(A) Any use listed in this chapter as requiring a special permit or any use not listed may be allowed only upon application to the Supervisor of Zoning on forms furnished by him or her and issuance of a conditional use permit by the City Council.
(B) The Council may require the applicant to furnish building plans drawn to scale, site plan, elevations of the proposed and existing structures and land and any other information as may be requested to assist the Council in making a decision.
(C) The Council shall act on an application at a regular or special meeting within 30 days from receiving the application, except where additional information is required pursuant to this section and has not been presented, the Council shall render a written decision within 30 days from the receipt of the additional information.
(D) The Council will use the following criteria in reviewing each conditional use application.
(1) The conditional use will not be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property in the immediate vicinity for the purposes already permitted, nor substantially diminish and impair property values within the immediate vicinity.
(2) The establishment of the conditional use will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of surrounding vacant property for uses predominant in that area.
(3) Adequate utilities, access, drainage and other necessary facilities have been or are being provided.
(4) Adequate measures have been or will be taken to provide sufficient off-street parking and loading space to serve the proposed use.
(5) Adequate measures have been or will be taken to prevent or control offensive odor, fumes, dust, noise and vibration such that none of these will constitute a nuisance, and to control lighted signs and other lights in a manner that no disturbance to neighboring properties will result.
(6) The use is in harmony with the general intent and purposes of this chapter.
(E) No conditional use shall be granted unless the request is approved by a three-fifths majority vote in favor thereof by the City Council.
(F) Upon consideration of an application for a conditional use permit, the information presented therewith, and the purposes of this chapter, the Council may attach such conditions to the granting of conditional use permits as it deems necessary to further the purposes of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 6-9-1947; Ord. passed 12-19-1949; Ord. passed 7-8-1955; Ord. passed 11-16-1959; Ord. passed 3-28-1960; Ord. passed 7-8-1974; Ord. passed 4-28-1975; Ord. 8.24, passed 9-17-1979)