Ordinance 002(i)ORDANA NCE N0. 002(i)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO ADOPTING THE SANTA CLARA
COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE NS1200, SECTION 45 THEREOF BEING REGU-
LATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ("P-OH" ) DISTRICTS, AND DECLAR-
ING THE URGENCY THEREOF.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: Amendment
Section 1:1: Section 45 of the Santa Clara County Zoning
Ordinance No. NS1200 entitled "Regulations for 'P-0' Professional
Office Districts" is hereby enacted as an amendment to Ordinance
No. 002 of the City of Cupertino, save and except as hereinafter
modified.
Section 1:2: No tentative oz' final map shall be approved
nor application for building permit be granted until the minimum
requirements of this ordinance arE~ complied with as hereinafter
referred to.
SECTION 2: Regulations for "P-OH" (Professional Office) Districts
Section 2:1: Defined: A professional office district is
created to accomodate a demonstra'~ed need for the development of
office space together with necess~~.ry landscaping and off-street
parking facilities in locations served by primary access, yet
inappropriate for commercial development because of close prox-
imity to purely residential uses. It is intended that the pro-
fessional office uses established in this district shall be de-
signed and landscaped so as to be in harmony with such adjacent
residential uses.
Section 2:2: Uses Permitted: No building structure or land
shall 'oe used and no building or structure shall be hereafter
erected structurally altered or enlarged except for the follow-
ing uses:
(a) Administrative or Executi ve Offices: Similar to
and including those pertaining to the management of
office operations or the direction of enterprises 'put
not including merchandising or sale services.
(b) Professional Offices: Such as those pertaining to
the practice of the prcfessions and arts including but
not limited to architecture, dentistry, engineering,
law and medicine, but riot including the sale of drugs
or prescriptions except as incidental to the principal
use and where there is no external evidence of such
incidential use.
(c) Research Laborato7~ies: Such as those pertaining
to investigation, anal~rsis, or experimentation, to
establish new or revisE~d findings and standards, sub-
ject in addition, in e~~ch case, to the securin of a
use permit, as provided by Ordinance No. 002(a~ of the
City of Cupertino.
Section 2:3: Development S'~andards: Minimum development
standards are established as fol:Lows:
(a) Hei ht: One and ~~ne-half stories but not to
exceed twenty-five (25) feet.
(b) Lot Coverage: Buildings within foundation lines
not to exceed forty (4~~/) per cent of lot area.
(c) Yards: Front yards twenty (20) feet, no portion of
which may be used for required off-street parking;
side and rear yards equal to those required in nearest
adjacent residence zoning.
(d) Off-street Parking: The developer must provide
sufficient off-street parking and access lanes to
accommodate the pe rmanent working force within the
building to be constructed as well as any and all
visitors to the 'puilding. As a minimum, one car
space shall 'rye provided for each 150 square feet of
gross area in the building or each 1.3 employees
working therein, whichever is greater. A car space
shall 'oe defined as sufficient room to park the car
and also sufficient pavement for ingress and egress.
Off-street parking will not be allowed in any required
front yard setback nor will such parking be allowed
in a required side yard facing the street on a corner
lot.
(e) Landsca in and Site La out: Subject to the pro-
visions of Ordinance No. 002 f of the City.
(f) Si ns: Subject to the provisions of the sign
ordinances of the City.
SECTION 3: Urgency Clause
Section 3:1: The 'oasic provisions of this ordinance were
duly enacted as a part of the 61-I-th zoning unit of the County of
Santa Clara as Zoning Ordinance No. NS1200. At the time of the
formation of the City of Cupertino, the City enacted Ordinance
No. 002 as an urgency ordinance which ordinance adopted the pro-
vi ions of Ordinance No. NS 1200 as applicable to the territory
within the City, at which time there was no "P-OH" zoning within
the City Limits.
The Council finds that these particular provisions are in the
'pest interest of the City and require immediate interim passage
for the reason that there are several parcels within the City
requiring the establishment of fair and reasonable standards more
restrictive than commercial zoning and calling for professional
use. This ordinance shall remain in full force and effect until
the expiration of ore year from the date of enactment thereof or
until repealed 'oy the enactment of a permanent zoning ordinance.
SECTION ~-: Amending Clause
Section ~:1: All ordinances heretofore enacted in conflict
with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent that they
would vary the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 5: Severa'r~ilit Clause
Section 5:1: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to 'pe unconstitu-
tional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance. The legislative body hereby declares
that it would have enacted this ordinance and each section, sub-
section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses
or phrases 'pe declared unconstitutional.
SECTION 6: Publishin Clause
Section 6:1: The City Clerk is hereby authorized and instructed
to cause a certified co y of this ordinance to be pu'lished at least
once within fifteen (15 ~ days after its enactment in the Cupertino
Courier, the official newspaper of the City, published and circulated
within the City.
INTRODUCED AND ENACTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Cupertino, this 18th day of December, 1961, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Benetti, Jewett, Saich, Lazaneo
NAYS: Councilmen: Pelosi
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
A~'PROVED:
Mayor, City of Cupertino
AT EST: ~
C ty Clerk
I, LAWRENCE K. MARTIN, City Cler~~ of the City of Cupertino and ex-
officio clerk of the legislative 'oody of said City do hereby certify
that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No.
002(1) on file in my office and i;hat the same has been published
pursuant to law.
IN FITNESS WHERE F I have hereunto set my hand and City Seal this
day of 1.9 ~~' .
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City Clerk