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Chapter 18.40 <br /> 0 OFFICE DISTRICT <br /> Sections: <br /> 18.40.010 Purpose. <br /> 18.40.020 Required conditions. <br /> 18.40.030 Permitted uses. <br /> 18.40.050040 Prohibited uses. <br /> 18.40.060050 Underground utilities. <br /> 18.40.070060 Off-street parking. <br /> 18.40.080070 Off-street loading. <br /> 18.40.099080 Signs. <br /> 18.40.400090 Design review. <br /> 18.40.010 Purpose. <br /> In addition to the objectives prescribed in Section 18.04.010 of this title, the 0 office district is included in this title to <br /> achieve the following purposes: <br /> A. To provide opportunities for offices of a semicommercial character to locate outside of commercial districts; <br /> B. To establish and maintain in portions of the city the high standards of site planning, architecture and landscape <br /> design sought by many business and professional offices; <br /> C. To provide adequate space to meet the needs of modern offices, including off-street parking of automobiles and, <br /> where appropriate,off-street loading of trucks; <br /> D. To provide space for semipublic facilities and institutions that appropriately may be located in office districts; <br /> E. To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of build- <br /> ings of excessive size in relation to the amount of land around them; <br /> F. To protect offices from the noise, disturbance, traffic hazards, safety hazards, and other objectionable influences <br /> incidental to certain commercial uses; <br /> G. To protect offices from fire, explosion,noxious fumes and other hazards. (Prior code §2-6.35) <br /> 18.40.020 Required conditions. <br /> A. All uses shall comply with the regulations prescribed in Chapter 18.84 of this title; <br /> B. All professional pursuits and businesses shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, ex- <br /> cept for off-street parking and loading areas; <br /> C. No use shall be permitted, and no process, equipment or material shall be employed which is found by the plan- <br /> ning commission to be objectionable to persons residing or working in the vicinity or injurious to property locat- <br /> ed in the vicinity by reason of odor, insect nuisance, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried <br /> wastes, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness or truck traffic, or to involve any hazard of fire or ex- <br /> plosion. (Prior code §2-6.36) <br /> 18.40.030 Permitted and conditional uses. <br /> Permitted and conditional uses in an 0 district are provided in Table 18.44.080. <br /> 14 <br />