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SECTION 17 - "O-P" OFFICE PROFESSIONAL DISTRICT A. Purpose: The Office Professional District is established for the following purposes: 1. To accommodate office uses, office sales uses, and certain personal services; 2. To create a district that will not create excessive amounts of traffic and may be located on streets with potential congestion problems. I 3. To create a district with commercial uses of a nature that will not have a blighting effect on adjacent residential areas, and may be suitable for shallow depth lots along major thoroughfares when developed in accordance with the Master Plan. 4. To protect against fire and explosions, pollution, and other environmental hazards; 5. To protect, as far as possible, against congestion; 6. To promote the most desirable uses of land and the direction of building development in accord with the Master Plan; 7. To promote stability of office building developments; to strengthen the economic base of the City; to protect the character of the district and adjacent districts; to conserve the value of land and buildings; and to protect the city's tax base; 8. To promote the most efficient use of city facilities and services. B. Permitted Uses: I 1. Office buildings for professional occupations including: executive, administrative, legal, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic, drafting and real estate. 2. Medical offices, including clinics, and hospitals. 3. Veterinary clinics where all activities are conducted within a totally enclosed building. 4. Funera 1 homes. 5. Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations. 6. Other uses similar to the above. 7. An accessory use customarily related to a principal use authorized in this district such as a pharmacy or apothecary shop; stores limited to corrective garments or bandages, or optical company or eating establishments accessory to the office complex for the convenience of the occupants and clients may be permitted, provided it is within the building to which it is accessory and does not have a direct outside entrance for customers. I 8. Accessory drive-in uses for Uses B.1 through B.6. 9. Parking lots. C. Specific Uses: (Require a Use Permit) All D uses, including conditional uses, except for a mobile home on an unsubdivided tract or lot for residential purposes. -28-