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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. n e -on� 40 Co_ao..aitio nall uses. 18.40.050040 Prohibited uses. 18.40.060050 Underground utilities. 18.40.070060 Off-street parking. 18.40.080070 Off-street loading. 18.40.090080 Signs. 18.40.400090 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 modem 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 in 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. 1. Administrative headquarters and executive offices. 14