The purpose of the office commercial (C-O) district is to provide for well-designed professional, business and administrative offices, and business support services normally associated with such offices. This district is consistent with the commercial (C) and mixed use (MU) general plan designations.

(Prior code § 5.02.220 (A))

The following uses are permitted outright in the C-O district:

A.

Professional, business and administrative offices, medical offices and clinics in which no retail trade is carried on and no stock of goods is maintained for sale including:

1.

Accountant, bookkeeper, income tax consultant, credit agency, collection agency, finance company, stockbroker, data processing center,

2.

Attorney, appraiser, advertiser, real estate, title insurance, insurance, employment agency, secretarial service, travel agency,

3.

Architect, engineer, draftsman, landscape architect, surveyor,

4.

Physician, dentist, chiropractor, psychologist, optometrist,

5.

Government, charitable, cultural, educational, recreational and social organizations;

B.

Medical, dental and optical laboratories or laboratories accessory to any use described in subsection A of this section;

C.

Business support services that provide technical or clerical assistance to any use described in subsection A of this section, including direct mail advertising, blue printing, photocopying, duplicating and temporary help or telephone message service;

D.

Nonoffice commercial uses that are located in the main building or office complex of a permitted use and are primarily utilized by persons employed therein, including a standard restaurant, barber shop, beauty salon, and other incidental service uses;

E.

Skilled nursing/intermediate care facility.

(Ord. 95-3 § 55, 1995; prior code § 5.02.220 (B))

The following uses are permitted in the C-O district if an administrative permit is issued:

A.

A one-family residence, when part of and subordinate to the main building in which the commercial use exists, and the residence is inhabited by the owner or operator of the commercial use, or a paid caretaker or night watchman. The residence may be detached if the applicant demonstrates that there is a health or safety concern or an applicable fire or building code regulation which makes an attached residence infeasible.

(Ord. 95-3 § 56, 1995)

The following uses are permitted in the C-O district if a use permit is issued:

A.

Trade school;

B.

Commercial condominiums;

C.

Church;

D.

Day care center;

E.

Lodge, club or fraternal organization.

(Ord. 95-3 § 57, 1995; prior code § 5.02.220 (C))

Other uses permitted in the C-O district are:

A.

The uses allowed by, and subject to the provisions of, Sections 17.88.010 through 17.88.110;

B.

Other uses found to be similar in character and impact to those listed in Sections 17.46.020 and 17.46.030, as determined in accordance with Section 17.94.030.

C.

Signs as allowed by and subject to the provisions of Sections 17.84.060 through 17.84.069.

(Ord. 2002-2 § 8, 2002; prior code § 5.02.220 (D))

The development standards for building site area and yards established by this section apply to all developments in the C-O district. Alternate standards may be approved for a condominium project, as part of the use permit process, if the approving body finds that the proposed development will be of equal or greater excellence in arrangement, design, attractiveness and compatibility with its surroundings than would result if the routine development standards of this section were applied.

A.

Minimum Building Site. The minimum building site requirement is ten thousand square feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.010.

B.

Minimum Lot Width. The minimum lot width requirement is as follows:

1.

Interior lot, sixty-five feet;

2.

Corner lot, seventy-five feet.

C.

Yards. The following yard requirements apply, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.020:

1.

Front, ten feet;

2.

Interior side, none; except where the district abuts a residential district it shall be fifteen feet, or if it abuts a freeway right-of-way the yard shall be ten feet;

3.

Street side, ten feet;

4.

Rear, none; except where the district abuts a residential district it shall be fifteen feet, or if it abuts a freeway right-of-way the yard shall be ten feet.

D.

Maximum Structural Height. The maximum structural height restriction is forty feet, except within forty feet of a residential district it shall be one story, not to exceed twenty feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.030.

E.

Landscaping. Landscaping requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.040.

F.

Outdoor Lighting. Outdoor lighting requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.050.

G.

Parking. Parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 17.86.

H.

Zone Walls. Zone wall requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.070.

I.

Outdoor Trash Storage. All outside trash storage and collection facilities shall be enclosed by a solid masonry wall or view-obscuring fence at least one foot higher than the trash container.

J.

Development Plan. An applicant for either a building permit or a use permit shall submit a site plan which indicates how the standards listed in this section will be met. This submittal shall be made on a form prescribed by the planning director. If only a building permit is required for the use, then the director's approval shall be obtained prior to issuance of the permit. If a use permit is required, then the director's approval shall occur as set forth by the terms and conditions of the use permit.

(Ord. 2002-2 § 9, 2002; prior code § 5.02.220 (E))