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Chapter 18.40 0 OFFICE DISTRICT Sections: 18.40.010 Purpose. 18.40.020 Required conditions. 18.40.030 Permitted uses. 18.40.040 Conditional . 18.40.060040 Prohibited uses. 18.40.060050 Underground utilities. 18.40.070060 Off-street parking. 18.40.080070 Off-street loading 18.40.090080 Signs. 18.40.480090 Design review. 18.40.010 Purpose In addition to the objectives prescribed in Section 18 04 010 of this title, the 0 office district is included in this title to achieve the following purposes A To provide opportunities for offices of a semicommercial character to locate outside of commercial districts, B To establish and maintain in portions of the city the high standards of site planning, architecture and landscape design sought by many business and professional offices, C To provide adequate space to meet the needs of modern offices, including off-street parking of automobiles and, where appropriate,off-street loading of trucks, D To provide space for semipublic facilities and institutions that appropriately may be located in office districts, E To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of build- ings of excessive size in relation to the amount of land around them, F To protect offices from the noise, disturbance, traffic hazards, safety hazards, and other objectionable influences incidental to certain commercial uses, G To protect offices from fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards (Prior code §2-6 35) 18.40.020 Required conditions A All uses shall comply with the regulations prescribed in Chapter 18 84 of this title, B All professional pursuits and businesses shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, ex- cept for off-street parking and loading areas, C No use shall be permitted, and no process, equipment or material shall be employed which is found by the plan- ning commission to be objectionable to persons residing or working in the vicinity or injurious to property locat- ed m the vicinity by reason of odor, insect nuisance, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness or truck traffic, or to involve any hazard of fire or ex- plosion (Prior code § 2-6 36) 18.40.030 Permitted and conditional uses. Permitted and conditional uses in an 0 district are provided in Table 18 44 080 •• - .. . - A Offices of the following types 1- Administrative headquarters and executive offices 14