A. Uses listed in the city's zones as "uses permitted subject to a conditional use permit" may be permitted in such zones pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
B. The following uses may be permitted in any zone, except where expressly prohibited, when such uses are determined by the city to be essential or desirable for the public health, safety and welfare in accordance with the provisions of this chapter:
Airport, heliport.
Cemeteries, columbariums, mausoleums.
Convalescent homes, board and care homes.
Development of natural resources (excluding drilling for or producing oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances or the production of rock and gravel), together with the necessary buildings, apparatus or appurtenances incident thereto.
Educational institutions, public or private.
Family care home, foster home, or group home serving six (6) or fewer mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons, or dependent and neglected children, may be permitted, subject to approval of a conditional use permit, in any residential zone. Similar homes serving seven (7) or more persons shall be permitted only in the multiple-family residential and agricultural zones, subject to approval of a conditional use permit.
Golf courses, excepting driving ranges and miniature courses.
Governmental enterprises.
Hospitals and medical clinics.
Meeting places of nonprofit civic groups or community organizations other than social or fraternal clubs.
Neighborhood stores and shopping centers.
Planned residential developments, subject to the provisions of chapter 18.144 of this title; special residential developments such as housing for retirement, elderly, or similar projects, provided they comply with the density of the general plan; and all multiple residential developments containing thirty five (35) or more dwelling units.
Problem areas. In those areas that are so located that their relationship to other uses of land or to topographical features, or where existing land subdivision patterns make use for the zoned purposes impractical, and where one particular use would be reasonable and desirable, the commission may determine such a use, if otherwise permitted by ordinance, to be reasonable.
Public utility structures and service facilities.
Religious places of worship.
Shared homes for nonrelated senior adults living together as a single household sponsored by a nonprofit organization may be permitted in any residential zone. Occupancy of the home shall not exceed two (2) persons for each bedroom. "Senior adults" are defined as persons fifty five (55) years of age or older.
Transitional uses. A use, or combination of uses that will provide an orderly bridge between more intensive and less intensive uses:
1. Adjacent to commercial districts, excepting C-1 and C-2: Administrative and professional offices, off street parking, motels and hotels; no retail sales are permitted unless proposed in conjunction with a complex of uses whereby the adjacent residential districts are buffered by the uses specifically listed as permitted,
2. Adjacent to industrial districts: Administrative and professional offices, and off street parking; no retail sales are permitted,
3. Adjacent to administrative-professional districts: Off street parking, and administrative and professional offices, provided property abuts a major or secondary highway and is not separated from the A-P district by a street. (Ord. 2503 § 1, 2003)