§ 901.0. Purpose and authority.

901.1. Purpose: Conditional uses are those types of uses which are considered by the city to be essentially desirable, necessary, or convenient to the community but which by their nature or operation have (1) a tendency to generate excessive traffic, (2) a potential for attracting a large number of persons to the area of the use, thus creating noise or other pollutants, (3) a detrimental effect upon the value of or potential development of other properties in the neighborhood, or (4) an extraordinary potential for accidents or danger to the public health or safety.

Such conditional uses cannot be allowed to locate as a "right" on any parcel of land within certain districts without consideration of existing conditions at the proposed location and of properties neighboring upon the specific site considered, nor without adequate and sufficient safeguards, when necessary, to lessen the impact of adverse factors.

901.2. Authority to grant permits: The governing body shall have the authority to grant conditional use permits, subject to such conditions of design and operation safeguards and time limitations as it may determine for all conditional uses specified in appendix "A" of this ordinance and for all permitted uses for which the planning and zoning commission has found that by their nature or in their operation have characteristics listed in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) of section 901.1 of this article, provided, however, that said conditional use permits for permitted uses shall not establish standards or conditions that are less restrictive than those set out in the district regulations for the district in which said use is located.

(Ord. No. 3863, § 1, 12-20-01)