The COR (commercial office residential) zone is a mixed use zone allowing administrative and professional offices in conjunction with residential uses. This mix of uses may be separate buildings on one site or separate areas in a building (such as ground floor professional/administrative offices with apartments above). The primary use of the site shall be devoted to office usage and residential densities may be within any of the residential density ranges of the general plan land use element.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
The following uses are permitted in the COR zone:
A. 
Those uses are permitted in the CO (commercial office) zone (Section 17.210.002);
B. 
Similar uses subject to the approval of the zoning administrator;
C. 
ADUs subject to Chapter 17.715;
D. 
Low-barrier navigation housing pursuant to Government Code Section 65650. Subject only to the same standards as other multifamily uses within the same zone and subject only to the same ministerial review process as emergency shelters, see Chapter 17.770;
E. 
Supportive housing pursuant to Government Code Section 65651. Subject only to the same standards as other multifamily uses within the same zone.
(Ord. 408, 1987; Ord. 1083, 2/25/2025; Ord. 1084, 3/11/2025)
The following uses are permitted only on the granting of a conditional use permit pursuant to Chapter 17.830:
A. 
Those uses identified as conditionally permitted uses in the CO (commercial office) zone (Section 17.210.003);
B. 
Churches, temples, synagogues and care facilities;
C. 
Residential uses on up to forty-nine percent of the land area or up to forty-nine percent of the building area and within any of the residential density ranges of the general plan land use element provided the entire parcel or a group of parcels are master planned;
D. 
Other uses that the zoning administrator determines, because of type of operation, material stored or sold, or other special circumstances require special consideration and regulations through the conditional use permit procedure.
(Ord. 408, 1987; Ord. 878 § 4, 2010)
The following regulations shall apply to the COR zone:
A. 
Minimum lot area: seven thousand five hundred square feet;
B. 
Minimum lot width: fifty feet;
C. 
Minimum street frontage yard: ten feet except where there is a residentially zoned parcel within the same block, the minimum setback shall be seventy-five percent of the minimum setback for the residential zone but not less than ten feet;
D. 
Minimum nonstreet frontage yard: ten feet except where residentially zoned property is abutting the COR zone the minimum setback shall be twenty feet;
E. 
Maximum Building Height.
1. 
If the COR zone abuts any residential zone, the maximum height of the commercial office floors shall be one story not to exceed twenty feet or two stories not to exceed thirty feet if the second floor is exclusively a residential floor,
2. 
A two-story structure, not exceeding thirty feet may be approved abutting a residential zone subject to conditional use permit approval,
3. 
If the COR zone does not abut a residential zone, the maximum permitted height shall be two stories not to exceed thirty feet,
4. 
A three-story structure not exceeding forty feet and not abutting a residential zone may be approved subject to conditional use permit approval.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
A. 
Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.620.
B. 
Development Standards. The commercial office uses within the COR zone shall comply with Section 17.200.003, except when a mixed-use residential/office development is approved, a zone wall separating the uses within the development need not be required.
C. 
Performance Standards. The commercial office uses within the COR zone shall comply with Section 17.200.004.
D. 
Motion Picture Theaters. Until the downtown specific plan, now in preparation, is adopted, new motion picture theaters will not be permitted in any zone in the city. With adoption of the plan, the city council will determine the most appropriate location(s) for such theaters.
(Ord. 408, 1987; Ord. 772 § 3, 2004)