In addition to the objectives prescribed in HMC § 20.04.010, the Office and Multi-Family Residential District is included in the Land Use Code to achieve the following purposes:
A. 
Reserve appropriately located areas for harmonious transitional uses to serve as buffers between residential districts and nonresidential districts.
B. 
Provide opportunities for offices of a semi-commercial character to be located outside of commercial districts.
C. 
Create a suitable environment for office buildings especially designed for their purposes and located on sites large enough to provide room for landscaped open areas, off-street parking and, where appropriate, the off-street loading and maneuvering of trucks.
D. 
Provide space for quasi-public facilities and institutions that appropriately may be located in the ORM District.
E. 
Minimize traffic congestion and avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the ground around them.
F. 
Protect offices and multi-family dwellings from the noise, disturbance, traffic hazards, safety hazards, and other objectionable influences incidental to commercial and industrial uses.
G. 
Protect offices and multi-family dwellings from fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards.
H. 
Allow sites for well planned multi-family housing interspersed with office developments.
(Ord. 950 § 2 (Exh. A § 600), 1998; Ord. 1010 § 4 (Exh. A § 6), 2003)
In addition to the objectives prescribed in HMC § 20.04.010 and § 20.08.090, the Medical and Professional Offices District is included in the Land Use Code to achieve the following purposes:
A. 
Allow the establishment of hospitals, medical offices, medical facilities, and professional offices related to the provision of health services and without the inclusion of residential uses among such uses.
B. 
Provide the opportunity for the establishment of such uses without the intrusion into districts containing residential uses or primarily suited for residential uses.
(Ord. 950 § 2 (Exh. A § 605), 1998)
The following permitted and conditionally permitted uses may be allowed in the ORM and MP Districts. Chapter 20.28 HMC, Article V describes the procedures for obtaining a conditional use permit.
Table 8 Permitted and conditionally permitted uses: ORM and MP Districts
Permitted (P) and Conditionally Permitted (C) Uses
ORM
MP
Any residential use permitted in Chapter 20.08, Article III, RM District, subject to the regulations of the RM District. Residential uses may be combined with nonresidential uses on the same site.
P
--
Churches, convents, monasteries, parish houses, parsonages, and other religious institutions
C
--
Employee housing for six or fewer employees in accordance with Cal. Health & Safety Code § 17000, et seq.
P
P
Golf courses and driving ranges
C
--
Home occupations, subject to HMC § 20.20.005
P
--
Hospitals
--
P
Libraries and museums
C
--
Medical and dental laboratories
C
P
Offices – chiropractic care
P
P
Offices – professional, administrative and business1
P
P
Offices – professional and administrative, restricted to the provision of medical, dental, and other health care services
C
P
Parking lots
P
P
Pharmacies that do not carry general merchandise or dispense goods or merchandise unrelated to health care
C
P
Private noncommercial clubs and lodges
C
--
Private recreation parks and swim clubs
C
--
Private schools and colleges, not including art, craft, music, dancing, business, professional, or trade schools and colleges
C
--
Psychologist, psychiatrist, counseling and therapist offices
P
P
Public utility and public service pumping stations, power stations, equipment buildings and installations, drainageways and structures, storage tanks, and transmission lines found by the planning commission to be necessary for the public health, safety and welfare
P
--
Residential visitor lodging
--
--
Sanitariums and nursing homes, not including mental, drug addict, or liquor addict patients
P
P
Spa, day
C
--
Vacation rental homes
--
--
Vacation timeshares
--
--
Veterinarian offices, clinics and animal hospitals
--
C
Notes:
-- = not permitted
1 The "Offices – professional, administrative and business" use type is defined as a business that offers professional business services to the public and that service requires the obtaining of a specified degree, license, or other legal authorization. Examples include lawyers, architects, engineers, certified accountants, insurance agents, financial consultants, or similar professions as determined by the planning director to be applicable to this use type. This use type excludes all those pertaining to the retail or wholesale of goods or merchandise and real estate/broker offices.
(Ord. 950 § 2 (Exh. A § 610), 1998; Ord. 964 § 2 (Exh. A § 610), 2000; Ord. 987 § 2 (Exh. A § 7), 2002; Ord. 1012 § 2 (Exh. D § 3), 2004; Ord. 1018 § 2 (Exh. A § 610), 2004; Ord. 1173 § 2, 2018; Ord. 1177 § 2, 2018; Ord. 1231 § 7, 2023)
The following standards apply to development within the ORM and MP Districts.
Table 9 Minimum development standards: ORM and MP Districts
Minimum lot area
6,000 square feet
Minimum lot width
60 feet, except that the minimum lot width for corner lots in the ORM District shall be 70 feet.
Minimum lot depth
100 feet, except that residential lots created in the ORM District shall have a minimum lot depth of 130 feet adjacent to a freeway or railroad right-of-way unless alternative noise mitigation measures are approved by the planning director.
Minimum front yard
20 feet
Minimum side yard - interior
1-story structure: 5 feet
2-story structure: 10 feet
3-story structure: 15 feet
Minimum side yard - street side
10 feet
Minimum rear yard
20 feet
Maximum floor area ratio
50 percent
Maximum site coverage
50 percent
Maximum building height
Within 100 feet of residentially-zoned property: 40 feet
Other locations: 45 feet
Exceptions to this requirement are prescribed in HMC § 20.16.065. Accessory structure heights are regulated in HMC § 20.16.030.
Usable open space per dwelling
300 square feet, subject to the location and design criteria of HMC § 20.20.015.
(Ord. 950 § 2 (Exh. A §§ 615, 620, 625, 630, 635), 1998; Ord. 1018 § 2 (Exh. A § 635), 2004)
The following additional requirements apply to development in the ORM and MP Districts:
Accessory structures: Chapter 20.16 HMC, Article II.
Inclusionary housing requirements: HMC § 20.20.030.
Off-street parking requirements: Chapter 20.16 HMC, Article VIII.
Signs: Chapter 20.16 HMC, Article IX.
Fences and walls: Chapter 20.16 HMC, Article III.
Riparian setbacks: HMC § 20.24.090.
Design review: Chapter 20.28 HMC, Article IV.
(Ord. 950 § 2 (Exh. A § 640), 1998)