(A) The conditional use permit is intended for those types of land uses which require special consideration in a particular zone or in the city as a whole due to the following factors: the size of the area needed for full development of such use; the traffic, noise, vibration, smoke, aesthetics, glare or other problems or impacts created by the use; special locational requirements for the use not related to zoning; or the effect that such uses may have on property values, health, safety and welfare in the neighborhood or in the community as a whole. It is also for uses whose approximate location is indicated on the General Plan but whose exact location and arrangement must be carefully studied. In granting the conditional use permit, granting authority may require certain safeguards and establish certain conditions to protect the health, safety or general welfare of the community.
(B) Uses existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, which are listed as permitted subject to conditional use permit in the zone in which they are located, may continue without securing such a permit; however, any extension or expansion of such use shall require a conditional use permit.
(`78 Code, § 17.92.010.) (Ord. 2447 § 2, 2000.)