Chapter 16.205 — OFFICE AND MEDICAL DISTRICTS

The purposes of the Office "O" and Medical "M" Zoning Districts are to:

A.

Provide sites for medical and office uses at appropriate locations.

B.

Encourage a mix of compatible uses within these districts including multi-family residential development.

C.

Establish design standards that improve the visual quality of development and create a unified, distinctive, and attractive character in these districts.

D.

Provide appropriate buffers and transition standards between these districts and adjacent residential neighborhoods.

More specifically, the purposes of the individual O and M Zoning Districts are as follows:

O Office: The O Zoning District is intended to create and establish regulations for areas having an employment focus, but also supporting a mix of uses, especially business supportive uses. Residential-only development and office development with a residential component are allowed as major uses if design and compatibility standards are met.

M Medical: The M Zoning District is intended to create and establish regulations for areas with a concentration of medical facilities and supporting commercial services can be provided without the encroachment of incompatible uses. Design and development standards will ensure land use compatibility and appropriate buffers and transitions to adjacent residential neighborhoods.

Table 16.205-A: Development Standards : Office And Medical Districts, prescribes the development standards for the O and M Zoning Districts. Additional regulations are listed in the right-hand column. Chapter numbers in this column refer to other chapters of the Zoning Code and individual letters refer to sections that directly follow the table. The numbers in each illustration below refer to corresponding regulations in the "#" column in the table.

TABLE 16.205-A: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: OFFICE AND MEDICAL DISTRICTS

A.

Additional Development Standards. All development in the O and M Zoning Districts is subject to the following standards.

1.

Mixed-Use Development. A combination of permitted commercial uses may be established in the same building or on the same lot as a residential use subject to compliance with all applicable requirements for the use and the development intensity. A minimum of fifty percent of non-residential space on the ground floor is required along street (not alley) frontage.

2.

Landscaping. A minimum of twenty-five percent of the site must be landscaping. The minimum required landscaped area may be reduced to twenty percent of site area when the site includes an area with minimum dimensions of thirty feet by thirty feet planted with at least one large-canopy tree. At least fifty percent of the ground area within this space must planted with ground cover plants and the remainder may be hard-surfaced for use by pedestrians.

3.

Public Improvements.

a.

Sidewalks. Sidewalks shall be provided if none already exist or if the existing sidewalks are in poor condition.

b.

Street Furniture. Trash receptacles, benches, bike racks, and other street furniture shall be provided.

c.

Streetlights. Pedestrian-scale streetlights shall be provided.

d.

Street Trees. Shade trees shall be planted no more than thirty feet on center. Tree guards shall be provided. Trees shall be a minimum fifteen gallons in size, and at least ten percent of the required trees shall be twenty-four-inch box size or larger.

e.

Orientation of Primary Building Entrance. The primary building entrance shall face or be oriented to within forty-five degrees of or parallel to the street frontage.

f.

Building Articulation. Building facades shall include building projections or recesses, doorway and window trim, and other details that provide architectural articulation and design interest.

g.

Exterior Building Materials. A unified palette of materials shall be used on all sides of buildings. Exterior building materials shall be stone, brick, stucco, and concrete block, painted wood clapboard, painted metal clapboard or other quality, durable materials.

4.

Pedestrian Access on Large Site (Over ten acres). On-site pedestrian circulation and access must be provided in compliance with the following standards.

a.

Internal Connections. A system of pedestrian walkways shall connect all buildings on a site to each other, to on-site automobile and bicycle parking areas, and to any on-site open space areas or pedestrian amenities.

b.

Circulation Network. Regular connections between on-site walkways and the public sidewalk shall be provided. An on-site walkway shall connect the primary building entry or entries to a public sidewalk on each street frontage.

c.

Transit. Safe and convenient pedestrian connections shall be provided from transit stops to building entrances.

d.

Interior Pedestrian Walkway Design.

i.

Walkways shall have a minimum unobstructed width of six feet and shall be hard-surfaced.

ii.

Where a required walkway crosses driveway, parking areas, or loading areas, it must be clearly identifiable through the use of a raised crosswalk, a different paving material, or similar method.

iii.

Where a required walkway is parallel and adjacent to an auto travel lane, it must be raised or separated from the auto travel lane by a raised curb at least four inches high, bollards, or other physical barrier.

5.

Truck Docks, Loading, and Service Areas. Truck docks, loading areas, and service areas must be screened and not visible from public streets. Drop-off areas may be located at the primary building entry.

Chapter 16.206 - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS