Chapter 18.30
REGULATIONS FOR OA – PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONING DISTRICTS

Sections:

18.30.010  Application.

18.30.020  Intent.

18.30.030  Permitted uses.

18.30.040  Conditional uses.

18.30.050  Lot area.

18.30.060  Lot width.

18.30.070  Building height limits.

18.30.080  Front yard.

18.30.090  Side yards.

18.30.100  Rear yard.

18.30.110  Maximum building coverage.

18.30.120  Open landscaped area.

18.30.130  Required parking.

18.30.140  Additional development standards.

18.30.010 Application.

The regulations set forth in this chapter apply in all OA zoning districts. (Zoning Ord. § 15-1).

18.30.020 Intent.

This is a professional office district intended to accommodate a demonstrated need for the development of such uses together with necessary landscaping and off-street parking facilities in locations served by primary access, yet inappropriate for commercial or high-employment office centers because of close proximity to purely residential uses. It is intended that the professional and administrative uses established in this district shall be designed and landscaped so as to be in harmony with such adjacent residential uses. (Zoning Ord. § 15-2).

18.30.030 Permitted uses.

None but the following uses or uses which in the opinion of the Planning Commission are of a similar nature will be permitted.

(a) Professional offices such as: accountant, architect, doctor.

(b) Clinics and ethical pharmacies.

(c) Convalescent homes, nursing homes, homes for the ambulatory aged.

(d) Nursery, preschool.

(e) Parking lot and/or parking structure.

(f) Incidental and accessory buildings and uses on the same lot with and necessary for the operation of any permitted use. (Zoning Ord. § 15-3).

18.30.040 Conditional uses.

The following conditional uses may be established only by first securing a use permit in each case as provided in Chapter 18.110 SCCC.

(a) Lodges, clubs.

(b) Mortuaries. (Zoning Ord. § 15-4).

18.30.050 Lot area.

Each lot shall contain a minimum area of seven thousand (7,000) square feet. (Zoning Ord. § 15-5).

18.30.060 Lot width.

The minimum lot width shall not be less than sixty-five (65) feet. (Zoning Ord. § 15-6).

18.30.070 Building height limits.

Maximum permitted height shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet. (Zoning Ord. § 15-7).

18.30.080 Front yard.

Each lot shall have a street side front yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet in depth. (Zoning Ord. § 15-8).

18.30.090 Side yards.

Each lot shall have two side yards, each having a width of not less than ten feet.

Notwithstanding the above, the side yard on the street side of each corner lot exclusive of front yard shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet in width. (Zoning Ord. § 15-9).

18.30.100 Rear yard.

A rear yard is required at the rear of every lot. Such rear yard shall not be less than twenty (20) feet in depth; provided, however, that if the principal building does not exceed one story in height, the rear yard shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet in depth. (Zoning Ord. § 15-10).

18.30.110 Maximum building coverage.

Buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover a total of more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the area of any lot. (Zoning Ord. § 15-11).

18.30.120 Open landscaped area.

The following yards and area shall be developed into and permanently maintained as open landscaped areas containing ground cover, trees, and shrubs:

(a) Required front yards; and

(b) Street side yards of corner lots (with openings for accessways in accordance with City standards); and

(c) A landscaped area equal to five percent of the required parking area, to be evenly distributed throughout the parking area and adjacent to buildings. (Zoning Ord. § 15-12).

18.30.130 Required parking.

The minimum parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 18.74 SCCC. (Zoning Ord. § 15-13).

18.30.140 Additional development standards.

(a) Fencing. At the time of new construction or reconstruction of a building on property, a solid fence of masonry six feet high shall be installed, and thereafter maintained, by the owner of property in this zoning district on all common property lines with residential zoned property or with property proposed for residential development in the general plan.

(b) Landscaped Buffer. A planter, landscaped with screening shrubs and trees, is required and shall be permanently maintained adjacent to all interior property lines unless two properties are developed concurrently with a common driveway at property line. Each planter shall be surrounded with a six-inch raised concrete curbing or planning division-approved equivalent. Minimum width of soil area within the planter shall be five feet, or seven feet if adjacent to parking stalls.

(c) Lighting. Lighting, if provided, shall reflect away from residential areas and public streets.

(d) Trash Disposal. Each property shall provide adequate and accessible trash disposal areas. Said disposal area shall be screened from public view by a masonry or solid wood fence at least six feet in height. (Zoning Ord. § 15-14).