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.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

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.

Non-office 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.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

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.

Skilled nursing facility/intermediate care facility;

F.

Lodge, club or fraternal organization.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

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 of this title;

B.

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

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

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 (10,000) square feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.010 of this title.

B.

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

1.

Interior lot, sixty-five (65) feet;

2.

Corner lot, seventy-five (75) feet.

C.

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

1.

Front, ten feet;

2.

Interior side, none; except where the district abuts a residential district it shall be fifteen (15) 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 (15) 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 (40) feet, except within forty (40) feet of a residential district it shall be one story, not to exceed twenty (20) feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.030 of this title.

E.

Landscaping. Landscaping requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.040 of this title.

F.

Outdoor Lighting. Outdoor lighting requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.050 of this title.

G.

Parking. Parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 17.86 of this title.

H.

Signs (Appurtenant). The requirements for appurtenant signs are as follows:

1.

Building signs are not to exceed a combined size of one square foot in area for each lineal foot of building frontage.

2.

If there is one hundred (100) lineal feet or more of street frontage, one freestanding sign per lot, not to exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet in size and twenty-five (25) feet in height shall be permitted. For a double-faced sign, each face shall not exceed seventy-five (75) square feet. The sign shall be set back a minimum of twelve (12) feet from the front or street-side property line and shall be located within a landscaped island equal to a minimum of one-half the total sign area of the free-standing sign. A portion of the allowable sign area may be allocated to combined off-site signs identifying two or more establishments when all are located within this district and they share adjoining lots for parking and access.

3.

If there is less than one hundred (100) lineal feet of street frontage, one ground sign not to exceed fifty (50) square feet in size (twenty-five (25) square feet per face if double-faced) and forty-two (42) inches in height shall be permitted, except the sign height may be six feet if located thirty-five (35) feet or more from the center of a driveway or a curb return at a street intersection.

4.

The general appurtenant sign standards shall apply, as specified in Section 17.84.060 of this title.

I.

Zone Walls. Zone wall requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.070 of this title.

J.

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.

K.

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 development services director or his or her designee. 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. 97-99 § 1 (part))