The objectives of the C-2 District are:
(A) The development of a variety of office uses including professional, administrative, business, finance and medical;
(B) The development of office buildings and complexes that exhibit high standards of design, including:
(1) Attractive, tree-lined streets, which emphasize and encourage walking and bicycling as well as efficient automobile transit, to serve the office developments. In such neighborhoods, the sidewalk may be setback from the street, providing space for a tree-lined landscaped area; and
(2) Office buildings and complexes which include generous amounts of landscaping, including parking lots designed so that they do not dominate the street scene, and buildings that complement one another with tasteful design features.
(C) To ensure that office buildings are designed in a manner which minimizes the impact to the adjacent residential development through sensitive design that considers the impacts the impacts of noise, traffic and lighting sources;
(D) To provide for the sensitive conversion of single-family homes into offices, with special attention being given to facade elevations, parking lots, signage and lighting; and
(E) To minimize traffic congestion, while providing an efficient circulation system.
(1995 Code, § 10.48.020) (Ord. 00-1854, passed - -2000)