Because the uses referred to in this section possess unique characteristics making it impractical to include them in a specific use district classification, they may be permitted by the city council after review by the planning commission under the conditions specified, and after public hearing. In every case, the uses hereinafter referred to in this section shall be specifically prohibited from all residential districts. These uses require special residential districts. These uses require special consideration since they service an area larger than the city and require sizable land areas, creating problems of control with reference to abutting use districts. Reference to those uses failing specifically within the intent of this section is as follows:
(A) Outdoor theaters. Because outdoor theaters possess the unique characteristic of being used only after darkness and since they develop a concentration of vehicular traffic in terms of ingress and egress from their parking area, they may be permitted in I-1 districts. Outdoor theaters shall further be subject to the following conditions:
(1) The proposed internal design shall receive approval from the building official and the city engineer as to adequacy of drainage, lighting and other technical aspects.
(2) Points of ingress and egress shall be available to the outdoor theater from abutting major thoroughfares (86-foot right-of-way or greater), and shall not be available from any residential street.
(3) All vehicles waiting or standing to enter the facility shall be provided off-street waiting space. No vehicle shall be permitted to wait or stand within a dedicated right-of-way.
(4) The area shall be so laid out as to prevent the movie screen from being viewed from residential areas or adjacent major thoroughfares. All lighting used to illuminate the area shall be so installed as to be confined within, and directed onto the premises of the outdoor theater site.
(B) Commercial television and radio towers, public utility microwaves, cellular transmissions towers and public utility TV transmitting towers. Radio and television towers, public utility microwave and public utility TV transmitting towers, and their attendant facilities, shall be permitted in I-1 districts provided such use shall be located centrally on a continuous parcel of not less than one times the height of the tower to all points on each property line. The site shall in no instance be used for the storage of vehicles or any material not required for the principal use. Outdoor storage of any kind shall be expressly prohibited.
(C) Airports and landing fields. Airports and landing fields, including structures accessory to such facilities and for the operation of an airport, may be permitted in an area zoned for industrial purposes, provided access directly to the site is from an abutting major thoroughfare, provided that land under runway approaches shall not be put to any use which might later serve as a basis for an effective argument that the space above should not be used by aircraft, and provided by the Civil Aeronautics Administration be submitted with the request for use.
(Ord. passed 10-12-1992)