Chapter 17.88, Section 17.88.030
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 15%
Uses
Permitted by right10
- Administrative and professional offices (business, law, medical, dental, chiropractic, architectural, engineering, community planning, real estate) with no retail sales or stock of goods
- Art gallery, library, reading room, museum
- Banks and financial institutions
- Employment agencies
- Parking lots and parking structures
- Prescription pharmacy when related and incidental to a professional office building
- Tourist information centers
- Travel agencies
- Day care centers
- Churches, temples and other places of religious worship
Conditional / special use6
- Clinics (medical, dental, chiropractic)
- Health and exercise centers (enclosed)
- Hotels, resort hotels and motels
- Laboratories (film, dental, medical, research or testing)
- Restaurants (not drive-in or take-out)
- Studios for professional work or teaching of fine arts (photography, music, drama, dance) with no stock of goods for sale
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Masonry wall along residential property lines6 ft
A six-foot high solid masonry wall or combination landscaped earthen berm and masonry wall shall be constructed on each property line that adjoins any parcel specifically zoned for residential use.
Height
- Maximum structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. at yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. line40 ft
Structures shall not exceed forty (40) feet at the yard setback line.
Lighting
- Lighting glare control
All lighting fixtures shall be focused, directed, and arranged to prevent glare or direct illumination on streets or adjoining property.
Other
- Roof mechanical equipment screening distance1,320 ft
All roof mounted mechanical equipment shall be screened from the ground elevation view to a minimum sight distance of one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet.
- Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. landscaping depth5 ft
Not less than five feet of the front yard setback shall be landscaped.
- No access from residential streets
No access shall be allowed from residential streets.
- Trash collection area screening
Trash collection areas shall be screened by landscaping or architectural features in such a manner as not to be visible from a public street or from any adjacent residential area.
- Underground utilities
Utilities shall be installed underground except that electrical lines rated at 33kv or greater may be installed above ground.
Signage
- Building directory letter heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.2 in
A building directory with letters not exceeding two inches in height and containing only the name of the occupant, the suite or office number, and the nature of the use or service rendered, shall be permitted.
- Maximum freestanding sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum surface area of the sign shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet.
- Maximum freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Freestanding signs shall not exceed a height of six feet.
- Maximum wall sign area as percentage of wall5 pct
Signs affixed to building walls shall not exceed five percent of the surface area of the wall upon which the sign is located.
No on-site sign shall be affixed on, above or over the roof of any building, and no on-site sign shall be affixed to the wall of a building so that it projects above the parapet of the building.
From the ordinance
The following shall be the standards of development in the C-O zone: ... Setbacks: 25 ft from street or residential property line; Height: max 50 ft (75 ft with approval); Landscaping: min 15%.