17.60.130 Professional office zone (P-O).
A. Purpose. The purpose of the P-O (professional office) zone is to provide an area for offices and institutions in which the intensity of use, in terms of hours of operation and number of customers, is less than that of a commercial zone. The P-O zone also provides for the conversion of single-family homes to office uses in certain locations on the major streets of West Point.
B. Use Table. See use table section, WPCC 17.60.050. If a use is not specifically designated, then it is prohibited.
C. Development Standards.
1. All lots (including single lots) shall be approved and developed in accordance with the standards found in this chapter as well as the commercial development standards found in WPCC 17.60.140(C)(3) through (6), unless specified below.
2. P-O Zone Lot Standards Table. The following standards apply to all buildings in the P-O zone:
Lot Size |
|
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Min. Lot Area (sq. ft.) |
20,000 |
Min. Landscaping |
15% |
Principal Structure |
|
Min. Front Yard Setback |
20' |
Min. Front Yard Setback Arterial Street |
20' |
Min. Side Yard Setback |
0' |
Min. Side Yard Corner Lot | 20' |
Min. Side Yard Corner Lot Arterial Street | – |
Min. Rear Yard Setback | 10' |
Min. Distance Between Structures on Same Lot | 10' |
Mix. and Max. Height |
12' and 40' |
Accessory Buildings |
|
Min. Front Yard Setback |
25' |
Min. Side Yard Setback |
1' |
Min. Rear Yard Setback | 1' |
Min. Side Yard Corner | 20' |
Mix. and Max. Height |
12' and 40' |
Fencing and Landscaping |
|
Fencing |
(see WPCC 17.70.030) |
Landscaping |
|
Towers and Flagpoles |
|
Max. Height for Flagpoles |
40' |
3. Horizontal Facade Articulation. In the P-O zone no plane of a building wall shall extend for a horizontal distance greater than two times the height of the wall without having an offset of at least five percent of the wall’s height, and that new wall plane shall extend for a distance equal to at least five percent of the maximum length of the first plane.
Accessory Buildings | |
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Accessory Buildings | (see WPCC 17.70.030) |
Fencing and Landscaping | |
Fencing | (see WPCC 17.70.050) |
Landscaping | (see WPCC 17.70.040) |
Towers and Flagpoles | |
Max Height for Flagpoles | 40' |
4. Vertical Facade Articulation. In the PO zone no wall shall extend for a horizontal distance greater than two times the height of the wall without changing height by a minimum of 15 percent of the wall’s height. Where allowed, a pitched roof may be considered as vertical articulation.
5. Exterior walls of buildings in the P-O zone shall be constructed with a minimum of 50 percent brick or stone. The balance of the exterior wall area shall consist of brick, stone, glass, decorative integrally colored block, or stucco. All building materials shall be high quality, durable, and low maintenance. Roofs shall be hipped or gabled with a minimum 6:12 pitch. Flat roofs shall include a parapet wall extending no more than three feet above the roof. Any exception or changes to roof standards shall be reviewed by the community development director or designee and approved if the community development director is assured through architectural drawings of the quality and general conformity with the intent of this section.
6. Landscaping. All areas of lots in the P-O zone not approved for parking, building, or other hard surface shall be landscaped and properly maintained with grass, deciduous and evergreen trees and other plant material in conjunction with a site plan or plat for the development, and a minimum of one tree per 400 square feet, or part thereof, of required landscaped yard areas is required in the P-O zone in addition to other trees required in this section.
D. Related Provisions. Chapter 17.00 WPCC, Administration and Enforcement.
Chapter 17.10 WPCC, Definitions.
Chapter 17.30 WPCC, Site Plan Review Standards.
Chapter 17.40 WPCC, Conditional Use Permits.
WPCC 17.60.140, Commercial zones.
Chapter 17.70 WPCC, General Regulations
Chapter 17.100 WPCC, Off-Street Parking and Loading.
Chapter 17.110 WPCC, Sign Regulations.
Chapter 17.120 WPCC, Lighting.
Chapter 17.130 WPCC, Subdivisions. [Ord. 08-17-2021B § 2 (Exh. A)].