(A) The following uses, or structural alterations thereto, which are classified as conditional uses, may be permitted by the Board of Zoning Appeals, in accordance with the procedure specified herein.
(1) Airport or aircraft landing field;
(2) Amusement park and enterprises (permanent or transient);
(3) Baseball park;
(4) Cemetery or crematory;
(5) Country club or golf course;
(6) Fairground;
(7) Fire station;
(8) Group house and garden apartments in R2 District;
(9) Hospital or sanitarium;
(10) Medical center or clinic;
(11) Motel or tourist lodge;
(12) Outdoor theater;
(13) Philanthropic or charitable institution;
(14) Practice golf driving range;
(15) Race track;
(16) Radio or television transmitting tower;
(17) Sanitary fill or refuse dump;
(18) Sewage disposal or garbage disposal;
(19) Trailer, public camp or mobile home court (meeting State Health Department Standards); and
(20) Removal of soil, sand, loam and gravel (except in conjunction with the construction of a building, street or utility).
(B) The following contingent uses are to be considered conditional uses in the following districts:
Contingent Use | District |
Church or temple | R1, R2, S, R3 |
Community center | R1, R2, S, R3 |
Lodge or private club | R2 |
Nursing home or home for the aged | S |
(C) Upon receipt of an application for a conditional use by the Board of Zoning Appeals, it shall be referred to the City Plan Commission for investigation as to the manner in which the proposed location and character of the conditional use will affect the Master Plan of the city. The City Plan Commission shall report the results of its study of the proposal to the Board of Zoning Appeals, and if the report is favorable to the proposal, the Board of Zoning Appeals, may, after public notice and hearing according to law, grant the permit, including the imposition of conditions of use which the Board deems essential to ensure that the conditional use is consistent with the spirit, purpose and intent of this chapter, will not substantially and permanently injure the appropriate use of neighboring property and will substantially serve the public convenience and welfare.
(D) The following uses may be permitted in the M2 Districts, only in accordance with the procedure specified in division (C) above, and the inclusion of a report by the City Health Officer or the State Board of Health and the State Fire Marshal that the uses applied for will not be injurious to the public health or safety:
(1) Acid manufacture;
(2) Atomic plants;
(3) Arsenal;
(4) Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris manufacture;
(5) Distillation of bones, coal or wood;
(6) Explosives manufacture or storage;
(7) Fertilizer plants and/or plant food plants;
(8) Incineration or reduction of garbage, dead animals, offal or refuse, except for municipal purposes;
(9) Packing plants or slaughter yards;
(10) Slag, stone, cinder or coal crushing or pulverizing; and
(11) Any other use which may, under some circumstances be injurious to public health, safety or established uses, but which may, with adequate safeguards, be designed so as not to be injurious in such manner.
(Ord. passed - -)