An applicant may submit an application for a conditional zoning certificate for a building or use which is not specifically listed as a permitted use or a conditionally permitted use in a district. The Planning Commission shall review the proposed use and recommend to City Council if the proposed use should be approved as a similar use based on the following standards and other applicable provisions of this Zoning Code. Further action by the Commission shall be delayed until Council determines that the proposed use is a similar use and shall be conditionally permitted in the district, at which time the Planning Commission shall proceed to review the application and shall make a recommendation to Council with regard to the conditional use permit and conditions.
(a) Whether the use has characteristics and impacts consistent with those of one or more of the permitted uses in the district; and the use has characteristics and impacts more consistent with those of the permitted uses of the subject district than with the permitted uses of any other district.
(b) Whether the establishment of the use in the district will significantly alter the nature of the district.
(c) Whether the use will create dangers to health and safety or create offensive noise, vibration, dust, heat, smoke, odor, glare, traffic, or other objectionable impacts or influences to an extent greater than normally resulting from permitted uses listed in the subject district.
(d) Whether the use typically requires site conditions or features, building bulk or mass, parking, or other requirements dissimilar from permitted uses; and whether the typical development of site and buildings for the use is compatible with those required for permitted uses and can be constructed in conformance with the standard regulations for height, lot dimensions, setbacks, etc. of the district. (Ord. 37-2011. Passed 8-23-11.)