The Medical Office (MO) Zone specialized classification is designed to provide for a concentration of medical, health care, and supporting uses and facilities consistent with the General Plan policies and map.

(Prior code § 10-2.1000)

(a)

The following uses shall be permitted in the MO Zone:

(1)

Hospitals, convalescent hospitals, nursing homes, and rest homes;

(2)

Medical, mental health, and dental offices and clinics;

(3)

Medical and dental laboratories;

(4)

Opticians, dispensing;

(5)

Physical and occupational therapy offices and clinics;

(6)

Orthopedic and prosthetic appliance dispensing;

(7)

Health care offices and health care professional registries; and

(8)

Accessory uses and structures.

(b)

The following conditional uses shall be permitted in the MO Zone subject to the granting of a use permit as provided in Sections 10-2.3401 through 10-2.3418 of Article 34 of this chapter:

(1)

Pharmacies, dispensing;

(2)

Ambulance services;

(3)

Health care equipment rentals and sales;

(4)

Places of public assembly such as educational, cultural, institutional, religious, and recreational uses serving local residential areas, excluding uses that are classified within Use Group No. 48; and

(5)

Schools, public and private.

(Ord. 1050 § 2, 2003; prior code § 10-2.1001) 10.08.1490

The following lot area and width requirements shall apply in the MO Zone:

(a)

The minimum lot area shall be 6,000 square feet. (b) The minimum lot width shall be sixty (60') feet·

(c)

All newly created lots along major arterial streets shall have a minimum frontage along the arterial for each 150 feet. There shall be a maximum of one access driveway to the arterial for each 150 feet of frontage on the arterial street.

(d)

Where an existing lot has less than 150 feet frontage on an arterial street, its development plan shall indicate the joint use of a common driveway used by adjoining property or otherwise more closely approximate the standard of one access point for each 150 feet of an arterial street.

(Prior code § 10-2.1002)

The following minimum yards shall be required in the MO Zone:

(a)

Front: Ten (10') feet;

(b)

Street side yard: Ten (10') feet;

(c)

Interior side yard and rear yard: no requirement, except when adjoining a residential zone, in which case ten (10') feet shall be required;

(d)

Such yards shall be increased by four (4') feet for every story or ten (10') feet in height, whichever is less, for buildings exceeding a height of two (2) stories or thirty (30') feet, whichever is less, when appropriate; and

(e)

Accessory buildings not exceeding one story in height may be located in any required rear or interior side yard provided they are on the rear one-half of the lot or are at least sixty (60') feet from the front property line.

(Prior code § 10-2.1003)

There shall be no height limit in the MO Zone, except for structures bordering the Medical Office Zone and adjacent to a Low Density Residential Zone or Medium Density Residential Zone, in which case structures shall not have a height greater than thirty-five (35') feet when within fifty (50') feet of a neighboring residential zone.

(Prior code § 10-2.1004)

The minimum coverage of all buildings, except covered parking structures, in the MO Zone shall not exceed fifty (50%) percent of the lot.

(Prior code § 10-2.1005)

Required front yards and a minimum of five (5') feet of the required street side yards in the MO Zone shall be landscaped for their full depth with the exception of necessary ways and driveways, and, in addition, at least ten (10%) percent of the lot shall be landscaped.

(Prior code § 10-2.1006)

Off-street parking in the MO Zone shall be provided as required by Article 26 of this chapter.

(Prior code § 10-2.1007)

Development approval for all uses, buildings, structures, and site development in the MO Zone shall be required as provided in Article 30 of this chapter.

(Prior code § 10-2.1008)