Chapter 17.32 — PO PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DISTRICT

Sections:

• 17.32.010 Purpose 17.32.020 Special provisions and development standards 17.32.030 Permitted uses 17.32.040 Fences, walls and hedges 17.32.050 Site area 17.32.060 Frontage, width and depth of site 17.32.070 Coverage

• 17.32.080 Yard requirements 17.32.090 Distance between structures 17.32.100 Building height 17.32.110 Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities 17.32.120 Signs 17.32.130 Site plan review

The PO district is intended to provide for the location of professional and commercial offices in close relationship to one another in areas designated for professional office use by the general plan; to provide adequate space to meet the needs of such offices for off-street parking and loading space; and to protect offices from noise, disturbances, traffic hazards and other objectionable influences which would adversely affect professional and business practices.

All uses in the PO district shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.71 of this title.

Uses permitted by right and subject to approval of an administrative site plan or conditional use permit in the PO district shall be as listed in Section 17.48.030.

In the PO district, fences, walls and hedges shall be permitted in accordance with provisions of Section 17.71.100 of this title.

The minimum site shall be six-thousand square feet in the PO district.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.32-1

• A. Each site in the PO district shall have not less than sixty feet of frontage on a public street, except that those sites which front on a cul-de-sac or loop-out street may have a frontage of not less than fifty (50) feet; provided that the width of the site as measured along the front yard setback line is at least sixty (60) feet. The minimum width of each site shall be fifty (50) feet at all other locations on the site which lie to the rear of the front yard setback line.

• B. The minimum depth of each site in the PO district shall be one-hundred (100) feet.

The maximum site area covered by any and all structures in the PO district shall be sixty-five (65) percent.

Yard requirements in the PO district are as follows:

• A. Front Yard. The minimum front yard shall be fifteen (15) feet; provided, however, the director may approve, under Chapter 17.80 of this title, within any part of the front yard for nonresidential uses, ornamental covers such as a sidewalk or entry awning, trellis or other similar improvements when said improvement is intended solely as an improved passageway or for aesthetic purposes, providing architectural integrity with the building to which it is attached.

• B. Rear Yard. The minimum rear yard shall be ten (10) feet; provided, however, that where construction involves more than one story and the site lies adjacent to a site in an R district, the rear yard shall be increased by five (5) feet for each additional story.

• C. Side Yard. The minimum side yard shall be five (5) feet, subject to the following conditions and exceptions:

  1. On a reversed corner lot, the side yard adjoining the street shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet.

  2. On a corner lot, the side yard adjoining a street shall not be less than ten (10) feet.

  3. Where construction involves more than one (1) story, the side yard shall be increased by five (5) feet for each additional story; provided, however, that the side yard on the street side of a corner lot shall be ten (10) feet or greater.

  4. Garages or carports on the street side yard of a corner lot shall be subject to the provisions of Section 17.20.090(C)(6) of this title.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.32-2

In the PO district, the minimum distance between any structure shall be ten (10) feet.

No building shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet in the PO district, except as may be allowed under provisions of Chapter 17.80 of this title.

Off-street parking facilities and off-street loading facilities in the PO district shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 17.64 of this title.

No sign shall be permitted in the PO district except as prescribed in Chapter 17.72 of this title.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.32-3