18.30(C).030   Conditional Uses
   (a)   The following uses may be conditionally allowed on the ground floor in the GF ground floor combining district, subject to issuance of a conditional use permit in accord with Chapter 18.76 (Permits and Approvals) and with the additional finding required by subsection (b), subject to restrictions in Section 18.40.160:
      (1)   Business or trade school;
      (2)   Commercial recreation over 5,000 square feet in gross floor area or with frontage on University Avenue;
      (3)   Day care;
      (4)   Financial services, except drive in services;
      (5)   General business service;
      (6)   Learning centers intended for individual or small group settings;
      (7)   All other uses conditionally permitted in the applicable underlying district, provided such uses are not on the ground floor.
   (b)   The director may grant a conditional use permit under this section only if he or she makes the following findings in addition to the findings required by Chapter 18.76 (Permits and Approvals):
      (1)   The location, access or design of the ground floor space of the existing building housing the proposed use, creates exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applicable to the property involved that do not apply generally to property in the same district.
      (2)   The proposed use will not be determined to the retail environment or the pedestrian-oriented design objectives of the GF combining district.
   (c)   Any use conditionally permitted pursuant to this section shall be effective only during the existence of the building that created the exceptional circumstance upon which the finding set forth in subsection (b) was made.
(Ord. 5517 § 10, 2021: Ord. 5407 § 4 (part), 2017: Ord. 4826 §§ 94, 95, 2004: Ord. 4098 § 2 (part), 1992)