EL PASO COUNTY
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE

Chapter IV. - Section 18

POC     Planned Office Complex District

A.   PURPOSE

This District is established for the purpose of accommodating various types of office uses performing administrative, professional and personal services.

B.     PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

1.   Financial Institution - No Drive-in Facility
2.   Medical Clinic
3.   Office
4.   Public Park & Open Space
5.   Tower, Private (See §35.11) #

C.   USES SUBJECT TO SPECIAL REVIEW (SPECIAL USES)

1.   Child Care Center *10
2.   Emergency Facility
3.   Financial Institution,
4.   Mineral Resource Extraction  (See §§35.8 and 35.13)
5.   Parking Lot/ Garage
6.   Proprietary School
7.   Religious Institution
8.   Restaurant
9.   Tower, Private (See §35.11) #

D.   ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND USES

1. Refer to Section 35.1.

E.   DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS

1.   For those uses containing an asterisk (*), refer to the corresponding number in Section 35.5 for additional development re-quirements.

2.   Those uses identified with a pound sign (#) are secondary uses to be conducted in conjunction with Principal (Primary) Uses.

3.   Maximum structural height: Thirty (30) feet

4.   Minimum zone district area: Twenty thousand (20,000) square feet

5.   Minimum lot area: None

6.   Maximum structural coverage: Thirty percent (30%)

7.   Minimum setback requirements:

a.   Front yard: Twenty-five (25) feet

b.   Side yard: Twenty-five (25) feet when contiguous to a residential or agricultural zone district. Ten (10) feet when contiguous to any other zone district. No side yard setback is required from any interior lot line within the POC (Planned Office Complex) District.

c.   Rear yard: Twenty-five (25) feet from the perimeter boundary of the POC (Planned Office Complex) District. Such twenty-five (25) foot rear yard setback is not required from any internal rear lot line within the POC (Planned Office Complex) District.

F.   PLOT PLAN

A plot plan conforming to the requirements of Section 37 shall be approved by the Development Services Director prior to the Development Services Department's authorization for the issuance of any building permit.

G.   MAINTENANCE PLAN

A maintenance plan conforming to the requirements of Section 38 shall be approved by the Development Services Director prior to the Development Services Department's authorization for the issuance of any building permit, if applicable.

H.   GENERAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS

1.   Off-street Parking - Refer to Section 35.3
2.  Advertising Devices - Refer to Section 35.4
3.   Landscaping Requirements - Refer to Section 35.12

I.   PLATTING REQUIREMENT

No building permits shall be applied for or granted on any portion of property which is currently zoned POC (Planned Office Center) District until and unless the property is platted in accordance with th El Paso County Land Development Code, as amended, unless otherwise exempted by Statute.

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