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Whittier City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 18

26 - C-O COMMERCIAL-OFFICE ZONE

18.26.010 - Purpose.

In order to provide for the development of light commercial professional office and appropriate associated uses within the city, zone C-O, entitled "Commercial-Office," is created.

(Prior code § 9180)

(Ord. No. 3159, § 3(Exh. A), 11-12-24)

18.26.020 - Permitted uses.

No person shall use, or permit the use of, any property zoned C-O, except for the following principal and accessory uses:

A.

Principal Uses.

Ambulance services, including the sale and rental of sickroom supplies and equipment

Artist studios

Bank, savings and loan, or similar financial institution

Barbershops and beauty shops

Coffee shops, cafe or restaurant facility, only if the same is located within a building housing an office-complex, which building has a gross floor area of at least ten thousand square feet. Such restaurant facility shall not occupy an area which exceeds twenty-five percent of the total ground or first floor of the building in which located

Communication equipment buildings

Dental offices and clinics

Employment agencies

Laboratories, medical and dental

Live/work development

Low barrier navigation center/hospitality houses

Manufacturer's agent, provided no stock in trade or inventory other than samples shall be permitted

Medical offices and clinics

Mixed-use (residential/commercial) development

Offices, business and professional

Optician, dispensing

Parking lots and parking structures

Prescription pharmacies, limited to the sale of medicinal and pharmaceutical supplies

Private clubs

Recording studios

Residential care facilities, serving six or fewer persons

Schools, business and professional

Senior citizen housing, as defined in Chapter 18.06, subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.42

Studios, including but not limited to art, dance, martial arts, music, photography

Telephone repeater stations

Tourist information centers

Any use which is found, pursuant to Section 18.50.030, to be similar to and compatible with the uses listed in this section;

B.

Accessory Uses. Those uses which are directly related, but clearly subordinate to a permitted principal use.

C.

Conditionally Permitted Principal Uses. Those uses which are allowed with a conditional use permit under Section 18.52.030.G. If a use is conditionally permitted in the R-4 zone and has fifty percent or more of the floor area located above the first floor devoted to residential purposes shall be considered a residential use and shall comply with the provisions of Chapters 18.10 and 18.22, to the exclusion of regulations contained in Chapter 18.24.

(Ord. 2740 § 2, 1998; Ord. 2553 § 6, 1991; prior code § 9181)

(Ord. No. 3159, § 3(Exh. A), 11-12-24)

18.26.030 - Development standards.

Buildings, structures and uses located on lots classified in the C-O zone shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the regulations contained in Chapter 18.24.

(Prior code § 9182)