18.60.010 Authorization to grant or deny conditional uses.
Uses designated in this title as conditional uses may be permitted, enlarged, or otherwise altered upon authorization by the planning commission in accordance with the standards and procedures set forth in this chapter. Conditional uses are those which may be found appropriate, desirable, convenient, or necessary in the applicable district subject to the following standards:
(1) The use is found to be compatible with adjacent uses or may be made compatible through the imposition of conditions; and
(2) The location, size, and design are consistent with existing adjacent uses or other uses allowed outright in the same zone district; and
(3) The use will not have a significant traffic impact compared to existing adjacent uses or other uses allowed outright in the same zone district; and
(4) The use complies with other applicable development standards in the same zone district. Conditions may include increasing the required lot size or yard dimensions, limiting the height of buildings, controlling the location and number of vehicle access points, increasing the street width, increasing the number of off-street parking and loading spaces required, limiting the number, size, and location of signs, and requiring screening and landscaping to protect adjacent property. In the case of a use existing prior to the effective date of this title and which is classified in this title as a conditional use, any change in use or in lot area or in any alteration of the structure shall conform with the requirements dealing with conditional uses. (Ord. 1952 § 1(4), 2006)