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Municipality of Cooper City
OP, OFFICE PARK DISTRICT
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| Sec. 23-44. OP, Office Park District |
| (A) District Purpose. The OP, office park district is intended to encourage the location of planned office complexes and corporate headquarters in the city. |
(B) Review and Approval. Review and approval of development in the OP district shall be subject to the following provisions. |
(1) Ownership and control. Any lot or parcel of land to be developed pursuant to the regulations of this district shall be and remain in single, fee simple ownership or under unified control.
(2) Site development plan. All buildings or structures, or land or water uses, or parts thereof, shall be used, erected or altered, and any building permit issued shall be in accordance with a final site development plan approved by the city commission pursuant to chapter 24, subdivision and site plan review. |
(C) Permitted Uses. In the OP district, no building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used in whole or in part, for other than the following: |
(1) College or university;
(2) Community assembly;
(3) Crop agriculture, as an interim land use, in accordance with the city's comprehensive land use plan;
(4) Dwelling multi-family, provided the residential gross floor area shall not exceed fifty(50)percent of the total gross floor area and sufficient reserve units are provided from the city commission prior to submission of site plan and plats to the city for processing;
(5) Hospital;
(6) Medical office or clinic;
(7) Medical or dental laboratory;
(8) Office, business or professional;
(9) Research and development;
(10) Utilities, general. |
(D) Minimum site area. No development to be undertaken in the OP district shall be on a parcel less than two (2) net acres in area. |
(E) Maximum building coverage. The combined ground area coverage of all principal and accessory buildings in the OP district shall not exceed thirty-five (35) percent of the area of the parcel. |
(F) Maximum height. No building or structure in the OP district shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding three (3) stories or forty-five (45) feet. The architectural design of any building exceeding one story shall preclude line of vision into any abutting residential zone. |
(G) Minimun yards. The minimum width or depth of yards in the OP district shall be as follows, provided that one additional foot of setback shall be required for each foot by which any building or structure exceeds twenty-five (25) feet in height: |
(1) Front yard: Sixty (60) feet.
(2) Street side yard: Sixty (60) feet.
(3) Interior side yard: Twenty-five (25) feet
(4) Rear yard: Twenty-five (25) feet |
(H) Buffers. In order to ensure compatibility between development in the OP district and adjacent land uses, the following buffer provisions shall apply: |
(1) No building shall be located less than sixty (60) feet from any property line abutting residentially zoned property, provided that one additional foot of setback shall be required for each foot by which any building or structure exceeds twenty-five (25) feet in height.
(2) No parking shall be located less than ten (10) feet from any property line abutting residentially zoned property, nor less than five (5) feet from any other property line; nor less than twenty-five (25) feet from all property lines abutting roadways. |
(I) Loading areas. Loading areas for receipt, dispatch or handling of materials, products or supplies shall not be located on the sides of building abutting public streets. |
(J) Access. Any lot to be developed pursuant to the regulations of the OP district shall have direct access to a roadway which meets the specifications of a collector road, as defined by the Broward County trafficways plan. |
(K) Enclosure of uses. All uses in the OP district shall be within enclosed building. There shall be no outside storage of materials, supplies, products, equipment or machinery, except for the vehicles of employees and visitors. |
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(Ord. No. O-90-21, § 10, 10-17-90; Ord. No. O-91-3, § 2, 4-3-91)
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