The Planning Commission shall review the particular circumstances and facts of each proposed use in terms of the following standards and required findings, and shall find and record adequate data, information and evidence showing that such a use on the proposed site, lot, or parcel meets the following requirements:
(A) Will be in accordance with the general objectives, intent, and purposes of this chapter;
(1) Will be consistent with maintenance of the public health, safety, and welfare.
(2) Will be of such location, size and character that it will be in harmony with all applicable regulations of the zoning district in which it is to be located.
(B) Will be served adequately by essential public facilities and services such as highways, streets, police and fire protection, drainage structures, refuse disposal, or that persons or agencies responsible for establishment of the proposed use shall be able to provide adequately any service.
(C) Will be of a nature that will make vehicular and pedestrian traffic no more hazardous than is normal for the district involved, taking into consideration vehicular turning movements in relation to routes of traffic flow, proximity and relationship to intersections, adequacy of sight distances, location and access of off-street parking and provisions for pedestrian traffic, with particular attention to minimizing child-vehicle contacts in residential districts.
(D) Will be compatible with adjacent uses of land and the natural environment.
(1) Will be of such location, size and character that it will be in harmony with the appropriate and orderly development of the surrounding neighborhood.
(2) Will be designed such that the location, size, intensity, site layout and periods of operation of any such proposed use shall eliminate any possible nuisance emanating therefrom which might be noxious to the occupants of any other nearby permitted uses, whether by reason of dust, noise, fumes, vibration, smoke, or lights.
(3) Will be designed such that the proposed location and height of buildings or structures and location, nature and height of walls, fences and landscaping will not interfere with or discourage the appropriate development and use of adjacent land and buildings.
(4) Will not cause substantial injury to the value of other property in the neighborhood in which it is located.
(E) Will promote the use of land in a socially and economically desirable manner.
(F) Will relate harmoniously with the physical and economic aspects of adjacent land uses as regards prevailing shopping habits, convenience of access by prospective patrons, continuity of development, and need for particular services and facilities in specific areas of the city.
(Prior Code, App., § 2105) (Ord. 98-10, passed 10-15-1998)