This district is intended to provide opportunities for the location of professional and commercial offices in close relationship to one another in areas designated for combined professional office use and high density use, by the general plan; to provide adequate space to meet the needs of such offices for off-street parking and loading space; and to protect offices from noise, disturbances, traffic hazards and other objectionable influences which would adversely affect professional and business practices being conducted.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

A.

Offices which deal in professional and business services, in which goods; wares and merchandise are not commercially created, sold or exchanged.

B.

Medical and dental laboratories and clinics, and prescription pharmacies in conjunction therewith or with a hospital.

C.

Any use listed as a permitted use within the R or RM districts.

D.

Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use.

E.

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

A.

Boarding and rooming houses.

B.

Guest houses.

C.

Gas and electric transmission lines, in accordance with Chapter 17.64; electrical transmission and distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations and elevated pressure tanks.

D.

Licensed family day care centers for seven (7) to twelve (12) children as an accessory use in a dwelling.

E.

Incidental and accessory structures and uses as defined in Chapter 17.96 located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval or conditional use.

F.

Low barrier navigation centers.

G.

Group residential facilities, small.

H.

Group residential facilities, large.

I.

Supportive housing.

J.

Transitional housing.

K.

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

A.

Churches, parsonages and other religious institutions.

B.

Public and private charitable institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes, rehabilitation homes and rest homes, including state authorized homes as prescribed under Section 17.28.040 B.

C.

Public uses of a cultural type, including libraries, museums, and art galleries.

D.

Mortuaries.

E.

Home occupations in accordance with Chapter 17.56.

F.

Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing non-conforming use of a structure or land, limited to twenty-five percent (25%) or less of the assessed value of existing structures, or reestablishment of a non-conforming use which has been damaged, except non-conforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, non-conforming uses occupying a structure with an assessed valuation of less than two hundred dollars ($200.00), and non-conforming fences, walls and hedges.

G.

Expansion, remodeling, or additions to a conditional use that are not considered an incidental or accessory use as defined in Chapter 17.96.

H.

Other uses which are added to this list according to the procedure in Chapter 17.60.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

A.

Fences, Walls and Hedges. Fences, walls and hedges shall be permitted in accordance with provisions of Section 17.24.050 A.

B.

Site Area. The minimum office site shall be five thousand (5,000) square feet. The minimum site area per one-family dwelling unit shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet. The minimum site area per multi-family dwelling unit shall be two thousand (2,000) square feet.

C.

Frontage, Width and Depth of Site.

1.

Each site shall have not less than fifty (50) feet of frontage on a public street, except that those sites which front on a cul-de-sac or loop-out street may have a frontage of not less than forty (40) feet provided that the width of the site as measured along the front yard setback line is at least fifty (50) feet.

2.

The minimum width of each site shall be fifty (50) feet at all other locations on the site which lay to the rear of the front yard setback line.

3.

The minimum depth of each site shall be one hundred (100) feet.

D.

Coverage. The maximum site area covered by structures shall be sixty-five percent (65%) of the total area of the site.

E.

Yard Requirements.

1.

Front Yard. The minimum front yard shall be fifteen (15) feet; provided, however, the building official may approve, under Chapter 17.64, within any part of the front yard for non-residential uses, ornamental covers such as a sidewalk or entry awning, trellis or other similar improvement when said improvement is intended solely as an improved passageway or for aesthetic purposes, providing architectural integrity with the building to which it is attached. Supports shall not occupy more than ninety percent (90%) of the horizontal area covered by the improvement, and the space between supports shall not be enclosed.

2.

Rear Yard. The minimum rear yard shall be five (5) feet; provided however, that where construction involves more than one story and the site lays adjacent to a site in an R district, the rear yard shall be increased by five (5) feet for each additional story. Accessory and garden structures under seven (7) feet in height may be located within any portion of a required rear yard. Access to off-street parking areas from an alley shall meet the standards of Section 17.32.050 F.

3.

Side Yards. The minimum side yard shall be five (5) feet, subject to the following conditions and exceptions:

a.

On a reversed corner lot, the side yard adjoining the street shall be not less than one-half (½) the required front yard on the adjoining key lot.

b.

Accessory structures under seven (7) feet in height may be located in any portion of a required side yard, subject to approval under the provisions of Chapter 17.64, except in the street side yard of a reversed corner lot.

c.

Where construction involves more than one story, the side yard shall be increased by five (5) feet for each additional story, provided however, that the side yard on the street side of a corner lot need not be greater than five (5) feet.

d.

A side yard providing access to more than one dwelling unit shall not be less than ten (10) feet.

e.

Garages or carports on the street side yard of a corner lot shall be subject to the provisions of Section 17.28.050 F.3.

F.

Distances between Structures. The minimum distance between a permitted or conditional use and another building on the same site shall be ten (10) feet.

G.

Building Height. The maximum height of a permitted or conditional use shall be forty (40) feet.

H.

Signs. No sign or outdoor advertising structure of any character shall be permitted except as prescribed in Chapter 17.56.

I.

Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading. Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided as prescribed in Chapter 17.52.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

Except for one-family dwellings, and accessory structures and uses related to one-family dwellings, no use shall be erected on any lot or site in this district until a site plan and architectural plans shall have been submitted to and approved pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 17.72 and 17.80.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

A.

All office site boundaries adjacent to any residential zoning district shall be visually screened with ornamental masonry walls and landscaping, with wall height to be determined by the planning commission.

B.

Street trees, frontage landscaping and parking area landscaping, with automatic irrigation, shall be provided for all office sites.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)

All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter 17.60.

(Ord. 92-11 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 408 (part), 1982)

(Ord. No. 2024-07, § 1, 12-18-2024)