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Onondaga City Zoning Code

§ 285-15

Professional and Commercial Office District, PCO.

PCO Districts shall have a minimum land area of 10 acres. The following regulations shall apply in PCO Districts.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Office buildings, together with the following accessory uses:
(a) 
Parking facilities intended to serve one or more principal or accessory uses located in the same zoning district.
(b) 
Restaurants when located in an office building shall not exceed 10% of the total gross building floor area, exclusive of parking garages, nor 25% of the first floor area, whichever is greater.
(2) 
Banks without drive-in windows.
(3) 
Religious uses.
(4) 
Public or private institutions of higher education.
B. 
Permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
Off-street parking. (See § 285-33.)
(2) 
Signs. (See § 285-34.)
(3) 
Ground-mounted solar energy systems (subject to the granting of special use permit; see § 285-36.1).
[Added 1-8-2018 by L.L. No. 1-2018]
C. 
Special permit uses, as provided in § 285-39.
(1) 
Banks with drive-in windows.
(2) 
Restaurants which provide food only for indoor consumption.
(3) 
Dwelling units not to exceed seven units per acre and subject to site plan approval as set forth in § 285-21C, D and E.
(4) 
Athletic clubs.
(5) 
Facilities for the delivery of natural gas service, other than containerized natural gas, to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards. Such facilities shall not include those designed for exploration for natural gas deposits, extraction of same from the earth or activities related thereto.
[Amended 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997; 12-3-2012 by L.L. No. 8-2012]
(6) 
Facilities necessary for the provision of electrical service to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards.
[Added 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
(7) 
Facilities, other than towers, necessary for the provision of telephone service to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards.
[Added 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
(8) 
Facilities, other than towers, necessary for the provision of cable television service to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards.
[Added 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
(9) 
Funeral homes.
[Added 9-10-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012]
(10) 
Emergency services facility.
[Added 1-7-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019; amended 8-21-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
D. 
Yard requirements. All buildings or structures hereafter erected or structurally altered shall provide the following minimum required yard space:
(1) 
Minimum front yard: 70 feet.
(2) 
Minimum side yard for each building: 20 feet.
(3) 
Minimum rear yard: 100 feet.
(4) 
Maximum height: the greater of six stories or 75 feet. (See § 285-30.)
(5) 
Minimum side yard at boundaries: 50 feet each.
(6) 
Lot coverage: 25%.
(7) 
See also § 285-25, 285-28, 285-29 and 285-31.
E. 
Floor area ratio for office buildings. The total gross floor area of all principal office and accessory buildings and structures, excluding parking structures hereafter erected or structurally altered in a PCO District, shall not exceed 200% of the total land area that is occupied. In order to promote more open space, the allowable floor area ratio may be increased by 1% for each foot of each yard beyond the minimum required dimension, provided that the total increase so accrued shall not exceed 50%. Gross floor area is the sum of the areas of each floor.