§ 1419-12. Community Learning Centers.

A public or private school may operate as a community learning center provided that it is be located, developed, and operated in compliance with the following:

(a)

School Use Required. A community learning center may be comprised of one or more principal uses and accessory uses provided that the uses are integrated with a public or private school use.

(b)

Additional Uses Permitted. The following principal and accessory uses may comprise a community learning center:

i.

Any use permitted in the underlying zoning district.

ii.

Any use determined by the Zoning Administrator to be customary and incidental to a community learning center.

iii.

If not permitted in the underlying zoning district, the following conditional uses upon receiving approval by the Zoning Hearing Examiner:

Government facilities and offices; offices; medical services and clinics; personal instructional services; day care centers; community service facilities; cultural institutions; park and recreation facilities; recreational facilities, indoor or small size; and community gardens.

(c)

Contiguous Campus. The uses comprising a community learning center may be housed in one or more structures located on:

i.

the same lot as the required public or private school use; or

ii.

one or more lots that are adjacent to lot on which the required public or private school use is located, including adjacent lots separated only by a street.

(d)

No Independent Uses. No use comprising a community learning center may operate independently of the required public or private school use. No principal or accessory use established in connection with a community learning center shall be deemed a legal nonconforming use permitted to operate if the required public or private school use is abandoned.

(e)

Additional Development Regulations. Each use comprising a community learning center must comply with all other development regulations applicable to the use.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 127-2018, § 4, eff. July 6, 2018)