The following regulations shall apply to the O - Professional office zone.

(a)

Purpose and intent. The purpose of this zone is to recognize and provide for professional office use zoning within the Village and to establish controls and guidelines for development within this zone.

(b)

Permissive uses. The following permissive uses and other similar uses shall be allowed in this zone. Because the list cannot be all inclusive, those uses that are listed shall be used to interpret and consider unlisted uses. Any change in use which would require additional parking and/or any alteration or addition to the site or any structure upon the site shall require the approval of a site development plan by the Planning and Zoning Commission (see Section 18-45(b)).

(1)

Health care offices such as general medicine, acupuncture, chiropractic, dentistry and veterinary medicine.

(2)

Service offices such as accounting, finance, insurance, real estate, law, engineering and architecture.

(c)

Uses by review. The following uses are allowed in the O zone only upon the approval of a site development plan by the Commission pursuant to Section 18-45(b):

(1)

Churches and places of worship.

(d)

Lot area. The minimum area of each lot shall be 43,560 square feet, or as per applicable ordinances.

(e)

Lot dimensions. Each lot shall have a minimum average width of seventy-five (75) feet.

(f)

Lot Coverage. Lot coverage shall not exceed thirty-five (35) percent.

(g)

Setback requirements. No structure shall be permitted to be constructed or placed closer than 30 feet from any residential property line, street right-of-way or access easement.

(h)

Architectural requirements. In order to emulate existing Village architecture and construction tradition, compliance with the following architectural standards is required for all new construction and whenever the exterior appearance of buildings or structures is altered:

(1)

Overall appearance. The exterior appearance of the structure shall express the characteristics of architecture of the Territorial, Spanish Pueblo and Southwest Vernacular style.

(2)

Material. Stucco, adobe, slump block and stone are allowed. Materials such as aluminum siding, metal wall panels, mirrored glass and unstuccoed masonry units, or concrete are not allowed.

(3)

Façades. Building façades two stories in height shall include projecting or recessed portals, setbacks or other similar design elements at ground level and a balcony at the level of the floor of the second story. All ground level facades subject to public view and providing an entrance to a building shall be varied by inserts or projecting portals.

(4)

Building massing. Premises with a lot coverage of over 8,000 square feet shall be designed to appear more as an aggregation of smaller "building blocks" rather than a single large box or block.

(5)

Roof-mounted equipment. Roof-mounted mechanical, electrical, telephone or solar equipment shall be architecturally screened with opaque materials, for example, by raising the parapet, and shall be of a low profile to minimize the screening problems.

(6)

Walls and fences. Walls and fences shall be built of brick, adobe, rock, decorative concrete block, masonry, wood, wood and metal wire, pipe, wrought iron or similar materials. Walls of unstuccoed concrete block, unstuccoed concrete, or similar materials are prohibited.

(i)

Placement of parking. Parking areas shall be placed off the street to the rear and sides of buildings whenever possible.

(j)

Driveway access restrictions. All development shall provide driveways for vehicular access based on the following restrictions:

(1)

For every 150 feet of roadway frontage, there shall be no more than one driveway providing ingress and egress.

(2)

No driveway shall have a width in excess of 28 feet unless other widths are required by NMDOT.

(3)

All driveway areas shall be clearly defined by landscaping, walls and/or fences.

(4)

Primary access shall be from Corrales Road. However, the Commission may allow primary access from another street provided the applicant can demonstrate that there will be no adverse effects from noise, glare or odors, and that the alternate access will not be contrary to public safety.

(k)

Restrictions. No future request for zone changes to Office Zone shall be granted outside of the Neighborhood Commercial Office District as defined in the FNWS Plan Addendum to the NWS Plan, Ordinance No. 342, dated February 12, 2002, as amended.

History: Ord. No. 192, § 8-1-12, adopted 11-13-89; Ord. 328, adopted 5-9-00; Ord. No 340, adopted 02-11-01; Ord. No. 344, adopted 2-12-02; Ord. No. 06-02, adopted 5-23-06; Ord. No. 09-005, adopted 5-19-09; Ord. No. 22-01, adopted 3-22-22.