This Chapter contains the regulations for the Office Professional Zone established by the City. The regulations of this Chapter shall apply to all properties within the Office Professional Zones within the City, except as modified by the standards and regulations pertaining to the planning area in which the building site is located. (Refer to Chapter
21.14 for the specific planning area in which the building site is located.)
(Ord. 387 § 1, 1996)
The purpose of this zone is to provide regulations for the development
of the office properties within the City, consistent with the historic
low density residential character of the City established over the
past twenty-five (25) years.
(Ord. 387 § 1, 1996)
Each office lot shall have a minimum width of two hundred (200)
feet and a minimum depth of two hundred fifty (250) feet.
(Ord. 387 § 1, 1996)
All developments in this zone shall be in accordance with a Master Development Plan for the property. All uses proposed thereon shall be in accordance with the list below subject to approval of a Conditional Use Permit in accordance with the procedures in Sections
21.06.030 and
21.06.040.
The uses, and the accessory uses related thereto, permitted
in this zone, subject to a Conditional Use Permit, shall be limited
to the following:
(c) Museum and art galleries;
(d) Offices: administrative, business and professional;
(f) Utility buildings and facilities; and non-commercial banks; and
(g) Limited deli defined as a food service business limited to food preparation
that does not include a stove, oven, grease interceptor or fryer.
Not permitted to serve alcoholic beverages, and maintains limited
hours of operation.
(Ord. 387 § 1, 1996; Ord. 403 § 3 Exhibit A, 1997; Ord. 702 § 2, 2017)
The building setback minimums shall be as follows:
(a) Adjacent to Residential Zoned Property. The minimum setbacks shall
be the same as those required of the adjacent residential property.
(b) Not Adjacent to Residential Zoned Property.
(1) Front Yard. Fifty (50) feet;
(2) Rear Yard. Sufficient distance to permit an approved fire access
lane, generally twenty (20) feet clear; and
(3) Side Yard. Adjacent to a property line, sufficient distance to permit
an approved fire access lane, generally twenty (20) feet, otherwise
per the Health, Safety and Building Codes.
(Ord. 387 § 1, 1996)
The above-ground gross floor area of building (all buildings)
divided by the total area of the lot upon which the building or buildings
are located shall not exceed 0.5.
(Ord. 387 § 1, 1996)
The building height requirements shall be as follows:
(a) Adjacent to Residential Zoned Property. The height requirements shall
be the same as those required of the adjacent residential property.
(b) Not Adjacent to Residential Zoned Property. Two (2) stories, not
to exceed thirty (30) feet.
(Ord. 387 § 1, 1996)
Where an office development abuts a residential zone, a masonry
wall six (6) feet in height shall be provided on the residential zone
boundary.
(Ord. 387 § 1, 1996)
The plan of development, layout, design of buildings, adequacy of parking and landscaping shall be subject to conformance with Title
11 of the Municipal Code, Parking Standards and Design, and the approval of the ALC under Chapter
21.60 of this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 387 § 1, 1996)
Antennas subject to compliance with the minimum standards of development delineated in Section
21.90.060.
(Ord. 387 § 1, 1996)
All roof-mounted equipment including but not limited to heating,
venting, cooling, and antenna shall be screened so as to preclude
viewing of same from adjacent residencies, public ways and golf courses
(public or private)
Solar energy systems will be permitted on legal lots in the
office professional zone in accordance with the standards listed below:
(a) All solar energy systems shall be installed only after administrative
approval by the Planning Department and only after issuance of the
necessary building permits and any and all other permits required
by the City relating to the plumbing, electrical and mechanical characteristics
of the system.
(b) Design Standards:
(1) All solar collectors, plumbing, water tanks and support equipment
shall be painted a color similar to the color of the roof upon which
they are mounted.
(c) Existing Nonconforming Solar Energy Systems. Existing, nonconforming solar energy systems removed from an existing location and proposed to be reinstalled shall be screened so as to limit viewing of same from adjacent residencies and properties, public ways and golf courses (public or private), and approval of said system shall be subject to any applicable Homeowners' Association approval, Planning Department review, and be subject to the administrative relief process defined in Section
21.06.090.
(d) Rehabilitated and/or Used Solar Energy Systems. Rehabilitated and/or used solar energy systems proposed to be installed shall be screened so as to limit viewing of same from adjacent residences and properties, public ways and golf courses (public or private), and approval of said system shall be subject to any applicable homeowners' association approval, Planning Department review, and be subject to the administrative relief process defined in Section
21.06.090.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 2003; Ord. 606 § 1, 2007)