(a) Design.
(1) The design of any Office Planned Unit Development shall be submitted in accordance with Section 1166.13. Design standards shall be as provided in paragraph (a)(2) hereof.
(2) Buildings constructed shall be related harmoniously to the terrain and shall be sightly and of a professional quality design. Architectural details and ornaments shall be appropriate to the overall design and to the size and scale of the building. Accessory buildings and structures shall be congruous with the existing or contemplated environment. Due consideration shall be given by the developer of the Office Planned Unit Development to the reasonable preservation of the principal natural characteristics of the property, including existing vegetation and topography, in a manner which shall not interfere with the use permitted in and the limitations of this section. Additionally, the standards provided in Chapter 1327 of the Building and Housing Code shall apply, with the exception of Sections 1327.05 and 1327.06, which are not applicable to Office Planned Unit Developments.
(b) Area, Yard and Height Requirements. The area, yard and height requirements in the schedule set forth in Section 1166.07, as well as the requirements established in this section, must be met.
(c) Overall Density. Buildings, other than buildings existing as of July 15, 1979, or their equivalent replacements, shall not cover more than twenty percent of the gross site area.
(d) Building Setbacks.
(1) Any building not exceeding forty-two feet from the finished grade of such building shall be set back at least 150 feet from any boundary line of an Office Planned Unit Development, except in the areas adjoining or having a common boundary line with a public street, where the setback shall be at least 100 feet.
(2) Any building in excess of a height of forty-two feet from the finished grade of such building shall be set back at least 200 feet from any boundary line, other than a public street boundary line, and at least 100 feet from a public street boundary line.
(3) The foregoing setback requirements shall not apply to accessory structures, such as gate houses, bus shelters or buildings of similar design or use, provided that the location thereof is first approved by the City Planning Commission.
(e) Parking.
(1) The design standards, dimensions and required minimum parking spaces of Chapter 1172 shall be followed in an Office Planned Unit Development District.
(2) In addition, parking areas in Office Planned Unit Developments shall be required to meet the following:
A. Parking lots, with respect to buildings not exceeding forty-two feet in height from the finished grade of such building, shall be set back at least 150 feet from any boundary line of an Office Planned Unit Development, except in areas adjoining or having a common boundary line with a public street, where the setback shall be at least 100 feet.
B. Parking lots with respect to buildings in excess of forty-two feet from the finished grade of such building shall be set back at least 200 feet from any boundary line of an Office Planned Unit Development, except in areas adjoining or having a common boundary line with a public street, where the setback shall be at least 100 feet.
(f) Screening and Buffering.
(1) The entire Office Planned Unit Development shall be buffered or screened along any boundary line, except driveways or other entry points, with landscape plantings not less than twenty feet wide or, subject to the approval of the Planning Commission and Council, with a wall or appropriate fence.
(2) Existing vegetation, referred to in paragraph (a)(2) hereof, may be considered part of buffering or screening for the purposes hereof.
(3) Screening and buffering shall consist of the materials outlined in Section 1166.11(b). The requirement for a twenty-foot wide landscaped strip at all boundary lines of an Office Planned Unit Development, as regulated in paragraph (f)(1) hereof, shall take precedence over the lesser requirements of Section 1166.11(b).
(4) The material, placement and construction of screening material shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission may require additional screening and landscaping if determined to be necessary.
(g) Ingress and Egress. Traffic entering or exiting an Office Planned Unit Development shall enter or exit only upon a major arterial street or a collector street as defined in Chapter 1150.
(h) Utilities Underground. All utility features, such as electric, gas, telephone and cable television, which can be underground, shall be underground. City street lighting, if any, shall be underground fed.
(i) Signs. Signs shall conform to the regulations for signs in Office Building Districts in Chapter 1170.
(Ord. 96-61. Passed 4-21-97.)