The professional office district is designed to accommodate various types of office uses performing administrative and professional services. These are typically to be small office buildings which can serve as a transitional use between the more intensive uses of land such as major thoroughfares and/or commercial districts and the less intensive uses of land such as single-family residential.

(Code 1977, § 28-278; Ord. No. 23HH, 3-18-1985)

In a professional office district (POD) no building, structure or land shall be erected or used except for the following specified uses unless otherwise provided in this chapter:

(1)

Executive, administrative and professional offices.

(2)

Medical offices, including clinics and medical laboratories.

(3)

Facilities such as convalescent and nursing homes.

(4)

Churches and related facilities.

(5)

Funeral homes.

(6)

Multiple-family dwellings.

(7)

Accessory structures customarily incidental to principal uses.

(8)

Veterinary clinics and hospitals, provided all activities are conducted within a totally and permanently enclosed building and provided no noise or odors are created which are discernible beyond the boundaries of the property.

(Code 1977, § 28-279; Ord. No. 23HH, 3-18-1985)

The following conditions are required in a professional office district (POD):

(1)

No interior display shall be visible from any property line.

(2)

The outdoor storage or display of goods or materials shall be prohibited irrespective of whether or not they are for sale.

(3)

Where housing or indoor storage of goods or materials in quantities greater than normally incidental to such uses shall be prohibited.

(4)

Not more than 50 percent of any front, side or rear yard abutting a street shall be used for vehicular parking or driveways in order to maintain the transitional character of the area that this district is intended to preserve.

(5)

No moving or flashing parts or lights or devices shall be permitted. All incandescent light sources shall be shielded from view from residentially zoned property and no lighting fixture shall be so located and directed as to be a hazard to public safety.

(6)

All site plan and development requirements section 44-888 shall be satisfied.

(Code 1977, § 28-280; Ord. No. 23HH, 3-18-1985)

No building hereafter erected or altered shall exceed 35 feet in height or 2½ stories, except as provided in article XXV of this chapter.

(Code 1977, § 28-281; Ord. No. 23HH, 3-18-1985)

No principal building, together with its accessory buildings, hereafter erected on any lot shall cover more than 25 percent of the area of such lot.

(Code 1977, § 28-282; Ord. No. 23HH, 3-18-1985)

Every building shall have a front yard of not less than 50 feet in depth.

(Code 1977, § 28-283; Ord. No. 23HH, 3-18-1985)

(a)

There shall be provided a side yard on each side of every building which shall be not less than 15 feet with an aggregate width of both side yards of not less than 30 feet.

(b)

Yards required for a multiple-family complex shall be the same as found in the R-3 district.

(Code 1977, § 28-284; Ord. No. 23HH, 3-18-1985)

Each building shall have a rear yard of not less than 50 feet.

(Code 1977, § 28-285; Ord. No. 23HH, 3-18-1985)

Off-street parking requirements shall be provided as hereinbefore specified in article VI of this chapter.

(Code 1977, § 28-286; Ord. No. 23HH, 3-18-1985)

Off-street parking areas and related service drives shall be effectively screened on any side which adjoins residential development by screening with an opaque hedge or other natural landscaping. A solid uniformly constructed wall or fence not less than four feet nor more than six feet in height, neat and orderly in appearance, may be substituted subject to commission approval in instances where existing features suggest it may be appropriate.

(Code 1977, § 28-287; Ord. No. 23HH, 3-18-1985)