The OP zoning district is established to accommodate the need for the development of office space and mixed use residential uses. The inclusion of mixed use residential land uses in commercial areas is encouraged to increase the area's population and pedestrian activity while reducing air pollution, energy consumption and transportation costs. Normally this zoning will serve as a transition between commercial areas and residential areas and it is intended that the development permitted by this zoning shall be designed and landscaped so as to be in harmony with adjacent residential uses. This zoning district is consistent with the Office and Professional, General Commercial, and Service Commercial land use designations of the General Plan.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.05-01; Ord. No. 2009-06, § 2(Exh. A-10), 9-9-2009)

A.

Professional offices, such as offices for an architect, attorney, chiropractor, dentist, engineer, medical doctors, optometrists, orthodontists and osteopaths.

B.

Additional offices such as real estate, insurance, stockbroker, investment counselor, and all other offices that can meet all of the requirements pertaining to landscaping, setbacks and restrictive signing in this district.

C.

Residential uses at a maximum density of 4 (four) units per acre within the same building or buildings as the commercial office use provided that irrespective of lot size, a minimum of one residential unit is permitted.

D.

Transitional and Supportive housing subject only to those restrictions that apply to other types of residential development in the same zone

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.05-02; Ord. No. 2009-06, § 2(Exh. A-10), 9-9-2009; Ord. No. 2023-07, § 5, 8-9-2023)

Accessory uses in the OP zone shall be the same as those listed in Section 17.36.030 of this title.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.05-03)

Subject to obtaining a use permit, the following are conditional uses in the OP zone:

A.

Multiple-family residential meeting the requirements of the R2 multiple-family residential district;

B.

Public and quasipublic buildings not including corporate yards, storage or repair yards, warehouses and similar uses;

C.

Child care facilities not exceeding thirty-five children, nursery schools and nonprofit community centers, social halls, lodges and fraternal organizations;

D.

Buildings in excess of thirty-five feet.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.05-04)

A.

Building height limit, thirty-five feet;

B.

The minimum setbacks shall be nine feet for side yards, twenty-five feet for front yards and rear yards.

C.

No accessory building shall exceed fifteen feet in height. Lot coverage shall not exceed fifty percent of a lot's area. Lot area coverage is a man-made structure, improvement or covering that prevents normal precipitation from directly reaching the ground underlying the structure, improvement and covering.

D.

Front and exterior side yards shall be landscaped in accordance with a plan submitted to and approved by the Planning Commission. Throughout all landscaped areas a sprinkler system shall be installed and all landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy and thriving condition, in accordance with the performance standards of Chapter 17.80 of this title.

E.

All exterior lighting shall be low profile, and so shielded or directed so as to eliminate glare onto streets and so as not to spill onto adjacent property, especially residential areas.

F.

Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Section 17.80.050 of this chapter.

G.

All signs shall be in accordance with Article II of Chapter 17.68 of this title and all signs must be constructed of wood.

(Ord. 90-1 Exh. C (part), 1990: Ord. 87-2 § 4.05-05)

All development in this district shall occur subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.80 of this title.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.05-06)