This district is intended for areas of limited size which because of proximity to commercial uses or major highways are not feasible for residential use, and where the use of the premises for professional offices will provide a suitable transitional residential area.

(Ord. No. O-042682-1, § 11.01, 4-26-1982)

In the professional office district, no land, building or structure shall be used, erected, converted or altered for any use or under any condition other than the following:

(1)

Professional and administrative offices, including health care professions, legal, architectural, engineering, accounting, real estate brokerage, insurance sales, or other professional or administrative uses.

(2)

Offices of banks, savings and loans, mortgage lenders and other financial services not having drive-through facilities. Offices of banks, savings and loans, mortgage lenders and other financial services having drive-through facilities, when authorized as a special use by the planning commission, and provided the following standards are satisfied:

a.

Only one ingress/egress driveway, or one pair of one-way driveways, shall be permitted along any street.

b.

No portion of a drive-through facility, including roof canopy, service island, or access driveway serving the facility, shall be located nearer than 100 feet to an existing dwelling on an adjoining lot.

c.

Landscaping, fencing, earth berms or other measures shall be employed to ensure that adjoining properties are not affected by headlight glare from vehicles using the drive-through facilities.

(3)

Photographers studios, travel agencies and opticians.

(4)

Day care centers, when approved by the planning commission as a special use, according to the standards of article XXI of this chapter, provided the following minimum requirements are met:

a.

Adequate fencing exists for the safety of the children in care.

b.

Identifying signs on the property comply with regulations of article XXVI of this chapter.

c.

Off-street parking for all employees of the facility and off-street pickup and drop off areas shall be provided.

d.

All state requirements governing the licensing of the facility are met.

(5)

Single-family dwellings.

(6)

Schools, churches and government buildings when authorized as a special use by the planning commission, according to the standards of article XXI of this chapter.

(7)

Parks, playgrounds, community centers and public service facilities which are owned and operated by a governmental agency, when authorized as a special use by the planning commission, according to the standards of article XXI of this chapter.

(8)

Uses in a planned unit development as approved pursuant to the provisions of article XIX of this chapter.

(9)

Antenna towers and masts for cellular phone and other personal communications services, when authorized as a special use by the planning commission, subject to conformance with the standards of section 78-152(14).

(10)

Dry cleaning drop-off and pick-up stations, excluding any dry cleaning, laundering or pressing equipment or processing on the site. The use may include activities which are ancillary to, subordinate to, and customarily conducted in association with the principal use, including clothing alterations and minor repair, tuxedo rental and bridal gown preservation.

(11)

Land divisions, as regulated in article XXII.

(12)

Personal care services, including barber shops, hair salons, nail salons, diet and weight reduction centers, fitness centers and day spas, when authorized by the planning commission as a special use, according to the standards of article XXI of this chapter.

(Ord. No. O-042682-1, § 11.02, 4-26-1982; Ord. No. O-110893-1, 11-8-1993; Ord. No. O-052295-1, § 1, 5-22-1995; Ord. No. O-062695-1, § 10, 6-26-1995; Ord. No. O-021296-1, § 7, 2-12-1996; Ord. No. O-020899-1, § 1, 2-8-1999; Ord. No. O-100900-1, § 3, 10-9-2000; Ord. No. O-041403-1, § 5, 4-24-2003; Ord. No. O-120803-1, § 1, 12-8-2003; Ord. No. O-071309-1, § 1, 7-13-2009)

No building shall exceed 30 feet in height.

(Ord. No. O-042682-1, § 11.03, 4-26-1982)

No building, nor any addition thereto, shall hereafter be erected or converted except in conformance with the following requirements:

(1)

Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 75 feet.

(2)

Side yard. There shall be minimum side yards of 25 feet.

(3)

Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 40 feet.

(4)

Lot area and width. The minimum lot area and width for all permitted uses shall be 15,000 square feet and 100 feet, respectively.

(Ord. No. O-042682-1, § 11.04, 4-26-1982)

Premises within this district used for professional offices shall be screened from any adjoining residential property in accordance with the standards set forth in section 78-344.

(Ord. No. O-042682-1, § 11.05, 4-26-1982)

Other standards applicable to all development in this district shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

a.

General provisions contained in article I.

b.

Landscaping requirements and standards contained in article XXV.

c.

Sign regulations contained in article XXVI.

d.

Off-street parking and loading regulations contained in article XXVII.

e.

Public street access and private road and driveway standards contained in article XXVIII.

(Ord. No. O-061305-2, § 10, 6-13-2005)