Chapter 19.43 — PO ZONE (PROFESSIONAL OFFICE)

The PO Zone is to provide for uses associated with professional or administrative services generally located on arterial roadways for convenient automobile access and public transit service, including corporate offices, cultural and community facilities, financial institutions, legal and medical services, and other similar uses which represent major concentrations of community and employment activities. This zone shall be applicable to and correlate with the general plan land use designation of professional office.

(Code 1972, § 19.43.010)

(a)

The following uses are permitted:

(1)

Service uses.

a.

Collection agencies.

b.

Data processing agencies.

c.

Employment agencies.

d.

Insurance agencies.

e.

Membership offices.

f.

Property management services.

g.

Secretarial or clerical services.

(2)

Financial uses.

a.

Banks, loan offices, mortgage companies.

b.

Credit services.

c.

Financial consulting services.

d.

Public accounting, bookkeeping and audit services.

e.

Securities and commodity brokers, dealers and exchanges.

(3)

Medical uses.

a.

Chiropractors.

b.

Dialysis centers.

c.

Doctor, dentist, and orthodontist offices.

d.

Medical clinics (If a permit is required by the state, then a conditional use permit is required. See section 19.43.030).

e.

Pharmacies.

f.

Physicians and surgeons.

g.

Physical therapy centers.

h.

Optometrist, eye care centers.

i.

Weight loss centers.

(4)

Administrative uses.

a.

Administrative and corporate offices.

b.

Federal, state, and local government offices.

c.

Research centers.

d.

Utility administrative and payment offices.

(5)

Professional uses.

a.

Advertising agencies.

b.

Business and management consulting services.

c.

Consulting services.

d.

Development services office.

e.

Engineering and architectural services.

f.

Interior decorator studios.

g.

Law offices.

h.

Photography studio.

(6)

Miscellaneous uses. Monopoles or similar wireless communications towers or facilities 65 feet or less in height.

(b)

Other similar uses. As approved by the director of planning and community development, as provided by chapter 19.54.

(Code 1972, § 19.43.020)

(a)

The following uses shall be allowed subject to obtaining a conditional use permit, as provided by chapter 19.61:

(1)

Any public or private hospital, medical clinic or other facility licensed or required to have a permit by the state.

(2)

Dance and art studios.

(3)

Day care center and nursery school, consistent with chapter 19.83.

(4)

Dog kennels and animal services.

(5)

Hospitals.

(6)

Mini-storage/wholesale storage.

(7)

Monopoles or other similar wireless communications towers or facilities more than 65 feet in height.

(8)

Technical and trade schools.

(b)

Other similar uses: Approved by the director of planning and community development, as provided by chapter 19.54.

(Code 1972, § 19.43.030)

Accessory uses incidental to the primary use are allowed, including the following:

(1)

Food services or restaurant uses, directly associated with and incidental to the primary use.

(2)

Storage uses or facilities directly associated with and incidental to the primary use.

(Code 1972, § 19.43.040)

No uses require an administrative permit.

(Code 1972, § 19.43.050)

The following uses are prohibited:

(1)

Industrial uses.

(2)

Residential uses.

(Code 1972, § 19.43.060)

Temporary uses shall be allowed consistent with the provisions contained in chapter 19.60.

(Code 1972, § 19.43.070)

(a)

General provisions.

(1)

All uses shall be conducted within a fully enclosed building, except:

a.

Outdoor restaurants, cafes, or seating areas; and

b.

Permitted outdoor storage.

(2)

Refer to chapter 19.02 for those general criteria applicable to development, such as:

a.

Encroachments/architectural projections.

b.

Lighting.

c.

Operating restrictions.

d.

Utilities.

(b)

Lot size. Minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet.

(c)

Lot dimensions.

(1)

Minimum lot width: 75 feet.

(2)

Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.

(d)

Structure size. No minimum size; however, the floor area ratio (FAR) cannot exceed 1.0:1.

(e)

Accessory structure size. No maximum size.

(f)

Lot coverage. Maximum lot coverage of 50 percent.

(g)

Structure height. Maximum height of 50 feet.

(h)

Setbacks.

(1)

Minimum front yard: Adjoining the public right-of-way the setback shall be as follows for structures of 25 feet or less in height, based upon the criteria in the city general plan circulation element:

a.

Local and collector streets: Five feet.

b.

Secondary and primary arterials: Ten feet.

c.

Expressway and freeway: 15 feet.

Structures greater than 25 feet in height shall be setback an additional five feet for each ten feet of additional structure height.

(2)

Maximum front yard: None.

(3)

Minimum side yard: None. If adjoining a residential zone the setback shall not be less than 15 feet. The setback shall be increased one foot for each one foot of building height over 25 feet. If loading and unloading are provided the setback shall be not less than 25 feet.

(4)

Minimum street side yard: See requirements for front yard.

(5)

Minimum rear yard: None. If adjoining a residential zone the setback shall be the same as the side yard requirements.

(i)

Structure separation. None required.

(j)

Lot frontage. Minimum lot frontage of 75 feet.

(Code 1972, § 19.43.080)

(a)

Access/orientation.

(1)

Access.

a.

Vehicular access to a public right-of-way shall be located as far from an intersection as is reasonable. Where appropriate due to design constraints, exits shall be located on a local or collector street.

b.

Reciprocal ingress/egress access easements shall be provided for circulation and parking to facilitate ease of vehicular movement between properties and to limit the number of vehicular access points to adjoining streets.

(2)

Orientation.

a.

Structures shall provide access from the parking areas.

b.

Service areas shall be completely screened from public rights-of-way, through site orientation, screening materials (walls/landscaping) or a combination of both.

c.

Off-street parking is preferred in either the rear or side of the building or a combination of both.

(b)

Architecture.

(1)

Architecture shall be compatible with the adjacent neighborhood when appropriate. Development shall incorporate similar architectural components, including building design components, colors, and materials.

(2)

All structure elevations visible from the public right-of-way shall provide one or more appropriate design components, including, but not limited to, color variation, reveal lines, window treatment, variation in materials, columns, horizontal or vertical alterations, cornices, or other similar architectural treatment.

(c)

Landscaping. Landscaping and irrigation shall be provided consistent with the provisions of section 19.02.130.

(d)

Parking. Parking shall be provided consistent with chapter 19.69.

(e)

Signs. Signs shall be allowed consistent with the provisions contained in chapter 19.75.

(f)

Utilities. Utilities shall be provided consistent with the provisions contained in chapter 19.02.

(g)

Walls/fences. Walls and fences or other screening devices shall be provided consistent with the provisions contained in chapter 19.02.

(Code 1972, § 19.43.090)

All development projects requiring a permit or approval from the city shall be consistent with the processing and review provisions contained in chapters 19.54 and 19.56.

(Code 1972, § 19.43.100)