"O" Definitions

Santa Clara City Code § 18.160.150

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Occupancy. The act of using a site. Office. Facility or businesses that predominantly offer professional and/or business services. Office, Accessory. Office that is incidental and accessory to another business, manufacturing, or sales activity that is the primary use. Incidental offices that are customarily accessory to another use are allowed as part of an approved primary use. The qualification criterion for this definition is that the floor area of the accessory office use shall not exceed 20 percent of the total floor area. Office, Business and Professional. Facilities and businesses that predominantly offer professional and/or business services including banks, architects, attorneys, accountants, advertising, computer support, land use planners, and other similar professional services and uses. Office, Medical. See “Medical Services General (clinic, office, and laboratories)”. Open Space. Any land or water not covered by structures, roadways, or parking lots. Outdoor Dining and Seating. A dining area with seats and/or tables located outdoors of a restaurant, coffee shop, or other food service establishment, and which is (a) located entirely outside the walls of the subject structure, (b) enclosed on two sides or less by the walls of the structure with or without a solid roof cover, or (c) enclosed on three sides by the walls of the structure without a solid roof cover. Outdoor Displays and Sales. Permanent outdoor display of merchandise incidental to an adjacent indoor retail use, and certain independent outdoor retail sales facilities (e.g., auction yards, flea markets, lumber and other material sales yards). Includes news and flower stands. Does not include the sale of motor vehicles, boats, and recreational vehicles ("Vehicle Sales"), or the rental of vehicles ("Vehicle Rentals”). Outdoor Use, Storage. An uncovered but improved land area providing for the arrangement and storage of objects, items, commercial or industrial equipment, products, tools, or other materials, typically not in a fixed position and capable of rearrangement.

Source: City of Santa Clara Zoning Code (santaclaraca.gov PDF)URL: https://www.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-a-f/community-development/planning-division/zoningFetched: 10/24/2026