The Office Districts (O-1 and O-2) and their regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(a) To provide sufficient areas that are suitable for office uses in appropriate, convenient and/or exclusive locations.
(b) To encourage the logical and timely development of land for office development in accordance with the objectives, policies and proposals of the Master Plan.
(c) To protect residential neighborhoods adjacent to office uses by restricting the types of establishments, particularly at the common boundaries, that would create congestion, noise or other objectionable influences.
(d) To protect and stabilize both residential and nonresidential developments from congestion by requiring off-street parking facilities.
(e) To carry out the following specific purposes:
(1) To provide Planned Office Districts (O-1) as functional and aesthetically pleasing areas for conducting business to serve as a transitional area between residential uses and commercial uses.
(2) To provide Planned Research Office Park Districts (O-2) in recognition that a growing number of businesses and industries seek to develop separate facilities for management headquarters, training areas, offices and research operations. Such facilities are often grouped in order to provide common amenities, such as adequate and convenient parking, services, utilities, room for expansion and a park-like, harmonious atmosphere free from offensive noise, vibration, smoke, odor, glare and other objectionable features. The provision of such facilities requires a predetermined development plan, screening, adequate separation from areas of other land uses and more stringent controls. It is the purpose of the O-2 District to provide areas for such uses in order to meet contemporary needs.
(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01.)