Skiatook City Zoning Code

   A.   General Purposes: The office districts 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.   Establishing the several districts necessary to meet the needs of a variety of office types.

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

   B.   OL Office Low Intensity District: The OL district is designed to facilitate the development and preservation of low intensity office development.

   C.   OM Office Medium Intensity District: The OM district is designed to provide areas for offices, together with certain community facilities normally compatible with primary office uses. It is designed to preserve existing medium intensity office development and to facilitate the development of new medium intensity office areas. (1991 Code § 16-15-500)

The principal uses permitted in the office districts are designated by use units. The use units are groupings 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. (1991 Code § 16-15-510)

   TABLE 1

   USE UNITS PERMITTED IN OFFICE DISTRICTS

   (Chapter 11 Of This Title)

   X - Use By Right E - Special Exception

 

(Ord. 2007-04, 10-30-2007)

   A.   Accessory Uses Permitted: Accessory uses customarily incident to a principal use permitted in an office district are permitted in such a district. In addition, the uses set forth in table 2 of this section are permitted.

   TABLE 2

   ACCESSORY USES PERMITTED IN OFFICE DISTRICTS

 

 

   Note:

       1.    By special exception requiring board of adjustment approval subject to the requirements set forth in section 11-5-5 of this chapter.

   B.   Accessory Use Conditions:

      1.   General Conditions:

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

         b.   An accessory building erected as an integral part of the principal building shall be made structurally a part thereof, shall have a common wall therewith, and shall comply with the requirements applicable to the principal building.

      2.   Convenience Goods And Services:

         a.   Permitted accessory goods and services in the OM district are limited to the uses included in use unit 13, chapter 11 of this title.

         b.   Accessory goods and services in the OM district shall be located entirely within the principal building.

         c.   Accessory goods and services in the OM district shall not occupy more than fifteen percent (15%) of the gross floor area of the building in which located.

      3.   Eating Places Other Than Drive-Ins:

         a.   Permitted accessory eating places are limited to the uses including in use unit 12, chapter 11 of this title, designed and located for the convenience of the occupants of the principal building.

         b.   The eating place shall be located entirely within the principal building.

         c.   The eating place shall not occupy more than five percent (5%) of the gross floor area of the building in which located. (1991 Code § 16-15-520)

      4.   Business Signs: Business signs are subject to the requirements set forth in section 11-11-21 of this title. (1991 Code § 16-15-520; amd. 2011 Code)

      5.   Temporary Signs Advertising Construction Of Improvements: During the period of construction, a temporary sign advertising the construction of improvements on the premises may be located on each arterial street frontage of the development. The sign shall not exceed one hundred sixty (160) square feet in surface area, nor fifteen feet (15') in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.

      6.   Temporary Real Estate Signs: A temporary real estate sign advertising the sale, rental, or lease of the premises may be erected on each street frontage of a lot. The sign shall not exceed thirty two (32) square feet in surface area, nor fifteen feet (15') in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.

      7.   Private Clubs: Within the OM district, the private club shall be located entirely within the principal building and shall not occupy more than five percent (5%) of the gross floor area of the building in which located.

      8.   Combined Uses: Within the OM district, the principal office structure may include an eating place (5 percent maximum), private club (5 percent maximum), and accessory goods and services (15 percent maximum), or a total of twenty five percent (25%) maximum of the total gross floor area devoted to these uses. Provided, the eating place, private club, and accessory convenience goods and services do not exceed the maximum allowable for each individual use. (1991 Code § 16-15-520)

   TABLE 3

   BULK AND AREA REQUIREMENTS IN OFFICE DISTRICTS

 

Note:

    1.    Plus 1 foot of setback for each 1 foot of building height exceeding 18 feet, if the abutting property is within an RE, RS, or RD district.

(1991 Code § 16-15-530)

The special exception uses, permitted in the office districts, as designated in sections 11-5-2, table 1 and 11-5-3, table 2 of this chapter, are subject to the minimum requirements set out below, and such additional safeguards and conditions as may be imposed by the board of adjustment.

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

   B.   Multi-Family Uses: Multi-family uses in the OL and OM districts shall comply with the bulk and area requirements of the RM-1 district.

   C.   Convenience Goods And Services: Convenience goods and services in the OL 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 twenty five thousand (25,000) 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 OL district are limited to the following uses and use groupings:

Barbershop.

Beauty shop.

Bookstore.

Florist.

Gift, novelty and souvenir shop.

Liquor store.

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

Newsstand.

Stationery and office supplies.

Tobacco, candy and nut store.

      4.   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 twelve and one-half percent (12.5%).

      5.   Each accessory use shall be limited to a maximum of two thousand (2,000) square feet of floor area per specific use grouping listed in subsection C3 of this section. (1991 Code § 16-15-540)

      6.   Ministorage facilities located in the office districts shall comply with the following requirements:

         a.   The building height is limited to twelve feet (12'); provided, however, if the facilities contain an accessory dwelling to be used for management and security purposes, the height of the dwelling shall not exceed thirty five feet (35').

         b.   The minimum building setback from a public street shall be fifty feet (50'), plus one-half (1/2) the right of way designated on the major street plan when adjacent to an arterial street or freeway service road and thirty five feet (35') if adjacent to a nonarterial street.

         c.   The minimum building setback from a freeway and all other boundaries is ten feet (10'); provided, however, the board of adjustment may allow a five foot (5') building setback in this instance if the wall of the building is also to be used to meet the screening requirement in subsection C6k of this section. Any spaces between perimeter buildings shall require construction of an eight foot (8') masonry wall between buildings.

         d.   Exterior building walls shall consist of masonry construction using brick, stone, stucco or concrete tilt-up panels. Metal or standard (smooth) concrete block exterior walls are not permitted.

         e.   The floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.5.

         f.   Access doors to storage units shall not be visible at ground level from an abutting O or R district and shall not be visible from an abutting public street.

         g.   No hazardous, toxic or explosive materials are permitted to be stored in such facilities.

         h.   Open air storage is prohibited in the OL district. Open air storage is prohibited on the perimeter of the lot in an OM district, but may be permitted on the interior of the lot if the storage is not visible at ground level from an abutting O or R district or any public street.

         i.   The development site should have frontage on and access to an arterial street.

         j.   Only one ground sign shall be permitted. Location, size and height of such sign shall be determined by the board of adjustment; provided, however, the sign shall not exceed twenty feet (20') in height and thirty two (32) square feet of display surface area or two-tenths (2/10) of a square foot of display surface area per linear foot of street frontage (whichever is greater), and illumination, if any, of the sign shall be by constant light.

         k.   A screening fence or masonry wall (to be determined by the board of adjustment) a minimum of eight feet (8') tall in height is required along the lot line or lot lines in common within an R district unless the developer opts to develop in accordance with subsection C6c of this section. (Ord. 2007-04, 10-30-2007)

   D.   Private Clubs: Private clubs in the OL district shall comply with the following requirements:

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

      2.   The private club shall not occupy more than five percent (5%) of the gross floor area of the building in which located.

      3.   Exterior business signs identifying the private club are prohibited.

   E.   Frontage Required: Except as provided in section 11-2-11 of this title for public protection and utility facilities, a minimum frontage of one hundred feet (100') is the requirement of the special exception uses unless the use unit requirements are more restrictive, in which case, the more restrictive shall apply. (1991 Code § 16-15-540)