The regulations established by this chapter apply in the A-P, administrative-professional-institutional zone, unless otherwise provided by this title.

(Ord. 946 (part), 1986: 1965 code Title XII, Ch. 13, § 1)

The administrative-professional office district is established by this chapter in order to achieve the following purposes:

A.

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

B.

To encourage the development of professional and administrative office buildings on sites in convenient proximity to the central business district, the civic center, and proposed hospital sites in accord with the general plan;

C.

To create a suitable environment for professional and administrative office buildings and to protect them from adverse impacts incident to certain commercial and industrial uses;

D.

To allow the orderly conversion of residential structures to office uses in certain transitional areas subject to conditions designed to protect nearby residential areas;

E.

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

F.

To increase employment opportunities for office workers residing in the city in locations close to their homes;

G.

To ensure that the appearance of professional and administrative office buildings and grounds is harmonious with the visual character of the area in which they are located.

(Ord. 946 (part), 1986: Ord. 591 § 2, 1969; 1965 code Title XII, Ch. 13, § 2)

Uses permitted are as follows:

A.

Offices for the practice of a profession, administration of a business or offering of a service of 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, planners, engineers and surveyors, geologists, industrial designers, and interior designers not including retail sales on the premises,

4.

Barbershops and beauty parlors,

5.

Employment agencies, travel agencies, and airline ticket agencies,

6.

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

7.

Funeral homes, undertaking establishments, crematoria,

8.

Insurance brokers and services, investment brokers, real estate brokers and offices, and title and escrow companies,

9.

Lodges, fraternal, and social organizations,

10.

Medical, dental and health-related services of all types for humans, including laboratories,

11.

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,

12.

Publishing companies not including printing operations,

13.

Commercial facilities which are related and incidental to the above uses, provided such incidental uses do not display advertising or signs on the outside of the building;

B.

Public utility or public service structures and installations;

C.

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

D.

Other uses which, in the judgment of the planning commission as evidenced by a resolution in writing, are similar to and no more objectionable than any of the uses listed in this section;

E.

Electric vehicle charging stations, as an accessory use, in accordance with Chapter 15.64 of the code.

(Ord. 946 (part), 1986: 1965 code Title XII, Ch. 13, § 3)

(Ord. No. 1597, § 6, 11-28-17)

The following uses shall be permitted upon the granting of a conditional development permit in accord with the provisions of Chapter 18.66:

A.

Clinics, hospitals, sanitariums and nursing homes;

B.

Philanthropic and charitable institutions;

C.

Churches, and other religious institutions;

D.

Private libraries, art galleries, and museums;

E.

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

F.

Restaurants located in office buildings and incidental to the office use, but not including restaurants with drive-in, drive-thru, or walk-up service. Such restaurant facilities shall provide additional off-street parking in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 18.58;

G.

Other conditional uses which, in the judgment of the planning commission as evidenced by a resolution in writing, are similar to and no more objectionable than any of the uses listed in this section.

(Ord. 946 (part), 1986: Ord. 700 § 1, 1976: Ord. 594 § 1, 1970: 1965 code Title XII, Ch. 13, § 4)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1594, § 5(B), adopted November 14, 2017, repealed § 18.26.045, which pertained to prohibited uses and derived from Ord. No. 1453, adopted October 13, 2009 and Ord. No. 1570, adopted August 9, 2016.

Minimum height, bulk and space requirements are as follows:

A.

Lot area: eight thousand square feet;

B.

Lot width: eighty feet;

C.

Lot depth: one hundred feet;

D.

Building height limit: six stories or seventy-five feet;

E.

Front yard: twenty-five feet;

F.

Side yard requirements:

1.

On interior lots the side yard shall be ten percent of the width of the lot, but need not exceed five feet nor may it be less than three feet,

2.

On corner lots the side yard abutting the street shall be no less than ten feet. The other side yard shall be for interior lots,

3.

Interior side yards for each story above the second shall be increased by two feet;

G.

Rear yard: fifteen feet;

H.

When a lot has an area, width, or depth less than required by this chapter and was held under separate ownership or was of record at the time this chapter became effective, such lot may be occupied by any use permitted in the zone.

(Ord. 946 (part), 1986: 1965 code Title XII, Ch. 13, §§ 5, 6)

When adjoining any lot in any residential zone, there shall be a six-foot-high solid masonry wall erected and maintained along such property line; provided, that such wall shall be only three and one-half feet high from the setback line of the adjoining property to the front property line.

(Ord. 946 (part), 1986: 1965 code Title XII, Ch. 13, § 7)

Signs are permitted in accordance with Chapter 18.102 regulating signs in the administrative-professional zone.

(Ord. 946 (part), 1986)

For off-street parking and loading requirements, see Chapter 18.58.

(Ord. 1057 § 2(7), 1989: Ord. 946 (part), 1986)

Permitted uses in this zone may be located in an existing residential structure remodeled for the intended use; provided, that any structural changes or additions affecting the exterior appearance of the residence shall require review and approval of a precise plan of design by the community development director. Upon the issuance of the certificate of occupancy for a nonresidential use, further residential use of the site is prohibited. Nonresidential uses permitted in this zone may be located in entirely new buildings, designed and constructed for the uses, only after all existing residential structures have been removed from the premises.

(Ord. 946 (part), 1986)

(Ord. No. 1645, § 3, 7-14-20)