Okmulgee City Zoning Code

   A.   General purposes of the office district are designed to preserve and promote the development of efficient office facilities and to maximize the compatibility with other land uses by:

      1.   Establishing bulk and area controls.

      2.   Requiring off street parking and loading facilities.

      3.   Controlling the number, area, location, and types of signs.

   B.   The purposes of the O district are designed to facilitate the development and preservation of office development. All land in the C2 zoning district under the 1964 zoning code shall be presumed to be O under this zoning code unless an application for a zoning change is filed within ninety (90) days of the passage of this zoning code. (Ord. 1953, 2010)

The principal uses permitted in the office district are designated by use units. The use units are grouping of individual uses and are fully described, including their respective off street parking, loading, and screening requirements and other use conditions in chapter 11 of this title. The use units permitted in office districts are set forth in table 1 of this section.

TABLE 1
USE UNITS PERMITTED IN OFFICE DISTRICTS

 

 

 

Note:

    1.    Drive-in bank facilities require planning commission approval of a special use in O districts.

(Ord. 1953, 2010)

Accessory uses customarily incident to a principal use permitted in an office district are permitted in such district. In addition, the uses set forth in table 1 of this section are permitted.

TABLE 1
ACCESSORY USES PERMITTED IN OFFICE DISTRICTS

 

   A.   General Conditions:

      1.   Accessory buildings shall meet the minimum building setback lines of the applicable district.

   B.   Convenience Goods And Services And Shopping Goods And Service:

      1.   Limited to the uses included in use unit 14, designed and located for the convenience of the occupants of the principal building.

      2.   Shall be located entirely within the principal building.

      3.   Shall not occupy more than fifteen percent (15%) of the gross floor area of the building in which located.

   C.   Eating Places Other Than Drive-Ins:

      1.   Limited to the uses included in use unit 12.

      2.   Shall be located entirely within the principal building.

      3.   Shall not occupy more than five percent (5%) of the gross floor area of the building in which located.

      4.   Exterior signs identifying the eating place are prohibited.

   D.   Private Clubs: Within the O district the private club shall be located entirely within the principal building.

   E.   Multiple Tenants: Within the O district, the principal office structure having multiple tenants may include an eating place (10 percent maximum), private club (10 percent maximum), and accessory goods and services (15 percent maximum), or a cumulative total of twenty five percent (25%) maximum of the total gross floor area devoted to the uses, whichever is less. Provided, the eating place, private club, and accessory convenience goods and services in combination do not exceed the maximum allowable for each individual use.

   F.   Special Housing Facilities: Special housing facilities in use unit 5, use unit 6, use unit 7 and use unit 8 shall meet applicable use conditions and off street parking and loading requirements as provided in chapters 11 and 12 of this title.

   G.   Antenna Supporting Structures:

      1.   Antennas and antenna supporting structures which are accessory to an office use are permitted to be mounted on an office building or a customary accessory building; provided that it does not exceed sixty five feet (65') in height measured from the average ground elevation at the office building to the highest horizontal point of the antenna and antenna supporting structure and that the surface area of all such mounted antennas shall not exceed ten (10) square feet. Only one side having the largest surface area is to be calculated. These provisions do not apply to principal use antennas or to antennas which are accessory to uses requiring planning commission approval.

      2.   Structures other than an office building or customary accessory building which are used to support accessory antennas (including guylines) shall:

         a.   Be located in the rear yard only, and be limited to one such structure;

         b.   Not exceed sixty five feet (65') in height, measured from the average ground elevation at the office building to the highest point of the antenna and antenna supporting structure;

         c.   Not encroach upon the land or airspace of any abutting property; and

         d.   Not exceed twenty four inches (24") in width above twenty five feet (25') in height, exclusive of guylines.

   H.   Street Access: All office development must have access to and be located adjacent to an arterial or a collector street. (Ord. 1953, 2010)

TABLE 1

 

(Ord. 1953, 2010)

The special uses which may be permitted in the office districts, as designated in section 17.05.020, table 1 and section 17.05.030, table 1 of this chapter, are subject to the minimum requirements set out below, and such additional safeguards and conditions as may be imposed by the planning commission.

   A.   The accessory use provisions of the office districts pertaining to signs apply to signs which are accessory to uses permitted by special use; provided that each sign permitted shall primarily identify the principal office building; permitted convenience goods and services shall be secondary.

   B.   Convenience goods and services in the O district shall comply with the following requirements:

      1.   No accessory convenience goods and services shall be permitted unless the principal building contains a minimum of fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of floor space.

      2.   The permitted accessory goods and services listed below shall be located entirely within the principal building and shall have its pedestrian entrance and exit through the principal building.

      3.   Permitted accessory convenience goods and services in the O district are limited to the following uses and use groupings:

            Barbershop.

            Beauty shop.

            Bookstore.

            Florist.

            Gift, novelty, or newsstand.

            Liquor store.

            Medical, dental, optical and orthopedic supplies (prescription service only).

            Souvenir shop.

            Stationary and office supplies.

            Tobacco, candy, and nut store.

   C.   The permitted accessory convenience goods and services, listed above shall not occupy more than ten percent (10%) of the gross floor area of the building in which located; provided that if a private club is requested that the total gross floor area for all accessory uses, including a private club, shall not exceed 12.5 percent.

   D.   Each accessory use shall be limited to a maximum of two thousand (2,000) square feet of floor area per specific use grouping in subsection B3 of this section.

   E.   Private clubs or eating places, other than drive-ins in the O districts shall comply with the following requirements:

      1.   The private club or eating place shall be located within the principal building.

      2.   The private club or eating place shall not occupy more than ten percent (10%) of the gross floor area of the building in which located.

   F.   Except as provided for fire protection and ambulance services, the lot area and width requirement of the zoning districts shall not apply to the uses included within use unit 4, public protection and utility facilities, and a minimum frontage of one hundred feet (100') or the respective zoning district requirement shall apply.

   G.   Business signs in the office zoning districts shall comply with the requirements of this section and, in addition, shall comply with the general use conditions for business signs as provided in use unit 23. Where the requirements in this section are more restrictive, the requirements of this section shall apply.

      1.   Not more than one sign may be erected per each street frontage of a lot.

      2.   The sign shall not exceed two hundred fifty (250) square feet of display surface area.

      3.   Ground signs in the O districts shall not exceed the height of the building in which the principal use is located.

      4.   During the period of construction, a temporary sign advertising the construction of improvements on the premises may be located on each street frontage of the development. The sign shall not exceed thirty two (32) square feet. The sign shall not exceed fifteen feet (15') in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light, directed away from any adjacent properties a distance of fifty feet (50'). (Ord. 2085, 2016: Ord. 2069, 2015: Ord. 1953, 2010)

Following the grant of O zoning, but prior to the owner actually beginning a use authorized under the new zoning, the owner must have a registered structural engineer analyze the structural integrity of any building located on the property and submit an engineering certificate to the city building inspectors certifying the integrity of the structure and the adequacy of the electrical system for the building(s). Following such certification, the owner must allow the building inspector access to the structure for a confirming inspection to show compliance with all applicable building codes. (Ord. 1953, 2010)