In addition to any other applicable section of title 17, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all lands, uses and structures in administrative office-transition (AO-T) zone districts.

(Code 1977, § 17.13.010; Ord. No. 1115-1993, § 5)

No land shall be used or occupied and no structure shall be designed, erected, altered, used, or occupied, except for one or more of the following uses by right, provided that a use by right may be accompanied by lawful accessory uses and buildings:

A.

Professional and business offices;

B.

Medical and dental offices and clinics;

C.

Studios for professional work or teaching (instruction limited to no more than ten students) of any form of fine arts, photography, music, drama, dance but not including a commercial gymnasium;

D.

Natural medicine healing center.

(Code 1977, § 17.13.020; Ord. No. 1115-1993, § 5; Ord. No. 1887-2024, § 3, 12-3-2024)

Upon application and approval of a special review use therefor as set forth in chapter 17.40, the following uses may be operated as uses by special review:

A.

City, county, state and federal uses and buildings;

B.

Public and private schools;

C.

Studios for professional work or teaching (instruction exceeding ten students) of any form of fine arts, photography, music, drama, dance, but not including a commercial gymnasium;

D.

Private utility uses;

E.

Vocational and business schools;

F.

Child care center;

G.

Churches;

H.

Rest, nursing and retirement homes and other residential care facilities;

I.

Health or athletic clubs, spas, dance studios, and fitness studios.

(Code 1977, § 17.13.030; Ord. No. 1115-1993, § 5; Ord. No. 1716-2016, § 5, 3-8-2016)

Except for projections from buildings as permitted under section 17.16.050 and structures or structural parts exempt from building height regulations under section 17.16.090, building height for principal and accessory uses shall not exceed 25 feet.

(Code 1977, § 17.13.040; Ord. No. 1115-1993, § 5)

The minimum roof pitch shall be 4:12. Roof pitch means the slope of the roof, or the angle which is formed between the roof and the horizontal plane.

(Code 1977, § 17.13.050; Ord. No. 1115-1993, § 5)

Setback requirements for buildings and accessory structures in the zone district shall be as follows:

A.

Front yard setback from a local street or right-of-way of two feet of setback for each one foot of building height;

B.

Front yard setback from a collector or arterial street or right-of-way of three feet of setback for each one foot of building height;

C.

Side yard setback from an adjoining residential zoned property of three feet of setback for each one foot of building height;

D.

Side yard setback from a collector or arterial street or right-of-way of three feet of setback for each one foot of building height;

E.

Side yard setback from a local street or right-of-way of two feet of setback for each one foot of building height;

F.

Side yard setback from an interior lot line of one foot of setback for each one foot of building height;

G.

Rear yard setback from an adjoining residential zoned property of three feet of setback for each one foot of building height; and

H.

Rear yard setback (other than from an adjoining residential zoned property) of one foot of setback for each two foot of building height.

(Code 1977, § 17.13.060; Ord. No. 1115-1993, § 5)

The lot area shall contain not less than one acre (43,560 square feet).

(Code 1977, § 17.13.070; Ord. No. 1115-1993, § 5)

The lot coverage shall not be greater than 20 percent of the lot area.

(Code 1977, § 17.13.080; Ord. No. 1115-1993, § 5)

A.

A lot shall provide not less than 60 percent of the lot area for common open space.

B.

The lot shall provide a 50-foot wide area of unobstructed common open space to serve as a buffer area along any adjoining residential zoned property or residential use property. The buffer area shall extend the full length of the boundary with the residential property and shall be landscaped in accordance with an approved landscape plan submitted in conjunction with an approved final planned unit development plan. The buffer area shall be considered common open space for the purposes of satisfying the requirement of subsection A of this section.

(Code 1977, § 17.13.090; Ord. No. 1115-1993, § 5)

Outdoor trash containers, collection and storage areas shall be located at least 50 feet from any lot line of an adjoining residential district and shall be enclosed by a fence and gate at least six feet in height.

(Code 1977, § 17.13.100; Ord. No. 1115-1993, § 5)

A.

Light sources, including but not limited to, neon, fluorescent or similar tube lighting, incandescent bulbs, illuminated buildings and surfaces, direct, indirect or internally illuminated signs, and other unshielded light sources shall not produce glare so as to cause illumination in any residential district in excess of five-tenths footcandle.

B.

Illumination levels shall be measured with a photoelectric photometer having a spectral response similar to that of the human eye, following the standard spectral luminous efficiency curve adopted by the International Commission on Illumination.

C.

Flickering or intrinsically bright sources of illumination shall be controlled so as not to be a nuisance in any adjacent residential district.

D.

Exterior building surfaces visible from adjoining residential districts shall not be illuminated by means of direct or indirect lighting.

(Code 1977, § 17.13.110; Ord. No. 1115-1993, § 5)