In addition to the objectives prescribed in Section 18.02.030, the professional and administrative office district is established by this chapter to achieve the following purposes:

(1)

To reserve appropriately located areas for harmonious transitional uses to serve as buffers between residential districts and commercial or industrial districts;

(2)

To provide opportunities for professional and administrative office buildings of a semicommercial character to locate outside of commercial districts;

(3)

To create a suitable environment for professional and administrative office buildings, especially designed for their purposes, located on sites large enough to provide room for landscaped open spaces and off-street parking facilities;

(4)

To provide space for community facilities and institutions which appropriately may be located in professional and administrative office districts;

(5)

To provide adequate space to meet the needs of professional and administrative offices, including off-street parking of automobiles and, where appropriate, off-street loading of trucks;

(6)

To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the amount of land around them;

(7)

To protect professional and administrative offices from the adverse impacts incidental to certain commercial and industrial uses;

(8)

To ensure that the appearance of professional and administrative office buildings and grounds is harmonious with the visual character of the town;

(9)

To provide employment opportunities close to home for residents of the town and the surrounding area.

(Ord. 785 § 3(b) (part), 1994)

The following uses shall be permitted:

(a)

Offices for practice of a profession, administration of a business, or offering of a service including the following types:

(1)

Accountants, advertising agencies, appraisers, attorneys, business and management consultants, economists, and public relations consultants,

(2)

Administrative or executive offices of any type of business,

(3)

Architects, landscape architects, city planners, engineers and surveyors, graphic designers and interior designers, not including retail sales,

(4)

Business offices, including wholesaling establishments without stock, and not including the retail sale of any commodity on the premises,

(5)

Insurance brokers and services, real estate brokers and officers, stockbrokers, and title and escrow companies,

(6)

Prescription pharmacies located in a building containing the offices of four or more medical practitioners, and devoting more than fifty percent of the total pharmacy floor space to prescription compounding,

(7)

Opticians and optometrists,

(8)

Research service offices not involved in the manufacture, fabrication, processing or sale of products on the premises;

(b)

Parking areas incidental to a permitted or conditional use and improved in conformity with the standards prescribed in Chapter 18.20, Off-Street Parking and Loading;

(c)

Incidental and accessory structures located on the same site with and necessary for the operation of a permitted use;

(d)

Keeping of chickens (excluding roosters, quacking ducks, guinea fowl or pea fowl) in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 18.21.

(e)

Any other permitted use which is added by the town council in accord with the provisions of Chapter 18.36, Administration.

(Ord. 785 § 3(b) (part), 1994)

(Ord. No. 931, §§ 8, 9, 3-20-2012)

The following conditional uses shall be permitted upon the granting of a use permit in accord with the provisions of Chapter 18.26, Conditional Uses:

(1)

Hospitals, sanitariums and nursing homes;

(2)

Churches, convents, monasteries, parish houses and other religious institutions;

(3)

Private schools and colleges;

(4)

Philanthropic and eleemosynary institutions;

(5)

Private libraries, art galleries and museums;

(6)

Private, noncommercial clubs and lodges;

(7)

Financial institutions, including banks, savings and loan associations, finance companies and credit unions;

(8)

Restaurants located in an office building, incidental to the office use, but not including drive-in or fast food types, and not including cocktail lounges;

(9)

Public utility and public service structures or installations when found by the planning commission to be necessary for the public health, safety or welfare;

(10)

Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site with, and necessary for, the operation of a conditional use;

(11)

Speculative grading and certain structures as defined in Chapter 18.24, General Provisions and Exceptions;

(12)

Medical, dental and related health services for humans, including laboratories rendering services only and not involving the manufacture, fabrication or sale of any article other than those incidental to the service provided;

(13)

Keeping of chickens (excluding roosters, quacking ducks, guinea fowl or pea fowl) and/or honey bees (apis Mellifera) in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 18.21.

(14)

Any other conditional use which is added by the town council in accord with the provisions of Chapter 18.36, Administration.

(Ord. 785 § 3(b) (part), 1994)

(Ord. No. 931, §§ 10, 11, 3-20-2012)

The following standards shall be met for all permitted uses and conditional uses:

(1)

All uses shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, except for off-street parking and loading areas;

(2)

No sales, production, repair or processing shall take place on any site except to the extent necessary for, and incidental to, operation of the permitted or conditional use;

(3)

No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be employed which are found by the planning commission to be objectionable to persons residing or working in the vicinity or injurious to property located in the vicinity by reasons of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness or vehicular traffic, or which involves any hazard of fire or explosion;

(4)

All mechanical, heating and air conditioning equipment shall be effectively screened from public view.

(Ord. 785 § 3(b) (part), 1994)

No sign, outdoor advertising structure, or display of any kind shall be permitted, except as prescribed in Chapter 18.22, Signs.

(Ord. 785 § 3(b) (part), 1994)

(a)

Site area. The minimum net site area shall be ten thousand square feet.

(b)

Frontage and Width. Each new lot created shall have not less than fifty feet of frontage on a public street and shall not be less than eighty feet in width at the front yard setback line.

(Ord. 785 § 3(b) (part), 1994)

(a)

Front and Rear Yards. The combined minimum depth of the front and rear yards shall be thirty feet; provided, that neither yard shall be less than ten feet, subject to the following conditions:

(1)

One foot shall be added to the minimum rear yard for each two feet of height above the lowest twelve feet of height of the structure.

(2)

Where the rear property line of a site adjoins property in a residential district, the minimum rear yard shall be thirty-five feet, of which the five feet adjoining the property line shall be landscaped with permanently maintained plant materials not less than six feet in height. In addition, a solid masonry wall or fence of an approved type and height may be required if necessary to screen the use adequately.

(3)

Where the front property line or the rear property line of a site is across a street from property in a residential district, the minimum front or rear yard shall be not less than twenty feet.

(b)

Side Yards. The minimum side yard shall be five feet with the following exceptions:

(1)

On the street side of a corner lot, the side yard shall be not less than fifteen feet.

(2)

One foot shall be added to the side yard for each three feet of height above the lowest twelve feet of height of a structure on the elevation facing the side yard.

(3)

Where the side property line of a site adjoins property in a residential district, the minimum side yard adjoining the residential district shall be twenty-five feet, of which the five feet adjoining the property line shall be landscaped with permanently maintained plant materials not less than six feet in height. In addition, a solid masonry wall or fence of an approved type and height may be required if necessary to screen the use adequately.

(4)

Where the side property line of a site is across a street from a residential district, the minimum side yard opposite the residential district shall be fifteen feet.

(c)

Floor Area Ratio. As defined and measured in accordance with Section 18.04.255, gross floor area shall not exceed thirty-four percent of the net site area. Area used for parking is not included in this calculation.

(d)

Height. No structure shall exceed thirty feet in height, as defined in Section 18.24.060.

(e)

Landscaped Areas. Not less than ten feet of the required front yard adjoining the front property line, not less than five feet of the required side yard on the street side of a corner lot adjoining the side property line, and not less than ten feet of the required rear yard adjoining the rear property line on a double frontage lot, shall be landscaped and permanently maintained. All parking areas shall be separated from streets and other sites by a landscaped strip at least five feet wide. In addition, at least ten percent of all portions of the site not covered by structures shall be landscaped, and such additional landscaping may be required as is appropriate to the design and function of the structures. All landscaped areas shall feature water-conserving landscape design and shall be equipped with an automatic irrigation system. A landscape plan, showing the location and varieties of plant materials and specifying provisions for maintenance, shall be submitted for design review approval in accord with the procedure prescribed in Chapter 18.30, Design Review.

(Ord. 785 § 3(b) (part), 1994)

Off-street parking facilities and off-street loading facilities shall be provided for each use as prescribed in Chapter 18.20, Off-Street Parking and Loading. A parking area shall not be located in a required front yard, side yard adjoining the street on a corner lot, or rear yard on a double frontage lot.

(Ord. 785 § 3(b) (part), 1994)

Design review approval is prescribed for applicable projects in accordance with Chapter 18.30.

(Ord. 785 § 3(b) (part), 1994)

(Ord. No. 1038, § 13, 7-16-2024)

All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter 18.24, General Provisions and Exceptions.

(Ord. 785 § 3(b) (part), 1994)