The office and professional or O-P district is established to provide a suitable location for offices for professional services and those business activities which are related to professional type services and which will be compatible with professional service type uses.

(Code 1985, § 17.68.010; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.34.010), 1984)

A.

The following uses shall be permitted in the O-P district, plus such other uses as the planning commission may deem to be similar and not detrimental to other uses permitted in this district:

1.

Office or office building for the conduct of business, professional or administrative services;

2.

Banks or loan agencies;

3.

Medical or dental offices;

4.

Medical, dental and optical clinics or laboratories (not including the manufacture of pharmaceuticals or other products);

5.

Public and quasi-public buildings and uses of an administrative, recreational, educational, religious nature, but not including corporation yards, storage or repair yards, and warehouses;

6.

Photographic studios (excluding retail sales of equipment of supplies).

B.

The planning commission may grant a use permit to such other uses as they deem similar but not more obnoxious to surrounding use, nor detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the public.

(Code 1985, § 17.68.020; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.34.020), 1984)

Uses expressly prohibited are as follows:

A.

Hotels, motels and boardinghouses;

B.

Junkyards.

(Code 1985, § 17.68.030; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.34.030), 1984)

The following minimum standards are established for development in the O-P (administrative and professional offices) district, except as otherwise provided in this title or as modified for conditional uses:

A.

Maximum height of buildings: principal—two stories or 30 feet;

B.

Minimum parcel size: 7,500 square feet;

C.

Minimum parcel width: 60 feet;

D.

Front yard: 15 feet, setback;

E.

Rear yard: none required;

F.

Side yard: none required, except for those side yards abutting as R district, which shall be not less than that required by the abutting R district;

G.

Distance between buildings on the same parcel: ten feet.

(Code 1985, § 17.68.040; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.34.040), 1984)

Exterior signs in all commercial districts shall meet the requirements of city sign regulations and require a permit to be issued by the building inspector before commencing work.

(Code 1985, § 17.68.050; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.34.050), 1984)

Off-street parking is required. One parking space shall be provided on-site for each 300 square feet of usable floor area.

(Code 1985, § 17.68.060; Ord. No. 424, exh. A(22.34.060), 1984)