shall be maintained on the H -M
district side of the property line. This buffer area shall be landscaped and
screening provided in accordance with the requirements of Section 42-65(6).
(3) Exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded so that no direct light is cast upon any
property located in a residential district and so that no glare is visible to any
traffic on any public street."
Section 7. That Section 42-247 of Chapter 42, Division 10.1 of the Salina Code is hereby
added which shall read as follows:
"Section 42-247. Special provisions.
Special provisions in the H -M district shall be as follows:
(1) Setbacks shall be measured from the H -M district boundary with the
exception of this special provision. Where a designated historic district
established prior to the effective date of this ordinance overlays the H -M
district, development shall be limited to buildings no more than two (2)
stories in height within that historic district overlay and shall conform with
the minimum setbacks set out in Section 42-245(3). In locations where a
historic district overlays the H -M district the historic district boundary line
shall be used as the property line for the purpose of measuring setback foi
buildings above two (2) stories in height. New construction within historic
district overlay area shall be designed to be compatible with the architectura
character of the historic district."
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Section 8. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption
and publication once in the official city newspaper.
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ATTEST:
Lieu Arm Nicola, City Clerk
Introduced: April 7, 2003
Passed: May 5, 2003
Alan E. Jilk, Mayo