�E� Office district . In the "E" office district, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected or structurally altered which is for other than the following uses:

(1) Any use permitted in the "B" residence district.

(2) Day nurseries and kindergartens, provided such are limited to 20 children per day.

(3) Hospitals and clinics, not including:

(a) Tubercular;

(b) Veterinaries;

(c) Clinics for the alcoholic, narcotic, insane or feeble-minded.

(4) Hotels in which business may be conducted for the sole convenience of the occupants of the building; provided there shall be no entrance to the business except from the inside of the hotel.

(5) Philanthropic and nonprofit organizations, not including penal or correctional institutions.

  (6) Libraries and museums.

Interpretive guideline. It is the desire of the Planning and Zoning Commission to promote the "E" office district as a district wherein businesses exist, that provide services to the general public. As such, any display or sale of merchandise on the premises must be incidental to the services being provided. Examples may be counselors, real estate offices, law offices, engineers, chiropractors, licensed massage therapists, doctors, and the like.

  (7) Accessory buildings. Accessory buildings shall be permitted, including a private garage and excluding servants quarters when located at least:

(a) Sixty feet from the front lot line;

(b) Ten feet from any other street 1ine;

(c) Ten feet from any side line;

(d) Ten feet from any other building.

(e) However, in no case shall any accessory building be located closer to the front lot line than the front line of the main structure.

(8) Antennae. No commercial telecommunications facility or commercial antennae shall be permitted.

(9) Fences.

(a) Permit required. No fence shall be erected within the city unless the person erecting the fence shall first obtain a permit from the city for the construction of the fence. The cost of the permit shall be $25. The permit shall specify the approved height, length, material or materials, style and location of the fence. Property pins and boundary lines shall be located to avoid encroachment.

(b) Dimensions. Except as required by the city, no fence hereafter erected within the city shall exceed six feet in height along a side or rear property line. Maintenance of residential fences shall be the responsibility of the property owner. Failure to maintain shall constitute a public nuisance. No residential fence may be constructed closer to the front property line than the front line of the main building on the lot, or the front line of the main building on the abutting lot.

(c) Pool fence. It shall be unlawful hereafter for any person to construct, use or maintain upon premises to his or her possession or under his or her control any swimming pool unless the pool be enclosed within a permanent fence not less than four feet in height and unless the gates or entrances to the enclosure have automatic latching mechanisms. This requirement may be satisfied by a fence six feet high that encloses the lot or lots where the pool is located. Pool fences shall not obscure the pool from being viewed from any common observation point on the property.

(d) Installation required. Installation and maintenance of a suitable buffer shall be required where a multifamily, office, retail, business or industrial zone or use abuts an A or B residential zone or use. The installation and maintenance of the buffer shall be the responsibility of the owner of the multifamily, or office, or retail, or business, or industrial zone. or his or her lessee, agent or representative.

  (10) Height and area regulations.

(a) There shall be a rear yard, which shall be at least 25 feet deep.

(b) There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the building. In no case shall either side yard be less than ten feet. No part of the building in a perpendicular plane shall be less than ten feet from any property line.

(c) There shall be a front yard of not less than 30 feet deep, or in conformity with abutting lots.

(11) Landscaping.

(12) Offstreet parking. See § 153.050.

(13) Signage. Each business address shall be entitled to one sign. Only ground signs shall be permitted. Real estate signs relating to the sale, lease or rent of property shall be allowed, provided that they are supported by a frame sunk into the ground. Each business shall have address numbering in six inch high numerals on the sign for the business, and the address numerals on the building that are clearly visible from the street. Signs hereafter installed, remodeled, repaired or replaced shall be of permanent construction, and may be illuminated. The total sign face area shall not exceed 25 square feet when viewed from any direction. The style shall conform to the style prescribed by the city. Temporary signs are exempt from this chapter and they are defined and regulated by § 130.05.

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