Chapter 22.14 — PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE DISTRICTS (PA)[5 ]

All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter 22.34. (Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024)

In addition to the objectives prescribed in Section 22.02.010, the purpose of the PA Professional and Administrative Office District is to:

• A. Reserve appropriately located areas for harmonious transitional uses to serve as buffers between residential districts and central commercial or industrial districts;

• B. Create a suitable environment for public buildings and for community facilities and institutions;

• C. Provide adequate space to meet the needs of professional and administrative offices, including off-street parking and loading areas;

• D. Minimize traffic congestion and to avoid overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of oversized buildings;

• E. Protect professional and administrative offices from the noise, disturbance, traffic hazards, safety hazards, and other objectionable influences incidental to commercial uses, and from the noise, odor, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare, and truck traffic incidental to industrial use.

• (Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024)

The following uses shall be permitted:

• A. Accessory structures and uses located on the same site with and necessary for or incidental to the operation of a permitted use;

• B. All uses permitted in an R-1.5 district;

• C. Health care clinics, medical outpatient facilities, and medical and dental offices;

• D. Hospitals, sanitariums, and nursing homes;

• E. Housing development projects that comply with Chapter 22.75 (Residential Development in Commercial Districts);

• F. Low-barrier navigation centers;

• G. Physical fitness facilities;

5. Editor's note: Prior history: Prior code §§ 10,104.0—10,104.15; Ord. 822 C.S., 1975; Ord. 1115 C.S., 1988; Ord. 1245 C.S., 1997; Ord. 1274 C.S., 2000; and Ord. No. 1448, 9/27/2023.

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MARTINEZ CODE

§ 22.14.030

§ 22.14.050

• H. Private, clubs, lounges, and lodges;

• I. Professional and administrative offices;

• J. Public administration buildings and grounds, excepting schools;

• K. Public and private libraries, museums, and art galleries;

• L. Public and private philanthropic institutions;

• M. Religious institutions;

• N. Supportive housing;

• O. Union halls.

• (Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024; Ord. No. 1474, 7/16/2025)

The following conditional uses shall be permitted upon the granting of a use permit, in accord with the provisions of Chapter 22.40:

• A. Public and private schools and colleges;

• B. Pumping stations, power stations, drainage ways and structures, storage tanks and transmission lines found by the Planning Commission to be necessary for the public health, safety, or welfare;

• C. Group care and rehabilitation facilities (other than State authorized, certified or licensed family care, foster home or group home serving six or fewer mentally disabled or otherwise handicapped persons);

• D. Child daycare facilities;

• E. Veterinary offices and animal hospitals including short-term boarding of animals and incidental care such as bathing and trimming, provided that all operations are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building;

• F. General retail sales;

• G. Restaurants and other food and beverage service establishments, not including restaurants serving alcoholic beverages, except beer and/or wine only;

• H. Parking lots and garages improved in conformity with the standards prescribed for required off-street parking facilities in Section 22.36.020;

• I. Accessory structures and uses located on the same site with and necessary for or incidental to the operation of a conditional use;

• J. Other similar uses as determined by the Planning Commission, Zoning Administrator, Community and Economic Development Director, Planning Manager, or designee.

• (Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024)

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ZONING

§ 22.14.050

§ 22.14.100

The following conditions shall be required of all uses in the PA district:

• A. All professional pursuits and administrative enterprises shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, except for off-street parking and loading areas;

• B. No sales, production, repair or processing shall be permitted except in a medical or dental laboratory accessory to a professional office or permitted upon the granting of a use permit;

• C. No use shall be permitted and no process equipment materials shall be employed which are found by the Planning Commission to be objectionable to persons residing or working in the vicinity or injurious to property located in the vicinity by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness or truck traffic, or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.

• (Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024)

• A. Garages, carports, and other accessory structures may be attached to and have a common wall with the main structure on a site or may be connected with the main structure by a breezeway;

• B. Where there is more than one detached structure on a site, the minimum distance between a structure used for human habitation and another structure shall be ten feet.

• (Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024)

The minimum site area shall be 5,000 square feet. (Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024; Ord. No. 1473, 6/25/2025)

Each site shall have not less than 40 feet of frontage on a public street and shall have a width of not less than 60 feet subject to the exception that the width of a corner lot shall not be less than 70 feet.

(Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024; Ord. No. 1473, 6/25/2025)

The maximum site area covered by structures shall be 75 percent (increased to 90 percent with development incentive pursuant to Chapter 22.81) of the total gross area of the site. (Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024; Ord. No. 1463, § VI, 10/23/2024; Ord. No. 1473, 6/25/2025)

The maximum floor area ratio shall be 2.0 (increased to 2.5 with development incentive pursuant to Chapter 22.81).

(Ord. No. 1463, § VI, 10/23/2024)

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MARTINEZ CODE

§ 22.14.130

The minimum front yard shall be ten feet (reduced to zero feet with development incentive pursuant to Chapter 22.81).

(Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024; Ord. No. 1463, § VI, 10/23/2024)

The minimum side yard shall be five feet (reduced to two feet with development incentive pursuant to Chapter 22.81), subject to the following exceptions:

• A. On the street side of a corner lot the side yard shall not be less than 10 feet;

• B. Where the side property line of a site of a professional office or an administrative office adjoins property in a residential district, the side yard adjoining the residential district shall be not less than 10 feet and a solid masonry wall or board fence six feet in height shall be located on the property line. In addition, the five feet adjoining the property line shall be landscaped with plant materials and permanently maintained.

• (Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024; Ord. No. 1463, § VI, 10/23/2024; Ord. No. 1473, 6/25/2025)

The minimum rear yard shall be ten feet (reduced to five feet with development incentive pursuant to Chapter 22.81) subject to the following exceptions:

• A. Where the rear property line of a site of a professional office or an administrative office adjoins property in a residential district, the rear yard shall be not less than 20 feet (reduced to ten feet with development incentive pursuant to Chapter 22.81) and a solid masonry wall or board fence six feet in height shall be located on the property line. In addition, the five feet adjoining the property line shall be landscaped with plant materials and permanently maintained by the property owner(s) when such landscaping is necessary to ensure privacy, to screen unsightliness, or to insulate adjoining dwellings against noise.

• B. A minimum setback of five feet shall be maintained from the rear property lines for accessory structures not exceeding 12 feet in height, including garages and carports, garden structures, greenhouses, and storage buildings, except on a reversed corner lot. Accessory structures exceeding 12 feet in height are subject to the setback requirements shall comply with the minimum rear yard of ten feet.

• (Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024; Ord. No. 1463, § VI, 10/23/2024)

The minimum site area per dwelling unit shall be 1,500 square feet. For sites within half a mile of the Martinez Amtrak Station, as defined by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the maximum density shall be not more than 35.0 dwelling units per acre and the minimum density shall be not less than 25.0 dwelling units per acre.

(Ord. No. 1473, 6/25/2025)

The minimum private outdoor space in the PA district shall be 400 square feet per residential dwelling unit (reduced to 100 square feet with development incentive pursuant to Chapter

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ZONING

§ 22.14.130

§ 22.14.160

22.81).

(Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024; Ord. No. 1463, § VI, 10/23/2024)

No structures shall exceed 30 feet in height (increased to 40 feet with development incentive pursuant to Chapter 22.81). Taller structures may be permitted if, upon submission of an application an exception is granted pursuant to Chapter 22.45.

(Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024; Ord. No. 1463, § VI, 10/23/2024)

The required front yard, the required rear yard of a lot whose front and rear yards both front on a public street, and not less than five feet of the required side yard adjoining the side lot line on the street side of a corner lot shall be landscaped and permanently maintained. (Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024)

Off-street parking and loading facilities shall conform to the regulations prescribed Chapter 22.36.

(Ord. No. 1458, § III, 5/15/2024)

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