Whittier Municipal Code Ch. 18.26 C-O Commercial-Office Zone

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)

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.

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

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Artist studios

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Bank, savings and loan, or similar financial institution

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Barbershops and beauty shops

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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

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Communication equipment buildings

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Dental offices and clinics

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Employment agencies

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Laboratories, medical and dental

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Live/work development

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Low barrier navigation center/hospitality houses

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

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Medical offices and clinics

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Mixed-use (residential/commercial) development

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Offices, business and professional

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Optician, dispensing

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Parking lots and parking structures

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

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Private clubs

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Recording studios

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Residential care facilities, serving six or fewer persons

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Schools, business and professional

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

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

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Telephone repeater stations

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Tourist information centers

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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)

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)