A. Authority To Grant Permits: The board of adjustment shall have the authority to grant, in particular cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, conditional use permits as authorized by this title.
B. Application For Permit; Hearing:
1. The application for a conditional use permit shall accompany the application for a zoning permit. (Ord. 16.00)
2. The application shall be made to the building inspector or city superintendent who shall transmit the application to the board of adjustment for review and recommendations. Thereafter, the board of adjustment shall conduct public hearings and may grant or deny the conditional use requested. (Ord. 16.00; amd. Ord. 2.32)
C. Issuance Criteria: The standards and criteria governing the issuance of conditional use permits are as follows:
1. That the use will not endanger the public health or safety if located where proposed and developed, and that the use will not allow conditions which will tend to generate nuisance conditions such as noise, dust, glare, or vibration.
2. That the use meets all required conditions and specifications set forth in the zoning district where it proposes to be located.
3. That the use will not be injurious or detrimental to adjoining or abutting property, or that the use is a public necessity.
4. That the location and character of the use, if developed according to the plan as submitted and approved, will be in harmony with the area in which it is to be located and in general conformity with the comprehensive plan.
5. In addition, the board of adjustment may impose specific conditions precedent to establishing the use and said conditions may include:
a. Increasing requirements in the standards, criteria, or policies established by this title.
b. Stipulate the exact location as a means of minimizing hazards to life, health, property damage, erosion, landslides or traffic.
c. Impose conditions necessary to establish parity with uses permitted in the same zone in their freedom from nuisance generating features in matters of noise, odors, air pollution, wastes, vibration, traffic or physical hazards.
6. All conditions required by the board of adjustment shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting at which the permit is granted and also on the certificate of the conditional use permit.
7. To ensure the establishment of the above conditions, the board of adjustment shall have the authority to require and approve a specific plan, to increase the requirements set forth in this title, but in no case shall the board of adjustment have the authority to decrease the requirements of this title for any use in the zoning district it proposes to locate. Any such decrease in the requirements of this title shall only be granted upon the issuance of a variance.
D. Denials: If the board of adjustment shall deny the conditional use permit, the reasons for denial shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting at which the permit is denied. In the event of failure to comply with the plans approved by the board of adjustment, or with any conditions imposed upon the conditional use permit, the permit shall thereupon immediately become void and of no effect. (Ord. 16.00)