(a) The City Council shall establish by preponderance of the evidence that both the general standards and the specific requirements pertinent to each special use indicated herein shall be satisfied by the establishment and operation of the proposed special use.
(b) Wherever no specific areas, frontage and setback requirements are specified in provisions for specific special uses, then the area, frontage and setback requirements in the applicable zone shall apply; provided, that Council shall be authorized to waive or modify certain requirements as necessary to achieve compatible development with adjacent land areas as well as in the interest of the community in general. Council may also impose such additional conditions, guarantees and safeguards as it deems necessary for the general welfare, for the protection of individual property rights and for ensuring that the intent and objectives of this Zoning Code shall be observed.
Council shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and consider special use applications. To the extent any applicant wants to vary the specific requirements of a special use as set forth in Section 1117.05 the applicant shall make such request as part of its initial application. The applicant may also request a variance from the provisions of Chapter 1117. Any such variance request shall be heard exclusively by Council. Any such questions about the interpretation of Chapter 1117, Special Uses, shall be heard and determined exclusively by Council.
(Ord. 1203-97. Passed 7-10-97; Ord. 1221-98. Passed 3-12-98.)